Sunday 8 April 2018

One eyed monsters!

Look, painted mini's!!!!












These ugly fuckers were mostly painted with a series of washes. Wanted to see if I could get some good results with a quick technique. I picked out a few details here and there with paint, like their pustules and eyes, but mostly it was just washes. When I finished varnishing them I applied a few different colours of Tamiya clear to the wounds and exposed bone areas, which admittedly I went a bit overboard with. But apart from the tentacle dude, I'm pretty happy with how the rest of them turned out.

Cheers :)

18 comments:

  1. Very nice! Washes work well for these guys. I like the use of really bright colour in the wounds. They look really good.

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    1. The bright colours in their wounds was a bit of an accident really. I applied one coat of red ink onto the white base coat. Then I painted some Tamiya clear orange onto it. It looked a little wrong, so I tried to add a bit of yellow. That looked a bit odd too, so I painted a little of the red on it. In the end they look a little fluro :D

      I'm glad I've got them done. Glad you like them Toby :)

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  2. I'll probably lose my oldhammer Cree, not those are my favorite version of plague bearers. And you've done a great job on them! Plus, they look like they're having a great beach vacation!

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  3. Like Andrew, I love the beach scenery. I can't believe I'm writing this, but the tropical background really accentuates the pestilential horror.
    I'm impressed and jealous of your wash-work, but these guys like amazing. I especially love that bloody tentacle.
    I also like your bases. I have a stupid question: do you paint those rocks, or leave them au naturale? In either case, they look lovely.

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    1. Answer to stupid question is as follows:

      Two different grades of concrete sand applied to base with PVA. When dry I apply a dark wood varnish over all of it. Lastly, I drybrush it with Bleached Bone when the varnish is dry.

      It's a method I started using when I was playing around with dipping my mini's years ago. Kill two birds with one stone kinda thing. Glad you like the effect Matthew :)

      Re the beach, it's where all the cool cats from the chaos wastes go to kick back.

      Cheers mate :)

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  4. I have to admire your entrails .... that sounds very wrong but you know what I mean.

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    1. My entrails are a thing of beauty :DDD

      Cheers Phil.

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  5. They look great Mr. P. I don't know, that tentacle looks like what I'd imagine after a video session.

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    1. Kinda reminds me of something from Wicked City.

      Thanks Sean :)

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  6. They look nice. I've been using more and more of the zenithal primer method followed by a series of washes and glazes. It really speeds up the basecoat stage which for me is the most painful

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    1. Yeah, I'm all about speed these days. The painting speed that is, not the illicit stuff, that won't help my painting output at all!

      Cheers Anthony :)

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  7. Man, these are insanely good, I love the results. The beach may look kind of anti climax, but nevertheless I'm totally for it :D

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    1. The beach is their holiday destination of choice :)

      Glad you like them Suber. I think I'll fix up the blood effects though, too bright.

      Cheers mate :)

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  8. Your approach really suits these minis. Cracking.

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    1. Gee, thanks Chris :) I'm hoping to get started on finishing off my Chaos horde soon, so you'll be seeing more of my stuff.

      Cheers mate :)

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