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So, this time, little converting - and little different take on the painting.

I will paint my Terminators as Blood Angels, but have some little tricks and plans and a very very RED scheme in mind. There will be tons of saturation and color depth. You are invited to follow the progress here. I will now withdraw to secret location in the neighboring country and shall return with all the base colors and tricks done on the Terminators on tuesday and then paint them here one individual at a time as the true heros deserve.

Then I will counter that with a very GREEN scheme and also, surprise surprise a little different take on the Stealers.

I've been excited about this since the 1980s :lol, never had a chance to play the game as my friends big brother and his mates thought it was too good to show us pains in the ass - but 20 years later, having opened my box yesterday, I have one adjective about the models.

REVOLUTIONARY!

This marks the start of a totally new era in citadel miniature design - finally!. Alex Hedström being their most talented CAD scuptor and possible the most talented sculptor anyway (though Nelson and Diaz are right up there, and Jes is a LegenD) has finally been given a platform to showcase the benefits.

These models are testament to what computers can add to sculpting plastic miniatures that need to come out of the mold. The method of sculpting remains the same, human hand sculpting away or adding material to create in essence three dimensional pixels, and digitally "proof reading" that is comes out of the mold gives a totally unprecedented level of detail and sharpness!

A painters dream

I've also devoured all of the WD coverage and have a group of hobbyists all eager to get gaming, among them one true veteran who played all the original editions and loves to make a big deal about it and is awfully religious about it all.

I hope you find this blog useful and fun (not that fun isn't useful too), it will include painting tips and opinions as well as hopefully some of Hammer's Battle Reports, unless he is active and makes his own blog.

Great. I am as excited about another blog of yours as you are about the game and the figs hehe Im looking forward to it!

Well,well another blog by Migs,I am most sure they'll scramble my brains as the others did(That sounds bad,but they scramble 'em because your blogs are AWESOME!).

Seeing you go to town on detailed miniatures with your attention to detail and great painting skill will be a treat!Can't wait for the first pics!

I can't wait.

I've been wanting to get on my Space Hulk stuff, but so many other projects are holding me back, so it'll be nice to see someone with your level of talent tackle them first.

If they will be anywhere near as good as your Alpharius conversions then I'm sigging now ^^

I look forward to seeing the progress! Get started already!

On that note, I REALLY want to start mine as well (but I'm boring and will be painting them exactly how they are on the box), but I have to goto the girlfriends cottage with her family for the long weekend. Good thing I've plenty of WH40K related reading material!

I've spent the last few days cutting out and cleaning mine. The terminators are truly stunning and, as you say, a brilliant example of CAD work. I'm not so keen on some of the more road-kill stealer poses though, so I'll be interested to see if you can change my mind about them

Looking forward to this one - the studio models were technically flawlessly painted but they were missing a spark of something, and I found them a bit bland. I'm keen to see what you do with them

Ohh, can't wait for your take.

sA

Well, Space Hulk and Migsula in one thread.
You know I just couldn't stay away from this one...

I think a new rule should be in place for Migsula and that is:

You cannot start a blog unless you are at least 25% or more into the painting process!!!

I hate waiting for updates as I am a very impatient person!

I love your work and can hardly wait to see what you do with the Terminators and Genestealers.

can't wait... i'm getting my space hulk tomorrow but i am not sure if i wanna paint them as blood angels or flesh tearers.. just can't decide.. maybe migsulas excellent paintjob will make my choice easier =)

I'll be strapping myself in come Tuesday. I can't wait to see how you paint these guys Migs. I agree with all your comments re: Revolutionary!

Bring on Tuesday!

Cheers
Dave

This is one of those times I wish I owned a time machine.Damn I want an update .

Will you be doing some battle reports for your SH adventure?

cant wait to see it painted

I'm getting my copy of the game today; can't wait to see what you'll do with these models. Tuning in on tuesday!

tagsta wrote:can't wait... i'm getting my space hulk tomorrow but i am not sure if i wanna paint them as blood angels or flesh tearers.. just can't decide.. maybe migsulas excellent paintjob will make my choice easier =)

Personally, Id love to see them as Flesh Tearers. Great alternative.
You should definately go with it!!

How do you over saturate a mini?

Really looking forward to seeing how you do with these figs Mig. Always a pleasure to follow your work.

Flachzange wrote:

tagsta wrote:can't wait... i'm getting my space hulk tomorrow but i am not sure if i wanna paint them as blood angels or flesh tearers.. just can't decide.. maybe migsulas excellent paintjob will make my choice easier =)

Personally, Id love to see them as Flesh Tearers. Great alternative.
You should definately go with it!!

there's always Blood Ravens? they use librarians lots, and you get one in the box

Flachzange wrote:

tagsta wrote:can't wait... i'm getting my space hulk tomorrow but i am not sure if i wanna paint them as blood angels or flesh tearers.. just can't decide.. maybe migsulas excellent paintjob will make my choice easier =)

Personally, Id love to see them as Flesh Tearers. Great alternative.
You should definately go with it!!

did the one with the lightning claws in flesh tearers colors.. and will also do a regular one in BA colors and post a poll.. but i think i might go for flesh tearers....


anyways... didnt mean to hijack mig's thread, so sorry about that!
can't wait to see pictures

This is going to be good!!!

Can't wait to see! You should be as specific as possible when outlining your BA painting techniques!

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, i like the sound of this

I am defenately watching this thread! I need some inspiration for the paint jobs of my Space Hulk minis, I also agree, the terminators are awesome!

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Holy Grox guys - no pressure,

Well, the project is well on the way.

1. primed them German Grey with Tamiya
2. added careful Vallejo liquid mask for chipping
3. reprimed with a lovely, metallid dark red, called Tamiya Mica Red
and
4. follow with Tamiya Italian Red, super bright, "ferrari" red spray applied at about 45degree angle from 20cm above the models (front and back)
this is where I am currently, the figs looking like they had a bath in fresh blood - quite fitting I would say, then
5. revealing the chipping

and picking up the brush and vallejo paints I hope paint sticks nicely to this Tamiya spray, and the chipping comes off as well as on the test piece.

I will aim for a sinister, but super red look, with old skool GW core, but realistic toppings (chipping, rust, oil stains, blood spatter)

When I get home, I will rebuild the bases with detail work. I intend to keep the same shpaes, but just add a lot of detail - here GW really bailed out. Imagine how cool it would've been, if each mini actually had their own unique, separate part, finedetailed base.eh

Pics tomorrow evening my friends! (though nothing too exciting yet, I am afraid.)

Ah, you're trying out what I've been doing on a larger scale with the airbrush. The mask will give you much finer control over the chipping and quite a different look for fitting for agents of the Imperium, I'd guess. These should come out quite well.

Sounds like an interesting technique your using, interested to see how the metallic works with matt paint over the top.

Looking forward to pics!

Cheers,

Dante