Just yesterday, I was complaining that I couldn’t find enough time to paint my new Chaos army. Today must have been my lucky day.

Although the snow storm out here wasn’t bad at all, school was canceled. I showed up at work at 7:05 to find an empty parking lot and a locked door. Doh.

This screws up some plans for class, but it’s a boon for my hobbies. After a productive morning (buying a shovel and shoveling the driveway), I spent some time practicing my guitar and finishing up my first Marauder.

Pictures of a Completed Marauder

Although I’m not 100% satisfied with him, I think it’s a great job for a first effort. It’s been almost two years (Jan. 2007, I think) since I last painted something.

The general color scheme is olive green with gray and brown accents. Seems Nurge-ly enough for me.

I chose a Chestnut color for the horse. Started with Scorched Brown, then a couple mixes of Scorched Brown and Dark Flesh.

The Marauder’s skin was a new experiment. I used to use a couple custom mixes of Dwarf Flesh and Bronzed Flesh to get a nice fleshtone, but I left my old custom mixes at the store when I quit. I tried mixing some more, and it came out way too watery.

I had put down some Dark Flesh as a basecoat, and I decided I liked the darker look. I lightened it up and tried to make it come out kind of reddish. I guess I was going for a “red” Native American skin-tone.

I started with a basedcoat of Dark Flesh, then a mix of 1:1 Dark Flesh and Dwarf Flesh, and a mix of 1:1 Dark Flesh and Bronzed Flesh. It came out pretty good, although when I adjusted the levels in the photos I think the color came out a bit more bronze and a bit less red than it actually is.

On the shoulder armor, I stippled some scorched brown and dark flesh for a rust effect. It came out ok, but the picture doesn’t do it justice. The reflection off the metallic paint kind of screws up the effect.

Now I just need to find the time to paint four more of them… doh.