Finished! Wrath of Kings C.A.G.E.

This was one of my entries for this year's Crystal Brush, which was an incredible show this year. I have to say that every year the skill level seems to increase but this year was much more apparent. In the wake of such well known artists I'm just happy I could hold a candle to their work, this piece took Gold in the Fantasy Large category and if you follow this blog you know it was a labor of love. Often times I'm working with in a time limit because of the commission work I do. On this piece I was able to follow every idea of what was possible and try some new things.

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Stay tuned, I'll be back with more progress on Archaon ;)

Wippin Teknes, step 3!

He's really coming along and this weekend was all paint jamming all the time. Only pausing to eat on my feet momentarily. Nearly complete at the moment, here are some proof of life before I went crazy.

Sure, anyone can paint the front of the banner but don't leave out the back. Amazing, I know, the final result will have to be a secret for now.

Stay Tuned!

Preparing the Banner of House Teknes

I was really excited to get to this point. Some deep down and detailed freehand. After making some practice sketches to get a general idea I set to sketching my design over the black field. I didn't care to much about being messy here, it will all be covered in the end.

Next I layed down many swampy layers of the chosen colors and was able to start carving out my intended design.

With the foundation in place it was all straight forward.

Refining and refining, It's still not complete at this point but it's clear to see and is on autopilot from here to completion :)

Preppin and Steppin to the house of Teknes

This piece has been floating around my workspace for too long now.

It was a gift from a friend at last year's Adepticon and I intend to show him the finished piece this year. Wish me luck! Here are those first steps..

After the airbrush.

Bare-assed base. There is some joy in guiding the randomness of rubble :)

Set up for the Quickblend base coat.

All done and slightly wet with ink. I like the muddy look and might go for it with some glossy coats in the end. 

Stay tuned! The banner comes next!