Bog Trogs, agains

I've talked a lot about doing Bog Trogs lately -- so much so that I'd bet some of my readers were rolling their eyes and assuming that I've stopped work on them. Sure, I've got a history of dropping half-finished projects, but that hurts, guys -- it pains me to know that you might think that.

And there you go -- a Bog Trog, about a third done. I really am moving on them, just slowly, like cold syrup. But you know what pancakes would be without syrup? That's right, slightly less delicious. This is the just the base colors -- light washes of Citadel's "Snot Green" on the skin, "Dark Angels Green" on the scales, a glaze of P3's "Battlefield Brown" on the leather, turtle shell and weapon, and some Citadel "Scab Red" on the modesty cloth. I'm still a little confused about fish wearing things over their crotches, but I figure it's some sort of unassailable modeler's tradition, like breasts on snake women and such.

The legplate is going to be bronze, so it gets the black undercoat. I'm going to force myself to do slightly fancier metallics on my next 'jack, but for now, we'll just go the simple route.

You may notice that the items slung on this Bog Trog are recognizable. That's because this trog was stripped of paint and given a single coat of white primer; it's a lot thinner and than the 3ish coats the others got in my aborted zenithal highlighting tryout. That's also the reason why these colors pop a lot more; the single white primer coat is a lot brighter. However, don't think that I'm bashing the technique -- I'm using a lot of the glazing I learned from trying it on this model, and it's working quite well. I'm certain that it was a case of trying to run before learning to crawl -- I'll give the technique a shot again, with airbrushed primer, on my Gatormen or last pair of Bog Trogs.

Speaking of the items slung on the Trogs -- here's a fish. I'm looking forward to trying my hand at nonmetallic metallics on this guy; for the uninitiated, that's mimicking a metallic finish with matte paints. I know it's a swamp fish -- not because I'm any ichthyologist, but because the Trogs live in swamps, natch -- but that don't mean it can't be shiny. The shading on this guy's leg was a wash of "Dark Angels Green" and then Citadel's "Thraka Green."

Finally, here's the other trog, waiting for his time to get some attention. Soon, my friend.

By the by, if you ended up watching "Nerima Daikon Brothers," stop at episode 6 (or so). If you see the guy with the soup bowl pants and hot-pot head, you've gone too far -- it's all downhill once the show decides it needs a plot.