I’ve felt entirely uninspired the
past couple of weeks (not helped by getting quite sick over the weekend), so
progress on my painting has been extremely slow. I did manage to finish the
latest batch of Bugman’s Rangers:
In the past I’ve experimented with a
variety of techniques for painting flesh – from normal layering to wet-blending.
While this has produced some nice results, it’s also slowed me down a bit, so I
finally caved and bought a flesh wash. It’s not as smooth, but it’s quicker.
This brings me up to something
approaching an actual unit (and it only took me a year!):
I think I’ll paint up another three
troopers and then move on to the command unit.
For my next project, I’m going to
paint some (seasonally appropriate) December’s Acolytes and Silent Ones for my
Arcanist Crew. I’m hoping to play some Malifaux over Christmas, and I need a bit
of punch.
The first step (after assembly – a non-trivial
job when dealing with Wyrd miniatures) is getting the bases ready.
I use a texture roller from Green
Stuff World, which works quite well. Just make sure to keep it very wet, or the
green stuff will stick to it.
Afterwards, I make a light
impression of the model’s feet. This does distort the texture a bit, but it
helps with gluing the figure to the base afterwards.
Croaker
