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Whata cool piece.

cant wait to see that trench table. hopefully within one or two of my life times

Nice OOP bunker. Looks good. I especially like the rusty weathering on the top.

I've been saying this for a long time. Terrain wise I want two things from GW (or Forgeworld) non Imperial terrain and WW1/WW2 fortifications. As Peregrine nice piece shows they can do them, they used to do them so why it's always skulls?

M.

Anomalous radiation levels detected.
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Uh, sir, you might want to have a look at this.
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OH GOD THEY'RE HERE! THEY'RE IN TH-
{screaming}

<< Transmission ends. Final optical datafile attached. >>
<< Praise the Emperor, and may He have mercy on our souls.>>

That's actually a fairly disturbing pic. Kudos sir.

When a hero of the Imperial Guard is mortally wounded they may be granted the honor of a dreadnought, so that they may continue to slaughter the enemy. Mere space marines can only dream of one day being worthy of seeing such a noble and powerful warrior.

 Peregrine wrote:
When a hero of the Imperial Guard is mortally wounded they may be granted the honor of a dreadnought, so that they may continue to slaughter the enemy. Mere space marines can only dream of one day being worthy of seeing such a noble and powerful warrior.

What fever dream spawned this?!?

Nice look Contemptor!

Okay Peregrine, I love that. An astartes dreadnought only wishes they could be that bad ass.

Just to be clear; astartes are cupcakes next to the IG.

After almost six straight hours of painting, this is my painting desk:



That's right, the Marauder Destroyer is finally a WIP and the incredibly tedious base coat is (mostly) done. It only took 4.5 years of staring lovingly at the kit in its box and thinking "oh god it's too big" or "I can't paint well enough to justify it". But now the hardest part is done, and soon I will have my favorite model on the table.

Congrats on the progress. I love that model, good job getting yourself motivated to tackle it.

Seriously fantastic weathering on the Dread......beautiful

Really nice weathering.

I absolutely adore your tanks, and the fliers are seriously badass too.

But I'd really like to see some more of your infantry, personally.

TheManWithNoPlan wrote:
But I'd really like to see some more of your infantry, personally.

The infantry are actually pretty boring, and nowhere near the level of my tanks. But I'll see if I can find few of the better ones that might be worth photographing.

Good to see you still going strong at this, Peregrine!

Really love that dreadnaught..... the weathering is epic as always! Really love the "spongework"?

For me... and this is a really wee thing... I would love to see some real damage.... some bolter shell holes and maybe some las blasts or something.....

Still... top work!

And, as promised, some infantry (and vehicle crew):

Amazing weathering on the Dread and Salamander.

May I ask which colors you use to paint your DKoK soldiers? (I use the exact same color for their coats but think we came there in a different way)

Singleton Mosby wrote:
May I ask which colors you use to paint your DKoK soldiers?

Hand-mixed from blue/black/white art store acrylics. So, not very helpful information.

I hate to say it, but the only thing that looks out of place is the snow in the autocannon team. It has the consistency of slushy, half-melted snow, which usually is found flat on the ground rather than stacked up in a pile. Otherwise, great job though! I love how the snow actually "interacts" with the shell casings.

(In hindsight, I wish I remembered to snap more snow reference pictures during the snowstorms in Boston...)

Nice work on the DKOK.
I adore the dreadnought.

Absolutely loving that OPT chimera Peregrine. If I may ask, how did you get such excellent weathering?

 Januine wrote:
Absolutely loving that OPT chimera Peregrine. If I may ask, how did you get such excellent weathering?

The process, in order:

1) Base coat built up with multiple layers of heavy "drybrushing" (same technique as true drybrushing, but with more paint on the brush) to add some variation and texture to the color.

2) Decals, sealed before and after with clear gloss, then sprayed with matte varnish. Make sure to do these first so that the weathering layers are all applied to them properly.

3) Chipping. Dip a piece of foam (like the stuff GW used to put in the box with metal models) in dark gray (or appropriate color to represent the primer layer underneath the base coat), wipe off most of the paint, press lightly against edges and anywhere that would receive heavy wear.

4) Oil wash. Apply brown oil paint around rivets/panel lines/etc, blend out to cover the whole surface. The end goal is to have the whole surface at least lightly tinted by the wash, but have variation in shade and concentrations around rivets/in dark corners/etc. Optionally, once the first layer has been applied and is still wet (so that you can blend and soften the edges properly), go back and add heavier streaks coming down from rivets where the rain would wash dirt/rust/etc across the surface. You MUST let the oil wash dry for several days before handling the model or trying to paint over it.

5) Soot/grease/etc. Exhaust stains are a heavy drybrush of brown with black added at the very tip and blended into the brown. Oil and grease stains are built up with multiple layers of thinned brown and black ink to blend smoothly.

6) Dirt. Apply dirt colored weathering powders to appropriate places right before sealing with the last spray of matte varnish.

Nice!!!! Cheers Peregrine. Picking up a Knight next month and wanting weather the big big fella pretty heavily

What role does the Salamader get? Is it a Chimera or a Centaur?

Its a Salamander, no?

 Bobthehero wrote:
Its a Salamander, no?

Yeah, it's a Salamander. Fast open-topped Chimera hull with an AC/HB/HF (depending on the variant) and the usual hull HB/HF. It also has scout, so it's a decent outflanking objective claimer that can occasionally put a few shots into something.

That salamander with the troopers on it is amazing. I really like your HWT as well. The spent ammo casings and sand bags really help to tell a complete story.

Progress for the progress god! There is finally light at the end of the tunnel on this thing.

 Peregrine wrote:
Progress for the progress god! There is finally light at the end of the tunnel on this thing.

Is that the Marauder Destroyer cockpit? I'm loving the glossing you did on the screens. The whole thing is bringing back memories of the Gav Thorpe short "Acceptable Losses" from over a decade ago.. Ahh, the days.