@ Vitruvian XVII : yes, i 2 Us 2Es and a C i should be getting As Bs and Cs so i need to do a hell of a lot of work :(

The main thing, is that the main thing is the main thing.

Education first. Tiny fighting men can wait. Plus its always great to have something to bribe yourself with to work harder!

dreads are awesome, good pic's too, what you using an SLR ?

QFT mcartney. Dont worry SoO, itll be fine, the main thing is to do the work. Good luck.

Still got awesome models though!!

Tiny fighting men are damn great but yes education is most important.

With the speed your turning out finished models, your obviously not someone who wastes time easily unlike myself, so you should be fine!

wow the first dred looks truely amazing vvery nice job I really like all the shading and highlights also the sons of orar symbol is very nicely done.

I think I might pick up one of the Venerable dreads, just to paint.
It'll never see a battlefield, sadly :(

I always loved the sons of orar- Not wanting to paint an army of them myself, now I can look at YOURS! they are BEAUTIFUL. You did the weathering in a good way- which I think can be rare.

What are you going to do with the spare heads from the dreadnaught?
Are you going to use them for marines?

What colour you do the joints on your marines?

DAMN your brass is amazing. Great work, try to keep us updated when you have time to with your schoolwork, as I ing love this.

WOW 20,000 views!!! That’s insane!!

@ Munch Munch! : To paint the gold I start with a 1:1:1 mix of shining gold : scorched brown : chaos black. Then a highlight of pure shining gold and finishing off with a highlight of 2:1 mix of shining gold to mithryl silver. The when everything is finished I give the whole model with a wash of devlan mud.

@ WillFrost : I’ll be using the dread heads on some marines and terminators in the future.

@ Miss Dee : I paint the joints in the armour with boltgun metal then wash them with devlan mud.

@ Frogboy : no SLR I’m afraid. Just my 5MP phone camera (nokia 6700) and the macro setting on my digital camera (I only use that for really close up shots)

Thanks for the comments guys keep 'em coming!

As to what I’m doing next I’m torn between the other venerable dreadnought, the other tactical squad or the assault marines...

This is so amazing, makes me want to do my own SM army.

SONS of ORAR wrote:WOW 20,000 views!!! That’s insane!!


@ Miss Dee : I paint the joints in the armour with boltgun metal then wash them with devlan mud.


As to what I’m doing next I’m torn between the other venerable dreadnought, the other tactical squad or the assault marines...

I do mine and my partners boltgun and badab black

I have no doubt, you shall do great things.

OH and when i saw you got the ven dreads i said to my friend

"Oh no! He is going to do nasty things to those two!" in the best way possible

Fan-freaking-tastic. I can't wait to see more!

looks good

Thanks for the gold tutorial sons of orar!

Gorgeous!

All we need now is more pic updates!

Willfrost don't tempt me ... i really have do work in the week now (unfortunately) but there will be some more pics up on the blog on the weekend!

like the dreadS

OK

sorry about the lack of updates. here are some pics of what i managed to do on saturday evening:


the finished dreadnought.


here are some marines with dreadnought heads as promised.


a space marine sergeant i finished painting over the weekend.

there will be some more pics up tomorrow

Awesome, as always.

And sadly, I am underwhelmed by the 'extra' helmets from the Venerable Kit.

They aren't as 'cool' as I thought they'd be.

Maybe you used the really cool one on the Dread itself?

same... they may look better on terminators though. i'll try it out when i get some more

Looks like the army is shaping up extremely nicely. Cheers to that Sons_

Awesome work as always, SOO.

You know, thanks to you, I want to make a 2,000 point Sons of Orar force just to be able to paint in that scheme, which you make look so awesome.

That sergeant is amazing! keep up the great work!

Have you ever considered doing some FW models? I've always thought their stuff looked a lot better than most of the GW models.

I agree, they are lovely models I have a Kreig Macharius Vulcan in my guard army you may like to see, here are some pictures:






This was my first forgeworld tank and the first I heavily experimented with graphite on. I also experimented with thinning down inks with acrylic thinner to create oil stains and the leaked fuel around the fuel caps.




My converted banewolf. I built up the extra canopy over the chemical tanks with etched brass a plasticard.


And my Leman Russ

Anyway back to the Sons of Orar. Here are some more pictures of the models I finished off over the weekend.




Some more shots of the finished sergeant and another marine. The Orar (omega) symbol on his shoulder needs to be tidied up a bit.



Some more pics of the dreadnought. I spent a bit of time making the back of the standard (vaguely) more interesting.

Thanks for all your comments guys! Keep them coming.

Dude, those pics are incredible. Well done.

Even for facing up to exams you're still painting more than me!

Oh WOW. Awesome work. Have you got any more pictures of your Guard army? (assuming you have a full army of course!)

Love the grity look of your minis, great job as always. Look forword to seeing more.

Pictures of your kriegsmen please. I would like to compare those with mine to see what improvements i can make

unfortunately i don't have any death korps yet... though that will be put right in a couple of months...

anyway here are some of my guard (cadian)


note the forgeworld parts

Amazing tanks man, puts mine to shame!

Great stuff as usual though I have to admit I think your sons are much better then your cadian troops. The tanks look hawt though man

Sphess mehreens are indeed better painted because there is not 50+ of them on the table... but those are far beyond stanard of my cadian army... but i dare to say that my kriegsmen can compete to your guard.... at least a little (i hope)

Nice, got a Ven. Dread at the weekend and painted it up...Its seems really small compared to the normal dread, but its just infinitely more detailed :L
Do the extra heads need any work to adjust them to fit a normal marine/termie or do they just slot in??

Theres a tiny detail that bugs me about the Venerable Dreadnaught, the battles etched into the Shoulder are all famous battles of the Ultramarines it looks cool and awesome and I'm being far too niggardly but it bugs me a lot. It's an utterly beautiful model at a standard I couldn't hope to emulate but that tiny thing annoys me. I guess I'm just grumpy about an obviously Ultramarine part in a standard kit. What are you day dreaming about doing with the Sanguinary Guard? Tiny bit of advice when I was revising I always found reading a chapter, paint a colour read a chapter paint a colour worked well. It got me through my GCSE's, AS, A levels and at University dragged me back into the hobby I just had to paint while revising..............

