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Creating Transparent Bottles

Time for a breakdown on a technique we don't encounter every day. The humble transparent bottle. After all, we wouldn't want to be caught in the cursed city without a little hair of the dog. Enjoy!

Colors used:

From Vallejo, Lime Green, Black Green, Black, and White.

From P3, Bloodstone.

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Non Metallic Metal, Gold Armor

Greetings and welcome to the first tutorial of the new year! Feels good to take that first step of 2022. In this video we're taking a look at creating non metallic metal gold armor. This took a while as non metallic metal requires a lot of gradual steps. The whole process was about 6 hours in total, edited here into a digestible 30 minutes. Enjoy!

Colors used:

From P3, Bloodstone, Battlefield Brown, and Coal Black.

From Vallejo, Deep Yellow, Black, and Buff.

From Liqui...

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Corroded NMM

Ahoy, sailor of the seas chromatic! Today's journey brings us to a painted blade most wicked. We are to learn the ways of corroded non metallic metal, as demonstrated on this wicked axe.

Colors used:

From Vallejo, Black, Black Grey, and White.

From P3, Khador Red Highlight, Bloodstone, and Battlefield Brown.

Have a happy new year!

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Darkoath Savagers Complete Process

Greetings and hails, Wizard! Take a look at my book of moving pictures, this week it offers a vision of Warcry. With all of my factions I've taken it as a chance to build a fast and effective recipe that makes a stylish statement on the tabletop, the Savagers are no exception. Enjoy!

Colors Used:

From Vallejo, Dark Blue Pale, Pale Sand, Camo Olive Green, Gunmetal, Medium Flesh Tone, Deck Tan, and Black Grey.

From Citadel, Contrast Black Templar, Contrast Gore-Grunta Fur...

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Nurgle Armor

Do you smell that? It can mean only one thing, ol bloaty is back for another demonstration. This time around we're having a look at the armor and all the techniques combining to create a fast and well done result. Enjoy!

Colors used:

Liquitex titanium white

Coal Black, Bloodstone, and Moldy Ochre.

From Vallejo, Black.

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Ork Boy Complete Process

Waaagh! Ah that's feels good. This time around we're taking a look at a somewhat fast and fully effective way to paint up the humble ork boy.

Colors used:

From Vallejo, Buff, Green Brown, Olive Brown, Hull Red, Deck Tan, Gunmetal Gray, Black, and Silver. 

From P3, Exile Blue, Cygnar Blue Highlight, and Khador Red Base.

From Army Painter, Military Shader and Strong Tone.

From Liquitex, Titanium White.

Other ingredients, Yellow Earth and Dark Eart...

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Flesh of Nurgle

Greetings fellow Wizards! In this video we're getting gross with some nurgleized flesh. This is a personal favorite of mine as I find a lot of freedom in creating diseased skin. Please enjoy the video and feel free to ask questions as always :)

Colors used:

From P3, Battledress Green, Thrall FLesh, Sanguine Base, Khador Red Base, Bloodstone, and Exile Blue.

From Dialer Rowney FW ink, Antelope Brown and Sepia.

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Gem College!

In this video we're taking a look at the classics, creating a gemstone. One step I left out was a coat of gloss medium, after I had shot the video and finished everything, it turns out I wasn't done and decided it needed a little shine

I was also having some audio issues with my mic making bumping noises, apologies for the occasional sound. Still getting situated at my new house.

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This Week in Review

Happy Saturday!

Finally getting settled in to my new home. This last week has been a productive one and I wanted to share what I've worked on over these last five days.

First up, I built the new Darkoath Svagers from Red Harvest. Warcry has been bringing a lot of enjoyment to my usually non existent gaming life. It's quick, chaotic, and as a result you can't really over think your lists and strategy, it's al in the hands of chaos.

The bases were made from a small plastic ...

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True Metallic Metal Breakdown

Greetings fellow wizard! In this video I wanted to flesh out non metallic metal in the style I often approach it. Controlling where the shine happens with opaque paint, toning it in a certain direction with the addition of a tinted ink or wash. I hope this look at NMM helps you in your future swordplay. Let's paint the world!

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State of the Union

Greetings, Chromatic Warriors! In this video I'm asking what you would like to see as well as announcing that I've move into a new house. My nose is a bit stuffy as well haha, I didn't realized until listening back to my recorded voice that I'm all jammed up.

Please watch this video and let me know what you think in the comments section below :)

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Sepulchural Guard, Complete Process

Time for something a little spooky! In this video we'll be taking a look at how I painted up the commander from the Sepulchural guard boxed set.

Please feel free to comment below, I'm always happy to hear from you, the supporters of this Patreon :)

Colors used:

From Vallejo, Buff, Olive Brown, Ice yellow, Olive Green, German Camo Pale Brown, Green Brown, German Camo Black Brown, Deck Tan, Gunmetal Gray, Silver.
From P3, Sanguine Base, Khador Red base, Meridius Blue, Bl...

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The Emperor's Chamption, Part 2

Ahoy faithful heroes! It's time we wrapped up that talk about the Emperor's Champion. In this installment we're taking a look at stippling, glowing eyes, and a few other delights.

Please feel free to ask questions and log comments, as supporters of this page, I am always happy to hear your thoughts.

Colors used:

From Vallejo, Olive Brown, Brass, Silver, Buff, Black, German Camo Black Brown, Beastly Brown, Dark Prussian Blue.

From P3, Hearthfire, Khador Red Base, Khad...

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Finished, The Emperor's Champion!

Ready for any challenge!

