Just about ready to paint now. This has been brewing a while. There is a LOT of reinforcement in that titan (and yes, it is entirely supported by that back leg).
To clarify - I was commissioned to do this piece with a pretty open spec ('Guard, 'Nids, Big ol' honkin' titan), it's being entered under my name in GDUK. Not sure if diorama or open yet. :-)

very, very interesting!!!
i'd love to see it painted
what kind of building did you use for that ruin?

Two of the Gothic Ruin corners that came in the 3rd edition 40k box. They were available seperately for a while, not sure if they are currently. I have a few in the bitz box.

What's happening with the pins coming out of the top of the shoulders, winterdyne?

They're overlong so I can remove them to unmount the weapons for painting. I'll trim them to length once everything's done and I'm gluing the torso and weapons together. Currently the model is just pinned together: front and back torso halves, head, weapons (and cables), support leg and hips, dangling leg.

Edit: 3 pins per weapon, dropped into the holes, gravity does the rest in keeping the weapon in place. Means I can just trim them, drop them in, then flood the joint with epoxy from the top (through the big hole) and all should be gravy.

Already the diorama has an amazing dynamic about it. Very few Titans are actaully functioning when you see them....this one definitely is possesed by the machine spirit! So far the display and presentation is absolutely fantastic! Are you planning to paint the base with all the smaller characters on it? That might be a tough task.

Nice diorama, by the way - don't think I said that the first time.

I must admit, I'd've been tempted to have the Warhound about the Jonny Wilkinson that Carnifex off the battlefield...

That'd be one hell of a conversion! Ba-dumm tishhh!

Looking forward to seeing this finished

winterdyne wrote:That'd be one hell of a conversion! Ba-dumm tishhh!

Hmm - if they did the right parts for a Reaver (namely a Titan Power Fist for each arm), you could have one going for a drop goal...

I already have plans for a reaver... if you think this one's crazy you ain't seen nothing yet.

Looks like quite the project winterdyne, subbed!

That looks awesome!! What's with the GS on the Canifex's back? or is that some new Tyranid creation that my out of date skills don't compute? haha

winterdyne wrote:I already have plans for a reaver... if you think this one's crazy you ain't seen nothing yet.

I don't think this one is crazy, I'm just wondering where his scouting partner is...

Very funky stuff!

What will you be painting first? I really can't wait to see what you do with this bad-boy.

D

I tend to work from the ground up, so it'll be the basework first, then the nids and guard, then the titan itself.

Wow, if only I had the money to set up a diorama like this!

I shall start small and aspire to this greatness!

Just "WOW'!
I'm impressed beyond flowery words!
I do have a question. Is it removable from the base?
Or would you use it with the diorama in a game?

The titan will be removable for transport. It'd be simple enough to build a gaming base for it and slot it into that for games.

sweet looking base!

Can't wait to see this one progress!

SUBBED
Ive been looking for an awesome Diorama with an IG style last stand and this is perfect! Can't wait to see how this comes out!

Groundwork painted. Small models just placed back on to help with where to put foliage, tufts, brass etch etc. The 'nid side' of the diorama will be significantly overgrown, jungle-esque, whereas the ruins will be in the process of being reclaimed by hyperactive plant growth.

Not sure what to say except EPIC!

Lost for words! All I can say is..Make more!!!

This just gets better and better, can't wait to see the finished base let alone the whole diorama!

Great work!

after seeing your other work.. this is gonna be epic!

subscribed!!

Wowser. Great work - and nice use of an ikea lazy Susan the little details are particularly dynamic, like the fallen guardsman with the knife just slipping out of his hand. Just fab all round.

Today, I am mostly hating painting brass etch ivy...

You know what they say: The devil's in the details.

Still, the results are oh so worth it!

Amazing! Love the ig on the base

Outstanding. Can't wait to see it finished!

Holy cow!

These chaps are pretty much done apart from the decals. I intend to get the rest of the IG done this week or early next, putting the total working time on them at about 35 hours (less than 4 hours per mini, so pretty quick jobs). I reckon about 40-50 hours on the 'nids, then it's on to the titan proper, which will probably weigh in at around 150 hours. The total time for the diorama should be around about 250 hours.

Really amazing work winderdyne... and I don't say that for guardsmen very often.

Very impressive work, man!

Really good looking that is, i cannot wait to see the end result.

Oooooh this project just gets better!!!

That's a quick job, winterdyne?

*holds head in hands*

And was that brass ivy the regular sort or the poison sort?

This thread is really inspiring! I'll be keeping an eye on your progress.
What colour scheme are you going to apply on that Titan?

So much character. Outstanding work there, might have to steal a few ideas.. kill tallies, chipping.. all makes it seem very real. I especially loved the kneeling guardsmen, with his wonky helmet and grim determination.. aforementioned kill tally marking him out as one mean fether.

