Try the following...

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/15270/289929.page#8593253

Thanks Gits! I'll have to do some thinking before jumping in. sounds like fun!

Hope you can join us!

the claw on that termie is amazing... and later on i will show my son oskar the beautiful beacky helmet...

i think you are currently really pushing the envelope with this one! (tho i think the hole backstabbing thing is something a true honourable fighter like a space marine shouldn´t refer to...)

Cam does nice work, and his work space is frighteningly well organized!

That claw is awesome .

I worry for your safety if you are ever modeling when an earthquake hits , I'm not in any better shape, but all that above your head

I really like the diorama. Think it fits Gits theme and criteria really well.

Thank you everyone.

Been a bit strange lately. But finally got to lay some paint on the Mantis warrior entry. Calling this done, I think I could maybe keep going on a good day, but good days are lacking lately.

So here you go pic heavy lump incoming.....


















Thoughts as always appreciated, C&C welcome, thanks for looking.

Lovely job there Cam

Thanks Jan, really appreciate the feedback.

So update to the LoER comp, Portal.

Decided it needed a bit more definition to the building, so........

Took some sintra board.


Carved a little detail into it.



Bit of glue and paint...




Added a couple other details, like steam and foliage, the foliage is an experiment in making my own, bit of work to do yet.




Thoughts appreciated, soon be done now I think, want to add some scatter about the place.

Thanks for looking.

Yeah , epic. I love the camp you added to the legs. Such a good idea, I'd be tempted to Do a whole mantis army just like that. And the building is beyond man, I'm gonna try something basic just to get by, provide a base. I just don't have the vision you do!

i really like the mantis diorama cam. Well done.

That portal is fantastic Cam. All those little hand-made details and the though that's gone into it. Really had to take in... it's just, awesome.

Lovely work as always mate

That tree is wanting some sort of Spanish Moss. Add some yellows to the foliage?

Damned cool work on that door. Excellent technique.

Awesome work, door looks great.

Tree too, even though I might use soome more colour depth in the foliage, tans or yellow, as Red.H. suggests sound good.

Thank you all so much, really appreciate it.

Suggestions taken on board, lets see what you think of the finished article.












Thanks for stopping by, as always c& c welcome.

That's awesome! Just no other word for it.

Absolutely fantiastic work there Cam. Great stuff

Superb stuff.

EDC

Fantastic work as always .

Excellent stuff Cam

Awesome, straight out of a horror sci-fi movie!

Thanks peeps, you are too kind.

Now for something different...

Bit of a one off at this stage, but would appreciate your thoughts.





Thanks for looking.

The rider looks fantastic. Really dig the scheme. The horse (if you can still call it that) is suitably nasty looking. Not a fan of the base though. Not sure I. An put my finger on it. Maybe a little too much bits stuck on?

Wow. Awesome.

The mantis dio, the portal, and now a kickass horsieguy.

Killer work.

Amazing dioramas, and the Mantis termie looks about to strike that other Marine for great vengeance!

That's awesome!

EDC

Well, the tubes in the horse's neck are a bit disturbing... But that is the point, no? It looks fine. I've been meaning to ask about that backdrop, is it hand painted?

That "egg" is truly otherworldly. I need to try that silicone water effect.

I like the look of your updated sig. nice flair to it

Good work on all the recent pieces; the Mantis', the Portal and the man on horse. Hopefully I'll be able to keep up for the foreseeable.

Thank you all guys and dolls, much appreciated.

Proof of life....



Some of the terrain from the Sedition Wars extras pack.

I am a bit lost at the mo, struggling with life, not really kicking this since the beginning of the year, but I am not alone it seems, a few of you wonderful people are not your usual bouncy selves. We can do this, we can bounce back..........maybe!

Any ways I will be sorting my life out soon. Thank you for looking in.

You can do it cam, get back on the wagon.

Looks good so far.

For terrain I wanna get of FantasyArc's BHC stuff. Always been a huge Aliens nerd.

Maybe at GenCon

I would love the space to have a table to put all the damn terrain I have out instead of crammed into boxes......one day, my wife and I have definitely outgrown our humble abode.

Animo, Cam*. Summer is just around the corner. I've always done my best scratch-building during the summer. At least I think so.

Sedition Wars is the game no one liked, but had good terrain? Looks like useful scatter.

Thanks everyone.

Just knocking about with this stuff, calling it done, nothing like my best, but it will do.







Thanks for looking, drifting at mo, but at it soon I hope. Might have to do an Orky thing get me back in the swing.

Think it looks great. Throw some of your models in around them and it will be an absolutely beautiful battlefield.

Nice work on the terrain. Hits the spot.

EDC

Terrain looks good and suitably generic to fit in with most things.

Best of luck with things : )

Nothing better than painted terrain Cam, even if it isn't your best work it adds to the quality of every game played with it.

Fun and games buddy. Looking good.

Thanks, appreciate the comments.

Little bit of the other stuff...




Thanks for looking in.

Are those the Strain (?) pieces from the SW terrain set? If so, they look better than I thought. I may have to dig out that box sometime soon.

Those are great looking Cam!

Haven't a feth of a clue what those things are....but I loves 'em!!!! Lovely work Cam . Really nice palette and paintjob.

At a loss here too aboutwhat those are, but they look great!

To explain...

This lot is from Sedition Wars, no idea about the game, most people don't rate it, however I was picking these sets up at less than £20 each. The figures are not bad, and the terrain pack is definitely worth it.

Here's some pics of the set etc...


The terrain pack, just look at the sack full of doors you get...


Scale shots, in amongst that lot is a Space Marine and an IG as well as the Deadzone guys I am going to use these models to supplement.



Thinking that this could also go for Tyranid scenery at a push, when I come to the Strain models most I think will easily go for Plague for Deadzone, with a little houserule interpretation.

The other models will probably easy enough go for rebels or PDF men and women. They are not the best casts at times and are a real pain to get the mould lines on, thus I am not trying too hard. They are game pieces for me more than anything so not too worried. Might try and clean a couple up for dios, they have some patential. See below....




Sorry about the blurry pics just really noticed.

I recommend the models, though they are a bit of work, no idea about the game.

Thanks for looking.

The strain stuff looks ace , I've inly seen it in blues before and your color choice and skill makes them look fantastic.

Keep up the good work, I need to read and respond more, but been sidetracked with stupid life stuff and mobile phone game

Cool find! looks totally worth it!

I agree that the SW models are pretty nice. I think I'd like them more if I hadn't paid full KS prices for them, though.

Those things look like some D&D monster, an aberration type of some sort. They'd also make great alien world jungle terrain.

I learned with the cheap plastic stuff to ignore all but the most severe mold lines. It's good to hear you have come to the same conclusion (great minds and all that ) I hear some people have luck using sanding needles to clean the mold lines.

I hope you are finding these a nice change of pace. Variety is good.

I am just seeing those things acting as a living battlefield that is as dangerous if not more so than the enemy.

Thanks guys, agree with the potential.

And now for something else....

Got some supplies and got a wonderful gift from my beloved...

Gift...I have wanted to do this for a very long time and today I unwrap this..........







A Frikin Skaven Army! I have always loved them, used to have some a long time ago, been doing other things for so long, but always in the back of my heart was these. No idea how these work out, she just bought a bag of 80 off the net and this is what came. Might look at them as a KOW army, just going to collect lots and worry about usability later, she has no idea what she has started!

Other supplies....





