Diesel DM

It’s the first day of the painting competition.  Check out the details over at Nog’s Painting Cave. My 14 model, 35-pt army is primed and ready to go.  Hopefully tonight I can start getting paint applied.  But this post isn’t about painting, it’s about the list.  While the list was greatly influenced by model count (in wild hopes of improving my odds of finishing), it does have some interesting features.

First, as with all epic Butcher lists, it has Doom Reavers.  Only a singly unit, but still, there they are.

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Captain Arlan Strangewayes

This may be the fastest I ever painted a model.  Good practice with the upcoming painting challenge.  I had already started Arlan before I heard learned of the challenge, so I wanted to get him done before the challenge began.  I’m pleased with how he came out, though as usual the highlighting with frostbite got chalky on me.  I painted details on Arlan’s gauges.  First time I’ve tried that.  Menoth White Highlight background, Skorne Red pie slice and a Thamar Black needle.  I like them, they add a little something to him, more than just leaving them blank, certainly.  Might be interesting to add a thin brown glaze and let it collect heavier at the bottom, to give a dirty/oily feel the gauges, like the glasses need to be wiped clean.

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The Greylord entered the grand hall, hurrying across the marble floor to a large table, covered in maps and troop deployments.

“Supreme Kommandant Irusk,” he began, bowing. It was a risk to address Irusk while he was deep in thought, but as with all audiences with the Khadoran military leader, he knew his time was brief.

Irusk kept his head bent over the maps, rolling his eyes up to the intruder. “What do the Greylords of the Thornwood require now?”

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Yeah, I know, I said I wanted to paint something different (i.e. non-Cygnar Blue) and yet here’s Mr. Strangewayes.  I had some spare-time and he was already primed, so I decided to paint him instead.  Next, though, next will be something different…probably.  Maybe.  I really want to paint the Rangers, actually, but they weren’t primed.

Arlan Strangewayes’ face and metals based

Decided to lay down the metal bases then work on Arlan’s face.  His left eye came out great on the second try (white was too watery the first attempt).  His right eye, however, took four or five tries at least.  Part of it was the wrench was a bit in the way, but mainly it’s just an odd shape and angle.  Looking at the studio painted version’s right eye, I feel better about how well mine came out.