Also, probably too late now.. but something I like to do with my guardsmen is remove the stump on the back of their armour (unless of course they have vox caster/flamer tank etc). Just seems out of place and ugly.

I cant believe those troops only averaged about 4 hours of paint work each! How is that possible???

This is amazing, i'm really looking forward to seeing it finished

Young Logan

You just keep getting better with every project/commission winderdyne

Truly spectacular, when I saw the diorama's scale I did not expect to see this level of detail in a single figure!

Keep going!

More progress shots:

Colour scheme for the 'nids. Extremely limited pallete to keep focus on the titan. Also the start of more dressing for the groundwork. The devil is in the details. Definite nod to Starship Troopers (the film, not the book!) with the impaling going on.


Grandfather clocks are 40k. As is miraculously intact furniture. And lets face it, if you're manning an outpost against a hive mentality that just wants to make a lunchtime snack of you, you may as well do it in comfort.


A favourite among my local group is this chap, the back of whom you can see in the previous shot. Eyes are locked with the 'nid that's about to skewer him. But will it be the knife or the grenade that end it? Either way this guy's kicking the bucket. Did I mention I like puns? The bucket has a number of different rust / earth pigments on it from both Forge World and Secret Weapon. They mix well.


Carnifex WIP. Still needs a day or two to finish him off, then another 6 gaunts. You can just see the ever-increasing amount of brass etch on the buildings. There will be more, as well as plants around. Flowers will be purple (partly because I *like* purple flowers, and partly to tie in with the 'nids colour scheme).

The detemination on the face of the wounded guardsman with the grenade is awesome! This project is shaping up to be truly phenomenal!

Yikes! That looks awesome! Good work so far. I think you have a chance at taking home the sword/gold/what-have-you with this thing. Amazing, you rarely see that level of detail on guardsman faces.

I can't wait to see the titan done up. Subbed!

Love the grandfather clock in there, winterdyne.

Was waiting patiently for updates bcos awesomesauce cannot be rushed. When I checked again (almost a daily habit), the first things through my mind was: Hot D#$N! Wicked!

You can imagine what the IG is saying as well (so much character!)... Caption contest!

IG watching buddy get impaled: "I need to reach my gun!" Until the enormous shadow of the carnifex slides into view... then it becomes: "Oh shxxt!"

IG beside bucket: "Even if I have to die, I won't die alone. Come get some!"

IG commander shouting: "Where's that dxxned support?!"

Carnifex: "Prey..."

Inspirational work from Winterdyne studios!

Inspiring as ever with your stuff. Love the detailing on the IG and the scenery is fantastic. Like others, can't wait to see how the Titan works out.

Makes me want to get my little diorama back on track...

Holy Gak, that's one heck of a diorama

Really like this, well done, can't wait to see it painted.


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Ohh didn't see the painted base, nice stuff, keep it up

Coming along so well, can't wait to see it finished... If the IG and hide are anything to go by the Titan will be amazing!!

Holy ! That diorama is absolutely amazing, incredible work so far! I Love the guardsman literally kicking the bucket, great idea.

Can't wait to see this finished!

Awesome, just awesome.

D

It looks amazingly "real" for plastic men with laser guns fighting plastic aliens!

Can't wait to see the finished piece.

"Kicking the Bucket" should be its own diorama, that level of detail and the subtle pun really add to the effect.

Making me want to start my own little diorama!

The poor guardsman on the ground are still doomed though.


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Also amazing job painting.

Damn, this is incredibly nice work, the detail so far is just top notch. Subbed as well

I once had the plesure of meeting you in person and admiring some of your WIP's. Amazing work as always. Subbed.

Rarmah / Mark

Where was that? At one of the Platoon Britannica meets at Warhammer World? Or the FW open day?



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Paintwork on the carnifex pretty much done:

It was a PB meet-ish, at gw cam.

great stuff, mate...
it's really coming along...

keep up the good work...

cheers
jah

Can't wait to see what this looks like when it's done, it's going to be fantastic!

Excellent work

Rarmah wrote:It was a PB meet-ish, at gw cam.

Wasn't me then, sorry. I've never been to GW Cambridge. You might have seen some of George Dellapina's work there (though he's not been there in years, so not if it was a PB thing).

nicely done!

Sick! In the best possible way of cos!

Just about to start the oil washing on the legs. The hyrdaulics are all painted too, but don't get attached till final assembly after all the weathering, pigments and varnishes are done.

Brilliant, just brilliant!

I didn't think it were possible! But this project is just getting BETTER!
I LOVE IT! I CANT GET ENOUGH! This is probably the best diorama I have ever seen. Fantastic!

LDP

Stunning work winderdyne... just stunning.

