Slinky's Darklands models

[Slinky]

I have finally put a brush to my first Darklands model, and I thought I would put a pic up here, with the aim of showing that not everyone who is painting these things is a world-class master painter! (And hopefully give some hope to the rest of us that the models can still look good with a simple and far-from-expert paintjob).

I have undercoated 4 Angelcynn models - 3 Duguth and 1 Wiglere, and made a start on the first Duguth:



I am aiming for a dirty ("dark" ages?) kind of style, so heavy washing, think it's looking okay thus far, will be interesting to see how it goes on bigger models like the Trolls.

[Malachi B.]

Thnx for postin Slinky. LW to see the progress.

[Slinky]

First Duguth is finished:

[Malachi B.]

That's a tough veteran Saxon for sure. I like red and green scheme

[AndyP]

Nice work Slinky.

[Slinky]

Made a bit more progress:

[Malachi B.]

Cmon Pete! Wanna c the unit complete and the stinky ol'wiglere )

[Slinky]

Mostly finished the hornblower tonight, but it's going to be a long old time before all 10 are done

[Slinky]

Kenelm, duguth hornblower, is finished!

[Slinky]

I have 3 more in progress, but no pictures to show (not very exciting yet, anyway).

Here's a pic of a Duguth exploiting Malacant's one weakness:

[Malachi B.]

Ahah these Duguth are well trained to find good unarmed spots!

[zedmeister]

They don't like it up 'em!

[Slinky]

I found time to base the 3 finished Duguth. So now I have my first 3 finished Darklands models!



I am working on some "space soldiers on bikes" that will complete that force, then it will be back to finish off the 10 Duguth.

[AndyS]

Nice work Pete.
As some advice, or constructive criticism if you like, when using snow make the earth darker and wetter looking. What you have there is a summer base with snow on it. The static grass you have used does not help either. Tufts are better. Use autumn or winter tufts so theyre less bright green.

[Slinky]

Hmm, yeah, I see what you mean. Will probably stick with the same scheme for the rest of the unit to keep it coherent. A mysterious flurry of snow in summer announcing the arrival of Baalor's hordes, perhaps

[Slinky]

This kind of thing?

http://elementgames.co.uk/paints-hobby-and-scenery/paints-hobby-and-scenery-by-manufacturer/the-army-painter/basing-and-accessories/battlefields-xp-winter-tuft-6mm

[Rick_Boer]

Yeah, those tufts work great as dead grass on winter bases.

[Slinky]

I've now ordered some of those, will scrape off the static grass and try that instead, as I agree that it will look better and more wintry.

Pics to follow as and when, but sadly that sorta takes me back to 0 finished Darklands models

[AndyS]

Leave them until you have the new stuff in hand. Then do a quick swap!

[Slinky]

Tufts ahoy!



Definitely looks better, thanks for the guidance, chaps!

[AndyP]

Yeah, much better

[Malachi B.]

GO Pete! Good Work!

[Slinky]

Just finished 2 spacemen on bikes


I've decided to interleave finish them off with working on my Duguth, so next up I will be doing 3 more spearmen.

[AndyS]

Yuk! What the he'll are those? Some new forms of brute?

[Slinky]

Next 3 Duguth are coming along slowly.

I want to finish the unit of 10, then the Wiglere, then next up will be Creoda:

[Slinky]

The next 3 spearmen are painted and varnished, just need basing - pics to follow when they are finished.

Also, Creoda's bigger (correct) base arrived in the post yesterday, so I will rebase him before I get started.

[Slinky]

Next up for the Duguth will be a spearman and the banner bearer.

Anyone got any suggestions for simple Angelcynn-correct symbols I could paint on the banner, please? I'm not a freehand master, but something simple-ish should be possible...

[Slinky]

The next 3 Duguth are finished!

[Slinky]

Banner bearer and axe-man (The axe-man lost his spear somewhere in my office and no amount of searching could locate it)

[darthmarsh]

Looking good Slinky. I'd recommend you thin your paints a little more and try and push the contrast between shadow's and highlights. Thinned paints and a series of washes/ glazes will keep all the lovely detail of the miniatures and really improve your colour transitions.

There's tons of great sites out there that have free tutorials. I'd recommend Massive Voodoo http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.co.uk/200 ... rview.html. They have some great articles on pretty much every technique

Cheers

Tim

[Slinky]

The last 2 Duguth are finally done - Pics to follow once they are based.

And Rollo is about half done too!

[Slinky]

I got Rollo finished this evening!

[Slinky]

Here are the last 4 Duguth all based:


And here's the finished unit all together:


Next up will be my first troll colour test - Going for a darkish green.

[Slinky]

Here's a troll WIP:



The colour came out blue rather than green, but I am quite pleased with the result

[staggerlee]

Very nice! It is always very cool to see different colour schemes on models. It might be the photo, but i would have made the mouth area a bit more desaturated (greyish pink?) and maybe the shield could be a yellow/ orange brown?
But hey, great work. Much better than I can paint, so feel free to ignore my suggestions, he he.

[Slinky]

Thanks for commenting

I think I will add some yellow to the shield to make it a bit more distinct from the skin tone. Also, the mouth does need lots more attention, yes, that was just the base coat, will probably get a wash and then some kind of highlight, haven't decided quite what yet, will probably just try something and say "close enough"

[Slinky]

Here's an assembled Jormungand:

[Slinky]

And here's the first troll, finished and done!

(Except for base, haven't decide on the basing plan for the Norse yet).

[Slinky]

Time for a catch-up post!

Some trolls:


A troll jarl:


Some Norse characters:

[Slinky]

A couple of pics of Holumenn:



And all the currently painted Norse:

[zedmeister]

Last post 2014? Surely that qualifies for some sort of Necro?

Nice work though.

[Adrian McWalter]

Nice Norse host that , I love the Norse

[Slinky]

Thanks, chaps

Planning to carry on and finish the Norse before I move onto another Kindred - I have 3 Hrafnmenn and Mjagnir to do!

[Slinky]

My next planned Darklands models are 3 Hraffnmenn to add to my Norse:

[Dave Fraser]

really like those birdmen models, almost tempted me to norse but I resisted, intrigued to see what you do to them.

Did I see elsewhere you were listed as Bristol based? If so I'm local to you, I've still not played a game as yet but would be interested in trying it out at some point if you're up for it?

[Slinky]

Hi!

Yes, I'm on the East edge on Bristol near Wick.

I'd deffo be up for a game at some point - I haven't read all the rules yet, I am planning to digest them once the physical book arrives - Once that happens, let's try to arrange something!

[Dave Fraser]

I'm in saltford and likewise not played a game yet and only partly read the rules.

[Slinky]

Finished my 3 Hrafnmenn - Only Mjagnir left to complete 2000 gold of Norse!

[OrlandotheTech]

Love those Hafanmen, the bases work really well with them too