That looks good. Maybe just another step or two lighter at the edges for that extra pop?

You know... you could make life a lot easier on yourself by being sneaky. Paint all the plates on the inside half of the axe (to the left of the dividing line) metallic. The paint the little circles bright glowy like you did for the the but on the top of the haft. Then all you have to do is work on the very edge. That should be simple enough.

@Gitz Don’t want to change it now. I actually did not like the silver with the neon green, but figured It was the easiest way. Here is a updated pic. This maybe the last attempt before going on to the next model.

I like it. You have a good value range going now, and the color is nice and rich.

 youwashock wrote:
I like it. You have a good value range going now, and the color is nice and rich.

. Thanks Youwashock. Took quite a bit of work to get it to this point.

Yeah, very vibrant. And I like the paler grin on the wire at the back edge.

Yeah that's looking really good!

The Overlords blade looks pretty cool to me, picking the scheme for that is probably the hardest part of Necrons. Certainly it’s the bit that giving me the most contemplation!

Gonna echo the other ones, reworked blade looks cool!

Many thanks for the input all. Sorry I’ve not posted much lately but I am in need of a root canal or have the tooth pulled.
As for painting I have been working on the destroyers blades to match the Overlords. Here is an updated pic, the Overlord is finished, of them.

So green it's super green! Excellent

The consensus is that the new blade rocks. Do you like it? I suppose so, since the Destroyers are getting the same treatment. I think they are going to look pretty rad.

inmygravenimage wrote:So green it's super green! Excellent

. Thanks graven, maybe I should paint up the Hulk next

youwashock wrote:The consensus is that the new blade rocks. Do you like it? I suppose so, since the Destroyers are getting the same treatment. I think they are going to look pretty rad.

I do like the new blades and will do the Destroyer lord the same way. Thanks for the encouraging words.

Yep, the overlords blade looks cool. It sucks about the toothache, but hopefully you can get it sorted soon

 gobert wrote:
Yep, the overlords blade looks cool. It sucks about the toothache, but hopefully you can get it sorted soon

thanks Gobert, yeah that tooth is coming out next week...

Nice match of the blades of the destroyers to match the lord!

And I hope the dentist will sort you out next week.

Okay on to something new. Here is a couple of hours of work on the indomitus chaplain.

Thanks for looking!.

Fantastic highlights and face work mate

Oh now that's lovely! The black and gold look excellent together and the work on the face is top notch.

Looking very good. And with the gold trim, blue pad and red gun casing, surprisingly colorful for a guy dressed in all black.

Nice start on the chaplain, love the very neat handle of his crozius, nice black lines between the reds! And as others have said, great work on the face.

I’ve always loved the slightly heretical colourings of Chaplains. He’d look right amongst a horde of Black Legionaries,l! Great paint job Yorkright, the face is really well done, and Angry

inmygravenimage wrote:Fantastic highlights and face work mate

Thanks Graven, he has been fun to paint.

youwashock wrote:Looking very good. And with the gold trim, blue pad and red gun casing, surprisingly colorful for a guy dressed in all black.

Thank you youwashock.

Viterbi wrote:Nice start on the chaplain, love the very neat handle of his crozius, nice black lines between the reds! And as others have said, great work on the face.

The crozius is just mephiston red with agrax earthshade. After the wash I held the mini so it flowed into the lines then did it on the other side, dont tell anyone else its a secret..

gobert wrote:I’ve always loved the slightly heretical colourings of Chaplains. He’d look right amongst a horde of Black Legionaries,l! Great paint job Yorkright, the face is really well done, and Angry

Thanks Gobert, his face was done in white scar with the guillemans contrast paint over it. I also put a dab of fleshtearer contrast on his mouth then tried to pick out the eye and teeth.

Here is some pics of the finished Chaplain.

Righteous! All those purity seals look great. Great detail, and they look nice and worn. Gulliman's is good stuff.

I think I need to get some of this guilliman contrast! Chappy looks great all based up!

@Youwashock and Gobert thanks guys, yeah that Gullimon contrast is good stuff.

So next up are the outriders from Indomitus.
Thanks for looking.

A bit more paint on the bikes.

That's a very snappy blue.

Ooh, nice! Those outriders are cool minis, and they look good in your ultramarine blue. Does the Sgt have a helmeted option?

 gobert wrote:
Ooh, nice! Those outriders are cool minis, and they look good in your ultramarine blue. Does the Sgt have a helmeted option?

He has his helmet sculpted hanging off his belt. You could carve it off, but it might take some sculpting to rebuild. Or a pouch and some purity seals.

Outriders are looking very nice. I’ve been enjoying the contrast paints for skin. Huge time saver for pretty decent results.

Nice start on the Outriders. How easy is it to reach everything for painting? I still have them on sprue and am not sure if subassemblies are needed.

inmygravenimage wrote:That's a very snappy blue.

Thanks Graven.

gobert wrote:Ooh, nice! Those outriders are cool minis, and they look good in your ultramarine blue. Does the Sgt have a helmeted option?

I agree the outriders are a cool model and thanks for compliment on the blue. As for the Sarge see Nevs response, I actually started to put him together with the thought of changing out the head to helm but I am not that good of a modeler to remove the belt and sculpt.

Nevelon wrote:

 gobert wrote:
Ooh, nice! Those outriders are cool minis, and they look good in your ultramarine blue. Does the Sgt have a helmeted option?

He has his helmet sculpted hanging off his belt. You could carve it off, but it might take some sculpting to rebuild. Or a pouch and some purity seals.

Outriders are looking very nice. I’ve been enjoying the contrast paints for skin. Huge time saver for pretty decent results.

Totally agree on the contrast paints for faces, a plus is that if you make a mistake just paint white over it and use the contrast again.

Viterbi wrote:Nice start on the Outriders. How easy is it to reach everything for painting? I still have them on sprue and am not sure if subassemblies are needed.

Thanks Viterbi, yes some of the parts are hard to reach, the lights in the cowling and around the wheels could be an issue too. Looking forward to seeing how yours turn out.

Great expression on the Sgt. Going to be a good looking unit.

 Viterbi wrote:
And I hope the dentist will sort you out next week.

Who mentioned a dentist? Gits is going around with a pair of pliers...

Chaplain looks really good, btw, Yorkright.

@Dysartes: LOL!

Gots ta get me teef howseva I can!

youwashock wrote:Great expression on the Sgt. Going to be a good looking unit.

Thanks Youwashock, cant wait to use them in a game.

Dysartes wrote:

 Viterbi wrote:
And I hope the dentist will sort you out next week.

Who mentioned a dentist? Gits is going around with a pair of pliers...

Chaplain looks really good, btw, Yorkright.

LOL, Shh lets not tell Gitz,

Gitsplitta wrote:@Dysartes: LOL!

Gots ta get me teef howseva I can!

I would have saved it if you had asked.

After seeing Gravens offspring painting and modeling I thought I would share a pic of the youngest member of the Yorkright households first painted Space Marine. At 5 I think he has promise.

Hurrah! The best choice to start with! Papa bless your tiny nurgling!

