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Looks good, Graven!

Dr H wrote:Where'd the shoulder pads come from?

Superglue cap tip, cut in two lengthwise. Hard material for the primer to stick to, used Rust-Oleum Plastic Primer instead of Ultracover (I usually prefer the later for it's thinner finish, and works fine on styrene. In the case, there wasn't much detail to preserve on the pads - primered separately - so I favoured the bonding)

Commander Cain wrote:What did you use to get the paint off plastic so well Littletower?

Soaked in a Dettol bath overnight , toothbrush, toothpick for the deeper crevices. Latex gloves if you'd rather not smell of antiseptic for over a day afterwards. Dettol is reusable.

I added a holster and consider him finished

Very nice. Make sure you do a full set of final pics so he can be appropriately appreciated.

I don't think I'm going to have time to enter this one

I've had to concentrate on painting my army for my tournament next month.

The only free time I can see me having is on the 15th which is a bit of a challenge even for me.

Great to see it getting hotter - we need a flaming claw!
what, I hear you cry, of the Flaming Claw?

Well, I've done some photos in the light booth, with camera on as hi-res I can, and tbh all I see is flaws:

Not happy with axe haft or inside edge of cloak


Waist above Right hip looks to be missing green, argh.


Looks ok from this angle

Love that helmet graven. Very cool looking.

Alright well here is a quick update on my submission. Painted it up a bit to see how it would look, next thing to do is do the battle damage amd paint it up nice

Ok, so progress report on Brother Sabera......added some stowage (including bits from RTB01 of course ) and put down the base colours.....



After graven mentioned it I recalled the discussion about the Locusts, but felt I couldn't really go with actual turquoise as that's the main colour on my Slaaneshi marines, but thought this kabalite green would do nicely. I'm planning to add striations to the brown areas, and contemplating a fade on the bike green just todifferentiate it a bit from the rider. Still at a loss for gloves and weapons though....

I like him, and the colours, a lot. I actually quite like the black but failing that, purple maybe?

You guys are really making terrific progress. Wonderful, wonderful models on display here today.

Weekend update:



Weathering, basing and building it up to theme yet to be done.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Very nice. Make sure you do a full set of final pics so he can be appropriately appreciated.

Ok just charged my camera not the best cameraman though i will try.

made some pictures and added them to the gallery

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-57811-43790_Mantis%20Warrior.html

Such cool conversions!

That's the basic build. It follows about what I said it would be. Sorry for the shoddy shots. It's the best I can do at the moment. I'll get a good series for the final cut.

I decided on making the figure mostly follow what yours look like with the Corvus look. I snuck a Mark 3 left arm to show that it is a bit thrown together and salvaged. When it dries, I might carve it up some with more bullet pocks. The dude on the ground is meant to look torn apart and stripped of useful parts. I want some difference between the two.

How you like me now?

For those of you submitting early, I should like to point out that no entry is considered final until the fat lady sings on the 15th. So if you submit your entry, then later on have second thoughts... please feel free to fiddle with it and then re-submit it.

I think I'm going to start painting tonight. I just cleared a space in front of my airbrush desk and made a new spray booth. Keep your eyes peeled!


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Back in the saddle... Sorry the pics aren't so great. In the ongoing process of working on the studio the photo booth has gotten packed up.

As promised, started work on Dust's GMS marine.



And airbrushed the guns to go with the centurions. This was tricky as I had to imagine the position of the guns so I could airbrush the highlights correctly. Only guessed wrong on one gun!





Had to clean my long-unused airbrush about six times. It's still a little speckly... but I don't think it'll be noticeable once I get the detail painted up.

Nice to be back in the swing of things!

Its alive...

IT'S ALIVE!!!

Good to see you saddling up once more!

Yessssss!! Gits is back!!


Did you change up your mixes a little bit? These guys look a little darker than your old stuff. Not that thats a bad thing, mind you!!

It's the photography without the light box or the correct white balance. Top highlight is yellowish green as per usual.

Ahhhhh that makes sense then!

Great to see that you are getting the wheels rolling again!

Love the helmets on the Centurions, really changes the overall aesthetic of the model and in my opinion really improves the overall look of the unit.

Okay, I think I'm done. I may resort to a new snap of the top of the gun as I've removed an irksome mold line and some shoddy gs work.

There is a legend, that is whispered in fear even in places of damnation and darkness. Striking, lancing with fire and axe, borne on the wind itself - the Flaming Claw.








I think he might be done.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
I think he might be done.

*chuckle*

 Gitsplitta wrote:

 inmygravenimage wrote:
I think he might be done.

*chuckle*

Is that the chuckle of a man who *knows* I'm never satisfied?

Okay, here's the start of mine.

I had trouble combining stealth and violent characteristics so settled on some chunky armour coupled with a silenced bolter. Still have to add some mantis iconography but this should at least get me started.

Very nice build CC. All those rivets lend an aire of brutality to the figure.

Good to see you back at it, Gits'.

Really nice variety of models in production, good work people.

Just got the base to paint and I'll be pretty much done.

Good progress tonight. This is my "Mantis Warrior Penitent" scheme which you will be seeing a lot more of. (post-crusade)