Space Wolf Terminators

Today on the chopping block I have 20 Space Wolf Terminators. 10 of them are armed with frost claws, and the other 10 are armed with thunderhammers and storm shields. They have Forge World decals on the right shoulder pads. 

Converted Dwarf Warriors (Part Two)

Here are the remaining 19 Dwarf Warriors (Including command) from this post back in February:
http://mattsterbenz.blogspot.com/2015/02/creating-press-mold-to-convert-shields.html

The unit is 40 models total.

I'm also trying out a watermark thanks to Chris' suggestion on a previous post. Thoughts?

The BIG Space Wolf Army (Part 1)

I've been working on a very large Space Wolf army lately. Here is the first batch of 10 characters.

Arjac's loincloth: Basecoat with a mix of black and Scorched Brown. Add increasing amounts of Zandri Dust for highlights. 

Glowing rune banner pole: Basecoat with black. Highlight with Eshin Grey. Paint the runes with thinned down Ice Blue. Highlight the edges of the runes with Mechanicus Standard Grey, followed by Dawnstone.

Note: (I add a few drops of black ink into my pots of Eshin Grey, to make it a little darker. That way I can highlight over black straight from the pot without having to mix it every time).

Krom's red cloak: Basecoat Scab Red. Shade with a mixture of Scab Red and black. Highlight with Scab Red plus increasing amounts of Blood Red. Highlight further with Fiery Orange.

Lukas' Frost Claws: Basecoat with Space Wolves Grey mixed with a little bit of white. Shade with thinned down Ice Blue. Highlight with Space Wolves Grey mixed with white. Highlight the edges and add scratches with thinned down white. 

Ragnar's Sword: After painting the saw blades, basecoat the casing of the chainsword with white. Several thin layers are better than one thick layer. Paint a line of black all the way around it. Paint several thinned coats of Sunburst Yellow over the entire casing. Using thinned down black, paint the triangle design. Highlight the edges of the black triangles with Eshin Grey, followed by Dawnstone. Shade the yellow areas with Golden Yellow, followed by a mixture of Golden Yellow and Fiery Orange. Highlight the edges of the yellow triangles with a mixture of Sunburst Yellow and white.

Each of the rune priests has knee heraldry to match the Blood Claws, Grey Hunters, and Wolf Guard. 

Caution striping on wires: Basecoat the wires black. Highlight with Eshin Grey. Paint the stripes with thinned down Golden Yellow; several thin coats is better than one thick coat. If you want really bright yellow, paint it white first. Highlight the edges with Sunburst Yellow, followed by a mix of Sunburst Yellow and white. Highlight the edges of the black portions with Dawnstone.

Thanks for following! What would you like to see more of?

Hello everyone. I'd like to thank you all for following my painting blog. I've always considered this space more of a "journal portfolio" of sorts; a way of recording images of my newest miniatures, with color recipes thrown in here and there. I haven't been terribly regular with posting over the past couple years, but I'd like to start making better habits with it.

I looked on the side bar the other day and noticed there are 50 people subscribed. I'm thrilled that so many people take interest in my work and I would like to thank each of you. I'm sure there are many more who are not subscribed but still check the blog regularly, and I would like to thank you all as well.

My question for everyone today is: What would you like to see more of? Would you like more color recipes? Work in progress photos? Snapshots of my painting work space? Step-by-step tutorials?

I would love to get some feedback on what you all like and dislike, areas in which I can improve, offer more content, and most of all inspire you to create something.

Thanks again! I look forward to the responses.

-Matt

Ogryns, High Elves, and a few others

Things have been busy! Here are a few of the figures to recently cross my paint desk. I'll list a few of the color recipes along the way...

Nork:

Skin: Basecoat Cadian Fleshtone, shade with a mixture of Reikland Flesh Shade and a little bit of Cadian Fleshtone (This makes it lighter and slightly opaque). Highlight Cadian Fleshtone and layer up to Elf Flesh, followed by Elf Flesh mixed with white. Water, Flesh Shade and a little bit of Scab Red were mixed together to glaze over the scars. 

Red gun: Basecoat Scab Red. Shade with Nuln Oil. Highlight Scab Red. Highlight the edges by adding in progressive amounts of Elf Flesh. 

Armor: Basecoat Catachan Green. Shade with Agrax Earthshade. Highlight Catachan Green, highlight by adding in successive amounts of Zandri Dust. 

Advisor:

Bronze armor: Basecoat VGC Brass. Shade with a mixture of Agrax Earthshade and Scorched Brown. Highlight VGC Bright Bronze. Highlight with a mixture of Bronze and Mithril Silver. Glaze over the armor with a mixture of water and Chestnut Ink. 

Blue/Green Cape: Basecoat Scaly Green. Shade with Nuln Oil. Highlight by adding progressive amounts of white into the Scaly Green basecoat. 

Yellow on the shield: Basecoat with several thin layers of white. Get a good, even coat. Coat the areas with thinned Sunburst Yellow. Shade with Golden Yellow followed by a mixture of golden yellow and Fiery Orange. Highlight the edges with Bad Moon Yellow mixed with White. 

Feathers: Basecoat with VGC Stonewall Grey. Shade with a mixture of Stonewall Grey and Earthshade (It will be a lighter, slightly opaque color). Highlight with Stonewall Grey mixed with white, followed by white on its own. Paint the tips of the feathers black. Highlight with Eshin Grey, followed by Mech. Standard Grey. 

Stone on the base: Basecoat Mech. Standard Grey. Shade with Agrax Earthshade. Highlight (drybrush) Mech. Standard Grey. Highlight Dawnstone. Highlight with a mixture of Dawnstone and Screaming Skull.