Terrifyingly awesome.

EDC

Thx EDC. Hopefully get some better photos taken during the week

Stunning paint job and the vignette base is inspired. She is not my cup of tea from a style point of view, but in terms of your paintwork it is incredible. The layering is perfect and you capture the tone. Doesn't fail to impress regardless of the subject matter.

Cheers TP - aye, she's a little out there for some folk but it's always nice to try something new and different. I had a blast working on her and building a vignette base for her too. Nice trying a different and larger scale than the usual 28mm. Just had an Inq 54mm fig arrive the other day I snapped up on ebay

Absolutely! Gotta th new stuff and she is beautifully finished. The Inq 54 figure I wanna see

Great work there Januine! Super vibey and your color choices fit the creepy asthetic of the figure. Especially on the skin. It truly is a disturbing piece. The base, goes without saying, is just fantastic. Grimy, gritty, scary. Just like a NYC emergency room hahaha....and The dripping blood. So awesome. Great job dude.

Thanks so much Bebop. Am reAlly happy with it little over half a pot of BFTBG went into the blood pool - just pour it in - lol

I put this up over on the Society of Fine Painters first, but thought I'd copy over to here as well, as I'm going to add to it as the paint foir the Dracosan continues. First part below is just a quick little cheap and nasty technique for getting a nice base metal down which as some depth to it rather than just a flat plain metal base. Next I'll start doing some grey armour panels which will then get chipped and weathered back to the base metal in places. As its paint being chipped away, I prefer to chip the paint back to an underneath raw metal rather than painting metal chipping on top of the painted plate if that makes sense - just seems and looks more legit and realistic. This is basically the same techniques as I used on the Thanatar a few months back

I love my metals and metallics - TMMs all the way. Bright, shiny and new metals are nice but I prefer the dirty, stained and old metals for the most parts. This works nicely as an esy way to get a good old and worn metal base to then further work on.

Base whatever it is with a black spray first (I've alwys used GWs Chaos Black spray and always found it to be top notch)
Once dry, get out your drybrushes - its fun messy time.
We're going to put down a succession of three different metallics to give a nice tarnished patina'd effect.
First up - roughly drybrush with warplock bronze - this gives a nice dark depth to the metal finish



nice and light. get in there! Wash out the drybrush thoroughly and let it dry
Next drybrushing time again, this time with ghenna's gold. This will give patches of stain, tarnish, oxydation etc etc. Dont be as thorough with this layer as before - let some of the bronze show through in places



washy washy, dry dry......drybrush the final layer with runefang steel. This will seem really too bright and shiny but it needs to be as the washes later will bring it right down.
Be quite thorough with this layer but again heavy in some places, lighter in others



Leave to totally dry and then some. Finally wash the whole thing with ye olde faithful Nuln Oil - don't be scroogey with this wash but try to avoid pooling. Even if you do get a few coffee stains here - it doesnt really matter as it just fits right in with the overall intended effect.



Once this is dry you have your base aged metal done. From here, you can add other targeted shades/washes to add further stains, grime etc - agrax and coelia are great for this.
Later some dabs of typhus corrosion into corners and lower recesses complete the fithly metal effect

Hope all of that makes sense and helps some folk out

Cheers
Jan

Next steps: (I'm just going to continue adding to this post so the whole thing is together and in one coherent read)

Base coats for the armour. This is in the livery of my homebrew Forgeworld, Achlys III - mostly dark grey with twilight blue as a secondary colour.

Base coat is 2 thin coats - Grey > Mech grey followed by Eshin Grey
Blue > Steg cale Green followed by Dark Reaper



Next we add some nice oily grimy depth and shadow with Momma's old fave - Nuln Oil. Applied quite liberally here



Next thing we'll do is lighten up the panels again in some areas and add in the highlights. But first, gotta take the dog for a haircut!! @_@

Lightened the armour panels up after the wash. As this is my first tank, I wasn;t sure how to go about it -so went with several progressively lighter layers for dry drybrushing. seems to have had the desired affect. Next will glaze the panels to soften the transitiions and reafffirm the deep shadows. The grey went from eshin grey>dawnstone>administratum grey and the blue was dark reaper>ulthuan grey. About 5/6 layers I think

Little of yummy side news. The bases I ordered from Waylaid Games finally arrived. They're from the tech range bases made by micro arts studios and they are sweet!! Casting is pretty much perfect. The few air bubbles I found are all on the bottom of the bases. The details are crisp and sharp baring a single piece of thread plate on one base. These are for the DW:O figs when I eventually get to them. Ordered 59 bases in total for £45 approx. See what you think

Man that aged metal looks amazing! I will have to try that one something, maybe my terrain as it is terrain for a forgeworld.

Cheers Ustrello - and the more you play with it the better it gets. Add some stainage, grime, streaks, rust etc etc. Lotsa fun

Nice tips on the aged metal. Very cool.

EDC

Wailaid Games...that sounds about right

The Nurse looks great, and thanks for the metal tutorial. Cannot wait for you to tackle DW:Overkill.

Cheers T. Still have a few final details I've noticed on the nurse to take care of.
With the new bases in, I'm gonna jump one of the deathwatch marines ahead and paint him up to see how he looks on the tech bases. Just finishing putting the Raven guard guy together. Sweet mercy they really are some gorgeous sculpts! Hopefully get to him later this week .....is. Working on the Dracosan today though.

Looking forward to seeing you tackle DW:O as well! The bases look neat, would be great for a Necromunda gang as well. Might have to look into them :-)

As you love your metals, have you had a chance to use the new Stormhost Silver yet? I cannot sing its praises enough.

The bases look fantastic. I'm super excited to see you do the DW:O figures, they are awesome sculpts and I know you'll do them justice.

damn that diorama is amazing! The pool of blood really elevates the whole piece as well, very bold and inspiring choice.

Cheers Mym
@Bottle -- I picked up a pot of the new silver and the new brass the other day but havent had a chance to use yet. Looks brighter than runefang - yeah?

Metal looks nice. I'd have to buy four pots of gw paint to match it but it looks nice.

Great work on that Nurse - well, great but creepy. But Great. But Creepy.

Nice tutorial on the metal there as well!

Cheers Az. I'm really happy how she turned out. Whole pile of new stuff went into painting her, some of it (SKIN!!!) I was a bit out of my comfort zone but that's how we learn eh??!!!
Quite like the 54mm size, so will be doing an Inq 54 fig soon. I love that whole range but damn they are hard to lay hands on these days :(


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FAst approaching the 72 hour mark of endless rain - the chang ma is here. Everything is soggy, sticky and nurgley! Have got a nice chunk of painting done though and set out my goals for this month
What I hope to be getting finished this month........well, at least as much as possible!!


The Dracosan is coming along nicely (see above a few posts for a step by step so far)



While I have really no interest in 30k, I do love the stuff that FW is coming out with for it, the SA tanks are sweet, sweet stuff and the Mechanicum stuff threatens to force me to sell my soul!

All the base I ordered for the DW:O figs arrived the other day so I decided to road test one and cracked opened the box. Raven Guard fella is up first (no prizes for guessing who'll be the last ) - gorgeous pose and sculpt. Made a wee start on him. It;s rare that I paint with base already attached! Just got the base started and made a start on the left silver arm to see how I'm going to do them.



Edit - damn auto-appended posts ><

Metals are looking beautiful Jan.

And great tutorial btw.

Cheers ckig. I'll add to it as I continue work on the Dracosan. Fun going from the old aged metal of the tank to the nice smooth clean metal of the Deathwatch's arm.....do love my metals

And the rains continue!! Being Wednesday, halfday for me so came home thinking of all the stuff about the house I need to get done. Make a cuppa, sat down, turned on The IC podcast and painted the day away decided to get stuck into Edryc Setorax. So nice a fig to paint. Got his black armour done though I think it may need another light glaze ......maybe o.O

The black of the armour is exquisite!
Will there be a mini-tutorial for that process?

