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May I be a commissar? or do i not post here enough ?

this conscript always questions! and gets potato duty lol

 alabamaheretic wrote:
this conscript always questions! and gets potato duty lol

PRECUT FROZEN FRIES ARE HERESY! DO NOT PROMOTE HERESY, BAMA! NOW GET TO PEELING AND CUTTING!

yessah!

Congrats on making to the next stage of the BL writing thingie!

EDC

Congrats on making it to the next phase. We all eagerly await paying $30 for your work in a novella printed by GW.

Hey kids, got a small update for you all.

Remember when I said I was waiting for something from Anarchy Models? Well behold!



Its shattered pattern stencil sticker things.



They look great, but I don't know how well they'll work with all those rivets and bits in the way.



Also, they recommend using an airbrush, which I simply don't have.



Here's hoping I can make it work. Also snagged some of their nice chem-mask heads for my conversion needs.



Like I said, small update. That's all I've got for you.

Behold children! I come bearing updates!

So I peeled off the decals. I spent some time deliberating how to best paint them, and then decided that I couldn't without an airbrush.



Then I proceeded to paint more star bursts onto the tank.











Wait a minute, what's this???



TECH HERESY!!!!



I thought it would add some detail and character to my tank.

Then I added some more starbursts to finish it up.







What do you all think? How's it coming along?

All my conscripts seemed to have escaped.

Note to self, use heavier chains next time.

Apologies been a little distracted.

Looking fabulous. Decals look interesting, could try stippling with a soft brush?

 xXWeaponPrimeXx wrote:
All my conscripts seemed to have escaped.

Note to self, use heavier chains next time.

I'm still here.... just waiting for college to let out so I have time to actually do stuff. Then I'll get back to you about my character.

CONSCRIPT REPORTING TO GIVE CONSTRUCTIVE FEEBACK SIR!
pretty unique colour scheme bro, I think it would look better if less black was showing through, DO MORE STARS!
good work though
note to Mr. xXWeaponPrimeXx:

Camkierhi wrote:Apologies been a little distracted.

Looking fabulous. Decals look interesting, could try stippling with a soft brush?

Maybe I'll give that a shot with the Manticore or the gunship. The stencils are a new an alien thing to me. :/

War Kitten wrote:

 xXWeaponPrimeXx wrote:
All my conscripts seemed to have escaped.

Note to self, use heavier chains next time.

I'm still here.... just waiting for college to let out so I have time to actually do stuff. Then I'll get back to you about my character.

Ah, I don't miss college. Or school.... or work... Really I just miss bed. I need more sleep.

STG wrote:CONSCRIPT REPORTING TO GIVE CONSTRUCTIVE FEEBACK SIR!
pretty unique colour scheme bro, I think it would look better if less black was showing through, DO MORE STARS!
good work though
note to Mr. xXWeaponPrimeXx:

Spoiler:

sorry if I got all demanding with my character I was just super excited so don't worry about developing him too much

I wanted to go for a kind of muddy camo. I still have a lot to go. I haven't even started painting the other top of the tank.

*is shamming*

 alabamaheretic wrote:
*is shamming*

Shamming?


THE FOLLOWING IS COMPLETELY UNRELATED!

Have you guys seen those Raging Heroes models? DO WANT!!!!

 xXWeaponPrimeXx wrote:

Camkierhi wrote:Apologies been a little distracted.

Looking fabulous. Decals look interesting, could try stippling with a soft brush?

Maybe I'll give that a shot with the Manticore or the gunship. The stencils are a new an alien thing to me. :/

War Kitten wrote:

 xXWeaponPrimeXx wrote:
All my conscripts seemed to have escaped.

Note to self, use heavier chains next time.

I'm still here.... just waiting for college to let out so I have time to actually do stuff. Then I'll get back to you about my character.

Ah, I don't miss college. Or school.... or work... Really I just miss bed. I need more sleep.

STG wrote:CONSCRIPT REPORTING TO GIVE CONSTRUCTIVE FEEBACK SIR!
pretty unique colour scheme bro, I think it would look better if less black was showing through, DO MORE STARS!
good work though
note to Mr. xXWeaponPrimeXx:

Spoiler:

sorry if I got all demanding with my character I was just super excited so don't worry about developing him too much

I wanted to go for a kind of muddy camo. I still have a lot to go. I haven't even started painting the other top of the tank.

