Well, after lurking around in the shadowy areas of hobby paradise known as dakka, I have decided to make my own project log. I have just finished some new terrain that I will post pics of after I can figure out how too!

Shadowy? Why Shadowy? Why not fluff it up, like "Dark deceptive crevasses" ?

I kid. Good luck on the log!

Hi there Cain!

Easiest way to embed your pics into your blog is to go in to your gallery, view the picture you want to embed and copy the link that's written under "Forums" in the "Share this image". Hope this helps!


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Oh yeah, and good luck on your blog!

Thanks Niilo! to show how thankfull I am I thought I would post a pic of my new BA librarian

Hopefully this works!

Hmm dark deceptive crevasses, I might use that one day!

That looks great! Is that a lance/javelin/pointy powerstick?

I have yet to decide, what I do know is that he can no longer use it in a game of space hulk, the damn thing would get stuck in everything but a tyranid!

Thats a pretty cool conversion mate, makes the model look a lot more dynamic

Now that I have uploaded a few more images, I thought I would show you my newest piece of terrain... A downed valkyrie x2! seeing as the thing kept falling apart due to cheap plastic glue, I put my thinking cap on and got to work!


Out comes the felt tip for where the dissection is going to take place!


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itsonlyme wrote:Thats a pretty cool conversion mate, makes the model look a lot more dynamic

Thanks! I really did not like the pose on the space hulk mini and after rummaging around in my bitz box found a few nice add-ons, namely a brettonian spear and new head. I am quite pleased with how he turned out ( the base has not been finished yet)

What kind of tool are you going to use to chop the Valk in half? Or, just a thought, what kind of Explosives are you going to use?

Hmm explosives would have been a good idea... I have just used a razor saw ( similar to the one you can buy from GW)



Da finished choppinz



A closeup.


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Thought I might show off some of my other projects while I have the time!



The start of a BA honor guard squad



A very bright deffkopta!



And this is a demolisher for my next IG army (maybe DKOK) The paint scheme will be the same on the crashed valk

Love it. I'd like to see some more WIP pics. Keep up the great work.

Love the blades on your deffkopta.

Im sure if that deffkopta would be able to fly then so can I ! great lookin minis you got mate!

Armorum Ferrum wrote:Im sure if that deffkopta would be able to fly then so can I ! great lookin minis you got mate!

My thoughts exactly! I plan on making an army of orks that has been cast out from regular ork society because they were 'too annoying and for having the worst ork creations' (quite an achievement for an Ork!)


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First half all assembled



Started to paint it.

I am unsure as to what I should do to the other half, I was thinking of having some pilots camped outside the wreck as if they had survived but had nowhere to go, any other ideas?


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OK so I have finished painting the first half. Unless anyone has a few suggestions I will start to base it (trench mud/sand?)






Nearly finished the other side...

How about using the normal crew but swapping the heads for some skeleton ones. Or only one dead pilot and add some tracks away from the wreck, this way you could also make an objective marker to go with it. The other pilot has managed to get away and needs to be found before the intel he carries falls into enemy hands, yadda yadda yadda, I'm sure you get the point....

Lennysmash wrote:How about using the normal crew but swapping the heads for some skeleton ones. Or only one dead pilot and add some tracks away from the wreck, this way you could also make an objective marker to go with it. The other pilot has managed to get away and needs to be found before the intel he carries falls into enemy hands, yadda yadda yadda, I'm sure you get the point....

Hmm, I think that sounds like a cool idea, I had not thought of doing some dead pilots, I shall see what I can rummage up as I have just used all of my guardsmen in another project (codenamed 'I dont care if I cant have all of those fancy weapons in that squad! I am still going to do it) Pics are coming very soon.

Commander Cain wrote:(codenamed 'I dont care if I cant have all of those fancy weapons in that squad! I am still going to do it.

Or to put it another way "My squad, my rules so neh "

Perhaps have a crew member hanging out the broken window, with wee bits of blood drenching the side. And have another crew member, like Lennysmash said, with a skeleton head. That would be awesome.

Thanks for the comments guys! I shall give them some serious thought.

Here are some of the guardsmen I am working on at the moment, now called Squad MSMR (thanks Lennysmash!)







Yes I know that is only 9 people, but I have another guy to go along with the missile launcher.

I am also doing a sniper squad but the pictures of them seem to have vanished!

Only nine guys? It doesn't matter its Squad MSMR after all

Had another idea btw, you could make some removable guardsmen for the piece in the style of Black Hawk Down (the part where the two special force snipers are trying to defend themselves from the crowd in the down chopper), that way the whole piece can serve as either terrain or as an objective in its own right.

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And now I have to put Black Hawk on for while I paint, damn it!

Well, after wrestling with the photo maker for a while I managed to get the picture of the snipers up (still very WIP)

To make the squad Really MSMR, give one of the a SM head to hold, while in the other hand holding a bloody chainaxe. Nothing screams "WTF?" like heresy!

Cool PIcs, I especially like the bright deffkopta. And the guarsdman firing a grenade from his rifle rocks!

Sweet painting skills you got Cain! What kind of terrain (mud, woods etc.) is your valkyrie going to be downed into? (I don't know if that's correct english but what the hell )

Better English than my Swedish, lets put it that way, lol

I'm liking the colour on the crashed valk. Really cool paint job. If I can suggest something though maybe a little black stippling around the hole in the wing to make it look burnt and maybe some metal scratches where its crashed into the ground (for scratches, I find a bit of blister foam dipped in a small amount of Boltgun metal looks good. Then take most of the paint off by dabbing it. Then applying what is left sparingly to the model in the direction you want the scratch). Anyway I'm looking forward to seeing it based.

Really liking the colour scheme on your Blood Angels too. Nice and bright as BA should be.

Peter

Thanks for all these great comments guys! Seeing as I am the only hobbyist in the province it does get a bit lonely sometimes.

PDH@ I think I will do that very soon, it was one of the things that I missed when painting it

Rose_Mountainz@ I have yet to decide between sand or mud (the valk will be part of a DKOK army) any suggestions would be great!

On the suggestion side of things, I was wondering how to paint my tyranid genestealers. I have two space hulk sets of them so it adds up to around 40 of the things! .I did not buy 2 space hulk sets, but 2 of the 'nids came broken, GW said they were sorry by sending me every purple frame included in the set! (the only thing was that I had many that were identical and ended up chopping to make them look different them up anyway. Hmm got a bit off track there, but any painting ideas would be great (mine all look like they are wearing pajamas for some reason!



Speaking of space hulk, this is what I did with the extra 'dead' marine. (WIP paintwise)

That is a great head swap, how did you cut out the existing one, dremel? Saw?

Lennysmash wrote:That is a great head swap, how did you cut out the existing one, dremel? Saw?

I used a hobby knife, three plasters/band aids and a great deal of patience! Probably not the best choice of tool but it was the only one I had.

That is a sweet Terminator. Will it be used as a Terminator, or a objective?

I like the SH 'dead' Termie sitting in the chair. He could make for a very nice center piece of a diorama.

Everything you got is coming along swimmingly, mate.

chowderhead13 wrote:That is a sweet Terminator. Will it be used as a Terminator, or a objective?

