Chest of Colors forum

Hi gang,

Since I've just joined I think its time to show what I am currently working on. First things first, I'll come clean and admit I'm not at the same painting level as some of you guys here. I would classify myself as a fairly good tabletop miniature standard painter. Hopefully with your help I'll make that jump to painting display quality mini's. I'm not so much a gamer so painting mini's is my hobby, but in saying that I'm not adverse to painting up squads and regiments for armies I will probably never use.

In keeping with this theme for the last week I've built and based a whole Lizardman Battalion from GW. I have done next to no hobby related stuff for the last three months and it seems I've applied myself to this job with renewed hobby lust.

I've come up with a colour scheme that I really like, and most importantly its simple and easy to do. I find painting regiments requires a painting skill all of its own that does not "cross" over to display quality mini's. I enjoy painting regiments in a different way than painting character models. Anyway enough waffle, onto WiP photos.

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WiP Saurus Command

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WiP Champion

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WiP Musician

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WiP Standard Bearer

Over a black undercoat the skin was give a Macharius Solar Orange basecoat, while the scales were basecoated with Fenris Grey. Then everything was given a wash with Baal Red and thats it. Highlights and details are still to be done but with this quick and easy colour scheme I hope I can churn out a fairly impressive looking squad fairly quickly. I have hit a stumbling block though and I need your guys help. I cannot for the life of me think of a suitable colour for the shields. I've tried painting them the same as the scales on the models, but then they just blend into the overall model, while I want them to stand out a bit. I am currently thinking of a bone type colour, as I feel the models are already fairly dark and it would make a good contrast.

So thats it! I'd love to hear your thoughts on the inital WiP's and any idea's about shield colours.

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not much to tell about minis at this stage (beside dark photos)

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So thats it! I'd love to hear your thoughts on the inital WiP's and any idea's about shield colours.

you heard about well of collor ??
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well thats solution to your's problems (not all but some of it )
so how to use this thingi ??
- i could describe it .. but it would be long end hard to get
so i got a tutorial about collors
https://www.worqx.com/color/shade_tint.htm

this should help end explain some collor issues
(grape color or turquse asa parts on the shild )

Thanks Maru, that is exactly what I was looking for! Hopefully try to get brighter/better pictures for next time.

I do find a bone colour works well with most other colours in general as it's a very passive thing to use. I think it would suit this model well you could always use a photo editing program and compare and contrast before you jump into it. But Maru's colour theory wheel is very helpful. As for a shield you could always go for a gold colour as it fits very well with the aztec-ian feel to things and it compliments the orange well.

For the skin i would feel adding some extra darker washes might help bring up the contrast but because you are using washes you will want to rehighlight parts of the skin on the model, but for tabletop use it's nice and bright which imo is great

A quick update. I've gotten the front rank of the Saurus Warriors done. Still working on getting good photo's and as you can see they still need a lot of work.

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I decided to go with a tuorquise blue for the shield and banners, I think it complements the orange quite well. The orange skin has been given a single highlight of of 2:1 Macharius Solar Orange : Dwarf Flesh. I haven't just being this little of bit of painting for the last week. I also built another WFB army, which I may never paint. But I do have good intentions.

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Here's my table of grey plastic, the Lizardmen battalion in the front, a Vampire Count army at the back. The vampire count army includes a sixty zombie strong unit, twenty ghouls, forty skellies, twenty Grave Guard, a Corpse Cart, three Necromancers and two Vampire Counts. Here are two photos, one of my Necromancers and one of one of my Vampires.

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So these are the mini's i'll be working on for the next couple of months.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with that lot, I wouldn't know where to start

we definitely need your army in the Tale of Gamers...

soooooooo many

good luck

lol i thought i was ambitious with my painting projects nice armies

Hi gang,

another update! I've polished off that regiment over the last three days. So thats eight lizardmen in three days, at this rate it'll only take me a year to finish off all the grey plastic sitting alongside me.

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So, there they are, my first ever fully painted regiment of WFB troops. I'm quite pleased with them as I think they are fairly good tabletop quality, which was what I was aiming for.