Buying Paints.

Normally I avoid going into Games Workshop to purchase paints, however I knew I was short on Dwarf Bronze and some of my greys have started to dry up (really need to use them more often).  So I went in on Saturday to GW in Canterbury and as we went in I said to Kim “I’ll ask what I’m painting at the moment.”  I pick up the paints go to the counter and the first words out of his mouth is “So what are you painting at the moment?”  Well the answer Wolves of Orboros leave the guy stumped and the responce “Never heard of them.”  I state that they are for “Hordes” gives the responce “So do you play any of our games.”  To which I state “I’ve moved on.”  The look on his face was priceless and well worth the pain of going in there.  Still on with the painting!

Some figures finished

Well at last I can say that I have some more figures painted, well all but their bases anyhow.  I have got the Sentry Stone, 2 Woldwatchers and the War Wolf finished off apart from painting the bases green, flocking and then black ringing them.  Progress is being made!

I have also decided to swing to GW’s Dwarven Bronze for the armour of the Wolves of Orboros it goes on the figure better, covers just as well and looks good.  So the paint table currently has the 12 Wolves still looking at me, the 2 Blackclad Wayfarers and a Woldwryd awaiting a little green wash on the eye!

I will get there I will.

Pictures to follow.

Painting ARGH!

I got fed up last night painting the trim on the armour of the Wolves of Orboros. The Molten Bronze that I have runs as well as jelly you shake the pot of paint and get none caught in the top, conversely of course it covers wonderfully.  So I have decided to get some other figures on the painting table that are a little different.  Hopefully I can get this lot finished on time – I still need to assemle the Lord of the Fest though.

Painting commenced

Well a little delay over the weekend whilst I went away to the annual Standardisation meeting for OCR.  However over the weekend I did start to put some paint onto my models.  12 Wolves of Orboros hit the painting board and I start with their cloaks.

The cloak is fur trimmed and so given that drybrushing is a messy art I decided to start there.  A grey base for the cloak and fur and then a dry brush of a lighter shade of grey and then white to top it off.  I have managed to move onto the leather, and the armour is next.  Whilst this unit painting tends to get the figures painted and off the board together and hence is susposed to be quicker I really hate seeing so many figures looking at me at once.

2 of the Reeves of Orboros

 

One other good thing to add to all; this my package arrived from the States, a painted unit of Reeves of Orboros, I don’t know why but I had thought it was 6 figures, turns out to be a unit of 8!  They look quite good, although some of the static grass has stuck to the figure as well as the base, which suggests the grass was put on whilst the figure was wet.