I like that idea.

Seems reasonable. To much chipping and I think they'd loose the orange and become big metal guys again.

Been a while since I was here, but the progress looks great!!

I like the plasma particle effect you painted- good idea and great execution!

New orange looks way better, and the little stripes of black are exactly what the scheme needs. I'll echo the sentiments of everyone else and say to avoid too much chipping on the armor- keep that lovely orange color and leave the machine bits grimey and weathered!

Not alot to add except that they are looking great.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with the infantry.

EDC

The two big boys are done! now I can follow on with the rest of the army in the same finish and style I don't know what else to say about them but they turned out goooooood! exactly how I wanted them to look for Whaley, nice and heavy with a worn powerful stature ready to do battle! the more subtle chipping on the armour plates is just about right when in conjunction with the under frame it's as if they change the main battle plates between battles to keep them well protected.

the big ass mortar I tried another little different thing with it, I washed the rear with a white wash to make it look chalky and as if the prolonged exposure to the plasma wash back had calcified or left a residue on it.
















there ya go guys! more exciting models coming up soon! I hope these are enough to whet your Admech-apetite

gorgeous stufff there Nerdy - defintiely gonna have to nag you later for that plasma build up effect you came up with - when I eventually get my Than next month.
great job

Beautiful, and once again your innovative approach to painting is inspiriring. The orange over metallics, the scratch effects, the build-up and residue on the Plasma Mortar, all techniques that I've seen rarely (if ever) and am definitely adding to the list of things to try out.

Look like they have really been through the meat grinder (metal grinder?). It'll be interesting to see how it works scaled down.

That's nothing short of awe inspiring Damo.

Out of control, Damo. Your stuff is really looking amazing these days. There are no other words. I love the thought you put into things like the calcification of the back end of the plasma mortar. You should send some pics of your stuff in to Forge World. They show off stuff that people have painted from time to time.

Working on texture is the most interesting part of my painting, so I really like the way you paint Damo.

I prefer the big guy with the plasma-thing-reactor... because the plasma-thing-reactor. Those energy bubbles are the cherry on top of the cake.

Jaw dropping, Damo. Absolutely Jaw Dropping...

Brilliant idea on the Calcification wash. No idea if theres science to it, but damn does it work for you!!
Armor is perfect with the chipping. Beautiful color you ended up with.


I just cant say enough.... Truly some amazing work.

Wow those siege automata look so bloody perfect. I think they are the best I've seen. Fantastic work on the dark metal/black areas.

Truly amazing Damo.

Thanks everyone! sorry for a rushed update but I'm nearly out the door for work got the base down on all the other models this morning. primed silver, washed with watery blue paint, washed with Agrax and then overbrushed with burnished gold.

next up is wash again with sepia and then start the scratches







cheers guys more soon

The whole world has gone into hyperdrive, fantastic work bud, just based my backside, those metals look fab, stealing this.

Those big things are just fantastic! Absolutely in love with them!

Those vorax need to be converted in something for my Mantis Warriors.

Looking good already! Really going to have to find an excuse to try out this metallic technique at some point.

The big guys are beautiful, some stunning. I could look at them all day.

The new stuff is really nice too, I love what you're doing with the gold.

EDC

Do you know which flavor you are going to push on with next, or are you doing them all at once like a crazy man?

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Those vorax need to be converted in something for my Mantis Warriors.

When I saw the pix I immadiately thought "that would fit perfectly in Gits' army" !

I'll add that I hadn't noticed the calcification or whatever it is at first sight, now that I've seen this I think it's just perfect. Great idea, great result. Bravo.

I thought I'd commented on the finished robos. Great job NF, they look excellent.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Do you know which flavor you are going to push on with next, or are you doing them all at once like a crazy man?

Bwahahahahaha pineapple convertible I once ate a horse draped in candy! Hehehehehehee

Crazy then. Or some Australian spider the size of a plate bit him and he's actually lost it. Either way.

Nerdy - all looks bloody lovely but do tell - the helix plasma cannon building up to fire. looks stunning and i so want to nick that.......tips n secrets please!!!

Jan, i'll hit you up with what I did this arvo mate but for now here's some progress on the Admech.







they're coming along nicely imo waiting on some more washes to come home with Nerdwench I ran out of Agrax,Nuln and Seoia

the Thallax, i'm going to see how a face plate done like the Thanatar lenses looks? or if I can even pull it off

cheers Nerdy!
I'm going open up the ring around the front of the cannon like flower petals i think but that effect you've done would be perfect for the focusing lenses(?) inside.
The whole force is coming along really beautifully. Oily, worn, pure machine. Really along the lines of how the mech are descrbed in all the fluff and what Blanche portrays imho. Fantastic stuff! Especially love what you've done with the Myrmidons' (?) axes - really great effect

Wonderful stuff Damo. Making real progress there.

I like the 'not-assault cannons' wielding dude. Myrmidons are they? Very cool

EDC

Myrmidons are great looking model. All well done. Should be fun army to play!

You crazy, crazy man... You really ARE going for the "paint them all at once"

Looking awesome, nerd. That splash of orange already is starting to bring them to life!

Jesus those big guys are amazing. How did you do the super dirty metal?

Damo, you are outdoing your self! these Mech guys are awesome!

Stunning work on those metals Nerdy. Wish I had gone with that style for my Mechanicus! Ah well, you have inspired me to pick up a paintbrush once more in any case.

More updates tonight but first I better drop a quick run down of the siege mortar effect some of you guys like

well, first up blue wash over the area and then while it's still fresh add a teeny brush tip of white paint into the charging area? this will bleed naturally and start the look you want, when its dry wash and do the same again and when that step is dry, wash and let the whole thing dry this time, then just dot some more white into your charging pattern. run some silver around the edges and wash the metal parts again with blue and that's about it!

so now onto the Admech!

metals are close to done, just need to edge and scratch one more time with silver, then it's the orange armour/robes and face plates I think i'll be done with them in a week or so if I can find the time!












so that's where I'm at with them all, should be really popping next time with some more shading and detail done!

Making good progress, the carapace on the magos looks great.

EDC

Great stuff there Nerdy. That is one seriously awesome looking force you're putting together. Cheers for the tip on the plasma effect. My Thanatar arrives next month and that's just the effect I'm looking for for what I have planned

Holy smeg, you cannot be human and churn out minis like that in just a couple of weeks!

Any further news on the annual competition from you? We're kind of running out of year!

Looking amazing.

Stole your metal technique, works beautifully.

They look terrific Damo. Outstanding progress.

Thanks guys, you can churn some cool stuff out if the majority is a technique across the full force! makes it much faster then you can go in and individually lavish attention on them :-)

and the 4th annual Nerdcademy award is still going to happen I just need a brave soul to take the 3rd prize picture this year......


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Just in case anyone is looking for a 40k related present for the Christmas? I have a Chaos army up for offers, primed silver and washed mainly so in spot on condition :-)

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/671167.page#8274779

The misses said she would like some silver for Christmas do you think this would fit the bill ........

I know I have no posted here of late mainly as what I would say has already been said, also I miss your green skins but I have been impressed with your painting style of this venture.

Your metals always seem to represent that used working feel to them, plus mixed with your dark rich red matches up so nicely hell you tempted me into investing in a few bits ..... Which I hate you for

Awwww shucks LDD! glad I made you spend money! not that I think you need much encouragement? i've seen you in some other threads nearly ready to link your pay directly to their stores! lol! and I'm 100% sure any lady who wants silver would be interested :-) I also found a Helbrute as well.....

Ha I am sure the hell brute will seal the deal

Looking good Nerd. Very consistent!

And I know i'm a pain in the backside but I'm happy to part with that Chaos Marine stuff for AU $170.00 which is only to my Blog followers and also adds to about $23.US......... well, not quite :-)


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Huh looks like I might have an offer on them ! :-) yay!!!!


and I've done more on the Admech!

You can't just say you've done more! We are simple creatures that respond best to pretty pictures.

Pretty pictures eh Whaley!? crikey dude I can't do that now until they're finished! :-) they're all at that stage where they've come together and look pretty damn good but I still have like one or two things left to complete on them all. This means I have only got to paint the orange armour and the orange robes as well as the Thallax face plates (which we discussed this morning) then whack on a bit of black contrast and voila! a fully finished Admech 30K army ready to kick ass and take numbers!!!!!


