Is it possible to overdo OSL? These (not so) sneaky Skaven would like to know

This weekend I had slightly too much fun throwing undirected energy at a whole bunch of projects. While working on about forty Plague Monks, a few warmachines, ten Wolf Rats, a bunch of space ships and some other random stuff I decided I really should finish something. Even if only to create some space on my paint station. I opted to go for these 3D-printed Poisoned Wind Globadiers/Battle Alchemists/Skryre Acolytes.

Is this the local rave? We're completely geared up to dance until the police break it up.

I found these cheeky (almost) Skaven at MyMinifactory. I already own ten metal sculpts from the GW line. Last time I ordered more they send me five identical models and when I complained they told me to just send them back. As I needed them for a competition there was no time. I now have ten Poisoned Wind Globadiers Skryre Acolytes of which six have the exact same pose (/longbeard mode off). With that in mind, I was rather pleased to see someone made multipart models. This gives me me the chance to pick some poses and looks. I 'assembled' these five in Meshmixer (a CAD-program) and only printed the backpacks separately. Despite looking awesome, they have lingered on my paint station slightly longer than I anticipated. I got distracted by all the other fun models I have and I had trouble picking proper colors. No more I said, let's glob on the paint!

These poisoned wind globes cannot possibly be healthy. 

After a bit of trial and error I decided to keep the paint scheme simple. Deep red robes and brown masks. After the basic colors where applied (and highlighted) I painted the globes with some standard greens I use for Skaven warpstone (Caliban Green, Moot Green, Livery Green). After this part was finished, I remembered how nice the white globe with a glob of fluo paint worked on my recent Ral-Partha Undead Lord. I decided to kick that method up a notch on these Skaven, so I sprayed Liquitex White ink around the green globes to lay a basic foundation for OSL (Object Source Lighting). After the white I sprayed thin Escorpina Green (a very light yellow/green bij Vallejo) on top of it. When this dried, I had a reasonable amount of OSL going on. 'What will happen if I brush a layer of Green Fluo paint on top of this? ', I wondered. So I tried. Well, on the one hand I may have gone over the top there. On the other hand, they will stand out on a battlefield :D.

Die, die, die manling!

Not quite satisfied with only having five finished models to show for it after lots of painting over the weekend, I picked up this cheeky assassin. I bought him second hand a while ago, only to discover on arrival his price was very low because he was missing a hand. Luckily I had a plastic hand in my bitsbox so I could fix him right up. Since then I've been using him to practice ways to airbrush highlights on a black cloak (it's been grey, purple, green, and a few other variant colors over the past months). 

Painting nice looking black is one of those true wargaming challenges I'll keep working on until I've mastered it (whereas learning the rules is a challenge beyond my skills, I just give up ;). 

I think the current layer of grey on top of the black is a bit of leftover Warpfiend Grey in my airbrush, but I'm not quite sure to be honest. Well it was fun practicing highlights. I added a bit of extra shadow to the inside of his cape by using black there. I also practiced feathering Nuln Oil from the recesses on the topside of the cape. He'll make a nice addition to my collection and I think the little killer will be quite happy he longer has to suffer the ignominy of being a 'black paint testing model'. With that I'll finish up this post. Back to the mass painting and a rather overambitious 3D printing project (more on that if it doesn't end in tears).