Cheers Blimy funny you should say that, once I finished, I suddenly thought - crap shouldve taken some photos along the way as some folk might find it useful. It was really just abaddon black and dawnstone blended up for the highlishts and then aba black, medium and a touch of kantor for the glaze. Lotta brushlicking though!

Just knowing what paints you've used is helpful, cheers
If brushlicking were a crime, I'd've been locked up years ago!

Freedom for brushlickers I say!
Great job on the armour, it makes my attempt at black armour look overtly heavy handed

The whole set are such great miniatures, and the sculpts a joy to paint. Certainly my favourite boxed set for years.

I know right!? I meant to leave the DWO until I've got a ton of other stuff done and dusted but I kinda wanna just jump in now and do the rest! We'll see................ lol

Both the Dracosan and the Raven DW WIPs are looking fantastic so far. Depending on how well my Execution Force stuff pans out, I might have to follow you and use Industrial Bases on a set of DW:O models as well... hrm...

Cheers Az. The DW:O set is so nice and with the game and the whole story that goes with it etc etc, I decided to splash out and get some nice bases that go with the boards and the theme. To base the whole set cost me about 45gbp and I'll have a few bases left over. Really happy wth the bases, definitely fit in with the board tiles,and the game.

Do you have anyone to play the game with? I know you've said its tough to get games out there.

Aye, there's a few folk I may rope in. But for gaming I'd usually have to travel up to Seoul to a shop there. They have a whole pile of free tables to play on. Never done it though.

Anywho -Setorax is pretty much done, base still needs touch of the ol weathering powders and there's a few things I need to think about still - what to do with his claws and whether or not to chip and weather his armour. For now though, am happy

Lovely job with Edryc He's pretty nasty in-game. Hits on 2s with lightning claws, can't be shot at beyond combat range and his grenade launcher is pretty useful too for clearing the weaker cult warriors.

Cheers AoV. Nice wee fig to paint. His mini-book story was pretty tidy. Right vicious wee bugger

Looks awesome!

I'd definitely advocate some weathering, simply because smooth black, white and silver makes a great canvas for some really striking effects in that department.

Cheers Para. First time I've done those jetpack burner thingys - always nice to add some new bits to things Will def do some weathering - never been a fan of the cleany clean marines. Needs a bit of 'I actually fight in this thing y'know' for me. Wont go too heavy but cetainly batter him up a wee bit!

Beautiful work on Setorax.

Thx very much Az. Just need to get a few more finishing touches on him and he's good to go.

This morning though - got some paint down on another few SH 'stealers and highlights to the armour panels on the Drac. Nice wee glaze to soften them out and then onto some markings before I do the weathering and damge.

Personally I am a fan of blue lightning claws (if you can't tell by my plog )

Excellent work on Setorax, as others have said the glow effect on the jet pack is especially good. How did you go about highlighting the beakie helmet...the beak especially?

*puts own Setorax down and stops painting in shame*.

Cheers lads. Not sure still about the claws, theyre a kind of black steel at the mo that I mixed myself which i do like. I may do some thin electricity threads up them akin to what i did on the terminators thunder hammer some pages back. Not so sure about doing them full on blue.
The highlights on the beakie helmet (damn but i hate beakies!) was just done the same way as the rest of the armour - really thin layer/glazes going form abadon back up to dawnstone grey. I imagined the light to be comeing from up adn to his left - so (his) left side of the helmet is much brighter than the right side.
Am very happy with the jetpack - came out nicely for my first go. Immediately wrote it down and promptly lost the piece of paper. Have put it into the paintmyminis app though so all is good

*Moved to AdMech plog thread*

Humidity over here is awful during the summer which means the ever infamous purity seal is totally out unless you fancy the ultimate in stay frosty figs!! The only real use I have for seal anyways is for fixing weather powders as I like the way PS melts them into the areas giving a really ground in grime, dirt and worn look. Lot of folk rave about testors but can't get that over here so I've been trying just about every other Matt spray varnish I could find (white spirits can also be used but it gives a different effect and result and not what I'm looking for in this case)
Finally have found a brand/product that seems to laugh in the face of Korean humidity, fixes and seals the powers and not a glimmer of mr. Frosty to be seen. Montana is the brand!!!

Did a quick test on some of the bases I use for the SH termies yesterday evening and then on the base for Setorax after that and we seem to have a winner. Here's the stuff.

As to availability - I have not idea but if you're suffering from the humid spray blues and you see this stuff - I can heartily recommend it

Back to some termie action. Reds done today. Happy with that

Lovely job on Claudio and Omnio so far

cheers aov. gakky photo. red have come out well nice though. prefer the dark grim red to the more bright candy red usual fro the BAs. took a fair chunk of time but worth it

Definitely worth the effort for that deep red color .

 Januine wrote:
Aye, there's a few folk I may rope in. But for gaming I'd usually have to travel up to Seoul to a shop there. They have a whole pile of free tables to play on. Never done it though.

Anywho -Setorax is pretty much done, base still needs touch of the ol weathering powders and there's a few things I need to think about still - what to do with his claws and whether or not to chip and weather his armour. For now though, am happy

I'm kind of curious as to how you painted the feathers that are hanging on his belt and jump pack. They look really good!

Cheers Zergy - feathers were easy enough. Wanted him to have more raven looking feathers so checked some photos out - raven feathers have a kind of greeny bluey black glossy sheen in realiity so needed to try and show that. Based them with a mix of black with just a touch of incubi darkness and then highlighted by doing thin lines on the vanes where the light on the hits the feathers with more and more incubi added in each time - just by drawing thin lines up and out from the rachis. To make the rachis pop out a touch more I added the tiniest touch of fenris grey to the mix and drew that along the shaft. Feathers uually have a light sheen to them so painted on some satin varnish at the end. It ended up a little too shiny so a coat of lahmian medium toned it down a touch. Hope that helps

Another 3 stealers done! Yay. Will get SH done .....eventually

Nice work! Your Stealers continue to be awesomely creepy!

cheers Para. that's 8 down and ......lots more to go!!!

Still love those Stealers paint scheme! looks totally menacing and a great balance between a real world and an alien feel!

Lovely work on the 'stealers.

EDC

Yeah, I love the stealer scheme still too. It's going from strength to strength as your painting gets better and better to boot. It transforms the entire Space Hulk set into just black, white and red which will look awesome when it's all done!

Lovely job with your genestealer beasties

I concur - the genestealers are looking very nice so far.

Great work on your ever-expandin SH and DW:O sets. I'm not going to say the same as everyone else because it well get tiresome, but I agree with everyone else on the great effects you have produced. Well done bud

Thx so much everyone. Very happy with them so far. Quite a lot still to do but will get there ......eventually. Lol

Progress! Stuff for the month coming along nicely. 'Stealers finished, Deathwatch fella finished, Drac ....nearly finished, termies......coming along and Casket.....started! And Turmiel who I keep forgetting about ....is just about done - just need to make his lightning and base. Gonna get as much done as I can on these this weekend as next week is all about getting entries for competion checked over, final touched if neccesary and then photographed in time for closing date. Oh yeah....... I ordered/bought a Warhound

Say WHAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WARHOUND!

Wahfbriiwkksoak...............

.......

......may have passed out there. Ahem. Sorry.

I look forward to seeing your Warhound

Great job on the minis so far this month

Cheers TP

Aawww yeah, time to embrace the madness. Titan time!

Sooo when's the dog headed giant of doom turning up then, Jan?

Saved like W100,000 thx to the exchange rate so figured it was time - Jan's first Titan! And Mrs Jan told me to do it. Lol
Only bugger is that I won't actually get it in my hands till December when mum comes over to visit and brings it. So not paying the 30% Korean customs tax having it delivered here. Gives me loads to time to watch build videos and get on designing colour scheme, livery, freehand designs etc etc

30% tax?! Ouch. Bullet dodged then!

