Hey,

I am sure you have seen the numerous showcase post by me and said, "What is with this guy!" So I am starting a blog that I will update. To start it off, here is an 2nd Company Ultramarine from my command squad. Update......Wolf ov the void and I are going into this together so as to bring more to the table!

Subscribed. Keep it up.

Here is the standard bearer.




And here is one of the ORIGINAL Marines I painted. They all kind of looked like that and as i started to get better at painting and went "Those Exorcists are really bothering me" It screams to much wash!

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Love the blue you've got going there. The only things you could improve on is the white tabbard on the SB, You could add a wash to it and probably paint it a little darker. You can also see the decal on the standard, you can try getting some microsol and varnish which would help get rid of the shine.

Subscribed.

Good point. I did put a wash on it but was afraid to put to much on. I am not done with the standard. I wanted to work on somthing else. I need to build a light box to take photos.

I think a light box would do nicely! I like the to ultamarines, make the exercist look bad Keep up the good work

Updated one of the photos

Woo your collcets smerfs too nice! And by your painting skills that will be one nice looking army! Btw your 'blacklining' on your guys is exerlant I am so messy with resesses that I have to use babbad black into the resesses.

Subcribed, keep it up man!Oh I collect the 2nd company too.

HAZZER

Hey thanks for the reply Hazzer! Got the light box up and running. I will update with chaplain soon. Dreadnought as well as the commander are in the stripper and will soon be painted.


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Here is the chaplain.



The Avatar of Khaine.






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PLEASE READ!

This IG soldier is a WIP I am doing for a friend. He converted it to be Colonel Straken.



My WIP Apothecary.




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I really like the apothecary! Keep up the good work!

I really was not happy with the white on him.

The white looks fine frome her, but in person, it might seem bad.

Here cheack this out.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/421211.page

Looking good!

Thanks for the replies! i will keep this updated.

Looks good man Love it hey how about you check out my blog too? (Link is in signutre), hade update yestrday. That Wip apocthary looks good man!

I did check it out! It was quite nice and lookes like you had a nice following!

Thx man!aprecate it.

Here is my Warlock.



And a Guardian.

ooh nice man!Looks good!

nice, Very clean and tidy.

Will be updating with steps on how I reach the end product on my Marines. I am selling my Eldar, so I will have more time to do my Marines. If you know anyone interested I will be happy to send them a list of what I have.

Eldar...

Update.

Here is a Tau I am doing as a commission. The person really did not know how to paint and did not strip them between the 4 of 5 COATS OF PAINT he slopped on.
It kind of ruined the model a little bit. I hope I did a good job painting it after all of that.




Here is a TAC Marine. I was trying out using wine bottle cork for the bases. I am going to be picking up some really nice cork when I get to the store tommorow. Tell me what you think.



I am working on my Termi Sergeant. What do you think of the face? Just want to know if I got it right.



Please reply to the blog as I know you would want you blog posted in.

His face looks awesome.. You might want to change out his gears a bit since all AoBR termies look the same.

Gears? Do you mean the sections between the armor pieces?

Very well done!I would personally strip the modle with nail varnis remover tbh but its your call!I like the sarge the resseses are supurb man!

Do things like change the arm, change the thing on top of him to a banner, ... Add more flares.

Ahhhhh, I see! You've got it.


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Here is how I base with cork. I use really cheap craft paints that my family has had for years. First just paint it with whatever color you decided. I used a brown with a little red in it.



Then coat whatever you want dirt on with tacky glue.





Let dry.......... Then I paint over the dirt with the same color and when dry....... I washed with Badab Black.

The final step consisted with drybrushing a bleached bone equivalent and also highlight too.

Wow! I like the tac marines base!!! I think the tau looks good, like his eye... Think its worth it for me to start a blog?

Hey why not! If someone subscribes like Leohart and HAZZER have then it is worth it to keep them updated.

Nice stuff so far dude! i like the face on the termie sarge! very nicely done indeed, and the Ultra tac marine is great, a very clean job on his armour, good stuff all round!

NF09

Nice!

I am subbed man! - Your highlight painting is very clean, neat, and crisp! I am impressed! You have the talent for painting miniatures that I lack. I can't wait to see more!

Thank you for the replies! I will be updating more as I paint some more. I am going to try to make the termi squad look different but have yet to figure how....... Suggestions?

To be honest, I can suggest anything, because your out of my league! Your painting is amazing!


I am going to start my own blog, so ill let you know when i do.

I posted in your blog, looks very good.

Thanks, I apreciat it. by the way, Im Subbed.

Hey,


I went to the craft store yesterday and picked up a few items.

I got some dullcoat lacquer and tried it on a model I actually don't like the way it came out as it added a texture to the armor plates and made it look not that great.



Then I went to another store and picked up some craft sand for $2.00...... not a bad deal for 2 lb!



Then I proceeded to the local hobby shop......not gaming store. Imperial Renegade found one that is near us which I very happy about. It is good to support local business.
Anyway, I bought a misc. WWII kit to decorate the bases with.




Some of them I cant use because the Dakka population will scream......"THOSE ARN'T 40K!"

To hell with them! Use it!

dsteingass wrote:To hell with them! Use it!

I agree, We should not be not modeling our minis the way we like them because we are afraid of what others will think! Take the chance! If anyone can make um look 40kish, Its you!

Does anyone know if Citadel paints cure over time? I tried to stratch one of my older models and it did not stratch. WE ARE AT 41 POSTS! Now beyond 40K!