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And I also have nailed down at this stage a little project I've been toying with literally for years! I've been a massive fan of the idea behind Necromunda, the gritty hard skirmish battles and gangs of hardened guys and girls who just don't give a Rat's behind about 'nuffin

So, I'm going to paint up 2 gangs of Necromunda :-) for myself I'm painting the TGG Jailbirds as an Escher gang, lots of skin and bright accents on hair and cloth which will be fun! and the second one I'm thinking at this stage using the Scibor Sci Fi Dwarves? they're cool little models and would make a good gang of boiler type workmen who live in the greasy workings of a hive? any thoughts on other options hit me up! i'll be buying them start of next year

That was close to best game ever. Look forward to your gangs both sound cool.

Want to make one young guy in the dwarf team really tall and call him Carrot. (Homage to a great man.) Give him a heavy stubber.

Everything's looking bloody cool and bloody intimidating!
Also seeing some Necromunda in your style would be a pleasure i'm afraid I can't offer advice specifically on that but be sure that i'll be eagerly waiting in the wings for updates

Yo dudes! i've nearly finished the massively awesome Admech!


But I also got sidetracked and built and painted an Iron Hands Captain for a mate of mine he wants me to paint his Iron hands force and I thought i'd paint him up a model and send it to him so he can see exactly what I paint them like, I wanted to do him a character and I had an urge to convert in my cut-paste way I enjoy! so a few models later this is what i built and painted pretty much in a day

anyway I hope this will appease you until i can take about a million pics of the Admech next week!

gorgeous stuff there Nerdy. Your skin work is fantastic btw. That's something else you need to share with us

Really nice job though - what fig is that?

Good stuff! I'm personally not sure about the pose, but the paintwork is great! Do you mind sharing your recipe for Iron Hands armour, I've just started some and at the moment it's just prime black, drbrush silver, several heavy black washes then weathering. This looks similar, but a bit more involved and varied, which I could do with for characters.

Not appeased at all.

Got to say though that metalwork is stunning, truly bud, stunning.

This has nothing to do with your excellent paint job Damo... but that's just a horribly ungainly looking figure. In that pose a strong breeze would put him on his back.

Thanks guys, the pose is awkward I admit especially when trying to take a pic! :-) it's Khan the betrayer from FW with a new arm and different head, irl it isn't as bad.

as far as painting him goes, it's the same technique as I do any of my weathered metals now. Prime silver, wash with black, wash with agrax, wash parts with purples or greens if you want a tinge to the metal, add chips and scratches and some watered orange around bolts etc. wash with black then re apply some fresh chips! done!

"Who needs a hammer when I can just stomp you with me boot"

Love the copper bits the best.

Finished the Admech force for Whaley! and they are very VERY cool models! tried a few little different things than my normal painting like the plasma glow and the Thallax face plates etc. and it comes together really nicely with the burnished metals and orange spot colour for them, they really are covered in a glut of glorious details which might seem daunting to paint but it seems to be a background element from the main components so you can pull back a bit on cabling and dials and it still doesn't effect the finished look

as usual there's a bunch of pics but I hope you don't mind! I really (as usual) hope you like them and get inspired to have a crack at something yourself! I just love FW models!

lets begin with a rehash of the big guys images.

Thanatar:

Group shots:


Magos:

Vorax:


Thallax:

Myrmidons, Secutors & Destructor:

Can't wait to see what you think of the finished products guys! they look pretty HH Gritty to me?

Very VERY awesome force there. Superb work. Grim and dark to the max. Really great work nerdy. Don't know how you can part with them.

Outstanding work. As has been said before, you keep raising the bar. True inspirational work.

I couldn't play against that,i would be too busy picking my jaw off the floor. Beautiful.

 nerdfest09 wrote:
Finished the Admech force for Whaley! and they are very VERY cool models! tried a few little different things than my normal painting like the plasma glow and the Thallax face plates etc. and it comes together really nicely with the burnished metals and orange spot colour for them, they really are covered in a glut of glorious details which might seem daunting to paint but it seems to be a background element from the main components so you can pull back a bit on cabling and dials and it still doesn't effect the finished look

as usual there's a bunch of pics but I hope you don't mind! I really (as usual) hope you like them and get inspired to have a crack at something yourself! I just love FW models!

lets begin with a rehash of the big guys images.

Thanatar:

Spoiler:

Group shots:

Spoiler:

Magos:

Spoiler:

Vorax:

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Thallax:

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Myrmidons, Secutors & Destructor:

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Can't wait to see what you think of the finished products guys! they look pretty HH Gritty to me?

Jesus man... these are astounding! Did you ever post your recipe for metallics?

Great Admech stuff!

Outstanding. The metals, the blending on the robes, the chipping, all wonderfully appropriate. A real show-piece army Damo. Nicely done.

Wow. Fantastic stuff. Blown away by how fast your turned that around.

EDC

Bravo!

What to add thats not been said ?

I think the real beauty of your work Damo is it is so good it makes me interested in models i wasn't previously !

As said in the other thread, simply outstanding stuff! Keep it coming! What's next now the AdMech are done?

Here we go again! the mighty Flesh Eaters have clawed their way through the models to assert their dominance on the painting desk! and now they are finished and ready for battle! hope you like them, the bare head guys are my favorites and it's nice to 'learn' how to paint my boys in red again

now these guys are done I've a free desk! so I might have a little break for the Christmas season and just assemble some models and get some ideas thrown around with you guys on projects for next year should be a pretty cool start to 2016.

Beautiful work. They look the business.

Very sweet. They really look alive.

By flesh eaters do you mean people? Awesome blood angel termies.

Nice BA termies. That kit is cool. You've really done it justice.

EDC

BA termies look superb nerdy. Keep adding to the army and get some full army shots while you're at it.

Superlative work as always!

lol.. the last guy looks like he's hungry!

They look lovely Damo, you are the master of red

I think some may be pretty happy to see this!?


http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/672810.page#8309019

lets get it on!!!!! Nerdstyle

I wasn't going to do anything today, but I felt the urge to start to get a feel for the Grey Knights so I figured i'd start with the HQ Kaldor Da'mo I started thinking i'd theme my GK's in a Scottish feel with rich tartans and bearded brawling bastards! but as I began I got the feeling they needed to be worn and dirty and the model itself was telling me what colours were needed

I've based all the colours and started washing the shades on as well as replacing his sword which I tried to straighten and broke I liked the look of the Halberd with his pose and have just loosely placed it in for the pics before I prime it.

This should be good, GK getting the Damo metallic treatment! I look forward to seeing where this goes. Are you doing a full force, or just a squad?

amazing blending on the red guys!

Paradigm wrote:This should be good, GK getting the Damo metallic treatment! I look forward to seeing where this goes. Are you doing a full force, or just a squad?

Thanks dude! I have an ENTIRE FORCE to paint the metals will be more obvious on the other models as Kaldor is kinda busy (but hell cool!) i've got 2 DK's about 10 Paladins and 5 Terminators and 2 5 man Purifier squads and a 10 man strike squad and....and.....and......

Mymearan wrote:amazing blending on the red guys!

Why thank you! I do love painting my reds like this, they make the armour really pop on the edges

Works... beautifully.

And it so does look like you from the face up!

Still forever in awe of your skintones... Da'mo looks fantastic, and shockingly like you

(and still LOVE those reds!!!)


Very excited to see you do up some Grey Knights... 2016 is gonna be a big year for you!

Great work on those BA Termies (and the AdMech before them!) I'm impressed again (as usual) with the work you've done on that Grey Knight - though he's one mightily ugly bastard! What do you mean he's based on a real person? Who looks like thaa.....

Gitsplitta wrote:Works... beautifully.

Thanks Gits!

Solar_lion wrote:And it so does look like you from the face up!

I know right! it's almost scary

Ramos Asura wrote:Still forever in awe of your skintones... Da'mo looks fantastic, and shockingly like you

(and still LOVE those reds!!!)


Very excited to see you do up some Grey Knights... 2016 is gonna be a big year for you!