Nice stuff

I like the guardsmen

Guardsmen are indeed cool. (FW parts noted and liked!! ). Keep up the great work, and the revising i suppose

very nice stuff there .So you do art competitions , oh so its you I lost to in the drawings competition at gamesday

Llamahead you are right. I still think it looks cool though... I was going to greenstuff some of them out but in the end I didn't think it was worth the hassle and it'd look messy as well.

I thought you guys may like to see this; it's the first model I really worked hard on as a single miniature when I was 15.



What do you think? Unfortunately I was too late finishing it for GD that year (2008)
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I'm 15 and I can't paint stuff like that at all :( You put me to shame!

Fantastic work. I especially like the guardsmen (I use the FW parts too!)

I love the base on that SM. Can't wait for more updates!

Nice work, keep it up.

LEEQAEX : you were in the GD 2008 under 16 drawing competition too? Which piece was yours?

As to my drawings, here's one I did when I was bored at school:



Sorry it's a bit blurry... I’ll upload a scan of my GD 2008 piece soon... its saved on the other computer... unfortunately the original was lost/stolen from my local GW whish was somewhat annoying and upsetting.

Well perhaps you can find some comfort in knowing your work as good enough to commit a misdemeanor (or felony) for... Or whatever the equivalent in British law is called. I'm having a hard enough time keeping Canadian law, and American law separate in my head. I wish I had considered that complication before deciding to go to school in Texas.

Hey thats awesome.... my mother being painter... i think i caught something from her but man... this is just amazing.

Imperial Monkey I'm 24 and will probably never paint stuff like that don't worry. Sons of Orar I'm glad you took my comments in the spirit their intended and I hope you'll take my revision advice as well!

Great stuff again!

Im not a huge fan of the shin pads but that doesnt mean I think theyre bad.

Dirty is definately the way to go!

How are you this good!!!

I am 15 and I could never do that quality of model.

The drawing is also really cool, and I'm not that bad at art.

Nice work

You did that at the age fifteen?!?!?!?! Well, I've got two years to increase my skills, so that they may match yours.

Excellent work, better than mine. I always thought as far as young painters went, I was pretty exceptional, but yours are definitely better than mine. damn, man, that is one amazing miniature. Could you link to where you got it, I haven't seen it before.

It's all looking really good, more so than mine and I'm two years older!!

I too was in 2008's under 16s drawing competition. I did a Custodes that was disqualified since it was on A3 paper. I need to learn to read the fine print.

Here are some pics of the whole army so far including all the unpainted stuff. They’re on my board I knocked up in one day when I was bored.



Sorry about the blur I think there may have been some grease on the lens of the camera.


Horus Aximand: I guess I’m actually the same age as you... I’m 17. And dude that sucks I had the same problem in GD that year. My tom bombadil was on a base that was too big.



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damn small print lol

They look really nice, and that board was done in a day?? Impressive! I really like the Aquila's, did you do them with a cutout of plasticard cos they look great

Looking atthis army togheter is awesome, though there is one thing that bugs me, you landraider looks way to dusty/muddy compared to your other minis imo, would be cooler if you were consistent about how dirty they're gonna be.
Other than that, fantastic army mate, keep it up


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lot's of spelling issues lol, I write to fast sry.

^I understand what you are saying, but I think they are fine. A Landraider would be zooming around the battlefield, throwing up dust, dirt, and mud. On top of that, it probably takes a ton of fire, because it can. It doesn't have to worry about taking cover, etc. And finally, since a Landraider is so rough and tough, it's probably "been in the field" for quite a long time. Again, I understand what you are saying, and you are entitled to an opinion, but that's the way I personally feel.

cool, hows the libby?

Miss Dee wrote:cool, hows the libby?

I was just about to ask the same question

Yes, I need MOAR LIBRARIAN!

Could you post (or PM) me some more detailed shots of your FW Cadian commander? I've got the model, and would be interested to see what you have done with it!

Nice.

You like your plasma's!

They're looking good tho. Will be great to see it all finished.

I agree about the levels of dustdom on the land raider, but its as DarkAngels said; not wrong.

U gonna buy anything else?

awesome stuff as always, I'm impressed your keeping up with your painting while studying I certainly can't

In truth I am a bit annoyed with the landraider. I’m almost tempted to sell it and buy another. As to the Cadian stuff: I’ll take some pics of that when I have some time so I’m sorry if you have to wait a bit.

as to the librarian; when I paint single minis I get so engrossed I don't want to put them down and end up painting for days and days, so... I’ve put him in a safe, out of site place so I’m not tempted until the exams are over. single minis so time consuming so I’ve just doing a couple SoO figures for the time being, as you can paint one of the in a one or two break in the revision. I’ll probs go back to the librarian once I’ve broken up from college at the start of June.

And as to what next... I’m thinking of maybe doing a small Blood Angels army to play along with my Sons, probably a ball predator and one or two other units. Depends on how I feel. I’m currently working on a chapter master for the SoO though I haven't mentioned hem previously as I’m not yet certain how well he'll turn out. I’m converting him from a plastic terminator chaos lord. The Blood Angels addition isn't definite; it's only a concept at the moment.

I do want a predator for my SoO as I’ve never had a crack at building/paining one. I do need some more basic marines and some more heavy support so feel free to suggest things.

Cheers, SONS of ORAR



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Just notices I’ve got over 25,000 views!!! Thanks to everyone who has commented or looked at this blog so far! It’s great to have your opinions, tips and complements!!

Thank you all

My suggestions would be to get a drop pod....always nice to paint and good for patches of weathering. And also go for a predator and some scouts.....a telion conversion would be cool hint hint

Congrats on 25k! Can't wait for your "exams" (as you silly Brits call them! jk) to be over so we can have more updates!

Nice looking sarg and very cool Ven Dread keep up the good work!

wow looking awesome!

