Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Pious Vorne

It's been a while. Got sucked into the TV.

Finally got around to starting Pious Vorne. I'm still working on getting black done. I do great with the highlights, but I haven't figured out the filter part. I tried using Contrast Black Templar but I have to get the right mix still I guess. It's good practise, as I have a Ulthwe Eldar army and a decent-sized Deathwatch army to do still.

I did the black, her head, and started the fire. I got too fancy and screwed it up, so really I did it twice tonight. I will update this with more when I get around to it.

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Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Dahyak Grekh

Well, back to BSF!

I've been putting off painting the remaining 3 figs, as I have already painted the ones I'm playing the game with. This one seems really easy to paint so far. It's a start anyway.

A couple of days later... I think he's done. The finished product doesn't look as great in pictures as in real life... 'tis okay I suppose.

Assembling Marvel: Crisis Protocol

A new game!

Marvel: Crisis Protocol! Horrible name!

I'm really styked (stoked + psyched) because I was huge into Marvel comics in my younger years.

I have to say that these are some of the worst models and instructions I have ever come across! There are tiny multi-parts that are so unnecessary. For example, almost every model has a tiny little feature that you glue on (like the fur on Baron Zemo's coat)... why not just have it part of the main body? Once put together, they are nice models, but still....

I'm probably not going to paint these for a bit. I'm still painting Blackstone Fortress figs (3 to go). Then I am probably going to finish off the Stormtrooper units (Star Wars Legion) and then the Blitz Bowl models. Then I might give this a go.

Goodies

Baddies

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Amallyn Shadowguide

Got a bit of painting in tonight. I got her to base colours and washes down. I can just do up the highlights tomorrow night hopefully!

I really enjoyed painting this one so far.

Next evening: Just got a bit of time to highlight. Edges could be cleaner but not bad.

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Taddeus the Purifier

Wasn't excited about painting white but I think it went well and I think this guy was the quickest to paint so far which is a shocker!

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Espern Locarno

I was pretty excited to do this guy because I do like painting with purple.

I don't know, I think I've forgotten most of the skills I learned in the CK Studios 101 class. I'll have to really study my notes again.

It turned out okay - my only complaint is my thick highlights on his legs, but from a tabletop distance, you'd never notice it. I'm my own worst critic I guess!

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - UR-025

I had a really good thing going with this one... I love my new Krome brush too.

However, I effed it up with the filter. It was too saturated and rather than go over it all again, I decided to use a thin line of nuln oil everywhere. It turned out pretty good in the end.

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Rein and Raus

These guys are so small - and easy! Not really much more to say...

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - the Heroes

I got my new Badger Krome airbrush today, so I was eager to try it out and see how small of a line I could make. I think I definitely like it better than my Sotar so far.

I got my heroes primed into 3 groups: white, grey, and black. I also tried the Krome a little bit on Rein and Raus with some skin tone to see how much overspray there'd be. I think I'll leave them to a brush for the rest due to how small they are and I'll see if I can airbrush more on the other models later.

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Traitor Guardsmen Part 2

This weekend I was able to complete these guardsmen. Even though this was the biggest squad, I thought they turned out great. It was a hard ugly phase up until the wash - painting grey looks horrible until then!

 Black helmets

 Metallic helmets

 With completed bases

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Traitor Guardsmen

The units I've been dreading! I've really enjoyed painting these small 2-4 man squads and now, I have 14 to do!

I grey primered these guys and then only had time to get the blacks and browns done. My wife wanted to binge watch a show with me tonight so not as much done as I had hoped.

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Negavolt Cultists Part 2

I'm not really happy with these guys... I had a good skin tone going and I screwed it up with the wrong wash colour. Oh well, they have been my least favourite to paint so far anyway!

 With completed bases

Airbrushing Blackstone Fortress - Negavolt Cultists

I didn't get very far, but I got a bit of a start on the Negavolt Cultists. Definitely too much small detail to do so I couldn't use a airbrush for most of it. I just did the skin (love the colour I chose - a Vallejo Model Air Blue).

The metal parts are taking forever, hence why only 2 of them are at that stage. Hopefully next weekend I can get a bit further.