Aye - that's what I was thinking. Just makes it a little less plain. Reckon I'll keep ém that way

Scyllax are coming along. Will finish the highlighting the armour plates after work today. Finished the heads barring the lenses yesterday. Love painting those skulls. They're all unique and have a lovely battered aged look to them.

Excellent work on the Magos. Is there a story (in universe) behind the skull with the red cross?

EDC

He is (was) a heretek within the forgeworld. A former priest that betrayed his forge and was executed and his skull denied the honour of becoming a servoskull.

I like that fluff. Have you got any for the Magos himself?

I have for the knight, dominus and castellax. None for the Magos.........yet

Anywhere I can read about them or would you prefer to keep it to yourself?

Not just yet. The first two prologue bits are done (one for the Knight and one for the Dom & Cas) but only first drafts. Need to find some time to print them out and go back over with pen and coffee - lol. I'll put them up somewhere at some point. All the stuff I've been doing over the last year ties in together in a bigger narrative

Scyllax just about done. Final assembly and staining/weathering left to go. Time for a little dio and basing

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 Azazelx wrote:
Excellent work on this guy throughout the execution. He's come up very impressively in his final form, and looks at least as good (or better, let's face it) than anything produced by GW or even FW for any of the "Mechanicus" factions.

To be fair, the plastic Magos Dominus is a pretty nice model as well (pretty big too- comes on I think a 50mm base), but Jan's captures more of the Blanche style.

I'm actually a big fan of both the AdMech and Mechanicus lines. Well, I'm a bit torn on the FW "tanks" but I pretty much love everything else. That's how impressed I was with Jan's Magos.


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 Archer wrote:
I like the single metal panel in the carapace. Serves to break it up a little and adds that mish-mash aspect that suits the Mechanicus.

Agreed here.

Know what you mean about the FW Mechanicum tanks Az.....love all of their stuff but still not 100% sold on the tank....just something......can't put my finger on it but I'm just not convinced with them and cheers for the compliement btw

Looking good. Nice bit of fluff re the skull.

EDC

Hey Jan, did you see your "allkill" (as a Korean would say) of the Flickr pool on What's New Today???

Great to see you there

aye - got a load of notifications from flickr in my email so flipped over to see what all the fuss was. Nicely surprised to see loadsof my stuff up

That Scyllax is looking awesome! Will you be making a dio for the whole squad, or just him?

For the Magos & his Scyllax covenant

That's them pinned to their bases now. Will leave the 'drites till tomoro.

Scyllax are looking fantastic!

Cheers Az

Looking very good as a group

Nice work with the Scyllax, I really do like the consistent color scheme you using on all these ad mech.

Haven't checked in for a while, I sure have missed a lot! Your war host is starting to grow significantly now. I love all the mechanicum gribblys!

Thanks a lot folks. Host is coming along nicely. Colour scheme is pretty solid and grim. Glad I went with something darker and more war torn than bright and chirpy! Need some footsloggers mixed in so I reckon a squad of rangers will be next to join the Taghmata! Like mixing the FW stuff in with the GW figs; makes a nice mixed force, bit more varied as the aesthetics are defintely a little different but do go well together. So, it'll be rangers next then a thanatar with a controlling techpriest and then some ruststalkers and then your friendly, ever present, pleased to make you dissappear, Inquisitional warband

The thanatar are definatley some of the coolest mechs available to the mechanicum. I'd love to get one to chop up and convert, lots of potential in them.

They're pretty sweet models and lots of pieces! Mine is still sitting in its bag in my cabinet :( Hopefully get to him next month. Not gonna do too much converting - just a little change with the legs and I want to open up the cowling on the plasma mortar into a firing position. Want to have the guy bracing himself as if he's just about ot let loose with his main weapon.
Would like a few more of the FW castellax as well - really like those models

Here's the last of the WiPs. Just got the mechandrites pinned and glued in. Fiddly little fethers!! Just a bit of cleanup and such to do now and these boys are ready to go

Looking very nice jan! What is next on your list for mechanicus?

I think a squad of skit rangers next. But I have some other non-admech stuff I want to get busy on as well maybe before the rangers or jsut at the same time.....we'll see

 Januine wrote:
I think a squad of skit rangers next. But I have some other non-admech stuff I want to get busy on as well maybe before the rangers or jsut at the same time.....we'll see

If you are still feeling forgeworld you should try some of the vorax battle-automata

Yeaahhh - been eying them. Realy really nice figs. New Year's res though- no new buys (except Corax) until I've cleared what I have at the minute. Should be done by .......the Summer?!!!?!!

 Januine wrote:
Yeaahhh - been eying them. Realy really nice figs. New Year's res though- no new buys (except Corax) until I've cleared what I have at the minute. Should be done by .......the Summer?!!!?!!

We can have a Corax painting competition, though I am sure I know who would win

Game on May have to wait a few months mind! Probbaly won't be starting mine till about March/April. First primarch model

 Januine wrote:
Game on May have to wait a few months mind! Probbaly won't be starting mine till about March/April. First primarch model

Same here actually, and I won't be able to prime it anyways til it gets warmer out here anyways so we may sync up on that

Sounds good. I've managed to get a wee workaround on the too cold to prime weather thing. Leave my rattlecan on the floor (all houses hav underfloor heating over here) for an hour or two, then spray out on the balcony and quickly bring the still wet figs back into my mancave painting room to dry. Results have actually been better than when I prime in normal weather - go figure. llol

Scyllax looking pretty brilliant as usual.

For years I have been rattle canning in me shed and bringing the still wet gear into the house to dry, always works out well. Now though I just do it in doors with the windows open for 5 minutes, back room where it don't matter and avoid nastier paints, GW and Army painter primers usually not too bad. But then I am nuts so probably best to ignore me.

lol! The wife would have my guts for garters if I 'canned inside the house. Our balcony is a interior balcony off the living room but still considered 'outside'. She still gives me the cat's eye when I go out mask, can and figs in hand!!!!!