I was thinking of making him part of a diorama if I had the chance. I would be something like all the BA leaders gathered around a table, maybe I will do it, maybe not...

Really love what you did with the 'dead' marine and the colors on the Valk are fantastic even if I am cringing at the fact you cut it up! I look forward to seeing more.

You should get the Cathedral altar from Armourcast and replace the altar with this chap. Maybe something to look into

Lennysmash wrote:You should get the Cathedral altar from Armourcast and replace the altar with this chap. Maybe something to look into

Yes, that would look very cool. I could probably make something like that with some bitz. Thanks lenny!


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I have started work on my BA 1st company banner, and the altar for the commander.

I think this is the right picture to go on to the banner, correct me if I am wrong!





The steps have been made of Space Hulk bitz, more things will be added today.

(PS, I still need a good paint scheme for my 40+ genestealers. The colours I need to use will be the same as my tyrant.











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Just whacked together an IG missile platform. It looks like it needs something else...

Commander Cain wrote:
Just whacked together an IG missile platform. It looks like it needs something else...

Err... Windows and doors?

I am working on a space marine helmet carrier (this guy)

http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1240850_99060101324_DAAzraelmain_873x627.jpg

He is being made out of the skaven at the back of the doomwheel. Pics will be posted after the GS has set.

Good luck mate. I hated painting that sucker.

chowderhead13 wrote:

Commander Cain wrote:
Just whacked together an IG missile platform. It looks like it needs something else...

Err... Windows and doors?

I was going to make it an automated machine. But an entrance hatch might look cool.

hey Cain love all your work!

Quick question what did you do for your banner? draw it separately and glue it if so what did you use material wise? thanks

IHEARTLARGEBLASTTEMPLATES wrote:hey Cain love all your work!

Quick question what did you do for your banner? draw it separately and glue it if so what did you use material wise? thanks

I sketched the picture out to start with, then painted the details on (very tricky!) I am sure someone with more skill could do a better job than me. As for materials, I had to use Fimo (modeling clay that you have to bake) It was not the beast to work with and still needs a bit of GS work to it. The picture was simply PVA'ed on (not to much!) Thanks for the interest.

All very nice. Do you have anything more ironed out on the downed Valk?

LeBaron wrote:All very nice. Do you have anything more ironed out on the downed Valk?

That is a job for tomorrow I think. It has been too hot to do much today!

Commander Cain wrote:

LeBaron wrote:All very nice. Do you have anything more ironed out on the downed Valk?

That is a job for tomorrow I think. It has been too hot to do much today!

Sounds good. Can't wait to see it!

Commander Cain wrote:

LeBaron wrote:All very nice. Do you have anything more ironed out on the downed Valk?

That is a job for tomorrow I think. It has been too hot to do much today!

Not gonna be hot for long...


You ready?

chowderhead13 wrote:

Commander Cain wrote:

LeBaron wrote:All very nice. Do you have anything more ironed out on the downed Valk?

That is a job for tomorrow I think. It has been too hot to do much today!

Not gonna be hot for long...


You ready?

Aaah! the storm is coming! Goodbye summer...

Well seeing as i posted something I might as well show you another one of my projects. More deffkoptaz!

Just noticed I haven't commented yet.

Like the deffkoptas Good use of the SH termie, like the guard with RPG

Valk's looking good, but definitely needs a bit of weathering and damage.

Missile platform pretty sweet, but does need something else in that space in front of the actual launchers. Bit of 'gubbinzes' if you're keeping it automated, or could be a good place for a hatch if manned.

Keep it up

Hey guys! Not really much to report today, the power has been on and off all day so I have not had a chance to post anything. Here is a pic of my BA biker.



Hopefully I will be able to get something more done tomorrow!

I really like the first company alter, really good work!

itsonlyme wrote:I really like the first company alter, really good work!

Thanks mate! I will post pics of it when it is all finished (may take some time as grade 11 tends to interrupt all my free time!)

Hey everyone. I have finished the terminator on a throne (apart from a few little bits that I missed) I must say the pic does not do it justice.



The little guy next to him will be carrying his helmet. Any ideas what colour it should be?

That's a sort of tricky question. Is he going to be an assistant to the Termi or is he just a sort of random helper? If the former, I think something that matches the Termi lord in scheme.

I was actually talking about what colour the termies helmet should be, but I may do the helper the same colour as the robes so that they match

What is that head on the termie from?

kravus master of Horus wrote:What is that head on the termie from?

It is actually from a brettonian knight, you get around 3 similar heads in the set and they look good on Blood angels.

Working on my IG weapon teams

really love your IG conversions

Cool stuff! I really like the weapons teams.

Well done with the banner, must of taken some time and skill!

Keep up the good work!!

LeBaron wrote:That's a sort of tricky question. Is he going to be an assistant to the Termi or is he just a sort of random helper? If the former, I think something that matches the Termi lord in scheme.

I agree. Perhaps some red with gold fringe. That would look very regal and fit the personality of the guy.

look good keep the pics coming!

Thanks for all the comments guys! I will not be getting as much done now that the summer is over and I have gone into grade 11. I will still try to find some spare time to paint and convert but it would be nice to pass all my classes before I get too carried away! If you have any suggestions for improvements don't hesitate to ask!

How's the Crashed Valk. coming along? It was looking fantastic! As for Basing it, I'd suggest a City Rubble Base. That way, you can have all sorts of debris, making it seem even more chaotic!

@popsicle, I have not done any more work on the valk as yet, I was thinking about a city rubble base, but I don't know if the colour would look good.


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Space marine termie that I have just finished today

Cool terminator. Can't wait to see it finished.

wats he holding?

Looks like some sort of data-pad.

Yeah I did not really know what it was, but since he is in a space hulk, I put a little map of some corridors on it to represent the area he is in.

Just a bit of fun on my part, this was for a school project!

Interesting hut. What was this project for?

chowderhead13 wrote:Interesting hut. What was this project for?

School heritage fair (I did it on the early viking settlers)

Cool hut. Plan on using it for any games after the fair's over.

Munch Munch! wrote:Cool hut. Plan on using it for any games after the fair's over.

Nah... I have only played the game ONCE! there is not another soul about who knows about the hobby. I think the closest FLGS is in Halifax and too far away to travel to. If there was no such thing as dakka, i may not have been in the hobby at all

Well, it is the weekend! I should be putting up a few updates soon as I have finished a few more termies (I don't actually know how many I have but every time I finish one, another two just pop up!) I never got round to posing a pic of the dred for my army, the overall paint scheme is not to bad but it still needs basing and a few little details adding



C+C is always welcome, it is what I feed off to fuel my hobby!

BTW does anyone know what figures I would need to field a blood angels 1st company? I am guessing it involves a lot more termies to paint

Jordan. (oops, my true name has been revealed! An inquisitor will be round shortly to make sure you "forget")


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Ok, so it is time for a big update, first off this is a termie that I just finished...



He has an arm plundered from a SH marine



And this is my Death Company squad all ready to be painted







Even though I have made a squad using the bits that come in the set, there is so much stuff left that I have heavily customized 10 other marines! (pics tomorrow)

Yeah, the death company box is a great kit.