Thanks Ramos, seriously one day when I work out how to actually film my painting I'll do a skin tone tutorial properly so I can talk and show you what i do, it's pretty easy and 2016 won't be THAT big, i've only got planned my Grey Knights, 2 Necromunda gangs, some orks and maybe 5/6 Flesh Eater tanks? so pretty much a couple of months of painting! lets hope some more cool new releases get my attention!

Azazelx wrote:Great work on those BA Termies (and the AdMech before them!) I'm impressed again (as usual) with the work you've done on that Grey Knight - though he's one mightily ugly bastard! What do you mean he's based on a real person? Who looks like thaa.....

Thanks so much Az, (I think) those Admech are really very cool and I love the paintjob I did on them too, I'm glad I listened to Whaley and did them Ryza Orange for him it works! it works nearly as much as that ugly bastard GK!

Just a little random thought someone 'may' want to have a go at, but looking back at the Admech I just did I can really see that the method of that dark brassy metal would look FANTASTIC on a FW Minotaurs army yes? i'd do it myself but I feel I might be overdoing the metals lately with Admech, rusty Orks, Grey Knights :-) but if I get enough encouragement you know..... I could be tempted....... next year's looking pretty slim paint wise until Whaley buys another titan ;-)

Surely all you need to convince you that Minotaurs are the way to go is this
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Asterion-Moloc-and-Ivanus-Enkomi-of-the-Minotaurs

I do have those two guys....

Paradigm wrote:Surely all you need to convince you that Minotaurs are the way to go is this
http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/en-GB/Asterion-Moloc-and-Ivanus-Enkomi-of-the-Minotaurs

Well, yes...... they are a driving force behind me wanting to do them I wanted to do a White Minotaurs army years and years ago when I saw one in the how to paint space marines book! then down the track the Minotaurs got revamped and I found myself considering them again, the pull is strong and if you guys don't mind more metals??

whalemusic360 wrote:I do have those two guys....

since it's nearly Star Wars time I can use the force "They are not the models you need, they need to be given to Damian....."



and I think to really push the metal envelope I better show you the final version of Kaldor Da'mo as I said, I wanted to get a feel for how they'll come together and started on the HQ, i'm pretty happy with the colours I chose and everything fits well in my opinion. It was also my first time I tried to paint a vial which turned out pretty good for attempt number one! I really like the head and not just because it somewhat resembles me but it brings the pose to life and appears a mighty stalwart figure of justice












Just imagine an entire force like this it's gonna look MAD!

I'm imagining - and having a blast doing so Stellar work! Good to see you cleansing for the inquisition.

You could sell advertising space on that forehead...

Cheers guys! you won't have to wait long LDP as they're the next thing i'll be working on when the rest of the force arrives from Whaley (he's my assembly man!)

Gits, what kind of advert do you reckon'?

Great news are you planning on modelling any more Grey Knights after Dakka users?

GK looks great. The slight purple tinge on the armour works really well.

EDC

Cracking work! There's only one part that looks a little 'off'' to me, that's the very, very extreme highlight on the inside of the right arm. I can see why it's there, but from what I can tell nowhere else on the mini is that bright, so it throws me a little... That's a minor criticism of a fantastic mini, though!

Damo your head looks lovely...

Your armour techniques look very nice along with the force glow. Stubble is great as well, I've think you've mastered that as well

Keep up the great work, really looking forward to seeing where this army goes.

Oh hi! just thought i'd wish you all a VERY Merry Christmas and a safe and loving new year for 2016 just around the corner my Christmas was lovely and not as family stressful as I imagined went for a swim with my dad and niece in the pool at my folks place, the weather was a cloudless 30c degrees and we smashed out a lunch with BBQ Scallops wrapped in prosciutto, sliced ham off the bone, scalloped potatoes, and all the normal attendees you'd expect on a Christmas buffet!

I want to also thank you all again for sticking with me for another year and offering me the support and encouragement I need as I continue to learn and love painting miniatures I'm not sure how i'll go in 2016 as I have some larger home renovations, still i'll get painting done but my updates may be a touch more sporadic and as always I will endeavor to be here with you as much as possible sharing the flittering ideas I find myself getting distracted by

speaking of random...... I'm kind of trying out a couple of things that I have wanted to for a long time and i'll see what kind of response they get as to whether I follow on and do a force or some such ridiculousness

So, Merry Christmas, have an Imperial Fist Marine!

Merry Christmas Nerdfest. That's a swanky looking Imperial Fist.

EDC

Merry Crimbo nerdy.

Best wishes for the year to come.

IF looks good.

Merry Christmas from across the pond

Painting is amazing you continue to improve and the shading is brilliant, all be it marines

Sounds like you had a great day Nerdy, Merry Christmas to you and your family as well!

Great work on the IF. You've got the yellow nailed.

Happy christmas!

Lovely Imperial Fist

Merry Christmas Nerdmeister ! Have a cracking new year !
I like yellows on Imperial fists to start shading from brown but that's so awesome I might be persuaded! Beautiful work mate !

O.k who wants 'em?



Had a quick bash at seeing if I felt them as a force and I gotta say while they could be really cool I just think I'll have more fun panting Imperial Fists and Orks and Grey Knights and Flesh eaters and all of Pauls models next year!

anyway, here's a few Minotaur space marines from a dev squad






So since I'm not going to continue with them if someone can make use of them and can convince me to send them to them.......

Those are fan-bloody-tastic! The metallics look as superb as ever, and the bionic face on the sarge is brilliant too!

I can see why you want to take a break from lots of metals after the AdMech, but that's still a great little unit. and speedily done too!

I think they all need red on their pads and could use some black as well. Give them a bit of contrast, ya know?

Loving the yellow on that IF marine. Much nicer than the GW scheme. It stands out, but it's not too bright if that makes sense?

Loving the Minotaurs guys too. Nice and gritty.

*pops up out of gopher hole*

I heard Minotaurs!

Hope you had a great Christmas and New Year's, Damo. I look forward to seeing many more cool models here in 2016!

Your work looks great as always

Nice Minotaurs. Especially the dude with the metal jaw.

EDC

Swanky looking Mino's there Damo

Cheers guys, I honestly hope and wish you have a really wonderful and pain free 2016 with nothing but love and peace

I shall be endeavoring to fulfill the same for my own

I have worked out a rough list of the projects you'll be seeing this year from me, of course I will slip in the odd one or two projects that take my fancy during the year if there's any nice model releases! but these things I am going to do if nothing else!

in no particular order:...........

* Necromunda Escher gang made from Raging Heroes Toughest Girls models.
* Sporadic Imperial Fist painting for fun
* HH 30K Salamanders army for Whaley, Troops and Fliers.
* Grey Knights army
* Five Tanks for my Flesh Eaters, Baal,Vindi, Pred, Razorbacks etc.....
* Kastelan Robots to finish Whaley's Admech
* another batch of random models for BigH's boy LittleH
* full Secret Weapon Miniatures 6x4 Urban Ruins board
* Terrain for table including buildings, rubble and scratch built

So there you go guys hope that gives you something to look forward to and also a list of things you can remind me of that I said i'd do

Sounds like it's going to be a great year Damo. Going to be a fun time watching you work your way through everything!

Don't you have a Warhound to do as well? I think the other question is what kind of new techniques are you going to try?

Looks like a good year ahead. Agreed with Whaley, looking forward to seeing new ideas and adventures in painting. Funny it seems you painted way more than that this year, but maybe that's just a feeling, not fact.

I got some more motor pool sat here in a box waiting to be sent, sorry the expense of Christmas and New Year and being afraid in case it disappeared in the Christmas rush of parcels means it will be on its way at the end of the month I am afraid.

Looking forward to the new year!

Got a little something to show you that arrived yesterday I ordered a Tablescape ruined urban streets board and it finally arrived! So in normal Damo style I had to prime and start painting it so far I primed grey then made a little square stencil and roughly sprayed each little square on the tiles from different angles with a eucalyptus green, after that I used the airbrush and quickly blackened the craters, after that I made a watered down black mix which I dabbed on around the cracks and used my hands to blend and fade the paint into the surrounding area which gave the tiles a more dirty look, lastly I've based brown all the other details that will be rusted metals next I'll begin adding more tones and colours and doing the details!

I also snapped some images of some terrain and models to get a feel for it all together.










and imagine the stories I can tell now I have a board!

A lone Guardsman and Lieutenant Varras carefully make their way out of a warzone with precious gene seed...


