Charlemagne – Pt 5
Put some time in over the last week on Charlemange. Black leather boots and cloth pants and finally some color with his green vest. I’ve always wondered what my “style” is, if I have one, when it comes to painting…
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Charlemagne – Pt 4
Worked on Charlemagne’s undershirt today. Wanted a light cream color, not a stark white so picked a few colors and simply when with what I felt as I progressed. Only ended up using 5: Citadel Mournfange Brown, Vallejo Khaki, Citadel…
Charlemagne the Bear – Pt 3 – Fur Completed
Fur Complete Spent last night finishing the fur on Charlemagne. Here are the colors I ended up using and the blends on my wet palette: My progression, from the Mahogany washed, previous set of layers, was: Mahogany+Burnt Red…
Charlemagne the Bear – Pt 2
Continued work on Charlemagne’s fur. I worked up from GW Rhinox Hide –> GW Thondia Brown –> Pro Acryl Light Umber. As I was working up the layers, I realized I wasn’t getting the richer, warm brown tones I envisioned…
Charlamagne the Bear – Pt 1
New models are always fun, right? Picked up Charlemagne the Bear from Steamforged Games, part of their Animal Adventure series, specifically, the Raiders of the Lost Coast. The theme is a woman pirate with a bear for a first mate,…
Finished Model #2 – Blood Bowl Skaven
Summers in Minnesota – the joke about us packing a years worth of outdoors in three months is totally true. Summer is here and I’ve been super busy so not as much time at the bench as I’d like. I…
Miniature #2 – Skaven Practice
Started my second mini last night, a skaven from the GW Blood Bowl set. I have always liked the skaven sculpts. IF I were ever to create an Age of Sigmar force, it would be the rats. My goal for…
First Model (In 10 Years) Completed!
Finished my first model in 10 years. Feels weird. Looking back at the finished work, I can tell as I progressed through the model and how I struggled at the beginning and where things started to come back to me.…
More Red and Armor and the Aging Painter
Spent some time, here and there, working on the Bloodbowl Ork. It’s taking me some time, but I’m slowly getting back my rhythm. I can tell as I progress through the model as the earlier fiished parts of the armor…
Random Notes – Red and Armor
Started the armor plating on the Bloodbowl ork piece. Starting back with what I knew, greens and reds (the predominant color in my previous ork army). Just random thoughts as I was painting: I’m using a limited number of paints…