Certainly an interesting idea, and yeah they don't really look very swarmy in their original state unfortunately =/

http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/03262/sku-down/03262

^^ this is more what I'd like to see, been on my wish list for forever

Thanks for all the positive comments.

Interesting that you should link to that. Hadn't seen it before, but had a plan for an arm sticking up from the next swarm It's gotta be done


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Nasty little fethers (the scarabs!) Great job TP on King toaster chappie - he's looking great

Great work on The Traveller, that metallic work is pretty superb!

Thanks Para. Disappointed that he got the dreaded frosting today though will be trying to save it, but hugely gutted.

Oh noes :( that sucks may your restoration efforts go well!

You might have already seen this, but your DA Scout Squad made the Dakka homepage earlier! Well done and well deserved, mate!

Paradigm wrote:You might have already seen this, but your DA Scout Squad made the Dakka homepage earlier! Well done and well deserved, mate!

I can't believe it!!! Today was the first time in well over a month that I loaded the homepage and was amazed to see my minis there!! So stoked It's only my 2nd time and the first I really like. The other was the Zoanthrope dio that I am proud of, but I've got better since then (or so I think )

Guildenstern wrote:Oh noes :( that sucks may your restoration efforts go well!

Thank goodness it did! Phew. The frosting wasn't heavy, but bad enough that it needed fixing, here he is all varnished up nicely

Oh and that scuttling noise won't go away

Scarab swarm complete. Had fun making this. Simple, basic and the modding made it a far more appropriate model than the stock. Will be doing more of these in the future

Damn but they turned out absolutely cracking. Hard to tell the originals from the casts. Great job

Thanks Jan. Truth is though modding aside, the Necrons would still look pants if I painted them badly and thanks to you being so kind in letting me use your "old metal" technique they look so much better than they would have otherwise IMHO.

Disappointing that the Thokt accent colour is blue so there are too many similarities to your AdMech (sorry about that). It wasn't planned and the Draknehoff Nightshade wash that I put on last doesn't show up well in photos.

It does happen sometime that washes/shades just dont seem to turn out right in the photos compared to what's right there in front of you. But hey ho - you've got the original so to the camera - lol

I've got a lot of RL stuff that's taking a lot of my time. Therefore I'm going to stick with the Necrons for now, because I know how I want them painted and I therefore won't have to spend my preciously small hobby time planning/debating/testing.

Therefore hear are a bunch of (as my dear friend Januine calls them) Toasters

The two that are pinned are from ages ago and just need a bit of detailing so I'll slot them in to the production line when appropriate. After this I'll try and look at the Epirian Contractors, ai'm just a bit nervous I'll mess the scheme up.

Get your toast on and go full cylon! Cracking mate.

lmao full cylon...

it's too bad you can't give them that singular eye the Cylons had! that'd be awesome!

That swarm looks awesome!! wishing I hadn't already based my son's now lol oh well he'll probably need more...

Grats on saving your poor overlord! I hate that frosting issue grrr glad it turned out all right

Ah the cylons......

Love em!

One of this batch has only got one eye interestingly. It's not central though. We'll call him a Cylon anyway just for laughs

You could cut between the eyes and GS at the nose. It would be very quick...

Graven, you're like that little devil guy on Elmer Fudd's shoulder in the Looney Toons cartoons!

Remember the Necron Immortals have got a central eye. Maybe I'll make them red. Not sure how that would look with the blue scheme of the Thokt, I'll have to see....

Hey. Brief WIP. Managed to get 7 warriors looking a bit like this. So now only need to block in the black on 4 more and then paint the blade on all of them. Finish bases and cut rods and we're done. Not much to do but need a little time, would've done it today but got greeted by the chirpy face of my toddler at my painting station at 1am and hence ensued Daddy duty.

Cheers for looking.

Bloody kids eh? nice n shiny but I still want cylons!

Very nice job TP. Plasma works well. Blues set of the cold metals very nicely

May was a disaster for hobby and to keep up with Paradigm's challenges I need to really be invested in the models, so I am delving in to Doctor Who.