So some paints, some new to try like the BFTBG which I like, used on those alien thingy bits, me like very much. And had that Composi-mold for some time, felt it was a bit expensive at the time and have been a bit afraid of it, but now I have tried it and WOW! Me like very much. Also you can see mould making gear, different again from my usual stuff, a silicone and resin. Only tried the resin so far, like it.

Will have a bit of an update as to works in progress later, but thought I would share.

Thanks for looking in.

Great haul, congrats! Lots of experimenting inthe future, good!

And kudos on your awesomely supportive better half too!

Always loved shaven as well , had an army all named its cheese names, some were Monty Python cheese shop names, but they are all good.

Was it a birthday or anniversary gift? Either way congrats sir.

That looks like a really great project, looking forward to it!

Oh man! You have a rat infestation man!

Best call the right exterminator company!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Best call the right exterminator company!

I highly recommend Lustrian Exterminators. They're professional and dispose of this countless dead rodents they leave in their wake.

 xXWeaponPrimeXx wrote:

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Best call the right exterminator company!

I highly recommend Lustrian Exterminators. They're professional and dispose of this countless dead rodents they leave in their wake.

Hmmm, call in the Lizardmen? don't they feast on those rodents?

Surely that's cats, Shas? Although lizards aren't fussy eaters I suppose.

Ooo, nice load o' stuff, Cam'. Good way to reboot the hobby mojo.

 Dr H wrote:
Surely that's cats, Shas? Although lizards aren't fussy eaters I suppose.

Ooo, nice load o' stuff, Cam'. Good way to reboot the hobby mojo.

Oh having had pet meat eating lizards like Monitors and Tegus, they do like them some mousey meat! So I see the fate of defeated Skaven by Lizardmen as post battle rations.

lol grats!!!

More Skaven love

The Great Horned Rat Approves ^_^

Ohmagerdz. Cam doing Skaven? SKAVEN !?

Heck yeah.

Queue man getting a chair and this gun be gud gif.

I WON! the LoER Competition, against some serious competition, amazing out side the box thinking and brilliant modelling, I won, so up to me to sort next round.....

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/693487.page

Apologies in advance here, this is what I was working on before my prezzies arrived, on to ratty things next i think.

Hate this sculpt.....don't get me wrong nothing really wrong with it except the face, which has driven me nuts.






Like this one...





Together..


In Progress...



Thanks for looking in....

Nicely done.

Reminded me I always wanted that Sedition Wars Terrain set. I'm sure Amazon would thank you for that if they could.

Nice work on those SW heroes. I have always liked the models, even if the game never took off.

Congratulations Cam, a well deserved victory!

Grats! There were some really good entries this time so be proud to be the top of the heap

Good work on the SW dudes, I need to work on mine sometime. I really like Vade (the doctor right, isn't that the name? last name maybe?) but the boss lady is kinda meh. Maybe some armswaps? Nice paintwork regardless

Congrats Cam

Also that guys a big un

Great job on he sedition wars minis and scenery.

Cognates on winning the comp too

Thank you all.

Well not much of an update but here you go....

Base colours on Skaven.



And I have no idea what I am doing with this.....



More soon enough I hope, thanks for looking in..

i like the mordheim skaven kit and am hoping to emulate it with the newer skaven infantry at some point, interested to see how they look when finished

Rat ogre for the win. You could have him pulling a sled/ screaming bell.

what's wrong with the face?! I mean, aside from it looking like Elrond got some serious shootas there?

they all look good, can't wait to see more of your Skaven!!

wow....it seems your new skaven army has brought you your hobby mojo back... i am actually really envious about your sculpting skills...that giant rat man looks awesome...i would only lengthen the feet a bit... the hands and arms are an amazing piece of work mister...


also...congratz...mate... well deserved win for the LoER terrain comp...fully justified win! your piece had it all...with icing and sprinkles! there wasn´t room for doubt for that win^^

Oh man! Your rat problem is getting out of hand!

Pretty soon we'll have to just nuke the site from orbit to get rid of the infestation.

Its the only way to be sure.

Had to watch that the other day, need a fix once in a while (every about 6 months) all the xenos floating about dakka don't help.

OK sorry no update, but a shout out.

Please check out this round of the League of Extraordinary Riveters Terrain competition. Mine to run this round.

Want to see people there. here is the link.....

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/693487.page

It is also in my sig.

Will post something soon promise.

 Camkierhi wrote:
Had to watch that the other day, need a fix once in a while (every about 6 months) all the xenos floating about dakka don't help.

OK sorry no update, but a shout out.

Please check out this round of the League of Extraordinary Riveters Terrain competition. Mine to run this round.

Want to see people there. here is the link.....

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/693487.page

It is also in my sig.

Will post something soon promise.

Do I get special consideration if I join?

I always consider you special WP.

OK slight deviation hope you don't mind...

Shipping containers, plenty of games out there with these as scatter, and they can easily be used for so many systems, I am sure someone out there is producing these nice and cheap anyway, and Vik beat me to the punch the other day making some excellent containers, quickly and easily. However, here is the Camkierhi method.......

Made some parts, just scratches in sintra board mostly, but was not 100% with door end, so redid that after the fact, mistake on my part, but actually not too bad..


Made up the container..added a little more detail, was not going for big depth of detail on this one...


Made up a mould, first made the inside simply filled the inner void with silicone, did bulk this out with old moulds cut up into little pieces, so not as inefficient as it looks. Then made a box from foam core and hot glue and made the exterior mould by hot glueing the model to the bottom.

When placed together....note the paper clips used to "float" the inner.

After I had cast one up was not brilliantly happy with the doors, so as seen above made a PC door section and made a mould..


So end results...



Door comparison...


And they are hollow...


I will get one painted up later, but what do you think.

I'll take 2!

Produce these in large numbers and sell them via eBay, you'll earn yourself a neat new income...reasonable priced containers are seldom seen in the web...I really like the details you did. Especially the doors look way better than my own version. I bet your way is quicker too...and that floating bit is a genius of an idea! Really looking forward to see these hitting paint...for comparison I will soon be able to show my first five containers too

Those containers really so look awesome. Brilliant work dude.

EDC

Yeah Cam, I think you're onto something there.... might be something you can use to fund your hobby activities.

Oh wow, very cool.

Never too many shipping containers, if they don't fit, you just need a bigger shipping container yard board

Rat stuff looking grand

Cam is growing from simpler scratch builds, to sculpting and now his own casting production! Man you have grown your range of stuff, and I like the Rat-God model!

Well thank you guys, I think I might just sell these, once I get a few kinks out, lets see what you think....








Here they are at the rusty stage...


And size comparison shots, please excuse the really terribly painted rhino...




Would like your thoughts, is this something people would want, are they good enough as is, I mean is it reasonable to expect people to do a little patching, and thinking of something like £5 + postage, is that too much?

Thanks for looking peeps, see you soon. Got some rats to paint I think.

Those have come out brillaintly Cam - really top job

Five pounds I think is reasonable...don't know where you stand with materials costs...how many will you be able to chuck out of one mold till it gives in? That should determine the price tag. I think they're perfect for something not done by 3D design...I would produce a first batch of ...say twenty of them pretties and test the market...maybe go for 3,50£ to really get the crowd itchy for them and afterwards raise the price to fully get them on a profitable income level. My only head scratching item is the beefy rail on the top...was the height and thickness needed? If not, there I see future tweaking possible...other than that...make a million copies and earn yourself a fortune with these...!

And I like your spraying letters and the weathering!

They look brilliant also a great canvas for your tagging skills.

