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NO WAAAY! I am honored sir!

I have to say, this blog is a true piece of art! ive been very impressed with all the work ive seen. I love this blog as well as Stiengass's too! You guys have really set the bar for my own work on my tanith

For Tanith!

really nice model of harker a true catachan model at least imhop. are you going to run him as harker or as a heavy weapon team?

Nah i dont need any more hwt...at the moment...actually thats a bit of a lie, but i will more likey run him as whatever character model i want him to be. I Dont run veteran squads anyways so im just painting him to paint him. And fatty the next model shall be named after you

That is a sweet looking mini, but then I love the look of heavy bolters.

Arakasi wrote:I'm sure there are more thorough tutorials out there, but endtransmission did a writeup of the Forgeworld Tank Masterclass we attended - which included using the powders.

yes errmmm let me think basically you tear out the foam like the little divider things with a rough edge dip the edge in chainmail wipe of the excess ans sort of lightly scratch it /paint it on your model id recommend trying it on a test model and seeing what you think and for the weathering powders you need purity seal which can go wrong so be carefull with it or hairspray to seal it onapply it with a brush and spray that over the top you can mix them with water for cool effects too hope this helps !

Not sure where to start heaping my wonder into this thread so I'll just say I love all of it.

Testor's dullcote, or armory clear matte spray does the same job.

Hi Guys Today i started working on my Steingass project. I been pretty inspired by the catachans popping up here at dakka...Welcome Fab the newest one...I feel like i missed the train with brown and green camo...so, harker, (aka steingass) is taking a slightly different route to the finishing line. Hes my excuse to put some brown int my jungle Without further ado...is harker...somewhere around stage 7 or 8 for the pants...this is WIP ... obviously, but i hope you think im on the right path




and i broke a brush


my only beef so far is the highlight closest to his knee. I will blend them better...or redo it...but its on the right track i think...whatcha guys think?

Excellent pants, such a shame, that old soldier still has a great point to it /taps

...and don't worry too much about the pants yet, it won't look right to you until you have the skin color on and you see the contrast..patience

I have to say you are on the right track for sure!
Way better green colour on the pants then your previous guardsmen.

The brown camo also gives it more character. Like it.

See what you mean about the right knee. I would go there with a bit less bright highlight since it's not really a sharp edge. Maybe a 50/50 of the two greens? or use a glaze on it aka more water less paint to make it a smoother finish less gritty.

Anyway like I said you are on the right track and really dig the model. Think I want one too.

Look forward to your next post.

thanks guys heres a another few pics...slightly blending the knee better...a few highlights here and here andsome glazes later...plus base coat and intial wash for skin....ignore all that its not even close to a finished obvi And fab thanks, yea, the blob/grunts were all painted army speed. I purposefully left out the camo scheme

Awesome! It already looks better than mine!

WOW, thats looking great! Very detailed highlights on the camo. Skin tone is perfect

last update for today i promise. If it seems like i work fast, i really dont...ive been painting for like 7 hours...hey whattdya want its my day off i just home from being outta town
Ive begun to add the first stage of skin build up. The mix is a very very watery 70%dwarf flesh 30% bleached bone. Probably 8 or 9 coats of it needed. im at about 5. then ill start highlights after thats nice and smooth and even

Fantastic! I need more, thiner coats then!

Wow man! He looks so realistic!

Look - I can't be held responsible for not commenting if you update faster than I can read/comment!

Looking very nice though, and at that magnification, I can only imagine how much better IRL.

Like what you did on the camo and the skin tone. Both look very nice.

But I do have to say something about his nipples one areola is bigger than the other

@Arakasi, thank you sir! Just doin my part
@Fab you are the new viktor von doom lol but, yup you are right, ill get it a little more evened out. unfortunately, the sculpt of the left nipple is more pronounced then his right. But his butt looks great dont it? ...lol WIP!! I Stlll have a bunch more coats of that first mix tone before im happy to move to the next.

PS Arakasi, im glad its understood that the mega magnification shows you things youd never see. it saves me from saying, "but, but, it looks better in person!!"
PPSI have no idea, yet, what color to paint his karate belt thats hanging down. Also important to note is the flower behind him, which will no doubt be some kind of crazy jungle spot color...the belt im thinking i may just paint green...

That is his Red Catachan headband on his belt!

Red is the GW go to...but if you havent noticed i kinda like the road less travelled when it comes to color harmony. If there is way to fit an obnoxious pink into a mini, ill make it work...hopefully...lol...in this case...im not sure if i even want red on the mini at all...also i still have to think about the color of the gun...which im leaning towards black...we'll see. Today will see more progress on the skin.

Wow! Tha camo looks perfect! the one you showed yesterday was pretty good, but the blending made it look ace! Skin looks good so far, so much better than I am capable of and you're not done yet! You shame me!

As for the belt/sash, I'd go an Olive Drab green. even with (modern) militaries that have all one type of camo for everything, (not sure about today's US Army, but it was true in my day) there were still plenty of things that were just OD green. Especially the Big Green Bandanas from the 1st Aid kit that everyone wanted to wear under thier Kevlars!

Looking great! Keep it up!

The red bandannas is just the GW go to because it was a contrast for the "Eavy Metal team to do. They then wrote it into the official fluff for the Catachans.

God i love jungle fighters especially when they are done well.

Sweet pants, skin and everything and i am Honored to be enrolled into your army

Really nice blending on harker/steingass, can't wait to see him finished.

THanks Guys. Glad you are liking where its headed. Today ive done more skin work. The face and front im really liking. The back is proving to be more difficult, so is a few stages behind in highlighting and blending. Also, i noticed a tiny piece of grass flock that must've stuck to his shoulder before being primed. Im *Extremely* annoyed at this because its on the skin, itd be less of a drag on a material or something. My options are to shave it off and repaint it, which isnt the best idea with metal and i could possibly roughen up the texture more anyways. The other option is, since im going to be painting back tats, i think a nice tat strategically placed tattoo will solve that problem. (if you dont believe me, i think youll be surprised ) **Just had a better idea than all of that..(Somewhat of a rip off...we wlll see) Also, its significantly easier to spot with the blown up hd pics...Anyways, more to do on the back, cleanup, etc etc...here we are a few more stages in on highlighting
a close up

i took better pics......
what it looks like in person

Wow your painting has really brought out the detail in this guy!