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That red is gorgeous, man. Can hardly believe thats the color progression you used. Positively nuts.

And as always, your mastery of skintones amazes me xD I particularly like the bearded chap all the way to the right on the third picture- his cheeks have an awesome red blush to them.

Real nice work on the mirrorshades there, Damo.

Cheers dudes! I did some blush on a couple of them to show either exertion or sunburn and to differentiate the skin tones over the lot of them. The MaxMini ones are a lot brighter and have a more coral tone than the others as I had to try something different with them because I'd run out of black primer which I use for my bare heads, so I used the Army Painter Barbarian Flesh Primer and tried it out, it does work but is brighter than i'd like :-)

Heads look great. I particularly like the Mohawk guy with glasses. Not sure what it is, he just looks properly cocky.

Ouch, that was a beating. Dice god's are fickle


Also those are some mighty chins you've painted up dude! And I love how you say your reds are simple, and then you rattle off a multi layer process pro painters everyone

Those heads are stunning damo. Your grasp of painting faces is truly awe-inspiring.

Good grief that was a hard slog today! I usually manage to get a fair bit done on my paint day each week but I kinda outdid myself by painting an entire StormRaven I started by telling myself i'd just get the main armour panels highlighted and then as the day wore on I realised I could get it all done if I pushed myself, so I pushed and have some heavy fire support ready to bring the rain!

I did notice I haven't finished a couple of lenses and lights at the front dammit!! never mind I'll get to them next week.

I hope you like it guys, I think it looks pretty cool and it's my army's first flyer!







and a little group shot with some other similar attired vehicles!


Bring on 7th then i can use them ALLLLLLLLLL

Jealous much?

Amazing work, love the bone tones also!

That's looking really cool Nerdy, well hot as its red lol

Damo that is unbelievably good. Seriously, the red looks so rich. Also, your speed....

Great stuff

"Don't mind me, just crank out this killer stormraven in a day"

You don't seem to have a problem doing the red regardless of size. Speaking of, don't you have a Knight that needs some lovin?

Beautiful Nerdy... well done!

That is an absolute stunner, Nerdy - excellent work!

 nerdfest09 wrote:
Yep, the red so far is indeed The Army Painter Dragon Red all I do is after priming I wash with Agrax then do my highlighting up in stages from blood red,blazing orange, vomit brown with a 50/50 mix of each colour in between finally finished with a wash of Baal red or Crimson and that's it for the armour

Holy moley

I will needa give it a shot

a very belated thank you very much.

"So, I painted this storm-raven today...."

..................

I might have accepted that had it been a block colour with a single tone dry-brush, a wash and maybe a bit of mettalic around the jets.

What you did there is obscene..... I think you have a clone army at your disposal, only explanation.


That really is a wonderful red, and the group shot looks stunning.

Kudos Nerdy!

Damn, I hate you now Damo

This is stunning, mate. Like, really.

Cheers everyone! I know it may look like I have an army of clones at my disposal but I'm pretty much a paint by numbers kinda guy, I have my techniques for red,metals,bone etc and just do them in stages as I go, if you look closely you can see a few rugged lines and areas I could have spent more time on but overall i'm happy with it! and really that's the main thing isn't it! I'll take my time on Whaleys Primarchs and anything special as I use different styles to paint them and it takes longer, I actually better pull my finger out and start Ferrus as soon as my paint arrives as FW are releasing them at a bit faster rate lately and I've got to stil do Horus and Lorgar as well, then Vulkan will be out soon too! and Morty! I'm gonna love the saturation of beautiful models though!

and speaking of models i've got back into the swing of my own stuff again and have more plans for models for the flesheaters! another StormRaven a few dreadnoughts more DC and a Vindi will be bought and added soon, wether it gets painted soon is another story entirely! I saw a BA 1500 point list in an old WD and want to try it out against Commander Cameron and his filthy little army of DE!

That's a metric gak ton of work since I last checked your page Nerdy. I feel rather lethargic in comparison !!!
Awesome quality too ! Like the engine colouring on the flyer !

And , as no one has been childish enough to say it yet, Nerdy you do great head !!!
Now I really am going to have to get going and assemble the marines the heads are to go on...

Your reds are just awesome dude. The minis almost have a dim glow to em. Also I started painting yesterday! I'm also going to use your marble technique on a tombstone I added to the base of the model I'm painting.

They look absolutely stunning well done!

Hey dudes! here's a little sneak treat for you

I know i've played around with this chapter before ever so briefly but something keeps drawing me back to trying to do a better job! I bought some new yellows and was inspired yet again to have a shot, and this time I think i've got it! you can tell i'm happy with the job 'cos I used one of my good bare heads the body is indeed the GamesDay BA Captain model and now he's been turned into......




....... Captain Venn from the Howling Griffons








and a little pic of him fighting in the Badab War amongst the ruins of an imperial city!

I really like the yellow you ended up with. Very warm and looks great next to your beautiful reds.

Great work on the quartered scheme! Wonder if hes gonna have any friends?


Oh, and I never commented earlier, but..... damn you and your gorgeous red marines! That color just -glows-
I'm gonna be trying out your red mixes on a Chaos Lord I've decided to start painting...

He looks fantastic Damo the red and yellow goes together perfectly.

Mate, you are getting scary good. Love the hues, the knee pad stripe, the silver knuckles, all of it.

That guy is sweet. Only thing he needs is a honor guard watching his back.

Honour Guard? I may have some spare marines somewhere! what's the recipe for an honour guard squad?

Depends on the primarch they descend from. Blood angels with their gold armor (used to be just gold helmets). I think (scary ) , but aren't the griffons descendants of the iron hand? If so I'd say bionics all over the place.

Sadly they are from the Ultramarines, as per the FW chapter tactics pdf.

I have them on my list of chapters I want to paint, they look really nice. Would be cool to see a contemptor in those colours.

 GiraffeX wrote:
Sadly they are from the Ultramarines, as per the FW chapter tactics pdf.

I have them on my list of chapters I want to paint, they look really nice. Would be cool to see a contemptor in those colours.

that makes it easier, just model them with a silver spoon in their mouths and a big stick up their and you'll have the perfect decendents of the ultramarines

Beautifully done Damo. He looks fantastic!