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And just because why not, I made a magnetized option for a Leman Russ Annihilator out of a spare Predator TL Lascannon. Doesn't look great, but I am not much on the whole kitbashing/scratch-building stuff. Mostly did it in case I wanted to (for fun) run the Armored Fist list from IA1. Doubt it will materialize, nut hey, the option exists (in addition to the Vanquisher and Punisher options shown).

Some lovely stuff here, the Knights look superb and I really enjoyed the Tiger Claws fluff.

Antony

Antony Robertson wrote:
Some lovely stuff here, the Knights look superb and I really enjoyed the Tiger Claws fluff.

Antony

Thanks! I never did get around to finishing it. I have it all outlined somewhere, just lost the spark. My writing spark does that though - comes and goes.

Glad you like the Knights too! I am going to do my own soon and, fingers crossed, I will get to do House Griffith.

A friend of a friend is getting me the hookup! I will now be getting two of the limited edition decal sheets for Imperial Knights. House Griffith, here we come!

Everything else comes to a grinding halt for that (excluding commissions). I have been holding out on my two Knights just in case I could get these and now it looks like it should be a go.

Blood Angels commission! Excited to try my hand at these guys again. Also, the client let me have my pick of Thunder Hammer and Storm Shield from the Vanguard Vet box for my Carcharodons Biker Captain. Excited about that! When I am done with this commission, I will be starting my Marines (most likely).

Redacted. Didn't feel Space Sharky enough for me. Might do a re-write as another Chapter.

Started assembly on the Blood Angels tonight. Got all five Vanguard Vets built as the client requested. Working on a Baal Predator. Going to see about magnetizing it if I can. Then I have a few Dreadnoughts to sort out and some Drop Pods to paint up (client assembled those).

Making progress on the Blood Angel commission today. I got both Drop Pods primed - they were already assembled, so that should be... interesting.

The Baal is not actually fully assembled - did that for the picture. The Dreads are not glued down either. Got a lot ahead of me today. Going to try to get the reds done (ideally). Though honestly, I might do that tomorrow (or next weekend). I spent a fair chunk of my day staining and painting a piece of furniture (with milk paint, no less) to be distressed and put in my bedroom. So, that was draining in the muggy 90 degree heat today.

That being said, damn I love Blood Angels!

On an aside too - if anyone wants a Cerastus Knight-Lancer painted up - contact me! We can talk about doing the deal I did for the standard Knights; you send me two, I send you one painted up real nice!

Got the Furioso arm options built and magnetized.

Small bit of progress.

Super crappy Instagram pic of the Blood Angels. It was really late when I snapped it, so sorry it isn't too hot. Basically just fleshing them out as I go. Next big step is to do a lot of the silver-based metallics. Gold will be roughly last. Thankfully, with Vallejo Liquid Gold, it goes on smooth and easy. Got to do the helmets and some details, etc.

Anyhow, I picked up this stupid kitch thing at Hobby Lobby for practically nothing ($12, when it was originally $60). I am sure I could have built a display board base cheaply, but this was a steal, so I am going to sand the sucker down and weather the wood parts and build up the recessed area with corks and an Imperial Sector kit I have gathering dust. Should be a nice, generic display board for my Astra or Sharks. Not sure which yet, but I have it and when I get there, I will be ready.

On another aside, I picked up some frisket for my Sharks, so I can do masked off areas of Xeric-inspired (Polynesian) tribal markings on my larger vehicles. I can print it, cut it out with an exacto, and airbrush over it. Ideally, I can find some cool Polynesian banding to stripe my aircraft wings with and maybe do some larger shark iconography on my larger vehicles. We will see how that goes, I will need to do testing. Worse case scenario, though, I have the Carcharodon Astra font that was used on the decal sheet, so I can make large-sized letters for stenciling onto the display board as a title.

Working on getting a light box set-up working. Not exactly having a lot of success, but this was snapped with my phone and adjusted a bit with Photoshop. Not great but a vast improvement over just using Instagram.

Lovely, lovely.

 Meph wrote:
Lovely, lovely.

Thanks!

Some more work on getting better pics. This is with a proper camera with some adjustments to the light box.

Cool, looks better indeed. I'm looking forward to the details painted in.

 Meph wrote:
Cool, looks better indeed. I'm looking forward to the details painted in.

Thanks! I am going to be doing work on them this weekend and probably the next. Hope they are done by then, but I do have Astorath and a Sanguinary Priest to paint and those will both take me a while (especially Mr. Grim with all those striated lines on his armor).

Now that I see them, I am thinking of going back in and adding some shadows with some Hull Red. They are looking a bit flat to me. I just need to go easy though, because these need to match an existing army for my client.

On an aside, I am going to try out a tinfoil set-up in my light box to see if that works. Sides and bottom with the models on a plinth raised above the bottom foil. I have seen this on other sites as an option for lighting and am curious if it works well.

