Hey Dakka,

I’ve been lurking on these forums for a while now, and I’ve been so impressed by not only the quantity of outstanding hobbiests/projects but also the great community spirit, so thought I’d start my own P&M blog to record my 40k related nonsense.

A little bit about me to start with. I guess I’m an unashamed Imperial fanboy, my current project is my BA successor chapter of the Angels Encarmine where I’ve got about 50% of a 1500 point list painted but I’m probably going to end with up 2000 – 3000 points worth of models by the time I’ve finished as I’ve got a few lists penned that I want to be able to run. These guys are going to be the main thrust of the blog at first, but I will eventually be getting around to some terrain making/painting and possibly re-painting my SoB…

I don’t know how long these meagre tasks will take me, as I can’t dedicated as much time as I’d like to the hobby since I work full time and study part time (what can I say, I’m a glutton for punishment). However, I’m hoping this blog will keep me motivated to get stuff done (although ironically the taking pictures and posting them will detract from time where I could be painting!). Oh, I’m also not a particularly fast painter and since this hobby isn’t particularly cheap I tend to squeeze as much ‘hobby’ out of it as possibly; hence why I magnetise pretty much every model that can have wargear options and paint the interiors of vehicles (like I said, I’m a glutton for punishment). – so updates may be infrequent, but I’ll try and post some pictures of progress at least once a month…


Okay, without further ado. Here’s my current WIP my BA Stormraven. I’ve pretty much got half of the interior painted to a standard I’m happy with, except I tried my first ever OSL technique (see pics) which isn’t that great. I basically mixed a bit of Ice Blue (don’t worry it’s meant to be a blue light!) with the green/red from the wall/door frames, but it isn’t that noticeable... I’m not sure if I should go with more of the same (blue with green/red mix) or just some watered down blue to help bring the colouring out. Advice or pointing to tutorials on the subject would be appreciated. At least since it’s the interior it won’t get seen (another reason why I paint the interiors is to practice new techniques). I am very happy with how the worn leather for the seats looks though.

Right, less rambling more picture:







Okay, I hope you enjoy my ramblings (I use the term ‘enjoy’ loosely) comments/crit would be good, but fellow lurkers are equally welcome.

D

Hello Dakka Folks,

Are you ready for post 2? I can’t hear you!

So I haven’t managed to tempt any posters, but I think we’ve got a couple of lurkers in our mists, which is cool. I know your style, you’re like genesteelers in Space Hulk lurking at the entrances aren’t you?!

Right, so bank holiday weekends, how about those eh? I actually managed to get a tad of painting done, which pleased me greatly. However I haven’t taken any pictures of what I’ve done.

So why are you posting you bumbling fool?

Wait! Let me explain; I finished the interior of the StormRaven(!), but unfortunately I masked it up already, ready for when new pots filled with red paint arrive, to replace my empty pots of red paint and then I will airbrush the exterior! - That was quite a long sentence eh? Sorry about that, just take a deep breath and we’ll continue. I also primed a Furioso Dread, which I won’t be posting pictures of, as no one needs to see my undercoated dread…

So whilst I’m waiting for paints to arrive and the exterior painting to begin I thought I would
(a) Post the list I’m building
(b) Post some pictures of the already painted miniatures.

You lucky devils you.

Since my cat is currently sat on the bag where my camera is I’ll post some details about the list I’m building, so here it is:

HQ:
Libby - 100 (Rage, Sanguine sword) Painted

Troops:
ASM 1 (No JPs) - 10 man, melta, melta, powerfist - 245 Models painted, just need to finish backpacks and sarge weapons
ASM 2 (With Jps) - 10 man, melta, melta, powerfist - 245 Painted
Tac 1 - 10 man; Flamer, Missile. Sarge w/ Combi-Flamer - melta bombs - 185 Models painted, just need to finish backpacks and sarge weapons
DT - Razorback with upgrade Assault cannons - 90 Interior painted - but need to get my dirty mits on an assault cannon

Elites
Furioso Dread - Blood Talons, H Flamer - 135 Undercoatedd
3 x Priest – 155 (1metla bombs) Painted

Heavy:
Storm Raven (TL MM, TL AC) Extra Armour - 215 Interior painted
Dev 1 - 5 man; 4 Missile - 130 Undercoatedd

1500 on the money!

So there’s the list, I was aiming for a semi-competitive but fun list. I rarely game, but once this list is fully painted I’m going to venture into the realms of gaming clubs and meet like-minded people and have them stomp on my army (metaphorically only – I hope).

Right, some picture. I won’t bore you with each individual marine that I’ve painted, but instead will do a little ‘Best of’:

HQ:

Here's my libby, I am pretty pleased with how he came out overall. I think I could improve the sword though, but if was my first attempt at the crazy sword lightening non-sense. Also the mask and sword hilt are meant to be NMM gold, but they look a bit crappy. Still, practice will eventually make adequate.


Another pic of the libby, just because he's the HQ and he deserves it


A couple of tac marines


Special weapons


Assault Marines


and finally a couple of priests.

So there we have it. Crit on the models and the list is welcome. Otherwise, well just keep lurking you geney-steeley-esque dakka-ites.


D

Hey hey

Thought I'd post a little update as the Storm Turkey is starting to take shape.

I've basecoated the exterior, and unwrapped the masking tap (which did take some paint with it, which didn't please me). Anyway. we have the cockpit (pretty pleased with how this turned out), the tech driver, the engines and some before and after shots of the exhaust (which isn't finished yet, but the exterior armour is...if that makes sense)...

All maked up pre base coat:




Engines (Finished)




Exhaust Pre-wash:




Exhaust Post-wash:




Tech Marine:



Cockpit:


Turkey top:



We're blessed with another bank-holiday next weekend, so perhaps another update next week, but we'll see...I have a feeling the exterior is going to be quite a slog to get done.

Until next time.

D

Hold on to your kites, cause EDC is going to drop another post.

BOOM!

Right, so excellent news. The Stormraven is nearly finished, all the main body work is done and all the detailing all that's left to do is get me some FW doors for it and it'll be there, more on all that later. First I want to tell you a little story (with pictures) about how I saved some painting that almost went horribly wrong.

