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 KidCthulhu wrote:
Ugh, with work potentially screwing me over I may have to drop out this month (and the few after it).

You tell them you have prior commitments, and need them to adjust their workflow demands.

If you need me to write an excuse/exempt note, let me know.


The nerve of some bosses….

My annual protest continues,



Cheers,

CB

Vive la révolution!

Do you hear the miniaturists sing?
Singing the song of angry painters?
It is the music of the people
Who will not paint marines again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is art about to start
When tomorrow comes!

Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond those Space Marines
Are there other models you long to see?

Do you hear the miniaturists sing?
Singing the song of angry painters?
It is the music of the people
Who will not paint marines again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is art about to start
When tomorrow comes!

Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!

Will you paint all that you can
So that our banner may advance?
Some will finish and some will not (dam)
Will you stand up and take your chance?
Marine helmets on the ground
Will cover the bases all around!

Do you hear the miniaturists sing?
Singing the song of angry painters?
It is the music of the people
Who will not paint marines again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is art about to start
When tomorrow comes!

Keep fighting the good fight, Cap'n!

The first two Samurai Marines are ready for paint:

Nice conversions there, Josh.

Great models this month, especially Daia T'Nara's
I will make model "Ancestor's wrath", which is a fancy name for Votann commander. Fits a space marine theme as infantry soldier transported on a spaceship. Proof picture:

Base coated the legs to prepare to shade the armour plates before gluing the torso/tabard piece in place. Also began painting the tabard area to make sure any hard to access items are already sorted before being glued in place, but wont do the upper power armour yet as the glue will mess up the paint anyway.

Cheers,
Oskar

I’m not going to lie, I am very much enjoying the process this month. I always do, but so far this model is going very well indeed.

In fact, I have to be honest, I think this could be the best thing I have painted yet in the hobby. Obviously that is my subjective view, we’ll see what the voters make of it soon enough.

All that said, I am now very nervous. I am toying with doing some OSL… but genuinely worried about messing it all up.

I may take photos before I try… and then after if successful. I suppose if my final pics include no OSL… well you’ll all know what happened, and I’ll know you all know what happened, but we won’t talk of it.

Base spraying done.

 XvArcanevX wrote:
I’m not going to lie, I am very much enjoying the process this month. I always do, but so far this model is going very well indeed.

In fact, I have to be honest, I think this could be the best thing I have painted yet in the hobby. Obviously that is my subjective view, we’ll see what the voters make of it soon enough.

All that said, I am now very nervous. I am toying with doing some OSL… but genuinely worried about messing it all up.

I may take photos before I try… and then after if successful. I suppose if my final pics include no OSL… well you’ll all know what happened, and I’ll know you all know what happened, but we won’t talk of it.

Say no more, say no more.

On a completely unrelated note:

That hesitation is real. It can be hard to take a model that looks good and try something else. But, that is part of the beauty of this hobby. Everything you try makes you better, even if it turns out badly you still gain experience and practice. Plus, short of grinding the model to dust in a blender, or dissolving it in acid, there really isn't ever something you can't come back from. It's basically impossible to complete ruin a model forever just using paint.

Trust yourself, document with photos, learn, and it will all work out.

 DJJazzyJeff wrote:

Say no more, say no more.

On a completely unrelated note:

That hesitation is real. It can be hard to take a model that looks good and try something else. But, that is part of the beauty of this hobby. Everything you try makes you better, even if it turns out badly you still gain experience and practice. Plus, short of grinding the model to dust in a blender, or dissolving it in acid, there really isn't ever something you can't come back from. It's basically impossible to complete ruin a model forever just using paint.

Trust yourself, document with photos, learn, and it will all work out.

Haha, man I appreciate the moral support! Honestly I am genuinely apprehensive about attempting OSL on this model because it is by nature going to have to be VERY bright to create the right reflections I’m looking to achieve.

Ah well, who dares wins and all that.

