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#1 ·
Well, I have finally decided to take the plunge and start a painting log, exposing my sporadic painting efforts to the harsh spotlight of LO.

Hopefully having this thread should help to spur me on to get some more painting done, just so that I have something to post!

It should also mean that anyone following my Warhound Titan's progress can see that I am doing something... even if it's not what I should be doing.

Updates will probably be quite irregular though, painting is a bit of a hassle at the moment due to lack of space at home, but me and my fiancée are looking to move house soon, and then I should be able to get a desk with some dedicated painting space.

I will make my first post with some images once I've had a chance to iron out some pics on photobucket!
 
#2 ·
Damocles / Terminus Ultra Interiors, Thunderfire Cannon

Yesterday I was in work doing some overtime, however it being a sunday there wasn't much to do (nature of my business - noone is really working so we have noone to support. I worked off all the jobs that needed doing fairly quickly, so I got to spend a bit of time in the afternoon... well, the picture speaks for itself:



This was actually a blessing as it's the first time I've cracked out the brushes in a while.

My primary focus was to do the interrior detail for my Land Raider (which I plan to magnetize Terminus Ultra Sponsons to), and my FW Damocles Command Rhino, so that I could get on with assembling them. I managed both.

(Forgive the picture quality, it was taken at work on my phone, so it's not exactly a professional setup)



I did the floor plate and the interiors of the doors as well. I've now assembled the interior bit of the LR and added the top hull the next step is to start sorting out the sponsons!

I did a quick BGM drybrush of the Damocles interior to get that done, the majority of work I did on that was the control desk type bit:



That's good enough for me, and I am pleased with how it looks inside the Rhino:





I know that the metal is a little slap-dash, but I don't mind that too much as it just looks like it's been in use. As per usual the close up photos are very unforgiving as well!

Next step on that one is to paint the marines, and/or to start painting the exterior. I still have a quarter can of Ultramarine Blue spray hanging around so I need to decide if I want to use that and then repaint the black etc, or go with traditional painting of the blue over the black (I've been using Mordian Blue because I like how well the foundation paints cover, then Ultramarine blue on top).

While it wasn't my target, I decided to birng the Thunderfire Cannon along, as it seemed fairly easy to paint - lots of metal to drybrush and some nice flat armour panels. Turns out I was right, as it was "finished" later that afternoon:







It's good enough for me, I even tried a little highlighting (which I normally don't bother with, but am going to try and start).

I need to add some decals to it and perhaps some other odds and ends like a scroll (I have decided the gun's name is "Furius Ultra", so that may feature) or some purity seals.

All in all not a bad afternoon's work (I think).

Comments welcome, try not to be too harsh though or I will go stand in the rain and cry tears of blood (well not really, but you know).
 
#5 ·
Dude! that's so cool! Next time i have a late shift i'm bringing my models! :D

As to your models, they look good, perhaps adding some water to your paints? That'll make the paint less thick. And perhaps indeed highlighting, if just a little.
 
#4 ·
Thanks :) they do well enough for my purposes anyway, I just like the look of them all ranked up on the battlefield. I still find a childish excitement in it!

I hate to say it but I'll probably be doing the same again this Sunday! I'll do my best to get some pics up if I make any good inroads - though they might be on my Titan thread rather than here!
 
#6 ·
You are probably right - I do water my paints, but perhaps still not enough... I shall bear that in mind this sunday!

Highlighting will all depend on how bothered I can be - to be honest tabletop quality is my aim.
 
#8 ·
I may do just that. I have a couple more things I want to try.

Currently I use Chaos Black undercoat then Mordian Blue then Ultramarines Blue for my Marines. I could quite easily add a highlight or two I suppose.
 
#9 ·
Me again!

Not much to put on but I will make the token effort.

I did some work on my Titan this week, but that has it's own thread, and I won't bother to duplicate it here, if you are interested here is the link:

http://www.librarium-online.com/forums/projects/145735-warhound-titan-forge-world-lucius-pattern-wolf-class-7.html#post1444886

While I was waiting for that to dry I did some odds and sods, or Veteran Sergeants Marius and Sentius as they are otherwise known.

I painted these guys a fair while back (i.e. shortly after 40k 3rd edition was released), but after Codex SM 5th Edition came out, I changed their loadout - Marius had A bolt pistol and chainsword, and Sentius a bolter - they now both have bolters and power fists, which needed painting up.