So here's the tale, I though I'd put some hazard stripes on the front and read door of the SR, and to do this I though I'd painted it black (I saw a red door and wanted to paint it black) put some masking tape on it and then paint it orange and build up to yellow...well let me show you what happened:



Oh God!

Luckily I managed to save it, check out these what happened:

Rescue mission, step 1: Tidy up


Rescue mission, step 2: Add yellow:


Yellow CU:


Rescue Mission Step 3: SAFE!


Safe CU


So I managed to save the hazard stripe doors, I'm pretty p[leased with the final result: here's the back door with the interior, just to finish this little segment:


Other exciting news in the detailing of the SR: I did my second attempt of NNM, which actually turn out pretty well. I even took pics as I was going along so can detail how I did it. I'm still not sure the recipe is good enough to attempt doing a full figure in NMM, so any advice/crit etc would be appreciated:

Here we go:

Base coat: Dark Flesh

I Also did the wings but I won't spam you with the images unless you want them...


1st highlight 1:1 Bestial Brown + Snakebite leather




2nd Highlight 2:1 Snakebite Leather + Golden Yellow



3rd Highlight 1:1 Golden Yellow + Bronzed Flesh



Only 4 steps, which makes it seem far too easy, but I'm pretty pleased with the results, but like I said it's not good enough for my to try on Power Armour and get a good result I don't think.

I was also pretty pleased with how the missiles came out, so here's a little pic:


Next up was the 'Top Gun' - which I've also magnetised. Here are some WIPs of that going down:

Top Gun 1


Top Gun 2: Lost in New York


Top Gun 3: Revenge of the Servitor


Not sure how I feel about the skin tones, I was going for standard grey skin as it's not living flesh, but I think it looks a little too un-dead. What do you think?

Top Gun 4: Final Assault


I won't bore you much longer I promise...So here’s the Raven in its current state, as you can see it's basically finished, I certainly wouldn't hesitate getting it on the table.



I'm gonna get some FW doors for the side I reckon, as it will be a pretty central piece in my army.

So like I said the only thing left to do is it base it up,

I wanted to give the stand some extra stability, so drilled the bottom of the stand and then bent some paper clips through the base before green stuffing it down. TBH this probably wasn't necessary but once I get an idea in my head I get on a roll...







So this is what we started with, which is a bit dull for my centrepiece, so I got a bit of terrain to include. I plugged up that whole which you can see using bits of sprue (forgot to get a pic though (D'oh) I'll get one later. Which leaves me here...



Still a bit dull, no? It needs some debris!



Yeah now we're getting there, here it is undercoated and a pic to tease you of the unpainted debris AND the ruin.




So the SR should be finished fairly soon...which means I can get on with my Furioso Dread...I started working on him while I was waiting for the basecoat on the SR base to dry: here's some pics:



Right, that's your cracker for the moment.

Hope you've enjoyed!

D

Absolutely mother-f'ing SUBSCRIBED. We will paint our interiors!

WE SHALL OVERCOME!

--B.

Cheers for the comment Brian. If only I could paint the interior of my dread!

I know they'll be no painting for me this weekend, so I'll post a mini update of the SR base:

To be honest, I'm not that thrilled by how it's turned out...but I can't put my finger on what isn't working for me. I think the 'girder' things looks a bit too unifrom?...Not sure.

Anyway, it'll do!

I need to paint the edge of the base and glue the ruin down but then it's done. What's the general concenus on the edge of bases? Brown? Black? Somethng else? All my bases are pretty scruffy on the edges, so I should probably sort them out but I don't know what colour would be most suitable.

Anyway, Pics:





Until next time

D

Girders are fine, and I'd tend to paint my city bases grey around the edges, or black.

Ok folks, quick update.

The dread is coming along nicely, really pleased with how the wings on the front plate are looking.

I won’t waste anymore time getting to the pics as I want to get my paints out!







Briefly, in other news I pre-ordered my 6th Ed rulebook. Originally planned to wait for the starter kit, but I cracked. Needless to say I can't wait!

My brother is up this weekend, so we're going to roll some dice and test the new rules. So maybe an update next week with more pics of the dread and my thoughts on 6th.

Anyway, must dash, the paints are calling!

D

This deserves more acclaim, those are some beautiful models.

Subscribed and exalted.

So Update time,

and it's about bloody time! Obviously my main excuse is that with the release of 6th a lot of the time I would’ve spent painting I've spent pouring over the rule book (Note: I'm not pouring paint over my new rule book). I've also played a handful of games of 6th, must say I'm loving it so far, I can't wait to play more games.

Darkvoidof40k wrote:This deserves more acclaim, those are some beautiful models. Subscribed and exalted.

You my friend are far too kind. I mean let's be honest...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp_XZSNuwgs&feature=player_detailpage#t=117s
I think I'm getting better though!

I have made some progress and my dread is in fact finished now (YEY!) - well, the blood talon weapon load out is. Okay, unfortunately i didn't take many WIP pics, but I'll post what I've got.

First up - I did remember to take WIP pics of a talon as the first one came out quite well and thought I'd share the method:

It was base coated with Necron Abyss then...

Highlight 1
Regal Blue




Highlight 2
Enchangedted Blue




Highlight 3
Ice Blue




Highlight 4
1:1 Ice Blue & Skull White



As I said not many WIP pics, so we'll skip to the finished product:

Finished front


Finished LHS


Finished RHS


Finished Rear:


Finished top:


Finished on Base


Next up I'm going to do a Dev Squad, I'm going to try to be not so reliant on the old washes for these models and see how ti goes.

here's where I am with the first layer of highlights (Blood red)


Okay, that's it for today. See you all soon!

Edit: Youtibe link didn't work...

Loving the dread.

Could you do a tutorial for those lightning/energy effects for power swords and similar? I'd really appreciate it as it's something I'd love to try but have never attempted, and what you did seems like a very simple but effective way of doing it.

Hey there! I saw you had posted on my thread, and you had some helpful advice. So I came and checked you out, and, well, I wasn't disappointed. There are some stunning mini's here and I will definitely be using that NMM technique at somepoint in the future.

Don't stop!

Some awesome stuff here love the red on the stormraven really vivid, and those dread claw thingys are awesome great effect

Spicy

Really nice blog you got here, mate. I especially like the flyer-base, and your painting style rocks. Love all the bright colors, and the dreds talons are win!

Subbed and looking forward to your updates!

