Highlighting with washes.

I did up my Pan Oceania starter box with an experiment. I got a bottle of matte medium and used it to make my own washes on the fly. I used Reaper triads, using the lightest color as the base coat, and then did a wash of the medium color, and a second wash in the darkest color.

Not bad results. Fast and easy. The Orc trooper on the left was done with more traditional layering, which is why he looks a bit darker than the others.

Everblight, the lists.

After doing some research on Battle College, I started to form up my lists.

Battle box to 15 points. I'm going to add the Succubus. She brings the army right to 15 points, and has some neat support abilities.

15 to 25 points. I'm going to drop three of the Shredders, and add a Naga Nightlurker, a unit of Blighted Nyss Striders with the Unit Attachment, and a Forsaken.

The Naga is for hunting troublesome solos like Gorman DiWulfe. I'm starting with the Striders because of their stealth ability, and their Combined Ranged Attack.

25 to 35 points. I had considered more tarpit units, but instead decided on a very shooty army. So at 35 points I'll add the Blighted Nyss Archers, and their Unit Attachment. I'll also add a Blighted Nyss Shepherd, for more fury management, and a Strider Deathstalker to add more value to the Striders.

35 to 50 points. Time to add Typhon! And add 4 more Nyss Archers to round out the 50 points.

Should be a fun change from my Khador army. I'm really looking forward to building up this force and trying them out.

Mini review. Krylon primer and gloss sealer.

Over the Christmas break, I started my Everblight boxed set. I picked up some primer and sealer.

http://www.krylon.com/products/dual-paint-primer/

I primed pLylyth with the flat black. The paint went on smooth and matte. Excellent black primer. I will be using this in the future for my black priming.

I primed her warbeasts in the flat white. This went on a bit gunky and a bit gloss. After drying, the results were adequate. Not as good as the flat black, but acceptable. I will use this in the future if there is no better white primer available.

I finished pLylyth and gave her a coat of the Krylon Colormaster Acrylic Clear Gloss.

http://www.krylon.com/products/colormaster-acrylic-crystal-clear/

This went on extremely well, even though the humidity was 86%. I did use a green army man to test the gloss before blasting it on Lylyth! I can't stress this enough: It's much better to see a 25cent plastic army man get a frosted coat, than your newly painted miniature! 
The colormaster gloss is excellent, and I'll be using it in the future as well.

After the gloss coat dries, I"ll give Lylyth a coat of Testors Dullcote to take off the shine, while leaving a nice protective layer underneath.

Brief update

A few updates. I tend to hibernate through the winter. The northwest weather is terrible for spraying paint and sealer, and the dark evenings affect my enthusiasm for gaming.

Firstly, I've decided to start a Legion of Everblight army for 2014. I've got the battle box with pLylyth, and will be adding to it over the weeks. Pics to come.

Secondly, a rant. I was interested in finally getting into 40k, 6th edition, but the prices... we've all heard the complaints about GW's prices, but 80 bucks for a rulebook, a new codex for my Tau, I'm starting to really feel the pinch. So maybe, but only if I've got the extra cash to toss around, which means my getting into 6th edition is unlikely.

Khador WIP

Getting those Khador knocked out. New league is starting soon, and I think I'm going to take the opportunity to expand my army. I want to try the Man O War Shocktroopers, the Doomreavers, Battle Mechanics. Now that I've got some experience with the game.

Astartes Taxi

Imperial Fists Rhino transport.

Space Hulk II, whimsical tales of the royally fucked.

I love these.