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Calling all dakkainens I made this blog so I can show you my whole collection of warhammer 40k, and to keep me enthusiastic about painting and modelling.(This is because I often get board of painting when I have the patience) and I would like to finish my armies whilst getting your feedback. Please make sure to post a reply and please tell others of my blog. I really do appreciate it when you do!

This blog is a labour of love and I do intend to update asap (everyday if I could) but I have a busy life so updates will mostly be during the holiday breaks. You may notice that in terminator squad 2 there is one man missing that is because I can't find him (he has lighting claws). My librarian has blue bits between his arms this is because its blue tack and I have not finished painting him yet! I am currently in the process of production line painting, with the remainder of the tactical squads not currently shown there are 4 in total.

edits: you may notice that there is a large number of edits below, this is because of large amounts of title changes.

Background Fluff

I don’t want to wirte a whole history on the ulras and my goffs because its just too long! But here is a brief overview on both races (Below) and here’s are more accurate and detailed history for the Ultramarines and Ork Goffs.

The Ultramarines currently own a whole system called Ultramar which no other chapter has. There home world is called Macragge. They have 10 companies with the 1st being the veterans and the 10th being the scouts (basically new recruits).They strictly follow the Codex Astartes which Roboute Guilliman wrote as “guide lines” for every space marine. Companies 2-5 are battle companies then companies 6-9 are reserve, If a company needs additional troops the reserve companies squads will assigned to a certain company. (The 1st company rarely fights as one whole company and is assigned the most to other companies or is in charge of Macragge when Marneus Calgar isent on Macragge).

The ultramarines were one of the first chapters of the space marines and which was numbered the eighth (XIII) legion out of the original twenty. The Ultramarines also took part in the Horus Heresy but before the siege for Terra Roboute Guilliman was tricked by Horus believing that there was an ork Waaaagh mustering in the veridan system. Hearing this Roboute leaved For Ultramar where he would muster a force to destroy this Waaaagh however they were attacked by the World Bearers who the Ultramarines defeated. After the Horus Heresy the Ultramarines Legion was at full strength and had around 250,000 in total in the Legion. This is why there are over 20 successor chapters for the second founding.

Ork Goffs are one of the largest clans and love to ware chequered white and black on arms and shoulder pads. Ghazghkull thraka is a goff too and leads one of the largest current Ork Waaaaagh’s.

HAZZER

Hey Hazzer. Nice to see you've started a blog. That's quite the horde of Ultra smurfs you have there. The first thing i would recommend is you give basing a proper go.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?categoryId=1100020&pIndex=2&aId=9800023a&multiPageMode=true&start=3

This article is very good as a start.

I think some of the models could do with a neaten up but i notice from your Wip tactical squads that you're definitely improving.

One final note, though i am very forgiving of poor spelling and could make out what you were saying with minimal effort, i do think maybe you should write your longer posts out in Microsoft word first. This should help with most of the Spelling mistakes. Simply copy and paste it when you're done. (It's what i do for my fiction lol).

Remember alot of Dakka Users do not speak English as a first language so it is important that we try and write as clearly as possible.

Perkustin wrote:Hey Hazzer. Nice to see you've started a blog. That's quite the horde of Ultra smurfs you have there. The first thing i would recommend is you give basing a proper go.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?categoryId=1100020&pIndex=2&aId=9800023a&multiPageMode=true&start=3

This article is very good as a start.

I think some of the models could do with a neaten up but i notice from your Wip tactical squads that you're definitely improving.

One final note, though i am very forgiving of poor spelling and could make out what you were saying with minimal effort, i do think maybe you should write your longer posts out in Microsoft word first. This should help with most of the Spelling mistakes. Simply copy and paste it when you're done. (It's what i do for my fiction lol).

Remember alot of Dakka Users do not speak English as a first language so it is important that we try and write as clearly as possible.

I am going to base all of my army in one go in the future ,but for now im more conserned on finsh painting my army!Also thats only a few of them more updaes soon.........

Hi,
a new updade on some of my scouts and stuff that I panted up in the easter holls, enjoy.

More to be uploaded tomorow! (or ASAP) watch this space............

HAZZER

I really like the ghilly suits on the scouts. Great concept and a nice execution

Thanks!

my friend dan wore a ghilly suit in front of a criminal and the guy didnt notice. great job

da big mek skarfang wrote:my friend dan wore a ghilly suit in front of a criminal and the guy didnt notice. great job

lol!But who's dan?

