The Butcher of Khardov

[morsla]

I've just finished painting these for Lon... hopefully I'll see them on a gaming table soon.

Lots of fun to paint. These are the third batch of Khadoran figures that I've painted, and the large flat armour plates are always fun to add detail to. Rust (orange and red-brown washes), soot (black and dark brown stippled and drybrushed on to the models), worn steel (blue and grey washes) and rivets all help to break up the surfaces a little.

First time I've used transfers in quite a while. They didn't work quite the way I'd hoped, so I broke up the outline by painting extra detail across the surface. It's also the first time I've experimented with snow (Jo Sonja's acrylic texture paste - I think it's marble dust in some kind of water-bases suspension). It's quite difficult to place accurately, but it has a good shape to it. I've also added a thin layer of snow to the Frost Axe blades, after trying a dozen different ways of painting "cold" into them...

More pictures are available here - just the frontal shots at the moment, but I'm adding additional angles as I finish editing the images.

Comments

[absentia-mentis.livejournal.com]

Oooh, dem's purty!

[bishi-wannabe.livejournal.com]

I have to see this snow thing in person.

[morsla.livejournal.com]

I'll bring them to the game tonight, then :)

[lycaonia.livejournal.com]

I might have some commission work that I'd like to talk to you about, involves a lot more sculpting than basing on any existing model.

Basically Pete and I want to have wedding toppers of our World of Warcraft characters (geeky yes) and I want to talk to you about how much, whether you can do them etc. Your work is awesome so I have no worry that you'd be able to do them.

Drop me an email cause I can't seem to find yours :D

[morsla.livejournal.com]

I sent an email to your LJ account - did you get it?

LJ's message notification has gone a bit odd lately (slow notification, and no automatic notes for comments left in other journals or community posts). I don't actually have your address either :)

You can send an email to morsla [at] yahoo.co.uk if needed.