Finished! The Toecutter

Painted during a one on one teaching session with my buddy Newton Potter aka the Painting Noob. After discussing his goals and chosen theme we decided on post-apocalyptic. Naturally we chose a model in football armor, with some slight modifications. It was a chance to paint up a model that I consider an instant classic. Savvy nerds will notice his namesake is shared with the villain from the first Mad Max movie.

Gallery View

What have I been listening to? Supremative!

Finished! Khorne Bloodreaver

Just a simple mini/man. This guy was the product of the private coaching I highlighted a couple posts back. I finally got around to taking proper photos of how he came out. I'm particularly proud of the skintone, I was able to pull a lot of subtleties into the highlighting by limiting the brightness and increasing saturation. Enjoy!

What have I been listening to? Swallowed

One on one Tutoring with Nathan

Over This past weekend saw Nate and I attending the dojo and practicing our wutang style.

The areas in specific being flesh tones, true metallic metals, wetblending fur, freehand, theory crafting and anything else we could fit. I found the Khorne Bloodreavers served most of our purposes and a pair of wolves completed the circle. 

I also prepped up some shields to demonstrate freehanding.

Then it was back to our muscle warriors for more blending and focus on true metallic metals.

Altogether we had a blast. It's fun to teach and also show someone around the town. Attend an art show, and maybe see a dude in a bathrobe and long underwear. It's a fun time to be alive.

Private Coaching, Now With Skype!

I'm pretty technophobic but at the suggestion of a potential student, I have stepped into the world of Skype. Which was pretty simple after I got the right camera for the job.

Three sessions later, I'd say it's been a success. Our focus has been on the Stormcast as Chris has been working on his Armies on Parade entry. He won silver! Congrats Chris!

Private Coaching at the Rodge Lodge

Last week I took a drive north to Wausau for some private coaching. A slightly more condensed lesson focussing on the airbrush. Rodge is no slouch when it comes to getting things done and I'm looking forward to seeing what he starts doing after this lesson.

The cabinets behind us were filled with painted models, a few full armies with nearly each model being a conversion. Most impressive wutang style.

Rodge is also one of the masteinds behind the local convention Waaghpaca and as well as cohosting the Pointhammered podcast he's recently taken a chair for an episode of Personal Flashpaper. The man does work!

To start off I had Rodge watch me basecoat the Azrail for my upcoming haqquislam army. It came out smoothly but I think I'll add a little moldy ochre from p3 to the mix to get a warmer tone of green.

Below you can see what you must master, the art of dillution, double action levers, and tiny dots.

After Rodge completed that step we worked on some chaos knights to go over techniques again and with a different color. During this I forgot about my phone as the painting came to the forefront.