Here's the plan for June (some will get done):


Have realised I need to take a press mould of Davros' head and shoulders though before painting (can't buy him anywhere for a reasonable price). That way I can make a Davros Emperor in the future if I ever feel up to the conversion challenge.

Hey. Couldn't sleep at all last night. Was on the computer until half 1 then just couldn't get my brain to shut off. So at 3am I gave up and started working on some hobby. Was in no fit state to paint, so I went to modding. And a brief comment from Januine reminded me I now had all the components to finish off my Broodlord base.

To recap:
Bought a bunch of brilliant Fenris bases for Space Hulk and Deathwatch: Overkill called Sulaco and Sulaco:Hive
The gent at Fenris hadn't made any 50mm bases in these styles
I bought blanks and planned to make my own
Painted Broodlord hoping to have the Bases from Fenris in time to press mould some elements to sort something out for one of Paradigm's challenges. But alas the delivery came too late.

Now:
The plan was to have the Broodlord a little higher to increase his imposing position. To use a 50mm base to fit in with the DW:O Patriarch being on a 50mm. I wanted more skulls and thought it would be fun to have him on a pile of skulls overflowing on to the floor with a couple more helmets thrown in. He would be raised by standing on the moulded pipe outlet sat on a cross of girders to allow me to use a smaller base's grill to create the press-moulded GS for the base. And because it fits with the posture of the mini I offset the cross behind the centre of the circle. Image 1 below shows the initial cross and GS, with the Broodlord pointing at a Deathwing Terminator's head.

Image 2 shows the four angles of the nearly finished base. Januine has suggested that the mesh may not work and the pipe is a little stuck on, which I think are fair comments. The pipe was meant to have been ripped off by the Broodlord and flung aside, I can add some detritus later to address this. The mesh was to hide some sins and add to the pile of mess around the "nest" of the Broodlord in an attempt to tie together the original base and the new. Happy for thoughts as to what to change to on those points.

And finally, image 3 shows the base ready for priming with the Broodlord removed. When primed I will be using GS to merge the last few components prior to painting. I can the use BFTBG on claws, splatter and dripping from tongue and some nurgle rot from the pipes.

That's a really nice build and you've definitely got the aesthetic there. It must be something in the air (summer?!) I couldn't sleep either and did lots of little hobby jobs.

Sweet work TP - that's gonna look the absolute business all painted up

 inmygravenimage wrote:
That's a really nice build and you've definitely got the aesthetic there. It must be something in the air (summer?!) I couldn't sleep either and did lots of little hobby jobs.

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In times of high pollen, the hobbyist develops an inability to sleep and instead spends the time hobbying hard



Thanks for your kind words

Been a while since I've painted Necrons- at one time I had 40 warriors unpainted. Had to bite the bullet and batch paint ALL of them. Soooo boring but very rewarding in the end. Loving your Thokt Dynasty warrior

The Broodlord will look awesome when he's done! Love the base.

Cheers Angelofvengeance. I'm pleased with how my Necrons are coming on. Never expected to have an army forming of them.

On to new matters now. Trying to keep a couple of projects going concurrently so have Dremeled the bars off the Daleks, Davros and 4th Doctor. Have also started to use my press mould hexagons to make parts of the Dalek bases

Damn, I love what you've done with the base of the brood lord!

EDC

Cheers EDC. REALLY want to get it painted now.

Lol. Have just noticed that if I vote for 62 more pictures I will have voted the same number of times as I have posted!! I should probably post more

Nice start on the base with the broodlord , they have been eating their wheatties since I played tyrannies last

Thanks Theophony. That Broodlord is the Space Hulk one. I decided I wanted to base the miniatures from the game because I didn't like the moulded bases for the Blood Angels and the Genestealers had huge inconsistencies of their basing so they didn't feel like a united force. Problem was the Broodlord had inconsistent base sizes historically. When Deathwatch: Overkill came out I just decided to stick with the 50mm size. Meant having to make my own base because Fenris Games don't do a matching 50mm base. Think it came out okay though

