Covering Fire (hopefully) does some painting (Salamanders, Word Bearers, Alaitoc)

[Covering Fire]

Back again for a small update after the holidays!

Finished Vulkan today:








Next project - Classic Dark Reaper Exarch from the early nineties!



I suspect Dragon Age: Origins (got it for Christmas) will eat a lot of my time in the near future, but I'll be back!

[Covering Fire]

Back with a small update today. I've done some basecoating on the Exarch. His armour will be mostly black with some bone details. Other details will be picked out in Shining gold and Chainmail. The pouches are painted in Scorched brown.



I'll move on to the finer details next...

[Hushrong]

nice work on vulkan and it looks like you are off to a good start with a classic there

[Scrotrot]

Nice green, and nice retro Eldar.

[Covering Fire]

Thanks for the comments guys!

I haven't done a lot of painting the last couple of weeks, but here's an update on the Dark Reaper Exarch.



I have some finishing touches to add before he's done. And I have to do the base and the flail-thing (Web of Skulls?) of course! I'm going to paint the Dark Reaper rune onto his forehead, since that's what I did on the other Dark Reapers in the squad. Only problem is that I painted the other models in like...2005. I hope I haven't lost my touch! I guess we'll see how it turned out in the next update...

[Covering Fire]

Finished the Dark Reaper Exarch! We're moving next week, so all the painting stuff has to be packed later today. Hopefully I'll be able to get myself a better painting area at the new house. With my own desk...yes, that would be nice. Now I just have to convince the fiancee that this is a good idea...


Well, here's the pics! The rune on the helmet turned out OK I think.








Below: The next guy in line - a classic Fire Dragon. IMHO this particular mini is one of the best sculpts GW has produced!

[Hushrong]

glad to see the dark reaper came out very nicely.

[Covering Fire]

Hi there!

Back again after moving house. A lot of work for sure, but finally I've got my own painting desk



Only managed to get the Fire Dragon basecoated (Blazing orange) sofar:



More to come!

[Electromancer]

hi, nice models looks like you got colour placement down and pretty neatly too but you need to thin your paints more and add some more depth in the form of highlights and shading.

Keep up the good work

[Covering Fire]

Yes, the thinning bit I agree with. I'm a bit lazy I guess, so I often go for fewer, thicker coats of paint. But I will try to work on this!

[Covering Fire]

Done some shading tonight (Scab red) and highlighting (Fiery orange). And also added some Chaos black on the holster and helmet.



(The text on the newspaper is in Swedish...in case anyone wonders)

[Hushrong]

cool digs you got got there. glad to see the fire dragon off to a good start.

[Warboss Spleenstabba]

Very nice stuff, love the pink tzeentch fire, keep up the good work

[Covering Fire]

Thanks for the comments!

Some more pics of the Fire dragon. Painted the gun, tubing and gems since last update.





Next step will be the helmet, and of course a grey highlight on the black parts.

[Covering Fire]

Finally finished the Fire Dragon! The rune on the helmet was a bit tricky, but it looks alright to me.





Time to move on to a bigger project - the 6 CSM bikes for my Word Bearers!

Here they are, lying around in their boxes waiting for some paint:

[Electromancer]

the rune looks neat, good to me The gun looks a bit plain though. looking forward to seeing the bikes

[Hushrong]

yeah, the fire dragon came out great. what did you use to paint the rune?

I am looking forward to the bikes too, its awesome that you have untouched ones from back in the day.

[Covering Fire]

Thanks you guys! I'm quite pleased with the finished mini. I'll see if I can do something about the gun. Suggestions? Maybe some of the bobs on it should be painted as gems? Or maybe some sharper highlights.

yeah, the fire dragon came out great. what did you use to paint the rune?

The rune is simply Skull white and a steady hand!

I am looking forward to the bikes too, its awesome that you have untouched ones from back in the day.

Well, I've been in the hobby since 1996 and in my experience it's all too easy to end up buying stuff here and there that sits unfinished for years...

[Electromancer]

yeah some gems would look good and maybe a wash to give more shading possibly?

Also most wargamers i know have enough stuff to last a lifetime and yet continue buying stuff every year lol >_<

[Vinsanity]

Looking good! A few more gems would be good on the Dragon Looking forward to more!