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I think the mod you have done to this mini paid out well good luck on the exams!

Great work on the latest vet! He really looks 'veteran', stalking forward with intent. Nice one!

Redfield and Booth look great. The paint job and their kits are quite nice. I like the different colored grenades, that vet is ready!

Redfields armour looks a bit constrictive, though.

Good stuff as always Scarper. Best of luck with the exams too.

Good Luck with the exam.
I had a bad thought of booth taking off his helmet and becoming a teacher at my school.
ARGH...must...purge...brain
looks good as usual!

Hey man, great work. I am back! Graduated college last weekend and just in time to get my hands on one of those new manticores =p

How did exams go sir?

I went to the hobby shop the other day for some new brushes and everything. I need to pick up a hobby drill for converting my valks to vendettas.

Hey guys! Exams are almost over, last one tomorrow. Promise I'll reply to all your comments over the next couple of days, but I'm just going to leave this here, then go to bed - got a lot of work to do tomorrow morning. Appreciate them hugely as always, and I will get back to you!

Just to show I'm not doing absolutely nothing, here's a current project -




The idea is that it's an outpost near the Remnant's home town - an outlying building destroyed a long time ago. It'll be constantly manned by two lookouts, who will live there for a couple of days before being relieved.

A few detail shots - The radio and generator will eventually be wired up, the posts will have a tarpaulin draped across them to cover the sleeping area, and I'm looking to get a heavy stubber set up next to where the sniper rifle is at the moment (if anyone has one to trade, please chck out the trading post!). There will be some posters around the walls, and hopefully you can see the landmines out front.




Hopefully it'll make an interesting bit of terrain, and a few house rules could make it worth taking ;D I'd love to hear any suggestions people might have to make it more interesting / improve the modelling. THis is the first bit of terrain I've ever done, so I'd really appreciate any advice! Love you all

That looks awesome!!! the only tip i can reccemend is keep it really open for squads that are over 10 guys.

Wow, dude, great work! I'm insanely jealous of how realistic you've managed to make this army! Keep it up, for real! Oh, and Good luck on exams, I feel your pain. D:

lovely job as ever dude, I hope all the exams turn out well. Also, I send my sympathies to your liver... I imagine it might need it in the next few days.

Great looking outpost

It's looking sweet dude! Can really imagine the guardsmen hunkering down and ever viligant on the look out

Thanks loads for the comments and compliments, everyone, I really appreciate them

I can't believe it's been nearly a month since I posted anything - I've just been really swamped lately. Exams are over now (my liver did indeed take a bit of a beating), I'm all moved into a new flat, and ready to get some more painting done! Year 4 of my course starts in a week though, so that's almost a holiday over already. Looks like I'll have to work quickly...

First model from my new improved work station (the whole thing folds away - it's awesome!) is this vet flamer. I'm still struggling to get the lighting right for photos here, but I'd love to know what you reckon! I've been playing around with rust effects and skin tones






Really appreciate all your support so far, everyone. Dakka is an amazing community! I'd love any tips you might have, and critique, even if it's bad

Nice to have you back
The rust effect is looking good, and I like the small details you add to your models. Refering to the gasmask that is

Your back!

This is a pretty damn cool blog.

It might be the photography, but I think you could do with a little more contrast on her face.

The Outpost looks like something out of Fallout 3. Now you need to make some raiders or Brotherhood of Steel Paladin. Good Job.

everyone is a character. do you game with them? why not play =i= 28 / imunda with them as they are all so unique and whole/real/present/alive looking?

@Rose_Mountainz - Thank you! I find varying the gear between models can make them seem more personalised, like they've scavenged their own stuff. I hope that comes through

@Ghosty - I am! And thanks for the compliment, much appreciated.

@Morgrim - I hope it's the photography, as I've been working on my highlighting of faces. I'm still trying to find the spot with decent light in my new apartment - I'll see if I can get some better pictures up soon. Thanks for the comment!

@Calgar 2.5 - Cheers! The game was a little bit of an inspiration, I'm not gonna lie I took a few things from lots of places though - you can find inspiration for post-apocalyptic stuff from all over the place! I'm reading Cormac McArthy's 'The Road' at the mo, which is absolutely incredible (and really moving too). Can't wait for New Vegas though!

@Azekio - Thanks so much, thats an amazing compliment! I'm currently working on a 500pt force (about 10 models to go til it's done ), but I'd love to get into inquisimunda - noone seems to play it round my end though :(

Today's update is more about upgrades than new stuff. First up is a model I was never really happy with - the female head was too small with the huge catachan hands and the cadian shoulder pad. One head swap (and a sex change) later, I was left with this. Do you think the GS hair works? It's the one I'm most pleased with so far, but I'd love some criticism. I've also tried out a new technique for the scar, and the same rust effects were added as for Stoke.




This next model is one of the first I ever painted around March last year (you can see him on the left in the first picture), and I thought I'd experiment to see if I could make a few really quick changes to get him more in line with my current models. Hopefully it works!

before:


after:



As always, I really appreciate any comments and criticism, so hit me!

Nice keep up the good work! Subscribed!

u could always for another rough rider make like a atv and have the driver on there and someone on the back with a rifle or something

I like stoke? Big up. any progress on the terrain?

Awesome stuff!

Where did you get those walls!?

Looks Grand!!!

I like the face detail on Murphy- very nice!

@indiana1000 - thanks! And for the friending as well

@ordo13 - Good idea! I've been thinking of doing a few scavenged vehicles - real mad max style done up trucks and oil tankers and the like - but i'm trying to power through some troops first. Thanks for the idea, though, I'll keep it in mind!

@Scrazza - Cheers! No more progress on the terrain so far, but I'll get an update up as soon as I do something with it!

@MenOfTanith - Thanks a lot!

@metallifan - The walls are from this site, which has ridiculous amounts of awesome scenery stuff. Be warned that it needs a bit of cleanup before use though - pretty standard for resin moulds though, I guess.

@Commissar Agro - Thanks!

@akira5665 - Cheers for the compliment

This is my Harker stand in, a resin model from studio McVey. I've tried out a few shots with natural light, but I can't decide if it's better than my usual photo technique. Please let me know what you think of both the photos and the painting, and I can hopefully get a shot of the whole vet squad up pretty soon!

Looking good mate1 iirc that mini is taller than the games worlshop onres isnt it? But it still looks good. Can't wait to see whats next!

Nice work. May have to grab some of those mcvey figs.

Cheers loads, guys, really appreciate the kind words! She is a touch taller than GW's line (~31mm or so instead of 28mm, but that is hunched over), but I'm just putting it down to her being taller than average - seems a little silly to have a planet full of people exactly the same size!

Seeing as Lt. Black herself didn't drum up too much interest, here's a quick shot of the now finished (!) vet squad she leads - I've tried to get shots showing both the front and back lines. As soon as I've painted them up a hound, they're good for the battlefield!




As always, I'd love to know what you reckon. No sealer yet, so it's not too late to make changes!