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Hi all,


A couple more army men (Minesweeper and Red Shirt #2) are in the pipeline.

Parachuter #2 and Red Shirt 3 to follow than face painting time.

Thanks and take care

im loving this army so far, hoping to see woody in the future

Exactly what heads did you use on those scouts?

Thanks and keep up the good work.

first page he says they are pig iron

Hi all,

Rogue Wolves wrote:im loving this army so far, hoping to see woody in the future

Thanks and that's a little personal don't you think?
Sheriff Woody will join this little posse, but first he has to sing a little song.

browncoat_independent wrote:Exactly what heads did you use on those scouts?
Thanks and keep up the good work.

Thanks!

Rogue Wolves wrote:first page he says they are pig iron

Whoops!! Actually they are from West Wind Productions. Found here: http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/popup_image.php?pID=1091


WIPS of Parachuter #2 and Red Shirt #3 follow.

Thanks and take care

looks cool so far, and yes it is selfish for me to want my favorite toy story character in the plastic

haha, around the time I got into 40k I said "Hey! Buzz Lightyear is a Space Marine ripoff!" The similarities are very incriminating.

Loving the army man.
Its a very good original idea and so far it has been very well executed.
My favourite so far is the assault buzz !

Rayvon wrote:Loving the army man.
Its a very good original idea and so far it has been very well executed.
My favourite so far is the assault buzz !

Thanks! The assault marine is excellent but just to clarify the assault marine is not my work.

I was at the MechaniCon last weekend and had some last minute items to finish. Now its time to get back to Army Men!

The following pics show the steps of adding skintone.

Thanks and take care

ooo looks awsome man, i like the skin so far

HI all,

Rogue Wolves wrote:ooo looks awsome man, i like the skin so far

Thanks! The skin helps break up the green.

The Army Men are done!!

Just a review of the process.
0. Basecoat with Army Painter Color Primer Army Green
1. Algae wash
2. vgc Sick Green
3. vgc Scorpy Green
4. vgc Livery Green
5. White
6. gww Thraka Green
7. gwf Tallarn Flesh
8. vgc Dwarf Flesh
9. vgc Cadmium Skin
10. vgc Elfic Flesh
11. vw Fleshtone
12. vgc Cadmium Skin & Elfic Flesh w/ drying retarder
13. Assemble
14. Army Painter Anti Shine Matte Varnish
15. Attach to clear base

Overall I'm very pleased with how the army men look. It should be obvious what thy represent once the remainder of the army is finished.

I used a white background for the pics and was surprised at the results. The photos took a fair amount of editing to adjust the exposure. Next time I will try a light gray background.

Next up - Rex

Thanks and take care.

I really love it, only thing is if you are going to do the skin, why not do Hartmans mustache and the yelling mouth?

Hi all,

Rogue Wolves wrote:I really love it, only thing is if you are going to do the skin, why not do Hartmans mustache and the yelling mouth?

Thanks.
Good catch, I wasn't sure if anyone would notice. I really only want two colors on the model and I want to keep some of the "toyness" about the model.

I took a couple of pics using a gray background. Overall, it seems to do a better job of showing the model in real life and does not wash out the highlights like the white background.


Work on Rex has begun. I am trying to paint him in a similar manner as the Army Men. The goal is having people recognize Toy Story Rex as the source. Also, by using extreme highlights in an attempt to keep a cartoonish feel, but still have tuckus kickin' looking model.

The greens are the same colors as those from one of the Army Men test models. I will paint the chest white and the claws black. I haven't decided about the things like wires and exhaust pipes and such.


Here are the steps so far:
0 - Army Painter Spray Primer Army Green
1 - vgc Camo Green
2 - lbs - Algae Wash
3 - vgc Dead Flesh

Thanks and take care.

the scales on Rex look nice, and in my oppinion, if you want to keep the stache and mouth green, then i think you should make it a bit darker just to make it different

Hi all,

Rogue Wolves wrote:the scales on Rex look nice, and in my oppinion, if you want to keep the stache and mouth green, then i think you should make it a bit darker just to make it different

I like the idea for the stache. I'll try that and see what it looks like before changing the tongue. Thanks.

I finished the green portions of the left arm. I skipped a step in previous post. Here is the corrected list.

0 - Army Painter Spray Primer Army Green
1 - vgc Camo Green
2 - lbs Algae Wash
3 - vgc Camo Green (skipped this one)
4 - vgc Dead Flesh

New Steps
5 - White
6 - Dark Yellow wash - my version based on LBursley's receipes


Anyone have any suggestions regarding colors for the exhaust pipes, wires, etc.?

