A Bold New Direction

Ternion?  Done.

The (no longer) current batch of painting has been finished for approximately 32 hours (from when I started writing this post).  "What took so long?" I hear you thinking (because I'm telepathic, it's how I win at cards), "You're normally prompt with the postings."  First off, thanks for noticing.  I try to keep on top of things like that.  Second, I had a little adventure.

In making new pictures.

I see these fancy-dan photo collages around the internets, with their multiple angles and close-up shots of faces and details.  On occasion I think "I should give that a shot one day."  Turns out one day is today.  I'm baby-stepping though, so "multiple" means two, and close-ups are not yet implemented.  Despite those shortcomings, the future is now.

Escort?  Finished.

As you can see, I ended up going with the yellow fringes for the auxiliary cloaks.  I'm still not thrilled about introducing a new color, but as I (think I) said before these models are meant to stand out from the pack.  Because I was painting the bases as I finished up the models (to maximize drying time), I used the same yellow on the fringes that I use on the bases: Vallejo Model Color 913 Yellow Ochre.  My rationale for switching from Vallejo Model Colors to Vallejo Game Colors is pretty mundane, plus I've talked about it before, so no deep discussions here.  I use said Yellow Ochre on the bases mostly so the paint doesn't just collect dust, but there's nothing really wrong with it.  After a Gryphonne Sepia wash, which isn't nearly as effective on colors as I want it to be despite working just fine over white, I called it done.

Koldun Lord?  Completed.

iBodger says that with this latest batch I'm ~47% on my march towards having all my Khador painted, which makes me quite happy.  On a whim I tried putting together a list of fully painted models.  While possible, I was two models shy of a really viable list.  What models?  What list?  Perhaps they will appear in a future installment.  In the meantime I'm hoping the weather breaks a bit in the next few days so I can get the new additions sealed up.  We had our first noticeable snowfall in the DMV last night, pitiful as it was, so hopefully the inevitable warming and melting period that will occur soon won't flood the air with humidity.

Valachev?  Accomplished.

Paint the Target goal pending, the next batch looks to be a diverse bunch.  Along with the pair of mystery models, I want to get to work on Legion schemes.  I've admired an orange and grey/black scheme over at Live to CRUSH, where they recently posted the first part of a tutorial for said scheme, but considering my local PG is also eying the same scheme it's back to the drawing board. This is a blessing in disguise though beacuse I would have felt more than a little lazy just following a step-by-step guide, plus the scheme isn't quite exactly what I'm after.  In a way the Greylords were a test run for the forthcoming Legion as I want a (very) light blue skin with brown/orange chitin and armor.  The cloaks were the perfect opportunity to see how the new grey paints I got in looked and figure out which ones are blue and which are black.

As a parting teaser, I'm thinking about a new format for painting updates.