Horthak continued

Made some progress with the leather and the skin. Tried to bring some more life in the character.
Still a long way to go...

WIPs

I've continued another old project. Horthak the Blackcrow from Andrea Miniatures.
Back in the time wehen I started this mini, I obviously wasn't as acurate at cleaning the model from moldlines as I am today. However, I'm starting to like the results. (And I seem to start coming along with my camera more and more) :)

Latest Work

Hi!

Back again after a while. Here's two of my recently finished minis: an empire swordsman which I painted on Jarhead's workshop in Graz and Typhus, of which I took some final photos.

http://www.coolminiornot.com/315654

http://www.coolminiornot.com/315653

I also conquered some new grounds and tried my luck on Dystopian Wars. The outcome: a freshly painted Kingdom of Britannia Fleet (one of the ships still misses a part ;)).

And a WIP shoot. Started this guy looooong ago. Decided to finish him and reworked the skull and the base until now:

Cheers, Androsch

Stegadon and FIMO-fun

Working on quick tabletop Stegadon at the moment. Lot of airbrushing done so far but it's still way to flat.
Also tried my best again at sculpting a new bust. Well... I really should have a concept next time. ^^
It's made with FIMO classic.

Cheers,
Androsch

Work from my table...

I've been working on a lot of stuff recently. The tank is finished, rest is WIP.

WIPs...

Just some happy painting... ;)

The Scriptor is getting a magnetized base, tried some Crackle Medim too, but I'm not happy with it yet.

Sergeant Kell got some colour. I'm experimenting with new NMM recipes...

cya

A Sign of Life

Well, it's been a while. Actually almost a year. I have to apologize for keeping this blog empty, but there's a reason:

Last spring, life struck me hard with a major depression, which took me almost a year to recover from. It took away the beauty of the colors, almost every part of my life seemed to be a dull, joyless grey. But after fighting the hardest fight of my entire life, I'm glad to say these words...

It's good to be back! ;)

As you could imagine, I didn't paint a lot in 2011, but as I started feeling the love for the hobby again in the last couple of weeks, I was able to continue on some older projects. Take a look:

Typhus for my upcoming army:

The scriptor from Space Hulk:

And one of Scibors knights, counts as Belial:

So let's pump some life into the veins of this blog again!
Some fitting music: ;)

Regards,
Androsch

Late Night WIPs

Just some happy painting today, nothing too special. I'm doing a quick Empire Captain for the table right now. Maybe 4 hours of painting in it until now. Got to clean him up a bit, do some more work on the feathers and finish the base...

And my girlfrind tried some painting too. Nice job! ;)

Cheers,
Androsch

Fun with oil colours

I have been experimenting a lot with oil colors recently. It's a lot of fun, wet-in-wet technique at it's best.
Here's what I've done so far. Larger scale this time...

Random Male Action Hero Bust sculpted by Badsmile:

Highlander Warrior 12th - 13th Century by Pegaso, 75mm:
I did his right arm and breast and his knee with oil colours, as well as the leather. The rest was done in acrylics so far.
Still have to do his face in oils.

And another Deathkorp is finished too, but this was done in acrylics...

Mixed WIPs

I'm back with a lot of WIPs today. I hurt my leg when playing football,
so I currently have a lot of time sitting at home and painting.

I started with two old-school rhinos for the crimson fist. I tried-out the salt technique that Raffa showed on Massive Voodoo. Worked pretty well, but I need more
different sizes of grains to get a more convincing effect. Did a little freehand too on them. Those old models look way too boring wtihout them. ^^ Those other guys standing around are just some Death Korps troopers that I basecoated with my airbrush.

Then I tried the same technique on a Forge World Tau Battlesuit guy. Not too bad, but the effect doesn't look as good when you use warm colours for the armour. I'll only do a quick paintjob on this one.

The Angry Marine got some attention too. Unfortunatelly I have to redo the base, since I fucked up the mixing the 2-component-resin-water correctly. ^^ So the marine is currently on a piece of cork.

And, last but not least, I did some fresh mud on the base of Captain Rodriguez. I used Scorched Brown, water effect and dark brown pigments. I also applied a thin layer of dust with my airbrush.

That's it for now, I'm out.
Cheers,
Androsch

The Captain WIP...

And again, painting the captain...
I tried to get some more contrast into the armour, added some scratches and continued to wor on the metal. Still a lot to do though...

 

more WIPs...

Started doing some freehands on the shoulders and on the cloak. I did some scratches too, but I think I'll have to go with the sponge again. Painting them looks strange somehow. And all-in-all there need to be some stronger shadows. I'll have to work on that too

The Captain WIP...

I started painting Capt. Rodriguez. I desaturated my standard crimson fist colour scheme a bit, 'cause
it was much to ...well... blue. ^^ It's a bit rough on some parts, but I intend to do a lot of weathering on this one, so I think the blendings are not too important right now. Just need to get a feel for the colours and the light...