Phoenix Guard Finished (and video)

Here's those Phoenix Guard I've been working on.  There were a few steps that took forever, but once I got past the white cloaks it was home free.  The non-metallic gold is getting easier each time, and I'd even say that on these guys it was one of the fastest steps.  This is a good thing since I really like how it turns out.

Phoenix Guard WIP 2

I'm getting closer to finishing these guys... still working on the grey/white steps, then its on to the non-metallic gold and small details.  I'm glad I only did 15 of these guys in this batch.  If I had done more each step would have been a bit overwhelming and would have slowed things down a bit too much.

High Elf Phoenix Guard WIP

I had a request to do these guys a while back, and they finally have made it up my queue to get painted.  I decided to do 15 of them at once, and judging by the length of time its taking to get the base coats done I'm glad I didn't do more.  They are kind of fiddly, but I think I'm past the hard part.

Flamespyre Phoenix Finished Pictures and Tutorial video

Hey, after last week's distraction with those technical paints I'm back with another tutorial.  I finally got my airbrush out to get this guy done, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  Keeping the wings detached helped a lot and the design on the mini really lends to using this sort of technique.  The airbrush part is shown in the video at 4x speed with commentary, then still images for the rest as usual.

More pictures, video and painting guide after the jump.

A little airbrushing (Ultramarines tanks and Flamespyre Phoenix)

I finally had a block of time where I was able to get my airbrush out and get some serious work done.  I managed to get a rhino and landraider done before moving over to the Flamespyre Phoenix.  I'm happy with how those turned out, and once I have a chance to add some details and weathering to the rhino and landraider they will be ready to go.  I really enjoyed working on the Flamespyre, so it jumped right onto my painting table for finishing because it looks so cool.  Now I want to get another kit so I can make up the frostheart and paint it up as well.