You and models are like me and my yarn hoard. >_>;; Those look really awesome for just three hours of work! The semi-glowy, ephemeral appearance is pretty in a spooky way. I think the cool thing is that at each step it still looks good; there's no point where it's just 'trust the process' and get through the ugly to greatness.
Nice gradient. I just a few minutes ago got done painting all the skeletons from the Wargames Atlantic Skeletons kit (well, I've got 2 models still on sprue, but I painted all that I need for the three 10-man units; the others will probably be used later for something else). I like this kit because the posing is really flexible (the arms and, where applicable, the legs) work on ball joints, so it's easy to go wild with the limited limb options. More importantly, the skeletons are completely bare of any armor scraps or cloth (only the optional Sergeant heads have a helmet). Making it _very_ easy to paint quickly. I think I averaged a couple days of painting per squad, minus drying times for primer and varnish. The recipe is as follows. (I used a mix of Army Painter (AP) and Warcolours (WC) paints): 1) Rustoleum "Fossil" Primer (Rustoleum Flat Red for shields, kept separate until the end) 2) AP Strong Tone all over 3) Drybrush AP Skeleton Bone 4) WC Antithesis Brown (their equivalent of Contrast Paints) on spear shafts, swords, bows, banner poles, and horns (as needed) 5) AP Matt White on Sergeant's head crest 6) AP Pure Red for Sergeant head crest (selectively, to create a red and white pattern that's different for each squad type), and stippled onto banner poles and bows (for a chipped paint effect) 7) AP Weapon Bronze for all metal areas (including shields) 8) 1:1 mix of AP Greenskin + AP Royal Cloak, thinned to a wash and slathered over bronze (for vertigris) 9) Highlight metal edges with AP Bronze This does not include basing, as that's an exercise for the reader.
Came out dope
You and models are like me and my yarn hoard. >_>;;
Those look really awesome for just three hours of work! The semi-glowy, ephemeral appearance is pretty in a spooky way. I think the cool thing is that at each step it still looks good; there's no point where it's just 'trust the process' and get through the ugly to greatness.
They came out really good 😊😊😊
Nice gradient.
I just a few minutes ago got done painting all the skeletons from the Wargames Atlantic Skeletons kit (well, I've got 2 models still on sprue, but I painted all that I need for the three 10-man units; the others will probably be used later for something else). I like this kit because the posing is really flexible (the arms and, where applicable, the legs) work on ball joints, so it's easy to go wild with the limited limb options.
More importantly, the skeletons are completely bare of any armor scraps or cloth (only the optional Sergeant heads have a helmet). Making it _very_ easy to paint quickly. I think I averaged a couple days of painting per squad, minus drying times for primer and varnish.
The recipe is as follows. (I used a mix of Army Painter (AP) and Warcolours (WC) paints):
1) Rustoleum "Fossil" Primer (Rustoleum Flat Red for shields, kept separate until the end)
2) AP Strong Tone all over
3) Drybrush AP Skeleton Bone
4) WC Antithesis Brown (their equivalent of Contrast Paints) on spear shafts, swords, bows, banner poles, and horns (as needed)
5) AP Matt White on Sergeant's head crest
6) AP Pure Red for Sergeant head crest (selectively, to create a red and white pattern that's different for each squad type), and stippled onto banner poles and bows (for a chipped paint effect)
7) AP Weapon Bronze for all metal areas (including shields)
8) 1:1 mix of AP Greenskin + AP Royal Cloak, thinned to a wash and slathered over bronze (for vertigris)
9) Highlight metal edges with AP Bronze
This does not include basing, as that's an exercise for the reader.