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These actually belong here in showcase

Here is the first jack for my Cygnar army (first of many that will follow)

I like the base. The metallics could use a wash or something to give them more depth. Solid start to your army.

I love the heat coming from the face. Nice job, maybe trim the tall grass though.

Yup. The tall grass definitely needs a trim, but at least now I have a proper reference for trimming

And the obligatory showcase photo (same one as on cmon)

The boss is in the house (aka pStryker)

More !!!! need more pictures !!!! must have more....
No, really.... great work so far...

I like Stryker; your starting to push the contrast higher, and that is really what is lacking from the ironclad. Your bases are great too, you are way better at getting static grass looking natural than I.

Really nice job

Dais wrote:I like Stryker; your starting to push the contrast higher, and that is really what is lacking from the ironclad. Your bases are great too, you are way better at getting static grass looking natural than I.

I'm trying to push my new army to a new level, and I'm still experimenting with the color scheme. Striker definitely came out very good The whole idea is to have muted colors and dirty look, while preserving higher contrast. Today i will probably paint a light jack and see how it works out.

As for static grass, I use my home-made applicator to lay it down on the bases, and the results are better than I expected. There are two tutorials in the tutorial section on how to make one:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/388539.page (my picture-only tutorial) and
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/417504.page (video tutorial - very good one to add)

All my previous attempts at static grass without the applicator resulted in something not completely resembling grass. (Stryker's base is not static grass though. Its the tuft grass from ArmyPainter)




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Rhich wrote:More !!!! need more pictures !!!! must have more....
No, really.... great work so far...

Glad you like my work

More pics will follow shortly I try to paint one unit a day (be that a caster, jack, or a unit)

Improved pStryker after come constructive criticism on another forum. C&C on this one more than welcome

Really nice work. Stryker looks fantastic.

The extra highlights help him pop more. I think you might have overdone it on the bottom of his wristguard, but that's nothing a glaze can't fix.
You have a good level of contrast now; you just need to get some practice to get more comfortable with where the highlights will look natural.

One Jeremiah Kraye

I like the base. Very Good.

Thanks for the kind words

Here is one more unit all ready for battle

Really like your painting style . What i dont like is the blue base border. But thats personal taste i think. I also had different colors on the borders for front and rear but went back to one color and just a line to differentiate the positioning.

Mywik wrote:Really like your painting style . What i dont like is the blue base border. But thats personal taste i think. I also had different colors on the borders for front and rear but went back to one color and just a line to differentiate the positioning.

Glad you like them

The blue border is a convenience. These models will be played with, and in our little gaming community everyone has pretty much the same markings I also think that the uniform front arcs tie up the army nicely which cant be really seen in separate shots. Once i paint up more models I will post a group shot

Posted photos to the wrong thread. I just hope I know how to link them here

One more jack finished

One stormwall all finished

I really like how you added the white on that colossal, makes it more interesting to look at.