Heavy support eh? A devastator squad is a great choice for heavy support if you want some cheap firepower. They can choose a variety of weapons (for a well-rounded squad, I took 2 heavy bolters, 1 plasma cannon and a lascannon. Or, you could take a thunderfire cannon. It's fun to use, and it'll provide you with great support while your assault marines and tacs advance. Hope this helps, an once again, good job on all your minis!

I have a 6 man dev squad with a Twin linked Assault Cannoned Razorback.

I once tried that and had great succes. It works well in most situations, just watch out for outflanking and speedy units.

I like the sound of the razorback devastators, i think i may have to try that

you get the fast movement, and extra fire power from the twin linked turret.

Cheers Dee

2 Missile launchers, 1 Las cannon and a Heavy bolter. 1 with a boltgun and a vet serg with combi plasma.

took a long time to get the assault cannons the bits and kist order was lost, no feadback from them. and a friend called Paul got me a crusader frame with the assault cannons.

Just stumbled across this thread and spent half my afternoon looking at everything. Unbelieveable job so far, keep up the good work!

You also probably sold me on picking up the Forgeworld Imperial Armour book as well.

Hey.. if you run devastators and you want to have ANY success with them whatsoever take 2 or (max!!! 3 are not as good) 3 heavy weapons in 5 man squad. Dont take lascannons... they are way too expensive. Missile launchers are the best weapon to use. With razorbacks you want to go with the vanilla one or lascannon one... but for that 150+ pts you are investing into razorback+devs you can get cheaper predator equipped with 2 lascannons and a autocannon which is nearly the say (i would say better) than devs+razorback...

If i would run devastators i would take 2x missile launcher+combimelta for sarge.

But 4 heavy weapons look cool and sons of Orar look cool too so its up to you.

You should waite and see my chaos Pred conversion...

Show us!

Newt-Of-Death wrote:Show us!

seconded!

Im waiting on the bits to arrive.

Ok... SHOW US!!

No pics on this page makes me feel terrible.

Me too... pics pretty please

there will be some pics soon i've been away for a bit and i have some Sanguinary Guard now to convert so there'll be some pics of them up in the not to far future

sweet I cant wait to see the converted guard! ive been trying to think on how i would do it

SONS of ORAR wrote:there will be some pics soon i've been away for a bit and i have some Sanguinary Guard now to convert so there'll be some pics of them up in the not to far future

I'm really looking forward to seeing your Sanguinary Guard conversions as I'm planning on using that kit for some Raven Guard marines as well...

Hurry up!

Yeah, I too need ideas on how to convert sanguinary guard.

Waiting (almost) silently with my breath held...

Don't forget to breathe or you might miss the models.

I will take that into account but only fresh wave of awesomness can make me survive this waiting session

Awsome stuff... subscribe.

Tap tap tap tap tap.......

lol

They are looking really nice, especially the games day mini

I am really sorry for this sort of threadnecromancy but i just wanted to point out something that I wasn't sure if it was noticed yet. I apologize for nitpicking for i can only dream of painting this well. I just was going to say that i have noticed on the land Raider that you left the bottom corner of lettering still on but i wasn't sure if it was jsut an oversight but i noticed it on the first page. I am sheerly amazed at your skill of painting. A definent inspiration for me that for sure. Great Work. No offence intended by my observation.

I’m still here!!

WOW it’s been a long time! Sorry for lack of updates over the past couple of weeks, things have been very busy recently, but the show will be back on the road by mid June and there will be more updates than ever before!!

Anyway I managed to scrape together an hour and a half this weekend so here is a small update... I had a go at a simple Sanguinary Guard conversion but simply replacing the legs, backpack and filing off the blood angels iconography.


Part way through painting. Unfortunately it was a bit of a rushed job...


As it is so far. As you can see there is quite a bit of tidying up to do...


This is a gold helmet I had a go at painting without metallic paints... i'm suprised it looks this good!

I’ll try and update again as soon as possible but no promises... it'll be some time in the next 4 weeks...

Thanks for your comments guys : D

SoO

Awesome.

cool nice work
do you think it would be a waist of time filling in the muscle armor on the legs with green stuff? i was thinking of using the BA guard in a conversion for my Dark Angels

Great work man, it will fit in wonderously with the army!

Thats a really good non-metal gold. Thanks for posting all the tasty eye candy.

I knew you would be back. Much as I hate those muscle suits (complete with nipple armor!!) I still respect your skillz and hope to see one fully completed!!

wow really like the helmet what did you use to get the dark NMM effect looks cool whenever I do it its always super bright

I like the patterns on the suit. It looks like malachite, almost. Only red/orange instead of green.

Can't believe you didn't use metallics for the gold; in my opinion, it looks better than most metallic golds!

Really good metalic work.

Well done

Rushed or not thats an awsome model

Yes, they look as awesome as I knew you'd make them look!

Fantastic!

And, it has convinced me to buy a box... or two!

You didnt cut off those gay nipples?

Yes, I agree. File off the nipples. i'm not comfortable with nipples so hard they poke throught the armour.( guess it must be really cold, eh?) Anyways, I'm glad you painted delicious eye candy for us. I demand MOAR!!!

The Iron Nipples (awarded to warriors of extraordinary grimdarkness) are there just to tempt enemies to try and give him a purple nurple.

captain.gordino wrote:The Iron Nipples (awarded to warriors of extraordinary grimdarkness) are there just to tempt enemies to try and give him a purple nurple.

lol right on lol

the muscle armour is the best bit!


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WarPetrie: the muscle armour on the legs is easy to fill though its not really that noticable so i'm not really to bothered with mine. The main issue is the blood angels symbols on the soles of the boots.

Lovely sanguinary guard, funnily enough i had just finished converting 10 for honour guard to go with my chapter master.

10 Honour guard? Bloomin Frig!

lol

Great to see that conversion mate looks like I know how to make plastic Grey Knights now!

I know too... since rumours of new inquisition codex are more frequent than ever i suspect the codex along with some plastic grey knights and sisters of battle. That would be awesome.

