18 Feb 2019

[Knight of the Chalice] Reiver squad

So, I've finally painted my reiver squad and I can now claim to have a 1000pts fully painted army!

Took me about 3 weeks to paint them, which is the fastest unit I've done so far. Kinda feel strange to have them done so fast and still they look better than my other unit, oh well, I must be getting use to paint red dudes.
Considering the paint job, nothing new it's still the same recipe, the only thing I did differently is that I've change my usual black lining to do it with oil instead of acrylic, which same quite a bit of time!

Nouvelle année, nouvelle escouade ! Voici donc les reivers qui terminent mes 1000pts pour une armée entièrement peinte pour la 1ère fois ! #champagne 

Ils m'ont pris un peu moins de 3 semaines de peinture, ce qui est un record pour moi, le résultat est également mieux que les anciens, ce qui me dérange légèrement mais bon...
On reste dans les techniques habituelles, rien de nouveau si ce n'est le changement pour un black lining à l'huile plutôt qu'à l’acrylique, ce qui me permet de gagner un peu de temps.


Anyway, without further ado, here is squad Lemael in its full glory.

Voici donc l'escouade Lemael dans toute sa gloire !
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Coming next, another foray in AoS with a Sylvaneth project being I'm bit underwhelm by my nighthaunt, a few tutorials to go with it, since I've already been asked on social media, sneak peek.

A venir, un projet Sylvaneth un peu différent pour AoS étant un peu déçu par mes nighthaunts, accompagné des tutoriels déjà demandé sur les réseaux sociaux pour ceux qui me suivent, voici donc un petit aperçu. 

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And the base reworked after receiving my order !


For the curious , you can find my t-shirt inspired by 40k here !

Pour les curieux qui le souhaitent, vous pouvez retrouver mes t-shirts 40k ici!

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6 Feb 2019

[Tutorial] Painting black

I'm back with a small tutorial on painting black as this one has been requested a few times.

Nothing too complicated, I'm basically using 3 colours to paint this , the fun part is you can replace the middle tone by anything you like to give you different effect (green, blue, purple, etc...)

De retour avec un petit tutoriel sur le noir, celui-ci ayant été demandé à plusieurs reprises.

Rien de bien compliqué, je n'utilise que 3 couleurs, le point intéressant est qu'il est possible de remplacer la teinte par n'importe quel autre couleur pour avoir des finitions bien différentes (bleu, vert, violet, etc...)

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This is the black we are talking about
Considering this black, I'm using: 
Dans ce cas, voici les couleurs utilisées:
  • Black / Noir (Vallejo or Kimera Kolors)
  • Vallejo Dark sea blue
  • White / Blanc - Kimera Kolors

I'm mixing my transition on the palette to make it easier to pick the highlight.
Je prépare mes transitions directement sur ma palette pour simplifier la peinture.
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With numbers for easy reference to the refering step
N.B. The pictures are on the chapter symbol on the shoulder of my reiver to give you an idea of the process, I'm a bit rough with my transition because the object is really small on you don't really see it. I can't really do the same on shoulder pad or boltgun, where I'm using the loaded brush technique to keep it simple.
N.B. Les photos sont sur le symbole de chapitre pour mes reivers afin de vous donner une idée du procédé, je le traite assez rapidement sans forcément lisser toutes les transitions, vu la taille de l'objet, je fais volontairement les éclaircissements avec des traits.
Pour les épaulettes ou le bolter, j'utilise en général la technique du "loaded brush" afin de faire le dégradé d'une traite sans me prendre la tête.

1. So the first step is to paint the part black, I always suggest to basecoat some black over the undercoat even if the primer is black because the colour is usually quite different and make touch up easier.
La première étape est de repasser en noir les zones à traiter. Je le recommande même si vous utilisez une sous-couche noire afin d'avoir une couche uniforme et de pouvoir reprendre les ratures facilement.
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2. I define my first highlight generously with pure dark sea blue, you won't see much at this stage, but it gives a nice cold undertone
Je définie ma zone d'éclaircissement rapidement avec du dark sea blue, on ne voit pas grand-chose et c'est normal, il s'agit de donner une jolie teinte de fond.
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3. Start the "real" highlight adding white to dark sea blue.
Premier éclaircissement en ajoutant du blanc au dark sea blue.
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4. The second highlight is applied adding more white to the previous mix in two step.
Second éclaircissement en ajoutant encore du blanc, selon les besoins, je le fais en 2 étapes.
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5. Final step is making the "edge" highlight using white with a tiny bit of dark sea blue, you want a slightly off-white.
Je marque les arêtes avec du blanc mélangé à une pointe de dark sea blue afin de lui donner une légère teinte.
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6. Step is mostly touch up if you want overboard with the highlight, you can glaze back some dark sea blue or black as needed.
Dernière étape, on corrige les éventuelles erreurs et je reprends les transitions avec des glacis de dark sea blue ou noir si j'ai été trop généreux sur les éclaircissements.

