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Had a spare ten minutes today and rushed off to my bits box to create a model I've never built before! I wanted to make something individual with stuff i've accumulated from swaps and gifts, i had a few parts in mind to use and I believe they work nicely together to create what i think is a pretty cool Techmarine! i'll show a couple of shots of him without priming then a couple with prime and a wash to see the details.

Chapterhouse helmet, Chapterhouse pads, iron hands legs & intergrated bolter, mk3 torso, marine backpack, servo arm Bitspudlo.







There we go, not crazy much today but I'm looking forward to tomorrow! I've just started a week off work and i plan to get a bit painted and updated and posted! but tomorrow I'm getting some proper shots done of all my completed work to pop in the gallery and here on my blog, so hopefully the pics make them look better! I can't wait to see how they look

see you tomorrow!

Damo
Nerdfest09

Is that a mold line running down the shoulder pad

The Gits residence runs on hamster power!! Got several dozen of the little buggers chained to electricity generating exercise wheels.

Tried that with my cats already and I must say the solution is far from as energy sufficient as it looks on paper.
You see when the buggers slack of and slow down I had a cattle prod behind them so slowing down would make them connect to it, get a jolt and thus, run faster.
Point is that the charge that made them not slack of is also produced by their running thus the system eats it´s own generated energy.

Also, all the food and *sigh* rest breaks they constantly need not to talk about overfilled litter boxes just didnt make it worth enough.

Now days a friend of mine runs in the wheel and there is not even any need for spending electricity towards shocking him not to slack of, the sight of me playing with a loaded gun is enough to make him run for ages.

Well played my friend.... *snicker*

Photo update time I went to my cousin ange's today and she took some shots of my models i've been working on recently for me! I'm quite happy with the results except for the new Flesh eaters i'm working on, they are still w.i.p but we had a go at them anyway and as usual the red colour was very difficult to get a true representation of how it looks I mean they aren't bad but it's still hard to see the highlights and blending!

I'm pleased with how the Salamanders turned out, the colours are vibrant and they just look cool!

well, onto the show....

firstly here's some of my Dark Eldar models, some of these are still works in progress like the raider :






Now onto my sallies, a bit of Dev squad love and a few of my dreadnought and the speeders! i'm really happy with the speeders they are a couple of my favorite models apart from the fact they are a pain in the bum to assemble and you often get gaps! but at least the blending came out nicely!










Now here's my current project, the mighty Flesh Eaters space marines! these are a w.i.p as you can tell by the lack of squad markings and bolters i'm stoked with these boys, they look nuts in person! really cool scheme, it's a lot of red but it works for me! i've got another 7 bare heads to work on next week as well, so you should see some more updates as i start and finish my Terminators!





And heres the big boy! this Ork Warboss was so much fun to paint, and he's also one of my favorite paint jobs i've done to date, I just like the look of him, I can totally see him bellowing a challenge across the battlefield his goggles glinting ruddy in the glow of ordinance.


And lastly here's me! Ange wanted to take a couple of shots that display my personality! she's working on editing another one i'll pop up later that i really like but for now here's Nerdfest09.....


thanks for checking out my latest pics everyone, I'll ,love to hear what you think of them, I'm pleased with all of them and am inspired to get painting again, i hope you enjoyed the browse!

Keep your brush moist!

Nerdfest09

This last post is absolutely top Notch mate!
Glad to follow You.
Impressed by Salamander and DE the most, keep up the amazing work You're doing.

Lovely work - and all in one place too!

lol thanks guys! i'm glad you like them! yep, all in one place! though it was about time to do a pictorial update and see how far i've come since last time! I think i'm learning slowly from all the AMAZING painters here on Dakka! all the little tips, tricks and methods that have been shared with me is why i keep coming back to dakka, and not to mention all the good mates i've made! including everyone that reads my blog to see what i've been up to! it feels good to get some pics and now i've got to get more painted to do it all again!

I can't wait!

catch you soon!

Nerdfest09

You are getting really really good dude. Most impressed.