Munch Munch! wrote:Yes, I agree. File off the nipples. i'm not comfortable with nipples so hard they poke throught the armour.( guess it must be really cold, eh?) Anyways, I'm glad you painted delicious eye candy for us. I demand MOAR!!!

So you dont like Madonas stuff she puts on when on stage?

Your marines look awesome

@miss dee:Hell no. It's supposed to be a concert, not a strip club.

Brilliant work, really nice to come across a painter about my age to set a standard that seems more acheivable for me to reach, even if it takes me 30 years. Thanks for posting your Marines.

Miss Dee wrote:

Munch Munch! wrote:Yes, I agree. File off the nipples. i'm not comfortable with nipples so hard they poke throught the armour.( guess it must be really cold, eh?) Anyways, I'm glad you painted delicious eye candy for us. I demand MOAR!!!

So you dont like Madonas stuff she puts on when on stage?

Im sorry but what?!? Someone like Cheryl Cole maybe, but Madonna....


Imp. Monkey

Omg these are guys with those nipples!! Not girls!

Yea, if you want nipples youl know where to find them. If you were making yourself a suit of armour, would you put nipples on it?

Probably not lol.

Frak it all, keep the nipples! lol

dame your models realy look great!!

I have to say, your work is absolutely amazing! you have given me alot of ideas for my army. very well done!

This battle damage would suit a Marines Malovent army perfect *hint*

Just to let you know, moulded roman breastplates had nipples in many cases... it does not make it gay...

Anyhow, leaving behind the nipple armour argument (hopefully permanently) I have got another update for you (much sooner than I expected I would).

The first member of Severus' honour guard is finished; and here are some pictures:


He’s come out surprisingly well for a quick and somewhat rushed job, (and no, I will not file off those nipples lol)


I spent about 20 minutes to half an hour on this axe. I’m going to do the same paintjob on the axe of my librarian for GD but obviously do a lot better job on it than on this. Though it’s nice to try it out on another model beforehand.


Just to finish off, a nice picture of my Dawn Warriors' land raider redeemer I painted about a year or so ago. It is one if not the first picture I put up on DakkaDakka all that time ago lol.

Cheers for all those constructive comments (nipple comments are not constructive )

SONS of ORAR

The Fallen Raven: I don’t really like the Marines Malovent, they are a bit traitorous for me



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WOOOW!! close to 35,000 veiws!! Thanks to everyone who has looked and or commented on this blog!!! you are invaluable!!

Thanks

I think the land raider needs nipples.....
Congrats on the massive amount of views! I will be continuing to add to that number as long as you keep putting out awsome lil dudes!

Oh yeah whalemusic... THAT was a constructive comment... LOL


Beautiful work SoO. I knew a girl in a medieval reenactment group once who wore a beautiful, custom made steel breast plate with (modest) breasts on it with brass nipples. She'd just wait until she caught you looking at her "chest" and ... WHAM!!! Bed time for bonzo...

Nipples have their uses... even on armor.

Great job! You have inspired me: I went on Ebay just last night and won meself some kriffing awesome Sanguinary torsos, mate! I'm gonna' use the one you used for my Assault Sergeant. Thanks for giving us all great ideas!

And personally, I quite agree with you about the nipples. They do not in ANY WAY make it look gay, and IMO they make it look cooler because it completes the muscle feel. I AM NOT GAY AND DO NOT LIKE MALE NIPPLES! DON'T BE A HATER!

I have been following the thread for a while, love the work you are doing. Your weathering effect is something I aspire to. I'm intimidated to try and have it look terrible tho. Maybe a few rounds of test models are in order.

Also, the muscle chest piece is supposed to be a bit of functional art if I am correct. And in art, the human form is considered a very beautiful piece of aesthetic. That is why the nipples are included.

Nipple armour ain't gay, it's just well...creepy.

Wow dude. Great stuff. I'm hoping to get anywhere near as good as you...

Get over it Munch Munch! So you find nipples intimidating and scary! Maybe that's why they put it on their armor!

I hear what you're saying about the "nipple" sh*t thats flying around. Not constructive. But since the Blood Angles pride themselves on beauty (Cause of Sanguinius. Don't quote me on that I may be wrong) then all aspects of the male form would be considered.

But anyway, great looking modle there, I particularly like the mottled effect on his armour

Gitsplitta wrote:Oh yeah whalemusic... THAT was a constructive comment... LOL


Beautiful work SoO. I knew a girl in a medieval reenactment group once who wore a beautiful, custom made steel breast plate with (modest) breasts on it with brass nipples. She'd just wait until she caught you looking at her "chest" and ... WHAM!!! Bed time for bonzo...

Nipples have their uses... even on armor.

And that was contructive? (Odd Reenactment if you ask me.)

Anyway SoO, we want to see your libby!! I just can't wait any longer...

I didn't claim it was constructive.... just topical.

Everything you paint is amazing. I especially like that chaplain. Keep it up man.

Wow, Im gonna have to use them as honour guard at some point...and the jump packs for vanguard veterans. How did you do the brass effect on the back of the axe head?? it looks really nice.

Imp. Monkey

It always makes me happy when I see you've updated this thread!

Great stuff, as always!

As some of you have been asking about the librarian I went against my self-ban from painting him till after my exams (only a week and a bit to go now) and had a crack at his face, which is now about 60% done. Here are some pics; there'll be some more shot before the end of the week hopefully.


About 20 to 30% complete (Saturday evening)



As he looks now; his left eye really needs to be tidied up as it’s a total mess at the moment as you can see :(

Cheers guys,

SoO

Realy good dude!

How did you get so much emotion on that tiny face!

Awesome work cannot wait to see more on the libby as you work on it.

Maj. Kolbak

I love Librarians (!), and I have a feeling yours is going to turn out really, really nice!

SONS of ORAR wrote:As he looks now; his left eye really needs to be tidied up as it’s a total mess at the moment as you can see :(

Battle damage man.... just battle damage. Outstanding job. You could... no check that... should do a tutorial on painting faces.

i will do some face painting tutorials soon for you all, i've been meaning to do some for a bit

here are some more pics of the librarian for you to see.

Gonna get to work on mine now after lunch. You have inspired me!

