Another Dreadtober update

Photo/Drawing/Logo by Todd @ Sincain40k

I tried my hand at masking with poster putty.  Here, I've already applied one color, and now I've applied the poster putty.  I ran out of putty for the one foot.  I could have scavenged from the putty I already placed, but I decided I would just do that foot free-hand.  No one is going to notice the difference on a game piece.

Second color.

Voila!

I was surprised by how sharp the lines turned out.  I thought that the rolled up sausage-like mask would produce a soft edge.  I think I should have used the putty technique on the smaller Kans and done the free-hand on the larger Dred.  I could still reverse it all, but I'm not going to worry about it.  There's still so much more to do.  These look cool enough.

Here's the whole family.  The center MegaNob went through about 5 color changes.  It started out a purplish-grey, which provided good contrast for the green head, but it was a tad too Easter Egg-y.  I desaturated it towards a salmon, then a biege, and then a desert yellow.  I'm not liking it still.  I think I'm going to bring him towards an orange-ier orange than the yellow-orange guy.

Dreadtober update

Photo/Drawing/Logo by Todd @ Sincain40k

I've been working on MegaNobz, Killa Kanz, and a Deff Dread.  The work has been very sporadic, as I've been searching through the backlog to find all these models, and I've been caught up at work, too.  I wanted to have a decent story to tell, before I posted.  So here's a walkthrough to the first interesting pause-point.

Burnt Umber over black primer.

Sponged with 3 shades of orange.

Gloss varnish, matte varnish, hairspray.

And finally some color.

Redstone Rumble!

The Redstone Rumble is rocking Huntsville, Alabama, this weekend.  I had the pleasure to meet the organizers and a few players.  The event is an impressive size, boasting well-attended tournaments for Warhammer 40K, Kings of War (to replace Warhammer Fantasy), Infinity, and Bolt Action.

I happened to arrive during lunch-hour, so I was lucky to capture a lot of photos while the armies were on display.  Here are some views of the general game areas, to give an idea of the size of the event.

The 40K tables.

Kings of War

Some very well-provisioned Infinity tables.

The Bolt Action area, with probably the fanciest tables among the events.

Is that enough bocage for you, John Stiening?

Some very nice elements for the 40K tables.

Redstone Rumble draws players from Atlanta, Birmingham, Tennessee,.... 

And it was fantastic to see the high standard of painting and hobby on display.

The fantasy armies for Kings of War:

A wonderful display board for a Skaven army.

A Hellpit Abomination, prodded to war by the scurrying ratmen.

Another inspired display board for an Ogre army.

40K armies...

And here is an army painted by local talent, Clay Williams, of Mastermind Models & Miniatures.

And here was another one of my favorites, another Skitaari army by a nice gentleman, Charles, from Atlanta.