Tale of Warmaster Painters [October]

[pw]

My take on basing is to stick one strip to the rear of the WM base and to use Vallejo grey pumice (basically fine sand and glue) to blend that in around the base and part way in front of it (to roughly where the front stand will sit). I then undercoat black and paint the stand (painting the sand stuff Graveyard earth). I paint the front stand separately (blu-tacked to a Warhammer base) and then when both are painted I fine-tune the sand inbetween with a knife so that the front base sits nicely (Vallejo pumice cuts off quite well). I then finish off the pumice around the front and along the very slight gap in the middle using a brush. Touch up with GY earth. Then it's a wash of Devlan Mud, a drybrush of GY Earth + Bleached bone, and a quick touch up of the edges with GY earth.

Typing that out it strikes me that that's quite a lot of work but it's the easiest way I've found of doing it (the basing of the back unit I copied from Meister-Petz who posted some pics of this on this forum somewhere.

Oh, and where are you Meister-P? I'm missing seeing your superb Skaven and Empire!

[jchaos79]

pw that is a lot of work... but looking your basing really marks a difference!
Rolgan basing is also excellent, and lilith work also caught my eye. The more imaginative goes for Lex! with the boar corpse between the dwarfs   mixing sand, grass and little stones, and so on...

I would really like to make superb basing for my figures,  but by the way I am the only painter in my group so I always have to paint two armies if I want to play, so... time is gold! My regular opponent do the scenic and has read the rulebook more times than myself. Anyway I love painting and this is far for being complaint or an excuse

[Swordmaster]

Greetings!

Apologies for late update this week. I have just finished my second unit of Phoenix Guard. I am painting another regiment of archers now. So by the end of this week I should have my 4 infantry/ 4 archers part of the army completed.

[jchaos79]

Swordmaster, the banner is awesome!!

[azrael71]

After the quotes earlirt of swift painting I have been struck down with gastric flu
So I have only managed to get my boar chariots done (the wolf ones are waiting for crews).
Might get them done this week maybe not.
After those all that is left is 6 units of wm goblins, 3 units of black orcs, 4 units of orc warriors and 2 units of savage orcs so should be done by Christmas

Enough waffle here are the orc boar chariots (House rules to be used).

[pw]

It's good to see everyone's getting so far along. My own efforts are slower then I'd hoped but finally here's this week's submission, a unit of halberdiers:



Now I'm starting a unit of Knights and a wizard. I'd guess next week it'll be the wizard that I finish but I'll try to get the knights done first.

[lilith]

2 days ago arrived one of my ebay lot and here the result 

[m4jumbo]

Ostland Week 7, reinforcements continue to trickle in one unit at a time.   Something new this week, a unit of crossbowmen is added to the army.  I don't have anything based up for next week so I'm not sure yet what the next unit will be.  Probably more crossbowmen.

Front view


Side view

[Carrington]

Very nice unit... I love the basing job particularly.

[azrael71]

Managed to get my chariots in for this weeks entry.
Just the infantry left to prep and paint, but I have 8 units of siege equipment needing my attention first.









Altogether now!

[m4jumbo]

azreal71, wow, still in awe of how fast you get units done.   The chariots look good.  I didn't comment earlier but your boarboyz and boar chariots all look cool too.  I like the banners on the boarboyz.  Love the Savage boarboyz, wish I had picked some up when available.

[jchaos79]

Another week of great contributions. The banner of phoenike guard made by swordmaster is astonish, Azrael keep on its great number of units. I like a lot the orc boar-chariot unit!

also lilith had made a orc cavalry, you have improved the pics a lot!

For the imperial dudes, I like the Talabheim red/white colour finish.... I should paint a brigade or half brigade from Talabheim... but I am also strongly considering paint it from Averland (yellow/black).
M4jumbo has made great Xbowmens. I like that some of them are not harliquem painted, they are painted the sleeves black and the body white, I like that.
 
Hi, here is my conribution of the .... week,  I do not know which week are, 7? 8?
Anyway, here is another unit 

It is the Regiment of the Dragon Serpent. The skelletons who are in this regiment had the honour of were killed by the black Undead Dragon itself!!

[azrael71]

This weeks efforts
2 units of forest goblins and 4 night goblins along with 4 mangonels and 4 scorpions.







Just prepping the remaining 11 units so should be done in about 3 weeks.
Now off to order my albion chariots to pick up at fiasco on Sunday.

[jchaos79]

Azrael you get a great night goblins there. The robes are very black and a little little drybursh?

Looks great, I search for this look when did my night gobbos but I did not obtain it. Great work

Also the forest goblins are fantastic

[azrael71]

Thanks for the kind words but...
I tried to spray them black drybrush light grey then ink wash back to black.
But this resulted in just plain black cloacks with no detail
Anyhow I varnished them anyway (in a rush you know ) and due to the slightly humid conditions the dullcote misted ever so slightly so that is the effect you see
Just redone them toady and it has minimised the misting perfectly whilst keeping the highlights.
So a bit of a lucky result

Seems a bit quiet around here has everyone stopped painting

Whilst on the subject are we having a new tale in the new year?
This has helped keep me motivated to paint what would have been a killer to do otherwise.

Options for the next tale are albion or chaos dwarf.