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Baiyuan wrote:@HF: The painting guide will not help you with color theory, it just shows you how to paint different parts of miniatures, like say gold. The approach is always the same "base, shade, layer, layer, drybrush and sometimes a final glaze" It's not a master class, or a complete painting class, it's a very well done lesson in the most basic painting skills.

That is almost exactly what I need. My technique is patchy at best, and learned from articles in old WDs, or techniques gleaned from wise Dakkaites.. So I'm certain to learn something, even if it isn't color theory.

It'll be on my list to buy later... lower priority, but still.

Baiyuan wrote:I'm planning to start tonight, but need to relax a little first, so I'm off to play a round or two of ME3.

NICE!!

-Remi

Sorry mate , I didn't read all the posts , my bad ;-) Good luck with the re-sculpt mate , and with saving the galaxy..

Hehe, true enough. Didn't sculpt at all, the usual "ok just 99.000$ more and I can buy another premium pack..." problem.


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No worries, Neil. Reading? Pictures! The galaxy is safe though, I'm just playing multiplayer, trying to unlock some weapons I haven't got yet. Got the Graal Spike Gun today and it kicks ass, easily the best/only worthwhile shotgun.

Baiyuan wrote:Hehe, true enough. Didn't sculpt at all, the usual "ok just 99.000$ more and I can buy another premium pack..." problem.


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No worries, Neil. Reading? Pictures! The galaxy is safe though, I'm just playing multiplayer, trying to unlock some weapons I haven't got yet. Got the Graal Spike Gun today and it kicks ass, easily the best/only worthwhile shotgun.

LOL... I try to do my bit of sculpting before I turn on my console. Once it's on, I don't get up til it's time for bed...

Question- not meaning to pry, but will we be seeing more of the initial necro-coversions coming back anytime soon? Your miner gang and super-Delaques were a great entry into this forum..

And off-topic: haven't gotten the Graal yet, but I do have a beginner Disciple. I enjoy using it for my vanguard, moreso than any of the other human-type shotguns (katana, eviscerator, claymore...)

-Remi

Definitely, Remi! Even though my current projects are all inquisitorial there will be more actual necromunda stuff sooner or later.

The graal is more like a sniper rifle, especially with level V choke and precision upgrades. I generally prefer SMGs on my vanguard, the lighter the better, as you fly around most of the time anyway.

Home alone tonight, so I thought I'd finally start sculpting the core of Hope's augmentations. It all went well and I think things are finally beginning to come together. I'd really like to show you a preview, but I'll wait a little longer, soon enough Hope will be ready be shown.
I've decided to do another little teaser though. Here you can see Hope's new head, that consists of one of the head options from heresy and the face of a tyranid warrior for the mouth.

On this base I have started sculpting some armor and augmentations, but for pics of those, you'll have to wait.

Also made some pics of my paint supply drop a couple of days ago:
25 new GW paints and 16 Model Air Metallics

Changing my order to have all the washes and metallics in one place (apart from the 30 secret weapon washes in dripper bottles). I've counted more than 60 washes and inks.

And my new order, had to ban some really old GW (backup) paints from my racks, to make room for everything.

Cant really work out the head can we have a side shot yes like thats going to happen

Dam that is one really clean and tidy desk and nice load of paints

I would actually consider giving you a side view, but I think I've deleted the pic, after deciding not to post it.

The desk is only that tidy when I don't use it, I needed the room to think up a new arrangement, one that made sense. Maybe I should take a pic of the desk now that it's in use. Currently there is all my painting and sculpting stuff scattered over the table together with some books for inspiration and the packaging of some Cambozola blue cheese, that I'll use (the packaging not the blue cheese) to protect my painting projects from dust.

Baiyuan wrote:I would actually consider giving you a side view, but I think I've deleted the pic, after deciding not to post it.

The desk is only that tidy when I don't use it, I needed the room to think up a new arrangement, one that made sense. Maybe I should take a pic of the desk now that it's in use. Currently there is all my painting and sculpting stuff scattered over the table together with some books for inspiration and the packaging of some Cambozola blue cheese, that I'll use (the packaging not the blue cheese) to protect my painting projects from dust.

Yes, lets see the picture now It cant be as bad as mine I am not sure if there is even a desk under it anymore

Good excuse about the picture shot and blue cheese I was wondering where you were going with that

As demanded LDD, (slightly) messy desk shot and side view (which looks strange, but mind you it's just the foundation).
If you have a very close look at the desk shot, you can see Hope in its current beauty!

Damn you buddy!

That is one hell of a tease.

The other base on your desk looks pretty darn good.

I hate you. I actually zoomed in on that


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Well, ok, I don't really hate you. And I can foresee some great things with that head actually - very alien, but still vaguely canine. Nice!

Thanks for the update pics even more than I expected however thats not a mess, I will have to take a pic of mine that still stands as tidy and workable mine you cant get near

The dog head I know understand and looks amazing, never considered using the mouth from tyranid warrior with the head great look.

