A Tale of four (many?) Warlords Painting Challenge!

Discussion in 'General Hobby/Tabletop Chat' started by BeardyGecko, Apr 1, 2017.

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Would you like to do this sort of thing and what sort of time Scale seems appropriate?

  1. YES One month is long enough you coward!

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  2. YES Two months seems like a nice chilled time frame

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  3. NO I am a lizardman and I don't do other armies you monster.

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  4. NO I am lazy

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  5. OTHER you feel like you have a better suggestion, or no opinion at all, go you.

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  1. Ritual
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    Guess what finally turned up?!

    Basing materials for my dwarves/collegiate army!

    I have these, the lion versions of the same kind of thing, some sand/dirt mix, heather tufts and some "autumnal" flock (which isn't as good as I had hoped, so might not use it at all)...

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    Ritual, Jun 21, 2017
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    ^ I have been waiting since the 4th May for these things to be able to work on this army -_-
     
    Ritual, Jun 21, 2017
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    My airbrush died after I had primed the griffon and the magmabomb.

    I swear this army is cursed.

    It's being returned and refunded without question though, so that's something. Going to get a higher quality one this time... But that means my hobby budget for next month is going on an airbrush instead of stuff to paint which is real sad.
     
    Ritual, Jun 23, 2017
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  4. Crowsfoot
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    Crowsfoot Guardian of Paints Staff Member

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    I have 3 atm

    2 were £15 of ebay and are great for priming etc then I have an Iwata eclipse which is a fantastic bit of kit but at over £100 not cheap.
     
    Crowsfoot, Jun 27, 2017
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    They look fantastic, I would only wash them and make them look old.
     
    Crowsfoot, Jun 27, 2017
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    I'm going to pick up this I think: http://elementgames.co.uk/paints-ho...ompressor-bundles/entry-level-airbrush-bundle

    The Neo has great reviews, and the compressor being limited to 10 minutes won't affect me so seems like a good choice.
     
    Ritual, Jun 27, 2017
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  7. Crowsfoot
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    Crowsfoot, Jun 27, 2017
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    I just ordered it so it'll be here Thursday/Friday so I can let you know how it works out at the weekend. Finally I can get some painting done...
     
    Ritual, Jun 27, 2017
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  9. Crowsfoot
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    I should finish the reavers this week then I will look at getting stuck into my Dread Saurian, over the weekend I'm going to sort out what I'm selling and what I'm keeping, that will not be easy.
     
    Crowsfoot, Jun 27, 2017
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  10. BeardyGecko
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    No chance of fufilling my challenge but here's a wip blood angel termie 20170628_155316.jpg
     
    BeardyGecko, Jun 28, 2017
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  11. Crowsfoot
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    I won't complete all but the 10 Reavers are done expect pics soon ;)
     
    Crowsfoot, Jun 29, 2017
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    As promised pics of the Reavers.

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    More pics in my blog.
     
    Crowsfoot, Jun 29, 2017
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    They're looking great.
     
    Ritual, Jun 29, 2017
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  14. NIGHTBRINGER
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    NIGHTBRINGER, Jun 29, 2017
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    Well today is the last day of the challenge.

    I am sorry to inform (much to the surprise of nobody) that I have failed to meet my challenge goal. To be fair, I managed to complete 50% of my goal. So without further delay, I present to you all my completed single kroxigor (apologies for the somewhat poor image quality, I really need to make myself a lightbox)...

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    NIGHTBRINGER, Jun 30, 2017
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    That looks really good, you should paint more you have a good eye.
     
    Crowsfoot, Jul 1, 2017
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  17. NIGHTBRINGER
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    Thank you. It took quite a while to complete. It's one of my better works, if not my best... but ultimately I have never been pleased with my painting. It's one of the reasons I don't pursue that aspect of the hobby very much (ironic, a self fulfilling prophecy of sorts).

    This Kroxigor is a prototype (which is why I used this old Krox model instead of my shiny new ones), but then I decided to take him to the highest level within my skill set. I'm still looking to settle on a colour scheme for my Lizards. I have a couple of other ideas. This was also my first attempt at marble. I'm pleased with the way it turned out. It looks better in real life, but still room for improvement.

    Thanks for the encouragement. I probably should paint my next Kroxigor, but now I have my eye on potentially painting my Marauder unit filler conversion.
     
    NIGHTBRINGER, Jul 1, 2017
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    Yeah, that looks great - the marbly/gemstoney effect on the weapon looks nice. Good job @NIGHTBRINGER!
     
    Ritual, Jul 3, 2017
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    DO IT!
     
    Crowsfoot, Jul 3, 2017
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  20. BeardyGecko
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    I really like the krox! you must be hiding your light under a skink. lovely dude.
     
    BeardyGecko, Jul 3, 2017
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