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My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:25 pm
by Imrillion
Wow, so glad I can finally post!

So basically I'm making up my army around a theme for armies on parade. The general idea is to have a unit of corsairs leading captured humans in chains, from a water feature, up a path, lined with witch elves, to a hag standing atop a cauldron of blood set on a cliff. With two units of Executioners guarding the stairs to the hag.

I would like to Blog my painting and modelling, over the next yea as a record of my progress so I dare say this post could get fairly pic heavy!

Hope you like it

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:30 pm
by Imrillion
I couldn't work out how to post my images so here are a few links in the mean time.

https://instagram.com/p/BNJ086lh-Ai/

https://instagram.com/p/BNO3NYIheq9/

https://instagram.com/p/BNT6zUthaND/

That's the first unit complete. I'm hoping by the time I've finnishes the next, I'll have worked out how to upload images!

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 3:34 pm
by cultofkhaine
Nice Exe's and welcome to the forum!

I love working on projects for armies on parade - looking forward to watching your thread :D

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 9:58 pm
by Imrillion
Thanks so much for the warm welcome Khaine! I had a look at your AoP post and it looks AMAZING! You sir are just a tad inspirational, if you don't mind me saying, I look forward to seeing more of your work

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 11:17 pm
by cultofkhaine
Thanks for your kind words - AoP is the one thing that keeps me painting each year!

I think it's mostly a case of slow a steady wins the race. You have to tackle a project like that with a clear plan of what you want to achieve and allocate work to it each month.

It's also good to break things up eg rank a file unit than a hero...

Good luck

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 8:49 am
by Shadowspite
Some very well painted executioners there! They could perhaps do with a touch more contrast on the gold, which looks a little 'flat'. But that might be the photography rather than the painting (taking good photos of minis is at least as difficult as painting them).

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 10:23 am
by Imrillion
@cult absolutely! I tend to use my characters as rewards and monsters and chariots as incentives to complete the rank and file.

@shadow Absolutly taking that on board, I'll finish this second unit I'm working on now and go back over the gold.

I'm working on Tullaris to lead them, here's a WIP of the base

https://instagram.com/p/BNsytNKBiIj/

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 1:18 pm
by cultofkhaine
Interesting looking base - are you doing a conversion for Tullaris?

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 3:50 pm
by Imrillion

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 11:24 pm
by cultofkhaine
Nice - looking suitably badass!

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 12:43 am
by Imrillion
Much more bad ass now, I swapped the arms, kit bashed a new weapon and adjusted the head so he looks like he's about to ruin someone's day.

https://instagram.com/p/BN0RxSxBXXO/

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 11:21 pm
by Imrillion
Here they are, my completed Executioners and Tullaris.

https://instagram.com/p/BN5Z0j6BN8f/

Moving on now to my witch elves

https://instagram.com/p/BN-VivJBzfr/

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 12:46 am
by cultofkhaine
Nice work!

You seem to be getting through these fairly quickly - how long did it take you to paint the unit of exe's?

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 1:03 am
by Imrillion
I started the project 3 weeks ago, my first WIP pic I took I posted to instagram on the 23rd of Nov. I cheat a little bit, I fully paint and blend and highlight the front rank and back rank then I batch paint the two ranks in between, with only a wash and 2 layers of highlight, otherwise it'd take me FOREVER to get through.

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 8:05 am
by Shadowspite
I think the witch elf would be improved by having her face-paint a different colour from her hair. Otherwise excellent.

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2016 11:25 pm
by Imrillion
@ Shadow, I deffo want to stay with the purple and black and gold, perhaps if I lighten the purple on the hair, what would you suggest?

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:53 am
by Shadowspite
I think I would be inclined to darken the purple sections of the hair rather than lightening them. The point is to increase the contrast between the purple hair and the face-paint, because at the moment they sort of blend together (which takes the viewer's attention away from the face). But you don't want to lose the existing contrast between the purple hair and the white hair and pale skin.

So maybe try changing the purple hair to black with a purple highlight? That darker colour will also echo the black boots and gloves, which I think will be a good visual effect. Basically, the overall look will be dark around the 'edges' of the model, with the lighter torso, lower face and crown further in, and then the purple face-paint and bright white eyes at the 'centre'. That should all help to focus the viewer's attention on the eyes.

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2016 2:05 pm
by Imrillion
Fantastic! I'll have a go

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 12:40 pm
by Imrillion
https://instagram.com/p/BOHiC7vB48A/

I tried the black and purple highlights and it just ended up looking too heavy, I decided to keep the hair white and lighten the base a little, the over all gives it good balance, here's my latest WIP

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 6:38 pm
by Imrillion
I'll try to add some pix directly
To the board

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 6:48 pm
by Imrillion
Here's the Exe's

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 7:05 pm
by Imrillion
Current WIP

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:15 pm
by cultofkhaine
Nice - those ranks of exe's look awesome!

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:47 pm
by Calisson
The WE is exquisite! Love!

Re: My Har Ganeth Blog

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 12:33 am
by Imrillion
Thanks Cal!