And there you go, easy black with 3 colours to have a cold black with a light blue tint.
Et voilà, un joli noir rapide avec seulement 3 couleurs avec une légère teinte bleutée.

I'm working a few different things I'm hoping to be able to present them soon!
Je travaille sur différentes choses en ce moment que j'espère bien pouvoir présenter prochainement!

Until next time !
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14 Jan 2019

[Showcase] Astraeus super-heavy tank forgeworld

Alright, it's finally time to post what took me the last 3 months to paint (only to paint, I'm not counting the cleaning and building time...)

I've finished this big guy over the week-end and I can say that's been the most exhausting project I've done so far.

I'm really happy with the result, some things might still be better but considering the size of this thing, just to finish building and painting it, is an achievement in itself.

Being forgeworld mean you need to take your time playing with resin, massive mould line and bad joint, the result is very impressive but goodness me, this thing is heavy. It almost flipped the glass shelf in the cabinet! Beware!

Building the kit, you can clearly see it's one of the newly cad design, a good kit not too bad to build, though the amount of grav-plates and cleaning required for them can be off-putting.

Oh, and keep in mind, if you add a gunner or techmarine, you won't be able to have the trap lying flat on the side, it will touch the side weapon otherwise and you'll have to keep it slightly open (been there, done that...)

The painting was mostly straight forward, you can find most on the recipe used on this blog, I had a few setbacks with the gold and the void shield but settled for an old gold in the end.
The thrusters were granted a small ionic effect, similar to the void shield which is many small globes of lightning, the osl for the light is a bit strong.
Most of the weathering is a mix of oil and acrylic, I don't usually use oil but on this kind of surface, it's way easier to control the result.
I also had to come up with a colour for the plasma; I settled for green, which give a nice contrast with the red, a tutorial is planned for the next unit with plasma, which will be the inceptor.

As usual if you're interested in tutorial on other part of the model, feel free to ask in comment.
Seeing the result, I now find my repulsor a bit boring though 😅

A small description/fiction to go along, something I always wanted to try, let me know what you think!

"Gifted to the second company of the Knight of the Chalice during the relentless time of the Indomitus crusade, the Astraeus Celaeno has been the back bone of many frontal assault and a strong asset in the hand of Captain Artemis Beshop.

Deployed from orbit and protected by her void shields, she opened the path to many deployments of reivers and inceptors, creating opportunity moving straight for the enemy; a temperament strangely reminiscent of the company's captain.

Since her first induction during the 21st year of the crusade, Celaeno has been a paragon of war for nearly a century. It's last sighting has been in the Vigilus sector of Dontoria fighting the ruinous power of the death guard."


*Side note, excuse the font, I had nothing big enough to accommodate this tank. Say hi to Vigilus!

Astraeus Celaeno

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Had some fun doing this heat effect!
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"Bring me closer, I want to hit them with my fingers"
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I had a simple drop in mind but I went a bit overboard in the end
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When you say "strong" osl...
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Void shield lightning
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You can't see it on the previous pictures but the techmarine has a little screen thingy
I'll be happy to work again on something smaller in scale (and lighter!); after putting her in the cabinet, I feel my workspace in enormous. 

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The state of the army in the cabinet, quite a few red dudes
And that's all for today, thank you for your interested and see you next time!

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2 Jan 2019

2018 Retrospective - Happy new year!

Let me begin by whising you all an happy new year ! 

2018 have been a very productive year on many front, the main highlight being engaged now!

I've never painted as many minis as this year, ported by this awesome community and the different interactions from social media. 
2018 saw also the creation of this blog to keep track and share my painting recipe, being asked more and more about my painting on instagram, facebook or forums.

In six month, the blog had 30'000 visitors over 18 differents articles, the tutorials being the clear winner; a massive thank you for your interested ! 
I hope to bring some new interesting content for you this year too!
If you would be interested in some specific article or content, feel free to make you're suggestions in comments!

On the hobby side, this year saw a clear out of my cabinet, having accumulated enough armies and plastic sprues for another life. I decided to concentrate my effort on one army for 40k and start one for Age of sigmar with Nighthaunt and the amazing starting box. 