Some more death company for you.

These guys started life as LOTD figures, but before I painted them, I got a set of death company and we all know you can never have too many menacing black marines!






So far I have only painted one of them, but hey! it is a start







Oh, and for those of you who are lurking around and not posting comments (I know you are there!) please provide any good advice or inspiration.

Any ideas on why these death company have flames on their armour? maybe I will just give them a cool squad name like, well I don't actually have any ideas yet but I am sure they will come to me!

J.

Love the terminator Sergent, the sword looks great! The death company marine looks good but the flames look kind of cheesy not Blood angel. I thought they were the Lost and Damned marines or something like that cant really remember the name of the chapter.

yeah I was going to scrape the flames off, but decided that I wanted my skin to stay intact for a week or two

lol

everything looks bad@#s dude I have no idea other than the flames what you could do better.

maybe do them in kindof an iced blue that would def be diff.

IHEARTLARGEBLASTTEMPLATES wrote:Love the terminator Sergent, the sword looks great! The death company marine looks good but the flames look kind of cheesy not Blood angel. I thought they were the Lost and Damned marines or something like that cant really remember the name of the chapter.

Legion of the Damned, The Lost and Damned are chaos I think, but I agree the flames need to be a little different. bigmeklover's idea of a kind of blue flame might look cool. I don't think you really need to come up with any fluff for the flames to be there as if they are DC then they are considered lost/damned by their brethren already.

Hey man, very nice work, especially like the SH sitting terminator..

Also the downed Valk is an awesome idea for some tasty terrain..

Keep the awesome stuff coming..

jim..

I really like what you did with the "dead" Termie from SH, i may steal your idea.... i have been slowly converting the Termies to Ultramarines, so maybe some sort of representation of Guilliman is in order?

Go for it hcordes!, I think I will try the blue flames, it may make them look less like LOTD figures. I am surprised no one has ever tried the dead termie thing before! If you do use my idea I would love to see some pics of them!

offt, theres some great stuff here, keep it coming!

Blue flames are all done. Waddaya think?




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does anyone know what colour to paint the joints in the marines armour? I do them silver, but I think from the pictures it is more of a plastic colour

Those blue flames look great Cain, they definately look different from LOTD marines now.

As to the joints or soft armour, you can do it whatever colour you like, I've seen Imp fist marines with red joints, so really anything goes. Why not try codex grey with 3-4 washes of badab black?

The blue flames get from me. Really differentiates them from the Legion of the Damned. Which begs the question why did GW not put the Legion in all the loyal marine codices? Oh well.

On a side note what are you using to base your terminators, it looks good?

Peter

PDH wrote: Which begs the question why did GW not put the Legion in all the loyal marine codices?

So you have to buy a separate relevant codex of course . Good ol GW always have the gamers needs at heart really

It is the weekend tomorow so I will be posting like crazy, but this week I only managed to finish one ratling (base is nowhere near finished though)



I am thinking about persuading a local hobby store to start selling GW stuff, maybe I can get some people started in the hobby, it does get a little lonely on this island

PDH, i think that the stuff that I used to base the termies came in a big roll, its original use has been forgotten but I can find out soon! (the bases are not actually finished yet, I always seem to forget to do them)

J.

really like the paint job cant wait to see more!

Thanks!

Busy day today, in a few hours I managed to finish my lord Commissar that has been waiting on a shelf for the best part of a year. I wil let the pictures do the talking









Last pic is a bit blurry...


What do you think?

Nice, like that you went for the white gloves Still trying to decide if the sash should stand out a bit more - with the metal armour and white cape it kind of looks a little lost - not much mind, and it only really struck me after looking at it a bit - looked good in the first pic.

yes I do agree with you there monkeytroll, I was unsure as to what colour I should paint it.

Really like the white cape great job!

I really wanna see the little assistant of the marine on the throne all finished up. Looks like it'd be a cute lil' guy.

Ooop...probably not aiming for any 'cute' models, are ya? >_<

Did you use the nmm technique on the marine? I think he looks awesome nmm or no (as well as the rest of your creations so far, of course)!

Hey Commander Cain, you've got some nice painting there. Makes me want to pick up one of those commissars.

Thanks for all the words of advice and encouragement guys! I did not get as much done on the weekend as I hoped because I got a nasty cold (but it did get me a day off school!)
You will be happy to hear that I have once again started work on the crashed Valkyrie some of you can be very persuasive so I thought it was high time to finish it!

While I am waiting for the camera to reappear, I though I would show you a pic of my almost finished skaven doomwheel (because what is a blog without pictures!)



Oh and bunnygurl, the marine used to be NMM but in the later pics I changed it. I usually end up repainting everything at least once!

great stuff and lots of it , you must be tired! love the ork flying thing ( cant remeber the name) bent rotor baldes , love the conversions , love the termie, and that commisar , can i ask for alink to it as it would be perfect for my purity seal manufatorum awards ceromony?

Ok people, made some more progress on the top half of the crashed valkyrie. I added a paved road and started to texture the base. I think I will make the city a less industrial one and more of a small colony, this will let me add a bit more character to the bases (like blown over newspapers, leaves and stuff).



the pave was made of a thin sheet of plastic with etched 2cm squares






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(don't worry, I have not started the damage part yet, it will look much more realistic soon! )

Woot, the valk's back

Like how it crashed near a handy light source so the surviors could get out easier

Looks great and would be a great objective!

Whoop! that was the 100th post on this thread largeblasttemplates! I will be working on the second part of the valk soon.

monkeytroll wrote:Like how it crashed near a handy light source so the surviors could get out easier

Yeah , and a path so they don't get their boots muddy. Cain its looking great, kudos for the commitment to total a Valk, not sure I could of done it myself. Will you be moulding any drag marks through the dirt where the Valk has skidded?

Lennysmash wrote:

monkeytroll wrote:Like how it crashed near a handy light source so the surviors could get out easier

Yeah , and a path so they don't get their boots muddy. Cain its looking great, kudos for the commitment to total a Valk, not sure I could of done it myself. Will you be moulding any drag marks through the dirt where the Valk has skidded?

Yes I think I will do the drag marks, I just have to find a good picture to copy off before I start it. Thanks again for the continued support guys!

looking awesome!

Just wanted to say, that i have been enjoying this thread a lot. Once i get my camera up and running i may copy your format and do my own... i have about 7 or 8 GW minature projects running as well, and this seems like a good way to keep the Dakka world up to date.

Nice looking stuff here, I really like the valk. Maybe pile up some sand around the nose so it looks buried in there. Maybe that is already part of the plan, like you said it isn't finished yet Can't wait to see more!

Your crashed Valk came out very nicely. Would make for a nice objective or for a sort of diorama piece; seeing as you want the less industrial look to it, maybe a battle that had taken place a while back and now this Valk just lays forgotten. I'm a tad inspired to do a piece like this of my own now.

The Valk is great maybe just as a suggestion may have the cockpit glass broken due the force of the crash and all, but other then that all is comming along great

Well that settles that.
I now have to add blue flames to some of my models.
Also, love the 'dead' termie. I'd give him a gold helmet, but give the helper red robes.

battle Brother Lucifer wrote:Well that settles that.
I now have to add blue flames to some of my models.
Also, love the 'dead' termie. I'd give him a gold helmet, but give the helper red robes.

