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I am jealous of how expert modelling constructors (like yourself) convert and construct models and things are straight and line up and look kinda like they belong there! which to say is it's looking great!

 nerdfest09 wrote:
I am jealous of how expert modelling constructors (like yourself) convert and construct models and things are straight and line up and look kinda like they belong there! which to say is it's looking great!

Haha thanks Nerdy ! In truth I do all my work at the end of a long day with some wine and there isn’t a straight line in it !!!!
Also, I like how you top end painters seem to find plasticard daunting, it’s actually turbo easier than painting a good, realistic human face !
Which you do with apparent ease !!!

 Big H wrote:

 nerdfest09 wrote:
I am jealous of how expert modelling constructors (like yourself) convert and construct models and things are straight and line up and look kinda like they belong there! which to say is it's looking great!

Haha thanks Nerdy ! In truth I do all my work at the end of a long day with some wine and there isn’t a straight line in it !!!!
Also, I like how you top end painters seem to find plasticard daunting, it’s actually turbo easier than painting a good, realistic human face !
Which you do with apparent ease !!!

Lol fair point, but there's true words you speak! I do notice that's it's rare for a hobbyist to be exceptional in both areas, they are out there but rare gems, personally i'd rather be average at both

Good work, Big'. Like the exhausts.

Well hope you all properly over indulged over Christmas and have a happy and paint filled New Year !

I have more or less finished the construction of the Death Guard Spartan. It took a while but I reckon once I clean it up a bit and fill some gap with a bit of liquid greenstuff she’s good to go !

Let’s hear what you think !

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Looks as brilliantly gritty and well made as i'd expect from you Biggy! I want to see it painted as beautifully not beautiful as the dread you did! that thing was simply perfect and with so much area for your weathering skills this will be a real head turner!

Looks like a good job.

I do have issues with the hinges on the outside of the tracks, but I realise it's a done thing with these models. Something I'd have to personally "fix" though.

nerdfest09 wrote:Looks as brilliantly gritty and well made as i'd expect from you Biggy! I want to see it painted as beautifully not beautiful as the dread you did! that thing was simply perfect and with so much area for your weathering skills this will be a real head turner!

Thanks Damo, all it needs now is a little bit of liquid greenstuff to blend all the plasticard and greenstuff together and it’s a good un. I’ll probably make a start some time this year !

Dr H wrote:Looks like a good job.

I do have issues with the hinges on the outside of the tracks, but I realise it's a done thing with these models. Something I'd have to personally "fix" though.

Thanks Doc, I’d not noticed the hinge before but now I look it’s actually the wrong way round ! Ergghhh can’t be unseen !

Anyhow I had some parts lying around so I made another thing, needs more greenstuff but it’s kinda there, it’s a Blight plague thing gun.
Please no clever observations about recoil. It just can because chaos

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 Big H wrote:
...Thanks Doc, I’d not noticed the hinge before but now I look it’s actually the wrong way round ! Ergghhh can’t be unseen ! ...

Sorry. It is how it is on old Landraiders, and I'm sure many like the look. Don't know why they were done that way in the first place.

I'd have to switch the tracks around or (and I have thought of this in the past) add treads to the tracks for the tank to ride on and lift the hinges away from the surface. I've thought of as simple as a single rectangle of plasticard (probably 1.5mm) that sticks out at 90^o to the track, stuck on the flats... all the way up to adding another layer of flat treads that hide the hinges; sitting flush together on the ground but splitting apart as it curves over the wheels at each end.
It's a lot of work even at it's simplest. But that's how I roll.

Still, nice work on the new tank.
I'll refrain from making any "useful" observations.
I don't actually have any.

All good points Doc, but a helleva lot of work for something that I'm assuming Little H will either drop or cram into a case that it blatantly won't fit in to !

To be honest I do kinda like the old school look, I remember them coming out in the late 80's and have always had a soft spot for them, if only they were sized to actually carry what the rules said they could !

I suspect they were done that way, as with so many things in sci-fi and fantasy games, because the designers don't go for real engineering just rule of cool. ALA the weapon on my last vehicle, no room for recoil or to load it !

Finally finished the Dwarf Bloodbowl team Little H “needed” then didn’t like the way they played.
They are bound for eBay !

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Beautiful! I'm sure they'll sell well.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Beautiful! I'm sure they'll sell well.

Thanks Gits !

If you or anyone else fancies a bid on them they can be found here

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bloodbowl-Dwarf-Team/202199412917

Nice job. Very beard-y.
Good luck on the sale.

Saw your Land Raider in the main gallery and followed it to this thread. Your work is excellent, very high quality. Going to go back through your older entries and going through your personal photo gallery. Subbed and looking forward to whatever you share next.

Thanks guys !
Seems like an age since I got some time to hobby, well last night I decided to paint some Tau vehicles Little H wanted for a small force he started. I got them cheaply off eBay and they were seriously badly glued up with superglue, the poor kid who had them must’ve stuck himself to them 10 times if the gluey fingerprints are anything to go by.
Anyhow, I got them done in a night and an hour this morning, nice and quick tabletop stuff but looks ok I reckon, let me know your thoughts as I’ve never painted Tau before

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Nice work BigH. Looks beautiful!

Bloody Hell, you've saved them beautifully dude! what a complete turnaround from the original.

Gitsplitta wrote:Nice work BigH. Looks beautiful!

nerdfest09 wrote:Bloody Hell, you've saved them beautifully dude! what a complete turnaround from the original.

Thanks for the comments fellas ! I confess it made a change to get something done quick and without hours of weathering chipping etc !

Good save-job.

 Dr H wrote:
Good save-job.

Thanks Doc ! Cheap and cheerful all the way ! I sometimes prefer doing up an eBay horror story to buying a standard kit !

I am impressed by the salavage. They look good, and are colored in a fun scheme. Nicely done h.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting Comrade !

The scheme was actually very simple to do, taking longer to apply the stencils that to apply the paint !

So by a series of (un)fortunate events I have found myself in the house on a Saturday night with no kids to look after, no work to go to and nuthin' to do.

Im drawn to the hobby table but not sure what to get on with, looking for voting from Dakkanaught's on what to get finished tonight from the endless list in my blog

Holler up quick or red wine will get the better of me and I'll just spray varnish on stuff !!!

Better than drinking varnish and spraying wine on stuff...

Roll a die (or 6) to decide what to do.

 Dr H wrote:
Better than drinking varnish and spraying wine on stuff...
od:

I believe I may have done that more than once.......
Good idea Doc , I'll have a go

Yes roll the dice man! :-) best way to do it! makes me remember a book I read years ago called the Diceman.

