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Personally I do like this red one but there are a lot of red armies. The dark red sounds like a simple way to differeniate.

And a dragon some place...

Come on England!

Sorry I mean do you know its England Vs Wales now D6S?

SCUM! we'll get you back!

meh i never follow sport much anyway, i was at my Air Training Corps parade night instead, getting a lecture on the the entire workings of a propeller -_-

heres another test thing, although its very santa, i decided to space the white about a bit, hence the white feet. not sure what you think of it, i'ts on the lines of the welsh rugby kit.
still have not thought of any logo, perhaps the guys left shoulder pad is green on bottom and white on top to be like the flag...

Ah the good ole ATC. Blimey been a while since I thought about them.

Back on topic however, that's a much better style I think. Not entirely convinced by the green aquilla myself but if you're happy with it. Can I make one suggestion however. Keep the collar and the feet red. It looks good but from a painting stand point after one squad of doing those you'll end up a real life version of your avatar.

good point about the collar and feet.
yeah i'm not happy about the aquila either after i look back. how about gold or silver perhaps? what about blue eyes instead of green?

or, a midnight blue colour with red trimmings (although they would look like crimson fists more than anything)
i only mention this because i just saw a pic of their away kit, but it won't really work.

[edit] drat, i thought it would like with the previous post
heres another quick pic with some changes, how about a bright green helmet for the sergeant?

I think the green eyes work to be honest. Was thinking about how you would paint them quickly. If you weren't coming up to white I'd say army painter dragon red. but the white, hmmm......



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Have you considered having a white metal instead of the white? Say mithril silver.


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How about this the grey is obviously the silver. Name wise you could have
Crusade of the Argent Dragon
Sacred Knights of the Crimson Dragon
Dragon Knights - this kinda sounds like a Oriental night club though, lol.

HTH


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dark6spectre wrote:how about a bright green helmet for the sergeant?

Hmmm? not sure. I think it'll clash again with the red a bit too much. You could go with a black helmet. Alternatively you could keep the helmet red and just add the white stripe.

paint them... quick?
can't do that! =D the more time spent the better!
for the red i was just going to use my collection of scab, gore, and blood red, with skull white mixed. (ill probabely find some vallejo paint later on) the white i will use codex grey and then think skull white layers. though my next dark sphere order will have space wolves grey, which i will use.

eagle wise, i thought the gold would look like a nice contrast, but yeah i guess the silver will work far better anyway.

eye-wise, green on red is fine, but what about the the green helmets for sergeants, will they need a different lens colour to add a contrast?

gah edit! silver could look pretty cool as well. whats with the whole Crusade thing? they arn't english FFS they are strong-minded WARRIORS who like fluffy sheep and chicken tikka! my first idea were dragon warriors but its already been nicked as a renegade salamander lot in fluff.

too much intel, me confused!

What's with the Crusade thing?

Black Templar player, wasn't it obvious

The Welsh did have Knights though

Also it differs from your other DA style of army. If you were to go with a Crusade theme you can use the BT codex as well as the Vanilla dex.

Painting white through the greys is of course do-able but trust me its a B***h after a while.

Lennysmash wrote:What's with the Crusade thing?

Black Templar player, wasn't it obvious

The Welsh did have Knights though

Also it differs from your other DA style of army. If you were to go with a Crusade theme you can use the BT codex as well as the Vanilla dex.

Painting white through the greys is of course do-able but trust me its a B***h after a while.

infact i did want to start a black templar army not too recently can you use the BT and Vanilla combined?

on the last point. yes i just found that out! white is a pain. but in the end if you do enough thin layers and then add a wash, it looks cool

first update of the day. this morning i decided to weather my bike base (never really bothered to post a pic of when i painted it a few weeks ago). its quite hard to get thin splatters when you flick it across your finger, hence a few blobs here and there, so i decided that brushing on the wash is easier. i used dark mud and grey ash mixed with codex grey for the weathering. (i think i have to use my 40K basing kit slate now for the big chunks, as the railway coal thing does not look like stone.

i also did a quick test model for the taffys, so i painted messily and quickly on top of a previous model one observation i noticed is that they actually look a bit too similar to Sons of Orars' Sons of Orar , which may be a bit of a problem. afterwards i brushed on a weathering wash of codex grey and grey ash, and it was much thinner than the wash i used on the guardsmen i did previously, though it still is pretty thick.
i'm trying to find a weathering powder which is actually more rubble coloured.

for the rest of day i'm going to be getting as many bikes assembled as possible for tonight.

Hello gentle and ladymen,
heres that promised second update of the day!
well I've been cleaning my room as it looks like someone has issued exterminatus to it, so I was a bit busy, but still got some stuff done.
I was able to get two bikes *done* (the machine guns are a pain to get right so I skipped them on the second bike, along with the ravenwing shizzle as the poles need GSing work). I was also able to do some more painting on the base, with a new powder recipe (also why does the IA model masterclass book say weather THEN highlight, instead of the other way round.... )

here is how i made the rubble dust (sort-of) powder:

mix together
Dark Earth 1/3
Black Soot 1/5 ? (not sure if the maths are right)
Grey Ash 1/2

mix a as well with shadow grey , add the white spirit and viola! (the wash I used here had a bit too much earth pigment in it, but meh)
the previous wash shown all round on the test model was just codex grey and grey ash, it works as well

what do you think?

