Mortal Gods - Athenian Hoplites

More stuff I got painted up for Mortal Gods.  Just like the mercenary support miniatures, these were completed several months ago but I only recently got the basing material to finally finish them off.  I enjoy these sculpts much more and used a more traditional layering painting approach.  Fairly happy with how they turned out, aside from the skin seeming a little greyish.

Heavy Hoplites

Medium/Light Hoplites.

Paints used:

• Cloth:  RMS Breonne Blue, highlighted up with the triad
• Skin:  RMS Olive Skin, highlighted up with the triad
• Leather:  RMS Blackened Brown, highlighted up with the triad
• Off Whites:  Vallejo Panzer Aces Light Rubber (base), RMS White (edge highlight)
• Metal (Bronze):  AP Weapon Bronze (base), 4:1 AP Weapon Bronze:AP Plate Mail Metal (highlight)
• Metal (Steel):  AP Gun Metal (base), AP Shinning Silver (highlight)
• Entire models received a diluted wash of AP Strong Tone 
• Basing material is Luke's APS Mediterranean Soil

All said, a good chunk of Greeks done.  Although it still feels like a I have a ton left.  Ideally would like about 4 more each of Heavy and Medium/Light Athenian Hoplites.  Then there are all the solos I need/want/have.  Oh and Athenian Marines.  And then Spartans.  And then whatever the Mythic expansion brings.  Speaking of which, where is the Mythic expansion!?

Mortal Gods - Mercenaries/Support

Trying to get a bit caught up on posting up what all I have painted this year.  I was (and still isn't) terribly thrilled by these particular Victrix sculpts, but that represented an excellent opportunity for an extended experiment of GW's contrast paints.  The paints were brand new at the time.  Yes, that means I painted them almost 6 months ago.  After the initial painting they sat for a long while as I tried to get a hold of the basing material that I used.  Then further delays for the shield transfers.  All in all though for the time invested, I'm pretty happy with them.

I will say I think the GW contrast paints were oversold.  Definitely not news now or even then, but they take a decent amount of skill to use effectively.  I don't think I've come close to mastering them and I don't really care for the method.  That being said, they will get some use when faced with models I just want to knock out quick. 

Anyway, on to the Greeks!

Given these are just GW contrast paints (except for the metals), I'm not going to bother digging out what each color used was.  It should be simple enough to back out.  A couple of notes though:

• All the contrast paints were diluted 1:1 with the contrast medium.  Applied twice.
• Entire models received a diluted wash of AP Strong Tone (I was hoping it would dull the colors a little, maybe should have gone with a stronger/multiple application)
• Basing material is Luke's APS Mediterranean Soil
• Shield transfers were from Little Big Men Studios.  Important to note, the Victrix specific transfers are only available direct from Victrix.

Great to knock out some fodder for Mortal Gods.  I've got some Hoplites to show off soon.

DreadTober - Konflikt 47 Allied Grizzly Walker (Finished)

Got the last coat of varnish on with pretty much just a day to spare!  Really enjoyed this project and following everyone else's progress for DreadTober.  Since this follows how I paint up my WW2 American vehicles, I really should post that up.  There were some steps I had almost forgotten.  Hopefully soon.

DreadTober - Konflikt 47 Allied Grizzly Walker (Update 4)

The end is near.  I wasn't able to work on this guy a lot this week, but I'm still hitting the home stretch.  Mostly just varnishing and weathering powders left.  Hopefully I can wrap it up over the weekend.  Can't wait to hit it with a dull coat.

DreadTober - Konflikt 47 Allied Grizzly Walker (Update 3)

The semi-gloss has gone on to support weathering.  Pin wash applied and streaking has begun.  So much streaking left to do.  I'd be more confident it was coming together if it wasn't so shiny from the semi-gloss. 

DreadTober - Konflikt 47 Allied Grizzly Walker (Update 2)

So, second week into DreadTober and I've gotten the color modulation and chipping done on the entire walker.

Pretty happy with it so far.  The chipping is maybe a little to heavy on parts of the torso, but I had to "erase" some issues with my poor color modulation application.  Next up is to seal it, paint some of the non armor parts and begin pin wash, streaking, and weathering powders.

DreadTober - Konflikt 47 Allied Grizzly Walker (Update 1)

If you'd like to know more about what DreadTober is, who all is participating, and/or their progress/prjects, follow this link:  DreadTober.

As anything "big and stompy" is appropriate for DreadTober, I decided to brush the dust off an project that was abandoned in the early stages and would need to started over from scratch.  That project would be my Allied Grizzly Walker for K47. 

Seriously, what kind of sense does it make to stop at
this stage of painting?  Where did I leave off at, what was I thinking.
Why does only half the torso have green on it?

Given this guy has sat around for a least a year in this state, I was pretty sure whatever subtractive chipping method I was planning to use was now OBE.  So time to start over.  I threw some rocks made of cork on the base to add some elevation/variety to the final base, hit those with some primer, and the rest of the model with the same brown you see above. 

After that, I tackled the just the legs (the way I have it assembled, the torso can be removed or rotated).  I took this approach for two reasons, the first being less of the figure would be in the way of the spray pattern of my airbrush and the second reason is it let me break the work in smaller chunks that I could accomplish in a night, hopefully.  In any case, below is where I ended up for the first (partial) week of DreadTober.  I'm pretty happy so far with the mini.

More next time.