Panzer 40's FINISHED, except perhaps for some dust on top of all the other weathering, but essentially done.

I love how these turned out , two great models that painted up more or less exactly as I planned, I should have bent and dinged the side armour a bit during construction to explain all those chips but too late now !

Look good with the assault gun and infantry so all in all , happy !

That panzer looks *really good*.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
That panzer looks *really good*.

"Thanks matey " I think ?!?!

Ps there's two! ( panzas ? Panzai ? )

That was definitely intend as a compliment.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
That was definitely intend as a compliment.

Nice work on the tanks, Big'.
Spaced armour ftw, nice paint-job and good chipping.

 Dr H wrote:
Nice work on the tanks, Big'.
Spaced armour ftw, nice paint-job and good chipping.

Thanks Dude !

Wow, the panzers look awesome, great to see them finished!

The land rhino's are coming along nicely too I see

Beautiful tanks are beautiful. Is the other model a StuG?

They rock and great job on the emblem but the camo pattern is just brilliant great job indeed.

OneManNoodles wrote:Wow, the panzers look awesome, great to see them finished!

The land rhino's are coming along nicely too I see

Thanks Noodles ! Yeah almost 1/2 way thru chipping the LandRhinos

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Beautiful tanks are beautiful. Is the other model a StuG?

It's a 40k inspired scratch build based on a Stug. Scratch build is by OneManNoodles and is spot on !

lone dirty dog wrote:They rock and great job on the emblem but the camo pattern is just brilliant great job indeed.

Thanks matey, i quite like the emblem too , thinking of using it on everything Nurgle from now on and perhaps some command standards etc !

You should do it ROCKS !!!!!!!

Also , just noticed my blog just made 20,000 views ! Does nobody have anything better to do ???
Very humbled thanks fellas !

Not really

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Not really

Fair one !

So , some of you die-hard Camo fans may remember the good old days when I got to paint Camo marines and overly chip and weather tanks.

Well its not happening anytime soon !

My boy has arranged a 40k game with his mate this week, no problem UNTIL when the play boards come out of the garage loft they have a good way been eaten by some hideous Skaven creature.
So I'll be mostly patching them up and setting lots of traps !

This weekend me and the boy played a Homebrew version of Warhammer 1st and 4th Editions on a Dungeon type quest to free some Dwarf miners from a Skaven invasion.
The adventurers cut down most of the Clan Rats but only the Ninja , Gimli and a Empire Lord survived to save the Dwarfs after a (proxy) Vermin Lord turned up !

The boy and me started his Vermin Lord proper too , it was a bribe instead of Easter eggs , he hasn't quite got his head around letting the glue dry and building it in stages to make it simpler to paint yet but I think he's slowly beginning to understand !

I've made a simple two part push mould for the head base so hopefully we can use all head options and will magnetise that and the arms hopefully.

Not much to update you good people with, but Little H got to play a good all day game during the holidays with his mate !

All that table and terrain look amazing! that's how it should be done! :-) cinematic, thought provoking and added realism offset by brilliant paint jobs and exposed cinder blocks ;-)

 nerdfest09 wrote:
All that table and terrain look amazing! that's how it should be done! :-) cinematic, thought provoking and added realism offset by brilliant paint jobs and exposed cinder blocks ;-)

Thanks Nerdy, I was a little bit miffed when I found the boards had been chewed up by mice during the winter, but managed to patch them up in time for Little H's game.

Cinder block wood sheds / kids play rooms are for winners !

By the way, Little H loves the Hammer-er's and can't wait to see the Dwarfs !

That looks like a fantastic game there Big H, must have been a real pleasure to knock it out with Little H.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
That looks like a fantastic game there Big H, must have been a real pleasure to knock it out with Little H.

Hey Gits, thanks for posting !

Little H played his mate from the rugby club, I just cooked the BBQ and mended broken stuff !

Sounds like an excellent day! Nothing like the traditional dad duties to make one appreciate life.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Sounds like an excellent day! Nothing like the traditional dad duties to make one appreciate life.

Yup, it was a good day !

 Big H wrote:

 nerdfest09 wrote:
All that table and terrain look amazing! that's how it should be done! :-) cinematic, thought provoking and added realism offset by brilliant paint jobs and exposed cinder blocks ;-)

Thanks Nerdy, I was a little bit miffed when I found the boards had been chewed up by mice during the winter, but managed to patch them up in time for Little H's game.

Cinder block wood sheds / kids play rooms are for winners !

By the way, Little H loves the Hammer-er's and can't wait to see the Dwarfs !

Cool, glad LittleH likes the guys! tell him to keep his eyes peeled in the next couple of days for some Dwarf updates I am aiming to get them finished this week or at least 90% done for him! shame the mice nibbled your boards, do you need any more flooring puzzle bits etc? I can send some back with the models if you need?

That would be awesome Nerdy, you're doing such a fantastic job with that random selection of mini's !

Any thoughts how you will tackle the Slann warrior ( old Citadel frog head thing ! ) Bright green Jungle frog colours ???

I really do need to re-appraise my Space Hulk boards, but to be honest I'm not sure i need the flooring , I'm in the process of casting up some silicon moulds of some flooring so should be good now for.. well… forever !!! :-)

Keep them for local trades !

Today's work in progress , the old metal Imperial Guard command squad being nazi-zombie-fied!

Today I built some more stuff so i'll be 358 by the time I get it all painted.....

 Big H wrote:
Today I built some more stuff so i'll be 358 by the time I get it all painted.....

Umm, isn't that what i'm here for? if we both get onto it we'll only be 136 when we finish!

Only 3 figures you light weights I need to be 6789 to finish painting my stuff, that's just the undercoat

Nice layout where is the turret from looks like it might be from Shapeways ?