The Dice Man is a novel published in 1971 by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart and tells the story of a psychiatrist who begins making life decisions based on the casting of dice. Cockcroft wrote the book based on his own experiences of using dice to make decisions while studying psychology.

was trippy as hell!!

Looks like Big H rolled a 1 on his will save and the wine won.

Hey fellas ! Thanks for the ideas, vino and real life ended up gotting in the way to posting, I didn’t get any painting done in the end, no loss really as I’m only an adequate painter, but I did get to glue some bits together, which I enjoy!

So here’s some extras as henchmen / bodyguards for an Inquisitor warband I will have finished by 2019 (promise)

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Totally love the look for these guys!

That last guy is brilliant! I get a real feel that he's just knackered and can't be arsed fighting anymore, shoulders slumped and the weight of the power glove bringing down his body and his will to live.

Nice work all round.

Yeah, I like the combination of the hunched pose and the huge powerfist.

Knightly , Nerdy, Doc : thanks very much for stopping by and commenting !

The pose came about as pure fluke, mainly because GW seems unable to sculpt people standing up straight or without squatting, anyway by using a MadRobot power fist and dropping it down the shoulder everso slightly he does indeed look tired, and or old or both. The choice of head helps that look too, he went thru about 10 head swaps before I went firm.
I’m having him as the senior officer contrasting with some others that will be more upright.

What about the two dudes with sword and shield ? Could they pass as Crusaders for an Inquisitor ?

Huh at least i'm not the only one who gets firm swapping heads.

 nerdfest09 wrote:
Huh at least i'm not the only one who gets firm swapping heads.

Haha, mate, you're a wrong 'un!!!

So you had the hunched tired old geezer, how about his slightly more up right second in command ?

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Also, yes I just saw the mold line too......

Good job.
Sneaky mould lines, they are.

So brothers and sisters, I am alive and have been lazy as feck but also lurking regularly !
I’m currently living abroad and Little H packed me off with a Tupperware box of paints and the same of models that need paint

Some work in progress, these deckers are fiddly !

Solid start, really like the copper tones on the boss-man's armour.

Also, love those two acolytes, great job.

I've painted from hotel rooms before. Can generate some nice results if you can maintain your focus.

monkeytroll wrote:Solid start, really like the copper tones on the boss-man's armour.

Also, love those two acolytes, great job.

Thanks mate !

Gitsplitta wrote:I've painted from hotel rooms before. Can generate some nice results if you can maintain your focus.

Yeah, ive done it a fair bit, It's not too bad if you can get good light, luckily this place has a massive window !

Thanks for stopping by fellas. I'm calling them done after a couple of hours tonight, they aren't my best but they definitely will do for Little H to manhandle around !
I tried to make the leaders sword look like bubbling plasma, not so sure I pulled that off i'll apply some decals and dead static grass when I get home.

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Good job.

Oh that's sweet...he has to carry his lava lamp everywhere with him, even into battle, just to mellow out his squad

Very well done. Really love the color combination.

Dr H wrote:Good job.

monkeytroll wrote:Oh that's sweet...he has to carry his lava lamp everywhere with him, even into battle, just to mellow out his squad

Gitsplitta wrote:Very well done. Really love the color combination.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting fellas, means a lot !

Cannot un-see lava lamp commanders now

More WIP that Little H decided I should do .....

Having someone decree what needs painting helps with the focus Well, that and only having the contents of a Tupperware box to work with

Dude they actually look really good in blue! nice work,

monkeytroll wrote:Having someone decree what needs painting helps with the focus Well, that and only having the contents of a Tupperware box to work with

That's a fair one, and as it turns out Little H is extremely good at packing a huge amount of figures in a single tupperware box !

nerdfest09 wrote:Dude they actually look really good in blue! nice work,

Thanks mate, it was all Little H's doing really, he wanted them blue.

Spent the weekend chilling out and occasionally putting paint on the chaos marauders thingymabobs, these will be quite simple blocks of colour and some basic shading just to get them on the table.
WIP pics to follow.

Is it just their thingymabobs you're painting, or the entire figures?

 monkeytroll wrote:
Is it just their thingymabobs you're painting, or the entire figures?

The figures are really detailed and so much better than the old marauders but as this is a family show I’m avoiding thingymabobs....

WIP

Coming along great dude

Where is was at at the beginning of the night

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 JoeRugby wrote:
Coming along great dude

Thanks mate !

Ok so I got the Bloodthingymarauders finished. I had initially persuaded Little H do do this unit , so he assembled them, primed them black and base coated everything brown, then forgot about them. This left me with a unit to paint which really was a pain in the ass in the beginning but towards the end I kinda warmed up to them. They really are nice sculpts and have tons of details. Right now I might do a small unit of them later on my preferred white primer and spend a bit of time on them.
I mostly rushed thru this lot but I don’t think they came out too bad, let me know what you think !

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I got some holiday and came home for a week, clearly that means I’d have to take Little H to Warhammer World and just as clearly I’d have to drop for a Necromunda boxed set !
Also went to the exhibition of the painted minis, good to see some of the old stuff I had as a kid and to see the skill level of the mini painters. Without being overly arrogant I’m pretty sure I can hold my own with my vehicles and they were a similar quality but the figures were absolutely phenomenal, particularly like the standard of the Lord of the Rings stuff, I literally cannot see those little guys

Anyhow had a couple of hours painting with Little H, he’s working on some Eldar jet bike and a Roboute Guilliman and I started some random Terminators Little H started months ago

WIP, let me have your comments and critiques !

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So good! damn near perfect Deathguard interpretation. love the weathering and how you can still see the original colours. keep it up man I want to see more please!

I'd love to see a brighter color in the eyes and power weapons/claws. Would really make them pop.

I don't think he's done yet WM. I like the way they're looking though. The green and mauve look good with the bone base.

nerdfest09 wrote:So good! damn near perfect Deathguard interpretation. love the weathering and how you can still see the original colours. keep it up man I want to see more please!

Thanks Nerdy ! You are too kind !

whalemusic360 wrote:I'd love to see a brighter color in the eyes and power weapons/claws. Would really make them pop.

Thanks for commenting Whaley, you wish is my command

Gitsplitta wrote:I don't think he's done yet WM. I like the way they're looking though. The green and mauve look good with the bone base.

Thanks Gits, I was hesitant to use the mauve colour, it was actually pink that I darkened with blue and a dab of brown as I had run out of red !

I got the terminators finished today, they turned out quite nice, I did the airbrush work with out masking up the minis and there are some really small areas of over spray, but it mostly looks intended
Based as per Little H's request !