Cheers for having my corner though man! Don’t laugh too hard when my model appears this month with not a sign of any OSL (cough… I um… never attempted it see)

JoshInJapan wrote:Keep fighting the good fight, Cap'n!

I shall Josh...but our numbers are smaller this year.



We Won't Paint Marines Again!

Do you hear the miniaturists sing?
Singing the song of angry painters?
It is the music of the people
Who will not paint marines again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is art about to start
When tomorrow comes!

Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond those Space Marines
Are there other models you long to see?

Do you hear the miniaturists sing?
Singing the song of angry painters?
It is the music of the people
Who will not paint marines again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is art about to start
When tomorrow comes!

Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!

Will you paint all that you can
So that our banner may advance?
Some will finish and some will not (dam)
Will you stand up and take your chance?
Marine helmets on the ground
Will cover the bases all around!

Do you hear the miniaturists sing?
Singing the song of angry painters?
It is the music of the people
Who will not paint marines again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is art about to start
When tomorrow comes!

Tank cleanly basecoated and partially assembled. Time to start crudding it up.

I started putting paint on the Marines:




I'm leaning into the shiny rather than the traditional edge highlights. It works in some spots, not so well in others. In previous iterations of the Samurai Marines, I hand painted the lacing on the kusazuri and sode, but it didn't look right to my much older eyes. I went back and sculpted the lacing where appropriate, and it looks better. Obviously, it would have been much easier and much neater to add it to the plasticard before assembly, and I'll likely do that with the next batch.

Hey Josh, tactical dreadnought do-maru when?

Seriously though, that's the best looking samurai Astartes I've ever seen. Excellent work!

Well, no point hesitating, I’ve gone as far as I am going to go with this mini and I feel pleased with the result.

Really enjoyed the process with this one, I was very very apprehensive about trying the OSL but I think I managed it ok. It is so weird taking bright titanium white and painting over work you are extremely pleased with… but… I am happy I went ahead.

So here he is… my Dark Angel launching into his offensive, ready to crush all who stand opposed.

 XvArcanevX wrote:

So here he is… my Dark Angel launching into his offensive, ready to crush all who stand opposed.

I already know who's getting a special comment in the vote thread from me seeing this beauty. It really impressed me.

 Leopold Helveine wrote:

 XvArcanevX wrote:

So here he is… my Dark Angel launching into his offensive, ready to crush all who stand opposed.

I already know who's getting a special comment in the vote thread from me seeing this beauty. It really impressed me.

Wow! Thanks! I was hoping people think I’ve managed to pull off the effect. I’ve got to admit I am pretty proud of this one. I think it’s my favorite so far on my hobby journey. I know I keep saying it but I can’t describe the dread I was feeling when I loaded up that brush with white paint man! I just had visions of a total disaster! Lol

So glad you think it works!

 XvArcanevX wrote:
Well, no point hesitating, I’ve gone as far as I am going to go with this mini and I feel pleased with the result.

Really enjoyed the process with this one, I was very very apprehensive about trying the OSL but I think I managed it ok. It is so weird taking bright titanium white and painting over work you are extremely pleased with… but… I am happy I went ahead.

So here he is… my Dark Angel launching into his offensive, ready to crush all who stand opposed.

I think you pulled it off quite well. I'm going to be doing something similar with my Primaris Inceptors when I get to them (they're sitting somewhere in my backlog). BTW, where'd you get the smoke? Is it 3D printed? I bought something similar for the Primaris Inceptors from Etsy awhile back.

 ShadowsAndDust wrote:

I think you pulled it off quite well. I'm going to be doing something similar with my Primaris Inceptors when I get to them (they're sitting somewhere in my backlog). BTW, where'd you get the smoke? Is it 3D printed? I bought something similar for the Primaris Inceptors from Etsy awhile back.