I still consider buying marines because of yours .......... I hat you for that

Just noticed the battle standard looks great that head works well, plus I like the change of banner might have to borrow that one

nerdfest09 wrote:

 Big H wrote:
Today I built some more stuff so i'll be 358 by the time I get it all painted.....

Umm, isn't that what i'm here for? if we both get onto it we'll only be 136 when we finish!

Haha quite possibly , unless I have a proper dig about in the attic and make us both weep till we're 180 !

lone dirty dog wrote:Only 3 figures you light weights I need to be 6789 to finish painting my stuff, that's just the undercoat

Nice layout where is the turret from looks like it might be from Shapeways ?

I still consider buying marines because of yours .......... I hat you for that

Just noticed the battle standard looks great that head works well, plus I like the change of banner might have to borrow that one

Mate , you need to sell some stuff on eBay and bring your average down!!!
Then you can buy more !

Yeah , the quad is off shape ways , it's a little small for what I wanted but I was too lazy to scratch build !

If I was to start marines I would go with a box of grey knights mixed with Anvil Black ops, that would be pretty cool.
Or just make one "true scale" squad from Tartaros terminators !

The first part sounded like the misses she keeps telling me I have to much "plastic crap" and should sell some of it
I might run the second part past her and see what she thinks

I thought I had seen it on there but was not sure looks ok to me but I guess you know what you wanted size wise.
Have you considered just bulking the bottom section of the turret it might make it look bigger without to much grief ?

It's the Anvil Black Ops that you did that got my interest, they had a more military feel to them rather than that galactic space hero steroid induced crap which is what they are basically

After a while of "buy and sell" it becomes a self funding hobby ..... Honest !

The quad isn't bad at all mounted on some plasticard shims and a 40mm base, its just I would have preferred a two man turret with a gunner and loader. I almost sawed it in half and shimmed it out but went for the easy option again !

The black ops range are really very good, with a few extra bits and some spare bodies ( which Joel will sell as extras if you ask nicely! ) you can customise for ever

I was going to suggest cutting it in half but then continued to read on I know the feeling some times it easier to just go with the easier option

Yes I am sure I can bend Joel's arm although I think he is bit busy getting his kickstarter out to the pledgers at the moment, mind you I could use the delay to make him feel guilty

You got anymore traitor guard in the works ?

Just for you LLD !!!

The old metal command group I picked up from the FLGS the other day.
I'm about done now I think, a unit of storm troopers to go with a Valkyrie ( storm troopers with be anvil Republic grenadier legs , GW storm trooper arms and German heads) a couple of heavy weapons ( mostly done , need paint)and maybe some rough rider cavalry in the style of WW1 Uhlans.

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Not sure if the helmet less figures need helmets and gasmasks or just painting up to look nurgly ???

Amazing what a difference a head swap makes I still think the head on the standard is the best one in the set but they all look pretty cool

Interested to see how the the Storm Troopers turn out seems to be quite a list of parts, what about the torso though ?

As for the helmetless heads maybe some Gas masks might work well but keep the top half of the head exposed.

Thanks for the feedback LDD !

The head does look good , they come on a sprue of 5 and they are all different , so unless I buy a million sprues they are all going to have a mixed appearance !

The torso for the stormtroopers will be the Cadian torso with a bit of greenstuff armour added to count as carapace .

Good idea with the helmet less head, I'll maybe see if i can't knock something up with the greenstuff roller i bought the other day !

Have you tried asking for a particular head only ?
I only ask as Maxmini has done this when customers had asked for particular heads from sets, I think these ones are from Kromlech and they usually are quite helpful so might be worth a try.

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Have you tried asking for a particular head only ?
I only ask as Maxmini has done this when customers had asked for particular heads from sets, I think these ones are from Kromlech and they usually are quite helpful so might be worth a try.

Yeah they are Kromlech, I'd not thought to ask, it might be an option to get some of the archaic respirator types for the standard guard and the more techno ones for the storm troopers, I'll need to work out how many I need !

Especially for Lone Dirty Dog , my command figs with resporators !
Not sure I got the green stuff thin enough , it looks too bulky now I've got them on, but they are on !

Works a treat and it can never be to big it's 40k scale has no relevance here

With a dash of paint it will blend perfectly good job, sorry for the late reply be on hols and no WIFI

Don't worry too much about the greenstuff cables they can be a real pain, especially to get the right thickness, if they seem a little thick try rolling them on a flat surface, just lightly, it'll take the edge off the peaks a bit and give a thinner feel.

lone dirty dog wrote:Works a treat and it can never be to big it's 40k scale has no relevance here

With a dash of paint it will blend perfectly good job, sorry for the late reply be on hols and no WIFI

Haha . Scale has no relevance here ! Fair one matey !

OneManNoodles wrote:Don't worry too much about the greenstuff cables they can be a real pain, especially to get the right thickness, if they seem a little thick try rolling them on a flat surface, just lightly, it'll take the edge off the peaks a bit and give a thinner feel.

That's a good tip , thanks matey . I love the greenstuff roller I got but it is a bit stuck on "epic scale "

Today I mostly cut the heads off perfectly good miniatures.

I always fear cutting heads off miniatures, I think it's like I will regret this at some point hence I have loads of minis for converting that never get done

Some I don't even like

Those heads look pretty good though mind you cutting up the oop IG crew I only found mine the other day

Haha , fair one LDD !
I know what you mean , I quite liked the heads on the artillery crew, very characterful like the Perry twins sculpted them or something ? I dunno but I was reluctant to cut them up . But the army theme is gas masks so they had to come off !!!

Hey mate! Looking really cool... already lots of different Characters coming through and a lot of diversity!

Really like those respirator cables on those command folks... how do you make them!? I can just about roll a nice sausage shape with greenstuff and that's about it!

Looking forward to seeing more!

Gas masks and re-breathers looking good there.

