Category: #PaintSlam22

  • JUNE #PaintSlam22 COMMUNITY SHOWCASE!  All the pretty things!

    JUNE #PaintSlam22 COMMUNITY SHOWCASE! All the pretty things!

    Whoaaaaaa, we’re halfway there~eeehhh~~, whoaaaa paintin’ on a chairrrr~~~

    *cough* sorry about that, what I meant to say was: Welcome to the June community showcase for #PaintSlam22! It’s another amazing month for hobby, and this month’s showcase is chock full of colour! We’ve also got a couple of new faces in this one so if this was your first month for PaintSlam, welcome!

    If you’re reading this and want to get involved, check out all the details here. And now, let’s get into the gallery.

    *Sorry if some of the pics are low res, I’m not sure why my Discord is suddenly only giving me low-res images…

    Alexander

    Almighty_gir

    Belzébée

    Ceda_Kuru_Qan

    Commissar Lewdfang

    Coreworlder

    DalekCheese

    Failnaut

    fin37

    gardengoth

    Goomba

    HaleysRedComet

    Hatmadder

    Jack

    JB

    MajinDachi

    Myaori

    NicoSaiba

    Pandaemonium_Miniatures

    Pete (Sippster) Sippit

    Pete_Paints_Plastic

    Pyra

    theelusiveshaun

    Thokamous

    Torrentstride

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  • Check out my OLDHAMMER Wood Elf Army so far (It’s so beautiful TT_TT)

    Check out my OLDHAMMER Wood Elf Army so far (It’s so beautiful TT_TT)

    Hey folks, as you will probably know I’ve been building an oldhammer Wood Elf army for the last couple of years! Thanks to some canny eBay bidding, some lucky finds and some incredibly kind and generous folks on Twitter I’ve been able to amass the Wood Elf army of my childhood dreams.

    It started out with a focus on the 1996 release for Warhammer 4th edition (soon to be replaced by the exciting new 5th edition), but has since introduced models from the 80s, 2000s and today (to quote my local radio station!)

    So this here blog post is to show you *everything* I’ve painted so far for this army. Now, I’ve still got a heck of a lot of unpainted and unassembled stuff in a big box of lovely metal yet to add, but I think this is already a gallery to be proud of. So grab a cup of tea and some hobnobs, and enjoy…

    Boys from the Wood

    Here you can see the core infantry units in the army. With two full units of 16 archers, 10 Waywatchers, 12 Scouts, 14 Wardancers and 25 Glade Guard (aka Eternal Guard) consisting of 15 of the 90s shield versions and 10 of the 80s models. The Wardancer unit includes the Warhammer Quest wardancer character, who can be played as Wychwethyl The Wild in the 4th edition army book.

    Bark as bad as their bite

    The forest spirits have gotten in on the action too, here you can see my unit of Dryads as well as two classic Treemen, one of which is the original Durthu!

    You can be my Oak of Ages

    Here’s Orion, King in the Woods and his lovely lady, Ariel. This is Ariel before she (re)merged with Alarielle during the End Times of the Old World! I based her colour scheme on that of her appearance in Total War: Warhammer 2.

    Wood you please behave

    Here’s the lesser characters and heroes of the army, who serve underneath Orion and Ariel. This is where some of the more recent models come into play, such as the 2005 Battle Standard Bearer and Spellweaver, and the much more recent Araloth, more commonly known as the Nomad Prince kit. You can also see the custom BSB I made from the plastic Wood Elf hero from Warhammer Quest, based directly on the one seen in the army book and White Dwarf of the era.

    Horsing Around

    My army currently includes two units of Glade Riders, one of which is armed with spears and the other is a unit of archers. I found the archer models much harder to find than the spear ones, probably because the spear chaps used to come in a box set whereas the archers were only available in blister packs. I also love the Elven Attack Chariot, which is one of those fabled kits I always wanted as a child but was never able to obtain. I’m super pleased with how it looks with the rest of the army.

    What a drag-on

    Here’s my centrepiece model, my pride and joy. The Wood Elf Forest Dragon. This is the original version that was used as the base for the later Sisters of Twilight kit. I really tried to capture the colours of the original ‘Eavy Metal scheme with this and it even uses the original banner. I’m absolutely delighted to have this model standing front and centre in the army in my cabinet. Truly one of my all-time favourite Warhammer miniatures!

    This miniature even inspired how I painted the recent Stormcast Eternals dragon that the good folks at Warhammer Community kindly let me paint for an article:

    And, for now at least, that’s the whole of my Wood Elf army. Although it’s certainly not the end of it! Stay tuned to the blog and my social media channels for more classic Oldhammer goodness in the near future! Thanks for reading!

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  • Jess’s Quick Tips! How to make your eyes happy.

    Jess’s Quick Tips! How to make your eyes happy.