Huzzah! (Whatever that means). Great work on the libby.

Hi SONS of ORAR

I've gotta know - how did you do the lightning effect on the honour guard's axe?

i've been trying to get something similar to that on my guy and i just can't achieve the same level of success you've had there.

Cheers, + Keep up the good work

Um on your tank how did you get the scrathc marks??????

very cool!

I demand moar cake!! Awesome as always.

Wow, your libby's lookin' great, and it's not even done! Always impressed with your work SONS OF ORAR.

Still watching the thread, absolutely loving the work so far.

I'm going to be looking out for the Librarian, and yourself, at Games Day this year. If you can get as much detail into the rest of the model as you have on the face and hand, you're in for a good chance I reckon.

I'm not a fan of the wrist mounted Blood angel guns, but the torsos and close combat weapons are fantastic, and you've definitely done them justice.

Looking forward to seeing your Dreadnoughts again, especially hoping for some Latin script, the stuff on the Land Raider was excellent, you just need some real Latin to really make it perfect

I have a nice surprise for you which will be up on the blog on Thursday or Friday evening!

As to games day if you want to meet me I’ll be around all day but some time nearer the day I’ll give some precise times and places.

The librarian is going to be in the diorama/duel category fighting a renegade Ogryn with a signpost weapon

Cheers, SoO

Dont wanna hijack this but I got my Ferrus in the post on saturday http://derina-ironhandsandmorethings.blogspot.com/2010/05/ferrus-manus-mk-2.html

Where's the surprise?!?! I'm so disappointed....

I'm really liking the dusty tone on all of your models

Love your minis dude. They are awesome!

Your level of output is insane. I picture you chained to a desk somewhere with nothing but paint and minis, never let out, food slipped under the door for months on end lol.

Great stuff as usual, always something new to see in this thread!

I'm sorry about the surprise guys. It’s ready now.. I had more revision to do than I thought.. Last exam on Wednesday so only a few days to go! then I can chain myself (metaphorically) to my desk and paint paint paint!

Anyway this surprise...

I’ve spent my free time for a couple of weeks converting a chaos lord into a chapter master for my Sons of Orar, I have yet to think of a name so I’m open to suggestions. All will be considered (as long as it has the correct latiny feel)

Anyway on to some pictures of him:


Front view. This model only took about 6 hours to paint! So I’m pleasantly surprised with the result


Right side


Back. The contrast is a bit over the top :S


Left side. The storm bolter lower arm is from a Grey Knight terminator. (Can’t wait till they come out in plastic!)


Close up view of the upper body. Most of the armour conversions were done using plasticard.


Close up view on the axe head which is from the sanguinary guard kit.

Cheers SoO

Hope to update as soon as pos. look forward to hearing your comments

Wow that makes me feel how rubbish at painting i am!

lovely lovely lovely lovely!
i like the effect on the power axe. Andi like how you painted on the red armour leaving parts of the basecoat showing. i have attempted it before and the effect looks really good, but not as good as yours the basework is epic too!

thanks the base is actually the CSM lord base. I just clipped off the spikes to make it less chaossy

LOVE IT! The only thing I'm not sure about is the freehand on the right shoulder pad. Looks a bit strange, IMO.

Yeah it is a bit weird.. There is a bit of stuff I’m going to tweak with him. I’m going to do a coat of arms on that shoulder but didn't have time so the spirals are a temporary thing

Sounds cool!

Looks cool. Right shoulder needs a bit of a tweak though

Looks awesome as usual! Would have to agree about the freehand though.

What about Palinurus, Quirinus, Tellumo, Feretritis, Lucetius, Atys or Deverra? Just a few off the top of my head.

oh and good luck with the exams!!

The dark gods frown at your desicration of one of their esteemed Lords...

But I think it looks just dandy! How's Orefial for a name? You just don't see enough of the letter "F" it seems...

i really will have to sort it out now you guys say it sucks lol

I've never like the blue colored power weapons, but I like the level of detail in the lines you've painted all over them. GJ.

My vote for as name is Creteus. I may have to steal your base idea...

I got some latin names for you, it's actually former roman emperor names. (I got them from doing an exam).
Hadrianus
Anhemius
Severus
Avitus
Honorius
Olybrius
Nepos
Maxentius
Eugenius
Pertinax
Commodus
Decius
Probus
Carus
Carinus

Hope it helps with the name oh and also nice model, though the back looks a bit to bright in contrast with the rest maybe?

I think the picture is just making it look that way. SoO did mention something about high contrast...

Fantastic. I actually like the freehand work, it's sort of 'Alice in Wonderland' sort of feel, and adds something to the model. Maybe that's not a good thing to some, but I like it. The axe head is, as usual, amazing. You have a real way with light.

i thought you were going to put up pics of your art that won in games day uk 2008.

Love the look, I love to have a tutorial on the method you used for your power weapon and it application to be modified using other primary colors.

hungry for more...

Hey SoO, I'm sure this has been covered but I just can't seem to recall it, (despite having read this whole thread :/ ) mind sharing how you do your whites?

I love your power blades. That is one thing I have always had trouble with, I can never get them to look any good. Do you use any specific technique?

@ jetjetex: oh yeah, sorry, so i was. Here is the piece i entered in the Junior art category at GD 2008


that's a scan of the original


this is after i played around a bit with the colours and contrasts on photoshop

Cheer's SoO

thats awsome,great job.

Oh god why is this an ultramarine :( Great job anyway!

Holy good frak banana!

That Chapter Master is great! I dont think the spirals look wierd, just a bit olde worlde style.

6 hours?! Thats insane, Im comming up to 6 weeks now on my librarian haha. but I paint about 2 hours a week :(

I know the feeling man! i can hardly get any painting time at the mo. only 2 days now till all exams are over... well for the next 7 months lol.

@ w0chtulka: Ultramarines are awesome! i know all the little kids just paint really crap 2nd company marines but they are a cool chapter when done nicely.