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Good job on the Bloody McBlood guys, and the Nurgles look great.

Very phantom-like. If you rigger up a smoke machine, they'd be some straight black library come to life stuff.

Very nice

I'm with WM on that, Those would look awesome striding out of mist/smoke

Nice work Big H. I like the contrast between the brightly colored figures and the bare, cracked earth below them.

Nice stuff Big H

Dr H wrote:Good job on the Bloody McBlood guys, and the Nurgles look great.

Thanks Doc !

whalemusic360 wrote:Very phantom-like. If you rigger up a smoke machine, they'd be some straight black library come to life stuff.

monkeytroll wrote:Very nice

I'm with WM on that, Those would look awesome striding out of mist/smoke

Thanks guys ! Hmm if I just buy some Cuban cigars and exhale thru a tube would that work as a smoke machine......

Gitsplitta wrote:Nice work Big H. I like the contrast between the brightly colored figures and the bare, cracked earth below them.

Thanks Gits, the cracked earth is Little H's go to basing medium, because he basically has to do nothing ! I just jazzed it up with painting the base dark brown first and adding some purple and flesh shade wash in patches, then I light dry brush.

JoeRugby wrote:Nice stuff Big H

Thanks Joe !

Well, I've returned to work, but what a week Little H has had, he's been cranking out some really nice stuff, we work like a Tag team , me on the airbrush him on the hairy brush and I go round tweaking bits as we go along, see what you fellas think !

Bare in mind Little H is 14 ( not really little any more , he's 6 foot ! ) and most days would chew his own arm off rather than paint !

WIP

WIP

You missed a mold line on the last guy's left foot.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
You missed a mold line on the last guy's left foot.

Thank you, but I really must correct you, Little H missed a mold line on his foot, in fact he misses all the mold lines as he's a lazy arse !!

Thanks for stopping by Gits !

Solid work there from little (medium) H.

Very effective masking on those harlequin bikes, great effect.

I *always* stop by... but I lurk sometimes. Please forgive me.

I always stop by too! and I like it! :-) looking good so far dude, a nice little break from your normal conversion and weathered madness!

Gitsplitta wrote:

I *always* stop by... but I lurk sometimes. Please forgive me.

nerdfest09 wrote:I always stop by too! and I like it! :-) looking good so far dude, a nice little break from your normal conversion and weathered madness!

Ahhh, stop by and lurk do we ? Slurking in fact ??

Appreciate it, and if it's any consolation I'm doing the same to many of you, quietly robbing all your good ideas !

I finished a 5 man blob of chaos warriors tonight, again as Nerdy says, very different to what I'm used and comfortable with, but Little H was struggling with them ( read; primed and got bored) so I have to finish them but the light is crappy and I can't get a good pic, so I'll post it up in the morning !

I think a lot of us are like professional lurkers at this point.

"I am a leaf, drifting on the wind..."

whalemusic360 wrote:I think a lot of us are like professional lurkers at this point.

Meer_Cat wrote:"I am a leaf, drifting on the wind..."

fellas, you make I larf !

I was going to form a League of Extraordinary Lurkers, but there was no interest.....

Anyhow, turns out photography with an iPhone in an apartment with 2 mostly glass sides is quite difficult, who knew ???
You’ll get the idea

Nice nasty looking khorne dude Big H.

Love the diamonds on the Harley bikes too

Good tag-team work, fellow H's.

JoeRugby wrote:Nice nasty looking khorne dude Big H.

Love the diamonds on the Harley bikes too

Thanks mate, the diamonds were a pain in the ass to get straight , lines kept wandering !

Dr H wrote:Good tag-team work, fellow H's.

Well thanks Doc !

More work finished, I’m getting thru them slowly but the heap is still enormous, literally no idea how Little H got so many in one Tupperware box !

Today I give you a Tech priest thingy to go with the Skitari done earlier and some Inquisitorial warband henchmen “scum” types !

Dude I love that red armour! very clever! looks nuts with the weathering :-)

Yeah, nice work.

Good stuff. The scum types are pretty cool.

nerdfest09 wrote:Dude I love that red armour! very clever! looks nuts with the weathering :-)

Thanks Nerdy, I’m trying out some new techniques while I’ve got some time, see the next lot of WIP !

Dr H wrote:Yeah, nice work.

Thanks for commenting Doc !

monkeytroll wrote:Good stuff. The scum types are pretty cool.

Thanks mate , I have quite a few different types for an Inquisitorial unit made so thought I’d better make a start with some paint !

So here’s a pic of my latest WIP, I’m finding these tricky as my usual style is to block in the basic colour then wash or glaze till it looks about done, unfortunately this is not the best way of doing “candied” armour and it’s made the surface a bit murky, maybe some gloss varnish will cure it once I get home ?

Hmm if you think you've dulled the armour down too much then yea it might work.
Last time I tried that technique I got all the shading over a very bright metallic layer before applying the red, then just adding scratches at the end.

Excellent work on the henchmen btw

The Harli' jetbikes and the Deathguard termi's look ace btw, you finish the jet bikes yet?

(Been lurking for too long).

 OneManNoodles wrote:
Hmm if you think you've dulled the armour down too much then yea it might work.
Last time I tried that technique I got all the shading over a very bright metallic layer before applying the red, then just adding scratches at the end.

Excellent work on the henchmen btw

The Harli' jetbikes and the Deathguard termi's look ace btw, you finish the jet bikes yet?

(Been lurking for too long).

Thanks for commenting Noodles ! Yeah that's exactly what I should've done with hindsight, oh well,

I didn't finish the bikes yet, I've left them on the hobby table in the hope Little H can be guilted into doing them !

I’m calling these Khorne “hero’s “ done , I could have perhaps gone a bit further with the details but to be honest I’ve had enough and I’m sure Little H will be happy with them. I went back over the candy red armour with more Tamiya Clear red, which I had made murky with shading and it seems to have fixed things.

Let me know what you think !

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Good work. red looks good where the light catches it, I'd say job done.

Horny dude is by far my favorite! looks brutally brilliant!

Ah nice looking champs of Chaos!

Dr H wrote:Good work. red looks good where the light catches it, I'd say job done.

Thanks Doc, I think in all honesty the armour isn't shown well in my pics, i'm finding photography difficult as it's almost too bright because of the appartments big windows and the sun casts lots of shadows.

nerdfest09 wrote:Horny dude is by far my favorite! looks brutally brilliant!

Thanks mate ! He probably turned out the best I think, l seemed to get better contrasts on him.

shasolenzabi wrote:Ah nice looking champs of Chaos!

