A Citadel Fiend Factory (FF49) Giant Spider joins the family. Started this one back in October but didn't get it right. Gave it a new try a few days ago and voila. I even got to use some of the left-over-green-stuff-mushrooms :)
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| A Citadel Fiend Factory (FF49) Giant Spider |
And a family picture including some of my W.I.P's for the unit:
Thx/Hans
Yes Hans this warband is looking great. Love your blending and use of color. Can you talk some of your blending technique? Shading up or down/or/use of paint / mediums for acheiving this smooth drastic blends? Keep up the great brush and model work there!
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Thanks Resin45!
DeleteI have been thinking to show in a post how I do my blending but haven't got to it yet. A few key part of my blending though. It's difficult to write down but I hope this will make some sense.
BTW, it's only paint (I use the latest edition of Citadel Layers and some Base paints) and water, no mediums used:
1) Seriously good brush. I use a W&N Series 7 size 2. Big body and fine tip, making it hold a lot of paint.
2) The paints need to be be very smooth. Usually darker tones are smother than lighter once so usually I start with a lighter base and blend with darker colors.
3) After the base coat, I apply a lot of layers. Each paint used is mixed with water to roughly a wash transparency.
4) As the paint is very diluted I apply each color in several layers, concentrating the color to where I want the most of that color.
5) For these chaos minis I always add a green, blue and red tone.
6) Brushwork: I wipe the brush lightly on a paper before applying the paint. If the paint doesn't create a smooth blend, I wash the brush, wipe it and brush out the paint to make a smooth transition. It's always good to paint toward the edge of the surface. This makes to blend more smooth.
Well, hope this might be useful
Thx/Hans
Thanks for taking the time for explanation. I am inspired this weekend and have some time for working on some new bits and am trying to use this to guide the painting. Respect out to you Hans.
DeletePeace,
RESIN45
No worries - let me know if you have any specific questions. Happy to share /Hans
DeleteI have to say this last group shot gave me the creeps (the good way I mean). This totally captures the "chaotic" essence for me. It's graphic and remains fully fantasy at the same time. Slow claps for you.
ReplyDeleteThanks Asslessman! Great you see it that way as it's kind of how I'm thinking when choosing the minis for the unit and also how I paint them
DeleteThx/Hans
A veritable feat for the eyes!
ReplyDeleteErm, make that feast.
DeleteEither way, Thanks! ;)
Delete/Hans
An adorable arachnid. :) The greenstuff mushrooms impress me even more. Could you perhaps describe, in short, how you make those?
ReplyDeleteThanks Ana!
DeleteThis is how I make these mushrooms:
1) Roll a piece of green-stuff to a cylinder (well, the shaft of the mushroom)
2) On one end of the shaft, I stretch out the green-stuff bit by bit when rotating the shaft creating the cap of the mushroom. For these I did a funnel shaped cap.
3) The shaft usually gets a bit flattened by this handling so last step is rolling it in the fingers to get it round again
Hope this is understandable
Cheers/Hans
BTW, yes I think adorable is the right word ;)
DeleteIt's perfectly understandable. Thanks Hans! :)
DeleteLovely spider... well, in chaotic way. And those mushrooms really look like something you're not supposed to eat! The unit is Amazing.
ReplyDeleteThanks Alexander! If you eat them you'll get the Nurgle Rot. Believe me, I tried ;)
DeleteThx/Hans