Wednesday 16 June 2010

Guards! Guards!

A work in progress shot of the palace guard.



The colours have been washed out a bit by the photo, they don't look quite so bland in real life. They still need something extra to make them look a bit more interesting, not quite sure what though.

Monday 7 June 2010

Eagles may soar but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines

Sooner than expected, here are the shots of the completed eagles and bolt thrower.




Sunday 6 June 2010

Pretty polly

Its been a good day for painting despite some of the usual difficulties.

I finally decided to tackle the Gamezone great eagles I bought a while back. I had initially decided to try and paint them as golden eagles but I couldn't capture the depth of tone in their plumage very well and they looked quite bland. After hanging around semi painted for ages I decided the best fix for the situation was to change the colour scheme to something more like a bald eagle. The extra contrast of the white head and tale has made a big difference and I am really happy with the result.

Here they are with a coat of varnish drying on, I'll get some better pics when I get round to adding the static grass.



Nestled between them there is a second repeater bolt thrower which I also managed to finish up today, told you it was a good day for painting.