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2014/07/09 18:21:08
Subject: Re:Nerdfest09's Blog, Introducing the start of Howling Griffons Dreadnought
Dread looks much better - love the freehand chapter icon! - and the PA guys are coming along nicely. I also like the metal work on the knight's body. Will you be giving Kiera some Bomber-style pin-up nose art ...of Kiera Knightly in a skimpy outfit and suitable pose?
I've also just gotten an undercut a pair of tight jeans and a paisley shirt with the sleeve rolled right up so I can drive my new car (you bums!)
Bloody hipsters!!! I bet you sport a beard "ironically" and listen to Morrissey too... Bah!
You'll be pleased to know I have a beard because I have no jawline and my neck blends with my head! and I certainly listen to music 90% of people hate give me some Hip Hop and Skip Hop and i'm set!
Flesh Eaters 4,500 points
" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker
"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur
"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360
2014/07/10 12:11:09
Subject: Nerdfest09's Blog, Introducing the start of Howling Griffons Dreadnought
Ahem, excuse me... I must be one of the only people to be unsure about the Knight kit in general. I dunno what it it but something about it just doesn't seem to fit. Still, you're doing a good job on it regardless!
2014/07/10 22:12:41
Subject: Nerdfest09's Blog, Introducing the start of Howling Griffons Dreadnought
You'll be pleased to know I have a beard because I have no jawline and my neck blends with my head! and I certainly listen to music 90% of people hate give me some Hip Hop and Skip Hop and i'm set!
Hey, Nerd, I feel your pain on accidentally halving a quartered scheme.
How does that even happen?
I do it more than I would want to admit. Sleep deprivation is the key I think.
The pink army always wins. You beat the pink army? Go ahead and brag about it. You lost to the pink army? Well, then....
btw...I can watch this 47 times a day and I never get sick of it
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"It puts together more terrain, or else it gets the hose again...-dangledorf2.0
"This is the Imperium, there is no peace, there are only rivets" -Vitruvian XVII
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2014/07/11 20:13:13
Subject: Nerdfest09's Blog, Introducing the start of Howling Griffons Dreadnought
btw...I can watch this 47 times a day and I never get sick of it
I think. Just wet myself
LOL, Theo your mind is an amazing place, never change.-camkierhi 9/19/13
I cant believe theo is right.. damn. -comradepanda 9/26/13
None of the strange ideas we had about you involved your sexual orientation..........-Monkeytroll 12/10/13
I'd put you on ignore for that comment, if I could...Alpharius 2/11/14
2014/07/12 12:24:10
Subject: Nerdfest09's Blog, Introducing the start of Howling Griffons Dreadnought
You'll be pleased to know I have a beard because I have no jawline and my neck blends with my head! and I certainly listen to music 90% of people hate give me some Hip Hop and Skip Hop and i'm set!
Skip Hop? You mean.... Aussie Hip Hop?
Yeah some only the cool lighthearted funky stuff like Funkoars & Drapht mainly
moonpie wrote:Hey, Nerd, I feel your pain on accidentally halving a quartered scheme.
How does that even happen?
I do it more than I would want to admit. Sleep deprivation is the key I think.
Oh man, sleep deprivation I am there dude! been a tough couple of months! i'm just minutes away from hitting the sack at the moment too
dsteingass wrote:Epic Paint battles of History!
Nerd vs. Ramos!
Begin!
btw...I can watch this 47 times a day and I never get sick of it
LOL Dave, you hide for ages and then BOOM! humor from the skies good to have you back and that vid was perfect! I totally love erboh!
ALso not to be outdone by Ramos the grotty! I myself have a mini update on Kiera!
more metal work.....
Lots of brassy metals now for an aged and ancient appearance purple and blue wash as an undertone and shebang lookin' hwt! weathering and cables next then armor and she's ready for battle!