I think it does, because when I use my blood red and Grechin Green, It does not come of as easilly as valleho paints. I think your right. My reson for painting my space wolves with citidel paints.

Vallejo are generally thinner than GW paints, it's all about how thick your paint is coated on, rather than the manufacturer. Brand Name means nothing really, all acrylics made for us hobbyists are essentially the same, only varying quantity/quality of pigments and binders. The acrylic polymer is what is left after the water evaporates. A good clear coat will seal anything in.

@Honaw: On all models that I primed with GW primer (no idea about other primers), it takes a sharp edge to scratch off paints.

Ahhh.... I am using testors model master grey primer.

I use Armory spray primer, but keep in mind, any spray paint is affected by the temperature and the amount of humidity in the air when you spray it. Even my beloved Armory primer can get thick and textur-y on humid days. My FW Marauder Destroyer was unfortunately victim to this hated phenomenon.

Imperial Renegade wrote:

dsteingass wrote:To hell with them! Use it!

I agree, We should not be not modeling our minis the way we like them because we are afraid of what others will think! Take the chance! If anyone can make um look 40kish, Its you!

Second that at the end of the day its your guys!

HAZZER wrote:

Imperial Renegade wrote:

dsteingass wrote:To hell with them! Use it!

I agree, We should not be not modeling our minis the way we like them because we are afraid of what others will think! Take the chance! If anyone can make um look 40kish, Its you!

Second that at the end of the day its your guys!

You bet!

I could not believe it when I took it to the counter and the guy say......"It's $13.00."

Belive what??

What I just said........ He said it was $13.00. To me it looks like it would be 5.00 IMO

O you mean the Primer.....Gotcha

holy crap! I wouldn't pay that much for primer.
I thought you meant the Verlinden stuff, $13 is cheap for that!

Yes I meant the verlinden item. not the primer.


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I wanted to try a Brazen claws Marine. Please tell me what you think. He is not finished.




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I like Ultramarines a lot better by the way.

It lookes really good, but like you said Ultramarines are better. I would reccomend stiking to the scheme so your not painting then restripping, then painting,then restripping.....ect..... I Like it thought!

That pic really does not do it justice. But I really don't like it at all.

Well if you don't like it, then it is settled bro!

I am actually considering Crimson fists as a viable scheme to paint the rest of my Marines in.... I don't know Just like them. What do you think?

Looks good, but meh, these split scheme's never settle well with me.

Here is a WIP Chaplain. I wanted a better look then the standard look.

Well, I think with your skills, It would be plenty Plausible, But at the same time IMHO I love the ultramarines. So Honestly it is up to You!

i just really like Imperial Fists as Ultramarines are kind of cliche.

Like I said, I think that with your skills you can pull it off easily. Ultramarines are very cliche.

Like the chap man!Looks good!

hey thanks for the replies! Here is my preetty much finished Chaplain. I was going for a different look then the usual scheme.

Hey, its looking really good now!

That is the coolest chaplain scheme I have ever seen!

hey thanks for the replies!


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Its not looking good for the imperial fists.... I can get the yellow smooth but its too much work.

Yeah, yellow is a pain. The only reason I keep doing it is because I weather it to mask imperfections.

Great work on the chaplain!

Awsome work in the Chaplin...... He looks amazing. Im going to post some pics of my space wolves today, so..... Looks great!

I am going to go with Imperial Fists. While it might not be as smooth as my Ultramarines, whats the point if the army is really well painted and you dont really like Ultramarines. I would rather what I liked.

No more ultras?

I know, right?

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Saw him on your other Topic- he looks ace.

YES! No more ultras!!!

Theres my man! Ha Ha! I take back my statement about the Imperial Fists....... I just cant take non smooth surfaces and if I try I can get smooth....... but its just to much work.


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Going to try Crimson Fists and Salamanders. I will update with those 2 models.

Utras!


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Now that made me chukle!

Okay..... dont clog the blog. Hey it rymes.

LOL! But please could you do more ultras? Even if its in a deathwatch team!

Why do you want me to do Ultramarines so bad? Just wondering? Here are those pics I promised. I am trying out chapters to do my force in.

Crimson Fist......I don't like.



Salamander which I will probably do.

I like the salimader Marines! cool........My talent shall be reviled in my blog hopfully tonight!

Okay..... dont clog the blog. Hey it rymes.

Your a poet, and you didn't even know it! It rymes to......

How do I make my pics have more resolution and clarity? When Dakka edits the way they look they are clear but it darkens them and hide the details.

Dont add them to your gallery, upload them from here.

bETTER PICTURE

Much better photos!

sallies ftw, I really need to get my ass into gear with mine, but yours are looking very neat! your highlighting is great, i couldn't possibly get that even on the smallest parts like you did!

I am going to have to wait to paint my Salamanders as the person I am borrowing the paint from declined my offer to buy it off of him. So I have to wait to get the paint.

CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP

Oh no! The sallies are awesome!
Using Macro on your camera will help the pics

I might go to my FLGS tonight and get some as I possess a drivers license! HA HA HA FREEDOM!

Imperial Renegade wrote:Dont add them to your gallery, upload them from here.

Thats what I do!



I really like the Salamander's man! Or how about doing blood angles?

Thanks for the help with that....... So much work to get them off the camera and then they look like you took it with a poleroid.

No prob. glad to help!

Hey,

Here is my Captain. He took me awhile! I have made a decision that I will paint up my entire force like this with detail and sell my Space Marine force for a profit. Then I will make Grey Knights my standing army.