If you can afford those prices for production I think you are good. I ordered some last year from a guy in South Africa who makes them from hard paper for around $5.50 each and shipping was actually more reasonable than ordering something from the war store. Shipping was fast too, but assembly took a while and yours looks more sturdy and is hollow for gaming purposes so I think you win out there.

They look great Cam

Love the wayland sign on them

They look excellent. Would the plan be to sell them raw or painted?

To truly get a reasonable price you need to anticipate all material costs ie. Casting material, disposable gloves, containers, mixing sticks etc. an estimate of how many parts the mould will produce before needing replacement and then amortise the cost of those materials over that many parts. Then consider how long you spend making moulds, casting, cleaning up and decide on an hourly rate you want to achieve and that will give you your labour costs for a unit. Then decide on the margin you want to achieve.

Sorry you probably know all this already but this sort of thing is what I do for a living so its second nature to me.

Brilliant Cam. I'd agree that I'm not a fan of the two rails on the top as it limits how you place your figures without them toppling off, but the containers look great

Oh, love em - and competitive at that price against mdf. Are they Waynecorp or Wayland Yutani?

I like them Cam. You definitely need to figure out how much they're costing you in materials to build, then work in a bit extra for your time. Once you have that number (which is your absolute minimum)... consider if you can raise the price a bit to make all that effort worth your while.

Or you can just ship me a heap already painted and ready to go.


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Seriously

Good job on the painted peoples on the previous page and the sculpting of the big rat/ogre/Minotaur/thing.

Nice job on the containers too.
As for pricing, the only thing I can add is look around for what other similarly sized models are sold for.
While you can't compete with large model-making companies for pricing and quality (you are but one man after all), they do serve as a reality check in case you are either over-pricing your work, or under-valuing your effort.

Don't be afraid to start high and come down if there's no biters.

Let me start off by saying that I like the cargo containers. They look good. I also appreciate the technique that went into producing them. The insert to save resin, and especially the rounded end on the plug to make it easier to remove.

 Archer wrote:
They look excellent. Would the plan be to sell them raw or painted?

To truly get a reasonable price you need to anticipate all material costs ie. Casting material, disposable gloves, containers, mixing sticks etc. an estimate of how many parts the mould will produce before needing replacement and then amortise the cost of those materials over that many parts. Then consider how long you spend making moulds, casting, cleaning up and decide on an hourly rate you want to achieve and that will give you your labour costs for a unit. Then decide on the margin you want to achieve.

Sorry you probably know all this already but this sort of thing is what I do for a living so its second nature to me.

Archer is right. It may not even be worth it to make them for other people.

I stopped casting for my friends and gaming group when I added a modest $10 an hour labor to my equation.

If you only have the one mold, you can't produce them in batches, significantly increasing the time you spend producing them.

It simply may not be worth your time to produce them for anyone other than yourself.

LaserCutCard Containers, laser cut from sturdy cardstock, offers 3 for $13.84, 11 container deal for $28.63

Underground Laser offers then in MDF for $10 each

Armorcast Offers them in resin

Iron Heart Artisans offers them in MDF for $10

Warsenal offers them in MDF for $12

Warmill offers them in MDF 2 for 15 pounds

You're looking at a market price of about $10 per container.

I don't know what the curing time is on your resin, but even assuming your using something with a short cure time, say 15 minutes, your total time including prep, mixing, pouring, de-molding, and cleaning is probably somewhere around 30 minutes per model, with a single mold.

If your material costs are above $5 a model, it's not worth it for a product with a $10 retail, and that's only paying yourself $5 for labor.

A $10 retail may not be even realistic. There is a lot of competition, and while your model looks cool, it's still an amateur production.

GW's cargo containers (3 for $50) are more expensive, but feature detailed interiors, much better detail, and additional pieces (guns, crates, and barrels) for roughly $17.
LaserCutCard's containers are $3-$5 each depending on how many you buy and they look really good..

We've not even discussed other expenses like Ebay fees (10%), Paypal fees (10%), or the time and gas you'll spend driving to the post office to ship them, packaging materials, etc...

Good sized, resin material, and just 5pounds? Hmmmmmmm. so much temptation!

So could. I'd potentially be interested if you do decide to sell them. I'll be following this with interest.

EDC

Those shipping crates look amazing, nice work .

Congrats on the competition!
Well deserved against some serious stuff

I'm happy to see what you managed with the Sedition characters - I never got around do do anything with mine. I find them too...blurry, not sharp enough, and compared to a IG trooper or an Eisenkern, they are tiny...
Hard to expain them, no matter how good the fluff

Well, the shipping containers are ACE!
There are some improvements suggested, like the roof for better positioning of models.

Honestly, after I had worked with a Third Party Boardgame manufacturer for a while, I wnat to give you bit of a warning.
Mixing hobby and earning money was a real hobby breaker to me. And once you sell your pieces, people change.
Once they spend money, they simply want perfection. What they have praised while it was for free, is all of a sudden a faulty product as soon as they put money down.
Happened to me often, and honestly I'm the same.
If I pay for a product, I want it to be perfect....no bubbles, no warps, straight and crisp lines etc...

Just a bit taling out of my "treasure trove of my experience"
LOL

Wow, Cam. So much to catch up on for me. Looks like you're getting some good advice on the marketing. Once you start selling, or doing commission painting, etc, you no longer own your own hobby time. That can be very uncomfortable, and a real creativity killer.

Now the rats... best way to deal with a rat problem is with a Jack Russell Terrier or two. ( I have one, but no rat problem. I do have a squirrel problem though. Jack Russell Terriers cannot climb trees. That may be a good thing.) The rat ogre looks promising.

The shipping containers are very good. Nice solution to keeping the plug in place.

The containers came out great. Solid detailing and looks good painted up.

the shipping containers look excellent

however, I disagree about the idea of doing them for sale

It's not that I don't think they're not good enough for it, I do. I simply don't think you'd make a profit =/ which would suck big time. I suspect strongly you'd spend more time/money getting them out there, then you'd get back in return. To add to what adamsouza mentioned, about what's available out there, there's also Reaper's some what similiar Shipping container.

All that being said, if you decide you want to go ahead and do a kickstarter or some such, I'm in ^_^

Thank you all for the most brilliant advise. Originally never started out as a "for sale" project just for myself really. And given all the advise I think I will leave it that way. Certainly there was never going to be a mass marketing, but a few to cover the cost of the next batch of resin would have done me. Also a big thank you to those (looking at you adamsouza in particular, but others too.) who unlike me got their google on and found some that are already on the market, GW's are a big surprise to me, when did that happen.

I will take the advise on the ridges on the top and try altering my mould to do a flat roof.

Having said all that, I will happily do a few off for people for my usual Dakka discount if they really don't mind them being so amateur, not too many mind, basically make good use of the mould kind of thing, so if you fancy one or two PM me.

Now on to other things I think, I have been so busy IRL not even sat down this week, so need the coming weekend to get some ME time in.

Thanks once more, your amazing guys.

So finally painted some rats....

With flash...


Without....


Not going to hard on these, lot of them to paint, so relatively table top will do.

Thanks for stopping by.

GW only released their cargo containers in the last few weeks.

The rats look good. I especially like the banner. Is that freehand ?

Lovely containers.

The rats are coming! Hold steady men! Hide the women an children! Get the fires ready!

The Ratmen are looking good there Cam.

Hey cam!! Those rats look great, the banner especially!! Nice green too, perfectly poisonous! love seeing your progress dude!