And on to my other project - bottom bars of Doctor Who figures cut off and they are ready for priming. The new 32mm bases are made and I am pleased with how they came out in the end. The hexagonal plating may not come off well because the hexagons were so big. Problem was I couldn't find anything else "on the free" so went with this. Think it works well enough. It's interesting at least. The Dalek forces will have that metal element on their bases and the "Good guys" ie Doctors/companions/UNIT will have just stones, but with muddy resin puddles too. I have other base features for other forces too for down the line. The stones will be black (easy post-priming) with some blue-grey drybrushing (thanks to Januine for that advice) rather than traditional grey.

The fluff is:


Well, that's the idea anyway. Helps explain the basing if nothing else

And here are the minis:

I'd play that for the fluff alone!

Nice work on the broodlord (base) and the start on your Daleks. Are those the Harlequin models?

@Graven - if only you were a little closer to Wales I started coming up with fluff for game models to give figures context when I got back in to the hobby last year. Helps add a lot I find. Glad you like it

@Azazelx - Thanks for the compliment. The bases are all still curing so can't prime them yet, but hopefully soon. The Doctor Who figures are the Harlequin miniatures, you can get some from Black Tree Designs still, but a limited range.

Hey all long time away. Life settled down a bit. Here's a summary of where I am at-
For Para's challenge this month:

The improved SH Broodlord base primed and glued to the big guy:

2nd Necron scarab swarm:

Purchases to keep me sane:

The priming box before I went on a spray fest yersterday:

And there's also a bunch of terrain primed too.

Hopefully some updates with painting soon

Oohh looks like fun!!!

STUFFFFFF!!!!

Cheers both. Quick update before bed. It's very late/early here :(

Finished a second scarab swarm. Photo shows the Crimson fist victim ore and post gluing of the scarabs on. For those interested, there were two groups of scarabs (2 for the right and 5/6 on the left). They were glued together but not to base so I could paint the marine and then glue them on after. Voila!

And made a start on painting the base of the Patriarch. Pleased how the pipe colours came out. Looking forward to it all being together so I can paint on the grime, slime and blood

That swarm is all kinds of awesome!

If it wasn’t for the phase out rule, I’m sure we would see the fragments of the dozens of scarabs that brave marine took down before the end.

Love the scarabs, tons of character and action there. The loyalist and CF fan in me would like to see at least one scarab spitted on his knife, or cut in half by his head, but I understand.

That is a very good idea, can't believe I didn't think of it!

Thanks for the kind words guys. I think the swarm type models that GW do get just shoved on a base and ignored when you can have a lot of fun with them. I am very tempted for the third to be a wave, or even shaped like a fist a la Big Hero 6's microbots, but can't decide....

 TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:
I am very tempted for the third to be a wave, or even shaped like a fist a la Big Hero 6's microbots, but can't decide....

The answer, of course, is to make 2 more bases.

I think it might be hard to get something that actually looks like a fist. When you are making an image with pixels the size of scarabs, your resolution is going to suck. A fist is just going to end up looking like a blob or a pseudopod. I think a wave is something you could actually achieve.

Rather then a fist, you might be able to do an outstretched hand, with 2-3 scarabs linked up as “fingers”. You should be able to get something that looks like what you want that way. Bonus points if your Lord has his hand in the same position.

I bow to your chi of cool! That is a great idea. Ultimately I agree about the pixel comment.

Not decided yet. May just do a hole with them coming out. We'll see. In no rush

So nearly finished. Just need to do the hot glue gun slime streak trick. Need to tie the green slime in the rest of the base.

Pleased with this so far. It has 3 technical paints in it which I never thought I would be using.

I'll take better photos when the slime done

Looking very good!

Very nice. What is the green glob on the base? It looks like a corpse of an alien, but not sure.

Yeah, the green is ..... a long story.

