Well, it’s been a HECTIC few weeks for me. My partner and I moved into a new flat, which we’re currently still in the process of getting decorated and stuff. This, coming on the tail end of a bit of a heatwave in the UK means I’ve not been in much of a position to get much content put out – but that changes now! The computer is set up, the internet is due in a few days (currently hot-spotting my mac from my phone’s internet!) and I’m raring to share some hobby goodness.
So without any further ado, let’s take a look at what the incredible PaintSlam Community got done during the month of June 2023! Over to you lovely lot…
So I’ve been staying at my parents place for a few months whilst we’re waiting for our new apartment to be ready for us (still waiting!) and due to unforseen circumstances we were without internet for the past few weeks. Hence, this April showcase not being up until today.
But, at least, I have been able to connect my PC to this fabled thing known as “The Interwebs”, so without further ado let me make up for lost time and present the April Community Showcase!
As always, you can join in yourself by getting involved in the PaintSlam discord! And a huge thanks to the newest PaintSlam patreon supporters: ThatMrShy, Brie Reid, and Cassandra Burn. Thank you so much <3
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And that’s it for yet another month of hobby in the PaintSlam community. Look out next month for a showcase from our Bad Squiddo Event as well as the May Community Showcase! Want to join in? Get in the Discord!!
February might be the shortest month, but this month was anything but short on hobby! We’ve got an absolute bumper crop of minis to show you this month. February was a great, busy month for the PaintSlam community and I’m honoured to present the following work! Want to get involved? Check out all the info here!
I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank the newest members of the PaintSlam Patreon from February: Alexis Westy, Andrew Birmingham, Trevor Harvey, Michelle Klinger, Natasha, and Ceda_Kuru_Qan! Thank you all so much, your support helps me keep bringing PaintSlam to the interwebs.
It’s the start of Feb… one month down for the year of 2023 already. How time flies. So it’s time to show you all the wonderful work of the PaintSlam community, and because of the biting political commentary of it, things seem to be going backwards in real life I’m going to do the names in reverse alphabetical order today. Take that, people who want things to go A-Z. That’ll learn yer. Let’s get into it!!
Gloom Tench 1926 is a game that takes the grim real world setting of WW1 and introduces an alternative history, where human science has resulted in a world overrun by fearsome monsters known as “The Scourge”. The upcoming Kickstarter for the Russians is due to launch at 1pm GMT (8am EST) on the 7th Feb 2023. You can follow this campaign right here!
In this article I will show you how I painted an Enforcer for two of 3 Russian factions from the game. This painting article uses Citadel Colour paint names, although you can apply the same techniques to your own preferred paint brand.
The model was attached with Superglue to a piece of slate which I had attached to the 25mm plastic base. We’ll be adding more detail to the base near the end. The model was primed with Mechanicus Standard Grey hobby spray. I then went over the model itself with the same colour from the pot, to ensure an even finish. The paint from the pot is also a slightly warmer tone.
To bring out the details and highlight all the fur/wool parts of the model, it was given an all-over drybrush with Dawnstone. This was followed by a lighter drybrush with Screaming Skull, this off-white again adds a little warmth into the otherwise cool scheme.
To fully bring out all the details, I then applied a shade of Nuln Oil over the whole miniature. This settles into the recesses without overly staining the raised areas. I used a little Basilicanum Grey to give a blacklining effect around the edges where fur meets coat trim and gloves to help define these edges.
The gloves and coat trim were then painted with Thunderhawk Blue, a grey-blue paint perfect for our wintery themed model.
The blue areas we just painted were given a shade with Gryph-Charger Grey contrast paint. When this was dry, an edge highlight was applied with Fenrisian Grey. I also picked out the knuckles and fingers a little with this colour.
With the blue areas done, I moved onto the leathers by painting them all with Wyldwood contrast paint. This included the pouches, belts, and sword scabbard. This was highlighted with Steel Legion Drab.
To finish the leathers, I used Karak Stone to apply smaller highlights to all these areas. It’s ok to be a little rough with this, since you will create a worn leather appearance.
The face was started by giving it a paint with Tuskgor Fur, a nice reddish fleshtone. Be careful not to get it onto the fur areas!
The raised parts of the face were painted with Cadian Fleshtone, followed by a smaller highlight with Kislev Flesh on the ends of the nose and cheeks. His moustache was painted with Corax White, implying age and experience on the battlefield.
The eyes got a little bit of Wyldwood dropped into the pupils, then the whole face including moustache were washed with Targor Rageshade, a reddish-brown shade paint.
