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Nice job on all this dwarves! Great looking army!

 

Thanks, guys! So glad you like them!

 

My I ask you how you did the feathers on the skink priest right at the start?

 

No problem! I base coated them with Baleor Brown (SP?), then used a wash of Agrax Earthshade, then a drybrush of a green of my choice (the brighter the better, IMO), followed by a drybrush of blue and finally a touch of blue wash on the very tips. It sounds kinda tedious, but they're really small and don't take long to paint. The longest part is waiting for the washes to dry.

Hope that helps!

 

Thank you, I just wanted to ask because they look amazing

 

I should have my Stonehorn done tonight and have pics up here tomorrow.

 

Stonehorn finished! Let me know what you think!

 

Amazing!

 

That is epic. How did you make the snow?

 

The snow is really quite simple. I used Gale Force 9 snow product, poured some of it in a small, plastic, throw-away cup (I found a package of them in the wedding section of Walmart, something like 0.99 cents) and then poured Elmer's glue over the top of it and mixed it up. It needs to be a very thick consistency, but still spreadable. If you get it too thin, it'll flow down to fill whatever space you apply it to, so if you are trying to mound it up on top of something (like above), you need to go thick. I then simply took a big brush and "brushed" it on! (This is the last step you need to do to the model, of course.)

 

I appreciate the step by step!

 

Damn!!! That is one icy-cold mean looking beastie. I love it! Everything about it is perfectly executed.

 

Agreed.it has great highlighting too

 

Agreed.

The colours chosen and the snowy base work so well with one another. It really sells the idea of this creature living in a harsh and freezing cold environment.

 

The best part is the snow isn't blending with the blues to wash out the miniature

 

Thanks, guys! That's high praise!

Yeah, I learned pretty early on with my painting, that if you're attempting to create an "icy feel" to a model, it's good to leave the majority of the model a dark blue, hint of a vibrant blue, then use light blue/white highlights on just the extreme edges. Otherwise, if you use too much white, it just looks like fluffy snow. Not what you want when attempting to make something appear tough. Lol!

 

Guess that's the definition of 'suitablely epic'...

 

@Chicken Lips your dwarfs look great, as does the stonehorn! Very icy