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Beautiful work Ramos!

That kit, I'm very impressed. You certainly did them justice too. Great job sir!

Wow! Those are fantastic, Ramos. Nice work.

Really great work Ramos. They look awesome.

Thank you very much guys. Kit was great to work with, and the client is super thrilled about them. In fact, he might even have a few more of these gitz to send my way. Pretty neat.



Anyways... Due to a number of uncontrollable factors, I'm going to be going through a temporary pause in painting... Having some troubles over here that I need to find a solution for. :/

Ill keep ya posted...
Till next time, Dakka

Sorry to hear about the troubles, Ramos! Hope it is nothing too serious. Chin up man, you will get through it!

Hang in there Ramos!

 Ramos Asura wrote:
Thank you very much guys. Kit was great to work with, and the client is super thrilled about them. In fact, he might even have a few more of these gitz to send my way. Pretty neat.



Anyways... Due to a number of uncontrollable factors, I'm going to be going through a temporary pause in painting... Having some troubles over here that I need to find a solution for. :/

Ill keep ya posted...
Till next time, Dakka

Do we need to get in some gaming?

Hey guys. Things are still messy over here, but I got some work in on the giant.

Now, Ill preface this with a bit of fluff I have been working with. Both the client and myself happened to stumble across it, and thus far it has been the major inspiration for the piece.

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Galak is Gurk Cloudscraper's BIG brother, an unusually intelligent giant (which isn't saying much, since he's still pretty dumb) who has loved Blood Bowl since he was knee-high to an Ogre. Sadly, as he grew up he found opponents became less and less keen to play against him, until he eventually had to retire. However, his love of the game just would not go away, and one day he came up with an inspired idea. Striding out into the desert, he trapped a herd of zebra in a canyon. After 3 days of skinning, sewing, and cursing, he returned to civilization in his new stripy suit as the world's first giant Nuffle Amorical Football (NAF) referee.

Galak's inability to control his temper when several players gang up on one player has led to numerous calls that he be barred from refereeing. Unfortunately, Galak finds it equally difficult to control his temper when so accused, leading to several very flat and very dead investigating committees.

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So zebra stripes then! Interesting choice...

A few reference pictures later and I had a general idea. The model actually made the patchwork ref jersey work even better, i think. The stock paint scheme already had it cobbled from numerous colorful banners, so having them be from different zebras was easy to visualize. I tried to change the angle of the stripes on adjacent cloth areas, and this works better in some areas than others. Looking at my reference photos, it kinda surprised me how uniform the stripes on real zebras were. Occasional branching, but otherwise pretty straightforward and parallel to each other.



The end result?
Well.... Its very.... interesting.








This is easily the loudest scheme I have ever painted. Contrast taken to the extreme! No matter how long I look at this thing, it keeps looking plain strange!



Im trying to work out some basing for him too. I imagine him to be on the field, and that got me to thinking of American football (Its what Im most familiar with, after all)

Not sure if this test is too american football-ey or what... Primarily its a test of spraying direct onto flock. In that regard I think its pretty cool.
What do you guys think? Any alternate concepts out there? I know next to nothing about Blood Bowl!

Well, Blood bowl was based on Rugby, so you're looking to a Rugby Pitch for a proper base. Or, the Blood Bowl pitch itself, which looks like this:

Dude! You know I adore that! WOo!

As far as the turf goes, the only way I can ever think of the turf being is with a Goblin Green base highlighted with Sunburst yellow. That is the old school style and the only way I could ever imagine it. Does it look garish compared to the grimmerdarker reality based look of today? Yes. But every WD that ever did an Eavy Metal painting article at Blood Bowl's inception painted it like that.

I like what you have with the yard marker-very well done and cool.

In part, Brian is correct about it being based on Rugby-the rules of the game are a mishmash of rugby and football(as in-not soccer).

The uniforms with the huge shoulder pads and helmets are for sure about football. I think that Blood Bowl is the fascination/repulsion of these British blokes creating a game that mimics the tropes and imagery of football without totally getting the rules(or perhaps caring about the rules) and substituting rugby in there. Like, if an American game company created a fantasy cricket game, they would probably substitute in some baseball rules out of pure ignorance or whatever of the actual game of cricket-if bat, then baseball. With Brits it occurs-if tackling and rough play and actually touching the ball with your hands, then Blood Bowl.

I painted my humans gold and red based on the USC Trojans. Fight on!

Cricket has rules? I always thought that someone throws a ball at a guy, the guy hits it. everyone starts running around the field doing a monty Python silly walk. I could be wrong .
Ramos.. I like giant concept and the base works for me!

ps.. there is no confirmed evidence that Moonpie has a simular outfit.

Re: Cricket-Thank you for proving my point, Solar. I have a similar understanding of cricket.

My zebra suit is in the cleaners. They charge an arm and a leg for that! Something your giant ought keep in mind, Ramos.

HA! Moonpie as a ref would be fantastic. I can only imagine what kind of ludicrous comments he would make before getting angry and just throwing people out of games because he couldn't make out a color on one of their models.

I love the look of the grass and white lining on the base, though - very convincing, looks just like a field! So, you may need to not have the number on there, since that makes it feel like American football, but totally keep the styling!

The zebra outfit is indeed intense . Looks well done so far!

 IceAngel wrote:
HA! Moonpie as a ref would be fantastic. I can only imagine what kind of ludicrous comments he would make before getting angry and just throwing people out of games because he couldn't make out a color on one of their models.

