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Chemical Cutthroat wrote:Heeeeeeeeell yes!

This is the first painting comp I'm taking part in, so I'm all sorts of motivated.

Not sure if I can compete with some of the heavy hitters around here, but I'll definitely be giving it a go. Got a new model for it and everything.

Awesome. Your stuff is good and will definitely put on a show against the other competitors.

I was going to say, if you didn't pick up the guy yet, get a "character model", as the time you're bound to spend on the mini will be much greater compared to a standard. But either way, your "standard" is already pretty damn good, so no worries!

Good luck!


-Remi

Thanks chief, the vote of confidence is nice. I purchased a chap just for the comp, and though I won't say who or what it is, I'm pretty excited to paint it. Hopefully I can do the model justice.

Yeah im joining.

Word of advice if youve never joined a dakka painting comp, TAKE PROPER PICTURES!!!

Seriously, its the one thing i failed in last comp.

Can do! Thanks for the advice. I should have all of my photography stuff squared away by the time I need to take the final shots anyway.

I agree the two most important things in this kind of comp are proper pics and a good mini. Happy to see you guys also going for the competition, more good entries for the competition.

I'm going to unapologetically plug The War Store now.

If you're in the US, buy from them. Period.

They're quick, friendly, and fast. And they're prices are solid. I like to buy stuff at my FLGS whenever possible, but they had the Maghariba Guard for like 55 bucks... and I just got it for 38.

And it showed up the next day.

They are going to get a lot more of my money now. I am an impressed customer.

Chemical Cutthroat wrote:I'm going to unapologetically plug The War Store now.

If you're in the US, buy from them. Period.

They're quick, friendly, and fast. And they're prices are solid. I like to buy stuff at my FLGS whenever possible, but they had the Maghariba Guard for like 55 bucks... and I just got it for 38.

And it showed up the next day.

They are going to get a lot more of my money now. I am an impressed customer.

Interesting. I'll be checking it out for future purchase (read- Mass Effect Kill Team) opportunities. Any new progress on your gang/army? In a somewhat unrelated note, I think you'll be happy to know that my Shepard went flying your Infinity colors- tan/cream and blue. I have NO idea what happened in that ending, but he looked dead sexy biotic-explosion-ing the battlefield with Liara and Garrus.

-Remi

Yeeeeeeah, so about posting these this morning. Whoops!

Well eventually is better than never right?

So here’s my horde of projects I really need to get to painting. Some of them need to be primed, bit my primer ran out so I need to go get more. Let’s hope GW hasn’t changed their formula for the three hundreth time… I really liked their last one.

So the random stuff first…



A Hexas with a Spitfire! … yeah, why wouldn’t I buy this guy. He’s awesome.




A Prowler with a Spitfire! If you can see a pattern developing here, it’s that Chem loves Spitfires. And this is a sweet model.




A Hassassin Muyib… with a Spitfire! At least this is for my army.




Another Muyib with a DEP… one of those cool, “I don’t give a ****” models that are just awesome. Love the sculpt.





The two other Muyibs, just your basic rifle guys. One with a LGL and the other with a Lshotty, both look about the same. Still cool models.





And check these guys out! Aren’t they adorable little death machines. I’m running them both as Shihabs, since those things wreck. My problem is they come with these really loooooong two toed feet. I mean really long. I didn’t bother putting them on, because I think nimble little remotes balancing on hooves is way cooler… and that’s actually how I thought they were supposed to be anyway. I initially thought the extra toes were antennae… whoops.




She was a must. I just want to paint her. I’ll figure out some use for her later… maybe take the place of the Lasiq Sniper because you can’t buy those damn things anywhere.





Did I mention I got the Mag? I’m both incredibly excited and terrified to paint this. I hope the blue and tan looks good on it… though I might go darker, we’ll have to see. It’s just so sexy in black.




Here’s a shot of it with the Gunbunny that my lady-friend painted up. Not too bad for her first model!



Alrighty… so that’s all the stuff on my to-do list. So it looks like I’m going to be busy for a while. Can’t say I’m complaining, since these models just ooze awesome.

So… let’s all get back to that painting comp eh’?

