Lupa15’s Spring Cleaning 2020

So with the Deathwatch finished it was time to look on my project shelves for the next unfinished miniatures I wanted to tackle. After doing some re-organization I found the Gorgon sisters.  I have already finished Medusa (see https://www.beastsofwar.com/project-entry/1268428/) but I still had Stheno and Euryale in partially finished states.

At this point I had just basecoated the skin of Stheno with a 50/50 mix of Warboss Green and Sybarite Green and then washed it with a mix of Lahmian Medium and Biel-tan Green to darken it up.  To further define the recesses I had also washed the recesses with a mix of Lahmian Medium and Drakenhof Nightshade.

I then followed this up this past weekend with a layer of the base mixture again focuses on any raised areas.  I finally finished the skin with a highlight of pure Sybarite Green.

Next up Euryale! I had already finished the snake skin by painting it various shade of orange but I needed to put some more work into the hair and skin.

When I started the hair it was simply a basecoat of Mournfang Brown with a wash of Agrax Earthshade cleaned up by another coat of Mournfang Brown.

I decided to lighten up the hair with further mixtures of Mournfang Brown and Gorthor Brown followed by Mournfang Brown and Baneblade Brown.

Next I wasn’t too happy with where I had left the skin after a basecoat of Bugman’s Glow followed by a mix of Bugman’s Glow and Cadian Fleshtone.

To highlight the skin I coated it with Cadian Fleshtone focusing again on the raised features. A highlight of Cadian Fleshtone and Kislev Flesh on the raised areas again finished the skin for now.

I do want to go back and blend the snake skin with the human skin a little more before continuing work on the ripped off skull.

This past weekend was quite a productive one! I had a hobby hangout over Facebook Messenger and was able to complete three more of the Deathwatch.  Additionally I found the Death Masque kit and dug out the Deathwatch as a future project.

I spent just over an hour to highlight the gold and silver and paint the flames last night.  The flames were done with a base of Citadel White Scar followed by washes of Citadel Cassandora Yellow and Citadel Fuegan Orange.

Overall I am happy with the results and I am going to be very happy to use them in my Warhammer Quest Silver Tower games.

This weekend I was able to block out the basic colors for three of the miniatures and follow that up with a wash on those colors.  I went further with a single miniature and completed him with all highlights.

Not sure if you can see in the background but I also did a little more work on the Howling Griffon Deathwatch guy’s shoulder pad, his skin and hair.

To keep with the spirit of spring cleaning and the fact that I have some extra time at home I did some organizing this weekend. I reorganized my bookshelf and my unending Horus Heresy novels in order of release.

Additionally I went through my hobby space and display cabinets to give center stage to my more recent projects. Sitting uncompleted I found a pair of pink horrors from Warhammer Quest Silver Tower that are just missing a few details. I am planning on finishing these guys up.

I used Citadel’s texture paint Astrogranite Debris which was drybrushed with Tyrant Skull.  This was  then washed with Agrax Earthshade.  I feel like it gives a really easy stony/city debris look.  I would like to find some battlefield debris to further spruce up the bases in the future. Perhaps some razor wire might do the trick.

Kill Team Excis is a Deathwatch Overkill extension from the September 2016 copy of the White Dwarf. As you can see below they are partially started with some silver, gold and other random colors done.