The Herdstone Toxins

fatgoblin · Post by **fatgoblin** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:31 am

fantastic paint work and some nice conversions there! Well done!

BullBear · Post by **BullBear** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 12:38 am

Wow.
Getting a lot of compliments on my painting. Fellas, I've gotta come clean...

I didn't paint these, 'The Dip' did.

True, I picked the color scheme and applied the basic colors, but The Dip did all the rest. (Well, besides some highlighting and touch ups here and there...)

The trick is I dip the models in a jar of tap water first, brief shake, then quickly into the woodstain. It seems to thin the stain a perfect amount. Not an exact science, but for these boys it worked out all right!

Rabid_Bogscum · Post by **Rabid_Bogscum** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:08 am

wow really... a dip job eh

BullBear · Post by **BullBear** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:17 am

wow really... a dip job eh

Yep, and here's some others from the same batch: (not pleased with how dark the elf came out, but for the amount of time I spent on it, I'm good)

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I really like how the coach turned out:

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IMHO, the dip is the greatest thing to happen to minis. I fall under the category of loving to convert, but hating to paint. I don't hate it enough to play prepainted minis games because I enjoy choosing colors and desire the overall 'look'to be somethin gI've created. Will I win awards? No, but I will be able to field the team I want to in the time I have.

fatgoblin · Post by **fatgoblin** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:32 am

well, the nurgle team is an ideal choice for dipping!

fen · Post by **fen** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:48 pm

tbh I'm half tempted to dip my Khemri team once I've finished base painting them.

BullBear · Post by **BullBear** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:00 pm

Khemri are perfect for dipping.
A buddy of mine got a lighter sand colored dip, only primed them white, then a few basic colors on the uniform. They came out looking very cool.

You don't need to base paint anything. Before I prime the models (usually white to offset the darkening of the dip) I glue the sand/mixture on the base. Paint the model base colors, then dip. The dip will pool down into the base mixture and shade it. All I did afterwards was a light bleached bone dry brush on the rocks, then glue spots of flock. Basing done automatically. Sweet.

Weav · Post by **Weav** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:28 pm

Great team! Really inspiring, thanks

Odium Khan · Post by **Odium Khan** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:34 pm

Lol, I love them! Especially the rotters, you made your point perfectly clear.

mlindsay2706 · Post by **mlindsay2706** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:40 pm

they are great! some pretty ncie conversions which reallt add to the figs's ace paintjobs

temujin71 · Post by **temujin71** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:56 pm

nicely done, and nice homage to my favorite team.

Gumbo · Post by **Gumbo** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:51 pm

I rarely jump on the 'Nice Job' band wagon but these are a great set of minis. Great theme and uniform.

One thing. That Dark Elf ref thing. Possibly the worst mini i have ever seen (not your painting, the mini). Shame about that, other wise all gravy baby!

browwnrob · Post by **browwnrob** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 10:47 pm

what dip did you use? they turned out nicely! and how much tidying up did you do on them after dipping?

Neil McAndrew · Post by **Neil McAndrew** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:46 am

Very nice. I may have to borrow the lime green paint effect for my up and coming paint job on my chaos team "Draconian Witchcraft"
Just need to get the lime green and chaos minis and I'm good to go

whiteknight · Post by **whiteknight** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 7:46 am

I like the coach, he look awesome.