^

Incredible, .....just incredibe!

That is really gonna be one awesome diorama!

The base just by itself is amazing enough to get a Golden Demon.

The Titian is going to push this through the roof!

I dunno. GDUK is not an easy playground. I'm looking to push this as far as it will go; so if anyone has nitpicks, please do voice them!

LOVE IT!

If there is a criticism as the work currently stands, all the solidiers are in action poses but the environment feels a little too pristine and does not reflect what their poses suggest.

For instance, the flamethrower is actually "Off". There are also no las rifle scorches... etc and blood from the dead nids I can see. You may have a masterplan in place so just some things to consider.

Did I mention I LOVE IT?

I have actually been toying with a clump-foliage based flame for the flamer, but to use it would mean heavy OSL on the base, which thanks to all those bricks would take an age. Scorch marks and a few other things will be done in the pigment stage. Still have lots of brass etch to add to the base, too. Got bored of it and decided to work on something else for a while. :-)

Just bought a new pot of tamiya clear red. Nid goop will be done too, but that needs to be last really, as the base will be getting a couple of coats of varnish on the way.

Thats looking really nice so far, it really is an amazing commission you have and I know you will do it justice

May I ask where you picked up the tamiya clear red from / if they have a website as I've been after some for a while.

edit: typos

Hobbycraft. All the local models shops in Nottingham stock Tamiya paints too. Check local model shops first.

Thanks I'll keep an eye out.

This really is magnificent - and the colour scheme is exactly what I did as a kid playing Epic 20-odd years ago. Every time I see you update I'm thrilled.
If I could make one comment it's that maybe - maybe - it's all a bit muted, and it would good to see a single moment of very strong colour, to pop nicely.

Finished off the techpriest while waiting for oils to dry enough to clean up.

Very nicely done winderdyne. Nice detail on the gems, stripes and hood. Oh, and the gadget on his wrist... just noticed that.

Shame so little of him will be seen. When in the Titan's torso you only have a fairly tight top-down view of him. A lot of stuff is lost.

Wow, the priest looks fantastic. Simply gorgeous. It really is too bad that he'll be hidden. The hood is especially nice, the stripes too.

Everything is coming along really well

Damn.

Just... wow.

[Fellow Nottinghameriter! Where abouts, if I may ask?]

Heya Winterdyne,

Now that we know the techpriest is all shades of awesome, is it possible to magnetise, pin or base him so that he is removable from within the titan?

Seems a shame to keep him cooped up in there after your paint job.

It's difficult; the only place he can stand is on the access lift, which is a very thin part to try and put a magnet in. I may be able to put a high pin on it and have that go quite a way into the techpriest to secure him, but it'd be fiddly getting him in and out.

I'll have a look at it once I've got that section of the torso painted up.


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This week I shall mostly be hating painting gold. There's a lot of blends to do on all the gold on the legs... Glad I'm only using one Aquila plate.

Mmmm. If this were cake I'd eat it all at once and love every moment of it.

By which of course I mean everything is looking great.

Would you care to share your recipe for your gold? It looks great.

D

I've just found a quick trick for the gold. It's nice.

VMC Bronze base. Heavy brown wash (here supplied by oils).
Highight with a mx of VMC Old Gold and VMA Gold (which is silver) at high spots. Really crude block highlight. Go about half way along the gradient.
Shade with a mix of VMC Black and VMC Bronze. Again, cover about half the gradient.
A long gradient should now be 3 blocks, about a third each of the shade, highlight and bronze.
Now make a glaze of the bronze and glaze it from the middle (bronze) section over the shade and highlight. That does for the gradient. Really need glaze medium for this; water doesn't carry the metal pigment well enough.
Edge highlight bottom ediges with the Old Gold / VMA Gold mix.
Edge highlight upper edges with pure VMA Gold.

Some drool from some of the Nids might drive home the sense of slaughter occuring on the ground. Tamiya and Woodland scenics make some good water effect products that may look good dripping from the mouths of a few of the bugs. Probably best saved for the pigment phase.

Yeah, the carnifex will be drooling, and there's various blood / drool / goop effects to go on.

With every update my jaw drops lower and lower!

The drool idea would be cool but be careful not to over-do it!

Keep going, even if the gold is a pain!

Since you seem to be ok with a bit of levity in your work (kicking the bucket, lol), perhaps you could add a "slight" wet spot to the front of one of the guardsmans pants.
Wetting one's trousers is justifiable in such a scenario.

Ridiculously awesome, as always winterdyne.

WD, I wish I could say something actually constructive, but every time I come into this thread and try to comment my brain just does this



and I give up.

The work you are doing here is beyond incredible, you are at the point where I am finding it near impossible to even try and guess the techniques your using to get some of these finishes. You are an inspiration, and I can't wait to see this as it progresses further.

