PLOG! A first for me.

Post by **Amboadine** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 7:55 am

Lovely work as normal and congratulations on getting them completed a little earlier than expected.

Lord_azoth · Post by **Lord_azoth** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:47 am

wonderful paintjob, I have this mini too... love the HF girls

Post by **Calisson** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 11:34 am

I love Marifet much better than Joyce. :oops:

direweasel · Post by **direweasel** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 11:43 am

Calisson wrote:I love Marifet much better than Joyce.

ummm... yeah likewise

Excellent work as always, Lion!

T.D. · Post by **T.D.** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 11:52 am

It's amazing how (apparently) effortlessly you can bring to life models

flatworldsedge · Post by **flatworldsedge** » Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:55 pm

Marifet is so hilariously well painted - her eye shadow is insanely characterful. Love the pure menace of her stare.

Lion of flanders · Post by **Lion of flanders** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 6:38 am

Thanks for the high praise everyone! I really enjoyed the last year working at a very relaxed pace and putting as much as I felt like into each one of these figures.

Here is Melekara on her Beast:

Post by **Amboadine** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 8:09 am

Some more high praise it shall be. Beautiful done again.

Rowena · Post by **Rowena** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 8:51 am

Wow! Both girls are really stunning, I don't know what else to say. :-o :-o :-o

Mad Stalin · Post by **Mad Stalin** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 5:49 pm

Hey, your cold-one is really successful! It is very realistic and the colors are strong and natural!
What colors did you use? You write us a tutorial?

direweasel · Post by **direweasel** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 8:03 pm

Mad Stalin wrote:Hey, your cold-one is really successful! It is very realistic and the colors are strong and natural!
What colors did you use? You write us a tutorial?

He answered this previously, at least for the wings:

The wings are Vargheist wings. The colors are graveyard earth followed by a fair number of washes with Earth wash...with dwarf flesh added in successive steps. Lastly the lightest bits have some pale flesh added to the mix. Key for me doing this kind of stuff is use a large brush with a nice point and apply a lot of repetitive layers of thin paint.

toots · Post by **toots** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 8:44 pm

incredible!!!!

Payce · Post by **Payce** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:10 am

I want LoF to be my secret santa... :oops:

Thetosh · Post by **Thetosh** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:01 pm

Payce wrote:I want LoF to be my secret santa...

We all want LoF to be our secret santa!

T.D. · Post by **T.D.** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:53 pm

Thetosh wrote:
Payce wrote:I want LoF to be my secret santa...

We all want LoF to be our secret santa!

Never a truer word was spoken :mrgreen:

Lion of flanders · Post by **Lion of flanders** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:01 am

OK, so I was thinking about what to do for the Secret Santa thing, and originally I was thinking that it would be a chance to create a Dark Elf that was different than what I usually do, i.e. male. However, in order to make this fun...I needed to be inspired by the project. So I was trolling around my bitz and the various online sources of inspiration....and suddenly I got inspired.

So as of today..I'm not tellin'....' but suffice it to say that it will be a girl badass (I'm rather fond of thos if y'all haven't noticed

). From the look of my recipients postings online, I think she will fit in and have a place in the warhost.

As for the Soulcrushers, I assembled a second (metal) hydra yesterday cuz I love the model and I think it will be useful in certain situations to have two supporting the girls. Also....I'm thinking about Cauldrons of Blood...as in what will the Soulcrusher version look like.

Post by **Calisson** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:17 am

I have not much to say about Santa, I just wanted to say:
Cute new Marifet avatar

(I dare say "cute" because I know I'm out of reach, otherwise I would use a more respectful appreciation).

Rowena · Post by **Rowena** » Mon Oct 06, 2014 1:04 pm

Lion of flanders wrote:OK, so I was thinking about what to do for the Secret Santa thing, and originally I was thinking that it would be a chance to create a Dark Elf that was different than what I usually do, i.e. male. However, in order to make this fun...I needed to be inspired by the project. So I was trolling around my bitz and the various online sources of inspiration....and suddenly I got inspired.

So as of today..I'm not tellin'....' but suffice it to say that it will be a girl badass (I'm rather fond of thos if y'all haven't noticed ). From the look of my recipients postings online, I think she will fit in and have a place in the warhost.

As for the Soulcrushers, I assembled a second (metal) hydra yesterday cuz I love the model and I think it will be useful in certain situations to have two supporting the girls. Also....I'm thinking about Cauldrons of Blood...as in what will the Soulcrusher version look like.

I'm sure whatever you come up with will be completely breathaking and awesome (as all your models). I really hope we will share pictures of the gifts after the event is over.

Rakariel · Post by **Rakariel** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 5:05 am

Those girls, as usual, rock! I especially like Marifet, the paintjob is just ace and that pose......

Quite looking forward to your secret santa thing and also to the metal Hydra. I don`t like the new one at all but the old one is just great (which is why I painted three of them).

Lion of flanders · Post by **Lion of flanders** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 8:47 am

OK so in the old days I worked only with metal...those days are definitely long gone. After spending the day painting my second metal hydra (love the model)....mostly I thought about how the next thing I wanted to paint was a) infantry sized, and b) plastic.

That sucker is heavy....and full of odd angles.

Anyway...its done. Photos to come, but I have yet to add some skulls on chains and finish the base.

Meanwhile....on to work on my next project....yet to be named badass chick who began as the new 40K succubus:

The neck has a few 40k doodads that come off very easily (and will get smoothed over with putty):

I'll cover the little ribbed section in the middle as well:

The left arm has been cut from its weapon and the forearm removed to facilitate a 90 degree bend so she can hold a different weapon.

The right arm will get similar treatment or it might not get used...it needs to have a repositioning as well....

That's all for today.....

Post by **Amboadine** » Sun Oct 12, 2014 8:57 am

Looking forward to seeing the Hydra and the finished version of this conversion.

Lion of flanders · Post by **Lion of flanders** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 7:05 am

So after adding a few finishing doodads, here is the new Hydra, Yanmakk:

And the two of them...Kaza and Yanmak:

Lion of flanders · Post by **Lion of flanders** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 7:17 am

Here's something y'all might find useful (if you don't do it already): To save some $ and keep your bases and move trays consistent, I take the lil' pot of GW (or whatever) paint that I use for my bases down to the DIY store and have them mix up a big ol pot of it. In my case for the Dark Elves, I've been using Kharadon Granite for ever and that no longer exists officially, but it does for me

. This is a "sample size" which cost all of about $3.50

Post by **Amboadine** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 3:59 pm

Great looking Hydra and nice idea on the bulk mix. Hadn't considered that approach before.

direweasel · Post by **direweasel** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 4:07 pm

Lion of flanders wrote:Here's something y'all might find useful (if you don't do it already): To save some $ and keep your bases and move trays consistent, I take the lil' pot of GW (or whatever) paint that I use for my bases down to the DIY store and have them mix up a big ol pot of it. In my case for the Dark Elves, I've been using Kharadon Granite for ever and that no longer exists officially, but it does for me . This is a "sample size" which cost all of about $3.50

So now I get that the color would be the same, but is this a "sample size" of house paint? And that causes no issues on our minis and brushes?

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