I bought bases from Fenris games which have this alien growth on them suggesting alien infestation. He doesn't do a 50mm and wanted that size for the Broodlord and Patriarch to fit with the base you get with the Patriarch. So I had to make my own base and decided to make a press mould of some of the elements for consistency. I decided to follow Januine's lead with the green streaky goo and so it made sense to paint these bits the same colour.

Short version - I don't know what they are, but I like to think they are Tyranids growing within a sort of cocoon.

gotcha . They could also be the Tyranid version of a doggie bag . Fresh snack for later.

I didn't realise how much of your patriach's base was green stuff. Very impressive! Can't wait to see some progress.

@theophony - love your's more:
"what have you got in your doggy bag?"
"Nice little Eldar I found scurrying around bleeding everywhere"
"Watch them, they have a pointy after-taste"

@bottle - thank you very much. I hope I don't disappoint

"oh how I miss the days of having all those squats. There's really nothing that compares to some already marinated meat bags"

"Avoid those Orks though, they are fungus after all. I'm not turning in to a bloody vegetarian, the rest of the hive will treat me like a laughing stock"

The Stealers and Scarabs both are looking really nice. I particularly like the creativity you've used on the Scarabs. Very cool.

Cheers Az, that means a lot to me

No problem at all mate - they're very cool!

Bit of a multi-topic post. Been quiet for a while due to a new job which has a bit of a learning curve. Enjoying it, but exhausting and very little hobby time. They were great in the new job and honoured my annual leave planned for this week and as such I've had a great time with the family for the first time in what seems like ages. Plus I planned to get some hobby in. So put together a holiday hobby kit:

It's a repurposed baby bath time box. Now the little ones don't need it any more I nabbed it for holiday purposes. Clearly only able to take in a car, but it has about 20 models on blocks, all my paints and all my "use regularly" tools. There's even the sprues for a Nephilim Jetifghter!

Started off on hols rebasing 3 Space Hulk Genestealers on to resin bases:


Got them primed:


Have laid down the first two layers of purples on those three and the Patriarch too. Not massive progress, but something at least:


Hopefully more soon.

Good man! We're all a bit up against just now eh? Looking lovely.

nice job fella. those bases are perfect - looking really perfect for the bugs. tidy

Genestealers are looking great so so.

That repurposed case for hobby stuff looks great, nice catch.

EDC

inmygravenimage wrote:Good man! We're all a bit up against just now eh? Looking lovely.

I had noticed a lot of people have some huge RL stuff going on right now. Conspiracy?............

Took my good friend Januine's advice and switched to different models last night and put the finishing touches on seven Necron Warriors. This photo is shocking, but pleased with them in real life. I am very pleased with the head guy with the blood drip on the blade, the pose that I had made him in to just fitted it so well:

Probably back to the Stealers tonight - last holiday day today so can't imagine they will get finished, but will be nice to get another stage further on before going home.

Purple genestealers? Classic!

Congrats on the new job and I hope your holiday works out well . Great start on the genestealers, I love the old time purple vibe.

Thanks guys. Jan and I have had lots of discussions about "classic style" Genestealers. There is a part of me that just loves the colours, but I also dislike the day-glow tones of the original. So when I painted up the Broodlord I went for very darkened versions of all the colours. As a result of this I have a load of 2nd edition Tyranids that I was going to paint at some point and I'll do the same for those eg a Biovore that is pink and green, but much darker and putrid in tone. Well, that's the plan......

Nice job TP. love the guy at the back. The poses are nic and varied too. Bases - well tidy with those bits of crystal in amongst the rocks.

Cheers Jan. I know GW publicise these guys in pretty similar poses but you can get quite a bit of variability especially if you make some careful mods.

The crystals are part fluff and part squad markings. For those with keen vision, all the Warriors in this squad only have one crystal on their bases, a second squad would have 2 etc etc.

I really like your Necron stuff. Love the blue, and the crystals are a great touch! The blade dripping blood looks good too.

Thanks Oddball! When I get home I need to do a proper photo taking session to make the minis clearer to view.