Yorkright wrote:
After seeing Gravens offspring painting and modeling I thought I would share a pic of the youngest member of the Yorkright households first painted Space Marine. At 5 I think he has promise.

certainly better then my first models

Nice start into the hobby for the little Yorkright!
I tried drybrushing terrain with my oldest (also 5), but he is not that keen on painting or drawing in general, so he wasn't thrilled

Looks like a fledgling Mantis Warrior to me! Well done Yorkright-spawn!

Gitsplitta wrote:Looks like a fledgling Mantis Warrior to me! Well done Yorkright-spawn!

Heresy lol

Another brush to help fight the armies of the unpainted!

Hey thanks all for the kind words, he definitely likes GWs minis and getting to paint with me is a treat for us both. There is a pretty good supply of marines I should put together a few more and let him go town.
Decided to paint up the Skorpeth Destroyer Lord and enter him in the dakka challenge. Here is a few early WIP pics.

Your lad has done a good job! Marine looks like he’d fit right in with some of Papas finest.

Good start on the Lord, he’s a big ol’ boy

Lord's gonna turn some heads with those green blades. Will the claws get the same treatment?

Great start Yorkright. Wow, that's a pretty awesome model.

gobert wrote:Your lad has done a good job! Marine looks like he’d fit right in with some of Papas finest.

Good start on the Lord, he’s a big ol’ boy

Thanks Gobert

youwashock wrote:Lord's gonna turn some heads with those green blades. Will the claws get the same treatment?

Turn heads? His plan is decapatation , as for his claws I am not sure yet. So far just dry brushing them with metallics.

Gitsplitta wrote:Great start Yorkright. Wow, that's a pretty awesome model.

Thanks Gitz, he is an impressive model.

Here is a couple of pics with some more paint slathered on.

Looking good, nice transitions on the blades, I vote green claws I’m afraid!

Destroyer lord is looking great so far. I'd leave the claws metal, but then I plaster every melee weapon I paint with Blood for the Blood God, so I might be partial to a metal base

One green one metal, I won’t be working on it till later today so go ahead and chime in.

The blade is off to a great start. For the claws, maybe a little of both? Metallic with green coming in at the tips?

Thanks for the input guys, after mulling it over I am not going to go with the green. Instead going to add a few washes of purple and blue to the claws. Not sure how it shows up in the pictures but here is a few.

It’s subtle but I like it

I like that a lot. Nicely done.

He's looking good and crusty

That works well. The main color looks very cool on this bigger model, too.

Claw looks great with the washes, fitting choice. By the look of them he probably only has to cut you a bit and you will die of the resulting infection

gobert wrote:It’s subtle but I like it

. Thank you Gobert that’s what I was going for.

Gitsplitta wrote:I like that a lot. Nicely done.

Thanks Gitz!

inmygravenimage wrote:He's looking good and crusty

. Good and crusty? LOL I guess he does.

youwashock wrote:That works well. The main color looks very cool on this bigger model, too.

. Thanks.

Viterbi wrote:Claw looks great with the washes, fitting choice. By the look of them he probably only has to cut you a bit and you will die of the resulting infection

Thanks Viterbi, maybe I can ally him up with my Death Guard.

Calling him finished, tried a few different things but needed to match up with the rest of the army. Only have ten more Warriors to go from Indomitus. Back to the Outriders next.

Looks good! I like the tonal range on the blade. Could just be my phone, but I would advise people to click and see the pics at high resolution. Lots of cool detail, especially the face.

Base is a nice match for a fine figure. What are you using on it?

Nice one Yorkright, he looks cool. Seeing everyone painting their Necrons gets me wanting to paint mine!

youwashock wrote:Looks good! I like the tonal range on the blade. Could just be my phone, but I would advise people to click and see the pics at high resolution. Lots of cool detail, especially the face.

Thanks Youwashock I had no idea the face turned out like that till you mentioned it.

Gitsplitta wrote:Base is a nice match for a fine figure. What are you using on it?

For the snow I used army painter snow added a few rocks from the driveway and some squiggles of GW blue wash. Glad you like it.

gobert wrote:Nice one Yorkright, he looks cool. Seeing everyone painting their Necrons gets me wanting to paint mine!

I am looking forward to your take on the Necrons Gobert, they are some great models.

Friday night, taking on the Outriders it’s slow go but did get some more paint down.
Thanks for looking.

So haven't been here in a while, for reasons i seem to have missed all the nice updates...

Firstly: damn that is a nice looking necron.

Secondly: you made me appreciate the babyblue marines... something rarely achieved.

Job well done.

Good start on the smurf bikers, they’re really cool sculpts and your doing them justice so far!

Some may call Ultras boring, I call them classic. These are coming along nicely. "Get yer motor runn-in'..."

Not Online!!! wrote:So haven't been here in a while, for reasons i seem to have missed all the nice updates...

Firstly: damn that is a nice looking necron.

Secondly: you made me appreciate the babyblue marines... something rarely achieved.

Job well done.

Welcome back Not Online and thank you, the Necron is one of my favorites from the Indomitus box.

gobert wrote:Good start on the smurf bikers, they’re really cool sculpts and your doing them justice so far!

Thanks Gobert!

youwashock wrote:Some may call Ultras boring, I call them classic. These are coming along nicely. "Get yer motor runn-in'..."

. I am not sure why folks think they are boring perhaps because they don’t have the little quirks (BA, Wolves, etc..) the others do. Big plus for me is you get a Primarch as your Commander!

So I finished the bikers and have primed the Bladeguard. I have a question, should I do their cloaks in the same orange I did the Chaplains or use the standard GW scheme?

These look very snazzy, and I would go with your own Chaplain scheme.

Nice one! Nice crisp paintjob, perfect for Ultras. Noting your point about getting a Primarch to lead them, do you have the big man yet? As for cloak colours, I thing you should match the Chaplains cloak, it’s a nice colour and it gives a personal touch to the army.

I third the motion to match cloaks. Squad looks good!

Thanks guys, orange it is for their cloaks.
@Goberts, I do have the big man, cannot take credit for painting all of him. A friend started Guilleman I just did some washes, highlights, and redid the base. Here is a pic of him and a comparison shot next to the Skorpekh Lord.

Very nice job on the finished Outriders, may they run over roadkill with ludicrous speed!

And I'm quite shocked that the big man is not nearly the same size as the destroyer lord.

Great stuff Yorkright. Really nice, clean Ultras. Gotta love that.

All right guys thank you for the comments, now it’s time to start a new unit. Up next is the blade guards going with standard colors other than the cloaks. Are they really cloaks or does anyone the proper term.

Love that Skorpekh lord. Probably the best new Necron model and that's saying something. I like your metal tone. Can't wait to see more :-)

Very sharp paint so far my friend. Like it!

Tabard?

The Bladeguard are awesome minis. Looking forward to your version.

I was going to go for tabard too, 2 people on the internet said it, so it must be that!

Robots looks really cool, it’s surprising that tthe lord is as big, if not bigger. Those 2 need to face off on the table.

The new blade guard has started well, good luck getting him done

Tek wrote:Love that Skorpekh lord. Probably the best new Necron model and that's saying something. I like your metal tone. Can't wait to see more :-)

Thank you Tek for stopping by, yeah he is a great model and I am glad you like how I did the metal tone. Don't know if you looked back on my blog but I have painted up almost all the Necrons from Indomitus in the same manner.

