Hello all i hope you will help me with constructive feedback and praise if i earn it.

I will update this thread regularily with Miniatures that i finish and when i have time post things i already have done before signing on, on Dakka Dakka.

So for now i start with 2 Iron Angels Traitor Marines i just finished.

The Iron Angels are a Blood Angels successor chapter which was closely related to the Mechanicum.
On their search for relicts of times past they discovered an old Space Marine Helmet which wondrous powers.
The Chapter Master immediately fell in love with the sheer beauty and radiation of power this helmet posessed and had to keep it for himself...
without knowing that this helmet once belonged to a champion of Slaanesh and contained a deamon which started to influence the vain and proud chapter master already.

In this very moment the fall of the Iron Angels Chapter began.

But now without further ado:

I hope you like them .

Well the 1st thing I'd tell you to do would be to upload your pics to dakka. They are really big (which is good) but take along time for slower connections to load. Its very easy to use, just ask if you need help.
Im confused tho, are they loyalist or trader marines?

They are traitor marines but i like to do kitbashing with chaos marine and loyal marine miniatures.
Many of the Iron Angels still look like normal marines and only some show mutation already.
They are "about" to fall from the emperor.

And thanks for the advice with the pictures, i will figure it out and upload them on Dakka later.

EDIT: I uploaded them here now. Size is better now.. thanks again .

Ok while i still paint on the Assault Squad i want to show you what i have done with that army before signing up on Dakka:

The Iron Angel himself (better pictures on page 4):




A Scriptor:



Tactical Marines:



Tanks:






Dreadnoughts (painted and WIP):








Assault Marines:

A) Nice Freehand, especally on the LR
B) Good conversion and kitbashing, keep it up!
C) Where did those wings come from?!?! I must have a set!
D) Dont get discouraged with low coments, you are new to dakka still. Once you comment more on other plogs, people will start to get to know you and come comment on your models.

So are these Chaos? Hey dont look very Chaos IMHO

really nice work. i like your dreadnought very cool and your iron angel dude F&A.But my only bit of criticism is you need to knock the emblems of the imperium off of them so there not so confusing

He did say that they are just starting to fall to the side of chaos, as such they still have much imperial iconography on them.

whalemusic360 wrote:A) Nice Freehand, especally on the LR
B) Good conversion and kitbashing, keep it up!
C) Where did those wings come from?!?! I must have a set!
D) Dont get discouraged with low coments, you are new to dakka still. Once you comment more on other plogs, people will start to get to know you and come comment on your models.

Thanks for the compliments its good to read this.
And the wings are from: http://www.shop.battlefield-berlin.de/index.php/katalog/artikelinfo/11939-1-show-deva_angel.html
The other feathers on the backpack and the ornaments in the inside are made with kneadite.

camboyaz wrote:So are these Chaos? Hey dont look very Chaos IMHO

vignor wrote: really nice work. i like your dreadnought very cool and your iron angel dude F&A.But my only bit of criticism is you need to knock the emblems of the imperium off of them so there not so confusing

whalemusic360 wrote:He did say that they are just starting to fall to the side of chaos, as such they still have much imperial iconography on them.

Yes what whalemusic360 says. I try to make them look "hybrid"... And some are going to get more chaos onto them as the project evolves.
The older miniatures will also most likely get the weathering the newest 2 have (except for the Iron Angel who will never get dirty as a gift of Slaanesh).
On the other hand i cant go overboard with the chaos look as i play them (and always have played them) with Codex Blood Angels.

@Vignor
Thank you what does F&A mean?

I have continued with the Assault Marines Squad i started with in my first post.
Its almost done now, just needs the basing and maybe some little finetuning here and there .

Love the wings and paint scheme at first having trouble telling loyal or traitor but figured it out! Great work!

Mind telling me how you get your models to stay on top of the pots?

IHEARTLARGEBLASTTEMPLATES wrote:Love the wings and paint scheme at first having trouble telling loyal or traitor but figured it out! Great work!

Mind telling me how you get your models to stay on top of the pots?