Thanks! I figured the addition of a deep red at the edges of the fluorescents helped clean it all up in the end. It’s the placement of the reflections and trying to get it to look soft enough that is tricky. To be honest I have literally no idea if the reflections actually are in the right place; I just kind of went with what felt right.

The smoke was from some dude on Etsy UK. If you search Etsy or even google it several options will pop up. I went with the prints as the default ‘falling off a rock’ look on the original sculpt was… bad. It was very bad.

 Nevelon wrote:

 KidCthulhu wrote:
Ugh, with work potentially screwing me over I may have to drop out this month (and the few after it).

You tell them you have prior commitments, and need them to adjust their workflow demands.

If you need me to write an excuse/exempt note, let me know.


The nerve of some bosses….

Speaking of! I find this content therapeutic.


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 XvArcanevX wrote:
Well, no point hesitating, I’ve gone as far as I am going to go with this mini and I feel pleased with the result.

Really enjoyed the process with this one, I was very very apprehensive about trying the OSL but I think I managed it ok. It is so weird taking bright titanium white and painting over work you are extremely pleased with… but… I am happy I went ahead.

So here he is… my Dark Angel launching into his offensive, ready to crush all who stand opposed.

Holysnaps you crushed it!

I also crushed something btw, one of the arms of my dreadnorkght :l
Well, not as in that I broke it off or anything.. but I got so tired of the bits coming off due to it being unglued for movement etc that eventually I just decided to glue it.. but now I'm looking at it unsatisfied thinking its not Orky in any way. I contemplated taking off all the fingers but that would be a shame for such a cool arm I can still use for other projs in the future.. but really want to put something else there that's actually fitting. I've seen a few imges of other Orky Dreadnaught kitbashes having strange Orky arms so that does inspire..

Will add more work.. and probably won't even get to getting at it before thursday evening as I've got a special dentist appointment to extract.
Atleast that will take a lot of stress off my back when thats finally done. (no its not a hurting tooth, just a dead one I want gone because its unsalvagable and had 3 root canals in it and want to prevent more issues in the future)

Time has gotten away from me so far this month, I will have to make a start shortly.

I have a little box of ebay mini's that need a bubble bath, these three are the most clean /ready to go so I think I will pick one of these guys to save a little time, not sure which yet.

Slightly put off by the amount of detail that are on the chaos mini's so we will have to see, might as well prime them all and see how things go, I have also been wanting to try out painting an Imperial Fist hmmmm



The clear choice is a re-imagining of the ending of dirty dancing, no one puts baby in the corner.

XvArcanevX - great model, especially the flames.

Another WIP picture, very slow progress as work is getting in the way :( Still enjoying a break from my mostly green aeldari.

 halfling84 wrote:
XvArcanevX - great model, especially the flames.

Thankyou

Yeah those flames have seriously diminished my stock of fluorescents!

@XvArcanevX: The reflected light on the cloak and jump jets is superlative. You're really bringing your A-game this month.

Another samurai marine mostly finished:



I'm pretty happy with the color of the armor. Sengoku-era armor was mostly black lacquer, but a dark rusty color was also quite common. I've been trying off and on for years to achieve the effect,and I think I succeeded with this dude. After seeing these photos, I went back and smoothed out the spot highlights and re-painted the helmet decoration. The arms are a little awkward, and would probably have benefitted from some cutting and repositioning.

Lookin' good, JoshInJapan. I am fond of the hex bases.

XvArcanevX, that's some fine work, there.

YouWasShock and JoshinJapan… thanks for the compliments.

That samurai marine idea is great! You’ve pulled it off with those sculpted details.

Really cool fire to smoke effect on the captain XvArcanveX, and the OSL looks great! What colours did you use for the yellow and orange?

Nilfisken wrote:
Really cool fire to smoke effect on the captain XvArcanveX, and the OSL looks great! What colours did you use for the yellow and orange?

Cheers! The colors I used for the yellow and orange were the AK 3rd generation fluorescents in this set: