Welcome back to Tactical View!
Today I decided to take that list that I’ve been talking about and actually put it on the table.
I managed to get down to my friendly local game shop, Knightfall Games in Beaverton OR. There I pulled out my freshly painted Empire List (Using some of Erin’s Techniques on a couple of the faces even!) and squared off against Xenopsyllus’ (of the AT Forums) dastardly Azure alliance list. Strap in, this is gonna be a long one.
My not-so-expertly painted Empire
Welcome to the third Installment of Hobbyist Tactics!
In today’s article we will be wrapping up the detailing on the head of our miniature.
When we left off last month, we had painted the eyes and had the base color for the skin laid down. Today, we will be finishing the skin, detailing the face, and painting the hair. The Face of your miniature is more often than not the focal point on the piece that people’s eyes will naturally gravitate toward. Now that you have painted some great looking eyes, let’s complete the package!
The Skin
When painting highlights, try to visualize in your mind the surface shape of what you are painting, and where the light would be hitting the miniature. On a face, think about what parts of the face stick out the furthest, and what parts sit further back.
•The nose would be coming out the furthest
• The forehead sticks out further than the eye, creating a natural shadow.
• The cheekbones begin to move back out from the eye socket, and often create an area with a natural highlight
• The chin protrudes from the bottom lip, creating another natural highlight.
With this in mind, I target those areas first. To help explain the blending on the face, I have made a quick 4 step set of instructions.
Another wave of Hell Dorado releases has shipped to distributors! This wave includes …
Welcome back for another installment of the Hiring Post. This time we are going to take a look at Isha-Aksha, Squamata Warchief.
Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.
Ovid
Hey everyone,
Hope you all had great holidays!
Before I get into this one, please note that a lot of these guides are designed to target all levels of hobbyists. In addition, they are meant to provide inspiration on how to make your own terrain at an affordable cost and in a timely manner.
Today we will be going through how to make the Gigantic Skeleton pieces of terrain.
Items you need are:
-Your base material (mine is cork board)
- Some gigantic skeletons (toy dinosaur skeletons work a treat)
-Mini hot glue gun
-Your paints and basing materials that you used for the field of skulls, as this will help you have a unified look.
-A hobby knife and needle nose pliers
-Ruler and markers
Gigantic Skeletons 1pt
1. First you need to source your skeletons. Local toy stores and hobby stores are a good start, you can even find some from time to time at pet stores. I got kits that were easy to put together and had a realistic look to them.
This is the type I used:
The holidays are finally over – the wish lists have been wished on, the gifts have been gifted, and the wrapped things unwrapped for one more year. Now is the time to enjoy the spoils of the season, and in that spirit, I’ve decided to share with you all the unboxing of my latest acquisition – the Dark Starter Set!
For the next couple of installments of Tales of Alamut I want to focus on Cipher Studios’ newest addition to the Hell Dorado range: Zaxaan.
Zaxaan is a large, extremely detailed miniature that will be the centerpiece of any Demonic company he is included in. Because of his size and amount of skin to paint, I’m going to use my airbrush to save on the time. If you have never used an airbrush, there are a lot of articles dealing with the basics of airbrush techniques, the Brushthralls blog has a good beginners technique article.
(And as always, click on the pictures for larger versions.)
After assembly and priming, I base coated the model with Vallejo Model Air (VMA) 015 Olive Green to get a strong even green to give the skin tone an interesting base. To this I applied a black/purple wash over the skin areas. I then applied other coloured washes in specific areas: blue around the head and neck and a reddish black wash in the very deep recesses. Some areas received extra coats to intensify the colours in those areas.
Rejoice! The long weeks of Christmas and New Year’s Day have come to an end, and we at deCiphered are back! We hope you all had an excellent holiday season, and we hope you enjoy our next set of articles and write ups.
In the spirit of the season, I come to you now bearing gifts! Like the fat, red elf himself I descend from on high to bring you lots of gaming goodness in the form of previews of some very highly anticipated models that will be coming soon to a friendly, local game store near you!
First up we’ve got the much anticipated Theurgia, Wissenschaft’s newest Gear!
And second, the lovely new female Church agent to add some variety to your team!
Matt will be here with the new Tales from Alamut painting article on Monday. Keep an eye here over the next few weeks because we have lots of awesome new releases and great new stuff to share with you all!
Justin
The long awaited Morrigan figure for Anima Tactics has shipped out to distributors this week, along with the Wrath of Nature. These models are both quite large and stompy. look for them at your friendly neighborhood gaming store soon!
Morrigan, Lady of Space and Time
Last time we talked about the Holy Empire of Abel and a doctrine called The Shield and Spear. I discussed the Shield Doctrine and how to make the best use of your most difficult to damage characters. Today I’m going to talk about how the Empire capitalizes on the position granted by the Shield doctrine with the Spear. (Also tossing out some awesome backgrounds by AT artist Wen Yu Li!)
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