Redarmy27's Painting Log - Red Storm Rising, for Khador!

[Dogmar]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Really cool models there Jake. Especially Manfred is well done regarding technique and color-concept. I have to admit that you were right about the purple. It does wonders not only on NMM, but also on skin .

Keep the pics coming!

Out of curiosity: what does "nos" stand for? I have no clue at the moment, although the answer is certainly dead simple.

 

[TheNosferatu]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Haha well the answer is pretty simple but you need to have been following the thread for a while. "Nos" is me. The amazing work Jake is doing on this army is a commission for yours truly. Mystery solved.

 

[katerror]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Hello very nice work here great looking army i really love the way/style you are painting faces really nice and realistic.If you want i would really love your opinion in my army in progress if you have any comments or suggestions to make or anyone i would really love ti hear/read Waiting to see more of your completed army really nice and crisp work.Keep it up

 

[Mr Saturday]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Magic stuff, love the ghouls. And the knights. And, well, all of it really.

 

[Mannerheim27]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Thanks for the compliments!

Yup, Nos, you have given yourself away! Oh well. I'm finally able to post more pictures up tomorrow. I had to get an entirely new computer and such since I'm quite sure my old one was zapped.

Blood Knights are completely done!
Ghouls are completely done!
Grave guard are at 90%, just need basing and final say on what color their glowing blades will be.
Wraiths are 80%
Mannfred just needs to be attached to his mount and then we're all set.

I just have final touches on the Corpse Cart and some minor characters to finish and then we're set!

Jake

 

[Dogmar]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Glowing weapons on a whole unit? That sounds like an impressive work - and a lot of time and patience!

Can't wait to see the pics. My own OSL project is still in it's baby shoes (<- German expression translated into English, I hope you get what I mean).

Keep it up!

 

[Count Lasombra]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

@Nos-you must be very pleased.
RA-How much will this cost?

 

[cassarus]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Wow, the quality of you miniatures are really amazing!
Cant wait so see the Grave guards!

 

[TheNosferatu]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Cant wait so see the Grave guards!

Me either!

 

[Mannerheim27]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Ahh trying to light a candle under me!!

The GG will be revealed tonight! I would have had them out two nights ago to be shown off but I'm recovering from a bug I've gotten. I've switched allergy medications and they tend to make me sleepy. I actually fell asleep while painting one night... that was a fun way to wake up.

They're all set to go!

Yes, there will pics tonight, and possibly one or two of something else I have in store!

All the best,

Jake

 

[Dogmar]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

I'm anxious to see the unit revealed! Surely great work again.

 

[Mannerheim27]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Haha, thanks guys

Well I'm fighting off the new allergy meds!

Here's what I have for you tonight

Group shot:

Ghouls again:

Blood Knights! (Whom have become quite the envy of my local painting center)

Graveguard!

That's all for now. I'm looking to have the corpse cart and the four wraiths all done by the end of the weekend!

Now off to bed!

All the best,

Jake

 

[Nikos]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Great ceasers ghost! Those are every bit as great as I thought they would be. The unit of gg are beauties, glowing blades are really nice as is the verdi gris/gold effect on their helms. Enjoy your well deserved rest

 

[Dogmar]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Awesome stuff as always, Jake. I love those models. Great how you've done the armour on your blood knights, the structure in the metallics, if you know what I'm getting at, makes them look so much better than the ones in the Army Book. One little point of criticism here though: The gore on the champ's sword looks strange to me, it has no real direction. Looks more like someone poured a litre of blood over it than like someone chopped a head off with it. The gore on the others is superb, however, from what I can see on the pics.

The grave guard are very cool. Especially the corrosion on the bronze parts is good, on one guy though, there is a part on the bat-wing helmet, where you missed an edge. I might "borrow" your technique for metallic steel and rework my own GG a bit. Would you mind telling me what washes you used for it?

I'm sure Nos will be very pleased

Keep it up, bud,

Dogmar

 

[Mannerheim27]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Thanks for the feedback guys

I'm not too convinced by the sword either. i tried to make it look like it was plastered with blood after going through a slew of guys, but I couldn't get the effect off. I may rework it quick and redo it which shouldn't take too long.

The missing edge might just be the lighting as I did multiple layers. I'll double check though. I think I've gone cross-eyed from all of them, haha.

I'm doing a tutorial for the next CN, I was thinking the following options:

*The bronze Verdigris effect
*OSL
*Painting "glowing" weapons like I have for the GG.

Let me know!

Anyways, thanks for the feedback!

Jake

 

[Dogmar]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Thanks for the reputation

If you got the GG still in the formation that you had when you took the picture it should be the guy in the first rank on the 2nd place from the right.

On the tutorial thing:
While it is a cool effect I do not think the bronze verdigris is too difficult to do, I'd be (of course ) much more interested in an OSL tutorial including WIP pics.

As soon as I'm done with the freehands on my green knight (yeah, really putting much effort in that guy) I might drop you a PM concerning the OSL. For the current progress check out my painting log.

All the best,

Dogmar

 

[TobinRoss89]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

I really love the blades on your grave guard good sir and was wondering what your secret is for getting them so glowy looking.

 

[logan054]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Well they all look great mate, some impressive work, I would however make the blood a bit darker on the blood dragons, atm the bloods color just looks off.

 

[Mannerheim27]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Hey guys thanks for the feedback! The blood is only lighter due to the lighting but I may go back and darken it a bit.

I'll be doing a tutorial for both OSL and the way to make those kinds of blades once I get back to my place as I'm on a weekend holiday

All the best,

Jake

 

[cassarus]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Beautiful work on those Grave guards!

 

[Mr Saturday]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Very nice GG, I'm rather taken with the colour of the helms. Great job, it's going to be a very pretty army.

 

[Goggalor]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

That is one super impressive army and looks great. The bases are nice too.
The grave guard look dark and evil and their blades contrast well. Very jealous.

 

[SeldoM]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Fantastic...that army is coming along nicely. I really like the basing, it helps tie in the different units quite well.

Keep up the good work,
Seldom

 

[Mannerheim27]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Thanks for the feedback guys!

Mannfred's just about done:

I need to hit the hay, I'm beat! I'm also working on my Secret Santa as well. Woo!!

All the best,

Jake

 

[Nikos]

RE: Rise of the Lich King - Nos Army out by the 25th of Sept!

Your Manfred is looking awesome, I'm particularly digging the colouring on the spirit cape. Great stuff