Toschenko's big & yellow log - Battleworn Imperial Fists

[Toschenko]

@ekxw: no problem mate, I can wait. I hope you can get well soon...

@Crube and Palatine Katinka: ok, ok, you don't like my rusty dwarfs ... seriously, I agree with you that dwarfs won't let their weapons to get so dirty and worn, but I liked the idea of doing something different with them... Maybe rust is a bit too much (although I'll go with the corrosion effect at least on all warmachines), do you think I can go with a bronze colour (like that of the helmet) for the pick? The steel is preponderant on the rest of the mini, so I won't paint it with such a colour.

@Shadow-Under-Rock: thanks!


Ok, this is the finished test miner, not too bad for a rank&file model:







I tried to copy the scheme that colin dixon used in the 6th edition army book, painting them only with different shades of brown. For the candle, credit for the recipe goes to ekxw: thank you mate

As always, C&C are well accepted: I'm preparing the rest of the unit for undercoat, so I should begin to work on it tomorrow (hopefully).

Toschenko

EDIT: hey, my thread has got five stars! yuuuhu!

[Palatine Katinka]

Don't get me wrong, the rust looks great, as long as I don't think about it! It really is a nice effect you've got.

[Crube]

I love the rust, the way it's been painted is top notch....

As for the model as a whole, great as normal. Truly marvellous flesh tone you have

[The_Dark_Raven]

very cool model, i like the face and eye the most, really brings the model to life.

[mrtn]

Nice to see these old stunties, keep up the good work.

[ekxw]

uhmm great job there, uhmm

and just one thing put a darker color in the fingers gap to add the final touch.

about the rust, this is a translation that paulvalex sayd

-base color, bolter metal , around two layers over black basecoat
- uhmm wash with vallejo smoke ref939, this have some bits of metal

-without letting it dry, aply some talco dust(its used for babys a white dust) , you will let some weird mix but dont care.

-aply the hairdryer to dry the mix and wash with orange browns and yellow ink .

-put some spots with bolter metal

.and paint a small line with mithril silver on the points near the end of the surface.

[Toschenko]

Thanks to everyone for the feedback! Sorry, no updates for now as I hadn't time to work on the miners... On as side note, would you like to see WIP pics or just the finished job?

Ok, let's post some replies...

@Palatine Katinka and Crube: I got your point, I was just joking... . I think that, despite the fluff, I'll go on painting rust on miners' weapons, as I quite like the general "in action" feel the miniatures get with this technique. Time will tell if I'll use it on other, more "king representative", units (longbeards and hammerers comes to mind). I think not.

@The_Dark_Raven and mrtn: thank you guys. And yes, most of my dwarves are metal models from the 6th edition range, I recently purchased just the new warriors (as the old plastic ones were terrible...)

@ekxw: thanks for the recipe, I'll try this when I'll finally paint the leman russ I assembled and primed months ago... . As for the darker tone between fingers you are right, I'll add some scorched brown in the gaps.

Toschenko

[Crube]

Fair enough Toschenko

I would seriously think about not doing it on higher ranking models though...I'm gald to see you currently think not.

[mangustheix]

That miner is fantastic. the skin looks photorealistic and the candle is great. I love the green on the helmet, very characterful.

[Toschenko]

Mmmh, my log fell on second page, I have to do something ... but I don't have pics of the finished miners yet (although I'd post some pics tomorrow!). So, before you lynch me, I'll throw some pics of an experiment I made some time ago (well, not so long, it was the past month...). A confrontation mini, painted starting from a white base and using rackham colors, with the various tones obtained mainly adding black or white to the base color (so it's slightly far from my usual style)







Thus, another unfinished mini. Maybe I'll start a log in which I'll finally paint the enormous load of them I got on my desk!

Oh, and cheers for the comments!

Toschenko

[Discover&See]

looking really nice and neat there!!! the yellow legs look really good nice depth to the yellow!
the blue shirt, highlighting looks good
the skin is nice however it lacks tone really so add some sort of red glaze to show warmth in the skin, or blue glaze for shading skin in the areas light does not hit, other than that keep up the good work there!!!!!

Best regards
Discover&See.

[The_Dark_Raven]

i really like that model, very sweet sword. As for the painting, awesome...the shirt and skin look great and the use of yellow on the hair,symbol and knees shows the level of painting you are at, able to bring the model up in looks with placing of colour.

Sweet job man,

[Toschenko]

looking really nice and neat there!!! the yellow legs look really good nice depth to the yellow!
the blue shirt, highlighting looks good
the skin is nice however it lacks tone really so add some sort of red glaze to show warmth in the skin, or blue glaze for shading skin in the areas light does not hit, other than that keep up the good work there!!!!!

Best regards
Discover&See.

Ehmm, I fear I'm missing something (your irony maybe? ). The yellow on the legs and on the symbol is only at basecoat stage, I just layered it with many (many) coats of rackham yellow. It's the first stage of a NMM bronze that I wanted to try for the first time, actually the only finished parts are the skin, the vest and the hair. I agree with you that the skin needs some improvement, I plan to play with some glaze here and there towards the end.

i really like that model, very sweet sword. As for the painting, awesome...the shirt and skin look great and the use of yellow on the hair,symbol and knees shows the level of painting you are at, able to bring the model up in looks with placing of colour.

Sweet job man,

Yes, rackham minias are the best around, period. As for the color choice, I just copied the rackham studio one... but I'm glad you like the painting!

Pics of the first six miners to follow soon,

Toschenko

[konrad]

Liking the Dwarf Miner. And the what seems to be drunken guy.

[Discover&See]

well ift's only at base coat then thats probably natural light sourcing :P my fault lol well hurry up and do some more to it!!!!!!

Best regards
Discover&See.

[Crube]

Very nice blue colour there, although I may be the one dissenting voice and say I actually dont like the miniature itself that much...

[Toschenko]

Uff... at last, an update!

These are the first six miners: Next I'll do the champion (alone), then the standard bearer and musician, and finally the two last miners. In no way I'm going to start batch painting again minis that are all the same color! At least with the warriors I had some variety...







Sorry, pics are a bit blurry.

@Konrad, Discover&See and Crube: thanks for the replies. Crube, you're the first person I hear who don't like that mini...

As usual, C&C are welcome

Toschenko

[Arhalien]

Crube, you're the first person I hear who don't like that mini...

I don't like it either I'm afraid to say; nicely sculpted but the posing is just terrible, especially the way the feet point inwards for no apparent reason.
You've painted it beautifully so far though

Very nice miners as well

[Toschenko]

the posing is just terrible, especially the way the feet point inwards for no apparent reason.

Many rackham miniatures have weird poses (look at the keltois fiannas, one holds an insanely large sword behind her back as it has no weight ): this in particular represents a drunk jailor who struggles to stand on his feet, so i think the posing isn't out of place... generally speaking, I love nearly all rackham sculpts, except the early ones.
BTW, it's (as always) a matter of taste!

Toschenko

[Arhalien]

I know exactly what you mean; in the same way I'm not particularly fond of som PP minis; I just prefer Games Workshop's style of models.
That said, it's nice to look at Rackham minis from time to time just for a chance

I also agree on Rackham's older minis; some of them are just dire