But who the hell is that bio titan with marines climbing all over in that pic?
By Jove (or possibly Jupiter), a truly disturbing sight least to say.

But then such a meek bio titan wouldnt be a match for a handful plastic marines, it surely cannot have more then three wounds and a 6+ tshirt save and no more then a puny strenght statistic to match


Now that todays grand insult has been accomplished I can retire to my most lavish sleeping quarters for some well needed rest





Your turn good Sir Nerd, your turn *mwahaha*












Oh, did I mention that you are getting ridiculously good at painting? A clear and steady improvement from your earlier days of fumbling around with a paint brush. By now you rival the best on dakka.









I better go to bed now...

Nerdfest09 - Awesome looking models! You've definitely progressed and improved a lot through the pages since you've started this blog. One of the best things of long running Dakka P&M Blogs is seeing the progression in the painting and modeling skills of a hobbyist and yours is a prime example of this. Keep up the great work and am looking forward to seeing more pics of all three of your armies!

Why, my heart swells with pride from such lovely comments! Pyriel, honestly you have been a massive inspiration to me again and again over the last couple of years I've been back painting, I've been taught and amazed in equal measure by your work and always look forward to seeing what you paint next! I'm just as happy that you can actually see a marked improvement in my own painting, especially as it's something i enjoy greatly and take pride in showing when i believe is a good job! but i'd hardly say i rival the best on Dakka! not even close!
AH, the Bio titan in the last pic! the image doesn't come close to showing it's true magnitude! and you are mistaken about the 6+ t-shirt save! that's a 4+ invulnerable save my friend! the distracting day-glo brightness confounds enemies as they try to penetrate the command node protected from harm by thick glass and iron! although you may be right about the strength characteristics I do understand that it's a bio titan that has the jink special rule!

thank you to Eggy, for much the same reason as Pyriel, your BA have been a catalyst for some of my own work, namely the Marines Exemplar i did stemmed from buying a basic airbrush set up after reading your blog! your level of quality and photography astounds me and I love seeing how you approach each new model with your distinct style! I hope my work that follows is as entertaining and good enough eye candy for you and everyone else that enjoys painting!

Thanks again to all! i shall be painting more this week off work! I have a terminator squad and 7 bare heads to paint up!

Nerdfest09

Oooh nice pics Damo! Makes those models of yours EVEN nicer!

Cheers LDP! :-) what have you been working on? any shots dude?

Everything is looking really, I think its a good idea to do a group shot of your projects every now and then so you can see how much your painting skills have improved and yours have for sure.

Looking forward to seeing more

nerdfest09 wrote:Hey guys how's everyone going? I'm feeling good, I appear to have some of my painting mojo back! it's now back to where it should be! drifting off to sleep and thoughts of what i'm painting tomorrow dance through my mind I've got 3 projects on the go and i'm still happy with my progress, today was planned as only painting my bare heads, which I duly did, some i feel i painted well while others just don't quite feel right, don't get me wrong i'm happy with how they look or I wouldn't be showing you but I may re visit a couple to touch up some parts mainly some eyes need a bit more attention, depends how I feel when they are on a marine

Which brings me to my next question for you! I also managed to about 90% finish my master! he's just got the tidy up details to go and he'll be all done and ready to use Seth's rules to kick my best mate in the nuts BUT, what head suits him best? I've painted 5 today and have taken a pic of them all resting in the armour with corresponding letters, can i please get your opinions as to which one looks best? i'd like reasons too if you have them, I've got 2 in my mind I like but I think it'll be good to see what you all think first which head best suits a chapter master with a penchant for extreme kick assery .

firstly the armour to date, should be done tomorrow:


Now onto the heads:






i'd def go with hea e buddy really good skin tones amnd excellent stubble wrk




I wait with anticipation on your responses! lets get this party started!

Nerdfest09

Cheers Bully, I've ended up using that head you like in my newest model I did today! I wanted to work on just the one model and finish him, so i did my Termie sarge for my assault squad, it looks gritty and p'd off I could only get one or two decent shot with the weather today, hope you like him!




catch you soon!