Hi just as I promised here’s an update! Comments and crtizem welcome.

this one is the one i am told to check out yes?
where are the goffs dude where are the goffs i was misinformed!
you have lots of marines though so thats cool. never seen so many scouts with shotguns.

bigfish wrote:this one is the one i am told to check out yes?
where are the goffs dude where are the goffs i was misinformed!
you have lots of marines though so thats cool. never seen so many scouts with shotguns.

yep right one! And these are only a few of them I going to do an army shot when I get around to it!
I havent had chance to upload some orks yet will do soon thought!I equip my scouts with shout guns because Im adicted to them,there twin linked (2 shots or re roll 1 single shot),and Its quite rare to see 10 scouts with shot guns!!

nice stuff anyways

hi guys soz for such a long time to update. the reason being I moved house and have had a very slow enternet conection.look at what I got! What a bargen 35 pound insted of 55!
HAZZER

the pic quality is not showing your models very well dude, but it is nice to see you back

bigfish wrote:the pic quality is not showing your models very well dude, but it is nice to see you back

you 2!

Lots of dedication, The dreadnought had really nice paint on it. The leg armour in particular. The scouts look a bit flat (won't matter much on the tabletop) but the backside of them is very cool. What did you use for the ghillie suits by the way?


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That is a lot of peices. It looks like you hurried through a lot of them. When you are saving up to buy your next peice, you may want to go back and do some touch up work. But overall this looks like a really good start. Nice job.

A Black Ram wrote:Lots of dedication, The dreadnought had really nice paint on it. The leg armour in particular. The scouts look a bit flat (won't matter much on the tabletop) but the backside of them is very cool. What did you use for the ghillie suits by the way?


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the ghille siuits were done with eazi brand pull off grass (cant rember what shade i think it was summer bloom or something)thats for the dread comlemat too!Imn needing to do more work soon towards it

40k Ninja wrote:That is a lot of peices. It looks like you hurried through a lot of them. When you are saving up to buy your next peice, you may want to go back and do some touch up work. But overall this looks like a really good start. Nice job.

acherly my latest peace was the bvattleforce that im going to do over the summer holls.and yes ive done lots of toucking up since the orignail photos.thats anyway!

right last update for a while bearing in mind im praticly away for the entire summer.what i will do during the summer is I am going to take pics of my progress then when imback ill upload them! Stay tuned...
HAZZER

Hi,im back!
Heres the pictures of me assembling and painting (some) the ork battleforce! c&c wellcome.
HAZZER

cool, i think you should get those boyz solidly finished befor you make the killa kanz. just so then after you paint the boyz you have something to look foward to. but apart from that nice to see you back

Hi,
Here are some pictures of my ruined church Note: it’s still only the start of this and I am going to be adding low down ruined corner to fill in a gap and adding a pillar stump. These may be made out of foam board. I am also thinking of adding some long benches like from a medieval church and a ruined aquiler eagle on the far side to sympathise a crucifix that would be in a medieval church...Tactical squad update soon.

HAZZER

Come on guys love to have some more feedback, you know the normal C&C...

Its nice ta see your tread up and running HAZZER.

Love the work ya did on your rhino. My only advice on that would be to thin down your lighter colors and do more coats.

Your boyz are lookin ok but its hard to tell from the blurry pics how well the detail is done. Some new pics would be great. For the most part a solid start. I cant wait to see how your armies grow from here.

So first off, props to you for painting your models. I know far too many people who play with bare plastic and it is sad. Secondly I have a few tips, which hopefully, will help you improve your quality over time.

First is don't use black primer. When you get more paint experience under your belt go for it, but black primer destroys models if you don't know how to paint over it. Everything looks muddy.

Second thin down your paint with water. Not a ton, just enough so that it doesn't blob onto your brush and remains smooth. Here is a way to test it. Put paint on your palette and turn your palette at a 45 degree angle over some paper towels. If the paint doesn't move its too thick, if it flies off the palette like quicksilver its too thin, you want it to roll down slow and steady.

Next apply two coats of a color before you move to the next layer. Spread the paint evenly, don't blob it on. Basically dip your brush in the paint and spread that paint around until it can't spread no more, then dip again, continue until the area is done.

Next practice brush control on some paper. Watch how the bristles move when you apply different amounts of pressure. get used to anticipating this "spreading" so you can paint edges clean. Basically if you were going to paint an edge where two different colors touch you would put the brush on the model about a mm away from the seam. Then when you push the brush onto the surface the bristles will spread out and cover the remaining mm up to the edge of the other color. Most edge bleeding comes from when someone puts the brush on the edge and doesn't anticipate the brush spreading.

Next let your paint dry. The muddy look you see on various models comes from when you apply wet paint onto wet paint. This mixes the two together in a messy way. You then contaminate your brush and dip it back into your palette which alters the color you are using and causes color swirls in your paint.

This last part is more personal preference than anything. I find that painting the darkest stage of a color first and then building up the highlights is the cleanest way to paint. So if you were going to paint red you would paint the surface a dark red first, then once it dries you would paint a bright red, and lastly you would paint an orange/red to the edges for the highlights. This helps your highlights stay bright.

I hope this helps, you seem to have a lot of enthusiasm and that is half the fight when it comes to miniature painting.

Hi,
got these guys fairly reciently for 2 for £1! what a bargin! Basicly a steal! Note the only guys I have painted is the WD subscription mins!

Should be able to get some bulding work up of some killa kans for game on friday.(Got the rest of this week off and next week too).woot woot.I will try to get some painting of the boyz done as well.

HAZZER


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schank23 wrote:Its nice ta see your tread up and running HAZZER.

Love the work ya did on your rhino. My only advice on that would be to thin down your lighter colors and do more coats.

Your boyz are lookin ok but its hard to tell from the blurry pics how well the detail is done. Some new pics would be great. For the most part a solid start. I cant wait to see how your armies grow from here.

Thanks will do so hope you follow my blog!

HAZZER

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AcrylicAlchemist wrote:So first off, props to you for painting your models. I know far too many people who play with bare plastic and it is sad. Secondly I have a few tips, which hopefully, will help you improve your quality over time.

First is don't use black primer. When you get more paint experience under your belt go for it, but black primer destroys models if you don't know how to paint over it. Everything looks muddy.

Second thin down your paint with water. Not a ton, just enough so that it doesn't blob onto your brush and remains smooth. Here is a way to test it. Put paint on your palette and turn your palette at a 45 degree angle over some paper towels. If the paint doesn't move its too thick, if it flies off the palette like quicksilver its too thin, you want it to roll down slow and steady.

Next apply two coats of a color before you move to the next layer. Spread the paint evenly, don't blob it on. Basically dip your brush in the paint and spread that paint around until it can't spread no more, then dip again, continue until the area is done.

Next practice brush control on some paper. Watch how the bristles move when you apply different amounts of pressure. get used to anticipating this "spreading" so you can paint edges clean. Basically if you were going to paint an edge where two different colors touch you would put the brush on the model about a mm away from the seam. Then when you push the brush onto the surface the bristles will spread out and cover the remaining mm up to the edge of the other color. Most edge bleeding comes from when someone puts the brush on the edge and doesn't anticipate the brush spreading.

Next let your paint dry. The muddy look you see on various models comes from when you apply wet paint onto wet paint. This mixes the two together in a messy way. You then contaminate your brush and dip it back into your palette which alters the color you are using and causes color swirls in your paint.

This last part is more personal preference than anything. I find that painting the darkest stage of a color first and then building up the highlights is the cleanest way to paint. So if you were going to paint red you would paint the surface a dark red first, then once it dries you would paint a bright red, and lastly you would paint an orange/red to the edges for the highlights. This helps your highlights stay bright.

I hope this helps, you seem to have a lot of enthusiasm and that is half the fight when it comes to miniature painting.

Thanks a lot for the advice will deffently follow this! But if i don't undercoat my minis should I do it by hand? You know with chaos black paint? Will try thinning my paint, and the tip of going from dark to light I do try to do on my mins most of the time. Any advice on colours I could use for blending up dark to light with blue?

Hope you follow my blog too!

HAZZER

HAZZER hey I am here to support you brother!! Great work on your start of your marines and orks. If you need any tips or resources PM me and will glad to help out.
Btw love the RT figures ahhhhh brings back memories .

GreyDeathOne wrote:HAZZER hey I am here to support you brother!! Great work on your start of your marines and orks. If you need any tips or resources PM me and will glad to help out.
Btw love the RT figures ahhhhh brings back memories .

Nice,
Because when I started I had never of heard about rouge traider and the Horus heresy too!

Also btw to all will get updadtes soon ASAP
and ive just noticed the icons- ninja and wow Love em!!!

HAZZER

Hi,
another small update of the rouge trader and ork boyz minitures. Something ive found out is the catchan (I think it is?) is a male and not a female. Enjoy;

@AcrylicAlchemist- tryed out the thining out the paint and going over in about two to three coats, I think for now on I will use white spray for ultramarines and something different to black for orks.

@schank23-hope these pictures are better!will try to go over the lighting on the rhino but did don it that way so it would br blende in.

HAZZER

HAZZER!!!!!!
don't comment on all of my stuff when stuffs happens on your blog, im subscribed it will come up on my subcribed page anyway. chill

anyway, i am liking the variation of the colour skins on your boyz, just dont go too crazy other wise you will end up with a circus of orks instead of a warband.
liking the retro marines as well. almost temps me to get mine out of the bitz box.
anyway keep the updates coming

Hi,
2nd update of men got some more work done on the orks as well as the rouge trader SM's.Done for today, will get killa kans done first tommrow then will hopefully get the boyz touched up these guys will then be ready for a game on friday.Will try to do some work done on my 2nd,3rd,and 4th tatical squads too. May do a battle report.Enjoy,

@bigfish-sorry man won't do so in future.I am thinking of doing more different skin tones o the AOBR boyz too.

HAZZER