Gitsplitta wrote:Very sharp paint so far my friend. Like it!

Thanks Buddy! Hoping to have this one done soon.

youwashock wrote:Tabard?

The Bladeguard are awesome minis. Looking forward to your version.

Thanks for helping me out Youwashock, I was too lazy to google it myself...
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gobert wrote:I was going to go for tabard too, 2 people on the internet said it, so it must be that!

Robots looks really cool, it’s surprising that tthe lord is as big, if not bigger. Those 2 need to face off on the table.

The new blade guard has started well, good luck getting him done

If you both said Tabard it must be right. Maybe I can have a Necron-Lord vs Primarch battle royale and see who comes out ahead. (My money is on the Primarch he is pretty bad ass in close combat and can come back from the dead on a 4+)

Thanks for looking.

Laying down the golds and silvers this is prewashes and more highlights. What are your guys take on adding a blue wash to the sword? I’m a bit hesitant as there is plenty of blue on the model.

Ooh, that's sharp. White is super crisp.

I'm with graven. That's looking really good!

Looking good. Like the weathering on the holster. Go for the blue on the sword. A subtle tint will look good with the armor and the orange of the cloth/gold.

Snazzy! I’d maybe go with red or orange if you’re concerned about being too blue, but he’s and Ultramarine, so it’s not possible to be too blue right?

Thanks guys for following along, really appreciate the CC helps to push me to improve my painting. Not sure if it shows but I did put a blue wash on the sword.
Here is some pics of the finished bladeguard. I also started blocking in the colors of the sergeant. I’m a bit miffed as a couple of the spikes on his halo broke...

Nice work on the Bladeguard, to bad with the spikes. Were they broken while on sprue? If so I would contact the GW customer service.

Bummer. Yes, if they came broken, you could see if they can get you a replacement. BG looks good. The blued steel on the sword came out nicely.

Unfortunately one broke when I dropped it on the floor and the other cracked. Tried some super glue but it didn’t hold, will just have to live with it.

Plastic glue perhaps?

Arakasi wrote:Plastic glue perhaps?

Could I use it to build up the spikes? The small bits are gone...

Ah, I thought you still had the plastic bits, and the super glue was just too fiddly. You could try greenstuff - but I suspect that will be too fiddly (and fragile) too. Unless you can find some matching tips from elsewhere (that won't miss them - leftover bits or Chaos perhaps) - it may be just best to leave them as is. Battle damage does happen...

Thank you for the suggestion Arakasi guess I will have to leave it as battle damage.

toothpick tips, I've done that myself.

Going with him as is. Getting close to finishing.
Thanks for looking

popping nicely, also well done on the shields...

I doubt anyone will notice the halo. He looks good. The sergeant's helm color makes for a cool change.

That's very nice Yorkright. Be a great add to your collection.

I’ve always loved the red and white helmets on Ultramarines Vet Sgts, this boy is no different! Great progress Yorkright

Thanks guys, here he is finished along with his battle brother. Really glad I took your advise about his tabard that color is a nice addition to the blue. Started on the last bladeguard hope to have him finished by this weekend.

Thanks for looking.

I just love the creamy whites.

Agreed, they're especially lovely

Looking spiffy Yorkright, good luck getting their mate done

Good luck getting the third bladeguard done! His buddies are looking great and as others have said, the broken halo is barely noticeable and of course it's the sarge who would have the battle damage

@ Graven and Gitz thanks guys perhaps the best whites I have done.

@Viterbi and Gobert I did finally finish him seems I’m slowing down in my old age.

Here is a shot of all 3 together.

That's a beautiful set of minis Yorkright. Really look great together too. The basing really works for me as it's simple yet works nicely with the model colors.

now that is a snazzy looking trio.

As they say around these parts, Proper Job! A great paintjob on some cool minis! What next?

The 3 Musketeers/Caballeros look awesome!

Nice work Yorkright.

Cheers,

CB

Gitsplitta wrote:That's a beautiful set of minis Yorkright. Really look great together too. The basing really works for me as it's simple yet works nicely with the model colors.

. Thanks, I always feel my basing is lacking. May have to ask you about my next project...

Not Online!!! wrote:now that is a snazzy looking trio.

Thank you NotOnline.

gobert wrote:As they say around these parts, Proper Job! A great paintjob on some cool minis! What next?

Many thanks Gobert, for my next project I am veering away from the boys in blue. See below.

youwashock wrote:The 3 Musketeers/Caballeros look awesome!

. LOL thanks Youwashock, going to add a few more to the 3 Caballeros. Will have to come up with a new nickname for them.

Captain Brown wrote:Nice work Yorkright.

Cheers,

CB

. Thank you Cap!

Ok onto the next project a Callidus Assassin for the monthly painting challenge.

Love the nonsense pose of that Callidus Bladeguard look the very thing.

I just can't get over how horribly impractical that pony tail would be in combat... or... life for that matter.

@Graven thanks buddy, I do like the bladeguards. As for the assassin she does have a very strange pose indeed.
@Gitz why she needs that long hair is so she can "Whip her hair back and forth".

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I just can't get over how horribly impractical that pony tail would be in combat... or... life for that matter.

It is pretty ridiculous and even worse it looks to be about 50% of her weight!

That said, I’m looking forward to seeing her get some paint, good luck Yorkright

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I just love the creamy whites.

As do I...And Most Tyranids...Probably why they are a favored snack of those aliens.

I am not a huge fan of the newest of New Marines and their giant shields, but they came out great.

Always happy to see an Assassin get some paint. Anything special in mind?

gobert wrote:

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I just can't get over how horribly impractical that pony tail would be in combat... or... life for that matter.

It is pretty ridiculous and even worse it looks to be about 50% of her weight!
That said, I’m looking forward to seeing her get some paint, good luck Yorkright

She does seem to be a point of contention with that hairdo.

Theophony wrote:

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I just love the creamy whites.

As do I...And Most Tyranids...Probably why they are a favored snack of those aliens.

I am not a huge fan of the newest of New Marines and their giant shields, but they came out great.

Thanks Theo, I am really enjoying the new marines myself. May post up a pic later of them next to the assassin, they really seem like the 8 foot tall giants the fiction paints them out to be.

youwashock wrote:Always happy to see an Assassin get some paint. Anything special in mind?

My last 2 assassins are pretty much how GW paints them, but I am thinking something different with this one. I will post up a picture later, give me your opinion of what you think.

This is very early WIP, not sure how I feel about it... throw me some CC.
Thanks for looking.

Purple eughh...

Your in for a ride, if you were me.
I am unsure, do you want to go for a darker look? Maybee light dark grey / Black drybrush? On the bodysuit that is?
Alternatively you can use something like ulthuan grey or any other lighter grey to highlight via drybrush after you applied a shade like nuln?

Since it is an asissin i'd probably also only make the edges of the metal of the blade metallic whilest the body of the blade is darkened?

FWIW as allways, my painting advice with a high ammount of salt.

It looks like you may have jumped too far from your base purple to the first layer colour. That and the spotty coverage is making it hard to determine where you were headed. What were you trying to achieve?

I'm on board. I like the brighter color scheme, especially the hair.

