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Temple Guard w/ Slann

Discussion in 'Painting and Converting' started by Alex, Jul 9, 2012.

  1. Alex
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    Recently finished off 20 Temple Guard. Here's a shot of everyone with my Slann:

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  2. n810
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    Looking good man. :smug:
     
  3. FavoredoftheOldOnes
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    Those look really good. Very nicely painted. Can we get a few other angles?
     
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    Looks absolutely stunning!
     
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    Nice! I'm assembling my first battalion set waiting to be painted (painting for the first time), so my temple guards won't sadly be as great looking as yours ^^
     
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    Quite stunning, how did you get that gold colour?
     
  7. Alex
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    @FavoredoftheOldOnes - I have a few more pictures of the unit in progress and the Slann by himself on my blog http://1inchwarriors.blogspot.com/. This is the only angle of the unit as a whole, they barely fit into my tiny light box!

    @slannFrogy - For the gold I start with an undercoat of either Cathal Brown or Beastial Brown, since it's near impossible to get a good layer of gold over black primer. Then I put down a base coat of Shining Gold, followed by a wash of Delvan Mud (for the Slann I used the old brown ink since I did him before GW came out with the washes). After that, I did a highlight with Shining Gold. Finally, the whole area gets a dark green wash (you can use watered down Dark Angels Green or the new Citadel Wash, but the latter will be more intense). I don't how this would turn out with the new GW paints since I still have plenty of the old colors.
     
  8. FavoredoftheOldOnes
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    I can see much better now and they still look awesome! How long did they take you?
     
  9. Alex
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    Hey, thanks again!

    The Slann was an on-again-off-again project than spanned almost six years - I did each major component (throne/frog/base) separately. If I had to estimate, I'd say he didn't take longer than 20 hours total, possibly less since I primary used a controlled dry brush to paint him.

    The TG are hard to estimate too. I started with the skin and scales, which when really fast since I was able to base coat wit the GW spray gun and then wash/dry brush the whole unit at once. It's the details of these models that is the real time suck. I also built them with the little jaw bone pieces that attach to the sides of their helmets, making them harder to paint - I know why so many other people skip these parts! I don't get too much time to paint so it took me a couple of months to finish the unit, discounting the couple of long breaks I took.
     
  10. Didymus
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    May the gods bless you for this! Now i finally don't have to put 8 layers of bronze on top of my basecoat anymore... Why didn't I think of that >.<
     
  11. Alex
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