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Offline Meister.Petz

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[WM] Empire
« on: August 18, 2009, 08:13:49 AM »
Hi there. Here are a few pics of the first epmire unit of my new commission work:

Halberdiers




Hope you like them ... I'll keep them coming.
Greetings from Austria
Peter
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Re: [WM] Empire
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2009, 08:24:11 AM »
DANGG  8)  even with the original pictures you would swear these are 28mils, instead of 10s !!
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Offline azrael71

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Re: [WM] Empire
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2009, 01:21:41 PM »
painting eyes on 10mm rank & file is wrong ;)

Great work.
I hope to get this good one day.
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Re: [WM] Empire
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2009, 02:22:27 PM »
Absolutely superb stuff, they look fantastic.

Would you be prepared to give a step by step on how you did them? I ask because I've just settled on the exact same scheme and to be frank if I can get them looking anything like yours I'll be absolutely delighted and perhaps a little shocked. Please.....
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Re: [WM] Empire
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2009, 03:33:26 PM »
Very nice.  That is going to be an impressive looking army. 
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Re: [WM] Empire
« Reply #5 on: August 18, 2009, 06:03:27 PM »
Wow ... I didn't expect that nice answeres :)
Thanks to all of you - I'll try to make a step-by-step (with fotos) with the next Halberdiers. Give me some days and I'll post it in here.

Greetings and thank you once again.
Peter
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Re: [WM] Empire
« Reply #6 on: August 18, 2009, 10:45:14 PM »
Very nice, do I detect the use of an all-figure brown-ish ink wash?
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Re: [WM] Empire
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2009, 10:57:40 PM »
Looking forward to the step-by-step, I expect I'll be following it slavishly...
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Offline Ale

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Re: [WM] Empire
« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2009, 11:31:01 PM »
Good job I like it. I think the figures are very well painted and they have a lot of details!!!
The decition of not painting the eyes was good in this scale.
Congratulations.
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Re: [WM] Empire
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2009, 01:17:56 PM »
Very, very nice Meister.Petz  ;D

I look forward to seeing more.  You've inspired me to get the last of my empire finished up!
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Re: [WM] Empire
« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2009, 05:31:15 PM »
Quote from: Stomm on August 18, 2009, 10:45:14 PM
Very nice, do I detect the use of an all-figure brown-ish ink wash?

Nope I've not used sth. like that. That miniatures are done with layering ... only the metallics became a wash ... see more on my step-by-step post coming up in the next few days.

Greetings
Peter
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Re: [WM] Empire
« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2009, 11:14:30 PM »
Looking forward to see the step by step pics.

Empire figures are beatuful and it is highly remarked when the paint is a great work.

Are you going to build all your empire army in these scheme of colours (red and white)?
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Offline Meister.Petz

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Re: [WM] Empire
« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2009, 08:28:04 AM »
I want to paint different units with the same colours. Main colour is red, which will be on every unit. Other colours are white (like in this unit), maybe light blue, green, etc.

So there will be red and white halberdiers, kannons, pistoliers, crossbowmen, etc. ... always 1 unit per colour combination and unit type.

Next unit will be a red and white cannon unit. Hopefully finished on the weekend, have lots of work to do. :(

Greetings from Austria.
Peter
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Re: [WM] Empire
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2009, 08:20:48 PM »
Ok, here is my Step-by-Step for doing a red and white Warmaster Empire soldier:

Step 1: Prime it and correct with black if not every surface is covered


Step 2: Paint the flesh parts, you may need more layers to make the black not shine trough the colour. I used Dwarf Flesh.


Step 3: Paint one side in light grey (here: Fortress Grey) ... this is the ground colour for the white and especially for the hollow parts


Step 4: Other half gets a deep red (Scab Red) ... same reason as the grey


Step 5: Paint the brown surfaces like beard, ground, shoes, some wood or pockets


Step 6: Use the wash "Ogryn Flesh" on the flesh parts ... take as much as you want, the more you use, the darker the skin gets


Step 7: I used "Chainmail" for all the metal surfaces ... sword, helmet, and so on


Step 8: Ok now the miniature gets some life ... paint white (or a white - light brown/grey mix) on the higher surfaces over the light grey layer. Leave the hollow parts light grey. The feather on the helmet is made by drybrushing (I think we all know how this works ;))


Step 9: "Vermin Brown" for the wood of spears and other long sticks like this. Also leave some dark brown places where the shadow should be.


Step 10: The pocket and shoes and other leather-like surfaces get "Snakebite Leather" ... same here: dark brown = shadow


Step 11: Take a small brush for the beard - trust me, its worth it :) I used "Kommando Khaki" for this beard and hair. Just made some strokes, but you can also paint the whole beard in one colour (exeption: the shadow parts ;))


Step 12: "Blood Red" is the colour of the bright parts of his uniform. Leave the shadows .... blablabla, you know what I mean ;)


Step 13: Almost done. Last thing to do is using the wash "Badab Black" on the metal parts ... this technique looks cleaner than drybrushing metal surfaces.


Step 14: add some this and that, a canon here and some crewman there. Basing materials, different browns and some grass e violá

Imperial Cannons


Hope you like them ... and also the step-by-step. Was much work (so you better like it :D).
Greetings from happy-painting Austria
Peter
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Offline azrael71

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Re: [WM] Empire
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2009, 09:29:07 PM »
Great tutorial.
A bit different to how I paint them but not much :)
Newcomers to the game often get very overwhelmed by the small scale of the models.
This sort of article helps out a great deal.
Perhaps it could do with it's own thread!
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