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Re: Tale of Warmaster Painters... [SEPTEMBER THREAD]
« Reply #165 on: September 23, 2009, 10:41:22 PM »
Swordmaster:  Another nice looking High Elf unit.  I really like the way the standard came out.  Looking foward to seeing pics of the whole army, should look sharp with that color scheme. 

pw:  Those Knights came out very nice.  The red and black and white looks great and the armor really looks good.  Makes me want to get working on my knights.

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Re: Tale of Warmaster Painters... [SEPTEMBER THREAD]
« Reply #166 on: September 24, 2009, 01:28:11 PM »
@Swordmaster: Very nice, what's next?

@pw: Loving those knights!!

@jchaos79: Your stuff is so creative!  I really like the character of your work!

@Stomm : Very impressive, those neatly orderd legions are sure to have the barbarians quaking! 

@m4jumbo:  The Black and White is very strong.  The neat finish really makes those halberdiers pop!  I'll be interested to see your take on the knights!

@Rolgan: Very, very pretty wolves!  What's next?

@Lex: Wow, that's a whole lot of army and a real painting challenge!  I'm firmly tuned to your progress.

Thanks all for the feedback on the basing.  I've taken the advice offered and made my decision now, and am happy with the results.  Progress this week has been to finish two units of spearmen to knock these guys out.  I'll need to get a few units ahead before all my stuff is boxed up for shipping across the ocean!  Next unit already underway - Guards!   

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Re: Tale of Warmaster Painters... [SEPTEMBER THREAD]
« Reply #167 on: September 24, 2009, 01:48:42 PM »
@Pugwash: That basing looks perfect - it manages to look both realistic and to give a nice tabletop 'pop' to the bases. And it hides the join between the bases and the strips really well. Superb.  :P

And as I'm ever-critical (I tell myself it's helpful!), I wonder if painting one of the two blue banners a different colour might be an idea? (Well, it's certainly an idea, maybe not a good one). Seeing the four units together the different banner colours look great and having them all different might work well. Just a thought!
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Re: Tale of Warmaster Painters... [SEPTEMBER THREAD]
« Reply #168 on: September 24, 2009, 02:45:36 PM »
And as I'm ever-critical (I tell myself it's helpful!), I wonder if painting one of the two blue banners a different colour might be an idea? (Well, it's certainly an idea, maybe not a good one). Seeing the four units together the different banner colours look great and having them all different might work well. Just a thought!
Actualy for ease of reference I would probably have elected to colour the turban-part of their helmets the same base-colour as their banner...... I often find it very harsh to keep track of units in the graveyard, so I will try to either give each unit a distinctive basing or colouration code OR I use a colourcode pattern on the trailing edge of the stands ......

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Re: Tale of Warmaster Painters... [SEPTEMBER THREAD]
« Reply #169 on: September 25, 2009, 12:47:54 AM »
Thanks for the feedback - all feedback is good! :)

The banner colour is pretty much dictated by the transfer arrangement I'm using. I'm looking at some fairly elaborate banners for the cavalry (after much greenstuff).

Good point Lex, I used to go out of my way to make each unit identifiable, but have since found that I have little difficulty determining dead units for break purposes without any particular indicators.  Probably has to do with the brutality of our games where all cavalry units, or all infantry units, are extinguished in a single turn!  In either event I suspect the spearmen, like my Empire haldberds, will only be fighting as a last resort, and will remain camped at the back of the deployment zone for the game.  perhaps I should make them some tents... ;)

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Re: Tale of Warmaster Painters... [SEPTEMBER THREAD]
« Reply #170 on: September 27, 2009, 06:17:26 PM »
Well Here it goes the contribution of the third week:

Tomb King: The Death

Hero on chariot: 4 horsemen of Apocalypse






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Re: Tale of Warmaster Painters... [SEPTEMBER THREAD]
« Reply #171 on: September 28, 2009, 02:18:27 PM »
Hey gang,

I will be off on a (well earned) vacation to Egypte from 1-10 till 9-10, limited access to mini's, paintbrushes, computers/internet. I may pop-in for a quick lookylooky, but my updates to the thread will restart again in the weekend of 17/18 october.

I do however have some good news... I was cleaning up my workspace and found a box of old Epic orks etc. this included some squigoths?? (I will post a picture later tonight) which will serve as the base model for my "bears"....

I may even decide to swap out the orc boar riders that now proxie the knights, and go wild to create those units from these models too .....

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Re: Tale of Warmaster Painters... [SEPTEMBER THREAD]
« Reply #172 on: September 28, 2009, 02:46:48 PM »
Greetings!

@pw - The knights look great, I like the contrast and limited use of colours.

@m4jumbo - Thanks! I was not sure about that banner, I will definitely try to improve it when I paint another infantry unit.

@pugwash - I like the spears. Especially when lined up in a 4-unit brigade in your gallery. I agree though, that two blue standards could be exchanged for one blue and any other colour of your choice. Just for some variety.

@jchaos79 - The idea of 4 horsemen and Death as characters for you army is brilliant!

Ok, I read your advice on taking photos and tried to implement the following:

1. Daylight - I definitely like it much better. However, too much sun is not good either, as it led to overexposure.

2. No zoom - I simply put my camera on tripod slightly closer. Side effect is that I can tak photo from another angle, showing a little bit more than just the front row.

3. More pictures with different settings - It does not take that long and really helps to pick the better picture, as there is plenty to compare to.

In general I think that the quality improved but I will try to experiment with different backgrounds as soon as I get the nice colours. All the things I have are greyish.

As to the week three entrance I have some reavers to present. It was an interesting experiment as they do not have much armour so I didn't know how they would fit in the overall theme. They proved to be easier to paint than I thought, especially with the fewer number of colours I used in the end. I also decided to paint horses in the same way for particular unit (as I plan to have 4 of them) for easy way to distinguish them on the table. As I mentioned before, it is my first unit of reavers ever.




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Re: Tale of Warmaster Painters... [SEPTEMBER THREAD]
« Reply #173 on: September 28, 2009, 06:34:21 PM »
There has been some nice work over the past few weeks.

RL kicked in last week so no post, but here are my first 4 units of bofa goblins



Hope to do 4 more this week.

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Re: Tale of Warmaster Painters... [SEPTEMBER THREAD]
« Reply #174 on: September 28, 2009, 08:00:47 PM »
Hi, thanx for the comments of the command,

Lex: enjoy your vacations and have fun in Egypt!

Azrael: wow! I really remember the 8 units of these little green guys that I paint (7goblins per strip), funny figures but enough for me... and you paint 4 in a week...wow. The like the shields, in wood and metal.

Swordmaster: very nice reavers (very effective), and picture too. I like the banner... is it just paper or paper with varnish or plastic?

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« Reply #175 on: September 28, 2009, 10:10:02 PM »
Good job! Those guys look nice. I haven't even taken mine out of the Mail Order baggies yet.

If I could offer one bit of criticism: I'd ink, or wash the gold, it'll make it stand out more. I'd try chestnut ink, or gryphonne sepia if you're using Citadel, or an equivalent with another range.

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Re: Tale of Warmaster Painters... [SEPTEMBER THREAD]
« Reply #176 on: September 29, 2009, 02:29:12 AM »
@azrael71 - You're a machine.  Very impressive!

@Swordmaster - Pictures very nice (miniatures too ;))!  Another trick to help with the auto-levels is to print a sheet of blue gradient (easy to find via google) and use this as a backdrop, although other colours work fine too.

@jchaos79 - Very nice and characterful.  You zoom in much closer than I'd be comforable with when you do your pictures :)

Another week, another unit!  By my count this is week 4 and I'm happy to report I managed to get both units of Guards painted this week, which means I'm 2 units ahead of the challenge guidelines.  I really need to be 4-6 units ahead before November, so the heat is on.

The Guards are awesome miniatures.  Really, really fun to paint and very characterful.  Pity they're so rubbish in the game, as it stands they'll probably only be used as a mirage unit for 2k games (70pts for a high elf spearmen whose 'special' rules only work when brigaded with other Guards??!! - would have been cool if they could inflict a wound in exchange for a command failure re-roll when brigaded with other infantry or something)...  Perhaps they might be better in 4k or above games.... Of course if I can play Lex some time in a 'fluff appropriate game' then I'm sure they'll take the field  ;)

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Re: Tale of Warmaster Painters... [SEPTEMBER THREAD]
« Reply #177 on: September 29, 2009, 11:04:47 AM »
@Everyone. Very nice stuff, I'm massively impressed to see so much painting going on. A question to you all: how long does it take you to paint a stand of infantry (a single base)? I'm wondering if I'm the world's slowest painter or if it's just that I get distracted very easily.

That said, I'll be basing up a unit of crossbowmen tonight and following Pugwash's lead I think I'll post pictures of a couple of 'small' units I've done (Steam Tank and General) to get ahead of the game. I was planning to save these for lean weeks but I'm keen to share so I'll just have to remind people of them if/when I fail to paint one week!

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Re: Tale of Warmaster Painters... [SEPTEMBER THREAD]
« Reply #178 on: September 29, 2009, 11:41:48 AM »
@jchaos79 - Very nice and characterful.  You zoom in much closer than I'd be comforable with when you do your pictures :)

Thanks pugwash your guards seems really great! I will check the stats for these little dudes. And also thanks for the zoom comment I will try to adjust next time.

@how long does it take you to paint a stand of infantry (a single base)? I'm wondering if I'm the world's slowest painter or if it's just that I get distracted very easily.

I am sure your not. In my experience, as slow you paint the better result of the unit. The best advice that someone give about painting is not a technique matter, it was: Take your time, do not he harash, do the same but very slow, be patient. The paint improve doing the same!, so I think you are going in the right way.

I dont really know how long takes my paint a single base. I use to paint the whole unit at once, and do not check the time. Usually I paint at night after dinner, quite tired of the day, but enough funny to go on painting. I think I spend a couple of hours or three.

But when I try to do a good job I paint the figures (pendraken) or strips (GW, old glory) individually. Doing these I paint one or two strips or 6 /8 figures in a couple of hours. This makes me focus and slow paint with better results, and in 3 night sessions I have the unit painted.

I do not check the time, but sometimes I put a film to “hearing it” and paint session is approximate the length of the film, sometimes I hear a cd, and put it twice or three times… So I think a couple hours  



Looking forward to see those Xbowmen!
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Re: Tale of Warmaster Painters... [SEPTEMBER THREAD]
« Reply #179 on: September 29, 2009, 04:06:51 PM »
Well here is the contribution of the 4th week,

Archers! naked to the bone, and in great numbers!