It made me realise how far I'd come just to see all the glaring mistakes I'd made on these guys!

I painted them to fit in with the rest of their squads, so that's why I haven't done too much with them, but I thought I'd put up pics regardless just to show I've done it - Marius is on the left and Sentius to the right:




Marius still needs a bit more doing to him to get him up to spec, I need something on that white kneepad, and some decorations to show his veteran status I think (perhaps I could do both at once).

As I said these are designed not to stick out from their squad, not be pretty, and neither are my best efforts, so be gentle!
 
#10 ·
Isn't it astonishing to see just how far practice goes? Paint one space marine and they are a desgrace, 100 later you get to know how the lines work and where to highlight! I think you did the guy's skin tone pretty decently, I can never do skin very well, and I'm doing a hawk lords army atm, their trim is also gold, how did you get yours to be so gold! Shining gold does my head in...Lol. And what you can look into for future refernece is getting different basing, my BT's are all based with the same as those marines there but if you make it different colours such as a desert, it can make the mini's look very good. Check youtube for idea's if you want. And update this post!
 
#11 ·
Thanks for the encouragement, it is true that practice really does make (I'm not going to say perfect) for a much better painter!

To answer your question about the shoulder pad rims - the reason they are so bright is because the gold was actually painted over golden yellow shoulder pad rims, from the pre 'bling marines' era!

I did like the static grass bases to being with but moving forward I am going to change over to using an urban / ash waste theme, so bases will be grey with rocks/rubble on. Unfortunately this means going back and changing the existing ones, but for once my abysmally low rate of painting will be a benefit there.

I'm afraid to report I have done very little painting since this post so there's really been nothing to add, even the Titan has been ignored lately!

What I have been doing is adding to my Imperial Guard, but so far I have only assembed them. I've been doing lots of little conversions and work, but as they are all just undercoated black there isn't much to show. I might try and take some pictures of them if I can get one that picks up the details properly on the black, but if not it will have to wait until I paint them (sometime in the next 30 years if I'm lucky)!

Of course now I have received Space Hulk, so my next distraction is to remove all the blood drops and Blood Angels symbols from the Terminators and replace them with something more Ultramarine-friendly (even though I feel bad about it as it's quite a crime to carve up such great models)!

Again, thanks for taking the time to reply, I really appreciate it :)
 
#12 ·
It's my pleasure, my blog fail terribly hard ages ago too! I can just not be bothered setting the camera up in proper light! I think the urban waste idea is a great one, I tried it but mine could have come out better I believe. I always want to start an ultra marines army but i can never be bothered! Whats your model count like for this army?
 
#14 ·
model count is... well ridiculous. I have a battle company and a half as well as a squad shy of the whole first company, all the UM characters and some of the others, and plenty of other support as well. Basically I have one or two of prettymuch everything in the codex (though I still need to get me some Ironclads and LS Storms).

I could go into more detail but it would be tedious!

IG I have 6 Infantry Squads, 3 Veteran Squads, 1 Stormtrooper Squad, 5 Command Squads, about 9 Heavy Weapons Squads, and about 15 tanks of various types.

I think my combined Imperial Army totals up at about 18,000 odd points if you include my Daemonhunters, Baneblade, Vulture and the Warhound... I have counted for a while though so it could be more!

(Un)fortunately I have a new job these days and a lot more to do, so my days of painting at my desk are over. Which is half the reason I have had very little progress!
 
#16 ·
Looks like my idea of a WIP Thread motivating me didn't quite work... still, never mind.

Thanks for the tip darkness55, I might try the Calthan Brown, it will be a good base for the gold.

As for what I have been up to since I last posted (hobby wise at least, I won't get into the rest or we will be here all day), It's been mostly rare, but intensive, sessions of construction.

I've more or less finished the rejigging and upgrading of my Imperial Guard for the new Codex after putting together 3 Command Squads, 2 Infantry Squads, 3 more Heavy Weapons Squads and 3 Veteran Squads (they were definitely the most fun to assemble).
They still need some odds and sods adding and finishing off, but they are ready for gaming at least (though of course, not painted).
I still want to get a few more things to really make the army how I want it (a Valkyrie and the new Hellhound and Demolisher kits are highest on the list, as well as another squad of Sentinels), but I definitely have a respectable amount of Guard now, so I'm not going to be forced into any lists I don't want to take due to a lack of choice.

