I've been afraid to reply to this thread. Mainly due to me not wanting to disrupt the kharma of your capabilities. I think the army is coming together quite nicely. Very well done and I might just use the rust scheme paint job too!
Vash1313's Bretonnian Themed VC
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This is a wonderful looking army, it really is. I always love seeing undead versions of other armies, and I think you've done very well. This is how I see undead Brets looking, so bravo to you good sir. I think I shall donate some zombies!
The knight in the first post and the skeletons just put a nice smile on my face. Plus those Empire wizards do work wonderfully for the Vampire Counts army!
The knight in the first post and the skeletons just put a nice smile on my face. Plus those Empire wizards do work wonderfully for the Vampire Counts army!
Thank you everyone for your comments.
Finally an update!
After finishing my unit of Crypt Ghouls I have come to the conclusion that I will never paint another unit of Crypt Ghouls. They were just a major pain in the butt to finish. I started out with a very vague notion of how I wanted them to look but I really did not have anything concrete so I couldn't formulate a process in my mind. So I pretty much dove right in and frustrated myself with a lot of trial and error. Several times I would get the flesh completely finished for the unit, step back and then decide it was not working and re-ink everything.
Just last week I finished working on 40 zombies. They only took about a week and a half and were pretty fun to paint. I am considering giving them one more brown glaze.
As usual I would love to hear some feedback, good or bad.
In answer to a previous question: how I do the yellow. It really is just overlapping streaks of different shades of yellow that give it a worn out look.
This is the general formula:
- apply Foundation Yellow, several smooth coats are best
- use 1 or two coats of brown wash
- reapply foundation yellow, make sure it is thinned down, these are very light coats that you are slowly building up.
-take a brighter yellow thin down and apply the same as the previous but with not as much coverage.
-Wash with a very thin coat of Brown Wash, you are not trying to add depth or even really shade, you just want to tone down the two yellows and tie them together a bit
- go back and lightly apply thinned down foundation yellow again, less coverage than before
- apply VERY thinned down streaks of the lighter yellow - focus more on the edges of the cloth.
Finally an update!
After finishing my unit of Crypt Ghouls I have come to the conclusion that I will never paint another unit of Crypt Ghouls. They were just a major pain in the butt to finish. I started out with a very vague notion of how I wanted them to look but I really did not have anything concrete so I couldn't formulate a process in my mind. So I pretty much dove right in and frustrated myself with a lot of trial and error. Several times I would get the flesh completely finished for the unit, step back and then decide it was not working and re-ink everything.
Just last week I finished working on 40 zombies. They only took about a week and a half and were pretty fun to paint. I am considering giving them one more brown glaze.
As usual I would love to hear some feedback, good or bad.
In answer to a previous question: how I do the yellow. It really is just overlapping streaks of different shades of yellow that give it a worn out look.
This is the general formula:
- apply Foundation Yellow, several smooth coats are best
- use 1 or two coats of brown wash
- reapply foundation yellow, make sure it is thinned down, these are very light coats that you are slowly building up.
-take a brighter yellow thin down and apply the same as the previous but with not as much coverage.
-Wash with a very thin coat of Brown Wash, you are not trying to add depth or even really shade, you just want to tone down the two yellows and tie them together a bit
- go back and lightly apply thinned down foundation yellow again, less coverage than before
- apply VERY thinned down streaks of the lighter yellow - focus more on the edges of the cloth.
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All of your stuff looks wonderfully brilliant, Vash 
I especially like the Zombies, but those Ghouls score high on the wow-o-meter as well!
Also, lemme see your 40k zombies, I need inspiration for mine!
Greetz
I especially like the Zombies, but those Ghouls score high on the wow-o-meter as well! Also, lemme see your 40k zombies, I need inspiration for mine!
Greetz
Holy crap, I absolutely adore those Ghouls. They colors are so great, subdued and dirty but still distinguishable. I can't say I like the zombies enough, but the Ghouls are awesome!
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Holy crap, I love this army! It's really nice to see a consistent and well-done theme across an entire WH army. Yours is superb. I'm just starting my own VC army and plogs like this are an inspiration.
I've been having problems painting ghouls my self, could you tell me how you did yours?
Cheers
Oh, and your army looks fantastic!
Cheers
Oh, and your army looks fantastic!
awesome
its got a kind of dry look to it, and by that i mean its not shiney, which is good so it looks disturbingly realistic (ive been saying that alot recently) and also i dont remember there being that many skelies/grave guard
its good to see that much quantity at that high a quality
keep up the good work
its got a kind of dry look to it, and by that i mean its not shiney, which is good so it looks disturbingly realistic (ive been saying that alot recently) and also i dont remember there being that many skelies/grave guard
its good to see that much quantity at that high a quality
keep up the good work
The ghouls really were a lot of trial and error so I'm not really sure how I would replicate my method. I kind of got lost between beginning and end. Here are the basics:
Start with Reaper bloodless skin
Wash with brown wash and purple wash
Bring up the skin with a light coat of Rotting Flesh
Wash with a thinned down mix of purple and brown wash you may have to use multiple coats and never apply it thick enough to pool
Highlight with very thin coat of rotting flesh
VERY light glaze of purple and brown wash - you may have to use multiple coats and never apply it thick enough to pool
Start with Reaper bloodless skin
Wash with brown wash and purple wash
Bring up the skin with a light coat of Rotting Flesh
Wash with a thinned down mix of purple and brown wash you may have to use multiple coats and never apply it thick enough to pool
Highlight with very thin coat of rotting flesh
VERY light glaze of purple and brown wash - you may have to use multiple coats and never apply it thick enough to pool
Very impressive. I really like the dusk-like darkness of the models and the realistic color tones. I like the uniformity and mob look to the zombies, too. Dramatic!
A very pretty (yet scary!) army. Welll done.
A very pretty (yet scary!) army. Welll done.
I just love to look at "whole army "photos, they motivate me to start painting my own :mrgreen:
I have painted a great army!
regards,
sea.man :konrad:
I have painted a great army!
regards,
sea.man :konrad:
Very, very nice army. I hadn't seen this thread, so I got it all at once. Lovely. Great ghouls, nice skellies. Loving the zombie horde. My own VC have a partially Bret flavour too, but it's not as pronounced. Great army.
It certainly is a nice army but guys, take note that Vash's latest post in this thread (and on CN at large, actually) is dated not far from a year ago. As per the forum rules you should not be replying to painting logs that are obviously not active any longer~
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