Looks pretty good I think. It kinda makes me want to paint one up in deadpool gear or maybe a Rorschach mask...

I think I'm with Arakasi on the feedback. You can probably bring it back together with a purple wash/glaze over it all easily enough though. She's not really going to be hiding with those colours, but that may be her plan

I want to thank you guys for the input, afraid I chickened out on the bright color scheme. Went back to a eshin grey basecoat then built up the highlights with some magos contrast , screamer pink and finally some tuskgor fur. Going with green for eyes, blade and pistol. Need to do some clean up and some highlights on the eyes and metallics.
Again thanks for the CC.

She's still a nice departure from "basic black." Hair looks good, too.

I rather like it

Aw, shucks. I was really into the lavender assassin.

youwashock wrote:She's still a nice departure from "basic black." Hair looks good, too.

Thanks Youwashock, got to admit after seeing your Callidus I totally stole your idea for the hair.

inmygravenimage wrote:I rather like it

Thanks Graven

JoshInJapan wrote:Aw, shucks. I was really into the lavender assassin.

Sorry Josh, I do still have the Vindicare to paint...

She looks fantastic in those colours

Calli is looking really good so far! Nice color choice although I can understand JoshInJapan, the Lavender version looked pretty cool.
Have fond memories of that one, it was one of the first minis I painted when restarting the hobby.

I think this is the right choice Yorkright. Pink cheeks gives her the look of being pre-spanked! (You naughty boy.)

Glad you kept some colour suit. The lavendar assassin would’ve been cool, but the new scheme is good too

endtransmission wrote:She looks fantastic in those colours

. Thanks EndTransmission!

Viterbi wrote:Calli is looking really good so far! Nice color choice although I can understand JoshInJapan, the Lavender version looked pretty cool.
Have fond memories of that one, it was one of the first minis I painted when restarting the hobby.

. Maybe Lavender on a different army.

Gitsplitta wrote:I think this is the right choice Yorkright. Pink cheeks gives her the look of being pre-spanked! (You naughty boy.)

Thanks Gitz, pre spanked?

gobert wrote:Glad you kept some colour suit. The lavendar assassin would’ve been cool, but the new scheme is good too

Thanks Gobert.

Here is a few pics, going to set her aside for a bit but this maybe the end of product. The only thing that i am still not sure of is the skull.

That green pulls things together quite nicely. I like her.

Pre-spanking? Heavens.

The warm highlights work quite nicely. Do you think she trips over her braid when she's fighting? Or maybe it sticks up like that all the time?

Looks really good York.

Very lovely, the colours of the weapons really pop.

The green of the weapons works perfectly with the reddish highlights on the black. Excellent choice Yorkright!

That green is lush! Great choice. If bt the skull you mean the one on her chest strap, I think it looks fine, it’s a nice subtle adornment for an assassin to wear

Nice work Yorkright.

Cheers,

CB

Thank you gents for the kind words she has been a joy to paint. I did a little more work on the ruins she is standing on and added some grass.
@ Josh I imagine she is so agile that her hair acts to confuse her opponents as it whirls around her ( that’s my story and I’m sticking to it ).
@ Gobert the skull I was talking about is on the base. It’s grown on me and have no plans to cover it.

So so found an old plastic scout model when I was consolidating my collection this weekend so threw some paint on him. He will probably never hit the table but did it anyway. If I find the rest I may paint them up too. Last up is the next project on the table is 5 more assault intercessors.
Again Thanks for Looking.

Nice work finishing the assassin, she looks great! As does the goofy scout, they’re up there with the OG Necromunda boxset Goliathsom that front. Good luck finding the rest and smashing through the Assault Marines

nicely done callidus.

Assassin has come a treat, and I love the face on the scout! comedy gold!

I love the way the assassin came out Yorkright. Very different with the blond hair and shading of the body-suit. Cool effect on the pistol too.

Assassin's glamor shots look good. Love seeing the old scout.

gobert wrote:Nice work finishing the assassin, she looks great! As does the goofy scout, they’re up there with the OG Necromunda boxset Goliathsom that front. Good luck finding the rest and smashing through the Assault Marines

Thanks Gobert, I did find the the heavy bolter scout but he is in pretty sad shape. I think when my kids were younger I let them try their hand at painting and its a bit thick.

Not Online!!! wrote:nicely done callidus.

Thanks NotOnline appreciate it.

inmygravenimage wrote:Assassin has come a treat, and I love the face on the scout! comedy gold!

Thanks you Graven, I often wonder what went through the mind of the sculptor with some of these older models.

Gitsplitta wrote:I love the way the assassin came out Yorkright. Very different with the blond hair and shading of the body-suit. Cool effect on the pistol too.

Thank you buddy, it was nice having you give me a few pointers on the base.

youwashock wrote:Assassin's glamor shots look good. Love seeing the old scout.

Thank you Youwashock.
Here is a quick update on the Assault Boys.

Coming along nicely, Yorkright.

Those old mono-pose scouts, complete with puffy sleeves. Well I guess there was the Heavy Bolter one and the Sergeant who was just a Marine Sergeant. My gaming group has them somewhere...I think they just changed hands recently. Nice work on him and the Assassin of course.

Cheers,

CB

Great start on the assault intercessors, coming along nicely.
And that old scout sarge is gold, you gotta love those vintage minis.

Thanks guys, been having a hard time keeping motivated on the Ultramarines so after a few days of non hobby stuff I found a spruce of pox walkers. After building priming and some dry brushing I dug out the contrast paints. This is what I have come up with so far. These will bring up the walker count to 40.

Thanks for looking.

Nice looking "ultramarines "

i really like the transformation effect on the growing horns.

Lovely sticky swarm. Comfort painting ftw!

Looks good Yorkright. I'm all for cheating when it comes to painting...

Looks good from here. Which is about as close as one would want to get to a shambling horde of putrescent wretches.

Not Online!!! wrote:Nice looking "ultramarines "

i really like the transformation effect on the growing horns.

haha I see what you did there!

inmygravenimage wrote:Lovely sticky swarm. Comfort painting ftw!

It was quite a fun to paint up some more of papa nurgles boys.

Gitsplitta wrote:Looks good Yorkright. I'm all for cheating when it comes to painting...

Thanks Gitz, I do love me some cheating sometimes.. when it comes to painting.

youwashock wrote:Looks good from here. Which is about as close as one would want to get to a shambling horde of putrescent wretches.

Thanks Buddy, going to work a bit more on them later today, hopefully have some pics of the finished shamblers soon.

They look cool, it’s good to mix up the projects I always find. A palette cleanser if you will, though I’m not sure that’s a good analogy for nurgles lads

gobert wrote:They look cool, it’s good to mix up the projects I always find. A palette cleanser if you will, though I’m not sure that’s a good analogy for nurgles lads

. Love that quote about palette cleanser.

Here’s the messy mob finished. Do you guys think a little bit of vegetation on a few of them is in order? I included a pic of some of the Deathguard I did when 8th came out.

Again thanks for looking.

Ugly! I wouldn’t get too close to them, but a bit of vegetation wouldn’t hurt to tie them in to the death guard. I like how you painted a few of the cracked bits as stones, helps sell a real environment better

Now those are some sick (in every sense of the word) Poxwalkers. And I gotta second gobert, a bit vegetation on their bases would unify them and the marines.

