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InquisitorFabius wrote:Pretty damn legit man.

qft!

Looking good man.

How many points is this army going up to?(sorry if you mentioned this already)

Very cool army. jelly bean green is workin' for ya.

I love your weathering and I am always trying to improve mine be decoding other peoples, Is that black or silver? and how do you go about adding your greys highlights, do you just paint it all on the lower side of the scratches on every one you can with a fine tip? Also I like that process of decals I wish I could get that to work with Blood angels logos on their shoulder pads. They so barely work as decals and then free hand always is slightly off.

Thanks for the comments all ^_^.

DDrE, I'm hoping to get them to 1500 by August (we'll see x.x...). 2k is the planned end of the army.

tcraigen, I'm not certain what you're question is on ^_^. If you can clarify it at all, I can more appropriately answer your question!

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Ok, slight update time:



Gryphonne Sepia weathering down on the green. I'll have to go back with sepia again when the metals are done.

Looking good,can't wait to see the mini finished.

Looking great as always GD

I know you are using the sponge technique for your battle damage, but what colour are you actually using on the sponge ?

Thanks

Very convincing chipped paint there. It looks awesome! That decal came out nicely as well.

hehe sorry I was trying to figure out how you do your chipped paint work, and making a guess at your process. sorry it came out so confusing, just wanted to know how you do yours.

StubbyGB, I'm using Catachan Green for the paint chipping.

tcraigen, I've posted a link to my battle damage tutorials elsewhere in this thread, just go back a little bit ^_^

Progress:







A lot of little stuff. Metals are nearly finished. The black is highlighted much the same as my normal marines, but will be dusted a good amount in the final phase of weathering. A bit of the detailing is done, but with lots of little details (lenses mostly) still needing attention. Turrets need attention still as well, but they're a minor concern compared to finishing the hull.

I can't wait to be finished with this thing already.

You're SoM are a lovely shade of Green, just like envious old me!

You always can't wait to be finished whatever you're working on.

It's looking good thus far. Looking forward to seeing the black toned down/weathered, so that it matches the rest of the battle bruised hull.

That LR is looking sweet.

Hey GD I have a question for you. Do you remember how you did the exhaust / smoke-stacks of your dread ?



I'm trying to do mine now and I'm not sure how to go about it. I'm thinking of starting with Tinbitz and then a bunch of washes with black, sepia and flesh. Maybe some washes with some regular flat brown colours too?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

This is getting better with each entry ....
Your LR really looks ace and Im a huge fan of the grime! YOu also made a good choice on the parts that will remain black. Breaks the whole thing up nicely.

StubbyGB, The stacks were done by painting them in Boltgun Metal and giving them successive washes of Gryphonne Sepia. Once they were the color I wanted, I used my Tamiya Weathering Master compact and hit them with the soot. The Tamiya stuff should be your last step as it wipes off easily, so save it for last and seal it right after.

Followed this thread for a while Grey. Very nice work. I was a little sceptical about the neon shade of green, but every model has carried it off excellently so far. No chance of the enemy missing these guys on the battlefield; in this case that is a good thing.

I really like your weathering and you have inspired me to try to emulate some of the effects you pulled off. I have done a few tests with some light colored models, to practice your sponge-based weathering to good effect.

However, what advice do you have for weathering Black Legion tanks, or more specifically vehicles painted Chaos Black? I am going to try out sponging on Boltgun Metal and "highlighting" that with maybe Adeptus Battlegrey to give the effect that maybe there was a layer of primer under the black.

Any thoughts?


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I see from your blog that you responded in the comments, regarding Sponging Battle Damage:

I would personally stay away from using metallics for the scratches, at least the small ones, as the scale seems to be lost when you use them. I'd instead go for a darker color like I have here, or go for a orange/brown to indicate some rusting effects.

So after reading that, it looks like you would suggest not using the Boltgun metal, but maybe I could use the orange/brown mix? The primary dilemma is how it fits with the black paint of the vehicle itself. I will at least try this tonight.

Any other suggestions are welcome..

AbsoluteBlue, I really think it's up to personal aesthetic when it comes to weathering. GW seems to go exclusively with metallic weathering on their black armor. With the land raider I've run into a dilemma with just how to weather the black as well. I went with brown and it seems to have worked out for me. I also heavily dusted it as well.

A follow up to my reply to stubby is on weathering using the Tamiya Weathering Master compact. Check out my 'review' here.

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IT IS DONE!

Congrats on finally finishing this beast. It looks great.

Very nice indeed. you have balanced the amount of mud, just right.

I will continue to dissect your technique and use you for inspiration.

Just one word,excellent!!!!

That looks ace, though the skull and bones on the grenade launcher front thingies are rather clean for being right above the tracks.

SoG

Awesome GD.
I didnt realize you were using the Tamiya weathering kit. I have two of those on my shelf as well and will hopefully be using those for a project soon. Im really interested how it will turn out (even though it doesnt have anything to do with warhams).

Its good so see awesome results like this though.
Great work!!

Great Land Raider Grey Death, I didn't realise you were using the Tamiya weathering set.

I have numerous Tamiya weathering compacts with different shades, as well as one of the Tamiya weathering stick pens.

To be honest I tend not to use the Tamiya weathering stuff so much these days. I have found that Mig pigments give a far wider range of use, from dust, through to rain marks, and heavy mud etc.

They defiantely are useful kits though, I'd say the Tamiya weathering sets offer a great entry level product for people who are starting out in weathering techniques and who are put off by the thought of having to use thinners, turpentine, or acrylic resin.

I still use my Tamiya weathering sets, I actually really like the various metallic effects one I have at home.

I also really like what you've done on the Dreadnought, brilliant work.

How did you get the rust/weathering effect in lines? I've attempted similar with the new GW washes mixed with different colors but never got it too look quite right.

Any help appreciated.

Grey, we talked vastly about this is in Mig's thread, bravo.

I love these two superb war-machines.

sA

Big thanks to you all for your comments ^_^. They really help keep me focused and going on this project!

The Tamiya weathering stuff is indeed a great starter, and I'm already chomping at the bit to jump into a new project I can go absolutely crazy with Mig Productions stuff as well as color modulation and the like. I'm thinking IG...Stay tuned for something more on that in the future (somewhat distant right now though!).

Virus, The lines are simply gryphonne sepia wash watered down slightly and applied to effect.

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For a change of pace I decided I needed to work with something non-green.





Feels sort of busy, but the models ARE busy, being veterans and all. GW really likes to pack on the detailing for vets...I might still go back and simplify things a bit, we'll see.

C&C welcome and wanted as always!

I really like the camo Sons! I don't think it's too busy as you said they've got a lot of detail on them from being Vets.

Looks good as always, I can't wait to see everything together.

I do agree that the camo stripes are an interesting touch, but I think it works.

Can't wait to see the full army!