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Awesome work Dave!


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Awesome work Dave!

cheers :-)

here's todays work....

yep more imp fists I do love painting yellow :-)











the vindicators one of the old FW kits along with the extra armour on the land raider..... the detail was pretty crappy on this plus the previous owner had gone to town with the weathering on this army so expect battle damage :-)

Looks great as ever. Big fan of the weathering and battle damage, and in particular the contrast with the Vindicator's shield.

Great great work. Thanks for sharing it.

cheers :-)

first lot of infantry started.....

back with some imp fist updates!!

dread



tac squad 1



tac squad 2



termi squad 1



termi squad 2

I love the shield of your Termi. Did you scratch built them or they come from somewhere?

from what I can tell there FW rhino doors.......

Most anyone would be limited in the following:

- Wife would slap us on the side of the head for the expense.
- Kids would break at least one of every 20 models if not under lock and key. Impossible with that much painting.
- Food, housing and car would take a big hit.

Comment on painting: would love to see it done in "real time" I could do it but one normal model would take a week of all my spare time... really amazing skill and speed.

just for you i'll take a pic every 10 min on the next mini I paint..... watch this space :-)




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as promised.... just need to base this up then its done but you get the idea sorry for crappy photos but lights pretty bad and flash was killing the details :-)

10.10pm black undercoat



10.20pm base coat white with a few patches of different shades of green



10.30pm added weathering and started on the metals ie arms



10.40pm moved on to the metals on the body



10.50pm finished metals on the body



11.00pm started with ink washes



11.10pm finished with ink washes



11.20pm highlights lenses



11.30pm DONE!!









there you have it easy done :-)

Great to see, as I suspected: getting good with a spray gun creates a good finished result and quick. I dislike "block painting" so that would go a long way in making it even more fun.

I see the "AV Air" paints around, that would be the way to go rather than diluting paints <sigh> more paints to buy.

Good to meet a fellow black primer painter. I find it easier starting from dark to light than the other way around.

I just cannot hold off commenting: the poor keyboard! They are cheap I know but yikes!

You got some fume hood anywhere near there? I would like to spray in the comfort of my hobby desk than the garage but could stink out the rest of the house.

Thanks for the time-lapse photo-shoot, it gave a really good idea of the process and that plain old brush painting seems too much like work (not that good skills in that are not still needed).

I thought I read earlier you don't play the games, so why all the passion of painting the stuff? Are you really into the books or you just like seeing the fanboys go crazy when they see the finished product?

Thanks, always a sign of someone passionate about their hobby when they will show you as much as you are willing to see (after one hour avoid eye contact and back away slowly...)

I really like the daemon stuff, particularly the Slaanesh ones. The Imperial fists with the more brown shade tone look better imho.

yea Vallejo model air will save you LOADS of time.

I spray next to double doors leading out side so I just open them a little :-)

as for why do I paint I paint for cold hard cash :-P

more daemons to come soon....

in fact a big updates coming soon (I've been busy!) here's a quick look at what I've been up to

based the death guard dread



and a landspeeder squad

and todays efforts (well the last few days efforts :-P)









another tac squad



honour guard



command squad (minus apoc)

Wow you really are good at pumping these guys out. I've half painted an army banner today, it was a tall one though

:-)

also base coated another 5 more termis 2 char minis tac squad 10 fw stern guard x2 landraiders and a pred I wont mention them though as that's just showing off :-P

Davey80y wrote:

Your painting whatever that is looks like some kick ass dessert terrain

Wow, amazing work, I love your power weapons


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Wow, amazing work, I love your power weapons

cheers :-)

here's some more :-)

and some support :-)

Always nice to see some FW goodness.

Wow. I am blown away by the awesomeness of these paint jobs. This is amazing work. I really like the Imperial Fists!

cheers :-)

the fists are done!!! (well some more to come in about a months time but done for now)

storm talon squad



the missing medic from the command squad



crappy "proper" Lysander



my take on Lysander



and some army shots...... there's no way these are all gonna fit on my photo setup so.....

infantry



heavy support



air support

Man I love those mini's !!!!!
Great work dude !!!!

cheers :-)

here's todays offering, back to the Raven wing :-)



these are almost done then there up for sale!!! (hint hint hint ) :-)

Heres my thoughts on this blog, every time.
"Dave Paints? The hell is that?"
*click*
"Oh yeah, those really sharp marines. Damn that Dave and his painting so good."

Awesome thread !

cheers all :-)

have some more....

with cannon





with las

Love the Eldar Titan, and the imperial Fists lead mini, which i believe is a Games Day 2006 one, looks so happy and victorious. I also like the black tile work in your kitchen. Cheers.

cheers :-)

finished the raven wing!! off to eBay with em!! :-)