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Well, i have been trying different washes and highlights, i wanted to keep them dark, with a light side to them (stop talking rubbish James!). So this is how they are looking. C&C welcome as well as any ideas on how to make them actually look better. They just lack something IMO but i don't know what.

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I like the highlights, but would maybe make the swords metal as well as the armor to keep it consistent.

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Second Dave's comment about the swords, also try drybrushing them lightly grey again after the wash.

Check my gallery to see an example.

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Hey James, I love the deep dark colours of these dead ones!

I wouldn't do an extra grey highlight since it would hide too much of the nice spooky green, maybe if an extra highlight is needed, I'd go for some kinda pale green... Or maybe a mix between Skull White and Emerald Green... but not applying drybrush-wise, more like layering highlights with much watered down paint...

but I love them as they are mate!!
Well done!!

What are you planning for the bases?

A soft drybrush of Dark Angels Green or even Hawk Turquoise (and further highlights with Emerald Green or Hawk Turquoise + Skull White) can give a nice spooky reflection or "light" (well, not that it's actually "light", more like a reflection of fear-causing spookyness)

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Thanks Guys. I have painted the swords grey, lightly drybrushed the entire mini with a greenish highlight.

I plan to now build up the grey and white.

@ John. Very nice AoTD, but its not quite the style i was going for :)

@ Bart. Nothing special for the bases. Painted brown, drybrushed and flocked. :oops:

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Great AotD! :D

Now MY challenge is that you try and make the swords and metal parts rusty (I think John Y. did it on his AotD a while back) :-D

Any progress on that treb btw? XD

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Any progress on that treb btw? XD


fraid not Jul. Will continue with it this weekend.

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Nice looking AOTD James! 8)

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well, after just trying out even more things. I finally settled for this:

I did the metal in grey, silver and a bit of brazen brass for the rust effect that was mentioned.

The only thing is, these 2 stand out from the other 20 odd dead comrades :roll:

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*moving onto the goblins now*

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Very nicely done! Those 2 AotD look superb, and I wouldn't make any changes. :)
Looking forward to those goblins 8)

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Nice work James, the look good.

now, that 'finishing off everything' is a feat I have yet to achieve. In fact, I haven''t even started .. :oops:
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Yeah, they look great James! 8) I love the blends of different greens and greys! :yay:

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The only thing is, these 2 stand out from the other 20 odd dead comrades :roll:


Time to strip the rest and do 'em all over again ;) See, the backlog never ends!

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The only thing is, these 2 stand out from the other 20 odd dead comrades :roll:


Time to strip the rest and do 'em all over again ;) See, the backlog never ends!


not a chance John. they are to an ok standard still. I painted them just over a month ago :)

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The only thing is, these 2 stand out from the other 20 odd dead comrades :roll:


Time to strip the rest and do 'em all over again ;) See, the backlog never ends!


not a chance John. they are to an ok standard still. I painted them just over a month ago :)


well, after quickly going into denile there, i have actually made the others darker with a wash, a few drybrushes etc. They look a bit better together now, rather than the green, the grey and glowing (just don't ask how i did that XD). No pictures of this yet, may be one soon.

as for the goblins, 3/5 done:

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They're looking nice and grimy, as they should be, though the base edges could be cleaned up a bit. 8)
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They're looking nice and grimy, as they should be, though the base edges could be cleaned up a bit. 8)


aye i noticed that, will give em another codex grey clean up.

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really good stuff with the goblins mate, nice colours

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Very impressive Goblins James.

But you need to sort out the top of the bases, you can see the injection mark on them.

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i really like the goblins armour sweeeeet :D

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