Nice work on the Skaven. Very vibrant green.

EDC

The banner makes the unit, excellent job!

Great banner on the rats. They could use some basing tho.

Really liking the work on the skaven.

Taking notes for when I do my Deadzone veer-myn

Thanks all, really appreciate feedback, working on basing at mo.

Not had much time or mojo for me models lately, little work done.

Still PIP on these guys.....


Trying hard on these guys now, sculpts are not brilliant, but no excuses.


Yet another side project...friend who does some Military Modelling put me on to a site called Accurate Armour.

https://accurate-armour.com/

Good stuff, prices are maybe a bit more than most would choose, but the kits are really nice. Can vouch for this as bought this...





Now me being me, I will obviously be using this for a chassis for a IG or Ork Truck, but really like the detail. Chassis was £20 and it was £9 for the set of 5 wheels, I really like the wheels, they look right, skinny enough to be realistic. Any ways, have a look, one thing I did get from them is a couple sable brushes, I think they are well priced. And I will be investing in one of the micro saws. Not sure I am about to buy a fleet of chassis from them, but it gives me ideas.

Anyways, thank you for looking in, hoping to get a day tomorrow sat painting, hopefully see you in the morning.

The chassis looks incredible. Agree completely about the wheels as well. Very interested to see what you come up with for it.

Hmmm, what size are those wheels - diameter + width? (didn't see the measurements on their website...) They could potentially be the answer to my 'dragon truck' problems... Nice detailed chassis as well, can see lot's of potential for that as a base for some scratchbuilds... (any chance of some measurements for the chassis as well?)

The SW guys look like they're coming along great.

you've done a really good job on the sedition wars guys.

The truck chassis looks interesting but the site is even more interesting, thanks for the heads up.

I see orkies in the future having a sweet ride

Thanks all, very much appreciated.

@ Ruglud, Wheels 23mm high, 5mm wide Chassis is 120mm long and 45mm wide without wheels.

Scale shot..


Some time ago I got this brilliant haul from Graven for my winning the last LoER comp. Some fantastic bits and pieces, really chuffed, Thank you Graven.



So I rooted through it for inspiration today, and found these bits...


And a bit of work later ..


Blurry base coat pic...


Quick word on the gold.... Had this pot for ages now, think it is a very fancy emulsion, however...



And a layer or two on a blue/black base...


And here is where I am now....


Thanks for stopping in, please let me know your thoughts.

Woowoo bossrat. Looks pretty damn slick to me.

Fancy ratman! Sets the tone for the army!

Very very nice stuff Cam. Do love me some ratfellas Inspried idea on the censer flail btw - really woirks well

Well, Cam's been replaced by a conniving Greyseer. We'll have to call Lord Kroak's Pest Eliminators to save him. :-p

Nice rat.

Nice work on the human squad with the drone gun from the previous page.

The details are that chassis are pretty damn sweet, looking forward to seeing what you do next with it.

EDC

Thank you all.

@ Grim, thank you, reasonably happy myself.
@Shas, indeed he does.
@Jan, coming from you sir, THANK you.
@WP, For a bit at least, though the green is calling me at the moment I am managing to resist.
@EDC, Thank you on all counts.

So not really getting as much done as I want at mo and it is bumming me out, but....



All old metals, trying hard on the cloaks, still got a way to go.

Oh and basing the other rats....


Still a bit wip.

Thoughts as always appreciated.

I always loved the old skaven sculpts, so much better than the newer ones in my opinion. The blue color on the night runner sculpts looks great, looks like it would help disguise them well in the dark.

Sorry to not be around much, limited time online and then power outage has had me on cellular only the past few days.

There's never enough time for hobby (from someone that gets to do it almost all the time). But be happy for the little you do get.

Progress is progress.

I want to see some space skaven. BLACKHAND did an amazing job for a while several years ago making a 40k skaven army, unfortunately he never finished it. They were amazing and I thought fit into the ethos as well as a number of the other races.

Bossrat looks boss! Glad bits were of use I feel your hobby pain, I'm off work (bloody teachers ) and still have no time. Life, etc. Chin up, steady progress is still progress.

Thanks,

@ Theo No apology necessary. Understand sir, best wishes. As to the sculpts, yes I am with you, love many of the older sculpts, not got anything against any new or old, but as a matter of taste I prefer the old.

@ Dr Agreed.

@ Gits, Indeed I am feeling an itch myself, maybe.

@ Graven Thank you sir, and seems to be a slog for alot of us at the moment, but as you and Doc have said, every little is a victory in itself.

Speaking of which, a little progress....




Couple more of a little progress on Champ...




And next in line started....



Thanks for looking, thoughts appreciated.

 Camkierhi wrote:

And next in line started....

What in the nine hells is that?! O_o

 xXWeaponPrimeXx wrote:

 Camkierhi wrote:

And next in line started....

What in the nine hells is that?! O_o

Those are the sedition wars baddies , and the colors are beautiful, almost looks like greenstuff.

Very nice. I powered through all my SW stuff earlier this year, and really enjoyed painting those models.

Looking fabulous my friend, keep em coming!

Thank you.

@ WP I know what you mean
@Theo, spot on, and thank you sir.
@Josh, They are nice, apart from the nasty mould lines, (don't look too close.)
@ Gits, thank you sir, much appreciated.

So first Taking my time and trying desperately to be subtle skaven....



Then on to the things....

OK quick notes on how I am doing this, totally stolen from the giants (Nerdy etc.you guys know who you are!)


This has had a prime of GW Zandri dust, then a dark green wash put over the green bits and a flesh tone applied to the rest.


This is with a dry brush of gold on the green.


Then a wash of dark green again, this time it was a little more intense, it was ork flesh, watered down a lot.


Blood red watered down and washed over the flesh.


Tamiya Clear red watered down and washed over the fleshy parts.


Tamiya Clear Red watered down and washed over whole thing.

And his partner in crime...same treatment...


These are still work in progress, and I will be going in and adding the details, still a bit more to go on some of the green bits i think, not sure.


Appreciate your thoughts.

Very cool. Has a salamander vibe love disco skaven (diskaven?)

I legit thought they WERE greenstuff. Great work on that. Now they just look wet and bloody.


I love it!

The red work is brilliant Cam.

Those sedition wars monsters are looking sweet

Def going to steal the metallic green armour plates recipe of yours.

Ta,

@ Graven, LOL thank you.
@ WP, Thank you.
@ Gits, Thank you sir.
@Joe, The met-green is stolen from Nerdy, but steal away it is great.

SO....

More work on these two...


Looking at the pics I have a lot of work still to do, and some of those mould lines are now really bugging me.....



Thought I would do up a little tut on the gore.....


Thanks and as always thoughts appreciated.

Sweet work - that fella with the belly tendrils looks awesome!!! Great job!

Interesting approach to the nano-plague beasties you took Cam!

Pic is old, but shows our different approaches
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That thing with the mouths and teeth just looks horrifying... really top notch. I know what you mean about the mold lines. The bloodthirster I'm working on has a few that mysteriously appeared after the airbrushing... not I'm looking at the rather unenviable task of a fix & complete re-paint.

Really awesome stuff dude.

Not only are you making me want to paint up the few sedition wars figs i kept, but now your making me what to go and get another set.......


Damn you CAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks,

@ Jan, Thank you sir.
@Shas, Yours where awesome too, these lend themselves to many colour schemes really, and I think they can be used as proxies for many monsters.
@ Gits, Thank you, and I feel your pain sir, I am still touching these up, but thankfully not a complete repaint, good luck.
@ Joe, though if you look on Amazon I found mine really cheap, so got two sets!

