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We just need to find a time when we can get together. Cause I too would like to play more...

Just had a very quick look through and just had to comment to say you've got some serious skill, you're putting out some beautiful models.

yeah... you should play more! Paint some Marines Errants.

@Alf: Im free all the time these days (save every other Thursday), so whatever works for you

@gian: Wow, thank you very much! ^^ I certainly enjoyed painting them (even the ones that took -foreeeever-!). Thanks for stopping by- Its great to see new faces in this blog!

@SL: Really thats the most likely army to get progress, all things considered. Unless the group was to do some new insane direction for Adepticon this year, Its more than likely the army that Ill be playing. As to what, exactly, who knows!


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Day 6: Swords!

Spent most of the day playing tech support to both parents, so I didnt get as far as I'd have liked. I did get the power weapons sprayed, and now the HQ and Honor guys are looking sharper!
The one think I wasnt 100% certain of was the painting of this guy's dagger in a PW scheme. I ended up spraying it anyways, partially out of convenience, but also out of the thought that the Honor Guard should have all the fancy stuff, including more PWs than you can shake a stick at!



Parchment areas are up to their final levels, and Ive only just started the reds on the cording and seals.

Looks good. Are you still doing the bikes at the same time, or no?

Yarp! On the table right now (roughly all at the same stage) are all the bikes + riders, Honor Guard, Sicarius, and the two flying bases. Its part of the reason the larger updates are spaced a bit further apart.
The Talon is mostly basecoated (lots of gray gradients), and the Raven is assembled and has the interior basecoated. I think what Im gonna do is wait on the vehicles till after the bikes are done. I'll be able to give em more attention that way!

Sounds like a good plan. I'm going to have to use these Honor Guard for at least one game. Even if they are poorly equipped, they look so cool!

Oooh pretty colours! Lovin' them power swords

Day 10

Whew... So darn many metals. Fortunately it seems the most tedious bits are complete. Right now they're only basecoated, but washes take no time at all compared to basecoats.




No this brings me to something I've been trying to figure out. What color should I paint the trim and the wings on the bikes? I was thinking yellow, same as the trim on the shoulderpads, but thats gonna be an awful lot of yellow on the winged bikes!
Whatcha think, guys?

What about a dark bronze? you an pop a little verdigris weathering for contrast? yellow may be too much unless that's the look of the force?

Well, If you recall, this is the final destination for my Red Scorpion painting:



Yellow is a distinct part of their scheme, hence the reason I was thinking of using it as trim on the bikes.

I dont know if I could run what GW seems to have done with their Ultramarine bikes, though- they have the rider painted normal, then a silver trim all over the bike (That doesnt have the wings on it). That just seems like it would be too far from the Gray, black, and yellow of the scheme.


Hmmm....



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EDIT: Unless, of course, I implement the yellow on the bike in another way? like stripes or squad markings or whatever? Then i could do whatever on the trim, really...

Maybe yellow for the actual wings, with all the trim done in brass/gold? It's only the pad trim which is yellow isn't it, the other trim all seems to be metallic. (Although on power armour that is pretty much all the trim)

That might be a bit too much yellow though....possibly just trim on the mud-guards in yellow, evrything else metallics....the mud-guards being kind of analogous to shoulder pads??

The latter is what I was figuring. I do think the wings being yellow would be a bit too much, but im at a loss as to an alternative

Like you guys have been saying, though... maybe brassy wings?

Couldn't finally any examples online, guess you will have to make it up.

I'm still working on 8 more bikes as well. They take forever.

Do them black fading to red at the tips! If they look odd then the Judge dread looks always works!

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Do them black fading to red at the tips! If they look odd then the Judge dread looks always works!

That....might actually look pretty cool.

Time for a Ramo's test model! pic's please!

Still messing with the black and red idea... trickiest part is masking areas so I dont overspray... unless a bit of brushwork Ive been experimenting with pays off! Fortunately black and red play really well together!



So its been two weeks on these guys already! My how the time flies... Unhelpful is the general feeling of malaise and anxiety thats just making it hard to concentrate on my work. Im starting to get really stressed out about not hearing back from places I apply to... this is particularly unusual for one place, as the past openings have had no issues in sending me rejection letters... Man I hate waiting and not knowing whats going on


Well, anyways... At least there isnt too terribly much to go,by the looks of things (famous last words), so with a bit of luck I should be varnishing them before too long.




Still need to paint the leather areas and golds, and the yellow is only based right now. Im gonna be hard pressed for painting these once these pots of the old foundation yellows burn out!
I still need to edge all the gray, too, but it seems that Im pretty much out of Codex Gray/Dawnstone!! Gonna have to figure out a replacement- game store is a bit too hard to get to for just one thing of paint. Its gonna be a whole week before I get out for my Deathwatch game! I think Ill be able to rig out some kind of mix for it. As long as I keep it across all the current minis, you shouldnt be able to tell at all!

In other news, Im really thinking of doing gold helms for the Honor Squad and Captain... The ornate helms look good in solid white (and a few areas of gold, of course), but all the other "veteran" helms have a yellow band on them. That just wouldnt work for these guys, as there'd almost be more yellow than white! All gold, now... I think that can work. Certainly makes them stand out and look regal!

Gold helms might looks strange compared to Cullen's white helm, being a chapter master and all.

True, but hes just Sergeant Cullen in that squad, isnt he?

Up to you, then. I can totally keep the white if you like!

Yeah, gotta address that in the near future.

I like the white.

Then white they shall stay!


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Day 16 progress: Seeing Red

As I mentioned before, I messed around with black wings fading to red using my brush. Started from pure black, then slowly mixed in P3 Sanguine base and highlighted the very edges. Then I put in a little bit of blood red for the final edge highlight.

The effect is darker than the pic shows. Blame the glare




Sound like a plan then?

You tried glazing with bloodletter or carroburg to give it the dark red hue? just a thought? :-)

Unfortunately thats the one color glaze/wash I dont have xD
Used to have it but many years ago I let someone borrow it

That would be the perfect addition... Ill have to see if I dont have a bottle of red ink buried somewhere...

Eh, not sure I like how that looks either. Anyone else have any suggestions? Maybe yellow would look ok on the wings, leave the other parts black? Or the wings in silver?

Hmm, I like the black/red effect, but don't think it quite fits in with the rest on this one. Do you have a finished rider so we can see what the whole thing looks like?

Possibly do the wing trims in yellow, then silver wings may fit the scheme whilst still breaking it up a bit......?

Heres what we look like at this stage:




Maybe just all black wings? The sculpt is a bit ambiguous to where theres a break in trim, so I dunno if I can pull off a two tone effect...
Im really at a loss for this one, guys... Sorry! xD

Yeah, black is probably fine.

You could do black wings but with the edge trim in yellow?

Black and yellow works