The semester is almost done, then I can pester you about my character some more.

sir reporting back from fort couch...potatoes peeled btw...and new plastic snips accquired...looking good matey

Conscript reporting for duty sir! Ready to roll!

alabamaheretic wrote:sir reporting back from fort couch...potatoes peeled btw...and new plastic snips accquired...looking good matey

War Kitten wrote:Conscript reporting for duty sir! Ready to roll!

Ah, there we go. Now! Onto the Hexblade!

So, I was looking at the tow hooks and I thought, what would a group of criminals use those for? LAUNDRY! But... since I don't know how to use greenstuff, I just stuck some old weapon bits onto them.



Those are oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooold. From back when GW sold CC Weapons in blister packs.

And as you may be able to tell in that picture, I painted the tracks.



Then I was looking at my star bursts and though to myself, those lines are awful. I looked for my painter's tape and try to make them nice and neat, but.... well I couldn't find it. So I free handed it for now. Thoughts?





Interesting side note, the black undercoat is a different shade of black from the standard pot. Weird right?









And that's all I got done this week (hardly anything I know). In my defense, I got distracted by watching Christopher Titus - Neverlution.

The star bursts look quite nice imo. Keep it up and this thing will look gorgeous when all is said and done!

looking pretty cool, I think you could make it look extra chemgog ish if you gave the thing some battle damage, or maybe something that makes it look as though there has been chemdogs crawling all over it, like tools, and sandbags etc to give it real character. nice one dude.

kinda like this



idk that's just how I picture chemdogs and their prized superheavy.

Looks great. Doesn't have to be neat bud, remember that half the time tanks are painted by the crew in the field to match there surroundings, often a tank can have many layers of colour. And considering this will have had the Chemdogs paint it, it will be a rough and ready job anyway, unless there is a Private Picaso Chemdog!

As said I know by the time you weather it up it is going to look brilliant.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Looks great. Doesn't have to be neat bud, remember that half the time tanks are painted by the crew in the field to match there surroundings, often a tank can have many layers of colour. And considering this will have had the Chemdogs paint it, it will be a rough and ready job anyway, unless there is a Private Picaso Chemdog!

As said I know by the time you weather it up it is going to look brilliant.

He needs to make a Private Picasso now.

Star bursts are looking great, especially now you've also started painting a few more of the details, like aquilas and what-not.

EDC

No update today guys.

As for private picasso, we shall see.

Hey guys!

I wasn't feeling the tank this evening, so I decided to work one something else. Many of you might remember this.



Well, I was looking at it a few weeks ago and I decided that I didn't like it anymore. It didn't look good and the proportions were all wrong. So I decided I would do something about it.



I picked up two boards from my local Michael's. I was trying to figure out which to use and then I decided that I would use both.



I put white glue on the back of the smaller one and glued it into place on the other. Then I gathered my supplies.

The pillar from the first diorama.



And bunches of little plaster details my friend Jan, HI JAN, sent me for Christmas.



Then I spent about an hour working on the layout.



Man, look at the detail on these. Jan does good work.



I figured this is where the Imperial Icon would go. With offerings to the left and right.



Look at that, fits like a glove.



Doesn't the priest look right at home in front of it?





Then i added a few more details to the fire.



Here's an overview of everything all glued down.



Here's a close up of the fire.



An a close-up of the front.



Now, I need your help, guys. Tell me where I should put these. Bare in mind I still have about 11 dudes to place in the dio too.

I think you should have them all sitting on the metal plate, and then just scatter the barrels around. has potential tho, excited to see some more

Yeah this is looming cool already.

EDC

Thanks guys. I plan on watering down some white glue and spreading it around the structure and then coating it in sand.

I live in a desert, shouldn't be too hard to find the stuff.

From there I was thinking about spray coating it black.

Nice looking dio. You can layer up the sand for some interesting effects. Also rather than whole thing black, try washes into the wet sand. Dropper it in. You might be surprised.