Whitwort's World of Twilight

[Whitwort Stormbringer]

Well after almost a year I finally started painting these guys!  Maybe more accurate to say "I've painted a mini," since right now it's a lonely and not-entirely-based Empire knight captain, but hopefully more figures will join the ranks soon.



Need to get some flock and decide what to do for snow effects to finish the basing off.

I had mentioned in my engineer's bench thread that I was toying with the idea of a stylized Devanu on the shield as a mark of fierceness or martial prowess - still haven't settled on exactly how to pull this off, or if I'm going to follow through, but if/when I do I'll be sure to post a shot of the front of the shield as well.

Enjoy!

[Carcharoth]

I like the blue! Good job with the repose as well. When do we get to see his companions?

[Whitwort Stormbringer]

Ha ha, depends on the weather!  I'm living in Paris for awhile, and brought a limited selection of minis with me to paint (Twilight, quar, gladiators), but while I've mostly been out and about enjoying the city while it's warm and sunny enough.  Come winter when it's cold and rainy, I'm sure I'll be spending a little more time indoors, getting some painting done  

[Lost Egg]

Looking good Whitwort. I like the choice of colours.

[Whitwort Stormbringer]

Really been dragging my heals with these guys, but here's a WiP of my Empire fubarnii (minus the engineer), plus the 99% completed Knight Captain for reference of what the final scheme looks like:



I've actually made a fair bit of progress on the militia since this photo was taken, and save for a few small details and basing they're done.  And while I'm on the topic of basing - anyone have a good tutorial/material for deepish snow?  I've seen stuff for a light dusting, but I'm more after a thicker covering of a few inches, which I'd like to put in patches on their bases (with flock/rocks on the bare patches).  Seeing as my primary forces are Empire and Delgon it seems to make sense that my games would be set in the foothills of the Settir mountains, and therefore be a colder environment.

[Carcharoth]

Still liking the blue

Snow is always difficult to get looking good. I tend to mix up a paste of snow effect, PVA and water then use that to build up a layer of snow. If you go that route then the choice of glue is Really important! The wrong sort of glue will make it all look rather too yellow.

[Whitwort Stormbringer]

Thanks!

Now that you mention your method, I seem to recall someone that made a snow basing medium with watered down white glue (Elmer's or the like), baking powder (adds a bit of the snow/sparkle look), and a drop of white paint.  Now I'm off to try and find that tutorial...

[Whitwort Stormbringer]

Well these are a bit overdue and a bit washed out, but here are the completed militia (sans snowy bases, still have to buy materials and experiment a bit before committing it to their bases!).

Hopefully I'll have the two remaining knights done soonish, and then it'll be on to Delgon.







The lighting in my apartment is a bit funky, I may try for better, more controlled lighting one of these evenings soon.

[Lost Egg]

Looking good, it will be grand to see them with the snow bases.

HN