Progression on Lizards & Wraithknight

Slow but steady I will truly have to work faster if I plan to have my models done by the end of my holidays in mid January. Maybe my goal was a bit too optimistic, maybe I am being lazy (cannot be the latter, right?!)

 

Bases and fin to go!

Either way, I have completed my Lizardmen skink squad up to the point of needing an extra colour of paint for their head fin. I painted their eyes and mouths & teeth when visible. For weapons I went with a wooden look with a metallic heads on spears and copper-gold melee weapons. I order to add some details to the models I painted their jewelry with Gehenna's Gold - paint giving them a slightly copper- golden look (apparently I didn't shake the pot of paint enough, thus making the colour appear  more red/ copper than intended, however, I quite like it this way). For shields, I based them with Steel Legion Drab - paint(brown) and dry brushed them with a red-brown paint, finally washing them twice with Agrax Earthshade. Once I get my hands on the bright orange I will base the models before varnishing them.

Slightly different point of focus

Having many unopened boxes of models always creates the problem of what to open first. Though the colourfulness of Lizardmen draw me into giving them a go, the big box of my Wraithknight has been calling me to get into assembling this even bigger than expected model. With some 150 odd parts (out of which some were optional), I had my hands full of work with this beauty. I must say, that after finishing with the assembling process, I am once again happy for choosing Eldar, the agile yet powerful look of the model makes the army look stunning yet beautiful.

Upper body is not yet glued on

~22cm tall work of art

Arm & weapon, consisting of more parts than I dare to admit

I will be painting Wraithknight in 4 separate parts, plus some additional smaller parts that I haven't yet glued on the model as they obstructed certain parts of the model and would have made the painting very difficult. For weapons I decided to go for Heavy Wraithcannons, though the melee weapons looked very good, too. Maybe I'll be needing another Wraithknight in the future...

Luckily the weather is on my side today; may the priming begin!

Christmas

Hello and Merry Christmas!
Santa did not indeed forget to stop by, and even gave me some extra painting to do. I got a Lizardmen Batallion box containing a nice collection of models to start up my first Warhammer army, together with Wraithknight (!!) and Farseer to compliment my Eldar army. I cannot describe how much I have wanted to have a Wraithknight in my Eldar collection. It looks so... gorgeous. However, I still couldn't help digging my hands into the box of Lizardmen, they look so colourful and fun to paint!

Lizardmen Batallion, Wraithknight and a Farseer

May the assembling begin

...Some had even more...

I decided to start off by assembling the Lizardmen as far as I can before painting them (I will be painting shields separately, as well as the mounts of the cavalry). I decided to first focus on the Skink - models. After priming the models with Chaos Black, I base coated them with Macragge Blue and added a layer of Temple Guard Blue. 

Right: Black primer + base coat, Left: An additional layer

After finishing with airbrushing, I washed the models with a dark blue wash to create some shades. This made the models much darker than I wanted them to be. I decided to dry brush the entire model with some Skink Blue colour, instead of just the scales in their back. I then mixed some white with the dry paint to dry brush the scales with a lighter shade. 

Darker than expected

Some dry brushing done

The final version, so far.

Next, I am planning on painting the face of the model, then moving onto the weapons and other smaller details. I still haven't quite decided whether I want the 'fin' on the head to be a lighter shade of blue, or some other colour. I have seen some models with a bright orange one, which seemed to bring the model alive and add a nice detail. Will see how the model looks with the other parts painted, and decide afterwards.

Until next time ~

The Mission

Hello and welcome to my latest blog,

This blog will follow my Warhammer and Warhammer 40k hobby and painting projects. I am currently working on an Eldar army (biel-tan colour scheme) and soon a Lizardmen army, unless Santa decides to skip the house for good.

My first project and main priority is to build myself a reasonably sized Eldar army (and hopefully a Tau one, after) in order to take part in slightly bigger battles than I have so far managed to do. There is currently a large disparity between my boyfriend's Tau army, and my Eldar one:

Tau Army, ~ 2500 points

My Eldar, ~ 700

I currently have quite a few boxes of Eldar to paint, most of which I got as a present for my birthday in November. My goal is to have them painted by the end of the Christmas holidays. My 'To Paint' - list includes:

x1 Warwalker, x1 Wraithguard/knight squad, x1 Eldar Battleforce (x1 Guardian squad with heavy weapon platform, x1 Dire Avenger Squad, x1 Wave Serpent and a bike. I also have a small box of additional guardians to add to my existing squads.

I use a Spraycraft airbrush (a very basic one) for the green layers of the models (blue in case of the dire avengers), the details and white parts I do by hand. I am not following a specific painting guide, and mostly pick what colours to use for specific parts based on personal preference. I undercoat all of my models black.

My future posts will show how I am progressing with my painting mission with pictures and detailed descriptions of the steps on the way.

Thank you for reading!