Good God your work is amazing Januine. This stuff alone gets me wanting to get back into 40k, and you certainly do the Mechanicus models justice! I'm really hoping to see more of the Forgeworld models like the Scyllax. Pick up the Macroteck Magos so I can see his little servitor buddies nicely painted up.

Oh: as a side note, completely separate from *anything* to do with this thread, my brother is visiting South Korea right now for travel and possibly work. Any advice on things to see while he's there over the upcoming months?

Crikey - thx very much for the compliements there Accolade - very kind of you to say I do have some more of the FW stuff in the line to be painted in the next couple of months
Depends where about your brother is in Korea - if he's in Seoul - there's a few palaces and folk 'villages'et al he could see. Insadong is a nice area to go an check out for souvenirs. Korea's not the most touristy of places with lots of stuff to see unlike if youre traveling around europe. But there's still good stuff to check out. The national parks like Seorak San (where I used to live) and even Chiak San (where I now live) and many others are really beautiful adn worth a trip to for some hiking and traditional korean seafood pancakes washed down with some makkoli (fermented rice 'beer'- so much nicer than it sounds!) along the way!! Tell him to stay away from the soju though - cheap as hell but it's like drinking rubbing alcohol and delivers a viscous hangover. Stick to the makkoli!!!!

'Time for a bath fellas!!'

Hey hey, very exciting! What are you cleaning that resin with? Soap and water?

Also, thanks for the all the information on Seoul! That's where my brother is, so it should all be quite useful to him. This time-actually related to the topic- do you know of any hobby shops in the city that cater to 40k? I was told he's found a lot of gundam stores, but nothing in the wargaming vein of things.

The main foreigner drinking/shopping/eating area is Itaewon btw. Hongdae is better though.

Shops for 40K......there is one.....ONE!!!! In the whole country (that I know of!) Prices are pretty much the same as back home....maybe a buck or three higher but not insano expensive thankfully. The shop's name is 'Orktown'. They carry all the majot GW stuff and paints. Have free gaming tables and the staff speak decent english. Here's the Facebook page where you can also find directions to the shop - https://www.facebook.com/orctown/?fref=ts

oopps - yeah - cleaning the resin with dishsoap and warm water. I leave to soak in it for a few hours then toothbrush scrub then rinse and repeat once more

Bit of progress on the dio base for big M and his creepy buddies really wish pva would DRY FASTER!!!

PVA is accelerated by heat. Stick it under a radiator and it should dry nice and quickly.

Usually I just leave it on the floor (Korean underfloor heating - fabulous stuff) but our boiler has decieded to go on the fritz so now hot water or heating in the Jan household today....the very day the snows returned...oh jolly fething joy!!

Did your dominus make it onto the GW flicker oage Jan?
Think I saw him up there today

Yeah - he sure did. Was well chuffed with that. He made the front page along with a solitaire I did and some of my Space Hulk genestealers

Do really love having the afternoons off these days; getting a ton of stuff done. Got all of the FW stuff I have soaked and scrubbed twice so they're ready whenever I get round to them. And the dio base is now all built, sealed and primed and ready for paint. Happy days

Scyllax look great. Looking forward to seeing how you get on with the big guy.

EDC

Been looking forward to seeing you build and paint the Thanatar, It's another one of my favorites.

I have heard that those two ammo feeds for the arm mounted weapon, can sometimes be a pain to fit, and might need heating and reshaping.
Hopefully you wont have that problem, but I thought I'd mention it .

Realy looking forward to the Thanatar myself - I'll probably plan and build him this month, paint probably wont happen till Feb or early march.
Expecting the ammo feeds to be a bit fiddly but after all this other AdMech stuff I've been doing......fiddley is becoming second nature!!!

Every time i take a look, another disturbingly gorgeous mini appears....

I'm loving the mechanicum bent your 'to do' list has developed!

Cheers SirD - really enjoying building up the forces of the Omnissiah so gonna run with it for a while

Dio is coming along. Happy with the wrecked prom pipes for it. Hopefully have it all done by the weekend.

very nice scenery indeed.

That is januinely the best techpriest I've ever seen. Heh.

Soju's fine if you mix it with beer, Jan! No hangovers, I promise!

I wish I had known about Orktown for the 5+ years I lived in Korea! Although saying that, it would have given my wife a heads up of what she was getting into to, haha.

Can't wait for the next big update man! I really like that almost pinkish rust you have on the pipe underside.

소맥 is the devil's work!! Need to head up to Orktown again soon. Ran out of Chaos Black spray halfway through priming a squad of kits ><
The Dio bases is pretty much done now. May had a few deep tones and grime to the nooks and crannies once I have all the figs in place. Final touches kinda stuff. The Scyllax themselves are not 99% done. Just need to check back over them for any last things and add a light filter to the armour plates on top. Really happy with them.
I dropped the bloody Arch Magos the other day.....That.Was.NOT.fun!!!!!! Thakfully I seem to have done a pretty solid build as there was only minor damage - his shoulder bolters snapped off as did one single chord claw.......got away pretty luckily there. Showed the bbuild was pretty solid though so all is good
The pipes are a lot of fun to do. I was going to tleave the under red colour higher up on the pipes but as it's been stripped off by the winds of 'The Blind' (see fluff for detail ) it didnt really make sense to do so. They need a few more scratches and that still but pretty much done now.
Should hopefuly get final stuff done today and the photos too as the wife is off to Seoul for the day.

So the dio base is done. Used a touch of the FW weathering powders just to add some shadows n depth etc in a few places. And then sealed it. With purity seal. ...... Bear in mind this is the first time I've used purity seal since it fether up my DV CSM chosen figs a few months back by frosting the crap out of them. I was a bit in the nervous side to say the least. Howeve... Seems to have worked out ok I threw out the previous can and this time use one of the new cans - the new designed ones that came out around the time of AoS. Left the can to warm for a few hours on the floor (Korean underfloor heating - it's bloody marvellous) and sprayed out on the balcony and immediately brought the base back into my studio to dry. Success!!!! Still rather hesitant to trust the stuff on any figs mind- lol

Looking good so far! Do you like purity seal, besides the one hiccup?