When Space Hulk came along I couldn't resist, so I got a copy of it pre-ordered as an early birthday present. What a box that is, full to the brim with fun! I love the Terminators, though stubborn as I am I'm going to be converting them to Ultramarines, which I feel is going to be no easy task (the xacto will definitely need using for that one). I've played a few games and it seems to be Space Hulk as it should be - brutal and unforgiving!

With the coming and going of my birthday I picked up two big boxes:

The first was the Imperial Strongpoint set (as I picked up the Planetstrike book and wanted to have a go). The Bastions are lovely and really easy to assemble, I've even left the floors on mine unglued so I can mix and match them as I need to and it was no problem to do. The Aegis Lines are also nice and solid and suprisingly detailed. The automated weapons are lovely stuff too, though I'm already thinking of alternate uses for the weapons, and for the bases (I'm thinking SM Razorback turrets will fit on them quite nicely to make ghetto-tarantulas).

The other 'big one' was the Shadowsword kit. As with the Baneblade back when I made that, and as with some many other GW kits lately, it was really easy to put together. It's even absurdly simple to set it up to hot-swap between all the variants (with the expception of the Stormlord - might have to buy another kit to complete the collection)! A definite win there - I can't wait to deploy my destroyer weapon!

Speaking of which, I've also done some more work on my Warhound Titan, but that has it's own thread (http://www.librarium-online.com/forums/projects/145735-warhound-titan-forge-world-lucius-pattern-wolf-class-9.html#post1559284) so I won't repeat myself here.
 
#17 ·
meh

update! I did a little painting yesterday, but nothing too impressive. To be honest I wish I'd just left it!

I didn't get a lot of sleep on saturday night and whilst I felt alright I think in retrospect it was having a negative effect on me, I wasn't as sharp or patient as I should have been and I felt the results!

I went at it with high ambition, but in the end all I did was a little bit of work on my Titan (link in sig), made a start on Tigurius, and started did a test miniature for my IG.

Tigurius seemed to go well to begin with, but after the first couple of coats (Mordian and Ultramarine Blue respectively), when I went to highlight (4:1 UB:Skull White - not sure if it was light enough to be honest), my brushwork started getting sloppy and I went over a few lines. I'll have that to tidy up later!

I also basecoated the parts I want to be gold with some brazen brass to get a basecoat on. Again I suffered from my fatigue here because instead of carefully deciding what colour I wanted various decorations and equipment to be, I just started painting them, which I don't do very well with (I need a clear plan in my head). We will see how he goes next time I pick up a brush.

As I said before, the other thing I did was to start on an Imperial Guardsman to test out the colour scheme for my Ultramar Regiment Guard.

My plan was to do the fatigues in Adeptus Battlegrey then drybrush with Codex Grey, and to do the armour with Fenris Grey drybrushed with Shadow Grey. The equipment (gun casing, webbing, boots etc) would be in black, and the details (Aquilas etc) in silver.
It turned out... alright. I wasn't particularly taking my time over it as it was a test model, but the main thing it has made me realise is that painting guard is going to be a lot harder than painting marines. All those big chunky armour plates and cro-magnon faces are a joy to paint compared to the folds of fabric and the tiny features of the guardsmen.

I think the Adeptus Battlegrey / Shadow Grey worked alright. The Fenris Grey looked black to begin with, but I just carried on thinking it would dry lighter - however eventually a few tired neuroses fired and I realised I hadn't mixed it before using it and it had seperated. Once I had mixed it up it gave a good coat and was about the colour I expected. The Shadow grey went on fine, though there seems to be very little contrast between it and the basecoat.

The colours look alright so for a test it worked okay. I've also learnt a couple of lessons, mainly that mould lines on guard are very unforgiving if not dealt with appropriately, and secondly that either my drybrushing of Guard needs a lot of improvement, or I need to work out a good wash to darken down the recesses a bit.

I don't know if it's worth putting up pictures but I might if I get time just to get some feedback on things I can improve on.

Another lesson I learnt is not to paint if I've had too little sleep, because even though I didn't feel tired, I clearly was. Hopefully next time I pick up the brush it will be a little better!
 
#18 ·
Deactivate Sus-an Membrane!

I have decided it was about time I got back to updating this thread.

