Empire Citizen

This is my "Empire Citizen". He is a foundary miniature I believe. He was purchased on an impulse buy on eBay, as he was cheap, and I was already buying several other minis from the same seller, so I thought that one more mini wouldn't hurt. So when he arrived, I was quite impressed with him. He fit perfectly with the painting competition over at the ' Warhammer Empire ' website, which was to paint an empire figure, which was also a citizen. Basically it was open to any empire figure, as basically every soldier or wizard is also a citizen.

He entered the competition on July 17, 2011, and on August 10, 2011 he won first place out of a field of 16 other painted citizens.

Here is thread over at Warhammer-Empire, so you can see all details.
http://warhammer-empire.com/theforum/index.php?topic=37399.75

Empire Ogre - Pirate - Finished

Here is my Empire Ogre. I painted him for the September Painting Challenge over at 'Chaos Dwarfs Online'. The theme was "A face only a mother could love".

Challenge:
Find the ugliest model you have, whether it is actually an unly beast/creature, or whether it simply badly sculpt, cast, broken, or simply just unloved. Paint it up and make it "feel loved" again.

Here is my ugly face. Don't be fooled by his outfit, he truely is ugly - honest.

Empire - Cannon

Here is the description of how I painted it.

Painting the Cannon The first thing to do, is undercoat the whole thing black. Cannon Barrel: 1. Mix Glorious Gold (VGC) with Bolt Gun Metal (GW) - about a 50/50 mix, maybe a touch more gold than gun metal 2. paint the whole barrel, but no other metal parts 3. Once dry I washed the whole barrell with Devlan Mub (GW), concentrating in the barrells "ridges". 4. Once this is dry I did several washes of Babab Black (GW) over the front of the barrell Wood: 1. I painted many thin layers of Flesh (Derivan) mixed with Gunstock Brown (Derivan) about a 50-50 mix. This included the wheels and as well as the Cannon Frame. 2. Once this was dry, I painted a few very THIN (Highly diluted) layers of the above mixture of Flesh and Gunstock Brown but I also added some Burnt Brown (Derivan) and thinned this down quite a bit. 4. A final wash of Burnt Brown (Dervian) with Chaos Black (GW) about 80-20 mix was washed into the recesses. 5. The edges were then highlighted with Flesh (Derivan) Metal: 1. Painted all the metal parts, except the barrell, with Bolt Gun Metal (GW) 2. Washed these metal parts with a watered down Chaos Black (GW) 3. Highlighted the metal parts with a mix of White (GW) mixed with Bolt Gun Metal (GW) 40-60 mix. I like this better than using Mitheral Sivler (or any other bright silver colour), as I wanted a highlight, but not one that was bright.

Hopefully all this made sense. As regards to finding the equivalent colours for the Derivan paints, you can use this Paint Comparison Chart.

Empire - Troop Colour Test