One Painted Model

This is shaping up to be the next to last post for Project Scythe. Here is our monster, completely painted, but not yet based. I am already at work on the larger quark rocks for the base. In short order this should be ready to be sealed.

Back in Black

This doesn't look like much. After all the work I did its just one more layer of paint. The strange thing is though that getting the black on the plates of the this model is the most time consuming step. With the extreme contrast any mistake is obvious. Worse the plates have all kinds of nooks and cranny's and missing any of them leaves a bright spot in the middle of a sea of black. Still he is looking good not. Shading is all that's left.

Distractions

So periodically I get distracted by something that eats up my painting time. That has been happening a lot lately. It occurred to me that maybe I should share. Lately, my biggest distraction has been a computer game a friend of mine introduced me to. Space Pirates and Zombies (SPAZ) is currently still in beta and therefore available for 25% off or $15 (US). Its an old school top down pace shooter. You build a fleet and blast your opponents while gathering resources and upgrading things. It can get a bit repeatative, rather like traditional grinder games like Diablo, but that isn't always a completely bad thing. There is enough flexibility in the game that you can get a good ship that suits your style. For example, I prefer beam weapons because they hit instantly rather than having to lead your targets. I also like to load up on powerful launchers. Thus my current ship lets me hang back and beat off enemy fighters with my beams while my wing-men harass a larger target. When my missiles are ready I close, strip their remaining shields with my beams, and the let them have it with a big missile volley. Its perfectly legitimate to play other ways however.

I am including a link below, but I want you guys to know that I am in no way affiliated with the maker of this game. I just like it and thought I would share.

http://www.spacepiratesandzombies.com/

Striders

A while back I needed these for an upcoming tournament. As a result these were painted fairly quickly to a tabletop quality. Still its amazing how much better a painted unit looks than a non-painted one.

This is the unit attachment. 

Here is the solo that goes with the unit. The yellow scarf helps it stand out when necessary. 

Two for one posts!!!

I whipped these up with some medium bases and the banners from Man o' war Kovniks which I ordered from PP online. I cut off the anvils on top carefully and gave them to a Khador playing friend.  They feature some really nice shading, especially on the green and purple ones. I colored them specifically not to match any of the armies I regularly play.

Scythean Skin!

OK so in all the time I have been away I have put very little time in to project Scythe as I have been waiting to be able to get pictures. That means it will be moving up to the front burner as I am going to want the Scythean for some upcoming games.

Below you can see the big fellow with the rough skin. This is achieved with a series of washes each wash gets darker but also get thinned down more with water and glaze medium. The first wash is golden yellow, followed by bubonic brown and then a mix of bubonic brown and graveyard earth. All paints in this sequence are Citadel.  During this process I am not too concerned with neatness. Everything that is left is gong to be getting much darker coloration. I will also go back and clear up any areas where the wash pooled too much or otherwise doesn't look right.

Out of Action

It has been a long time since I have posted but I have good reasons. A few weeks back the graphics card on my computer burned out. I don't have on board video so that left me with no way to post. Then I got Portal 2 and that ate a lot of my posting time. Finally I just got back from a trip and my SO who isn't back yet (at a conference) has the camera. That said here is what I have been up to.

I finished the Sorylian test cruiser. I have the skin tones roughed out on the Scythean, I painted up a huge unit of Legion Striders, a full units of Protectorate Bastions, and I built and painted some flag terrain markers. Finished some other smaller things too like a pair of spare Protectorate flame guard.

Hopefully I will have some pictures of this stuff to post soon.