Thanks Shas !

WIP : I've got some Chaos Lord types that are close to finishing and 5 SW Wulfen, plus some random ninjas that are getting close, hopefully have something to show in a day or two.

Random ninjas are the best kind.

 monkeytroll wrote:
Random ninjas are the best kind.

Ha ha fair one mate, I’ll be working on them this afternoon!

I got the Wulfen done, these were started by little H and then he got disheartened by the amount of details on them, and I have to say I found them a chore to paint, and I’m pretty sure I need some stronger glasses !
I’m not massively happy with them but there are done, another unit finished for Little H. I’m really missing painting tanks, I enjoy that !!!

Anyhow let me know what you think !

Good job.
I like the contrast of the turquoise.

 Dr H wrote:
Good job.
I like the contrast of the turquoise.

Thanks Doc, I quite like the blue / turquoise contrast with the more muted tones too, hopefully little H will too !

I got these Chaos warriors mostly finished at the weekend (yes that is blu-tac holding the sheild on)

Mostly happy, but they look a bit clean and fresh to me, should I scratch the armour and grunge them up a bit, i'd love to add edge highlight but it is a skill I do not possess.

What do you reckon Dakka ?

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Very much like the coloring on the battle ax head- very eerie! The cloaks are particularly nice also.

Thanks Meercat ! I was trying for some kind of “fantasy” marble, but it was at the limit of my eyesight so it might look something else

Nope- I get 'marble' all out of that- really nicely done. I've seen tutes now from Cam and Dr H- and now another fine example from you- on how they do marble- I need to give that a whirl sooner rather than later.

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Nope- I get 'marble' all out of that- really nicely done. I've seen tutes now from Cam and Dr H- and now another fine example from you- on how they do marble- I need to give that a whirl sooner rather than later.

I copied Cam and the good Doctors method mate !

I just ripped my marble method straight off the internet (and that was for furniture too).

For an alternate method you can look to Nerdfest09, he did an "all wet" kind of method to marble with good results.

Good job, Big H.

Nice work. Like the wulfen colours, good choices.

Joining the others in liking the axe on the chaos guy, suitably non-standard

Dr H wrote:I just ripped my marble method straight off the internet (and that was for furniture too).

For an alternate method you can look to Nerdfest09, he did an "all wet" kind of method to marble with good results.

Good job, Big H.

Thanks Doc !

monkeytroll wrote:Nice work. Like the wulfen colours, good choices.

Joining the others in liking the axe on the chaos guy, suitably non-standard

Thanks Monkeytroll ! Non standard is what I was going for !


I got a few hours paint in over the weekend and did a few bits and pieces, only thing I got finished were the 4 random Citadel Ninjas from the late 80's. I tried to make them slightly different than just black. These fellas are tiny in comparison to new GW stuff, see the converted Sigmar Inquisitor for scale !
I'll probably flock the bases later to provide some contrast between the bases and the ninja suits.

Let me know what you think !

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Yeah..... not gonna happen tiny warriors!

It's weird you posted an empty pic. The Inquisitor is shaping up nicely thought.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
It's weird you posted an empty pic. The Inquisitor is shaping up nicely thought.

Thanks Whaley ! it's my iPhone, stuff always posts weird for some reason.

I think whalemusic meant that you can't see the ninjas; I only approximate that there are ninjas in the picture based on the ninja-shaped holes in the air where something must be.....

Great pieces!

 Meer_Cat wrote:
I think whalemusic meant that you can't see the ninjas; I only approximate that there are ninjas in the picture based on the ninja-shaped holes in the air where something must be.....

Great pieces!

haha , oh right, sorry Whaley ! I can only assume posting late at night after coming home from work cancels my humour response !

Thanks Meercat !

Meercat with the assist haha.

Looking good H. I remember those ninjas, may even have a couple still hiding around the place.

Hi Big H! Your Khorne stuff is looking really great. I'm loving the conversions and the paintwork. Nice to see some Warhammer Fantasy love in here!

whalemusic360 wrote:Meercat with the assist haha.

monkeytroll wrote:

Looking good H. I remember those ninjas, may even have a couple still hiding around the place.

How would you know ???

Fango wrote:Hi Big H! Your Khorne stuff is looking really great. I'm loving the conversions and the paintwork. Nice to see some Warhammer Fantasy love in here!

Thanks for commenting Fango ! The fantasy stuff made a change, tho there is still plenty left on Little H's side of the painting table !

Also, I just cracked 80k views ! People , I am Truely stunned, why are you bothering ??? Thank you very much for your patience and keeping with me during the "no paint" days !

Apparently this blog has all the action and excitement of a glacier moving through molasses in winter time, it’s not as easy to find quality time whilst working abroad and living in a hotel as I first thought !

Nothing finished but some WIP to show you :

Where are the zombies from? I'm not familiar with them.

Hi Whaley ! Thanks for stopping by !

The zombies are beautiful sculpts, really detailed, they are by PuppetsWar from Poland.
You can find them here :

https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=181

The zombies caught my eye as well, Big H- they're going to be really good when finished. The head on the war hammer in the first pic is truly awesome- love that green/marble/steel look, really well done!

Those zombies are cool.

Nice work elsewhere too.

Is it a surprise that I see potential in that first guy as is...with no head

Love the Jokaero, love the zombies and really like the green on the hammer!

Nice work. Nice colours.

Meer_Cat wrote:The zombies caught my eye as well, Big H- they're going to be really good when finished. The head on the war hammer in the first pic is truly awesome- love that green/marble/steel look, really well done!

Thanks Meercat !

monkeytroll wrote:Those zombies are cool.

Nice work elsewhere too.

Is it a surprise that I see potential in that first guy as is...with no head

Shocking heresy of the Headless Inquisitor !

nerdfest09 wrote:Love the Jokaero, love the zombies and really like the green on the hammer!

Thanks Nerdy !

Dr H wrote:Nice work. Nice colours.

Thanks Doc !

I got the Inquisitor and the monkey fella finished tonight in an hour or two after work, I think I ought to revisit the red glow on the vents of the Inquisitors armour , it doesn’t look quite right to me. Let me know what you think !

Boo....you put a head on him.

Looks good, and the glow works for me. I've never managed to get glows or osl effects to look even remotely right, so wouldn't be able to give any tips anyway. It looks like a subdued glow to me, and I wouldn't expect a bright source from the back of the armour.

 monkeytroll wrote:
Boo....you put a head on him.