@ vent: there's now specific technique really i learned from a tutorial in the space hulk white dwarf. i tried to find the article on the GW site but couldn't so if anyone could find a link that'd be great!

anyway on the spacehulk subject check out: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?aId=400013a

Cheers SoO

Man, I wish i could paint as good as you but it seems so that I can´t paint stuff to such high levels of coolness. BTW good luck in GD and could you post a toturial on how you did the chaplains skull?

umm... i spose. i've got so many tutorials to make now lol.

this is going to be a busy summer!!

I am busy finishing the school year ... It seems i creeated certain antipathy against ultramarines. Models CAN be done cool but all models can be played with and converted and painted to absolute awesomness but i find gorgeously painted, say, salamanders, being more awesome than ultramarines painted at the same level. And i dont like their fluff too: they are just too great and good. Exceptional americas heroes (blargh!).

This reminds me of army i once saw. It had Calgar, Lysander, 5 TH/SS termies, 5 Grey knight termies, 5 Scouts with sniper rifles, 5 Tactical marines and 2 Thunderfire cannons, at 1500 pts. But the way they were painted!! It was funny and pretty at the same time. They are were shiny white with neat blacklinging and they all had american iconography on them. Flags and stuff. Calgar had USA flag as his cloak Sry for OT

Love the Master, i prefer the original scan btw without the colour changes, im just annoyed i missed seeing it as i was there but didnt take a good look at the pictures on display :(

sorry, constantly forget to ask, SoO do you use superglue to glue your models together? or on the painting base before you glue them to the main base?

i use a very small amount of superglue to glue them to the painting base as it is brittle and you can easily snap them off when you finish to put them on the main base

I really wish I could paint as good as you, that is some really amazing paint work there.

ah i see. so you then use plastic glue for the rest of the model?

Yeah. unless it's fiddly and annoying and flops around and stuff. oh and obviously for metal models i have tried plastic glue on them when i was small and it ended up a bit of a mess lol.. i use superglue to glue bent bits of plasticard on conversions otherwise they just spring off all over the place!

Superglue is the way forward!

Finally worked through all 17 pages, amazing stuff mate, can't wait to see some of it in the flesh!

Thanks very much! yeah there is a lot of it now lol and there's even more to come!

I bet you're glad your exams are finished!! I hope they went alright. Do you still have to go back to college or are you done until September?

The art looks good, i can't draw to save my life! Doesn't seem to have an adverse effect on mini-painting though

Eagerly awaiting the next batch of updates

Looking amazingly amazing.

Just finished my exams as well, i got on dakka, read through this entire thread and i must say, incredible stuff! you have got me motivated to get to work painting my armies again and updating my blog.
I do wish i could paint half as nicely as you keep up the great work

Still awesome!

For his name how about Suetonius, Vespasien or Belisarius?

^I kinda like Belisarius....

Sorry for taking ages since the last update... since then I’ve painted 8 marines, a dreadnought and touched up my old CSM to sell on eBay.

I really like Belisarius Cruentus (Cruentus is blood stained in Latin). Thank you Llamahead.

@ Vitruvian XVII I’ve got two more weeks of college then 10 or 11 weeks of summer holiday

On to the pictures.

I recently got a watchmakers magnifying glass for paint super detailed single minis. I’d definitely recommend you guys get one






The second venerable dreadnought. I decided to go for a lot of white armour to contrast with some of the other minis. What do you think?







Some of the most recent marines. The flesh on the faces isn't quite finished in these pictures.




The painted army so far. Unfortunately it's a bit blurred because of my rubbish digital camera.

Any Questions etc lust comment or message me.

Cheers, SoO

I like the venerable dreadnought,it looks great.

thanks

Ive been following this thread for quite some time, I am very very impressed with your SM's, i love the red(s) of the power armor. good work!

How do you suggest a dark green space marine? Like what should i do to give it a shiny touch and stilll keep a cameo look.

Once again these guys look great. You did well with the White to make it a slight contrast from the others

I can't decide whether or not I like the purple plasma guns.... It looks good, but a cool light blue (a la DOW series) would add a nice contrast. Great minis, anyways. Keep up the good work!

thinking back i probably would have done light blue... i was just in a purple mood... purple plasma looks really good on my desert camo imperial tanks which i was working on before the Sons of Orar

e.g

You upset me ...... and i mean that in the good way.

It is looking as good as ever keep it up.

Wow that tank looks awesome!

This here thread contains some fantastic stuff! I especially like the purple plasma on the desert camo too : )

Keep the gd work up man

I like the russ, and all the other stuff as well, have you played any games with these guys yet?

Really really wish I could paint like you xD

Young_Logan wrote:I like the russ, and all the other stuff as well, have you played any games with these guys yet?

yes.. it was a 750 point game against plague marines... I forgot the mission name but it's the one where you have to capture points... the outcome was a draw... the highlights were him turning my chaplain into a chaos spawn in the turn before last which was instantly shredded by my Venerable dreadnought... I lost 1 marine and the chaplain and I flattened all but 2 of a squad of plague marines guarding an objective with the plasma cannon on the venerable dread... I killed the most stuff but by the last turn we had 2 objectives each so it was a draw as I said... but in all other respects I won

SoO



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and rowan: stop moaning and go and practice your painting you'll be awesome with a bit of practice and advice

And remember... you're braver than me, after all your are the one making a scratch built warhound

Sons, they all look brilliant. That new ven dread looks amazing.

Oh my... i love it.

I like the purple plasma, it's different

SONS of ORAR wrote:I'm sorry about the surprise guys. It’s ready now.. I had more revision to do than I thought.. Last exam on Wednesday so only a few days to go! then I can chain myself (metaphorically) to my desk and paint paint paint!

Anyway this surprise...

I’ve spent my free time for a couple of weeks converting a chaos lord into a chapter master for my Sons of Orar, I have yet to think of a name so I’m open to suggestions. All will be considered (as long as it has the correct latiny feel)

Anyway on to some pictures of him:



Close up view on the axe head which is from the sanguinary guard kit.

Cheers SoO

Hope to update as soon as pos. look forward to hearing your comments

How did you ever achieve that lightning effect? I have to know so I can use it myself :O

I assume he used some dark blue as basic colour followed by regular blue (making shape of the lighting) and then used something like ice blue and blended it with white.

