Out of the forests…

I did this a week or so ago. Here I’ve been building up some areas of light/warmth using dark browns, through deep reds into oranges and pale yellows. I’m not entirely sure what I’m doing or how the finished result will look – but am enjoying just being a lot more free with the paint and seeing where things go.

I did this a week or so ago. Here I’ve been building up some areas of light/warmth using dark browns, through deep reds into oranges and pale yellows. I’m not entirely sure what I’m doing or how the finished result will look – but am enjoying just being a lot more free with the paint and seeing where things go.

Adding some broad washes of contrast Wyldwood and Snakebite Leather. See how it now starts to look really messy? I have to trust that it will come together as I carry on.

Over that very messy blue, I’ve started drybrushing and adding some selective highlights to get a real night time feel to the back of the display base. The trick will be to bring this round to the front and tie the blues into the warmer browns.

Danngit Gerry! Yet again Gerry’s comments on the Hobby Hangout have given me a kick to change my approach. I was going to just paint this up in my usual style (contrast, drybrushing, greys and muted), but Gerry’s suggestions about playing up the blues in the shadows and using the richer warmer hues elsewhere has forced my hand. Grr!

To that end, I’m going to try a more painty approach to this miniature and base. I’ll be blocking in a lot of deep blues, purples and blacks in the shadows, and then layer up the base tones and highlights.

This is going to be very much a “trust the process” type deal as it is going to spend a lot of time looking very messy.

A little bit of selective priming – grey for the back of the diorama and some under shadow. Wraithbone for the rest.

Which is probably what Thing shouts when he goes to the toilet!

Gravel on, with a few gaps on the base left which will be painted up as flagstones.

A bit of work with clippers, saw and green stuff, and the display base is coming together really well. Prompted by Gerry’s comments on the Hobby Hangout I’ve also had a go at blinging up the doors to be more ornate and Rackhamesque. I made these “hinges” by cutting down some face plates from the Bloodbowl Treeman kit. They are a bit daft, but I think they’ll blend in well once painted.

I’ll add some gravel and a few other bits before priming.