BfSP box, Dark Elves, Warmaster and various other stuff - by sigur

[Erestor]

Nice work powering on here Sigur. Well done.

[Boss_Salvage]

The eversor looks aces, and are his DCA friends going to be the standard (and very nice) GW ladies? The sash on the shman is really something, I have to agree with SC. Keep up the awesome work!

- Salvage

[sigur]

Yes, I'm using the standard GW Death Cultists miniatures. Thanks for the replies so far.

[Luthien]

sigur i ust protest, your turning one of the best warhammer elf models into a queer, i mean c'mon

[sigur]

sigur i ust protest, your turning one of the best warhammer elf models into a queer, i mean c'mon

Hehe, this one made me snicker. Let's be glad that this isn't a well-frequented thread; if you posted this in any of the "General" forums, the replies would be pretty weird. Thanks for your opinion though.


Anyway, a little be of an update here just because it's sunday. Last night, I did a bit of painting on the Sorceress again and inked/highlighted the metallics on the chariot. The last couple of hours, I've been working on the RxB warriors, attached the shields and painted some details so the unit is closing in to competion but they are looking sub-par. Sorry about starting whining again, but painting my own miniatures is getting harder and harder since I really lack the motivation to do so. It just seems so senseless.

Anyway, the first and only local gaming store wants to expand from trading card games to tabletop gaming and needs one or two armies for promo games which I got offered to paint (Empire and/or mortal Chaos). So maybe a new comission is on the horizon.

[rkunisch]

Hi, you asked for picture of my Rakarth: I posted the finished one on the Painting Support Group. Here are the two WIP shots:





Have fun,

Rolf.

[sigur]

Update: (yes, a real one)

Yesterday, I attached the shields to the Repeating Crossbow Warriors and did the last important details so you could say that this is my second finished unit (apart from the Corsairs):



I was pretty happy to see that I could put all the shields for the front rank in front of the miniatures (a thing I did not really consider when assembling these guys). If I would have had to glue them to their backs, it would have been impossible to rank the miniatures up properly. Of course they could look better but it's a rank-and-file unit and I just want to get something done.


The second sorceress on foot is also about finished (okay, it might be a bit early to say that). I still have to do something about the sword which looks kind of messy at this point. The hair also needs highlighting, as well as the cloak which might receive some freehand pattern (considering how bad I am at freehands, I might delay that one though). I applied some ink to the flesh parts because someone mentioned that it looked too flat as it was. It really looks better now, maybe I should add some more highlights too.




The chariot is also coming along quite nicely:




I'm not quite sure if I should add some gold too. Some people keep on reminding me to "limit the palette". The crew and the bitz that get stuck to the sides of the chariot are still just primed by the way.

That's it for today, comments and critique will be very welcome. A few more pictures of these miniatures can be found in my Dark Elves folder on photobucket.


edit: thanks for the pictures, rkunisch. I'm eager to see some more, especially the painted Rakarth.

[McMullet]

Some people keep on reminding me to "limit the palette".

Nah. That's just not Sigur Style™.

I think what makes your models stand out (besides the obvious technical proficiency you demonstrate) is that they are always bright and colourful; whilst I prefer to use muted, limited palettes myself, your way of painting obviously works well for you.

I think a little gold would work well on the chariot; at the moment you have red, green and purple, and adding a warmer colour would help to balance the overall scheme out - as well as tying in with the rest of your army, which features gold trim here and there.

Excellent work on the crossbows and sorceress, though you are right about the sword - it looks a tad messy. I like the green though, and if you neaten it up a bit I think it'll be grand.

Looking forward to the next update!

[rkunisch]

edit: thanks for the pictures, rkunisch. I'm eager to see some more, especially the painted Rakarth.

Hi, you asked for picture of my Rakarth: I posted the finished one on the Painting Support Group. Here are the two WIP shots:

Ahem.

I always found it is easier for those who actually read posts and not only look at the pictures.

Have fun,

Rolf.

[sigur]

You expect me to actually read a posting which has pictures of a Dragon?

Just kidding, my fault. So I had a look at Rakarth and he looks just cool with his helmet and the sword. Good job, it kind of motivates me to paint my own Rakarth soon.

[Arhalien]

Lovely Dark Elves Sigur; Smoothly painted and well highlighted

And E-gads! Do I spy a good Dark Elf sorceress model?