So many kind words!

Darkvoidof40k wrote:
Loving the dread.

Could you do a tutorial for those lightning/energy effects for power swords and similar? I'd really appreciate it as it's something I'd love to try but have never attempted, and what you did seems like a very simple but effective way of doing it.

Yeah, I will try and whip something together when I do my DC as they'll have power weapons a go-go. I did give a brief break down of the colours used for the claws in my post, which to summarise was:

Base coat: Necron Abyss
Highlight 1: Regal Blue
Highlight 2: Enchanted Blue (which I spelt horribly wrong in my previous post )
Highlight 3: Ice Blue
Highlight 4: 1:1 Ice Blue & Skull White

I basically just tried to paint inside the previous layer, so thin brushes are required near the end. I'll try and give more detail when I do my DC though.

prototype_X wrote:Hey there! I saw you had posted on my thread, and you had some helpful advice. So I came and checked you out, and, well, I wasn't disappointed. There are some stunning mini's here and I will definitely be using that NMM technique at somepoint in the future.

Don't stop!

Cheer Proto, glad you found the NMM useful. As I said in the post I don't think I could use that recipe for a SMs armour, but it's good enough for the medium sized details. I've nearly got my Dev squad finished, so an update with pics should happen before the end of the month (he says).

SpicyBadger wrote:Some awesome stuff here love the red on the stormraven really vivid, and those dread claw thingys are awesome great effect

Spicy

Cheerys Spicy, glad you like!

MrMerlin wrote:Really nice blog you got here, mate. I especially like the flyer-base, and your painting style rocks. Love all the bright colors, and the dreds talons are win!

Subbed and looking forward to your updates!

Cheer Merlin. I wish I knew where the ruin that I used on my flyer base came from, as I got it in a large set of misc scenery from Ebay (which pretty much all still needs painting )

As mentioned I should be updating before the end of the month with my Dev Squad as I've got the last week of the month off, so if I fail to update after that, well frankly I need to be beaten with a large stick. Really pleased with how they've turned out so far, but I am facing a bit of a dilemma with them.

I'll leave it on that note of suspense.

D

Awesome! Subbed for sure . Love the talons on the dread. Also great NMM on parts.

Lucarikx

I really like this work. So much love has gone into these models.

Approved: by Inquisitor Coteaz of the Emperor's most Holy Ordo Hereticus.

Great job, love your highlighting and your manic attention to detail. And btw, you can paint the inside of your dread
Subbed, and will be back so keep the Ordo updated....Or else.

Stealth update.

Only a little one because I promised something of an update for Aug (yes, I'm fully aware it's Sept 1st and I've failed the aug update completely)

First things first, Dev Squad are so very nearly finished, I was tempted to wait until it was before I updated but now I can also update when they're finished and I won't look so completely slack.

Here we go (again not many WIP pics, but there is a few at least), don't worry now, they're 'armless.






















I took the pictures outside hoping the lighting might improve the quality of pictures and make my painting appear better, although it looks like I've failed on both counts! . The dilemma I was hinting at in my previous post was the fact the armour on these guys is a more vibrant red, rather than the darker maroon-ish colour of the rest of my army, I quite like how these have turned out, so I don't know if I should leave them as they are or darken them a little bit to give my army a more consistent look. What do you guys think? Here's a pic of one of my other Sgts to give you an idea about the different in colour




Although I've only got 5 Dev dues painted I've been quite busy in the hobby, I made a wet palette (pics and walkthrough provided on demand), it's only very basic but it does stop my paint drying so quickly, thus saving me money in the long term (bonus), also I think it's help my overall painting as the mixing is more consistent.

I've also been messing about trying to get some of my magnetised special weapons dudes to be a bit more solid, I keep finding the arms will fall off sometimes despite the magnets (just to mock me no doubt!) so I've been pinning them as well, which seems more sturdy.

Next up I've going to paint up the jump-packs from my other assault squad as they've had nothing for so long. After that I've got some attach bikes off ebay (one part metal part plastic, the other fully plastic) so I've got to strip those and they'll be painted next. I've ordered a copy of Dark Vengeance so I may convert some of the DA models to fit into my BA army, but I think I might wait and see what the codex is like as DA and BA are battle brothers in the allies table, so I might do some shenanigans with them. I've also got captain Tycho waiting to be painted up and my DC, so plenty to keep me going. As mentioned I think I will stick with painting up my BA until at least the DA Codex is released. Must resist the new shinies!

Another update when the Dev's are finished, please leave feedback on the armour situation (see above) and any general C&C about my painting is welcome.

Cheers

D

Edit: Also thank to
Lucarikx, troy_tempest, and Wh40kPicasso for the kind words. Glad to ahve you on board!

be careful when you magnetize things because you can make it look like the arms arent even attached. Paintjob 8/10, magnetizing job.. 4/10 for effort. just get them as flush as you can, dw his insides won't hurt... much!

Awesome though good to hear from you again!

Paint job on those marines is superb.

I'd forgotten how cool BA devastators looked. This gives me major 2nd ed/ early 90's nostalgia. The devs look super.

wow I really like those devs, looking forward to seeing them finished!

 5P0G wrote:
wow I really like those devs, looking forward to seeing them finished!

Me too!

Very nearly there. RL has been a bit hectic lately. I will update soon though I promise, it won't be much of an update, but an update none the less!

D

Hello,

Yes, I'm fully aware that it's been over 8 billion years since I last updated properly, and yes I'm crap and slow...

Anyway, update? Yes, bring the noise...

So, the Dev squad is now FINISHED! WOOO! It's now even fully WYSIWYG for my list (4 ML)

No Flash


Flash:


Pretty happy with how they turned out, I do still need to decide what I'm going to do with the edges of the bases though...Brown? Grey? Black? Thoughts?

You want indi' shots?...I'll hide them in the spoliers...


I also lost an assault marine (somehow!), so I've had to paint a new one, fortunately I had enough bits to make replacement... Also I remembered to give this one a yellow helmet, of course this means I've now go to give the rest of my 2 squads yellow helms...anyone ever done any precision stripping? Can it be done or should I just paint over the read helmets?

Anyway, here's Mr Yellow










Here's some WIP pics, if anyone's interested...



