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Hope this does not stick onto my above post again EDIT: If you have not seen the updates to the board - check out my last post.

Anyway - been painting up my IG. Got a few shots of my HQ chappy just so you can see the basic colour scheme. As usual, C&C is welcome

wow good gracious what a great update, the board looks amazing fella , as does the plague tower,the rubble is great and the trenches are perfect. And good muted colour choice for the "HQ Chappy" very suited to your board. I also re looked through all your ealier stuff. man you are creative.
Keep it up i wanna see how the board looks painted . so i can steal it ...muh hahahaha!

His sword is a bit bent and he has a strand(?) of flashing on his foot, but I like scheme. The red really pops in what will be an otherwise muted (as trench warfare should be) scene.

Thanks for the comments guys

And I only noticed the flashy foot in the pictures (damn you flashing!)

And I was going to sort out the sword when I got round to painting it.

The only real colour on the guys are the reds of their grenades (the standard troops all have red grenades, just to put this comment into context ), and I will possibly be painting orange identification marks on the backs of their armour (where that sticking out block for attaching back packs is). The lenses of their gas masks may also be fairly brightly coloured, but I am not sure yet. The gas hoods will be a lighter coloured khaki than the armour and the uniform just to give a bit of variation.

I'm torn as to what colour to paint the unit number. I was thinking about either white or orange. The benefit with white would be I could use transfers (though I have never done so before, so it could be interesting )

I'd go with white, but not transfers. I am not a fan of them. So bright arse green might be cool for the lenses.

I'm a transfer convert since my Tank Masterclass - just seems you need to know the right technique and tools - and a bit of practice - preferably not on your masterpiece! You will be hard pressed to paint to the same crispness - which I can get away with for Orks, but I wouldn't want to for Guard...

@ Whalemusic - I was thinking about green, but I was also thinking of keeping the colours within the red/yellow grouping, hence the orange lenses.

@ Arakasi - any tips on using transfers? I think I've only ever used them once about 10 years ago when I first got into the game (2nd edition boxed set ) when I was quite a bit smaller than I am now

Also, I was trying to think up an emblem for the army... although they are Britannon Guard, I did not want a union jack or St Georges cross... I was thinking of a "B" in the middle of a laurel. Both in white. Not too hard to paint, not too complicated and not too simple either.

Thoughts?

Arakas's blog has some cool tips on transfers , using a little gloss varnish underneath so the transfer has a nice flat surface to ahere to was one i think , i try to blend them in to the rest of the armour using powders or wash, i also chip away the edges with a knife so they are no so clean , but i too could really do with using a proper sound technique...lokking at you arakasi for a tutorial...( whistles)

Dirty and Dusty! Great job silver, the board looks sweet. I did laugh a bit at the bent sword I have to admit. As far as a symbol I am liking the "B" with a laurel , and the lenses imo should be blue with a white dot in the corner then gloss varnish. I have never been a big fan of any other color lenses. Keep it up buddy!

madmartykmf wrote:Dirty and Dusty! Great job silver, the board looks sweet. I did laugh a bit at the bent sword I have to admit. As far as a symbol I am liking the "B" with a laurel , and the lenses imo should be blue with a white dot in the corner then gloss varnish. I have never been a big fan of any other color lenses. Keep it up buddy!

Cheers - and it is only bent so much because he has been chopping so many enemies of the Imperium

RE the lenses - not sure about blue, though thinking about it it could look quite good. I will be using some gloss varnish on them - I got some specially for this actually

Though I need to finish scuplting the heads and then cast them before I can think about painting them

Cheers - and it is only bent so much because he has been chopping so many enemies of the Imperium

Haha, that is exactly what I was thinking

Here is a link for painting lenses just in case ,thought you might find it helpful. I know I did!

http://www.heresy-online.net/forums/showthread.php?t=18193

Mike

A few pictures of my suggested emblem as well as the squad numbering.







The numbering stands for "3rd company, 17th regiment, platoon 2, squad 1" and "3rd company, 17th regiment, platoon 3, squad 1"

SilverMK2 wrote:@ Arakasi - any tips on using transfers? I think I've only ever used them once about 10 years ago when I first got into the game (2nd edition boxed set ) when I was quite a bit smaller than I am now

I'll see what I can cobble together for you tonight from my less than perfect memory I do remember having the same experience/concerns though...

Thanks

headless guards Arh.......!
numbering is very detailed mate, thats pretty indepth .

Decal/Transfer Information Download

Starting in 3... 2... 1...

Reference: endtransmission

So, presumably you have read endtransmission's writeup of the Warhammer World Tank Masterclass (above), but you want more - so here goes:

WARNING: I have yet to apply these to my own miniatures, only the blank canvas (Hellhound) provided on the day...

