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i like this pink much better, nice job!

Rogue Wolves wrote:i like this pink much better, nice job!

agreed!

I must keep my son away from this thread or I will never have any peace until he gets his own Toy Story army...

Good work dude, I'm struggling to get one Buzz marine finished, so am in awe of your work and I love the way you've re-imagined Hamm as a Stormraven, totally unique

Hi all,

Capitansolstice wrote:

Rogue Wolves wrote:i like this pink much better, nice job!

agreed!

Thanks. Yep, this versions looks more like Hamm.

Ruglud wrote:I must keep my son away from this thread or I will never have any peace until he gets his own Toy Story army...
Good work dude, I'm struggling to get one Buzz marine finished, so am in awe of your work and I love the way you've re-imagined Hamm as a Stormraven, totally unique

On a typical night the boys are in bed by 8:30 - 8:45 and by 9:00 I've moved my paint station into the living room to paint/model while the wife and I have a college basketball game on TV. Lately, my three-year old son seems to always have to go potty about 9:15. He'll do his thing and than stop by to ask about "my armies"
It will be a couple before he is ready to try his hand at painting a toy soldier.
It wasn't much of a stretch to make Hamm a Stormraven. The lads at Pixar did the work already (Evil Dr. Porkchop's Airship).

I worked on the lascannons and glass.

I used Reaper's line of silver metallics. After using them I think I will stick with Vallejo. Reaper just didn't seem to cover as well. Reaper Polished silver works very well as a highlight for Vellejo's silver line.

The cupola has served as a test model of sorts. The glass took a couple of efforts before finding something acceptable

Thanks and take care

oo i really like the way you did the window

Great stuff! Love it.
Saw the new Toy Story short today, and noticed Zurg's gun is basically a psilencer. Then you could use the grinning ven dread helm, an empire battle wizard's collar, and da vet - you're basically there. Sorry, brain wandered into bitz-land

Hi all,

inmygravenimage wrote:Great stuff! Love it.
Saw the new Toy Story short today, and noticed Zurg's gun is basically a psilencer. Then you could use the grinning ven dread helm, an empire battle wizard's collar, and da vet - you're basically there. Sorry, brain wandered into bitz-land

Thanks. I like where you are going. I see Zurg as a Demon Prince so the DA vet may be a bit small. But than again it may pretty sweet to have a giant head on the tiny body.


I started with the entrail pink parts of the main body. After painting the first layer I started thinking I would probably wear off some paint handling the model while trying to paint the black and metallic parts so why not paint those first and see what happens

Thanks and take care

Very nice. Keep up the great work!

Yet again, you've left me speechless... I have to say I love your painting style, I haven't seen anything like it elsewhere and think it works really well!
Then again, I have little - if any - knowledge of painting so I may sound like a total nutcase...

Stop painting so good, man!

Hi all,

Anpu-adom wrote:Very nice. Keep up the great work!

Thanks.

Samus_aran115 wrote:Stop painting so good, man!

I'll try

Commander Jimbob wrote:Yet again, you've left me speechless... I have to say I love your painting style, I haven't seen anything like it elsewhere and think it works really well!
Then again, I have little - if any - knowledge of painting so I may sound like a total nutcase...

Thanks. Extreme highlights are fun to paint and you do not sound a like a total nutcase ... maybe a partial nutcase

I worked on iconography and lights. Same style as the shoulder pads.

The base coat of pink has been wearing off in spots so I'm glad I waited to paint the other layers.

Not much else to report.

Next up - painting a lot of pink

Thanks and take care

Your highlighting skills are very good! I love this whole idea. Nostalgia man tears

Hi all,


Started painting A LOT of pink. I'm doing sections at a time in an effort to keep from getting bored. It also feels like more is getting finished than what is actually getting finished.

It looks like there will have to several touch-ups due to paint rubbing off during handling. I will definitely matte varnish this beast.

Thhanks and take care

I love it!

Hi all,

More progress on the Pig

Thanks and take care

I find your style of painting large blocks of colour very informative. Great job!

