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Loving the vehicles Jah. They're looking right proper weathered.

The canopy on the Stormtalon looks just fantastic. The reflection of the flying nids is superbly done.

thanks, Snrub...
i'm starting to have fun with this scheme...

it's Throwback Thursday again...
going back to 2009/2010, here is my Blood Angels Sternguard Sergeant...
this seems like a good week for a Blood Angels Marine, since they are the hot topic right now...

at this point, this was my most advanced red, and, i think, my best battle damage...
i learned a lot on this paintjob, all of which got applied to The Butcher a year later...
the need up the contrast of the red was the biggest lesson...






thanks for looking...
i hope you like him...

cheers
jah

Very cool tanks there! That BA is nice too, one of my favourite minis done justice!

thanks, Paradigm...
i'm having fun with the vehicles, since i haven't painted many over the years...

i hope everyone has had a nice, though short, solstice day...
i spent mine packing up at my place, and heading over to a friend's to do some dogsitting for the next week...
the temporary workspace is all set up...
the front row of paints is the color palette for this Ultramarines commission...
the view from the "office" is pretty sweet...






stay warm, and enjoy the longest night of the year...

cheers
jah

Man, what is the P3 palette? For Ultramarines, I mean.

That is one heck of a view to paint from!

Ehmmm....i can do some dogsitting, too...

 Paradigm wrote:
That is one heck of a view to paint from!

You mean forum???

hey Dakka...

@lliu: i'll list what all the colors are as i post the step-by-step shots of the Stormraven that i am working on right now...

Christmas day is coming to a close in Mexico...
i hope everybody had a good day, and got some cool toys...
i have a bunch of reading ahead, with the new Blood Angels Codex, and the Shield of Baal books, Leviathan and Exterminatus!!!

even though it is Christmas, it is also Throwback Thursday...
in the spirit of the day, here is a little snowy scene...

this SAS Trooper is one of my favorite Infinity sculpts...
the real world look, along with the quality of an Infinity mini, is a great combo...
when i found this base from Dark-Age, i knew i had a setting that was perfect for the pose...
the little brick on the ground really sets off the sculpt, as he sneaks through the debris...






this was my first time using anything other than GW snow, which is rubbish...
the Secret Weapon Winter Basing Kit has some really nice snow in it...
much more realistic looking...
unfortunately, i have never been able to get good pics of this guy:(...

thanks for looking...

cheers
jah

Very nice stuff jah! Keep up the good work

Awesome! Great mini and brilliantly painted!

Happy New Year!!!

i hope everyone enjoyed their holidays...

i took a week off from posting, but not from work...
i'll be taking pics of the finished Whirlwind, and second Stormraven, tonight...

today is Throwback Thursday again...
these weeks sure do go by quickly...
tonight i'm taking it back to a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
this is the Knight Models 72mm Boba Fett, my last finished mini of 2013...
i really enjoyed working in the bigger scale, even if it is a lot tougher to make the paint work look good...
not much room for mistakes on these large surfaces...
getting the contrast in the fatigues, and the texture in the cloak, was a fun experiment...






thanks for looking...
i hope you like him...

cheers
jah

Hey Jah, great looking miniatures! You definitely have a lot of talent and an keen eye for detail. I really like the Blood Angels you've done, especially the Sanguinary Priest. When you layered on the colors on the Sanguinary Priest's wings, what ratio did you thin your layer paints to and what did you thin them with?

Wow! That Boba Fett is awesome! I'd actually like to see that in the movie of Star Wars instead of that full sized Costume!

Lovely work, Jah. Every Thursday is a treat around here.

thanks, guys...

@BigMekGearGrinda: i don't really thin my paints in the traditional manner...
i paint straight out of the pot, unless i am mixing colors...
i have a little drop of water on my palette, which i dip my brush into after it has a drop of paint on the tip...
just a touch of paint from the pot, and a touch of water from the palette, mixed on the back of my thumb in a couple of quick strokes...
this is the way i have painted for thirty years, so it is fast and intuitive, even if it sounds confusing...
i don't use thinners, or retarders...

here are the finished pics of the Whirlwind i teased before Christmas...
i have wanted to paint this kit since it was released, so i enjoyed this one...
there is just something so cool about the big missile launchers...






i got the full step-by-step set of pics while i was working on this and the second Stormraven, so i will have the breakdown of this scheme as soon as i get through editing all those pics...

thanks for looking...

cheers
jah

Thanks Jah! Very simple and straight forward, sounds like the drop of water does the trick.

