New Paint Scheme

So back to working on my Elysians. Going off what Col. Hessler's idea of washing the entire model in badab black I tried it. Did not like the way it looked, so added some sepia to the wash and it gave me the shading I liked. Basically I've also changed paints, I'm using Tamiya paints. I am using Desert Yellow as my base coat, which I then wash with the black/brown wash and then highlight with I believe it's Deck Tan.

I'll see if I can get some good pictures this evening and post them. Right now the clothes are the only thing painted since I wanted to insure that I got good colors.

Off we go

Okay,

So with the store up and running. I'm now able to get back to my blogs and get some good posts out to you people. So stay tuned for some new posts this week. If you're ever in the DFW area, stop by The Gamers Realm, it blows away conventional thinking when it comes to "game stores".

Life

Just so my followers are aware, I am about to pick this back up. I haven't made any progress whats so ever because of Life. A Good reason for it, and one I will share in the near future. For now though, the 371st will begin to see life again.

Paint Colors

The more and more I look at the test mini the more I don't think I like it. I'm going to do up a couple more I think. Going to use Tamiya and GW paints (or Vallejo) and go from there. I think the contrast between the highlighted desert sand and the mid tone desert khaki is just too much. Not too mention the desert sand might be a wee bit too white for what I'm looking for.

I'm going to try the Tamiya next xf-59 and 60. I can also look at Reapers Faded Khaki and Green Ochre set and see if that would be better. I'll come up with something though and will post it here when done.

Painted Test Model

Alright so here's a test model. What do you think?

Paint Scheme

Ahhh my paint scheme. I need to post a pic of it tonight. Basically I went with Tan fatigues and olive green armor/pads. I think it looks real sharp. I used Reaper's paints for this, starting with Tanned Shadow on the face and then Tanned Skin followed with Tanned Highlights. My first flesh paint job without washing it. To be honest I'm not sure about the results. I'll post pics later to get a feel for how you all think it is.

For the cloth I started with Dune Shadow, Desert Khaki for the mid tone and then Desert Sand as the highlight, did the pouches and such in the same tones. For the green I worked with Olive Shadow, Olive Drab and Worn Olive. This was done to the crash padding on the uniform as well as on the armor bits. Boots and gloves are black, the grav chute is a dark metal color, parts of the lasgun are Olive Drab and Worn Olive, the magazine, hand grip and barrel area are the same dark metal as the Grav Chute. Over all I think it's a nice scheme.

I'll post pics as soon as I can. That's all for now. Once I get the process down prepare for more pics and paint log.

The legend begins

Tossing around ideas on my second army. Thought about doing an offshoot of the Mordant 13 that I started playing last year. While I thought it might be cool, I realized that I should do something else. Something a little bit different.

Enter the Elysians. They will be my next army. I'll have core troops and storm troopers. The platoons that are already on the ground will be the guys that secured the LZ and moved onward. I'll have to use Valks and Vendettas as my tank hunters and possibly sentinels as well.

Should be fun. :)