OK, Skaven...







Votable

Thoughts appreciated, really tried to make an effort, pics are not coming out brilliant, got to work on that, know what to do, just too lazy to do it.

Nice tutorial, Cam'.
Good effect on both the blood and candy armour.

Good job on the rats. I like the colours.
I know you like feedback so let's look at the cloaks: As I said, I like the colours. but the black to blue would benefit from being wet-blended, reeeeealy smoothly. Especially as it's cloth, with lots of creases. All the high points would look very nice if picked out with blended highlights when framed by the black recesses.

But all that is probably too much for table-top armies, there are a lot of creases.
Keep up the good work.

Looking great CAm I think your photo game has improved too! I can see your minis better against the black backdrops. It' brings out your colors Keep it up brother!

Cam thanks for sharing the info on the painting. I found it useful. And also dear god that thing came out quite scary. Well done.

Thank you all, very much appreciated.

@ DrH, I hear you on the cloaks, the pics have made them a lot lighter than RL, but I know what you are driving at.
@ Bebop, Thank you sir, very much appreciated.
@ Cormadepanda, Thank you for dropping in, great to see you out and about, And thank you very much for the kind words.

And now for a bit of something different, change of tack again ....

Started on a little dio....




Thanks for looking in.

Looks cool. Really love the extra detail of the wall paper you add. Is that a decent thickness paper PVA glued to the walls at random?

Looks great Cam!

Loving the card on the walls, that is inspired well done

Thank you,

@ Archer, Thanks, that is not the wall paper, that is the sheet rock/plasterboard, and it is cereal box torn up, please see below.
@ Gits, Thank you.
@ Joe, Thank you.

Added a little paint and a little detail.....

Interior, (including toilet roll wallpaper)





Exterior...




Thanks for looking.

That's outstanding Cam... You might be able to make some real money doing this kind of work for model railroaders... they've got cash to spend.

Looks good, and Gitsplitta certainly has a point!

Rats looked good! that building is a nicely beat up little section, like a entry for a much larger one!

Screw model railway people. I would be happy to pay for a selection of Cam's work. I can just see my many armies shooting at each other through his excellent terrain. Probably would to up the quality of my painting otherwise the buildings would overshadow the models.

Perhaps you should say "model railway person". I'm not sure there is more than one of them at this point.

Craft sticks, Cam? Hmmm. Those things are the devil. That is a good technique to represent a plaster and lath wall. I'll be remembering it.

Thank you,

@ Gits, Thank you sir, I would love to be able to make money at this, but don't think it's worth it, but as always, to you guys my services are available at my usual rate.(Free) Only to happy to make things really.
@ Graven, Thank you.
@ Shas, Thanks, and it is just a little dio I am working on.
@ Archer Thank you sir, and as above only too happy to supply stuff to my friends.
@ Red, Yes sir, your nemesis, the craft stick, and thanks bud hope to see something from you in that vain, would be great.

So life is hell, but I have stuck this fella together for my dio....







Thoughts as always appreciated, hope to get a bit in this weekend.

The alligator clip is a fantastic idea to hold the model. Need to get me a couple of those.

Really liking the aesthetic of this guy. The lasgun looks really nice.

Awesome converting skills, he really looks boss.

The building looks great too, very creepy.

EDC

That Terrain is awesome Cam

love the as carbine on the catachan

Nice work on Mr Catachan - the hoodie is a great idea... and the ruined house looks fantastic - love your work man

Ta everyone,

Next guy is an upright Ork!

Straight neck....

Straight hips...

Bit of sculpting and accessorising...




Size comparison...

And now with the beginnings of a paint job, got lots to do....






And the base.....


And roughly where this is going........."Check those corners!?"


Thoughts and comments as always very much appreciated.

very cool Cam! sad you have to do major conversions to make an ork upright ><

only thing I dislike about doing orks =/

love your building as well!!

Poor poor guardsman. But where are his mates Cam? Everyone knows a real guardsman brings his t-shirt, flash light and at least 9 other meat shields......I mean mates.

No seriously good work and it exudes a great deal of menace and intent.

Just leave this here....





Lots more...











So thoughts please and if you feel so inclined I would appreciate a vote or two. Enjoyed this.

And to reply to :
@ Guildenstern, Thank you very much, is a shame about the orks, so mono pose normally.
@ Archer, Thank you, and his mates are all shouting, "CHECK THOSE CORNERS!!"

That's awesome Cam. Great wee vignette. Totally tells its own story. Love the little touches like the fungus and backpack. Super stuff

Fantastic stuff mate exalted.....

Looks great !

Seems almost a shame to hide the cool skull shoulder pad, but I guess for the scene it can't be avoided.

Awesome stuff lately! Skaven, dio, and all. Great work! Jealous of your fancy building work.

It's an ambush! Catachan looks to be about hacked to bits!

Tall ork is tall.

Nice work on the diorama, someone's about to get crumped!

EDC

Wow. Spot on with the OSL and love the shrooms!

Thanks,

@ Jan Thank you sir, very much appreciated.
@ Joe, Thank you.
@ adam, I agree, but I know it is there and that matters to me.
@ Grim, Thank you bud, not a bad builder yourself, love your "prison", if it is still called that.
@ Shas, Indeed sir, thanks for looking in.
@EDC, Thank you and yes.
@ Graven, Thank you, and yes I am quite happy with the OSL too, just managed to get it about right.

So Next....

On Orkishness blog got a little something brewing, ut here I got a little bug issue....


Had an issue with the tail joint so did a little extra work...


Oh and this is what I am upto on the orkishness side....


Thanks for looking in, come back soon will have more...

Wow Cam, I leave for one week and you crank out some truly awesome stuff!!

About checking the corners though, I have a hard time believing that that Ork wouldn't be going "Tee hee, gonna smush me a 'umie!" at an audible volume.

Ork head statue, and a nid beasty! this will be good

Looking forward to what you do

Thanks all...

Started in on Nid... this thing will probably be illegal, but going for a flying swarmlord, with the four sword arms and a set of wings and some extra bits to boot, but to start with basic paint on the big bits...


Probably going to darken it down a bit yet.

And this will go more toward flesh tone, probably is I can manage it some veins.


Thanks for looking, thoughts as always appreciated.

Nice blending there Cam is that airbrush or by hand?

Oooh. I used a vaguely similar color for the wings on a dragon, good stuff!

That is amazing looking, I thought at first you were making a 'Nid Harpy, but a winged Swarm-Lord? brilliant!

Beautiful blending work Cam. Lovely colors.

Haha, love that diorama! Sneaky git surprise!

Cam must be busy at work on that beast with wings!

Great job on the dio, Cam'. Really playing on your strengths to brilliant effect.

Good start on the flying wossname.

Man , but those wings are pretty

He has the right colors to do Shavshasti from Infinity!

Ooo looking good. I really like the scheme for the kids with the green on top and purple underside.

EDC

The wings are magnificent. Can't wait to see the finished results.

Thank you all. Really appreciate the feedback.

The blend is the result of many layers and a cheap airbrush.

And a few subtle bits of progress...might have to zoom in.




Not sure which way to go with the claw bits, bone is tempting, but so is black!

Thank you all for looking in.

Black claws would offset the brighter colors already used so farm so go black/gray

Looks excellent.

I think black may be too stark a contrast, maybe a fade to black tips?

First rats...

Now 'Nids...