Also our tech priests should duke it out one for chaos and one for the sissy side

Hahaaaaa - tech priest? I'm bringing the Arch-Magos fella!!

Yeha - purity seal is fine (and the only thing I can get over here) and always gave me a nice finish before the CSM incident.

 Januine wrote:
Hahaaaaa - tech priest? I'm bringing the Arch-Magos fella!!

Yeha - purity seal is fine (and the only thing I can get over here) and always gave me a nice finish before the CSM incident.

Hey now, my dude is the magos of an entire hellforge, he will straight up eat your guy.

Wait for it.......................

And we're done quick sneaky pic. Gonna try and get proper shots done later today but for now - heeeeerrrreee's......Archie!!

Preemptive wowing as I await proper pics. Just from that one shot, you seem to have achieved a composition that not only frames every model but also makes them more than the sum of their parts, a snapshot of everything grim and dark about 40k! The washed out grey palette, the muted metallics, the Magos behind them standing out despite being mostly black/dark grey... awesome!

Cheer Para - really really happy with this one. feth knows though they'll be a nightmare to transport if ever need to. meh - anothr days problems!! for now im chuffed and slightly creeped out by them!

Bit cramped and a pishy photo but the forces are gathering!! (I really need another cabinet - lol)

Very nice. As Para says, the layout of where they all fit/composition works very well. I do recommend that people click for the bigger image though - in the smaller one on this page there is an element of everything blending together.

They are truly stunning! Amazing work. Together like that they are creepy, grim and definitely awe inspiring.

This is real praise bud, we always mean what we say, but so often we have to say AWESOME on Dakka, going to have to come up with some new words I think!

Can't wait for some decent photos though.

Thx very much Cam and you too Az. Really high praise and very gratefully recieved Finishing up all the tiying, clipping and so on of all the FW resin Mum brought over for me at Christmas so will defintely get some proper photos taken tomoro. The wife has been sent off to Seoul to pick me up some CB spray so can get on with the next.....stuff ......Ghosts will come again

Awesome to see them all together, they really do look like a formidable force.

That's terrifying. I love it. It looks great! The diorama really feels sci-fi horror to me. Mindless automations claiming the flesh of the living... Great stuff!

Truly stunning. Just repeating what has already been said, but anyways, great job.

Thx very much folks Getting the camera and tripod out at the mo so proper photos should be up in a bit


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And we are done!!!!!. All praise the great machine as from the the depths of the forges comes Arch-Magos Cybernetica Braetalan'Kot & his Scyllax Guardian-Automata Covenant. Hope you like 'em, was a blast ot make, build and paint

You truly are probably the best painter on Dakka. This is just fething.... MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Just... how? How are you so bloody good at this? Methinks we need an Ad Mech group shot, those guys, the Knight, the Dragoon, the Kats....

Hahaha - Cheers Para. Was really nice making up a wee dio base again. Haven't done one since....the castellax I think. Really chuffed with this one - seething, writhing mass of mechandrites!!!

will do a full group shot of all the boys at some point soon though

Crappy iPad photo but here's the AdMech force together so far. Need to add in some troops next. Skit Rangers will be next

Wow Jan! You keep pushing your limits up and up and up!

What an awesome squad. Speaking of squads, don't you have some Skitarii Rangers you need to finish? ;-)

Cheers Bottle. Yeah - their Alpha is done and sitting on the back of a Kat but I need to get the rest of the squad started. Got a squad of ruststalkers waiting for paint too. And a FW techpriest.....and a Thanatar!!Gonna need another cabinet!!!!

I can uh... take those off your hands if you need room...
BTW, ruststalkers are fething awesome models and the conversion possibilities are HUGE! Cant wait to see what ya do!

Thx LeC - very generous of you but I'll manage somehow
The Ruststalkers are really tidy - built them immediately even though they're not gonna get painted for a while yet. Viscous looking buggers - they'll be a very welcome addition to the convocation!

Great looking force shot (be sure to click the image for embiggening!) Also, helooo Detolf!

That Magos and Scyllax may be the best of the Mechanicus stuff yet, Jan! I still think overall I like the Knight the best. Any word back yet on whether the GW people will put it in White Dwarf?

Nah. Sent them photos and put up in the GW flickr page too but nothing so far. No worries

Meant to hold off on this guy for a bit but couldn't resist starting his build!! Dreading those ammo belt feeds though!!!

Can't wait to see what you do with the Thanatar. Should we expect nerdfest levels of awesome with that plasma mortar? Methinks so.

lol we'll see. I'm defintely going to use Nerdy's method for the focusing lenses (or whatever they are) inside the mortar. I'll paint him in a few sub-assembles I think, but we'll see.....

Awesome! I love that model, too bad the normal skitarii/cult can't use it . Do you ever play games jan or just hobby mainly?

Hobby. Don't really have anyone/where to play where I live over here. There is a flgs in Seoul which has a bunch of tables but it's a bit far away adn I don't know anyone over here who does
It's a lovely model - defintely needing pins though esp on the waist to body join. Can't wait to start painting it next month or so. you can include a thanatar in a force if you use the FW Taghmata book. Winters SEO on youtube posts loads of batreps using a skit force with allied taghmata. Makes for a awesome force - mixing skit/cult with the mechanicum stuff from FW

 Januine wrote:
Hobby. Don't really have anyone/where to play where I live over here. There is a flgs in Seoul which has a bunch of tables but it's a bit far away adn I don't know anyone over here who does
It's a lovely model - defintely needing pins though esp on the waist to body join. Can't wait to start painting it next month or so. you can include a thanatar in a force if you use the FW Taghmata book. Winters SEO on youtube posts loads of batreps using a skit force with allied taghmata. Makes for a awesome force - mixing skit/cult with the mechanicum stuff from FW

You think SK would be a hub for table top gaming, too bad you don't haven anyone to play with otherwise you could build a table at your place and we could all see how amazing you could make terrain

Tabletop gaming isn't a big thing over here at all. Small following fwics. I've been thinking about making some terrain but storage and use have kinda stopped me. Mind you, I do have a few usuable bits now due to the dios I make! Would like to make some Inq28/'munda stuff at some point for sure though

Ohohohmahgad I cannot wait to see that mortar. Will you do something similar to a blackened engine effect on it? WILL IT BE MARBLE!?

