Deadzone!

Painted the both Deadzone strike teams on one evening using speedpainting techniques.

They look pretty decent from an arms lenght. Army Painter's Quickshade can make a difference if you just want to rush out several miniatures to the gaming table.

Deadzone!

Decided to buy Mantic's Deadzone starter set. It looked like a good bang for the buck, a modular set of scenery, two starter factions and a rubbery playmat + rulebook and dices. Here's how I painted the scenery.

Cryx battlegroup part 2

I made some progress with my Cryx battlegroup. This time I added the OSL (object source lighting) effects with Badger Krome airbrush. This effect turned out to be surprisingly neat. It's easy to mess up and overdo. The trick is to add white with an airbrush very lightly where you want the glow to hit, then layer some thinned down color or ink on top using an airbrush and lastly wash it. If you use oil wash, you can blend it very easily using mineral spririts and a brush. The green really pops out in the end. Simple yet effective.

Added white for the glow base

Airbrushed the glow with Vallejo fluo green and yellow

Made the oil wash using Monestial green and mineral spirits

Washed

Not sure what next. Maybe I will highlight the metal edges a bit. Perhaps I will add some fluo yellow in the middle of the glow to make the glow more bright in the right places. To be continued...

Cryx battlegroup project

Started a new project last weekend.  I honestly got more done than I thought. It was friday night on the first picture and sunday night in the second picture. I tried out some new weathering techniques. Also put up a Youtube channel and a facebook page. Subscribe and like if you like to get some updates from me. I've shot some tutorial and showcase videos, so you can expect those up soon. On my Facebook page I'm planning to add updates from my recent projects (more often than I update this blog). Anyway, this battlegroup is still missing necrotic glow, cloth on Deneghra (it will be blue, I ordered some P3's from Firestorm games) and bases obviously. Glows will be done with airbrush OSL technique.

Tau Broadsides

Finally had the chance to finish these. It's nice that now I have some room for other projects. I think I started these bad boys last autumn, but I had to put this hobby aside for a while due to health issues. I'm pretty happy how they turned out. It's always fun to make the weathering effects. This time I used some Tamiya weathering stuff. It's pretty easy to use and gives nice results. I need to find an alternative for oil washes... On my Tau it doesn't seem to work as good as it could.