I also painted a DC dude, went for the white power armour as per Angels Encarmine scheme, really pleased with how he turned out, the white was a pain to paint though...I've also really pleased with the skin tones and hair, the face in general actually. Anyway...Hidden wips if anyone wants, mainly of how I did the power armour, but still, at least i remembered to take pictures!













I painted the DC as a test mini for the squad just to have a break from wading through red paint, but I'm now onto some Attack Bikes, which I snagged off ebay on the cheaps.

I've stripped those...here's the proof











Until next time (whenever that may be!)

D

You have my respect for painting the interior of your raven to this standard.

Really like your blending on the vehicle too.

 Enzephalon wrote:
You have my respect for painting the interior of your raven to this standard.

Really like your blending on the vehicle too.

Ha, cheers I'm a real gluten for punishment so I try to squeeze as much 'hobby’ out of everything I buy.

Glad you like!

D

Amazing stuff! Love the dread

Love the work! I just started highlighting my Orks and hope to make smoother transitions like yours. That Dread is awesome!

Some good looking angels in here EDC, look forward to seeing that attack bike finished.

Nice work EDC, wasn't sure about how you started with the reds, but really works when you'v finished it.

This blog deserves more attention...awesome work here EDC, all that attention to detail is paying off with some really nice minis. That dread is awesome, and I'm looking forward to seeing the assault bikes - one of the few SM models I've always enjoyed. Keep up the good work!

Loving the dread and the interior on the Raven. Impressive work there EDC

That's a nice blood red for the angels... I'm sure they really pop on the table.

Mother of Thread necromancy....

 STG wrote:
Mother of Thread necromancy....

Oops.

Love those hazard stripes!

Impressive amount of color and detail on everything.

That flight stand had so much on it, I thought it was going to be terrain.

Nice work. Really like the lightning on the dreadnaught claws

Since there's been so much activity in this thread, you've forced my hand.

I'll get some pics of my BA stuff that I've done since my last proper up date over the weekend and post em up.

EDC

Awesome job on the hazard stripes recovery way back when.
Having painted them freehand myself i know how painstaking it can be to get them right, and you've done a brilliant job!

Looking forward to seeing how your BA have progressed over the years since this thread was last updated.

Successful necromancy is successful ^^, looking forward to the pics !

 KernelTerror wrote:
Successful necromancy is successful ^^, looking forward to the pics !

I wasn’t going to feed the necromancy, but now that this thread is active again, I’m also looking forward to seeing some new pics.

 evildrcheese wrote:
Since there's been so much activity in this thread, you've forced my hand.

I'll get some pics of my BA stuff that I've done since my last proper up date over the weekend and post em up.

EDC

Oh me oh my, we are all looking forward to it, because you are so good at keeping up other member's PLOGs moving.

Cheers,

CB

Hi, dumb question, but what white primer are you using?

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
Hi, dumb question, but what white primer are you using?

It's a white primer from a UK auto/hardware store called Halfords. It's their generic white primer. I'll post a pic of the bottle when I do my update if it helps.

EDC

Oh, OK. I was wondering if it was Army Painter White hobby primer, vs general automotive. Thanks!

Looking good EDC - when you take pictures, make sure the sun is behind the camera and not behind the miniature. I suppose thats why you get your pictures so dark.

Your reds are very vibrant and your technique is rather interesting. Id love to see them in person


Keep it up and please post mmore pictures

Back by popular demand (sorta)

Here's some pictures.

Despite my plog been dead, I've been extremely prolific since my last actual update, infact it may sadden some of you to hear that I've even stripped some of the stuff that resides within this plog.

Anyway, that can't be helped. I'm currently sitting on ~4k worth of tabletop BA stuff, which I want to bring up to a decent standard before I post pics, but in the meantime here's a selection of stuff.




























many Sternguard











That'll do for now.

More soon (or eventually)

EDC

Nice update EDC, looking good, even if they are loyalists...

Some great looking Blood Angels there, EDC. Mephiston in particular looks pretty awesome.

Very nice EDC

Damn fine work there EDC!

Wow, you've been busy! Nice!

Great stuff EDC,

Especially love the wing work on those two tanks.

Cheers,

CB

lol yay for successful necromancy!

I think you've done a lot of good work over the intervening months. And especially the earlier vehicles... Painting the interior and then assembling is really hard.

Thanks everyone. I'll be sure to get some more stuff up when I'm back to BA. Currently working on KDK/Chaos stuff. Perhaps a second plog is in order!

EDC

Really like the use of wings on the predators. Ad the librarian. And the Dark angel bike kits, also with wings.

Good looking stuff there, consider some idea's stolen.

 evildrcheese wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
Hi, dumb question, but what white primer are you using?

It's a white primer from a UK auto/hardware store called Halfords. It's their generic white primer. I'll post a pic of the bottle when I do my update if it helps.

EDC

Which one out of interest?

stonned_astartes wrote:Really like the use of wings on the predators. Ad the librarian. And the Dark angel bike kits, also with wings.

Thanks! What self respecting Blood Angel wouldn't want to add more bling?!

Sigulf wrote:Good looking stuff there, consider some idea's stolen.

Steal away! I probably stole some of it from somewhere!

IGtR= wrote:

 evildrcheese wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
Hi, dumb question, but what white primer are you using?

It's a white primer from a UK auto/hardware store called Halfords. It's their generic white primer. I'll post a pic of the bottle when I do my update if it helps.

EDC

Which one out of interest?

I'll post a pic of the can in the next couple of days for you

EDC

Thats looking great so far

I can tell you used some dark vengeance stuff and you made it look like its a proper BA kit


The wings on the tank look superb, by the way!


There are only 2 things that I would look into that would make it look even better:

- drilling the flamers :p
- perhaps thinner highlights on the black panels. I dont know if that was intentional or not hehe


Cheers and keep up the good work!

Nice update! Your work has improved since the beginning of your blog. Your vehicles especially look sharp.

That is one big BA army you have there, and your painting has clearly improved over time.

I really like what you have done with the Dark Vengeance bikes, any chance of an army shot soon?

Oh dude, redgasm!
I'm very pleasantly surprised you found a use for the Sang. Guard wings/barn doors. They look absolutely brilliant on that predator, and that librarian's shield. Good stuff man.

teban wrote:Thats looking great so far

I can tell you used some dark vengeance stuff and you made it look like its a proper BA kit

The wings on the tank look superb, by the way!