Providing a crows nest position Imperial Fists brother Nerran scopes for enemy movement...


Enemy command go about their business not knowing the death dealer stalking to their position....


Minotaur marines protect the lower levels while their las cannon wielding brothers take aim at enemy tanks...




I mentioned that this year I would be working on terrain, the gaming board is the main part and this shelf holds the rest of my terrain projects


and this is the start of the Nerdness of this 2016!

That looks like a wonderful table to play on Damo. I'm Jealous!

Excellent looking board. Shaping up to be a productive year already!

EDC

Looks good. The terrain and board do a good job matching each other.

Nice job on the terrain nerdy! I actually bought a 6'x4' scrapyard terrain from SWM recently as well. I've only opened it up and looked at it since receiving it and can't wait to get started on painting it up as well. Do you plan on leaving yours set in place or swapping it around once in awhile?

Hey Nerd, its been a while since I've on the scene and I never thought your work could get any better, boy was I wrong! I'm really loving that tarnished metal you have going there. I'd like to steal it. Can you share you secrets, I think I'd like to try that for my Terminators instead of gold

Great work on that the terrain!

Terrain looks fantastic! Great work!

Looks amazing, but more amazing is the fact that you've gotten the SWB to that stage already. Mine are still sitting in their boxes.

Gitsplitta wrote:That looks like a wonderful table to play on Damo. I'm Jealous!

Thanks Gits, it'll be great when i've finished it!

evildrcheese wrote:Excellent looking board. Shaping up to be a productive year already!

EDC

Yep, productivity in spurts this year just to keep you on your toes!

Solar_lion wrote:Looks good. The terrain and board do a good job matching each other.

Thanks Solar, I liked the green sort of buildings and wanted to match the board and buildings to sort give the impression the buildings were built from the surrounds.

Eggroll wrote:Nice job on the terrain nerdy! I actually bought a 6'x4' scrapyard terrain from SWM recently as well. I've only opened it up and looked at it since receiving it and can't wait to get started on painting it up as well. Do you plan on leaving yours set in place or swapping it around once in awhile?

Get painting Eggy! I'll swap it around I think a bit as I go to mix it up nice to see you back around too!

Styrofoam04 wrote:Hey Nerd, its been a while since I've on the scene and I never thought your work could get any better, boy was I wrong! I'm really loving that tarnished metal you have going there. I'd like to steal it. Can you share you secrets, I think I'd like to try that for my Terminators instead of gold

Great work on that the terrain!

STYROOOOOOOOOO hey dude nice to see you again! if you want my metal secrets just ask it's in the blog somewhere....... but I'll PM you later

Paradigm wrote:Terrain looks fantastic! Great work!

Thanks Para!

Azazelx wrote:Looks amazing, but more amazing is the fact that you've gotten the SWB to that stage already. Mine are still sitting in their boxes.

Slack, slack , slack my friend! honestly that board to get to that point was less than 2 hours you just gotta be willing to go all artsy and get dirty with it

That's a lot of nice looking terrain!

Found the start, I didn't go far back enough to find it the first time

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/6240/356350.page#8222973

 nerdfest09 wrote:
Little update on the Mechs did some scratches and weathering on the metals but am a little unsure if I need to tone it down or if it looks good like this? I like it personally and would only adjust the belly torso plates but thats the main point of visibility for the weathering.

This is the vague part? besides the scratches what did you do for "weathering"

Thanks Damo

That's a fantastic looking table, Nerdy! Really looking forward to some more terrain.

Have you heard of Tabletop-world.com?
They do Fantasy terrain pieces, but they are stunning. Makes even me want to paint terrain! I would love to see your take on some of their pieces.

Nice table. Good job on matching the buildings in. Looks great and you have only just started in at it.

 Styrofoam04 wrote:
Found the start, I didn't go far back enough to find it the first time

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/6240/356350.page#8222973

 nerdfest09 wrote:
Little update on the Mechs did some scratches and weathering on the metals but am a little unsure if I need to tone it down or if it looks good like this? I like it personally and would only adjust the belly torso plates but thats the main point of visibility for the weathering.

This is the vague part? besides the scratches what did you do for "weathering"

Thanks Damo

Not much Styro, it really is mainly just scratches sandwiched between layers of washes if you want a part shinier for a highlight then overbrush some gold lightly on between layers and use different coloured washes to add some variation

Hey guys, Nerdfest needs our help. He asked me what he could build with his BA army to see off part of it for some extra money (not to me this time). I suggested making a competitive list using drop pods, but I'm not very current with the meta at the moment. Anyone have any suggestions on how to make a proper pod list these days?

Looks like I may have sold locally my entire Flesh Eaters force! which will help out in my real world life greatly at the moment!

I will still be doing marines though, Imperial Fists and Grey Knights but I won't be splashing too much money around right away :-)

Wow okay. I did not see that one coming!

Are the Blood Angels still with you, or did they move on with their Bloody Brethren?

I've got them at home in the process of packing them up and sending them on their way, it's a big job :-( my mates have all been incredulous as to why i'm selling such a labor of love after nearly 8 years of work on them but I have to be an adult sometimes, I need to save 10grand this year and I needed something to bump start me.

I'm still, as I mentioned, going to paint marines and still buy and collect but just not as much, I've already got enough to keep me going with my Grey Knights and Orks and Whaley's Sallies :-)

I've still got some primed BA stuff to sell, mainly a bunch of tanks and some marines and DC so I might just go chuck them up on swappy shop and see if anyone wants them! I've advertised the other models locally but people only want a tank here and there and are offering next to naught :-(

The other thing for my hobby this year is a positive thing, I'm totally re doing my work space and storage areas so I'll be more organised and if I know myself it will spur me on to get stuck into the paint again :-) new shelves/display and a new painting desk which means I can move my old desk into the garage for a terrain painting and building area so I can do larger messier work!

Sounds like a good plan Damo. More power to ys.

10k is a hell of a goal! Glad you were able to move them at once, hopefully you got a good price. I'm sure it's bittersweet to see them go though. You better still have 2 playable armies when I come to visit.

You know I'll keep you in models as long as you want em. The benefit of liking to model and not paint is I have piles of grey dudes.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
10k is a hell of a goal! Glad you were able to move them at once, hopefully you got a good price. I'm sure it's bittersweet to see them go though. You better still have 2 playable armies when I come to visit.

You know I'll keep you in models as long as you want em. The benefit of liking to model and not paint is I have piles of grey dudes.

You better believe I'll still have two armies to play when you visit! I'll make damn sure I do

I got 1,000Aus for my army, not bad I think, I could have held out for more but if the fish bites..........

I think partly I knew deep down in my soul I had your 7.3 Tonnes of Plastic and resin hiding in your hobby bunker that I knew you'd need painting


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Here's the link for what else i'm selling too. grab yourself a good deal, i'm open to offers on the lot, and remember the Aussie $ is low so any US interests can score big lol :-)



http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/677042.page

Sad to hear you had to let your BAs go Nerdy but good to know you've got your priorities straight. Hope to see your other projects progress though!

You know Eggsy, those things Nerd is selling would go great in your army...

 whalemusic360 wrote:
You know Eggsy, those things Nerd is selling would go great in your army...

LOL if you only know how big of a model backlog I have...

Did a little more work on my board today coming along nicely so far, I think I've done the main weathering and now I'll go back in and add finer details for the cracks and scattered rubbish (not that Imperial Propaganda is rubbish)

I think I'll drybrush the roads a lighter grey and the larger rubble areas as well. Any advice to make it look more realistic with the finer details when I get to them? any areas I can add some liquid effects or something else?

To be honest with you, that board is looking quite nice as is. But I do agree that it can use some more touches. From my point of view, judging by the pictures, I feel like that board could really benefit from a good 'dirtying', be it through careful washing or use of weathering powders, and perhaps for the road an overbrush or something with a brighter colour? To me the board looks great but the only thing I think it really lacks is depth.

Let that in no way bring you down, the board is coming along brilliantly, and obviously there are elements of depth across the board - the airbrush shading is accurate and effective, but I think that next level could be achieved if you went at it carefully with a brush as well. Just my thoughts. At the end of the day its your table and you of all people know what best to do with it

I have the upmost faith in yer advances with the board, whatever they may be Hope this got the creative juices flowing if nothing else

Nice work nerdy. I agree with lips that the board needs some more contrast. A wash should do nicely to bring out all the cracks and creases.

