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[Dreadball]¶
Squat Steam Rollers¶

I applied all the basecolours, now shading and highlighting can begin. The metallic blue and brass armour varies with every model, no two have the same armour areas painted in the same way.

Published 2013-12-14 22:13:00

28mm | Dreadball | Mantic Games

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[Dreadball]¶
Squat Steam Rollers¶

I started to work on the last of my teams, the Squats. In contrast to the first three teams, I will work on all of them simultaneously instead of in groups.

Published 2013-12-12 00:11:00

28mm | Dreadball | Mantic Games

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[Dreadball]¶
Lumber Rodents¶

Last group done, now only the number decals are missing.

Published 2013-12-08 23:31:00

28mm | Dreadball | Mantic Games | Pre-Shading

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[Dreadball]¶
Lumber Rodents¶

The next four models are done. I still like the result and this new (for me) way of painting, but what is annoying is the longer drying time of the inks between coats.

Published 2013-11-19 00:27:00

28mm | Dreadball | Mantic Games | Pre-Shading

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[Dreadball]¶
Lumber Rodents¶

The test model is done. I used the following paints:

SWW008 Baby Poop for the skin, two coats
SWW019 Ruby for the hair, this will be alternated per model
SWW029 Fallout for the armour, three coats
SWW020 Orange, shoulder guards etc
SWW009 Sewer Water, leather glove
SWW017 Purple, tail
White, re-highlight top of tail segments
SWW026 Cotton Candy, tail
SWW006 Parchment, bandages, mask
Vallejo 73.203 Umber Shade, bandages, mask
SWW025 Just Red, eyes
SWW003 Armour Wash, metal
Vallejo 71.063 Silver, highlight metal areas
White, teeth and claws
SWW017 watered down, teeth and claws
Vallejo 72.094 Black, blacklining where some more definition is needed

The result is totally different to any miniature I painted so far, using only inks; but I like the effect. The other rodents will be painted like this model.

Published 2013-11-16 13:03:00

28mm | Dreadball | Mantic Games | Pre-Shading

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[Dreadball]¶
Lumber Rodents¶

The pre-shading is done. I followed up with

Vallejo 70.870 Medium Sea Grey
Vallejo 70.989 Sky Grey
Vallejo 70.951 White

Next up is applying the washes.

If you have any experience with this technique, please feel free to share your experience in the comments.

Published 2013-11-15 21:08:00

28mm | Dreadball | Mantic Games | Pre-Shading

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[Dreadball]¶
Lumber Rodents¶

Next project is my third Dreadball team - the Veer-myn.

For them I decided on a painting technique I wanted to try for a long time: pre-shading.

I will try to build up the shadows with grey tones, and then apply only inks and washes to colour the models, leaving the pre-shading showing through. Let's see how this will turn out...

I started by applying a base coat of Vallejo 71.097 Base Grey with my airbrush, followed by a wash of 1/2 water and 1/2 Vallejo 72.094 Black.

When this was dry, I started by drybrushing 72.050 Cold Grey.

This was all for now, but will be followed by 3 more drybrushing stages.

Published 2013-11-11 23:00:00

28mm | Dreadball | Mantic Games | Pre-Shading

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[Deathball]¶
Gaming Board¶

I own the wood playing board for Dreadball, which still awaits painting. I want to do a run down arena, with a lot of rust. Here is my first test piece, where I gave the salt method my first try.

I sprayed the piece Vallejo Air Model Rust. Then I applied water in selected spots and sprinkled salt over it. This was left to dry.

I sprayed two coats of silver, Vallejo Air Gun Grey and then a lighter code of Vallejo Steel.

The last step was to rubb off the salt.

I am quite please with the result, the final piece needs to be more detailed, with field markings etc. painted on, but the rust effect is very good I think.

Published 2013-09-01 16:55:00

28mm | Airbrush | Dreadball | Mantic Games | Weathering - Salt Method

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