Here's my progress from last night:

The Patriarch and 3 Genestealer purples are all done and look like the above. I have done a bit more work on the brain area and more pleased. The dead marine is meant to be a Space Wolf. I mixed my own colours (mainly because I was too cheap to buy a bunch of greys I will never use). There are two helmets on the base too which are all coloured the same.

Base (not pictured) is done as far as it can be now. The marine needs to be glued on the base, then streaks of gore need to be base painted terminatus stone, glue gun streaks added around the base and then both painted with Nurgle's rot. It will need blood splatter everywhere when the Patriarch has it painted on to him too. Plan to have blood draining from the severed arm through the grating.

Coming along nicely! If you want some more pop on the Wolf, stick some yellow or red on the pad to denote his rank (Blood Claw or Grey Hunter respectively).

Had planned to do that actually Para. Was going to make it red, but which is the higher rank?

Grey Hunters are the more experienced, Blood Claws are equivalent in rank to Scouts in other Chapters. If you want actual veterans, you'll want grey Wolf Guard pads, but that's less interesting aesthetically.

Na! I just want the guy torn to shreds to be as senior as possible. Indicating that the Patriarch is a kill-all kind of beastie. Not sure it will stand out that well to the majority, but I do like little bits of fluff on pieces if I can. Cheers Para

I like the alternative colours on your necrons' transparent bits much more than the usual. Nice touch with the crystals on the bases as well.

The purples on the Patriarch are looking really bloody nice as well.

Thanks Az. The blue was my first step away from "official" colour schemes and I actually like the transparent rods. When I discovered you could use cut down Lego lightsaber blades I was converted.

Kind of shocked that I pulled off those purples

Here's some rubbish photos of the finished Broodlord from Space Hulk. Glad I held out to do the glue slime trick recommended by Januine. Will try to do proper photos after varnishing.

Well that's... Gross

Nice work TP. Good to have him finally finihsed eh?!

Thanks both.

@Jan - absolutely

He's looking gribbly, looking forward to the final pics!

Sorry to say Para, but you'll be waiting a while. I'm focusing on painting with the little time I have and will have to take shots in a large batch one day.

Thanks for the kind words though

Fair enough! What's up next?

Nephilim Jetfighter for this month's challenge

Bit of WIP:

Do love how that base is coming along

Thanks Jan. Just looking at the photo now, I realised that I glued grit to the upright to signify broken rubble (and hide a dodgy GW scenery join)........

.......RUBBLE DOESN'T DO THAT TP YOU IDIOT!!!

I'll make it some moss-like substance ....... (moron )

 TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:


Thanks Jan. Just looking at the photo now, I realised that I glued grit to the upright to signify broken rubble (and hide a dodgy GW scenery join)........

.......RUBBLE DOESN'T DO THAT TP YOU IDIOT!!!

I'll make it some moss-like substance ....... (moron )

Lol, these are the good moments of the hobby

WIP of the base. Only a little bit of time today to paint (30mins) so concentrated on the less detailed stuff (ie base). When I return to it I will Need to fully finish the pipes, heating and brickwork before drybrushing the tarmac. That way the "dust" from the Tarmac will be on those objects too. I have an idea for the area around the pipes, but will need to do some work before that is possible.

Looking very nice TP. That's gonna be one heck of a 'flying stand' lol. great work. Hpw's the Neph coming along?

Cheers Jan. The Nephilim is unchanged. Finding time is my difficulty and I'm away from home next weekend so need to get some painting in before then

Cracking. I hate flight stands and always try to disguise them with a scenic base - good man!

Nice work on the broodlord (I know it's old news now, but you've done such a fine job it needs praise).

Base for the Nephilim is looking great so far too, can't wait to see more.

EDC

@graven - I fully agree, having bought the resin base it feels a bit weird covering it so had to try and get the balance right. Hopefully it will be pulled off

@EDC - thank you very much. There are bits I would like to tweak, but I am very pleased with how it came out

Yeah that base looks awesome. I was admiring your canopy in the painting comp thread too. Can't wait to see more

Thanks Bottle, here's some more WIP. When resin dry the base will be pretty much done

And this too

Damn but that base is poking awesome. Seriously tidy work there TP

Thanks Jan. And here it is nearly fully finished. There are some beginner's resin errors but I am happy to except them due to the overall look

So prior to painting tonight this is a WIP of the current state of the Nephilim

Very nice. Also crisp!