Yup. Anything sent in over the value of $150 - BANG 30% customs tax please. Bloody ridiculous. So I have send any FW to my home in Ireland and then pick it up or have it brought over. December........the wait is going to be brutal!!

Are you planning on using an established Titan Legion, or a homebrew one, or roll it into your Ad Mech?

Homebrew legio attached to my admech on the same world. Still very much in the idea stages on that one. Have a few notions but preinfnacy so far

Another couple of termies nearly finished. jewels n finishing bit n bobs and onto their bases they shall go

Termies are looking great Jan. How close are you to finishing SpaceHulk? And the Titan sounds like a great project to kick off 2017 with :-)

5 termies and 14 'stealers still to go!!!!!

Claudio is looking great! Omnio is coming along nicely too

Nice work on those Termies.

They're soo detailed, it's easy to understand why you spread them out.

Really looking forward to see what you do with the Warhound, I'm sure it'll be epic though

EDC

Cracking stuff!

Cheers folks. Limited amount to painting done today - stupif bloody weather - paint is literally drying on the brush between palette and fig - grrrrrrrrrrrr ><

 Januine wrote:
Cheers folks. Limited amount to painting done today - stupif bloody weather - paint is literally drying on the brush between palette and fig - grrrrrrrrrrrr ><

Funny that you're having trouble with nasty hot humid weather-here where I live I've been struggling with the same thing. Of course, Korea and Missouri are almost at the same latitude, so maybe it makes sense.

frustrating as hell. gone from getting loads done to now almost grinding to a complete standstill. pain in the gaks ><

Spent the last two days taking photos for competition. 4 figs - 407 shots taken. Now need to narrow them down to 6 shots each fig......Ohhh balls!!
So.....still no painting done *sigh*
Good news though - warhound has arrived!!!!
Sucky part - it's at my house in Ireland and I won't get it till December ....boooooooooo

Tomoro get these photos sorted and then it's back to the brushes - yay!!!!

Maybe they can ship it to you in parts that are under $150. Like the legs, and then torso, then head and arms.

Well it's sitting at home now in my mum's gentle care. Posting stuff fro Ireland to Korea is dopey costly so I can wait. Not like I am stuck for stuff to paint in the interim!! It'll probably take me till December to round up all the necessary stuff to build the bugger anyways. The larger magnets are going to be a problem

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/rare-earth-magnets

Ur a star Az

Oh! Also, this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ABS-Embossed-Plasticard-A4-DIAMOND-Single-Tread-plate-Styrene-Plastic-Sheets-/271654490134?hash=item3f3fde9016:g:XPkAAOSwPcVVu6iZ

Oohhhh been looking for that stuff.....'does not ship to South Korea' ......asshats!!!! But the magnets do and they're most important


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Finally got 'The Nurse' totally finished, based and proper photos taken. She was not the easiest to photograph well but done now

She's one of my entries for big comp in a few days. Nervous.....lol














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And I reshot Lark's vig also for the comp.

Some tidy lookin vignettes . Love the Mad Larkin one in particular!

Cheers AoV. Oddly enough - bit of a bugger to photograph well o.O

I can imagine they were a pain to photograph, both are excellent compositions though. Best of luck in the competition Jan.

Thx Thraxas

Lovely work, Jan. I especially like the ceramic look to the Nurse' mask and also the weathered, peeled paint effect on the wall behind her.

Cheers Az - glad that mask came out how I intended ti then if you recognised it Wanted that slightly shiny glazed ceramic look. The wall was a lot of fun to do. Got to play around and try out different things

I really like the improvements on the Nurse, Jan. I thought she looked a little unfinished in the painting comp last month - but you've really helped more of the details on her pop now.

Cheers Bottle. I worked her coat a lot more - especially at the bottom around the hem to make it blend more with the platform. Think it works. Flicked a little fresh blood (well BFTBG...not my own!!) on but very conservatively so as not to overdo it. Love the little speck that landed perfectly across the doll's face.

Finisjhed up a couple more Space Hulk termies and 'stealers this mont and then managed to get them and the termeis from last month photo'd up. Camera is acting up so not the best phtos but am sick of doing photos after the last 4 days of doing almost nothing but phtoos so there we go

Your terminators look awesome, Jan. Nice work!

Cheers AoV

list update time again......

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V̶o̶x̶h̶a̶i̶l̶e̶r̶ ̶S̶e̶r̶v̶o̶ ̶S̶k̶u̶l̶l̶ ̶(̶T̶B̶B̶)̶ ̶ Done

T̶a̶n̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶S̶n̶i̶p̶e̶r̶ ̶&̶ ̶D̶i̶o̶ ̶B̶a̶s̶e̶ ̶(̶h̶a̶i̶r̶,̶ ̶s̶k̶i̶n̶,̶ ̶h̶i̶g̶h̶l̶i̶g̶h̶t̶s̶,̶ ̶d̶i̶o̶ ̶p̶r̶i̶m̶e̶d̶)̶ ̶ Done
F̶e̶m̶a̶l̶e̶ ̶C̶o̶m̶m̶i̶s̶a̶r̶ ̶(̶h̶a̶i̶r̶ ̶&̶ ̶d̶e̶t̶a̶i̶l̶i̶n̶g̶)̶ Done
I̶n̶f̶i̶n̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶C̶h̶i̶m̶e̶r̶a̶ ̶(̶d̶e̶t̶a̶i̶l̶i̶n̶g̶)̶ Done
Harlie Shadowseer (boxed)
Harlie Troupers (2) (basecoated and shading)
Harlie Skyweaver (Built)
V̶r̶o̶s̶h̶ ̶T̶a̶t̶t̶e̶r̶s̶o̶u̶l̶ ̶(̶f̶i̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶d̶e̶t̶a̶i̶l̶s̶,̶ ̶b̶a̶s̶e̶)̶ Done
B̶l̶o̶o̶d̶ ̶A̶n̶g̶e̶l̶ ̶S̶g̶t̶ ̶(̶f̶i̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶d̶e̶t̶a̶i̶l̶s̶,̶ ̶b̶a̶s̶e̶)̶ Done
L̶i̶b̶r̶a̶r̶i̶a̶n̶ ̶T̶u̶r̶m̶i̶e̶l̶̶ Done
CSM Sorcerer Lord (built/primed)
Chaos Familiar (built)
G̲a̲u̲n̲t̲'̲s̲ ̲G̲h̲o̲s̲t̲s̲ ̲(̲5̲)̲ ̲(̲b̲o̲x̲e̲d̲)̲ ̲
Gaunt
M̶a̶d̶ ̶L̶a̶r̶k̶i̶n̶ Done
Milo
Dorden
Corbec
R̶u̶s̶t̶s̶t̶a̶l̶k̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶(̶5̶)̶ Done
S̶k̶i̶t̶ ̶R̶a̶n̶g̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶(̶1̶0̶)̶ Done
T̶e̶c̶h̶ ̶P̶r̶i̶e̶s̶t̶ ( Done )
T̶h̶a̶n̶a̶t̶a̶r̶ ̶A̶u̶t̶o̶m̶a̶t̶a̶ (Done )
T̶h̶e̶ ̶N̶u̶r̶s̶e̶ (Done )
Mortician's Guild 'Casket' (Started )