 MagosBiff90 wrote:
Hey mate! Looking really cool... already lots of different Characters coming through and a lot of diversity!

Really like those respirator cables on those command folks... how do you make them!? I can just about roll a nice sausage shape with greenstuff and that's about it!

Looking forward to seeing more!

Thanks mate , I quite like the look of them, even if I do say so myself !
I have a very useful little tool called a greenstuff roller , it's just plastic plates with different texture on and you roll the putty between two of them , simples !


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 Dr H wrote:
Gas masks and re-breathers looking good there.

Thanks Dr !

 Big H wrote:
Haha , fair one LDD !
I know what you mean , I quite liked the heads on the artillery crew, very characterful like the Perry twins sculpted them or something ? I dunno but I was reluctant to cut them up . But the army theme is gas masks so they had to come off !!!

Yes they were some nice sculpts but you have given them a new lease of life, as you said it fits your theme so they had to go

After a work induced break I thought it was about time to put together a couple of test minis for my traitor guard storm troopers.

I'm reasonably happy with the results , tho I think perhaps the cadian torso is too short and could use a plasticard shim.

Anyhow , WIP stormtroopers for C&C !


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Also posting with a phone is way harder than a laptop .....

Well, I didn't bother to wait for C&C and went ahead and bunged all the parts together. A metric ton of greenstuff for cables and gaps and basing and we're sorted !
Also made a big start on an eBay recycled Valkyrie to transport them .

What do you reckon ?


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And massively off topic but does anyone know why the iPhone 5 is such a pain in the ass to post on here with ?

It keeps turning pics sideways no matter what orientation the pic is taken and duplicates the first pic chosen rather than adding individual pics ?

My iPhone 3 and 4 never did that, but then again I could use my iPhone 4 abroad without trouble , get 3G reception in my house without leaning out of the window and send / receive documents without having a stress tantrum for an hour ……

Hey mate! Really love the look and feel of those troopers! the mix of parts is sweet and those heads are a really nice addition! Gives a very unique aesthetic and feel! Cant wait to see more!

Oh... just wanted to add.... the trooper standing with the rocket launcher is my personal FAV!! Looks like he has just spotted a target and you can almost see the smile growing beneath the gas mask!

Looking awesome Big H great combo of parts and works perfectly, never considered using Anvils legs like that

Those heads really bring the chaos "something not quite right" feel to those Guardsmen. Very effective choice of parts. Where did you get the banner top?

Those are some really cool looking troopers right there!

MagosBiff90 wrote:Hey mate! Really love the look and feel of those troopers! the mix of parts is sweet and those heads are a really nice addition! Gives a very unique aesthetic and feel! Cant wait to see more!

Oh... just wanted to add.... the trooper standing with the rocket launcher is my personal FAV!! Looks like he has just spotted a target and you can almost see the smile growing beneath the gas mask!

Thanks very much matey, haven't forgot about your supply drop, hopefully post it all to you this week !

lone dirty dog wrote:Looking awesome Big H great combo of parts and works perfectly, never considered using Anvils legs like that

Mate the anvil stuff fit really well , the Cadian bodies are a bit short but a shim of plasticard cured that !

Azazelx wrote:Those heads really bring the chaos "something not quite right" feel to those Guardsmen. Very effective choice of parts. Where did you get the banner top?

Thanks Azazelx, the banner top came in a bag of bits i bought of eBay, sorry ! no idea which box set its from, tho its in the current hard dark grey plastic so its should still be around ???

thenoobbomb wrote:Those are some really cool looking troopers right there!

Thanks NoobBomb

Managed a little bit of work on the Stormtroopers Valkyrie, as I said it was a ebay rescue and whilst not bad there were a lot of poor joints and mould lines, and the paint job had visible brush marks in it, so this being a Nurgle traitor guard I Dremeled it a bit to create small pits, much lighter than on previous vehicles, and set to gluing on fine sand as rust and crud, I created some battle damage and will greenstuff some further details once its all dry.

It seemed easier that scraping all the mould lines off !

Valkyrie WIP.

MMMMMmmm rusty and crusty! The plaguefather bless thee! Salt/sand is a very effective technique IMHO.... going to look awesome!

Actually looking pretty good I like the Dremel work and looking forward to seeing the fine sand painted, this is going to be a winner me thinks

MagosBiff90 wrote:MMMMMmmm rusty and crusty! The plaguefather bless thee! Salt/sand is a very effective technique IMHO.... going to look awesome!

lone dirty dog wrote:Actually looking pretty good I like the Dremel work and looking forward to seeing the fine sand painted, this is going to be a winner me thinks

Thanks guy ! Appreciate the C&C !

Probably gonna call the Valkyrie done , rust / crud/ damage wise, now it just needs to join the paint queue !


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I magnetised the weapon sponsons for some variety too !

Looks very nice! Keep it up.

Those stormtroopers look cool. Good use of anvil parts, they really bring variety and look pretty good in therms of proportions.

I've noticed apple is like that, probably normal apple, try taking the images at 90 degrees as it might be the camera or just the software is designed to be used at a different angle, probably just that apple is a donkey cave.

LeCacty wrote:Looks very nice! Keep it up.

Thanks matey !

OneManNoodles wrote:Those stormtroopers look cool. Good use of anvil parts, they really bring variety and look pretty good in therms of proportions.

I've noticed apple is like that, probably normal apple, try taking the images at 90 degrees as it might be the camera or just the software is designed to be used at a different angle, probably just that apple is a donkey cave.

Thanks Noodles, I have to say I like the Anvil parts , they really look "right" to me. And as for my iphone5 i'm really not happy with it , so many things that it does/ does not do that it just stresses me out !


I got a fair bit done today, and relaxed me no end, nothing too special but i primed the Valkyrie , modelled its flight stand a bit, and made a good start on my version of a Basilisk. It still needs some armour shields and details but its well on its way !

