Orc Shaman tutorial

Here's a tutorial for the classic Orc Shaman model. Nothing too fancy here, just some extra colour to make him stand out on the tabletop. I have the savage orc shaman ready to go ( both on foot and boar), and I like those models better, but this guy will be a good addition to my army.

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Thundertusk WIP 2

Here's some more work in progress shots of the Thundertusk I'm working on. Trying to use all the same colours as the rest of my Ogres, with the addition on the fur and tusks. For the fur I'm doing a golden blond kind of colour and the tusks I'm doing a blue grey (both are Reaper triads straight form the bottle). I think I'm past the hard stuff and now all I have left are highlights and details... the home stretch.

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Ork Stormboy Boss Zagstruk Tutorial

Still digging through my picture archives and unearthing photo sets that weren't made into videos. Here's one for the Stormboyz upgrade unique character Boss Zagstruk. A great model and fun, but not terribly effective because he requires you to deep strike him. The problem is that you have to have such a large mob of stormboyz to support him that you're almost guaranteed to have a mishap.

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Blood Angels Tactical Squad

Here`s another painting video for a Blood Angels Tactical squad. I painted these guys up a long time ago, but had to redo the video because it was done before I had a decent microphone.

Anyway, this is just a fast method to get the guys on the table top asap.

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High Elf Teclis Finished (painting tutorial)

Here's that Teclis model I was working on a while ago. He painted up quite quick (two evenings) using the same paint scheme as the rest of my high elves. Nothing fancy, just a quick paint job to get him up to the level of the rest of my army. Painting video after the break.

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New Paint range and Conversion chart

Well, its official... the new 145 paint range is on advance order and costs an arm and a leg ($645 cdn)... ouch.  The other thing that sucks is that they have changed the names of everything... I really liked that some of the names have been around for ever.   Oh well... I guess I'll have to learn new names.  On the upside, I really like the idea of the paint book that stands on your painting table.  And it includes a video (but there will be lots of those online if I can help it).

I still haven't had a chance to go over the colours to see how exactly they are organized, but I'm hoping its straight forward about which ones go together to get nice colours (like the reaper system).  Oh, and they have completely changed all the names, so even the foundations and washes are different (aaaaggghhh, no more devlin mud).  Then there's the question about what to do with all the paints I have now.  Maybe my brother will want to buy them :)

Thunderwolf Calvary part 2 (finished)

Here's the second and final part for the Thunderwolf Cavalry painting tutorial. These guys paint up fairly fast and are fun models. Can't wait to see them on the table top.

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New GW paint chart

I've been hearing about this for a while now, and just came across this over at http://taleofpainters.blogspot.ca/2012/03/rumours-new-citadel-paint-range-colour.html

I'm super excited.  I love the reaper triad system, and will enjoy having the matched sets for GW paints as well.  It makes painting super easy and eliminates a lot of mixing.

Ogre Thundertusk WIP

Another project that I have on the go is my Ogre Kingdoms Thundertusk. I airbrushed a base coat on the fur last week and I'm done doing highlights on the individual strands now with Reaper Golden Blond. I really like this model, so its jumping the queue a little. Should get back to the Thunderwolves...

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Fenrisian Wolves Assembled

Here's some pics of the new Fenrisian Wolves all assembled. They go together nicely in 4 pieces. The bodies are labeled and it appears the heads are interchangeable. Nice poses and texture, so they should paint up nicely. They will also go well with my converted dire wolves and on the table top you won't be able to tell the difference (much).

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Thunderwolves Painting Part 1

In this post I'm showing how to paint the giant wolves with some live action video and commentary. I'm using Scorched brown, Bestial brown, Snakebite leater, Vermin brown and bleached bone in progressive layers of dry-brushing/over-brushing/stippling. The second video will be painting the space wolf marines on their backs.


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More Thunderwolf pics

Here's a couple more pics of the thunderwolves before I paint them. I put some gel medium on the bases to help give some shape once I add snow to them. These guys are primed now and will be painted up next.

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High Elves Techlis WIP

Here's a nasty character that I'd like to learn how to use, but need to paint first. He's going to be quite fast, so here's a couple hours work and halfway already. Just using the same paint scheme as the rest of my High Elves, so nothing special, and much easier than painting 40 guys at once.

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Thunderwolf Assembly

Here's some pictures of the new Thunderwolf Calvary models I just assembled. I didn't know exactly what loadout to use, so I'm going with 1 plain, 1 with melta bombs, and 1 with thunderhammer. That should total 185 pts and have full wound allocation.

The models are good looking in person and assemble well. The different wolves are marked and there's a couple options for the robotic legs and one extra head. The riders come with lots of options and I'm pretty happy with the bits.

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High Elves Spearmen Complete

Here's the video tutorial for the High Elves I have been working on for a while. I cut the process short a little because I desperately wanted them done. Back in high school I painted some high elf spearmen for a guy named Barney and it was a painfully dull process. This was marginally better, but doing 40 at once is tough.

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40k anniversary Model Done (Video)

Here's the video(s) and pictures I shot while painting the Rogue Trader cover tribute model. I captured some steps to show how I painted it, and shot photos along the way as well. I tried to intersperse the photos as appropriate, but they some might be out of place. Hopefully the music isn't too loud.

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25th anniversary model Done

Here's some of the finished pics of the Warhammer 40,000 25th anniversary model (Rogue trader cover tribute) completed. Not much to say, but there will be a stage by stage painting video of the model, not the slide show with commentary... actual brush strokes type thing. Hopefully I'll have that up tonight.

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Crimson Fist Anniversary WIP 2

Another work in progress set for this guy. As you'll see by the end I'm getting pretty close. The major areas are done, and I just have to work on the details. That should just take another night of painting to finish up. I'm trying to shoot video of each section I'm painting to put together into a tutorial, so I'll be putting that up once he's done. We'll see if that makes for a better tutorial, or if I just stick with the format I've been doing before.

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25th Model WIP

Not finding much time this week to paint, but here's the starting of the base colours on this guy. Just some necron abyss on the blue, scab red and khemri brown. The base was a quick coat of chardon granite and some scorched brown.

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