First of the Plague Marines Squad

I have finished painting the first of my future Plague Marines Squad. These figures are resin made, so detail is really good. Also, I wanted a more rough appearance so I applyed Squadron Green putty in many points so the armor has more texture. Finally I'm happy with the results, so I will paint the rest of the squad as this one.

Boerogg Frost Giant

This is a miniature from Reaper Miniatures Bones series. It's made of flexible plastic, wich is perfect for use it in wargames as it is lightweight and more resistant to scratches than the metal versions. Mi última figura pintada. Esta es una miniatura de Reaper Miniatures, de la serie Bones. Está hecha de plástico flexible, lo que la hace perfecta para ser manipulada en wargames. Pesa poco y resiste bien los arañados y posibles caidas.

I'm learning from Ben Komets

This is a very simply but important figure to me as I have been learning new things this month. I have been watching Ben Komets videos from Painting Budha, learning his techniques so I can apply them in my figures. 

I have used new paints in this figure, recommended by him.

• Dark Sea Blue (Vallejo Model color), wich is a perfect color for painting NMM(non metallic metal) of steel. It gives a cold appearance that looks great.
• Vallejo Model Air Tank Brown, wich is great to make the shadows of the skin.

The "Loaded brush" technique. You can see how Ben Komets use this technique in Painting Budha videos and it's great to paint faster and with good results. 

Thunderwolf cavalry

Another commisioned painting. This time the figures are more simply than the Wulfen, with less details, but the mounts give the figures a lot of volume. Also, as these figures give so much space in the base, I decided to create winter bases with some snow.

Wulfen

I painted these Wulfen some time ago. They are some of the best plastic figures I have painted. So easy and fun to paint as the quality is so high.

The base grass is a mix of Mini Natur products, wich are for me the best basing products you can find.

Dark Angels deathwing knights

This is a squad I painted for a client. Even during the painting process I had many doubts about how they whould finally look, I'm really happy with the final result.

Vampire Counts Cairn Wraith

I painted this figure some months ago. My brother wanted it, so I painted the figure for him. It was a perfect opportunity to use the airbrush and make some blue lights and shadows.

Gripping Beasts Hirdmen

This is a box that I painted two or three yeas ago. It took me a week of hard work to finish them. I can see that I have improved a lot my painting skills since then.

Afrika korps Vignette

I painted this vignette a year ago and I have the photos in Facebook, but I wanted to upload them to my blog.

Summer figures

I have enjoyed a lot painting these figures. The warhammer "mage" has an excellent sculpt. Reaper Bones Goblins are very funny and they are equal to the drawings. Lord of the rings Mahuds are some of the most complex figures that I have painted, as they are made of heavy metal and have a tiny base. This means that is too easy to break even with a good amount of glue.

New AK Metal burnishing review

Ak interactive ha renovado la fórmula del líquido Metal Burnishing, así que he aprovechado para hacer una prueba. 

La mezcla tiene un comportamiento diferente al anterior, más rápido. Yo lo he utilizado tal cual sale del bote, aunque se puede diluir, en cuyo caso actuará más despacio.

En primer lugar limpié las cadenas con acetona y las lavé con agua, dejándolas listas para aplicar el producto. Después vertí la mitad del bote para hacer la primera cadena. 

Ak interactive has renewed his formula of Burnishing Metal liquid, so I have taken the opportunity to make a test. 

The mixture has a different behavior, acting much faster. I've used it as it comes out of the bottle, but can be diluted, in which case it will act slowlier. 

First I cleaned the tracks with acetone and I washed them with water, leaving them ready to apply the product. Later I poured half of the pot to make the first track.

En esta foto se ven algunas de las burbujas que pueden quedar.  Y como queda después de repasar con un pincel y unas gotas de producto sin usar.

This photo shows some of the bubbles can be. And how it looks after correcting those bubbles with a brush and a little of  unused product.

En general es un buen producto, con un precio muy competitivo. Actúa rápido y puede dejar pequeñas zonas donde el líquido deje de actuar. Sin embargo siempre se puede reservar un poco de producto para aplicarlo a pincel sobre las zonas donde no ataque el producto.

Overall is a good product with a very competitive price. It acts fast so you can leave small areas where the liquid stops acting. However you can always save a little of liquid to apply with a brush over areas not attacked.

El resultado final me parece bastante bueno, mejor fórmula que el anterior ya que es un 40% más barato.

The end result seems pretty good, better than the previous formula as it is 40% cheaper.

And the official video of the product.

Some Mini Natur products

Since some years I tried to find some Mini Natur products but either I had no money or the web didn't have a good stock. Finally I found cheap prices and a big variety in "El taller del modelista" web shop. Each strip has a cost of 4€, so I could buy many of them and have a good variety.

Desde hace unos años traté de encontrar productos de Mini Natur pero o no tenía dinero ahorrado o no había una tienda con suficiente variedad a buen precio. Finalmente lo encontré en "El taller del modelista", que tiene una buena gama de estos productos.  Cada tira tiene un coste de 4€ y por menos de 40€ conseguí una buena variedad de vegetación para usarla en proyectos futuros.

Rsov with base

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Unas fotos de como hice el terreno. El terreno está hecho con yeso dental mezclado con pigmentos de vallejo. El yeso dental es similar a la escayola pero mucho más duro. Es una técnica muy divertida, porque seca en sólo media hora y es como jugar con tierra real. Cuando la mezcla se seca en el recipiente, la rompo en cachos para obtener terrones de diferentes tamaños. Para pegarlo también usé la misma mezcla de yeso dental pero más diluida.  

Some photos of the terrain process. The terrain is made with dental stone mixed with vallejo pigments. Dental stone is similar to plaster of paris, but much harder. It is really fun, because it dries in almost 30 minutes and it's like playing with real earth. When the mix dried in the pot, I broke it into pieces to obtain earth of different sizes. To glue them I also used a more diluted mix of dental stone and pigments.