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For some really annoying reason the photos still make it look like the paint is thick.... Its not... I thin it down a lot to get it smooth.

Nice, the salies are coming out nice! The captine looks really good! does not look thick at all. You and your lack of ability to make up your mind. LOL hope this selling thing works out for you!

That is one sweet captain!

Hey thanks for the reply!

The captain is looking good man! The effect with the power sword is exalant!

Its a real pain in the butt to paint though!

Yup! Tell me about it!

Don't fall into the trap that you MUST oNLY use GW paints either, that is BS. I use whatever color I like from many manufacturers, GW, Vallejo, P3, Polly Scale acryl, , Testors acryl, even cheap craft paint.

Damn, Those minis look awesome HONAW i'm honing my painting skills but cant get them far as neat as the CF/salamander marines they always look so slobby what am i doing wrong?

If you would like.... you can post some pics of your models and I will take a look at them if you like. If you dont want to here is a tutorial from Girl Painting that helped me bring my painting out of the dirt out of the dirt.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/345164.page

I'll post pics tomorrow i guess, bummer i cant watch yt vids right now because i'm at work thnx for the tip anyway!

You got it man! Good luck!

You should try and post more marines soon! Im cant wait to see more.

Here you go. A Command Squad Veteran Sergeant. He is not completely done.

Dude, love it. The pose is so real. Paintjob is great too! More please!

I agree!

The kit actually came with that pose!

Great work on the Command Squad Veteran Sergeant, he looks really nice.
I can't say I'm a fan of the backpack being left black but that really does come down to personal taste.
I'd say If you are leaving it black you should at least highlight it, as it's looking rather flat at the moment.
Nitpicking aside he is an awesome mini and you should be proud!

I always have trouble highlighting black. I will have to try highlighting with chainmail silver. I wish it was not in the scheme for Salamanders.

You'l get it right!.............................Eventually!

To highlight black, you used to have to mix black and grey to get a very dark grey, now GW has Charadon Granite and Vallejo has grey-black- these are wonderful for highlighting black.

I disagree. The dark highlights are less striking. I would reccomend a lighter gray, like adeptus battlegrey or even codex grey on the really hard edges. Black is tough; the highlights have to be extremely thin.

We will see what works! I am questioning getting Grey Knights as I am tired of the Imperium as it gets stale pretty quick. I might get Orks as they are far from stale! I never really get to play a game so I really want something fun to paint. I heard that the battle force is not the way to go with orks..... is this true?

Orks................. and I mean............. Your going to abandone the imperium?!?!?!?!?! Wait.........in our apoco battle..........We will be even bigger!!!!!!!!!

HONAW wrote:We will see what works! I am questioning getting Grey Knights as I am tired of the Imperium as it gets stale pretty quick. I might get Orks as they are far from stale! I never really get to play a game so I really want something fun to paint. I heard that the battle force is not the way to go with orks..... is this true?

Grey Knights are Imperium, no?

The detail on the bolter is suprb keeep it up!

susejo239 wrote:

HONAW wrote:We will see what works! I am questioning getting Grey Knights as I am tired of the Imperium as it gets stale pretty quick. I might get Orks as they are far from stale! I never really get to play a game so I really want something fun to paint. I heard that the battle force is not the way to go with orks..... is this true?

Grey Knights are Imperium, no?

He means he is going to get Orks NOT Grey knights because he is tiered of the Imperium.

Actually, Imperial Renegade, he's going to keep the SMs for use in the Apoc battle. Because he wants to smash your face.

HEY!!!................. We are in this together, so dont give any .......IDEAS!!!!!! lol. Im looking foward to this game. And if you are interested in my Services for your orks, just let me know!

He asked ME not YOU!!!!!!!!!! Ha Ha! JK! I am going back and forth because it is a lot of money for any of this stuff.

Orks can be one of the cheapest armies to make. One of the most effective strategies for or armies is to just swamp you opponent with boyz. Thanks to AoBR you can amass a green hoard cheaply. Try saving up $50 and then making a an offer on Dakka swap shop for a lot of boys.
The best part however is that orks are quite possibly the cheapest army to make vehicle and terrain for. I buy broken 40k vehicles for a third to a fifth of shelf cost and then make it orky, or I buy cheap toys for $1 to $5 and then turn them orky. The swap shop and eBay will become your new shops because you will mostly just need bulk packages of tank bits. Ask your friends if they have any model cars that they will never finish. The engines and gubins are perfect for conversions. When ever you find your self in a second hand store always cruise the toy sections. You can find tanks truck and wind up toys to dismantle for light cheap gears.

Unless you have hord army!LOL! (Oh any you buy everythinh from GW)!

Sorry HONAW, i tried to find some recent painted marines but none of em were the Space Wolves i am creating for my army,
The last SW i painted was almost a year ago and he got a special paintjob because he's a HQ conversion,
To see him just walk into my gallery,
i am going to assemble and paint a space wolf for you to display my current SM-painting skills!

Check my blog! the one with the pointing PF is yours!

Hey!

Sorry for the long wait! I was in Washington DC for the March for Life! Okay, I just got a lot of Space Marines from a friend for a very good deal. Here is what I got.
1 Tac Squad
1 Combat Squad
1 Scout squad
1 Assault Squad
1 Captain
2 Landspeeders
1 Dev Squad ( Imperial Renegade......you had better tremble)
1 Vindicator
1 Rhino

This more then doubles my forces strength to 2245. So now I have a pretty competitive force now!