Some WIP stuff. Been pressed for time, so I am lagging behind on the Blood Angels. The Baal Predator is almost done - just need to add battle damage, dust the bottom a bit, and add a bit of OSL to the targeter lenses. Doing the metallics on a lot of stuff and the Drop Pods are furthest behind - got to re-address the metallics inside and whatnot. Going to do flame streaks and all that later on. Really unhappy with Astorath's wings - I think I am going to airbrush them black and then to airbrush fades on the feather layers, then line-in for delineation afterwards. I think that will look pretty awesome.

Still waiting to hear about the Knight decals from my friend - hope they arrive sooner than later. Ordered a few tidbits for my Carcharodons - just need some bikers and I should be set to make my list (front page) and a few other variants.

This is awesome work em_en_oh_pee, i found this page by accident when i was googling for carcharodons drop pod lists and ended up here in the end. This is great work, the range of models painted make it really interesting, so looking through this blog was really interesting.

Your carcharodons list has provided some inspiration for mine, i was hoping you would have started painting some as they will be my first airbrushed army so was also looking for inspiration/tutorial. Alas you haven't started them, but your work currently is keeping me interested so i will check back often, keep it up!

Go figure. Glad you enjoyed my humble contribution to the hobby.

I am going to be starting up on my Sharks when I finish off these Blood Angels. I have a few purchases left to make - specifically some Ravenwing Battleforces and a Land Raider Crusader/Redeemer sprue.

I have the rest mostly lined up - got some Forge World stuff inbound (ideally). Going to be working on some frisket sheets for my larger models (Pods, Land Raider, Stormtalons) so I can have some Maori/Polynesian tribal designs on them in addition to the Shark decals.

I must admit I am nervous about getting rolling on my stuff - I am far too used to painting for others. When it comes to my own projects, I am a bit apprehensive (as demonstrated by the two years it has taken me to get my Sharks going!).

Anyhow, the BA shouldn't take me more than another couple of weekends at most. So after that, I am green light for the Carcharodons. So keep an eye out.

If you want to spitball some lists, feel free. I have a few I am tossing around. Hoping that FW gets out the 7th Ed updates for our beloved Chapter soon, too. Hope that doesn't change too much!

My Blood Angels client is having me re-work his Obsidian Knight. I am going to do airbrush highlights on the black areas and put on the bone areas. I will re-touch the reds and metallics after that. Then I will apply the decals - my first time using Micro Sol/Set. Pretty excited!

Some shots of the Obsidian Knight I am working on. Patina, weathering, decals, and various other things left.

Blood Angels are almost done - pics of those later tonight!

Blood Angels! Mostly done with this commission. Two Drop Pods left.

I made a trade with a local in NC. Sent him some of my extra Crusade Armor suits for some Maximus and Heresy armor. I now have some more goodies to spice up my Carcharodons!

I am eagerly awaiting the Space Wolf Codex before I start building, just in case some options exist in that which give me a better, non-Vanilla option to represent my Sharks if my Forge World Chapter Tactics and Character are not allowed (for local tourneys).

Since I have those Blood Angels and the Knight to finish, plus my own two Knights to work on, I think I am good to bide my time until that hits the shelves before committing to an Iron Hands variant of my FW list.

Obsidian Knight finished!











This guy was a blast! I can't wait to paint another Knight (or five!). They are officially my favorite model to paint right now!


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Some shots of the last of the Blood Angels:







So, that is:

Astorath, Sanguinary Priest, 5 Vanguard Vets, 2 Drop Pods, 2 Furioso Dreads (with arm swaps) and a Baal Predator! All done.

Next up, hopefully, a personal project - House Griffith Knights! I am still waiting on the LE Decals to arrive from my contact in Germany. Fingers crossed they get here soon!

Nice job, but you photographed the drop-pods upside down because you can't close the doors?

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
Nice job, but you photographed the drop-pods upside down because you can't close the doors?

Yea, that was the most practical way to get those details. Of the Blood Angels stuff, I assembled only the Vanguard Vets, Sanguinary Priest, Astorath, and the Baal Predator. The rest was assembled by the client.

Just taking stock of my Imperial Sector box. Getting a feel for the size/scale so I can work on display boards for my three current project armies (Sharks, Cadians, House Griffith).

Got some new inks to use when doing metallics. Also, some more VMC Oily Steel. I love that stuff! Plus, a hobby saw so I can try my hand at doing some more diverse bikers (adding FW armor).

Oh, plus got some new weapons for my existing Leman Russ tanks (going to magnetize) and new bases/stand attachments for my Vendettas. I put mine together 5+ years ago and they are busted, so I am doing some new ones to get them back in the sky.

Got my Leman Russ Demolisher magnetized to be Exterminators, in addition to my other various tank options. Working on getting my Cadians squared away before I start the Sharks.