Marble......hmmmm. Don't think so. That was more for the freeblade rather than a part of the forgeworlds usual livery. The inquisitor and his retinue will definitely have marble bits. The thanatar though - blackened, grimy, aged metals will certainly feature. And maybe some masking fluid to show through a previous livery/connection...... Maybe

I did like your marble tutorial jan (just looked it up). It gives a nice option besides GWs advent one.

Cheers ustrello. Wasn't sure if it was easy to follow or not. Long as it helps someone a bit

Sounds epic anyways, though I am excited to see some more marble with the inquisitor. Can't wait to see the thanatar started too! Could you do a size comparison with the titan?

Thanatar is a bit shorter. Will pop a comparison pic up later on

Size comparison of the Than and the knight

Wow the Than' is bigger than I expected.

Great job on the mago and dudes, I like what you did with the broken promethium pipes.

EDC

Cheers EDC - aye, he's a bit of a beast alright! Love that helix pattern plasma mortar he's sporting. Should look pretty tidy after the paint

Yeah I didn't realize the Thanatar was that big either. Should be interesting from a painting perspective.

What if you made something that fit into the cutouts on the dios to add some height. While in display you could put it in the case, but then if you play put it in the slots not being used.

To keep meaning to make 'plugs' for the slots on the dios so they could also function as bits of terrain. Haven't quite got around to it yet though. Lol

On the contrary, I actually thought the Than was a bit bigger. Regardless, it's a badass model and I'm sure you'll do some great things with it.

He is a beasty, is that Thanatar. Really like how he is stepping on the pipe. Very much "I'll stand on anything I want to"

aye - wanted to try and change the usual pose he's limited to. Give him a bit more stomp. had to cut a few bits down on the joints and switch the pistons (what is it with FW and pistons? scared to go near a titan for fear of bloody pistons!!!) over from right to left.....he's back inthe cabinet for now as have some ghosts to take care of


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ohhhh - nice! the scyllax are up on the gallery front page. nce wee surprise is it just me or does that thing never seem to really get updated barring loadsa 'studio' pics? meh - maybe i'm mistaken..

Only two models in the Flickr Pool preview this week, Jan. You're slipping! :-p

Oopppssss. Lol

Wow. Just looked through all the pictures of this project. The miniatures here are an inspiration. The magos with cyber bodygaurds is fantastic.

Thx very much PDH. glad you like them. Some more stuff yet to come cheers for looking in

Man love looking at your models. Keeps me motivated to up my sorry excuse for painting :p I also just love ad mech stuff. They really pop with a good paint job and yours is phenomenal

Cheers very much mazik. Really enjoying building up this AdMech/Tagh force. Love their fluff and the aesthetic. Once I get back from hols - expect to see another chunk be added to the force. Some squads next to bulk it out a bit

Blimey, the Thanatar is a lot bigger than I thought. Tremendous work on the Magos and Scyllax, you give us something for us all to aspire to.

Ta muchly Thraxas The Magos was a real personal goal - actually build something new and my own, if you know what I mean. I've never really done that sort of thing before of used gs more than simply as a filler - so it was a kind of learn as you go along thing! Still - really happy how he turned out. Defintely going to be doing more of that sort of thing as I want to make some wee familiar and mechbeasties to follow and swarm around the magos, dominus, techpriest and forces main. Adds some fluff and character to them I reckon. Cheers for having a look

I am hanging out for you to bulk out the force with some cannon fodder. I think your style will look excellent on a mass of infantry.

Cheers Archer. I have a squad of rangers and a squad of ruststalkers all primed and ready for paint once I get back

I really like the attention you've lavished on your bases. It's enough that they are evocative without stealing the spotlight of the model itself.

Cheers Warboss I try to make them a little interesting but not overdone. Cheers for having a look

It's a nice army that you're building up Januine. I really like it.
This dude in particular is awesome.




I'm lovin'it.

Cheers Minus.....it's coming along. Still have a fair few models still awaiting paint before they can join their coggy friends. The Magos above I really am dead chuffed with. My first ever scratchbuild/kitbash and he came out just as I'd imagined in my oddly twisted little head - lol

Every time I see that Magos, I am gobsmacked at how excellent a model it is. Just outstanding.

Thx Cam. Pretty proud of him myself. Gonna try and build a Magos and Abeyant next lol

What exactly is and Abeyant? Is it that thing that the forgeworld archmagos is on?

Aye - floaty thingymajig the Magos boys hook themselves up to and run rampage about the place on. I might make mine on legs though. Haven't thought that far ahead yet. Lol

You could use four ironstrider legs all spiderlike.

Hmmmmmm. Might be a little gangly. Thinking more along the lines of the legs that necrons have on one of their walkers. Except not all necrony!!! Need to sketch some stuff up st some point

Cobbled this little fella together and managed to stick my finger to my nose and nearly drill through my finger. Fiddly little bugger!! He's a vox speaker / hailer servo skull for the ArchMagos. Like the skull seems to be screaming as the speaker unit blasts out canticles to the omnissiah. Just need to paint him up in time for Para's comp now

That is so fething cool!

Gluing my finger to my nose was not cool!!! (bloody funny though lol) but thx - gotta love the bitz box!!

Ouch! You finger took some punishment for this guy! Looks really cool though.

Cheers LeC - was just a bit tired and he's pretty small and fiddley - came out ok though. just the paint to do next

Kooks supremeky creepy good job

cheers

But I guess you got a free pot of blood for the blood god, which is ALWAYS useful!

it was close - the dremel skated off the plastic and grazed my nail - Khorne goes thirsty today!

That is an awesome scratch build. Love it!

 LeCacty wrote:
But I guess you got a free pot of blood for the blood god, which is ALWAYS useful!

Khorne cares not from where the blood flows, only that it does!