Here are some pictures of a few of them, Including my first ever paint job that got me into 40k.
Also, I have Assault on Black Reach Termis, and as most people know they only come with Storm bolters. So I Decided to mod one to have a Heavy flamer. It needs some green stuff!

Wolf_Ov_The_Void wrote:Check my blog! the one with the pointing PF is yours!

I did not see the one with the Power fist. the pink one looked pretty good though!

Cant wait to see some of these guys painted!

Here is an update. I just painted two models from my Dev squad. Both need a little more work. What is really annoying is that the plasma cannon has the arm of the marine attached to it and the shoulder pad of it is a little malformed looking. I did not know you could get dizzy from painting to much! So I am done for the day and will finish them tomorrow.

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Totally awesome.

But you just switched chapters... again?

But of course! I could not stay away from the Ultrasmurfs! Hazzer and Imperial Renegade will be happy! That Gold paint you gave me works great when thinned down a lot!

Whoa! Nice reinforcements! GOGO!

Hey I'm trying man! I think I will have more by the end of the day.
looks like this blog is dying.

No its not dying. Just needed to be updated. I like the marines they are going to look amazing when their done. When did you become a DCM!?!

Imperial Renegade wrote: When did you become a DCM!?!

Last night. Here is the Sarge from the squad.

Imperial Renegade wrote:No its not dying. Just needed to be updated.

I am updating. Its your blog that needs updating.

The light signimum thing looks really great!

Hey thanks! I cant wait till my force is done!

Not a dead blog at all! We're watching, so get to work!

I love the muted blue, that's ACE
Keep doing that!

Thanks to Girlpainting! Thats where I got the muted blue!

Its simply Amazing. You seem to have mastered it!

Really like your stuff how! The land speeder im looking forwad to imo! So are you doing ultras again?

Yup...I could Youve got.... I could not stay away from them.

The one on the right... his pf arm is almost done




Also, 200th post yay!

Oh I see him! He really blended in!

He did eh? heheh, i'll post a pic later of the wip

I kinda like the pink marine......I was very well painted.

Also that bronze Marine.....That is some of the best bronze I have seen yet, really nice and smooth!

Thnx guys that blows some confidence my way

Hey no problem. Wish I could paint bronze like that! Here is a Tyranid that Imperial Renegade gave to me as a break from Marines! MAN! Are they hard to take good pics of.... it looks better in person.

Remember to click the pic for a better image.

He looks awesome! i love painting models from other armies

Looks good mike! I really cant wait to do those guys in behemoth. I like the orange highlight....looks great! Also, what is on the carapace??? It looks great!

That's one of the slug-like creatures you get with the termagaunt boxed set.

Its layered. Start with drybrushing Astronimican Grey on. Then drybrush ice blue. Then straight skull white. I glazed Asurman blue on also.

Here is a better pic of em'(the pink one is so pink that the flash is hiding the model lol)

lookin good man! If you blend the eyes it would really make them nice! WHERE DID YOU GET THE SHOULDER PAD ON THE POWER FIST MARINE!!!!! I WANT IT!!!!!!!!!! I see you have taken to doing what I do with the helmet rebreather. Paint it silver and heavily wash it so that you dont have to highlight it.

What, no pics of the third company??? lol Really like the marines you got there. Its that purple and pink that makes that paint job beliveble. It looks great!

I like your marines.. subbed..

Which ones? Wolfs or mine? The third company only have red rims on the shoulder pads. besides that they are no different.

Yours, you said it was updated with 3rd company. Thought you had posted pics thats all. Im going to update my blog tonight, so look out! Muahhhaaaa

HONAW wrote:lookin good man! If you blend the eyes it would really make them nice! WHERE DID YOU GET THE SHOULDER PAD ON THE POWER FIST MARINE!!!!! I WANT IT!!!!!!!!!! I see you have taken to doing what I do with the helmet rebreather. Paint it silver and heavily wash it so that you dont have to highlight it.

Ah yes, quite simpel and effective HONAW.

The shoulder pad i used came with the GK marines box(the other one with a book on it has taken place on a Wolf Knight you can see in my previous image(the one with the hammer))

Diz one masta!

Cool! Those shoulderpads remind me of SW ones......

Wish I had those! I have been wanting to get the dark angel bitz box for a long time to use the cloaks for my command squad!

He He He......um........my blogs updated.......

Wait, I see that you changed the title. Are you two working on some project together or something?

Not really just a blog of 2 people doing SM paintjobs

My mind just kept going back to those badly molded arms on my devestators.....so I clipped those arms off of those guns and redid the arms with regular arms and shoulder pads. They have a better look to. Notice the plasma devestator doing a dance move!

HONAW invited me to join his blog as i have space marines too and my own blog was not going too well so here i am!

