NAFC Challenge: Week 9

Well, after a work trip to Liverpool last week I couldn't get Slarga finished. Although he's done now, I guess I need to pull my finger out to get the final two finished. We'll have to see if I can get a bonus blog up at the weekend.

I'm starting to get a little sick of the static poses on this team. I still really like most of the sculpts, but they are very two dimensional. Still, I have a bit of a soft spot for Foulstrike. He's massively ugly, but he's still here!

NAFC Challenge: Week 7

Another one finished. He's definitely blue, but I think it works.

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I've decided what I like best about this second edition model: his ridiculously oversized eyes. It let me really go to town. For some reason, it struck me as normal that someone this mutated would have one green eye and three red.

I'm sure that there is logic somewhere.

Thanks to Black Nexion and Norse for the advice regarding the colour of his tentacle.

NAFC Challenge: Week 6

This week I painted one of my least favourite models; Dieter Hammerslash. Oddly enough, although I find the sculpt relatively uninspiring, I'm really happy with the results. Ok, so the colour scheme is perhaps a little jarring (pink and orange?), but he looks interesting at least.

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Obviously, there's not too much to the mini beyond armour and skin. The colour sports kit was preordained, but the skin tone was harder to determine. I wanted to avoid the standard Caucasian skin that's found on so many models; Pact teams should be different, mutated. And I already had one 'normal' player.

I got my idea from something I'm working on for the 40 Miners. That project is still under wraps (or I'm to lazy to photograph it) but I loved the skin tone on that model so much that I just had to replicate it. It starts from a Bestial Brown base before working towards various oranges, with several brown washes as well. The final highlights were done in yellow before a final glaze with Baal Red.

So, with four weeks remaining, I have four models left to paint. Sounds promising, no?

NAFC Challenge: Week 5

Well, I got my skaven done.  He's the second first edition model on the team and I love him.

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Sadly, I'm not completely sure that my paint job does it justice. That said, I am rather pleased with the painted on cracks in the armour, as well as the eyes. Self critiquing, I feel that the face is rather week, lacking enough contrast.

NAFC Challenge: Week 3

So, the big guys are done. I did a lot of work on them a while back, but managed to leave them unfinished. I finally rectified the problem.

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This has a few firsts for me:

1. painting an expression on the face (ogre)
2. highlighting black without using grey (minotaur)
3. painting horns that I'm happy with (minotaur)

Hope you like them.

NAFC Challenge: Week 2

Well, this week I completed another model from scratch. Please enjoy Chaos Player No. 2 in all his glory!

Oddly enough, this is probably the most normal piece on the whole team. He has simple skin, no mutations and no abnormal contusions on his body. Oh, and he's not an ogre, troll, minotaur, dark elf, skaven or goblin. Obviously.

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The painting was pretty straightforward; I didn't have to plan out complimenting colour combinations for skin and armour.* Mainly, I wanted to try and keep attention on the head, fist and belt. The fist marks a bit of a departure for this team, as I used bright metallics prominently with gloss varnish. For the helmet, I simply went for a very clean white, and the chaos star on the belt got a brighter highlight than the rest of the pink.

Hope you like him.

* At some point, I'll upload my Dorjak Sureclaw and talk about how much time I spent considering the colouring for his claw.

NAFC Challenge: Week 1

I'm getting to go to the NAFC this year, which is great, but my team is not finished, which isn't. At time of posting, I have 64 days to go, 7 models to paint from scratch, 5 to finish, 1 to retouch and so extras to obtain. Consequently, I'm setting myself a challenge to reach one milestone each week.

Definition of a milestone: 

1. A completed model
2. Something awesome and creatively satisfying
3. Anything else I think counts (disagreements are welcome)

I'll blog each week of the challenge, so stay tuned. Here's the first week's effort.

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The focus of this model is obviously the head. For once, I went for purest black, with only the subtlest highlights. All the hard edges have been taken almost straight to Skull White, and it'll be gloss varnished for that wet look. The pink under-flesh will be left matt, as will the rest of the model.