There are only 2 things that I would look into that would make it look even better:

- drilling the flamers :p
- perhaps thinner highlights on the black panels. I dont know if that was intentional or not hehe

Cheers and keep up the good work!

squall018 wrote:Nice update! Your work has improved since the beginning of your blog. Your vehicles especially look sharp.

Thraxas Of Turai wrote:That is one big BA army you have there, and your painting has clearly improved over time.

I really like what you have done with the Dark Vengeance bikes, any chance of an army shot soon?

Meph wrote:Oh dude, redgasm!
I'm very pleasantly surprised you found a use for the Sang. Guard wings/barn doors. They look absolutely brilliant on that predator, and that librarian's shield. Good stuff man.

Cheers guys.

I'll try and do a BA Army shot soon, it's been a while since I got all my toys out

I was going to do a separate blog for my Chaos stuff, but since I update so sporadically, I thought I might as well make this blog over all my hobby projects,

For the last 6 months or some I've been working on KDK, I've probably got about 1000 pts painted, up to now. I don't have pictures of everything but I have got pictures of my Jugger Lord, and some Flesh Hounds, which I've just finished (using the Chaos War hounds Fantasy kit, as much as I love the proper models I just can't justify the cost currently £30 for 5, comparted to £15 for 10 Warhounds):

Lord:




Hounds:
Squad 1:


Squad 2:

Ooo that's an awful picture...
As you can see I’ve used different colours on the fur for squad markings.

I've also been busy working on some 30k Alpha Legion (which I'll also probably use in 40k to be honest, since the new Traitor Legions rules are so damn cool)
Tac Squad:








Vet Squad:









As you can see I'm doing my vets in purple, just to make them stand out a bit more on the table. I’m also colour coding the knee pad as a squad marking.

I have also posted some feeble attempts at free hand over the 2 squads.

Technically I started the Tac Vets and Flesh hounds last year and have only just finished them, and I’m going to try and log my completed models for the year, so Jan is already looking healthy at 30 models, which means it'll probably be the strongest month as I certianly won't be completing that many models in a month for the rest of the year

Next month I’m going to try and get 10 Custodes done. Stay tuned!


EDC

Love the metallic/chrome look colours on your alpha legion dudes really nice effect that i don't think i've ever seen before

What paint did you use?

Love the darker colours of the vets too, and the scales are a really nice touch too

Awesome update, that is a great band of traitors. The scale texture really works well, even from a distance.

Love all the freehand.

Thanks guys. The metallic paint I'm using is the Pentart metallic paint range.

EDC

Fantastic looking alpha legion. I love the scale-work on the veterans.

I love how the hounds turned out! those creepy little guys are fun for how uncomplicated the models are

Awesome freehand skills there! Those scales must take forever to do

Great work EDC, really nice Alpha's especially

Really nice freehand work on your Alpha Legion.

It always seems a shame that Space Marines have some of the most suitable armor for freehand work but not much reason to do so fluff wise. It's good to see someone really take advantage of the opportunity to go nuts with extra detail.

How long does it take to paint each model? (If it's not rude to ask)

I agree, really nice freehand on those.

Whoa! Those Traitor Marines are fantastic. The freehand scales and chains look great-- how long does one Marine take?

Those marines looks great, cool paintjob! I like very much the hounds too.

Couldn't say exactly how long they took. I've been working on these 3 units on and off for about 3 months. I'd probably guess about 6 weeks, with maybe an hour a night?

In short long enough, lets just say I'm not excited by the prospect if doing the second squad!

EDC

I'm with everyone else, the free hand effect is striking! If I can say on the complex paint job, try to batch paint the layers by color. doesn't look great until it all comes together but when it does the whole lot is finito. I'm balls deep in a tedious paint scheme myself, so I sympathise lol! Keep going! More more more! For the dark gods!

Hi EDC,

Nice updates here, as mentioned by some others above I am seriously impressed by those Alpha warriors, it may take some time, but the finished effect is definitely worth it in my opinion!

The metallic, the freehand, the colour choices all adds up to an awesome look!

Looking forward to future updates whenever they might be

Your Reds on the Blood Angels are awesome! Also love the depth of gradient you've got on the vehicles and drop pods!

Nice work on your Alpha legion too, looking great, I'll keep checking in to see your progress for the remaining months

Thanks for the comments guys.

Currently working on 10 Custodes from the BoP box, which I'm aiming to get done this month as my club is wanting to run some sort of defend the imperial palace mission.

Other than that I finished painting up some KDK blood tithes tokens, which I'll post with the custodes at the end of the month.

I'm trying to burn through alot of my backlog this year, whilst buying a minimum number of minis, so there's gonna be a tea mixed bag of KDK, Alpha Legion, Blood Angels, Tyranids, and Space Wolves. Not sure what I'll do for March yet, possibly some KDK and Nids stuff.

EDC

evildrcheese,

Great Alpha Legion and Flesh Hounds.

Cheers,

CB

Those alpha legionnaires are absolutely gorgeous dude. I especially love the vets you made up. Great work.

The miniatures look great. Lot's of attention given to those bases.

The BA look stunning, and the KDK are awesome, but those Alpha's are outstanding, the freehand and colour choice is superb. Really stunning work. So nice to see something different, with the scales and chains, I bet they will look amazing as an army on the board.

EDC!

First off, I can't believe I've missed this blog!

Second, Your blood angels look fan-freaking-tastic brother. Your reds look just amazing. I love the kit combos you used, and your Devs look great. I love how ornate you made them look, very grim-dark

Then by the Emperor your Alphas are just mind blowing. Then free hand symbols and scales... what a work of love man they look fantastic.

Seeing your work, I am humbled for your comments on my blog, well done man well done. Did you air brush the blue and then high light green?

I think the color choices and free hand themes for the Alpha legion stuff is awesome. You seem to have a talent for getting really nice, intense colors on the models (and showing up in the photos. : )

Thanks for the kind words guys.

Azalle, you probably missed this plog as it is seldom updated.
Thanks for the kind words though, but I'm just a dude with a brush spreading some positivity and trying to get through my massive backlog of unpainted minis

EDC

Monthly update time!

What did I achieve in Feb? Not as much as I would have liked!

