It probably won't surprise anyone who has been following my articles for any length of time that I spend a lot of time looking at sprues and figuring out different ways to fit parts together in new and interesting ways. This week, the power generators on Terrain Sprue #2 caught my eye, and I decided it was time to get away from it all, with a compact escape pod!
Full walkthrough here: http://www.thecommguild.com/roller/thecommguild/entry/terrain-sprue-kitbash-escape-pod
For this week's article, I decided to have a go at a project that I've had percolating in the back of my brain for a while now. I bought some Colorshift paints from Green Stuff World some time ago, because they looked to pretty to not try them out on something, and I thought that they would be just perfect for conveying the otherworldly nature of the Karist Angel. So, I dug out an Angel that I had built way back when the Battle for Zycanthus box was first released and got some paint on it, with this result.
Full walkthrough with more pics and a 360 degree spin-around video here: http://www.thecommguild.com/roller/thecommguild/entry/painting-spotlight-colorshift-angel
Time to build something!
This week, I had a tinker with the Mule, from Mantic Games' Warpath game. I love the styling of this vehicle, and thought it would fit nicely into an Epirian force for Maelstrom's Edge with just a few minor tweaks. This was the end result:
Find the full article here: http://www.thecommguild.com/roller/thecommguild/entry/modeling-spotlight-epirian-aurochs-automated
To the new painter, eye lenses, targeting sensors and other shiny 'glass' details on models can seem a little daunting, but it's actually really easy to paint them up to provide a nice focal point on your models. In this week's article, I run through five different techniques for painting lenses!
Find the full article here: http://www.thecommguild.com/roller/thecommguild/entry/painting-tutorial-lenses-redux