Tale of Warmaster Painters II: May...

[pw]

May's here!

To celebrate I've treated myself to painting up a unit of dragon ogres for my Chaos army. I have to say that they're a delight to paint - partly because the sculpts are great, and partly because with only three of them to paint it's the fastest 250 points I've had so far. In fact, they're done after just a few hours (I'd guess less than three) but my camera seems to have hidden itself. As soon as I unearth it I'll post some pictures. Next on my to-do list is finishing off the Marauders I've started and painting up a second sorcerer (the wizardy dude from the Albion set).

Hopefully May will be a good painting month for all of us...

[MrMarkRelf]

I have been slacking but can now count amongst my Araby a unit of elephants, 2 units of magic carpets (spot the obvious assembly mistake on one of the carpets) and 2 units of archers !

Photos to follow (camera somewhere in my pigsty of a study !)

PS Also picked up nice Kallistra castles at Triples which are very nice, tried varnishing with Army Dip (Dark Tone) in one go and looks pretty good - again will post once camera appears !

[pw]

Nice to hear that I'm not alone in (a) painting, (b) losing cameras in mess, and (c) liking the Kallistra castle.

Pictures/review of the castle would be really great, I'm on the cusp of buying one but would really like to see more pictures and hear about quality/size etc etc. 

[azrael71]

re: the castle.
Hang on.
The next issue of warmuster is due soon with some interesting articles in.

[BlackEd]

Nuts.  When is the next issue coming out?  I wanted to submit some pictures!

[azrael71]

I would hope soon or we may as well call it the warmuster annual 

[Lex]

I would hope soon or we may as well call it the warmuster annual 

Hey watch it       1 every 4 months is not bad for a starting fan-zine 

[azrael71]

Not much bait needed there for bite 
Only joking boss.

[pw]

Here are a couple of pictures of the dragon ogres:

The unit:


And a slightly overexposed blur-fest of one of them:


@Lex and Az: Looking forward to seeing Warmuster, some WM seige is just what I'm in the mood for.

[azrael71]

I have got to say these are the worst painted dragon ogres I have ever seen 
As always very nice work pw, I particularly like the flesh detailing.
I hope you pinned them before gluing though!
As they are prone to seperate during use

[pw]

No pins so now I'm nervous! Luckily I don't get to play much! 

In place of pins I've gone for my patented mix of greenstuff and superglue, hopefully that'll hold.

[jchaos79]

Not pinned mine too... sooo I am nervous too

I did not use green stuff neither   double state of nervousisim

[azrael71]

Azrael's golden rule #67 - Always pin boys! 

I use GS as well but I don't know how much support it gives?
As for the greenstuff/superglue mix I always find that pinning and using superglue gel to fix then when dry gs to fill cracks and potentially add support works for me.
I would be worried about unknown chemical reactions taking place between the supreglue and greenstuff. But that being said, there may be none

Then pop the model under a hot lamp/hairdryer to help the GS set faster.

[Claus]

I allways scretch the parts to be glued on the base and the base itself. Greenstuff will be only applied in case I need to fill gaps.

The reaction between green stuff and superglue ist that it hardens faster and the surveillance get´s harder.

Never had an issue tha figures left the base with this technic....they are glued there forever 

Cheers
Claus

[docdom]

My contribution for may. Hopefully not for the next months. Or does each character count as one unit? 

Tomb King:



Liche Priest:



The Grim Reaper: