Terrain - Shipping Container

 I think I'm going to be going the YouTube route!

Here's a shipping container I 3D-Printed from Warlayer.com.

Blackstone Fortress - More Terrain

 I'm trying something different - I made a video this time:

Warpgate Dice Tower Part 2

 I deepened the shadows a bit more and then really pushed the highlights with my Krome airbrush. Then I used Vallejo's Ultramarine as a filter (really water-downed) and softened the highlights to a blue. Then it was the old brush and some DR white on the veins of the warp.

Since it's terrain, I think I'm going to stop here. I glued it all together and I watched a video where a guy glued felt to the bottom so it was softer on the table, so I'll probably do that at some point.

Warpgate Dice Tower

We'll, I've been putting off this one for a while! 

This is a dice tower that you can purchase the STL files to 3D print from Dragon's Gate. I love the support they've been doing for Blackstone Fortress.

I surprisingly got way further than I expected, but that goes to show how powerful an airbrush can be!

Rebel Troopers Part 6

 I have been slowly working on these pretty much every night since the last update, however, the highlights that I have been painstakingly doing are so minute I felt it wasn't even worth taking pics!

Here are the final pictures. We got a freak snowstorm, in October of all times, so I won't be able to put a matte varnish on it until the weather gets better, unfortunately. I'd like to put it in the case where it belongs!

D&D - Gnome Monk Redux - Part 2

 Managed to find some time to finish this bad boy off!

I'm super happy how it turned out. I just have to matte spray it, as the Vallejo black is really shiny.

Just in time, as the campaign starts in less than a week!

D&D - Gnome Monk Redux

 I wasn't that happy with the other model, so I ordered one from a site called Hero Forge. Lots of customisation and then they 3D print it on a resin printer. This one was more of my vision for a gnome monk.

It was hard to pick a paint scheme... tempted to go with the Shaolin monk orange, thought about like a hermit desert scheme, but picked a blue in the end. I think I'll have some whites to go with it and some dark greys as belts and gloves.

I wasn't going to airbrush this, but my Krome was so so good. Love that brush. I decided to really do the CK method and trust the process through the 'ugly phase' and it totally panned out. I'm really happy with the tones, shades, highlights, etc. I don't usually take too many in-process pics, but I did today. I can't wait to finish it and I think we start the campaign next week!

Terrain - More Platforms!

I think I'm starting to get the hang of airbrushing black. I still have a ways to go on the filter. I've been using roughly 1:1 black templars contrast with water. It might be a bit too much black.

Terrain - Platforms

It's been a while since I've painted!

My patriot airbrush went down and I only had detail airbrushes. So I spent some time assembling and trying to convert (not good at this yet).

I just got back from a camping trip (covered in mosquito bites) and the part I needed for my patriot was in my mailbox.

I've been trying to paint up some terrain that I printed from Warlayer. It's really good stuff. However, I got to find a quicker way to paint it... otherwise,

it'll take me forever!

Star Wars Legion - Stormtroopers Part 5

OMG! They're finally done!

I'm so happy! I was really pressing in once I got the recess edging done. I really like how they turned out.

I still have to matte varnish them and I think I'll paint on a gloss varnish on the white armour as well.

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Bases

I was going to leave all the bases to be painted at the end, but I was sick of looking at the ugliness! Especially if I get a game in some time.

I 3D printed these bases off of the Dragon's Rest collection. I had hoped to just glue them onto the regular bases, but unfortunately, they are a bit bigger. They are not quite as tall as a standard GW base, but they are close enough and if all the models are on the same height, it wouldn't matter.

I was truly scared of dealing with the Spindle Drones... they are barely on the base as it was!

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress Terrain Part 14

Well, it's all done!

I just finished off all the tokens tonight. Thus concludes the base set of Blackstone Fortress. Once I get my 3D printer working again (still puzzling that out), I can print off the Escalation terrain, as I just picked up the models.

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress Terrain Part 13

I did these up last week and I forgot to post them.

The only thing I'm not happy about is my attempts to do something with the light purple lines on the lift. It looked too purply so I thought it could break it up. From a distance it's okay, but up close it's not very good!

I just have to paint up the tokens and then it's off onto the actual figures and I'm done!

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress Terrain Part 12

Oh... so close to being done all the core set terrain! I can taste it! I just have the lifts, the auspex, and the tokens to go!

I got some painting in tonight in between taking care of two sick little girls and a wife with a migraine!

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress Terrain Part 11

Just a few little things last night. I'm close to finishing all the terrain and then it's off to paint the characters!

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress Terrain Part 10

Wow, it's been a really long long time since I've posted, but also since I've painted! Being a teacher, this has been a really hard start-up this year. I've got quite the class!

I've probably been the most excited to tackle the hallways and I've held off to near the last for that reason... I wanted to do a good job. My experience with pink from the lightning helped a lot and I used the Sotar instead of the Patriot. I don't particularly like using the Sotar that much, but there was too much fine detail on this one.

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress Terrain Part 9

It's been a while! Work has been kicking my butt....

I managed to get 4 hours in on these tiles tonight (it's like 2 am). I'm not sure if I can get the colours to match any more than I already have... I feel slightly unsettled with them being done, but I'm not sure if I have the skill level at this moment to take it further. These two were the ones I was least looking forward to (especially all the skulls). I think I brought up the yellow into a lemon colour direction rather than a gold.

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress Terrain Part 8

Gold Sharpie FTW!

I was dreading this one. I've gotten so used to airbrushing that I don't really ever want to touch another paintbrush ever again! So with that in mind, I'm using Carl Tuttle's (from the Independent Characters) gold Sharpie trim. It worked fairly well, then I stuck some Nuln Oil around the edges.

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress Terrain Part 7

Well, it's been a long while since I've had time to paint. As a teacher, this is a hellish season! I decided that since my wife went to bed early on a Friday night, this would be a great night to paint.

I was still not happy with the previous entry that I've posted twice (man, the amount of matte varnish on those tiles!). I was listening to an interview with Caleb from CK Studios about his Night Lord's army that he did for the NOVA Open Charity Raffle. He was focusing on lightning and I felt that my lightning was missing something. Turns out, it was just a simple white line! I used Daler Rowney White for this. I probably didn't give it as much care and attention as he did, but this is just terrain and I'm hoping to be done it soon!

Here are the final results for real:

Then I managed to do two simple tilesets in 90 minutes or so. I enjoyed doing the blood on the floor. I kept the one with the pillars more simple just so not all the tiles are overwhelming with colour.

I'm not sure when I'll do my next painting (maybe it'll be a Friday thing?), but at the moment I have 0 subscribers and this is more of a reflection/posterity piece I guess!

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress Terrain Part 6

It's been a while since I last posted... been on vacation and as a teacher, this is about the time I start doing a bit of work going into the fall.

However, my computer decided to go on a major updating spree tonight rendering my PC useless, so I got some airbrushing in. Going forward, I know I'll always have airbrushing to do, but I have a small window to get some key tech stuff done with school, so I probably won't get another update here on the blog until September.

I finished a few tiles tonight. I'm not sure if I'm super happy, but it doesn't look bad. And of course, this is a learning process for me. I also finally experienced CK Studios' 'Ugly Phase'... I didn't get bent out of shape with the dreadnought I did for their 101 class, but doing the pink/purple lightning I sure did!

Some updated pics: