MikeVG8 wrote:I think I'm with you now! Thank you very much for that, and thank you for the birthday message! Not long now till I get my grubby paws on an airbrush and I personally can't wait! You have truly been an inspiration and I have to say this is possibly the greatest army I have ever seen!!

I do though have another question which you may or may not know the answer to (so no pressure, this isn't twenty questions or anything! ) - I would like a slightly lighter tone to the BA I'm planning, and I had hoped to go for blood red as my main/mid tone, then possibly very light blazing orange/vermin brown edge or zenithal highlights (all GW colour ranges) but I have no idea on the basecoat/shadows. I realise after reading through you use a non-GW red for your base, but in theory would the basecoat actually make any difference to the type of blood red I end with? ATM I was just going to start with blood red on a GW White undercoat, however, I wanted to know if you (or anyone out there!) had any experience of whether or not the colour used underneath would make any difference to the end "red" (if that even makes any sense???) I would be happy to use something like red gore or mechrite red as a base, as I am often a litle worried blood red looks a little "washed out" otherwise - do you use the red primer for any reason in particular or just to be easy?

Mike.

Thanks again for the kind words.

For the question about blood red, the base coat colour will definitely affect the red you end up with, especially when applied with an airbrush. The GW blood red is somewhat transparent and doesn't have as good coverage as some of the foundation paints like mechrite red. When applied with an airbrush, the transparent properties is more pronounced so if you wanted a lighter, brighter red, using a white primer basecoat as you said would give you the results you want. Always do a test model first though. For myself, the red primer choice was mainly due to the fact I'm lazy and wanted it to speed up the painting process and also it gives a more darker, realistic appearance for my models.

Well once again, thank you!

I'll do a few test models I'm sure and hopefully I will be in a position to let you know how I get on with pictures in a few weeks!

Speaking as a man who recently completed a Calgar conversion for my blood angels army, I am left with one final (and I promise it really is final question) did you ever win the painting competition you mentioned you would be entering with Calgar and his honour guard squad on something like page 3 or 4? we never saw any pictures and after seeing the librarian recently, i'm dying to see how you got on with the blue!

Mike.

MikeVG8 wrote:Well once again, thank you!

I'll do a few test models I'm sure and hopefully I will be in a position to let you know how I get on with pictures in a few weeks!

Speaking as a man who recently completed a Calgar conversion for my blood angels army, I am left with one final (and I promise it really is final question) did you ever win the painting competition you mentioned you would be entering with Calgar and his honour guard squad on something like page 3 or 4? we never saw any pictures and after seeing the librarian recently, i'm dying to see how you got on with the blue!

Mike.

Haha, oh yeah I totally forgot about that plan. The calgar and his HG are still in the same state as they were seen in the pictures...didn't touch them. I ended up using my BA dreadnought as an entry and I did win 1st One of these days I'll get around to Calgar and his cronies...right after I'm done with all my BAs.

Seeing your 2nd Captain makes me want the Sanguinary Guard box. I have no desire to run them but the bits in there are pretty awesome

grey_death wrote:Seeing your 2nd Captain makes me want the Sanguinary Guard box. I have no desire to run them but the bits in there are pretty awesome

Thanks Grey. GW started being very generous on bits with the BA and extended that to the Grey Knights. The SG and Death Co are two of my favorite boxes (I have 2 boxes of SG and 4 boxes of DC) and try to spread the bits throughout my other squads.

+1

Buy the boxes Grey, you won't regret it, all the pieces are super useful in almost any army for commanders or characters. Great weapons, great armor, great heads... just about the only thing I never cared for were the Bieber heads lol

MajorTom11 wrote:+1

Buy the boxes Grey, you won't regret it, all the pieces are super useful in almost any army for commanders or characters. Great weapons, great armor, great heads... just about the only thing I never cared for were the Bieber heads lol

Who would've thought Bieber will be still popular in the 41st millennium.

Quick update: Been doing more work on my bikes this week and am almost finished. I need to finish the details on the bikes, do some more shading and then finish off the riders. I decided to take WIP pics of the progress:

I don't normally like bikes at all, but these are fantastic man!

OMG i hate you eggroll!!!

Eggroll, it seems whenever I look at your work, I immediately think 3 things:

1. Wow - that looks great!
2. I wish I could paint that well...
3. ... need to stop buying miniatures and save up for that airbrush!

Inspiring work as always. I was thinking of starting a Lamenters army, but seeing your beautifully painted Blood Angels makes me want to use them instead

Look forward to seeing more work on the bikes

interesting use of the Ravenwing bike stuff. I think it fits in well with BA though, and i love your reds.

Rythgar wrote:I don't normally like bikes at all, but these are fantastic man!

Thanks Rythgar!

zachwho wrote:OMG i hate you eggroll!!!

Ummm thanks?

slice'n'dice wrote:Eggroll, it seems whenever I look at your work, I immediately think 3 things:

1. Wow - that looks great!
2. I wish I could paint that well...
3. ... need to stop buying miniatures and save up for that airbrush!

Inspiring work as always. I was thinking of starting a Lamenters army, but seeing your beautifully painted Blood Angels makes me want to use them instead

Look forward to seeing more work on the bikes

Yes, save up for the airbrush. It's worth it! If you get the veda from ebay for 30ish dollars and a hardware compressor, you can get started for around $120 so it's not that bad.

DiAF wrote:interesting use of the Ravenwing bike stuff. I think it fits in well with BA though, and i love your reds.

Thanks, the dark angel/blood angel thing I find are quite interchangeable which is why I got the ravenwing box set. All the extra bits were nice too. Soooo many leftover DA iconography though.

Finished off the bikes tonight. Still need to do the riders though and the one side car for the attack bike.

Good looking bikes. I like the limited chipping on the bikes and dirt on the tires. Makes em fit with the rest of the army.

Are you planning on putting any bases on the bikes?

I find it interesting you are getting better and faster. Really shows off both your skill and the power of the AB. I've thus far only used mine for basecoats, but it makes adding the color shifts at that level much easier and smoother.

If you want to ditch the spare DA stuff, lmk. I can always use extras.

Metsuri wrote:Good looking bikes. I like the limited chipping on the bikes and dirt on the tires. Makes em fit with the rest of the army.
Are you planning on putting any bases on the bikes?

Thanks. Good question about the bases as I'm still on the fence about using them. So far I've leaned towards not basing them, mainly because of laziness and also because I don't think I have enough cork board to finish all the bases. Also, since I don't believe there's actually a designated base for the attack bikes I'll probably leave them all unbased so they look uniform.

whalemusic360 wrote:I find it interesting you are getting better and faster. Really shows off both your skill and the power of the AB. I've thus far only used mine for basecoats, but it makes adding the color shifts at that level much easier and smoother.

If you want to ditch the spare DA stuff, lmk. I can always use extras.

Thanks whale. Although most people only use the AB for basecoating, I think they're using it to only a fraction of it's potential (assuming it's double action). You should definitely try doing more with it. Sending out the DA bits won't be a problem, are you in the CONUS? PM me your details.

I did get a nicer brush (Masters G44) that MajorTom recommended, but now need to get a compressor with a tank for more consistent airflow. Your blog and his were the ones that really blew my mind with the detail you can get out of them and with the details that would be hard pressed to replicate with a brush. I really like the results I've got so far, defiantly the next step in my painting evolution so to speak.

And sending a pm now!

Argh! I've just got shot of all my Ravenwing bits!

And I thought my BA bikes were looking good! Now to re-think! (shamelessly copy eggroll)

Superb work as always, keep it coming!

Hey Egg, I've got a question about your Campbell Hausfeld 3-gallon compressor... you said its really loud, but is it still loud if you run it off of the charged air pressure? (instead of turning it on and using it that way)

Emperors_Champion wrote:Argh! I've just got shot of all my Ravenwing bits!
And I thought my BA bikes were looking good! Now to re-think! (shamelessly copy eggroll)
Superb work as always, keep it coming!

Thanks EC! I keep on going back to your blog this week just to see that one big army picture you have. Hope to build my BA army to that size or maybe something close to that size one day! No worrying on copying stuff, one of the reasons I post things up here and I've copied many ideas from others as well

Alfndrate wrote:Hey Egg, I've got a question about your Campbell Hausfeld 3-gallon compressor... you said its really loud, but is it still loud if you run it off of the charged air pressure? (instead of turning it on and using it that way)

Hey Alf! The noise from a compressor is always in reference to the motor that compresses the air. When using just the tank and the motor isn't running there's no sound at all except the whooshing sound the airbrush makes when shooting air/paint. It's only when turning the motor on to charge up the tank when crazy noise starts.

Also, I read what happened to it in the IC forum...sucks. I would've went ballistic if cleaning people threw out my stuff like that. Were you able to make a successful dumpster dive to reclaim the models?

Eggroll wrote:

Alfndrate wrote:Hey Egg, I've got a question about your Campbell Hausfeld 3-gallon compressor... you said its really loud, but is it still loud if you run it off of the charged air pressure? (instead of turning it on and using it that way)

Hey Alf! The noise from a compressor is always in reference to the motor that compresses the air. When using just the tank and the motor isn't running there's no sound at all except the whooshing sound the airbrush makes when shooting air/paint. It's only when turning the motor on to charge up the tank when crazy noise starts.

Also, I read what happened to it in the IC forum...sucks. I would've went ballistic if cleaning people threw out my stuff like that. Were you able to make a successful dumpster dive to reclaim the models?

No :-/ I've been keeping my eye out, the dumpsters have been picked up and cleaned :(... I'm hoping they'll show up... I might buy a box of sanguinary guard and finish them before the month is out to complete the progress challenge for the month, and then switch to my IG :-/

whalemusic360 wrote:I did get a nicer brush (Masters G44) that MajorTom recommended, but now need to get a compressor with a tank for more consistent airflow. Your blog and his were the ones that really blew my mind with the detail you can get out of them and with the details that would be hard pressed to replicate with a brush. I really like the results I've got so far, defiantly the next step in my painting evolution so to speak.

And sending a pm now!

Well, I am Eggy's 'baby' when it comes to AB. He is an extremely huge part of the reason I got into it, and now I can't imagine going back! Definitely should be sponsored by some AB company somewhere with the sales I am sure he has single handedly generated...

That being said, I am getting a hankerin to see you tackle something other than red Eggy... perhaps a super dirty Baneblade, or an aquilla lander or some other FW type thingie you could work into your army theme as an ally? Red is a very punishing color I find, as it sits right in the middle tone wise and is ultra saturated... Would love to see something with big surfaces, light or dark from you! Just a thought!

WM reminds me to say thanks again Shane for the inspiration

FANTASTIC! Completely fantastic! How do you blend so well!? It's amazing as always Eggroll! Keep it up!

LDP

MajorTom11 wrote:[
Well, I am Eggy's 'baby' when it comes to AB. He is an extremely huge part of the reason I got into it, and now I can't imagine going back! Definitely should be sponsored by some AB company somewhere with the sales I am sure he has single handedly generated...

That being said, I am getting a hankerin to see you tackle something other than red Eggy... perhaps a super dirty Baneblade, or an aquilla lander or some other FW type thingie you could work into your army theme as an ally? Red is a very punishing color I find, as it sits right in the middle tone wise and is ultra saturated... Would love to see something with big surfaces, light or dark from you! Just a thought!

WM reminds me to say thanks again Shane for the inspiration

Actually I don't know if the big airbrush companies will want to sponsor me since I've been using the Veda ebay brush most of the time and have been very satisfied with the results. I haven't even started using the infinity yet! Been very impressed with the chinese AB.

Funny you should mention that I paint something else. Been on the fence about another army that wasn't space marines and I just bought a shoebox full of orks today. I think there's over 100+ units in there easily...no vehicles though except a few deff copters. I'll have to pick up some truks and battle wagons later when I start up the army. Thinking about doing a badmoon theme since I really like the yellow and green colour combo. Will be awhile before I get to them though.

lipsdapips wrote:FANTASTIC! Completely fantastic! How do you blend so well!? It's amazing as always Eggroll! Keep it up!

LDP

Thanks LDP. Blending is mostly done by the airbrush so that's my secret

Eggroll wrote:

grey_death wrote:Seeing your 2nd Captain makes me want the Sanguinary Guard box. I have no desire to run them but the bits in there are pretty awesome

Thanks Grey. GW started being very generous on bits with the BA and extended that to the Grey Knights. The SG and Death Co are two of my favorite boxes (I have 2 boxes of SG and 4 boxes of DC) and try to spread the bits throughout my other squads.

I have no intention of ever running SG, I bought them because I was in love with the Dantes HG box but missed out on them.
I have the same breakdown of SG and DC boxes as Eggroll, the sprues are filled with wonderful nick nacks.

Eggroll your work is top notch as always. Im a little jealous of your skills.

Thanks AustonT!

Finished off the rest of the bike riders this afternoon. Managed to clear off my desk and get the whole army together for some pictures.

It's been a little over 1 year now since I decided to start collecting and painting blood angels. Still have plenty of models left to paint - 2 baal preds, 2 preds, 1 razorback, 1 land raider crusader/redeemer, scouts, vanguard/sternguard vets, 3+ squads of terminators, 1 stormraven, and a ton of other troops. By this time next year I doubt all the models will fit on my desk.

Took a surprisingly long time to get everything out of the display case and setup on the desk. I'm just glad I don't have to play with these guys as there are a ton of models now to setup. Anyway, here are the pics:

Ridicules. As in the quantity and Quality of this army is ridiculously good.

I've gotta agree with Hits on this one. Crazy, in all the best ways.

Seeing them all like that is pure quality, the detail and scheme overall just rocks my socks

You forgot the scroll on the bumper of the razorback in the bottom pic

Thanks guys!

MajorTom11 wrote:You forgot the scroll on the bumper of the razorback in the bottom pic

Haha, I've been meaning to do them on my tanks but kept forgetting. Thanks for the reminder.

Here ya go buddy...just for you (especially the razorback). Devlan mud was still drying when I took the pic:

Righto, now we need a calculator nerd to add up the cost of this army Eggy! holy mother of pearl! that is a lot of models especially when you add in the yet to be awesomized models to do! they look so damn good all together, you really need to play one day dude! you can just field whatever you need! can't wait to see what you envision with Orks and what you do with the Terminators more so!


nerdfest09

Lol I'm honored! So awesome lol

nerdfest09 wrote:Righto, now we need a calculator nerd to add up the cost of this army Eggy! holy mother of pearl! that is a lot of models especially when you add in the yet to be awesomized models to do! they look so damn good all together, you really need to play one day dude! you can just field whatever you need! can't wait to see what you envision with Orks and what you do with the Terminators more so!


nerdfest09

I'm not even half way done... (still have most of the tac marines to do, the vindicators, honor guard, land speeder, bikes, two captains he scratch built, libby, honor guard, razors and the rhinos (minus the DC rhino) and we're just shy of 800 dollars... Let us not dwell on the cost of this army, and simply enjoy Eggroll's work...

I'm pretty sure he meant in-game points not $ lol

Well, in terms of game points its about 5865 points.. NOW granted, I had to tweak the way the list reads based on the fact that both you and Eggroll don't play 40k, so these beautiful models don't need to follow standard WYSIWYG and FoC rules... so like the sarge of an Assault Squad has a power weapon and a hand flamer, but 2 marines in the squad have a Thunder Hammer and a Power fist... so I had to give a 15 point upgrade and the hand flamer to the marines in the squad, and then give the sarge a power fist and a thunder hammer... His Land Speeder is illegal in the BA codex because it can't take the Assault Cannon AND the Typhoon Missile launcher, so adding the extra 40 points puts us at 5905...

Like I've said... points wise, its hard to do because he doesn't have to follow FoC etc... but yeah... easily 6000 points of Blood Angels

Holy..... lot of points batman! :-) and yep, i was referring to the $$ as well! probably a small car's worth i'd say at a rough guess? maybe an old Jag's worth?

If you are going to use Jump troopers are you going to give them the winged backpacks?

Just been catching up. Nothing I can say that hasn't already been said in terms of the quality and quantity of work.

You've inspired me to get going on my own army. I'd love to have such a well painted collection to display. Your red is very similar to what I want for my Mechanicus. Too bad I can't find Dupli-color primer in New Zealand.

nerdfest09 wrote:Righto, now we need a calculator nerd to add up the cost of this army Eggy! holy mother of pearl! that is a lot of models especially when you add in the yet to be awesomized models to do! they look so damn good all together, you really need to play one day dude! you can just field whatever you need! can't wait to see what you envision with Orks and what you do with the Terminators more so!
nerdfest09

Thanks nerd. Unfortunately I will never take my army on the plane, just can't trust them with my luggage though I might be in the UK for a week or so for vacation this winter. Plan on going to warhammer world when I'm there!

Alfndrate wrote:Well, in terms of game points its about 5865 points.. NOW granted, I had to tweak the way the list reads based on the fact that both you and Eggroll don't play 40k, so these beautiful models don't need to follow standard WYSIWYG and FoC rules... so like the sarge of an Assault Squad has a power weapon and a hand flamer, but 2 marines in the squad have a Thunder Hammer and a Power fist... so I had to give a 15 point upgrade and the hand flamer to the marines in the squad, and then give the sarge a power fist and a thunder hammer... His Land Speeder is illegal in the BA codex because it can't take the Assault Cannon AND the Typhoon Missile launcher, so adding the extra 40 points puts us at 5905...
Like I've said... points wise, its hard to do because he doesn't have to follow FoC etc... but yeah... easily 6000 points of Blood Angels

Thanks Alf! Never knew how many points I had and I don't want to know the potential costs Hopefully once my army is done I'll be able to break the 10k point barrier.

Miss Dee wrote:If you are going to use Jump troopers are you going to give them the winged backpacks?

Not anymore, I'm just going with the wings for the sang guards. Don't have anymore spares for the rest of the assault or vanguard vets.

Inquisitor Earl wrote:Just been catching up. Nothing I can say that hasn't already been said in terms of the quality and quantity of work.

You've inspired me to get going on my own army. I'd love to have such a well painted collection to display. Your red is very similar to what I want for my Mechanicus. Too bad I can't find Dupli-color primer in New Zealand.

Thanks Earl! I hear that Army Painter sells red primer which should be very similar in shade if not exact.

I really like the gritty feel of them.....alot. The bases are really good too.

Great army shots dude! looks great!

WOW! Not sure what else to say really other than I hope some day I have my army up to somewhere near this quality! Probably some day in the far far future where there is only war!

Dont think ive ever seen such a large army painted that well. Congrats Egg.

Looking awesome Egg, whats next on your painting table? care to give us a hint?

Emperors_Champion wrote:WOW! Not sure what else to say really other than I hope some day I have my army up to somewhere near this quality! Probably some day in the far far future where there is only war!

Agreed... someone should submit a few pics to GW

Thanks guys!

Knightley wrote:Looking awesome Egg, whats next on your painting table? care to give us a hint?

Hmmm I've got tons at the moment and not sure which one to tackle next. There's the landspeeder left from the ravenwing box which I have assembled, primed and airbrushed that I can start doing brush work on. I also have a 5 man scout squad, 5 man sternguard and 5 man vanguard squad all ready to prime. Finally there are primed: a razorback and two preds waiting for the airbrush highlight/shadows. Lots of stuff...I'll probably end up picking up whatever strikes my mode next time I decide to sit down and do more hobby work.

MajorTom11 wrote:

Emperors_Champion wrote:WOW! Not sure what else to say really other than I hope some day I have my army up to somewhere near this quality! Probably some day in the far far future where there is only war!

Agreed... someone should submit a few pics to GW

Hmmm I might toss the pics in their flickr pool they keep talking about on their site.

Man... that is just... wow... and it's also pretty awesome you collect an entire army just to paint, not necessarily to play. I'm also surprised your army hasn't been showcased at GW's website yet... I just saw a Red Scorpion army from here, on there (forget whose)

Either way, if one should be on there... I'd suspect it's this one.

-Remi

When are we getting our next fix eggy?! Eagerly awaiting

HF Izanagi wrote:
Man... that is just... wow... and it's also pretty awesome you collect an entire army just to paint, not necessarily to play. I'm also surprised your army hasn't been showcased at GW's website yet... I just saw a Red Scorpion army from here, on there (forget whose)

Either way, if one should be on there... I'd suspect it's this one.
-Remi

Thanks Remi. I might submit my army to GW once I finish all the figs I have planned for it.

peebzguy wrote:When are we getting our next fix eggy?! Eagerly awaiting

Heh, will be awhile. Deux Ex 3 came out recently and that's been eating up all my free time (painting time). Also, since Space Marine is coming out next week it will probably delay my next models for awhile. You'll have to hold out a bit longer

I just made you a DCM, you will probably know which thread you should register in when you get to the Mosh Pit lol.

Welcome to the 'what some people seem to think is elite but really just a bunch of regular dudes' club!

I too will be playing copious amounts of Space Marine multiplayer once it comes out. The demo was insanely good. Probably on the Xbox, maybe on the PC though, haven't really made up my mind yet...

MajorTom11 wrote:I just made you a DCM, you will probably know which thread you should register in when you get to the Mosh Pit lol.

Welcome to the 'what some people seem to think is elite but really just a bunch of regular dudes' club!

Wow! Thanks Tom! Going to step up my game and post more

peebzguy wrote:I too will be playing copious amounts of Space Marine multiplayer once it comes out. The demo was insanely good. Probably on the Xbox, maybe on the PC though, haven't really made up my mind yet...

Yup, September will definitely not be a productive month.

These are simply lil grimdark JEWELS! Wonderful painting, wonderful assimilation of the DA parts. If my chapter looks half this good, I'll be a happy nerd.

Eggroll the bike squad came out beautifull as usual . And your army all together looks amazing!!. So what next? Stormraven aka midgethawk what I call it? Anywho great work and cant wait to see more.

I hate to say this, but I wish there weren't so many posts that didn't have pictures. I just scroll right through all the text to see your beautiful models. Best BA army ever, I think. c:

Wulfe Luer wrote:These are simply lil grimdark JEWELS! Wonderful painting, wonderful assimilation of the DA parts. If my chapter looks half this good, I'll be a happy nerd.

Thanks Wulfe!

GreyDeathOne wrote:Eggroll the bike squad came out beautifull as usual . And your army all together looks amazing!!. So what next? Stormraven aka midgethawk what I call it? Anywho great work and cant wait to see more.

Thanks Grey! I haven't even unwrapped my Stormraven yet. I think it will be awhile before I get a chance to get to it. Right now I'm working on 3 tanks - 1 razorback and 2 predators. Progress has slowed down for me now that school has started, I just started my first year of grad school and am still working at my normal job full time so things have been busy. Hoping the tanks will be done within the next two weeks though. Will post pics as soon as they are.

Samus_aran115 wrote:I hate to say this, but I wish there weren't so many posts that didn't have pictures. I just scroll right through all the text to see your beautiful models. Best BA army ever, I think. c:

Haha, thanks Samus. Will try and keep the text down

Your painting is fantastic i love checking your pages for new stuff and im never let down when you upload pictures of your miniatures,
keep up the good work

Stunning models Eggrol! real inspiration.

The Dupli-Color you use as a basecoat, can you recommend a Vallejo or any other brand similar that I can run through an airbrush? Cheers

WTF.......................

I don't know what to say....just AWESOME!!

Zebr@88

Thanks guys!

Thamor - The only primers I know of that you can run through an airbrush are the surface primers from Vallejo. I actually use the black one quite a bit to touch up some models in places where a spray primer has a hard time reaching. For the surface primers, Vallejo has other colours as well - one of which is called German Red Brown. I haven't used it though judging but the picture > http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/blog/2011/01/surface-primer/ it could be close in colour to the Duplicolor can primer. Might be worth a shot.

Should keep in mind the surface primers are not as durable as the primers you get in a spray can. They're acrylic primers and from my experience, don't bond to the metal/resin/plastic surface as well as the sprays. Think it has something to do with the fact they don't use as many of the harsh chems that you find in spray cans but at least they don't stink when you spray them.

Seeing them all together is just WIN WIN! Quality and quantity

I would've personally preferred a tad brighter, redder red, but that's taste minutea.

Beautiful work!! Very inspirational for my own Legion army and the moment I finally get space for Airbrushing. Sooooooon.....

Eggroll wrote:Thanks guys!

Thamor - The only primers I know of that you can run through an airbrush are the surface primers from Vallejo. I actually use the black one quite a bit to touch up some models in places where a spray primer has a hard time reaching. For the surface primers, Vallejo has other colours as well - one of which is called German Red Brown. I haven't used it though judging but the picture > http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/blog/2011/01/surface-primer/ it could be close in colour to the Duplicolor can primer. Might be worth a shot.

Should keep in mind the surface primers are not as durable as the primers you get in a spray can. They're acrylic primers and from my experience, don't bond to the metal/resin/plastic surface as well as the sprays. Think it has something to do with the fact they don't use as many of the harsh chems that you find in spray cans but at least they don't stink when you spray them.

Might have to try some of that Red Brown, Looks very similar. Thanks

Can you think of any of the current VMC, VGC or VMA that would get close enough to your base coat with the Dupli-Colour? Something I can add the Blood Red highlight to.

Just another quick couple of questions if you don't mind, When your giving the red a shadfing with the Opaque Red and Opaque Black in a 50/50 mix do you just mask off the top half of what your shading and do a light spray to the bottom? And would VMC Black Red work for this step?

Once again lovely models and thanks for the help.

Thanks migs. You actually don't need a big space for airbrushing, I do it in on my computer desk which is where I also paint. Just need to spend the extra time for setup/teardown which isn't that bad. Definitely look into getting a spot when you've moved into San Fran

Thamor - Not sure about any of the vallejo colour ranges. I barely use their paints as my preference is mostly with P3 and some GW paints. I'm pretty sure there are some online reference pages that will allow you to match colours between all the ranges though. As far as the duplicolour red goes I have no idea what would match it paint wise. I don't have anything in my current paint kit that would match 1:1. Closest would probably be GW Red Gore.

For shading, I never use any masking when applying paint to one single surface for highlights->midtones->shadows. Masking would defeat the purpose of using the airbrush as it allows you to have a gradual colour shift from your highlights to midtones to shadows. I only mask when I want to limit overspray across multiple surface areas (ie. different panels on a tank).

Thanks for the help Eggrol, Anything in production at the moment?


Got an idea for the red base coat. What do you think?

Carmine Red

Eggroll wrote:You actually don't need a big space for airbrushing, I do it in on my computer desk which is where I also paint.

Oh I didn't know that, la la la must not look at airbrushes

Thamor wrote:Thanks for the help Eggrol, Anything in production at the moment?
Got an idea for the red base coat. What do you think?
Carmine Red

Not a problem - had some things in production that I just finished...check below. Also, Carmine red looks good...should give you good results.

GiraffeX wrote:

Eggroll wrote:You actually don't need a big space for airbrushing, I do it in on my computer desk which is where I also paint.

Oh I didn't know that, la la la must not look at airbrushes

Yup, just make sure you're not too attached to your desk as the overspray will eventually get to the surface. My desk has tons of random paint all over it as well as dried resin spots from when I was experimenting with doing resin casting. Not a good looking desk anymore but works great for my needs.


Been a month since my last real update. Painting time is a lot less these days since I've started graduate school while working my regular full time job. Anyway, I managed to finish off the three tanks I've had sitting around for the past 3 months:


Razorback: Had to redo the servo skull after snapping it off the regular connector wire...the plastic is too weak...ended up using some guitar wire instead.






Autocannon Pred:







Lascannon Pred:

Beautiful! I love the use of landspeeder bits on the razorback, really clever.

Gah! awesome as per usual, I sometimes wonder if you tire of hearing positive comments each post! but it's hard when everything you do manages to look so great! I can't even give you any constructive criticism all 3 look excellent Eggy, the burn marks on the assault cannons are great! and the I particularly like the green shade you use for all the lenses it really stands out with the dark red you use for them, all in all, I wish i could shake your hand this army is so cohesive and looks so good!

keep it up!


Nerdfest09

Great Eggs, as per.

I see you like your Italian cars, Enzo on the Annhilator, for the Ferrari Enzo, Lambo after Lamborghini, on the predator destructor and Zonda on the Razorback, after the Pagani Zonda.

Nice cars and also your very nice models, the only thing is the guy in the razorback, his face looks a little pale and under detailed compared to the res of the model, is it due to the lighting? All the models are really stunning.

PS how do you do the really nice scriptwork, I am very envious

OM G ........* Speachless *

Thanks for all the comments guys!

nerdfest09 wrote:Gah! awesome as per usual, I sometimes wonder if you tire of hearing positive comments each post! but it's hard when everything you do manages to look so great! I can't even give you any constructive criticism all 3 look excellent Eggy, the burn marks on the assault cannons are great! and the I particularly like the green shade you use for all the lenses it really stands out with the dark red you use for them, all in all, I wish i could shake your hand this army is so cohesive and looks so good!
keep it up!

Nerdfest09

Heh thanks, never get tired of them . Keeps me motivitated. Burn marks were something I tried after seeing Redscorps do that with his LR. Also, there was a good post by Ron on FromTheWarp regarding the same effect. http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-to-paint-heat-stained-gun-barrels.html

dantay_xv wrote:I see you like your Italian cars, Enzo on the Annhilator, for the Ferrari Enzo, Lambo after Lamborghini, on the predator destructor and Zonda on the Razorback, after the Pagani Zonda.

Nice cars and also your very nice models, the only thing is the guy in the razorback, his face looks a little pale and under detailed compared to the res of the model, is it due to the lighting? All the models are really stunning.

PS how do you do the really nice scriptwork, I am very envious

Good eye dantay! Was wondering if someone would notice. Doing the names was something I had left till the end because I just couldn't figure out good names for them. I watch a lot of Top Gear and eventually figured Italian cars would make the perfect name so I went ahead with it. Since the BA tanks have overcharged engines or something like that it was very fitting

The driver's face is a bit washed out and not due to the photos. I didn't spend too much time on him as I was rushing in the end to finish up.

For the scriptwork my secret is just having a really good brush that holds a fine tip well and making sure I have proper paint loads in the brush. I've been doing all my painting with a Windsor & Newton Series 7 Size 0 brush for the last few months. The brushes last a very long time and holds a tip very well which comes in handy when doing tiny details. In fact, I'd rather have this brush for fine detail than some of the super tiny 10/0 brushes because the bigger brush size will hold paint better than the tiny ones. With a good brush and making sure you don't overload the brush with paint, you can be very precise with paint placement when painting.

Yay another Top Gear fan. The red of the Blood Angels does lend itself well to the car theme too. Many cool red ferraris out there.

Thanks for the tips on the brushes. There is a great art store in Dundee so I shall see what they have.

grate,
Nice stuff eggroll! love to see more!

I have never seen such commitment to awesomeness across a single army. Do you paint other things between your BA models?
Quick question (another one that is): do you add the shade colour after the base colour? I have seen some people prime white, then pre-shade black before adding the base colour to get a similar effect.

PS, nice us of the Witch Hunter decal on the Razorback

Thanks Hazzer.

Luther - Thanks. I haven't painted any non BA models for over a year now I think. Been slowing collecting some grey knights since they've been released but haven't painted any yet. The witch hunters decal sheet is one of the best decal sheets around

Yes, I shade after I do the primer. I've seen the prime white and "preshade" method...not a fan as it's hard to judge what the final effect will be and correcting any mistakes is difficult as you'd have to repaint the areas white and preshade again and then colour.

That's a good point. What do you use for your shade colour? I use Vallejo model air hull red and mahogany but both are more dark brown than dark red. They need satin varnish before they look as rich and 'deep red' as yours.

LutherMax - I use a 50/50 mix of black/red for shadows for the red areas. Not sure about the Vallejo range as I barely have any of their paints except a few metallics. Varnish is a good way to bring out some of the colour though as you mentioned, I always use gloss on my tanks followed by dull cote. Makes them "pop" a bit more.

Just now following this thread. Not a blood angel fam, simply because i suck at playing them...lol...but it would be damn fun to play the BEAUTIFULLY done army. my god. I wish i could paint tanks like you :( ... Am i correct to assume that alot of this work, especially vehicles, was done with an airbrush? Weathering too? and OSL on lights? Im sure you've answered all this and i apologize for asking only now, but id rather not sift through 25 pages of back posts Im inspired by your work Thanks for that!

Fantastic. You do such a great job combining the benefits of Airbrushing with the finish of brush work.

bebopdrums - Yes, most of the work is done with an airbrush...including the weathering and OSL. No worries, take a look through the previous pages if you have time...there are lots of pretty pics

Thanks Migs!

Well done. Those tanks look amazingly good.
Whole army is really great looking!
Congrats.

veelckoo wrote:Well done. Those tanks look amazingly good.
Whole army is really great looking!
Congrats.

Thanks Veelckoo.

Another update, this time with some finished work as well as pics of some work in progress models.

Finished these scouts two days ago and snapped a pic today. Actually like these guys quite a bit...my first models that I painted were sniper scouts 3 years ago so might have to buy another box of sniper scouts and paint them up again.


Next up...some work in progress pics. Here's a Baal Pred box with the following:

- Fully magnetized Baal Pred
- 9 Space Hulk Terminators
- 2 metal sniper scouts
- Old Space Marine metal captain
- Sternguard Squad
- Vanguard Squad
- Games Day Sergeant
- Scout Biker
- Librarian with Power Sword

And some more stuff...

- Terminator Captain
- Chaplain with skull mask/bolt pistol
- Chaplain with powerfist
- Chaplain with plasma pistol
- Chaplain on bike
- Land speeder

I like the chaplains I've got all of the current range of chaplains. Trying to collect all the librarian models too...just missing the one with the power axe. That and Tycho are the only few HQ's left for me to collect from the current range.

Beautiful just beautiful . Love the conversion on the razorback and the weathering and shading perfect!!
Man you are a man on a mission look at all those marines cant wait to se more.

Rarely see this size force done with such quality, kudos for you!

Nice looking stuff on the pipeline, really looking for what you can do with the Space Hulk terminators.

Wow. I just finished my ultramarines scouts and posted an update on my blog the other day, and after seeing yours lol, the standard of your models is just phenominal! Fantastic as usual matey!

LDP

I demand you slow down... I am falling more behind everyday!

Haven't touched a mini in like 6 week s:S

Given any more consideration to doing an 'attached' squad of a successor Chapter? I have decided to include 1 squad of Flesh Tearers, 1 Flesh Eaters, 1 Lamenters and 1 Angels Sanguine in my force... y'know whenever I finish my Space Hulk Project and start the BA lol.

Thanks guys!

Tom - I've actually slowed down from the pace I had this summer. If it wasn't for school I'd have a lot more done by now. I also know you've been slacking, been eagerly waiting an update on that space hulk thread of yours though I guess you've got your hands full at the moment with the upcoming Tom Jr.

I haven't thought much about the successor squad yet. I think I'll probably do a simple 5 man tac squad with a Lamenter, Angels Sanguine, Flesh Tearer, Angels Encarmine and Blood Drinker marine all kited out with some decent weaponry and bionics. Almost sort of a deathwatch squad. Oh yeah, I also need to add Seth to my collection too. Soooo many models to paint.

Wow amazing airbrush and conventional brush work. Can't wait to see your take on Seth and the sort of deathwatch squad sounds amazing!

Your army must be huuuuge by now dude – running out of space in that cabinet yet?
Scouts look really nice... Very much looking forward to the Space Hulk Termies. I have those but I'm waiting until I've improved my skills enough to do them justice!

Quick question, do you use inks or washes or something to 'blackline' the little details – e.g. the little vents on infantry legs and such?

Cheers Farty!

LutherMax - Yeah, my cabinet is filled to the brim. I've got another one though in different colour so my OCD prevents me from placing it right next to it and spreading the models out. I'm gonna look into buying a 3rd that's going to be the same colour so I can put two side by side soon!

About the black lining, I just use black paint and my trusty WN7 brush to do all the details.

I noticed you got a shout out on MWG dave's blog. Can't say I blame him though

Knightley wrote:I noticed you got a shout out on MWG dave's blog. Can't say I blame him though

Link to Blog, please?

Oh, thanks for the heads up Knightley. Like Alpharius said, got a link? Is it one of his vblogs?

WOW great stuff

It should be here It was one of his longer ones so if its not that one it should be an earlier one, check about 3/4 the way through iirc.

Edit: try the 4:50min mark.

Thanks dakkagrot187.

Knightley - Thanks for that. I looked through some of his other vlogs and they were soooo looooooong. Good to have a direct link

i really think you should play im sure you will love it

dakkagrot187 wrote:i really think you should play im sure you will love it

Probably but at the moment I just don't have the time. Plus, I don't know anyone that does play the game and driving 30 mins to the nearest hobby shop, which has 2 tables to play, to try and get a pick up game as a newbie doesn't appeal to me. I'm happy painting for now.

Yea Eggroll is a celeb !!!

It's been a while since I checked your thread, man, I love those vehicles!

Awesome blood angels just read through the whole thing. Cant wait to see more.

Grey - I wish

Meph and Steeds - Thanks!

Alright, enough text, time for some pictures. I finished off a sternguard squad tonight. These guys are the metal version.

Again, super quality models.

This blog is great inspiration for building up an army.

D00d! Those. Are. Gorgeous!

As the quality is so high, I'll bump up my critiques a level as well. Two minor comments...
The OSL on the plasma gun seems seriously overdone. Those coils have no direct line of sight to the side of the gun so it seems a bit unnatural that the whole gun is coloured so harsly.

And the heat colouraion on the melta gun nozzles is too harsh and too blue. you should slowly layer it up in different colours, some red, some purple, some blue. Applied in thinned layers to gently create a gradient. Now it's just a thick band of blue.

Impressive as always - can't wait to start my marines, though I'm pessimistic about my ability to come close to yours...

I've started toying around with colours (using a brush), but just feel their a bit bright. Looking forward to finding time to purchase an airbrush, and then finding time to learn how to use it, and then finding time to start my marine force...

I'll definitely be 'borrowing' a lot from what I've learnt in your thread - just hope it all comes out somewhere in the vicinity of 'as good'... but won't hold my breath for the first few rounds...

Fine work!

Painting of figures very much impresses!

Dmitry.

MY 500th POST!!!

Oh MY... these are AWESOME! I am so getting an airbrush... which model airbrush do you have?

Northen wrote:Again, super quality models.

This blog is great inspiration for building up an army.

Thanks!

Meph wrote:D00d! Those. Are. Gorgeous!

As the quality is so high, I'll bump up my critiques a level as well. Two minor comments...
The OSL on the plasma gun seems seriously overdone. Those coils have no direct line of sight to the side of the gun so it seems a bit unnatural that the whole gun is coloured so harsly.

And the heat colouraion on the melta gun nozzles is too harsh and too blue. you should slowly layer it up in different colours, some red, some purple, some blue. Applied in thinned layers to gently create a gradient. Now it's just a thick band of blue.

Thanks Meph and I completely agree with you about the plasma gun. I pulled back too much when doing it and made a mess of it...got lazy and didn't want to repaint the whole gun so I left it as is. For the melta, I think it was the lighting and angle, normally you can barely make out the blue and looks mostly black.

Northen wrote:Again, super quality models.

This blog is great inspiration for building up an army.

Thanks Northen!

slice'n'dice wrote:Impressive as always - can't wait to start my marines, though I'm pessimistic about my ability to come close to yours...

I've started toying around with colours (using a brush), but just feel their a bit bright. Looking forward to finding time to purchase an airbrush, and then finding time to learn how to use it, and then finding time to start my marine force...

I'll definitely be 'borrowing' a lot from what I've learnt in your thread - just hope it all comes out somewhere in the vicinity of 'as good'... but won't hold my breath for the first few rounds...

Thanks slice. We all start somewhere so don't worry about matching my or others ability from the start. My first models I attempted looked like crap...bad enough that I almost gave up on airbrushing. Definitely give airbrushing a go if you're interested and keep at it, it's something that requires practice and patience but the end result is worth it.

Dimetry100 wrote:Fine work!

Painting of figures very much impresses!

Dmitry.

Thanks Dmitry!

Nightfall wrote:MY 500th POST!!!

Oh MY... these are AWESOME! I am so getting an airbrush... which model airbrush do you have?

Thanks Nightfall. Congrats on 500, I still have a ways to go before I get there. I normally use my Iwata Revolution BR airbrush though I also have an Infinity 2 in 1 and a Veda from ebay. If you check a few pages back, I go over in detail my setup and includes pics too.

beautiful! Perfect lighting and shading. . ......Now we wait for the american judges......10. 10. 10. 10 10!!! A perfect score by the Canadian artist!!!!!
(sorry feeling a bit cheeky)

Sternies! Awesome! I agree on the plasma gun comment but otherwise top notch quality as always. I like the little sooty exhaust detail on the back of the legs

I love these models and bought them ages ago in metal but didn't get around to painting them. I then succumbed to the resin versions thinking they'd be a LOT easier to prep but all the gun straps have holes in them! So now I have both and can't decide which to paint and which to stick on eBay...

Did you find these guys a bit of a paint to clean up mould line-wise?

EDIT: Also, how do you rate the Iwata against the H&S? I have the Infinity 2 in 1 also so would be interested to hear how they compare for you.

I knew as soon as I clicked . . . I really shouldn't of looked before finishing my Tau! . . . Darn you Eggroll, darn you!

Oh well, back to the Blood Angels!

GreyDeathOne wrote: beautiful! Perfect lighting and shading. . ......Now we wait for the american judges......10. 10. 10. 10 10!!! A perfect score by the Canadian artist!!!!!
(sorry feeling a bit cheeky)

Thanks Grey! I appreciate the cheekyness.

LutherMax wrote:Sternies! Awesome! I agree on the plasma gun comment but otherwise top notch quality as always. I like the little sooty exhaust detail on the back of the legs

I love these models and bought them ages ago in metal but didn't get around to painting them. I then succumbed to the resin versions thinking they'd be a LOT easier to prep but all the gun straps have holes in them! So now I have both and can't decide which to paint and which to stick on eBay...

Did you find these guys a bit of a paint to clean up mould line-wise?

EDIT: Also, how do you rate the Iwata against the H&S? I have the Infinity 2 in 1 also so would be interested to hear how they compare for you.

Thank Luther. I prefer metal to fine cast though I actually don't have any experience with the fine cast stuff. I'm used to working with metal, pinning and filing and from a collector's perspective, metal feels better and more "valuable". Mold lines on the sternguards weren't that bad, standard lines as you would expect to see on any GW metal minis.

As for the airbrush comparison, the Revolution BR is in a different class. The revolution is a cheaper brush that targeted towards beginners with less features. The Infinity is more of a middle of the road kind of airbrush. That being said, I've used my 2 in 1 once since I got it... The iwata and the cheapo Veda airbrush have both done a good job for what I need it to do. However, next time I need to do finer work I'll probably break out the Infinity. The smaller 0.15mm nozzle size means it clogs a lot easier and is also easier to bend.

Emperors_Champion wrote:I knew as soon as I clicked . . . I really shouldn't of looked before finishing my Tau! . . . Darn you Eggroll, darn you!

Oh well, back to the Blood Angels!

Thanks EC...if these guys get you back on the BA horse then I'm glad! My army is getting pretty big too, you'd better get back to your BA's before you lose the spot of having the biggest painted BA army around here

Always impressive. But what really stands out to me is how you pick out the details so clearly. Understand that the model in small enough already. The white wing detail, the laurel leaves and chest eagles are very crisp. This just reinforces tha you are an artist with a brush as well as a AB.

Ok enough admiring for now.

SL

I really enjoy your ability to paint combining multiple tools and techniques.

I found that even the simpler methods in airbrushing can be somewhat difficult for me. Seeing superior stuff like yours motivates me to keep practicing.

Thanks Solar_lion.

MakeH wrote:I really enjoy your ability to paint combining multiple tools and techniques.

I found that even the simpler methods in airbrushing can be somewhat difficult for me. Seeing superior stuff like yours motivates me to keep practicing.

Thanks. The airbrush, like any other tool, requires patience and practice. In fact, given the technical complexity of the airbrush/compressor, the ramp up time is usually a lot great than normal methods of brush and paints. I almost gave up when I first started out. The first few models I did I stripped a few times over to get anything decent and I had a hard time getting the right air pressure, paint mix dialed in. In the end the persistence was worth it though so don't give give up and keep practicing!

I am starting to think that the tip "consistency of milk" has been my biggest issue My paints have been too thin, but DakkaDakka is the perfect place to find inspiration to keep shooting that paint on minies.

MakeH wrote:I am starting to think that the tip "consistency of milk" has been my biggest issue My paints have been too thin, but DakkaDakka is the perfect place to find inspiration to keep shooting that paint on minies.

Yup, the tip is a load of bull. I generally shoot paint that's thicker. My general rule of thumb is 50/50 mix for both my airbrush and brush but it varies depending on the application. Milk is way too diluted and unless you're using alcohol to increase drying time, it'll probably end up running/splattering.

Do you mean alcohol to decrease drying time? As something that has an increased dry time would have more time to run...

Alfndrate wrote:Do you mean alcohol to decrease drying time? As something that has an increased dry time would have more time to run...

Heh, yup, alcohol dries faster so that would be a decrease in drying time...bleh semantics

The quality and detail on these models is immense. Perfect shading, highlighting, layering, and pretty much everything else I can can think of.
Subscribed.

susejo239 wrote:The quality and detail on these models is immense. Perfect shading, highlighting, layering, and pretty much everything else I can can think of.
Subscribed.

Thanks for the compliments susejo239!

Alright, quick update as I just finished off the Games Day Model of the SM Sergeant. In my OCD question to collect one of every model from the current range, I was able to buy this from fellow forum member Bangbangboom. After getting rid of the Ultramarine paintjob I redid this guy in BA colours. I had him painted at the same time as my sternguards but spent extra time on him to pick out more details.

God, those guys must of kept you busy! Love the see the ball pred an SH temies too!

HAZZER

Love it as usual!! . Love that hammer!

Holy smokes Egg! Somehow I got unsubbed from your blog and have missed some great stuff!! Shame on me.

I just love the way the vibrant green and blue work against the red, and the gold accents throughout the armor... really outstanding work my friend.

Wowsers! That looks superb mate! *Applause*

That hammer is quite exquisite! and tips on how you got that effect going?

Eggy! damn dude, this is by far one of your works i'm most impressed with! as usual the armour and paint are perfect for the BA and you have outdone yourself with the face on this guy, it looks brilliant, so animated and if i can say 'lifelike?' as far as 28mm models go! just amazingly good work, the spot colours of green and gold and executed so well and don't distract from the picture as a whole but just further accentuate the rest of the model! and of course the hammer is beautiful, nicely understated considering how you could have made the it the focal point but it works in perfect harmony with everything else!

top marks for you my friend! 10/10 :-)

Nerdfest09

That sergeant with the hammer is, in my opinion your best work to date. Absolutely brilliant. It looks like you used a mix of airbrushing and wet blending on this model, is that right? Truly inspired sir.

After spending what must of been 2 hours reading through all the comments and viewing all the pictures you've shared in this topic, i'm blown away. I've never seen anyones army look so detailed! I paint BA myself, but nowhere near to the standard you're achieving, it's unreal! lol. Every following picture just raises the bar a little from what you previously done, outstanding work. Really amazing work, subscribed after only the first 2/3pages

HAZZER wrote:God, those guys must of kept you busy! Love the see the ball pred an SH temies too!

Yup, they take quite awhile and been busier than usual lately so haven't had as much painting time. Will have the baal and SH termies on the desk for painting soon!

GreyDeathOne wrote:Love it as usual!! . Love that hammer!

Thanks Grey!

Gitsplitta wrote:Holy smokes Egg! Somehow I got unsubbed from your blog and have missed some great stuff!! Shame on me.

I just love the way the vibrant green and blue work against the red, and the gold accents throughout the armor... really outstanding work my friend.

Thanks Gits. I've been falling behind on my subs as well...not enough surfing time at work these days heh...work is too busy

Meph wrote:Wowsers! That looks superb mate! *Applause*

Thanks Meph!

Knightley wrote:That hammer is quite exquisite! and tips on how you got that effect going?

Thanks Knightley. For the hammer, the blue I did with an airbrush: Regal Blue > Enchanted Blue > Ice Blue > 50/50 Ice Blue/White > edge lined with white
The gold is something I'm really happy with on the whole model as well as the hammer. That was done by brush using Tin Bitz base, then Shining Gold and highlighted with Vallejo AB Gold. So happy with the results that I'm going to use that as my gold recipe from now on.

nerdfest09 wrote:Eggy! damn dude, this is by far one of your works i'm most impressed with! as usual the armour and paint are perfect for the BA and you have outdone yourself with the face on this guy, it looks brilliant, so animated and if i can say 'lifelike?' as far as 28mm models go! just amazingly good work, the spot colours of green and gold and executed so well and don't distract from the picture as a whole but just further accentuate the rest of the model! and of course the hammer is beautiful, nicely understated considering how you could have made the it the focal point but it works in perfect harmony with everything else!

top marks for you my friend! 10/10 :-)

Nerdfest09

Thanks as always Nerdfest It's also one of my favorite models that I've painted so far.

Rabid Ferret wrote:That sergeant with the hammer is, in my opinion your best work to date. Absolutely brilliant. It looks like you used a mix of airbrushing and wet blending on this model, is that right? Truly inspired sir.

Thanks Ferret, and yes, it's a mix of airbrushing and brush work. I don't use wet blending as it's not a technique I'm used to. The brush work I do for gradients is all with glazes.

JaydeeV2 wrote:After spending what must of been 2 hours reading through all the comments and viewing all the pictures you've shared in this topic, i'm blown away. I've never seen anyones army look so detailed! I paint BA myself, but nowhere near to the standard you're achieving, it's unreal! lol. Every following picture just raises the bar a little from what you previously done, outstanding work. Really amazing work, subscribed after only the first 2/3pages

Thanks Jaydee! This project has been time consuming but very rewarding for me and sharing it on dakka has helped keep me motivated to keep painting and improving. The hobby side of this wouldn't be the same without the comments and feedback from this forum.

eggroll....amazing work as always! love the hammer and the shading on the face.

subbed

This army is just so much win . Bravo sir, you made me want to start Blood Angels

That Sergeant is really amazing. I think your tones are beautiful, I am not normally the biggest BA fan out there.

Eggroll wrote:

MakeH wrote:I am starting to think that the tip "consistency of milk" has been my biggest issue My paints have been too thin, but DakkaDakka is the perfect place to find inspiration to keep shooting that paint on minies.

Yup, the tip is a load of bull. I generally shoot paint that's thicker. My general rule of thumb is 50/50 mix for both my airbrush and brush but it varies depending on the application. Milk is way too diluted and unless you're using alcohol to increase drying time, it'll probably end up running/splattering.

Also, different colour paints require different thinning proportions. For example white is usually the most highly pigmented colour and therefore requires more thinning. Metallic colours too.

Great work on the Gamesday model Eggroll – I was surprised to hear you used the airbrush for the blue on the hammer – that's very finely detailed work! Did you airbrush the red armour in the way you described at the beginning of your thread, or glaze it up with a traditional brush?

A quick cheeky question - I am wanting to do a half and half scheme on some marines where I airbrush each side with highlights/etc - what would you recommend to mask the models with?

I've tried masking tape in the past but found that on the uneven surface of a model it just lifts up and causes paint to creep under.

Is there any masking agent that you have found good for this?

Many thanks

SilverMK2 wrote:A quick cheeky question - I am wanting to do a half and half scheme on some marines where I airbrush each side with highlights/etc - what would you recommend to mask the models with?

I've tried masking tape in the past but found that on the uneven surface of a model it just lifts up and causes paint to creep under.

Is there any masking agent that you have found good for this?

Many thanks

You might struggle to mask a whole half of a model by any means. Better to paint one complete colour with your airbrush, then brush paint the other side. Check out Les Bursley's Angel Sanguine on YouTube

Thanks guys!

LutherMax wrote:
Great work on the Gamesday model Eggroll – I was surprised to hear you used the airbrush for the blue on the hammer – that's very finely detailed work! Did you airbrush the red armour in the way you described at the beginning of your thread, or glaze it up with a traditional brush?

Thanks. The red for the armor was done with airbrush. Brushwork was used for the smaller details.

SilverMK2 wrote:A quick cheeky question - I am wanting to do a half and half scheme on some marines where I airbrush each side with highlights/etc - what would you recommend to mask the models with?

I've tried masking tape in the past but found that on the uneven surface of a model it just lifts up and causes paint to creep under.

Is there any masking agent that you have found good for this?

Many thanks

Actually masking tape would probably be your best beat. Liquid masking agents would be too hard to control to achieve a straight line down the centre. If I was doing it, I would do the whole model as one first as LutherMax mentinoed, though I wouldn't shade/highlight the other half. Then I would use a brush to paint out the distinct line down the centre until it's straight and clean. After, I'd use masking take to follow the line as a mask. Using the airbrush I would do the normal basecoat/highlights/shadows using the masking tape to prevent overspray. I wouldn't actually spray right up to the masking tape since you mentioned it might lift. After the 2nd half is done, I'd go through and clean up the line and 2nd half airbrushed sections.

Thanks for the link and suggestions guys - I will give that a go Eggroll as it sounds like my best bet (also watching the video now).

Fantastic stuff

great OSL and really good work with the airbrush! wish i could paint that good.

yeah i need to try ols

I am most amazed by the stuff you do with the airbrush, the red on the armor looks magnificent. I am planning do do my own white/red marines and I hope to be able to create a similar highlight with an airbrush one day.

It is very rare that I spend time looking at 25 pages of painted models. This however, was well worth the last 20min of my life.

Great job Eggroll, you should be extremely proud of your work.

Mat

please tell me how to do the green power weapons on the HG! hope im not repeating someone, cause im way to lazy to reread 25 pages

I preferred the old paint job egg


Looks great I really like your painting style. I can't explain it, your painting looks a level higher then most whilst still retaining a "this can be done with just a little practise" look to it.

Anyway how do you do your bases? I just can't find a mud look I'm happy with and yours are close in colour if not in texture to what I've been trying for.

Thanks for the comments guys!

emperors assassin wrote:please tell me how to do the green power weapons on the HG! hope im not repeating someone, cause im way to lazy to reread 25 pages

Start with a black basecoat, airbrushed goblin green, then scorpion green, then 50/50 of scorpion green and sunburst yellow.

Bangbangboom wrote:I preferred the old paint job egg
Looks great I really like your painting style. I can't explain it, your painting looks a level higher then most whilst still retaining a "this can be done with just a little practise" look to it.
Anyway how do you do your bases? I just can't find a mud look I'm happy with and yours are close in colour if not in texture to what I've been trying for.

Heh thanks Bang. The bases are really easy, just torn up cork with basing in between. Then black primer with calthan brown drybrush.

Quick update:
Finished off my 2nd land speeder. New one is the heavy bolter...old one is the multimelta

Eggroll wrote:

battle Brother Lucifer wrote:Another hand in front of face plasma gunner?
Guess everyone has em nowadays

Yup, everyone with a SM army needs a plasma gun shy model!

I own 7 Marine armies and not a single one has a Plasma Shy Guy.

It's so overdone.

Sweet looking Land Speeders. I really like how your technique gives some dynamics for those flat surfaces of SM vehicles. And the weathering and other details finish the models nicely.

And the the GD sarge ain't too shabby neither.

Keep it up

Woah dude! Impressive speeders. I might even go so far as to say that they're probably the coolest land speeders I've seen.

The new speeder is stunning! Love every bit of this thread and can't wait to see more stuff!

Speeders looking good Eggy, looks like i need to pull my finger out and we'll have a 'speeder off!' :-)

Thanks Northern, Meph and Farty

nerdfest - Huh? Where are you pulling your finger out of and what is a speeder off? I think I'm missing something here...

The latest speeder looks very good eggroll! Just one small bit here: the heavy bolter looks rather clean, maybe a bit of burn/rust would look good. But, who am I to criticize work that is far beyond my own?

UG

Unluckyguardsman wrote:The latest speeder looks very good eggroll! Just one small bit here: the heavy bolter looks rather clean, maybe a bit of burn/rust would look good. But, who am I to criticize work that is far beyond my own?

UG

Thanks UG. Your point is certainly valid and you don't need to be a good painter to critique other people's work. I did do some weathering on the bolter with a dry brush of boltgun metal. I would dirty it up more but then it wouldn't fit in with the other weapons I've been painting so far so I'll probably leave it as is. Otherwise it's a very good point.

Eggroll wrote:

Unluckyguardsman wrote:The latest speeder looks very good eggroll! Just one small bit here: the heavy bolter looks rather clean, maybe a bit of burn/rust would look good. But, who am I to criticize work that is far beyond my own?

UG

Thanks UG. Your point is certainly valid and you don't need to be a good painter to critique other people's work. I did do some weathering on the bolter with a dry brush of boltgun metal. I would dirty it up more but then it wouldn't fit in with the other weapons I've been painting so far so I'll probably leave it as is. Otherwise it's a very good point.

Yeah, I definitely see how it fits with your theme. Thanks for taking the time to clarify!

UG

Top job as ever Eggy! Impressive consistency between the Speeders considering how far apart they were painted.

I finally had a bit of time to go through this thread in its entirety and boy was it worth it! I also discovered that I'd been unknowingly inspired by your Death Company. I've just completed a squad myself and before I painted them I did a Google image search for inspiration and yours came up. They were the best I found by far and I must admit I... "borrowed" quite a few elements from yours without even knowing they were yours

I shall post some pics and credit you as the source of inspiration

Thanks Luther. I've done enough tanks and vehicles now that I've gotten so used to my process that it's easier and easier for me to replicate it on new models.

Good to hear both you and google image search held my DC in such high regard Let me know when you have pics posted.

Eggroll wrote:

Unluckyguardsman wrote:The latest speeder looks very good eggroll! Just one small bit here: the heavy bolter looks rather clean, maybe a bit of burn/rust would look good. But, who am I to criticize work that is far beyond my own?

UG

Thanks UG. Your point is certainly valid and you don't need to be a good painter to critique other people's work. I did do some weathering on the bolter with a dry brush of boltgun metal. I would dirty it up more but then it wouldn't fit in with the other weapons I've been painting so far so I'll probably leave it as is. Otherwise it's a very good point.

It makes sense for the weaponry to be cleaner than the armour. Were it to be rusted, or to rust up then the weapon would start to malfunction, so it's more realistic to have it "clean" maybe dulling it down from shiny metal would improve it. Besides, fluff suggests that marines particularly take great pride and time in keeping their weapons in order and ship shape, as would (I guess) chapter techmarines and serfs.
Anyway. Great stuff Egg, really impressive. And on both GW site and miniwargaming. Impressive.

They are truly amazing, I've always loved Blood Angels and these are the best I've seen!

I have the same airbrush as your first one, the Iwata rev BR. I always seem to have trouble with the flow reducing after a couple of minutes, I have to give it a big blast off the mini and then its back to normal, have you ever found this? It means I often dont know what the flow of paint is going to be like at a certain trigger position.

I keep it very clean, stripping it right down after using it so its not dirty and I use Vallejo or GW thinned with Vallejo thinner.

The laurel wreaths on your armor is outstanding, I can't seem to get my greens so smooth (but I'll keep trying )
Also the hair on your helm-less marines is great too, little details like that make miniatures really pop out IMHO
Thanks for sharing your work!

Imperial Monkey wrote:

Eggroll wrote:

Unluckyguardsman wrote:The latest speeder looks very good eggroll! Just one small bit here: the heavy bolter looks rather clean, maybe a bit of burn/rust would look good. But, who am I to criticize work that is far beyond my own?

UG

Thanks UG. Your point is certainly valid and you don't need to be a good painter to critique other people's work. I did do some weathering on the bolter with a dry brush of boltgun metal. I would dirty it up more but then it wouldn't fit in with the other weapons I've been painting so far so I'll probably leave it as is. Otherwise it's a very good point.

It makes sense for the weaponry to be cleaner than the armour. Were it to be rusted, or to rust up then the weapon would start to malfunction, so it's more realistic to have it "clean" maybe dulling it down from shiny metal would improve it. Besides, fluff suggests that marines particularly take great pride and time in keeping their weapons in order and ship shape, as would (I guess) chapter techmarines and serfs.
Anyway. Great stuff Egg, really impressive. And on both GW site and miniwargaming. Impressive.

Basically, the marines take as good care of their guns as Eggy does of his airbrush

Yeah sorry Egg, I forget sayings get confused across the waters! to 'pull your finger out' means to actually do something you need to do or have said you would do and make a concerted effort in doing so! and to have a 'speeder off' is reference we sometimes use as in when you watch a movie and they have a 'dance off' or an 'eat off' or some form of competition against someone, so i was tongue in cheek challenging you to a 'speeder off' competition :-)

to surmise, I need to actually finish my speeders to a level that would hopefully be somewhat close to yours to gain some form of praise!

now keep painting dude! love your work! it makes me want to do more every time i see what you do!

Nerdfest09

Nicely done!

Imperial Monkey wrote:

Eggroll wrote:

Unluckyguardsman wrote:The latest speeder looks very good eggroll! Just one small bit here: the heavy bolter looks rather clean, maybe a bit of burn/rust would look good. But, who am I to criticize work that is far beyond my own?

UG

Thanks UG. Your point is certainly valid and you don't need to be a good painter to critique other people's work. I did do some weathering on the bolter with a dry brush of boltgun metal. I would dirty it up more but then it wouldn't fit in with the other weapons I've been painting so far so I'll probably leave it as is. Otherwise it's a very good point.

It makes sense for the weaponry to be cleaner than the armour. Were it to be rusted, or to rust up then the weapon would start to malfunction, so it's more realistic to have it "clean" maybe dulling it down from shiny metal would improve it. Besides, fluff suggests that marines particularly take great pride and time in keeping their weapons in order and ship shape, as would (I guess) chapter techmarines and serfs.
Anyway. Great stuff Egg, really impressive. And on both GW site and miniwargaming. Impressive.

Thanks!

Skippy wrote:They are truly amazing, I've always loved Blood Angels and these are the best I've seen!

I have the same airbrush as your first one, the Iwata rev BR. I always seem to have trouble with the flow reducing after a couple of minutes, I have to give it a big blast off the mini and then its back to normal, have you ever found this? It means I often dont know what the flow of paint is going to be like at a certain trigger position.

I keep it very clean, stripping it right down after using it so its not dirty and I use Vallejo or GW thinned with Vallejo thinner.

Yeah, I get in a habit of blowing it with the needle all the way back on an empty area of my workspace to clear off the tip before I move over to the model. I do this everytime I stop/start. I often find that there are small drops left over at the tip and if you don't blow that off before starting out, you'll get big splatters on your model. You sound like you take better care of your AB than me, I used to be good about stripping it down and cleaning it after each use but I"ve gotten lazy and do it only now when it really gums up inside

chrisyella wrote:The laurel wreaths on your armor is outstanding, I can't seem to get my greens so smooth (but I'll keep trying )
Also the hair on your helm-less marines is great too, little details like that make miniatures really pop out IMHO
Thanks for sharing your work!

Thanks. I've been starting my laurels on a black basecoat and using P3 Gnarls Green as a base, then GW Goblin Green, then Scorpion Green and finally 50/50 mix of Scorpion Green/White at the very tips.

LutherMax wrote:

Imperial Monkey wrote:

Eggroll wrote:

Unluckyguardsman wrote:The latest speeder looks very good eggroll! Just one small bit here: the heavy bolter looks rather clean, maybe a bit of burn/rust would look good. But, who am I to criticize work that is far beyond my own?

UG

Thanks UG. Your point is certainly valid and you don't need to be a good painter to critique other people's work. I did do some weathering on the bolter with a dry brush of boltgun metal. I would dirty it up more but then it wouldn't fit in with the other weapons I've been painting so far so I'll probably leave it as is. Otherwise it's a very good point.

It makes sense for the weaponry to be cleaner than the armour. Were it to be rusted, or to rust up then the weapon would start to malfunction, so it's more realistic to have it "clean" maybe dulling it down from shiny metal would improve it. Besides, fluff suggests that marines particularly take great pride and time in keeping their weapons in order and ship shape, as would (I guess) chapter techmarines and serfs.
Anyway. Great stuff Egg, really impressive. And on both GW site and miniwargaming. Impressive.

Basically, the marines take as good care of their guns as Eggy does of his airbrush

Heh, I actually don't take as good care of my AB as I should be . I only clean it when it jams...really not a good idea for a marine to do to his weapon.

nerdfest09 wrote:Yeah sorry Egg, I forget sayings get confused across the waters! to 'pull your finger out' means to actually do something you need to do or have said you would do and make a concerted effort in doing so! and to have a 'speeder off' is reference we sometimes use as in when you watch a movie and they have a 'dance off' or an 'eat off' or some form of competition against someone, so i was tongue in cheek challenging you to a 'speeder off' competition :-)

to surmise, I need to actually finish my speeders to a level that would hopefully be somewhat close to yours to gain some form of praise!

now keep painting dude! love your work! it makes me want to do more every time i see what you do!

Nerdfest09

Ah, thanks for the explanation Nerdfest.

Ogryn wrote:Nicely done!

Thanks!

I just spent the last hour reading this entire blog from start to finish and I just have to say (Like 99.9% of the people in this thread) Wow, just amazing. I'm only just starting my Blood Angels army now, but eventually I think I'll definitely be using your glow and weathering techniques
Hopefully one day I'll be able to paint just like you do! Thanks so much for sharing this with the community.

They both look really good together It would look even better if you had 2...wait you have 2... how about 4!...Now wait ive go it... how about 3!!!No seriously 3 would look good! BTW how do you do your battledamage it just looks soo good!

HAZZER

Eggroll wrote:
Thanks. I've been starting my laurels on a black basecoat and using P3 Gnarls Green as a base, then GW Goblin Green, then Scorpion Green and finally 50/50 mix of Scorpion Green/White at the very tips.

Thanks Eggroll! I totally expected a yellow to be used at the tips.
Again, great work!

Ahx wrote:I just spent the last hour reading this entire blog from start to finish and I just have to say (Like 99.9% of the people in this thread) Wow, just amazing. I'm only just starting my Blood Angels army now, but eventually I think I'll definitely be using your glow and weathering techniques
Hopefully one day I'll be able to paint just like you do! Thanks so much for sharing this with the community.

Thanks Ahx!

HAZZER wrote:They both look really good together It would look even better if you had 2...wait you have 2... how about 4!...Now wait ive go it... how about 3!!!No seriously 3 would look good! BTW how do you do your battledamage it just looks soo good!

HAZZER

Thanks Hazzer. I actually have another speeder still in shrink wrap and a land speeder storm as well .

Battle damage is done with brush, I just blot out all the chips along the edges with black first and then go over them with boltgun metal. Then a light dry brush of boltgun metal.

chrisyella wrote:

Eggroll wrote:
Thanks. I've been starting my laurels on a black basecoat and using P3 Gnarls Green as a base, then GW Goblin Green, then Scorpion Green and finally 50/50 mix of Scorpion Green/White at the very tips.

Thanks Eggroll! I totally expected a yellow to be used at the tips.
Again, great work!

Not a problem. Thanks!

So... what's up next? The greedy eyes of your loyal followers await!

This is amazing!

Thanks Ogryn.

LutherMax - Nothing new anytime soon. Been too busy lately with work and school. Going to try and get to my space hulk terminators soon though.

those landspeeders are AWESOME! they are soo GOOD!

When I received email that the op has posted again, I had to rush to dakka to take a look (hope to see something new soon but sometimes rl is a bitch)

I know it has been asked before and that you have replied, but I would also like to convey a sincere request for a vehicle and infantry tutorial if you have the will to add one. I am personally interested in your way of airbrushing. Also, your weathering is superb.

MakeH wrote:When I received email that the op has posted again, I had to rush to dakka to take a look (hope to see something new soon but sometimes rl is a bitch)

I know it has been asked before and that you have replied, but I would also like to convey a sincere request for a vehicle and infantry tutorial if you have the will to add one. I am personally interested in your way of airbrushing. Also, your weathering is superb.

Sorry to disappoint . I'll see what I can do about doing a more step by step log of my painting process sometime in the future. No promises though as my painting time is a lot reduced these days and having to pull out the camera and tripod to snap photos is a bit of a hassle.

Eh, I hear ya. I'm in the same boat at the moment. I too have inclinations towards Space Hulk... I have the box, but I'm so stressed about doing the models justice that I bought a single duplicate Scipio to use as a test model before I go at 'em!

Eggroll that landspeeder came out great! Whats next?

LutherMax wrote:Eh, I hear ya. I'm in the same boat at the moment. I too have inclinations towards Space Hulk... I have the box, but I'm so stressed about doing the models justice that I bought a single duplicate Scipio to use as a test model before I go at 'em!

I don't bother trying to save good models for later anymore. Got too many to paint and if I try to save them, I'll probably never get around to it.

@GDO - Thanks! Next up are these SH termies. I got around to doing the highlights and shadows with the airbrush tonight. Also been building a land speeder storm which you can see in the background and a command rhino using a few FW kits.

Rhino looks really cool, although the dozer blade looks a bit wonky 0o

Your airbrushing just looks so effortless Egg... makes me want to bang my head against the wall.

OH, and i wanted to thank you for the inspiration you provide with your fine work. I've been painting my 2 LS Storms and the airbrushing technique I used on them, which worked quite well... was inspired by your speeders. It's not the same approach as yours... but something about your technique flipped a switch in my head and the end result was a couple of nice looking vehicles.

Thanks man! You're a real asset to the Dakka community. Please keep the parade of awesomeness coming!

Beautiful. I'm now wanting an airbrush but my own style wouldn't mesh well enough with it!

get the model air paints

Whoa, that command rhino is looking really beefy and really awesome. Love the use of all the kits, and I must say that's gotta be one of the most monetarily expensive rhinos I've ever seen, haha. Definitely looking forward to seeing that finished.

MakeH wrote:Rhino looks really cool, although the dozer blade looks a bit wonky 0o

Yeah, it is quite a bit different from the standard dozer blades. It's magnetized though so it'll be easily removeable once painted.

Gitsplitta wrote:Your airbrushing just looks so effortless Egg... makes me want to bang my head against the wall.

OH, and i wanted to thank you for the inspiration you provide with your fine work. I've been painting my 2 LS Storms and the airbrushing technique I used on them, which worked quite well... was inspired by your speeders. It's not the same approach as yours... but something about your technique flipped a switch in my head and the end result was a couple of nice looking vehicles.

Thanks man! You're a real asset to the Dakka community. Please keep the parade of awesomeness coming!

Thanks Gits! Always happy to hear people are getting something from my hobby log.

DarkStarSabre wrote:Beautiful. I'm now wanting an airbrush but my own style wouldn't mesh well enough with it!

Thanks. Airbrushing does produce a pretty distinct look that does set it apart from hand painted stuff. I know what you mean about it not meshing with other methods. Airbrushing doesn't have to be for the whole model though as you can always use it to just shade your metallics or other smaller pieces.

Miss Dee wrote:get the model air paints

Huh?

Zefig wrote:Whoa, that command rhino is looking really beefy and really awesome. Love the use of all the kits, and I must say that's gotta be one of the most monetarily expensive rhinos I've ever seen, haha. Definitely looking forward to seeing that finished.

Thanks, and yes, the rhino is expensive once you add up the price of all the different kits. Originally I had planned to use them separately as I have two unbuilt rhino chasis but since it was going to be a command rhino, I figured I needed to beef it up with armor and all that.

Miss Dee wrote:get the model air paints

The model air range is a bit limited for fantasy and "more vibrant" models. They are good paints though.

MakeH wrote:

Miss Dee wrote:get the model air paints

The model air range is a bit limited for fantasy and "more vibrant" models. They are good paints though.

Yeah I have some model air paints. My confusion was the context in which it was brought up.

It was a bit random to say the least. But anyway, what ever paint gives you the results you are showing us, keep using it!!

Not checked up on your thread in a while and there are some lovely additions

So with the Red spray can base coat you then add a top highlight to the rest of the model, how do you shade the really dark red/black onto the moddle? How do you know where to place the shade?

Also are there any edge highlights?

Really stunning work Eggroll.

Are those all Space Hulk Termies, or a mixture?

The Rhino is looking really cool – very original conversion, which is one of the things I love about this thread

The thing I'm looking forward to seeing most though is the Storm Speeder... did you glue the top part on yet? If so it might be tricky getting to the cockpit controls and stuff..!

Egg, your work is as always, amazing. Looking forward to the termies being done.

I like the (what I assume) Extra Armor Damocles Rhino using the SoB kit. Like it so much, it will get copied at some point.

Loving the airbrushing as always! Command rhino look super cool, some of those FW bits I had forgotten about, can't wait to see it painted!

Eggroll wrote:

MakeH wrote:

Miss Dee wrote:get the model air paints

The model air range is a bit limited for fantasy and "more vibrant" models. They are good paints though.

Yeah I have some model air paints. My confusion was the context in which it was brought up.

I was a few days after op.

Nice SH termies!

HAZZER

Thamor wrote:Not checked up on your thread in a while and there are some lovely additions

So with the Red spray can base coat you then add a top highlight to the rest of the model, how do you shade the really dark red/black onto the moddle? How do you know where to place the shade?

Also are there any edge highlights?

Really stunning work Eggroll.

Thanks. I shade it with the airbrush. It provides all the blendings necessary. Placing the shade comes with experience and understanding of how light and shadows work on a model. Easiest way to start out is just working with zenithal lighting techniques. After that, once you're more comfortable on highlight/shadow placement you can do more colour modulation techniques. Zenithal lighting is the most realistic but for small miniature models, it doesn't always look the best. For edge highlights, I'm on the fence about it...did it on some models and avoided on others. I'm thinking about only doing it for the death company and chaplains for now.

LutherMax wrote:Are those all Space Hulk Termies, or a mixture?

The Rhino is looking really cool – very original conversion, which is one of the things I love about this thread

The thing I'm looking forward to seeing most though is the Storm Speeder... did you glue the top part on yet? If so it might be tricky getting to the cockpit controls and stuff..!

Thanks Luther. It's all Space Hulk for now except on SH terminator has a cyclone missile launcher attached. Got some normal terminators in box still waiting for assembly for later on.
For the Land Speeder Storm I've unfortunately glued it all down. Least the scouts are not glued in place. I'll figure out how I'm going to go about painting the interior once I get to the model.

Gundor wrote:Egg, your work is as always, amazing. Looking forward to the termies being done.

Thanks Gundor.

whalemusic360 wrote:I like the (what I assume) Extra Armor Damocles Rhino using the SoB kit. Like it so much, it will get copied at some point.

Thanks, it's just the normal predator extra armor actually. Got the idea for the extra armor, damocles and sob kit from another hobby log I saw some time ago so feel free to copy it

Commander Cain wrote:Loving the airbrushing as always! Command rhino look super cool, some of those FW bits I had forgotten about, can't wait to see it painted!

Thanks Commander Cain!

HAZZER wrote:Nice SH termies!

HAZZER

Thanks Hazzer.