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Inquistor (boxed)
Psyker (boxed)
Swordbearer (boxed)
Herald (boxed)
Lexamechanic (boxed)
Mortician's Guild 'Ghast' (boxed)
Mortician's Guild 'Silence' (boxed)
Mortician's Guild 'Obulus' (boxed)
Mortician's Guild 'Dirge' (boxed)
Mortician's Guild 'Cosette' (boxed)
Mortician's Guild 'Graves'(boxed)
Possesssed CSM (5) (boxed)
Callidus Assassin (boxed)
Vindicare Assassin (boxed)
Eversor Assassin (boxed)
Culuxus Assassin (boxed)
Chaos Cultists with autoguns (10) boxed)
Space Hulk Terminators ( 6 ) (boxed)
Space Hulk Genestalers (15) (boxed)
D̶o̶o̶r̶s̶ ̶(̶2̶0̶)̶ Done
DeathWatch:Overkill Space Marines ( 8 ) (boxed)
DeathWatch:Overkill Genestealer Patriarch (1) (boxed)
DeathWatch:Overkill Genestealer Cult (38) (boxed)
Eldar Wave Serpent (boxed)
S̶o̶l̶a̶r̶ ̶A̶u̶x̶i̶l̶i̶a̶ ̶D̶r̶a̶c̶o̶s̶a̶n̶ ̶A̶r̶m̶o̶u̶r̶e̶d̶ ̶T̶r̶a̶n̶s̶p̶o̶r̶t̶̶ Done
Inq 54 Quovandius (Boxed)
30th Anniversary Space Marine (Boxed)
Yeld Rig Hive Spyer (primed and based)
Kranon the Relentless (primed)
FW Legion of Azgorh Daemonsmith

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FW Warhound Titan (boxed and 5,632 miles away )


Total fig count (incl vehicles etc):

60 /166

That's some januinely impressive progress!

Well done!
God help me if I ever make lists like that.

Lol. Cheers. Just glad the list isn't growing ........too much!!

I think you forgot one model off the list. Other side of the world yet, but still counts.

I think my list might be a magnitude larger. Better just not count, seems like I'd make myself sad.

I only count stuff I bought to actively work on in my list. Investment pieces or "I need a few years to get better at painting." I don't count.
Keeps the stress down.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
I think you forgot one model off the list. Other side of the world yet, but still counts.

I think my list might be a magnitude larger. Better just not count, seems like I'd make myself sad.

Whaley - you are quite right - and it's killing me......sitting at home, in a box, lonely.........

Buttery - nice try......they still count

The list actually keeps me from going nuts and ordering/buying loads more stuff -especially all the new mechanicum stuff that FW is putting out at the mo. The only thing I'm looking at buying these days is Inq54 figs but they're beastly hard to get at a decent price if at all so I'm safe!!!!! (ish!)

Wife's off to work, dog's snoozing so time to get a little paint down. Working on Antor Delassio for this month's comp but will also start on Branatar as well in the background. Also on of the hybrids as I need to get their scheme down. They'll be of the same line as the SH 'stealers I've done but need to figure how I'm gonna adapt the scheme for the more human looking and coloured hybrids. I'll start with the oop end of the spectrum to a stealer with a 4th gen hybrid whose skin tones should be almost human but still with some not so human tones in shadows of the skin. The clothing is basically a miner's pressure suit - cheap, mass produced and worn. Thinking some sort of beige should work well.
Bases have had their initial work laid down and looking ok

Fun afternoon doing bases. Frustrating time with his face. Hair next - still lots to do there. Never painted a blonde before!!

For some one who claims to have issue with faces, this one seems to be pretty good!

Cheers Knightley. It's ok. Tempted to add a few more highlights but gonna leave it for now least I arse it up completely!

Looking good!

The perfect highlight for blonde hair is
Bleached bone > Sepia > bleached bone > watered down white and BB, or whatever the fethers changed it to.

Nice. Cheers BC. I based with tallarn sand I think. Moving onto highlights now

I actually have this on my desk because I'm doing a second Sigvald.

The face certainly does not look like you have had any issues with it. I do always find blonde hair a bit of a pain to paint, it always looks more "out of the bottle" rather than natural.

Great work on the Space Hulk miniatures too.

Looking good Jan. Looks like you're making goof progress in getting through the list.

When will you hear from the painting comp that you were taking loads of pics for?

EDC

Cheers lads. Just finished doing the silver arms on two of the DW:O marines. Little subtle sky earth glazing like I did on the ravenguard fella.

Not sure when the judging for the comp will be concluded. Another week or so I reckon. I entered four categories but the standard is super duper high so not really expecting to win. Just a bit of fun

The face is looking good so far Jan. The first step in improving it would be to mix a little red into your fleshtone and paint the bottom lip with it

Lol. Done. Noticed it as soon as I posted the pic. Just did a very pale tint. He may be a BA but I don't really want him looking like he's wearing lipstick!! How you liking Italy Bottle. Venice is just the bomb.

Nothing done all weekend. Family trip n that. So lots to be done today.
Damn list is going to grow again. Just preordered Death Masque. Stupid flgs over here sold out almost immediately of the preorders. So have had to order direct from GW. But added an inquisitional acolyte to put it over 100squids and get the free shipping and that works out cheaper than buying from the flgs an hour up the road o.O I already have a whole pile of harlie stuff so the troupers and the skyweavers as well as an extra dark vengeance boxed set I have will get thrown on eBay if I can ever figure out how to do the bloody shipping !!!

Looks like you were smarter than me and left the jump pack off the guy before trying to paint. I've fully assembled the model, so now it's gonna be a royal pain to reach everything without making a mess (barely started and it's already frustrating! ).

Yeah - I figured with the ravenguard laddie the jumppack was gonna get right in the way. I converted/altered his flamer arm as well to be away from his chest more and actually pointing where he;s looking otherwise his makes getting in there a pain

Delassio's chainsword broke during transit for me, so I've had to give him a pretty chainsword from the Vanguard kit.

Love the red on that shoulderpad. Very deep! The 3rd/4th gen hybrid in the back there is coming along nicely as well .

Coming along nicely, but what's really taking the cake is those bases! Seeing them with models, they really do set them off nicely!

Blame GW for the increasing backlog; if they didn't keep releasing awesome box sets chock full of lovely models, we wouldn't need to keep buying them!

@aov - cheers laddie. Black armour is all done now for him and the salamander guy. I used the same red method as I use for the SH termies. I prefer the deep red look as not a fan of the bright 'look at me, I'm faaaabulous!!!' red usually seen. Similarity, went with the darker FW 30k green for salamander dude. Again prefer darker tones than candy ones.
Really am loving painting these deathwatch figs. Sculpts and casting really is top notch.

@para - super happy with those bases from ehhhmm, ehhhhh ...... Whichever company maðe them!!!! Have hem for all the DW:O figs save the white scar. As they don't do an oval bike base. Should be hard to make my own though. Really nic bases and the casting is flawless. Good variety of different types as well. Damn GW and their constant assault of new awesomeness!!!! It's just As well getting FW stuff sent over here is so cost prohibitive otherwise I'd be REAL trouble!!! Pity my poor mother having to lug a warhound over with here come December!!!!!

Your updated pictures for lark and the nurse really make them shine. Your marbling on lark's base had escaped my attention the first time I saw him, it's really nicely done.


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Terminators look fantastic also, and I love seeing those early wip shots of the figure you're working on currently.

Cheers Tom that Lark base was a bit of a labour of love; trying to bring a scene/story from the books to life. Was really happy how the marble floor turned out. Actually I need to write that stuff down so I don't forget what the hell I actually did!!!
Termies are coming along - I actually quite like doing those overblinged guys. I as takin with TP and laughing that for someone who doesn't really like the BAngles, I do seem to be painting a lot of them these days!!!! Still it's all good.
Next month's planned stuff is gonna be a lotta fun - ordo machinum inquisitor plus his retinue looking forward to that

Don't sell them on ebay just ask on here! i'm sure we'll snap up any left overs :-)

Smart thinking Nerdy. I already have a sealed DV boxed set and a box of skyweavers to shift plus most of the eldar stuff from death masque. Need to stop hoarding and get rid of stuff I'm not going to use/paint

Bit of progress. Should get these lads finished up today/tomoro. Won't be moving much today as legs are wrecked!!! Stupid exercise. Lol

I'm super excite to see the inquisitor and retinue.

