Feeling Blue...

Originally I was going to put up a consolidated post of things I have been doing, but as I sit here waiting for my SharePoint system scopes to update I've decided to spread out the load a little and hopefully provide a short series of semi-regular (as in more than one a month,) progress posts. I also really need to complete some models as, as yet, I've not shown anything completed.

Starting off this mini series I had intended to show a few shots of some epic odds and sods. Along with both Rictus and Maelstrom I've been buying up a fair few chunks of stuff off of eBay with a view towards doing a pre-heresy themed force.

So I'd started on a quick test squad for a Tactical Detachment, painting consisting of a very simple basecoat, followed by three quick drybrushes and completed with a wash to tie it all together. Individual details have then been filled in. These I'll show in a future post, mostly because I'm not happy with what I've done so far.

No Epic Army is complete without it's 40k counterpart, so a few hurried brush strokes later and out popped this work in progress:

In both cases the blue has been based around the following scheme:

• Kantor Blue Base
• Highlight Ultramarine Blue
• Highlight Ultramarine Blue 1:1 Fenrisian Grey
• Highlight Fenrisian Grey

All have been washed with a Kantor Blue 1:1 Abbadon Black mix (thinned with water & glaze medium). The Epic stuff was washed after the drybrushing whereas the Forgeworld chap was washed prior to the highlighting.

In the midst of painting I've also gotten my hands on some Vallejo matte medium as well, which I've been playing around with on the Captains armour, net result is some moderately smooth blends with only a couple of different highlight mixes applied.

I'm also trying a new white light in my painting lamp...

Next up... Well could be anything really, but I'm hoping on either the Nightlord Marine, Trollslayer or some finished Sedition Wars Samaritans... Or possibly practicing to take better photos...