Awsome power weapon

very nice effect, good job!

Dude i need a painting teacher just like you that way I could do better.

i'm not sure how to get a glossy look on camo coloured armour.. i thought maybe use some soft highlighting... definitely dont use gloss varnish though... only use that on glass areas like lenses etc.

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@Izirath: i have explained it earlier if i remember correctly. but its basically as w0chtulka says

Using any flow aid and such?

flow aid? i'm really not sure what that is in all honesty.. all it is is very careful highlighting with a very fine brush.. i'll do a tutorial for them soon

Cool, thanks

When putting on resin bases do you drill the base and set the pins in b4 priming?

I always pin after painting the model and base with the resin bases..

I have a power weapon painting tutorial now here it is:


Brushes: the top brush is GW's fine detail brush, the bottom one is my finest brush for ultra detail.


The blade is base coated black


A mix of black and hawk turquoise is layered on where the lightning effect will roughly go.


More hawk turquoise is added to the mix and applied with the fine detail brush.


Pure Hawk turquoise is then carefully layered on, some ice blue can also be added to the mix.


A mix of ice blue and hawk turquoise is added with a very fine brush.


Raw ice blue is used to patchily highlight the previous shade.


A highlight of ice blue and white is added


Add very small patches of skull white.


A blue wash is applied to dull the colour.


The lightning is carefully re-highlighted with the ice blue-white mix.


The blade is finally painted with gloss varnish to bring out the contrast and protect from wear and tear.

And there you have it. How to paint power weapons

Cheers, SoO

Where did you get your ultra fine brush?? Or didyou modify a GW one??

Imp. Monkey

If I could just get step #1 to look right.... the rest would fall into place I think. Do you have a design philosophy in mind when your laying out your initial patten??

i bought the brush in a modelling store.. most hobby stores i've been to have brushes of about that size, the other good thing is they're cheaper than GW brushes.

with the basic pattern. the first one you ever do is always the hardest. i gauged my first on the terminator sergeant from the new space hulk's power sword. its really up to you.. i had a practice on an old power sword in my bitz box before trying it on my first model. the best thing is to just have a play around and find what works best for you. some people like nice flowing curvy lightning, others like to have it really jagged. the easiest thing to go is to get to crowded.. remember not all the blade has to be covered in coils of energy

good luck. let me know if you give it a try and put up some pics

Very nice mate keep it up!

Amazing tutorial. I'll have to try it out soon!

if you want any further tips on painting power weapons or if you don't think it turned out exactly as you would have liked PM me and post a pic or two and i'll help you get it all sorted

Once again ...Fabulous tutorial and nice pictures... any suggestion on colors for doing the same in red?

Will def. plan on trying it.

Awesome tutorial, definately going to be having a bash at this myself!

And I can also confirm that these models look stunning in the flesh. Had the pleasure of seeing them today when SoR brought some in to the store. The chaplain is amazing!

And he beat me in a WFB demo game. So I hate him twice!

Cheers lol..

Though next time i play you at fantasy it'll be with full proper rules and magic etc... i reckon you would have done better if you remembered to fire the cannon in your first shooting phase i wouldn't have done so well

Fantasy is by far inferior to 40k!

In most ways, but Im still very intregued by it. Love Bretonians and wood elves and lizardmen and suchlike, but Im imminently buying a bretonian box set.

What fantasy army are you SoO and do you have any pics O' doom O' those?

i was goblins.. but not my goblins.. just the skull pass ones they had in the store ... my fantasy collection so far consists of the GD model from last year and that's is :/

Thats so pretty inspiring work. Brilliant painting and tutorials, and some of the conversions are superb. Keep up the good work mate!

Outstanding as always, makes me sad that my painting skills are not nearly the caliber they should be.

The new WD is 100% WFB so not getting it.

I dont like the changes... seems like wierd 40k/fantasy breed with elements of old editions spiced up with noobiness ...

As you all can see I have changed the name of my blog so I can include everything in it like my golden Demon stuff I’m working on rather than doing a separate blog for that.

And I have more GD coming along which I have previously kept hidden up till now... and here are some pics:

Vehicle Category:




The sentinel I’m working on for the vehicle category, it’s about half done at the moment. I’m working on the crew member separately

Warhammer Fantasy Single Miniature:


The Empire Warrior Priest. I only started on this one today but he's coming along quite well. The face is really gnarled (though these pictures are a bit poor and don't show it to well) So far I have painted the flesh on him and made a start on the armour.

Cheers,
SoO

And Thanks to All who have looked at this blog over the last 6 months! It’s now at over 50,000 views!

shouldn't it be on a square base? Lookin' really good though!

Yeah but the one it came with was way to small for some reason and the round one is only for painting

Awesome sentinel dude!

Lookin forward to seeing what you do with the base.

Sentinel rocks man,

and congrats on the 50,000 views!

Im subscribed.

That sentinel is unbelievable.

Excellent wethering.

Looks awesome. I bookmarked your tutorial on power swords. I'm total trash at any and all free hand, so it really helped a lot. Thanks.

got my bases lases cut yesterday


the bases are made out of a number of layers of laser etched perspex. the left one is for the librarian - farseer duel and the round one is for the sentinel.


a close up of the eldaresque base. its meant to look fairly craftworldy



the base was undercoated black, the sprayed with various shades of light grey and finally white. then the cracks scraped out with a scalpel.

i haven't started on the sentinel base yet.



the warrior priest. just started painting the fleur de lys on his clothing and it is so hard!! it takes about 20 to 30 mins for each one!!

SoO

I admire your ability to paint the fleur de lys on his clothing. I would fail at number one and have to start the whole piece again.

close up of the fleur de lys

I would DEFINATELY fail on number one.

THAT is impressive.

Omg..That takes forever..Too bad transfers are suck.

OK, my question is... "got my bases cut yesterday"....