    I’m sure I’m not alone in having picked up a model to paint, primed it, then sat there looking at it thinking “Where do I even start? What is that detail there? I can’t quite see what it is…”

    If your eyesight and brain are anything like mine, you’ll sometimes be intimidated by odd shapes and bits on a model your eyes can’t quite “read” which makes it hard to get started. Or perhaps due to the lighting in your room or the colour/finish of the primer it’s all just a bit hard for your eyes to make out without straining them.

    So here’s my little tip! Now, this obviously will work best on a lighter undercoat (in this case I’ve used Grey Seer but anything lighter than a mid-grey will also work for this) but what I like to do is pick a wash or contrast shade and apply it all over the model as a first step, as you can see here:

    This is a model from Vae Victis Miniatures, and after priming it Grey Seer (the end of a can, hence it being a slightly rough prime) I washed over the whole model with Citadel Contrast Gryph-Charger Grey. Other good colours to use for this are washes such as Seraphim Sepia or Reikland Fleshshade.

    This highlights all the raised areas and definies all the details nicely without creating a super thick layer of paint that fills in any detail. Plus if you use a shade that you intend to use on the model anyway, it can help speed up the process overall. I used this grey/blue tone because I’ll be using Black Templar on some areas, and the blue will slightly tint the areas that don’t end up pure black and add some colour to an otherwise greyscale area.

    Now I can see what all the details on the model are, and avoid hurting my eyes trying to see what I’m looking at.

    Give it a go and see if it helps you if you’re not feeling confident when starting a new miniature!

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  • MAY (And April) #PAINTSLAM22 Community Showcase!

    MAY (And April) #PAINTSLAM22 Community Showcase!

    First up, please allow me to apologise for not getting a community showcase post up over the last couple of months. For one reason or another I’ve struggled to get into the right headspace to sit down and compile things, which I am very sorry for. On the plus side, this post compiles your wonderful hobby from both May and April in the Community Showcase channel from the official PaintSlam Discord server! So grab a Cornetto, put on some summer beats and enjoy the lovely miniatures below!

    Plus! If you’ve never shared in the Community Showcase before, you’re always welcome to come and do so, just click here to join our friendly and welcoming discord server!

    Ads20000

    Amy_Jade

    Ceda_Kuru_Qan

    CritonyEntertainment

    Dad_Mech_Hobbies

    ElDavePhoto

    fin37

    Galaspar

    GardenGoth

    HaleysRedComet

    Hatmadder

    Heavy Metal Wars

    Jack

    JewelKnightJess

    Jim1810

    Momma Negan

    opaqueshadow

    Pandaemonium_Miniatures

    PaulGillings

    Sheroqueer

    Sippster

    SQUAREWAVE

    theelusiveshaun

    ThePaintingPirate

    Thokamous

    Torrentstride

    Vargna

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  • FEBRUARY #PaintSlam22 Community Showcase!

    FEBRUARY #PaintSlam22 Community Showcase!

    Oh man, sorry it’s taken me so long once again to get this article put together. 2022 is a hell of a thing. Well, it’s time to look at what AWESOME hobby the PaintSlam community got up to during the month of February. Let’s dig in and enjoy the amazing miniatures!!

    AMY_JADE

    BIGGEORDIEGGEEK

    BRIN

    CALLIE

    CEDA_KURU_QAN

    COMMISSAR LEWDFANG

    CRITONYENTERTAINMENT

    CRYSTALMCDOLL

    DAD_MECH_HOBBIES

    DARKHANON

    ECZEMABEARD

    FIN37

    FUNNYBONES

    GARDENGOTH

    HALEYS RED COMET

    HATMADDER

    HEAVY METAL WARS

    HOUSEFIREHAWK

    JACK

    JB

    JEDI58

    JEWELKNIGHTJESS

    LADY B MINIATURES

    MOMMA NEGAN

    OPAQUESHADOW

    PANDAEMONIUM_MINIATURES

    PAUL GILLINGS

    PSIPPITT

    PYRO

    SHEROQUEER

    THEELUSIVESHAUN

    THEPOSHGOBLIN

    THOKAMOUS

    TORRENTSTRIDE

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  • JANUARY #PaintSlam22 Community Showcase!

    It’s the first showcase of a fresh new year, I hope you’re all having a lovely year so far. This post will go over the highlights from January’s activity in the PaintSlam discord! Epic huge thanks to Guilty for collating the images and providing some commentary this month! It’s also an absolutely BUMPER month full of amazing hobby! And now, over to you folks…

    Alaisdair

    From Alaisdair, Wilhelm Chaney

    Alexander

    Amy_Jade

    AvantGarve

    “Built -lots- this month, but the Dead of Dunharrow are my only completed project for January”

    Ceda_Kuru_Qan

    “Before being inducted into the Iron Peacocks host, Knight Vexillor Arioch Tungolhcræft was in the Carmine Crusaders Stormhost. Known for its commitment to bringing utter devastation to the enemies of Sigmar, many claim Khorne weeps furious tears of blood at being denied their souls.”

