Oh the other reason I love them, is the fact a regular opponent of mine is a Tau player who has a lot of Kroot. So this had to be done :)
Still a work in progress, but the skin tone is about right, again simple highlighted base coat, with an oil filter, this time I varied the filter a little to get the variance in the squad, and throughout the figure, blue browns and greens. Again anti-dry brushing was used to reveal the hifghlights.
Using oil filters and thinned paints allows the shades to show through, this can be seen on the quills.
Fo a simple head swap I'm very please with the outcome, and it fits with the no vanilla models in m army.
Oh ant you might be able to see the Dark Eldar helms I've added to the trophies, that's another dig at one of my regular opponents :) I love winding them up, lol.
Very very cool looking figs. I quite like the paint scheme. Kroot heads on....mantic ghoul bodies maybe?
ReplyDeleteI'm not really familiar with oil filters. Is it similar to inking?
Also, most curious about anti-drybrushing....my google fu is a bit weak. All I'm pulling up is skin aging treatments. Can you comment on what this technique is?
Thanks Daveb, they're GW crypt Ghoul bodies, but I might check out the mantic ones as they tend to be cheaper and I need about 30 more :)
ReplyDeleteOil filters are a bit like washes, but they tend to alter the colour a little more, they give a more even coverage over the entire model, pool less in the recesses
Essentially anti-dry brushing is a controlled removal of the oil filter, with a clean implement, dry brush or finger, with just enough white spirit to reactivate the oils.
DeleteI'll put together a picture diary of it in action this week :)
DeleteThanks for the explanation. I'd love to see some pics in action, sounds intriguing.
ReplyDeleteWell aren't these just cool! And I love your statement about "no vanilla models" haha!
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