Being lazy and copy-pasted a bit of my introduction from my own blog:


''Hi, im Wolf_Ov_The_Void(nickname Solid & real name Paulo)
I'm a new member here and i've done a lil' introduction in my ''new member topic''
I have a backlog of over 200 of models and stuff so here goes a little of my backlog that i know of:

Warhammer 40k:

Space Wolves:

Lupus(selfmade HQ for apoc)
Njal Stormcaller
Logan Grimnar, High king of fenris
2nd edition space wolf techpriest
Dreadnought
Dreadnought
5 Wolf scouts
+/- 25 Blood Claws
+/- 20 Grey Hunters
8 Skyclaws
10 Wolf Guard Terminators
3 Lone wolves
Landraider Crusader
Predator
Predator(1st edition stripped and fixed)
Rhino
8 Wolf Knights(elite SW for apoc)
^All here only needs painting^

Landspeeder(assembled)

Chaos Marines:
Selfmade obliterator(Idea stolen from Nite_Owl, busy with greenstuffin')
A bunch of Chaos space marines(regular,berserkers and some 1ksons) from a friend of mine who quit 40k and gave me some marines (they took a dettol bath and i am building/fixing em atm)

Personalized Projects:
Some other marines that are getting converted/a custom paintjob.
Golden marine(a regular space marine with the silver/sepia wash color scheme of GW)
Hello Marine ( a hello kitty space marine for my girlfriend,almost done)
4 Ork boyz, always wanted to paint some orks, bought a box of 4 of em'and i'm painting those atm. ''

Nice SW force you have. I cant wait to see them! I must say Orks are great for getting away from the stale Imperium for awhile painting wise! What does that 2nd edition Tech priest look like? I always love to see old edition to see how far they have come!

You have space wolves??????/!!!!!!! I love SW!!! Post pic Please! Ive just got into SW recently, and actually would really like to know what you think. Link to my blog is in the sig.

BTW, How do you get the link to go orange like Honaws?

When you have your blog open you go to the address of the page and copy and paste.

@ Imperial Renegade

Your Space Wolves look cool!
Personally i hate the blue-ish colour GW has given them and i basecoat them with Adeptus Battlegrey and then i do this(basic marine):

1. Paint left shoulderpad Iyanden Darksun.
2. Paint right shoulderpad Mechrite Red.
3. Paint recesses black and clean up with Adeptus Battlegrey.
4. Paint mouthpiece/inner joints/exhaust vents and metals Boltgun Metal and Wash with Devlan Mud.
5.Paint the 'paper' of the purity seal Bleached Bone and the stamp piece warlock purple or blood red and wash both with Devlan Mud.
6. Paint eyes Scorpion Green/Blood Red/Ice blue.
7. Paint backpack exhaust and knee/elbow pads Gold(home made mix of some metallic white paint, Shining Gold and Vallejo Gold).
8. Skulls, Bleached Bone and Devlan Mud wash.

That's all i have now and it was a bit quick(i'm at work excuse me)

Hope i helped out/gave some inspiration!

Cheerz!


EDIT: For rusted parts(like powerfist fingers/knuckles) i basecoat Scorched Brown, drybrush Boltgun Metal and Highlight Chainmail

That does help a lot! For my receses, I was the model with bada black first, and the just toutchup around the receses. I find I like doing my backpacks black, then Highlighted with Codex Grey.

Ohyeah and i am learning to highlight atm, for that i use Fortress Grey,
I paint the recesses because the washing method is quite a paint-spiller because you are touching up on parts that wouln't need it if you painted the recesses black

Just my 2 cents


Wolf

But a good two cents! I just got done with a Marine...........but I messed up and wont be able to sleep well knowing that its messed up. Into the stripper!

HONAW wrote:But a good two cents! I just got done with a Marine...........but I messed up and wont be able to sleep well knowing that its messed up. Into the stripper!

What did you messed up that can't be cleaned up with water and paint?!??!?!?!?

He is bad that way, he makes the littelest mistake and then....BACK IN THE STRIPER!!!!! I just paint over it... im lazy.

It was dry by the time I got annoyed at it. It was not up to my steep specs when its my own stuff. But hey Imp Renegade, I want my force to look super when I am done with it! I am stripping my Termi Librarian that came painted. When my force is done I want all of the models to be ones I painted if you know what I mean! Cant wait to paint him!

There looking good! keep it up!

Alright i'm curious of the result,
Im not going to post anything now until i come up with a blog update because this looks more like slowchat than a blog atm

Here he is. You cant see it in this pic but the paint is thick in spots and the highlights are too thick on the shoulder pads and other places.

I dont think he looks that bad!

HONAW wrote:Here he is. You cant see it in this pic but the paint is thick in spots and the highlights are too thick on the shoulder pads and other places.

He looks awesome...noting bad to note on him at all(maybe he needs a nice base? haha just joking)


Now..
Ladies and Gentlemen...
The following post of pictures is about my other work and some older work of mine...

First up!(for you Imperial Renegade)

WIP Predator and Crusader:


And some terrain i've been building/painting:


My new workspace


My DP & DP on display


2 Guardsmen i've painted with wolves in the background(i liked painting those..)


Close up from the DP freehand(not too good of a pic)


The ''Green Flames'' marine i painted a while back


One of the first SW Marine's i've ever painted



Wolves that are going in the stripper(really old buggers)


WIP Warshrine


Base of the Warshrine



So that's it folks, no new SW/SM update today, but at least better than nothing.

Have a nice one people!

Wolf out!

EDIT: The last 2 pics are partly visible, for those that want to see em' check out my gallery!

Very nice Wolf! Love all of yout models, and exspecially that terrain! I think the only thing missing now, is maby a light box! lol Love your stuff, great work!

Very nice stuff here Wolf! Very nice workspace you have there. I will have to upload a pic of mine which is always a mess! You have a lot more imagination then I do......thats for sure!