Princeps got done while I was bored of gold.

Fantastic! I especially like the cloth.

Ifalna wrote:WD, I wish I could say something actually constructive, but every time I come into this thread and try to comment my brain just does this



and I give up.

The work you are doing here is beyond incredible, you are at the point where I am finding it near impossible to even try and guess the techniques your using to get some of these finishes. You are an inspiration, and I can't wait to see this as it progresses further.

Ifalna has pretty much hit the nail on the head here for myself.

I cannot stress how fantastic this is, Winterdyne. I loves it.

winterdyne wrote:I've just found a quick trick for the gold. It's nice.

VMC Bronze base. Heavy brown wash (here supplied by oils).
Highight with a mx of VMC Old Gold and VMA Gold (which is silver) at high spots. Really crude block highlight. Go about half way along the gradient.
Shade with a mix of VMC Black and VMC Bronze. Again, cover about half the gradient.
A long gradient should now be 3 blocks, about a third each of the shade, highlight and bronze.
Now make a glaze of the bronze and glaze it from the middle (bronze) section over the shade and highlight. That does for the gradient. Really need glaze medium for this; water doesn't carry the metal pigment well enough.
Edge highlight bottom ediges with the Old Gold / VMA Gold mix.
Edge highlight upper edges with pure VMA Gold.

Thanks for the recipe and the description of methodology. Will have to try this at soe point.

The progress is looking gret btw. keep it up.

D

Since i really can't find any words that do your work justice, i'll just use this meme and hopefully you'll get my reaction..

this looks epicly awsome!!!

Keep pushing the limits Winter. Am really hoping you get that daemon this time around.

Magnificient work thus far so please don't drop the ball.

can't wait to see more of this. great work!!!

Cant wait to see the weathering on the legs! The base turned out great. Great choice of colors to go with the Hive fleet Leviathan....the purple will contrast a giant Dark Angels Warhound nicely! This thread just keeps getting better, looking foward to more of your progress!

Gold and the oil on the legs done. Still to do pigments and possibly some chipping, but I'm trying to keep the Titan more or less pristine. The chip on the striped leg IS an actual chip; no idea how that happened, so I'll have to do some weathering to blend that in.
Some tweaks and hopefully a better photo of the princeps. I've also done the first Moderatus, pics in a later update.

Man that looks good!

WAHAHHT56- I DONT EVE-
Speechless by the produce in this commission all the time! Love seeing updates here!

Holy mother of dog that's some nice eye candy.

Pristine? Gasp!

Weathering is one of your key strengths mate. Please reconsider!

Seriously, do consider some weathering at the feet (to the knees) as even a titan fresh out of the factory would incur some dirt and grime striding a battlefield hunting bigger game.

Still, you know best.

I got halfway throguh getting excited over the diorama base and totally forgot about the titan

thanks for sharing, really nice work. I especially like the texturing on the tyranid carapace purple. It looks nice and chitinous.

overkill76 wrote:Pristine? Gasp!

Weathering is one of your key strengths mate. Please reconsider!

Seriously, do consider some weathering at the feet (to the knees) as even a titan fresh out of the factory would incur some dirt and grime striding a battlefield hunting bigger game.

Still, you know best.

There'll be some chipping on the feet / shins, but it's really going to be fairly minimal. There'll be some dusting up of the lower surfaces too, I've been looking a lot at steam train weathering for inspiration...

Even the accidental chip looks like it was intentionally done.....everything just looks so good on this model so far. Your really getting this thing done quickly to given the size and detail of everything.....just amazing!

This week I've been plodding away on the inside of the titan.

Some cleanup to do, particularly around the dials and controls, and there's a few marks that will be weathered in here and there. But it's getting there. Hopefully I'll finish the internals midway through next week, then I'm back to painting gold trim on the carapace for a bit...

Wow, these guys are awesome! Great painting so far, I'm dying to see this finished!

MrMerlin wrote:I'm dying to see this finished!

QFT!

I love it when we get an update in this thread. So inspiring.

Keep up the good work.

D

I always look forward to these updates, feeling the urge to buy myself a titan!

If only.......

Subject to getting a good set of parts cast, they're really nice kits. Worth the money (once you have good parts in your grubby little mitts); extremely detailed and atmospheric.

Getting parts I felt workable took several months, and sufficient replacement parts that (2 individual parts aside) left me with en entire spare titan (of fairly poorly cast bits).

Cleanup and assembly on this took around 3 weeks (first Titan I've built, so it took a while to get my head round), The parts I've had replaced would have taken significantly longer and some had big enough mould slips (notably the head / cockpit with a 4mm slip) to make the cleanup effectively a resculpt. And the first Vulcan bolter... ugh. I'd have to rebuild the ammo hoppers, the mount, the back of the gun (which I had to do a bit on this one)... Actually thinking back on it, some parts were pretty shockingly bad.