I was aiming to get 2 squads of Custodian Guard done, but I only managed to get 1 finished. Guess my aim for March is the second squad!

Enough chatter, time for pics

Squad



Sgt








Thanks for looking

EDC

Those are some fantastic models. I especially like the power swords.

The blades, the basing, the gold. All around great work.

Nice work on the Custodes

Really nice job! I especially like the power weapons. Does the red shoulder pad indicate 40k custodes as opposed to 30k? I noticed GW's two studio sets were different and was wondering if there was a reason why.

They look great! If using a whole month allows you to languish this much detail and attention on them, then each squad deserves a whole month!

What was your paint recipe brother? love how it turned out

Thanks guys!

brushcommando wrote:Really nice job! I especially like the power weapons. Does the red shoulder pad indicate 40k custodes as opposed to 30k? I noticed GW's two studio sets were different and was wondering if there was a reason why.

I'll be honest i don't know! I really hope the red pad isn't a 40k thing as inplan to use them in 30k (well, both 40k and 40k to be completely honest). The only reason I went with the red pad (which I did get from the 40k datasheet pics) is because it looks cool, I thought it'd help break up the wall of gold and would be a nice tie in to my Blood Angels.

Master Azalle wrote:What was your paint recipe brother? love how it turned out

For the gold?

Airbrush base coat of Vallejo Glorious Gold
Wash: Agrax Earthshade (GW)
Wash: Druchii violet (GW)
Dry brush: Gehena's Gold (GW)
Dry brush: Sycorax Bronze (GW)
Dry brush: Auric Armour Gold (GW)
Highlight: Runefang Steel (GW)

I tried something a bit different as the Custodes armour seemed to lend it self well to dry brushing, and it turned out alright!

EDC

Everything here is great! A+ Work and strong motivation. The metallic colors look very cool, I will be experimenting with some from the warcolours range in the near future. That gold is extremely well done. Keep it up, can't wait to see more!!

-Suks

Looking great, nice colours, definitely do not want to be on the wrong end of one of those swords, they look seriously brutal.

They are as stylin' as can be.

Great work Doc! Really nice depth on those golds and the glow on your power swords looks awesome!

Really nice Custodes dude the gold's great, and the swords are particularly nice as other people have said

How do they compare size-wise with standard Marines?

Cleaning mold lines is pretty much overthinking I'll just repeat what others said - the swords are looking really great

Lovely work on those custodes mate

Great work on those models, the golds looks awesome, and the reds really pop nicely... pretty beefy looking power swords as well!

Cracking work on the custodes EDC. The effect on the blades is awesome

 Ynneadwraith wrote:
Really nice Custodes dude the gold's great, and the swords are particularly nice as other people have said

How do they compare size-wise with standard Marines?

Much bigger. These guys are on 40mm bases and stand a good head and shoulders taller than a standard marine.


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 evildrcheese wrote:


I'll be honest i don't know! I really hope the red pad isn't a 40k thing as inplan to use them in 30k (well, both 40k and 40k to be completely honest). The only reason I went with the red pad (which I did get from the 40k datasheet pics) is because it looks cool, I thought it'd help break up the wall of gold and would be a nice tie in to my Blood Angels.

As I understand it, the red was used in 30K. They changed it to black when the Emperor is plugged into the Golden Throne on Terra. It may have gone back to red though, from the look of it. With Guilliman being the Lord Commander of the Imperium things will be...interesting.

Very nice Custodian Guard there evildrcheese, while you think it is not many models, they are larger and more detailed models and thus take longer that 25mm based figures.

Cheers,

CB

Hi All,

It's that time again, and just like last month it's a squad of Custodian Guard, this time armed with the iconic Guardian Spears. You may notice I've done the stones/gems in green for these dudes, I figure I can utilse different coloured stones as a 'Squad Marking System' in game.

I think I need a break from gold after 2 months of back-to-back custodians. For April it might be a bit of a mixed bag, I've got a 'Soft' 40k tournament which I need to make sure everything is painted for, I don't think I've got any units to paint, but I will have to re-base my Sternguard onto 32mm bases and maybe paint up a few weapons swaps. The tournament is on 8th, so after that I'll make a start on my KDK Bike squad, not sure I'll get it finished though as I've got a busy month ahead.

Enjoy the Guardian Spear Custodians and I'll be back at the end of April!

EDC

Very nice, great old gold texture !

The yellow aquila wings on the halberds go fantastically with the colour of the blades, definitely stealing that!

Wow looks great! How did you create the power blade effect?

Very nice work particularly on the lighting effects. The scenic bases really add a lot to the models without distracting the eye, as well.

Doc they look fantastic!!! Great work, especially the lightning effects. The highlights on your gold really set it off, I'm envious. I bought the talons of the emperor box to do some of these myself, although I don't want the red, so far haven't found any supported alternative colour online, any thoughts?

So the armour and the figures look well done, but it's those weapons that really make them pop to me.

Fantastic work, I love the whole look of them from the contrasts to the lightning effects in the blades, just awesome!

Looking forward to the late April update for sure.

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

Plodmarine wrote:
Doc they look fantastic!!! Great work, especially the lightning effects. The highlights on your gold really set it off, I'm envious. I bought the talons of the emperor box to do some of these myself, although I don't want the red, so far haven't found any supported alternative colour online, any thoughts?

I reckon black would look wicked in replacement for the red. Alteratively just leave the armour plates as gold and do the tabards are brother leather....not sure what you'd do with the helmet plumes in that scenario though.

As a Blood Angels player i struggle to see what's not to love about red and gold.


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nurgle5 wrote:The yellow aquila wings on the halberds go fantastically with the colour of the blades, definitely stealing that!

Steal away!

Master Azalle wrote:Wow looks great! How did you create the power blade effect?

It's actually really easy.

(1) Airbrush some Hawk Turquoise over black.
(2) Freehand White Scar as irregular lines for lightening effect
(3) Wash entire blade with Nihilakh Oxide
(4) Highlight the lightening from step (2) with White Scar
(5) Repeat steps (3) and (4) to taste.

Hope that helps.

EDC

Those guys are looking SHARP! As always, can't wait to see more!

Awesome work Dr!

Subbed, those custodes are cool.

Custodes look great, just what the doctor ordered . Especially like the power blades.