Thanks for the compliment .
I actually just placed them on these pots and they stayed there...

But if i paint a single miniature i usually "glue" it to cork with this: http://cgi.ebay.de/UHU-Patafix-80-Klebepads-NEU-/160437779388?pt=Bastelwerkzeuge_klebstoffe
Sorry i couldn't find a US product thats like this.

Cheers

I like these very much - I've gotten hold of some old RT corvus marines and cant decide what chapter to paint them - might have to give Iron angels some thought as i love your colour scheme

Oooh, damn those old skool jets look sweet. I'm damn envious, my guys have crappy new ones :(
Great use of the maxi heads, I used them myself for my Iron Worriors. They look ace here! The Iron Angel is a great centre piece, but the real eye catching bit is the freehand angle raider. Wow, seriously!

Only criticism I'd make is that claw on the Khorne-naught looks a bit too big, I like the top of it, but its a bit Too long imo. I like the... looks like a Dirge Caster? The backwards spotlight on his shoulder, looks very good! And the lascannons, possession perfection

They look pretty awesome. I like your style of painting and you have executed it very well. The Chapterhouse Studios jump-packs looks great on the models.

Is your army supposed to be set during or after the chapters descent into chaos?

Some nice work here Iron Angel, good feel to the whole army

weetyskemian44 wrote:I like these very much - I've gotten hold of some old RT corvus marines and cant decide what chapter to paint them - might have to give Iron angels some thought as i love your colour scheme

Id love to see those if you do them and im honored .

The Dark Lord Mr Fluffy wrote:Oooh, damn those old skool jets look sweet. I'm damn envious, my guys have crappy new ones :(
Great use of the maxi heads, I used them myself for my Iron Worriors. They look ace here! The Iron Angel is a great centre piece, but the real eye catching bit is the freehand angle raider. Wow, seriously!

Only criticism I'd make is that claw on the Khorne-naught looks a bit too big, I like the top of it, but its a bit Too long imo. I like the... looks like a Dirge Caster? The backwards spotlight on his shoulder, looks very good! And the lascannons, possession perfection

Thank you and yes its big i made it from the legs of an old epic bio titan.

Gathering Storm wrote:They look pretty awesome. I like your style of painting and you have executed it very well. The Chapterhouse Studios jump-packs looks great on the models.

Is your army supposed to be set during or after the chapters descent into chaos?

Its supposed to be during the descent but as you can see some are way beyond rescue.
I love the Chapterhouse jp and i have about 10 more who await pinning/magnetizing. I did pin and magnetize the packs on the back so i can swap them for normal backpacks which i will paint next.

monkeytroll wrote:Some nice work here Iron Angel, good feel to the whole army

Thank you

@all
Keep the feedback coming its really great to know what you poeple think.

Next i will paint the other backpacks and i think the dreadnought. The bases of the assault marines are now finished too and i will post a picture today.

Cheers

Ok i didnt start painting backpacks or the dreadnought.. i had some modelling work to do on the dreadnought first.. oh and because of that i started to make my first member of the Iron Angels Death Company which is still very much WIP.
I thought i go for white and not black. As i believe that is more contrast to my army which is good and on the other hand is, i believe, the colour of death and sadness in china.
So this is also very fitting and gives it for me an exotic touch. Besides i always wanted to paint white .
And i will paint all the metals in NMM because it looks so much better next to white imho.

Ok here it goes:




Cheers

Hey up mate! just noticed you have a blog up! would be rude not to subscribe!!

Im liking the fresh turned chaos look, for some reason these models are screaming john blanche at me... i like them, and it helps im a massive john blanche fan... (in fact hes given me permission to use his art for a tattoo )

I will be keeping an eye out on these imperial/chaos hybrids, im working on an alpha legion/nightlords similar thing, chaos marines with no mutations and not so many spikes!!

Your stuffs great mate! i like it!

CptCortez128 wrote:Hey up mate! just noticed you have a blog up! would be rude not to subscribe!!