I've been pretty bad with warhammer underworlds with all the warband so far and only one painted though. The champion of death were a late crush with our little group picking up blood bowl again.
Also my pictures were printed in the white dwarf 3 times and finished second on the ead'banger competition on the Eavier metal group, as I said, good year!

Controling the feeling of "Oh shiny!" and keeping to my grand scheme, the tally of this year painting consist of:

Warhammer 40k - Knight of the Chalice:

  • 1 Repulsor tank
  • 1 Captain in gravis armor (which is still going around the internet, really like this guy)
  • 4 Aggressors to go with him
  • 1 Special Raven guard contemptor on an exposition base, as a gift for my little brother, an article will probably come for it
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Captain Beshop, probably the coolest mini I've done

Age of Sigmar - Nighthaunt:

  • 20 Chainrasp, the biggest unit I've ever done
  • 1 Knight of Shroud on stead
  • 1 Guardian of souls
  • 1 Lord Executionner
  • 1 Spirit torment 
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Mister Wobble 

Warhammer underworld:

  • Severin's steelheart warband and a fun exercise in NMM with full tutorial
  • 6 of the 7 member the skellies band but I never finished the leader
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I'm really proud of them, they really pushed my painting
And the latest, one ball for blood bowl! I just magnetized the ball, but it's pretty cool in game  


The last two month have been pretty busy, I had planned to finish the Astraeus but I took way longer than expected, even to just build this tank. It should be finished by the end of january, emperor's willing.
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The techmarine on the Astraeus
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Doing some details work on the screen
That's a total of 40 models painted, I can hardly believe it to be honest (and almost one massive piece of resin).

My painting has also improved on many levels, understanding the value of differents technics for better expressing the texture and materials instead of only focusing on smoothness at all cost.

Getting more use of my airbrush has been a focus throughout the months and the year ended with the new kimera kolors which are pure pigment but have a limited range, expect a review soon-ish! (Spoiler alert: I love them).

Into 2019

There are quite a few things planned for 2019 including a wedding, but here a short idea of what's in the pipeline:

Finish to paint the five reaver to have 1000 pts painted finally, I would like to do the inceptor aswell
Convert a librarian, a standard bearer and a redemptor dread
Maybe paint my undead blood bowl team
Try to paint some nighthaunt other than heroes...
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Quick conversion !
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Brother Gabriel, Keeper of the company's standard, still wip though
And I will continue to report my adventure throughout the year on this blog.

Thanks for your visit and may the paint be with you!
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13 Dec 2018

[Tutorial] Painting human face

Old tutorial I made, but you may find usefull tips in there, enjoy!

Un vieux tuto réalisé il y a un peu plus d'une année, mais c'est toujours valable :)

As an introduction, I’m not always using the same colours mostly because I think you should have some difference in skin tone in your army and that's why normally I don't keep track of my skin "recipe".
Skin is also a lot of back and forth the correct slight mistake and stuff.

Also keep in mind those photos are big and it looks pretty bad this close, the effect is totally different from arm length


Pour information, je ne note généralement pas mes recettes pour la peau trouvant de l'intérêt dans la diversité à ce niveau.
Je fais régulièrement des petites retouches au fur et à mesure de l'avancement et de l'effet recherché.

Garder également en tête que les photos sont énormes par rapport à la fig et l'effet est assez moche d'aussi près, l'impression à distance de bras est totalement différente.