Holy crap. This is amazing!!

Where's your world famous subtle OSL (TM) Winter? You lazy git.

With that out of the way, what's that smell? A daemon?

Please keep the inspirational stuff coming mate!

There won't be much OSL on the whole piece. Maybe a bit on the flamer IG. I kind of want everything else to have a steampunk / Jules Verne sort of vibe...

More progress. Head exterior pretty much done pre-varnish for decals.

:O




Is all I have to say.... ;D

Lenses are great man... and the main green and gold are so smooth. Choice work.

Those lenses are stunning. This is already fantastic and I can't wait to see the finished product!

More work on the internals. Very close to having to get back on with painting gold and starting to design decals.

The gold on the head is bar far my favorite thing, so I know it is boring but it is really effective

Love it, keep up the top notch work

Meh, not so much boring as tedious; one of those jobs that takes all of about 3 seconds to visualise and think about, but several good hours to do. I think it took around three or four hours solid to do the gold on the head.

Love your lenses winterdyne, especially the grey-scale ones. Very convincing.

I am loving it!!!!!
Now I fear to post my Chaos Warhound....

lol

winterdyne wrote:
More work on the internals. Very close to having to get back on with painting gold and starting to design decals.

Good to see that keyboards won't change much in the next 38k years

Great work, as always, Winterdyne

I love watching this come together and i can fully appreciate the scale of work that is going into it! you've nailed so much perfectly throughout the build so far, from the image as a whole including the base to the gritty rougher details on the interior and as Gits said the grey/white lenses are a really nice touch and look great, well done mate I can't wait to see the next step in this journey!

If i wasn't already sitting down, I'd want to sit down.

Great work!

D

Wow your designing your own decals! I nearly had the opportunity to do that in university but the damned decal printer broke down completely.

Such smooth painting. If faced with something that huge it would be tempting to do a half-assed job.

It's just all so beautiful....

Yeah, I'll be laser printing the decals, and the outlines of the banners. There'll probably be about half an A4 sheet of decals for the whole titan.

Loving the titan, but just wondering what colours you used on the legs?

Black undercoat.
Tamiya gunmetal (x-10)
Mix in Tamiya chrome silver (x-11) to highlight
Tamiya dark green 2 (x-70) as base for the green areas
Highlight with Tamiya flat green (x-5)
Gold trim based in VMC bronze,
Gloss with future / klear (old uk formula)
Oils washes with burnt umber.
Gold retouched; shade with a black/bronze mix, highlight with a bronze/VMA gold mix. Glaze smooth with bronze.

The Tamiya and gloss stages are done by airbrush. All blending on the gold is by hand. Don't really have the time to mask everything.

winterdyne wrote:
Black undercoat.
Tamiya gunmetal (x-10)
Mix in Tamiya chrome silver (x-11) to highlight
Tamiya dark green 2 (x-70) as base for the green areas
Highlight with Tamiya flat green (x-5)
Gold trim based in VMC bronze,
Gloss with future / klear (old uk formula)
Oils washes with burnt umber.
Gold retouched; shade with a black/bronze mix, highlight with a bronze/VMA gold mix. Glaze smooth with bronze.

The Tamiya and gloss stages are done by airbrush. All blending on the gold is by hand. Don't really have the time to mask everything.

thanks for the info!!!! and look forward to seeing the finished hound

Because I loves me some freehand... and cos I started doing this to cover up a rough surface on the Vulcan Bolter I'd failed to spot and got carried away and now have to do the whole damn thing to match...

The morning star is an outline decal painted in to keep it precise.

Oh good Lord man....

I think I'm going to print out a poster of those pics and put it on the wall of my man cave for inspiration.

This may be the best painted titan I have ever seen on the internet. and its not even completed yet!

Oh MY!!! that is some serious paintwork love you have going on man! crazy good stuff, and like Gits said it's inspirational to say the least! wow!

Holy cow.

Welp, I might as well go break my brushes!

Excellent work, my mind is blown (again)

D

And this sort of thing is exactly why I never even bother to enter painting competitions.

Phenomenal work there, chief.

And this sort of thing is exactly why I never even bother to enter painting competitions.

Phenomenal work there, chief.

I hear you there! my parents always said, no matter how good you think you are there's always someone better out there! and Winterdyne is that man! may as well give him a trophy now?

I've got no illusions here; diorama is a hell of a category to go in; competition will be fierce. I'll be quite happy with a pin. But a trophy would be nice, yeah, 'specially as this piece is in the 'send to Singapore' crate when it's done.

I can't even imagine how good another entry would have to be to beat your piece.

Best of luck, in the meantime I can't wait to see more.