Chemical Cutthroat wrote:


And check these guys out! Aren’t they adorable little death machines. I’m running them both as Shihabs, since those things wreck. My problem is they come with these really loooooong two toed feet. I mean really long. I didn’t bother putting them on, because I think nimble little remotes balancing on hooves is way cooler… and that’s actually how I thought they were supposed to be anyway. I initially thought the extra toes were antennae… whoops.

Mate of mine calls them his "Death chickens".
The Marg. guard is a hefty chunk of metal, too. Looks good when painted up though.

Have to agree with you on the sexiness of HMG's and Spitfires

Nice.. never knew you worked with a black primer. I always assumed you started with white, with the vibrant colors n all... Looking forward to more of your tan/blue/gold guys. They look great!

-Remi

Yeah, it seems crazy, but I always start from black. It really raises some eyebrows for some reason.

Guess it will raise even more eyebrows for the paint comp too. *chuckles*

I've had bad experiences priming white. To me it seemed it was way more likely to 'fuzz' than black primer, and after a few bad Blood Angel incidents, I swore it was nothing but Black from then on.

So yeah... everything I've painted has been out from a Black Prime. Foundation paints are amazing and I love them, so they are the reason for the bright colors.

That and Enchanted Blue... it is a miraculous color and I love it. You won't get a more vibrant blue paint in my opinion, GW really got it right with that color.

I used to paint up from black, but since I discovered washes, I now paint from light colours down to dark

So! Another weekend spent working on my painting comp model, so I don’t really have much to show for ze blog. Instead, I started practicing taking pictures with my new box, and though I’m still not happy with the lamps… the results are generally fun.

So here’s some spiffy Ariadna models that a friend of mine has been painting to keep ya’ll happy.






















I’ll let you guess which one is my favorite.

They turned out a tad on the dark side, but then his stuff is painted extra dark anyway. Some people do so love the Devlan Mud really hard. He’s pretty good with a brush, the little details, and I always like the little scribbles he does for ‘front facing’ on his bases.

Any comments and critiques I’ll pass along to him for sure. Or I’ll kick him in the arse to get him on Dakka. But nerds can be lazy. I should know.

Whew… that was a rush.

So I cranked out my Muyibs finally, took a good bit of work, and they’re the first group of Infinity minis that I batch-painted. Still, I hardly call four minis ‘batch painting’.

So let’s see… your basic gunner, good looking chap. I was going to paint the lizard on the rock, but I figure it’s a chameleon. I can go back and paint it later if I want. It has two tails, and that’s cool.





Here’s my gamewinner… the Grenade Launcher has pulled my ass out of the fire a couple of times, and this guy is pretty tough.





But not as tough as this guy. It’s all about stance… and this guy has it. I love this model.





And then the femme of the group. I had a little but of fun with her, since she’s pretty much carrying the most lethal weapon out of the team. The haircolor I waffled about for a while, but for some reason decided on bright green. This is a sort of anime world, I can get away with this stuff.






So that’s what I did with my night!

Oh… I also started the basecoating of…




This guy… and…




THIS guy. Can’t wait.



So in parting, I leave you with this…




“Pose like a team, cause **** just got real.”

Wow

I'm impressed.
And jealous.
Wish I could paint as well as you =)


And that group shot... really really awesome =P

All I did was pile them together and take a quick shot.

But it was so awesome I made it my phone's wallpaper.

And thanks for the compliments chief. I'm only an okay painter, but I'm motivated and I love to do it. So thats the fun for me.

looks awesome

i am just dieing to see the Mag Done

marmaduke wrote: looks awesome

i am just dieing to see the Mag Done

Me too! It's just that big models scare me. But I'm working on it!

Maybe by the end of this weekend. I know I'll likely at least get the remote done.

Wow, they look fantastic together! It's making me want to change my scheme, I've kinda gone for the studio look, but might break out something else.

I am physically incapable of painting something 'how it's supposed to be painted'. I always look to studio models for inspiration, but I find that painting things in a color scheme of my own really lets me have fun and makes everyone else doubletake.

There's a guy at the game store that has his Haqqislam painted up in maroon and white... really cartoony with sharp black recesses and everything for extreme contrast. They look really damn cool.

Post your stuff! I always like to see what everyone else is working on!

And thanks for the kind words. I'm gonna have a group shot later this week when I set up the lightbox again, by then I should have a few more models done as well. I just finished a remote over the weekend, so I'll post that up sometime today.

Waiting for the DakkaDakka/Infinity painting competition to finish before I start my P&M blog and start uploading pics... but it will happen! Definitely not done like the studio models, but now that I have the rulebooks I think I may be changing tack a bit...

Certainly enjoying your stuff in the meantime

Thanks Arakasi! I should have some more stuff up soon..

Like now!

I don’t have a name for him yet, but he was a fun little number to paint. I’m going to do some little design or logo on his fuselage, but I haven’t figured out what yet. The second Remote my ladyfriend is supposed to paint, so I dunno when that will be done.

The remote was surprisingly fast and easy to paint. I’m usually scared to death of smooth surfaces, but this wasn’t bad at all. It was just small enough where working out the brushstrokes wasn’t a major chore.

Yeah, I’m looking at you Maghariba.

But it’s nice and clean, and carries over the colorscheme very well, so I’m happy with it.

So without further ado, the remote!








The ladyfriend calls them Gunbunnies… and I’m totally okay with this.

OOO the gunbunnies are just brilliant. One day I think I need to get some of those.

I liked the STFU on the bazooka!

weetyskemian44 wrote:OOO the gunbunnies are just brilliant. One day I think I need to get some of those.

I liked the STFU on the bazooka!

Thanks! I definitely wanted to do something on the DEP (that's the fancy name for the Bazooka thing he's carrying)... and I eventually flipped a coin between STFU and GTFO... though I was tempted to paint SPNKR on it like the Rocket Launcher from HALO.

Still, with that guy's stance, he needed a bit of fun to go with his badass attitude.

So just a quick update.

I’m determined to trudge along stoically painting while the rest of you finish up your awesome Painting Comp models. This is the first time in a long time that I’ve been painting this regularly, and I think I have both Infinity and you guys to thank for this.

So thanks all!

Here’s my latest Haqqislam model, the Djanbazan sniper. As you can see, the color scheme has adjusted a bit. For my fluff, there are a few ‘elite’ models in my teams that work for my illegal Silk trader, and these guys get the dark color scheme. I was originally going to go black and blue… like my terminator over in my 40 Gallery, but I like the look of the dark grey instead. I may go with something other than the orange for the computer tool on his arm, but for now I think it looks okay.

I tried to paint the facemask that sort of bone look, as they have good lines to have that sinister sort of style. I think the scheme will make a lot more sense if I can get one standing up, rather than the guy all tucked up cuddling his sniper rifle.

That’s still an awesome pose though, really cool style.

Oh! And here he is…







Next up, some Naffatun! Maybe even done by tonight!

I also have some Ariadna models on order, so I can start getting started on my next little group of spec-ops badasses. Also Traktor Muls… I haven’t seen anyone with those yet, so they will be fun to paint up.

Very very nice
I really love your colors
And he is really clean
It looks a bit like the colors I wanted...But mine came out darker than expected
Guess I'll use your work as an inspiration =P

Thanks Von Skyfury.

What was the paint scheme you were aiming for? I might be able to give a suggestion or three that might help!

You will see when the painting competition is over =P

Fair enough. I'll just run down the colors rightquick anyway.

This is using GW paints, and I still have all the old colors, so I don't know what these translate to in the new ones... but I'm sure someone can figure it out.

The Grey is just Adeptus Battlegrey basecoat, then a heavy wash of Badab Black, and then a re-highlight of Adeptus Battlegrey.

The blues start out as Mordian Blue, then a good heavy dose of Enchanted Blue. Then I do a 60/40 mix of Enchanted Blue and Ice Blue... that number may not be exact, but I have more Enchanted than Ice in the mix.

Sometimes I wash the blue with Asurmen Blue... but not always. A lot of the times I like the bright look, and it really doesn't need much help from the wash to tie it all together.