Mid Week Update for 11/07/2009 Goal

Okay so I want to finish this Skorne Battle Box I have been slowly working on.  When I started playing Hordes I made a rule to myself: NO new units hit the table unit I finish painting a Skorne unit.  So for instance, I finished Morghul, and now I can use Hexeris, once I finish the Cyclops this week I can use the Basilisks.  I started the this rule when Mark II is a known but distant event.  Now Mark II is almost upon us now not only are more goodies are coming, but the pull of older miniatures is working on me.  My favorite faction in Privateer Pres is the Mercenary contract for the Highborn Covenant. Mercenaries are due to get their revamp right before my Skorne, which I actually play with (albeit, in a very limited way).  Therefor I wanted to push these guys out before they get eternally shelved.

So here is what I started with Sunday night:




Cyclops Savages with Banner Poles. These guys are mostly done.

So here you see the Titan Gladiator with Banner Pole.

He has a long way to go.  The skin is all done and the gold metal is pretty much in, but everything else is just base coats and guide coats.  From five feet away, it is passable, but the closer you get it becomes exponentially bad.  So bad that about that if you closely examine the model from under two feet away, all the Democrat gubernatorial candidates  up for election lose, that is how powerful my bad painting is.


As of Tuesday night I was this far:




Handles on the Cyclops are based in light grey craft paint, then double washed with Delvan Mud, a la Ron's Deathwing.  Gives a decent spotty leather really fast.





The Banners are getting roughed in.  Now  it is just slow layering to get even whites and purples.

You can see the ropes are all done the metals are cleaned up, the purples are nice and solid and the whites are started, the loincloth painted and washed.  I need to go back and start putting contrast on the whites, do the tusks, and then put the interference paint to the purple armor and minor spot highlighting on the loincloth.  After that, attaching the banner poles comes.

However, I don't think I will be able to do all that with my limited time this week, so this project may drift into next week, which is okay, as I can add basing to the project and I will have limited time due to travelling anyway.