Completed Tomb King Ushabti

Well I've finished my first Ushabti and did my usual thing of starting off painting a unit and ending up painting one of the models just to see how it would turn out.
Brief run down of how i painted the model (Yes I'm not the worlds best painter!).

Blue areas started with a wash of Necron Abyss, followed by a heavy dry brush of hawk turquoise. I then added white and progressively dry brushed lighter. Its important that each time you have less and less paint on the brush.

Gold Areas, First a burnished gold base coat followed by a wash of skaven brown ink. I then line painted burnished gold over the top taking care to leave the recesses darker, finally i highlighted with shining gold on the edges.

Skin areas were base coated with charadon granite and then simply dry brushed by adding dheneb stone to the base coat picking out the raised areas. A final highlight was applied of dheneb stone to the finger bones and other highly prominent areas.

Robed areas were first washed with a 50/50 mix of skaven brown ink and devlan mud wash. This was then dry brushed with Khemri Brown (aptly named colour!) I then layered a very watery coat of bleached bone on the top taking to leave the recessed areas. Finally i highlighted the edges with a bleach bone and white mix.

Any advice to improve the model would be greatly received and if i can help any one else with their models give me a shout.

DOC

Further Progress

Ive made further progress with ushabti, they are particularly difficult to paint around the torso. The interesting thing about photgraphing your models as you go along is you notice parts you've missed or which could be better when the photograph is zoomed in!

DOC

Tomb King Ushabti In Progress

This is what im working on at the moment, finding it a real challenge to paint off white again having painted off black for the last few years any tips would be appreciated.

Space Wolves Blog

http://space-wolves-grey.blogspot.com/

The space wolves blog is a must for any Space Wolves fan, it includes all the info you could need. It covers modelling, painting, gaming and tactics. The blog is also well layed out and easy to navigate and well themed. Its clear these guys know their stuff and can teach people like me (who have been gaming for 20+ years) a thing or 2!


The tactics run down for each unit type has been insightful and ways up the pros and cons of each option available to you. Recently they have discussed the Logan Grimnar terminator army option which is something im toying with myself as one of my good friends is a Deathwing player. Each tactical discussion is always conluded well to inform the reader.

Overall a great blog and inspiration to others.

DOC

New Blog

Fellow geeks a blog is something ive been meaning to do for years! Why to talk all things hobby and to use the blog as a meduim to help drive completion on all those projects, painting task and campaigns we have all started and never finished. Also to get out there those talking points that arise from participating in this hobby. First point is why does everyone hate the "jaws of the world" wolf space wolf psychic power. I didnt design it! I just use it! If i was being fair i would say it can have a huge impact! Do we reallly have rules in 40k that change the game and be deemed unfair? or is it just because we havent thought of a good way round them yet?

DOC