Hi! It is the first time I start a painting blog! I felt I needed that to keep me motivated as I am starting to paint the miniatures I didn't have the guts to paint about 15 years ago. Thanks to GW my miniatures are, for the most, still up to date... I also bought a few second hand models last year, when I jumped back into the hobby, so you will se some square and round bases altogether... And I don't mind. If I go the competitive way I might look for some way to fit a round adapter. Anyway I strugled to find a good color scheme for my skinks (maybe you noticed my thread back then). I tried some on those sacrificial handlers : It needed some few adjustments so I gave it a new try : That's it! this will be my color scheme for my skinks! I also tried an other variation around this one : Those with the red crest could be the alpha. Now I have to find a scheme for the saurus. And paint loads of lizards!
For the saurus I saw this post : I loved that scheme at first sight! So thanks @Imrahil for the inspiration! Here is my try : Still have to do the freehand on the shield but I think a need to practice a bit before trying that. But I like how he came out. He may need a bit more contrast on the dark blue scales. What do you think of it?
Great work, he looks need! Glad to serve as an inspiration Nice subtle highlights Did you use shades? The gold looks a bit mono-color to me, maybe a shade and highlight extra. Keep up the good work Grrr, Imrahil
For the blue I used contrast paint, but I still feel it lacks... well... contrast... Maybe I will pre-shade the scales with a black wash, with the contrast paint's transparency it might do the trick.
Hi! I managed to paint more saurus! A whole unit actually ! Here is a little closeup on one of them : I must say that I really hate my 15 year old self for glueing the shield on every single saurus... Such a pain to paint! Now I have make a small unit of skinks and base them all!
Nicely done, that unit looks great Shields is a PITA but feels good when they are painted Made the same mistake on mine, still got 12 to paint... (30 year old me did it exactly the same ) Grrr, Imrahil
Hello! Made some progress! I pledged to paint a unit of saurus and one of skinks and to base them all. And I did it! I know it may not seem to be much, but I tend to lack consistancy. So here are the skinks and saurus pre-basing : I have to say painting skinks was nice but really time consuming, especially considering they die by a dozen... And here they are with the basing done : I even managed to paint a few extra skinks whom will be used as handler proxy. Feel free to comment !