Right, lets kick this off last Saturday where I was feeling under the weather and therefore didn't go and play hockey as usual.....which meant I had the WHOLE day to hobby. T'was a good day!!
I started by remodelling Treebeard into a much better and powerful pose with him striding forward, arm outstretched looking for vengeance. I manage to bend the leg at the hip quite easily, with just a bit of brute force and muscle but the lower leg was much harder to shift. This meant I got out my saw and cut about half way into the back of his knee, leaving less metal to bend and giving the striding forward look that I am really really happy with.
If you are wondering where my Mahûd are then I will explain, it was raining.....REALLY heavy!! Meaning I couldn't get the base coat sprayed on until Sunday morning, giving me all Saturday to do other random things, and it got really quite random.
Next, I saw my Nihilakh Oxide and then saw The King of The Dead next to me, so I thought about all the Army of the Dead I have and wanted to give a ghostly look a try. Instead of stripping my attempt from before, as I didn't have any Dettol plus I didn't want to wait, I just put a base of Ceramite White and then washed with Nuln Oil, as I tried putting Nihilakh Oxide on straight away and it didn't quite look how I wished. So once the Nuln Oil had dried I applied the Nihilakh Oxide which gave the ghostly vibe. Another coat of Nuln Oil was added, followed by a heavy drybrush of Fenrisian Grey with a edge drybrush of Ulthuan Grey. Overall, I am so happy with the result and once I had based them with static grass and some rocks but once that had all dried I added some Nihilakh Oxide to the grass to give it a little "glow".
Also, as I had a spare Saruman and Grima, as well as some broken Riders of Rohan my saw same out again and within minutes I had chopped them in half. Quite satisfying if you ask me. I managed to get the fit roughly right and I am waiting on rubber tools to help with sculpting, after getting some good tips from Flame on The Palantir on the GBHL Podcast I will sculpt the rest of their cloaks to make the fit look near perfect, giving me an excellent option in game.
Finally, we get to Sunday where I get to spray my whole Mahûd army and get started with just applying some base layers to the standard warriors. As they're supposed to be warriors of the desert, I am keeping the colours simple and rustic.
Using Khorne Red as the base for the cloth, Rakarth Flesh for the wicker areas, Rhinox Hide for all the small wooden parts, Ushabti Bone for the clubs and string attaching the wicker to the wood on the shield. Lastly, Kislev Flesh is being used for the skin but instead of a fleshwash I will be using Agrax Earthshade on all parts of the model including the skin to give them a distinguishing look.
I came. I bought. I painted.
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