D

Stunning work winterdyne!

May I ask what paints you are using? I'm thinking on moving over to Vallejo paints from the GW ones- I hear good things about them and they are more value for money too.

I use a mix of paints. My collection of Vallejo Model Air is becoming larger. Generally like all the ones I've used. Still like GW Skull white though. And the new base colours are good, as were the old foundation paints and washes. New washes, I've only got nuln oil, which is ok...

Don't get hung up on how much paint you get for your buck, it's all about the quality, you will rarely use a whole pot of anything, unless batch painting a whole army (the cost of which dwarfs the cost of paint anyway). I still have several paints that are over 20 years old now.

I guess you're right- I've still got a few old GW paints kicking about! Anyhoo, good luck with the project!

Subscribed. This is amazing.

Amazing only begins to describe it. You sir are like an angel sent from Gork (or was it Mork?) This is incredible, that freehand. I am lost for words.

winterdyne wrote:
Because I loves me some freehand... and cos I started doing this to cover up a rough surface on the Vulcan Bolter I'd failed to spot and got carried away and now have to do the whole damn thing to match...

The morning star is an outline decal painted in to keep it precise.

It's always an absolute pleasure to view your work. Thank you for sharing with us.

Wow, just wow! That is just too epic o.O

Fantastic, again. The free hand on the top of the titan is superb good luck at GDUK

Young Logan

Not very good photos; off an iPad, and at night. The last few stages should change the look quite significantly. It's unlikely I'll get much chance to stop for decent photos now, so this may be the last update until it's done...

Speechless.

Truly spectacular. Wow.

Holy crap. My eyes. Wonderful.

I have to ask WD, how long do you think you have spent on fine detailing the crack lines? Was it one of those things that took much longer than expected or was it relatively quick? It's such a lovely final effect.

The crack lines are pretty quick - freehand the black, then carefully underhighlight in the right direction. On the black it's trickier as you have to double-line the cracks to get them to pop. That got faster when I figured out I should freehand both sides of the line (tramlining) in grey first, rather than attempt to work black on black, then just go back and retouch the intersections. I think maybe around 50 hours in total, probably 10% of that time is spent in planning where the highlights have to go to be right on the finished piece. Sometimes it doesn't look right when you're holding the individual part as it's at a funny angle in the final pose.

Certainly it's more work than I was originally going to do, but I got carried away on the bolter - it had a rough surface, so I thought, 'oh I'll just do some cracks along that rough bit, that'll hide it'... an hour later I'd done too much so it'd only look right over the whole surface.... and if THAT surface is fully cracked, shouldn't the rest be... Ah well, it looks good now.

apsldpwlad....

I can't even form propper words ! That is one heck of a show right there, spectacular work mate!

If I was rich I would pay you to raise me an entire army of such beautific machines of death. Alas I am young and unemployed, so I shall have to settle for a simple rifle butt to the back of my enemies' heads.

 Darkvoidof40k wrote:
If I was rich [and both of us were immortal] I would pay you to raise me an entire army of such beautific machines of death. Alas I am young and unemployed, so I shall have to settle for a simple rifle butt to the back of my enemies' heads.

Fixed that for you. :-)

winterdyne wrote:

 Darkvoidof40k wrote:
If I was rich [and both of us were immortal] I would pay you to raise me an entire army of such beautific machines of death. Alas I am young and unemployed, so I shall have to settle for a simple rifle butt to the back of my enemies' heads.

Fixed that for you. :-)

If you had that many Titans at your disposal I think you'd become immortal by default.

Wicked worked Winter. 50 hours on the 'cracking' looks to be well worth it, but I wonder if it tested your sanity a little bit?

D

I interspaced it with doing chipping on the gold trim to keep the routine varied a bit. The trick to huge jobs is to break them down into more manageable jobs that you can switch between when required. There does end up with a lot of processes to hold in your head at once though.

subbed. this is an amazing project two quick questions for you:

1. on the IG models you did early on, you have some really great chip/gouge marks on the carapace armor plates and the chain sword. how'd you paint those up?
2. on the titan, the metal seems to have some texture and depth to it. is that just a trick of the camera or intentional (and if so, how'd you do it?)

looking forward to more updates!

Simply stunning man, cant wait to see it done!

 varl wrote:
subbed. this is an amazing project two quick questions for you:

1. on the IG models you did early on, you have some really great chip/gouge marks on the carapace armor plates and the chain sword. how'd you paint those up?
2. on the titan, the metal seems to have some texture and depth to it. is that just a trick of the camera or intentional (and if so, how'd you do it?)

looking forward to more updates!

1) Black lines, rotting flesh underlines for the most part.

2) Presuming you mean the steel colour, mostly Intentional. Several airbrush coats (which came out a bit grainier than I'd have liked), oil washes, bit of drybrushing. Still a bit more to do on it.