Ahh dremel.. You useful little tool, you. Can't count the number of times I've nearly put a hole in my flesh with it. Most recent injury was getting the drill bit out of this little case with a rubber bed to hold the drill bits in. It was stuck in there pretty snugly and my fingers slipped up it, and the drill bit sliced the finger tips on my index finger and thumb. Ouchy.

yikes! It really is an awesomely handy bit of kit. Making cutting all the bases off the SH termies so much quicker and easier now too

That's so cool!

Ty Zam - hopefully get the noisy wee bugger painted up tomro

I love it. Simple but really evocative.
Nice conversion. I know how I'd paint it. Haha.

Sorry Minus - no pinks or purples on this one!!! Lots of weathered TMM though

It looks great, but how the feth do you glue your finger to your nose?!

@Fifty - skillz...mad skillz!!!!! I'd just SG'd a pin into one of the cables and must have got a little glue on my finger....then my nose got itchy........lol

Eh I don't paint everything pink !
I paint rust too.

Teasing

I usually just use my dremel for sanding, so I dont have these issues! What drillbits are you dangerous motherfethers using?

Just the drillbits from the citadel pin vice and the dremel drillbits as well

You've really got the feel for these guys down.

Cheers WM - do like me some AdMech

Freaking and cool in equal measures.

EDC

Get the wee fella pretty much done. Was a tricky little fether to print weirdly enough. Kept springing about as he's suspended by a resin mechandrite. Anyhow done done. Try and get some prope shots done tomoro.

Nice! Only thing I'd suggest is adding some more intense colour somewhere (maybe the lens?), at the moment he looks great but a little plain.

maybe.....he's just a drone/servo skull so dont'want him too flashy. Needs a little weathering still though I think. Pretty knackered this evening so gonna have a look at hi again in the morn with less jaded eyes

crap - just realsied I forgot to paint the glow in the power coil.........tmoro

All done with this little guy - The Arch Magos' own personal Vox Divina ServoSkull. Fiddley from start to finish, from build to paint - lol

I would have painted the blue glow in his eyes too. Looks good though. I quite like the frame on your pictures btw.

One question : is there something wrong with the base trim on the third photo ? Or is it some kind of sig or marking ?

I might actually put a glwo to his his eyes. He's just a simple wee conversion from left over parts. the bast trim on the third.....crap.....I forgot to go back oer the base rims in black, better fix that lol!!

Aw cute little fella. Lovely mini.

 Januine wrote:
I might actually put a glwo to his his eyes. He's just a simple wee conversion from left over parts. the bast trim on the third.....crap.....I forgot to go back oer the base rims in black, better fix that lol!!

Lol, GG Jan! This guy looks awesome regardless!

Wow it looks great. The red writing on the top kind of looks like blood spatter to me, though. Not sure if there's a fix for that or if you even want to bother. Not my model after all.

Cheers folks. Few wee things I still need to fix. Will get around to it - lol

Really didnt like the look of the Vox Divina ServoSkull on a white background but had to shoot it on that background for........well nvm that for now Anyways....deleted the other one and reshot with my usual black background - much better I think

Looks so much better on the black, there's a load more depth to it now!

Yeah - reckon so. White jsut doesnt do it for my AdMech I guess - Back In Black it is

Awesome work on the speaker/servo skull.

EDC

Cheers EDC

Reminds me of a grimdark version of the Eyebots in Fallout.

had to google that!!! Nice! gives me an idea..........

Now I'm really interested to see what you come up with! Inspiration can come from the most unexpected places it seems.

 Januine wrote:
Really didnt like the look of the Vox Divina ServoSkull on a white background but had to shoot it on that background for........well nvm that for now Anyways....deleted the other one and reshot with my usual black background - much better I think

Ya know what would be nice on that? A big ole chaos star on the skull's forehead

Cheeky monkey - there'll be none of that heretekary around here

 Januine wrote:
Cheeky monkey - there'll be none of that heretekary around here

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 Januine wrote:
Cheeky monkey - there'll be none of that heretekary around here

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Back to the boys of the cog. Squad of rangers has been sitting built (well, sub- assembled) and primed on the desk for a bit and their time has finally come. They still look sooooo WiP but they've actually already had about 10 hours done. Metalwork and mechanics and the woodwork is down and shaded. Sweet mercy all that brass filigree took forever. So much detail on these boys. I don't ever really do massed squads in one go more than 3 or 4 figs but thought I'd do it for these boys. Next up is to do their pressure suits them onto their robes after that

Jeez...10 hours Jan? I have no idea where you get the patience. We know they are going to turn out amazing by the end of it all.

Dont worry - was'nt 10 hours straight!! Think the most hours I've ever done in a row was about 8 - that was painful!!!

Hmmm, short of a Primarch I don't seem capable of spending 10 hours on a squad. But your results are well worth the time spent.

Cheers Archer. I reckon they'll probably take about 20-25 in total for the whole squad. Robes are much quicker than filigree as it's just lots of glazes. Then lens, final highlights and weathering. oh - and then basing......hmmmm.

This thread is all kinds of awesome :3
I cant wait to see what you come up with in the future

Cheers Astro Wolf adn thx for stopping in All manner of AdMech goodness in the works for the next few months - the big, the small and the downright mechy

A decent bit of painting done today. Skit's pressure suits all done and basecoat for the inside of their robes done as well. They're not actually assembled yet, just sitting on top of their legs. Once the inside of the robes are shaded and that I'll get em properly assembled. Made a start on another space hulk termie as well and got his base finished too (top right hand corner). Fine day

Good stuff! These guys are going to be great!

Nice progress. Everything is looking good.

EDC

Cheers fellas. Got a squad of ruststalkers ready and waiting behind them

Wow, wow, wow… absolutely love your paint scheme. Such detail and skill, you should be very proud of yourself. Really inspiring Januine!

Can I ask where you got the other mechanicus models from… are they forgeworld? Also do you play them in 40k? How do they mesh with the skitarri and adeptus mechanicus factions?

Xeones7 wrote:
Wow, wow, wow… absolutely love your paint scheme. Such detail and skill, you should be very proud of yourself. Really inspiring Januine!