I would say the roads could go either lighter or darker for some more contrast, and in either case, adding some yellow or white road markings might help there as well, On the whole, it's looking great!

Thanks guys, you all pretty much echoed my own thoughts, some washes and dry brushing should be the way to go! i'll try and do some more tomorrow.

Looking fantastic Damo. I think the "dirtying" should do the trick nicely.

If you wanted more details, you could add some yellow lines or dashes down the middle of the roads, and maybe some metalics on the storm drains and man hole covers. Some oily water effects in the deeper craters might work as well.

Weathering powders mixed with water/medium and some matt varnish can be applied in the gutters and craters, etc for a nice effect as well. Once it dries, it's matt but leaves a great look.

And to add to the suggestions.. darken the roads a bit more to provide an additional level of contrast. ( ie. dirty them even more than the rest. )

Love the leaflets!

Agreed make it dirty............... being THE Nerdy, you know dirty pretty good.

Also never underestimate plant life. Please forgive me putting this rubbish here but in the vain a picture says a thousand words......


Also think about street lamps adding variety.

It looks amazing as it is already bud, and to be honest must remember its a playing surface not a dio, so ignore me by all means.

Started doing some more dirtying up and added some rough road markings to give it a bit of Ooomph

used some powders and washed and brushed them in areas, it's starting to come together now, I also dry brushed some metal onto the grates and such, looks like a pretty bad neighborhood I for one wouldn't buy here......

Looks great Damo. The leaflets, the lines on the roads, the slight variation in tone between the streets and the building slabs. All adds up to a wonderful effect!

Looks great, even more so with some terrain on it!

Yep, looking great!

Brilliant work, really adding depth to it now.

Very nice Damo, have you considered some street furniture? Fire hydrants , vending machines , street lamps etc etc ?

I have a bunch of street lamps I'm going to paint up from the CoD box so they'll be scatter type terrain, and I'm then going to work on some buildings and terrain to get that all done ready for gaming!

it seems that since the decision was made to part ways with my FleshEaters my blood is running a shade of green again....... I can feel the need to paint Ork Boyz tugging strongly, since I finally got them on a shelf all together and I see them as a force I love them crazy fools! :-)

and any ideas for Imperial Fists i'd love too please! how to get a distinct feel and flavor to them, any models I can convert that are different or would look cool

Have you considered a IF 30k force? They usually are playable in 40k too, and you can get some fun, fluffy units in there.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Have you considered a IF 30k force? They usually are playable in 40k too, and you can get some fun, fluffy units in there.

You mean like breachers as assault squads or similar? they do have some beautiful models for 30k which I would love to be able to use?

Not sure if this is a fuzzy memory gone wrong, but back in the day many years ago, playing Epic, my friend (yes I used to have them) Had a vast SM army. Blood Angels where always assault based and Imperial Fist where always Devastator based, so as a theme make them a long range shoot bunch, just a thought! You know bunch of Scout snipers, Units of Devs and Predators all Lasgun'd to the hilt.

It looks great. All those posters and propaganda flyers are a great touch I also really like the way you used colour on this board.

 nerdfest09 wrote:

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Have you considered a IF 30k force? They usually are playable in 40k too, and you can get some fun, fluffy units in there.

You mean like breachers as assault squads or similar? they do have some beautiful models for 30k which I would love to be able to use?

Breaches yes, with other siege style forces. Their assaulty stuff comes from Templar brothern which gets some nice blacks in with the yellows.

Camkierhi wrote:Not sure if this is a fuzzy memory gone wrong, but back in the day many years ago, playing Epic, my friend (yes I used to have them) Had a vast SM army. Blood Angels where always assault based and Imperial Fist where always Devastator based, so as a theme make them a long range shoot bunch, just a thought! You know bunch of Scout snipers, Units of Devs and Predators all Lasgun'd to the hilt.

That's what I remember too and what i'd planned

Sigur wrote:It looks great. All those posters and propaganda flyers are a great touch I also really like the way you used colour on this board.

thanks mate, happy you like it, any other colours you think would help?

whalemusic360 wrote:

 nerdfest09 wrote:

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Have you considered a IF 30k force? They usually are playable in 40k too, and you can get some fun, fluffy units in there.

You mean like breachers as assault squads or similar? they do have some beautiful models for 30k which I would love to be able to use?

Breaches yes, with other siege style forces. Their assaulty stuff comes from Templar brothern which gets some nice blacks in with the yellows.

O.k then lets start small and begin by getting some FW IF models next time you get some stuff and i'll shoot you some coins or you could just give me some as a pressie

I think It looks rather splendid as it is.

Hello good people! I have nearly got my new improved Nerd lair's (yes that's right Lair's plural!) done, just some more organising and shifting around of bits and bobs and they'll be good to go again for my painting room I got a new painting desk that has a sweet inbuilt drawer to store all my often used tools so they're not cluttering my work space, it's also a bit smaller and higher which is nice to work on

Also got a new desk lamp from China that's actually pretty damn nice bolts onto the side and has a swinging arm and white light that you can adjust the brightness of also helps with the wip photo's like the next project on my desk 32 Ork Boyz each one with some kind of conversion with head, arm & torso swaps!











Now the next work space is my gaming table and terrain cave I moved my old desk out there with the help of 'Betty, She-Hulk-NerdWench' and along with my old shelves made a nice little area where I can store all my gaming stuff for playing (if I ever play....) and work on terrain buildings and messier projects

I did a little more on the table so its nearly done, just one area I need input on I know it all sort of looks the same but trust me guys I've done...stuff







This piece of the flatter heavily cracked board is where I'm having trouble to make it look better?




So there we go for now guys, I hope that gets you as keen as I am for painting again

Some really nice individuals in that Ork mob, I look forward to seeing them all painted up (by some time next week, knowing your pace! ). Cityscape looks superb.

Beautiful spaces you have there Damo. Did you get that lamp locally or on the internet? However... the little heart picture frame on the table... shouldn't a picture of your WIFE be in there?? *sigh*

Man, that lamp looks sweet! you wouldn't happen to have a link where you got it from?

I really need to pick up something like that lamp. Where do you live, again? I'll be right over.

Paradigm wrote:Some really nice individuals in that Ork mob, I look forward to seeing them all painted up (by some time next week, knowing your pace! ). Cityscape looks superb.

Thanks para, Orks will be done soon but not quite that soon I know it's a stretch but I had to give them all a little individual personality to keep me interested over the many many i'd be painting

Gitsplitta wrote:Beautiful spaces you have there Damo. Did you get that lamp locally or on the internet? However... the little heart picture frame on the table... shouldn't a picture of your WIFE be in there?? *sigh*

I don't know what on earth you're talking about Gits who should I have in the frame? my Wife? she was the one who put the picture of Issabella in it

the light on the other hand was from ebay

Knightley wrote:Man, that lamp looks sweet! you wouldn't happen to have a link where you got it from?

I may have a link http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/161883584495?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&var=460850600391&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Briancj wrote:I really need to pick up something like that lamp. Where do you live, again? I'll be right over.

Yes the lamp is awesome! very nice light and for the price it's impressive! feel free to come over and check it out

Noooooooo, doesn't ship to NZ bugger bugger bugger

Nice Nerd Lair! Really liking the painting desk and the display shelves behind you. I see you still have your BA army! Thought you sold that off by now?

Oh mate, Little H now wants a wargames room "EXACTLY like that nice man's on Dakka" !!!

 Big H wrote:
Oh mate, Little H now wants a wargames room "EXACTLY like that nice man's on Dakka" !!!

That's what you get for showing him Gitsplitta's game room! Oh wait, you mean.....

Oh Lord... my room... you don't even want to see what my game room looks like at the moment...

 nerdfest09 wrote:

This piece of the flatter heavily cracked board is where I'm having trouble to make it look better?

Nice painting room and nerdshed!

I'd go with more weathering powders on the large cracked area. Maybe vary a couple of tones on the surface and have some darker above, pick out some edges, and then the powder in the cracks.

Well, first day having a paint on my new desk the light is definitely the best bit! o much better to paint and pic under!