Egg man I love those Space Hulk termies and regret not buying ot when it came out !
Man I know they will turn out beautiful as usual but the anticipation of waiting for you to complete this squad is like waiting for the next episode of your favorite show .
Can't wait!!

GreyDeathOne wrote:Egg man I love those Space Hulk termies and regret not buying ot when it came out !
Man I know they will turn out beautiful as usual but the anticipation of waiting for you to complete this squad is like waiting for the next episode of your favorite show .
Can't wait!!

Thanks Grey. I never got it when it was released either and passed on a few opportunities to buy it for awhile. I did pick up some individual models (at a premium) from eBay and MajorTom sent me two from his collection to paint up. Eventually, found a person local to me that was selling two sealed copies of the game for original retail price so I bought one! Lucky I got it since he sold the other one as well a few days later.

Progress on these guys have been slow though. I'm still putting down black paint on all the details of the models at the moment and my pace is about a model per day. Only got two of them done at the moment...will be awhile before they're all done.

On that subject how do you get the black paint into all the little cracks and crevices? Do you thin it a lot to get it to run in there and dab it off if it gets on the flat surfaces?

LutherMax wrote:On that subject how do you get the black paint into all the little cracks and crevices? Do you thin it a lot to get it to run in there and dab it off if it gets on the flat surfaces?

Windsor & Newton Series 7 paintbrush and a steady hand. No cleanup necessary. Just takes time

Eggy hey you going to get this for your army

GreyDeathOne wrote:Eggy hey you going to get this for your army

Interesting, it might make somewhat of a decent Sanguinius although I think he's suppose to have a spear instead of a sword? I'm on the fence for this model at the moment, most of the parts look cool but that sword hilt is just weird and the cup is a bit strange looking too...

No, it's a sword he is typically depicted with. There is a better Sanguinius model available though dude, much much better than that one... eBay is your friend...

MajorTom is right ebay should be your freind just beware of ordering from Russia, things shipped from there tend to take a lil longer to get where they are heading.

MajorTom11 wrote:No, it's a sword he is typically depicted with. There is a better Sanguinius model available though dude, much much better than that one... eBay is your friend...

Mmmm ebay I gotta check it out! Hey MajorTom do you have a link of the model your talking about?

He might mean this one?

^^ looks pretty cool but not sure about the face. Maybe only the Emperor can love it?

Slight derail for which I apologise but just wanted to say when I read through this thread in its entirety I was particularly inspired by one of your Dreads – the one with the Libby weapon and tactical kit cyborg head. So much so I had to build one of mine own. Results here.

MajorTom11 wrote:No, it's a sword he is typically depicted with. There is a better Sanguinius model available though dude, much much better than that one... eBay is your friend...

Ah, yeah I've seen a couple of variations on Sanguinius on eBay, CoolMiniorNot but honestly, haven't really been impressed by any of them. Now if only Forgeworld would do a whole lineup of Primarchs I would buy them all in a heartbeat - even if they charged ridiculous prices too.

LutherMax wrote:^^ looks pretty cool but not sure about the face. Maybe only the Emperor can love it?

Slight derail for which I apologise but just wanted to say when I read through this thread in its entirety I was particularly inspired by one of your Dreads – the one with the Libby weapon and tactical kit cyborg head. So much so I had to build one of mine own. Results here.

Nice job on the dread Luther

Eggroll wrote:

MajorTom11 wrote:No, it's a sword he is typically depicted with. There is a better Sanguinius model available though dude, much much better than that one... eBay is your friend...

Ah, yeah I've seen a couple of variations on Sanguinius on eBay, CoolMiniorNot but honestly, haven't really been impressed by any of them. Now if only Forgeworld would do a whole lineup of Primarchs I would buy them all in a heartbeat - even if they charged ridiculous prices too.

Love the work Egg and amen to that brother.

Forgeworld could make a lot of things to take our cash, beause they make such damn cool stuff.

Need some more pics egg. Beautiful work as always.

Gundor wrote:Need some more pics egg. Beautiful work as always.

Thanks, pics will be coming soon in a week or so. Been too busy lately with school and work to do much painting but stay tuned.

Thats great news. This is by far the most interesting blog going on here and I am more eager to see updates here than in my own blog

Thanks MakeH.

Ok. So I finally had some time to finish off the Space Hulk models. These have have so much bling and small details it took me forever to do them all. So...starting from the start:

1. Primed and airbrushed highlights/shadows:


2. Black lined all detail areas as well as did the metallics:


3. Models done! Didn't get a chance to pull out the camera in between stages:


And here are the individual shots:

They look great and from personal experience with them they do take long to paint. So full of nice detail and small things to bring them to life. You have done the models justice and they are great addition to your army.

Thanks for sharing and giving at the same time inspiration on getting my set finished.

I weep for the beauty of them...

Oh....... man, those are stunning. I'm at a loss for words.

WOW!!!

Loving the SH minis Egg! When are you going to update you ultra blog? Hey how about you check out my blog too? (Link is in signutre).

HAZZER

Curse your skillz!


Ok, not really - I need your skillz to stay with you so I can get my fix of shiny

I love your red, its most likely my favorite BA shade and I know this has been requested but would love to get a step-by step for an infantry model and vehicle

Very nice airbrush highlighting.

So ridiculously pretty. Curse you and your awesome paint fu! Consistently the most impressive p&m blog on dakka. Just - outstanding.

Great work as always egg. Long time to paint those but well worth the wait.

Thanks all for the comments guys.

MakeH - The WIP are about as much step by step as I can go. Once I get going on painting, I rarely remember to pull out the camera/tripod to set everything up for a shot. If you have any specific questions on any of the steps, feel free to ask.

As always, the quality is unbelievably high. The shading is incredibly smooth, and the details so crisp.

grrr

They look really nice

Beautiful

Stunning! You have really done the small details justice.

Thanks guys!

What's really horrible is that I see those Terminators...and I have urges to scrap the Deathwing project and do my remaining lot up as Flesh Tearers from my copy of SH.

I love the gems in particular. Those are quite stunning.

Eggroll wrote:MakeH - The WIP are about as much step by step as I can go. Once I get going on painting, I rarely remember to pull out the camera/tripod to set everything up for a shot. If you have any specific questions on any of the steps, feel free to ask.

Heh, yea I know the feeling. Its not tempting to break the rhythm to snap pics in between.

DarkStarSabre wrote:What's really horrible is that I see those Terminators...and I have urges to scrap the Deathwing project and do my remaining lot up as Flesh Tearers from my copy of SH.

I love the gems in particular. Those are quite stunning.

Heh, that's not horrible at all, that sounds great
Thanks DarkStarSabre...the gems where something I considered for awhile before choosing a colour. Thought about doing them red since they're suppose to be blood drops but they wouldn't have as much contrast from the rest of the model. After choosing green and painting them I was definitely happy with the results.


Well Happy New Years everything. Didn't do too much work this past month with the holidays. Did get to spend 7 days in Hawaii which was a much needed break from work and school. I did however manage to squeeze some time in to finish off my Chaplain on Bike model before the new year:


Also, I've gone back through this thread to document what I've painted so far in 2011:

10 Death Co.
10 Assault Squad
10 Sanguinary Guard
11 Devastators
9 Space Hulk Terminators
5 Meph. Honour Guard
5 Sternguard Vets
5 Scouts
1 Chaplain w/ Jumppack
1 Term Chaplain
1 Term Librarian
1 Chaplain on Bike
1 Librarian
2 SM Commanders
1 SM Sergeant
1 Death Company Dread
1 Ironclad Dread
2 Venerable Dreads
2 Land Speeders
7 Bikes
2 Attack Bikes
1 Razorback (Assault Cannon)
2 Predators

Total Models: 91

Not a bad year for painting...hoping to get 70 done this year.

Wow, he looks great! All the colours match one another really well.

Great mini once again eggs. Keep it up!

Nicely done, Egg.

Good job on the biker! The flesh tones are really good and stand out on the black armour. Keep up the good work!

Happy New Year Eggs! Starting it off in style I see

One Recommendation: You need Contemptors... Lots of em. I LOVE those kits and they seem custom made to show off AB!



I would love to see you tackle one of these bad boys -

Your work never fails to impress. The biker is awesome and my god, the Space Hulk Termies..! There are lots of bits I'd love to know the recipe for, but one in particular I have to ask for – the blood from the Nid's head – how did you do that?!

EDIT: Looks like a Land Speeder Storm in the background there – how's that coming along?

Not to change the subject... but it seems to me that if you were doing a true scale marine force... Contemptors might be legitimate as Terminators. I know they're really big, but "old school" termies were really gods of the battlefield... and the Contemptors are very human in appearance.

Just a thought. And an excuse to follow Tom's advice.

I think these guys are much, much bigger than you thought gits?



(sorry to go OT Eggs! Just a little friendly encouragement for you in any case lol)

lipsdapips wrote:Wow, he looks great! All the colours match one another really well.

Hits_the_spot wrote:Great mini once again eggs. Keep it up!

Dysartes wrote:Nicely done, Egg.

Commander Cain wrote:Good job on the biker! The flesh tones are really good and stand out on the black armour. Keep up the good work!

Thanks guys!

MajorTom11 wrote:Happy New Year Eggs! Starting it off in style I see

One Recommendation: You need Contemptors... Lots of em. I LOVE those kits and they seem custom made to show off AB!



I would love to see you tackle one of these bad boys -

Thanks Tom. I'm not too sure about the contemptors, not a huge fan of the whole look though the posing possibilities are very nice. I saw your pic from the Mosh Pit and looks like you had a good haul for xmas I'll probably end up getting a normal contemptor and a relic contemptor at some time to satisfy my OCD for collecting but that will be a bit later on. Have too many models in the queue right now to finish off first.

When are you going to get around to doing some more painting?

LutherMax wrote:Your work never fails to impress. The biker is awesome and my god, the Space Hulk Termies..! There are lots of bits I'd love to know the recipe for, but one in particular I have to ask for – the blood from the Nid's head – how did you do that?!

EDIT: Looks like a Land Speeder Storm in the background there – how's that coming along?

Thanks Luther. The blood for the nid head is done using UHU glue and a mix of tamiya clear red and smoke inks. Here's a good tutorial on it: http://chestofcolors.com/something-about-painting-blood/

The land speeder storm has been sitting assembled for awhile now. I'll get to it someday

Quick update on what I've got going on right now for painting:
Rest of my chaps:


Lots of terminators:

Well... his base is half as high as the marine to start with.

I see your point though. Man those are awesome looking figures though aren't they?? Love to see what Hits could do with those.

I may or may not be slogging my way through Dantenator... very slowly... gawd I hate NMM and curvy surfaces with ridiculous detail levels on them... :(

MajorTom11 wrote:I think these guys are much, much bigger than you thought gits?



(sorry to go OT Eggs! Just a little friendly encouragement for you in any case lol)

Where'd you get the claws and base for the dread? The resin colour seems a bit different than normal?

Base is from Coolmini, claws are from instamold and a knuckle of regular contemptor fingers.

Ah ok. The claws look very nice, good stand in for blood talons. You need to paint those guys up soon and I might have to spring for some of my own

They are actually blood talons, I bought the FW close combat arms, but the fingers really aren't much longer than the power fist... not impressive enough... So I cloned up claw tips off my furiosos and left it at that

Just found this thread. Your BA are freaking spectacular.

The chaplain on bike looks fantastic, I really like the way you do the green screen and the way you paint black is really nice.

Looking forward to seeing the other chaplains painted up.

wow thats a lot of termies man!Looking good!

Wow Eggs, you certainly did have a busy year! i'll be waiting patiently to see what 70 models you can produce in the next 12 months! i'm sure they will be just as jaw droppingly good and probably even better than what we're used to from yourself! and that's saying something as I can't really fault your work so far! I can only hope my painting fu kicks in soon and I get on with my own work, I really hope to finish my tabletop DE army quickly and then get back into my sallies and finish the force this year! :-) i'm sure when you post i'll get the bug again and again!

thanks for painting and sharing everything with all of us Eggy!

Nerdfest09

Your Terminators seem to have lost their heads, Egg.

Contemptors are looking good thus far, MT.

spacewolf407 wrote:Just found this thread. Your BA are freaking spectacular.

GiraffeX wrote:The chaplain on bike looks fantastic, I really like the way you do the green screen and the way you paint black is really nice.
Looking forward to seeing the other chaplains painted up.

HAZZER wrote:wow thats a lot of termies man!Looking good!

Thanks guys!

nerdfest09 wrote:Wow Eggs, you certainly did have a busy year! i'll be waiting patiently to see what 70 models you can produce in the next 12 months! i'm sure they will be just as jaw droppingly good and probably even better than what we're used to from yourself! and that's saying something as I can't really fault your work so far! I can only hope my painting fu kicks in soon and I get on with my own work, I really hope to finish my tabletop DE army quickly and then get back into my sallies and finish the force this year! :-) i'm sure when you post i'll get the bug again and again!

thanks for painting and sharing everything with all of us Eggy!