[Bluesabre]

Good idea with the crossbow shields.
I have a Rakarth to be redone at some stage, just have to do something about the weak ankle on the dragon that keeps bending
Thats an old plastic sorceress isnt it?: edit disregard this last one, just read back a page!!!

All looking good so far, keep up the good work.

[tancrede]

nice minis, man. but i think you should have done your dark elves with a more pale skin...

[Paulus]

First time I've had a proper look at your Dark Elves Sigur, looking good!

[Luthien]

i'm liking those crossbow elves

[Saulot]

Excellent as always sigur!

RxB Warriors looks so shiny and "elite". One question, have you considered snipping off the tips of the shields so that it looks like they were actually driven to the ground?

Also love the Sorceress. schoolcormorant was right to point out her loincloth. Mad blending skills! And oh, I find this model so amusing-- Evil Chubby She-Elves FTW!

Keep up the great job!

[sigur]

Thanks for your replies guys.

@Bluesabre: I also have a slightly loose joint on my Rakarth's dragon (it's the neck-torso-connection to be precise). The upper half of the head also snapped off. Ah well, I still have some more stuff to do before I can think of starting with this guy.

@tancrede: Thanks, I appreciate your comment since I know from whom it's coming. I know what you mean. As mentioned before, I might add some brighter highlights later at some point. To be honest, I tried to go for Graveyard earth as base colour for some of my DE miniatures instead of Dwarf Flesh/Elf Flesh mix as I did on the Sorceress and the Warriors with crossbows to make it look less lively. With the next update, I'll also put up some pictures of the Corsairs I did with this alternative skin colour.

@Saulot: Well, they are considered an "Elite"-army, aren't they? And I believe that elves always should look quite flashy and pretty. The motto is: We most probably will lose this battle but we'll look flash while doing so.

At some point, I considered snipping the lower tips off the shields. In fact, I glued on the shields on the second rank minis and just held the shields to the front rank miniatures to see if I could fit the shields under each warrior's arms. It worked so I was so enthusiastic about it that I glued them right on.

When doing the bases, I'll heighthen the ground around the lower tips of the shields and add patches of static grass (I probably will go for a quite run-of-the-mill earth-and-static-grass-theme for the bases) around them to look like they are rammed into the ground a bit more.

Within the past week(-end), I did close to nothing. Having much stuff to paint kind of paralyzed me, apart from that I have no pressure at all. I started working out a plan of what to do the next time. Also, some annoying exams are coming up so I should study which usually leads to a bigger painting output.

I slapped together a balanced list of about 1500pts (about 1440pts in fact) of stuff I most probably will include in every list and mostly stuff I have painted so far:

Noble (mounted) [~140] - WIP, you know him/her and I assume he/she is done to about 70%
Sorceress, lvl2 [~180] - done
Sorceress, lvl1 [~140] - WIP, that's the plastic one so the Sword needs to be reworked and some detail's still to be done. About 75% done

20 Warriors (FC, shields) [178] - WIP, need shields, banner and details
12 RxB Warriors (shields, musician) [149] - done
5 DR (RxB, musician) [127] - still veryWIP, the horses are done to a quite low level (to be seen a few pages back), the riders are still more or less unpainted. I also need to find those RxB bits again.

1 CoC (spears) [97] - WIP right now. The Cold Ones and crew is still unpainted
5 CoK [145] - done to a tabletop-level I guess. Nothing special, but the colours are where they belong. They still need shields though and I'd love to give those guys backbanners too
6 Shades [84] - Primed and partly the Crossbow parts came off

2 RBT [200] - done

[ss_cherubael]

Good looking Dark Elves there Sigur, im liking the colour scheme alot. The two Sorceresses are very nice indeed its a pity about how old the minis are as they are not really up to the moulding standards of today but you have made them look bloody good.
Hopefully this log will motivate me to finish my Druchii for the Nemisis crown campaign, keep up the good work mate. For the witch king!

[sigur]

Shortly before dropping to page#4, I'm posting to anounce that I'm back at the painting table. Within the past two days, I almost finished the Cold Ones Chariot. All it still needs is some scenery on the base and I finally want to get into GSing banners since I want my army to display quite a few of those.

The next thing to do on my list is finally finishing a unit of 20 Warriors.

[mrtn]

Nice to hear that!