C&C encouraged !

Nice work on that Valk base! I bet you'll finish yours long before I do mine!

What is that card gun from in that cut up panzer iv?

That valk base has so much character already..... awesome work! Is that a laser cut gun? Looks cool! Love to see some paint on those troopers though!

OneManNoodles wrote:Nice work on that Valk base! I bet you'll finish yours long before I do mine!

What is that card gun from in that cut up panzer iv?

MagosBiff90 wrote:That valk base has so much character already..... awesome work! Is that a laser cut gun? Looks cool! Love to see some paint on those troopers though!

Thanks for stopping by fellas, gun is MDF and card from a firm called LaserCutCard, i was pleasantly surprised by it !

Ah Magos, paint is always the slowest process in this house !

Ahhh I see... I will have to check them out... although I have enough on my table at the moment! lol.... c'est la vie!

Well I wont hold my breath on the paint of those troopers.. lol... still they look full of character and pretty dynamic they will be kick ass when done!

 MagosBiff90 wrote:
Ahhh I see... I will have to check them out... although I have enough on my table at the moment! lol.... c'est la vie!

Well I wont hold my breath on the paint of those troopers.. lol... still they look full of character and pretty dynamic they will be kick ass when done!

Thanks mate !

I managed a quiet hour or two this morning and managed to add the green stuff power cables and blend in the power packs to the carapace armour. I made the cables last night with my green stuff roller and then squared then up with a couple of pieces of wet plasticard, greenstuff is surprisingly flexible even after its cured.

I got all 15 done so I'll be set for paint after a spell away at work.

Those power cables look good looks more like you used the tentacle maker to do it.

I've been looking for a way to make an ammo belt thing for something for a while, I'll have to immitate what you did here

Ooo, good idea on the square cables.
Looking good.

Those troopers look great. Nice work on the power cables.

OneManNoodles wrote:Those power cables look good looks more like you used the tentacle maker to do it.

I've been looking for a way to make an ammo belt thing for something for a while, I'll have to immitate what you did here

Yeah matey , I used the large plates on the tentacle maker then carefully squashed them and squared them up !

Dr H wrote:Ooo, good idea on the square cables.
Looking good.

Thanks Doc !

insaniak wrote:Those troopers look great. Nice work on the power cables.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting mate ! I've copied your work more than once !

How exactly did you do the cables dude! they look phenomenal to me! when I try stuff like that it gets very smudgy and soft looking not anywhere near as crisp as yours

Really awesome work mate, Those toopers are sweet! really dynamic... those ammo feeds are cool... tempting to get one of those "tentacle makers" .. nice way to adapt them!

nerdfest09 wrote:How exactly did you do the cables dude! they look phenomenal to me! when I try stuff like that it gets very smudgy and soft looking not anywhere near as crisp as yours

I mostly did it by accident matey ! I rolled out some cables on the tentacle maker then squared them up by pressing on them , using some plasticard and a bit of spit !
I let them cure over night then superglued one end to the backpack, once the glue had hardened properly I then cut the cables roughly to length , another drop of superglue and hold it in place with tweezers till the glue set. The green stuff is quite bendy even after it has cured.
Simples !!!

MagosBiff90 wrote:Really awesome work mate, Those toopers are sweet! really dynamic... those ammo feeds are cool... tempting to get one of those "tentacle makers" .. nice way to adapt them!

Thanks buddy, I really like my tentacle maker, I need more projects to use it on !!!

I got my great Dakka buddy Nerdy to paint up some of the figures I had no time to paint, with a mind to using them as adventurers and such in mine and Little H's home brew skirmish / adventure game.
Little H is well chuffed , the hammer priests have come up really well , and we both love the Slann "frogman" , but little H's favourites are the dwarves , there is so much character in them and nerdy did a superb job on them.
Thanks Nerdy ! Saturday night games suddenly got painted !


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In other news , I actually found some time to paint some of my own miniatures !
A full squad of Anvil Industries afterlife figures, done quickly with washes and glazes, but I think they turned out pretty good for a couple of hours work.
It's obscene how much I like Anvil stuff compared to GW

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Big paint day today, Little H got a Choas dwarf nearly done, half started some khorne juggernauts and a true scale mini of leman russ.
I just had a go at my space hulk corridors and thought the colour might suit my traitorValkyrie. I'm hoping to do it in the colours of an early war Me109 but that remains to be seen....

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Doesn't look that colour in the house.....

Nice toes man!

All that paint and you see my toes ???

Got a good hour in on the Valkyrie before a couple of turns of WHFB with Little H.

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Looking nice. Like the scheme.

What, no toes this time?


Valk looks good though, I find myself trying to see 'behind' the model to sneak a peek at what else you have hiding to work on ;-)

Dr H wrote:Looking nice. Like the scheme.

Thanks Doc! Trying to copy Battle of Britain colours for an Me109 !

nerdfest09 wrote:What, no toes this time?


Valk looks good though, I find myself trying to see 'behind' the model to sneak a peek at what else you have hiding to work on ;-)

no, no toes this time !

Not worth the effort mate, if the models end up on that shelf they usually stay there at least 2 years !!!

Today I mostly made "space zone hulk mortalis" corridors rusty.

Walls next !

Fricking awesome! your weathering really comes to life on the space zone hulk mortalis! can't wait to see more of it! and a step by step on your weathering technique?

That yellow nose style has been really popular recently I've noticed quite a few people do it.

Great airbrushing on the valk mate!

ZM board tiles look fantastic great use of colours & pigments!

Good to see you finally doing some of your ownstuff, apple gadgets permitting .

Great work on those Anvil figures. They've really come up well, and the washes have given them a realistic, grimy look.

nerdfest09 wrote:Fricking awesome! your weathering really comes to life on the space zone hulk mortalis! can't wait to see more of it! and a step by step on your weathering technique?