Thats just truly amazing, it really really is. I've never seen anything painted to such a high standard the cracking is like the icing on the top.

The barrel that's being knocked over by its foot is pure class, cant wait to see this finished but its like ones of those books that you hope never ends.

Holy hell that marbling effect is fantastic, you must have the patience of a saint.

 GiraffeX wrote:
Thats just truly amazing, it really really is. I've never seen anything painted to such a high standard the cracking is like the icing on the top.

The barrel that's being knocked over by its foot is pure class, cant wait to see this finished but its like ones of those books that you hope never ends.

That barrel is only there to help support the foot; by accident the diagonal length of the GW barrel is exactly what I needed to space the foot off the floor by. The titan does stand quite happily without it, but it does start to sag over time, especially in heat. That spacer prevents it happening. If you're interested the point of sag is actually a twist that happens along the right 'knee'. The leg there is very thin, and the only way I could reinforce is by having parallel rods (2x 3mm diameter), which isn't a great resistance to torque. It won't get far (the weight isn't enough to bend the rods that much) but it does become noticable.

There is no praise in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of men for this level of skill.

Looking sensational, winterdyne - I really hope it gets you an award of some description from GD.

Out of interest, could you give us a quick breakdown on what you'd say you've got left to do?

Off the top of my head, the main jobs to go are:

Mask off the newly glazed windows in the head. Paint inner frames and touch up the flat coat.

Paint the supporting barrel. Model something to be spilling off it to up the dynamics and have it definitely read as falling rather than propping.

Flat coat the remaining IG. Nids are already done.

Hit all lenses, control panels and anything I want super shiny with gloss.

Washes / Pigment / dust build up on legs, feet. Generally scum it up some. Few bits here and there need a touch more oils, flat coats should seal it down (avoiding lenses).

Go and add drool to some of the nids. Water effects for spilling things - bucket, barrel.

Overall 'dusting' filter coats. This should buld the top of the titan towards a sandy / buff colour.

Attach the weapons. Possibly a bit more with the airbrush to balance things out here and there.

Position the dead nids, mix up some Tamiya Clear Red and some lightish blue; I want a semi-transparent purplish goop for nid blood. Apply that around the place.

Mix up some more clear red, but for a human sort of colour of juice. Apply that.

Make up some more ivy, ferns, plants, flowers etc. Ramp up the groundwork. Print, weather and apply newspapers around the place (being blown from the bureau). Flat coat the ground work, maybe gloss the leaves. Dunno about that yet.

Get the plaque made. Figure out some way of safely transporting it to Birmingham (and ideal to post to SIngapore later).

Edit: The banners also need doing, and there's a decal missing on the front of the head. Probably need to print it.

So just a couple of small bits to work on, then, chief?

I love the crackled scale patterning.

Freaking awesome work as usual

Can't wait to see it finished.

D

I figured out what to do with some dead space on the diorama. BURN IT. BURN IT WITH FIRE!



And somebody requested a close up of the Warhound Designation mark. Also you'll notice the supporting barrel is now tied in to the base. I figure it's safer to make it part of the display rather than have it removable.



No pics of the titan till after GD now. Want to keep the finished (and it is) beasty under wraps for now. :-) Still have to add the banners and some more brass etch foliage anyway. Should be done with everything late tonight.

Have you done the blood and general gribbliness on the 'Nids yet, winterdyne? The Hormagaunt in that last picture looks remarkably pristine.

He is. Just a little dusting with pigment around the hooves. The gribbly at left of shot is not having such a good day.

That is the sex. On tenterhooks with anticipation.

Holy

Thats amazing

Love the little details you have on there

You know winter... as amazing and visually impacting as that titan is (or the bits of it)... it's the tiny little details (burning chair, spilling liquid from the barrel) that really blow me away and set this apart as a truly top notch competition piece.

holy crap this is amazing, and the fire and water just add to the level of awesome

Hopefully a silly question, winterdyne, but you will be posting finished pictures post-GD, won't you?

Yes, along with some remaining WIP shots.

So glad this job's nearly done. I need a break.

Winterdyne, this looks more awesome with each update. as Gitsplitta says, it's the fine detail across the whole piece that truly make the piece. Good luck at GD, if you don't walk away with the top prize I'll eat my hat (figuratively speaking of course )

Can't wait to see the finished pics...

Just fan-fething-tastic man! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the crackle texture-type effect!!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
You know winter... as amazing and visually impacting as that titan is (or the bits of it)... it's the tiny little details (burning chair, spilling liquid from the barrel) that really blow me away and set this apart as a truly top notch competition piece.

I was about to say the same thing. It really is some thing special and the little details are just the icing on the cake.


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Makes me wish I was going just to see this in the resiny flesh. Stunning piece.