Im liking the fresh turned chaos look, for some reason these models are screaming john blanche at me... i like them, and it helps im a massive john blanche fan... (in fact hes given me permission to use his art for a tattoo )

I will be keeping an eye out on these imperial/chaos hybrids, im working on an alpha legion/nightlords similar thing, chaos marines with no mutations and not so many spikes!!

Your stuffs great mate! i like it!

Thank you mate and which picture will you get as a tat?

Oh i finished the first of my Death Company:






@all
Thanks for watching and/or commenting

Hmmm, i like that brown effect on the white, mind if i steal it for my flesh tearer sang priests? Is it a build up of gryphonne sepia?
Im in the process of weathering my marines up to, what did you use? i used some forgeworld weathering powders mixed with alcohol, but not to impressed... hasnt made it onto my marines yet, only testers and my libby dread (see my WIP in painting/modelling.

Top stuff mate

Liam

CptCortez128 wrote:Hmmm, i like that brown effect on the white, mind if i steal it for my flesh tearer sang priests? Is it a build up of gryphonne sepia?

No its from MIG oil and grease stain mixture
And feel free to copy/ use anything you like in this Blog.

CptCortez128 wrote:
Im in the process of weathering my marines up to, what did you use? i used some forgeworld weathering powders mixed with alcohol, but not to impressed... hasnt made it onto my marines yet, only testers and my libby dread (see my WIP in painting/modelling.

I use MIG pigments without any additives. I just brush them on the miniatures and then seal it with varnish.

CptCortez128 wrote:
Top stuff mate

Liam

Thanks again

Looks good! I always like seeing DA bits on other chapters, and the old metal DCs are good models as well!

Just noticed the codex was in german, lol.

I think these are really cool. The dreadnaughts are especially cool i think. Keep it up!

whalemusic360 wrote:Looks good! I always like seeing DA bits on other chapters, and the old metal DCs are good models as well!

Just noticed the codex was in german, lol.

Dark Angels are just great miniatures. I also have a full Ravenwing army at around 2000 points. Finishing them will be the next project after the Iron Angels.
Yeah my Codex is german ^^ i actually prefer the english codizes (less errors in them) but its to difficult to talk to other players who use the german codex then...

darthbanesith wrote:I think these are really cool. The dreadnaughts are especially cool i think. Keep it up!

Thanks

Well ill have a look around for some of the mig products, ive heard they produce great stuff!

thanks for that! I will let you know how it goes!

Liam

CptCortez128 wrote:Well ill have a look around for some of the mig products, ive heard they produce great stuff!

thanks for that! I will let you know how it goes!

Liam

Please do so and your welcome!

So i have a little comission to do now so i will put pictures of my progress with it up here.
Here it goes:

Dude, the Iron Angel is epic!

Consider me subscribed and waiting for the next update!

ShadowAngel159 wrote:Dude, the Iron Angel is epic!

Consider me subscribed and waiting for the next update!

Thank you very much

and here the next update on Valten:

Your painting seems to be getting better picture by picture. Must admit, i like the more "chaosy" marines tbh.

TR

The Iron Angels look awesome so far, and the fluff for their history has a great start. How did you make the old school jump packs? I'd love to use the idea for my Iron Hands Assault Squad Vet Sergeants. Keep up the awesome work.

love the grey marine looks awesome!

Tortured-Robot wrote:Your painting seems to be getting better picture by picture. Must admit, i like the more "chaosy" marines tbh.

TR

I like the more chaosy ones too and yes the miniatures are getting better as im becoming better at painting. It also took a while to find a satisfying way to do the paint scheme of my chapter.

ironfather83 wrote:The Iron Angels look awesome so far, and the fluff for their history has a great start. How did you make the old school jump packs? I'd love to use the idea for my Iron Hands Assault Squad Vet Sergeants. Keep up the awesome work.

Thank you very much . The jump packs are from chapterhouse: http://chapterhousestudios.com/webshop/

IHEARTLARGEBLASTTEMPLATES wrote:love the grey marine looks awesome!

Thanks again

Ok here comes a new update on Valten.
I believe i will be finished with him at the Weekend.

These models are really cool. I personally love the bases and the dreadnougts are very nice, I like to see so much effort put inro it The blending of the yellow on the Iron Angel(the model that is) is also very nice. The onlu real 'negative' comment is that I fell the red is kind of blotchy and looks like you washed it with a brown tha pooled all over the jump packs fx.

Othen than that picky little comment your army looks really nice, and I'm looking forward to more!

gretar wrote:These models are really cool. I personally love the bases and the dreadnougts are very nice, I like to see so much effort put inro it The blending of the yellow on the Iron Angel(the model that is) is also very nice. The onlu real 'negative' comment is that I fell the red is kind of blotchy and looks like you washed it with a brown tha pooled all over the jump packs fx.

Othen than that picky little comment your army looks really nice, and I'm looking forward to more!

Hey there The Iron Angel is actually painted in NMM but the picture is not very good but thanks anyway .
The brown on the Red and onto the silver is grease and stain mix. I wanted it to look greasy and weathered. Well i guess its a matter of taste (or picture quality) and i apreciate your comment none the less.

Nice sig btw, seen Sharpe a few times have we? lol.

Lennysmash wrote:Nice sig btw, seen Sharpe a few times have we? lol.

Seen it and love it the title song too of course (which would have been King George commands.. but i thought i could go modern in that line).

Haha, either way your stock just went up in my book.

Lennysmash wrote:Haha, either way your stock just went up in my book.

Thanks mate 3 volleys in a minute

In any weather, lol

Iron Angel,
Thanks for the info!!! I hadn't been back to Chapterhouse's website in a long time. Man has their line of products increases. Keep up the awesome work!!!

ironfather83 wrote:Iron Angel,
Thanks for the info!!! I hadn't been back to Chapterhouse's website in a long time. Man has their line of products increases. Keep up the awesome work!!!

Your welcome

Just a quick not to those who watch and care im about to move and cant continue to paint atm...
I hope i can post new pictures next week.

Cheers all

Good luck with the move.

Lennysmash wrote:Good luck with the move.

Thanks mate ^^ i hate moving...

Ok i finally managed to take pictures from the finished Valten miniature.
I had to convince my buddy to bring it to the gaming club so i could take pictures.
Since i actually already gave him the mini but forgot to take pictures... gah..





http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2010/9/23/141842_md-Valten.JPG
http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2010/9/23/141843_md-Valten.JPG
http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2010/9/23/141844_md-Valten.JPG

Right now im working on a scratchbuild Warhound Titan. Feet are nearing completion and i will post pictures later.

Cheers all

EDIT: New pictures of this miniature on Page 4

Looking forward to the titan. Your pics dont work, unless its just me.

whalemusic360 wrote:Looking forward to the titan. Your pics dont work, unless its just me.

Hmmm i linked them from my gallery on dakka and they work for me. I tagged them with image tags... anyone else not seeing pictures?

Ok now here the feet of the Warhound:






http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2010/9/23/141860_md-Warhound%20Feet.JPG
http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2010/9/23/141861_md-Warhound%20Feet.JPG
Cheers

Hmm, I'm not seeing the pics either I'm afraid.

Same here cant see the images.

monkeytroll wrote:Hmm, I'm not seeing the pics either I'm afraid.

Thats really strange.. i did send the link to a friend and she is seing the pictures...
Well till i figure it out, you can check them in my gallery. I hope you can see them there. Valten is in the commissions and titan in the WIP Minis gallery.

Cheers

EDIT: I re [img]ed them again... please say you can see them now...

Sorry man, still just got the little red crosses for valten and the titan - all the others are fine

Ok i now provided the links to the pictures...
Maybe its a server thing but the images work just fine here.

Just to document my progress of today and to show where im going:

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2010/9/24/142116_md-Titan%20Foot%20II.JPG
http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2010/9/24/142117_md-Titan%20Foot%20II%20toe%20close.JPG




Links provided in case you cant see the pictures.

