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That sucks about the storm eagle >.< I'm glad I didn't shell out for one when I was thinking about it. .... I thought the Hydra Flakk tank was bad enough.

Hopefully they recast the originals and fix the damn thing.

nerdfest09 wrote:Best Astorath EVER! simply put it's amazing, that axe and wings are spot on perfect and those teeny power bolts through the blade are awe inspiringly good!

And you are totally right, 'head' and 'stroke' in one sentence and I missed a golden opportunity lol, but i behaved and enjoyed my perverted genius all to myself! :-)

Thanks nerdfest!

inmygravenimage wrote:I contacted fw over my storm eagle disaster, they're sending me another. They're aware that's there's huge problems with the model. I completely understand being despondent about it though, I've not touched mine in a month (that's not an excuse for smut, nf09)...

Yeah, though it's probably likely the replacement will have the same issue. It seems like everyone that's gotten the kit has the same problems so probably not so much issues with the mold but the way the kit was designed.

evildrcheese wrote:The grim man is looking great egg. your BAs make me green.



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Thanks evildrcheese!

logg_frogg wrote:That sucks about the storm eagle >.< I'm glad I didn't shell out for one when I was thinking about it. .... I thought the Hydra Flakk tank was bad enough.

Hopefully they recast the originals and fix the damn thing.

Thanks logg_frogg! If anything, I think the chinese recasters would be able to do a better job than FW on this one

Interestingly, FW asked if I would mind taking pictures of the parts and then sending them to them so they could put them up and use for quality control purposes. The Storm Eagle that they had in stock and were going to send me then didn't pass QC on 3 components so they're casting up a fresh batch. Having said that, I've waited a month for said batch...

I suspect that the problem stems from inexperienced casters sliding the trays into racks carelessly as they're curing. A bump as it slides in could cause the kinds of offsets people have reported.

... Apologies, I kinda threadjacked you there!

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Excellent Astorath. I just found this thread and have been soaking it up.

inmygravenimage - Good luck with the replacement SE. If what you're saying is true, the guy doing the casting on the SE must have been a total idiot given the amount of complaints I've seen about the model. I personally wouldn't put together another one if someone paid me

Crypto - Thanks!

Another quick update tonight as I just finished off the Baal Predator. This is the model I built back in 2010 so it's been 2 years in the making! Actually it's been just sitting in a box after I had built and magnetized everything until a few weeks ago. End result is a Baal Pred with all the different options magnetized:

Beautiful Baal my friend! that looks excellent (as per usual) the weathering is really good and the dust along the bottom edge just adds that little bit of complimentary shading that makes the red pop a bit more! love the whole thing really :-)

Stunning work Egg! As per usual. The gradients on the front insignia are a nice touch.

Awesome work as ever, gotta love the magents too.

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Beautiful except for that mold line on the turret barrel

Thanks NF09, Gits and evildrcheese!

MajorTom11 - Damn I was hoping someone wouldn't notice that...I saw it after I uploaded the pics and figured I might get away with it. Guess all my harping on your work about mold lines is coming back to bite me in the rear. Do as I say and not as I do Tom

What a bloody brilliant Baal Predator.
(pun intended, YMMV on its effectiveness)

Thanks Krellnus

So I just found this for the first time with the help of google from a mention of your name in the painting and modeling forum. Needless to say I am exceptionally glad I found it. It's been a real treat to see all of your phenomenal work. This entire blog just oozes skill and talent, not to mention how helpful you are with airbrushing pointers. Anyways my compliments Sir. I'll be sure to keep an eye on this from now on and glad you got your hands on those Space Hulk models you wanted.

Thanks tme0003. Appreciate your kind words.

Thank you for photographing and sharing all your work so far! I've been inspired to join DakkaDakka and have experimented with Airbrushing for a few months now. I never considered that something so daunting would turn out to be so much fun - and addictive!
Thanks Eggroll!

Found ya!
All your pics disappeared on B&C, so glad your still working on these guys.
Definitely one of my top favorite inspirational armies.

Nice pred, if that's not a redundant comment - I like that your work isn't factory fresh per se.
Incidentally, got a recast storm eagle. Much better, not even any warping to speak of.

NICE! Eager to get around to my one of those bad boys... any tips on the magnetization? I've not done it before but a good idea on this model.

Also wanted to ask about your process for the red on your tanks. Do you prime with your red spray then just shade with 50:50 red/black (no highlights)?

Egg just going to say that it's time GW hired a new 'eavy metal painter. Huge fan of our painting- how did you do astorath?!?!

Dark_Gear sent me over here and i'm glad he did!

Really nice blog, your constant production of beautifully slick miniatures is very impressive!

Consider yourself Exalted, sir.

looking good as allways egg!

 nerdfest09 wrote:
Beautiful Baal my friend! that looks excellent (as per usual) the weathering is really good and the dust along the bottom edge just adds that little bit of complimentary shading that makes the red pop a bit more! love the whole thing really :-)

QFT
Always enjoying your work. The wear and dirt is phenomenal.

Amazing Predator! Keep up the good work

Thanks guys! Apologies for the lack of updates for the last few months. Been too busy with school, work and personal life stuff to paint. Might be awhile before I pick up a brush again since things will only get busier for me in the new year but will be back one day to revive my BA army

Real life getting in the way of hobby time, tsk tsk tsk... Heh, I know the feeling! Come back soon Eggy, I wanna see some of those Orks!

Time to revive this thread! Been over a year since I've touched my BA army and I've finally had time to get back into painting. Just finished the last of my courses and submitted my thesis for my masters and now with the holidays and work vacation, I'm deciding to put some time back into painting. First up is a land raider crusader/redeemer I had half finished in my display case since the last time I was painting. Last week I broke out the airbrush, dusted off the paints and took things for a spin again. Took me awhile to get back into the grove of painting as I had forgotten some of my processes for painting this army - I actually had to look back through this thread to jog my memory. Anyway, here's my completed magnetized land raider crusader/redeemer:





Got some sniper scouts, scout on bike and land speeder storm in the works. More to come!

Looking great Eggroll, nice weathering.

Its good to see you back and painting again

Egg... Great to have you back!

What a fantastic LR!

I can't recall if you've mentioned it before, but do you pre-shade the red or spray a darker tone afterwards? Specifically looking around all the cracks and crevasses you've made darker.

Fantastic work as always. A source of constant inspiration buddy.