I also show the weathering powder on the bottom of the test marine (i think i used codex grey instead of shadow grey though).

Looking good so far D6S. Got a question for ya. How many armies you building?

well, the deadline for finishing 40k is when i'm 18 and half after i leave college, which gives me about 2 and a half years to do any 40k (reason being i doubt many if any do 40k in the RAF)

i definitely want a full dark angels company done along with all the extras, so about 20 scouts, 10-15 termies, 2 ravenwing squadrons. tanks-wise atleast 3-4 rhinos, a land raider, 2 predators and 1 whirlwind/vindicator

aswell as that atleast 100 or more IG guys to get a reasonable army, consisting of different regiments (cadia, elysia, some welshy IG, and if i have time some kriegers aswell)

i might get some chaos or nids or even tau, but only a battleforce or so. i mainly need them to atleast get an enemy for the fluff, and so i could make some good additions to my loyalist guys (lotsa body parts!)

thats at the the most though. i'm getting an evening job after my exams this summer, so that will fund my army building.

(how do i get the picture sig? i registered to 40k nation a few weeks ago)

I'm sure there are plenty of personnel in the armed forces that do 40K. And even if there aren't it doesn't mean you should stop. Hell a few of the best blogs on dakka have come from guys who are still on active duty in Afghanistan and Iraq.

You have to talk to Cran over at 40k nation. But remember this is if you are going to be an active member of that community, you can't just rock up, get the sig and then leave.

Cran will decide when you're ready young Padawan but you need to contact him first.

@GDO - Nice choice on the Sig mate.

Hey guys! been a long time
I've had other commitments like school, so I have been off dakka since February. well my final GCSE exam is welsh and this Thursday, so I thought I might get back on form already
5 minutes ago I stuck some of my older minis into a dettol solution, and will wipe away the stain of terribleness (I was like 10 when I painted them ). I hope this will be a new start for me, and i can finally finish building those pesky bikes!
I don't want to get too far ahead of myself though, as I want to get a few of the hobby tools I need before I start painting in earnest (and no GDO, I still haven't got that airbrush yet! )

Welcome back little brother . It's all good take your time school is important but you also need a break from it also .
As for the airbrush no worries just don't get caught up with name brands,cause the Chinese knock offs work just as good, so hit me up when you do get one and I can steer you in the right direction.
Now get snapping on those marines recruit!!!

hey guys, sorry for the long wait, but not only did i leave the models in dettol for about 4 days... the family camera is broken!
i have to say that dettol is fantastic! my only issue is i think there's a slight drop in detail because i attacked the models with a toothbrush quite a lot, but there should be no worries anyway
see you round!

here are some photos I've uploaded from my camera, pretty bad quality but still better than nothing. the majority of those models are old, very old, back in the day when Ultramarines were bright blue and yellow trim .

Heya guys! GDO you should be happy, i got my airbrush finally! Works a treat, but cleaning is such a pain!
I also got my shipment of fresh paints, brushes and tools, so i can get some painting done!
Here are some WIP snaps of a test scout and my rhino. The rhino is not glued together so i can still paint all the sections with ease, and the scout had some- correction- alot of freehand painted on for some testing. The rhino interior still needs brushing up before i can apply oil paint washes, while the scout needs some cleaning up before i can apply a wash.
Questions? Comments?.. Insults?

D6S

WHOOHOOO!!! Airbrush yeah!!! Where you been man thought you got sucked up in the warp! Looking good man and envy your freehand Keep it up! Also welcome back

Nice to see you back D6, the rhino looks like its coming along nicely and the freehand on the scout is awesome, the practice is really giving you some great results.

thanks guys! i'm so happy with the freehand, it took me hours. Since i posted the images i was having some trouble with the scout, but be ready for some more updates in the next few days!

hey guys, hope you've all had a great holiday!
I've been away for the past two weeks, hence the lack of an update, but you should be happy to know the scout has been completed!
on top of that as a little goodie i have a photo of my Rhino's roof art. As you can see it's very much WIP, but hopefully that will be finished soon.
Now, for the 6th time since i started this thread, enough of the 'test models' and let's actually start painting!

Finally got the Rhino up to some standard! i was working on this for quite a while, as well as being busy with other stuff (College/Army application etc.), but i have spent the past two days working painstakingly on the tank to get it finished.
there's still room for improvement ( i might even get some snow glued on!), so feel free to shout criticisms,
Here is Rhino No.3 "CHARIOT":

(P.S. the entire tank is still not glued together for ease of painting)

Some amazing freehand here! I love how it looks weathered and old yet still crisp and detailed.

Looks really good man! I like hte desaturated green as well. Normally i dont like DA but this is a much more interesting take. Subbed!

Man I thought you got sent to Afganistan Good to see you back and wow that is one sexy rhino!!! Looks way better then my first rhino I did two years ago!!!
Was that all free hand or stencil? That made it all up for being away for so long.
Good to see you back D6S!!

Thanks guys! Everything was freehand except the Gothic '3', but that transfer caused so much hassle i might as well freehand it next time!
If you notice on the shot with the winged skull, theres some blobby-looking paint on the nose, that's where my purity seal screwed up and i thought it was the end of the world!

I think i might do some work on the Predator next, but I'm dying to do an IG tank, we'll just have to see...

Awesome free hand, looks like the rhino in the FW books (can't remember which one) can't wait to see more great work ^_^