Lookin' good so far, buddy! Nice work

That's pretty nifty. The flight stand is expertly disguised. Also, the white on the wings is really, really clean. How did you do that?

Thanks guys, means a lot.

@Josh - the wing detailing was done by priming it all black, then masking everything off that was meant to stay black and then used a Tamiya ultra fine white primer to do a graduated white in the same way I would imagine you would do Zenithal priming.

So something like this:

Wow, I admire your patience and attention to detail. I have never really used masking/spraying successfully.

Me neither, as in this is the first time I've ever tried anything like this. I was getting pretty irritated by the end though!

Last WIP of the day

Looks amazing.

Thanks Sgt Oddball. Hope I manage to pull it off

That is looking gorgeous! I love the flight stand as well. It's lovely in its own right but not so much that it's detracting from the model.

And things move on a little (there's also some metalwork started, but that didn't seem worthy of a photo). So here are the two weapons options I placed. They are magnetised, but tbh, after priming they are a snug fit so probably not necessary

Looking very nice indeed!

Cheers Para. Really surprised how well this is going. Think I'm loving going back to the days of building model planes. I'm also trying to develop my style to transfer on to Ravenwing bikes and obviously a Corvus Blackstar.

Wow. Amazing work. I've done some masking in my time, not on that scale, so I really admire your patience!

EDC

Huh. I didn't think what I had done was more than normal having done it for the first time on this model. It was a chore, but as I said I thought that was me just learning a new skill

Very cool! the cockpit details are really awesome

and the green lens (laser?), very nicely done

Cheers Guildenstern. I actually used the new GW gem paints on them. It means that all my lenses will be red, green or blue, but it's a much better result than if I tried doing it with traditional highlighting methods

Ooooooh, lovely work on the Nephilim thus far, the model itself looks great whilst the base really sets it off. Looking forward to seeing it finished by the end of the month, best of luck.

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
Pooh, lovely work on the Nephilim thus far, the model itself looks great whilst the base really sets it off. Looking forward to seeing it finished by the end of the month, best of luck.

Did you actually mean to type "Pooh" or was there meant to be an O there? lol.

Nephilim is coming along nicely. I may invest in another one for a Dark Talon, now that the rift cannon actually does more than ruffle your target's hair! Naturally, I'll be leaving all the silly shriney bits off.

Ooooph, damned autocorrect am just getting used to a new tablet. Edited, apologies for the distraction TPDC.

Now thats a figther! Well done sir and my hat of to your painting

Thraxas Of Turai wrote:Ooooooh, lovely work on the Nephilim thus far, the model itself looks great whilst the base really sets it off. Looking forward to seeing it finished by the end of the month, best of luck.

I don't know what to say......

Thank you so much.

I took the weekend off to take the family away for a break. Going to try to get some done today.

angelofvengeance wrote:Nephilim is coming along nicely. I may invest in another one for a Dark Talon, now that the rift cannon actually does more than ruffle your target's hair! Naturally, I'll be leaving all the silly shriney bits off.

The silly shriney parts were the reason this is a Nephilim

Trondheim wrote:Now thats a figther! Well done sir and my hat of to your painting

I've not got a very high opinion of my work. Thank you.

Actually, can I take a moment to say thank you to everyone who stops by and makes comment. It genuinely keeps me going. I hope I continue to be worth checking in on

And another WIP with job list:
1) Paint the Aquila and Ravenwing emblem wings white
2) Paint the pilot
3) Paint missiles - what colour though?
4) Detailing with squadron numbers etc
5) Weather it
6) Varnish it

All by the end of 31st

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah

And it's with great pride that I bring you Brother Celeritas of the Ravenwing piloting the Nephilim Jetifghter Fallen's Bane

Awesome, that is a mean war machine! The wings in particular are epic!

