So, being the impatient little imp that I am, I went ahead and chipped in for one of the Adepticon boxes that went up for sale, despite already pre-ordering two core boxes at my FLGS. It arrived just in time for my birthday, and I've gotten straight to work!
My intention was to main Waiqar to the exclusion of Daqan but, honestly, the Daqan figures are so nice! They will inevitably follow the Waiqar as I try to keep up my momentum for box after box...
With no further ado... Reanimates!
Step One: Magnets
So, already having numerous magnets lying around from previous projects, I quickly picked out my 1/8"x1/16" as a good fit for the peg slot in these figures with just a little widening. Then, I was walking around contemplating what they'd stick to in the tray, pondering ordering this or that, when I saw my trusty tin of paperclips.
By simply clipping the tray pegs, drilling a 1mm hole, and gluing a short stub of paperclip in place, the figures have the perfect amount of hold to not fall out of the tray, but not move the tray when you go to pull out a figure. Success! Waiqar would be proud!
Step two: Shadow and light
So... I'm trying a new approach to these figures than I usually do, and I've gotten better at it with each one. I'm sort of depending on the "cheerleader effect" with the skeletons to cover up for any flubs I make as I learn.
First, I prime black, then I hit each figure with a quick zenithal spray of white. Following that, I use the white as a guide to "sketch" light/dark areas of the figure. This lets me do pretty much all the heavy lifting in just black and white, and lets my brain focus more on the shadows and highlights than what particular color I'm using.
Step three: Color
I'm still struggling with this part somewhat. Mixing my own color glazes means a lot of trial and error. Too thick, and I cover up my own shadows/highlights. Too thin, and it wants to wash into all the crevices and make the deep parts look weird. I'm getting better as I go, thus saving the bigger, more interesting figures for last.
So that's eight models in two days. Not a bad pace for me. Off to work on the next four reanimates!
UPDATE 1:
Reanimates at 90% as of tonight. Need to finish applying rust and basing the little buggers. I also think I missed a few eyes here or there.
Next up: Reanimate Archers, pew pew!
UPDATE 2:
Reanimate Archers and Carrion Lancer, close enough for demo games!
UPDATE: Terrain!
So, being a big fan of 3d terrain, but ALSO being a tournament player who likes to play competitively, I decided to make the terrain that will *definitely* be tournament legal, starting with the small tokens.
Cut out a few plastic bases to the same dimensions as the terrain tokens and set to work with some wood dowels and floral foam... Like so much of my work this last week it needs finishing but... it's getting there.
UPDATE:
Oh yeah... and some energy tokens, too!
Cardboard tokens you have to "roll" are my least favorite aspect of RMG, honestly, so I decided to take matters into my own hands.
Acrylic tokens seem meh, they're not much heavier than cardboard, and still lack that tactile pleasure of rolling dice so....
BONE! Bone is dense, and heavy, and has a certain superstitious, traditional quality given the history of bone dice.
UPDATE:
Ardus Ix'Erebus
Edited by Tvayumat
