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Hope you like'em. C&C welcome as always. :-)

Hell yeah I like them - the are fantastic!

Dare I say, the best "Nuln" Empire paint-jobs I've ever seen - wow!

Wow, must resist urge to start fantasy....

wow amazing.

Fantastic as always!

The only thing sticking out to me a bit at the moment is some of the larger parchments on the shields... some seem to have a very dip looking wash pool that looks out of place compared to your normal standards?

@Alpharius: Thanks. (It's not an army from Nuln )

@Tmonster: Fantasy's a great game and personally, I enjoy painting WHFB armies very much.

@iheartlargeblasttemplates: Cheers!

@MajorTom11: Yeah, I was in quite a hurry when doing the shields. You're right about the unfortunate dipping look. maybe I'll fix them later on when I do the rest of the Empire dudes.



But now it's time for a new sci-fi project and again it is set in the grimdark future of the 41st millenium!

Here's a testmini that's still a little WIP:



I have no idea what went wrong with the lighting on this one. Some days that just happens. Anyway, stay tuned for more of his brethen and some dudes to fight them!

FEKKING A!!!!!

I have a little bit of man-love for you right now, looks AMAZING!

Does this pic look more like you wanted?



So happy with how this is starting!

OK, if that's not from Nuln, where are they from?

And either way - they are awesome!

They are from the city of Kick Ass on the planet Awesome in the galaxy of 'Who's your daddy? Sigur's your Daddy'.

@MajorTom11: Yeah, thanks, that's more like it. I didn't want to fiddle around too much with the picture because I wanted to get your opinion on it without it looking too "processed". Thanks for the piccie though, you really neatened it up!

@Alpharius: They're from Averland.



Better picture along with a Magus (guess how psyched I am to get the chance to paint this venerable sculpt ):



Hope you like them!

Dude straight up I'm going to have a seizure.

*big goofey smile*

That augmetic arm is really, really good. I can't wait to see what you do with a whole stealer cult!

@MajorTom11: Thanks (I guess. ).

@Savnock: Cheers!


Here's a little preview shot of the rest of the 4th generation Hybrids:

Looking good!

Subscribed.

@Vitriuvian XVII: Thanks. and welcome on board.



Update:


I plan to finish these by Sunday at the latest, hope to finish them until Friday, expect to finish them by Saturday. :p

Looking good Sigs, did you get my emails btw? Let me know!

You scare me. Mere seconds after the update you manage to reply already. Got your first mail, only now noticed your second one. Planned to do slightly different clothing anyway, will add the white armour to some of them as well.

You are good AND fast!

Wow!

lol, don't worry, I'm not in the bushes outside your house, got ye olde 'email me when this thread changes' option on, as I have for this thread for quite some time

Will email you in a minute or 2 -

@Alpharius: Thanks.

@MajorTom11: Still, even for the little notification thing you're fast.


Alright, here's a little update on the colour scheme:

Drool....

How are you finding them to work with? I hope I had cleaned them up sufficiently? I was worried about 'Fatty' but he is looking like it is going fine!

Fantastic!

Any chance for a quick 'how to' on how you painted the flesh color?

@MajorTom11: Perfectly fine to work with, cheers. There were a few tiny little things to clean up on the Terminators and the Hybrid with the Bolt Pistol needs the pistol muzzle drilled out but that's really minor stuff. I was also a bit worried about the skin on the fat guy but I think it'll work out fine.

@Alpharius: Thanks! As for the flesh - it's basically one very light basecoat followed by a mix of heavy washes and lighter washes lateron. Due to the fact that I use different recipies for skin on each army or character I do, a case-specific description isn't necessary I think. You can look the way I paint flesh up in my Step-by-Step Painting Guides in which I describe the whole procedure in detail:

Dark Elf (Steps 3 and 11)
http://sigur.tabletopgeeks.com/dark-elf-black-guard-musician-step-by-step/

Space Marine (Step 16)
http://sigur.tabletopgeeks.com/all-new-step-by-step-painting-guide/



As for the Hybrids - Update:




Hope you like them.

So, I'm confused.
You're using 40K terminology (Stealer Cult), but they are on 30mm round lipped bases.
What's up with that? Are they going to be used in 40K or a different game?

Eric

@MM Those are my Genestealer Hybrids, custom made - They are meant for SpaceHulk, my mission was to create every option from the core first Edition games for BA and Genestealer cults. Since it is for SH, AND since I don't actually play 40k, I went with the most aesthetically pleasing bases I could!

Besides, and forgive my noobness, does it make a big difference to use round-lips?

@Sigur Looks fantastic! I particularly love the 2 in white, they look like rogue arbites to me now, very cool! The only thing I see missing is to mix in the alternate scarf colors in, again to make them a bit more rag-tag. You could possibly leave a band of purple near the 'ends' of the scarfs as a unifying element though what do you think?

As always, super impressive!

For the record guys Sigur got these on Monday, you can see his frequency of updates and also his willingness to collaborate and get feedback, it's not over yet but honestly I can't speak highly enough of the service so far!

@MajorTom: Thanks. Yup, scarves will be done soon, no worries. I was thinking of keeping them mainly purple-ish but with different hues so on some guys it's going to be blueish purple, on others it's more of a deep purple, lighter purple on others and so on. Sounds okay to you that way?

By the way, if you like the pictures in here, feel free to have a look at Battle Brush Studios' Facebook page! I'd appreciate it.

I agree in that lipped bases look better than the flat edged ones.

Great work on the Hybrids Sigur, I love the dark moody blues and purples, and well as the hints of rust on the bases.

@sigur - That sounds perfect! I trust you 100% to hue the color, based on the 3 stealer skin colors of purple, purplish blue/grey and purplish magenta with hints of dwarfskin or tangerine type coloring.

I like the idea of leaving a similar tone though, as seeing the concept coming together, it will also help them have common elements as well. The white are really looking good btw, I love them!

@MT11

If these are for Space Hulk, then I agree whole-heartedly with your decision. I don't think the round-lipped look any better than standard 25mm bases, but the inserts you have in these are VERY nice. Also, the 30mm round lip will fill the Space Hulk squares on the new game board better.

As for base size mattering... it matters if you're playing 40K. I doubt it would matter in SH (though I haven't seen the rules for the new version, I doubt they've changed much). For 40K, 25mm and 40mm (for larger models) are the most common/standard base sizes. If you're using the 30mm bases on troops, you have the potential to use that to an unfair advantage. So, opponents might take issue with in, in that case. Otherwise... Nope. Doesn't matter.

Eric

P.S. "Fatty" rules!

That's interesting, I would think that as many disadvantages would be taken as advantages?

Good to know before getting on with my BA army though!

I'm pretty proud of Fatty, he was the most scratch sculpted of the lot, especially my first attempt with the pants chest and head... not too bad! I think the flamer came out pretty well too from a design standpoint, I tried to keep things looking functional if a bit mad-max-y -