Bloodofthefallens Project Log

Hi guys and girls,

This is my first post on this forum, first off there are some great really inspiring Projects on this site and im hoping that logging my progress as i paint will help me to progress faster.

Just a quick first post witch is a WIP of my Archon  



From the back. I really need help with the cloth sections as im not sure it suits the armour



Any feed back would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again guys

I think it looks alright. It certainly pops out and is painted very well.

Thank you, greatly appreciated. It might be because iv been staring at this model for hours now wile painting it lol

Cloak done!! very happy with the results

That looks really good. The blue just pops, while you have solid shading throughout. Good job.

Wow, the cloak looks really good and the armour too!
Are you planning on doing something with the"runes" on his armour?

Cheers guys,

Crazy_Irish do you mean add glowing effects? if so not sure as yet as i think once all the parts come together it my be too much. But you have got me thinking lol

Yep this is really starting to look good. Great start to your log and I look forward to see how you progress

Thanks spellcheck2001 should be more to show tomorrow :-)

Bloodofthefallen2 wrote:

Cheers guys,

Crazy_Irish do you mean add glowing effects? if so not sure as yet as i think once all the parts come together it my be too much. But you have got me thinking lol

Yes that is what I have thought about, even though my archon is less shiny then your so with yours it could look a bit to much. Looking forward to your updates ;-)

HAHA thats cool maybe on the next one :-)

Right not loads of progress but getting there, starting on the face tonight to will post some pics of that tomorrow, heres where im at though







Iv also made a start on the base, I really didnt like the one it came with so made on to match in with what i will use with the hole army. I wanted city ruins



going to calve some tiles into the floor just to add some more detail

Hope you guys like so far :-)

Luv your armour, Bloodofthefallen2, extremely well done! But that cloak - that is awesome, easily the best I have seen and something to aspire to.

Cheers.

The cloak looks like real leather. Im a leatherwoker and its perfect veg tan.

Gobsmakked wrote:

Luv your armour, Bloodofthefallen2, extremely well done!  But that cloak - that is awesome, easily the best I have seen and something to aspire to.

Cheers.

Thank you for the kind words guys!!! its great to get feedback as it makes me want to get it finished :-)

I love love love the cloak. Care to share how you did it and especially what colours you used?

Man I love the way you paint. Two thumbs up! I pretty much appreciate the color scheme. I’m kind of a blue, teal, aqua fan myself. Keep on with the good work.

Kinnay wrote:

I love love love the cloak. Care to share how you did it and especially what colours you used?

Thanks guys :-)

Its difficult with colours as When I do skin i always vary what colours i use to give more realism to an army. Even with the cloak I just used what felt right when I was painting it. here is what I think is used...

Kislev flesh Base coat
sections shaded with the base mix and mournfang brown 50/50 and others shaded with the base mix and Naggaroth night 50/50 then i final shade of the MB and NN with out the base colour
Then the highlights are the base coat 50/50 with screaming skull.

I first glazed my shades into the darkest areas, Glazing is taking a very diluted paint about 80% water to 20% paint and gradually building up the colour being sure to paint towards the area you wish to be darker. I then do the same with the highlights being sure to pull the paint towards the area I wish to be lightest. I'm sorry a cannot be more helpful colour wise as I think you need to vary depending on what your feeling.

Glazing is a great technique but It takes a long time to achieve. you have to be very patient. I lost count of how long the cloak took but Id say roughly 2 hours. Wet blending wound speed up the process but I find glazing to be more forgiving.

I hope this helps and that I haven't just confused everybody more lol

Face is done now just for the arms and base :-)

Well now that looks just awesome! I would like to get a closeup (+50%) of the head, just to see your great work in more detail.

Nice description of your painting, I'll have to try it out as it fits perfectly with my work speed ;-)

Yeah, a tutorial for everything you paint would be nice - you're THAT good.
What colours did you use for the face? Man, this is a gold mine of painting.

Kinnay wrote:

Yeah, a tutorial for everything you paint would be nice - you're THAT good.
What colours did you use for the face? Man, this is a gold mine of painting.

HAHA to be fair I used the same technique as above for 90% of this model so all you need to do is apply it to what you want to paint. And thank you for the kind words. The colours where Rakarth flesh, pallid wych flesh and screamer pink.

He's now finshed bar the base hopefully get some decent pics once he's based

Base just needs washing and then his all done

And with model attached!!!!





very happy with how he's turned out may just ad some grass tufts to the base to finish :-)

Next on the block!!!

The checker board base really ties it all together, stunning stuff!