Thnx guys! nah won't be needing a lightbox i need a good camera,
My camera died last year and now i'm taking pics with my HTC DZ so not the best pics,
But that's gonna change for sure!
Anyone noticed the Sw converted WW2 Leopard tank in the background?

ha hey! Pretty cool there! Nice one! Did you go through the toy section in the used clothing store!

HONAW wrote:ha hey! Pretty cool there! Nice one! Did you go through the toy section in the used clothing store!

No, i bought this kit in the local FLGS

Did you get it for the SW or for different reason?

My father-in-law stopped with his hobby of building tanks and he gave the tank(NIB) to me,
I also bought a Panzerhaubitze2000 1/35 (41 cm long) and i am going to convert that one to a Shadowsword.

Aha! I see it know! Look really good! As for the lightbox, I said the same thing, but after I maid one it maid a big difference! All you need is a Cardboard box,aluminume foil(standerd kitchen foil) white paper. and last but not least......wait for it.....TAPE!!!!!!!! Tape the foil to cover the inside of the box, then tape the white paper on the back and the bottom of the box, and vuala! instant inexpensive light box. HONAW can vouch for the results. It will make the pics taken with your phone a lot better! But hey, its up to you. Just somthing so simple and such good results often tend to be dismissed......lol

But masta...maybe i'll buy a camera tonight...muwhahahah!

EDIT: Paycheck: CHECK!

Pactence young grasshopper, think strategiclly, we must! Even with a new camera, it adds a lot to the pics. Im just saying, I think you would love the results even with a new camera.

Thnx for the tip, young padawan...

Wait......Im the master you are the padawan.....(Patience YOUNG grasshopper) LOL

You scruffy looking Narf Hearder!!!!

Nice stuff man!Keep it up!

Boys.....settle down we are supposed to be mature dakkaknights....................!JK! Make sure the paper in the back of the box is not straight up and down. Make sure it is sloped.

Update.

Here is my workspace....... very messy but effective! Please note my favorite Star Trek character! All hail Spock! Try to find the light switch and figure out what is covering it! Also there is my Librarian which I am waiting on some Army Painter! Cant wait to paint him! I will hopefully get a better desk soon!

Here is what I was working on today....... My WIP Apothecary. White is one of my worst enemies so I went for a different look with him and I like the results! He still need A LOT more work though. For example, the chest insignia among other things. Always click my photos as it brings up a better photo.

How do you like that Tamiya rattle-can paint?

Well I got it to do my vehicles in blue but it turned out it was to bright and on the purple side. But I must say it went on very smooth. It just really stinks and got me banished from spraying in my basement!

HAHAHA!
lessons learned the hard way are remembered best

Ha Ha I agree! Like the Apocathary Looks good!

Hahaha your SM motivator is awesome! i have a similiar one from the 1/1 gundam Yea...were not suppose to act like pups Imperial Renegade!

Your lightswitch? as far as i can see it under the red paint spill on the lamp...


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BTW the pic of the librarian is far better than the pic of the 2 other marines on this page, is it because he's still metallic colored?

I really dont know. Its very strange as far as that goes. They always come out like that. Is it because I have to much resolution as I am taking them in 10 mega pixals.
The light switch is on the wall to the left of the spock picture......... I dont know if you have chipmunks where you live.

LOL I love the light switch even though ive seen it alot. Do you think you can do adventure games today?

Check you blog I answered it. No I cant. Why not tomorrow?

Ok, never mind. Deathrex will be there tomorrow, but I still have to see how today goes. My mom says I She should know by tonight. Im looking foward to playing tomorrow!

Who the heck is Deathrex?

A guy on dakka who told me about adventure games. he goes up often, but ive never seen him there. I should be able to make it tommorow, but we will see.

What happened with that lightswitch...wtf... no we don't i only have a stupid cat who likes to sharpen his nails on the walls and sleep on my model/painting area...

I'm liking your acopthairy HONAW! Rather nice paint job! Btw did you strip your libarain? Btw my blog had an update too!

Update.

Here is my Army in the flesh. Some are in the stripper and some are without bases so they are not in the shots. The green guys are from the person I bought them from so they are not painted by me. He must have sprayed them with Krylon as It wont strip which is really annoying! So here are the pics!

LOL! One lony elad againts the might of the imperuim! Linking the group shot!

Does anyone know of any well rounded stripping agent? I am having a lot of trouble stripping some of my marines.

Nail varhish remover! Works very well I've heard or simple green or mr mussle. Most cleaners should do it I geuss, but nail varnish remover is the safest!

That wont melt the plastic right...... I leave them in there a long time..... Will give it a try on a bit!

I belive it sometimes can depening on how long you leave them in for. Tbh your best gamit would be to either use the nail polish remover or do some more reashurch! Theres and article here on dakka I bleive. You tube is also a good source, yet the world wide hummble web is your best source alltogether!

You can't get it the USA but Dettol's the best, nail polish remover is the death for plastics....i commented a while ago on removing paint on someone's topic you should read my post!


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Wolf_Ov_The_Void wrote:This works exactly the same as with Dettol

Never knew how paint stripping worked but wanted to do it for a while so i did that a week or 2 ago:

1.Bought a bottle of Dettol 500ml(10 euro).

2.Got a glass jar and filled it halfway with Dettol(specifically Dettol because it were all plastics).

3.Tossed in a bunch of chaos marines and terminators a friend of mine gave to me after he quit 40k(painted real thick btw).

4.Waited 12 hours and brushed of the paint.

