Billy McGoatee Practice Model - Beasty Gor
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:01 am
Greetings and Salutations Guys!
As I haven't painted anything figure wise in some years, and when I did it was just Space Marines I've decided to get back on the horse as it were. Looking at the left over remnants of my old models I didn't sell there was a box of Beasty Gors, so I set about putting one together for the fun. It's rough, the positioning of limbs and his head aren't great and means that I have to be very careful when trying to paint specific areas. Of course the arms and head could have been painted separately, but I just don't like doing it that way myself.
The model has had a gentle coat of Humbrol Grey Primer:
Sorry for this slightly blurry image:
For the base colour of the skin and fur I will be using Citadels Scorched brown, mostly because I got rid of my Vallejo Game Colour set a while back (And it was the full range
) And I soon realised why I like the dropper bottles so much, better for control. For my aircraft and tanks I'm I'll be using Lifecolor short term and if I like them I'll purchase some dropper bottles on the a popular auction site 
and transfer them all into those, a little work but I'm sure it'll be worth it.
To that I added some water and flow improver, I've taken a dropper bottle like the vallejo paints come in and put a 50/50 mix of water and Improver; this is completely experimental and may change as I get back into painting.
Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of the basecoat, mostly because a builder turned up to fix a few things, and then a house mate was pestering me for something, basically causing me to lose track. Nothing more frustrating for me than being disturbed when modelling, it always seems to be the case when I'm not doing anything no one wants me, then when I'm modelling, reading, watching a show I really want to see... BAM, the Managing Director (Girlfriend) wants me to do something, or watch X-Factor, or a builder turns up, or Zeus wants to talk... wait no, that's for my psychiatrist
Anyway, from the basecoat I went on and mixed a random amount of Scorched Brown with Vomit Brown to make the first mid-tone/highlight? Basically I'm doing a 3 colour style of painting that is good for small figure at a slight distance, so like it, some don't and I just so happen to like it.
A few drops of my Improver mix was added, and I started applying it to the fur. What I came to realise half way through was my brush might have been too big, my hand was too unsteady even with using the pinky-stabaliser method. I don't expect much else as I've just started again, but to help I changed the brush to a smaller detail brush and all went better and I stopped splodging paint in areas I didn't want it. I also had to keep reminding myself to wipe some paint off the brush so I don't get a tidal wave of paint all over the model and in the recesses.
As of yet I am undecided what tones I'm going to go with when it comes to the fur, I may have made it difficult for myself with doing the fur so light, and it needs another highlight yet, so I may end up doing it a human flesh colour, or re-think it all together. I've also made the conscious decision after watch Coen's video on Mr Campbell to make my Beastman Scottish. Therefore, the small amount of cloth on him will be done in Tartan (Yay, going the easy route), although not as realistic as Mr. Coen's.
That's it for today's Painting of the Billy McGoatee, so see you on the next post!
-D
As I haven't painted anything figure wise in some years, and when I did it was just Space Marines I've decided to get back on the horse as it were. Looking at the left over remnants of my old models I didn't sell there was a box of Beasty Gors, so I set about putting one together for the fun. It's rough, the positioning of limbs and his head aren't great and means that I have to be very careful when trying to paint specific areas. Of course the arms and head could have been painted separately, but I just don't like doing it that way myself.
The model has had a gentle coat of Humbrol Grey Primer:
Sorry for this slightly blurry image:
For the base colour of the skin and fur I will be using Citadels Scorched brown, mostly because I got rid of my Vallejo Game Colour set a while back (And it was the full range
) And I soon realised why I like the dropper bottles so much, better for control. For my aircraft and tanks I'm I'll be using Lifecolor short term and if I like them I'll purchase some dropper bottles on the a popular auction site and transfer them all into those, a little work but I'm sure it'll be worth it.To that I added some water and flow improver, I've taken a dropper bottle like the vallejo paints come in and put a 50/50 mix of water and Improver; this is completely experimental and may change as I get back into painting.
Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of the basecoat, mostly because a builder turned up to fix a few things, and then a house mate was pestering me for something, basically causing me to lose track. Nothing more frustrating for me than being disturbed when modelling, it always seems to be the case when I'm not doing anything no one wants me, then when I'm modelling, reading, watching a show I really want to see... BAM, the Managing Director (Girlfriend) wants me to do something, or watch X-Factor, or a builder turns up, or Zeus wants to talk... wait no, that's for my psychiatrist
Anyway, from the basecoat I went on and mixed a random amount of Scorched Brown with Vomit Brown to make the first mid-tone/highlight? Basically I'm doing a 3 colour style of painting that is good for small figure at a slight distance, so like it, some don't and I just so happen to like it.
A few drops of my Improver mix was added, and I started applying it to the fur. What I came to realise half way through was my brush might have been too big, my hand was too unsteady even with using the pinky-stabaliser method. I don't expect much else as I've just started again, but to help I changed the brush to a smaller detail brush and all went better and I stopped splodging paint in areas I didn't want it. I also had to keep reminding myself to wipe some paint off the brush so I don't get a tidal wave of paint all over the model and in the recesses. As of yet I am undecided what tones I'm going to go with when it comes to the fur, I may have made it difficult for myself with doing the fur so light, and it needs another highlight yet, so I may end up doing it a human flesh colour, or re-think it all together. I've also made the conscious decision after watch Coen's video on Mr Campbell to make my Beastman Scottish. Therefore, the small amount of cloth on him will be done in Tartan (Yay, going the easy route), although not as realistic as Mr. Coen's.
That's it for today's Painting of the Billy McGoatee, so see you on the next post!
-D
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