Haha, thanks dude ! I have done all the corridors now, but might get a step by step done on a couple of the room tiles I havn't finished yet !

OneManNoodles wrote:That yellow nose style has been really popular recently I've noticed quite a few people do it.

Great airbrushing on the valk mate!

ZM board tiles look fantastic great use of colours & pigments!

Good to see you finally doing some of your ownstuff, apple gadgets permitting .

thanks matey ! I like the yellow nose, gonna apply some chips and weather it to death next !

Azazelx wrote:Great work on those Anvil figures. They've really come up well, and the washes have given them a realistic, grimy look.

Thanks mate ! Anvil mini's are superb, I really do prefer them to GW even tho resin is a little harder work than plastic ( not much harder when you consider how much better they look ! )

So, being a clever kind of bloke I came home Saturday night, shall we say , a little worse for wear ? And decided what a good idea it would be to paint the Valkyrie.

It's not to bad considering, the lens look rubbish tho, but just those and the flight stand and I'll call it done.

C &C welcome !

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Little H decided it would look better if he scratched the canopy with a scalpel to look cracked.

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How do you go about your surface rust like that Biggy?

 nerdfest09 wrote:
How do you go about your surface rust like that Biggy?

It's a combination of removing some plastic with a Dremel tool and then adding fine sand with PVA and a fine brush.
I paint the sand chestnut brown first with the airbrush and then rust wash it with oils ! Simples !

Oh, nice technique indeed. Mucho impressionanto!

Gonna ave to try that! :-)

That looks bloody fantastic mate. I did have my doubts when you were drilling holes in it, then I thought you'd lost it with the sand. All coloured up however it looks really good.

Meph wrote:Oh, nice technique indeed. Mucho impressionanto!

Thanks for looking in mate, and the kind comments !

nerdfest09 wrote:Gonna ave to try that! :-)

Mate you can do better with a brush ! I need the 3 d effect and oils to get any depth at all !

OneManNoodles wrote:That looks bloody fantastic mate. I did have my doubts when you were drilling holes in it, then I thought you'd lost it with the sand. All coloured up however it looks really good.

Haha, some of my early experiments were , shall we say , crap. However I think I'm starting to pull it all together now ! Thanks for the comments matey , means a lot !

I got 5 minutes to myself and tidied up around the engines a bit, still not fixed the lenses yet tho!

That's looking rather nice, in a rusty/dirty way.

Glowy engines are good too.

OSL effects are excellent on those.

Yeah glowy engine bits look frickin' cool :-)

Disgustingly gorgeous!! Really love the whole effect of this! The sand / PVA combo is a nice one.. and worked with the dremel gives a lovely feel of corrosion!

Grandfather Nurgle would fart an entire symphony in celebration!

Dr H wrote:That's looking rather nice, in a rusty/dirty way.

Glowy engines are good too.

Thanks Doc, appreciated!

Gitsplitta wrote:OSL effects are excellent on those.

Thanks Gits ! Blue wash on white and sky blue with a tidy up of white at the end ! Simples !

nerdfest09 wrote:Yeah glowy engine bits look frickin' cool :-)

Thanks matey !

MagosBiff90 wrote:Disgustingly gorgeous!! Really love the whole effect of this! The sand / PVA combo is a nice one.. and worked with the dremel gives a lovely feel of corrosion!

Grandfather Nurgle would fart an entire symphony in celebration!

Haha , well thanks Magos !

Valkyrie and flight stand done !

I still think the lens are a bit dodgy but it will have to do.

C&C welcome !

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Holy barnacles Bat Man! That looks fantastic! Great job on making the base really fit the theme too.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Holy barnacles Bat Man! That looks fantastic! Great job on making the base really fit the theme too.

Thanks Gits ! I actually put a bit of thought into that base !!!

So , in the fastest paint of my life , I have manged to very almost finish a Death Guard predator in about 12 hours !!! This was mostly done by sponges and washes but it seems to kinda work and I'm fed up with spending 3 weeks on a vehicle so damn it ! I'm going to rush some thru !
Details and perhaps some airbrush OSL next once the varnish dries !
Happy days !
C&C welcome !

Well, that's certainly NOT a Blood Angels tank lol!

Dude your weather technique is top-notch and that predator looks like it rolled straight out of Papa Nurgle's heart.

Great work!

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nerdfest09 wrote:Well, that's certainly NOT a Blood Angels tank lol!

it may have been once upon a time !

evildrcheese wrote:Dude your weather technique is top-notch and that predator looks like it rolled straight out of Papa Nurgle's heart.

Great work!

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Thanks matey that's just the look I was going for !

I know some of you super skilled painters on here can smash out model after model in awesome quick time, but I have trouble , mainly coz I jump about from one project to the next without finishing any.

But here I present to you the plague wagon, the fastest paint of my life, it has a few ropey bits, but all my models have that !

C&C welcomed!

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Nice work on the OSL. Provides a good focal point for the tank.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Nice work on the OSL. Provides a good focal point for the tank.

Thanks Gits, I quite like how the weapons turned out !

Little H is airbrushing his first tank tonight, a Leopard 2 in red and yellow !

Other news: Forward Nurgle Panzers!

The most colourful Leopard 2 ever, apparently the scheme is used on some game called Saints Row ???

I'm shocked....

Very nice zenithal effect on those armor plates.

Also , because I have so much time on my hands I bought these from the Warlord Games "shop" today as I was passing.
The shop is actually the warehouse and you get shown around all these racks and racks of wallet empty- ers ! A great place if you like historical miniatures.

I'm in two minds to either convert the whole lot to 40k zombies or use as weathered to fethWW2 mini's and start a whole new game, hey if the boy can do it why can't I ???

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Very nice zenithal effect on those armor plates.

Thanks matey !

A bit of random and a bit of tidying up stuff that's been on going for ever tonight .