You don't think a gold helmet would just blend in too much? I was thinking of doing it white or maybe red.

Well, gold is the color he *should* have, (his status mark)
If the servant has red robes, the gold helmet would stand out well.

Hmm, adding blue flames to my Bad Moons (that I will be making) may look good.
Curse you for putting up that image

I do love those blue flames, thanks for the suggestion guys! Might as well post a pic or two of my one and only tau model, I covered it with weapons and it must have been repainted at least three times but that happens to everything I paint! (the pics are a bit blurry, the macro setting was not being cooperative)







Ooh a non blurry pic!



J.


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I am still amazed that I managed to make it stand up, that is not being held up by anything!

I wish I had a quarter of your skill, this stuff looks awesome.

I REALLY like that flying drone.... *thumbs up*

Parents are leaving for the week so I have the house to myself! I shall be busy trying to finish one of my many projects. Unfortunately I have had another bout of repainting and there are two sentinels on the painting table again! (they will be the same colour scheme as the tank on pg 1) I will post some pics of them when I have some better lighting.

Love the dead termie - I did something similar with a chaos terminator helmet to make a lazy nurgle lord

Crystal-Maze wrote:Love the dead termie - I did something similar with a chaos terminator helmet to make a lazy nurgle lord

Sounds cool! Do you have any pics of it?

You do good work, Commander. Waiting to see more of your projects.

cool stuff

Bit of a late night post as I have nothing better to do. The sentinel that I am painting ATM will be finished soon but I found a possessed marine the looked a bit lonely so I decided to paint it while the sentinel was drying off (very wet paint) Here is the said traitor marine




OK that is it for the night.

Sleep tight, try not to eat to much chocolate and don't trip down two flights of stairs (it is rather painfull)

Looks good. He's not done being painted though, is he?

LeBaron wrote:Looks good. He's not done being painted though, is he?

No I still need to finish the wings and put a bit more depth into the armour.

Can't wait to see it.

I must say, the pictures are not very good and none of the detail has shown up, but just to prove that I am doing something here they are





I also finished the doomwheel but the camera flash was refusing to switch on so it is a little hard to see.



there is actually a very nice lighting effect on the warpstone you just can not see it



OK folks, that is it for the day.

Does anyone know what the FW weathering powders are like? I was thinking of getting some and trying them on the vehicles. If they are any good, what ones should I get to go well with the sentinel/tank?

I'm loving your work! I like how you're not just sticking to one army, but getting the coolest stuff from everything!

Excellent looking stuff here Cain; my only concern is it looks like the paint is a little thick on the Sentinel, other than that, good stuff!
As for the Forge World Weathering Powders: I really like them, I got them as a gift and have used them a little bit. Just get the full set, its always good to have a variety of powders to work with.
Granesh

Very nice.

These are all looking great. I like the crashed Valk, though I do think it could do with some disturbed earth around it so it looks like it's actually dug itself into the ground, rather than neatly shaved off the bottom half of it

As for the weathering powders... I've had mine for ages and only just tried them this evening. I have to say they are very easy to work with and produce great results in no time at all.

OK so I think I will get the powders. I have also ordered the masterclass book as it looks like there is some very nice stuff in it. And hey, I also got myself some DKOK at last! (yeah I know, I am having a bit of a FW binge, but it is all in the rightful cause of the Emperor!)

Look at the tamiya weathering powders as well, they're probably cheaper to get large variety and they work well dry or wet. never used the FW ones though...

Hey guys. I was wondering if anyone knew of a good way to make "trench" bases. I was going for a wet, shiny kind of mud as if it has been trodden through a lot. I have heard that gloss varnish is quite good, but I wanted to ask the experts first!

I have a whole lot of guard begging for their change of terrain (such as this guy)

It is a great miniature (in the citadel hall of fame if I am not mistaken) He is undergoing his 6th (!) repaint and I want him to fit in with my new DKOK.

Try doubleT's method as shown on this thread

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/317624.page#2005603

hope that helps

monkeytroll wrote:Try doubleT's method as shown on this thread

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/317624.page#2005603

hope that helps

thanks monkeytroll, that has fixed my problem (also thanks doubleT for the tutorial itself!)

Sentinel and mud effect finished (I had a lot more written than this but I deleted it twice so I am a bit mad now )








Threw together a twin-linked lascannon using two lascannons and a SM bike part. Quick and easy.





C+C is always appreciated




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Also, I forgot to say happy 10/10/10 everyone!

cheers! Just had a quick pop in and a looksy!

What is tehre in IG that can use a twin linked LC?

Everything looks great! Can't wait to see finished Valks.

not sure if there is anything in the official dex, but FW makes a turret just like that so I felt like copying it. (people really do love those valks... maybe I should finish them!)


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Heey. I just noticed my sentinel is missing a toe. How did I miss that!

Oh. I was kinda thinking it was intentional, the missing toe. Wait wait wait. You didn't notice a missing toe? Well no matter. And yes, I have seen it for myself, the annihilator or just plain Elysian. Either way, though, I'm not quite sure if there are actual rules in the codex, but there's the fun in converting without minding. Anyway, so says Kaesar, Eat your cereal and get to da choppa

Heh, gotta admit I thought the missing toe was intentional too.

Great looking stuff, like the sentinel colours especially. I have thought about doing a Desert Rats IG army, that sentinel would fir that idea well.

Imp, Monkey

When I first saw the missing toe, I had assumed it was suppose to be sunk into the mud. I thought it was a pretty cool effect

Thanks for the comments guys!

i completely missed the missing toe..... i had to go back and look. and i was like... why didn't i see that?!?!
solid work as always mister cain.

Looks like the valk is going to have to wait a little longer, I have been approached by quite a few people in the great marine swap and am having to franticly paint up LOTD models like crazy!

Sorry about that, I just can't resist the blue flames

No probs mate. They are fun to paint!

Any ideas on how to paint this guys helmet?



I was thinking of doing it a bone colour but I could try a bit of my blue flame freehand on it.

Commander Cain wrote:Any ideas on how to paint this guys helmet?

Must..resist..temptation...no, no good - I'd say use a brush.

Sorry everyone, just can't help it when presented with an opening like that

If you could pull off some blue flames coming off the eye sockets and up the sides of the helmet - well, I'd be seriously impressed

Ah typical british sarcasm, I am getting even better at it now that I have moved to Canada. I shall try the flames in the eyes and around the head. I do like a bit of freehand

I hate to be the only one who has no clue...but what is that model?

It rocks the big one

It is a LOTD sergeant. Here is the link to the page on GW

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440272a&prodId=prod380007a

As the skull is so obviously not real, I'd paint it metallic.

Thanks Cain, it'd definitely make a great chaplain

Commander Cain wrote:Ah typical british sarcasm.

Well its about the only thing we do well anymore, everything else is just a exercise in mediocrity.

As for the skull, how about going with a charred skull with the blue flames coming from the sockets. It would add a better contrast to the blue imo.