I washed all my boyz and began the BattleWagon and then got into the Weirdboy, I wanted to start again with a stand alone model and he seemed like a good pick the details in under his jacket are a bit confusing partly sculpt, partly messy finecast but I've made the parts darker and bought his face to the fore as the focal point as well as his staff in his hand.

he's fun to paint and i've stayed with the darker scrapyard style of the rest of them trying to get an oiled leather look to his clothes and trappings

Washed Boyz

Wagon


Weirdboy





There you go guys hope you like

Swwweeet sweet orky stuff there Nerdy. Those boys are fantastic - everyone looks so different and its own character. Wagon looks great but I'm loving that weirdboy the most. realy nice paintjob

Back in Green!

BW looks good, that's a really nice model, going to have to get one one day see what I can do with it.

Weirdboy is fabulous, Love his purple touches, really stand out.

Ahhhhhhhh green fog returns great Boyz love the spellcrow heads really give charater a model.

Wagon is coming on nicely Althought I think your gunner has had to much squig Juice dozen blade looks tops nice rust work

Weird boy looks mental great job on pushing the character out of that model, one crazed looking mini and the purple is awesome

Looking great Nerdfest! I particularly love the staring eye; has a real manic feel!

Wow. You have one organised hobby space! Great start on the orks by the way, that Weirdboy is excellent.

EDC

Sorry to have been away for a bit, life happening. Desk looks great, love the sonic paint shakers on the corners to keep motivation up . More lessons on greenskin flesh coming soon i see.

The sale of my Flesh Eaters army fell through sadly, so it's up for sale again! if any of you know someone who may be keen I'm only asking $1000 Aus for the force. and i'm neg on postage.

Weirdboy is done I think he's a worthy addition to the grubby little Waaaagh! I'm building just imagine when you look at him the heavy chinking sounds as the rusted metal of his adornments hits together and the oiled heavy rustle of his leather cloak made from some exotic hide.

I have fun painting any Ork characters they're really fun and the older hand sculpted ones are by far the best

Fantastic work bud, just sublime. Love it.

 nerdfest09 wrote:
The sale of my Flesh Eaters army fell through sadly, so it's up for sale again! if any of you know someone who may be keen I'm only asking $1000 Aus for the force. and i'm neg on postage.

That is a steal for someone. It's like $750 usd, which would have to be close to just the models.

Weird boy looks great. Lots of flavor.

Yeah really, Almost a crime at that price! Such a pretty army... hopefully they go off to a loving home


Good to see you back in the green, as it were. Weirdboy looks fantastic. Love the purple details, and your super bright rust really pops against the rest of the green.

Green 2016 is looking GOOD!

Weirdboy looks great!

sweet heavens Nerdy.....that weirdboy is fantastic. One of the best I've ever seen. Wow - really gorgeous work

Awesome, the whole thing is great but that leather cloak (such as it is) takes the prize, brilliant texture work!

Thanks for the positive vibes guys :-) I wasn't planning on Orking it up again so soon but they are FUN! I'll be painting up some boyz soon and maybe some Camkierhi specials ;-)

and as for my Flesh Eaters army, yes it's a steal, especially in the US and I'm also negotiable so you could get it a little cheaper if you ask. I just need a new kitchen renovation so some of you guys can comedown under and stay with me comfortably and get our Nerd on!

Love dat wierdboy! Nice job Damo... you've really got a handle on the orks. Played a game last night vs. another ork player and he was gushing over the grots you painted for me!

Looks great nerdfest! Love the uses of red and brown on the skin....and as has already been said that cloak is top work!

Howdy guys, I finally have some update stuff to show you again!

I've got s few weeks from work and the time so far has been happily spent caring for a litter of 7 five week old Samoyed puppies and their mum! so currently I have 11 dogs at home

today though I pulled out my hobby box and built a chaplain for my Imperial Fists army not for any real reason other than I really like the idea of the Chaplains and love the imagery of them, not really liking any of the current offerings I had previously bought a Legion of The Damned Sarge and I now went about doing a small conversion so he had a crozius of sorts I like the helmet and pose very much on this guy and used the leg flame and helmet crest to mark him out as an Imperial fist at a glance do you think I should paint the flames on the greaves light at the bottom blending into darker points? or light points leading down to dark at the bottom? I personally think lighter at the bottom would look better and help accentuate the models shape?





Next up is a pretty boring two photos of a few boys with their first coat of green, still a bunch more to go..........




and a little more exciting work is the progress on the Battle Wagon it's now been washed and the first layer of scratches have been applied, it's starting to come together and look like it's going in the right direction next she'll be washed again and given a bit of the 'ol orange rust wash to give those rivets a bit of aged corrosion also had my very first play with the GW Technical paint 'Blood for the blood god' just a small amount as if they hit someone in the Wagon.





So that's a start again it's now going to be a challenge to decide whether to work on the chaplain (who is yet to be named....... ) or the Wagon.....or the Boyz.....

Love that Chaplain so far! Flames should probably light at the base, fading darker as you go up, that's how actual flames work, and it looks best anyway.

Will you be darkening the armour?

The boyz look great so far as usual. With the Chaplain it depends on how you'll be painting the armour. If you're going to have black greaves, I tend to go yellow at the tips of the flames which makes them stand out more (even though as Para points out, flames work the other way) but it really depends on whether you want them to pop more from the feet or the mid-greave.

Just love the chappy. Light at the bottom.

Chaplain looks great mAn. I will chip in and add I agree, lighter at base. On other hand they would look cool as metal against black greaves too!

Battlewagon looks excellent, nice and grimey.

Boys look good.

Chaplain looks excellent, nice few tweaks. Just for kicks I will throw in Yellow greaves with black flames!

Love the chappie. The face is fabulous.

Damn it Damo... I love how you paint your chipped metal. Thats seriously some torn-up, beaten up, rag-tag armor you have going! Blood spatter on the ram is a great touch too- stands out against the green but totally belongs there.

Green 2016 is looking goooood

I have a lot of distractions around me at the moment, well seven distractions that look like this




but thankfully Nerdwench takes over and I get a chance to sit for a bit and do some Nerd stuff Like today for instance I got the main body of the Wagon done and now only have the claw and crew to paint up! and it looks cool and heavy, battered and used!





I have also really really immersed myself into how I view and appreciate the Imperial Fists Pious and stoic, stubborn and methodical which led me to want to add another chaplain to the force, I raided through my bits box and models and decided to convert something cool, I grabbed the BA Libby and got cutting, not a huge amount of changes just subtle ones that really mark him as a reclusiarch of renown

still more to add, like his storm bolter and some gap filling and rivets, as well as his skull mask hanging somewhere as I wanted to show this guy bare faced and brutal, damaged and scarred wearing his wounds as a badge of office to inspire those around him, I used a bare head that I always thought was bloody terrible but in the right setting even a World Eaters rampager can be saved






so sorry too guys that I haven't been as productive this year so far but I hope you'll stay with me while I slowly get more done I hope you like this latest batch and any suggestions would be welcome

Nice. The Imp Fist chappy looks great.

That Libby is one ugly dude, lots of character though.

EDC

I like the termi more (crozious on the other guy looks off to me). Make sure you get the markings off his talberd and the horns off the skull on his chest and it will be like he was never a libby!

Nice start on the chappy. Agree with him about taking off the horns on the skulls. Thatll be fun...

I like the crozius on the other one. Looks like a cudgel, a brutal, simple beatin stick.

World Eaters head on an Imperial Fist and it works. Thats madness and I like it.

Chaplain looks great, and the Terminator is Fantastic looking as well, but the puppies as always steal the show. . They made me sneeze just looking at the one

Hmm, got a couple of those WE heads lying around that I wasn't sure what to do with, guess I do now and my HH army is going to get another very angry looking commander!

The Trukk looks amazing,really good stuff!

He looks fantastic Damo... and the puppy is very cute too! Perfect job on that ork battlewagon... has just the right feel to it.

Puppy is gorgeous Nerdfest!

Looking forward to seeing your IFs!

Thanks so much guys, I was going to try and get rid of the horns on the skulls but I don't feel I have the right tools and wouldn't want to ruin him! :-(

I kinda like the longer crozius on the PA Chaplain Whaley :-) it's a little different, giving him a longer sweeping style of combat options,I like to think it's what he trained with ;-)

also I painted the WE head but think I'll go with a different one I just don't like my paint job on it :-(

If you wanted a simple way to remove the horned skull, I'd file it flat and use a small etched brass fist. Plus it would give him some fist iconography.