EDC,

Another great update with painted models, well done.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks for the kind words folks

Time for an update! So April has been a busy month in Real Life terms, so the hobby progress is only a melta biker squad for my KDK. However, since I didn't have any particularly good pics of my KDK I thought i'do get some decent snaps and do a little showcase, so without further ado...

First up my bikers, since these are the newest unit they get the top slot. Even though my Lord is in red armour I decided that my other CSM aligned to Khorne will be in a fiery orange armour, the extreme highlight is a yellow for really emphasise the link to fire, i'm even considering adding some black sponging to give a hot broken charcoal effect but i'm not decided on the yet. Thought?


Next up we'very got my JuggerLord, fairly standard load out with a P Fist and L Claw. His fluff is that he used to be an Alpha Legion Preator who relished single combat, i've given a few nods to his background with the Juggernaut having blue and green washes (The Juggernaut itself was a bike prior to becoming a host for a minor deamons and changing into a Juggernaut)





My Bloodletters next, two squads of 10 with an instrument and banner each.I plan on doing all my deamons squads with slightly different colour combos and markings to help set them apart. However for quick reference I paint a trim on the swords a different colour as a type of squad marking





A couple of spawn next, I wanted a beast like vibe for these guys, so they're mostly grayish brown with red spot colours to tie them into the KDK theme. They mainly serve as easy blood tithe points, but i'my not sure how that'll play out in 8th Ed.




Blood Crushers next, i'm really pleased with how these turned out. Again following the concept of different markings and different trim on the sword:
Blood Hunter:


Crushers:




Heavy hitter now, a maulerfiend. Again i'm happy with how this turned out paint job wise, I did consider switching the head for a Juggernaut head to make it more Khorne-ish, but the Juggernaut head was too small :( If anyone has any suggestions on how to Khorne these up I'd love to hear them.






Finally my Skullcannon, again really pleased with how this turned out, especially the fleshy bits. Again the riders get a different trim on their he'll blades.





And that's it other than my Flesh hounds which i'm using Fantasy Chaos Warhounds for as a counts as. I didn't take new pics of them and I only posted them recently so I won't repost them.

I nearly forgot I did re-base some Blood Angels stuff for a competition at the beginning of the month, in which I came 3rd AND won best painted! I'll get some snaps later and do another post for that as i'very jabber education on long enough!

For May my aim is to get a droppod painted up for my Blood Angels. Again it's a busy month in Real Life so only a modest aim.

As usual please give comments/criticism/ suggestions/ and what not.

Until next time!

EDC

Was waiting for an April update and it was well worth the wait. There is some awesome work in here and I love the fluff on the minis that have it. I also like the way you are identifying squads with the sword trims, nice idea and a good effect overall.

Love the models you have painted up, the battlefield wasteland bases look awesome and really tie into a Chaos theme.

In terms of you first question about the black sponging... I reckon give it a go, a hot charcoal look would be really effective I feel.

Maulerfiend, maybe just a few Khorne icons/symbols added somewhere just to show the allegiance might work... or maybe a banner with Khorne symbolism.

Looking forward to your next update for sure

Nice looking Juggernaut armor the blue backdrop reminds of how they used to photos in white dwarfs for quite some time.

Those Demons are my favorite of your work yet! I cannot believe how well those are turning out. 10/10 work!

More great work there EDC.

The Skullcannon is something else. 10/10

Cheers,

CB

That is a beautiful looking army sir. Classic colours but painted brilliantly. Real pleasure to see.

I really like those Khorne bases. Where did you get all those skulls?

Thanks for the kind words all. I'm humbled as ever.

 EmberlordofFire8 wrote:
I really like those Khorne bases. Where did you get all those skulls?

I found a seller on eBay selling them, here's a link:

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/28mm-scale-Bag-of-100-resin-skulls-Warhammer-khorne-chaos-/162385593893?hash=item25ceef8625%3Ag%3Ag2cAAOSwNSxVJCe1&_trkparms=pageci%253A9987be50-3189-11e7-924b-74dbd180b23c%257Cparentrq%253Ad8761e4f15b0aa146770a457ffff7fd6%257Ciid%253A12

EDC

I. Need. Those.

That skull cannon is very snazzy!

Looking very nice EDC!

Nice! I love the Maulerfiend

Alas, the best way I can think of Khorning him up is to paint his skin the same red as the Bloodletters, but then you'd have to cover that really nice skintone you've got on him :S

Lovely work, that Maulerfiend especially . Have you considered changing the angle of the jugger head on that bike?

Yeah, every time I see a nice Maulerfiend, I want to get one!

Cool stuff EDC . I like the base on your Maulerfiend. Adds a bit more threat to the model.

Thanks all.

 CommissarKhaine wrote:
Lovely work, that Maulerfiend especially . Have you considered changing the angle of the jugger head on that bike?

You mean so the head would be facing straightforward rather than looking up at an angle? I did consider it, but converting the front of the bike was more effort that I was willing to put in at that stage I might consider it for the second squad, mostly to help differentiate them.

EDC the

Wow, some great models here! I like the bloodcrushers a lot. I need a skullcannon in my life - that's a great model.

Some great stuff there - The maulerfiend looks great, and the basing is fantastic

I almost feel like your scenic bases steal the show. I also really like the dark steel or dark iron juggernauts.

It's time for an update! Only a couple of months behind schedule, so sorry about that. Luckily the hobbying has been progressing in the background, so let's see what we've got.

So as promised, May was all about a Blood Angels drop pod. I magnetised the weapons and the central column so I could use it for a dreadnought. Obviously dreads can not longer take normal droppods so that was a pointless exercise! Less chat, more pics:





So after the droppod we were waiting for some firmed up information on when 8th would be released. Which left me in painting limbo, so I decided to make a start on the Space Hulk Genestealers that I've had for ages.

Group shot


And some individuals








I decided to paint them up in Hive Fleet Leviathan colours, mainly because that's the hive fleet heading towards Baal and I thought it would be cool to have my forces link in some way. I decided to mount them on bases so they can be used in my Tyranid force when I get around to doing that (I have a bunch of Nid stuff from the Shield of Baal and Lost Patrol boxes)

This month I've painted up a new Captain for my Blood Angels for 8th Ed. Here sits with a Devastator Squad and hammers baddies in the face if they get too close:




Heavy probably needs a bit more work, but he's table top.

