Hey,

Right then, a bizarrely small but fun update to take away from all the monotony right now, I thought I’d paint the patch on the back of his leg. The ‘official’ paintjob featured a check pattern, and its something I;ve tried and failed with before now, so after I saw Monkeyman7x‘s wonderful Ork Warboss yesterday I decided to give him some:

I started by blocking out the colours, then it was a matter of highlighting and shading appropriately, with no fade at all. Then it got masked off (I put some pics of maskol ‘in action’ mainly so you guys who haven’t seen it before could get an idea of how it works, painted on, masked off and sprayed, and being peeled off). Then 5 mins with some w&n black ink, and I had my fade. All it took was a 2 min line highlight with fortress grey and bob is quite literally… anyway, there ya go…

sorry about the glare in the photos – these were just quick pics – it’s smoother black coverage than it looks, but the ink is glossy, so until I get a layer of matt on it, there will be a reflection.

James