A whole mess of Fantasy

[Doomhippie]

Okay, I know I said that arach monster looks stupid but you certainly did a great job on it. I mean wow - far out. And I do love these older miniatures (especially Mr. Kemmler), you really made them look their best. Impressive!

[Paleskin]

Lovely stuff,specially the old kemmler

[Drachenklinge]

just stumbling through some of these threads in here ...

maybe a little bit late (but only a little ... and positive feedback is never late on the other hand ^^)

I really like the open pages of the sorcerers book in post #1!
How did You do the writing, exactly? Is it some Ink? One or two layers, or what? Really like to know!

best wishes
Drachenklinge

[Braxandur]

Looking good. I get a nostalgic feeling, even with some of the newer models, which is a good thing

[Rochie]

just stumbling through some of these threads in here ...

maybe a little bit late (but only a little ... and positive feedback is never late on the other hand ^^)

I really like the open pages of the sorcerers book in post #1!
How did You do the writing, exactly? Is it some Ink? One or two layers, or what? Really like to know!

best wishes
Drachenklinge

Never too late mate, in fact, I'm photographing more stuff for an update as we speak!

The book was built up with VERY thin glazes, and lots and lots of swearing....seriously, lots...


And cheers braxandur! there's more to come!

[dr willetts workshop]

Good job, standard looks particularly fab.

[Drachenklinge]

thanks for explaining ... but You wouldn't have some former steps from this book left over in Your pix?

But - just to be sure - there are lots of washes involved with this magican, too, right?

best wishes
Drachenklinge

[Chaos Wolf]

That giant spider looks awesome!

[Rochie]

thanks for explaining ... but You wouldn't have some former steps from this book left over in Your pix?

But - just to be sure - there are lots of washes involved with this magican, too, right?

best wishes
Drachenklinge

Sorry mate, I don't have any wips of the freehand stuff, it's all done in one sitting, i don't put the paintbrush down once I start, I've always found that if I do it in stages with breaks in between it never turns out as good for some reason, but having said that, the next time I'm doing a piece like this I'll try and get you some shots of how I go about it.
On the magician, it depends what you mean by wash, I did use inks, but they were watered down to roughly 10 parts water to two parts ink, more like a glaze, and these were used all over the model once all the blending was done, they were used more to pull the colours together than to shade the model, I let the black undercoat do that for me

I hope this helps, I'm bloody terrible at explaining stuff, I find it easier just to sit down with someone and show them as I work.. so if you're ever in Dublin wit yer brushes, gimme a shout and we'll make a plan

To everyone else who was good enough to comment, thank you! I've been a busy little monkey this week, and have some ghouls for your perusal... once I get a decent photo  

[Rochie]

Ghouls are done!









Hope you like em!

[Doomhippie]

Those ghouls are awesome! I like the minis and you really brought out the best in them! Wonderful pics.

[Chaos Wolf]

Those ghouls look pretty nasty...which is good, since that's how thery should look. Great job!

[dodge]

all very very good, looking forward to seeing more

dodge

[G2]

I love your painting style. It is exactly the level I want to achieve, when I grow up. Maybe a few more years of practice and I will get there.

I love the variety of minis that you are painting. Nice mixture. The ghouls did disturb me, but I guess that this the whole point.

[Rochie]

Thanks for all your encouragement guys!

I love your painting style. It is exactly the level I want to achieve, when I grow up. Maybe a few more years of practice and I will get there.

I love the variety of minis that you are painting. Nice mixture. The ghouls did disturb me, but I guess that this the whole point.

My wife hates the ghouls, thinks they're nasty, so I guess I pulled it off! And on my painting? there's much, much better out there, but keep going and one day it'll just click for you (I'm painting miniatures 17 years, and it's only in the past two that I've gotten to a level that I'm happy to show to others!!)