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Oh, those knights are nice. Somehow missed them.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Oh, those knights are nice. Somehow missed them.

They only took a day i'm pretty glad I know my recipes now!

Awesome stuff. Love the Bushido stuff

 nerdfest09 wrote:

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Oh, those knights are nice. Somehow missed them.

They only took a day i'm pretty glad I know my recipes now!

A DAY ! A freaking DAY !!!

 Big H wrote:

 nerdfest09 wrote:

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Oh, those knights are nice. Somehow missed them.

They only took a day i'm pretty glad I know my recipes now!

A DAY ! A freaking DAY !!!

No kidding. It takes me longer to build one.

 whalemusic360 wrote:

 Big H wrote:

 nerdfest09 wrote:

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Oh, those knights are nice. Somehow missed them.

They only took a day i'm pretty glad I know my recipes now!

A DAY ! A freaking DAY !!!

No kidding. It takes me longer to build one.

I could tell you... buuuuuut…… you wouldn't believe how easy it is you only need to be organised and know how you're going to attack it. The knights have 3 parts to focus on, under skeleton, armour plates and lenses.

Prime your model with a silver primer and then base coat all other parts (gold with brown, main base colour or armour on plates and lens colour) wash everything with Agrax and let dry, then it's really applying certain wash and paints in areas. Orange in joins and rivets for rust, blues/purples/sepia on metals for aging and oil/heat stains. You can either drybrush lightly silver on the edges or paint scratches etc at this stage. wash all your metals with Nuln oil, they should be dark enough now with some cool effects. You can re apply scratches or strengthen areas if you need to now.
overbrush gold onto the brown parts then mix 50/50 gold silver and go again followed by pure silver on the edges. wash the recesses with nuln oil = gold done. again you can add sepia and purples if you want to add depth or spend more time.
lenses, if you're doing red paint a scab red first then blood red on the lower diagonal half, let it dry and use a watery yellow ( I use Army painter demonic yellow) and paint the lower right edge which you can then pull a little paint to stain the red and 'blend' it in, a white dot top right and you're good.
as for armour, here's where dry brushing and over brushing are your friends! a medium highlight drybrush and a slightly lighter slightly wetter overbrush next, you use a damp brush to blend the highlights together where it's brightest, you can add more steps depending on how light you want it. wash everything with your corresponding washes for the colour and use a highlight colour for weathering scratches.

That's the gist of it and if you know what you're adding next and have paints ready to rock you can get it done in a day.

I also had a small 3 way battle against Imperial fists and Dark angels last week. I lost as per usual but Kharn did run up on a contemptor and beat the gak outta it in one turn before he got shredded by a cannon.

Hi everyone! it's been ages since i've been able to drop in and say hi! but a friend lent me her laptop so I can post up some work i've been doing I have been pretty busy with the brush as I chase my 500 model count and I think i've got pics of nearly everything I painted while I was incommunicado but since I couldn't really check all the shots before the models went to their people some may be missing or a bit gakky
I have a pretty good mix of tabletop stuff and stuff he wanted at a little better character style, so hopefully after so long there's at least something you like!

I also want to just say I hope you guys are doing well as you can be with the world as it is right now I have struggled a bit personally even though i'm on an island but i've been working through the whole thing and it's been a bit confronting at times and exhausting. I have missed the regular Nerds here on Dakka and FB isn't my favorite place to be so even though I haven't been on here a lot I still rely on the connection I enjoy the most

So, here's a bit of a pic dump for you all, love to see what you like or want to see more of? I think i've some projects coming from the USA soon too!

I recently painted Mephiston for a local gamer, dropped him off at 8am and he was assembled and painted by 11am




first of some basic Crons i'll be doing a few of.



LoTR heroes


One very blurry sister


that i made up for with two seriously cool catachans


Ultramarine bikers and troops.








A random turret for a Dark Angels army Scorpius and two terrible pics of chaplains so not how they look in real life.





A couple of Warbands were fun and quick!








Space Marine Heroes V2 Nurgle set










Old One eye!!!




Fabulous Bill




Well, there you go! hopefully something for everyone

A great pic dump, thank you for popping back in and sharing!

--Brian

Fabulous bile is fabulous, and Papa bless and keep you for celebrating his glory! Even your smurfs are a cut above.

ALways blown away. The fact that your style works with all the different armies and war bands is the show of a true craftsman.

Spectacular Nerdy! What a sight to wake up to early in the mornin'.