Cheers all



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Eureka it was something my provider did. You should now be able to see links.

Cheers all

Yup your gravy now. Titan looks great, wish I had the skills to do that.

Very nice... those are some of the best Titan feet I've ever seen!

whalemusic360 wrote:Yup your gravy now. Titan looks great, wish I had the skills to do that.

Thank you very much .
But i have to add, that there is no magic involved. Just a good plan and a sharp knife .

Regnak wrote:Very nice... those are some of the best Titan feet I've ever seen!

Haha i hope i can post pictures of legs too some day... but for now its feet.

wow looks really great keep it up! like Whale music said i wish i had the skill to do that!

Nice work, especially that firs dread. Me like it. And great free hand too

IHEARTLARGEBLASTTEMPLATES wrote:wow looks really great keep it up! like Whale music said i wish i had the skill to do that!

Ruzto wrote:Nice work, especially that firs dread. Me like it. And great free hand too

Thanks to both of you
It feels good to know that people are reading .

Some more progress in the rivet departement ill start the details on the other foot tomorrow.. and then off to legland.




http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2010/9/25/142320_md-Titan%20Foot%20III.JPG
http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2010/9/25/142321_md-Titan%20Foot%20III.JPG

Cheers all

Hmm, I forsee a LOT of rivets in your future

monkeytroll wrote:Hmm, I forsee a LOT of rivets in your future

We both do im wondering at which point i will dream about them...

Looks good the rivets. And Just wondering what guidlines are you using to build this? or are they your own?

IHEARTLARGEBLASTTEMPLATES wrote:Looks good the rivets. And Just wondering what guidlines are you using to build this? or are they your own?

I use a template i found on the web.
I will use the template for the basis of the warhound and create my own stuff around it, like the rivets and the vinyl profile thats under the rivets.

The template for the shinguard is angular shaped.. i will try to make a round one.

Cheers

Hey all, since i didnt find time to do much on my Warhound i thought i show pictures of the FIRST miniature my Lady is painting under my guidance .





Of course im quite fond of her painting skills especially when i remember how my first miniatures looked back in the days when i started painting.
This is the first miniatures of many i hope as we bought a whole Eldar army for her .

Cheers all

Looks very good. Some detail touch up where they black covered stuff up and she will be set! You should encourage her to join dakka and start a PM blog.

whalemusic360 wrote:Looks very good. Some detail touch up where they black covered stuff up and she will be set! You should encourage her to join dakka and start a PM blog.

Thanks yes she will do more highlighting not only on the black. About the encouraging ^^ im not sure she likes to show off her miniatures. Well i for sure will post them every now and then here ^^ seems there will be more "stuff" than "Iron Angels" in this thread .

Stuff is good too

whalemusic360 wrote:Stuff is good too

Im quite fond of the "stuff" as well... maybe i change the thread title at some point . "Stuff and Iron Angels" or something like that.

Wow look really good and crisp shes doing a fine job! keep it up!

IHEARTLARGEBLASTTEMPLATES wrote:Wow look really good and crisp shes doing a fine job! keep it up!

She will and shes sending her thanks still trying to convince her to make an account .

Another little update on the Warhound, now the second foot is done with the L-profile and has many rivets already. Its maybe 2 hours more of riveting and im done with that.. for now.

The foot on the left, is the one im working on atm:


The foot alone:


Cheers all

love the veteran dred on the first page

The feet look great! time to move to leg land! can't wait to see!

Hey thanks for the comments, im eager to start with the legs as well. But the shop i ordered more plastic card hasnt delivered jet...
To post a little something while i wait i can show you an Eldar Jetbike im converting with GS for a warlock:





Cheers all

Really like the work! Wish i was that skilled. lol

Wow thats Awesome! Those fangs look really cool! great idea!

Sweet. A real viper jetbike

Hey man, Love the GS work on the Warlock Jetbike! Scales are something I havn't attempted yet, they look tricky

BLACKHAND wrote:Hey man, Love the GS work on the Warlock Jetbike! Scales are something I havn't attempted yet, they look tricky

Well its good that kneadite isnt hardening so soon... i had to correct it every now and then till i had it the way i wanted.
And thanks for the kind words .

monkeytroll wrote:Sweet. A real viper jetbike

YESSS (imitating hissing ) im just not sure how i should paint it.. any idear? Its going to be Saim Hann.

IHEARTLARGEBLASTTEMPLATES wrote:Wow thats Awesome! Those fangs look really cool! great idea!

Only problem is, i forgot to include some wire.. now i have to drill into that gah...

ToxicsLayer wrote:Really like the work! Wish i was that skilled. lol

You want advice on the tools i use? Or some kind of "how to"? I really could make that some time i think.. at least on the Titan. If there is not enough for that out there already.

Cheers all and thanks great to have comments! Very encouraging!

For the teeth i would use bleached bone then wash with devlan mud (the wash is your call) then either put blood on the tips or like a greenish to represent venom. Just ideas..

I was just saying that my skills are of not that level. Really like the work on the titan.

Interesting and varied , will be following the titans progress.

IHEARTLARGEBLASTTEMPLATES wrote:For the teeth i would use bleached bone then wash with devlan mud (the wash is your call) then either put blood on the tips or like a greenish to represent venom. Just ideas..

Yeah i will try to go for a natural look with the snake. Im not sure about poison dripping but i will think about it .

ToxicsLayer wrote:I was just saying that my skills are of not that level. Really like the work on the titan.

Thanks then

neil101 wrote:Interesting and varied , will be following the titans progress.

Thanks for showing by and commenting, i hope i can continue to work on it soon..

How about a black snake, maybe highlighted with red, and the body in white with red details, kind of like a colonial viper from Battlestar Galactica ?

Hehe yes i could go for black with red ^^. I hope there are real snakes with these colours. I could look at nature for guidance then .

Nice thing is, i will soon make a commission (Tyranid) who also has black/red as colour scheme. I planned on painting the scales black with red highlights.

It seems i will paint these colors quite a lot in the future .

Cheers

Red bellied black snake

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AT_GXr03xxI/Ssf5oltVtPI/AAAAAAAAADA/KiMwfUnWQi8/s320/562680-4-red-bellied-black-snake-macro.jpg

You can probably find some better pics, theres a few with red and black rings I believe too, can't recall their names though..

Hello again and sorry to all that i have not posted for quite a while now...

But i can assure you that you didnt miss much, as my titan is still only the feet .

I just wanted to show you a miniature im working on atm. With the upcoming Grey Knight Codex, I finally decided to make a Custodes Army, which i will play with the GK Codex.

The mini is self modelled with GS and Magic Sculp and not finished of course. The space marine next to him is for scale purposes only .
I want the Custodes to be huge, as they are going to represent Paladins .

And now the pictures (the second one is a little older):

Love evrrything you have done. Please post some more iron angels!!

risewiththefallen wrote:Love evrrything you have done. Please post some more iron angels!!

Thank you very much
I will continue with the Iron Angels at some point for sure, but right now i'm very invested in my Custodes project.
It's the first miniature i'm making nearly completely myself (bolter and blade are from GW) and i kind of fell in love with making my own miniatures.

Would I have to make a guess, then I would say that i'm going to paint again, after I have finished at least one squad of 5.



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Ok i made some progress with my Custodes today i hope you like it:

Ok another update on the Custodes from me. I'm working on the ornaments, and things like that now too.
They are not finished yet, but you can see where it's going.

First picture is a closeup of the torso (as you can see the miniature still needs some polishing).

That custodes is awesome.

The sculpting is remarkable on the helm and the custodes spear is fantastic. You've managed to incorporate the bolter into the shaft very stylistically.

Gathering Storm wrote:That custodes is awesome.

The sculpting is remarkable on the helm and the custodes spear is fantastic. You've managed to incorporate the bolter into the shaft very stylistically.

Thank you very much feedback is very appreciated!

