Mini Painters

More work on eButcher, Cryx colour scheme and a bit of gaming burnout

My epic Butcher paintjob is coming along nicely.  I spent part of last night doing the spikes on his shoulder guards and, after making a bit of a mess over the already-completed red I decided to put the paintbrush to one side and leave it til later.  I did some tidying up on the reds and cleaned up the mess a bit but it'll never look as good as it did, which is a shame.  Luckily the spikes look great though

I also started on a Bane Thrall to test the Cryx scheme.  The purple works quite well, and i'll be shading the "skirts" later to get a feel of how that'll work.  I think the purple is going to be the brightest it's going to go with nice, deep shadows to make it stand out.  I'm not entirely convinced on using it for the shoulder pads though as I think they just look a bit silly, so i'll probably go over those with a dark silver and weather them. I don't want these models to be too bright or garish so all the metal effects are going to be muted and weathered heavily.  The only bright bits are going to be the head and eyes, which are going to be the traditional luminescent green with lighting effects on the eye sockets.

The league is still taking it's toll on me and i'm not feeling the gaming vibe at the moment, so i'm taking some time off from playing to concentrate on upping my painting game.  I'll still be attending the club on a regular basis (you're not getting rid of me that easily!) but i'll be doing hobby stuff rather than gaming most of the time and hopefully the need to see my enemies driven before me and hear the lamentation of their women will return given time.