I also tried adding some depth to 3 tac marines as they looked a little flat. (Top image is new, bottom images is the before)



I think that's me up to speed. I'm currently working on 2 squads of 8 Khorne Beserkers and a Khorne Deamon Prince, which I'm trying paint up in a mid/late Heresy style, using the colour plates from HH book 6 as inspiration:



Since we're near the end of July I don't expect to have any of these finished before Aug, but I'll do my next update when I've got a squad finished.

EDC

Beautiful stuff as always EDC. Its great to see a variety of projects all being given the same amount of effort and attention.

I really like that captain, and cool choice on the mid heresy world eaters!

Very nice, EDC!

The drop pod looks awesome, and I love the captain too, he's definitely ready to smite the Emperor's foes

That drop pod is jaw-dropping. How long did it take to get it looking that good?

Nice work matey !
Did you find drop pods are deceptively complicated to paint ?
I like the interior console on yours.

Fantastic work all round Stealers looking wonderful and that drop pod is just stunning.

Excellent work doctor! Looking forward to your next work.

Terrific work, Doc! I really like the detailing on the drop pod- I want to be able to do work like that someday.

That display inside the pod is amazing. Such a great detail.

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

JoshInJapan wrote:That drop pod is jaw-dropping. How long did it take to get it looking that good?

Big H wrote:Nice work matey !
Did you find drop pods are deceptively complicated to paint ?
I like the interior console on yours.

I'll tackle both of these questions together.

I think it took my about 2 and a half weeks, between work, study and other RL stuff. I kept the pod in pieces for painting , so it wasn't too complicated as I could do the red on all the stilts, doors and what not seperate from the base and the interior .

The biggest issue then was gluing it together painted, which was a paint.

EDC

Pods just suck in general to assemble, painted or not.

Nice work on that one!

Great Drop Pod, do not worry about the rules as when the Codexes come out there will be changes.

Love the stealers.

Cheers,

CB

So much awesome in that drop pod! Love it.

The genestealers are nicely done, the paint job you've given them really does the cool sculpts justice

You have you red down pat and the Blood Angels are nice as well.... Basically I like all the pictures in your update haha

Pod looks great but I really love your genestealers. I have never had much luck at making my nids look organic but yours look spot on.

Cheers guys. Yeah I'm teally happy with how the Genestealers turned out.

Right August update time! I've got the first 8 of my Bezerkers done! A bit of a nightmare to paint to be honest, and I'm not sure i'm completely happy with them if i'm honest. BUT 5 weeks on one unit was a bit much for me! Anyway enough chat, more pictures!

As mentioned I've painted these guys up in a mid heresy inspired scheme as shown here:




Axe dudes


Plasma pistols and Champion


Icon of Vengeance


So yeah. Currently working on a Deamon Prince in the same style then another squad of 8 Bezerkers. Might have to have a 30k Blood Angels Preator interlude which i'll need to have done for the 19th (tabletop quality only, if the damn thing ever arrives!)

EDC

Very cool I really like the mid heresy scheme

I think they turned out well. i actually really like that color of silver for armor

That is a neat look for the WE.

Always nice to see something different for the world eaters, love the grey and the blood is not over the top.

Very nice. I like the dull metallics in partiular.

Those are some handsome HH World Eaters.

These look ace, Doc! I have a real soft spot for the old Berzerker models... Even though I also long for GW to pull their finger out and just release an awesome new kit.

Bezerkers look good.

Cheers,

CB

Nice work on the zerkers! The weathering effects look awesome.

OK bud they look disturbingly good. Great work. They do look like a bunch of hyper active butchers though.

I really like your scheme, you execute it well.

Reminds me of white scars, but this is much cooler.

Hi all,

Sneaky minor update for end of Aug in the form of the World Eaters Deamon Prince.







Gonna get to work on the second squad of 8 Bezerkers next. However due to the imminent arrival of my first born i don't know when they'll be finished. Hopefully i'll still do a monthly update, but it might be more WIP images rather than completed models/squads.

Until next time!

EDC

He's gorgeous

Congratulations on the impending arrival, and good luck!

Daemon Prince looks great EDC, I really like the armor, looks ancient as if he has been wearing it for centuries. The base is very good too, just the right amount of blood.

Really nice work mate

Edit just saw the comment about the new arrival congratulations mate! Hope it all goes smoothly.

Nice demon prince, Really like that blood on the khorne banner too!!

Great work as always Doc! Congratulations and good luck with the new addition to your family.

Love that you painted his armor to be reminiscent of the original world eaters colour scheme, it's a great choice that adds character and story to the model. Great job dude.

Congratulations on the firstprince and on the demonborn !

Best wishes for mum and babe.

Demon prince is looking fantastic.

Great work on the World Eaters Deamon Prince and good luck with the little one. They do change your life for the better...despite all the work.

Cheers,

CB

That daemon prince is lovely (if "lovely" is an appropriate descriptor for a Khornate daemon). I'm pleased that you gave him the CSM backpack instead of wings.

Also, congrats on your first child. Here's to raising the next generation of gamers!

Smashing job sir, even if it is a dirty heretic!

Love the armor, and the colors your using. Very striking while still being grim and gritty. Excellent looking force!

Take it easy for now, and I look forward to seeing more.

-Red__Thirst-

Man that Daemon Prince is cool I love it when people actually use Heresy-era schemes for 40k Traitor Legions. It makes no sense to me that the first thing they'd do when they fled to the eye is seek out the fabled Daemon Planet of Tiny Expensive Paint Pots and sit down repainting all of their armour.

Some I can see. Death Guard armour getting overgrown with layers and layers of grimy green ooze. World Eaters never washing the blood off. Black Legion genuinely repainting to distance themselves from the failed Sons of Horus.

Still like to see a nod to the Heresy though

Nice prince EDC, really digging the scheme and the sword glow effect is well done.

love the color-scheme of the armor, keep it up.
Cheers.

Happy New Years 2018, hello and greetings!

I came to check out your PLOG and it's eye candy!

The use of Ravenwing bikes with Blood Angel icons is a wonderful touch, something that I never thought of and your excellently executed paintwork looks fantastic...

I'm working on a Flesh Tearers army and finding the the going a little slow due to my minis being all on 25mm slottabases rather than the newer 32mm ...