Space marines have always embodied that Sci-Fi knight aesthetic and the Emperor's Champion even more so. What a great Sculpt. I appreciate that they've broken away from the eagle on the chest and provided some area to work.

This model is featured in today's tutorial as well as next week's where we will take a look at stippling, glowing eyes, and a few other details.

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The Emperor's Champion, Part 1

Hails and cheers, Chromatic warriors! This week we're having a look at the emperor's favored slayer.

In part 1 we're looking at the armor, both black and white, as well as the base and some other establishing elements.

Colors used:

From Vallejo, Black, White, Dark Prussian Blue, Beastly Brown, Gunmetal Gray, Olive Green, Buff, German Canon Pale Brown, Deck Tan.

From P3, Sanguine base.

From Dialer Rowney, Black Ink.

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Lord of Blights

Finished, the Lord of Blights, smell the fear!

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Blighted Banner Freehand

Greetings, Chromatic Warrior! This time I bring you a banner of much decay and disease. Sit back and enjoy!

Colors used:

From Vallejo, Black, Buff.

From P3: meridius blue, khador red base, sanguine base, battlefield brown, gun corps brown, battledress green.

From liquitex, Titanium white

As always feel free to add questions and comments. This video is hosted on yotube which should fix the problem some people have been having with the app.

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Coming Soon!

The next video in line will a repellant depiction of the blighted banner.

I also am making this post to address the quirk in the patreon app. It seems that the tutorials are only viewable on a PC or by logging in from your mobile browser. It has been a point of frustration and I've contacted patreon about the issue.

I'll be trying something new with the next video and posting it here via a YouTube link. Fingers crossed that works out but I wanted to let people know I'm aware o...

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Monstrous Flesh!

Salutations, Chromatic Warrior! This week we're taking a look at a lovely sculpt from Creature Caster and a bit of a reversal of the usual concept. Ordinarily I speak on the topic of cold shadows and warm highlights, as we see the world in that way quite often. But this time I wanted to switch the order and create a piece with warm shadows. The result is a very cool look and I think it works well on the subject. Enjoy!

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Build A Simple Sci-Fi Base

Greetings, Chromatic Warriors! This week, let's take a little trip to the workshop and build a sci-fi base. This model was sent to me by Kieran of the Oddsided Dice Podcast and will be a charity project in conjunction with models for heroes in England. Happy to help! I took the chance to record the process for building up a suitable base for this cool mini, enjoy :)

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Emelda Braskov, Complete Process

Greetings fellow wizard! This time we're having a look at Captain Emelda Braskov of Cursed City fame and breaking down the complete process. They don't all have to be bangers, sometimes nice is good enough. I hope this video inspires and informs you of new methods and a positive mental state.

As always feel free to ask questions and share your comments.

Have a great weekend!

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Pi-Well: The Painted Backdrop

This week it's the grand finale for Pi-Well! Free your mind and conjure a 3 dimensional world upon a 2 dimensional object. We don't make mistakes, we make happy accidents.

Have a great weekend and I hope you find some time to relax and create!

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Pi-Well Complete Process

This week we're taking a look at how that little yellow robot was painted up. I'm enjoying how this one is coming together and next week we'll be taking a look at the backdrop I created for him.

Have a great weekend!

P.S. I'll have pictures of him uploaded on monday, I'm out of town at the moment and forgot that step.

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Pi-Well Complete Process

This week we're taking a look at how that little yellow robot was painted up. I'm enjoying how this one is coming together and next week we'll be taking a look at the backdrop I created for him.

Have a great weekend!

P.S. I'll have pictures of him uploaded on monday, I'm out of town at the moment and forgot that step.

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Pi-Well Base Paint

Awrooo! Woke up the hobbywolf. Greetings, Chromatic Warriors, this week we're taking a look at the process used to paint up Pi-Well's base. It's quick, it's dirty, it's unchained!


Feel free to ask any questions as always and let me know how you feel in the comment section below.

Next up we'll be taking a look at the little robot itself!

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Torryn Part 4: Final Touches

Let's finish off ol Torryn today. Well, minus the shield, that will be a separate video but I'm saving it for later, like a fine dessert of hard tack. In this video I'll be painting the hair, belts, and topping off the skin and NMM. Enjoy!

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Torryn Part 3: Atmospheric NMM

This time around we're taking a look at the process for creating sky and earth reflective non metallic metal. Zeroing in on a few key areas. In this video I make a reference to an older recording in which I was painting a black and white model. It's a oldie but a goodie and will help understand how to find the way light interacts with reflective materials.

Have a great weekend!

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Torryn Part 2: The Garb

This week let's talk about yellow and add some stripes, Torryn must be dressed for war and drab colors won't do! My inspiration for this came from looking at images of Germanic barbarians, I'm going to something a little loud and a little dirty, which seems like a good fit. Enjoy!

Next time we see Torryn we'll be talking about some atmospheric NMM and I'm pretty stoked on that :) 

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Killteam Chang, Ready for Anything

What a great time to paint a killteam, the game has been turned on it's side but the benefit of kitbashing is that they can represent a variety of troops.

These models were assembled by my good friend, Mr. Chang, and since I previewed them recently, I wanted to share the end result. Done and dusted, ready for war B) Enjoy!

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Torryn Part 1: Legendary Flesh

Kicking off the series on Torryn the Legend, let's take a look at that skin tone. I'm going for that ever popular fantasy style were the hues are a bit over emphasized. You may notice his garb is painted as well, we'll be talking about that in a future video.

Please feel free to ask any questions in the comments below!

 

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