Hello all, I've been neglectful of my painting recently due to the heatwave in the UK, and practically everywhere by the sounds of it. I did, however, manage to pull my finger out long enough to do a few genestealers:
I tried a new technique on them, painting with washes. It's something I've tried once before with no great effect but this time it came out great! The skin and clothing are all inks and washes over a white primer. The metallic pieces, guns and bases are all painted properly, but this method allowed me to paint these five in two evenings of painting! The next five in the squad are waiting until I get home from holiday. The ease of this method and the great (in my opinion) results have got me thinking about all those metal catachans I've got in a drawer waiting for some paint. It's no substitute for proper highlighting and blending and all that but for squaddies it's a significant step up from my ordinary standard!
The cult name is a Terry Pratchett reference that seemed appropriate, a bunch of ordinary people calling down something that in the end will destroy them, in the mistaken belief that it will bring them great power.