[Warfork Fantasy Battles] The Road To Power Campaign
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KingOfTheLeadPile
Lord
Interesting. I know of Mörg Borg but never delved into it. So any similarities are purely coincidental. Or subconscious... who knows
Geroak II
Baron
My knowledge about it is also rather limited; watched some reviews on youtube and checked out kickstarters for minis by Westfalia but that's it. 
Didn't mean to blame you of copying or anything like that (sorry if it felt like that!), but I spent a moment looking at your minis and thinking they reminded me of something and it took awhile to connect. I think it's something about how macabre both your beastmen and official Mörk Borg miniatures look. Can't quite put my finger on it, something like Mordheim on steroids; very grimdark feel and yet completely different in style.
But anyway, I do like what your doing with the gang here and look forward seeing how beastmen and others end up looking once finished.
Didn't mean to blame you of copying or anything like that (sorry if it felt like that!), but I spent a moment looking at your minis and thinking they reminded me of something and it took awhile to connect. I think it's something about how macabre both your beastmen and official Mörk Borg miniatures look. Can't quite put my finger on it, something like Mordheim on steroids; very grimdark feel and yet completely different in style.
But anyway, I do like what your doing with the gang here and look forward seeing how beastmen and others end up looking once finished.
KingOfTheLeadPile
Lord
Same for me.
Didn't read your post like that. But if I had intentionally copied Mörg Borg's look and you had recognized it, it would have been a compliment
Thanks, I would also like to know how everything turns out ... I do have an idea, but that often doesn't match with what I createBut anyway, I do like what your doing with the gang here and look forward seeing how beastmen and others end up looking once finished.
Slave to Darkness
Baron
I also get the Mork Borg vibe, it's a good vibe to get. These are gonna look good when finished.
KingOfTheLeadPile
Lord
This project has been pending for too long, time to continue. Following the airbrush stage, I choose the following colors to complete the paint job (plus some metallics later on), all from the Golden SoFlat line.
First, I used a piece of ripped off blister foam to give the minis the mottled effect from my reference photo. For that I used Cadmium Primrose.
With a brush, I then put Titanium White dots randomly over the models, mostly into the primrose dots.
For most of the other areas, I added Dioxazine Violet Deep. For example the wood is violet plus Raw Umber, highlighted with Titan Violet Pale, instead of a grey I would normally use for aged wood. The red on the shields started with violet plus Pyrrorole Red, then highlighted up to pure red.
For the leathers, I used Raw Umber, Red Oxide, Pale Yellow and Titan Violet Pale. I had all the colors on my wet palette, then did a random mix for each leather section, starting dark, then adding lines to represent wear and tear in lighter colors.
I recentely became a big fan of these limited palette jobs, it somehow creates a more intense and specific mood for me.
Areas like the wood and also the skin will be treated with oil washes, or perhaps rather filters, to further tweak the colors, pushing the wood more into a brown direction, for example. For the skin I am thinking of a red, or perhaps reddish brown, to tone down the mottled effect and blend more into the skin, as well as for more shadows. Not exactly sure yet.
First, I used a piece of ripped off blister foam to give the minis the mottled effect from my reference photo. For that I used Cadmium Primrose.
With a brush, I then put Titanium White dots randomly over the models, mostly into the primrose dots.
For most of the other areas, I added Dioxazine Violet Deep. For example the wood is violet plus Raw Umber, highlighted with Titan Violet Pale, instead of a grey I would normally use for aged wood. The red on the shields started with violet plus Pyrrorole Red, then highlighted up to pure red.
For the leathers, I used Raw Umber, Red Oxide, Pale Yellow and Titan Violet Pale. I had all the colors on my wet palette, then did a random mix for each leather section, starting dark, then adding lines to represent wear and tear in lighter colors.
I recentely became a big fan of these limited palette jobs, it somehow creates a more intense and specific mood for me.
Areas like the wood and also the skin will be treated with oil washes, or perhaps rather filters, to further tweak the colors, pushing the wood more into a brown direction, for example. For the skin I am thinking of a red, or perhaps reddish brown, to tone down the mottled effect and blend more into the skin, as well as for more shadows. Not exactly sure yet.
Brother Meredith
Lord
Works well with your theme and inspiration pic!
What are you planning for the bases?
What are you planning for the bases?
KingOfTheLeadPile
Lord
I do all my bases the same way, minis, terrain, ... I want them to look like they are all on the same surroundings.
For examples, see this thread, for example.