Where and How? Those are pretty spectacular too. (I'm not mentioning the fleurs because well... that's just proof in insanity that could be used agin' you at a later date...

i have to say WOW MAN!!! your stuff is just super awomse to look at m8. the land rider in the start was just awsome i feel in love whit that one the sec i sa it. and the rest of your work was just a big joy to look at, and it gave me a new boost to paint some more.
will keep a eye on your blog here at daka m8.

Gitsplitta wrote:OK, my question is... "got my bases cut yesterday"....

Where and How? Those are pretty spectacular too. (I'm not mentioning the fleurs because well... that's just proof in insanity that could be used agin' you at a later date...

I'm a rather lucky person, i got a work experience placement with an architectural modelling company about 2 years ago now and they have two laser cutters which they taught me to use. when i left they said they wouldn't mind if i came back occasionally to make some bits and bobs with their perspex offcuts. so on wednesday i gave them a ring planning on calling in when they weren't very busy in a couple of weeks time but they said i could go down that afternoon so i did and hey presto! i got all the parts cut and etched in an afternoon!

I have some more sentinel pics for you to see



Starting with the base which has been painted up since the last update note the brass screws... shows the detail you can get with laser etching!


sentinel on it's base





a couple of shots of the details



offering the farseer and librarian up on the base for the duel.. i love how this is looking even at this early stage!

Quick note: i'm away now for 2 weeks in scotland from tomorrow... leaving in about 4 hours time (certain family members think 4:30 to 5:00 is a good time to leave) so i get about 3 hours sleep... So the lack of updates over the next 16 days will be because of that, not me being violently killed in a freak accident... though that may happen.. who knows? lol

Look forward to your replies when i get back!

Cheers SoO

you lucky that would be amazing to make my own bases... well have fun in Scotland ^_^

You are a Titan of Painting, to be sure!

Jaw dropping stuff in here - simply amazing!

Wow, some seriously nice work man. Your weathering technique is far and away above most wargaming models. I'm also very jealous of your laser-cut bases! I do have one question; with your Land Raider, did you deliberately mean to do yourself out of having the side exit hatches for gaming purposes?

Aww... I can't wait that long :( Have fun though!

I think i will die seeing these pics!!! xD

The sentinel is floning amazing!!!

So damn good.

The base just makes it.

Get your librarian done! lol

where did you get those bases?

You should read the last page... it will explain it.

cool

Fantastic work!

1. Read, 2. Use google, 3. Ask questions

Err... Just drilling it into your head (help me?). BTW could some one tell me how to delete posts?

I like laser cutters now

Any updates in sight? )

He's on holiday!

Oh how wierd, strange people on the internet know what eachother are doing even tho we dont know each other!

Of course we know each other! lol

.....

Right Im definately going to bed now.

I'm going to say, I completely ripped off the weathering wash technique you used for your Marines for my first truescale (although mine was a custom mix, I don't buy GW paint outside of metallics), and I love it completely. It adds so much personality to the model.

Hi everyone! I’m back from a rather epic two weeks in the Scottish Land

And I’m now back to the painting!

Rather than going in for the concentration heavy single miniature painting i decided to have a go at something which was a bit easier, a lot messier, and has needed to be done for a long time...

...repainting my cities of death buildings!!!

I have no pictures of during or before the painting but i have a few of the finished things!




The imperial shrine/cathedral. This was sprayed black, then lightly grey, then the outside was sprayed gold, i used some old gold spray paint for Christmas decorations. Once the gold was dry it was sprayed liberally with watered down black and brow inks. Once this had dried it was then sprayed with a number of coats of a very watered down 1:1 mix of hawk turquoise and bleached bone.

The inside was sprayed a rusty brown before being coated with hairspray. Then the hairspray had dried i then sprayed the walls a light green colour. Once this was dry the walls we scrubbed with a wet brush. It’s best to use a fairly large brush and make sure it's an old one too, this will ruin a new brush.







All the other buildings were painted using the same techniques as for the cathedral.

I've also made a start on the farseer which the librarian shall be duelling with:







Hope you like him!

I’ve also painted some more fleur de Lys on the warrior priest... its sooo tedious!




Hope you like the new stuff! Thanks to everyone who follows and comments

SoO

Man, your treatment of the inside of those buildings (especially) is really phenomenal. The "negative image" on the farseer's cloak is really outstanding, and a technique I almost never see in the hobby. As stated before... the fleurs are insane... and probably can (will) be used against you in a court of law at some point.

Wow... very inspirational stuff.

Those CoD are some of the best i've seen, really bring out the grimdark, well done!

That farseer is also win, is that OSL from the blade or is it just the lighting?

Freehand as always is epic, well done!

I've just looked through the entire log, and all I can say is that I'm very, very, very impressed. Awesome work!

I feel compelled to steal some of your ideas, especially the farseer's cloak.

Eldar dude looks nice, glad you made it through your trip!

Welcome back, looking fantastic.

Nice mate keep it up!

Blue and yellow helmet on a Saim-Hann farseer?! For shame. Very good work as always though.

HE'S ALIVE!!!! I love your buildings, and that farseer cloak is insanely awesome! Good work. BTW, did you have a good time on your trip?

Farseers cloack and sword are brilliant.

i've done a bit more on the libby though pics will be posted on tuesday as i'm off to wales tomorrow morning

Wow... youre style of painting just never stops amazinge me. You just make every thing look so naturaly dirty and torn up i love it.

Great as always.

SONS of ORAR wrote:i've done a bit more on the libby though pics will be posted on tuesday as i'm off to wales tomorrow morning

Snap a pic of a Rowan Tree for me, if you can!

Hi all, The Farseer is nearing completion now after a good painting session yesterday.

@ Alpharius : we have one in our garden so i'll try and get a pic of it when the rain stops



The cloth and cloak are not finished yet on the inside and the Eldar script will need tidying up a bit. I also think the faceplate will need to be darkened a bit to contrast with the eyes and rest of the helmet.



The hem of the cloak will need to be tidied a bit. This is also my first attempt at NM gold so any tips for improving it would be much appreciated.

Thanks for the feedback!

Chris

Wow wow wow..... Just amazing. Keep the updates coming!

All i can say is...DOUBLE RAINBOW!