Kaladrax In Seven Days! Buglips is Crazy! WIP

[buglips*the*goblin]

 

 

Basecoat secure! Well, mostly. I rushed a little bit on the next part and some not-quite-dry grey came off. So I decided to let it sit a while longer.

 

So what was the next stage?

 

 

 

Drybrushing! In this case, more than just an expedient. Kaladrax has a few problems you don't notice until you get into working on him. Chief among these is that his accidental enlargement made some of his details a bit soft. Now, some people believe that after you learn layering and so on that there's no need for the old, primitive techniques any more.

 

Well, I disagree. In this case, I'm using drybrushing to help compensate for the detail loss. As you should be able to see in the picture, using reaper stone grey over the armor grey undercoat with a drybrush results in a textured finish - and I think this will help give the illusion of more detail than there actually is. This is only the first stage for the base, and when it's all through it should (hopefully) look pretty neato. We'll see. But IMO, drybrushing is the way to go here over layering. Your mileage may vary, depending on whether you like that look.

 

 

And then I set about giving his skull another coat and starting some other bone bits. That center piece had pretty wild flash going on, so I carved out as much as I could quickly. Can't be sure I have enough time to worry it, but there was too much to leave in place. Hopefully any bits I missed won't show up later as glaring defects.

 

And that Bone Shadow is really growing on me.

Edited September 7, 2013 by buglips*the*goblin

[aku-chan]

That's some good drybrushing, Kallys base is looking great!

[OneBoot]

Buglips, I salute you (with paintbrush in hand)! I've been waiting for someone to do a full WIP of this bad boy, and I'm super excited to see both the process and the finished result! Don't kill yourself trying to finish your challenge!

 

Huzzah!

--OneBoot :D

[buglips*the*goblin]

The secret to good textured drybrushing is to use a dry brush. I think Psyberwolfe mentioned in a thread recently about drybrushing to moisten the brush, and that's good advice for some uses. But that'll smooth out the texture, so if you want rough like above, don't wet the brush.

 

This will, however, absolutely murder your brush. In this case, I've sacrificed an old Reaper Kolinsky 0 with split hairs. It looks... pretty grisly now. But it should last long enough to finish the task.

 

Paint matters, too. Reaper, at least old pro paint, goes grainy under the drybrush. But other brands, like Coat D'Arms, instead get a gloopy look. Always test before doing it for real.

 

 

Buglips, I salute you (with paintbrush in hand)! I've been waiting for someone to do a full WIP of this bad boy, and I'm super excited to see both the process and the finished result! Don't kill yourself trying to finish your challenge!

 

Huzzah!

--OneBoot :D

 

 

Yeah, we've had "model ship syndrome" for some of the WIPs. Just one or two pictures with very few in-between stages. That's not a criticism of the effort, the vast majority of WIP threads on internet hobby sites are that way so it's very normal, but like you I always enjoy a WIP that takes you through the process more thoroughly.

[Teskal]

Wow, Boneshadow looks really dark.

I think I will use my army painter bones primer and make out of the boneshadow a wash. But I'm not really sure what I will do.

 

I like how you did the stone base. Drybrushing is still a good method. .-)

 

In the moment I think I will paint 2 versions of Kaladrax. One of the will get all removed between the bones. I'm not sure if I will do it with the wings, too.

And I'm still not sure what to do with the tail. If I will make it shorter or not.

 

Here is a nice picture of Kaladrax I saw in another forum. (Only a link, because I didn't asked if I can post it.)

I like how (s)he painted the guts/sinew/muscle. But I think you will get more out of Kaladrax after you painted him. Your base is looking already lot of better. :-)

[araziel]

I don't know what to say except good luck :P

*grabs popcorn*

[klarg1]

"They said he was mad! ...and they were probably right."

 

 

This is an impressive project, Buglips. It looks like you are already getting pretty far with this, and the base is looking great.

(I cringe when I think of all those tiny, suffering brushes though)

[Bjkernow]

Go Buglips go, this a great challenge

[Corporea]

"Hey look, Crow, he's drybrushing!"

(munches popcorn)

 

Actually, I like drybrushing, don't get me wrong. And for this 7 day challenge you'll need any time-saving trick. Does it count if you dip him in paint? How about paint on the fingers?

I like that bone shadow, too. I've been trying to use the kickstarter paint, and lonestar leather's what I've used to shade my bone. It's also fairly dark.

[Carnacki the Ghost Finder]

I've been trying to use the kickstarter paint, and lonestar leather's what I've used to shade my bone. It's also fairly dark.

That's a great idea - I will have to try that.

 

Hmm ... so Goblins must sleep during the day. More please! This is way better than HBO.

[Baugi]

When you're trying to do aged, weather beaten stone, I don't know why you wouldn't drybrush. Best technique for the task, IMO.

[Froggy the Great]

Or you could have bought multiple Kaladraxes and that's just some duplicate bones right there.

Kaladrices?

[ttuckerman]

 

Or you could have bought multiple Kaladraxes and that's just some duplicate bones right there.

Kaladrices?

 

Kaladraux

[Talae]

 

 

Or you could have bought multiple Kaladraxes and that's just some duplicate bones right there.

Kaladrices?

 

Kaladraux

 

That makes me think it would be a fake Kaladrax. Kaladrixi?

[Maglok]

You are MAD!

 

*settles in*