Warhammer Visions Issue 6

I haven`t been paying much attention to Warhammer Visions, but with the new Ork Codex this looks like its going to be the issue to pick up.  In the video below I flip through the whole issue and give some first impressions.  Basically, there are lots of cool pictures of the new Ork models, all of the paint splatter articles in the last month`s White Dwarf Weeklies, some golden deamon pics, kit bash with Tyranids, token hobbit and Fantasy stuff.

Radagast finished (+ tutorial)

Here's the next guy I painted up from the hobbit set.  I tried to use as many of the browns as I could from the GW range and I didn't have a guide to go with... so this is what I ended up with.  Neat model, not sure if I like the pose, but whatever.

How to Paint Bilbo

Another Hobbit character, and depending on the hits, maybe the last in this format.  These guys do paint up fast, but filming the whole process is a little tedious.  I'll probably do Radagast in this format then switch over to the regular photos for the rest of the guys.  They will be quite similar, so there's no point in doing them separately.

Anyway, like the other ones, I used the tutorial from Tale of Painters as my inspiration.  With each one I'm deviating a little more, but the basic process is similar.

http://taleofpainters.blogspot.ca/2012/12/tutorial-how-to-paint-bilbo-baggins.html

How to Paint Gandalf

Here's the painting tutorial and finished pics of the Gandalf model from Escape from Goblin town.  A pretty straight forward paint job, but a little variation in the grey by using some blue greys.  Same sort of tutorial I've been doing with the explanation then 4x speed video of each step.

Got the inspiration again from Tale of Painters:
http://taleofpainters.blogspot.ca/2012/12/tutorial-how-to-paint-gandalf-from.html

Hope you like it.

Thorin Oakenshield Finished (and tutorial)

Here we go with the first from the forces of good from Escape from Goblin Town.  As mentioned over on youtube, I've used the painting guide published over at Tale of Painters.  I like the way they've done a bunch of their painting guides and I think it'll save me some time when painting of the hobbit stuff.  I didn't follow it exactly, and for future ones I'm going to mix up the order to make it easier.  For example, I find it much easier to do all the base colours at once, then washes before moving forward.  These ones have each colour done fully before going to the next area.  I find that I have to fix stuff a lot if I do it that way, but if I do everything at once the next layer can hide my past mistakes.

Anyway, I've done up a speed painting video showing (almost) every brush stroke.  Check it out and let me know what you think.

Hobbit Goblins Finished (+tutorial)

Here's the finished Goblins from the Escape from Goblin Town box.  I mostly used the simple painting guide from the latest White Dwarf but took some artistic license with a couple steps.  The most noticeable of those is the use of a red glaze to make the sores look infected.

Check out the video and all the still images after the break.  Let me know if you have any questions or comments.  I have been following taleofpainters.blogspot.ca and like their tutorials, so I may use those for the dwarves (and break out my painting rig to show the actual painting in fast forward).  Hopefully I find time to do that over the Christmas Holidays.

The Hobbit Forces of Evil Assembly

Here's the final assembly video for the Hobbit box.  I've just primed these guys, so hopefully will be having some painting tutorials completed soon.

Hobbit Forces of Good Assembly

Here's all the forces of good from the new Hobbit boxed set, and assembling them.  They are all press fit and some of them are single piece.  I'm not a huge fan of the style of the dwarves and hobbits, but they are true to the movie and really well made.

(video after the break)

Unboxing The Hobbit Escape from Goblin Town

Here's a look at the new Hobbit boxed set and its contents.  I'm not as much of a fan of the true scale mini's, but the set is quite nice.  It'll be interesting to paint these guys up and have a go at the game.  Any suggestions about which ones to start with?  comments please.

Video after the break..