Ærthegn Banner and Lance Gift

My brother has a full Maniple of the Tiger Eyes Titan Legion that he had commission painted.  Back at the end of last year, I picked up the Knight Household box and even more Knights. I have my own House Vornherr to add to, I decided for my brother's birthday I would provide him with some Knights.  For his traitors, I choose House Ærthegn to partner with his Tiger Eyes.

Long Range Knight Banner

Cerastus-Lance

I had a lot of fun painting these guys up.  They were a departure from my normal colors and allowed me to focus on details.  They also let me include techniques I had learned on previous projects, like weathering.  I also utilized the Contrast paints in combination with regular paints.

I luckily got the basing information from my brother and his commissioned painter.  I am hoping they look solid alongside his Tiger Eyes and that he is interested in using them alongside his Tiger Eyes.

Van Saar Gift Gang Complete

Completed Van Saar Gang

I surprised myself on Saturday.  I completed the Van Saar gang I am built and painted as a gift for a friend.  Having a deadline to get a project done is a great driver.  I have completed two gangs now in about six weekends of effort. We will see if I deliver it in person or not.

The gang is likely far from optimized.  However, 10-models provides a lot of options for when he eventually gets to play.  By him having a gang, it means we can setup a get-together in the future themed around playing a weekend Necromunda campaign.

Gift in its packaging

The Van Saar models were fun to paint.  They are the first set of models I used the black contrast on and the results were solid. I also leveraged the Grey Seer base to allow for more precision and touch-ups throughout.



Up next is spending some time on my Kharadron Overlords, especially with the new book being out.  Starting off with the foot Endrinmaster and a set of three Endrinriggers.  Busy next few weekends with lots of other stuff going on, I probably will not get the opportunity to play more games of AOS before the league bumps up to 1,500 pts.

Van Saar in Work

Completed building out the Van Saar gang that is my second gift gang.  It will be the primary project on weekends for the next few weeks.  I really have about 3 weeks to work it and send it.  Two of those weeks I am on business travel during the week!

I am going with green as primary for the armor and yellow as the primary for the weapons.  I am going to use blue as the secondary color for both.  The base colors of the suit will be black.  Lots of work to do.

Second Necromunda Gift Gang

I am embarking on another Necromunda Gang as a Gift project.  This time it will be a Van Saar gang with Gor Half-Horn as the attached Bounty Hunter.  Gor Half-Horn is the first beastman I have painted.

The Fireslayer Flesh contrast paint worked great for his skin.  For his fur I used Aggaros Dunes.  The yellows, bright green, and bright blue are all contrast paints.

I have begun to keep Greyseer on hand to let me touch up areas that need to be repainted.  It has worked great to touch-up skin and create better separation between areas.  The Orks let me be pretty messy and still achieve a nice result.  For anything not Orky, I definitely need to be cleaner.

 

Gift of a Gang

The Core Gang

 I finished up the core gang of ladies this weekend.  I am happy with the result.  It was great to paint them up and I am excited to give one of my best friends the gang as a gift.  The mix of Contrast paints and normal layer paints worked well and the result is bright and colorful gang.  I am looking forward to eventually having a long-weekend campaign against them.

My wife still needs to finish up Kria the Huntress.

In their foam, spare spot for the fancy Huntress

On-Going Escher Effort

Last week I did not have an update as I went on travel for work Monday.  Over the past two weeks I have steadily getting paint on the Escher ladies.  They have been fun and different to paint, with lots of bright colors throughout and experimenting with contrast paints.

6 no-primer showing

I decided to do two things as I worked on them this weekend.  The first was to spend time on individual models; bouncing around on a model and fixing white areas and getting each gal worked on up to what would be traditionally called "based."  This let me focus on hunting down areas and feeling more "complete" with each model worked on.

Contrast on the Ladies

Last week, I dove into painting up the Escher Gang as the gift for my friend's birthday.  For the most part, I have enjoyed the results.  I am a bit concerned about dark colors washing out bright colors, both leaking over the light color or showing through a bright color.

Prior to Brown Leather 

The next colors are going to focus on the hair and adding a pink to the ends of the hair and feathers.  More to come next week!

First 5 colors on the models

Escher: A Gift for a Friend

Over the long weekend, my brother and I decided to do a set of gifts for my two best friends from college for their birthdays.  The first one's birthday is in ~6 weeks.  I asked them both which of the gangs on the Necromunda they liked best.  The first responded Escher and Deleque.   I went with Escher.

Gang All Built

It is also an opportunity for me to dive into the new Contrast range, while avoiding using them for any of my existing armies, gangs, or other projects were the painting palette is decided up.  I am excited for the project, but I think I will be challenged by the timeline.

I also completed last week the pair of Ambots!  These guys were good fun to paint.  With any luck, by the end of year, I think it is possible for me to have all the things to put on a weekend Necromunda campaign.  Goal is four gangs, with bounty hunters and supporting caste.

Just mining equipment