Sinner's Lizardmen WiP

[Sinnertje]

Yes, it is time for another Lizardmen army! It took me a few days, but I am finally happy with the scales on my Saurus Warriors. Since I am new here, let me show you what i have tried so far:



From left to right they go from old to new.
And now for the definitive look:



Yes it does look quite a bit like the other ones. Though the first 2 (especially in real life) look very wet, which I did not like.

Ofcourse this is still a WiP as well, but I am finally happy with the scales and belly!
I am unsure what I should paint the caps on the spines and head... thing though. I am thinking of a sort of obsidian look or something. Definitely not gold though. Any suggestions?

More to come later on I'm sure, most likely some Skinks too, which I do want with a wet look. Perhaps.. maybe, I will see about that. =)

[Boreas_NL]

This looks promising... The Saurus Warrior already has a nice dark look, better than the ones from the book (which are way too bright for my tastes).

I will be following this!

[Cragum]

looking really good from the beginning. what are you expecting to do with your skinks?

[Sinnertje]

Boreas_NL - cheers

Cragum - Something bright probably, either the boring/standard green, or maybe yellow... purple also sounds promising.. i have to admit i usually make these things up as i go until i find something i like
and since its lizardmen we're talking about, i get to have plenty of variation between units, yay, i'll see if i can start them when i get bored of these saurus warriors.

Anyway, my saurus warrior is done:



The greenstuff on the base is my very very first attempt at doing anything with it. Oh and it's a little cracked tile, if you did not see =p
For the basing i will probably use some small aquatic plants with here and there a green stuff'd tile or something.

anyone have some tips on making the rest of the base look a little grassy? i've tried on a test base to fill it up with static, but that looks horrible in my opinion:



Funny how something that looks bad in real life, looks good on a (bad) camera and vice versa... -.-

[Davidian]

I think you definitely picked the best of the the three. The one in the middle is a little bit bright for my liking.

[Brother Alexos]

Try and put a wash on one or two. For their head-caps, try using extreme highlights to make it look like a kind of diamond, or obsidian as you said you wanted it to be.

[shelfunit.]

I have to say the grassy base in the photo is about the most "realistic" bit of turf I have seen modeled. Is it the usual sand --> black paint --> static grass method?

[Sinnertje]

Slight threadomancy there I think =p
But yeah, I just do the sand before I basecoat my model, paint it with scorched brown, then stuff grass over the whole base by putting superglue over the all the sand and 'sprinkling' grass over it.

http://s156.photobucket.com/albums/t...pire%20Counts/

More examples of said stuff.

[N810]

you might want to go back over the scales one more time with a slightly lighter red
just a quick drybrush, or mostly dry so long as it doesn't drip into the cracks.
this willl give the scale a bit more depth. Also washes are great stuff,
especialy for painting Lizardmen.

[Sinnertje]

I have to be honest and say I've pretty much abandoned my LM for the moment, in favour of my Vampire Counts and Dark Elves.. =p
I might go back to them one day though, so still thanks for the tip.

[shelfunit.]

Two things:

1) It is a very effective looking basing method

2) You should start (if you haven't already) a VC plog - they look pretty damn good

[Sinnertje]

D'aww don't make me blush.
I might make one as soon as I have some more posts, and more things to post. Since i don't raffle my units off in mass-production, it takes a while to get things done.