5. A lot of paint was still there in the recesses, so they liked another bath of Dettol for another 6 hours.

6. After that i brushed them clean another time with an old toothbrush, i didn't washed them with soapy water but let them dry for at least 48 hours in a good-ventilated room.

The models are as new(just as the reuseable Dettol, just get a coffee-filter and get a jar under it and you've got yourself new and fresh paint-remover),

Just posting my experience here hope i helped out someone!

Cheers,

Wolf

Sounds good...... I wish Dettol was available in the states!

Just learnt somthing new too!

I wasn't on dakka last weekend because i was visiting my old folks(my mom's bday and haven't seen my old man in six months).
Got some nice stuff from there as wel:

My old (badly) painted Hammerhead Tank
5 (even worse) painted termi's from maccrage
A sm bike, some other marines
and some chaos marines.

Those guys are so getting a dettol bath tonight

EDIT: Got myself a proper camera, a Fujifilm FinePix JX 300


Specs:
Pixels 14 megapixel
Resolution -> 4288 x 3216 pixels
Optic zoom -> 5x
Digital zoom -> 6.7x
Lens -> 25 mm
Diafragma -> F/2.6 - F/6.2
ISO -> ISO 3200
Maximum videoresolution 1280 x 720 pixels


AAAAND: This;

I dont run crons but this this is awesome... including this free HQ


So posting pics tonight with my new cam

Looking foward to it.

All Right! Crons cant wait to see them!

So...just got home, got myself some dinner, a cardboard box some foil and paper & a sciccor!



Without macro:


With macro function on:


A bright marine!:


So that's all for today, i'll be cleaning up some stuff and maybe unbox the necron thingy, but first! the models named previous today are getting a bath!


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BATH TIME!


You can hear the XV25 Stealth Suit screaming FOR THE GREATE..... AAGH MY BLUE PAINT!!!!


The jar they are in in the picture is the main jar, used to let them bathe for hours on(with a hole on the lid), they just took one from 30 minutes and i then put them in the smaller ''shaky jar'' to shake the paint of with just some dettol, now i'll see them tomorrowmorning(9 hours from now) and shake them again, if not all paint is gone they take another bath for 3-5 hours to make sure all is gone.

Wolf out!

Hey nice update! That Dettol really looks lean and mean for stripping! I am almost done with my librarian! Will try to get him up tonight!

LOL! Dettol bath! priceless!

My WIP Librarian. Still needs some more work on the blue and details.

Looks great mike, I really like the cape, it turned out amazing!

So after a good bed time and some breakfast and shower it's time to let the boys out! out of the bathing jar and into the shaky jar!


LET US REMOVE PAINT


Couple of drops of soap, some hot water and 50ml dettol and shaky shaky time!


I got this bugger with the head broken of with the neck still attached, so got myself a new marine head, sliced off the neck and there goes!


The termis just need some scrubbing with a kleenex and they're done!



Cleaned up and gave these guys some arms, friday the jumppacks are in with the mail so those are waiting for the jumppacks



Also with the last step comes that when the models are just out of the dettol, they are very soft, so trimming down stuff and removing mold lines this is the time you have to do it! the last owner of the smurf marines used plastic glue and he wasnt so easy on it, even the chest insignia's were covered in plastic glue! yuck!


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Ohyeah and HONAW, you wanted to see the pic of my old Ironpriest eh?

Here he is:


He'll get a solid coat of Adeptus Battlegrey one of these days, a better pic:

That iron priest looks fairly 5th edition. Glad to see the dettol is working out!

Yeah ok but this model is acient man!

Nice stuff man! Keep it up! I like the use of washes for the libarian too!

Not much working on now, i'm at work the whole week so no modelling/painting.

I'm off on sunday but i'm going to the Full of Hate festival here so that's gonna be monday that i have some time for painting/modelling i guess(off the whole day )

Until then, enjoy of some better pics of my Space Wolves Droppod!

(the freehand is on my wrist since 18 months):



Inner details:


Have a good weekend folks!

Very very NICE! That freehand looks like it was printed on!

Thnx!
Here is a pic from the tatt which i also painted on the DP



And two games of Fantasy:

Woc vs Ogres


Woc vs Empire

The pic does not work.

Ah yes Fantasy...... you sometimes forget it exists. i watched one of those games before..... You really need those trays!

Fixed!

Yeah you do indeed, one time a friend of mine tried to move a tray of 60 orcs over a hill...guess what happened

Uhhh.... is that a real tattoo? Man you take your Marines to heart!

Yes that is a real tattoo since 29th of august 2010

Even in death duty to the Allfather does not end

i have missed a lot, liking the pics with the new camera although they look a little bright? still they are fine, i am loving that liby. so cool and i really like the drop pod too. cool stuffs going on here

Hey thanks! I am very proud of that Libby. Its on my display shelf.

You should be, he looks excelent!

I am a real fan of the drop pod! I have a surprise coming that I have been working on since yesterday.

Thnx!
I'm wasn't much on dakka the last days and i am near completing the SW i was painting for you to see,

Another marine i am painting right now is a marine i builded the other day for a friend who helped me out with ordering on bitzbox.co.uk seeing i don't have paypal and i can't make one.
The order itself was something like 20$ but he said ''just paint me one of those marines'' so i am doing that
He wanted it to have red and green in it so washed snot green with red knee pads and shoulder pad trim atm, doing the backpack now and when i get back from work i hope to continue on the 2 little buggers

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Teaser

Sweet!