Thanks and take care

Wow this is incredible. I envy your skill at conversion sir. I am still cursing my models as I try to stick on arms...

This is all sorts of awesome.

Dude...you are a badass. This is the coolest thing ever! hahaha
It makes me want to take other old movies and make armies based on them. Its not even kiddie, its still cool not just funny haha

HI all,

To those in the USA - Happy Thanksgiving.
To those outside the USA - Happy November 24.

runmymouth wrote:Wow this is incredible. I envy your skill at conversion sir. I am still cursing my models as I try to stick on arms...

forruner_mercy wrote:This is all sorts of awesome.

Tlo1048 wrote:Dude...you are a badass. This is the coolest thing ever! hahaha
It makes me want to take other old movies and make armies based on them. Its not even kiddie, its still cool not just funny haha

Thank you!

I finished the green portions of Rex. The photos are a little funky. The washes created a near gloss finish on the models and create reflections on the model.

Next up - white chest section and black claws.

Thanks and take care

awesome keep up the good work cant wait to so it finished

looks cool

Hi all,

Just a quick update.

Work on Rex is progressing quite nicely. I've finished the "white" portion of Rex's hide. I didn't paint as much white as on the real Rex, mainly because I like the green so much.

I only have a finished pic. The steps are as follows:
7. gwf Deneb Stone
8. White
9. gww Sepia
10. gwf Deneb Stone/White - 50/50 mix

looks awsome!

Very good work

HI all,

I've been working on the blood talons / claws and other various mechanical type stuff.

Here are the steps
11. Black
12. gwf Adeptus Battlegray
13. vgc Stone Gray
14. vgc Cold Gray
15. White (claws only)
16. vw Black - some spots needed more layers than other)

I am happy with black and not using any metallics. It keeps it simple and neat - IMHO.

Thanks and take care

Great work as always, I love this blog.

I only part that I don't love as much is the white on the front of the sarcophagus, I allows envisioned the whole sarcophagus section as representing his whole head, instead of head/torso.

But I can see why you did it to represent the white on his thorax and abdomen.

Grass4hopper wrote:Great work as always, I love this blog.

I only part that I don't love as much is the white on the front of the sarcophagus, I allows envisioned the whole sarcophagus section as representing his whole head, instead of head/torso.

But I can see why you did it to represent the white on his thorax and abdomen.

First, thank you.

Hmm, interesting perspective. I never thought of the sarcophagus as representing the whole head, but now that you mention it I can certainly see it that way. Actually, the whole head - eyes - mouth thing was this most difficult part of the model for me regarding how to best represent Rex. I had considered putting a dinosaur type head on the model, but decided against it because it just looked to damn weird and silly.

A bit of good news. My three year old son saw the model and called it "Rex" without me saying anything.

The picture below was my main reference.

After seeing the reference pic you posted above, I now definitely realize why you painted it the way you did. For some reason I was incorrectly remembering Rex as having a larger head. It's was a real challenge to represent Rex's long tall body on a squat dread frame, but you've done an excellent a job.

And if your son likes it, that's all that really matters

:edited for my horrible grammar

Grass4hopper wrote:After seeing the reference pic you posted above, I now definitely realize why you painted it the way you did. For some reason I was incorrectly remembering Rex as having a larger head. It's was a real challenge to represent Rex's long tall body on a squat dread frame, but you've done an excellent a job.

And if your son likes it, that's all that really matters

:edited for my horrible grammar

Thanks.

Yeah, Rex's head is fairly small and his tuckus is very ... formidable. The Sentinel legs with dreadnought leg covers helped add some length heft to the lower portion. In my opinion it is still a little light, but overall I'm satisfied.

Hi all,

Just a progress report for Rex.

This part is a bit of a departure from Toy Story Rex. I want the Blood Talons to be obviously Blood Talons and in order to do so I painted the "blood drops" or gems in Red. I know Toy Story Rex doesn't have any red but I thought red would be a good combination with green and black. I hope it doesn't stand out to much.

I remember reading a GW Masterclass article about balance and a triangle (eyes tend to be drawn to objects located in roughly a triangular manner) so I painted the eyes and sensor red as well. I hope it works, so far I am undecided.

Here are the steps for red:
step 18 - gwf mecharite red
step 19 - vgc red gore
step 20 - vgc blazing orange
step 21 - white
step 22 - gww baal red

Rex is almost done. Just have to matte varnish, gloss varnish the red parts, and base. Unless, of course, someone notices something that will make the model look better and I have time to make changes.

Thanks and take care