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Nordman Mercenary Journeymen¶

After painting the bases, I started with the trousers. First, they were painted white in three consecutive lighter shades:

70.989 Sky Grey
70.907 Pale Greyblue
70.993 White Grey

Then, I added stripes in different coulours. I tried to paint them quite thin, so the shaded white would shine through and give a first shading/highlighting to the stripes.

70.956 Light Orange
72.025 Foul Green
70.925 Intense Blue
70.811 Blue Violet
70.953 Flat Yellow

A thin wash of SWW001 Soft Body Black was applied as extra shade over the whole trousers. The stripes were then highlighted in the base colour with some white mixed in.

The yellow looked a bit weird, so I washed the yellow stripes with very thin 73.200 Sepia Shade, then highlighted with 70.915 Deep Yellow.

The skin was basecoated, then highlighted in several steps, always mixing the new colour into the last one.

70.872 Chocolate Brown
70.804 Beige Red
72.703 Pale Flesh

Published 2016-01-01 08:50:35

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Dwarf Reinforcements¶

I painted the clothes 70.952 Lemon Yellow, the banner pole top, dagger hilt and pommel 72.057 Bright Bronze.

Next up were the beards, which I painted in 5 tones:

70.870 Medium Sea Grey
72.039 Plague Brown
70.982 Cavalry Brown
70.987 Medium Grey
70.843 Cork Brown

Published 2015-12-30 09:55:30

28mm | Dwarves | em4miniatures | Ral Partha | Warfork Fantasy Battles

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[Birthday Present]¶
Kalweit¶

I painted in some more details, then sprayed the models in gloss varnish to protect the work done so far, and to provide capillary action to the washes that will follow.

Beige clothing

70.819 Iraqui Sand
Red clothing

70.814 Burnt Cad. Red
Blue Clothing

70.899 Dark Prussian Blue
Brass

70.801 Brass
Skin

70.815 Basic Skintone
Hair/moustaches

72.047 Wolf Grey
Boots/helmets

70.861 Glossy Black

Published 2015-12-29 09:34:50

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Dwarf Reinforcements¶

Today I finished painting the green parts, then used 72.043 Beasty Brown to paint all the leather parts.

Published 2015-12-29 09:27:37

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[Birthday Present]¶
Kalweit¶

After gluing the models to washers for easier handling, I airbrushed them with 74.602 Black Surface Primer.

I then started to block in the colours:

Beige clothing

70.819 Iraqui Sand
Red clothing

70.814 Burnt Cad. Red
Blue Clothing

70.899 Dark Prussian Blue
Brass

70.801 Brass
Skin

70.815 Basic Skintone

Published 2015-12-28 11:05:47

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Dwarf Reinforcements¶

I started to apply the unit colour, 72.027 Scurvy Green. Slowly, the models start to look like something.

Published 2015-12-28 10:55:08

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[Birthday Present]¶
Kalweit¶

One present done, on to the next. Originally, this one should have been done for Christmas as well, but time was just too short...

I paint miniatures during my lunchbreaks. More than once, my boss entered my office while I was painting and always looked very interested at what I was doing, while stating that he could never paint such small details and would not have the patience for such a hobby. Also more than once he said, that at some point in time I have to paint him a miniature too.

That point in time is now :-)

While I cannot do Christmas any more, his birthday is in January, this I should be able to make.

The miniature(s) I choose are linked to his ancestry, which includes smiths from eastern Europe, these were called Kalweit in certain areas.

I ordered a pack of smiths from Foundry, and by chance came across some Russians from the Seven Years War with a suitable pose and horse - I am not sure whether the Seven Years War affected any of my boss' ancestors, but that is an uncertainty I am willing to take for artistic reasons :-)

The models are cleared of flash, some minor filling/resculpting done, and are ready to be base coated.

Published 2015-12-27 11:15:01

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

Today was the day! I placed the gift on the colleague's table before she arrived; when she opened it, she surprisingly immediately knew whom it was from - it could have been from anyone, couldn't it...? ;-)

She came laughing to my office carrying the glass dome and thanked me exuberantly, all the time laughing and discovering new details.

And thus looks the happy beneficiary :-)

Happy Christmas!

Published 2015-12-23 07:13:23

28mm | Black Scorpion Miniatures | Diorama | Present

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Dwarf Reinforcements¶

I painted the plate armour, helmets and spear tips in 70.864 - Natural Steel. Although this colour is darker and less shiny than the Chainmail, the contrast between the two colours is not that good - especially from some distance away they look almost the same.

To distinguish the two colours, I added GW Asurmen Blue wash to the steel. This provided a level of contrast I was happy with.

The whole unit so far.

Published 2015-12-23 07:08:16

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[Christmas Present]¶
Finance-Zwölfe¶

The Zwölfe was sprayed in gloss varnish from a spray can, then with matt varnish. When this was dry, the gems were painted with 70.510 Gloss Varnish with a brush to give them a more glass like appearance.

Final touch was the sign at the front: