Tzeentch Sorcerer try out pics

taking pictures of miniatures is not a easy task. still struggling with that..

here is one of many pics I've done

more angles and bigger pics are coming but still need some work to set the light right and to get proper focus.



Regards,
Daith

Kneeling Legionaires legs

Some more legs done for Kromlech :)

Keep a keen eye for Tzeentch sorcerer :) i'll try to do some pics of him tomorrow.



Regards,
Daith

Things to come

I've been busy working for the Kromlech lately but decided to finish up some of the minis that i started long ago.


Here is a teaser of Tzeentch sorcerer I'm trying to finish over weekend

Legionaries Legs from Kromlech

Hi,
again some new stuff I've painted for Kromlech
Legionaries legs

Nurgle Plaguebearer

This was a miniature that I painted for Master of imagination painting competition that was held in Lublin last month. Photos are provided by the organizers. I'll try to make some better photos in following days

Hope u like him

Regards,
Daith

It's been a while

Hi :)

 It's been a long time since I posted something but that doesn't mean i been idle all this time ;)

I'we been working hard for my friends from Kromlech. Painting bits for that company has been taking most of my time lately.

Below are few of those bits that were painted by me

Large Backpacks

Guardsmen legs

Bedlam Fraternity Shoulder Pads

Ork bikers torso

And some Ork heads  

ORK PILOT HEADS

ORK ANZAC HEADS

ORK OTTOMAN HEADS

There are more awesome bits available from KROMLECH so check them out if u have some spare time.

Regards,

Daith

Miniature Review - Space Wolves Wolf Lord on Thunderwolf

Time for some finecast review. Wolf lord on Thunderwolf is a model i been looking forward to since releasing the Space Wolves Codex, although we had an option to buy and convert our Wolf lord from Canis Wolfborn Special Character a piece that allows to build custom character was something yet to be seen.

So first things first. New Wolf lord model is a Citadel Finecast model and actually it's my first encounter with this range of citadel resin models, I had pleasure to work wit some forge world stuff before and had quite an expectations concerning quality.
So the box contains 5 resin sprues, judging from the shape it's so called second generation of Finecasts with improved quality

Here are some close up's of individual sprues

So now that we all had an overall look time to see some of the major flaws

Wolf Head is build up from 2 elements that fit nice and close to each other leaving hardly any gap between but are with some big moulding lines.

To sum up this review, model is fantastic I'm a great fan of the Space Wolves and been waiting for it a long time. Although it has more than a few flaws. Main is moulding lines I'm places that need to be smooth or have detail ( fur, power armor) second is bubbles there are less then in previous generation of Finecasts but still it renders some part unusable - take a closer look at the back pack (exhaust vanes)
Overall its a great model with fantastic atmosphere suiting space wolves perfectly ( love the face :)), pity it lacks other options to equip your Wolf Lord but as a gamer you'll definitively have some leftovers from grey hunter or terminator kit that may be useful in converting this lad. I equipped mine with thunder hammer and changed backpack as one in the set needed all too much work to make him usable.

GW states that finecast will get better in time, i can say that for a new product they are quite expensive and still imperfect overall 6/10 from me

Vampire Counts Wight King

Hi !
I have finally finished the Wight King model from new Vampire Counts miniature range. It was a real pleasure to paint. I went for a simple 'Eavy Metal style trying to emulate it best i can.

You can see bigger high quallity photos HERE

Big thanks to Camelson for photographing this miniature for me.

Hope You like it :)

Dark Eldar Face Tutorial

In this tutorial i will show a quick and effective way to paint Dark eldar face

So first things first
Here is a little black and white photo showing where the higlights and shades will be

And here is black and white photo of finished head for comparison

So main points of highlights are nose, cheek bones eyebrow and chin. Eldar have very sharp faces so we can make strong contrast and sharp lines to reflect this.

So lets get started. We spray the head using chaos black spray.

Then we undercoat the whole face using mix of 1/3 mix of bestial brown an elf flesh. Make paint quite dense and apply it in in even layers until achieving strong base color ( this may require one or more layers pending on how diluted your paint was), this is the most important part of painting so don't be hasty. There is no need to be extra precise if u paint over eyes it ok we can fix that later.

Second step is applying shades this process may take 3-6 layers of glazing
We are using scorched brown diluted 1/3 with water and applying shades directly under cheek bones into the eye sockets and in the upper parts of the forehead

We consequently add more black to the mix building even deeper shading ( remember we are building strong contrast so strongest shades will be directly below strongest highlights)

Next step is building our highlights we start with applying mix of elf flesh and komando khaki 1/1 on to all areas that we want to build highlights on leaving the base color in recesses

Then we add more white to the mix building the highlights towards the points mentioned at the beginning, making it almost pure white at the edges of eyebrows, tip of the nose and cheekbones so that the white line lays directly above darkest shades.

Next step is adding some life to the face to do this we apply 3 glazes over the cheek bones and nose
we do first glaze using scab red gently washing to leave only small amount of pigment to just add that color to the prev painted area in transparent way.
Next we use liche purple over smaller area again in the way we used last glaze.
Final glaze is made using hawk turquoise this color we glazed in the mid tones to give him colder look.

Final stage is applying thin white lines on eyebrows cheek bones and nose and chin to give the face a little pop out as face is kind of a point of focus to the miniature at this stage we also paint eyes, its done by first undercoating them with black then painting eyes using pure white and fine brush and finally pupils using black and carefully placing dots (there is no real method on how to paint eyes, u just need a steady hand and a good pointy brush ah and a lot of practice)

Hope You like my tutorial and sorry for bad quality of the pics ... still don't have right photo gear to do this properly.

Wight King WiP

Some work in progress of GW Wight King.
Still lots of work ahead :)

Hope u like him so far.

Midterms, music and a little WiP

There are still few midterm exams ahead of me so almost no time to paint these days..

Here is a piece of music that keeps me inspired. Really great soundtrack form THQ's game "Space Marine". Whole soundtrack is available on YouTube so check it if you like and maybe try a game it's a must for any space marine fan out there.




oh and a WiP of a Wight King ( model will be painted 'eavy metal style so expect clean and sharp painting on it)

Miniature Review - Vampire Counts Wight King

Hi !
Its time to review some miniatures :) First is Games Workshop Wight King model from new Vampire Counts army that was released last month. Wight King is a new addition to the army or more like a reebot af a wight lord that we have seen so far but finally with a decent model to fit new grave guard and skeleton design.

First of all model is sold in a blister so that we can chance a closer look at the model before buying it model is made from plastic and sadly dose not contain any options to customize. Inside we can find assemble guide and one plastic sprue containing all pieces of model.

Click on the image above to see bigger high res pics

As you can see model is made from high quality plastic and has all the great details that GW has accustom us to. Sword and cloak are nice and thin and also highly durable when bending
Main flaw of the miniature is that right foot of the model is placed on the base so if you are fan of building your own bases or just want to have something different like placing him on diorama that the problem you would have to deal with.

As I said before you have absolutely no options to customize your model it comes with sword and shield and you have to cut model to swap parts as arm with sword is the same piece as part of the cloak. That's really a pity that GW is heading straight to what they been diverting for last few years and again to the armies of clones that every army looks the same
Big disappointment after such pieces like Empire Mage set that gave options to fully customize your wizzard.

Parts fit closely to each other leaving some minor spaces between them (cloak, crown), model is almost free from mold lines.

To sum up Wight King is a solid sculpt with great details and wonderful atmosphere , the only flaw is that foot is sculpted onto the base so overall 7/10

Lazy Saturday ?

Some lazy positive energy.

But not a lazy day for me, my midterm exams had already started and now days it's all about studying. And after studying there is also time for painting, actually almost always when i have to study i have so big urge to sit down and paint something :)

Paint Brush Review - Winsor & Newton Series 7

I decided to write a little review of brushes that I use almost exclusively for more than three and a half years now.
Winsor & Newton Series 7 brushes are made from finest Kolinsky Sable hair. I prefer using brushes with shorter hairs so that I have more brush control

They are highly durable brushes that keep their "pointiness" for extremely long time, actually during my years of painting with them I never had to change brush cause of it loosing hair or because it was no longer able to be used to paint small details. If handled properly W&N brushes easily endure more than a year of painting.

Remember that brushes with natural hair like W&N are only to paint using water colors as oil paints can easily destroy the brush.

Finally the brushes from W&N are fairy expensive but you are paying for quality and durability
0 size brushes that I use cost about 15$ pending on place that you buy them.

Here it a link the the official website of Winsor & Newton