Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Phew, an afternoon of furious painting and another bites the dust!


Vulkan, The Blacksmith, Son of Nocturne, Lord of the XVIII Legion













And a scale shot:

He may not be the most massive or broad, but between the pose, base and size he's certainly going to stand out from the legionnaires.

Lorgar will be the next thing I work on, but it may not be for a week or so, I have an essay that's going to take some time to finish. I'm still undecided on whether to go for the red or the grey armour on him, so if anyone has any preference there then let me know!

Thanks for looking as always, any thoughts more than welcome!

Slow down! You are making the rest of us look bad.

It’s hard to tell from the pic what you did for the skin tone on Vulcan. Seems light for what he should be.

Looking good though, quality work as always.

The green looks fantastic. Really like the base. I think he stands out really well.

Good luck with the commission price change. Just remember to take into account all associated costs involved when considering any price drops.

Dude, you just knocked out two Primarchs in as many weeks (less, actually), and did a great job, no less! You must have a single-minded painting focus that the rest of us can only dream about. I paint a little bit, then my mind wanders and next thing I know I'm on the computer (either cruising DakkaDakka or playing Hearthstone or RuneScape, with a little bit of StarCraft 2 for variety). I need to learn whatever trick you have that lets you focus and let the paint flow...

Nice work on Vulkan, really solid paintjob.

EDC

Cheers everyone!

@Nev: His face is the traditional 'charcoal black' of the Salamanders, but because of its slight upward tilt and the fact it's so small (about 2/3 of the size of a regular marine head, if not smaller) I took the highlights up a little higher, to help it stand out.

@ZS: The trick, such as it is, is not having a great deal else to distract me. No games console here (more to the pity), nothing to really divert my attention, so I just stick some TV on in the background (currently getting through Constantine, highly recommended despite its cancellation) and paint away. This week, I have a lot of uni work to get through, so that was the other motivator; I wanted to get him finished up before my schedule filled up and I would have had to leave him half done.

Damn, fine work there. Great paint work all around on all of these recent minis.

The only thing I don't like about that sculpt of Vulkan is the 3 fingered power fist, and it's not like his real hand is in it or anything... I just like hands with the appropriate number of fingers

Great stuff!

Yeah, that did bug me slightly at first, but it's one gripe about an otherwise-excellent sculpt really. Cheers.

Nice job! You do some great work there, Para.

Looking fine! Great pose and really has height to him. You're paintjob does justice to a primarch. Though, does he have three fingers? :0

Ta chaps!

@LDP, yep, there's only 3 fingers on the Power Fist, but since his hand presumably isn't deformed enough to actually go in the fingers it doesn't bother me too much. I do love the pose, truly fittingly heroic.

Two Primarchs finished already?! That was fast! And they look excellent too! I really like the dirty look of Mortarion. Your gritty style kinda has a Blanche-esque feel to it (love his stuff). Perfect for 40k!

Cheers! I was definitely going for shades of Blanche with Mortarion, so I'm glad you picked up on that. I can get the style in painting (sort of), but I don't have the eye for conversion to really push my work into the Blanche-style territory I feel like aiming for at times. Otherwise I'd probably do nothing but Inquisitors and their warbands!

Great work on Vulkan there. The green has come up really nicely.

Cheers Az.

Still no progress to report, I'm afraid (still slogging through a dull-as-mud essay), but the good news is that my replacement parts for the Court of Owls models finally arrived, so after Lorgar they're up next, and then it's time for a little Betrayal...

Normal hobbying service should be resumed by mid-week at the latest.

I was joking about getting another Primarch done and you went and done it in a day, mentalist.

I am not a big fan of the miniature but the paintwork looks great, I think you have your Salamanders scheme down great.

So glad that my dull essay days are a decade behind me. Any luck with any Heresy Commissions yet?

Cheers man!

What is it about the mini that you don't like? To be honest, when I get to the actual Sallies for the HH force they won't be newly that bright; I'll stick to the same/similar colour and tone, but it'll likely be a much darker version. On the plus side, I may be getting them a little sooner than I'd thought, so there's a chance I will have the box in the next couple of weeks or so...

No luck on the commission front yet, but oh well.

Biggest problem with this essay is that it's the one dull unit in an otherwise great course, so the rest of my assignments for the term have been easy to get into and get done, while this one is just like banging my head against a brick wall. Still, once it's done I'll have a few much freer weeks for hobbying between now and revision for January exams, so back to it!

The pose mainly, the right leg is a bit too forward and at an odd jaunty angle and he seems to be leaning back just a bit too much. His hammer looks a bit daft to me as well. But... Marmite.

The essay will be a dull memory in just a few weeks...the incentive is the quicker it is done the more time to paint (easier said than done obviously).

Whats next in your painting Queue Para?

 carlos13th wrote:
Whats next in your painting Queue Para?

The plan, such as it is:

- Lorgar is up next, hopefully I'll have him done by the end of the week.
- Then it's The Court of Owls for BMG, as the replacement parts have finally come in. Just 4 minis, should be pretty quick.
- After that, it's a matter of time and budget... At some point between now and Christmas I should get my hands on the HH set, but I envision that being a project strung out over several months rather than blasted through, a) to make the most of it and b) because I want the final product to really be something I can be proud of.

