A Little Time Saver - Painting High Elves

Hello, back from a long break. Anyway I've been painting a good number of high elves lately and always get frustrated with highlighting enchanted blue as I find ice blue too bright. So after a few purchases and testing I have finally found a gud 'un, Vallejo's Model Colour Andrea Blue, I find its just the right shade and saves having to mess around mixing colours. And its cheaper than GW.

How to Paint Tomb Kings

In reponse to a BOLS post.

Hi, probably not the best way but this is the way I do them.Firstly I don't join the two sides until the end.

1. Chaos Black Undercoat

2. Khemri Brown Basecoat

3. Heavy Drybrush of Bleached Bone

4. Wash Devlan Mud into Joints, Neck, Eyes, & Mouth.

5. Highlight the Edges around joints, head and ribs with B. Bone.

Base is just neat GW sand and base edge in Khemri.

For Shields etc. I use the Scab Red (basecoat Scorched Brown, Highlight Blood Red) theme.

They don't look too bad and no they are not smiling, they look fierce :)

WW2: Airfix Forward Command Post

As mentioned earlier, finally finished off my Command Post. I must say I enjoyed building this, although on the battlefield it is rather small. It's nice to add in my fuel dump and Italeri battlefield buildings to build a decent sized encampment. I always like to leave out the diorama figures so I don't have to worry about including them in the game. I particularly liked the look of the GW dheneb stone and tamiya weathering. Another one done I guess.

Tamiya Paints

I have lost all hope for Tamiya acrylics for use on any of my models, they have some redemption in their use as a sprayable paint but not straight onto a model. I am now only going to purchase Vallejo, sooo much cheaper than GW and GW paints. So I would not recommend them, their thinner yes but don't waste your money on Tamiya paints.

High Elves: White Lion Lord

Hi, found this on another blogspot, converted by the2blackdragons.com, thought it was worth sharing due to its unbelieveable awesomeness. Going to have a go myself, I'll post the bits used for those interested. Will be going for an axe rather than sword so as to match the white lion theme.

Workshop: Thunderhawk

Unfortunately, no luck with the 3mm MDF in any of the hardware stores, only 6mm but..... I did see a sheet material that Antenociti recommends. It is a foamed PVC board, very strong, makes foamboard look like cereal packet cardboard, apparently. The only thing is, it is bloody expensive trying to get it over here from the UK and Antenociti's postage rates don't help. I did however find a company in Ireland that make this type of board for signage and I will let you know how I get on.

Workshop: Tamiya Scriber

Hi, I buy most of my hobby tools and materials from Antenociti's Workshop on http://www.barrule.com/. Their postage to Ireland can be steep for small orders but it saves to restrain your spending until you need a good few bits. Anyway I just bought a new item, a Tamiya plastic scriber. This tool, pictured, scores plastic sheet and all you need do is snap off the size you need. I highly recommend this tool, it saves on blunting your craft knives and removes the frayed edge that a blade gives in plastic, so its a gud'un.