Learning Curve...black

So about nine months ago I discovered Roman and his group of talented painters over at MassiveVoodoo. After spending quite a bit of time reading his blog and the articles he had, I decided it was time for me to change my approach to painting.

My technique before the switch could best be described as make a mess and spend time fixing it. This often left me with results that were sub par and blending that was not quite good. So after reading Massive Voodoo I decided I would change to many, many, many, extremely thin layers. Along with this I have forced myself to use higher contrast start to finish with my blends. Roll all this together with a two color Zenithal Lighting priming. This has been rather successful for me so far, but some of my fall back recipes require reworking. Up to this point I have managed to figure out what to do to create the blends I need to get the colors I am happy with.

Here are some models that are in an extremely early stage.

WIP: Eldar Guardians...Time for some troopers

So I figured it was time for me to get off my ass and post something. Since I have been concentrating on painting individual models I figure it would be a good time to take a break and do some units. We are doing a Ard Boys build up again this year and I am working on Eldar. So that means I am going to be painting Eldar. I already have quite a few models painted up for this army, but I am going to be starting over and replacing the old painted ones with new ones.

The pieces of my new Eldar models

Here they are ready for new paint

Eldrad Conversion Painted and Finished

Well, here he is I hope you like him. Thanks to a fairly rules knowledgeable group of local gamers I was able to finish him during this weekends 40K tournament I was hosting at the FLGS. I turned in the pics over at Dragonpainting forums and know I just wait to see what they think. I also hope you like it as well. Maybe my next project will be a bit less intensive.

More pics after the jump