Wow man, awesome batch of minis I want to call stuff out - the hammertime chappy (nice sculpt too!), the 'Cron scheme, the Dark Elf crew, all of those DG boys (holy hell the faces on those sculpts!) - but there's so much, so I'mma just say that your tone control is the real winner here. Love the feel of all of these paint jobs, gritty but with nice rich color. Also there are some Ultras

What a great return! As always your work brings a smile to my face.

Truly beautiful work that I hope your customers sing your praises for. Thank you for taking the time to post all of that work. Must of taken ages to get it all edited and posted.

 Archer wrote:
Truly beautiful work that I hope your customers sing your praises for. Thank you for taking the time to post all of that work. Must of taken ages to get it all edited and posted.

Thanks Archer, it did take a while! funny thing is I really only have about 5 people I paint for, they just have lots of models

You have been busy! Mephiston in particular is glorious.

Nice pile o'pics!

I particularly like the Nurgle guys.

Hey everyone! Happy new year for 2021

I have got a bunch more pics to show you but I'm still waiting on a new laptop charger..... still so I decided to do a little compiling and see how many models I actually got through this year. I was originally aiming for 365 painted models but I managed to do a lot more than that and almost hit my second goal of 500!

from the start of January 2020 until the 27th December I painted by my count 473 models and it was a really interesting mix of things too including large models and lots of warbands and tabletop stuff interspersed with some character jobs and display. So here's a list in as chronological order as I can manage you'll see the same thing a couple of times but that's because I did them for different people etc.

25x Chaos Cultists
Chaos Sorcerer and Acolytes
Chaos Commissar and Ogryn
3x Chaos Hero models
30x Mordheim models
Chaplain
28x Sisters of Battle
2x GSC Trucks
6x GSC Bikes
2x GSC Buggies
14x Primaris Ultramarines
2x Daemon Princes
Kharn the Betrayer
25x Underworld warband models
3x Blight Haulers
2x Khorne Predator Tanks
Khorne Rhino
44x Sisters of Battle
2x Sisters of Battle Rhino's
10x Chaos Havocs
Chaos Sorcerer
5x Chaos Terminators
3x Sisters of Battle tanks (immolator etc.)
2x Penitent engines
10x Electro priests
13x Bushido models
21x Underworld models (4x bands)
7x Nurgle heroes models
Typhus
Carnifex
Golem Warband
Untamed Warband
Chaplain
Librarian
Missile Turret
3x LoTR characters
Ork Warband
Goblin Warband
Elf Warband
Stormcast Warband
Catachan 'Ripper Jackson
Catachan Colonel
5x Necron Characters
SoB Cannoness
2x Armigers
Chaos Knight
Abaddon (Khorne converted)
7x Primaris Ultramarines
Invictus Dreadnought
Fabius Bile
24x Primaris Ultramarines
3x Primaris Bikes
50x Necron models (box set & extras)
Primaris Ultramarine Go-Kart
Ragnar Blackmane
Ephrael Stern
Kygoril
Ork on Krusha Dragon
Techmarine
Gotrek
3x Necron Obelisks
6x Ork Boar riders
2x Ork Shamans
20x Ork Warriors
4x Model Troll warband
7x Model Goblin Warband
3x Goblin wolf riders
12x Admech hound riders
2x Kastelan Robots
10x Skitarii
2x tech-Priests
Killa Kan
Inquisitor Coteaz
Kromlech Ork pilot.


And there you have it 473 models all done and dusted! I still feel like i've been absent here though i'll be back to upload more pics when I borrow my friends laptop. Happy New year!!

you're a god amongst us! I can only aspire to paint as quickly and as well as you!

Happy New Year dude, hope you and yours are safe and well x

That's crazy... Well done Damo!

Impressive! I was of no help getting you there. 2020 was a rough one, heres to a better new year for all!

A prodigious output for such a dreadful year! And thanks for documenting so much of it - I look forward to drooling over the year in review when the laptop is co-operating

Thanks for sharing

Guess who finally got a laptop charger!? this guy! and he's got Van Saar Necromunda gang now spent the last couple of days getting these guys done and i'm pretty happy with the look. I wanted to do them in yellow like the old school hazmat suits you see in the movies, but I did it a little rougher and darker to fit in with Munda a bit better.

Nerdy's back! Awesome. Love your take on van Saar, all very glowy.

I know that's not all you've done...

They look great though!

Jaundice-y sinister vibe going on, and dig the menace of that eyeless helmed Ogryn-slayer

They look great Nerdfest!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I know that's not all you've done...

They look great though!

He's just been playing with his poofy dogs the whole time. Very unproductive.

Love the Van Saar, and unless my memory is failing me, is that new terrain I spy also?

Thanks for sharing

The yellow hazmat suits are great, go very well with your Necromunda terrain.

Think I like the dual pistol guy the most.