I've been quite busy over the last 7 months(!). I ended up taking an unintentional sabbatical from the hobby - though I did manage to get a few games in, and I have been keeping my hand in with a little construction, I haven't done anything much painting wise.

In the period since I last updated this thread I have acquired a Valkyrie for my Imperial Guard, a Fortress of Redemption to use in Planetstrike, and a Shrine of the Aquila to use for some terrain.
I've also done some other fiddly odds and sods, and I've started on de-Blood Angel-ing the Space Hulk Terminators, though I must admit I have not had the patience for it a lot of the time.

Thankfully in the last month or so I've managed to find some impetus to get back into the hobby, and I've done stuff such as painting the Valkyrie's interior, (mostly) assembling it and magnetising it, magnetising my Warhound Titan, and starting to plan out and work on a modular city board using a mixture of GW and Foamcore buildings (plus some more stuff I haven't thought of yet).

I've also given up on the airbrush that I was supposed to be getting on loan from a friend (as I had been waiting over 18 months for it), and instead forked out the cash for one of my own - I've done some initial trials and I will be putting up some details of this when I have more time and some pics.

Really this post is just a precursor, something to get the ball rolling and a good reminder for me that I need to update the thread. The feedback I've gotten from it has always been useful and I do enjoy sharing my work, so hopefully I can keep myself going with it and get some real updates on here for a change.
 
#19 ·
Right!

First off, a few pictures of the work I had done previous to this new period of enthusiasm:

WIP Tigurius:


Those metallics will definitely need dulling down at some point.

Colour Test Guardsman:


I should paint his face and hands up really, looks too contrasting at the moment.

Now, onto the future. The work I've been doing on my Titan is in it's own thread, as per usual.

Here is my airbrush "kit" (hose is in the box for those wondering):



I've only used the gravity feed brush thus far, but the results seem fine to me. This should save me loads of time on my vehicles. It remains to be seen if I will deploy it against infantry!

Here's a little sample of the base coating I've done:




It really seems to be making gaps and mould lines show up in a disturbing fashion, that's something I will really have to look into in future.

The other things I base coated were two drop pods (one of which needs touching up):



This approach also had the unexpected benefit that when I opened them up, it seems all I need to do is Boltgun Metal the interiors and touch up a few bits of blue, and I'm 2/3 of the way there to having them painted (interior detail is a must as I always insist on opening up my pods, much to the chagrin of my opponents who often complain about the ramps squashing their models)!



Now, onto more serious matters - me forming some kind of plan to have a decent amount of models painted. I'll willingly admit that I'm awful at painting - I could do with more practice to get better technique, but the main thing I'm awful at is actually making the time to do it.
I enjoy converting a lot more, and I love gaming when I can set aside the time, but as much as I enjoy painting whilst I'm doing it, and like seeing the results, preparing for it and cleaning up afterwards feels like a terrible chore.

To that end, and to show the scale of my laxity, here is a shot of the shelving unit which contains most of my miniatures:



Raven Guard and Tanith Scouts? I hear you cry... well no. Lazy painter.

I'm putting up these shots in the hope that in a year or so I will be able to come back and put some new ones up, showing a decent amount of them painted (though I'm not even considering 50% of them or anything like that - I'm a realist you know)!

What I want to do next, to help get me moving, is something I really should have done a long time ago. I'm going to find the time to write up a 1500pt list for each of my armies, and try to get each one painted, then once painted, play with them as soon as possible. Once I've done that, I'll write up a 2000 pt list for each one, and get them up to that, then play them again.

I'm hoping this approach will keep me going rather than letting me slide into laziness again.

For those interested, here are some slightly closer up shots of my shadowy forces:

Ultramarines:

Top shelf is the First Company and Chapter Command, next one is the Second Company, and the third contains elements of the Reserve and Scout Companies as well as the Armoury.

Agents of the Imperium (thank you Apocalypse Rulebook) and Tank Company:

For the top shelf, left to right, we have my Vulture Gunship (clunky old full resin version, hence the ridiculously large base; Grey Knights at the front and Inquisitors at the back (battle plan right there) and my Warhound, Lupus Ultio, on the right (oh and yes, my Daemonhunters are based out of Ultramar, so they are appropriate to be acting in warzones with the Ultramarines and Ultramar Guard Regiments).
Underneath are my Baneblade and Shadowsword, as well as my Leman Russ contingent.

