Creating Mud: Part II (picture heavy)

In my last post I was talking about an upcoming step by step on my try for painting the rain-oil-cape (right word? I guess you know what I mean) with oils. Sadly I failed here due to my missing experience and switched over and back to acrylics. 

But I don't want to withhold the few pictures I've made for the planned step by step. Beware of some ugly pictures... I do believe that I've not diluted my oils enough. But I wasn't in the mood to test it again as progress on this miniature was a bit further at that time:

 First rough presketching

Oils painted on different areas of the hood before blending those together

And here's the result after blending colors together and drying the oils on the oven. Do you see the grainy texture all over the cape? :/

So let's go ahead. Here's the actual status of the stalker painted with acrylics. He's slowly coming to an end. 

Any C&C are highly appreciated. What are you thinking? Does he goes in the right direction?

Read you soon! 

Sleipnir

Let's get dirty: A small mud battle

It's been some days since my last post, but the upcoming summer keeps me away from painting in the dark and isolated basement. But I've found at least 2-3 hours to add some more color to my stalker. 

I really like how he turned out so far and am very(!) curious about his look after I've painted the big cape. As I'm going to paint that part with oil colors ill try to do enough pictures to create a small step by step for you. Either to help me where I've  made mistakes or to show you, how to do that - you can decide in the end ;)

Some time ago I've made some experiences (better experiments) on a small scaled vehicle, mainly to learn more  about creating rust and mud. This knowledge was used to add wet'n'dry mud to the boots of the stalker. 

First step was to apply a Matt varnish on the boots to add a lot of bright pigments, make sure to use enough to create some texture. Next step: Add gloss varnish to the lower parts and again add a decent amount of darker pigments. This area will later look like wet mud. Try to mix both pigments on your object to et a smoother transition. The bigger your surface the easier it is. 

In the end it should look like this:

Soon I can start painting his cape. It will be a pure joy! 

Thanks for reading,

Arne

Dissolution of Humanity Pt. I

Hello and welcome back dear readers!

It's time to share some thoughts about my new project with you. Again something special for me, and a good friend of course.

A while ago I got suprised by the Sockelmacher who gave me a miniature to say thank you for our friendship. It's this one:

You can find more views after the jump.

I felt honored and was very happy about that gift! Thanks again my friend, it's a great addition to my display cabinet and I really appreciate your rare free time you've invested in painting this one.

In order to give him something back I was looking for a suitable miniature and find this one, a miniature by Evolution Miniatures:

I immediately had a nice idea and am always playing around how to realize that.

My current plan is an post apocalyptic setting with a wedge of a tank in the background to not disturb from the main character, the stalker. It's the first time for me building and painting a tank. I'll take care of taking a lot I pictures while building up the base later (using a saw to part the tank in a fitting seize of the base...) to show you my progress.

But for now there's just a quick shot of first paint on the stalker:

What do you think about using just a wedge of a tank as a background to present the miniature? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.

Thanks for reading,
Have a nice start into this week and stay tuned
Arne