Knocked up a few plague bearers for no real reason and then had a proper crack at finishing some Land Rhinos , varnish is still sticky I'll put them together tomorrow.

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Great plague bearers especially liking the standard with the scratch built banner, the bladed end doubles as a weapon nice very nice.

As for the rhinos I thought my man flu had finely got to breaking point and my vision had been compromised, either that or they weren't antibiotics the doc gave me

Either way the paint work looks great always liked your marines paint scheme

Looking great as always Big H, even if they are upside down.

As far as the zombies for 40k or make a new army....I'm on the fence, has to be your choice. I don't play(or paint) as much as I used to, but I always seem to be filling my 40k collection with non 40k stuff just because I have THAT collection. I love all sorts of models, but want them to fit into my existing collection. So when I buy old warmachine models, I think how they'll fit into my 40k games. I think it is the horror of knowing that if I actually bought WWII models for WWII games, I would have to start a new system; which in turn would escalate my collector's addiction and I would have to buy more than the few squads that COULD fit into my 40k collection and take two or four whole new armies for another game system.

Ugh.

But that's just me.

Oh, unless it is stuff for Hero Quest or some other table top RPG.

But Marines fighting their way clear of a whole horde of zombie plague imperial guard WWII models....pretty cool.

Obligatory upside-down rhino comment.

Plague bearers look real cool. I love that model with the fly-head and axe.

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Apple's interpretation on the right way up strikes again?

It looks fine if you click on the image... btw.

Some Fine looking tanks there mate, the weathering is coming along nicely.

Thanks for the comments guys, yeah the photo is apples fault , I don't know why it does that !

A game where a squad of marines have to get from one end of the table to the other , with only two turns of ammo left and unlimited nazi zombie guard could be fun !

Anyhow, varnish is dry , I like how I weathered these two , less rust but more grime !

Ok , does anyone know how to cure upside down pic syndrome? It's upside down if I load it the right way up or if I turn it over , I have 6 pics and can't face them all this way !
Arrrrrgggghhnn

Holy gak I see a flying rhinos have I been drinking no it's your iPhone

Apparently after a quick easy goggle search it has something to do with the way you take the picture using your apple device, it will show up correctly on any Apple device but when converted over to Windows it reverts the picture to the format of which it was taken something to do with the EXIF file being ignored or something. Apparently if you take picture with the volume buttons facing down on your phone it will take the pic the right way up, but if the volume buttons are facing up when you take the pic it will process them upside down there are some apps you can use to stop this but it slows your device down apparently.

Anyway hope that helps some as I have no idea as I have just read it myself, love the paint job great work and scheme as always, are you in the UK now ?

Hey LDD ! Thanks for the info ! I'll make an effort to sort out the pics when I get back , working at the minute .

Is that a long barreled vindicator?

It's totally awesome whatever it is.

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 evildrcheese wrote:
Is that a long barreled vindicator?

It's totally awesome whatever it is.

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It's a Pholus pattern APC from onemannoodles mixed with vindicator parts !

Noodles has a blog on dakka !

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Nope, still upside down , I'll try again tomorrow when I can be arsed

I have such aspirations to paint the stuff I've already made, so I made some more.

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 Big H wrote:
I have such aspirations to paint the stuff I've already made, so I made some more.

Don't we all.

Nice kitbashes mate, what are they going to be?

 OneManNoodles wrote:

 Big H wrote:
I have such aspirations to paint the stuff I've already made, so I made some more.

Don't we all.

Nice kitbashes mate, what are they going to be?

Definitely.

The metal terminator librarian will be part of Little H's collection of randoms.
The Sig-marines , again all a bit random, but l quite like the look of them combined with a Grey Knight spruce. If I'm honest I think I'm making them because I can !

Little H did a fair bit of the work on these two.

 Big H wrote:
I have such aspirations to paint the stuff I've already made, so I made some more.

That deserves to be exalted, so there. Nice work.

Will be waiting to see them painted.

(Sorry, couldn't help it)

EDIT: PS: Nice to to to see your pics upright, BTW!

Excellent. Coming along very well.

Littletower wrote:

 Big H wrote:
I have such aspirations to paint the stuff I've already made, so I made some more.

That deserves to be exalted, so there. Nice work.

Will be waiting to see them painted.

(Sorry, couldn't help it)

EDIT: PS: Nice to to to see your pics upright, BTW!

Haha thanks mate, I think I finally have worked out how to at least get by with this phone now, thanks mainly to the kid people who msg'd me tips on here.

Gitsplitta wrote:Excellent. Coming along very well.

Thanks a lot matey ! Thanks for stopping by !

So after a huge break of overwork and under enthusiasm for little bits of grey plastic, I finally got some where with the embigoned Grey Knights .
I'm really happy with them to be fair but wow, these boys turned out big !
I've 5 terminators and a couple of terminator characters planned and not really sure what to do with the legs, as regular terminator legs look puny , I might up armour some Sigmarine legs or something ?!!?

Would love to hear your thoughts on these !

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Why iPhone ? WHY ?

LOL

If anyone is interested, if you click on the images they are the right way up !

Great work Dr H. The more I see marines with the Sigmar legs the more awesome I think it looks, but you're right in that they dwarf regular marines.

I really like the double sword dude.

EDC

They look pretty good lots of people are using the sigmarine bits for 40k now, at least the legs make the 40k space marines look a bit better proportioned.

Another reason I dislike apple.

evildrcheese wrote:Great work Dr H. The more I see marines with the Sigmar legs the more awesome I think it looks, but you're right in that they dwarf regular marines.

I really like the double sword dude.

EDC

Thanks matey , however I am simply Big, I'm too educationally subnormal to be the Dr !
Thanks tho, my boy likes the double sword guys the best too !