Nice start on the chaplain, but I'm afraid that this one makes it for me the most!

Ah.. now I want one!

Is that paint on its ear?

Also want two

WAAAAAAAGH!!........and stuff

got my first battle wagon finished today, it's a brutish looking thing and was more fun than I thought it would be to paint it certainly suits the rusted plates of metal look! now it's only the boyz to paint and I can maybe have enough for a small game!

and if anyone has a suitable sized imperial fist brass etch for my Chappies chest..... let me know!

That is all kinds of awesome, Nerd! Really does look cobbled together from scraps,

Now that is propa Orky!

Can I ask how you did the rust? Was it just the Ryza Rust technical paint, or some other method? Or magic?

Looks fantastic Nerdy - love how individual and characterfull al the crew are. Superb stuff

Awesome looking battle wagon.

EDC

So pretty, it brings a tear to the eye to see such wonderful orkyness. And I too love and want to know how you are getting that glow from the gaps and the rust. I have stolen your blue/sepia technique and use it regularly now, but this glowing stuff intrigues me.

Great weathering on that battlewagon! Really nice.

I love the way you use the intermittent white lining to give it that bare metal gleam.

Nice work of late, Nerdy. Keep it up.

Drill Yo Barrels, man!

Thanks guys, I think next time I do a larger battlewagon i'll leave a few panels shinier metal and some painted in other colours not that I'm not happy with my work I just think a brother wagon would need a different look to it

I can feel the weight of 32 boyz pressing on me I know once I spend a day on them I will be pretty progressed but trying to find a solid block of time is proving really bloody hard!

as for the rust, it's not a technical paint at al it's just blazing orange paint watered down and washed over the metal parts for a light rust look and concentrated for heavier rust and between the panel lines where waters may channel down or sit, or just where it looks good

Looks good. That a similar look I'm going for in my Orks. Nice and Orky.

I was feeling a little off and couldn't get myself to paint, but I could wash! so I started washing a Biker Mob! and in true Damo style got pretty far in only an hour or two on and off between runs to the toilet with the... well, runs

but that aside, here's the boyz on their rides, the riders have only been placed on so I can paint them properly they all so far have been really fast to do and as usual this style while some may find it a bit the same as the rest of the army but it suits and I like the look










hope you guys still like 'em as slow as they come!

They're coming along great Damo, never fear.

Hope your feeling better. Bikes look ace for only a few hours.

Bikes are looking awesome. like the heads.

started collect a few things to spice up my Imperial fists when I get them under way

I found I had a Lysander model from when I was going to use it to make a lightning claw Terminator Captain for my Flesh Eaters the hammer and arm was broken but I was going to convert him slightly anyway so it's all good.

I did spend a little bit of money and bought Pedro Kantor as well so I've got options and he's pretty damn fisty!

So I really like to have bare heads on my characters and I was struggling to think of cool ones I can find that would be different and I found some that excited me greatly and fit in with the regal look and feel of those mighty Sons of Dorn

BUT!

Which head for what model? I am bare heading Lysander & Kantor and have 3 choices for these bad asses! so lets see what you think works best?

Head #1 Loken

Head #2 Abaddon

Head #3 MK3 Techmarine


next question, with the two characters I'll be subtly converting them both with the heads but should I leave Kantor alone apart from that? I saw a nice conversion with two powerfists and I thought I could do similar but incorporate Dorns Arrow like Marneus gauntlet? but i'm open to suggestions on this one. Lysander will get a new arm with more swing to it and I may have a play with his shield arm too?

1 for lysander, 3 for Kantor. Bad-a$$

I think Abbadon's head, sans topknot, would work great for Lysander. Then Loken's for Kantor.

I'd leave Kantor alone apart from that, he's got a gakton of presence and gravitas as it is. One of the best SM character minis, hands down.

I'd say 1 for Kantor and 3 for Lysander.

Damo, its been a while. But if i pick up a brush any time soon it will be yours and minus' fault. simply incredible painting man. I can feel the ember of inspiration flickering...hope all has been good dude!

BB

1 for kantor, 2 minus topknot for Lysander

I agree with minus.

So we think so far it's head #1 for Kantor and head #2minus topknot for Lysander? can I ask why you guys have chosen those particular heads for those two characters? I'd like to see the thought behind the choices, whether it's 'just because it's a cool head' or 'I prefer that head and the model you use it on would be used more?' or 'the expression would suit the models pose and station'

personally I can see Loken and the tech head as Kantor, both stern and uncompromising, the tech one very cold and focused doing his duty pointing Dorn's arrow at the enemy without much visible emotion where the Loken head has a great power with the yell appearing more of a command or a battle cry? not to mention it is a more regal countenance with the hair and jawline. And as for Lysander it has to be a more action type head with the shouting mouth, again the Loken head would look great it that armour but the Abaddon one is more midst of battle.

Now onto the good stuff!

I finished my Biker Mob, I wasn't overly happy with my Ork skin this time but it photographed well I tried to make it slightly different than the boyz and it was a little rougher in application but it looks good all together when they're on the bikes roaring down the battlefield anyway here they are!

















There you go guys, what do you think? I reckon i'll go back to my old recipe though

Crikey Nerdy they are fethign awesome!!!! Each and every one so full of its own individual character. Beautifully painted!!

Great work!

I did notice the skin on the early shots. But looks amazing now. They look fantastic bud. Love the lens coloour you chose.

As to the head. Well I cant really comment as i have no idea who they are. However I personnaly quite like the tech head. It has a purposeful demeanor i prefer to screaming at everyone.

Fantastic stuff, they are some mean, green speed machines!

My thought process on the heads was pretty much the same as yours, with the additional factor that Abbadon's head is such a characterful sculpt that absolutely needs to be used, and I reckon it suits Lysander better than Kantor.

Totally badass biker nobs.

EDC

Wow I wish I could be disappointed with models of this quality but seriously man great job on these, you've really captured the mix between comically and brutality of the orks perfectly.

Bikers look good. The changes on the bikes really sets them a part for me.

For the heads, kantor and loken seem similar as the youthful leader kind of thrust into their roll early, and the head gives that vibe. The tech marine and Lysander just seem like the older veteran, stoic and scarred.

Fantastic. So very orky! Really dynamic models Nerdfest

O damn you you had to go back to green skins and make me envies of your skills, those bikers have a superb look of hard ridding Borks .....

Love the colour scheme myself adds a more weathered tone to the skin which reflects the lifestyle, as for the bikes themselfs I have to say great ideas which I am so stealing, the load added to the front of the bike and the lights (noodles I gather) are perfect fantastic work once again.

Spellcrow heads are crammed full of character, but you really do bring them to life with your brush ...... Did I mention I hate you ?

Those or s are as beautiful as orcs could possibly be.

As for my thoughts on the heads. Kantor is a survivor in power armor who is constantly moving. So I don't see him as someone who takes the time to keep his hair immaculately shaved so I went with the short hair thinking he recently got trimmed, but it's been a while. Lysander on the other hand is a terminator who sits on a ship and waits to be teleported into battle, he has time for a close shave. Plus with all the energy discharge of teleportation I think I'd be annoyed by my hair standing on end constantly and I would want to shave it. The tech marine head is too much bionic for both of them in my opinion. They are both Heros who have live through major battles and I dont recall them having bionics or server wounds.

Silly answers, but that's my thought process.

They look fantastic Damo, full of character.

Well thank you so much guys! I really appreciate the feedback and thoughts!

I think Lysander will get Abaddon's head sans hair and Kantor gets Loken's Tech head gets to go somewhere else when a suitable model appears, maybe a Sternguard Sarge? all you guys pretty much followed my own thought train even with the teleport and lack of hair

The bikes only really had some packs added and plasticard front fenders with rivets and those lights I got from Blood&Skulls industry so not much make them stand out!

I do think I remember LDD saying he hates me?..... actually think he's mentioned it a couple times

I did get some models recently from BigH to paint up for LittleH so I go them primed and ready to go, I like trying little things and as these guys for the most part are earthy dirty characters I primed black and misted them with a light brown which already gives them the feel i'm after, the models are all old metals and I think they are great but I don't recognise them? except for Dildo Shaggins and the termies....