Brother Meredith
Lord
Deffo think more “realistic” bases will work well with the more limited palette. 
MichaelStockin
Lord
This is the way
KingOfTheLeadPile
Lord
The beastmen are done for the moment. I painted all metal in Vallejo 77.720 Gunmetal Grey, then applied a few patches of AK Interactive 8040 Corrosion Texture on them as a first weathering step. The trims of the shields as well as the horn were painted in Khorne's metal color, brass (Vallejo 72.801). The bases were painted in my standard dark black/brown mix.
The oils and other weathering effects I will do on the whole warband at once.
Next came the Halflings. I started by painting their skin. These poor fellas are on the path to Chaos with initial good intentions, but were let towards corruption quickly. So I wanted to give them sickly skintones. I used Golden SoFlat Dioxazine Violet (same violet used on the beastmen), Titan Green Pale, Titan Violet Pale (also already used on the beastmen), Pale Yellow (as on the beastmen) and Titanium White. I had all of these colors on my wet palette, then painted one model after the other, doing a different mix for each halfling. Nails were painted in the skin color with a visible amount of yellow added. The eyes, which I would normally only paint white, also had yellow added, for that sickly look.
All the wooden parts have the same violet / Raw Umber / Titan Violet Pale as on the beastmen. On the cook, I already started to paint the garments as well.
The oils and other weathering effects I will do on the whole warband at once.
Next came the Halflings. I started by painting their skin. These poor fellas are on the path to Chaos with initial good intentions, but were let towards corruption quickly. So I wanted to give them sickly skintones. I used Golden SoFlat Dioxazine Violet (same violet used on the beastmen), Titan Green Pale, Titan Violet Pale (also already used on the beastmen), Pale Yellow (as on the beastmen) and Titanium White. I had all of these colors on my wet palette, then painted one model after the other, doing a different mix for each halfling. Nails were painted in the skin color with a visible amount of yellow added. The eyes, which I would normally only paint white, also had yellow added, for that sickly look.
All the wooden parts have the same violet / Raw Umber / Titan Violet Pale as on the beastmen. On the cook, I already started to paint the garments as well.
KingOfTheLeadPile
Lord
Some progress on the halflings. For using only a few pots of paints, I got a suprisingly different look to all of them; rag-tag as such a heretic band should look like.
KingOfTheLeadPile
Lord
The halflings are done for now, until I come to the oil and weathering stage for the whole warband.
The colors I used on these minis largely are the same I used on the beastmen, with some additional ones added:
Now lets tackle Siegfried, the warband's champion.
The colors I used on these minis largely are the same I used on the beastmen, with some additional ones added:
- Golden SoFlat Dioxazine Violet (mixed into most colors as shadow)
- Golden SoFlat Pyrrorole Red
- Golden SoFlat Red Oxyde
- Golden SoFlat Titan Green Pale
- Golden SoFlat Pale Yellow
- Golden SoFlat Cerulean Blue Hue
- Golden SoFlat Titan Violet
- Golden SoFlat Raw Umber
- Golden SoFlat Titanium White
- Vallejo 77.720 Gunmetal Grey
- Vallejo 72.801 Brass
Now lets tackle Siegfried, the warband's champion.
KingOfTheLeadPile
Lord
And Siegfried is done. For the most part, I used colors already used with the rest of the warband:
Boots/Gloves
- Golden SoFlat Payne's Grey
- Golden SoFlat Raw Umber
- Golden SoFlat Titan Violet Pale
Trousers
- Golden SoFlat Dioxazine Violet
- Golden SoFlat Raw Umber
- Golden SoFlat Titan Violet Pale
Red Armor
- Golden SoFlat Payne's Grey
- Golden SoFlat Dioxazine Violet
- Golden SoFlat Pyrrorole Red
Red Shoulder Pads
- Golden SoFlat Dioxazine Violet
- Golden SoFlat Pyrrorole Red
- Kimera The Red
Hair
- Golden SoFlat Payne's Grey
- Golden SoFlat Titan Green Pale
Steel
- Vallejo 77.720 Gunmetal Grey
Gold/Brass Parts
Due to a video from a certain Mr Ninjon, I felt compelled to invest in some P3 metallic paints. They arrived just today, so I gave some of them try. Overall, I used
I have to agree, the creamy consistency of these paints is quite good. My preferred metal colors so far are the Vallejo Metal Color Range (77.xxx codes), which did not change, but they have silvery colors only. So I bought a bunch of the P3 gold/brass/copper colors, and think I will use these for golden tones for the time being.