That fire, I must know how it's done!

Superglue a tuft of dyed cotton wool (dark grey / thin black work) in a vertical position. Then put a little bit of Vallejo Plastic Putty at the bottom and tease it up to make the flame. Liquid GS would work too, but you'd have to paint that white before painting the fire. The Vallejo stuff comes white.

Gits probably said it best, but I have to follow up. The tiny details make this display truly beautiful. The flames left behind on the chair and bush are probably my favorite. I'll be patiently waiting for the post GD pics.

Lest we forget - best of luck for tomorrow, winterdyne!

Silver-great job winterdyne

Hope it went well today!

D

Did you win?

Look what I spotted at games day.

Really amazing to see this close up. Photo's don't do your work justice!!!
The detail in real life is quite incredible!
I left before any announcements. How did you do????

Silver in diorama. Gold was the zombie dragon just in shot to the left, which also took the sword. Apparently it was a very close call. I'm rather pleased with myself at the moment. :-)

Congrats for getting the Silver, runner up to the enventual slayer sword winner is no mean feat. The Zombie Dragon must be one hell of a piece. Looking forward to your promised pictures now

Well done looking forward to seeing pics on the GW site soon.

Congrats Winter!! That's a great effort and well deserved. I hope the client drools over this for months

Well done man, i would have chosen yours, but that dragon one was very good as well eh, these things are always so hard to judge.

Congratulations winterdyne! That's a really good showing!

congrats Winterdyne wonderful looking behemoth..

Congrats! Having not seen the zombie dragon, i cant caomment on whether you should have got gold, but seeing as that model won the slayer sword you sure as hell did well!

Congratulations ol chap

Congrats WD, totally deserved! Can't wait to see the detail shots, that looks like a beast of a camera they are using.

Very well done mate, muchly deserved trophy right there! Making think twice about entering next year's GD!

Congratulations winterdyne! Extremely well done!
That zombie dragon must be one hell of a model to beat your titan.....

Grats, winterdyne! Silver is a huge accomplishment. Excited to see the final pics and GW's pics!

You should have won the gold. I think it was the best I'd seen that day. Congrats

Congratz on winning silver in a very competitive competition.

Well deserved indeed - though clearly you woz robbed!

Congratulations winterdyne!

Can't wait to see all the finished pictures now!

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Congratulations and commiserations, winterdyne.

What was your opinion of the zombie dragon piece?

First complete shot I'm happy with. This thing is the devil itself to photograph. Scored silver at GDUK2012, beaten by the Sword Winner. More photos will be added to this thread and showcase threads as I get decent ones.



The piece that took gold was stunning; whereas mine went for action overload, the winner was far far superior technically; although I have to confess I spent all my time looking at the (perfect!) banner and neglected to even look at the vamp's face! Different pieces with different things to offer - I certainly have no complaints about the result at all! Mario Delgardo and I were trying to defer to each other behind the stage as the awards were being called; it was quite fun. I really like diorama as a category; theres a lot of creativity and thought that goes into it; a very wide field to play in.

That banner was insane, but I still like yours better overall. The action pieces are always more entertaining than any stand alone (or mounted) piece imo. You've done an amazing job and have every right to be overwhelmed with pride. This set piece is amazing and truly captures 40k.

Is there a gallery up of the games day winners?

Also freaking amazing skills you got there.

I think masterminis.net has a decent selection in their album, but there's no collection of decent (studio) shots yet as far as I know.

Nice to see the finished piece. You should be proud of such a stunning piece of work.

D

I prefer a more "action" oriented shot. I would have gave this top spot. The dragon is nice but damn this looks like a real battlefield in the middle of a real battle. The sense of movement and action is so overpowering.

You did a hell of a job with this and you should be proud

I love this diorama and it should have won the sword.

I'm sad you didn't win since I feel yours is much better.

Now, I'm even more upset: http://www.ebay.com/itm/251161837472

The guy that won the sword is selling it on EBay.

Really?

Unreal.

Very nice Warhound and diorama. Your skills astound me.

TalonZahn wrote:
I love this diorama and it should have won the sword.

I'm sad you didn't win since I feel yours is much better.

Now, I'm even more upset: http://www.ebay.com/itm/251161837472

The guy that won the sword is selling it on EBay.

Really?

Unreal.

What an ass. I hope nobody buys it.

He's selling it?!

Aint nothing worse than busting your gut to do well, and not winning (when you f**king well should have). Yet the winner acts like a complete douche and sells his prize.

Sell the mini, sure. But prizes are to be kept.

this doesn't even affect me but it's ing me off alot...

Hey winterdyne! Why don't you buy the sword? Lol!

I cant believe this guys is actually selling it, this diarama was much cooler in my oppinion, and paint job was better