Just popping in to say you're doing a great job photography-wise. So important if you're showing your paintingz on the web! (you already get enough compliments on the actual painting, right? )

Lol. Cheers Sgt. Actually the photo side of things is driving me a bit nuts at the mo. Too much glare, even with filters and light is. Ahh - I'll get it sorted eventually

I'm convinced exercise is bad for me, whenever I do it I end up feeling it the next day.

Nice progress on the Death Watch dudes.

EDC

Cheers EDC. I like running and biking but at theminute over here, unless you want to end up with an IV drip in your arm in the A&E ward, running is out till the autumn. So I figured I'd exercise at home. Some Nike app I have on my ipad.......goddamn squats. And I don't mean the extinct little beardy weirdos!!!! Anyways - back to the DW.!!! Delassio WILL be finished today.......

No easy start to the day - double up mug of Java Sumatra and jump pack painted!

Oh wow, looks like your Delassio is almost done. Got the basecoating mostly done on mine. Yours looks so good already, I don't know whether I'm inspired or dismayed...

Just finished up all the jewels. Between him and all the BAngles termies from SH - i'm gonna be hitting into the hundreds of these fething princess stones!

I'd love to hear about how/with what you did that great looking jump pack.

It's pretty straightforward - just micro layering up though the engine well. Based with iron breaker then Abaddon/Kantor blue mix to set the tone. The just layer up Kantor blue > Kantor/altdorf guard blue > altdorf blue > altdorf/fenris > fenris > a few dots of white scar at the end. Takes about an hour I guess but looks pretty ok

 Januine wrote:
... looks pretty ok

Understatement of the week.

Thanks for sharing the jump pack thrusters recipe though, I may have to give that a try a t some point.

EDC

No worries EDC. cheers

Nurse, Lark, SH Termies, and DW minis looking great. The jump pack effect is superb. I have taken a screenshot to try when I come to mine. I think that's the most effective jump pack effect I've ever seen. Congrats!

Looking fantastic. Very much inspired by the way you did that jump pack.

Thx I_F.
Just make sure you keep your paints thin and underloaded. Very little paint on the brush. Oh - watch your pull/push technique. Makes a big difference. Pull the paint into where will be the highest point of highlight.

 Januine wrote:
Thx I_F.
Just make sure you keep your paints thin and underloaded. Very little paint on the brush. Oh - watch your pull/push technique. Makes a big difference. Pull the paint into where will be the highest point of highlight.

I've never given this much thought but now that you mention it that makes perfect sense. The direction you pull your brush in is very important. Thanks for the tips, those are really helpful and something to be very cognisant of in my future projects.

very welcome y'ever have any Qs just ask

Coolio - Delboy is all done......I think. Happy happy!! Hopefully get SuperBran done by tomoro.....ish. For now - crappy iPad shots!!!

Looking good... though thanks to that post I am now seeing David Jason as an Astartes... it's not a look that suits him!

Hahahahahaaaa - 'stealers.......plonkers the lot of 'em, init?!!!'

On to big bad Bran today. Hopefully get him finished up today

Delassio and Branatar are both looking pretty awesome. I love the scales on Branatar . Nicely done.

Cheers AoV. Working on his golds now. Going for somethign a little different - trying for a green/gold effect adn trying to remember how i'm going to do that wee mini-brazier on top of his armour

Progress on Bran the man. 'Excuse the overexposed photos. Coming along nicely. Still need to highlight all the jade golds and other metals. And fix the eyes. Yellow lenses was a stupid idea. Will do the brazier next. Sitting here staring at it thinking how to do smokey flames. Just gonna wing it and hope for the best

Oohhhh - flames are fun!!

Very nice flames. I've always struggled with a good way to do flames, how did you achieve this look if you don't mind my asking?

Nice work on the flames. Great execution.

Loving how these Deathwatch dudes are turning out.

EDC

Branatar is coming along very nicely. Great work with the flames.

@I_F - flames were much easier than I thought they'd be. Nothing but glazes. Start from a pure white basecoat and then build up glazes from yellow to orange to red and then a tiny bit of black on the tips.

@ EDC & AoV - cheers muchly folks. Loving these DW figs and have a whole new box of them coming........ Soon. Need to be getting back to all the other stuff waiting in line though. Lol

Great work on these Deathwatch boys - they're really looking impressive as all hell.

I haven't forgotten about your Bolt Pistol, by the way - embarrassingly I haven't been able to find one yet, and I've been getting into my marine parts and bits and bobs. I thought I had tons of them lying around, but apparently most are attached to hands. I'm also finding bolters harder to come by than expected (using those myself atm, and damn!)

No worries Az and cheers Just finished Branatar up and attached him to his base. Very happy with the big fella. Will pop a few snaps up later

Just glazes?! Wow that's awesome to hear. I suppose I'll be expanding upon my painting inventory on my next trip into the store. Thanks again for the tips, yet another one for my repertoire.

Ah. I used the citadel shades as glazes. First glazed with cass yellow, next a mix of cass yellow and whatever the red shade is called then red on its own and finally nuln oil. Each glaze had a little lahmian medium mixed in and was given 2 layers. Make sure there isn't mucho your brush or it floods the area.

Damnit Januine, stop making me like Space Marines.

Lol. I'm usually not that bottherdd about SMs but really quite enjoying these DW fellas!! Really fun to paint. Think I'll do the biker lad next. White Scars are a tidy bunch. I'll need to build up his base though as I don't have a bike base from the range of bases I'm using as they don't make one. Shouldn't be a problem. GW emailed me at five past midnight (GMT) to say my copy of death masque is now on its way.
Gonna need to start selling some surplus stuff off though. Taking up space

You think you will do a death watch army jan? I think it would suit you especially the flier, though I will probably say the same thing when the custodes come out. Mainly because I want to see you paint them

I'll be getting one of the Blackstars for sure. Loving the DW stuff that's coming out.
The custodes.....id maybe paint one if I could get my hands on one but won't be buying any of the 30k boxed sets like the prospero set that's supposed to be coming. I like reading about the Hersey but really don't like the early marks of armour so won't be collecting any 30k esp a box half full of space corgis!! Curious what the sisters of silence will look like though.

Calling Bran the man done and putting him away before I start fiddling

And here's the three lads done thus far - Sed, Bran & Delboy (even though he looks more like Rodders )

Looks like Freddie The Frog to me...

Excellent as ever Jan. I love your dedication to the hobby, peeling all of those labels off he GW paint pots and putting them on the dropper bottles...insane!

but so worth it!!!! actually took a lot less time than I thought it would. Mrs. Jan thought I was off my bacon as well but she just smiled, cocked her head, and wished me well - lol

Your work is quite incredible. Inspiring me to get back into the hobby after a 6 year absence. How do you get that lovely blue effect on the sliver arms of the Deathwatch figures?

He looks pretty spectacular so far.

 Imperial Monkey wrote:
Your work is quite incredible. Inspiring me to get back into the hobby after a 6 year absence. How do you get that lovely blue effect on the sliver arms of the Deathwatch figures?

I don't know what he used, but if I want that effect I usually glaze it with a little Guilliman Blue.

Cheers guys! Actually the tints on the silver arms aren't even Citadel! The blue on top is a very thinned glaze of Vallejo steel blue and the slightly brown reelection tint on the underside is a super thin glaze of Vallejo armour brown. My only two Vallejo paints - lol

Sweet little spot of painting done this afternoon - 4 hours straight while watching mi_choi live stream over on twitch. Boom - suddenly 4 hours gone by and had a ton done on Mr. Deadness here. Kept him a little darker than the rest of the termies as he's been sitting on the 'golden throne' there for a while so will make him look older and dirtier as we go along. Happy enough with how the Reds came out though

Looking good. Nice idea using a darker red to try and capture the fact that he may have been there a while.