Ok since i'm doing mostly smaller corrections on the Custodes, I thought i could also show some progress on the Warhound.
I have finished the basic leg structure and im working on the torso.

I made some progress with the Titan i want to share with you.



I would have made the weapons today as well, but i tossed the bottle of glue on the floor... which kind of ruined this .
Oh well i have to go and buy stuff for the Warhound anyway.

Ok, I only made detail progress on the Custodes, but it might be interesting to look at.
At the moment, i'm mostly taking material away from the miniature, the cape was way to thick for example.
Also the shoulder eagles had to go, as I didn't like the way they looked (I wanted them to look like roman field signs... it was a fail i think ).

Also i started to work on the leader of my "counts as Grey Knights Custodes", Lord Kaldor Draigo.









See you next time with more news on the Warhound (i have the L profile now and more stuff to make rivets!).

love that custodian!

Sageheart wrote:love that custodian!

Thank you

I had a pretty busy day, but I managed to nearly complete the rivets on one Warhound leg.





I hope you like it, comments are always appreciated.

That custodes is very cool, didn't realise how big he really was in the first pics.

And that looks like a real titan leg now it's been riveted

That is a lot of rivets! Nice work on the custodes btw, do you have to sculpt each model individually? It may be easier to make resin casts of torsos, legs etc...

Keep up the great work!

Cain

monkeytroll wrote:That custodes is very cool, didn't realise how big he really was in the first pics.

And that looks like a real titan leg now it's been riveted

Hey thank you , I really do like rivets too.

Commander Cain wrote:That is a lot of rivets! Nice work on the custodes btw, do you have to sculpt each model individually? It may be easier to make resin casts of torsos, legs etc...

Keep up the great work!

Cain

I want to sculpt every model, because in the fluff every Custodes has his own individual looking armour. The next reason is, that I want to pose them very dynamic and I think this is not working with precasted parts.
The only thing which would be really good to cast is the weapon, which I might do.

I made new pictures of the progress I made today. The Custodes is mostly detail work of course and I hope you notice the little differences.
Draigo is taking shape and i wonder how he will work out in the end.
The Titan has many more rivets on his legs now. I haven't counted them, but it should be over a thousand now if the average rivet is 1mm in height.

Ok here is an update on the stuff im working on i started a second Custodes now, but its so very little to see atm that i did not make a picture of him.
Next time there will be a picture of him of course .

The Titan is now in playable condition, but still misses a lot of rivets and paint of course.

Oh and next time I take pictures of the Custodes and my own Draigo Custodes, I will clean them before doing so .

I hope you like the update and find it worth looking!
Let me know what you think.

Titan looks great! Wish I had the patience to make one. Custodes are looking good, but as your said, still quite rough. Keep it up!

@whalemusic360
Thanks for posting i ordered some clay shapers now. I hope i can make smoother surfaces with these tools. If not, there is still hope that a good paint job will help .

Here some progress pictures:


Im nearly finished with the rivets on the torso now .

Counts as Draigo:




Counts as Paladin Nr.2 (very early WIP):



Counts as Paladin Nr.1:







I finally managed to make better pictures of the Valten i made for a friend:








I hope you like them and thanks for watching .


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And since im making new pictures of old miniatures, here comes the Iron Angel:

mate you have some serious skills.

shingouki wrote:mate you have some serious skills.

Thank you very much

Now a picture of a Black Templar force i started with surplus minis i had. The goal was to create a fieldable force in about 2 weeks, so the paintjob is not that good (as is the picture).
But it works on the tabletop and looks good if you dont look to close.



EDIT: New picture

I want to introduce you to a new long term project of mine .
After I finished the Black Templar force, I wanted to paint something different and with a higher standard.

I checked the unused minis i have and decided to start a Deathwing force. The first miniature i will paint is the Dark Angel Dreadnought from Forge World, which is an awesome miniature, and hopefully a challenge to paint.

