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Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by gareth on Oct 13, 2008, 9:29am

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Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by icepick on Oct 13, 2008, 9:36am

Excellent stuff! Nice use of NMM too, especially on the dwarf's axe. Makes me want to find my old copy of WHQ from my Dads house and see what I can do with the models :)
Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by hivefleetsiafu on Oct 14, 2008, 1:31am

amazing work, that must have taken you a long time to paint up a model to that standard
Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by hivefleetpandinus on Oct 14, 2008, 2:44am

Wow I havnt been on the hive in ages o.0


Great work as usual Gareth, though I must say the colours seem a little flat, almost like you took a basecoat colour an added white to it gradually layering up. Although, since they are painted at such a superb level, I can't really complain. Maybe it was the look you were going for...


You did a great job on the NMM by the way.
Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by sparrox on Oct 14, 2008, 6:10am

first awesome.
but sorry to sound like a noob but what does NMM mean?
Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by gareth on Oct 14, 2008, 8:00am

NMM = Non Metallic Metals.

Its funny really, because everyone is wrong. I used metal paints, just shaded and highlighted them in the correct way.
Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by gareth on Oct 14, 2008, 8:07am


Oct 14, 2008, 2:44am, hivefleetpandinus wrote:
Wow I havnt been on the hive in ages o.0


Great ork as usual Gareth, though I must say the colours seem a little flat, almost like you took a basecoat colour an added white to it gradually layering up. Although, since they are painted at such a superb level, I can't really complain. Maybe it was the look you were going for...


You did a great job on the NMM by the way.


I couldn't disagree more. The models have been shaded and highlighted in a very natural way to give these flat 1 piece plastic models a 3D quality. If you're talking about the colours being dulled down and flat, then I would say that is completely deliberate. They're fantasy warriors not carnival clowns. Most of the colours were custom mixed (skin, dwarf beard, elf clothes etc). I didn't just highlight up using white either.

So yes it was the look i was going for, I guess you can't see it though.
Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by icepick on Oct 14, 2008, 9:37am


Oct 14, 2008, 8:00am, gareth wrote:
NMM = Non Metallic Metals.

Its funny really, because everyone is wrong. I used metal paints, just shaded and highlighted them in the correct way.


Haha, my mistake! :o
Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by sooch on Oct 14, 2008, 3:56pm


Oct 14, 2008, 8:00am, gareth wrote:
NMM = Non Metallic Metals.

Its funny really, because everyone is wrong. I used metal paints, just shaded and highlighted them in the correct way.


Yeah all he did was apply principles of NMM and reflection to metallics...something that I feel you don't see enough of in miniature painting since NMM is all the rage.
Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by icepick on Oct 14, 2008, 4:19pm


Oct 14, 2008, 3:56pm, sooch wrote:

Oct 14, 2008, 8:00am, gareth wrote:
NMM = Non Metallic Metals.

Its funny really, because everyone is wrong. I used metal paints, just shaded and highlighted them in the correct way.


Yeah all he did was apply principles of NMM and reflection to metallics...something that I feel you don't see enough of in miniature painting since NMM is all the rage.


Well, it definately works. I'm not a huge fan of metalic paints myself, as I think they tend to look kind of tacky, but Gareth has obviously prooved that with a little work you can make them look really good!
Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by hivefleetpandinus on Oct 14, 2008, 10:30pm


Oct 14, 2008, 8:07am, gareth wrote:

Oct 14, 2008, 2:44am, hivefleetpandinus wrote:
Wow I havnt been on the hive in ages o.0


Great ork as usual Gareth, though I must say the colours seem a little flat, almost like you took a basecoat colour an added white to it gradually layering up. Although, since they are painted at such a superb level, I can't really complain. Maybe it was the look you were going for...


You did a great job on the NMM by the way.


I couldn't disagree more. The models have been shaded and highlighted in a very natural way to give these flat 1 piece plastic models a 3D quality. If you're talking about the colours being dulled down and flat, then I would say that is completely deliberate. They're fantasy warriors not carnival clowns. Most of the colours were custom mixed (skin, dwarf beard, elf clothes etc). I didn't just highlight up using white either.

So yes it was the look i was going for, I guess you can't see it though.


Sorry...? I didn't mean in it a bad way, they look great. Just giving my bit of [constructive] critisism. If I simply say the bare minimum (they are golden demon quality) then that really doesn't help much; it's encoraging, but not helpful. Please take no offense oh great one.

I think what I meant was more around the lines of all the colours are highlighted to the same 'level', and that they needed an eye-catcher (example: the gem on the ranger caught my eye).
Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by gareth on Oct 18, 2008, 11:31am

Some new monsters. Skaven 1-4 of 12
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Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by gael on Oct 19, 2008, 3:24pm

And here we have some (more) amazingly painted models. I love how you did the rust, especially on the shields. How did you do that? On the shields, I would think that you painted the rust and then went over it with copper.
Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by gareth on Oct 19, 2008, 6:22pm

1. RUST. Base coat of a 50:50 mix of snakebite leather + blazing orange. Shade with devlan mud. Paint on blazing orange stippling, then the metal chips.

2 COPPER OXIDATION . Paint brazen brass. Then mix 50:50 Hawk Torquise + Scaly green and a tonne of water and wash liberally all over, use your finger to wipe the wash off the top. ONce dry shade with devlan mud, once that's dry use a mix of 75% hawk torquise with 25% scaly green and a small amount of water and run it sparingly into nooks and crannies.
Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by 3ff3ct on Oct 20, 2008, 6:53am

Awsome as always. I love the fact that youve done all these old models, its great! Reminds me of the first White Dwarf Iread.....!

I know youre a motivated painter and dont really need this, but; GREAT JOB! KEEP IT UP! ;D
Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by gareth on Oct 20, 2008, 8:03am

Cheers 3ff3ct. Much appreciated.

Here is a snap I took Saturday. Since then I have managed to complete the last 4 skaven and 6 snotlings.

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Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by gael on Oct 20, 2008, 8:20pm

O.O Very, very nice as usual. Can you still buy this anywhere, or am I stuck with Ebay?
Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by assimilator on Oct 20, 2008, 9:37pm

When i saw who the author was, already knew it was going to be awesome. And it is, gareth you just have uber painting skills man, you are an inspiration!
Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by munky on Oct 22, 2008, 4:50pm

excellent stuff there, i myself love warhammer quest and i did make a start on painting the box contents.
Its an all time classic game!
Re: Warhammer Quest Warriors and Minotaurs
Post by gareth on Oct 25, 2008, 6:58pm

New pic... just 12 models left to paint to complete the boxed game contents now.

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