Can I ask where you got the other mechanicus models from… are they forgeworld? Also do you play them in 40k? How do they mesh with the skitarri and adeptus mechanicus factions?

If you're on about the Magos on the Abeyant (floaty platform thing) and the Scyllax Automata then yes, those are Forge World models, though there's a couple scratch builds in there too.
To be honest, they don't look too out of place with Skitarii and Adeptus Mechanicus. Just bear in mind the Mechanicum stuff from Forge World is pretty much entirely 30k.

Exciting! While I personally prefer your techpriests (so... much... detail...) Seeing some more skits will still be pretty awesome

Cheers foks @ Xeones7 - some stuff is FW, some GW. The big Arch Magos with the axe and surrounded by (FW) scyllax though is a scratch build I did using bits of about 8 other kits/models. The FW Mechanicum stuff can be used in 40K games if you have the FW Mechanicum Taghmata red book. I havent done myself but there is a guy on YouTube (Winters SEO) who regularly runs Mechanicus and Mechanicum mixed force and it seems to gel well together. He has loads of batrep videos up there

Lovely metals on those Rangers, Jan! Can't wait to see them finished :-)

Cheers Bottle. Up at 6am as per usual to get ready for work...but couldnt resist putting some shading on their blue robes interior so all ready for glazing up when I get home later. I just love this blue! Metals have come out well; it's my usual metals recipe for the admech adn i just love the kinda tarnished antiquey feel that comes with it Stating next month I'll be starting on the Thanatar but he's gonna take a good long time as I'll be entering him in the 'Eavier Metal comp over on FB

Hey jaaaaaaaaaaaan!!! http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/Latest-Releases/Infantry-Mechanical-Arm-Conversion-Set

ohh nice. ahndy bits. They do some pretty tidy bases too. Am on a total buying freeze for the moment though :(

 Januine wrote:
ey feel that comes with it Stating next month I'll be starting on the Thanatar but he's gonna take a good long time as I'll be entering him in the 'Eavier Metal comp over on FB

Oooo...!
Looking forward to that!

Progress!!! Robes' blue linings are all done, although can't really see them in this crappy photo. With that done, got them (mostly) assembled now. Begining to look cool Outer robes just need their highlighting glazes nor and then on to details. Hopefully have them done weekend....ish

Damn that blue compliments the metallic parts really well. Can't wait to see more!

Cheers Maz. Sadly really hard to see the blue interior of the robes well in that photo. But it came out beautifully. Just need to start highlighting the grey outer robes now. 7 or 8 glazes should do the trick. This is how the scheme looks when finished - blue on the inside, dusty grey on the outside

Lovely! Looks very delicate and bright. You've really redeemed what can be a pretty silly looking model.

Cheers BC. Ol' chicken legs was the test model for the grey/blue scheme. I really quite like the dragoon models. There is something silly about them but it works for me for some reason. Not as keen on the ballistarus variant......think it needs that long lance to balance it out

Very nice, looks like our chicken walkers will have to duke it out now

lol. Really love the pike you gave to your guy. works brilliantly. I want to get another 1 or 2 of them at some point but they are a bit of a bugger to build and a long paint but defintely worth it. I painted mine in about 5 sub-assembles I think which really made things easier

Yeah it was a pain to paint at some points. Especially the servitor as he actually has some nice details on him.

Robes finally all done and a start made on the eye lenses. Screwed up my neck somehow so gonna have to call it a day. Robes took like 5-6 hours to do but happy with how they turned out

Looking great Jan, can't wait to see them based

Such wonderful blues...

EDC

can't see the blues in that pic. They're all on the inside of the robes

I know I've said it before, but the blue color scheme for these is really working well. It looked great on the Dominus, but also seems to be carrying over well to every other model you use it on.

Can't wait to see what you come up with next .

Man those photos really must be gak - the scheme is grey. Mechanicus Standard Grey > Eshin Grey > Dawnstone

Sorry bud, looks a fantastic blue grey with brilliant blue accents make it a wonderful scheme. Nothing wrong with the pics. With the tones you have on the metalwork it is just a stunning combo. It is simply one of the best looking armies I have seen for sure.

Mind you maybe it is because in my mind it is coming over reminiscent of the RAF! Properly military as opposed to silly bright "HERE I AM!" uniforms.

lol! Cheers Cam. wanted a darker more grim and used scheme than pretty boys on parade. Really pleased how the whole scheme has worked across the board thus far. Painting a full squad at the same time is a bit gruelling. Think I'll stick to 5 at a time from now on though

Been busy as lately but still managing to get some hobby time in. Backseated the skits for a day or so as want to get this guy underway. He's gonna be a competition entry so want to start planning him and that early. The build and repositioning is mostly done. Just need to tweak those thrice cursed ammo belts and then finishing building up stuff on the base. All the main pinning is done now.

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*sniff sniff* I'm so happy you're gonna paint it up

The ammo belts are causing me an absolute nightmare at the moment ><

evildrcheese wrote:Such wonderful blues...

EDC

Januine wrote: can't see the blues in that pic. They're all on the inside of the robes

*cough*

Januine wrote:

Ahhhh - that one! Soz - thought you meant the photo of the rangers

Silly sausage. Although the Rangers are coming along nicely.

EDC

Pretty...

Oh and ammo belt issues cured with 2 words.....Zinge Industries.

http://zinge.co.uk/

PM me and we can sort them coming to you in far off lands.

Cool looking site. Handy as. Thin I've gotten these ones sorted the now but cheers

Been looking forward to you painting up the big guy, As it is a lovely model.

I had heard stories the ammo feeds were an abomination to fit.

'abomination'.....yup...that's pretty much the best word for it!!! Thought had them sorted.....then when I fit lower body on, found that no, no they still weren't working......think I have it just about sorted now....ish....

The painting is going to be slow and steady on this one as he's a comp entry and want to really push the boat on this fella. It is a bloody lovely model......ammo belts aside ^_-

The Skitarii are coming along great, and I really like your Chicken Lancer thing. That Thanatar is a whole other kettle of amazing and intimidating, though...