I then picked out the badge on his hat, his shoulder plates, belt buckle and weapon handle with Blood Angels Red contrast paint. This contrasting red colour helps round out the colour scheme of the whole model.
The red areas were given an edge highlight of Evil Sunz Scarlet, then a few dot highlights with the Cadian Fleshtone we used earlier on the face.
All the metal areas such as the breastplate, pouch buttons, and pistol were given a coat of Leadbelcher.
I used Nuln Oil over all the metal areas, then applied a little Basilicanum Grey contrast into any scratches and dings on the metals to add a bit of depth.
The metallics were then given a highlight with Iron Hands Steel.
It’s time to return to the base. I used a Vallejo textured paint to add in some battlefield mud over the flat areas and on some of the slate. You can use a Citadel textued paint like Stirland Mud if that’s what you’ve got to hand. Once dry, this was given a wash with Agrax Earthshade, before it got a drybrush of Screaming Skull.
Finally, I applied snow effects with Citadel Valhallan Blizzard. This texture paint dries to give a realistic snowy-slush effect that really helps ground the model. The rim of the base was given a couple of layers of Abaddon Black to finish the model off and call it ready for battle.
And that’s it! Our Russian Enforcer is now ready to face the horrors of the grim dark battlefields of 1926 and all the terrifying creatures that lurk on them! As you can see in the picture above, this scheme can be applied just as easily to both the 28mm and 15mm versions of the Gloom Trench 1926 miniatures.
All that remains is to once again thank Fickle Dice Games for sponsoring this content, do go check them out and get ready for their kickstarter in the first week of February. Have fun painting your own miniatures!
Games Workshop kindly sent me the special boxing day miniature, the Abhorrent Ghoul King with Crown of Delusion (henceforth to be simply refered to as Ghoul King!) for free, and I painted it up as my first miniature of the year! This is a beastly ruler of the Flesh-Eater Courts, depraved creatures that skulk in the night believing themselves to be noble knights and chivalrous heroes.
So, here’s how I went about painting it!
Firstly I primed the model with White Scar spray – you could also use Grey Seer for this, or Wraithbone for a warmer finish. When this was dry I shaded the whole model with Nuln Oil. This helped me identify areas of detail and define the key shapes. From here, I moved onto individual elements.
The Throne For the Throne I began with covering the whole thing with Basilicanum Grey contrast paint.
I followed this with recess shades of Poxwalker where moss would gather, and also ran this around the bottom of the throne to indicate climbing moss.
I used Mantis Warriors Green contrast paint in smaller areas within the poxwalker areas to indicate denser moss.
I then drybrushed the whole throne with Grey Seer paint from the pot, before re applying a little of the greens to re-establish them. This gave the whole throne a nice weathered and overgrown appearance.
The Flesh This distinctive orange flesh colour was achieved by using Gryph-Hound Orange contrast paint all over.
I then highlighted this with Jokaero Orange, Cadian Fleshtone and finally some small highlights of Pallid Wych Flesh.
To add variance to the skin tone I thinned down Volupus Pink contrast and applied it to the face, hands, knees etc to get a reddish tint.
Bone Areas Bone areas such as the ones hanging on the throne and his piercings were first painted Corax White, then given a coat of Skeleton Horde contrast paint.
I built up Skeleton Horde in thin layers here and there to increase saturation and achieve a rough gradient effect.
A few highlights of Screaming Skull on the key edges finished this off.
The ropes binding the bones were painted with Gore-Grunta Fur.
Black Cloth I painted all the cloth with Corvus Black, which is a deep grey rather than a pure black.
I washed it with Nuln Oil to deepen the recessed areas.
I then highlighted up with Mechanicus Standard Grey and Dawnstone.
A little Poxwalker was stippled onto some of the areas to imply the cloth was old and mossy itself too.
The Metallics All the metal areas were painted with Leadbelcher to start with.
To turn some of the areas gold such as the crown and sword hilt I applied a few thin layers of Skeleton Horde over the top rather than use a gold paint, this dulls the gold down nicely.
I washed the silver areas with Nuln Oil, and the Gold areas with Poxwalker to add a greenish hint to the worn, aged gold.
Final highlights were done with Iron Hands Steel on all the metallics.
Rust was stippled on using Jokaero Orange.
The Base After applying a grey base texture paint, I washed it with Nuln Oil, then drybrushed Dawnstone.
Finally I used Mantis Warriors Green contrast again to add mossy areas to the ground.
The model was finished off by painting the rim with Corvus Black.
And that’s pretty much it! If you’ve painted one of these yourself, why not show it off on our discord, or use the #PaintSlam23 hashtag on social media!
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