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This is simply amazing, I just went through all 12 pages! I would love to be able to pain like that, it is almost defeating to attempt something like this and know you will come well short of it.

Love that main color, ravager looks great as well

Good luck for the tournament - the army is looking amazing.

So, I should be painting but I wanted to show these guys off!





@Quinthalas: Glad you liked the thread! Congrats on your first post on Dakka!

Nice work Jon. They turned out great!

Are you going to take pics of the battles too?

Wow. Those guys are just special. The shoulderpads look particularly nice.

Hey John with the Tamyia coral blue did you prime the models with it, or did you prime them with another colour?

Finished a Ravager over the weekend and made good progress on a Venom. 12 days to go and the to do pile for the tournament stands at:

1/2 Venom

5 Trueborn

I'm sure the list looks laughably small to many of you, but you all know how slowly I paint!


@Gitsplitta: Thanks for your consistency in commenting on almost everything I've posted!

@Quinthalas: I'll snap a few shots for the blog, but probably not every turn. I forget things enough during tournament games enough already without the extra distraction!

@Foxtale: Thanks, I've found that the skulls a good "Not a Hellion!" visual cue for the models.

@Tech Guard: Sometimes I spray models with a white undercoat to help the blue get a "grip" on the model. Other times I can't be bothered to switch cans or I'm running out of blue. It's either one light coat of white and two light coats of blue or three light coats of blue. Doesn't make a big difference to the end result. I couldn't tell you which of my models I did in one way or the other.

*shrug* I like your work.

Gitsplitta wrote:*shrug* I like your work.

What he said.

Don't let your work back up...I was up until 5am the night before the NOVA Open painting...but then, I'm excessively slow.

Thanks Jonh!! I was thinking of getting some Tamyia red for my blood angels and some of the plague green for my plague marines. So I thought I would ask before I sprayed them.

Any way the army has come a long way since I was in hong kong. And I managed to find some pics of your army amongst some of the other pictures. Can't wait to see how you do in this tournament, hopefully you will snag players choice or best painted .

So, I was trying to take some pictures of the new Ravager in natural light this morning. Didn't work too well, but I did get this neat picture of the Ravager's shadow. There's something compelling about the silhouette, but I can't quite define just what that is. I'm imagining a scene where a Ravager is silently gliding above the snow on a bright moonlit night, casting a long shadow. That sort of thing.



Here's a shot of the actual Ravager. Natural morning sunlight seems to be too bright for good photos. The ones I took in the game store of another Ravager in much poorer lighting on page 1 look a lot better! But, I hope it might be useful for someone to see the blue in sunlight.



I'm almost finished the Venom, just have to paint the two Splinter Cannons.

The ravager looks awesome. The weathering is top notch, and the rune on the front looks really good too. Can't wait for the venom.

The picture of the shadow makes me hear the theme song for Jaws in the background for some reason.

Venom's done! Well, minus the gunner, but I've got to make sure I finish everything that's critical before the tournament!





5 Trueborn left to go!

Go Jon!

You're golden! The venom looks great!

I love this blog; it always has something that makes my jaw drop! That venom is just beautiful, in fact it's a piece of art!

Pumpin' out quickly!!

makes my DE army look like #$%&!

Those of you who have been following the blog for awhile, and a number of you who have just discovered it and read it through in one go , will be familiar with just how iffy my stuff looks during the early stages of painting. So without further adieu, get the goggles ready for this one.

Freshly sprayed shiny teal Trueborn on a field of pink!

ARRRRRRGH!!!! It burns us! It bites!!

Takes it away!

*gollum*

I think how terrible they start out makes the end result all the more stunning, Jon.

Damn, I'm glad I don't play DE and have to face the fact that mine will never look so good. lol

Strangely, you last pic reminds me of Andy Warhol.

"Sigh" If only I had of known.

SlaveToDorkness wrote:
Damn, I'm glad I don't play DE and have to face the fact that mine will never look so good. lol

Seriously, i came across this blog because i was thinking about creating a DE army because they just seem fun. But at the moment Im glad i dont have any to be put to shame by this. Jon i know it was discussed awhile back but the symbol/icons on the front of your vehicles are inspiring. and your color scheme is brilliant.

Pfft, learn to paint, noob.

Okay, but seriously, thank you. These are absolutely amazing. I've been struggling to finish my own dark eldar army because I wasn't satisfied with my color scheme, and my new color scheme wasn't "dark" enough. You've inspired me to keep going and to learn how to properly weather my models.

Mechanicum Jon wrote:Those of you who have been following the blog for awhile, and a number of you who have just discovered it and read it through in one go , will be familiar with just how iffy my stuff looks during the early stages of painting. So without further adieu, get the goggles ready for this one.

I always thought it helped us appreciate the final product...

Great stuff as always Jon!

This in progress shot might be interesting because it shows how my stuff looks before washes and highlights. For some reason the Trueborn as they are now remind me of World of Warcraft characters. Might be because of how "flat"they look right now. Back to painting! I've got some practice games scheduled tomorrow and hope to have these mostly done tonight, minus the bases!