Fade to Green

 Mythic Games Gideon's Ghost

My quest to paint everything with Hexwraith flame paint continues. This time it is a very reasonably priced (under a fiver) printed figure from eBay. Didn't buy him to fit into any army or project. I just thought he would be a good choice for the Hexwraith, a nicely sculpted figure and could probably fit into my undead horde. 

A very easy and enjoyable paint job with most of the work done by dry brushing. A series of increasingly lighter coats of off whites over a grey undercoat. Followed by the Hexwraith flame and Carroburg crimson shade on the face and hands while the Hexwraith was still wet. And a light dry brush with white to finish off. 

Rob 

Plugging On

Next Hexwraith Flame Project & Boromir

Along with working on the Thistlewood goblins, I have also been continuing my quest to paint more figures with the Hexwraith flame paint. So I picked up Gideon's ghost from Mythic Miniatures via eBay. As this figure is quite a bit bigger. I will have a think about what other colours to use before diving in with the Hexwraith paint. 

Over the years I have alternated between white, black and grey (my current choice) for undercoats which a few exceptions. I plan to use white for this figure to try and made the Hexwraith flame stand out even more. 

The second Boromir, also ended up painted in the same scheme as the first one. In what is now becoming my standard colours for this character. I have even decided to paint a 'modern' Boromir figure in the same scheme. 

Rob 

Still Learning

Practice Makes...

Not a paint job that I am particularly impressed with, but was a learning experience. I did also practice a bit of source lighting around the figure so wasn't completely wasted effort.  The Hexwraith flame paint is definitely affected by the base colour more than I was expecting. This figure will probably end up in the back rank of one of the Fae units!  

The high elf on the other hand has turned out well and fits in well with the developing theme of sea elves for these old vintage figures by Aly. 

Rob 

Vexed Again

 And It was all Going so Well

Well it was obviously to good to last  and the next figure I tried to paint with Hexwraith flame went horribly wrong tonight. I have been trying different colours as base colours. The greys and buff colours seem to work well as base colours with this type of technical paint. 

So I tried more brighter under colour, yellow. Which I thought would work well with the green of the Hexwraith flame but just seemed to lose any contrast. Ironically the more stark grey has kept the contrast and taken the paint better.  I will let it dry and before I decide what to do next. 

Looks better in the picture!
Trust me on this one. 

On the High Seas

On the other hand, at least the Scale 75 Cobalt Alchemy metallic paint has come out better this time. I didn't use any silver in the highlight and as a consequence the metals have retained their bluish tint. These vintage high elves seems to be going a sea elf direction but this fits the shell style helmet and nautical dress style. 

Ahoy Captain!

Rob 

Evil Minions, Glowing Undead & Auroch Hunts

 Skeleton Champion

After really enjoying painting up the Dead Men of Dunharrow, I did have a look around the lead/plastic/resin pile for something else to paint in the same style. And came up with the Prodos Games Fae – Skeleton champion, I am not really how he fits into the Fae set but is a really nice figure which I have been puzzling about how to him paint for some time. Anyway after the Dead Men, I thought he would be be a suitable candidate. 

I also tried a bit of source lighting from the green skin (which is the first time I have tried this technique) but I don't  think it really shows up in the pictures. But was much more successful that my attempts at Zenithal highlighting (Zenithal Highlighting). Still enjoying using this technique so will have to find some more figures to paint. 

I think he could end up being an undead or chaos champion for either army. 

Evil Minions of Lord Vassago

I thought it was time to have look at these guys on mass. I still have about the half of the Oathmark Goblins to complete and forgot to add the Wyvern. But Lord Vassago's evil horde is nearly ready for Thistlewood. 

The First Hunt

Also managed to complete the first hunt with the Crow tribe as they hunt an old Bull Auroch. In a game of Paleo Hunt - Eat or be Eaten. Quick battle report to follow.

Rob 

ME-72 Dead Men of Dunharrow - Finished

One of Those little Most Wanted Projects Done

As expected, a quick session was enough to finish the bases. 

 Now back to the Thistlewood goblins (or maybe something else)...

Rob 

ME-72 Dead Men of Dunharrow

 Its Time to Get Technical 

My classic Dead Men of Dunharrow arrived today and they pushed their way immediately to the front of the painting queue. This is one of those sets, I have been after for a while and never seemed to get one at the right price until last week. I was reminded to start looking again after reading Goblin Lee's post (Goblin Lee's Dead Men of Dunharrow Horsemen. It also got me thinking about colour schemes after I won the auction. 

So rather than go down the zombie route, I decided to go for a more ethereal look. Plus I wanted to give the Hexwraith Flame technical paint another go. I have only it used a couple of times and have not really been impressed by the outcome. 

So they ended up with a very quick (but pleasing) paint job with Hexwraith Flame for the non-metallic parts, Agrax Earthshade on the metallics. With other Citadel shades applied directly over the Hexwraith flame to add contrast on items like the hair and cloth. Once dry, I lightly dry brushed  from the top down with an off-white.  The shabby (and patchy) buff colour which was already on the miniatures provided a very good undercoat. 

Stage 0 - As they arrived

Stage 1 - Washes and shading

Stage 1 - Armour detail

Stage 2 - Lightly dry brushed with off white

Since it was an evening to use paints I haven't used much recently, I used Stirland mud on the bases (instead of my usual coarse sand and Agrax Earthshade. Obviously I couldn't finish the bases tonight but I probably will want to add a second coat of Stirland mud as I don't usually find one coat has enough definition. 

The Dead men along side a classic Barrow wight

The Barrow wight is painted using the Citadel instructions for Dead men of Dunharrow from the films!

In fact I really liked the end result and so might have to get some more Dead men to paint up. Finally learning to like these technical paints. 

Rob