Any thoughts on adding spider webs or something to really emphasis that? (no idea how you'd actually do it, just a thought that popped into my head)

EDC

Nice thinking EDC. Hmmm ...... The gonna have to have a wee think about that.

Just worked through the entire thread, Great stuff Jan

Looking forward to what you do with the Warhound.

Cheers Joe. Whole thread- crikey. Must've taken a bit of time!!! Can't wait to get my hands on the warhound but that won't be till Dec. The whole build and paint will be up on my AdMech plog though when it happens


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Totally chuffed this morning as the results for the 'Eavier Metal group's (over on FB) 'Eadbanger II painting competition are in. I entered in 4 categories - Unit/Warband (my Sicarian Rustalkers), Monsters/Armour (Thanatar Siege Automata), Vignette/Diorama (Larkin & the Angel) and Single Figure Showcase (The Nurse). I got 3 honourable mentions and this lovely lady took 2nd place in the showcase category.


So happy. Even my dog is ecstatic and jumping around but then again she does that all the time anyways

All the winners and their works are here -

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.1138452162885660&type=1

recommend you go take a look - some awesome awesome work there

And in other news, another SH termie (albeit a dead one!!) is done. 5 more to go

Congratulations on the placings, well deserved!

Cheers Para

Congrats on the honours and wins! Your nurse is fantastic and definitively deserving of her award!

That termie looks well aged and fits the bill nicely for a long forgotten fallen brother. Bonus points for being my favourite type of terminator: a dead one.

Haahahaaaaa -nice!!!!! Cheers I_F

Congrats mate - and great work on the Departed Termie! The oxidised-rust-dust really adds to the effect really nicely.

Cheers Az. Still so chuffed over the comp and really happy it was 'The Nurse' that placed. Lovely prizes incoming

I think that dead termie is the quickest of those lot that I've done so far. Only 6 hours o.O lol. Watching live painting streams get sme in the mood nicely though my neck is busted by the end of it. The dust n rust on the base and his legs is just FW weathering powders brushed on in layers gently adn then blown off. Like the look of it

Congrats on your "Nurse" taking 2nd there Jan! Nice job! Loving the very much deceased Termie too.

Thx AoV


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Got this Second Chancer finally rebuilt and some extras added. Ready for the priming

Awesome! Will he be Deathwatchy, or attached to your AdMech (or a bridge between the two)?

Oh he's not for me or my armies. No, this is one of Buttery's rescues. She did all the paintstripping and cleaned him up and I've rebuilt and will paint him up. He and many others will then be used to raise money for charity. Full thread is here - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/695783.page
Buttery did an awesome job getting him all cleaned up. If you saw the state he was in before - like someone cut all the admech symbols off and then dipped him multiple times in some sort of battleship emulsion paint!!

Some brilliant work here Jan, hoping my DW hold up to anywhere near as good as your's

Thx TP. Those DW are a lot of fun to paint

Chookahamnida on placing Jan :-) (although the link is broken). Are you 5 termies away from finishing all of Space Hulk!?

Cheers Bottle - was and still am uber chuffed. Strange about the link, seems to be working fine on my phone.
Yup - 5 more SH termeis and that'll be them finally done. Set a them last night and got their original weird stand/bases cut off and sanded down so I can base them probably on resin bases. Still have a lot of 'stealers to get through though :/

Hope you had a great trip to beautiful Venice with Mrs Bottle. Me and Mrs Jan were there last summer. Just love that place so much.

Thanks, we had an amazing time! Did you go to Burano by any chance? It must be something Korean guide books particualry recommend because the wife suggested it and lo and behold when we arrived there were more Korean people there than islanders! (The island was beautiful though.)

It must feel so good to almost have Space Hulk finished. Will you start work with the genestealers next? You'll be able to play a game - fully painted! Space Hulk is probably the sort of game you can get a non-wargaming buddy to give a try too.

Aye - Burano is pretty sweet. I've been to Venice 5 or 6 times now. Wonderful city. My real favourite is Bologna. Fantastic food and much fewer tourists there as well.

Should be getting a game of Space Hulk up and running soon. Lookng forward to seeing all the boys n bugs out on the table. For now however - I finally got the camera out and got some proper photos done of what I've finihsed recently. Have a look, hope y'like

Awesome stuff, and I love how those pics are put together!

Cheers Para. Thought I'd add a little colour and interest to the collages. bit of fun with Photoscape

They are some beautiful miniatures. The dead terminator came out really well when photographed the "proper" way. The Deathwatch are some of the best I've seen, definitely better than those posted on the Warhammer app over the last week or so. The collages do add even more to the presentation of these minis. You're maintaining your A game

awesome stuff Jan, Congrats on the comp result.

Amazing work Jan, you're knocking these models out of the park. I'm not normally a fan of the DW paint schemes but the way you do it makes them look amazing, you hit the grimdark feeling perfectly. Can't wait to see what you do next.

He's looking good, that model has some great details.

Stunning work Jan, the gems/blood drops on Delassio are my favourite...and how do you feel your first blonde went ?

Good work, Jan'. All looking nice.
Particularly liking the fire painting on the moulded fire.

Thanks so much much for all the kind complements folks. Really means a lot
@joerugby - cheers fella. Still on a high from that one!!
@I_F -next up is the DA Deathwatch guy. Should be a quicker paint. lol - who am I kidding I'll take ages as usual
@Thraxas - blonde came out ok. A little more yellowy than I'd intended but that was from the sepia as I needed to fade the highlights back down a bit. Not the easiest hair to paint so it doesnt look like its out of a cartoon!
@Dr.H - thx. I am particularly happy with the first. and it photographed nicely too. FIrst time painting fire so I just kinda winged it with lots of glazes and really liking how it came out

Bored painting 'stealers so gave into temptation and started on another dw fella going with a darker more aged looking surplice as I'm not a big fan of the really clean off white ones usually seen. Face came out ok.

 Januine wrote:
Face came out ok.

No need to be so modest Jan, that face looks amazing, you did a great job. The rest is coming along nicely and I'm looking forward to seeing it all tied together.

Interesting take on the cloak colour.

Looking good Jan, robe colour is nice and the face is great as is the armour so far, a bit darker and dirtier looks good!

Thx Nerdy. Working on skin and faces these days. Getting there....slowly - lol.

Tuesday's are a bitch. Taught 6 classes in a row. Weather is still gak awful but came home to find my preordered DM box had finally arrived. Ahhh. The sprues, so much sprueage
Now I just figure what/how I'm gonna build em and put the stuff I'm selling to the side.
SPRUES!!!!!!!

SPRUUUUUUUUUESSSSSSSSS!

And then some!!! Plus a gorgeous old school grimdarky Inq accolyte

And now I'm dying to see the inq acolyte you mentioned.

This is him here - looks like the type of douche monkey that would just get on everybody's proverbial tits, even the inquisitor's!!

Oh and got more done on brother thingymabub from DW:O. Coming along. Nice well fella to paint. Soz for the poor photo.

Beautiful work on that DA. Really digging the weathered robe and the way you did that plasma effect is top-notch.

Lol. His name is Zameon Gydrael, mate.

That's the chap!!!

Little bit of sneaky lunchtime painting

DW guy Is looking incredible already! That acolyte is a cool mini, I can practically hear him harping about supposed heresies from here.

Wow. I can't keep up with your relentless pace.

Congrats on the placing in the 'eavier metal comp.

All the Deathwatch stuff you've posted is looking swell.

EDC

Lol - cheers folks. Zam is pretty much finished now. Just need to pin him to his base and add a touch of pigments and that'll be him. Nice fig. Lots of wee details but nothing OTT....*cough...blood angels......cough cough*.....!!!!!