Cheers Az. Chicken Little, as I've now found myself calling him, is one of my favs. Skits are getting there, need to push some shadow glazes on their robes and then it's just detailing. The Thantar is a 'brute beast and a redcoat' ......well, a greycoat when I get finished with him. Such a gorgeous model. Want to get my hands on some of the new domitar automata too .....as some point. No AdMech tonight though. Space Hulk termie is on the deck

I love the look of the Thantar robot , and the Skitari are beautiful, so nice to see a color other than red for Admech. Also digging the Ikea cabinets that you have in your other blog. Ilea just opened here a few months ago and I want to snag one of those....or 12.

Cheers T. AdMech are coming along. The usual red never really did it for me. Nice grim dark grey..... Just the ticket. Those ikea cabinets are so handy. Reasonable price too. With all the stuff I have to paint at the mo, may need a third one soon - lol

Haven't posted too much recently. Busy with ...... Stuff. Haven't been remiss though - hobby has not suffered. Stuff has been getting done!!

Basing for a certain big fella is nearly finished being built




Skits are just about done. Lenses really were a pain in the butt to do



And this guy is getting ready, maybe for next month's painting comp

Busy. Your bases look fantastic. Is that the base size for the big boy or is it a scenic one as well?

Cheers Thge agreallan earth paint hadnt quite dried. Has now and looks the business. It's the large oval base size that comes with the big fella as standard

I can't stop looking at that base...really fantastic work.

EDC

Cheers EDC. Needs a spot more Ag Earth in one or two places. The barbed wire will go on much later as it'll be tangled around his foot. Happy with it so far

The boys are coming together. Made a start on the basing. That new mech grey spray is a godsend. Lovely spray. Great coverage and finish.

Beautiful work Jan. Have you got an Onager anywhere in the pipeline? I love that miniature.

No Onager yet. Really want one though. Gorgeous model and I'll definetly be getting one eventually but still on a buying freeze until I get more of my backlog painted up

I understand your pain, and have seen your "to do" list in your other thread and given your quality and attention to detail that should take some time. Damned miniature companies and their beautiful designs.

I know - bastards the lot of 'em!!!! The only way I resisted DW:O was by it being soldout from my flgs - lol

I am really liking how that base is coming out!

Love me some basing in the mornings

Awesome bases there Jan

Very nice. That gold skull really pops.

EDC

Nice work on the bases .

Yeah, great work on those bases. Which crackle medium did you use?

Cheers Az. I used agrellan earth over a layer of pva. You seem to get much bigger and better cracks if you put a thinned layer of pva down first and the paint doesnt flake off after drying too

 Januine wrote:
Cheers Az. I used agrellan earth over a layer of pva. You seem to get much bigger and better cracks if you put a thinned layer of pva down first and the paint doesnt flake off after drying too

Interesting. Will have to try that with my agrellan earth and Martian ironearth paints..

I am really looking forward to that Thanatar. It's easily one of my favourite models and your AdMech scheme is great.

Cheers Sock. Stay tuned - just putting the final touches to the Skit rangers now. Photos should be up in a few hours. VERY happy how they've turned out

And FINALLY - The Skitarii Rangers are done!!! Photo'ing them was nearly the end of me!! Photos didn't come out exactly right but they're done and I really do love this squad. It will be a while before I paint a whole squad in a oner again but was interestig to try. Anyways blah blah - here they are. Achlys III's Skitarii Rangers, Maniple 32-Delta - locally know as 'The Dust Dogs'. Hope ya like 'em

Worth the wait bud, outstanding work

Cheers Cam. Very happy with them. That Forces of the forge are growing. FW tech priest and starting on the Than next

Outstanding work on these guys. They've come out amazingly well!

Simply stunning! I'd say without the slightest exaggeration, that is the best AdMech squad I've seen since they were released!

Nice work on your Skitarii!

Crikey. Wow - thx very much Para. Seriously cheers they took a bit of doing but damn chuffed with the result. For just a standard grunt squad the amount of detail on them is lush (and seriously time consuming!!) loved painting all the canticle strips.

Followed for long, but never commented before, I didn't have much to add except to join the ahs! and wows!

Still don't; only more wows! and ahs! come to mind with that last display

Outstanding work, really gives something to look up to!

Outstanding.

 Januine wrote:
Crikey. Wow - thx very much Para. Seriously cheers they took a bit of doing but damn chuffed with the result. For just a standard grunt squad the amount of detail on them is lush (and seriously time consuming!!) loved painting all the canticle strips.

Will you please accept that your AdMech are the best on the web? Please. I know you're not displaying fake modesty, you are a genuinely nice guy and are far more humble than people may appreciate. On behalf of everyone (I'm sure) I just wanna say that you blew these AdMech out of the park. I hope GW keep making new sculpts for you to keep blessing with your skills.

Cheers guys. Much appreciated Lots more to come hopefully. I really do like all the new AdMech stuff so they're really a pleasure to paint. Need to think how I'm going to tackle the ruststalkers next. Thanatar is still very much in the planning phase and going to take a while as he's going to be entered in a big competition; he really needs to be the bomb.

The Rangers look excellent. They will really fit in with the previous ad mech units you have. Such lovely colours, a very nice change of pace from the traditional reds.

Many thx Archer

Brilliant work, Jan! My favorite is the masked one with no hood (the head from the Ironstrider) - looks like you didn't follow the instruction manual when putting together that one and it looks so characterful as a result! I need to be braver with my next box of Skitarii and find some variant poses like that one. Top notch :-)

Wow, very impressive. That is a great looking bunch of rangers.

Cheers folk. I really like the plasma gunner fella. That face, partially exposed to the elements just looks like he doesn't give a feth!!! Have built and primed the ruststalkers - they are some evil looking dudes. creepy as hell. Was going to take a night off painting but ......nah!!!!!

Those Skitarii look amazing! So many details, they must be tough to paint and do a good job, but you did it, by God!

Many thx Zerg. There is a lot of detail on those fellas; not the toughest things to paint but very very time consuming!!!