Time for some randoms methinks. They are all a bit old, but I still quite like them











-Lennysmash, I think I might have a go at charring the skull
-Blackhand, You are welcome!
-Fifty, I was going to do the skull silver but the I realized that all the chaplains had bone coloured helmets. Thanks for the suggestion anyway!

good stuff commander! the female knights templar is very nice. consider the idea stolen methinks..... yoink! what models are these ? not citadel are they?

No, they are all Rackham models apart from the Eldar at the top which is citadel.

Can't wait to see the painted LoTD sarge

He is next on the (long) list

After my stupid PSAT's tomorrow, I'm going to get right on painting your commander's cape, and attempting to highlight the DC (no promises, I have space wolves grey as my only grey color)

Ork warboss is coming along nicely (lighting is not that great but you get the idea)







I shall take some better pics in natural light when he is finished.


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Warboss is all finished apart from a little touch up here and there

Looking pretty good there Cain. What about the loincloth though, you're not going to leave it plain black are you?

Nope, I am just waiting for the paint to dry. Cream or grey???

cream tends to be better in my view

Trying to plan out where to put the other half of the crashed Valkyrie. Then I realised that I had already made some scenery with a crater in, with a bit of modification it could fit right in. What do you think?





Can you ever have to much 40k? NO




Oh and before I forget, I don't suppose anyone has any spare marine helmets kicking that they would be willing to 'donate'?

That crashed Valk looks like it's going to be just as amazing as all your other works.

love the crashed Valk... looks great except the debris trail looks alittle short..... maybe some more damage to the buildings at beginning of crash??

and I have a million extra marine helmets, PM me if you are interested, i'll see if i can get some to you, and let you know what i got!!

Yeah, I was thinking of taking a larger chunk out of the front building. The crater was originally intended to be a laser burn. Any ideas on how to paint that pink polystrene? (besides with a brush )

Commander Cain wrote:Yeah, I was thinking of taking a larger chunk out of the front building. The crater was originally intended to be a laser burn. Any ideas on how to paint that pink polystrene? (besides with a brush )

never painted that poly before... i am not sure if you have to seal it up first... so it doesn't soak the paint up like a sponge. and then a spray coat or two, and yes some dry brush for effect/detail.

I shall try ceiling paint on it, I suppose it might have better coverage than normal acrylic.

Commander Cain wrote:I shall try ceiling paint on it, I suppose it might have better coverage than normal acrylic.

yeah you may have to primer seal it first..... i don't know, my experience with those kinds of materials, is you really have to prep it before you actually start the "painting"

Some primer should not be too hard to find in this household, we are constantly re-painting! All I know about polystrene is that you never spray it, unless you want a melted blob that is.

Commander Cain wrote:Some primer should not be too hard to find in this household, we are constantly re-painting! All I know about polystrene is that you never spray it, unless you want a melted blob that is.

even after a seal??? like i've said i've never painted much of anything out a styrene or styrofome etc etc... its all too easy to ruin your work by putting on the wrong kinda paint and having it all melt to mush.... but when done right, it always looks great!!

hcordes wrote:

Commander Cain wrote:Some primer should not be too hard to find in this household, we are constantly re-painting! All I know about polystrene is that you never spray it, unless you want a melted blob that is.

even after a seal??? like i've said i've never painted much of anything out a styrene or styrofome etc etc... its all too easy to ruin your work by putting on the wrong kinda paint and having it all melt to mush.... but when done right, it always looks great!!

if ypu seal it with something like watered dowm wood glue you should be fine. OR you can use krylon H2O primer which is spose to be foam safe

And btw love the death jester and the doomwheel! They look great

I always use any color latex paint. I make alot of my own scenery for D&D and 40k. Once you carve the Pink polystrene to shape,you can dip a 1" paint brush in paint thinner and just lightly run it over the surface to make it more rock or earth like. Then I use a throw away brush to paint on a heavy coat of latex paint, that will seal it. you should be able to use Acrylic,oil and even spray paint. Tho I havent used every brand. I hope this helps.

Thanks for all the tips guys!

I have been trying to find a suitable 1st company leader for my BA. I think this might be the guy

http://www.sciborminiatures.com/pow.php?absol=1&co=i/2010/big/spartan_1p_02.jpg

Of course, he will need a new head and some of the symbols removing. But apart from that, he screams Blood Angel to me!

Add nipples and you're golden

IIenden darksun basecoat
bleatched bone drybrush
gyhone sepia wash
skull white highlights
Thats what i use

Going to be amazing.

Tried some more flames on the warbosses cloth. This time it is black with yellow flames (after a suggestion from Monkeytroll) No pics of it yet as the camera has vanished into the warp for a bit. But I found a close-up of the face (I hate macro! All those little mistakes really show up )



Working on another DKoK sentinel, this time a scout with converted beam cannon. ATM it is broken up into a million pieces because I dropped it off my desk I might do a little tutorial on weathering when I have the camera back

( I know this was a bit of a "I will do this" post, but I can't have you thinking I am slacking off just because I have a dozen English projects to finish for friday

That is looking great! I love the detailing, especially how his mouth has turned out. Very nice.

Made some big progress on the sentinel yesterday. I am a bit stuck on what to do for the top because the cage that normally goes on top has been used for other things. How can I make it look like a scout?






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Forgot to take pics of the warboss... Later perhaps

hmm i like the gun position, but the body above it almost has a puffy look to it..

Yeah, that puffyness probably has something to do with 5 coats of paint

Took some pics of the finished warboss. Note the yellow flames on the cloth.



Working on another DC guy. I am very happy with the way the eyes turned out.



Where is the superglue when you need it!?



And finally, I am working on my 15 minute genestealers (I can't spend too long on them as I have another 39 to go!)

hey, great log. I love the blue flames on your damned leigon trooper. With regard to the sentinel, you could always make a custom cage from wire or with some paperclips etc, then make some camo netting out of bandage and pva glue over the top?

Good plan! I had not thought of using paperclips, and I might try the bandage idea also!

Really cool! I love everything. Can you do a tut on your 15 min. tyranids? I don't have any sm helmets, but I have a buttload of csm helmets if you want them. Just pm me and I'll send them over.

I shall get a tutorial posted up soon if you like! Also I am now good for helmets as HCordes sent me a pile of them, thanks!

Commander Cain wrote:I shall get a tutorial posted up soon if you like! Also I am now good for helmets as HCordes sent me a pile of them, thanks!

Not a problem. have a few lying around.

those are some great looking BA terminators your working on. Love the choice of helmet color

love that scenery , and crashed valk. you have lots of projects on the go! that marine looks amazing! blue flames and red eyes. nice

Thanks guys! I have so many projects on the go that I never know what to work on and I just keep getting more! Only yesterday, porkuslime's company champion arrived for me to paint

Just wait till my birthday and Christmas (both in December) I shall be busy for the rest of the year at this rate

Been busy chopping things up and finding new ways to put them together as usual!

I felt like making a better commander for my troops and as my massive teriminator 'primarch' has not arrived (or been purchased ) this is my commander for now



I am also working on porkuslime's exorcist for his deathwatch.



This pic shows the detail much better



Genestealer tutorial will be comming soon Munch Munch!

Also any sugestions you have for the Exorcist are welcome (I believe his backpack should actually be black).

Ta ta for now

hmmmm.. looks pretty dang nice. I concur that the head choice you made looks best. I can't wait to see what you do to the backpack and shield.

The backpack is the AOBR sarge backpack minus the aquila, btw.

Genestealer tut is up and running (after having a massive fight with the Dakka uploader )

After base coating the figure in black spray, apply Merchrite red to the skin and blue ink to the armour (the ink that I use is good because it has a shiny quality that is good for tyranids)



Highlight armour with enchanted blue and wash the skin with brown ink.



Then give the armour a careful highlight of ice blue and overbrush the skin with blood red



As I was running low on my time limit (15 mins) I quickly put some yellow on the eyes and white on the teeth to break up the face.



After all this is done you can highlight the claws with fortress grey and patch up the armour with some more blue ink. Similar techniques can be used on various other tyranids (the ones in this pic have not had their skin done as well)



Never lose the recipe for painting figures. I have made myself a page of different paints (nicknamed 'the scroll of knowledge')

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porkuslime wrote:hmmmm.. looks pretty dang nice. I concur that the head choice you made looks best. I can't wait to see what you do to the backpack and shield.

The backpack is the AOBR sarge backpack minus the aquila, btw.

Thanks! The highlighting is better than in the pics (although they don't look too bad) I am planning on doing some freehand somewhere on the model

Do you have a name for the guy because I can put it on the shield for you.

Name is actually up to you. Send me a PM with some ideas.. and we can talk. I can give you ideas if you need em.

Gathered together the bitz for my sentinel (a bit patchy ATM)

I also finished the armour on the Exorcist



(this guys crest is bone white so is a little hard to see)

good stuff, with the bandage try separating it a bit more by teasing the squares apart somewhat, has a good effect, bandage is cheap, the more you play with it the better the look will be. liking the stealer too

I shall try that with the bandage

Hey! Is it just me or is that the second sentinel in a row that is missing a toe?

What are you doing to those poor sentinels feet you wicked man?

your highlighting on eyes is exceptional , and those genestealers , look bloody dangerous. Man how everything has changed since back inthe day, i rember when inking / washing had seemed so new, then it was drybrushing , then drybrush and wetbrush and inks, now its all wash's and wet layers and edge highlighting , not to mention blending! i dont know where to start .....
Base coats right , see i said it for ya jk

I wish I knew! But I bet they are in the same place that all my IG heads have rolled of too

Well, take care whilst looking for them. That sounds like the same place one of my cyboars wandered off too

I just realized that I never showed you the Skaven troops that I painted up, they are a bit quickly painted but I will add some more detail and finishe the banner when I have some more free time. Anyway, here are the pictures.

I'm really liking the colored tubing on the doomwheel. Definitely adds a lot of color and vibrancy to it. The green around the wheel itself is looking interesting....can we get a closeup of that? What exactly is going on there?

Otherwise, I'd say the rats are looking pretty good. The dark gray I'm particularly liking, although it's also a bit...steely, maybe? Not really sure.

What do you mean when you say steely? I shall get some more pics of the doomwheel when the sun decides to come back. I shall also put up some more PIP of the Exorcist (who is turning out to be the best space marine I have EVER painted!)

I have been doing some more work on the exorcist and have tacked him together so you can see him in his entirety. Enjoy!

The armour is all complete and so is the lightning sword



A nice fuzzy close-up



And finally, a shot from the other side (he is named Cayne. Hint, hint )



Oh, he is supposed to have an armour plate missing, there will be a DW pad there when he returns home to his owner.

nice sword!

Thanks! It was quite easy to do as well (I may to a quick tut on it soon)

That Exorcist looks pretty cool Cain. On that last picture I thought you'd added wings/horns to the helmet for a moment

OK, the exorcist is finally completed. I am very pleased with him and just in case anyone asks, I am not doing and army of them! The amount of mixing and blending would drive most insane

Anyway, Here are the pics of the finished marine.











Note the use of spot colours for the eyes, pommel and leaves on the shield.

C+C please!

You missed a shoulder pad. Other than that it looks awesome and so beautiful.

He is a deathwatch marine and the person I painted it for is going to put in on later.

Commander Cain wrote:He is a deathwatch marine and the person I painted it for is going to put in on later.

Ah. Okay. Thought he was regular champion. cool

I will give him a good home. GRIN!

I really like him... and thank you AGAIN!

nice colour work with the repeating green, reall makes you notice the eyes even more , thanks for pointing it out.

Thanks Neil!

I found these guns on FW, They would look great for regular guardsmen methinks.

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/Chaos/CHAOS_RENEGADES/RENEGADE-MILITIA-WEAPON-ARMS.html

Commander Cain wrote:Thanks Niilo! to show how thankfull I am I thought I would post a pic of my new BA librarian

Hopefully this works!

Hmm dark deceptive crevasses, I might use that one day!

Incredible, Is it a power lance, does it have a bound power/spell etc?

MiloticMaster-Maybee, all I know is that it is very spiky and menacing looking . Reminds me that I need to finish that guy.

The result of all that mixing and blending was worth it though Cain, that red armour looks lush

Sorry about the lack of posts recently, life has been getting in he way quite a lot

I have been working on a lot of terrain and if you want to see it, it is on a separate blog http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/326715.page

22 days till my 17th birthday and I smell a lot of 40k coming!

I am thinking of buying the GW shadowsword. Will all the parts magnetize well? I have seen that there are a lot of different variants and would like to have them interchangeable.

Cain

we'll get you a bday card ;-)

Happy birthday in a month. I remember when I turned 17... was able to go to r-rated movies without sneaking into them. And the Shadowsword, I'm pretty sure I've seen people very easily make the cannon changeable, as well as being able to swap the cannon with the mega-bolter, though of course the shadowsword and mega-bolter are pretty much the best variants, imo. But, yours is yours, so I'd say it's worth a shot.

Cain, can't help but notice the skull on the shoulderpad looks like it's only had a basecoat. Is it just the photo?

Hangfire wrote:Cain, can't help but notice the skull on the shoulderpad looks like it's only had a basecoat. Is it just the photo?

Yeah, it is a very pale highlight and the camera does not pick up bright colours that well (not that I can fix it because it is already shipped and on its way home )

An update? With pics! Exams are done and dusted so I got straight back to doing what I love best, chopping things up and then painting the resultant figure







I call him a disciple of blood, simple to make as long as you have the right bits. Hope you like him!

I like the Sentinal. The underslung multi laser is a good idea. Loving your work Cain!

Nice gun Mr Cain, dont know what it is but i like it!

looks like a censor from the dark angels veteran upgrade kit

neil101 wrote:Nice gun Mr Cain, dont know what it is but i like it!

The gun is a infernus pistol from the BA death company with an 'ornament' from the DA set for the shooty bit

Okay, here is the new paint scheme for my IG. Green cloth with a battle damaged white armour.