Looks good, and the glow works for me. I've never managed to get glows or osl effects to look even remotely right, so wouldn't be able to give any tips anyway. It looks like a subdued glow to me, and I wouldn't expect a bright source from the back of the armour.

Hi MonkeyTroll, yeah , my lad would never forgive me if I turned his Inquisitor undead !

OSL and glow effects are tricky but you can cheat a bit with bright coloured paints, I think it just looks like I missed out a shade or two between the red and the pale yellow, which is weird cos there definitely was some orange in there somewhere ! But thanks for your comment , appreciate it !

I squeezed in an hour and finished off the little thingummymabobs.

I got the zombies 90% done, but I’m unsure what to do with the respirator lenses? I’m not convinced my normal “go to” blue glow would work in this instance, what do you think Dakka ?

The first three are Mantic zombies I got out of curiosity and used them to experiment with colours, using blue and purple washes to shade the green.
The PuppetsWar zombies I really enjoyed painting, they aren’t as dark in real life , I was having problems with the light.
Let me know what you think Dakka !!

Nice, I like them.

How about a yellow for the lenses?

Very yucky... and realistic. Well done.

Yeah i'm gonna need a tutorial on that bloody rotten skin dude because they look fantastic! no joke, that's the perfect effect for the grim dark 40k to stay grim dark and not go early morning kids cartoon!

monkeytroll wrote:Nice, I like them.

How about a yellow for the lenses?

Hi MonkeyTroll, as you were the first to reply, and I’ve never done yellow lenses before, yellow it is !

Gitsplitta wrote:Very yucky... and realistic. Well done.

Thanks Gits

nerdfest09 wrote:Yeah i'm gonna need a tutorial on that bloody rotten skin dude because they look fantastic! no joke, that's the perfect effect for the grim dark 40k to stay grim dark and not go early morning kids cartoon!

I don’t have any spare models to start a tutorial from scratch but I can run through the process if you like Nerdy ? I’m sure you’ll get it !


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So, if Dakka is interested, this is my "Nazi Nurgle Zombie" Recipe.

I've done variations of this process on nearly all the Traitor Guard I painted but will most likely never use for anything ! I use a mix of manufactures for paint so you will need to experiment !

1. Prime black then zenithal white. I like more white than black as I paint in very thin layers, to be honest they are almost washes.

2. Block out all the major colours and the details, the grime/ goo / blood needs to be on top of these colours, so you need to be at your basic finish level before applying the gunge.
The skin tone needs to be as light a shade as you can, I used an ancient GW Rotting Flesh base highlighted with a 50/50 mix of pure white / Rotting Flesh. The flesh I hardly thinned so as to cover a lot of the black primer areas , otherwise it will go way too dark.

3. I then lined all the colour blocks with Seraphim Sepia wash.

4. I made up some purple paint from Revell AquaColour Blue and Red, thinned it right out and used it to line certain areas, mostly eyes and guts, it works well as bruising and general rot, but don't go crazy yet. This colour wash it also great for staining the uniform in certain places along with thinned Vallejo Burnt Umber, it shows where the goo has soaked through the fabric, I put it around wounds , the crotch and to add general shading here and there. Vertical streaks look good coming out of wounds, across equipment , into boots , the floor etc.

5. More lining alternating using GW Carroburg Crimson and Druchii Violet and thinned Vallejo Burnt Umber.You can do small dots as well to look like drips etc.

6. When you are happy use Tamiya Clear Red, thinned and adding various different amounts of the purple you made earlier or Burnt umber to taste, apply over all the wounds , bullet holes, leaking out of eyes / crevices/ mouths till you are happy !

I use a small plastic pallet, which allows me to keep a small reservoir of colours and keep mixing different shades as I go.

For boils I use a similar colour palette, I paint them yellow or white first then go in with Druchii Violet then the Tamiya Clear Red mix.

Hope this was useful !

Great zombies big h.

 JoeRugby wrote:
Great zombies big h.

Thanks Joe !

Zombies are top notch. Puppet wars has some really great models, I have heard they have straightened out their quality from the earlier days of their business model.

Monkey is pretty spiffy too .

Some sickly looking zombies, very impressive! (May also borrow your step by step at some point too)

Theophony wrote:Zombies are top notch. Puppet wars has some really great models, I have heard they have straightened out their quality from the earlier days of their business model.

Monkey is pretty spiffy too .

Thanks Theophony ! I've been buying Puppetswar bits for a couple of years, the older stuff was often a bit crappy, their new stuff is really good and I think they have some really cool models / bits.

Tyranid Horde wrote:Some sickly looking zombies, very impressive! (May also borrow your step by step at some point too)

Thanks Tyranid ! If you do use my "method" make sure you post up the results !

Those zombies are great, you have really nailed the look, nice and dirty!

 Commander Cain wrote:
Those zombies are great, you have really nailed the look, nice and dirty!

Thanks matey !

Good job on the zombies. Yellow lenses work well.

 Dr H wrote:
Good job on the zombies. Yellow lenses work well.

Thanks Doc ! I quite like them yellow, I might use yellow a bit more often !

Got two of Little H’s figures done today, a counts as Inquisitor and the Wolf fella from the wolf sleigh cart thingy, he’s magnetised in the feet so he can stand on an infantry base or the sleigh of Doom.

Good work. Good idea magnetising the footsies.

Thanks Doc, I kinda have a plan to finish the Sleigh (or Slay) of Doom at some point “this month”

So I finally got home and can sit doing some hobby with the now strangely large Little H
The following two had been started then left by little H on a dark shelf as he ran out of enthusiasm, finished off by me.
Let’s hear what you guys think !

A couple more finished tonight that have been on going forever. These are mostly Little H.

Like the colour scheme he chose for the wolfrider. Is the wolf his work too? Good naturalistic range of colours on him.

The big old space Vikings you finished off for him are nice, solid feel to them which is suitable for these guys.

Really like that green patina power color you do- the lightning claws, the power swords- very different, very eye-catching and very well done!

monkeytroll wrote:Like the colour scheme he chose for the wolfrider. Is the wolf his work too? Good naturalistic range of colours on him.

The big old space Vikings you finished off for him are nice, solid feel to them which is suitable for these guys.

Hi monkeytroll ! Yes the large wolf rider is all Little H, I gave him tuition as he went but it’s all his, looks ok I reckon !

Meer_Cat wrote:Really like that green patina power color you do- the lightning claws, the power swords- very different, very eye-catching and very well done!

That’s MeerCat ! It’s really simple and quick so Little H doesn’t have to do endless highlights, simply base the area to glow white and allow to thoroughly dry, then mix a little dark blue into Tamiya Clear Green, thin it down quite a lot and apply like a wash. This is usually enough for my teenage lad ! Simples !