OneManNoodles wrote:They look pretty good lots of people are using the sigmarine bits for 40k now, at least the legs make the 40k space marines look a bit better proportioned.

Another reason I dislike apple.

I was surprised how much extra height and bulk the legs gave, I added some plasticard spacers to the armpits and smoothed it to the chest armour with green stuff to "tru" the chest up but all the other bits are straight out the box without change, making it a very simple conversion to test the water, so to speak.

iPhones are weird, will have to start using a camera again.


The Sigmarine legs dwarf cataphracti or Tartaros legs tho, which where going to be my choice for the terminators.

Ideas short of tons of greenstuff anyone ?!?!

I got to stop looking at your thread I keep getting tempted to make marines NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO !!!!!!!!!!,

Plus those AOS conversions look pretty interesting, nice concept and great execution.

 lone dirty dog wrote:
I got to stop looking at your thread I keep getting tempted to make marines NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO !!!!!!!!!!,

Plus those AOS conversions look pretty interesting, nice concept and great execution.

I AM YOUR FATHER LUKE, join the dark side !!!

Mate , go on make a few up, a squad of supporting marines might just be fun !

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually I have considered making some SM I have nocking around, however I am tempted to get some of Anvil industries spec ops now .....

 lone dirty dog wrote:
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually I have considered making some SM I have nocking around, however I am tempted to get some of Anvil industries spec ops now .....

A very worth while alternative mate, however , I would hang on a bit as Joel @ Anvil is doing a new set of the Steam lords range to bring them up to his Afterlife standards , I'm hoping they will be awesome !

DOOOOO IIIIIITTTTTT you need Marines LDD!

For a moment i thought you moved too Australia

Nice conversions

 Big H wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually I have considered making some SM I have nocking around, however I am tempted to get some of Anvil industries spec ops now .....

A very worth while alternative mate, however , I would hang on a bit as Joel @ Anvil is doing a new set of the Steam lords range to bring them up to his Afterlife standards , I'm hoping they will be awesome !

For Real? I knew they were working on the Regiment and the first 3D pictures look great, but man! If they are working on the Steam Lords, I can't wait to see how it turns out!

Cool conversion BTW, though I'm not a big fan of the feet... not enough 41st millenium for my taste.

Cheers!

Yes but I like the look of those spec ops you have used, using either none helmeted heads or an alternative less enclosed version of some kind.

I new Joel was adding to the range but did not know he was reworking the older stuff, the regiment stuff previewed looks bloody marvelouse.

@Damo you keep quite and back to your cage

 nerdfest09 wrote:
DOOOOO IIIIIITTTTTT you need Marines LDD!

Truth

I understood from Joel page on Dakka he was going firework the Steam knight range , which isn't bad but would be awesome if the level of detail went up to the afterlife level.
Anyhow, here's the last power armoured lads to the squad , 11 figures all up, 9 With swords and storm bolters and 3 with the heavy weapons options .

They remind me of something but I just can't place it, it's something like an old scifi cartoon where they are knights in a future setting.

I hope Joel does go that route as his miniatures are getting better all the time.

Work in progress Librarian . In the new improved Grey Knight terminator armour . Honest .

Nice pose will you be adding any embellishments to the shin sections ?

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Nice pose will you be adding any embellishments to the shin sections ?

Hey LDD ! Yeah , I'm looking for a suitable detail to shave off and glue to the leg, but finding something the right size is proving tough. Think I'll just use a small skull and add horns with green stuff
Also have some greenstuff rolled out off the tentacle maker for the 'power cables' often seen on the front of librarians armour. Probably fit that tomorrow .

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I think that's an excellent idea. Love that conversion.

If you are just looking for a little something to fill the space, purity seals always work.

Very cool looking stuff here.

Nice idea on the shins but how about adding some edging as well to one shin.

Gitsplitta wrote:I think that's an excellent idea. Love that conversion.

Thanks Gits, the pose is similar to one in a drawing in the GK codex, I just happened to have similar parts !

Nevelon wrote:If you are just looking for a little something to fill the space, purity seals always work.

Very cool looking stuff here.

True enough! Thanks for commenting !

lone dirty dog wrote:Nice idea on the shins but how about adding some edging as well to one shin.

Just for you LDD , skulls and edging ! Looks a bit dodgy to me at the minute, maybe I'll try to square it up better with a sharp scalpel once it's cured.

Looks good mate and ties the concept together nicely

How long do we need to leave the cables to cure before we use them on a model without squashing the details? I'm probably a little too keen lol

lone dirty dog wrote:Looks good mate and ties the concept together nicely

Thanks matey ! I'm starting to paint the marines and will have a crack at assembling the other terminators after that but I think the Librarian will be the style I go for.

nerdfest09 wrote:How long do we need to leave the cables to cure before we use them on a model without squashing the details? I'm probably a little too keen lol

Hey mate ! I leave the cables to cure completely or you will keep destroying the detail. Once it's cured it's still pretty bendy unless it's a really tight turn . Just glue one end in place with superglue, let it dry and then bend it around, glueing as you go. You can tidy up the end junctions afterwards with a bit more greenstuff to make a bracket or something.
Hope that helps !

I'm not sure when I started these , but I got them finished today !!!
Hopefully start the Grey Knights this week.

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Those are fantastic Big H! I'm not much for guard but I love those!

Looking good H.

EDC

Love them! the wounded one is cool :-) the colours are sweet and they look frankly awesome!

Gitsplitta wrote:Those are fantastic Big H! I'm not much for guard but I love those!

Thanks mate, I don't like Guard much either, but if you convert them beyond what GW thinks they look like you can use them as bait for Marines !!!

evildrcheese wrote:Looking good H.

EDC

Thanks EDC !

nerdfest09 wrote:Love them! the wounded one is cool :-) the colours are sweet and they look frankly awesome!

Mate , you flatter me !

