Not Dead, but Dread

Hi all,


I just thought it was time for an "I'm not dead" announcement.

I'm still working on editing that video, but work has been, well, mental recently.

The only thing i've painted since those kroot is that I've been picking away at a Dread with a light conversion to GK use and magnetised arms.

I'll post him below so you know you can trust me :)

I've got the rest of my GK to paint before I should buy anything new, but ive got the ork bug again (it happens) keep me in your bloglist to see what develops there.

for now, my first GK(ish) dread...



I must stress this guy is a work in progress, (no, i dont feild models with toothpick "details"), he still needs a final highlight, details, the base detailing, toothpick removal, weathering etc etc.
hes basically basecoated and had his first weathering wash

I'll try and be a bit more "regular" and also to get that vid up soon.

Crazy Kroot

No, I havent wandered off.

Yes, I did do the Kroot Video.

But it's turned into a bit of an epic edit job.

Basically I think it was a bit ambitious and overreaching for my first vid tut to be a whole paint job on three models at once.

Anyway it IS coming, so bear with me.

In the meantime, I offer some pictures of the finished Kroot.

Once I get the video down to an acceptable time I think people might actually want to watch I'll post it here.

I am also very keen to get some more, smaller and more bitesize tutorials done, so If anyone has any thoughts on what, please post them as comments or send me an email - I've out an email addy in my "who am I?" box now, for those who wish to communicate more discretely :)

The times they are a-changing.

I’ve taken a step into a wider universe
I’ve bought a camera that takes… Video *gasp*
Now I don't have any illusions about my abilities and I know there are better painters by far out there doing tutorials and such (you know who you are Les) But If I can help with what I can do, then I want to.
This first video however is really just a test and a list of paint and a bit of a nod to my airbrush set up.

I’ll be endeavouring at the weekend to paint up three Kroot quite quickly with the airbrush and washes and show you how I have done it.
I’d also be grateful to hear from you, yes you, anything you have to say about the technical execution, angle, usefulness etc either as a viewer, fellow video blogger or whatever.
I’m happy to admit the first few vids will be quite rough while I learn the setup, lighting, position and to remember to keep things in frame etc. I’m also embarrassed to admit that all I have for edit at the moment is windows movie maker, which is rubbish, but hopefully I can do something about that.
in addition to the above comments, I’m also open to requests, If you want to see it on video, and I know how to do it, I’ll lay it down for you :)
Oh and brownie points for anyone who gets the caption at the beginning of the video.

Curse of the Kroot

Just had a complete FAIL tonight.

My own silly fault. here's what happened.

I painted a Kroot. For a freind. You remember, one of those four I built last time?

Anyway I offered to paint them as my freind was struggling for a scheme and I had a few Ideas.

The intention was to create a scheme that could be used for a whole unit, that would go on quite quickly, be fairly individual and encourage him to use one of his new toys, an airbrush.

I did a test fig this evening. two hours start to finish, lots of airbrush, notes taken, and step by step pictures.

it's the step by step pictures where the word FAIL comes into play. you see I played a game this weekend (gasp) and during the game, I changed the white balance and exposure settings on my camera.

yes, dear bloggers, you know what i did next; I forgot to change them back.

or even check them. so my step by step pics, are, well garbage. and orange.

so all I have to offer are these final shots, once I realised the error of my ways. and even these are a bit dark, as they were taken in haste.

Hopefully though, you can see what was intended. the nature of the Kroot led me to Red skin. and from there follows some warpaint for thier woodsy nature, and a good dose of muted and leathery browns. hopefully you can also see the heavy use of both airbrush and washes. I reckon I could do 20 of these guys in day, easy.

so that was my evening. I'll try and get some "client feedback" tomorrow :) and then I've got three more on the bench, so maybe I'll get the tutorial right eh?

in other news, I'm working on getting up a batrep for the last game, and I've got a bunch of GK models i need to paint, including a Land Raider I magnetised, whcih will probarbly be the largest single vehicle i've ever painted.

busy busy busy.

The shape of things to come

A weekend of building lies behind me, and the primer is on.

Left to right, you can see - 3 TH/SS grey knights, dread arms and torso; two more GK's a drop pod a batch of IST's with melta and commander cullin... nay Brother Captain Cullin :)

nothing is glued to it's base for easier painting, and the Dread is magnetised so the weapons get seperate paint, oh yeah and theres a guy whose head still isnt on :)

I've still got a Land Raider to build, but i'm waiting on magnets so it can be either a Crusader or Redeemer., so while we wait on those, let's have some closer shots eh?

This is a set of three TH / SS guys, that at the moment I'm going to run as a Deep striking squad of its own, but later will be 1 guy per squad.

at the moment I dont feel I have enough units, so i'm working with smaller focussed guys, mainly because of the cost of things in my dex.

Sarge

the next two guys had thier sheilds carved into a semblance of the =][=

The next two are vanilla GKT's, it was very interesting working with non-AoBR termies as a base, the extra posability of the seperate torso really allows some dynamism.

that guy had a "priming accident" dont worry its glued back on now :)

A closer view of my dread torso. this got magnetised, but i'll most likely run him as a marksman, as i'm seriously lacking Long range firepower. Its just a normal dread with a bit of iconography on it, hopefully it will paint up convincingly

And of course the drop pod is his.

The melta IST's

the guys I was using with plasma and grenades just never seem to do anything worthwhile so melta all round. oh and scouts come in a box of 5, so I made a flamer guy for the hell of it.

Last up, my new commander to be

Brother-Captain Cullin of the Grey Knights.

I was going to do a bit more converting, but it's just such a beutiful sculpt all I had the heart to do was swap his Iconography. =][= symbols pervade where once there were only scorpions.

I think he'll tie in well, his armour is ornate and covered in purity seals, his crotch plate is pretty much a peice of GKT heraldry anyway, and i've added similar to the new GKT above so that should echo well and work as a unit despite the different armour.

so that lot all needs paint now. argh. just when I thought I was getting somewhere :)

still I'm pretty happy with them so far, and once this set of guys and their ride is done it'll be time to try and take some group shots.