Nerdfest09

Thanks NF9. 70 will be my goal but we'll see what happens. Not as much time these days with a job and grad school. Thanks for all your kind words. I'll be looking forward to seeing you complete your DE army. I still have my megaforce in box waiting to be assembled after my BA is done.

Dysartes wrote:Your Terminators seem to have lost their heads, Egg.

Contemptors are looking good thus far, MT.

Yeah, I usually leave the heads off and paint them separately since I find it easier that way. Contemptors are actually MajorTom's though I'll be picking up one or two sometime in the future.

o: that really is alot of termies
Look forward to seeing some paint on them!

lipsdapips wrote:o: that really is alot of termies
Look forward to seeing some paint on them!

Yup, 12 there and also 3 others from the Space Hulk set I've yet to paint plus one metal terminator captain I've stripped and will repaint...so 16 termies in total.

Man Egg you are a man on a mission! Cant wait to see them completed.

Quick update: Finished off two turrets, one on a tarantula sentry base and the other is from one of the strongholds. Weapons are removable but the two I currently have are the multimelta and whirlwind options. Did this so I can also switch them out on my razorbacks.

Those bottom ones remind me of the old marine "Termites" (I think they were called) from long ago. PITA mobile artillery... cheap, effective and devastating in early versions of the game before tank dominance.

Nice stuff eggy!

Great work as per Egg, your style and use of the airbrush really does provide for some very striking results.

Terantalers you mean?

They're very nice, Eggroll - not sure how useful a sentry multimelta is, mind you, but it looks cool.

Gitsplitta wrote:Those bottom ones remind me of the old marine "Termites" (I think they were called) from long ago. PITA mobile artillery... cheap, effective and devastating in early versions of the game before tank dominance.

Heh, that's before my time

HAZZER wrote:Nice stuff eggy!

Thanks Hazzer!

Hits_the_spot wrote:Great work as per Egg, your style and use of the airbrush really does provide for some very striking results.

Thanks Hits!

Miss Dee wrote:Terantalers you mean?

Huh? The sentry guns are from forgeworld and called TARANTULA SENTRY GUN: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/SPACE_MARINE_TARANTULA_HEAVY_BOLTERS.html

Dysartes wrote:They're very nice, Eggroll - not sure how useful a sentry multimelta is, mind you, but it looks cool.

Form before function Dysartes That's how I build this army since none of these guys will ever be played. Big fan of DOW2 so I had to make sure I got at least one tarantula sentry gun.

Just wanted to say.... SHMOW ZOW!!! I have been looking at your stuff for a while now, thought it was about time I told you how boss it was.

Iandroid wrote:Just wanted to say.... SHMOW ZOW!!! I have been looking at your stuff for a while now, thought it was about time I told you how boss it was.

Thanks landroid! Appreciate it

Great work man! Seriously some just exceptional stuff!

Haven't been here for a while! Not really sure what to say . . . Can't be sure if I hate you or love you!?

All I can say is thanks for the all inspiring work as always!

Dare I ask how many points you're up to? (soz if you've mentioned recently but i've been bedazzled by the pictures! )

Thanks Sarpedon_702.

EC - Thanks! Not sure how many points I'm up to now? I think previous estimate was around 5k so I'm thinking it's around 6k now? Need to get up to 13k and beat your BA army size

Excellent Blood Angels. You really have some airbrush skills. Nice shade of red too.

Only 6k ay!

I might still have the quanity but you most definitely have the quality!

Thanks The Lost Hobbit.

Managed to finish 3 of the 4 remaining Chaplains I've been working on. Should have the final one done by end of next week. 2nd chaplain had a smooth grip on his crozious so I ended up experimenting with some marble textures. Otherwise, all the other stuff is my standard fare.

that marble is beautiful, how did you do it! these are just more great works to add to your collection.

I've got to agree with Sageheart, Eggroll - that marble is excellent.

Only the 4 Chaplains eh?

I got 8!

Truly amazing stuff yet again!! You have inspired and motivated me to work on my airbrushing... though your brushwork is awesome also, the combination of your techniques create superb results.

I have started practicing airbrushing infantry models with some easy test pieces.

Nice work Egg... really sharp looking set of chaplains you have there. Why so many? Just for the fun of it or do you have specific uses in mind?

The marbling on the crozius turned out nicely. I've experimented with marbling before myself and it's not as easy to get right as it may seem (I don't think I every quite got it right).

Goodness, I just browsed 30 pages of this amazing thread! It's fantastic to see how your army grew here, the quality of the work is astounding. The airbrushing looks fantastic and your minis have a depth and clarity to them that'd often make the 'eavy metal team drool.

So just wanted to say fantastic work, and you have inspired me to try a little harder with my own painting!

I guess you'll be all over that Games Day 2012 mini based on the Blood Angels captain from the old 2nd edition box? I'm a Tau collector and I want one just because its so nostalic to me ^^

Sageheart wrote:that marble is beautiful, how did you do it! these are just more great works to add to your collection.

Thanks Sageheart. I did the marble through mostly trail and error. Found some tutorials online but none of which were the exact effect I was looking for. I used mostly P3 colours since they were the paints that had the colours I wanted the marble to be. Basically I start out with a dark grey base coat, then layered on the varying strips of lighter and lighter colour going up to the teal colour. Important thing with marble is to have multiple distinct layers though the actual edges can be feathered a bit. Also it's important to make sure the actual direction of the layers are in the same general direction. Once that was done, I did the top layer of veins, mostly using P3's menoth white with black right below to create more of a 3d effect. Final thing was to put in a thinned down coat of gloss varnish to give it a bit of a shine that marble would have.

Dysartes wrote:I've got to agree with Sageheart, Eggroll - that marble is excellent.

Thanks Dysartes!

Emperors_Champion wrote:Only the 4 Chaplains eh?

I got 8!

Heh...actually these guys makes it 7 now: Terminator Chaplain, Jumppack Chaplain, Lemartes, Chaplain on Bike. Once I'm done my last guy with the plasma pistol I'll have 8 too .

MakeH wrote:Truly amazing stuff yet again!! You have inspired and motivated me to work on my airbrushing... though your brushwork is awesome also, the combination of your techniques create superb results.

I have started practicing airbrushing infantry models with some easy test pieces.

Thanks MakeH. Always nice to hear my work inspires others to hobby more!

Gitsplitta wrote:Nice work Egg... really sharp looking set of chaplains you have there. Why so many? Just for the fun of it or do you have specific uses in mind?

The marbling on the crozius turned out nicely. I've experimented with marbling before myself and it's not as easy to get right as it may seem (I don't think I every quite got it right).

Thanks Gits. I have so many because GW makes so many. I'm into the hobbying/collecting side of things so I had to get at least one model of everything in their current range. Once the last chap is done, I'll be done with the chaplains and will move onto the next unit. Guess once I'm through with the GW range, I'll start on the Forgeworld one Marbling is tricky to do with painting, I've documented the way I did it in a response above.

Bewareofthephil wrote:Goodness, I just browsed 30 pages of this amazing thread! It's fantastic to see how your army grew here, the quality of the work is astounding. The airbrushing looks fantastic and your minis have a depth and clarity to them that'd often make the 'eavy metal team drool.

So just wanted to say fantastic work, and you have inspired me to try a little harder with my own painting!

I guess you'll be all over that Games Day 2012 mini based on the Blood Angels captain from the old 2nd edition box? I'm a Tau collector and I want one just because its so nostalic to me ^^

Thanks Bewareofthephil. I am looking forward to the GD2012 mini! Sadly I won't be able to attend the actual convention so I'll have to source one from ebay.

Amazing work

I really like the marble effect egg! But how did you do that?

Styrofoam04 wrote:Amazing work

Thanks Styrofoam04.

HAZZER wrote:I really like the marble effect egg! But how did you do that?

Thanks HAZZER. Here's how I did the marble:

Eggroll wrote:
I did the marble through mostly trail and error. Found some tutorials online but none of which were the exact effect I was looking for. I used mostly P3 colours since they were the paints that had the colours I wanted the marble to be. Basically I start out with a dark grey base coat, then layered on the varying strips of lighter and lighter colour going up to the teal colour. Important thing with marble is to have multiple distinct layers though the actual edges can be feathered a bit. Also it's important to make sure the actual direction of the layers are in the same general direction. Once that was done, I did the top layer of veins, mostly using P3's menoth white with black right below to create more of a 3d effect. Final thing was to put in a thinned down coat of gloss varnish to give it a bit of a shine that marble would have.

Thanks man! kind of get it!

Great stuff, yet again.

Nice to see you completed the Space Hulk terminators. And yes the amount of bling they have is insane. But excellent work on them too.

And thanks for the marble effect tutorial too.

I'm going to take some inspiration from your vehilce painting style! I'm def enjoying this!

Thanks Norther and logg_frogg.

Last Chaplain is complete. Got lazy and decided not to do the back banner for him:


And here are all 8 bible thumping chaplains:

That's quite an intimidating group of religious fanatics there, Eggroll.

I agree with your decision not to give them traditional back banners - while the heraldic approach does allow for some nice freehand work, it does also seem like a fantastic way to mark yourself out as a target on the battlefield.

That's a fantastic looking group egg. Funny how none of them are looking to (their) left. Subliminal message there you think?

How did you do your black? Have a project in black myself coming up and I'm a bit concerned about making my black look decent.

Great looking chaplains! The glow effect that you have blows me away every time I see it; it really is stunning!

Dysartes wrote:That's quite an intimidating group of religious fanatics there, Eggroll.

I agree with your decision not to give them traditional back banners - while the heraldic approach does allow for some nice freehand work, it does also seem like a fantastic way to mark yourself out as a target on the battlefield.

Thanks Dysartes.

Gitsplitta wrote:That's a fantastic looking group egg. Funny how none of them are looking to (their) left. Subliminal message there you think?

How did you do your black? Have a project in black myself coming up and I'm a bit concerned about making my black look decent.

Yeah, I noticed the posing similarity myself when doing this most recent batch of 4 chaps. Maybe the same guy sculpted all the chaplains? Either that or they have an inability to look to their left meaning if I was a demon, I'd stay to that side and never get singled out for death

The painting of the black is quite easy actually. Just a black primer followed by a airbrush of codex grey on the highlight areas. I try and keep this to a minimal and will often go back again with the black in the airbrush to tone things down a little. Finally, I do an edge highlight with codex grey again and that's all there is to it!

Farty Wiffmas wrote:Great looking chaplains! The glow effect that you have blows me away every time I see it; it really is stunning!

Thanks Farty!

Group shot is aces!

Really itching to be getting on with my BAs now (got 5 squads lined up) but i'll remain true to my Tau while I have only a few units left before completion! (and no more intented)


Thanks again for the constant inspiration!

These look fantastic mate, bet the hole army looks epic all together.

They all look reallt good egg! Keep up the good work!

Really top drawer work there eggs.

Those are great looking, quite the selection! Have you considered grabbing the OOP Dark Angels or Ultramarine Chappy? Not that crap IF one though.

The turrets look great. Your weathering is money. Not to mention your Chaplins, the skulls look phenomenal.

That is quite a group photo you have there. Which one is your favorite? I vote for the one in terminator armor. I love that
scuplt as well as the terminator librarian.

Emperors_Champion wrote:Group shot is aces!
Really itching to be getting on with my BAs now (got 5 squads lined up) but i'll remain true to my Tau while I have only a few units left before completion! (and no more intented)
Thanks again for the constant inspiration!

Thanks EC! Told you I had 8 chaps . I look forward to you getting back to the BAs. Commie fish are getting old.

Blood Of The Fallen wrote:These look fantastic mate, bet the hole army looks epic all together.

HAZZER wrote:They all look reallt good egg! Keep up the good work!

shingouki wrote:Really top drawer work there eggs.

Thanks guys!

whalemusic360 wrote:Those are great looking, quite the selection! Have you considered grabbing the OOP Dark Angels or Ultramarine Chappy? Not that crap IF one though.

Thanks whalemusic360. I did see those chaplains but since they're chapter specific and won't fit into my BA army, I've decided to leave them out of my collection.

jabbakahut wrote:The turrets look great. Your weathering is money. Not to mention your Chaplins, the skulls look phenomenal.

Thanks jabbakahut.

dad1946 wrote:That is quite a group photo you have there. Which one is your favorite? I vote for the one in terminator armor. I love that
scuplt as well as the terminator librarian.

Thanks dad1946. My favourite on is the one with the powerfist and crozius. Really like his pose. Terminator Chaplain is 2nd on my list.