I agree... though I think moon would make an actual very entertaining tennis or soccer ref. Making comments or special effects during actual game play. Probably the only way I'd watch.

Ramo's - Stick to your American roots brother!

(If I dont see moonpie at Adepticon with a zebra suit, I shall be VERY disappointed! Make it happen, Ice!)


Weekly check-in time! After a nasty bout of Nurgle's Rot (blasted sinus infection that lasted a week!), Im back to work. More job rejection letters (whyyyyyyyyy!? ), but so long as new applications are going out, I suppose I can still be hopeful. At least I have my painting to keep me busy!

After some thought, the base felt too out of place with the American Football yard markers on it. That got me to thinking, white lines on green grass are kind of boring when you take a very tiny section out of it. The reason the first concept got painted with yard lines was to make it more interesting and full!

As I researched more into rugby and bloodbowl, one thing I kept seeing was the central art in the field, which brought me to the new idea- one I think works perfectly for the task at hand!



Colorful, fluffy, and it was rather easy to do. I literally just broke down the insignia into its color layers and sprayed each color through its own mask.


I also got the skintone painted in on the Giant himself. Starting to all come together now. Hopefully it wont be too much longer!






Just a week left, guys... Whos excited!?

Good to see you back on the ball Ramos, the base looks fantastic and the giants skin tone is really nice and smooth.

I also love the base, and the giant is looking good - I couldn't believe you were pulling off that paint scheme, but it looks like it will work!!

@Gir: Im glad it smoothed out. Maybe its another case of being too close to the project, but for the life of me I didnt think this thing would work out. Skin tones are my absolute weakest skill, and this thing has just SO MUCH of it!
Unsure if I want to risk washing it again to darken it some more... Might just leave him a bit pale xD

@RT: Thanks! And yeah, I still cant believe it either. Its what the client wants tho, so he's the boss!



No real good progress to show on the giant, but heres another project I;ve been working on (for RiTides, actually!)
Painboy RiTidez of the Silva 'Orde- Part of Waaagh Dakka!



fun little mini

Nice Ork :-) I've been slowly (very slowly) catching up on things from the past month or two i missed! might not get to comment on everything but I do like that Ork, everything else is still fan-bloody-tastic too. sorry about the sinus infection hassling you like the tears from a pus infected wound, but glad you're back on track!

Yeah, your skin tone is good. Keep going with it. See how it looks with the rest of it. A lighter skin tone should actually work better with so much pure white on the figure.

Remember it's a job. Do your best, but mind the clock.

Try not to get down on yourself about rejection. It happens. The older you get, the more inured you become to it. PM if you want some help with resumes or cover letters or whatever. I might be able to find professional help for you.

Fantastic job on the Painboy, Ramos! I've updated the Waagh Dakka mob page for Da Silva'Orde, as this was a model I converted up long ago to be "me", the painboy that put Silva together . SilverMK2 set the color scheme and it was challenging to match, but Ramos did so wonderfully I think!

I know I'm like 2 years late on getting that entry in, and needed Ramos' help, but late is better than never

Thanks Ramos, can't wait to pick him up at AdeptiCon!!

That Painboy, man. That Painboy.

@nerd! Thanks a ton! And I'm glad to see you back, nerd! You were certainly missed around these parts!

@moonpie: Thanks much! And yeah thats all good advice. Just getting way too stir-crazy around these parts, and the job market is bizarrely tough to break into. Never expected this :/
I guess Onwards and upwards, as they say...

@RT: Glad to have been of service! Mini was a treat to paint!

@Cleatus: Hehehe! Thanks! Damn fun little model. RiTides threw in all sorts of odd little bitz that made for some interesting paint decisions. For example, the "syringes" on the back that used the marine missiles bit. Funny how one thing can be given all new life with a lick of paint!

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Alrighty guys. I've been really quiet lately, but Galak Starscraper is complete!





So that leaves me with what... two more days till I gotta be somewhere? Cool.
Maybe I'll get some actual work done on the Marines!


As part of my preparations, I took out every single marine I could find around here so I could start building some lists for pick up games. It then occurred to me just how little I actually have!! All told I have probably a little over 25 marines, all armed with a random assortment of gear. I even broke out the older Rhinos from my Marines Chrysemys (the turtle ones) to see if I couldnt fill out the motor pool a little bit!
Fortunately, Gits has been giving me a bit of coaching as far as marine stuff to take. Hopefully Ill have a few micro updates before I leave for Chicago!
Till then, guys!

I hear you on the tough job market. I've been looking for work for a long time with no joy. You're doing better than me in at least getting replies, I rarely get "no thank you"-s

You're not alone, but then that's part of the problem in the job market...

Giant looks excellent. Good work.

Hey Ramos, make sure to stop by at some point during the weekend... I've got something for you.

Ramos, your work on RiTides reminds me I need to base and touch up my Waaaaaagh Dakka Deff Dread and get pictures posted.

Both he and the giants look awesome.

I suppose I should warn you that relying on me for tactical advice is probably a very bad idea...

Well that just means that I have someone to blame when I lose



Much appreciated on the kind words, guys.
And will do, Cyp!

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So if anyone's curious, this is what my tiny marine army looks like.


This is everything marine related from the past 2 years. There are a couple unpainted things in there I pulled from my Turtle marines.

Whipping up another Razorback turret currently. Really surprised I had the right bitz! Needs a little bit of scratch building, but I think I came up with a way to make it easily swappable between a Razor and a Rhino.

More later!