Ultramar Guard:

As you can guess, lots of infantry and some tanks! The bottom shelf has my basilisks on as well as some of my Planetstrike Scenery.

Once I have decided on which lists I will be using for each force, I will post them and some pictures of the unpainted models, then I will try my best to keep chipping away at them and keep this WIP updated (I know I said that last time however).

Thoughts?
 
#20 ·
Wow, and I said that I've got a huge collection! No offense intentded :p

I too have trouble with the motivation of painting entire armies and when painting I always keep to some simple and very strict guidelines, these are as follows:

1) Dedicate a small amount of time per day, to the modelling and painting of any given miniature. Personally, I'd like to spend usually an hour or two at the most, any more time that you have to spare is up to you. It is usually best to draw up a 'timetable' of when you want to paint and when to stop as there may be limitations to time due to family, work and other 'life' stuff. Making a time during the morning or the evening is the best windows here, particularly the morning is best in this situation as it's all too often that your knackered when it comes to the evening.

2) Stay 'single-minded' and by what I mean by this is do not think about the bigger picture here and the size of the army that you've got to paint, for its impact on your morale is devastating enough to make you drop your paintbrush as soon as you start! To stay 'single-minded' you have to pick a miniature or squad and work on it until the job is finished completely, concentrate your mind, body and spirit to that single tasks' completion; do not even think about another miniature/project until you have finished that one in your hands.

Determination is key to finishing what you've started ;).

3) Dust your miniatures! Okay... this is more like a pre-painting method than an actual step to motivation. I keep my project/completed miniatures on a shelf also and living near a farm it gets very dusty here, I've recently messed up a paintjob on my Tau Devilfish by not dusting the miniature before painting it. The end result being that it hasn't got that smooth look to it as it should have and now has a mottled look with dust and hair stuck beneath the paint, after a bit of luck I managed to get away with it - just.

These are the guidelines that I use when painting and it proved to work thus far, when it comes to painting hordes of miniatures, you'd have to stick to an orgainised scheme and hard 'paint-drills' to literally force yourself to start and finish your projects in a reasonable amount of time. Discipline, determination, blood, sweat, tears and a strict timetable are needed to make your dream into a reality, as with the flick of your brush and by the sweat of your brow will you achieve this.

I've got 4,000 points worth of Tau to paint on top of other things, when considering the numbers, their model count doesn't come close to what you have on those shelves. Good luck sir, and I salute you.


-Kai-Itza-
 
#21 ·
Wow, and I said that I've got a huge collection! No offense intentded :p
None taken! Last rought count I had about 12,000 pts of Marines, 4,400 of Guard, 2,300 Daemonhunters, and then another 750 for Lupus Ultio. It would make for quite the Apocalypse game if I could fit them all on the table!

I too have trouble with the motivation of painting entire armies and when painting I always keep to some simple and very strict guidelines, these are as follows:

1) Dedicate a small amount of time per day, to the modelling and painting of any given miniature.
Easy to say but hard to do - I have a 3 week old baby in the house and I will be back at work shortly. I can't commit to anything because I'd just let myself down. I'm going to try to do more on a week by week basis but not give myself daily targets because I know I'd miss them!

2) Stay 'single-minded' and by what I mean by this is do not think about the bigger picture here and the size of the army that you've got to paint, for its impact on your morale is devastating enough to make you drop your paintbrush as soon as you start!
That's why I'm doing the 1500 lists. Even them I'm going to start by looking at getting my HQ+2 Troops, and them pick one squad at a time to do!

3) Dust your miniatures!
Good advice. The doors on my shelving unit keep them fairly clean but any bits show up when you paint. I often use an old tootbrush to dislodge any persistent detritus from my minis!

Thanks for the feedback and the encouragement - it really is appreciated because it helps to keep me thinking "better post an update" - which makes me think "better do some work!".

I've got the first of my lists ready - mainly because it's the smallest one for model count. As you can probably guess, that's the Daemonhunters one. My 1500 list contains the following:

Grey Knights GM Tyrael
4 Man GK Terminator Retinue

10 Man GK Squad Serdigo
10 Man GK Squad Kaliendes

GK Dreadnought Athelien

Inquisitor Pavus van Droight
3 Heavy Bolter Gun Servitors
2 Primaris Psykers (Mystics)
1 Veteran Guard Marksman (Sage)

Vindicare Assassin

I could post the full list if anyone was interested but that's the models I will be having. I may even put some pictures of them up so you can see what I'm working with. The GK Retinue will also have a Brother Captain, which I am going to paint up at the same time as the rest of them, so they can be used independent of the GM as squad Astinos.

and have I made any progress on them, I hear you cry? Well... YES! Ha!