Cheers Para. It was a pleasure to build and I learnt loads by trying new techniques. The wings were something I was really worried about, but seemed to come out well. Particularly happy with the white emblems and edge highlighting (huge shortfalls of mine).

Top stuff TP. looks awesome

Sorry to multi-post, but am as pleased as punch about being featured here:

 TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:
Well that was a more than pleasant surprise!

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That's awesome mate! It's like a fethed up Shelob stalking some poor bugger in Cirith Ungol.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
That's awesome mate! It's like a fethed up Shelob stalking some poor bugger in Cirith Ungol.

Lol

Hadn't "seen" that before, but now you mention it, absolutely! The guys in Spiral Arm Studios have always been very supportive of the stuff I've made of their's. I just feel guilty that I haven't painted more MEdge stuff yet! I won't lie, that post has spurred me on a little actually There's more here if anyone interested - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/678704.page

Indeed the weathering on those wings looks epic, getting such lovely white coverage over such a big area must have required a fair few thin coats and lots of patience. How did you achieve the weathering streaks on the wings?

Sorry to say but I cheated with the white. If you take a look at this post you'll see I used a spray can - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/678704.page

The weathering on the wings was a combination of sponged on Leadbelcher, then brushed streaks of Leadbelcher from the splotches. Next was streaks of Agrax Earthshade. Finally each rivot and a few select other points had a splodge of Typhus Corrosion applied then I blew on the splodge with a straw from the front of the Jetfighter to simulate the airflow in flight.

Not sure if others have better methods, but that was mine

And it worked bloody well! Straw you say? Niiiice!!

Better photos:

bloody awesome!

Yeah that definitely worked out well. These large models always seem so much simpler than they actually are to paint (to me anyway). Love the little weathering streaks.

Thanks Oddball. It really is easy to underestimate the bigger models. I think they demand more small details to break up the larger areas.

Wonderful work, and you got it done on time as well!

@Sgt Oddball: For what it's worth I always find larger models a lot more forgiving to paint, but I know a lot of people are intimidated by them.

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
Wonderful work, and you got it done on time as well!

Lol!

That has not been a feature of my hobbying to date I admit.

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
@Sgt Oddball: For what it's worth I always find larger models a lot more forgiving to paint, but I know a lot of people are intimidated by them.

Hmmyeah there's something in that, I just so often think 'oh this'll be easy, I'll keep it simple' and then despite that it's still a bunch of work just for the size. So maybe 'a lot of work' is more accurate than 'hard'.

You nailed it, man. I love that flyer, and you got the right amount of clean mixed with a little outdoor use.

Cheers Buttery

Love the damage and weathering on the white. The contrasts are perfect. Great job having the balls to not leave it factory clean and look like a real battle seasoned war machine. Without a doubt your best piece ....... So far!!

 Januine wrote:
Love the damage and weathering on the white. The contrasts are perfect. Great job having the balls to not leave it factory clean and look like a real battle seasoned war machine. Without a doubt your best piece ....... So far!!

Thanks Jan. It was nerve-racking after achieving the pristine result to go and rough it up. Glad I pulled it off.

I hope you're right about my future results

Superb work my friend. Crisp contrasts render it absolutely stunning

Lovely job with the Nephilim fighter, TP .

I should really get mine sorted...

Great work on that Nephilim. The masking, weathering and base have all really paid off well.

Hi everyone, thank you for your kind words.

@Azazelx - good to see you, come by any time

@AoV - go get your's started, you won't regret it

Top work on the fighter, it's looking really swish.