Flesh Eaters 4,500 points
" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker
"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur
"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360
2014/07/12 12:34:57
Subject: Nerdfest09's Blog, Introducing the start of Howling Griffons Dreadnought
Been following your work for some time, and I can honestly say that the knigth above is my absolute favorit I have seen outside my own gaming club. Well done and glad to see more goodness appear on this fine blog
2014/07/12 14:29:36
Subject: Nerdfest09's Blog, Introducing the start of Howling Griffons Dreadnought
Trondheim wrote:Been following your work for some time, and I can honestly say that the knigth above is my absolute favorit I have seen outside my own gaming club. Well done and glad to see more goodness appear on this fine blog
Wow! really? thanks so much Trondheim I appreciate you checking out my stuff and having your say, I hope I don't spoil the look when I do the armour on her? it'll be hopefully similar to some of my filigree stuff but i'm hoping to use the binary instead still deciding how much of the armour to leave off? and what colour to do the decorative banding on the plates? ideas?
Azazelx wrote:Yeah, that knight is coming along swimmingly.
Good to see my music choices haven't been so bad you run away AZ! and thanks dude! what do you think I should go direction wise?
Flesh Eaters 4,500 points
" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker
"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur
"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360
2014/07/12 22:13:33
Subject: Re:Nerdfest09's Blog, Introducing the start of Howling Griffons Dreadnought
Azazelx wrote:Yeah, that knight is coming along swimmingly.
Good to see my music choices haven't been so bad you run away AZ! and thanks dude! what do you think I should go direction wise?
What direction? Hmm...
Well, if you want to continue down the current road you could go with hardcore old-school rap, like ICE-T, Public Enemy, NWA etc, or even Eminem for something more recent. There's also a lot of good stuff in early 90's grunge, or if you're after something harder that you can dance to, there's a line of quality music from Ministry to Rammstein that also works well (beware of the crap ones, though!)
If you mean the Knight, I'm quite partial to the red/yellow thing you have going (to tie in with the Griffons?) Turquoise would really work well against them as an accent colour - perhaps on the shoulder pads as part of the personal heraldry, though if you want to be more strict to the rules of heraldry you could use blue or green instead.
Looking at that scroll on the side of the gun made me think of brass etch - if you have any forgeworld brass etched scrolls, they would work well to add to any flat panels on the bare metal - and then to paint them as part of the metal - a cast-or-bolted on metal scroll that has aged identically to the metal it's attached to (like that scroll). A scroll and name for each of the weapon arms, perhaps?
Its just too damn good, Nerd!! The shifting colors you got on the metals is just superb! I think my favorite two shots are the close up of the Battle Cannon and the second shot looking up at the knight.
Is it just a whole bunch of washes you used? Absolutely in love with the look!
Keep it up, nerd! Really looking forward to seeing you tackle the solid colors now!
Thanks Ramalangadingdong! solid colours are started and shaping up...... different.......
and yep, mate it's mainly focused washes and highlighting again and again in parts in between the different washes, so for instance i'll wash it with black then purple, then highlight with boltgun and then continue washing over it so it shows the highlight but colours it and makes it more blended without blending :-)
I am trying something new for me with the armour plates and so far it looks good, I just hope the camera can get a decent representation to show you soon! :-)
Flesh Eaters 4,500 points
" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker
"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur
"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360
2014/07/15 17:02:34
Subject: Nerdfest09's Blog, Introducing the start of Howling Griffons Dreadnought
"Squat Hulk- in space no one knows you no longer exist." - Gitzbitah
"Now you're just being silly, everyone knows red paint tastes fasta." - monkeytroll
"Both servers are on different continents so space meteors or thermonuclear war will not be enough take out dakka hopefully." - legoburner
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2014/07/16 09:11:13
Subject: Re:Nerdfest09's Blog, Introducing the start of Howling Griffons Dreadnought
RAMOS: For someone your age you should be running this partner! But with your level of skill you just need to try harder, a one trick pony with your patterns and ink and 99% of Dakka think that you stink. Blind to the fact that your brushes are splayed you should just stay in the bedroom and masturbate with Nerd RaAAAAGE!.
