Slow-Grow Plans

Thanks to Tropical Storm Lee, I'm stuck at home tonight, rather than out rolling dice.  At least I get to do some laundry!   Yay?

Studio Butcher1 (2009 Sculpt)

Anyway, since I can't work on my Paint it Pink army yet (League starts Saturday!), I figured instead I would go over my plans for the league with regards to list construction and model selection.

Our league consists of four two week sections, each with a different point level for the army.  The first two weeks, players are limited to a warcaster and 'jacks or beasts, and must be between 9 and 11 points.  The next two weeks, the battlegroup only limitation drops, and we're at 15 pts.  Then 25 and finally 35.

Since my goal is to run Butcher1's theme force, I need two units of Man-O-Wars, four solos and three warjacks with no ranged weapons.  At the same time I'm painting Khador, I'd love to knock out the battlebox for demos.  Good thing I've magnetized the 'jack chassis!

Paint it Pink Test Scheme

This weekend's project was to iron out the Black and Pink Khador scheme for my Paint it Pink army.

I ended up stopping by LGS Huzzah Hobbies, and picking up some P3 paints: Murderous Magenta, Carnal Pink and Shining Gold.  I also snagged a Windsor & Newton 7 size 3 brush, which proved to be awesome while base coating. It has a huge reservoir to hold the paint and really gave me a smooth basecoat on the large surfaces of the MoW.

Enough chit-chat, here's the model, a Man-O-War Demolition Corp grunt:

The pink areas are two coats of P3 Murderous Magenta over a GW Foundation Astronomicon Grey base (so that the pink didn't have to try and cover the black primer).  I then used a mixture of 3:1 P3 Murderous Magenta and Carnal Pink as a starting place for the layering.  The largest layer (50% of the surface area) was 1:1 Murderous Magenta and that mixture. The next layer (25%) was pure mixture.  I then highlighted the edges with 1:1 mixture and P3 Carnal Pink, with corner highlights of pure Carnal Pink.

The black areas were done the exact same way, substituting P3 Coal Black for Murderous Magenta and P3 Frostbite for Carnal Pink.

The original plan was to make him a more bubblegum pink, however my wife suggested I try the hot pink of the Murderous Magenta first and see how it looked.  She was right (as usual), I think the hot pink looks pretty damn good.

Here's another picture from above:

The Ice Maul was a base of GW Ice Blue, followed by 2:1 Ice Blue to  GW Skull White, with 1:1 Ice Blue to Skull White in the very center.  The side parts were drybrushed with GW Enchanted Blue, and then a thin line of GW Regal Blue.  I then did just a bit of free hand to get those blue spikes pointing towards the center of the weapon. 

Let me know what you think!

Skorne Group Pictures

I got those pesky Swordsmen done today, and I must say, those are the most detailed models ever.  Holy cow.  Just when I thought I was done and could relax, I'd realize I needed to go highlight all the black.  Then I'd forgotten to paint the pommels of their swords.  Then I noticed those big horn things on their one shoulder pad.  These things never end!

Using basic speed painting techniques really helped.  Work on one color, and do everything with the big brush first, then go back through on the same color with the small brush to get the smaller details.  Switching brushes on every models just eats up time.  Washes were also my friend.

Anyway, here's the majority of my Hexeris T3 force, all painted up!

After those swordsmen, I need a break from Skorne!  Our local group has a Slow Grow league starting in a week or two, and I'm doing Khador.  I'm doing a black and pink theme, and since I'm doing Butcher1's theme force, It will also work for Clash of the Titans!  The pink was chosen in support of PG_Wold's Paint it Pink:

The 2011 Paint It Pink painting contest is designed to help promote breast cancer awareness through the miniature wargame hobby. Simply paint one miniature or an entire army using pink as a prominent color, and enter your work into any appropriate categories.

I think big, burly Khador in pink will be fun, as well as support a good cause.  It's also a theme force for Clash of the Titans, and will be a great vehicle for the Slow Grow League.  Lastly, I should be able to paint the majority of my plastic Khador battlebox in the process, which gives me another demo tool.  Yay for ... three birds with one stone?

I've got a spare Man-O-War Demolition Corp model I've assembled and primed, and I'll be using him as a test model for the paint scheme.  The scheme will use mostly p3 paints also, which I'm rather excited about.  Look for pictures of the test model soon!