EDC

Hey. Been lurking but not painting for a bit. I was a bit shell shocked by how well people thought the Nephilim went and as a result I knocked my own confidence by being convinced I would never manage to meet that level again. I spent a month thinking of pulling open the hobby station, but just veering away instead. I don't think the choice for Para's hobby challenge helped - I don't do much fantasy and the theme was Magic. Picking Gandalf was not a good choice, the mini had such emotional weight to it I didn't want to mess it up

So a month later, a near total burn out from work and I didn't know where I was. I decided to start slow and finish some back log from the primed pile. It was getting too big and I was getting down looking at it. This month's hobby challenge is Halloween and I have no monster's ready and don't want to do the clichéd genestealer. I therefore am not doing a monster (yet). I have painted these two Daleks for Doctor Who The Miniatures Game just for me to have finished something:

They aren't very good and they are a step back. I couldn't highlight them well and they are bland because of the colours which are stock photos. They are only getting iPhone photos and deserve no better until I have a Dalek army to photograph. I had loads of fun painting the exploded Dalek and feel better after that one. That is the goal after all so that was nice. I'm going to paint a few more quickish minis this month and if I do well I will look at maybe doing a Genestealer Cultist for the challenge. No targets, I'll see. I want to play with skin tones a lot so it would be nice to play around with them.

Good stuff, and great to see you painting again! The daleks might not be flashy, but they look bang on for the old-school design/scheme (the gunmetal grey Geneis-era ones are probably my favourite of the old ones), and the dead one is awesome.

Thanks Para, it felt good to paint again. I'll see what else I can manage. Getting the balance between work, family and hobby is a tricky one.

The grey and black Daleks are some of my favourites too, no sparkle, no shine, just drab. Hopefully will do some more soon

Watching Dr Who right now good stuff mate!

If you're watching Genesis of the Daleks that is too creepy Graven.

And here is Davros:


Pleased with how the skin came out. I found it hard to purposefully do a sick/pale skin tone that wasn't gorey. Think I pulled it off.

I'' trying to highlight as much as is able, but these sculpts are tiny and it just isn't fully possible. Only 1 Dalek left in this batch and then I'll look at finishing off some other half finished minis

Very nice indeed! Nah, working my way through Capaldi (woo, Zygons).

Haha! Fair enough. I've no problem with that, been enjoying Capaldi's run since he started.

Oh! Loving the Davros! He looks great.
Have a soft spot for him, and his yelling.

Fave on this page is definitely the melted Dalek, though.

Nice work on the skin tone, you've really got that pallid unwell look.

EDC

Man, those Daleks really take me back. Davros turned out well. How did you do his skin tones?

Buttery Commissar wrote:Oh! Loving the Davros! He looks great.
Have a soft spot for him, and his yelling.

Fave on this page is definitely the melted Dalek, though.

Cheers Buttery. Means a lot. I too love the "unhinged one" that is Davros. When I first saw Nurgle's Rot used on a mini (May we'll have been Januine's SH termie I immediately thought of an exploded Dalek. Had to be done!

JoshInJapan wrote:Man, those Daleks really take me back. Davros turned out well. How did you do his skin tones?

I have enjoyed combining my two big (non-family) loves with these minis. Will look forward to doing some of the others.

The skin tone was:
Chaos Black prime
Cadian Fleshtone base
Reikland wash all over skin
Flayed One Flesh highlight
Reikland again in recesses only
Pallid Wych Flesh highlight
Nuln Oil around eyes, in cheeks and in ears
Further Pallid Wych flesh highlights to smooth around nuln areas
heavily diluted nuln oil layer over all to soften transitions and add the sickly appearance

Huh. 9 layers. Who knew?

Thank you all for your kind words (that includes you EDC)

While watching Januine's Twitch feed tonight I finished the last of the current batch of Daleks (there are loads so there will be more!):

And after finishing that I went on to re-start these 3 Space Hulk Genestealers:


Busy weekend of family and "homework" so may not get more done until next week.

Nice work on these Daleks, mate!

Thanks a lot Azazelx. I know they aren't perfect, I'm aiming for "good" these days instead of beating myself up for not being as good as my friends on here. With luck I'll get better at some point.

Sorry I haven't been on your thread, I've got so little time these days I haven't got time to check in with everyone. I will soon though. Promise.

Don't be too hard on yourself mate. Daleks and stealers are looking great