Not sure who's up for paint next ^_-


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Zam is done and based. Blues of his sword haven't come out in the photo too well. Hopefully show up better in the proper photos when I get around to taking some. Lol

What made you think you couldn't do faces? That face is perfect. The model is top notch dude, great work.

Cheers I_F. Happy how he came out. Not sure which one to do next

That is awesome mr januine . Wanna do my dark angels for me?lol.

Cheers AoV. Need get him some fancy snaps taken. Can't decide which of them to do next. Go on AoV, you pick!

Chaplain Cassius. Who doesn't like angry zealots?!

Coolio. Pop him into the queue

Looks awesome Jan, looking forward to the next one

Cheers Joe. Next one will be the U-Smurf chaplain guy.
Decided to built up the dread today though. Never done a SM dread before. Made a few wee minor changes.

Oooh. Nice! Love the broken panel there.

Are you going to do him as a Blackshield dreadnought a la Death Masque, or chapter specific?

Blackshield. The broken panel and a few little paint hints will give clues as to his original chapter but they'll be pretty subtle. Tried to make the build a little bit more dynamic as tbh these dreads are pretty static walking lunchboxes. Not to the most exciting of things. think I've given him a wee touch of action

Looking forward to a blackshield dred! That's a cool idea. You seem to be getting good at the greenstuff socket reposing. I am envious of your skills!

Dread should fun to paint. incuding a few easter eggs when i 'round to him. lottastuff in the line before him though!! Greenstuff is easy enough, just lick your tool a lot......the sculpting too l that is

Sweet pose on the dread. Screams a lot of character there!

Cheers TP

The Dread is looking great love the easter eggs

Cheers Joe. Looking forward to painting him. Think he may skip the paint queue. There'll be a few clues as to his original chapter in the paint too. I was never that keen on the SW washing machine dreads as they don't get much posability or dynamism but think I managed to give a little to it and now that he's built in front of me - quite like the big eejit


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With those 'stealers done and the DWs it's list update time again......

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Space Hulk Terminators ( 5 ) (primed)
Harlie Shadowseer (boxed)
Harlie Troupers (2) (basecoated and shading)
Harlie Skyweaver (In progress)

CSM Sorcerer Lord (built/primed)
Chaos Familiar (built)
G̲a̲u̲n̲t̲'̲s̲ ̲G̲h̲o̲s̲t̲s̲ ̲(̲5̲)̲ ̲(̲b̲o̲x̲e̲d̲)̲ ̲
Gaunt
Milo
Dorden
Corbec

Eldrad Ulthuan (primed)
Ven Dread (primed)
Inquistor primed)
Psyker (primed)
Swordbearer (primed)
Herald (primed)
Lexamechanic (primed)
Acolyte (primed)

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M̶a̶d̶ ̶L̶a̶r̶k̶i̶n̶ Done
R̶u̶s̶t̶s̶t̶a̶l̶k̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶(̶5̶)̶ Done
S̶k̶i̶t̶ ̶R̶a̶n̶g̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶(̶1̶0̶)̶ Done
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T̶h̶e̶ ̶N̶u̶r̶s̶e̶ (Done )
V̶r̶o̶s̶h̶ ̶T̶a̶t̶t̶e̶r̶s̶o̶u̶l̶ ̶(̶f̶i̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶d̶e̶t̶a̶i̶l̶s̶,̶ ̶b̶a̶s̶e̶)̶ Done
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Mortician's Guild 'Ghast' (boxed)
Mortician's Guild 'Silence' (boxed)
Mortician's Guild 'Obulus' (boxed)
Mortician's Guild 'Dirge' (boxed)
Mortician's Guild 'Cosette' (boxed)
Mortician's Guild 'Graves'(boxed)
Mortician's Guild 'Casket' (Started )
Possesssed CSM (5) (boxed)
Callidus Assassin (boxed)
Vindicare Assassin (boxed)
Eversor Assassin (boxed)
Culuxus Assassin (boxed)
Chaos Cultists with autoguns (10) boxed)
Space Hulk Genestalers (11) (boxed)
D̶o̶o̶r̶s̶ ̶(̶2̶0̶)̶ Done
DeathWatch:Overkill Space Marines ( 7 ) (boxed)
DeathWatch:Overkill Genestealer Patriarch (1) (boxed)
DeathWatch:Overkill Genestealer Cult (38) (boxed)
Death Masque: Captain Artemis (Boxed)
Space Marines (10 Boxed)
Harlie VoidWeaver (boxed)
Eldar Wave Serpent (boxed)
Inq 54 Quovandius (Boxed)
Inq 54 Gregor Eisenhorn (Boxed)
30th Anniversary Space Marine (Boxed)
Yeld Rig Hive Spyer (primed and based)
Kranon the Relentless (primed)
FW Legion of Azgorh Daemonsmith

O̲t̲h̲e̲r̲ ̲s̲i̲d̲e̲ ̲o̲f̲ ̲t̲h̲e̲ ̲w̲o̲r̲l̲d̲

FW Warhound Titan (boxed and 5,632 miles away )

T̶a̶n̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶S̶n̶i̶p̶e̶r̶ ̶&̶ ̶D̶i̶o̶ ̶B̶a̶s̶e̶ ̶(̶h̶a̶i̶r̶,̶ ̶s̶k̶i̶n̶,̶ ̶h̶i̶g̶h̶l̶i̶g̶h̶t̶s̶,̶ ̶d̶i̶o̶ ̶p̶r̶i̶m̶e̶d̶)̶ ̶ Done
F̶e̶m̶a̶l̶e̶ ̶C̶o̶m̶m̶i̶s̶a̶r̶ ̶(̶h̶a̶i̶r̶ ̶&̶ ̶d̶e̶t̶a̶i̶l̶i̶n̶g̶)̶ Done
I̶n̶f̶i̶n̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶C̶h̶i̶m̶e̶r̶a̶ ̶(̶d̶e̶t̶a̶i̶l̶i̶n̶g̶)̶ Done


Total fig count (incl vehicles etc):

66 /182

Another 4 stealers done. Woeful photo but am knackered. That's -12 down and 11 to go....... Balls!!

It's Friday. Finished work. Wife is gonna be uber late home due to hen night. It's paint till my eyes bleed time see how far I can get with the last four (not counting that ugly librarian) space hulk termies.

Tons of cool stuff since I checked in, and it hasn't been that long

Love the dread, definitely more dynamic than the average walking death box. If you wanna divulge a bit, and I won't be offended if you don't , I'm super curious how you did that panel.

Ugly librarian? I think he's a great mini, personally!

Gorgeous stuff! Also, I'm planning stealers that are a similar scheme as those and I was wondering if I could get a better pic and a recipe? Thanks!

@heretic tom - the broken front panel? Just done with a pair of plastic snips

@aov - it's the base and his head I don't like

@genom.cor - the flesh is rakarth flesh as a base and then shaded and glazed with seraphim sepia and agrax. The claws and chiton are a mix of xv-88 and abbadon black. There's loads more photos of the stealers here >> http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-91816-50507_Purge%20The%20Xenos%2C%20Suffer%20Not%20The%20Alien%20To%20Live.html

Cheers for looking in guys

Very nice poseing on the Dread Jan, you added some lovely dynamism to the miniature. Impressive progress on your list as well, you had better get buying more!

Steady on T!!! Got enough figs to last me for a while at the slow rate I paint. Doing a big paint sesh tonight. On hour 6. Tuned into the live painting streams on Twitch and painting away at four SH termies!!!

'stealers.are looking awesome. I really liked the DW Dark Angel dude too.