1. I start undercoating the face in black then I spray white on top to make a quick mock-up of light and shadow.

Je commence par sous-coucher la tête en noir avant de faire un second passage zénithal en blanc assez prononcé pour me faire un pré-ombrage rapide.
2. I apply an even coat of Scale75 Pale skin on all the skin part, and quickly wash the mouth part with a mix of bright red (in this mayhem red form S75) and black 60/40
Je fais ma couche de base avec du Scale75 Pale skin sur l'ensemble de la peau en plusieurs couches fines, j'en profite pour rapidement faire un petit wash dans la bouche avec un mix de rouge et noir 60/40 (rouge S75 Mayhem red, un rouge bien vif).
3. I start shading the skin with light glaze of S75 basic flesh pulling the brush from the light part to the darkest part going lower and lower. This will blend the skin smoothly and add a nice gradient. That where you can see I made a mistake and washed the eyes with too much black instead of blue, I will correct this latter.
Je commence à dégrader la peau en faisant des glacis dilués de scale75 basic flesh, en tirant ma peinture de ma zone claire à ma zone d'ombre en diminuant la zone à chaque fois. De cette façon, vous aurez un joli dégradé bien propre.
J'ai fait une bêtise en faisant un wash de noir sur les yeux un peu trop fort mais je rattraperai ça par la suite.
4. I define the crease of the face with glaze of S75 Indian shadow mixed with basic flesh to add more contrast and provide a good lecture of the face, concentrating always on the part I darkened on step 3 going lower and lower again.
Je continue à définir les ombres et creux en continuant à faire des glacis avec mon basic flesh mélangé avec un peu de s75 indian shadow, afin d'accentuer les contrastes et rendre les volumes plus lisibles. Je continue à diminuer la zone au fur et à mesure de mes glacis.
5. I mark only the deepest shadow with very light glaze of S75 african shadow.
Je marque les ombres les plus profondes avec un très léger glacis de s75 african shadow.
6. I highlight the skin with my Pale flesh reclaiming the zone where I’ve been to heavy with shadow. I also paint the lower lip with a mix of basic flesh and red 50/50.
Je commence à éclaircir ma peau avec ma couleur de base (pale flesh) afin de reprendre les zones trop assombries, j'en profite pour peindre la lèvre inférieure avec un mix de pale flesh et de rouge 50/50.
7. Highlight the lower lips by adding a bit of white to your mix. And highlighted the skin a tiny bit more on the most exposed part (like tip of the nose) with pale flesh and white mixed.
J'éclaircie la lèvre inférieure en ajoutant un peu de blanc à mon mélange précédent, j'en profite pour ajouter un ultime éclaircissement les parties les plus exposées de la peau, tel que bout du nez, pommette, paupières inférieures avec du pale flesh mélangé à du blanc.
8. Adding more white to your mix, trace some vertical lines to highlight the lower lips on last time to make it more lifelike. I also painted the teeth white before adding fine line of black to mark the limit between teeth. (You better off painting the teeth in off-white and not pure white like I did, it looks more naturel less freedent gum advert...)
Afin de finir la lèvre inférieure, je rajoute du blanc à mon mélange et traces des petites lignes verticales pour simuler la texture d'une lèvre usée par le soleil, les dents sont peintes en blanc et je trace des dents avec des fins traits de noirs. (Il est préférable de peindre les dents en blanc cassé plutôt qu'en blanc pur pour un effet plus réaliste et moins freedent...)
9. After blackening the eye socket with black, I painted the globe with Vallejo deck tan (off-white mostly)
Je peins d'abord les yeux en noir pour les détourer, puis je peins le globe oculaire en blanc cassé, dans ce cas du Vallejo deck tan.

10. Now paint the pupils with pure black but diluted and try to do a small ball shape. To finish the effect, I add a white reflection point in the upper part of the pupils with pure white.
Je peins la pupille en traçant un rond noir au milieu du globe (à adapté en fonction du regard désiré !) et je fini l'effet en ajoutant un point de réflexion sur la partie supérieure de la pupille avec du blanc pur.
11. Now the fun time, to add a bit life to your skin, glaze some navy blue on the lower part of the eyes and some red around the bottom of the nose
Il est temps d'ajouter un peu de vie au visage, on commence par un léger glacis de bleu marine sur la partie basse des yeux et un glacis de rouge à la base et sur la partie basse du nez.
12. Since I was a bit heavy handed with the blue glaze, I highlighted again the bottom eyelid with my mix of white and pale skin and painted the base colour for the hair (which should follow I couldn't finish this part...)
I painted the hair in a light yellow Hikey yellow from Scale 75
Du fait que j'ai été un peu fort sur le glacis bleu vers les yeux, je reprends mon éclaircissement sur la paupière inférieur avec mon mix de blanc et pale skin. Je commence les cheveux en faisant une couche de base de S75 hikey yellow afin de faire des cheveux blond clair déteint par le soleil de Prospero.
13. Shade the whole air insisting on the darkest part with a mix of yellow and s75 chestnut ink, usually in two or three pass adding always more chestnut ink
J'ombre l'ensemble des cheveux en insistant sur les parties que je désire plus sombre avec un mélange de hikey yellow et de s75 chestnut ink, en deux ou trois passages dilués.


14. Time to highlight the air with hikey yellow thinking on where you want you highlight (you can have a look at picture or loreal of similar hair product it's quite interesting!)
Je commence mes éclaircissements avec ma couleur de base en réfléchissant ou placer mes éclaircissements (une bonne référence sont les pubs l'Oréal ou autres produits pour les cheveux ou les contrastes sont très poussés).
15. Finish the smallest highlight with hikey yellow mixed with white concentrating on very small part and following the hair
Je fini les ultimes éclaircissements en marquant de façon singulière les cheveux et pointes avec un mélange de hikey yellow et de blanc.

And you should be done!
Et voilà le résultat ! 
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