NF09

Fantastic work Nfest and I love the pic! Very you somehow. Nice to put a face to the fantastic work.

Thanks gits, I know what you mean about putting a face to a name I always imagine you with a cob of corn! pleased you like the new pics! I plan on doing that more often as i can get time, there's something about uploading nice shots with none of my Nerd lair in the background!

I also surprisingly started and got a bit done on the 7 bare heads! i only planned on laying down the base colour and washing them with ogryn flesh, but in the end I nearly finished the skin tones on all of them! sorry about the poor pics, I had trouble focusing on them with my camera!




hope you can see where they're at, they'll be finished tomorrow with another 2 termies, i'll update pics tomorrow for you!

Nerdfest09

Great looking mini, that head is perfect.
I really like the second from left of the 4 You are doing now, use It properly

Wow man, your stuff is awesome! You have a GREAT command of color, your reds and greens look superb!

Since I'm and ork player (well, painter and modeller more tbh) I really like your warboss. Please tell me how you did the weathering!

subd!

Quick pics this arvo guys, i finished (well, 95%) 7 heads, I didn't paint the eyes but shadowed the sockets to give them depth instead, they could be a bit smoother but for tabletop quality they're great they look excellent in armour when i dry fitted them, so i'll finish the terminators and then glue them in and touch up what needs to be finished once they've put on armour!




catch you later tonight! more updates tomorrow.

Damo

Fantastic work on the heads mate... you sure do have a knack. Love the "terminator" head in the lower left. I don't kow where you find all these heads with teeth... I have a ton of marine heads and none of them have teeth...

Git, You should buy younger SM, they still have teeth!

Great job Nerdfest, love them.

I get no respect...

Got some slightly better photo's of the bare heads dummied up in armour, as well as started some work on my honor guard and chaplain and did some more termie armour work!

termie armour:



Next up is the beginning of my honor guard, just poses and stuff:


Chaplain work, i'm going to assume he has a crozius somewhere on him!


my take on the saguinary novitiate


Nothing special just a melta to the face!


Now the heads... again, I still can't get a bloody good pic though








Oh and lastly, this came in the post for me today! I've never built any of GW buildings before so if anyone knows of a good step by step thread i'd love to see it!



Nerdfest09


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Oh and Gits, I did a fair bit of looking for what bare heads are around before i started and the ones i'm using are from the Blood Angels/death company, the standard marine bare heads, the metal deathwatch marine head, and space wolves bare heads with some of the Mohawks and weird hair bits filed off, the only other ones i haven't got this time are the Captain Korvydae head and lufgt huron one, I can't think of any others i've missed?

OK, the finished heads on the bare plastic bodies just looks creepy.

Thanks Nerdfest, I'll keep my eyes open for those.

Update on my Termies, I finished another 2 today, so i have 3 finished now and have started on the last 2, I also popped the other arms on my honor guard, they should be pretty nasty, I have one with a bolt pistol and chainsword, one with a combi melta and chainsword, one with a chainsword and plasma pistol, a sanguinary novitiate and a banner bearer all trooping along with the chapter master who is using Seth's rules! can't wait to get into cc with them!







Here's everything so far i've painted for my Flesh eaters army, not bad so far, a full 10 man tac squad, a lone tac marine, chapter master and 3 termies as well as started my Landraider


Oh and I'm considering selling my DE army i'll start a swap shop thread with it all if anyone's interested.

keep your brush moist everyone!

Nerdfest09

Wicked looking models!!

I was wondering, is there a specific place that you buy your GW models? (like a hobby shop or online store)

Keep up the good work!!

Thanks Mortalitas, I buy all my models from http://www.thecombatcompany.com.au/ or http://www.blackcultist.com.au/store/index.php online, sometimes if i find a bargain on the swap shop I'll grab it, but my main shop is the combat company, they've just got great service and are really helpful!