Today I mostly did riveting , it’s not as interesting as it sounds. These Space Hulk Zoneamunda boards have been going on forever and it felt good to get a bit done. It was made easier with the half round nail art beads that GLUE WITH NORMAL PLASTIC GLUE ! It’s So so simple not having to mess with cyanoacrylate.
I got the eBay link from off Dakka if I could only remember where

With Little H’s new interest in KillTeam and Necromunda , I kinda remembered a whole load of stuff I started years ago for Space Zone Hulk Mortallis. So this week I insisted on digging out the cupboard under the stairs, and quite frankly “found “ a ton of not finished stuff !
So I set to, and left a note on the door, “Gone Rivetting”

Still WIP but a lot closer to getting primed.
Still to Do: The blue tubes will get gantries on them once I get some paint in the nooks and crannies, a little Control station with some screens and buttons on a desk where the figures are stood and a Gakton of wire and pipes and then it’s to paint!

Thanks for stopping by !

Good work. Nice to find old projects and bring them back to life.

Thanks for looking in MonkeyTroll !
You know what? It really is good to revisit old projects ! I’m away hillwalking with a group of friends and can think about nothing else but getting back and finishing it !

Ploughing on with the scenary. Finished building the engine room control area.

Nicely done, Big H! Really like the engineering spaces. I've got some of those Tehnolog/Robogear panels floating around somewhere too- and have always wanted to do some proper Space Hulk tile sections. I think if I combine the panels with the Hirst Arts castings, I might can get some done- thanks for the jolt!

 Meer_Cat wrote:
Nicely done, Big H! Really like the engineering spaces. I've got some of those Tehnolog/Robogear panels floating around somewhere too- and have always wanted to do some proper Space Hulk tile sections. I think if I combine the panels with the Hirst Arts castings, I might can get some done- thanks for the jolt!

No problem Meer_Cat ! And thanks for commenting!
I've been saving "useful stuff" for literally forever and will have a shed load of Space Hulk type stuff left over , PM me if you'd like a care package !

Good terrain work.

 Dr H wrote:
Good terrain work.

Thanks Doc !

I’ve been putting in some hours on the SpaceHulk terrain, I’ll try and post some pics tonight. Meanwhile Little H has been developing a bit and managed to finish of some stuff !

Tonight’s WIP

Very much like the diamonds effect on the Harlequin jet bikes- very nice!

Nice work from Little H there

Your padawan is showing potential, hmmmm yes, soon overtake you he will, yes.

Meer_Cat wrote:Very much like the diamonds effect on the Harlequin jet bikes- very nice!

Thanks Meercat ! That was about the only bit I did on them, the rest is all Little H !

monkeytroll wrote:Nice work from Little H there

Thanks Doc ! Appreciate you stopping by !

nerdfest09 wrote:Your padawan is showing potential, hmmmm yes, soon overtake you he will, yes.

Hopefully yes he will, then I can finish my own projects, turn him to the dark side and smash his DeathStar !!
Thanks for commenting Nerdy

So , I’m now really close to this slogathon being done. Weathering done just some details now and I’m calling it a day.
Quick Dakka Poll: on a Space Hulk/ Zone Mortalis / Necromunda board, should it still have power for glowing lenses , lamps etc or just be stone cold and dead ?
Let’s hear it Dakka, painting them tomorrow !

So I finished the Zonehulkamunda boards.

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If you click on the images they are the right way up, apologies !
Curse you iPhone .....

Loving those damaged tiles with the conduits showing through

With regards to power flow, I'd say there should be a mix, biased towards non-functional. Most of the lights have been damaged, power lines have been cut, broken or diverted, some doors are operational, some jammed open. That should work for the under-hive and a space hulk in my mind.

DUUUUUUDE!!! that looks amazing! we really need more pics of that work it looks phenomenal :-)

Excellent work Big H.

Damn fine work Big H

Nice work. Good rustiness.

Looks epic dude

Hope you had a good Christmas

Well, guess what? I have been lazy over the holidays !
Very late i know but I hope you all have a prosperous New Year !
Thanks for all the previous comments, needless to say the new board got used a few times over Christmas by myself, Little H and his older brother ( Middle H ?)
Too much food and wine to take pictures so more will come as we use them, but of note is Little H didn't like them too much as he couldn't just stand still and fire alot
The following pics are some of what I did actually do over Christmas, mostly random and for no good reason.....

That first pic is truly epic bud, all look good and I think you beat me for productivity, I aint done squat really. But yeah that Chaos dude is absolutely brilliant.

Rough rider!!! I do love the guard cavalry :-)

Hey Dakkanaughts !
I've not got much to speak of finished lately but I have been helping Little H fix up some Tau eBay horrors and make up some stuff from bits. I’m surprised how well the Anvil industry bodies work for the Pathfinders and arm parts for the “Drone controller “ work with the Tau.
As always let me know what you think !

Very dynamic pieces- going to be a great force when done!

Good work. I like the controller's pose/base.

great job dudes

Amazing modeling work here, and your painting certainly backs it up!

Meer_Cat wrote:Very dynamic pieces- going to be a great force when done!

Thanks MeerCat ! I’m trying to convert stuff and make each piece as individual as possible for Little H but without my usual taking days to remove every mood line and fill every tiny gap !

Dr H wrote:Good work. I like the controller's pose/base.

Thanks Doc, I’m quite pleased with the pose too !

JoeRugby wrote:great job dudes

Thanks Joe !

mcmattila wrote:Amazing modeling work here, and your painting certainly backs it up!

Thanks for stopping by and commenting Mcmattila !

I had an airbrush fest over the weekend, the house really needs a clean but well, airbrushing right ???
The idea is for me to get a really good start and let Little H fill in the details with a hairy brush.
Let us know what you think !

Loving the look of the tau so far - they look very much super modern soldiers rather than anime when done like this

I hate you.

IGtR= wrote:Loving the look of the tau so far - they look very much super modern soldiers rather than anime when done like this

Thanks mate, that’s a fair comment actually, I’m kinda enjoying the mecha vibe and the scale of the infantry compared to the Mellon headed , super suspicious Imperials. They make a refreshing change.

Gitsplitta wrote:I hate you.

Haha, awww Gits ! Don’t be like that ! The camera lies, they look gak in real life ....

Your Tau force is looking awesome! I got that same stencil to use on a Tehnolog battle-droid thing (it really looks like one of the killer machines in Terminator 3 movie), but there was so much detail molded onto the piece that I figured it wouldn't look good to airbrush it.