I can't wait to see the pig finished! I am concerned, though, that you've gone too light in your color.

Hi all,

inmygravenimage wrote:I find your style of painting large blocks of colour very informative. Great job!

Thanks. This is the first time I've tried painting a big vehicle in sections. I find it to be more enjoyable than painting the whole model one layer at a time.

Anpu-adom wrote:I can't wait to see the pig finished! I am concerned, though, that you've gone too light in your color.

It's still going to be awhile Between two young kids, work, and having to paint our living room toy soldier painting is down to about three nights a week for the past two weeks (and probably a couple more).

Here is the reference pic I've been using.

I tend to use white as a final highlight to represent bright light washing out whatever color is there.

Thanks and take care

Hi all,

When I started playing 40k (many years ago) I always used dice that matched my army. About three years ago that changed when I purchased some 14mm, red, translucent, precision dice. All I know is I seemed to roll as many ones and twos as before except now they were precise ones and twos

I have decided to go back to using dice which match my army (its just more fun). Fellow Dakkaites, based on the models shown in this plog does anyone have suggestions on what dice to get? I do have a couple of rules.
1. 12mm only. I have used 12mm and 16mm in the past and I prefer 12mm.
2. No transparent dice. I am not a fan of transparent dice. I cannot read the darn tootin' things.


Hamm is coming along slowly, but work is being done. Photos of the left wing follow.

Thanks and take care

Hi all,

Getting closer to putting an apple in this pig's mouth.

I found some dice to match the army as well. I still haven't found an acceptable grayish color.

Living room is almost finished (which means more time for the hobby).

Life is good.

Thanks and take care

Hi all,

... and more pink ...

... it has to end at some point ...

thanks and take care

I really love your painting style! It seems to give everything much more depth and lets you study the model better. The result is even better on the SR because of the large, flat surfaces. Love everything so far! Keep it up

HI all,

Commander Cain wrote:I really love your painting style! It seems to give everything much more depth and lets you study the model better. The result is even better on the SR because of the large, flat surfaces. Love everything so far! Keep it up

Thank you.

Okay the end is drawing near. Living room and touch-ups of a army I'm taking to Colonial GT 2012 next week are finished.

Onto more .... you guessed it .... PINK.

Only thing remaining will be matte varnish seal coat and gloss varnish a couple spots.

Thanks and take care

It really is outstanding. And very, very pink

Hi all,

inmygravenimage wrote:It really is outstanding. And very, very pink

Thanks and yes, yes it is

HAMM. IS. FINISHED.

Egads! I thought it would never end. The multi-melta, black lining of icons, and ruby inking (between armor plates) went quickly.

I matte sealed using Army Painter. I had been using testors but after using AP's spray primer I thought I would give it a shot. I really like this stuff. It doesn't seem to fade highlights like other matte varnishes I've used.

The only item remaining is the base. I'm using clear bases for the army and I don't have one for Hamm. Does anyone know where I can get a clear, valkyrie sized base? I looked at Litko, but it is expensive (though in fairness I don't have anything to compare it to). It could be resin or acrylic.

Next up - back to tactical squad Ultra. I see GW is introducing a basecoat white. Hopefully, it cover better than other companies I've tried. I know it is not easy to cover something with white but there has to be something easier than what I've been doing.

Thanks and take care

That is awesome...

PLain fantastic

If I had a child, I would love to do something like this for them!

All of this is absolutely amazing ablinoork! The painting is beautiful, and I can't wait to see the rest!

Anpu-adom wrote:That is awesome...

Thanks.

Johnny-Crass wrote:PLain fantastic

Thanks. But isn't "plain fantastic" an oxymoron?

Demdiddydizzy wrote:If I had a child, I would love to do something like this for them!
All of this is absolutely amazing ablinoork! The painting is beautiful, and I can't wait to see the rest!

Okay, I'll admit it might not be all for my son.
Thanks! Its been a fun project. I hope to have the first tactical squad with drop pod done in the next six weeks or so.


Thanks and take care

I can see that being a little true
All of your units look great so far, so i can't wait to see how those turn out!