This entry is a mixed bag of figures as a number of figures are still drying, or need to be repaired after a varnish fail... so not quite what I wanted to have done this week... but it does give Aidan (and anyone else) a chance to catch up on the Dungeon Saga side challenge.
First up we have the banshee from DS, which leaves one of the core set villains left to paint and 6 armoured undead. The banshee is quite a nice sculpt, with the exception of blobby hands and will see a lot of use in various game systems (including Frostgrave).
As a change, I decided to try some of the Dungeon Saga demons. These guys are the same size as the undead trolls and act as their equivalent in the demonic campaign. Again, very nice models to paint, though some of the seams are tricky to clean off as the plastic is slightly bendy. If the Kings of War ones are as nicely sculpted, they should be great models... not that I need any more of them. They will also be nice large size demons for Frostgrave. These guys suffered from a partial varnish fail. You can see the white marbling on the back of the middle demon; though in this case it adds to the texture rather than obscuring detail; so not so much a fail as an unexpected detailing!
Last and definitely least are two of the ghosts from Shadows of Brimstone. These figures are some of the worst I've had the misfortune to work with. The detail is shockingly soft, which makes them ugly lumps... so a quick ghost paintjob was done at the same time as the DS banshee to get them out of the way. There are two more around somewhere that will turn up later when I find them. Scale wise they are only useful in Shadows of Brimstone as they are 1/48 (ish), which makes them really tall when compared to any other Old West figures that I have.
Lovely work Paul! The demons are great but I have to say I really like your undead. I know you've probably mentioned it before but what do you use as your colours for these? They look wonderfully ethereal.
I have a suspicion that those demons are around 40mm so I'll score them as such. 36 points total. Well done!
Beautiful painting. Like Curt I really love the undead
ReplyDeleteVery nice work Paul :)
ReplyDeleteVery nice work Paul! cheers, PD
ReplyDeleteI do like the colour work on those undead! Nice one, Paul!
ReplyDeleteYep colours work well .. Nice entry
ReplyDeleteNice work Paul! I've tried a couple of different things trying to get exactly that shade of blue/green and never got just what I wanted. You've nailed it...
ReplyDeleteThe ghosts are the easiest thing in the world.
ReplyDelete1) White undercoat
2) HEAVY wash of GW's Coelia Greenshade. Add some black wash to the deepest, darkest areas if you want to get it really dark
3) Wipe of excess with fingertip
4) Lightly drybrush white. Make absolutely sure the wash is dry first, otherwise you get weird green marbling instead (which actually works sometimes)
Legend, Paul, that's just what I needed. I really like those ethereals.
DeleteVery nice painting work!
ReplyDeleteThe undead are both scary and enchanting. Very good choice of colours and you tell they are easy to paint
ReplyDeleteDamn nice work Paul!
ReplyDeleteNice job on these, I'll bet the game looks great with all these painted. Always tempting to not paint board game figures, so we'll done indeed.
ReplyDeleteSo far it is looking great. I just need some painted heroes now ;)
DeleteCool ghosts. I glossed over my DS demons. I'm going back to take another look.
ReplyDeleteThe demons are really nice. Not quite as good as the undead, but still great. The orks are well sculpted, but I'm not a fan of the Mantic aesthetic
DeleteVarnish fail's always a horror so hope you get them all fixed. These though are great
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I should have known better than to try and varnish on a damp day, but I wanted to submit a few more bits and they were all shiny shiny gloss. Next time I'll just save them up for a dry day instead
DeleteDespite the varnish fail they've turned out excellent. These demons are a real corker.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip on the ghost-painting--your figures always look so suitably ethereal. Love the demons, too!
ReplyDeleteVery nice, Paul! Your undead steal the show. Soft detail...you salvaged the two specters very well! ;)
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