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Slick, I actually think I prefer her now I've seen your paint job rather than the stock version. Think she'll be replacing my Lt. Hacker.

Really impressive painting ckig.

Love the assassins creed reverand healer

Thanks a lot guys!

 GrimDork wrote:
Yeah that's stunning for sure!

I think the all-white eyes actually work for her too, give her a very creepy vibe

I may have to steal that as an Idea, give some of my Nomads unusual eyes, maybe cat/lizard eyes or all one color scleras.

haha you give me too much credit. I'm painting eyes this way because it's easier lol. Getting the pupils is hard

But that is a cool idea!

This has helped me in some cases:
Paint the face first before you do anything else so you can afford to be sloppy. In fact, start on the eyes very firs thing. Then, paint the whole eye black(or if you prefer a color). Then you can take white and make larger strokes down the sides of the eye to reduce the black down to the correct size and shape. When you paint the rest of the face your larger white strokes will go away.

I usually forget to do it like that, but it *can* really help. And then sometimes particular faces/eyes are just hard to do no matter what you try

 GrimDork wrote:
This has helped me in some cases:
Paint the face first before you do anything else so you can afford to be sloppy. In fact, start on the eyes very firs thing. Then, paint the whole eye black(or if you prefer a color). Then you can take white and make larger strokes down the sides of the eye to reduce the black down to the correct size and shape. When you paint the rest of the face your larger white strokes will go away.

I usually forget to do it like that, but it *can* really help. And then sometimes particular faces/eyes are just hard to do no matter what you try

That sounds like a REALLY good idea, and I'll definitely be giving it a go next time - thanks!

Just one of many pearls of wisdom to find wider reach thanks to DakkaDakka! I'm not entirely sure where I saw it first but along with slowly increasing brush control from years of being in the hobby, it helps.

Great work, reverend healer is fantastic , makes me want to start over

Haha thanks theophany

I'll have to keep that tidbit in my mind next time I paint some eyes grim! Though everything I'm currently painting is all helmeted

Update #14 (I think. I'm losing track) Spektr

Been a bit slow painting but here he is:


and without the TO camo Tada!


Ok bad jokes aside here are some closeups:


He was pretty simple to paint since he is done in the same scheme as my tunguska interventors so keeping it mostly black/dark grey. So he's pretty close to the default scheme.


I do like his skull face.


Some back views:






Thanks guys! C&C welcome!
Now on to the Grenzer

Ha, great stuff! Love the blue lining/glowing!

Yeah very fancy, definitely a fan!

Awesome paintjob again dude.

But the great joke deserves an exalt

that camo paint job is amazing........ what was the joke your talking about

Anyway.....great job on Spectre, he'll fit right in with the rest of your force perfectly.

Top notch addition to your ranks!

Haha thanks guys! It keeps me going ^^

And so got a bit of painting done on my grenzer.

Update #15: Grenzer WIP

Got the base coats down. Highlighted the red.


I probably should have painted him first before putting him together lol. Now there's a big gun in the way




So I decided to put some white on coat and shoulders. Not sure about it yet. I'll see how it goes. Maybe I'll switch it back to black. Is that too much black? Not that it's a bad thing I guess. Works well on some other minis. I'll probably keep the mask white though. What do you think?


Thanks again!

Looking good, and I think the white works. I went very dark grey and black on mine as I figured a Sniper would want to be as inconspicuous as possible, but on the other hand, he's a Nomad, so likely to be showing off.

"Haha, look at me, in my bright colours standing the open! Oh, wait, you can't, I just shot your eyes out!"

Really lovely stuff, should get on with my PanO but they keep getting taken downstairs for games, so when I sit down to paint, the other projects are too conveniently close in comparison.

I definitely think your whites are coming out crisp, I'm hoping the better sculpts will help when it comes to doing mine, fortunately only the nisse has a big amount to do.

Edit: Meant to add, grenzers looking lovely, wouldn't worry about the gun, lets face it angel seems to paint them assembled and if it's good enough for him... White highlights look good to me, gotta make em pop for the tabletop.

Very nice work on these, they all look great! Really reminds me of Mass Effect.

Thanks for the kind words

@Paradigm: I like the way you think hehe.

@Ignatius: lucky you. I still haven't played a game yet xD. Maybe when N3 comes out I'll find someone to play with lol. About the whites, hope it helps with yours!

@Cave_Dweller: Ha! Another reason why nomads are best

So I've finished up the Grenzer finally. Yay!

Update #16 Grenzer!

Taking aim:


Glowing ribs which you can only see from this angle lol


Here's the "white" cloak done. What do you think?


