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Thank you MrMerlin I'll keep to that color for the rest of this waaagh. (Possibly changing it a bit for some Kommandos or Warboss. To make them stand out.)

Now its time for some Bikerz.

Next up are some bikerz. Some of these are modiefied. The nob bike is larger and with a gs flag istead of bosspole. One is doing a wheelie and there are minor things on the others that hopefully will be visible when painted.



(sorry for the crappy pic)

Looking forward to seeing those bikes painted.

Thank you MrMerlin I'll keep to that color for the rest of this waaagh. (Possibly changing it a bit for some Kommandos or Warboss. To make them stand out.)

I wouldn't try to make komandoz stand out.... after all, they want to keep low and blend in with their surroundings!

Weeeell perhaps... but remember they are ORKS! Camoflage can make them harder to spot - and delay them into close combat...

We'll see if I ever get around to building and painting them hehe

 TaWaaagh wrote:
Weeeell perhaps... but remember they are ORKS! Camoflage can make them harder to spot - and delay them into close combat...

If dey'z easy ta spot, dey'z gonna get gunned down!
On the other hand, I painted some of mine as "distraktion boyz", kommandoz in bright colors whos job it was to make a racket and confuse the enemy....

This is the first time I'm using colored spray primer. Looks like it will be allright; should be much easier to paint red and yellow now.

We're still working on the settings for the camera, but at least these looks better than the previous ones.





My favorite is the one doing a wheelie. The larger Nob has a good starting point as well.

well... all very red in da face

but now i can see at least some details^^ good looking ones at that too

So I figured it was time to build my own Wazdakka Gutsmek as well.

Its about halfway in the building stage here. Still to come are some fenders of some kind (mostly to carry the dakka), beefier engine and lots of dakka.



I've also started to put paint on my other bikes. Pictures of that later.

I've had a break from my Waaagh in order to paint for a local competition. I wanted to compete in 3 different categories, but time wasnt on my side so I only finished 2.

Here are my entries for Sci-Fi' and 'Fantasy':




The Chosen didnt do as good as I had hoped. Possibly I 'chose' the wrong model or my lighting effects was not up to scratch. But thats allright: I'll try the same color scheme some other time




This orc was my first ever attempt at NMM. I'm very happy with how it turned out, allthough it is clear where I made misstakes... It also won the 'Fantasy' category.

The main prize for the competition went to a mounted rider in the 3rd category (large model). A very nice model with lots of details. It topped a list of some 20 models.

This was a fun event and hopefully it can grow in the future. Thanks to the organizers.

Nice to see you are still reading Please leave a comment either here or in my gallery. Thanks!

Very nice models and congratz on winning the fantasy category!
I really like the nmm on that ork, good job!
Also, nice freehand work. Keep it up!

Thanks I'll have another go at NMM some other time.

Now I'm going to finish the bikerz. Possibly doing some plasticard on Wazdakka as a side-project.

Nice lookin orks, I particularly like the shoota boys and the extended rifle stocks. They look uber killy, and a little less silly than the standard version. Your painting looks good too, that chosen looks good with the bone/armor contrast.

Thanks There will be more pics soon.

Work (as always) and Christmas celebrations have been keeping me away from my hobby. But now it looks like I will have more time to paint. At least for the coming month or so.

Progress on the bikez: The reds are turning out very nice I think. The next steps are more details and some dirt/rust/grit. I have a mental image of what the dirt could look like... but not sure how to make it..





Now I'm going to finish the biker mob over the next few days. After that I'm not sure what to do. If the rumours are true and the Dark Angels is the next army to come out then I might just have to paint some of that. The Dark Angels was my first army back in 2nd edition and it would be cool to re-visit some of those characters.

Celebrating 50 uploads!

What do you think should be my next project? You can read the first post in this tread to see what I have un-finished on my workbench. Or you can vote that I paint some Dark Angels. If you leave a comment or vote in my gallery then you can have a say in 'What next for TaWaaagh!?'.

Cheers

those two competition minis i really like... i am usually a nit picking guy... but with these i have not really anything to bragg around... really good looking models... i even like their dark and yet nicely highlighted schemes... very well done!

yon bikers i think need a bit darkening tho... mighty bright fellas they are...

as for your next project... hmmm...i took a look again at your list... koptas and dredd i think.... and of course a scratchbuilt is always something that pleases MY eyes

but i guess finishing the bikers has to come first

oh...and happy new years!

