Blog Bartuk is trying to paint

Hey fellow Lustrians,
i got into painting again some months ago and thought i'd share my current projects.
On the painting desk atm:
1)
2) Paint stoneguard
3) gunhauler
4) stonemage
5) direchasm elves
6) 5 saurus knights
7) 3 Terradons
8) 2 Lumineth endless spells
9) paint 20 wardens
10)
11) Ogor: Riders (1 Flosh 2 Mournfang)
12) 2 Troglodon
13) 10 Dawnriders
14) Skink Priest
15)
16) Endless Spells (2 left)
17) 5 Thunderers
18)
19)
20) Starshard Ballista
21) Wind mage
22) Brok, Aetherkhemist, Navigator
23) Ironjawz Army
24)

Done 2021:
1) Stonehorn No. 4
2) 30 Sentinels
3) convert Teclis
4) convert Avalenor
5) 10 chameleon skinks
6) shattered dominion board
7) convert wardens with lances pointing upwards
8) Strip and paint 6 Kroxigors
9) strip and paint 10 chameleon skinks
10) starseer
11) Ogor Hunter
12) 1 FLoSh
13) rebased the BoC army
14) based the Fyreslayers army
15) 20 Skinks
16) 1 Skink priest
17) Avalenor
18) Ogor Butcher
19) Runefather on foot
20) Prismatic palisade
21) Shrine Luminor
22) Gunhauler
23) Frigatte
24) Ironclad
25) 12 Endrinriggers
26) 3 Terradons + Chief
27) soulsnare shackles
28) Teclis
29) sevireth
30) Lord Regent
31) Lord Kroak
32) Desert table
33) 10 Arkanaut Company
34) Endrinmaster
35) 5 Saurusguard
36) Gotrek
37) sce army
38) astrolith bearer


(Just to keep track of all the things going on at the some time. I get bored so i switch between projects sometimes.)


I bought a cheap metal carno on ebay. (As i recieved him i saw the fins on the back are filed down. :-/ but i decided to go with him despite that.)

I want him to look bigger then he really is, so i am going to build a diorama around him. Below you can see some pictures of the process. I will add more, as i continue.
1) Pose check

2) Building the base


3) base colours

4) First layers

5) first time "painting" saliva

 

6) Finished the Carno. Starting the Crew.

 

7) Calling him done .

 

The saliva looks excellent, how did you do it?

 

Thanks. I used hot glue und dragged it with two toothpicks while it was still hot.

 

Today i finished my warcry warband. (1 Base is missing.)

 

Visiting my old engine of the gods. It was my first contrast paint experiment. Now turning it into a skystrike Bow ... not exactly a fun piece to paint. :-/

 

It's finished.

Now i have to wait for my ebay delivery of the derpy squad and start another stripping session.

 

Had a boring day... i stil can't get myself to start batch painting my Saurusguard neither the warriors. I stil fear to ruin the Terradons (I have 9 build and waiting to be painted for about a year :-/.).

So i just prepared the bases for the Kroxigors.

They will be dry and crackled tomorrow and get a shade of Agrax and a drybrush of Wraithbone. Then i will add some tufts / flock / snakes.

 

...stil waiting for the post man. :-/

 

Made some target markers while waiting.

 

Interesting!!!

I like it can mark which one is which clever!!

 

And you can show how many consecutive turns someone is holding the objective, or how many points one objective is worth in the given turn. I hope i can use them soon. :-/

 

They arrived! I may get a game on sunday...i'm not sure if i can strip and paint them before.

 

3 Kroxigors, 3 Salamanders, 9 Handlers -> 20€ including postage
Now i know why. Underneath the 2mm thick coat of some crazy paint i found the whole miniatures covered in superglue. :-/ Took me about two hours with the Hobby knive. But now they are rebuild. Tomorrow will be green stuff day.

 

Very nice find and good cleaning job

Grrr, Imrahil

 

I can only recommend dumping metal miniatures into acetone. Paint? Gone! Super glue? Gone! Attached plastic parts? Gone too!
Just use a glass container of some sort that can be closed air tight - old Nutella glass for example. Saves a lot of time with the hobby knife.

 

Normally i try isopropanol alcohol first, if this is too weak i use nitro-thinner (I'm not sure if these are the correct terms.).

Is Aceton used as nailpolish remover? I may find that in the bathroom. I just have to be sneaky enough.