The cloth was basecoated orkhide shade, washed with scorched brown, highlighted with catachan green, then given a small highlight of graveyard earth and kommando khaki.
The armour was basecoated with astronomican grey, given a coat of 50/50 astronomican grey and skull white, and then weathering was added with a sponge and brown paint. Finally I added a very thinned down wash of brown ink to blend it all together. (Credit for the armour recipe goes to sons of orar from his tutorial a while back)

Enough talk! Here are the pics







Any suggestions for improvement are welcomed! After all, I have another 44 troops to paint this colour (not including any I may get for my B day )


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Is that a mold line I see?

that white is contrasting badly with the excelent job you did on the camo style green. I beg you to get rid of that white.

Any ideas on what colour the armour should be?

Commander Cain wrote:Any ideas on what colour the armour should be?

Khaki, light brown or dark brown imho.

Sounds good Rose, I shall see what I can do

I kinda liked the white, but I can see that the combination of green and white is a bit off, what was the behind the colour scheme? winter planet?

the dammage looks very realistic, are you going to do freehand decals on the shoulder

Okey dokey, here is the altered armour colour. Three successive washes of vermin brown, scorched brown and catachan green. Then, after it has dried, rub away some of the more exposed pieces of armour. IMO the colour is fantastic, maybe a little too battle damaged to be realistic as it looks like it has been buried in the ground for a few years
However this is 40k and who knows what could have led to the armour being in that state.








I also tried out another colour scheme but I am not sure I like it that much. But the pics are taken so here you go...





Your humble servant, Cain


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Forgot to say, Blackhand- the terrain will be trench mud I think (same as the scout sentinel)

Neil101- I have yet to think of a good troop symbol but you will be the first to know

ooh they are both very nice ,i think the yellow and green look more striking but the dusty brown white , looks more original.
why not have both? officors i yellow troopers in white

Perhaps a stripe of yellow on the commanders armour I find that all yellow armour is a bit overpowering. Now I know how an Imperial Fist feels

I agree about the yellow poping a bit to much, but I also agree that yellow stripes could mark officer status, think itwould look cool. And the new improved white armour looks amasing!

I like the white armor! it looked great IMO

If they are going to be based in mud then the dirty white suits for sure, just be careful not to splatter it on too thick

Thanks guys!
Largeblasttemplates- I will definitley be using the white armour on other figures, it was just a little too overpowering for my tastes.

Balckhand- I shall take your advice! ATM the armour is incredibly smooth, the pics make it look a little lumpy.

Looking forward too 15cm of snow!! No school=moar painting!

OK, got a pretty nice conversion to show you all. Its is a BA apothecary in termie armour.

AOBR body, Deathwing legs and right arm, LOTD axe, devastator head, flamer canister and a metal stick







I still have to fix the connection between the waist and upper body and also smooth out a few parts.

This guy will become part of my command squad (including the termie librarian and the termies with NMM gold heads)

Hope you like!!!

nice idea ,never seen a termie apothecarie before. that spike is good!

It's another busy day at the workbench. I have base-coated the apothecary, chopped some marines up and given them a far less static pose.

The white is supposed to be finished but I am not that happy with it. Any helpfull suggestions on how to do a battle damaged white?



Here he is with the rest of the honour guard



I have been working on livening up some quick snap SM from the old battle for Magragge set. Basically, chop of the head and throw another on on
I also added some better weapons and some BA symbols throughout. Special thanks to hcordes for the helmets

Models look very blobby in these pics but they are better IRL







The darth sidious of space marines









Thanks for looking!






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Forgot this little conversion that was sitting on my desk. IG vox caster with a nice action pose

Working on a primaris psyker, pics soon

Here we go, I had to wait till the morning to get some decent lighting. Even so, the pics are not that great but you get the idea.

Got a few little bits to touch up like the eyes and skin but for the most part he is all done









Improvements or suggestions???

I am thinking of painting up a ratling or two today so I had better be going

(never used that moticon before!)



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Do you ever get the feeling that you are talking to yourself?

Finished the ratling. His cloak will blend in nicely into the base when it is finished

Don't feel bad, the lack of answers is probably due to the holiday season and all that, liking your work but I am afraid I have no idea how you could paint the battle damaged white, its got to be one of the hardest colours IMHO

BLACKHAND wrote:Don't feel bad, the lack of answers is probably due to the holiday season and all that, liking your work but I am afraid I have no idea how you could paint the battle damaged white, its got to be one of the hardest colours IMHO

holidays?! we still have 1 and a half week of school left, AND 2 weeks of exams!

but what I wanted to post was: I like you latest update. especially the ratling.

I was thinking of thanksgiving in the states and as a retailer I am swamped at work at the moment as people go mental buying for christmas...I guess it's been a while since I was at school

good luck with the exams though!

BLACKHAND wrote:I was thinking of thanksgiving in the states and as a retailer I am swamped at work at the moment as people go mental buying for christmas...I guess it's been a while since I was at school

good luck with the exams though!

why thank you. I'll need it

(sorry to put off topic conversation in your blog Cain.)

No problmemo scrazza, you are not the only one with exams

So, I finished the final ratling. All together the gang took exactly 360 days to paint (I may have slacked off a bit in the middle )

I tried to give his skin a sunburnt look, I hink it needs a few finishing touches adding before I a pleased with it.



Peekaboo!





Here is some pics of the rest of the gang...



I just noticed that this guy is staring unnervingly into the camera, creepy.







And there you have it. 360 days of hard work (or something like that)

Hey Cain, some interesting stuff since I last checked in. Love the weathered armour on the guard, looks ace. Nice looking termie apothecary, unfortunately I can't give any suggestions on plain white, let alone damaged white.
Space hobbits look really cool, good job there

the ratlings look great ! really characterful mate! the painting is immpressive!

what did you use for your ratling bases?

It is actually scenic snow bought from Michaels. I then painted it with varying colours of brown paint and ink. Hope you like it!

I love it!

I particularly like the cloaked sniper. Looks like hes about to pop someones head open.

Sorry for the lack of posts, I have been building all the 40k that I got for my birthday yesterday. Got some incredible stuff! A baneblade, space marine battleforce, FW DKOK engineers, mole launcher and command squad as well as IG regimental advisors (although one of the figures was missing when I got the box so I will have to send off for that)

Time to break out the superglue and start work on those marines. I think I will purchase a set of 5 SM legs to go with the set as that is all you need to make another 5 marines I am thinking of getting it from the warstore unless anyone knows of a better bitz shop?

As for the baneblade, it is going to converted to have plenty of super detailing and I am using the FW masterclass book (also from my b-day) to paint it to my best possible standard.

Looks like this guy might have his work cut out for him (arms are supposed to be on the wrong way round because I prefer how it looks)





WIP pics tomorrow...

O_O


Thjat is one scary looking bug. Gonna need a big boot to squish him with. A baneblade sounds just about big enough.

AARRGH! that is terryfying , great work on that red , happy bday http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Mo6m2xs6ZzY/Sgd1YvdfoVI/AAAAAAAAAfA/_GKGSxX8eUs/s320/gd_table8.jpg
cant wait to see what you do with your DKOK and imperial advisors

Wow thats quite the load! Happy Birthday! late! You are so lucky Baneblade!? Ugh im jealos! IM excited to see what you do with it! ARe you going to magnetize it?

Wow I hate mold lines!

