I'm starting a project in preparation for the Golden Daemon. Hopefully it'll be placed in the Open Competition or 5 man. I got until GamesDay L.A. to complete the project. I'll continue to post pictures of my progress.
June 20, already finished pasting the individual plasti-card tiles onto the base. As you can see, I've made 5 deep cuts so that those models could be used as a base whenever they need to be played in a game.
June 25th, took me 5 days to green stuff the marines because most of which requires drying before i add extra detail to the green stuff. Also, I had some bits around to plastic glue onto. A lot of the poses for the CSM legs are very so anti-dynamic. Made me which they release sets in which legs are separate from the pelvic and torso.
July 4th, I never painted this color scheme before, so it took me a while to figure out what color combinations and mixes required to get the effect I wanted. So far, it looks good, but I've realized my limitations of myself while doing so. I've realized that I cannot do a "Golden Daemon" quality as I'm still learning and improving painting techniques.
July 21, I've been busy and it's been slow in progress as well.
August 2, modeling and fixing a lot of pieces of the champion tooked longer than I though. I've also realized that the first two models I've made does not look as good as the last two, which is unfortunate. I'm getting a hang of blends with black armours and non-metal-metal.
August 28, Tau Suit done. To be honest, this vomit brown color scheme is harder than it actually looks. I didn't realize it until I was painting it.
September 6th. This base probably side tracked me for 3 months. Now that it's completed, I could glue the other models onto it as a base. Before painting, texturing is needed or else the plasticard is too flat to give a stone look. To do so, I've pretty much bathed and coated 3 heavy coats of Testor's Dullcote. Afterwards, I've done 3 light coats of the Dullcote. There's probably a better method, but either I was lazy to look it up or trying to do things through improvisation. Which is a better idea, I don't know. Doesn't hurt to try.
The first picture is what it looked like with base coat and ink. The stones were codex grey with black ink wash. The blues are merely regal blue.
On the second picture, it completed. The stones were dry brushed from codex grey > Fortress grey > ghostly grey. This gives a darker stone feeling and made me wish that I should have used a necron symbol instead of the eldar symbol. The blues are blended with two watery coats from regal blue > ultramarine blue > ice blue > ice blue & white combination.
November 7th Project not dead yet. I delayed it in order to get ready for graduation. I truely do not like to work in small 1 hour a day batches because it usually kills my sense of color coordination and intended thoughts on the project. I should be able to get it done by end of December. Here's some of my preparation work.
December 21st. Project is not dead yet. I had to deal with my academics and emotions through my final semester of college. On this day, I officially graduated with Bachelor of Science in Business Administration majoring in International Business and Management, including my minor degree in Japanese language.
December 23rd, latest update and nearly in completion.
Finish!
Please note that I'm no master painter, but I continue to improve and work hard on my skills to at least get honorable mentioned.
Lastly, in order to avoid spammage, I will continuely update this main thread for both of ease of view and simplification. Please comment if you like. Please bump at your own risk.