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Thanks as always you 2

Basically he had 3 of the doom ones with the beam laser which are heavy support and 4 of the transports which are dedicated transports for most crons things.

The assault ram is just an awesome model but it also has so pretty good rules. Its fairly points heavy over 275 when tooled up but its armour 13 which is mental for a flyer. It can carry 10 terminators and has an assault ramp. Its pretty much a flying landraider.

It also has a very nasty lump of firepower vs ground targets and it can tank shock which for a flyer is mental

Bust mostly I just love the model.

Still trying to figure out why there is not much interest here. You chaps got any suggestions?

In terms of progress. Just picked up another drop pod at work. I have painted the dread silver and given it its black wash and the assault ram has had its first coat of silver and I have figured out where I am going to have the black sections. Should look sweet.

I couldn't tell you why there is not more interest. I think that what you are doing is great and I have tried to employ a few of the techniques you use in my own work.

Thanks man. Feel free to post some pics in here.

I wouldn't say there is little interest, you do have 6300 views. Reading other blogs folks say there are a lot of lurker a on Dakka who follow but don't post. I'm like that sometimes. Ill bet more people follow this than you think. I see what you mean about the flying Land Raider, pretty cool!

Yeah I do get some views Always find it strange how some blogs get loads of chat and other dont.

Anyway heres a bit of progress on the ram. Its got it base coat of silver. It looks rough as hell at the minute so a long way to go yet.





Getting there slowly.

Looks good. It is a great model and I have always wanted one :/.

Very nice work throughout Truffle. Consider me subscribed.

I have to say that your use of bits is fantastic. The Marines all look like individual bad asses.

Very nice work indeed, solid silver as a colour basis for an army is tough to pull off but these look great!


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Very nice work indeed, solid silver as a colour basis for an army is tough to pull off but these look great!

Very nice! Apparently i became unsubscribed to this, god knows how, but im back now

Cant wait to see the ram finished! Keep it up!

Some threads are just "Epic Threadnaughts", and have a life of their own. Keep plugging.

--B.

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Holy crap that picked up fast

Thanks guys. I have started doing the wash work on the assault ram now. Will hopefully be getting that stage finished within the next 2 days.

I have also picked out all the black sections of the dreadnought.

Glad you are all liking it and thanks for the nice comments

Right chaps. I have some good progress today.

The assault ram has nearly been washed fully and I have picked out some of the black sections so you can get an idea of what its going to look like.



Still a long way to go though.

Also I have done quite a bit of work on my dreadnought.







Still a fair bit to do on him to but hes getting there now.

Sorry about the poor quality pics they were just quick snaps and one of my daylight bulbs blew up AGAIN so I have crap light in my room.

CC as always

The dread looks like it would be fun to paint. What techinique do you use for washing large surfaces? I am trying to was some DE Venoms and Raiders and it keeps pooling up.

Coming along very nicely Truffle. That ram is going to look tops! Nice job lining the black on the dread.

Thanks chaps.

Basicaly for washing large models I use an old tank brush and really slap it on. The trick is to be really quick so that you get no stain lines so do big models in sections where you can stop and joins so you dont see where you start and stop.

Also when your doing it make sure that as you see sections start to clot up that you just dab it with your brush when it has not got much wash on. That will absorb the wash thats left and as its still wet so you can smooth out any strange areas. I also brake the models up with plenty of areas of black or colour. This makes the model more interesting and also large areas of washed flat surface look really gak.

Hope that helps a bit.

Han't done much the last few days. Dread is coming along nicely but the ram has had no more work. I have started building more marines as I need 50 marines 2 ironclads and hestan for the december tournament ow and 7 drop pods :/

No one wants 50 marines dropping in front of them

You have far better results with your washing than I with mine. My problem isn't the streaks but the pooling. My current project I use two thick washes so the pooling was bad. Decided to use the accent color on the vehicles. Anyway, you stuff is looking sweet as always. I like the red on the dread. Breaks up the colors.

I will give it a try! Thank you.

No problem.

Having more than one thick wash will cause big issues like that and also make it harder to correct mistakes as the shades will be hard to replicate. Rather you than me.

To be honest I think an airbrush might be the way to go for doing a good wash but I have no experience with them at all.


Ok so todays progress. I am trying to push through the mass of building I have to do before the next tournament. I have ordered a load more parts and have something special in mind for Hestans personal tactical squad. So keep an eye out for that. Also I have built a hand full more marines and started building another drop pod.

Here is a quick snap.



Forgot to get a new daylight bulb today :(

The Assault Ram and Dread are looking great so far, I really like the red accents on the Dread, will you be adding another colour to the Ram? Also great work on the ToS result mate. I could have sworn Id already subscribed to this thread? Well I have now anyway. Keep up the great work. The 50 marines are going to be an impressive sight.

Yeah, the double wash was a total failure. I didn't even take a pic of the tank. Infantry works pretty well because all the crevases. I want to try an airbrush, just haven't gotten around to it.

Lotsa marines! I am looking forward to it!

You have inspired me to start a space wolves drop army for my escalation league eventually. It will be so mean!

My mate is currently making a wolf terminator drop pods army

I have just got some more parts in. This dude is not finished yet I need a back pack and seals and stuff but I had to share him.









I just could not hold it in this dudes the tits

.50 cal ftw! I love that stance!

He really is the mutts nuts! Where is the weapon from?

Anvil industries mate.

Another night of building for me tonight. Here is what I have managed so far.



Now to do more marines lol

Nice one, you got your drop pod fitting together a lot better than I could, I have to use blutack to keep the doors up lol

My pods have no guts so they are simple to build. Also the doors. If you look under the door there is normally a big bit of flash. If you scrape that off and scrape a little extra off to then the doors shut no problem

Built a couple more marines and the first sniper dude has a back pack now. Here are a few pics







Im really happy with the second sniper marine Squads gonna looks smart. Going to get a chapter house conversion beamer and mount a multi melta on it and I think I am gonna have a melta gun on a servo army to

Thanks for the tip, New guys are looking great.