Gamers' Workhop: Blood Bowl Team High Elves

As I've mentioned before that I'm not really a fan of fantasy game, so I don't really know much about them.  I was introduced to this game called Blood Bowl, which consists of a few races of fantasy races to compete against each other in a game of American Football, except that it's much more violent.  Heard that it's a board game that exists for a long time, where it is played with miniature figures.

I decided to go with High Elves team because that's the one that's the one that I feel more comfortable with.  1 team required 11 figures to start, so my friend managed to help me to get 1 extra because the box of High Elves that I got has only 10 figures.  The box set that I used is called the High Elves White Lion of Charice, produced by Gamers Workshop.

In order to have it conforms to Blood Bowl, I have to cut out all the weapon that they're holding because the boxset is produced for war gaming purpose.  Some pictures of the finishing products.

The fun part of building this thing is that it's so small and yet it's capable of producing a lot of possible poses.  I do enjoy building these figures.  As for the painting, it's quite a challenge because not only that it's small, there are some parts that cannot be reached, so will need to plan the painting more carefully.

I learned something new via this build, which is a technique called layering, which is basically a painting way to create a transition between 2 color tones.  I also learned that it's not necessarily to use washing to achieve the enhancement of details, which it can be done equally good with only painting & blending of colors if it is done correctly.

In a nutshell, doing this thing really is an eye opening experience for me to painting, and some in depths on how critical it can be that adding shadow could add more depths to a piece of painting.

Bandai PG 1/60 Gundam Astray Red Frame (friend's)

This is my second PG Red Frame that I helped my friend to build.  I won't be talking much about it as I've already done so with my previous PG Red Frame.  What I intended to do on this one is to improve it as compare to my previous build.  So in this build, I tried to apply a few techniques that I learned since joining the Gunpla modelling community.  Some pictures of the finishing product.

In this build I tried to apply shading, dry brushing & washing because through all my previous build, I find that these techniques are very useful and could add more depths to the overall finishing, i.e. enhancing the details.  I also tried to improve on the shining metal parts by using other brand of paint, which in this case it's Gaia Notes gold and silver.  Both give superb finishing.

Overall, I'm pleased with the outcome even though I felt that it can still be improved, but am glad that at least there are improvements over my previous build.

Warhammer Terrain - Fortified Manor

I was introduced to miniature figures of Warhammer by a friend that I met through Gunpla modelling.  Even though I was not really into fantasy war board game, yet I have the opportunity to work on this terrain from the Warhammer game produced by Citadel.

This terrain costs about 46 GBP, so it's a lot of money there.  My first impression when I received the kit was "how am I going to build it?"  Because in comparison with scale model or even Gunpla, it's a totally different approach, where it does require some in dept in my opinion to have it painted nicely.  So it's quite a challenge to build it.

As shown in the picture, it consists of a tower, a main chapel, stone fences & wood fences.  Unlike Gunpla, where each part has to be painted separately only then assembled together, this terrain can be assembled first only then do the overall painting.

The type of color that I used on this kit is lacquer with acrylic.  The lacquer colors that I painted are white and red, and I did the different tone of red on the roof with lacquer as well.  As for the other colors, I used mainly acrylic, specifically artist acrylic borrowed from my friend.  As for the final layer of washing, I used enamel paint instead.

The technique that I used & still learning in application to the painting is mostly dry brushing & washing.  Dry brushing is to enhance the raised details of a surface, i.e. edges of rough stones, while washing is to raised details of sunken surface i.e. the gap between stone, or to create dirt effect i.e. water stain.  Some pictures of how the finishing product looks like in up close.

Overall, it's really interesting to work on this terrain, and it's really fun to work on it because the painting is really fun especially after seeing how it turns out at the end.  The whole thing does not require much sanding work like Gunpla because terrain not necessarily in good shape all the time, so it's alright to have some mishap.

I was happy on seeing how it turns out because it's enjoyable when seeing the product turns out nicely.  I also very thankful that the friend who gave me this terrain to work on gave me pointers on how to improve on my weathering, as a result that now and then I'd observe how structures or objects around me to get some ideas on how to do weathering on my next project.