Closer...

Some changes, and some progress.

Lava on the base actually looks like lava! Two coats of Golden Yellow followed by two coats of Sunburst Yellow and all we need is a bit more orange splash onto the walls to look like glow.




Next, the banner finished. Went for a palid, dead flesh on the majority of the head, and then my bone triad for the three skulls and the horns. Think it turned out pretty well.



Next, we went a completely different direction with the weapons - 'blackmetal' core fading through blue to white at the cutting edges. IMO, this looks much better and less cartoony than my previous attempt.



And, the finished model, with a slightly different more relaxed "surveying the field" pose.

Nearing the finish line...

Got loads done today! Hashut symbols got a second coat of Red Gore, followed by two coats of Blood Red. Then, I outlined them in black. Done!

Next, I worked my little three payer magic on the bone protrusions and the skulls that appear in some of the tails.



Next, I spent time working on the hero. Firstly, here's a preliminary look at the lava! It's mostly just Blazing Orange over a light grey, but it's a start. Some yellow to the middle, and red to the edges, and it'll look like it's glowing. I'll also be adding some OSL to the surrounding rock and a bit on the hero himself.




Next, I spent some more time working on freehand: the banner! I went for a deep, supremely dark red for the cloth, and then free-handed a chaos star onto it in white. Very delicate work, since any screw-ups are very difficult to repair. I think it turned out well. The nice thing here - Dwarfs are master blacksmiths, not necessarily painters, so the banner can be a bit crude.

I also worked on our bright blue 'magical' weapons for the Hero. The following shows both the banner, and the weapon.



Lastly, here's a closeup of some of the jewels that are embedded in the Hero's beard spikes. They get a little gradient from dark red at the top to orange at the bottom, to give the effect that they are being filled with light. One little white dot in the upper corner gives the light glint effect.



So, provided everything looks good, All I really need to do is polish off the banner (head at the top, skulls), do the shield (metallics and lava-ish stuff in the symbol), and then gore on everything.

I should definitely be able to Gloss spray everything tomorrow night, and be done! Yay!

Hashut emerges

So, got the beards done during Glee and Big Bang Theory, and then watched Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift and was able to get the symbols done on the grunts and leader.

Here's the pics:

Grey beard example:


Brown beard examples:


Symbols on a group shot:


Tomorrow is game day at my local store, but since I don't have work on Friday, I can put in a movie when I get home, and put in another 2 hours highlighting the symbols and getting ready to line them Friday.

After that, it's just the bone sections and gore for the grunt.

The hero's arms still need lots done, but I also got them primed today, and they'll cure overnight before getting drybrushed Friday.

I'm hoping to have everything done by Friday night so I can do a final once over of everything Saturday morning before gloss coating them to seal the paint. Then they'll get a matte varnish Sunday morning and ship Monday.

Wish me luck!