I've also got plans for a few smaller projects. A couple of Frostgrave bands, one Samurai/Japanese themed and one with a medieval European feel (mainly as an excuse to buy some Perry HYW stuff), maybe a Norse-themed one as well. Depends on if I can get any of the local D&D players in on a Frostgrave campaign, as it's probably a harder sell to non-gamers than Batman was. Speaking of Batman, the next crews I have planned are Scarecrow and Two-face, but first I want to try and finish up my current bands. I'm actually still waiting on a set of Joker minis, I've been chasing the seller about it but to no avail. KM have also hinted that the Marvel stuff will be making an appearance with rules soon... which could get expensive.

I'm also accruing a list of things I may or may not get into, depending on budget. As much as AVP seems to have been a bit of a clusterfeth as far as KS fulfilment goes, if I can find a good deal on the starter I might well go for it just for the minis (and adapt Space Hulk rules); I love the look of the Predator minis, and kind of feel the strange need to do some house rules for pitting them against Batman... If I do get that, it'll just be the core set, the expansions are all pretty expensive and I wouldn't really want more than what's in the boxed game for painting.

Then there's X-wing; various things about this have always put me off, but as we get closer to The Force Awakens and the SW hype reaches explosive levels, I'm getting more and more intrigued. A local player is running demos for it either this week or in the new year, so that'll be the deciding factor there. Any stuff I did get would of course get the repaint treatment.

Anvil's Afterlife continues to appeal, I'm just waiting on the rules there and thus how much cash I'd need to drop to actually get in on it. And again, whether or not I'd have players, or just be getting it to paint.

Lots to do, not enough time/cash/space! Sorry, bit rambling there!

Rambling is fine. Much better than one word answers.

I am most looking forward to the Samurai for Frostgrave (I really need to get that package sent) and the Scarecrow and Court of Owls crews.

I know how you feel about too much cool stuff too little time. X-Wing is great but needs no painting time. Our tastes seem to align quite a bit. I want an excuse to get Perry medieval stuff, also very tempted by AVP at some point. But with Zombicide, Human Interface Nakumara Tower turning up later this year and Rise of the Kage under my desk I am reluctant to splash out on either.

 carlos13th wrote:
X-Wing is great but needs no painting time.

I think if I did get into it, I would have to give everything a repaint. The stock paintjobs are nice enough, but I'd have to go full nerd and give everything pilot-appropriate schemes and markings, and play around with some engine effects and such. It'd justify the cost, too, £10+ for something that's purely a gaming piece is hard for me to justify, less so if it's a painting project as well.

There's really two things in between me and X-wing, one of which the demo game I'll be playing at some point should clear up. That's the fact that everything seems from what I've seen to end up very close together in a big pile of ships, and ranges seem to be very short compared to the size of the models. It just feels very 'cramped'. The other thing is the business model of supplying certain cards with certain models that are designed/work best with certain other models. If I buy a core set, with it's X-wing, I'm not particularly keen on having to buy another identical ship to get a specific pilot or upgrade I might want. Similarly, on the ships I would want to double up on, I'd then be doubling up on redundant cards as well (as I understand most are unique). That sort of thing doesn't endear me to a company/range a great deal.

Still, if the game is good enough I can sort of work past that, I'm just not sold yet.

I have only had about 6-10 games but I have enjoyed them all. I don't like the card with certain ships business model either.

Para if you are looking at getting into X-Wing, I'm looking at this now as well then this site will be very useful has all the pilots etc on with their stats http://xwing-builder.co.uk

X wing is bags o fun, and repaints are a breeze. Get to it!

I play with mates so none of us mind using that squadron builder GiraffeX has mentioned. In fact it is fantastic.

If you want to participate in tournaments then you will need the cards......

X-wing certainly does seem to get glowing reviews from a lot of people. It's just the few battle reports for it I've watched that are leaving me unconvinced. But then, I try not to judge a game until I've actually given it a go, so I'll report back on that once I've had my demo (if it's not this week it'll be in the new year).

@GiraffeX: Is this just revenge for me making it too easy to get into Batman? I think I had a play with that site a while back, but it was all gobbledegook to me. Correct me if I'm wrong, FFG offer the core rules as a PDF? I'll have to take a quick look at that and then go back and play with the squadron builder a little more, see if all the numbers, colours and arrows make a little more sense then!

@Archer: Tournaments? Ugh! Nah, I'm about as casual as it gets, and tend to play with people of a similar mindset, so I imagine I'll get away with that if I do get in on the game. That and the guy running the demo apparently has a huge collection, so I may be able to borrow some stuff from him to get started.

In other news, the essay is slain, and I've rewarded myself with a big box of Horus Heresy plastic! Ordered from Element just now, so it should be here by the weekend. Just enough time to quickly knock out the Court of Owls and maybe Lorgar.... I can crack on now, so hopefully I'll have some pics for you all soon!

Are you going for Ultra's and WE paint schemes? Can't wait to see them!

Oh, and show me some BMG! My shiney syndrome for them has died right down. Make me want them again!

No, I'm doing them as a Shattered Legions force based around the survivors of the Dropsite Massacre, so Ravens, Sallies and Iron Hands. I outlined the plan a couple of pages back, though it's all liable to change at some point:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/1260/615960.page#8248975

The game does look pretty decent, and since I have a few CSM characters and a Helbrute knocking around, I may well grab some HH marines or CSM from eBay if I see any cheap and build up a small op-force.

More BMG coming up, the Court of Owls are the only Bat-thing on my desk at the moment but they're some pretty kickass minis, so I can't wait to get onto them.

Yeah thats payback for sure

I've no idea what any of it means on the site, I did order the starter though last night from Amazon.