EDC

Cheers EDC. Had a big paint sesh yesterday. Crazy long. Working on space hulk termies. Last 4 of the regular guys

Loadsa painting done last night fuelled by coffee and the streamers on Twitch. Made a good start on the last four of the boys and more getting done today

Got all the Reds on the final four done at last. Took a while but that's the slog bit done. Gun Metals next then blacks then golds then bling. Seeing an end in sight!!!! Till I notice the 11 stealers still needs paint :/

Termies coming along nicely buddy

Chefs AoV. Getting those reds down on four at a go. Phew. Came out well though. Got to see the painted termies and 'stealers in action this morning. Looked good

 Januine wrote:
Chefs AoV. Getting those reds down on four at a go. Phew. Came out well though. Got to see the painted termies and 'stealers in action this morning. Looked good

You had a game of Space Hulk then? How'd that go?

So I presume once you've done space hulk you'll be picking up Lost Patrol, so you can do some more Stealers and BA

EDC

Not.A.Chance!!! I have really enjoyed painting these BA termies though. But after this lot I think that'll be it for the BAngles for the future. As for 'stealers, after Spce Hulk, I do still have all the cult guys from Overkill to do. Thankfully there's only a few purestrains in that set. 'Stealers & Nids - probably my least liked faction. Not my most hated 40K group but urgghh - defintely not an army I'd ever consider collecting outside of a boxed game like Overkill

A shame as I reckon you would paint up an exceptional BA army, good to see more progress on the Terminators...not long until they are all done.

Cheers T. I don't mind the ba as much as I used to but even with the darker red I do them in, I don't think I could do a full army of them. I really have enjoyed these guys though. Very happy how they've come out

Great work on that DWA, Jan. I like the look of the Dread as well.

Cheers Az. Really have enjoyed painting the dw figs. Should have the last of the termeis up soon s

The Terminators are coming along really well.

great work on the stealers as always

Thx Joe. Got a little done this morning before work. Trying t do them and have started Eldrad as well o.O

I've a load of other stuff that is supposed to be getting paintlove before this guy but couldn't help but make a start on him

Looking very cool. Amazed to see such a crisp shiny silver from you Jan

He's DW -the shiny arm is their thing. On the marines it's fine but sized up onto a dread.......undecided. Silver is just base for now, havent added in a wash and the glaze yet which will tone it done a tad

Very excited to see how this guy turns out Jan, I know you'll do awesome.

Hasn't just been all work on Eldrad this week. Got some more done on the DW Blackshield Dread. He's coming along. The golds need work - not mad keen on the hue of them at the mo but easier mouth to fix. Very happy with his left arm. Having that much real estate in bright shiny silver just looks........Urgghhhh. Needs something to make it sit better so went in with the glazes I've done on the smaller DW members and exaggerated it a bit more. Think it works well

He's looking top-notch there Jan. Good call on the glaze for his silver arm. Having too much metallic paint can be problematic for the overall vibe of the model, one of the main reasons why I'm not very drawn to grey knight armies, too much silver.

Kinda love/hate the GK. like the figs but the total silver thing (course you can play around with that) is just a bit much. Love some of the sculpts though. Not something I'd really collect though.
Dread is getting there. First time I've had a dread so that's a bit of fun. Generally nice fig if a bit static. Hard to make it dynamic as it essentially is a large dishwasher with a gun. The assault cannon option is horrible though so that's been ditched - just too stumpy

While Eldrad is finally done and just waiting some proper photos, I have actually being working on other stuff this month. Namely getting the last four regular SH termies done, another of the overkill marines (Cassius this time - not as fun as the others I've done so far ) and a DW Blackshield dread. Hoping to get this wee band of merry men done by the end of the month.......hoping

Bit better shot. Up early and finished off the golds. I'll finish them one by one now rather than batch painting them for the final details; lenses, seals et al

Wow it's impressive how you can keep the paints from falling out of their holder like that.

Yes. Thanks Whaley ( mutter mutter smartarse!! )

No idea why the pic did that.

Well now you fixed it and I just look crazy.

Hahahahaha - there's worse way to look

The dread is looking fine. I think the difficulty with the DW dread is that the silver shoulder looks odd, as it's lacking the DW-style script on it. The changes and addition to the blue tone on it helps it a great deal.

Nice preview of the Termies as well....

Cheers Az. Yeah - totally agree about the dread arm. Just that much plain shiney silver real estate looks out of place. Glad the blue helps. Hard to see here but the under/lower parts of the silver has a brownish glaze to balance it out. Kinda faux sky/earth effect. Termies are coming along nicely despite the woeful WiP shots!! Looking forward to getting them done and SH being one step closer to completion.

That's one.....

Super stuff! Love the AC barrels and the black accent colour use!

Brother Leon is looking awesome

Cheers lads. Just need to give a touch of the powders on his legs and rim the base. Three more on the way over the next day or so. Then 11 more stealers and space hulk will be done .....c8!!!!

Despite a dirty hangover, that's brother Noctis done. Early to bed the night as up early for a couple of Space Hulk missions with TP/DC over FaceTime

The boys all set up and ready for a morning bug hunt!! Bugs be ready too!

Nice! Which mission are you playing? Suicide Mission?

Yup - mission 2 and depending how quickly that goes we may hammer mission 3 as well. Still need to write up a batrep and post photos of mission 1 at some point

Mission 2 - victory to the imperium but at a cost. Sacrifices, they were sacrifices. And Sgt Lorenzo continues to not know one end of his power sword from the other ><

Lol. How many survivors did you end up with at the end of that game? The key to success in Space Hulk is overwatch. Lots and lots of it.

2 survivors. Zael and Noctis iirc. Great game though

 Januine wrote:
Mission 2 - victory to the imperium but at a cost. Sacrifices, they were sacrifices. And Sgt Lorenzo continues to not know one end of his power sword from the other ><

Are I ask what he is doing with his Power Sword?!?

Did you use the timer or just play as long as you like lol. I found the former makes the game move along quicker.

@ Thraxas - precious little. First to die. Again
@ AoV - timer. Makes it much more furious. Still went to round 12 though

And Brother Deino steps forward

And that's Brother Valenico finished. This guy was a fun paint. With him done, that's the last of the regular Space Hulk termies done. Waheeeeyyyy. Just librarian Calistratus(?) left to do on the imperial side.

They are looking fantastic Jan, very dark and brooding.

Calistarius mate

Love your Space Hulk termies

Cheers lads. Made a start on Brother Cal ( ) this morning. Wee changes to the usual scheme. Going for and uber dark blue on the armour (don't care for bright blue armour at all), black pauldrons and then went with the same reds I've done the rest of the termies in for his tabard/skirt. The tabad took all of about 10 mins after all the practice I've had doingthose reds on all the rest of his pals!! Hitting a nice dark midnight blue for the armour will make for a very nice change of pace from all the red!

Excellent progress on the SH terminators, that deep red on the armour is super cool.

EDC

As well as getting Eldrad all photo'd up (other thread) I also got photos done of some others I finished up recently.

Brother Zameon Gydrael ( the amount of times I had to check the spelling of that bloody name >< )



And the last four regular terminators from Space Hulk Brothers Pointy, LaserSight, Big Gun & Fancy Pants - aka.....Noctis, Deino, Leon & Valencio.









With them all done - there's just the Librarian - Brother Califragilisticexpealidocious or something like that who has an absolute peach of a freehand piece of heraldry to be done on his left shoulder.....joys!! Still SpaceHulk is nearing completion-ish. I can see a light at the end of the tunnel....whcih is being blocked by the 11 'stealers I still have to do! Have to get them done by December though as that's when the mammy will be arriving with my .......WARHOUND!!!!

Lovely and vibrant colours there Jan - looking sweet!

Loving your Space Hulk termies

Cheers lads. That's the termies all done except for the librarian. Made a wee start on him. Hopefully get him done over the weekend

And after all that mayhem of getting all those photos done - Chap Cassius is coming along nicely