I am really liking the look of the PF Marine. It looks like a well thought out scheme.

thnx guys! better pics tonight with my lightbox


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As promised:

They look pretty good I must say! I would blend and highlight the eye lenses though. I dont mind it........ but I would drill those barrels out if you dont want the hounds of the dakka to come after you.

HONAW wrote:They look pretty good I must say! I would blend and highlight the eye lenses though. I dont mind it........ but I would drill those barrels out if you dont want the hounds of the dakka to come after you.

I'm finishing the SW one(90%) but the green one is WIP 60%, i want to drill out those barrels but the stores in my city don't have em and the one i have is missing, painting the eye lensed more than just the main color? how!!?!?!?! i'm happy if i can paint the eye within the lenses!

How big are your brushes? This is how I do it. Paint the lense black. Let dry. then get a really dark red or whatever other color you want to use. drybrush that in but leave some black in. then get a lighter red drybrush that in leaving some of the dark red in once again. keep going until you feel that it has enough depth. Now on to highlighting. get some skull white and put some on the end of your brush and put a dot of it on the back corner of the eye piece. next for it all to dry between steps. Put some gloss varnish on it to complete. I find it better to do it at the outset of the model when the helmet is not painted.

Ahhh that makes sense!
it could easily be done with the helmet itself not painted!
Gotta try that one! thnx!

I also have a Fuji camera, use the zoom feature when you are in macro mode, it'll help you a lot man. Also having a bulb overhead and another one directional will help your pics.

Sweet! Looks good man!

Looks Great! I like the grey.

Hey,


Here is the surprise! Just finished him as a birthday gift for a friend! Hope you like him!

Here is my WIP Vindicator.
I need feedback on the mud and color. I just mixed up a pot of paint to paint my force. Is it too purple or is it just fine. How is the mud? I am going to highlight it a bit and add a bit more in bigger chunks.

I think the mud is great. Maybe pick out some of the rocky chunks with the same color you use on you bases; that'll really help tie it into your army.

I had no idea you painted from a white undercoat! Cool!

Where did you see that I painted from a white undercoat? Just wondering as I do.

Dude! Love the Mud. It looks great! You have to teach me. The missel launcher is not painted. Thats how sentinal saw that you painted with a white undercoat.

Oh yes I see! Thanks for the compliments!

Update on the vindicator.

More weathering and mud. Still have a lot to do! The wash is still drying on the mud.

The mud is looking very red in the pics, but consistancy wise i likes it

The flash on the camera does make it look red I must say. It needs to be highlighted also.

Hmm. Tbh I liked the mud in the first shot; now I think there's too much. A bit ott for my taste (and I play orks!) because you can't see the nice blue very much anymore.

But hey, to each his own.

Looks great! I will agree with sentinal on this one, only because you really cant see the blue. On top of that, The consistancey is amazing! I like the way you did the dozer blade. Looks like this vindicator had been through H***!

I would now apply mud to your troops to match the tank. It will kinda look out of place next to all of those squeky clearn Marines

You guys go for looks....... I go for reality.

Space marines don't exist.

I was actually thinking about what actually happens to tanks in the real world.

I really like the muddy Yarrick! Your painting is really nice!

HONAW wrote:I was actually thinking about what actually happens to tanks in the real world.

Haha, I know, just messin' with ya. However, in the real world, I don't think they get very muddy on the top. Google some pics of tanks going through the mud and you'll see that it doesn't really splash up top very much.

I would suggest just maybe cleaning up the blue on top. Then I would be happy. The thick stuff on the tracks is fantastic.

I cant really clean it up. Do you think I could dry brush it on?

Sentinel wrote:

HONAW wrote:I was actually thinking about what actually happens to tanks in the real world.

Haha, I know, just messin' with ya. However, in the real world, I don't think they get very muddy on the top. Google some pics of tanks going through the mud and you'll see that it doesn't really splash up top very much.

I would suggest just maybe cleaning up the blue on top. Then I would be happy. The thick stuff on the tracks is fantastic.

I thought you meant the mud on the tracks! Your right as I was doing it I said this dust everywhere looks OTT.

Here she is!

Ooh, yes, looks very nice now.

Except....

Why is the shell green?

looks like it have never been out of service, very cool

Looks much better now. I like it a lot. So why is the shell green? Brass dose not corode green.

Because...................I wanted it green. And I am not done with it. When does most things in 40k match modern day stuff. Its all gothic here so lets make the shells different. Not everything has to match and be the same or we would have a boring hobby.

Dont take offense mike. We were just wondering. Most of your stuff is such high quality, that when we see something like that that seems a bit out of place in our eyes, we ask questions. To me it is hard to tell what is WIP or finished. It might help a bit if you posted WIP Vindicator on Page 9 just so we know if its done or not. It gets confusing when you see a vindicator like that with such high quality, and then a unfineshed green shell. Its not bad, Just seems a bit out of place right now. Im sure when its done it will look better.

Like the Vindicator HOWAN! Very cool!

Hey Hazzer thanks for the reply.

Honestly i have to back Imperial Renegade here, the shell does look a bit out of place colour wise, that and its a bit shiney. Apart from that the vindicator looks sweet

Oh you fiound my WIP bit! Crap! Oh well. I actually just wanted to do a tank like this but my next ones will not be this ott.

I don't! Tbh uit looking pretty cool! Can't wait for more!

Here is the start of my blood angel army.




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The BA is looking good! Love the 'black lining' on the resesses!

Hey thanks Hazzer mean a lot!

No probs man!

You have a really nice smooth red on that marine