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I'm loving that Maghariba. I think the camo and skull work nicely on it. Some warning symbols from an aircraft transfer sheet would look good.

Washes are a pain in the backside on large flat areas as you've discovered. In the case of vehicles I've found it more effective to sponge on some variations of colour instead and let weathering powders and chipping do most of the work to shade things. If you do want washes, there are two tips that make it easier to use on larger surfaces.

1) Put down a layer of gloss varnish first - This gives the washes less to cling to, which means you've got more control getting it to pool in the recesses, rather than creating pools in the middle of your nice flat area.
2) Mix a bit of gloss varnish into the wash before painting it on - This lengthens the drying time of the wash and allows you to move it about more easily. You've even got time to use a wet brush to remove some bits of wash that you don't want.

Oh dude, you are blowing my mind with this blog! I wish i hadn't waited so long between checking it.

I'd like to pick out a few of my favourites but everything is so amazing i just can't pick one or two!

Well I spent the day working on some Kazaks for my Ariadna army. They're fun models, and great for hammering out my test schemes.

I didn't go with my original plan. But you guys will see that when I post up some shots tomorrow.

So, now that everyone is in a tizzy over the painting competition, time to get back to working on other stuff right?

Ha… never stopped.

I have to say, I’m really bummed out about the Painting Comp. It was fun painting up a model for it and all, but I really felt like I had a chance at winning it for once. Then I woke up this morning and checked the entries, and the bottom dropped out. People did some really amazing work, and there’s some legit stuff in there. I’m just not on that level, at all. Oh well, what am I going to do? Stop painting? Meh, live and learn.

Anyway, I did some work over the weekend, plugging away at my new Ariadna forces. I changed my paintscheme, because Von Skyfury discovered the chip I implanted in his brain that steals all of his ideas for painting. So I had to be original for once.

So rather than blue, I went for Red. So far, I really like it.

I knocked out the 3 Line Kazaks over the weekend, and I’m almost done one of the Chasseurs and the two Metros I have. I’ve been trying to keep the same general scheme across the board, like with the camo and whatnot, and for the most part it’s been working pretty well. You be the judge.











And the obligatory little group shot.

Tell me what you think! More on the way later.

Oh you gotta be kidding me !!!
Now im considering unpainted armies...Thanks a lot !!!

I was going for red too, but more black than grey...Curse you !
Your always a bazillion steps in front of me !

Very nice job by the way. Really really love the camo pattern,

Very nice. Are the guns supposed to be the same colour as the uniform? It's a bit hard to see if the red is highlighted or it's just the light you are photoing in front of. Still, very nice, as I said to begin with. Red and grey is certainly different for Ariadna (from my very limited experience)

The standard in the painting comp is definitely higher this time around I think, with many more entries - try not to be bummed out! I think being a single mini opened it up a lot more than the previous duel/diorama. Anyway, it gives you a goal for next time! (Of course, I'm headed into reverse at a rapid rate - but that gives me a goal for next time too!)

Very nice camo!

@Von Skyfury - You're supposed to deactivate that chip I installed in your brain after you find it. Apparently it's still feeding you information. I've decided to not steal your thoughts on making a polka-dot ALEPH force though.

@Arakasi - Yeah, there's a ton of entries. I'm trying not to get bummed about it. The guns are supposed to be sort of the same color as the uniforms. It's the same grey at least. I may give them another wash or something to darken them up so there's a difference in the greys. The reds are highlighted, but subtly. I don't want to go any brighter, as I feel it'll take away from the model.

@Vit - Thanks chief!

By not deactivating the chip, I get a preview of how it will look like =P

Very nice work man, they looks great!

looks good

Would like to see more =)
Now =)

More? Now? How impatient!

But here we go anyway.

Managed to finish my Chasseur and the two Metros I got. I’ve been trying to change up the paint schemes, while still keeping to a similar pattern. So where the Kazaks have the full Camo, the Chasseur keeps the Camo pants but has a black/grey jacket that’s darker. And the Metros keep the Camo pants, but are wearing more civilian looking leather-jackets. They still look the part, but look a little more hodgepodge and I think that’s cool.

Well, see for yourself.










And then, the obligatory group shot so far!




So what’s next? Well I got most of the Light Infantry done, so that means it’s time to step up to the next rung… so I went ahead and got these basecoats down last night…




We’ll see how long it takes me to get all of that done.

Let me know what you think!

Very very nice =)
I like these
A lot
Makes me want to go home and paint mine =P

Not sure what it is, maybe just a neater paint job - but that Chasseur is looking *very* nice. Or it could be the model - I almost entered my Chasseur into the painting competition because I felt he was coming along as nicely, or perhaps more nicely, than the one I entered. Nah - must be the paint job - well done!

@Von Skyfury - Then go PAINT! I'm beginning to think you don't have any models! Any advice I can give on the painting front I'll gladly shoot your way, you know that. I want to see you models.