Got a few bit done today , got the uniform colours down on the Nazi. Zombie stormtroopers( remember when I started them? No me neither!!)
And also got a bit done on the FlakPanzer.
A little bit of chipping is good for soul.....

W.I.P Nurgle Nazi Flak Panzer.

Finished Nazi Nurgle Flak Panzer.
Happy with that.

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As well you should be. Beautiful work... weathering is astounding.

If a tank could turn into a zombie, it would probably look just like that !

Great job, amazing weathering!

Gitsplitta wrote:As well you should be. Beautiful work... weathering is astounding.

Thanks Gits ! I enjoyed painting this one , I think it makes a big difference for me !

Littletower wrote:If a tank could turn into a zombie, it would probably look just like that !

Great job, amazing weathering!

Thanks Littletower ! Im pleased with how it turned out !

Great job on the tank, Big H.

One thing, if you don't mind; the big red lamp could maybe do with some more depth, it looks too opaque to be a lens. Have a look for a "black gem/lens" tutorial (there is one on DDakka, but I can't find it) for an idea of what I mean.

 Dr H wrote:
Great job on the tank, Big H.

One thing, if you don't mind; the big red lamp could maybe do with some more depth, it looks too opaque to be a lens. Have a look for a "black gem/lens" tutorial (there is one on DDakka, but I can't find it) for an idea of what I mean.

Hi Doctor ! No , I don't mind at all mate, especially as you are right, one of my weakest points is painting lens , I'll go back and give it another go !
Thanks mate !

I do a pretty decent lens if you want a hand? :-)

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I do a pretty decent lens if you want a hand? :-)

Thanks Nerdy ! I'm going to have a go at it this week, if it still looks gak it's going south !

So, had a go at endeepening the lens .
Comments and critisisms please ! Tho bear in mind this is as good as my failing eyes can do !

Also, because I don't paint to a plan, and some hobby money is needed , I painted this up today for sale in the FLGS.
Sale-able ?

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Beautiful work... wow.

New lens is a massive improvement. Good job.

I'm sure someone out there will buy that tank. Good luck.

Wow, that's really effective - like you should probably wash your hands after handling it! Brilliant use of weathering, and I like the blue effect around the lights too.

Much better on the lens! :-) and the pred is AWWWeeesooMMMMeee although the blue is a tad much on the lights :-)

Gitsplitta wrote:Beautiful work... wow.

Hey thanks Gits !

Dr H wrote:New lens is a massive improvement. Good job.

I'm sure someone out there will buy that tank. Good luck.

Thanks Doc, I'm hoping it's got the right amount of realism mixed with crazy ass fantasy to make a quick sale !

Dark Apostle 666 wrote:Wow, that's really effective - like you should probably wash your hands after handling it! Brilliant use of weathering, and I like the blue effect around the lights too.

Thanks Dark Apostle , we have a box of stuff like this, stinking up the house !

nerdfest09 wrote:Much better on the lens! :-) and the pred is AWWWeeesooMMMMeee although the blue is a tad much on the lights :-)

Thanks Nerdy ! I had to really concentrate on the lens to get my eyes to focus, I really should wear the expensive glasses I bought !
The blue was a bit problematic, I was incredibly hung over and it was going all over the place so, ultimately I'm just glad I didn't end up with an ultra marines Pred !

Today was a beautiful day and I fully intended to tidy the garden and plant some potatoes.
Instead I mostly made some nurgle chaos warrior.
Base models are Avatars of war with GW and Scibor parts thrown in.

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Perhaps, but it really works well with the yellow/brown/orange of the rest of the tank.

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Perhaps, but it really works well with the yellow/brown/orange of the rest of the tank.

Thanks Gits !
It does go quite well, even if it's over the top, but anyway, we'll see as its now up for sale at the FLGS !

Not been very busy hobby wise lately, but had a casual few hours tinkering and greenstuffing these bad boys.

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Comments and criticisms welcome !

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Excellent work on the gun carriage and walls.

Dude the interior detailing looks great! you can sure make things look as if they were made for the army.

Dudes look nice and characterful. Tank is looking excellent.

Gitsplitta wrote:Excellent work on the gun carriage and walls.

Thanks Gits ! I am trying hard to improve my plasticard skills !

nerdfest09 wrote:Dude the interior detailing looks great! you can sure make things look as if they were made for the army.

Thanks Nerdy ! I did a few googles searches to come up with the general idea, tho it's much simplified to an actual vehicle !

Dr H wrote:Dudes look nice and characterful. Tank is looking excellent.

Thanks Doc ! It's a tricky build of several parts but it seems to be going quite well !

And so , I had a spare hour or two today and did some tinkering , mending stuff and priming stuff up.
Also got a bit of plasticard work done for the counts as Basilisk . Ladies and gentlemen , I give you : a shell rack.
I'm excited.

And with "shells"
And for the health and safety conscious amongst you, the bullets are from an antique dealers and they are completely inert !

Great idea & glad you kept safety in mind.

And with a little bit more to the Basilisk before bed.
I think it basically done save for a few details and maybe some light "nurgling" ie sand and dremel !
So , your thoughts people, leave as is or apply the sand and dremel technique I've used on some vehicles ?

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Looks great. Nice idea with the shells and nice rack.

So long as it matches the tank it's going on you can sand and dremel as much as you want.

 Dr H wrote:
Looks great. Nice idea with the shells and nice rack.

So long as it matches the tank it's going on you can sand and dremel as much as you want.

Oh , a rack compliment !

Well , I went ahead and nurgled the basilisk a bit, hopefully get some paint on it tonight.

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As if there wasn't enough stuff on the hobby table, my boy comes home from the FLGS with a second hand PINK stormtalon, it was a bit of a dog, visible joints, mold lines and sprue tags all over it. He wanted it for his game today so last night was a speed paint night.
Stealth grey is the new camouflage !