Thank you for the feedback Viktor! The competition minis came out well... even if the Chosen is a bit darker than intended - I dropped it in my water-pot before the final highlights So there is an 'extra wash' layer there.... hehe

I can see what you mean about the brightness of the bikerz. But it could be more due to my camera-skills. I can never figure out the settings... Now I'm adding some rust effects and dirt. Then I'll post another WIP pic and see about it then.

I have a half-finished dredd on my shelf: your vote is noted (all scratch-builds are postponed atm, need to see some progress to my horde and finishing other stuff first)

Happy new years!

That red is looking nice, looking forward to seeing your gang done!

There is something missing.... In my signature... How do I become a member of 'The league of extraordinary rivetters'?

Wow, that NMM looks amazing

Thanks MangoMartin If you go to my gallery and give it a vote you'd make me happy.

Stay tuned for more pictures: tonight I finished my biker mob (finally!). But its too late to rig up the camera. Will see about it tomorrow, or the day after... soon anyways!

The biker mob lined up for a photoshoot today. Now I'm going to do something different...

When I first started 40K back in 2nd edition Blood Angels and later Dark Angels was my first army. I remember falling in love with the DA characters and their robes. To change things up a bit I will be putting aside the green... and paint something else green... Its a very different army at least. We'll see how it turns out I'll still be posting here, so stay tuned.

There are still a lot of unfinished and halfdone orks around. I promise to get back to them later.

Here are my bikers. All C&C is welcome.

no need to short sell your work i think the´m bikerz now look amazing...lots of very good looking´definition... highly detailed... the red looks now very good, very lifelike... together with the green hides a very good looking composition! feel proud about them... or else !

Thanks VIktor

I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. It was the first time I undercoated with something else than black or white. The red bits got a lot easier that way. But if I ever do it again I'll make sure to do the base on its own... Painting all that gravel was not fun.

New Project

I decided it was time to paint something different. For a while I was considering Chaos - but then the Dark Angels made a timely comeback. The Dark Angels was my favorite army back in 2nd edition. It fell upon me to play the space marines that came with the box 20 years ago. First they got painted as a Blood Angels army, but at some point I fell in love with the robes and characters of the DA.

This will not be a huge army. I picked the DA because I love the models, but it will still be playable. The plan is to start out with around 1000 points and most of those models are already bought. In addition to the Dark Vengeange minis I have a Devestator squad from earlier and bought the new Terminators and a box of DA veterans.

The rhino and Ravenwing bike in the pic is all I have left from my original space marine force from 20 years ago. The rhino will be an interresting project; it will serve as both a looted wagon for my waaagh and a DA rhino (hopefully I can make this work...).

Any and all C&C is warmly welcome as I start a new adventure Cheers!

One issue I have with the Dark Angels are the different colors for the different companies. The Deathwing and Ravenwing looks great on their own, but together with the green of the other companies it looks like 3 different armies. I dont like that. I want a unified look.

After some searching and wondering I think I found a solution that works for me. Why not paint a succesor chapter? If I get it right I can still capture the look of the DA with my own twist. Maybe even make some fluff for it. So far whats on top of my list is the Disciples of Caliban (name may be changed later). Their green and black armour also fit very well with the 5th company markings, so maybe a combination: The 5th chapter of the Disciples of Caliban(?).

Basically here are the 'changes' that I want compared to the 'standard' DA colors:
Marines: More white
Terminators: More green
Ravenwing: Less black

I also want all my DA to sport some sort of white cloth. Introducing some light contrast to everything. The more senior the member; the more of it. So to start off I made tabards for my marines. Here's what I did:


Rolling out some greenstuff.


Making sure the tabards are all the same size (or close at least).


This is the fidly stuff... After a few tries it came out allright.


Here's the finished tabards. You can see I focused on the bottom parts; the top will be hidden by the guns.

What do you think of all this?

I've started to test my color scheme. Green and black.

Keeping busy in the weekend painting green, white and red.

Your plasticard stuff is awesome. It would take me forever to figure out how to do that.

The battlewagon in particular looks really awesome.

Can't wait to see what's next!

Thanks MrMoustaffa

The Battlewagon is on 'hold' for now. But there will be more pics of the Dark Angels some time during the weekend. Cheers!

I've been out on the road for a couple of weeks, but now I'm back to my brushes. Here is how the squad stands at the moment:



To see the different colors I recommend zooming in on the pic. The next step now is to wash the cloth and armour. Then I'll do details and get to the weapons and backpacks.

Cheers!

edit: I don't know why the picture looks so 'muddy'... It looks much better in the gallery - or zoomed in.