1. Decals/tranfers go on just before chipping/weathering begins (that way your chipping/weathering can help to integrate the transfer into your masterpiece)
2. First - coat the surface with a coat of gloss varnish and allow to dry (or help with a blow dryer!). Basically coat the entire area (panel) - as the gloss varnish will otherwise cause its own "edge" (we don't want that). This provides a smooth surface for the decal/transfer, which removes the frosting effect (which is just trapped air under the decal/transfer).
3. Cut your decal/transfer as close to the design as possible - less edge means less to "hide".
4. Place decal/transfer in clean water. Only needs 5-10 seconds really.
5. Wet the area where the decal/transfer will be applied. You can also use Micro Set or even mix in some gloss varnish for better adhesion.
6. Apply the transfer with a brush. If using tweezers, plastic is best to avoid tearing. Move around to the desired location. You can add more water to lift it and reposition if necessary.
7. Use some paper towel or cotton bud to dab the decal/transfer to remove excess water - being careful not to shift it.
8. Let dry. You can use Micro Sol at this point if desired. This will soften the decal/transfer - allowing it to mould itself better to irregular shapes - ie shoulder pads or arms. I have to give this a try for tattoos! Suggest trying on a test mini first - apparently putting the Micro Sol on will initially look like you have ruined the decal/transfer - just have to be patient and wait! The Micro Sol will shrink the decal/transfer to the surface.
9. Once dry, coat the decal/transfer with gloss varnish. Again, coat the entire area (panel) so the gloss varnish doesn't leave its own lip. You can repeat this step several times (dry, gloss) as necessary. Your decal/transfer is not going anywhere!
10. You can touch up the edges with the base colour if necessary.
11. Weather/chip if/as required!

Hopefully I didn't miss anything out - endtransmission can probably confirm/epand upon the above

Will let you know how my own progress goes (I have some Stormboyz Nobz banners that need decals, and I'm looking to get some Micro Set/Sol and try applying tattoos too...)

Hope that helps everyone!

Thanks, I will see how I go with that

And let us know how it goes!

I will be hand painting the guardsmen, but I will be using transfers on the vehicles, so I will look at finishing spraying one of my sentinels and then applying some transfers.


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Phew! Painted all the unit numbers on my chaps.

Been thinking of changing my IG to be from Arbour Three (see the journal link in my sig ) as I am really getting into the fluff and it is a lot less cheesy than "Britannon"

Also - I seem to have utterly lost my IG codex (it has been lost to the warp - aka it is in the spare room somewhere under a billion tonnes of junk ) - can someone tell me how many guardsmen there are supposed to be in a HQ squad as well as the officer? Thanks

Anyway, some pictures:






All the chaps:

company co and 4 vets for a total of 5 models

Mike

Cheers - looks like I have an extra chap painted up

SilverMK2 wrote:Cheers - looks like I have an extra chap painted up

You could always use him as a body guard for only 15 points

Mike

Good call - may have to give one of them some spangly goodies to set him apart as a bodyguard.

Also should probably look for my codex...

Just a small one - Started painting the trees and added some dead fall around the shelled wood.

Trees are white as I am going for an ash/burnt out look on them. They will be washed with red ink, drybrushed white, then drybrushed black to simulate trees that are almost completely burnt.








Also, if you haven't seen my Eldar titan blog, check it out here. Decided to start work on it again after... a bit of a break

Looking good Silver! Not sure about the red ink though. I will look forward to seeing it all done. Keep up the great work

Mike

Not an update, however, with the sale of my Ork army (well, most of it at least), I was looking at getting some artilery pieces sorted out for my IG.

I have been tempted for a long while by the DKoK artillary carriage, but can't quite decide whether I like it £66.50 worth

The other alternative would be the Earthshaker cannon platform which is less than half the cost of the artillary carrage, but not as interesting looking.

I was just hoping for people's thoughts on the matter.

the only think I can add to Arakasi's decal instructions is that you can add a few layers of gloss varnish until the edged don't have a stepped look to them as it's the stepped edge to the transfer that catches the eye and makes it all look odd.

Once you're finished, an all over coat of satin ('Ard coat) will return the paints to a non gloss state. It was suggested that a matt varnish at the end would make the paints look a bit odd.

I can't really comment on whether £66 is too much for an earthshaker, given that I've got rather a lot of forgeworld upgrade kits. I do like the DKoK one though as It's proper artillery

Thanks for the additional tips on decals.

Also, where do you get your matt varnish from, as I can never seem to find any (in spray form if possible)

It is not so much the cost (well, it is a bit expensive for my tastes, especially as it would probably be run as a counts as basilisk anyway - if it ever gets run at all as I have a horrible tendency to never use my Warhammer stuff :( ), but more the look of the gun itself.

Although I like most of it there is just some small detail to me that is just "off" about it.

It's looking good Silver. I only have one somewhat negative comment, and that is: I don't like the red grenades. Are those only temporary, are you going to change them? I hope so. It looks kinda off with the rest of the colors. Hope this wasn't too harsh, but for the rest, it looks smashing good, sir!

No, they are quite jarring

What would you think of a dark green?