- P3 Orgoth Bronze
- P3 Blighted Gold
- P3 Bronze Badge
- P3 Solid Gold
- P3 Illuminated Gold
I have to agree, the creamy consistency of these paints is quite good. My preferred metal colors so far are the Vallejo Metal Color Range (77.xxx codes), which did not change, but they have silvery colors only. So I bought a bunch of the P3 gold/brass/copper colors, and think I will use these for golden tones for the time being.
Dæmøn Skin
For the Fleshhound head I of course also wanted red, but a brighter one than on the armor. So I choose Kimera's The Red. Here I went the other way round than with all other areas, where I started dark and highlighted up. With the skin, I started with The Red, and glazed in shadows.
- Kimera The Red
- Kimera The Red & Kimera Magenta
- Kimera The Red & Kimera Magenta & Kimera Cobalt Blue
Collar of Khorne and Eyes
- Golden SoFlat Payne's Grey
- Golden SoFlat Pthalo Green (Blue Shade)
- Golden SoFlat Bismuth Vanadate Yellow
- Schmincke Prima Acryl Zinc White
Teeth
- Kimera Cobalt Blue
- Schmincke Prima Acryl Zinc White
Result
The head was a test for the way I will probably paint my Khorne Dæmøn part of my pile of shame... at some point in the future.
MichaelStockin
Lord
Horribly perfect!!
oooh I like the frill on Siegfried.
Good work all around!!
KingOfTheLeadPile
Lord
The banner for the beastmen is still missing. I choose a shield design with the symbol of Khorne, which can be found on page 71 of Warhammer Armies 3e, as the basis for the banner. Who can decypher the text in chaos phonetic runes below the symbol...?
I glued one of the designs with tape on a dried out wet wipe, to cut the outer shape with knife and ruler. From a second printout, I cut out the symbol.
The symbol stencil I then placed on the wet wipe, and...
... with a piece of blister sponge stippled brown around the edges, then yellow over the whole area. This left me with:
The text below was painted freehand with a brush. The rest of the banner was then painted red. This gave some interesting color bleed, as I used the red quite wet, it drew along any brands of fabric that had not been fully saturated by brown or yellow before. I quite like that, as it makes the yellow look like painted on a red cloth, not fully covering the cloth. Once the red was dry, I had some back and forth between the three colors, until I was satisfied with the result. The yellow I dotted over the symbol area, to get a similar mottled effect as on the beastmen skin, although not as pronounced.
Once the top of the banner was glued onto the banner pole, I used tape tobend the banner into some wrinkles, to not just have it hanging down flat, and drenched it in modge podge.
This was the result when the modge podge was fully dry.
I then cut the banner to length, fraying the bottom end, before touching it a couple of times with a lighter.
Please note the safety measure in form of a bowl of water. Didn't want the whole mini to catch fire...
I used the same tones as on the minis themselves (yellow, brown and red), but different specific colors. The banner is of a different material than for example the shields, so I wanted it to look slightly different.
I glued one of the designs with tape on a dried out wet wipe, to cut the outer shape with knife and ruler. From a second printout, I cut out the symbol.
The symbol stencil I then placed on the wet wipe, and...
... with a piece of blister sponge stippled brown around the edges, then yellow over the whole area. This left me with:
The text below was painted freehand with a brush. The rest of the banner was then painted red. This gave some interesting color bleed, as I used the red quite wet, it drew along any brands of fabric that had not been fully saturated by brown or yellow before. I quite like that, as it makes the yellow look like painted on a red cloth, not fully covering the cloth. Once the red was dry, I had some back and forth between the three colors, until I was satisfied with the result. The yellow I dotted over the symbol area, to get a similar mottled effect as on the beastmen skin, although not as pronounced.
Once the top of the banner was glued onto the banner pole, I used tape tobend the banner into some wrinkles, to not just have it hanging down flat, and drenched it in modge podge.
This was the result when the modge podge was fully dry.
I then cut the banner to length, fraying the bottom end, before touching it a couple of times with a lighter.
Please note the safety measure in form of a bowl of water. Didn't want the whole mini to catch fire...
I used the same tones as on the minis themselves (yellow, brown and red), but different specific colors. The banner is of a different material than for example the shields, so I wanted it to look slightly different.
- Golden SoFlat Quinacridone Red
- Golden SoFlat Cadmium Primrose
- Golden SoFlat Burnt Umber