Tremendous unit of Rangers there. I cannot imagine the work that went into one of them let alone all ten. Remind me what Skitarii you have painted up now?

Looking forward to your take on the Ruststalkers.

Standing with the Rangers now there's a Sydonian Dragoon, Kataphron Destroyers, Dominus Tech Priest, Arch Magos, Castellax Automaton, Scyllax Gaurdians and a Freeblade Knight. The convocation grows! Ruststalkers, FW techpriest and a Thanatar up for paint next.

As per usual your work doesn't disappoint, Fantastic stuff

Awesome some looking Rangers. The blue and gold is really cool.

Nice tip on the pva with the crackle medium too, definitely gonna give that a go.

EDC

Cheers EDC - they really were a lot of fun to do. Just love the look of the admech stuff GW has been putting out. Dunecrawler is defintely on the cards .....soon..ish

Those look absolutely fabulous Jan. The monochrome look really suits the Skitarii.

Cheers very much Mym. Really happy how this whole scheme has worked out. Working on a nice bit of fluff/backstory to go with it

Think all those rangers need a little fire support. A big brother to step up and have their back so to speak. Finally the fella is up for paint

Cannot wait to see this 나쁜놈 all painted up Jan. Will you be doing any glow effects on the inside of the weapon - or is that not your thing?

Cheers Bottle. Got a lot done last night and this morning. Base metals are now done. Little bit of work done on the base too. Photos when I get home. There will be effects in the mortar. I don't really go for mad bright airbrushy osl but there will be a little something something

Thanatar is looking good so far. Could I get you to add in a smaller pic of your models for this month's ToG?

Cheers Az and no worries. Gonna get some snaps done tonight hopefully

Despite the lunacy that was this weekend, actually got a ton of paint in on the sly. Really strong start to big brother. Base is well under way and got all the base metal work done as well

Niiice! That's already looking brilliant!

crappy photo. still mucking around with new lightbox. good to have the base metal work sorted and laid down coz its an ass to do! now onto the serious work. Hoping to get the big man done this month but wont be rushing him as he's also my entry in the eadbabger II paintig competition. gorgeous model but all those pistons on the back of his legs are killer

 Januine wrote:
Despite the lunacy that was this weekend, actually got a ton of paint in on the sly. Really strong start to big brother. Base is well under way and got all the base metal work done as well

Yes, judging from your flags you went to Denmark and back lol!

Looking fantastic. Is your metal work still just Iron Breaker and Agrax still?

Nope. for my admech I came up with different metal method. layers of different metallics with washes to age and give a kind of patina to the base metal. takes a while to do but so worth it. doenst show up quite as well as it should in that photo. may try and get a better, less overexposed shot in the mornng.

no idea why Dakka decided to give me a danish flag!

You're back to korea! That was fast, can you teleport or something?

Aye!!! Was on a friend's tablet that apparently changes the country you appear to be in or something. Computery stuff. For someone who loves painting admech, i'm actually pretty crap with the ol' cogitators!! He explained it to me and it went right in one ear and out the other. A lot of facebook games are banned out here so he randomises his country????? Meh - whatever - back to painting; that makes much more sense!

Very nice on the big guy so far!

Cheers Ustrello. Hoping to bite the bullet ad get to work on all those bloody Pistons tonight

Nice. Shiny shiny!

EDC

Little work on the ruststalkers and made a start on the grey armour plates for the Than. The right arm one is just a test go as I'm trying out some chipping fluid and want to see how it goes before I use it on the other bigger plates.

Looking really good Jan!

Test armour plate.

No, I'm sorry, it's too good, you're going to have to start over!

In all seriousness, can you share the methods you're using there? It looks awesome, I'd love to shamelessly steal take it as very direct inspiration....

Cheers Para. I will put up a what's been done later on for sure. That was only the test plate as its the arm armour I could repaint it easily if I fethed up the paint. Onto the bigger stuff now - Pauldrons!

Oh my, that is some amazing looking chipping there Jan! Are the shadows done in Rhinox Hide or something else?

The shadows on the chipping? They're thinned rhinox with a touch of black added.

That is some impressive chipping!

EDC

Cheers EDC, hopefully it'll work out as well on the rest of the panels!!

 Januine wrote:
The shadows on the chipping? They're thinned rhinox with a touch of black added.

Gamsa! It looks really good mate. Gonna have to remember this technique as it will no doubt come in handy down the line.

괜찮아요 you back in Korea Bottle?

 Januine wrote:
괜찮아요 you back in Korea Bottle?

Just for two weeks visiting the in-laws :-) I did think about sending a PM so we could meet up and talk hobby over Chimek or something, but we're down in Busan/Ulsan and I think I read you live near Seoul? Anyway it's nice to be back, even if it's just for 2 weeks. Enjoyed the glorious sunshine today.

Awesome chipping Jan, how did you find constructing the Thanatar? Any issues?

Am eager to see the Rustalkers done too.

That chipping effect is stunning!

@Bottle - Nice!! Hope you have a great trip. Aye - I'm a wee distance away from Busan. I live in Wonju, about an hour from Seoul. A fair ol'hike from Busan and Ulsan!! Weather is finally picking up. It's been a bit gak recently

@Thraxas - Cheers fella. No real problems in the build. Overall he should be pretty straighforward barring a few things. I wanted the legs to be with the right foot back and the left striding forward but the normal build is for the opposite so had to do a bit of converting. That wouldnt have been much of a problem if it weren't for all the pistons that attach to the back of the legs. change the pose knoks them all out so some just wont connect. I got around it though by swaping some over from one side to the other and realigning some of the others. No big probs though. The ammo belt feeds were a bit of a nightmare though especially as I wanted the mauler bolter arm to be higher than designed. Got there in the end but wasn't a walk in the park!

@Zambro - thx chap. That was just the test. came out well so now it''s on to doing the same across the other plates

That's the armour plates all base coated and ready for shading, highlighting and weathering. Big fella is begining to come together now that I see it in place, really happy with how that first test plate came out.

As always, great choice of colour locations. Just enough of the gold to stand out but not too much and the same with the blue-grey armour panels.