skeletoro Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/skeletoro/WP_20140505_13_22_02_Pro.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/skeletoro/WP_20140505_13_21_50_Pro.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/skeletoro/WP_20140505_13_21_24_Pro.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/skeletoro/WP_20140505_13_20_53_Pro.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/skeletoro/WP_20140505_13_21_06_Pro.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fytharin Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Welcome back brother! Let me be the first to say that is an epic man cave....I want it....sorry to hear about your misfortunes, I'm glad things worked out eventually in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarl Kjaran Coldheart Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 i dont understand your workstation...its too neat. WLK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeletoro Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 Lol, I just tidied it! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarl Kjaran Coldheart Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 and on topic, I love the models your working on. They look awesome. WLK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irwit Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 That awful news! Glad to hear you are getting back on your feet. Try and stay positive and remember at least it wasn't you covered in a layer on toxic soot!!! Man cave looks awesome also BTW :), Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeletoro Posted May 5, 2014 Author Share Posted May 5, 2014 haha thanks. Actually, my hands were actually pretty much perma-sooty for about a month after the fire, from salvaging/dumping and cleaning our stuff . Gets in the creases of your hands and under nails, in wounds and slowly opens up cracks in the flesh... Not to mention stopping the healing process in its tracks. I had to take a few days off at one pojnt because my hands were so sore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrogzc Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 Epic! Love your models and your workspace :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeletoro Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 thought i'd leave a progress shot. the red pads are currently masked (hence the blobs) and the white ones are mostly done, i tried to have a fairly high degree of zenithal highlighting on the whites. i am getting the hang of this airbrush thing! the gradient on the pads was achieved quite simply with a vallejo air grey base basecoat and with successive glazes of white (vallejo air white + vallejo glaze medium + golden airbrush medium). so much easier to do this with glazes!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/skeletoro/WP_20140511_12_39_56_Pro.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaveriK Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I love they way you do your fur. Looking good so far, keep up the good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeletoro Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 Thanks, Maverik! My friend is starting a campaign in his basement in a few weeks so I need to try and get a respectable portion of my army at the very least assembled and on bases but preferably base-coated (just the grey and any other large areas I can do with the airbrush) by then. I'm hoping to get done(ish): My two squads of grey hunters that I am currently painting A games day wolf priest to accompany one squad The land raider Proteus for the other squad 15 blood claws that are already built Their land raider crusader 6 long fangs (still need lots of green stuff wolfing up!!) 5 wolf scouts with plasma gun and gunslingers 5 TWC and a thunderlord A heavily converted (large beard and magnetized chooser of the slain) rune priest Fire raptor Of course, no way in hell. But hey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerian Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Arg, this website hates my browser. I cannot paste text in and all of the pop up boxes refuse to close (so I can't post images) What browser are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarl Kjaran Coldheart Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I had the same problem when I used Internet Explorer, but now I use Chrome...just for the B&C. WLK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeletoro Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 yeah, same story here. It doesn't like IE11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantay VI Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I am so sorry to hear about the difficulties that you & the wife have been through, but I am glad tha you have all come through it okay, sore hands not with-standing. Your man-cave looks amazing and your modelling painting skills are great. I really like how you have done the fur on your wolves, the brown/ black transition is awesome. Any tips on how you achieved it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeletoro Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 Thanks for the many kind words! Actually, I loosely followed a YouTube guide from buypainted for the thunder wolf lord, and have just been experimenting with various deviations (for instance using washes vs glazes to achieve different effects etc. It is quite fun!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Runner Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Fantastic work Skeletoro! Congrats! Seeing your work makes me want to continue my army! I have begun dabbling with my new airbrush as well, but I am practising on my Dystopian Wars army first, because it has no sentimetal value - just a play and put away army - unlike my Space Wolves which I adore. The only downside I find is the constant cleaning which is bit annoying. Maybe in 20 years they will invent a self-cleaning airbrush . Until then, patience is a virtue I guess. Also I am sorry to read about your personal problems. Keep your spirits high my friend. Keep up the great work. NR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantay VI Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Cheers for pointing out the youtube tutorials you used. They are awesome, I don't use an air brush, but I can totally adapt it to my needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeletoro Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 No problem. I should probably also point out Night Runner's excellent WIP shots and modelling guides on his blog trueminiwargamer.blogspot.com . Best way to find them is to click the link to see on all posts with the tags you're interested in (e.g. space wolves, no talent required - his tutorial series' name -, grey hunters, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeletoro Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 A quick update! I've just finished filling in some blocks of colour using the airbrush and a liquid mask. Today i took the masks off and am pretty happy with the result. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/skeletoro/WP_20140517_17_23_07_Pro.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/skeletoro/WP_20140517_17_22_10_Pro.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/skeletoro/WP_20140517_17_21_20_Pro.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/skeletoro/WP_20140517_17_20_39_Pro.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/skeletoro/WP_20140517_17_19_31_Pro.jpgsorry about the naff photos! I havee done most of the reds, golds, and the skin tones as well as the bqse armour and the white shoulder pads, where applicable. my masking skills held me back a little here, but i have figured out how i can do it better next timw. As expected there is a bit of tidy up to do as the masking wasnt perfect (applied with a toothpick!) but that's no big difficulty. i am really happy with the golds (not sure how well they've shown up in the pics). Sadly, one of the resin chain axes from FW still had mould release agent on it (apparently?) in spite of my cleaning it in simple green, and all the paint has peeled off it. doh! Next up, transfers (while i have gloss varnish on the model and chucking them on bases, then time to pull out the ol' fashioned brushes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rune priest sven Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 where did you find your chain axes and the chainy bit under the bolter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlos_spiceyweiner Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Some cracking work on here my friend. Really liking the look of your wolves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeletoro Posted May 17, 2014 Author Share Posted May 17, 2014 The axes are from FW Sons of Horus Reaver squads, and the bolt pistol with the chainy ammo thingy is from an old space marine veterans box (metal arm). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeletoro Posted May 21, 2014 Author Share Posted May 21, 2014 ok, first grey hunter mostly done (pretty much just need to paint the base and do weathering). http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/skeletoro/WP_20140521_13_44_19_Pro.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/skeletoro/WP_20140521_13_44_11_Pro.jpg Although I am fairly pleased with it over all, there are a bunch of things I've learnt in the process and things I'll do differently next time. So rather than be too perfectionistic about fixing this guy's flaws, I'll get him finished md move onto the next few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fytharin Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Looks pretty solid to me. I understand the ocd tendencies though don't worry ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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