OK, here is what is on the painting table (that I have constructed so far)

I have made up a 5-man squad of beakies from the SM battleforce as there are just about enough bits to make them.





Another 10-man squad is being built after removing the said mold lines...



There are also some gretchin waiting to be painted up (can't decide whether to make them part of a grot rebellion and make them a counts-as IG squad)



And last but not least, the Baneblade. I am going to try and add a lot more small details to it and maybe magnetize it if I can be bothered

(sorry about the blurry pics, the camera was acting up a bit)







And you can not get a baneblade without first taking this iconic picture!



Now all I need to do is paint all this lot...

look awesome! what chapter are your marines going to be? and baneblade looks great cant wait to see it all painted!

IHEARTLARGEBLASTTEMPLATES wrote:look awesome! what chapter are your marines going to be? and baneblade looks great cant wait to see it all painted!

I think I am going to go with blood angels so that they match the rest of my army. I recently bought some GW washes as people are alway going on about them. (should the beakie vets have gold helmets or not?)

Good stuff, beakies rock

@Cain

I would say the Sargent should but not all of them maybe gold insignias but pure gold i dont know about. I love the beaks also! The Dark angel beak one looks soo cool! and about the washes lets just say i coat some devlan mud wash over my men and they go from mediocre painting to thats actually pretty good i would for sure reccomend them.

Got an idea for your grotz, you can include them in your imperial guard army as penal legion. Imagine captured grotz charging thowards the enemy driven on by the guardsmen. They could work as a good distraction or mine sweepers at least! Or if nothing else the enemy can waste their ammo on them.

Fantastic idea! I am using that for sure I can imagine it now, grotz pulling themselves along with chains dragging on their feet... Nice one rose!

Having a very hectic day today. I had to clean up the house as some people were coming round to see if they wanted to buy it (it will be so nice to live in a house that does not have a FOR SALE sign outside ) Not to worry, I still got some hobby stuff done today despite having a foul cold since lunchtime. E're we go!

After seeing some amazing grot rebellion conversions, I decided to begin a diorama in their honour. I knew that it would be something to do with the grots turning on their overseer and what better way than making a Supa Grot to beat him up!

This is just a mock-up to show how the general scene will play out. Let me know what you think!

















Just to clarify things. There is a grot in salvaged SM armour with a kustom jetpack which will be erupting flames. He is being steered around by a remote-control tau drone piloted by another grot.

Thanks for looking!

Can I get some of what your smoking please? It appears to stir the imagination quiet well.

Great work. Seriously.

Iron Grot!

The idea looks nice, now it'll all be about the execution; lookign forward to it!

haha this will be good.

Glad that you like him! The only thing that I am having trouble with is how to make the big flames that will come out of the jetpack. Any ideas?

hmmm cotton? with paint on it should harden but there probably is something better.

Iz it a burd? iz it a plane? NO, itz Supa Grot!

Looks like thats going to be a funny scene when its all put together. You need to paint an S on the grot's chest armour/

The control mechanism for the Supa Grot is really cool and I like the way that it looks like a joystick.

I was thinking cotton but I am sure someone had a really good method for fire on this site (searching now!)

Gathering Storm- I was already thinking of putting a big "G" on one of the shoulderpads but "S" would be very cool also!

The Tau drone is going to be called "Mr Happy" as I will paint a big smiley face on it (who could resist )

Cotton soaked in PVA might work.

wolfshadow- Yes, that could work also. I think that I will experiment with different ideas until I find the right one.

Finished making the SM army so I thought that I would post up some pics of it.



The Sergeant is a kitbash between an assault squad, command frame and with an IG head.



I have some DC bits scattered amongst the troops to add a little bit of flavour to them.





Nothing special about the Rhino apart from it has a Baneblade antenna on the side.





Now all I need to do is paint them

Christmas soon. It looks like I am going to have my hands full for quite a long time!


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Oh. BTW, I finished the SM scouts but did nothing special to them so did not bother to show them on the blog.

wow , you have soem cool conversion mate.. and i like where that diorama with the grot is heading.. jealous of that baneblade though.

Working on the supa grots armour. I am going for a worn and well used suit of silver similar to Necron armour. So far it is looking very nice and I will post up some pics when I am feeling a little better (Nasty cold and headache)

Also, if anyone has some good ideas on another grot rebellion based diorama I would love to hear it as I think I will have a go at another one soon enough.

OK, I have pretty much finished the armour. I was playing around with some weathering powders on this and they have worked very nicely.





"G"



Some progress on the backpack




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Oops! Forgot the front picture

Supa-grot looking good there cain, loving the concept for the diorama, skill

Like him, though I still feel he should be red and gold

LOL... Supa Grot is armed to the friggin' teeth... he looks great! I thought it was a funky Renaissance mask on a marine (I thought it was cool, anyway) at first, but then I saw the arm!

Keep it up! They're lookin' good!

Lol wicked i want that grot!

love the grot man! and the rest of your stuff is looking great!

Monkeytroll- Thanks! More dioramas methinks, they are great fun.

Commissarkhaine- Thanks! Red and gold eh? Well, that may be coming soon...

HF Izanagi- Marines with renaissance masks, that would be very cool. Thanks!

neil101- Thanks!

Sageheart- Thanks! It does not feel like only three months that I have been on dakka showing off all this stuff.


Trying out some OSL as people seem to be getting very good at it and I don't like being left out in the cold

Still a lot more to do, but your comments and suggestions are very important at this moment.



As you can see, I have used only ice blue and a little space wolves grey for the lighting. Do I need to add darker blues?






Also, all my finished models are all in the dakka gallery under "Commander Cain" Check them out!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-26800-12650_Commander%20Cain.html

Only comment would be is that I'm not sure that the very top ridge of the helmet would be lit to that degree. Other than that, pretty good stuff.

OK so the guy is all finished I think. I even did the base! I imagine his claws lighting the corridor ahead of him. Those genestealers wont know what hit them!

Looking good sir, I like it! Really need to look into this OSL stuff myself.

Thanks! It may be a little on the OTT side of things, but it works

nice claws , i can just make out the crackle of electricity on the blades, great job, your gems look pretty good too.

Thanks! I will get some better pics and also show the improved termie with 'stealer head (he is much more gory) and also the start of the banner bearer sans banner

6 termies to paint up to high quality before Christmas? I think it could be a challenge but I am going to try anyway.

Love the IG head on the squad sgt.
Also, a Baneblade
Clean or weathered?

BBL- I am going to do the Baneblade FW style, this means a tonne of weathering, airbrushing and super detailing. Now that I have the FW masterclass book I will probably start picking up other bits like oil paint, weathering powders and the like.

BTW, does anyone know the best way to get a nice smooth basecoat using sprays/airbrush? And if so what sprays or paints are the best to use? I have 163 models waiting to be painted and it is not even Christmas yet!

Here is the almost finished banner bearer. (Obviously he still needs the banner fixing on).





Don't you just love non-metallic metal!







And finally a good picture of the lightning claws.








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Hmm. My banner bearer is missing a thumb!


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I also added some gore to this termie (seeing as he is holding a tyranid spine in his hand )





Hope you like him!