The large red arrow is looking great, the colour is spot on and the straight edges is your greatest work to date. Yes I zoomed in as well …………. Dam you


Although the other base looks interesting maybe for a tau drone by chance I gather this as the transparent rod sticking out of the top the column.

Baiyuan wrote:First off the promised pictures of the Remora drone from before I started painting. The base features a small imperial hideout, where a sole survivor made camp in the lee of a pillar. There is the half buried tire he used as chair and the compack to send his distress calls, his empty water canteen and his bedroll. What happened to him we don't know, but since he left his las gun and equipment, it must have caught him by surprise. :

Must have got lost somewhere between those 4 pages of mindless rambling, but I posted the base and the drone I made it for before.

Thanks for the compliments on both. The part that I really like about the tyranid head is how the eye slits of the warrior became the nostrils of Hope.
The parts I don't like in those early pictures, are the thickness of the neck, the overall balance of the physique and that the mouth is thinning towards the front, which makes it look beak-like. Of course I took care of all those problems later on.

Yes now you mention it looks great and the base is coming slowly LOL

I think you should build a small base with the guard taking a dump behind a bush and looking up into the sky with a unnerved expression.


This way when people asked what happened to the guard, you just pull out that one. after all nature calls to us all.

lol...why baiyuan...what a dry sense of humor of yours...lol...reminds me of the the greatest gift to mankind...: hope... lol

That is a really beautiful model , and the base compliments it very well mate .

I see where you heading with the devil pooch.. the mouth is cool.

Not too sold on the model over all though . looks a bit wide and cartoony . compared to Samiranne ( forgot how to spell that ;-) )

having said that in Baiyuan we trust ...

Thanks Neil. You're right, wide and cartoony is what I meant when I said unbalanced. Already knowing how it will generally look in the end (I only need to do the sculpting on the armor and innumerate details), I can assure you it's still freaky, but hard to recognize as the same base model. The sum of the augmentations really altered the look of it.
As to how fitting Hope will be for Samarianne (you got it almost right), I've been asking myself the same thing and decided there will hardly be many linking elements. After all Samarianne is a former Sister of Silence and currently an inquisitorial agent, with the usual gothic vibe, while Hope is a mechanically and biochemically enhanced xenos nightmare created by the admech for the inquisition and will have a stronger scifi vibe.
Taking that into account they need to be very distinct miniatures, that are linked by some subtle clues, like purity seals with some =I= symbols thrown in.

I did recognise the Remora base but I don't think I said I liked it before.

Ah, ok! Not that I would complain about compliments, it just sounded/read like you hadn't noticed it before.

Progress on Hope is difficult and slow, but I've laid the groundwork for Hope's additional teeth. I hope it'll peel off nicely and that I can work it with knives and files.

Gee, it's been a while! A combination of different things kept me from updating my thread as regularly as usual. Ok, admittedly it was mainly the multiplayer mode of ME3 and the frustration that I couldn't get Hope's teeth right.

Regarding both topics, I've moved on. I haven't been playing any games for a couple of days and I just decided that my latest attempt at the teeth is "good enough". Maybe I'll get back to it, but for now I'll force myself to make further progress possible.

I hope tomorrow will leave me enough time to get into my workshop and actually do some real converting (it's been a week or two).

I'm sorry to come empty-handed, but I'll make sure there will be pictures soon enough.

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Gee, it's been a while! A combination of different things kept me from updating my thread as regularly as usual. Ok, admittedly it was mainly the multiplayer mode of ME3 and the frustration that I couldn't get Hope's teeth right.

Regarding both topics, I've moved on. I haven't been playing any games for a couple of days and I just decided that my latest attempt at the teeth is "good enough". Maybe I'll get back to it, but for now I'll force myself to make further progress possible.

I hope tomorrow will leave me enough time to get into my workshop and actually do some real converting (it's been a week or two).

I'm sorry to come empty-handed, but I'll make sure there will be pictures soon enough.

Sweet! I cant wait to see
also can you check out my blog, It would be greatly appreciated

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I'm sorry to come empty-handed, but I'll make sure there will be pictures soon enough.

I couldnt get angry at you for this (BUT TRY ME!) as it takes me forever to actually document anything.... speaking of which, i started a thread for my new IG army, check it out sometime http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/443344.page#4156657

Ok, you can both consider your shameless self-advertising successful...what I mean is, thanks for the headsup I'll go check out your blogs, then I'll walk the dog and then I'll go and work on Hope.

Shameless self advertising, indeed! You won't see me doing that for my blog "The Firstborn: Rawson's Vostroyans" located at http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/370649.page

I'm glad you would never stoop to such desperate methods, Rawson. Especially because I'm a subscriber to your nowhere-mentioned blog anyway...

You know what picture this reminded me of

^shameless that is

I've been meaning to get around to saying that I like how Hope is progressing. Good luck on the teeth!

not when it works , works almost as good as this great place