Here are the first pictures (comments are of course always welcome):





EDIT:
The whole force will consist of:

Belial
Ezekiel

4*Terminator Squads
5* Company Veterans in Rhino
1* Dreadnought (Forge World)
2* Landspeeder Typhoon
1* Land Raider (Forge World)

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Picture of finished Shinguard

Hi all!
It seems that I fell in love with painting the Deathwing Dreadnought, so I only painted him the last days.
The scary thing about that is, that only the arm is finished so far .

But see for yourself:





The pictures are still not perfect and i apologize. The radiants are far more visible in reality and i would be grateful for any tips on taking pictures you might have .

Cheers all!


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Here comes the guy i will use as EC in my BT force. I call him Henri "the Red" (in honor of a favourite supporting role movie character of mine)

I painted an Imperial Fist Marine today to experiment with painting yellow.
I hope you like the outcome, i might make an army of them at some point as it was great fun.

Any hints on how to build a fluffy Imperial Fists force?











Base is not yet finished.

The DW Dread looks great so far!

whalemusic360 wrote:The DW Dread looks great so far!

Thank you very much!

My girlfriend took pity on me and my picture taking skills. So here's a better picture:



Cheers all

Id say the black lining around the skull on the helmet is to think, but otherwise looks great!

whalemusic360 wrote:Id say the black lining around the skull on the helmet is to think, but otherwise looks great!

Very true! I didn't notice it before the picture was taken. It will be corrected thats just way too much .
Thanks for pointing it out btw.

Hi all, I continued my work on the Custodes.
The first one is nearing completion and im working on his base mostly atm.
The base will include a vase, from which the Custodes leaps to attack his for us unseen foe! (include dramatic ooohs and aaaahs here )

Draigo had a redo of the shoulders but is not finished yet. He also got a necklace with eagle and cross pendants.

The second Custodes is gaining in mass and I look forward to start working on him fully.

I hope you like them, comments are of course always welcome!

Custodes I:








Custodes II:



Draigo:





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I painted the base of the Imperial Fist.

Hi all, i assembled the Iron Angels list i want to play in the future.
Many of them still need work but i want to share the overall look of the force with you .







The List:

Librarian with jump pack (Iron Angel)
Honor Guard with jump packs and 3 Melta

2* Priests
Corbulo

3* Assault Marines with meltas and 2 fists 1 hammer

2* Attack Bike with multi melta

1* Vanguard Veterans with jump packs 2 inferno pistols, hammer and lightning claw (they will be painted in nmm purple i think, for more slaanesh look in the force)

3* Devastators 2*4 missiles 1*4 multi melta

How do you like the look of the army? Do you notice the mutations on the Marines? What do you think of the list?


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Just some update picture on the Custodes I

Awesome stuff dude! Can't wait to see that Custodes painted!

Hey thank you

KILL MAIM BURN!!!









I thought its time to paint that dread i have made that conversion quite a while ago..

I hope to make some more, since ouze and tipios offer so much inspiration .

Great sculpting on the Custodes, and I'm loving the weathered look of the dread it really looks like it has been in many battles, nice

Thank you very much
I really like your dreads too.

the custodian is looking beautiful!

Thank you sageheart
Hi all, since I liked the work on my last dread that much I started working on a new one:





The tail will beefier and armoured of course he will get 2 CC Weapons and Bolters.

I like the khorne dread's skull pants.
Brutal yet chic.

Yeah hes a real fashion lover . Thank you .

Hi all again (if there is anyone )

I painted the basic colors on the legs of my Warhound
I want to paint the Titan in Legio Victorum scheme (blue, yellow, gold).





Things like eagles and banners will be done last. We have an apo game next weekend and i want to have him fully painted in basic colours by then.

Cheers all!

Hi all, im not continuing this blog. I will just post finished miniatures every now and then in the other area here.

I dont see much reason as i dont really get feedback anyway.

Cheers all.

just b/c people don't post comments doesn't mean they dont like your stuff. Look at your views. You have a following, regardless of comments

Hmm you think so?
Lets see.. next thing (after the titan) will be Eldar btw.

The titan should be in playing condition by tomorrow.