Those poxwalkers are looking great

Nice and colorful. A few tufts here and there wouldn't be a bad thing.

Your typhus is especially horrible, in all the right places.

gobert wrote:Ugly! I wouldn’t get too close to them, but a bit of vegetation wouldn’t hurt to tie them in to the death guard. I like how you painted a few of the cracked bits as stones, helps sell a real environment better

Viterbi wrote:Now those are some sick (in every sense of the word) Poxwalkers. And I gotta second gobert, a bit vegetation on their bases would unify them and the marines.

Glad they are looking sick exactly what I was going for.

endtransmission wrote:Those poxwalkers are looking great

. Thanks End, I do have soft spot for the Deathguard.

youwashock wrote:Nice and colorful. A few tufts here and there wouldn't be a bad thing.

They are the most colorful of all the pox walkers I’ve painted so far. I did add some tufts to the lot.

inmygravenimage wrote:Your typhus is especially horrible, in all the right places.

. Thanks Graven. Hopefully you’ll like his glamour shot below.

Here I a couple of (poor) pictures of the walkers and a few shots of the lot together. 40 so far, do I need more?

That’s a colourful horde of walkers right there! Nurgle are so often pallid desaturated colours but I prefer the vibrancy of the sickness, they look great

Oh la la, tres chic! Yeah, great mix of colours.

Nice shot, they really go well together!

gobert wrote:That’s a colourful horde of walkers right there! Nurgle are so often pallid desaturated colours but I prefer the vibrancy of the sickness, they look great

Thanks Gobert!

inmygravenimage wrote:Oh la la, tres chic! Yeah, great mix of colours.

Merci beaucoup mon amie. ( I did have to google that )

CommissarKhaine wrote:Nice shot, they really go well together!

Thanks Commissar, it is nice to see you back.

I love the riot of colors in the group shot. Truely chaotic.

Theophony wrote:I love the riot of colors in the group shot. Truely chaotic.

. Thanks Theo! What’s not to love about Papa Nurgles minions.

Forced myself to sit down and finish the last 5 of the Assault Intercessor squad, I think it’s been a month since starting them. As there bases were drying I grabbed the new Captain and started on him.
Again thanks for checking in.

Nice one finishing the Intercessors. It’s always good to finish off a slow burn project. I love the open helmet on the Captain, it’s such a cool model. Have fun painting him up

Thanks Commissar, it is nice to see you back.

Good to be back . I'll have to look at restarting the squeaky waaagh blog as well I guess.

Nice work on the intercessors, finishing units is always rewarding!

really nice looking Deathguard york, the variation in fabric helps a lot.

The walkers look great together Yorkright. New blue looks sharp too!

Assault Intercessors look good, as does the Captain.

Thanks guys, did not make much time to paint this week but did get a bit more work done on the Captain. Pretty happy how he is turning out so far. My biggest fear is his face, any help would be appreciated.

Always nice to finish a unit and captain is coming along great, very nice shield. Regarding the face, I always work inside out in such cases. So I would do the skin, try to do eyes (although in the end may just do some dark wash) and then veeeeeery carefully do the parts around the skin.

Looking good so far. As for the Face I’d probably get in there early, which isn’t much help right now! . As it’s quite recessed you might be able to get away with a quick base and a wash to show him in the shadow almost, maybe a bit of Agrax if you want to accentuate the shade. Then touch up with the base colour again? Better advice would be to not listen to me as I struggle with skin tones too, so I’ll be trying the contrast skin tones on my next lot!

I think it's looking fine Yorkright. Just jump in and see what you can do. Once you've got a start we might be able to come up with some good advice.

For such a small, enclosed area, Contrast might not be a bad idea. Get some light base coat in there, follow up with a dash of Gulliman's. Little dark wash around the eye sockets. Ready for action.

If you want the face to pop, 1) paint it relatively light so it contrasts with the armour around it. I'd stay away from reddish flesh with all the blue around it, but a pale, elf-like complexion (rhinox hide highlighted to elf flesh with a flesh wash) seems like it would do the trick. and 2) add some additional highlights to the armour around the face to draw the eye in.

My eye keeps being drawn away from his face to the robes as they are coming across as dark flesh colour in the photos. Maybe something slightly darker for the robes and as has been mentioned, adding some highlighting around the face area to draw the eyes in. Currently your robes are the standout part and immediately catch the eye.

Viterbi wrote:Always nice to finish a unit and captain is coming along great, very nice shield. Regarding the face, I always work inside out in such cases. So I would do the skin, try to do eyes (although in the end may just do some dark wash) and then veeeeeery carefully do the parts around the skin.

Thanks Viterbi, pretty sure I have never tried doing it that way before. Maybe next time.

gobert wrote:Looking good so far. As for the Face I’d probably get in there early, which isn’t much help right now! . As it’s quite recessed you might be able to get away with a quick base and a wash to show him in the shadow almost, maybe a bit of Agrax if you want to accentuate the shade. Then touch up with the base colour again? Better advice would be to not listen to me as I struggle with skin tones too, so I’ll be trying the contrast skin tones on my next lot!

Good to hear I am not the only one who struggles with skin tones, the guilleman contrast paint has certainly helped me. Thanks for the input.

Gitsplitta wrote:I think it's looking fine Yorkright. Just jump in and see what you can do. Once you've got a start we might be able to come up with some good advice.

Thank you Gitz.

youwashock wrote:For such a small, enclosed area, Contrast might not be a bad idea. Get some light base coat in there, follow up with a dash of Gulliman's. Little dark wash around the eye sockets. Ready for action.

CommissarKhaine wrote:If you want the face to pop, 1) paint it relatively light so it contrasts with the armour around it. I'd stay away from reddish flesh with all the blue around it, but a pale, elf-like complexion (rhinox hide highlighted to elf flesh with a flesh wash) seems like it would do the trick. and 2) add some additional highlights to the armour around the face to draw the eye in.

Thanks Youwashock and CK trying out some contrast on his face and I did highlight the armor around his face. You will have to let me know what you think.

endtransmission wrote:My eye keeps being drawn away from his face to the robes as they are coming across as dark flesh colour in the photos. Maybe something slightly darker for the robes and as has been mentioned, adding some highlighting around the face area to draw the eyes in. Currently your robes are the standout part and immediately catch the eye.

Thanks Endtransmission it really did draw my eye to the orange too, maybe that is why I was having such a hard time with the face. So I added some more detail around the face, as I asked Youwashock an Ck does it look better now?

I find my eye drawn in quite naturally, so it seems to be working out nicely! If you want to add even more to the effect, paint the lighter part of the tilting plate in a diagonal towards the face - though I don't think it's necessary, just pointing out options.

Looks good. The lighter color for the mask/rebreather really catches the eye.

Agreed, that's really starting to pop. Good stuff.

He looks quite nice, at most you may could freehand something on the mini shield on his breast?

Thanks so much for the input guys very helpful! I believe this is the finished product. Not real happy with some of the freehand but it’s always a learning experience for every model.

Again thanks for looking!

I wouldn't knock that freehand. He's a solid paintjob. Nice work.

Yeah, the freehand looks pretty good to me. I think you’ve done a good job on him all round

States he is unhappy with the freehand , meanwhile i struggle with my most basic logo .

Na , as the other fellows states it Looks good

He's awesome man. Love the way the faceplate turned out. Really focuses the attention.

Great work on the finished captain, love all the detail on his mini shield and the big one The different color on the rebreather really helps and I may steal that idea once I've decided which head my captain will get once I built him

The face definitely works! Like the model, and you really shouldn't worry about your freehand skills, they're definitely up to par!

youwashock wrote:I wouldn't knock that freehand. He's a solid paintjob. Nice work.

gobert wrote:Yeah, the freehand looks pretty good to me. I think you’ve done a good job on him all round

Not Online!!! wrote:States he is unhappy with the freehand , meanwhile i struggle with my most basic logo .

Na , as the other fellows states it Looks good

Gitsplitta wrote:He's awesome man. Love the way the faceplate turned out. Really focuses the attention.

Viterbi wrote:Great work on the finished captain, love all the detail on his mini shield and the big one The different color on the rebreather really helps and I may steal that idea once I've decided which head my captain will get once I built him

CommissarKhaine wrote:The face definitely works! Like the model, and you really shouldn't worry about your freehand skills, they're definitely up to par!

Ok guys I guess the freehand turned out better than I thought. Thank you all for the kind words and CC on the helm and face.
So next up and possibly last model of the year is a Killa Kan for the monthly painting challenge. It has been staring at me for about 9 days before sitting and forcing myself to put some paint to the plastic. Here’s how it’s turned out so far.

Great start an the Kan, good use of getting all those metals painted up differently.

Love your blues on the Captain, a real striking scheme!

And I agree with Viterbi - the different coloured panels break up the scheme nicely on the Kan. Keep it up

Good start on the Kan, he already looks to be pretty far along to me. Nice chequers

Love that retro goff vibe - kantastik!

Viterbi wrote:Great start an the Kan, good use of getting all those metals painted up differently.

Thanks Viterbi, I think that the metals is what worried me the most.

WarbossDakka wrote:Love your blues on the Captain, a real striking scheme!

And I agree with Viterbi - the different coloured panels break up the scheme nicely on the Kan. Keep it up

Thenk you WarbossDakka the Captain is such a great model from the Indomitus set I really wanted to do a nice job oh him.

gobert wrote:Good start on the Kan, he already looks to be pretty far along to me. Nice chequers

He is pretty; close to being done my thoughts is that maybe the saw needs a bit more work. Maybe some more brass on the claw mechanism to break up the silver.

inmygravenimage wrote:Love that retro goff vibe - kantastik!

Much appreciated Graven, kantastik love it.

Nice start on the Kan man.

Great start on the Kan - not long until it will be ready to stomp around on the tabletop!

Thanks for sharing

Kans are allways great.
Probably one of the best kits of GW and you painting that one is going to look even better

Glad you guys like how the Kan is turning out. Here it is so far, not sure how to finish off the base any suggestions?

Wow. Amazing stuff. Your technique keeps improving. Glad I checked in.

Love the metal's on the Man.

Looking good Yorkright, I think the Rokkits look a bit clean though? As for the base it looks like it needs a dead Space Marine, probably an Ultramarine

I like him! For the base, either some scrap or some foliage could be used to add both height and colour?

I'm thinking something more saturated would help on that base to make it feel less plain, since the colours are quite muted at the moment. Nothing a bit of grass tufts won't solve

Great detail work, how about a dead smurf?

Solar_lion wrote:Wow. Amazing stuff. Your technique keeps improving. Glad I checked in.

Love the metal's on the Man.

Glad to have you back Solar, thank you for the kind words.

gobert wrote:Looking good Yorkright, I think the Rokkits look a bit clean though? As for the base it looks like it needs a dead Space Marine, probably an Ultramarine

I did a bit of chipping with some ironbelcher and brown with a sponge, how do you think it turned out?

CommissarKhaine wrote:I like him! For the base, either some scrap or some foliage could be used to add both height and colour?

WarbossDakka wrote:I'm thinking something more saturated would help on that base to make it feel less plain, since the colours are quite mutethe moment. Nothing a bit of grass tufts won't solve

@ CK and Warboss, added some tufts of grass, thanks for the input!

inmygravenimage wrote:Great detail work, how about a dead smurf?

A good idea but with the grandson around he may ask why is there a dead Ultramarine on the base.

Loving the kan, and that third smurf pic is brlliant! . The rokkits could do with some more weathering IMO, just to make them a tad more muted.I'm loving that red shoulder on the kan, what colours did you use for that?

CommissarKhaine wrote:Loving the kan, and that third smurf pic is brlliant! . The rokkits could do with some more weathering IMO, just to make them a tad more muted.I'm loving that red shoulder on the kan, what colours did you use for that?

Thanks CK. The red shoulder on top is thinned mephiston red, let it dry then dabbed some evil suns scarlet on it. The ork emblem was painted with brass scorpion then washed with aggrax then nuln oil. Then for the jaw I stippled evil sunz scarlet over that.

Thanks! Need to get me some meph red and evil sunz scarlet I guess . I can do a decent mute'd red, but a vibrant red has been eluding me for a while now, and yours is just perfect.

The kan looks great, maybee on the rockits there needs to be some red flames?

Kan is looking good, the chipping helps. I never imagined Orks as being particularly careful when it comes to munitions husbandry! Shame about the lack of a smurf, could you not magnetise one so it was easy to remove when he comes around?

Here is the finished Killa Kans glamour shots. Sorry about not adding a smurf nor flames. Again thanks for all the input really helped to give the Kan more character.

Looking good! I like the overall balance of colour; all the little patches of colour come together real well.

Agreed, the yellow on the rokkits is particularly strong.

all are talking about the , addmittedly great rockits, but i prefer the engine, really well done!

Love the finished Kan, amazing job!
Also like the Ultras, those old armour just looks great.

Lovely Kan. Gotta have those checks!

You should add something red or yellow to the base to pick up the bright colors on the kan. Great work though!

Nice work getting the Kan done. It’s the little touches like the gauges that I love.

CommissarKhaine wrote:Looking good! I like the overall balance of colour; all the little patches of colour come together real well.

. Thank you CK.

inmygravenimage wrote:Agreed, the yellow on the rokkits is particularly strong.

. Seems the yellow rockets are da bomb.

Not Online!!! wrote:all are talking about the , addmittedly great rockits, but i prefer the engine, really well done!

Thank you NotOnline I’m glad you like how the engine turned out.

Viterbi wrote:Love the finished Kan, amazing job!
Also like the Ultras, those old armour just looks great.

Thanks Viterbi I am finishing up the Ultras and will post up some pics soon.

Fifty wrote:Lovely Kan. Gotta have those checks!

Thank you Fifty, cheques are always a challenge for me glad you like em.

Gitsplitta wrote:You should add something red or yellow to the base to pick up the bright colors on the kan. Great work though!

Thank you Gitz, I did brighten up the tufts with some yellow dry brushing and a few specks of orange on them too.

gobert wrote:Nice work getting the Kan done. It’s the little touches like the gauges that I love.

Thsnks Gobert!

Just one more pic of da kan below.

Awesome kan!

Well, there really is only one thing to say:



SCNR. It really is an amazing miniature and I love the gritty look for it.

Shadow Walker wrote:Awesome kan!

. Thank you!

Viterbi wrote:Well, there really is only one thing to say:



SCNR. It really is an amazing miniature and I love the gritty look for it.

That's a nice Killa Kan. I admire your restraint--there are just enough variations (reds, checks) to make the model interesting without seeming too busy.

Very nice! Love the added touch of colour on the base, it really helps the model stand out!

Indeed , one of the most awesum oldschool lookin ones there is, but you know, you are now contractually obligated to build and paint more kans for the kan god

Looks great!

Thanks all for the kind words. Surprisingly I think this was the most difficult model to finish, there was a lot of hemming and hawing on how to finish it. Thank you all for the input.
@NotOnline there is 2 more unbuilt kans in the pile of shame so someday I will be tackling those.

Here some pictures of the finished Ultramarines, they have a thick coat of gloss as I promised the Grandspawn he could play with them. Plus I threw everything I painted this year on a desk and took a pic. There is also the chaos sorcerer I painted for a friend.
Thanks for looking.

A great bunch of painted minis there Yorkright. For some reason the Space Crusade scout at the back stands out, probably because he looks about the size of a child next to the Primaris! I like how grimey the Necrons look alongside the Ultramarines. Have a Happy New Year!

Grandspawn

OOF old man

Jokes aside this is a nice group shot

gobert wrote:A great bunch of painted minis there Yorkright. For some reason the Space Crusade scout at the back stands out, probably because he looks about the size of a child next to the Primaris! I like how grimey the Necrons look alongside the Ultramarines. Have a Happy New Year!

. Thank you Gobert, you have a Happy New Year also.

Not Online!!! wrote:Grandspawn

OOF old man

Jokes aside this is a nice group shot

. Thanks NotOnline. Haha yep I am a old man, thank goodness the Grandspawn keeps me running.

Grandspawn. Raising them up right.

Good haul for the year!

An impressive effort for the year. Well done.

Great end of year shot and I remember that sorcerer, nice of you to paint it up for your friend.

Nice selection of stuff painted well. Good year’s work!

Nice bunch of models, wish I was this productive . Grandspwawn-safe models seems like a contradicitio in terminis, let us know how that works out!

youwashock wrote:Grandspawn. Raising them up right.

Good haul for the year!

Thanks Youwashock.

Arakasi wrote:An impressive effort for the year. Well done.

Thank you Arakis.

Nevelon wrote:Nice selection of stuff painted well. Good year’s work!

. Thanks Nev!

CommissarKhaine wrote:Nice bunch of models, wish I was this productive . Grandspwawn-safe models seems like a contradicitio in terminis, let us know how that works out!

. Thank you CommissarKhaine, we will see how they hold up. I magnetized some of the arms in case he gets a bit to rambunctious.

Since we stayed home New Years Eve I put some paint on a new model. Going to add some Sisters of Silence as allies for my Ultramarines here is the preliminary scheme.

Ooh, she looks good, nice and bright good you’ve achieved. The cloak looks great too. What colour will her top knot be?

gobert wrote:Ooh, she looks good, nice and bright good you’ve achieved. The cloak looks great too. What colour will her top knot be?

I am thinking about leaving it gray and just darken the recessed area.

Wow, those eyes are looking really sinister- and I mean that in a good way! She looks really threatening.

Looks really well done. Especially Like the cloak.

Fine work, seconding the cloak.

Very nice work Yorkright!

You've made a star of that cloak. She looks awesome.

Looks good Yorkright.

Cheers,

CB

So you guys like the cloak? Thank you all, trying a few new tricks mostly more contrast.
I’ve also started on a Primaris Lt and surprise, its not an Ultramarine. Again trying a few new things if possible I won’t be using any metallics... I maybe asking for your thoughts on doing non metallic metals.
Thanks for looking.

That's a nice green there too.

Yorkright wrote:
So you guys like the cloak? Thank you all, trying a few new tricks mostly more contrast.
I’ve also started on a Primaris Lt and surprise, its not an Ultramarine. Again trying a few new things if possible I won’t be using any metallics... I maybe asking for your thoughts on doing non metallic metals.
Thanks for looking.

Thank god it's not an ultramarine made by you, else i might have doubted my distaste for the poster boys

All jokes aside, how happy are you with contrast paints in general? but especially in regards to apothecary white?

Nice start on the Lt!

Good start on the lieutenant, the only thing I can offer for NMM is to just make sure you've got your lighting directions down, the different parts you're doing will look strange if the lighting is off!

inmygravenimage wrote:That's a nice green there too.

Thank you Graven.

Not Online!!! wrote:

Yorkright wrote:
So you guys like the cloak? Thank you all, trying a few new tricks mostly more contrast.
I’ve also started on a Primaris Lt and surprise, its not an Ultramarine. Again trying a few new things if possible I won’t be using any metallics... I maybe asking for your thoughts on doing non metallic metals.
Thanks for looking.

Thank god it's not an ultramarine made by you, else i might have doubted my distaste for the poster boys

All jokes aside, how happy are you with contrast paints in general? but especially in regards to apothecary white?

I do like the contrast paints for somethings, but I think I used the word contrast in the wrong context. What I mean is that I am trying to bring exaggerate the shadows and brighten up the highlights more. As for apothecary white I have not tried it yet.

Gitsplitta wrote:Nice start on the Lt!

Thank you Gitz.

Tyranid Horde wrote:Good start on the lieutenant, the only thing I can offer for NMM is to just make sure you've got your lighting directions down, the different parts you're doing will look strange if the lighting is off!

Thanks Tyranid Horde, looking at it now it does it seem off to you? I am open to CC.

I don't think it looks off and you're on the right track so far I'd say! Keep working away at it

Updated pic of the Lieutenant, trying to wrap my head around this project. The greens and yellows I am pretty happy with, the metallic bits are so so.
Thanks for stopping by.

Very nice work Yorkright. Green and gold do indeed look very good.

He is looking very nice.

Depth on the yellow is very rich indeed

I like this new Marine. He is shaping up nicely. The green is sweet, and the shoulder pads, particularly the rims, are looking very good.

Thanks guys. Here is some more pics thanks for looking.
CC welcome.

Rad. You can feel the burn coming off the Volkite.

Nice work overall, but especially on the plasma glow.

Had a bit of catching up to do, lovely work on the Sister of Silence. I always habe the urge to do some for Kill Team, may scour ebay for some.

And great work on the Lt., love that color scheme, the yellow accents really make that model.

youwashock wrote:Rad. You can feel the burn coming off the Volkite.

Thanks YWS, may be the best glow effect I’ve done.

ShadowsAndDust wrote:Nice work overall, but especially on the plasma glow.

Thank you ShadowsandDust!

Viterbi wrote:Had a bit of catching up to do, lovely work on the Sister of Silence. I always habe the urge to do some for Kill Team, may scour ebay for some.

And great work on the Lt., love that color scheme, the yellow accents really make that model.

. Welcome back Viterbi the sisters are cool looking models but man they seem so small compared to the new Marines. Just started on the second one, the sword looks a bit off the Grandspawn had a bit of an accident.

Question do you think these conversions will work for CSM Havocks?

Firstly the volkite , looks amazing on the Leutnant.

Secondly, if someone were to object to the havoc conversion, then you know that the game would be anyways not worth the hassle tbh.

The volkite is looking good on the Lt, and the Lt itself is looking good!

I think the choice of Mk3 armour is a good one for havocs, it's got a heavier look to it and I think it works well with the heavy weapons they carry. What bases are they on? I think for gaming they need to be on 40mm bases instead of the usual 32mm. A few more chaosy bits would help them even further imo.

That volkite glow! Lovely!

Very good progress. He's really coming together nicely.

The Havocs look fine. Almost remind me of the original Space Crusade minis.

Marine is progressing nicely.

Cheers,

CB

I think your conversion would work as CSM Havocs. It's a clever conversion, I think.

Not Online!!! wrote:Firstly the volkite , looks amazing on the Leutnant.

Secondly, if someone were to object to the havoc conversion, then you know that the game would be anyways not worth the hassle tbh.

. Thank you NotOnline.

Tyranid Horde wrote:The volkite is looking good on the Lt, and the Lt itself is looking good!

I think the choice of Mk3 armour is a good one for havocs, it's got a heavier look to it and I think it works well with the heavy weapons they carry. What bases are they on? I think for gaming they need to be on 40mm bases instead of the usual 32mm. A few more chaosy bits would help them even further imo.

. Thanks TH, they are on 32mm bases I did not realize they came with bigger bases. Did find some 40s in the bits box that are for some custodes ( is that heresy if I use them ). As for the extra chaosy I will see what there is.

gobert wrote:That volkite glow! Lovely!

Thank you Gobert.

Gitsplitta wrote:Very good progress. He's really coming together nicely.

. Thanks Gitz.

youwashock wrote:The Havocs look fine. Almost remind me of the original Space Crusade minis.

Thanks Youwashock.

Captain Brown wrote:Marine is progressing nicely.

Cheers,

CB

Thank you CB

@shadows and dust thank you.

Pretty sure the Lt. is done going to put him away for a bit and think about it. Would like to get some good pictures of him before I post in the monthly challenge. Using my iPhone for pics anyone who has a few hints would be appreciated.

Thanks for following along.

I really love him. The contrasting colours pop and the edge highlighting looks great.

Great job. Love all the detail, right down to the glowing nodes on the back of the shield.

Lovely model you painted there! I like all the little details, like the texture on the scabbard and the subtle OSL.

Good work Yorkright, really nice work with the colour choices and the highlighting.

Congrats on finishing the Lt. and not shying away from all the little details on the shield and such. Would definitely be cool to see more marines emerge in that color in the future.

That’s a fancy pants Mantis Warrior, the highlighting on the green is lovely. What was the recipe for that volkite glow? It’s amazing!

aye, the whole package deal is amaizing

Thank you all for the compliments! My near not metals did not really turn out but this is the first model in a long time I did not use any metallic paints on.
@Viterbi about doing more in this scheme, it probably wont happen I have too many marines as is (company of blood angels plus vehicles, a patrol of deathwatch and the smurfs). This was just for the painting competition and to push myself to try a few new things.

@Gobert the volkite recipe... as far as I remember is white base, mephiston red, evil sunz scarlet, a thinned down wash of evil sunz for the red glow on the barrel. For the coils it was ungor flesh mixed with a little evil sunz then more ungor flesh then a bit of thin white scar near the top of the coils.

Working on the Sisters of Silence next will post some pics later.

Again thank you all for following along!

2 quick shots of the Sisters. Tried something new with the face on the left one, started with Ungor flesh mixed with Matt Black. Worked up the Ungor till it was almost a golden brown then slowly mixed pink horror adding more to the mix. Finally a bit of white scar.

Why do eyes have to be so difficult. $#|+!!

because small, and white in many cases, aswell as a dot in the middle...
which means absolutely horrible to paint.
the rest of the model is ace though!

The sisters are looking good, particularly the one with the red cape, great layering. Not a fan of painting eyes on models outside of marines, GW tend to be quite fine with their sculpts and I don't have the coordination for many eyes.

I know Auntie Edna says no capes, but these all look too good.

You did a great job on that MW Yorkright. I hope it does well in the challenge.

 youwashock wrote:
I know Auntie Edna says no capes, but these all look too good.

Man, I have to watch that movie again

Nice job on the sisters Yorkright! Regarding eyes, if it's not a character model I sometimes just use a dark shade in the eye recess, that's often enough. Or if I did eyes and they're not level, you can just scratch one out with a hobby knife, it is the battlefield of the 40th (41st?) millenium after all

Not Online!!! wrote:

Why do eyes have to be so difficult. $#|+!!

because small, and white in many cases, aswell as a dot in the middle...
which means absolutely horrible to paint.
the rest of the model is ace though!

. Thanks NotOnline, I will keep trying on the eyes though.

Tyranid Horde wrote:The sisters are looking good, particularly the one with the red cape, great layering. Not a fan of painting eyes on models outside of marines, GW tend to be quite fine with their sculpts and I don't have the coordination for many eyes.

. Thank you TH! I have been working on getting better with cloaks and fur.

youwashock wrote:I know Auntie Edna says no capes, but these all look too good.

Thanks Youwashock now what movie is that quote from?

Gitsplitta wrote:You did a great job on that MW Yorkright. I hope it does well in the challenge.

Thank you Gitz!

Viterbi wrote:

 youwashock wrote:
I know Auntie Edna says no capes, but these all look too good.

Man, I have to watch that movie again .
Nice job on the sisters Yorkright! Regarding eyes, if it's not a character model I sometimes just use a dark shade in the eye recess, that's often enough. Or if I did eyes and they're not level, you can just scratch one out with a hobby knife, it is the battlefield of the 40th (41st?) millenium after all

Thank you Viterbi, I will keep that in mind on the next ones.

Life is busy so not much time for hobbying but I did get some more paint on the SOS’s. Picked up some 32 and 40mm bases for them and the havocs.
Thanks for looking!

The Incredibles.

Loving that script on her ribbons/seals/draperies.

Those are really lovely.

That's serious cape work. I love a good cape. That's awesome.

That is absolutely incredible! I could never hope to ever get near that.

youwashock wrote:The Incredibles.

Loving that script on her ribbons/seals/draperies.

Now I remember, thanks for jogging my memory! Working hard on my squiggles, hoping to get to Insaniaks level.

Gitsplitta wrote:Those are really lovely.

Thank you budddy!

inmygravenimage wrote:That's serious cape work. I love a good cape. That's awesome.

I believe you gave me some great pointers when I started on dakka about cape work.

NotSkilledHere wrote:That is absolutely incredible! I could never hope to ever get near that.

Thank you NotSkilleHere, my bet would be that you can do it. I would like to say its not so hard but doing some research and trying you could achieve the same results.

Aye, these lot of SoS are indeed amazing.

Well, the student is now the master

Echoing everyone else with praise for those Sisters! The touches of red script add a lot to those parchment rolls.

Well done Yorkright.

Cheers,

CB

Nice one Yorkright, they look great! As others have pointed out their capes and purity gubbins are fantastic.

Great work on the sisters, group shot is very nice. Cloaks look amazing.