You've really got a pest problem that truly only an army of Chem-Dogs can fix

At the low-low rate of everything that's not bolted down and a couple things that are!


Seriously though, I particularly like the paint on your tyranid.

Thank you guys.

A little progress...



Thoughts?

Now that is shaping up to be one scary looking Swarmy

Thanks Shas, that is the intent.

Still got some sculpting to do, want to tidy up the joints and things. Got extra details to add yet also. Oh maybe a head!

So a serious question here.....is this too much.....

It kind of flows with the tail though! and for that it works for me :-)

I like it, partly because it is so over the top.

EDC

Looks like it is ready to go destroy Tokyo Step aside, Godzilla.

The pinkish tones give it a strangely aquatic look. I like it.

Really really awesome stuff so far

Okay, that huge spike on the head does have that Kaiju vibe there! Go for it!

OK going with it then...thank you guys...






Thoughts? Painting as we speak.

I like the "Feeder" mandibles you added with the gaunt arms there. Makes it look better off than a T-Rex. It can actually hold the food for the teeth to bite into!

Yeah that works in an ott, Pyramid-head kind of way.

Oo, didn't notice the little arms before. Yeah, they work also.

It's Tyranids after all. They can have bits all over the place.

Did you darkenthe green, or is that the lighting? Either way, I think I like the darker carapace better.

Thank you guys,

@Shas Think TRex would wet itself if it saw this thing coming.
@DrH, Thank you, indeed sharp nasty bits everywhere.
@Josh, Yes I did, but it mainly the camera and the difference with flash and not that is making the colours a bit squiff, right now these pics look very purple underneath, it is pinker, will get final shots in the daylight I think.

And a little progress....



It sure is a beasty..


And whilst waiting for it to dry...
Couple misscasts...


A lick of paint..




Thanks for looking.

Ahh, if only I had the space to work on more than one thing at a time...

Good work, Cam'.

If that were real, it would make many wet themselves as it approached them!

Stunningly beautiful work with the color Cam.

It just gets better and better Cam, great stuff

Thank you guys.

@ DrH. Just take everything else out of life, you don't need a kitchen, Pot Noodles! You don't need TV, Dakka on Laptop! You don't need a bed, get a hammock hung in the bathroom! Then you have lots of space.
@ Shas Thank you.
@Gits, Thanks sir.
@ Joe, thank you sir, much appreciated.

And I have been doing stuff....

OK the big guy........











Totally stolen some techniques Nerdy, trying anyways...

Some verdigras on Orky...

And some crew started...


Started another ruin....



And unfortunately got carried away with my sons school project for a Volcano...



Thanks for looking, must update more!

THIS! i´ve waited for so long to see a fully justfied use for our collected hobbyskills in the open "real" world...and this is what we´ve honed our sculpting and painting skills for! yeah!

(sorry for not commenting earlier...)

that winged bug is amazing! i am so looking forward to joining the airbrushing community soon!

the miscasted container wall, the ork head and the new ruin...the ambush scene...god...you´re soooo productive....

what´s the crew for again?^^...sorry...i´m so out of touch...

I don't believe my parents would have any good words to say about me turning the house into my workshop.

Lots of good progress.

I see no evidence of getting carried away there.

You have been a very busy lad!

Digging those ruins. You've accomplished a lot there with very meager materials.

Flyant looks good. Color scheme made me think he has Joker DNA.

the Nid looks awesome, looks like something godzilla should be fighting

great start on the ruins, another diorama?

Thank you all, very much appreciated,

The Nid needs more work, I am not sure how, but I need to make the face pop! Will maybe get the courage to look at it the weekend.

In the mean time, did a little air drying clay work on the ruin floor......


And the crew (who are for the orky statue dio)...





Thoughts as always welcome, thanks for looking.

Might I suggest some more yellow for the eyes? and I wonder if some natural face marks,,,,like genetically engineered tatooing much like some animals have?Choice of Mandrill style, maybe something else?

So much good stuff on here !
Nice looking Nid !

The colours on your flying Nid are outstanding, absolutely stunning, much kudos to you Cam.

Thank you.

@ Shas, good ideas, thanks.
@ Big H, Thank you sir.
@ Alaricuk, Thank you,

OK, Orky statue is over on Ork blog, here is where it is at at the moment....


Been working on ruined building as well....



Still not really sure what this building is, maybe some form of Chapel, but not to conventional style I think, not sure, might end up being a public convenience yet!

Thanks for looking in.

Little more done....



Thanks for looking.

Streaky, like bacon

looking very good, but i think it lacks a fireplace...

by the way... started painting with an airbrush recently...about paint consistency....mind showing a pic of a filled cup/ glas of your mixed ready to paint ...tho i am watching tuts on youtube...some advice from friends is 100% better

I know you asked Cam, but when I use a spray gun (to do cars and the like) I look for a consistency similar to milk. If that helps.

i am still putting my first foot into the wide waters of AB so any help is appreciated, thanks archer! i used to be a straight from the pot painter with the brush and only recently learned to thin my paints appropriately ...now everything that worked for brush painting needs to be relearned for AB :faceplam:^^

Fancy ruin! I like it, looks roomy

Coming along Very nicely Cam, like the Tree/root crawling up the one wall

Thank you all,

@ Vik, generally, Archer has it spot on, most people say go for Milky consistency but it depends on the paint and the effect you are after. I am so far from an expert, you may be better asking one of the big boys, however with my little set up, I have 2-3 drops of water in the pot first then add 1-2 drops of paint (or one paintbrush full for GW) I mix it in the pot with a paintbrush. Do a little back blow mixing as well. Just stick your finger over the end of the brush and gently open the trigger, it blows bubbles into the paint and mixes it pretty good. Then I am away. I am very rough and ready, and loads of people use specialist thinners etc. I just use water. Got a tub full of windowlene glass cleaner to one side to clean it. It does what I want it too at this stage, and I am happy enough with the results. I never currently spray anything other than normal paints. GW or Game colour for the most part. The vallajo ones are very good. Hope that helps. Still think you would be better asking one of the proper painters on one of the popular blogs, would get more answers there.

Now what have I been doing......

My son wanted a new bed, so smashed the old one up and made this...


Going to furnish this with orks..

IG shelf looking bare, going to work on that...

Fantasy shelf looking bare, definately going to work on that....

And one day I will finish this....


Started on these Friday night, progress later...

They are these.......

Had them for years, just feeling like them at the mo....

OK back later, off to finish judging the LoER Comp, really making my head hurt....

Thanks for looking,.

Awesome work lately. I really like the themed she's, may have to steal!

Each shelf is like it's own diorama.

You are freaking machine cam!

It's nice to see you working on proper ways of showing off your amazing work Cam.

Thank you guys,

Progress on these guys, I am thinking a specialist unit of trench clearance IG guys.



Oh and this thing....



thanks for looking.

Nice looking converts to the IG for Trenchers. Capitolian troops from the old Mutant Chronicles. Carapace armor so they would be grenadiers. Very cool Horned Rat

Like how you used those miscasts mate, got some spare tank tracks i might do that with.

Should deffo finish that airship/blimp, is one hell of a piece.

