[pic heavy] Lord Tsunami's Army (Now with hot girl! 1st Aug)

Lord tsunami · Post by **Lord tsunami** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:29 pm

another WIP update. Ive been doing some work on the skin by layering mixes of shadow gray and black, and by adding the green runes. they are painted with snot green, scorpion green and bleached bone in different mixes. i really like the finish you get when mixing in bleached bone rather than white or yellow. i think it looks more... glowing

Grisnik · Post by **Grisnik** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:03 am

Looking good so far mate.. again I have to comment on the black.. you say its easy ( and the recipe is!!! ) but the effect is just stellar man!.. Also is that an old school paint pot lid for a base?

Only comment ( though I know its WIP ) is the blood.. are you going to make it shiny also? Have you ever looked at Tamiya Clear Red? There was a tutorial on warhammer.org from Mika that shows how he does his blood. Mix of the clear red, purple ink and black ink to give it depth, and it comes out great.. will be using it on the cauldron that I have going at the moment also!

Can't wait to see it finished man.. cheers!

Assani · Post by **Assani** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:35 pm

It looks awsome, LF to seeing it finished

Shadowd1 · Post by **Shadowd1** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:11 pm

So much awesome

Lord tsunami · Post by **Lord tsunami** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:39 pm

@Grisnik
Thanks

The black is pretty much just about patience and "placing the highlights in the right place". i am far from a master of this technique but i have gotten years of practice. there are no shortcuts, just practice and observe ppl who are better than you to see how they do thing.

The blood will indeed be done with Tamiya clear red. i use that for the weapons of my fighting units, so it will look well together with the rest of the army. The red that is visible now is just a basecoat. the finished result will not look anything like that, it is just a "placeholder".

The cauldron itself is indeed an old paint lid. first good thing one of those lids ever have been (god damn they were horrible). the skulls are from the warrior kit.

@other ppl
thanks

Saori_nightstar · Post by **Saori_nightstar** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:41 pm

Wow that is really something! Nice one!

Lazarus · Post by **Lazarus** » Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:50 pm

I really do like the cauldron, only the figure reminds me of the Captain Stern comic from Heavy Metal magazine many years ago.

Phierlihy · Post by **Phierlihy** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:50 pm

Lazarus - funny! It actually reminds me of Alladin's djinni-gone-bad =)

I can't say I'm a fan of this guy too much. He's hump-backed and a little to comic-like for me. That being said, it's nice to see outside-the-box thinking.

Lord tsunami · Post by **Lord tsunami** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:15 pm

Hi guys!

Im back (at least a bit) after a prolonged break from dark elves. I have been doing some Vampires, but mostly it has been non-warhammer-stuff. Anyway, yesterday when i saw the fantastic slayer sword winner (below) i got inspired to try my hands at the Raging Heroes' Witches that has been gathering dust since they were released. This is the final unit in my current 2400p army that needs to be completed before i have a shiny up to date dark elf force. Unfortunately its gonna take a while since i set the bar quite high for it. they will be a real focal point after all.

http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_Cus ... ge-1xl.jpg

I have only finished a single one yet, and more will come when it comes. The big difference compared to the rest of the army is that i use a very low contrast technique for the skin. it was totally needed because they looked plain dirty when i used my normal skin painting technique. I am spending a whole lot of time on the face, but tbh the models are so delicate that basically all parts take long to paint since utter precision is needed. I am quite happy with the result. I believe i landed on the right side of the woman/shemale line that you always walk when you are trying to paint ladies faces, especially with makeup

The extreme closeup will let you who do not yet have any of these models (buy them. they are plain awesome, and now they are also cheaper than GWs witches in failcast) get a feel of just how tiny the face is. It takes a few tries to get that white "sparkle" in the eyes to look good, and not like she has a serious illness

PS. the Cauldron is pretty much done. All that is needed now is the rider (i will use one of the Blood vestal champions i think) and assembling + basing. I might get on it as soon as i am positive on how to do the witch elf unit. i wouldnt want the Hag to be done in a different style than the unit.

Tyrannus deathbringer · Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:33 pm

AAaahhh fantastic!

I'm another fan of healthy skin tone elves

Great paint job!

Saori_nightstar · Post by **Saori_nightstar** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:53 pm

LOVE LOVE LOVE!

- Makes me wanna start mine!

but I have many to do before I start my leading laidies

Ilmaestro · Post by **Ilmaestro** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:49 am

Fantastic work on her - now I really feel like I should take mine out of the boxes and get them painted... :p

The only suggestion I would make (and it's more of a personal preference really) is a slightly lighter shade of the rouge on her cheeks. I think that the eye makeup is perfect and the lips are very well done (it's so easy to make them too full, which you most certainly have not), but in addition to the rouge on such a small face, it feels a little bit too made-up for me. Not sure if it would work/help, but just thought I'd give a suggestion - I always like people trying to give constructive feedback and aim to do the same

Of course, don't forget that this is all prefaced with 'OH MY GOD I WISH I COULD PAINT LIKE THAT!!!!!!'

Nightcall · Post by **Nightcall** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 6:22 pm

I love your painting style, Lord Ts... and your conversions are really great

I bought myself some really fine tipped paint brushes, but I don't think I'll be able to get that level of detail into the faces of my troops that your have achieved with your Blood Vestal. Brilliant!

Assani · Post by **Assani** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:22 pm

Great painted, she looks awsome, or pretty :oops:

Lord tsunami · Post by **Lord tsunami** » Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:59 pm

thanks for all the kind comments

Skullshatter · Post by **Skullshatter** » Sun Sep 02, 2012 12:44 pm

dude gotta love those harpies

Post by **Daeron** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:58 pm

This army is amazing but one detail really sticked with me. I absolutely love the shades of brown you used for the spear shafts, boots and the RbT. In particular the brown on the RBT caught my eye and was burned in my retina. Brown has proven a difficult color for me in the past to get a good result with.
Would you be so generous as to share the colors you used for the woodwork on the RBT? Would you mind if I use it as an inspiration for my own woodwork on the RBTs and Chariots?

Lord tsunami · Post by **Lord tsunami** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:56 pm

its pretty simple. i use khemri brown (old foundtion, but its a grey-brown almost khaki color) with a dab of black folowed by a wash of black. then i paint lines with pure khemri brown followed by some highlights with khemri brown with a dab of bleached bone.

Meteor · Post by **Meteor** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:03 pm

Ok how the eff did you paint those vespid WE faces? I'm a horrible face painter and please tell me how you did it!

Lord tsunami · Post by **Lord tsunami** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:05 am

tbh there is no good trick here. patience and precision. im usually not much of a face painter but with enough time and care i could achieve this result. dont really think there are any shortcuts here. just do NOT use too much contrast when painting lady-faces. they will look like men

(just check my sorceress and you will see

)

With hatred ... · Post by **With hatred ...** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:53 pm

This has to be the best paint job I've seen yet for the blood vestals, great job.

Lord tsunami · Post by **Lord tsunami** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:10 am

thanks

Giles the zog · Post by **Giles the zog** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 3:49 pm

Nice stuff !
Food for thought here.

Ben baenre · Post by **Ben baenre** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:33 pm

Awesome job on your witch elves/vestals. i hope mine look half that good when finished. I also love your Cauldron conversion. Definitely original.

Samusin · Post by **Samusin** » Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:33 pm

o0 I want tha cauldron o0