Almost there, but I ran out of time. Pretty confident I will be able to push these into the table ready pile tomorrow. Still some contrast paint to apply, and a few highlights.
I wasn't feeling it for the old sharkie boy this evening, so I went back to my terrain piece. Now that it was all brown, I knew I need to give it a black wash, but the thought of the cost involved was putting me off. So I found a super cheap black wash recipe from Black Magic Craft, which in turn led me to an improved version he had done. As it turns out, I had all of the required ingredients. Blending Medium, Flow-aid, black ink and even water! If I had to buy this, it would not have been a cheap wash, but as the monery was already spent, it felt free. Insert exciting picture of washed boat half that looks slightly darker than the other half. This is a slow job, and the flow-aid was put in a bit heavy I suspect, as I am getting a lot of bubbles. I will give this a drybrush afterwards, to bring back some highlights, and knock back the shine.
Not a lot done this weekend. I could probably call this terrain piece tabletop ready, although it is far from being done. I need to apply some verdigris, and paint the various fish, bottles, barnacles, and shells. The overall paint job is a bit dull. After washing the whole thing, I drybrushed it with a 1:1 mix of Tokai Grey and Brigadine Brown from Army Painter. I did another lighter highlight with more of the grey, but really it barely registers. After that it was Balthasar Gold from Citadel. I am not sure if the Sigmar sculpture on the front is supposed to be wood or metal, but now it is metal. I then tried AP Strong Tone for the first time. It was not what I expected, and is very thick, with a slow drying time, so you could sort of move the shadows around a bit. I liked it, and will use it again I am sure.
Due to a bike ride that went a bit longer than expected, I was not able to do much painting tonight. Not quite able to get all the first armour base coat on, but close.
Almost there... almost... there...
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