But seeing how you used it here- I may still give it a go- great painting!

Go Go Tau Rangers!!!! looking hawt as hell dude! I now want to re paint the skin of my Tau to be either darker or actually human tones...... you bugger, why do you airbrush so nicely and come up with such cool schemes!!!

OK stealing that idea, brilliant.

Meer_Cat wrote:Your Tau force is looking awesome! I got that same stencil to use on a Tehnolog battle-droid thing (it really looks like one of the killer machines in Terminator 3 movie), but there was so much detail molded onto the piece that I figured it wouldn't look good to airbrush it.

But seeing how you used it here- I may still give it a go- great painting!

I tried a cheap laser cut MDF stencil but it really didn't work unless the area was absolutely pure flat and smooth. These Tau I used 2 different kinds of stencil, the larger mech uses a vinyl stencil with a sticky back, it's fits the model contours really really well, the smaller mecha all use a smaller hexagon on vinyl but without the sticky back, it's workable if you can pinch the stencil tight or use blu-tac to hold it but the edges can be a bit soft.
Have a go mate !

nerdfest09 wrote:Go Go Tau Rangers!!!! looking hawt as hell dude! I now want to re paint the skin of my Tau to be either darker or actually human tones...... you bugger, why do you airbrush so nicely and come up with such cool schemes!!!

Lol and there was me going to copy how you did yours !!!

Camkierhi wrote:OK stealing that idea, brilliant.

Steal away Old boy !

love the look on the Tau dude

 JoeRugby wrote:
love the look on the Tau dude

Thanks Joe

Little H and I did a couple of hours painting over the weekend. Typically random and in no particular order I did some more to the Tau, Mortarion which Little H is now applying details and a random squad of Camo Marines Little H knocked up from the bits box
Also Little H also built all the Primaris out of the Dark Imperium box.
I suspect I’ll be airbrushing marines again shortly......

I don't like anything Tau... but that looks cool.

Good progress. Looking good.

All has a nice vibe to it bud.

Gitsplitta wrote:I don't like anything Tau... but that looks cool.

Haha fair one mate ! Who really like blue fish heads ?

Dr H wrote:Good progress. Looking good.

Thanks Doc !

Camkierhi wrote:All has a nice vibe to it bud.

Thanks Cam, I’m trying to get Little H to follow a theme instead of randomness, seems to be working !

So nothing to speck of done on the Tau but I did get done the Chaos Lords skull stack...

This weekend was full of assembly and priming Primaris. I got the random squad little H put together for no good reason, and Little is now about 90% finished on Abbadon.
So, quite a busy weekend !

Good progress. Keep it up fellow H's.

 Dr H wrote:
Good progress. Keep it up fellow H's.

Thanks Doc ! We always listen to what you have to say, you know, with you being a Doctor and everything

I got another random squad finished with the Little H’s help. It’s just some fellas to go with Helbretch he did a while ago.
Let us know what you think (good or bad) !

*finds hat, puts hat on, tips hat*

Good job. Look like they've been in the wars with those grubby robes.

They look fantastic, really remind me of Teutonic knights, kinda fits well. Great job on the robes.

That first left shoulder looks a little odd, but could just be the angle.

They look brilliant and inspire me to get my paint brush going.

Hi Dakka, not a lot going on here, I cannot persuade Little H to paint for love nor money he’s just playing games, and I’m fethed if I do it all myself
So I converted some Tau Stealth suits, pretty simple cutting and swapping mostly.
Thanks for looking in !

Damn iPhone ! I’ll fix the pics tomorrow, apologies for neck injuries....

AHHH My damn neck!!!!



Still cool though, I turned my laptop upside down, because i'm that ingenious! loving your latest Tau stuff but i'm probably biased.

 nerdfest09 wrote:
AHHH My damn neck!!!!



Still cool though, I turned my laptop upside down, because i'm that ingenious! loving your latest Tau stuff but i'm probably biased.

Haha ! Now that is ingenious!

Hopefully.....

Better.

And very interesting

I browsed a bit through your blog and I wonder why I didn't do so earlier. Great stuff all around. I like your tau conversions a lot. Great job on the yellow/sand color.

I'll surely visit more often now.

Nice job on the conversions.

Well helloooo Dakka; it’s been a while!

Whilst on isolation I decided to warm the brushes up a bit and try finish some stuff, so I’ve sunk a fair few hours into Mortarion , still WIP but getting there

Welcome back. Good showing.

Long time no see- welcome back! Nurgle not my bag, but I can appreciate the skill in the colors and textures- really nice work.

Thanks for stopping by Brother Doc and MeerCat !

I’m slowly getting stuff in order , I’ve finished Mortarion and a nurgle Lord, I’ve also got some nurgle chaos warriors finished and did a scenic base on all that was going to be swamp like with water effects, but ordered the wrong stuff so that will have to wait!

Nice and grubby job.

Nice jobs on Mortarion and the lord. Some nice corrosion on that axe.

Lovely Mortarion! really well done dude! :-)

Thanks fellas, appreciate your comments from such stellar hobbyists!

I present to you some No Skin Dogs !
Nearly finished , haven’t decided properly on the bases yet

Aww, aren't they cute? Nice job - is the scarring all added?

They are wonderful! ... and disgusting.

Oh my god I love those!! some of my favorite hound models by far! I haven't pulled the trigger yet to get any but you have done them some serious justice with your paint job! very wet flayed flesh as they should be :-)

monkeytroll wrote:Aww, aren't they cute? Nice job - is the scarring all added?

Haha, the scaring is all moulded into the sculpt mate, resin from Puppetswar

Gitsplitta wrote:They are wonderful! ... and disgusting.

Thanks Gits !

nerdfest09 wrote:Oh my god I love those!! some of my favorite hound models by far! I haven't pulled the trigger yet to get any but you have done them some serious justice with your paint job! very wet flayed flesh as they should be :-)

Thanks Nerdy ! I’d like to see your take on doing them, you should get some !

I had a go at some nurgle zombies using the contrast paint, I’ve used the style of painting for a while using just thinned paint so was interested how they performed, and to be honest I quite liked them. So the zombies were done really fast for me , 3 days to assemble, prime and paint.
All done with Contrast paint, washes and some Tamiya red lens for the blood.

Good job. Look disgusting.

Thanks Doc !

So my latest idea was to buy a cheap set of Orc robot things and turn them into nurgle obliterators, this seemed reasonable about a year a go, this is far as I’ve got, getting bored of green stuff.....
Thanks for stopping by !