    ChaosForm

    CritonyEntertainment

    From  CritonyEntertainment: “Ecliptor ready to take on some Rangers.”

    “Solar Purple Ranger? It’s morphin time!” (And damn do I love the colour!)

    Dad_Mech_Hobbies

    From rob (Dad_Mech_Hobbies), “first of hopefully many this year” this guy, who’s head details is giving me uncomfortable flashbacks to the Harkonnens! Love it!

    dawfydd

    dawfydd: “Big step for me yesterday – painted my first minis since my spinal surgery in 2019, a couple of lances of Battlemechs for a Battletech weekend I’m signed up for at the end of February.”

    Darren

    From Darren: “Half-mad and removed from the song of their mother, the Pe’numbra Glade fight to restore a nocturnal cycle to a far flung and light blasted region of Hysh.”

    Dez

    From Dez “The Scarif 667th for Star Wars Legion. I’m trying to have some fun and paint outside my comfort zone. I normally don’t paint anything clean, I love worn and weathered models “

    dissident

    from dissident: A unit of kitbashed Kairic Acolytes I just finished today! I’m pretty proud of the fact that I think I managed to do the Blanche-y palette without making it too drab and grim 🙂

    (I absolutely love these, they look amazing!)

    eri

    gaben

    gardengoth

    “Guess I’ll call this a “test scheme” for the newer bigger version later in the year.”

    Galaspar

    ” An industrial Ogryn, a chance to practice using florescent paints, hazard stripes, aged brass and an electrical effect” and “An industrial robot, great fun to practice weathering techniques”

    HatMadder

    Heavy Metal Wars

    HaleysRedComet

    From HaleysRedComet: “This Halloween Survivor from Kingdom Death shows off his craftsmanship (and physique) by making a White Lion costume for the holiday. I tried to match the official art as closely as possible with this, then decided to paint a Jack-o’-lantern on the base.”

    Finished this tabletop level Maghariba Guard “mini”.  Building was the real challenge with this – had to pin the top tail section and some of the leg joints. This is the largest metal mini I’ve ever built and painted, and honestly I just hope it stays together under the stress of handling.

    (And damn does it look good! That said, it involves purple, so maybe I’m just biased…)

    HouseFireHawk

    JB

    JewelKnightJess

    From our very own glorious leader, the beautiful JewelKnightJess comes this gorgeous built lady, Helga! (I swear I didn’t write this myself! – Jess). I am loving the colours on this shield! It honestly looks like it’s gonna move and bite/lick someone!

    Lady B Miniatures

    Lokien

    From Lokien: I totally missed this as a topic! I’d like to add my Tzeentch Sorceror on disc as it’s the first model in years that I’ve undercoated in anything but black, and it was actually a lot of work to get colours that bright and saturated, more than I expected when I started it anyway!

    MackerzC137

    Maid Of Cake

    From Maid Of Cake: “They’re a little Derpy, but I wanted to get them off my paint table and back on the game board. Painting these made me really appreciate how GW designs their models to be really good for painting. There were a lot of little bits that felt ambiguous. Might go back and touch up the faces, but again this speed paint was really to get them outta my backlog and back into play. (Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion)”

    “Edit: Meant to put this in finished-models But I’ll leave it here. Its not the best example of my work. But I’m still proud of it. To me it represents getting the motivation to do something instead of letting it sit while you wait to figure out how to make it perfect.”

    Mommy Negan

    Myra

    I think this counts? It’s not huge units but it’s what I got done

    Pandaemonium_Miniatures

    From Paul (Pandaemonium_Miniatures), these amazing bases! Those…rocks? look sharp enough to cut myself on! “First hobby of 2022, should have some more stuff finished later today too”

    PaulGillings

    PSippitt

    From Pete (Sippster) Sippitt “First model of the new year done, close to finishing the team now”

    R35T

    From R35T, this amazing model, with the comment ‘Base highlight is finished, so calling this done. Now to do the rest of them, should be done sometime in about 20 years.’

     “I’ve got a few that I really like but these two are conversions and the uniqueness means I’m that bit more proud of them”

    Rose

     “A lil photoshop to spice up my biggest models of the month”

    Rosgakori

    From Rosgakori, their own take on Helga!

    theelusiveshaun

    from theelusiveshaun: Finished my Ravenwing ATV and a couple of Dunecrawlers.

    ThePaintingPirate

    “Finally done with the Thralls, first full unit of 2022!”

    theposhgoblin

    From theposhgoblin (aka Tim): “First mini of the year, pleased with how it all turned out, why not show it off”

    Torrentstride

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