The earthy tone is definelty reflected in the prime colour, never considered taking this approach for a base colour technique.

I got a feeling those are old grenadier models but don't take my word for it, I have a couple of those some where and they look similar to the style.

Blood and Skulls I new I had seen them somewhere o well can't be right all the time LOL

I love you really Damo

Fantastic Ork Bikers. ... Oh and Fantastic Ork bikers .. Damn!

Absolutely love the ork bikers Damo. Bloody fantastic!

Just going to eave these wip shots here and just see what happens..........

Geez Damo... You really have some killer speedpainting going on!!! Simply brutal!


I rather like the way your Termis came out. That yellow is fantastic. Just the right tone for an army like this- mustardy and brown shaded.

And your waaagh continues to impress. Love those metallics and ork skin

Your skinwork is fantastic Nerdy. I remember the termies you did frm before - same amazing skinwork. fantastic tones and character. love it

They look awesome, mate!

You've not even finished them and I'm feeling insecure about my Imperial Fists

Epic stuff. What really impresses me is the poses, very dynamic. Are they based on IH Gorgons?

Gorgon Termis with Phalanx shields. What will the represent in game, or is that a viable load out for 30k?

Ah, cool. Pretty sure that's game-legal, Termie setups are a lot more variable in 30k and IF are one of the few Chapters that can get the proto-Storm Shields.

What color can't you make look awesome? Love the closeup view we're getting of the gorgos dudes . I'm not a fan of the shape of the shields, but i have this round versus straight edge thing.

Looks great . I actually prefer this Terminator design to the original. I'll probably pick up some.

You should jump in on Para's painting comp this month if you are going to be busting out some SM goodies anyways.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/682152.page

Are those the Iron Hands Gorgons?

Cheers guys! yes they are indeed Gorgon termies with warders shields, they'll count as tactical termies with a power fist in games :-) I just liked these more than the standard ones now as I find them a little boring after painting the BA ones which are just sexy!

I've just finished the yellow on one of them now.......

Darn fine looking Bikers you got there. Nice job.

Ork bikers are looking sweet as, bro! I'm still not entirely sold on those Gorgon sculpts personally, but I love the yellow you've used.

Really cool Ork bikers - suitably grimey and dirty. Love the skin tone, it gives them lots of character.

Thinking this head for Lysander maybe? it's the Imperial Fist bare head from the warders kit? just want some opinions? Lysanders Hammer arm will be a more pulled back ready to strike arm not at rest. and while I was mucking around I popped a SoH (I think ) bare head on Kantor, it's not quite right with the mohawk but it's good to get an idea with a different head on there while I wait for the others to get here

Lysander looks good !
Kantor does not !

That head/face for Lysander is awesome. Bloody perfect. Not so sold on the 2nd fella though

Kantor head isn't doing much for me either. Lysander head would look better on either model.

I got to go with the choir on Kantors head, it doesn't really do anything for me. Although with your Damo skills I could see you tattoo a fist on one side of the Mohawk and (forget their home world name) on the other side of it.

Also out of curiosity, The imperial are supposed to be the not Spanish faction right? They talk about torture (pain glove/inquisition torture) and being skilled swordsmen, but the Name of their Homeworld was Inwit, an ice planet, That makes me think of the Inuit (eskimo tribe), who as far as I know are not excellent swordsmen, but who do scrimshaw bones. Any ideas of history that I'm missing.

I'll second the Lysander yes Kantor maybe not comments, the swap on Ly definitely, definitely works but I tnink Kantor needs something with a thicker jaw/larger head generally, something quite chunky and rough-looking.

@Theo: Pretty sure there's elements of both going on. I definitely recall reading about some scrimshawing in the Chapter, but the knight/swordsmen thing is a big part of it as well, which spins off into the Black Templars. And the siege/defensive warfare thing in contrast to the Iron Warriors' siegebreaker/offensive warfare style. Pinning down the IFs as 'historical faction in space' is much more difficult than, say, the WS Mongols or UM Romans or SW Norse ect.

Yeah don't stress guys, Kantor won't be getting that head lol :-) I was just playing around with what I had at hand! I'm pretty sure he'll get Loken's when it arrives, Lysander was a lucky break as that head came with the warders and I hadn't really thought of it until last night! but it works great!

Got nearly all of Kantor's Loken head done, just a few more touch ups and some eye work and he'll be good to glue! still thought i'd show you since I go it and pretty much just started painting it up so do we all still agree this is the correct head for him?





and I also have to show you something very special a new addition to my family! this is my new fuzzy daughter named Daisy-May and she's absolutely amazing! i'm as proud as punch and she fits in perfectly with all of us!

Loving those Imperial Fist Termies! Can't wait to see more of them.

EDC

Paint work amazing as usual even if it is a steroid induced bully boy

Daisy-May looks awesome what a cute looking dog, although I am sure a see a hint of mischief behind those eyes

Nerdfest, the Imperial Fists are looking fantastic. those models are so much more dynamic than the standards. you really do such an amazing job with faces. cant wait till they finished.

and Daisy-may is gorgeous mate. puppies ftw!

Did you paint Kantor's hair white in honor of Daisy-May? He is looking excellent by the way

Aughhhhhhhh New fuzzy kid is so friggin CUTE!!! Beautiful new addition!


(Kantor looks great too, but Daisy-May is just dawwwwwww!)

Poor Oscar, totally outnumbered by fluff. Looks like you missed a big mold line on top of the backpack for Loktor.

Good Lord that head is HUGE. And Daisy-May is adorable!

Gorgeous looking dog there- very white! Does that breed shed much fur then?

How many dogs is that you're up to now then Nerdy?

Kantor is coming along nicely! Love the yellow!

Thanks guys, Kantors pack does indeed have a very shallow line on it that shows up with the wash, hopefully I can remedy that next session and the head indeed does appear to be large but it's the same as a normal head except for the expression and the fact it's sitting in Blu-Tac

bad news, I don't like the Gorgons now so they've been stopped. put in a box. and shipped to someone else.

Good news, I am getting some hammernators to run with Lysander instead so any 3rd party additions to Termie armour you know of tell me!

and really, how could you NOT love Daisy-May? there is indeed mischief there behind the eyes! it's apparently fun to take underwear from the bathroom through the house and out the back door and it's also fun to pull the cord on the N64 controller making the system fall and shut off 1.3 seconds from finishing 1st in Rainbow Road! but I forgave her...... so now I have 4 furry children to keep me busy! 3 Samoyeds and one good dog

I base coated the colours on Kantor this morning so hopefully I should see him done this week along with some basic work on LittleH's band of guys

Daisy-May looks lovely Damo. Welcome to the troublesome world of four dogs, life will never be the same again

Ha I am sure your only using the "I dislike now" as an excuse to create yet another unit

I feel your pain with the N64, we had a flop eared dwarf rabbit ( which in no stretch of the imagination was a dwarf anything ) we used to let happily hop around the room, on one such occasion I was blissfully playing golden eye last level for the seventeenth time with better results when all of a sudden the controller goes unresponsive ?????

At this point Bailey the rabbit goes happily bouncing past, so in sheer desperation I try to figure out what th hell has happened, on closer inspection after checking the controller was connected properly I noticed that there was some damage to the wire, yes the little bugger had decided to have a little chew on the way past ............

The new family member looks super cute! I also love Lysander's new head. Something about Pedro's head doesn't quite work for me, though. It's not the paint - I just can't quite put my finger on it... maybe it looks a bit too big? Or maybe it's the blob of blu-tac causing it to look too big? I'm really not certain...

Cheers Az, I think it's because it's sitting high with the Blu Tac? or maybe the angle makes him look bigger? shouldn't be long until I can fit it in properly once I get some armour finished on him :-) I tried the eyes today and ended up making a smudgy mess which I very nearly cried over! :-(

Kantor is done! finished and looking regal as 'F' love the way the yellow looks with the bare head and the embellishments, I wasn't going to use the banner, but last minute decided t use it as I've not had a character that stands out with one before but I figured the Fists are pretty codex compliant and would have 'Ultramarine' style decoration?

I'll be looking forward to doing Lysander in the same style, it's bold and clean and I like it

here he is then, Kantor the man!