As I was doing some work on my Titan yesterday I also took the opportunity to basecoat the GK yes all of them, including the dread) with Boltgun Metal. I must say, it worked better than I thought it would! Next step is to highlight the armour with Mithril silver, then I can do the blue ink washing.

I want to concentrate on the Grey Knights first as they are the iconic models for the force - and most likely to get pulled into Apocalypse games! I'll be doing Squad Serdigo first, then Kaliendes, so I can practice painting GK armour before I do the Terminators and finally the GM.

I may also do the Vindicare at some point as he is a single model unit and therefore a "quick win"!

I'll put some piccies of the basecoated GKs up once I have time so all and sundry can see how I fared with the airbrush.
 
#22 ·
Some pics of the stuff mentioned in the post above, as promised:

Obligatory Army Shot:

By The Emperor, that's not many models for 1500 pts! This will (hopefully) be the quickest army I'll ever paint!

Justicar Serdigo:

I wasn't overly sold on the Justicar model to begin with but this pic has made me love the pose!

Psycannon:

The airbrush is like a hassle-free magic drybrusher!

Inquisitor von Droight:


Psycannon from above:


Veteran Guard Marksman (need a name for him really!):


I'll keep you updated as I progress!
 
#23 ·
@Kai
I remember giving similar advice to this one guy. That was some time ago:p

@Chrispcarter
Kai has some good advice there, and I really would back him up on the tip about dusting your figures. Even when you aren't in the middle of painting them, it can be really annoying when you fancy a game, and find you have an entire army to clean first.

Your painting isn't bad at all. Firstly, by actually painting them your army is above average. It makes me really sad to see people who can't be bothered painting armies just tipping them out onto the table and playing with them. If it doesn't look good, whats the point of having it?

And its not often I see an Imperial Guard collection that competes with my own in size, very impressive indeed.

Keep up your painting mate, and you'll get even better with time. You can probably notice it after individual models. Its a source of constant irritation to me, as I keep finding I have to re-paint stuff.
 
#24 ·
That is an impressive collection there dude. Lots and lots of stuff. Enjoy painting them! :p KIdding. I think the previous advise if great. Small manageable chunks. So your 1500 pt armies are ideal. This is how I have done it in the past - make a list and work to it. Make sure its playable and then you can add whatever you want to afterwards at your own leisure.

Kuffy
 
#26 ·
Grey Knights are always a joy to paint as they are very cool models, it's great to start small.

It I usually stick to such a timetable myself though I have been lacking in the modelling/painting department due to finishing up Uni. My WIP Thread has been rather quiet for quite a few months now, due to me not updating it :p.

Great start CPC and remember, we're watching... :D

*giggles evily*




-Kai-Itza-
 
#27 ·
Thanks for the encouragement all!

Due to the unusually nice weather I have to say I haven't had much impetus to do anything hobby related - I've been too busy sunning myself in the garden.

I did start on Squad Serdigo last night, however it's not the result I was hoping for - I applied the Mithril Silver Highlights (at which point they looked lovely) but I thnk I was a but heavy handed with the Blue Ink and didn't thin it down enough, so now they all look a bit blue.

I'm thinking I should be building on the Boltgun Metal with a drybrush of Chainmail, then the Mithril Silver before a very heavily diluted Blue Ink wash. I will try this and see how it goes.

So much for this being easy!
 
#28 ·
I'm thinking I should be building on the Boltgun Metal with a drybrush of Chainmail, then the Mithril Silver before a very heavily diluted Blue Ink wash. I will try this and see how it goes.

So much for this being easy!
I think this is the best method. It will give you some nice layers of shade over the mini and the thin blue wash (or if you water it down further you could make it a glaze) would add a nice touch of colour to them.

Kuffy
 
#30 ·
This is the trick I picked up for these guys. If you want that 'blue steel' look, mix a touch of blue ink in with your mithril silver. Make enough in a mixing put to cover the army, it's really tricky to match it just right if you have to mix it up each time. Then go in and do final highlights with pure mithril. Unfortunately, I no longer have any examples I can put up for you.

-J
Mithril Monkey
 
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