Flesh Eaters? Or Howling Griffons we need a break from your indecision it’s man up time and I have to add, learn to paint ‘cos you are BAD!
Cables and pipes are part of a model so much wash to hide them I can drown in the puddle!
Nerdfest: You can’t brush, you’re a chump you blow harder than your airbrush! Switching on skill doesn’t cut it in my world! With your Iwata your Badger your Paasche and your chrome, a lack of talent and finesse is just what you’ve shown , you see blending’s a skill and man I’ve got it in spades while you make your excuse “it’s just so I can play”
You run your paint in a jar and can churn out the numbers, but if the power goes out you hide under your covers,
while I see the front page and did it all on my own the time your airbrush hose broke was the only time you’ve been blown!
WHO WON?..... you decide!
Flesh Eaters 4,500 points
" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker
"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur
"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360
2014/07/16 09:42:56
Subject: Nerdfest09's Blog, Introducing the start of Howling Griffons Dreadnought
We refuse to take sides in this anymore. And we refuse to let you turn us against one another. We know who we are now, we can find our own way between order and chaos...
It's over because we've decided it's over. Now get the hell out of our galaxy! Both of you.
"Whoever takes purple sash is purple, and follows purple leader." I follow purple tau. Theophony
2014/07/16 18:29:22
Subject: Re:Nerdfest09's Blog, Introducing the start of Howling Griffons Dreadnought
Oh my sweet lord am I happy with this model! I was pushing myself to try new styles with my work when Ramos and I decided to have a friendly 'Knight of the Living dead' comp! I wanted to do a different red than my usual method which works well on my line troops and vehicles but I felt this needed something more? it is an ancient and venerable machine from the hallowed artisans of Mars after all
what did I do? well I believe I've nailed a good representation of automotive candy red not perfect but for using brushes and mainly GW paint I think it's great! I primed with my usual Dragon Red an then washed with Agrax, then I used a slightly watered gold and with a watercolor brush I painted over the reds in long strokes so it was even coverage. Once dry I washed with crimson and Bloodletter glazes and then with Minitaire ghost tint and darkened the recesses with Agrax again looks cool but hard to photo due to the light hitting the colour as it changes to gold but in one shot you can see it on Kiera's chest plate I also had fun with the base by the addition of a Mechanicus Magos saying prayers to appease the war machines spirit!
well, with my chest puffed out with pride I gladly would like to introduce you to 'Kiera Knightley' Bane of heretics across the galaxy!
v this pic on the chest plate is a glimpse of what the whole red armour looks like in the light
I really do like what i'm doing lately I just think my current stuff just looks cool! I really hope you guys like them too.
Flesh Eaters 4,500 points
" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker
"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur
"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360
2014/07/18 11:57:04
Subject: Nerdfest09's Blog, I finished doing Kiera Knightley and took LOTS of pics!
"Squat Hulk- in space no one knows you no longer exist." - Gitzbitah
"Now you're just being silly, everyone knows red paint tastes fasta." - monkeytroll
"Both servers are on different continents so space meteors or thermonuclear war will not be enough take out dakka hopefully." - legoburner
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give me some Hip Hop and Skip Hop and i'm set!
Flesh Eaters 4,500 points
My P&M Blog :
ing brilliant 
only the cool lighthearted funky stuff like Funkoars & Drapht mainly
been a tough couple of months! i'm just minutes away from hitting the sack at the moment too 
weathering and cables next then armor and she's ready for battle!
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I was pushing myself to try new styles with my work when Ramos and I decided to have a friendly 'Knight of the Living dead' comp! I wanted to do a different red than my usual method which works well on my line troops and vehicles but I felt this needed something more? it is an ancient and venerable machine from the hallowed artisans of Mars after all 
looks cool but hard to photo due to the light hitting the colour as it changes to gold but in one shot you can see it on Kiera's chest plate 
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