S_a

 Camkierhi wrote:
Thank you all,

@ Vik, generally, Archer has it spot on, most people say go for Milky consistency but it depends on the paint and the effect you are after. I am so far from an expert, you may be better asking one of the big boys, however with my little set up, I have 2-3 drops of water in the pot first then add 1-2 drops of paint (or one paintbrush full for GW) I mix it in the pot with a paintbrush. Do a little back blow mixing as well. Just stick your finger over the end of the brush and gently open the trigger, it blows bubbles into the paint and mixes it pretty good. Then I am away. I am very rough and ready, and loads of people use specialist thinners etc. I just use water. Got a tub full of windowlene glass cleaner to one side to clean it. It does what I want it too at this stage, and I am happy enough with the results. I never currently spray anything other than normal paints. GW or Game colour for the most part. The vallajo ones are very good. Hope that helps. Still think you would be better asking one of the proper painters on one of the popular blogs, would get more answers there.

actually i was more interested into peeps opinions and experiences that are not pro´s as your perspective is more in tune with my own... so your hints i can better relate to...pro´s mostly have expert point of views and also often demand big setups...which won´t happen here for a millenia^^. so these kinds of hints are greatly appreciated! i wont ever probably use alc as a thinner too as this sets my risky bar too high... water... i can work with that... the whole powered brush thing is something thats using up my concentration and reactions and thus going chemical is a step too far^^...currently i have some diffuculties with getting coverage, but i am working steadily on that... for now i have built a neat COD ruin and mostly worked with the AB for that one...probably will update my thread later on to show my works...
this:

Got a tub full of windowlene glass cleaner to one side to clean it.

needs more explanation as i am not understanding how the setup might look/work...and might any window cleaner work? brands work differently and well...you brits have so much lovely cleaning stuff it seems^^





Now what have I been doing......

My son wanted a new bed, so smashed the old one up and made this...


Going to furnish this with orks..

IG shelf looking bare, going to work on that...

Fantasy shelf looking bare, definately going to work on that....

And one day I will finish this....


Started on these Friday night, progress later...

They are these.......

Had them for years, just feeling like them at the mo....

OK back later, off to finish judging the LoER Comp, really making my head hurt....

Thanks for looking,.

cool....i love the idea of themed shelves with a painted backdrop! very cool!

also...very promising start on the warzone minis...didn´t knew these heads with these hats tho...i have plenty of the old starter box soldiers still in sprue...for one future day to start a renegade chaos imp army...

also that giant rat...totally scratch build ? the GS work looks amazing!


cheers, vik!

Camkierhi wrote:My son wanted a new bed, so smashed the old one up and made this...

I have me some new shelves and the demanding little bugger can sleep on the floor until he learns to accept what life gives him.

Nice shelving setup.

Good progress on the IG chaps and the ... thing...

Thanks guys,

@Vik I will do you a proper write up shortly, promise. In the mean time I believe any of the vinergary blue style window cleaners will probably work.

Thank you all for your comments.

Tired at mo so progress shots and off to bed....







Still very PIP.

Talking of which started on another model, trying to be brave here, first proper attempt at NMM....



He is still very early stages, barely what I would can a Base Coat.

Thoughts.

Nice re-use of the bed. Can you dust-proof the shelves somehow?

Quick word on using window cleaner. Stop. Just use a dish-washing soap solution. Cheaper and ultimately better. A bit bubblier too. Smells nicer than the window cleaners.

Looking forward to any of your tutorials mate! Always enlightening to read!

Wooden stock looks very promising already, somehow these trenchers tho scream Mounties to me, so I would have expected a more reddish color there than the green but as true trenchers that would be highly inappropriate...

The nmm is already there, still comic like but after some more progress you'll achieve a cool new step in your painting career!

Dishwasher vs windowcleaner...sounds like a clean battle to me
Hmm the choices...

The warzone dudes are looking awesome.

The dwarf with the giant fist is cool too.

EDC

That's a pretty good start on NMM technique Cam. Never been brave enough to try it myself, but I can definitely see the effect in your work.

Nice work Cam'.

Good effort on the nmm. Pretty effective.
The gold is a little bright compared to the rest of him at the moment. I know he's not finished, but maybe look at balancing the relative brightness of his face and beard area to the gold in that area.
The gauntlet could maybe do with a little more contrast to make it more steel and less grey.

You're most of the way there though.

Thank you all for the comments, very much appreciated.

Well a picture says a thousand words so......

I am at that stage of do I call it, or keep going.....






Trench gunners are the same, close, need to base and few details, but getting close....


And still lots to do on this one but progress....


Thoughts and critique welcome and never ignored. Thanks for looking.

perspective fools me to see the hare in the rat
i like the verdigris tho!

as for the dwarf...i am sold on the NMM what i still feel fishy about is these piercing blue eyes...
also...the gore and blood you nailed this time...stunning to say the least...still also, the vegetation of the base looks very convincing!

the trenchers...i think some eyecatching spot color is needed....or if already there didn´t catch my eye.....

Great stuff Cam

Dwarf looks pretty close to finished, but not sure why I feel that.

Trenchers are looking good

I agree with Vik on the verdigris, that horned rat is coming along nicely!

I really like the dwarf but I would hit the hair up with a thin orange or sepia wash - it's a bit close to the nmm for my taste. Also, Dwarf berserkers just should be ginger (although I think they'd be great with blue hair and woad too).

I think graven's got the right of it. The gold NMM gets lost in the hair. You need to set the two apart.

Yeah, that's the ticket on the Dwarf. Great job.

As mentioned, the hair is now a bit close to the gold.
Also, the hammer needs some sharp, bright highlights to match the rest of his bling.

The gauntlet is brilliant.

Maybe tinge some reddish to the hair?

Man, I absolutely LOVE those shelves! Brilliant idea! The Dwarf is badass, I'm not been brave when it comes to NMM. I really dig the warzone dude pointing at the thing his subordinates are supposed to shoot at.

Extra layer of white highlighting on the high spots of that hammer. (or white with just a touch of yellow). You won't be disappointed by the effect. NMM is all about very strong contrast.

And... a cheap trick for gold. Some people use a purple wash on the shaded areas. Give that a try on an experimental piece to see of you like the results. It's a quick way to up the contrast.

Thank you all so much, lets see if I have taken the hints.....

Ragnar Steelfist complete.....








Oh and still working on Ratboy here...




Thanks for looking in, hope you like, and would very much appreciate your critique. (and votes should you be so inclined.)

Looks great! Can I make one small suggestion? Some more shadow between the metal and flesh would help crispen the contrast.

gorgeous is probably the least expected comment to a dwaven warrior...but i think you made a huge investment going NMM with this model and it paid off big time! very excellent...and fr a first time NMM ...sounds a bit unbelievable

Cam he is fantastic! Nice one.

Smashing job, Cam'. Really well done on that Dwarf.

Good progress on the Rat thing.

The dwarf has come up really, really nicely. Think you have done a great job of listening to the feedback. You should be really pleased.

Thank you all. Really appreciate the comments.

Did a little scenic base for the trench boys....





Starting in on my LoER Comp entry, will be running it over on the Ork blog as it will be very orky.

Thanks for looking, and as always comments and critique welcome.

They so fit that trench! good place for them to hang out!

Fantastic work!

Thanks guys, really appreciate it.

@ Shas I agree, could not resist, had to knock up a trench.
@ Dave Thank you sir, very much appreciated.

Just popping on really to say I officially give up on Dakka Gallery. Dwarf has to be IMHO one of my best works, really tried to nail the NMM, tried hard on the other basics, such as skin tones etc. And please do not get me wrong I do not think it rates any where near a 10, Nothing I currently do does. Admittedly it only has 2 votes, but I thought it slightly better than a 6. Don't really know why I do it to myself. Put it out there and think "wahoo! I got a vote!" and then boom down you go. So no more. Forgetting the whole "be a better painter" kick. Simply not worth it. I accept it, I say it enough. I am not a painter, not bad at scratching things together and that is where I will stay.

This is not some plea, or whining sad muppet, it is me genuinely accepting and giving up. Spent too much time wasted on it.

Don't worry, or maybe do worry, those few of you who do come around here, I will be back soon with more nonsense, just not trying to improve my painting any more. Now how do I dip a tank?

That Dwarf is still major awesomeness. There are still devoted followers of the Cam.

 Camkierhi wrote:

Just popping on really to say I officially give up on Dakka Gallery. Dwarf has to be IMHO one of my best works, really tried to nail the NMM, tried hard on the other basics, such as skin tones etc. And please do not get me wrong I do not think it rates any where near a 10, Nothing I currently do does. Admittedly it only has 2 votes, but I thought it slightly better than a 6. Don't really know why I do it to myself. Put it out there and think "wahoo! I got a vote!" and then boom down you go. So no more. Forgetting the whole "be a better painter" kick. Simply not worth it. I accept it, I say it enough. I am not a painter, not bad at scratching things together and that is where I will stay.

This is not some plea, or whining sad muppet, it is me genuinely accepting and giving up. Spent too much time wasted on it.

Don't worry, or maybe do worry, those few of you who do come around here, I will be back soon with more nonsense, just not trying to improve my painting any more. Now how do I dip a tank?

Please kFWIW, I have 894 images in my gallery, none of which have enough votes to actually show a ranking. I get my feedback from the half-dozen Dakkites who post in my p-blog, and that feel much more personal and valuable than some number ranking. Keep posting your painted models here and I (and others) will continue to admire them.

Yeah dude, don't worry about the Dakka gallery ranking system. It doesnt mean anything. Your problem is you stopped having fun painting. When that happens, it's cool, don't EVER stress about it. Just do something else fun in the meantime. I can ALMOST turn out a pro-level tank paintjob, but my figure painting is abhorrent. It's no big deal, every time you paint, you'll lean new techniques, and improve. If you are looking for return on investment, either monetary or results per hour spent....then you're in the wrong hobby. The -=]_,=- Votes you 10 rivets.

Trench looks great! Suitably mucky.

Don't give up on the gallery. Just disable the voting. I always found it amusing that I would be asked to vote in the painting of a WIP of some sort.

And almost finished with your LoER entry? Geez, I just found a possible idea. Too fast, Cam. This hobby is not a sprint. Slow down and enjoy. (But not so much that you are as slow as I. )

lol, one of my best ratings is on a WIP pic. Wet paint even. It makes no sense.

Thanks

I will be posting my paint jobs still, and though I will be disabling voting on my pics from now on, I will still vote in the gallery.

It's a childish thing I am not very proud of. Your feedback here has way more meaning, but I have been trying to get my painting "up there" for nearly 2 years, since I entered a comp for fun I thought after, "I can do that so much better" and have tried repeatedly. I have had successes, but mostly, a glass ceiling I cant get past. It is frustrating. Unfortunately one of the few ways of measurement on my work is the gallery or competitions. Both are very popularity based, which is against me. I realise I am being childish and that irritates me even more. I do not do this for gain. In any form. I do it because I enjoy it. And Dave you hit the spot, it stops being fun, if you have to do it. I do all this to escape a crappy real life, and I guess the feeling that I might inspire someone to do great things. And this is where I get a kick. But I get so silly and childish when that bloody gallery messes with you, or as recently entered a comp, which turned out to be a popularity contest and little to do with the work on display. It is not that I expect to win, or even be in with a chance, but after 2 years I appear to have shown no improvement.

So, I will continue with my modelling and I will paint the best I can, but I am giving up on the "must improve." The system is too harsh, and too bias.

A genuine thank you to you guys, you mean an awful lot in a sad little world that I live in. Please keep coming, and please forgive my childishness.

Excellent work on the dwarf, his war paint looks really cool.

EDC

Don't let the man get you down. You have an awesome base of regular readers to your blog so you get a lot of quality feedback. It's more of an achievement I think to keep a group of strangers entertained and continuously returning for more. That's something I think I really struggle with. Keeping the readers entertained so they keep posting.

If voting on the Dakka Gallery (42,001 times) has taught me one thing its this:

Paint critics are... everywhere and there is a large proportion who really don't understand the finer details of what techniques have been applied and how much work the painter has put into it.

I have some of my pictures set to be voted on, however I care not for the actual ranking, the best feed back is from the blog stick with it

You can't "give up" on an abstract concept such as "getting better". You will improve with time. Trying or not.

You need to not care about the gallery. Or popularity. These are constructs that you can "give up on" or just choose not to use.

Hey Cam dont be so hard on yourself about your painting skills, I took a look thru some of your work and can definitely see improvement. In my opinion you have some mad modelling skills, your trench is grand! If you were closer to me and Gitz I would want you to build and paint up a bunch of buildings and terrain. Most of my home made terrain stuff is old styro foam painted to look like "something" ;-). Your dwarf is a great piece of work, you should be proud of it! Keep painting it only gets better with age, plus its a fun past time.

I've said most of what I need to through PM, but I've got more...

This is a hobby for the majority of us here.
Hobbies are meant to be fun.
Those that partake in an activity as a hobby are not professionals.

If you like what you are doing, and are proud of what you have achieved. That is all that is important.
A scoring system, however good (or bad as the gallery is), is no substitute for that.

As to progress;
You have been progressing. It's not easy to see up close as we all are to our own work, but it's there.
Also, the more you improve the smaller the increments are in that improvement.

Like you, I've not felt like I've improved much in the past year or two. But it is there, if you really look for it; little things.

And as evidence I present you and your (really quite good) attempt at nmm. Would you really have thought about attempting that a year, 2 years, more, ago?
Trying a difficult technique is a clear sign that you have progressed.

Don't do it for accolades (oh, and how many contests have you won? I rest my case.), do it for fun.

I think Dr H nailed it Cam, and I echo his sentiments. Don't paint for us, paint for yourself. Let it be your selfish little outlet for your creativity. The rest pales in comparison.

Thank you all for the comments, I have got over my hissy fit, appreciate all the thoughts and sentiment behind the comments. I am kinda sticking to what I said though. No more gallery nonsense for me.

For now I have been working on several things, LoER comp entry which is progressing over on my Orkishness blog. Also been mucking about with some mould making. Actually aiming to send these to Grimdork if he wants them, he was looking into dungeon walls, so I played about a bit....

Master


Mould


Cast


Painted



Did another one cus Grim said it might be a bit too clean.


Got another one on its way which is more stone wall style, pics later.

Thanks for looking in.

My Gawd! Those are awesome!

Whoa. Brick wall looks perfect. As in scale model perfect.

Casts look like they came out well.

Walls look great and very real.

Damn cam you are a machine those walls are beautiful.

And that dwarf is amazing. Feck capricious galley votes, that dude is top of the line. Decide to do something new and nail it like that? You deserve to be a smug sob at the moment. Awesome work lately.

Man. Those walls are just want some for Gotham city! And screw the masses, dude, what do they know?

Nice moulds, like the graff.

Great walls of fire!

I really like those brick walls.

Those walls look awesome, top work dude!

EDC

Those walls are cracking! Especially the old worn wall with bricks missing and whatr not. great stuff

Thank you all for your very kind words, very much appreciated.

Another variation, also going to expand on this one, stone wall...


Thanks for looking in.