Slowly green stuffing myself to death.... dakkanaughts I ask your advise, I’m getting close to finishing the Oblitorator pictured but can’t decide if I should use the banner or not, it’s blutac’d at the minute.
Thoughts ?

Banner needs more damage and nurgle work! imagine a mouldy wet ancient banner hanging there.

Contrast paint worked really well for you. They look great!

nerdfest09 wrote:Banner needs more damage and nurgle work! imagine a mouldy wet ancient banner hanging there.

So more greenstuff work then ???

Gitsplitta wrote:Contrast paint worked really well for you. They look great!

Thanks for stopping by and commenting Gits yes, it seems to suit my "bluff it and see what happens" style of painting

Ja, tie it in with the tattered look, as Nerdy says.
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 Big H wrote:
Slowly green stuffing myself to death.... dakkanaughts I ask your advise, I’m getting close to finishing the Oblitorator pictured but can’t decide if I should use the banner or not, it’s blutac’d at the minute.
Thoughts ?

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Thanks Doc. That’s it decided then, tattered it will be when I can get myself to green stuff again !

Obliterators are on hold for a bit as they were swallowing too much time.

Some current work in progress, let me know what you think !

Feth yeah!!!

 nerdfest09 wrote:
Feth yeah!!!

Haha, thanks Nerdy !

So I’m thinking I’ve just the lens to do and some general tidying up left ?
Thoughts ?

Well here it is Dakkanaughts ! My scratch and kit bashed Spartan Landraider finallly finished, I’m guessing I started it 2 years ago , but it may have been more
Did the lenses with Tamiya Amber clear cote as I’m bad at painted lenses and I’m happy enough.
Let me know what you think !

So after months of not interested, im now getting stuff done, more work in progress. The white bits will he lenses eventually. These are nearly done, the pilots for them not so much !

As always comments or criticisms always welcome !

WIP

I said it before and i'll say it again! FETH YEAH!!!

 nerdfest09 wrote:
I said it before and i'll say it again! FETH YEAH!!!

Lol , thanks Nerdy !

Well, I really really messed up the bases on these eBay rescue and then slightly converted Plague knight fellas, it was supposed to be a rotten swamp and just looked ass, so , start again !

Nice work.

Keep on trying, nothing in this hobby that can't be fixed, reused or replaced.

Thanks Doc !

You are of course, correct , I did end up using the bases again, removing the cork/ superglue/ resin water effect was a drama howerer !

One of the most amazing tank paint jobs I have seen. whole tank looks free handed
Love how decals just blend into the tank seamlessly

Thanks mothsniper !
Not my skill as such, more to do with applying the decals on gloss varnish, applying decal solvent and then a coat of Matt varnish.
Kinda procedural rather than artistic but looks the part !
Thanks for stopping by !

Glad I dropped in on this thread, there’s some great painting in here and love those vehicles...

Lovely Stuff dude

xKillGorex wrote:Glad I dropped in on this thread, there’s some great painting in here and love those vehicles...

Thanks for stopping by mate !

JoeRugby wrote:Lovely Stuff dude

Thanks Joe !

Me and Little H had a monster finishing off session (for us! )

Little H is getting much more confident at painting , just not planing ! and I’m pleased the Nugle stuff could finally qualify as finished after I made a total mess of there swamp bases and had to pull them apart and redo them, no swamp this time tho !!!

As always comments and criticism welcome !

And tonight’s WiP, an eBay rescue Landraider, can’t remember who’s resin bits and some magnetised weapon options.
More green stuff to be added.

As always C & C welcome !

What’s that Big H ? Start another conversion of an eBay save into another variant you could just have easily bought off the shelf, take hours and hours doing so, and probably will sit on a shelf and won’t ever get used When it’s done ???

I’m in you handsome bastard !

Can you tell what it will be ?

Those models look fantastic Big H!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Those models look fantastic Big H!

Hey thanks for stopping by and commenting Gits !

So the landspeeder guessing game didn’t get too many answers, but no dramas as I really don’t know what Mark it is anyway !
I’m just doing a bit of Blutac posing on the crew and found there isn’t room to fit them with backpacks. So, do I fit tubes and pipes like the GW rhino crew model Or green stuff nurgle style them into the seats???

Either way will be more awkward to paint due to being in the vehicle ?
Any body else do it different? What option would you go for ?

oh, I thought you were being sneaky about building something else with LS parts!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
oh, I thought you were being sneaky about building something else with LS parts!

I wish I had now !

 Big H wrote:

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Those models look fantastic Big H!

Hey thanks for stopping by and commenting Gits !

So the landspeeder guessing game didn’t get too many answers, but no dramas as I really don’t know what Mark it is anyway !
I’m just doing a bit of Blutac posing on the crew and found there isn’t room to fit them with backpacks. So, do I fit tubes and pipes like the GW rhino crew model Or green stuff nurgle style them into the seats???

Either way will be more awkward to paint due to being in the vehicle ?
Any body else do it different? What option would you go for ?

Any of you imaginative hobby ninja types care to throw an idea at my problem above ?
I'd like to have a go at finishing the build and start paint by the weekend

Progress is slow, but that still counts as progress right ?

Awesome & inspiring work. Especially loving the Nurgle stuff. Keep it up!

I am sorry for being AWOL. Your solution for the crew looks perfect to me. Though I think I would maybe have worked out a way for the pipes to come to a panel, so the crew can be removed for painting. Bloody difficult in the space you have though.

I have no idea what varient it is. But I like it.

Going back a bit further, the tanks and the flyers are amazing. The troops all look fantastic, but that samaritan is fantastic.

Mutant Modifier wrote:Awesome & inspiring work. Especially loving the Nurgle stuff. Keep it up!

Thanks dude, to be fair I looked at your Nurgle stuff and face palmed myself ! It’s awesome! Exactly how the 1980’s or 90’s would’ve been if we could paint then !!!

Camkierhi wrote:I am sorry for being AWOL. Your solution for the crew looks perfect to me. Though I think I would maybe have worked out a way for the pipes to come to a panel, so the crew can be removed for painting. Bloody difficult in the space you have though.

I have no idea what varient it is. But I like it.

Going back a bit further, the tanks and the flyers are amazing. The troops all look fantastic, but that samaritan is fantastic.

If I’d planned it I should have glued the Pipes to a separate plate. Bang on a good idea but I made it hard

Absolutely nothing done in months but I did base these dog's tonight
Happy to hear your thoughts.

I think the bases are excellent compliments to the paint jobs on the models.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I think the bases are excellent compliments to the paint jobs on the models.

Thanks Gits