@Arakasi - Thanks chief! I'm happy with the way he turned out as well. I think it has something to do with the darker color of his jacket, the rifle doesn't blend into it as much. I love painting dark greys for some reason, as they tend to come out pretty well compared to me painting other colors. I hope the rest look as good.

As soon as I'm done with Metal Gear Solid 4, I gotta paint 5 Blood Angels for my brother, then I'm going full frontal on painting my non-existant Infinity models !
What if I can convince my boss to let me paint at work...humm...?

Geez you're fast. You must not have kids lol. I've gotten 5 figures done in the last two months!

@Von Skyfury - Seriously? MGS4? It's a MOVIE, just get someone else to push the buttons for you and you can paint and watch at the same time. I know a lot of people made jokes about that when the game came out, but having watched my friend play through it, and actually experiencing the 'Ending' that NEVER STOPPED... yeah... you'll be making fun of it as well by the end.

@CDK - Yeah, no kids. That's what... 6 figs in the past 3 days? Good by Infinity standards, crap by Warhammer standards. Funny how that works. I think it's because I told myself I couldn't get any more models until I finish painting the ones I have. So I've been on a painting rampage.

I've also been wanting to have two groups I can pull out and play small games with, that way I can teach people the basics and have some fun that way. Naturally, I wanted them painted, because I hate seeing people play with proxied Eldar or whatever. Once I get the next batch done I should have two solid little groups to play with!

That's the awesome thing about MGS4 ! =P
Ok, food is ready...now let's watch a movie while I eat =P
Load game
Enjoy =P

Well, I failed that will save.

Ended up ordering more stuff from The Warstore.

And since they were out of pretty much everything I want for Ariadna, I had to buy... something else!

Oooh
What did you order ?
Give us a hint !

A pair of skittery things for my Haqqislam.

And a box set for a faction I don't play... yet.

Well my model crunching hit a wall last night. I got a lot done, but didn’t finish up the three models I was hoping to finish. No big deal, I’ll have them done tonight.

I mean, they’re ALMOST done, but not quite to the level of fit and finish I want. There’s just a handful of little things I want to adjust.

I’m not sure if I want to two-stage the armor camo, doing like I did on the Mag and putting a secondary stripe (likely grey) in the black stripes. I may just leave them for now. I think they look pretty good, they’re VERY Red, almost too red, but I think it’s growing on my so I’m not going to change it.

Aaand here they are.





That’s the Veteran Kazak, I did a little Ram-Horn thing with the camo on his helmet and I like it.






HMG guy. Having a Camo figure with an Armor Piercing HMG is just awesome.







And my favorite guy, the Tankhunter with the Adhesive Grenade Launcher. These things are a riot and I love to use them. Didn’t bring an Engineer? So sorry. Of course, after you glue someone, the best thing to do is walk up and plant a D-Charge on them.

Priceless.

They’ll be done by the end of today, and then, onto the Muls! I’ve been ticking away at the Traktors while I was letting the washes dry… so I’m trying a couple old tricks to combat they issues I’ve been having with large flat surfaces. May try one or two of Endtransmission’s recommendations as well.

As always, lemme know what you think!

Nice job !
That red is really awesome !
How do you paint so fast haha, and with such skills.
That's not fair =P

Von Skyfury wrote:Nice job !
That red is really awesome !
How do you paint so fast haha, and with such skills.
That's not fair =P

Years of patience and self denial.

Oh so it's normal I can't do this after a couple painted models ? =P

Can't wait to see those finished

Oh so cool! Your doing a great job on these!

Thanks chief.

Once those three are done then I just have my Traktor Mul's to do... then my Ariadna models are all painted!

Except the one Caledonian guy with the two shotguns, but I don't really want to use him anyway.

I say painted, but the group won't be done yet. I need to pick up a few more models first... another Tankhunter and a Chasseur, and another SAS Chap, and I think that'll round everything out.

My Kameels and Auxilia came in the mail today, so those need to be assembled and primed, so I'll probably get those done tonight.

Any leftover time will go back to my Haqqislam, as I still have a few models there that need painting. I don't know how many points of Haqq I have now... but I'm thinking it's pushing 500.

Alrighty... so I'm not dead, though my daily grinding of model creation has slowed significantly. Ran out of meds (read: cocaine) and that slows me down significantly. All joking aside, sometimes I get in a funk and just don't want to do anything, and that's really hard to braek sometimes.

Not to say I haven't been doing anything! Just no pictures. I've been in assembly mode as a bunch of orders came in... so now I have a bunch of stuff primed and waiting for paint. Things like...

2 Kameels
2 Naffatun
1 Djanbazan
2 Nasmats
2 Auxilia
3 Fusiliers
1 Machinist
2 Dronbots

And of course my 3 Ariadna chaps and the two Traktor Muls I need to finish up... along with a handful of other things.

So if I get to painting this weekend, I should certainly be busy!