Awesome! Very nicely weathered! Boba is great too.

thanks, guys...

@BigMekGearGrinda: i have also been experimenting with ink instead of water...
it gives a slightly richer color to the paint...
when i'm repainting the blue on these Ultramarines vehicles, to tidy up the orange rust wash, i've been dipping the brush in blue ink...
it works the same as water, but makes my P3 Exile Blue paint look just that little bit nicer...

here is the second Stormraven in this commission...
i had fun with the canopies again, and switched it up a little, too...
close-ups next time, and the full step-by-step for the paint scheme soon...






thanks for looking...

cheers,
jah

That's a very slick idea Jah! What a bonus, cleans up the mini while deepening the color. I'll definitely give that a try. I've also been thinking about using acrylic inks to make custom washes the Les Bursley way.

By the way, the canopies on your Stormravens are righteous!

Are those Tyrranocyte Spores in the windshield?

@BigMekGearGrinda: i get a lot of use out of the P3 washes, and a fair bit from the inks...
i usually use inks for glazing down highlights...

@lliu: i think this shape is more like the Mucolid spore...

here are the close-ups...
sorry the pics aren't the best...
now i need to edit the step-by-step photos...







thanks for looking...
i hope you like it...

cheers,
jah

Beyond awesome!

thanks, Paradigm...

Throwback Thursday again...
this time we take it back to 2009, and a mini, Mephiston, that got a lot of mixed reviews...
this was my first time trying to make a more modern version of a venerable old mini...
working with Greenstuff press-molds for the first time, this process saved me from a lot of fine detail sculpting that I just don't have the ability to do...
one of these days i will have to try and make an even better version of Mephiston...







thanks for looking...
i hope you like him...

cheers
jah

Awesome job on Mephiston and awesome work all over this tread
Keep up the great work Jah!
Grtz
Mark

Your Mephiston conversion is awesome Jah! The greenstuff work is outstanding. I'm still trying to wrap my head around how you were able to press mold those details. It seems like you would have had to do some sculpting to pull this off. Great paint job as usual!

Nice resculpt! Paint job is ace as always

thanks, guys...
Mephiston was a big challenge to pull off...

@BigMekGearGrinda: the only real sculpting is the cuffs on the gauntlets...
the rest is either press mold (like the chest and shoulders), rolled and cut Greenstuff (like the vials, cables, and hair), of flattened and cut (like the cloak)...
all work-arounds to hide my inability to sculpt...

here's a little peek at what i'm working on right now...
looks like Yertle, the tank stacking turtle, was here...
i get to paint a trio of my favorite Rhino variant, the Vindicator!!!



it is 10:30 PM on Wednesday in Mexico...
just a few hours until i'm back with Throwback Thursday...
what will it be, GW or PP???

cheers
jah

hey Dakka...

Throwback Thursday again...
this week it's from 2012...

i am a huge fan of the different Forge World characters in Terminator armor...
the detail is just incredible...
this one, Lord Hextor Rex, has got some very fine battle damage sculpted on, and when i was hired to paint a version of the Grey Knights Grand Master Lord Khaldor Draigo using this model, i was excited to get to paint a dirty, beat-up version of a Grey Knights model...






thanks for looking...
i hope you like him...

cheers
jah

hey Dakka...

alright, time to get back to some actual WIP stuff...

here are the first four steps of the Ultramarines scheme...
first is a black spray (pic 1)...
then i tape the parts i want to remain black (pic 2)...
then i spray a navy blue, and remove the masking tape (pic 3)...
then come the proper basecoats, P3 Thamar Black, P3 Exile Blue, P3 Pig iron for the steel, P3 Molten Bronze for the eagles and skulls, and P3 Bloodstone for the cockpit glass (pic 4)...






four more pics to come tomorrow...
i hope they will be helpful...

cheers
jah