So...the helm is actually red now lol. Tried white at first but it turned out too "white" compared to the cloak and looked off. So I changed it. Now he looks like my intruder heh.


Overall was a joy to paint.



So that's the last of the Icestorm nomads done! Hooray! Here's the family all together.

Hope the pic came out ok. May have to click to zoom in.



So what's left for the nomads. Well, I should finally get around to finishing the Iguana and his mini-me. And also got some more TAGgy goodness with some geckos

Thanks for reading!

Very nice! They look great all together!

Any plans to work on the Pano? Also, I noted the Yu Jing symbol in your sig, what do you have lined up from them?

Ooooh, I can not wait to see you do an Iguana and Gekkos in this scheme

Immense, I love that cloak.

Now... Gecko! Gecko! Gecko!

Paradigm wrote:Very nice! They look great all together!

Any plans to work on the Pano? Also, I noted the Yu Jing symbol in your sig, what do you have lined up from them?

Thanks

I'll probably get onto the Pano after this batch of nomads. I've primed them and they've been neglected since . Not sure entirely how I'll paint them though.
And yes! I just got some Yu Jing. Caught the infinity bug lol D:
Bunch of Imperial Service stuff. The Imperial agents are some of my favourite models. Thought they're tiny, I'll try get some pics later.
And getting ready for the new Heavy infantry coming out.

GrimDork wrote:Ooooh, I can not wait to see you do an Iguana and Gekkos in this scheme

Iguana was the first mini I painted heh. Though I'm wondering whether I should redo him. His red is a bit different since I was still experimenting and I feel like I could do a better job now. I'll see how the geckos stack up next to him first though. It's been a while since I painted a big mini ('big' for me. Nothing like your BSR )

Casey's Law wrote:Immense, I love that cloak.

Now... Gecko! Gecko! Gecko!

Thanks! Glad the cloak worked out okay

It's only gecko! gecko! I'm afraid I only have two

There's my brain for you, and I even remember seeing it now! Cool then I look forward to seeing your Gekko, but how did you end up with only one?

Looks great! Beautiful family picture, will be waiting for the big cousin!

Dude

Those are super tidy!

Sorry if you've said it before but what's your recipe for the blue lights/ glory bits?

Gecko, Gecko is better than no Gecko although my preference is Gecko, Gecko, Gecko, Gecko whenever possible.

Gecko.

your making me want to toss my stuff into a vat of simple green and start over , stop being so good.

GrimDork wrote:There's my brain for you, and I even remember seeing it now! Cool then I look forward to seeing your Gekko, but how did you end up with only one?

I do in fact have two! You might have misread silly brain

Littletower wrote:Looks great! Beautiful family picture, will be waiting for the big cousin!

Thank you! ^^

JoeRugby wrote:Dude

Those are super tidy!

Sorry if you've said it before but what's your recipe for the blue lights/ glory bits?

No problem at all!

It's very simple actually. I base in turqoise. Add a bit of ivory, highlight. Add a bit of white, highlight. Then pure white, top highlight. All my paints are VMC

Casey's Law wrote:Gecko, Gecko is better than no Gecko although my preference is Gecko, Gecko, Gecko, Gecko whenever possible.

Gecko.

mmm Geckooo. *Nods sagely*

Theophony wrote: your making me want to toss my stuff into a vat of simple green and start over , stop being so good.

Hah! Thanks for the very kind compliment But your stuff looks great!

Update #17 Bits and Pieces

Not much of an update today I'm afraid. Monday night hobby timeis now a new hobby with the ladyfriend. i.e. salsa dancing.. or me gracefully fumbling around on two left feet

Did manage to get a bit of the base down on the Iguana man

So you may notice he is missing a piece. His ammo belt wasn't as flexible as a thought it would be lol. Snapped trying to get it in place ><. Something I'll have to fix when I can.

You may also notice behind him in pieces
Gecko! Well Gecko-to-be..

Cleaned up my first Gecko. Wanted to start putting him together but I ran out of glue lol. So I'll need to get some to fix the Iguana man too.
Also, drilling metal pieces with a pin vice takes forever

Oh and 'cause I said I'd show do it. Size comparison of the tiny Yu Jing fellow.

His arms were torn off by the giants next to him. He's smaller than the CSU figure (which I think that's the smallest in Icestorm)!

Anyway, that's all. Hopefully more stuff gets done in future
Thanks!

The CSU has some massive thighs though. Apparently, doubles up on Leg Day at the gym or something.

Nice looking set of Nomads. You're almost ready to paint the Pan-Ooze minis?