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Any ideas for a gold paint that can actually cover?

Here's a couple of finished guys and some PIP:











It takes a long time getting all the extreme highlights there, but I kinda like the effect. What do you think? (I put the lines everywhere, not just where the highlights would normally be, to give a sort of glowing feel to the armour). I tried with much more subtle highligts at first, but the models just seemed way to dark, looking at them from more than a feet away - this way they "pop" more. (Pop-Khorne? )

Very nice!

I personally enjoy the highlights/detail work. They're effective and not too overboard. The colors are far enough apart to give it that pop. Well done.

Nothing to worry about with your colours, friend, they really 'pop'. I personally would calm down with the whole Khorne pun thing though...

Thanks guys - the colour scheme is growing on me as well. I just have to practise some, to get more clean lines.

Crisps; With an avatar like that, I think what I've written (2-3 puns) are accepted.

GuitaRasmus wrote:Any ideas for a gold paint that can actually cover?

I've had good luck with the Testors gold enamel.

Jesus H. Christ, those are painted well. As another poster said, the highlights are really well done.

Those are some amazing builds... and the painting ain't bad either.

GuitaRasmus wrote:





I also got a box of havocs, and was pretty disappointed when I found out the heavy weapons are metal. Oh well, back to the bits box. I made a custom autocannon, 3 more (or heavy bolters) to go:

sorry for quoting an old post

but i MUST know how you made that autocannon... it looks great!


your conversion skills are fantastic. i hope to be at this level one day. im a new player, and have decided to undertake a project of collecting a minimum of 500pts of EVERY chaos legion... so im trying to amass bits, but its kinda hard.

ive started on emperors children and next up is world eaters. hope you dont mind if i yoink some ideas for those guys from you!

Gitsplitta wrote:Those are some amazing builds... and the painting ain't bad either.

Thanks a lot - it bothers me a bit that my painting isn't as good as my conversions deserve. It's okay, but I've never really gotten to a standard that says "WOW!". I'm trying to do my very best on these guys, but getting beyond "good tabletop quality" eludes me. I would really love some tips - I'm taking my time, getting the paint as clean as possible, but for some reason I can't seem to blend very good. I would love to achieve results like these: http://www.40konline.com/community/index.php?topic=181487.0

And this stuff is just mindblowing: http://jagr-ed.livejournal.com/16915.html

Obsidian Raven wrote:

GuitaRasmus wrote:

sorry for quoting an old post

but i MUST know how you made that autocannon... it looks great!


your conversion skills are fantastic. i hope to be at this level one day. im a new player, and have decided to undertake a project of collecting a minimum of 500pts of EVERY chaos legion... so im trying to amass bits, but its kinda hard.

ive started on emperors children and next up is world eaters. hope you dont mind if i yoink some ideas for those guys from you!

No problem at all - please ask any questions you want. The autocannon is made from an ork warbikerz gun, with the bajonet being a fantasy orc sword. The handle is made from various bits. I used the handle from the fantasy orc sprue sword (the extra one) on this:

and I actually like it better. Other than that, just add some ammo belts and the nozzle is from the chaos tank sprue.

Been up all night converting - I'll take some pics tomorrow, there's some cool new guys joining the warband.


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Big update!

I've started progress on the painting, and converted some more.

A little progress on the slaughterfiend:



Land raider under construction - needs lots more spikes:






Same for the storm raven (Carrion Assault ship). I'm going to put pointy wings on, a big skull, and other goodies:



Dread #2 is almost done - I'm considering making him a rifleman though, so I might have to make a new left arm.






I wasn't satisfied with the running terminator, so I made a new one - I like him a lot more:




My new berzerker squad - lots of work went into these poses:






Chain glaive:



Another interesting pose I had to try:





Champion with powerfist - I'm not sure about Kharns head on this one:



One of my favourites - with a HUGE chain axe:








And I've started painting my lord - for some reason the natural light at this time of year is screwing with the colours - I can't seem to get a good shot of him. I promise, it looks better IRL:




Let me hear what you think.

Awesome, love the berserker on the light post.

2 questions.

1. Whats on top of the storm raven? (I demand to see it! Haha)

2. What did you use for the ports on the side of the storm raven?

(Also, Kharns head looks good on there.)

legomojo wrote:Awesome, love the berserker on the light post.

2 questions.

1. Whats on top of the storm raven? (I demand to see it! Haha)

2. What did you use for the ports on the side of the storm raven?

(Also, Kharns head looks good on there.)

Thanks mate!

1. It's the "port" wall from CoD with a lot of skulls in it - it's still very much in progress.

2. I actually had to look a bit to find out what it is - I just took them from my bitz box, but it's the sides from the defiler torso hull.

The slaughterfiend is looking very nice indeed. I also really like the berserker up the lamp post I was going to do a Night Lord in a similar pose, Very cool

I've started work on my Khorne Rhino using the same skull, have a look in my Chaos blog (last few pages) and let me know what you think.

GuitaRasmus wrote:

legomojo wrote:Awesome, love the berserker on the light post.

2 questions.

1. Whats on top of the storm raven? (I demand to see it! Haha)

2. What did you use for the ports on the side of the storm raven?

(Also, Kharns head looks good on there.)

Thanks mate!

1. It's the "port" wall from CoD with a lot of skulls in it - it's still very much in progress.

2. I actually had to look a bit to find out what it is - I just took them from my bitz box, but it's the sides from the defiler torso hull.

*looks up the defiler online*

Oh...I can totally see that. Awesome. I may steal that idea some day. It makes the whole ship feel different. A++

I put another head on the champion - this one is a better fit:




I'm almost done converting my Chosen of Khorne (DC with jump packs) - the heads are temporary, to get an idea about the poses, until my FW renegade enforcers arrive - I'll use the heads from them:



Here's the psychos - it took a long time getting the poses perfect, but I'm pretty satisfied with the results - I need to get some resin jump packs though, since these are very heavy. They balance okay, but if they fall, they fall hard.







Champion with powerfist:



Psycho with chainscythe:







Exalted champion of Khorne (Reclusiarch or Chaplain)




Still needs some details and green stuff, but comments and ideas are welcomed.

Sweet, those raptors are awesome. Particularly the champion.

So many chainaxes! Are you the reason they're all sold out on the bitz sites?

Love the dynamic poses on your bezerkers- I will have to borrow (read steal) some of your ideas when the parts arrive for mine.

Wow. Some fantastic work. What are the psycho heads from?

Love the stuff man its awesome! that defiler is amazing.
only crit is that i reckon you should have stuck with the winds instead of jump packs, I used forgeworld tyranid warrior wings an attatched them to backpacks

Thanks!

Reanimator: LOL, no, I just traded with some guys on a danish forum.

Lord Skulk: All the heads are just plastic chaos heads. The Champion is the standard champion head, with the horns cut off. The one with the scythe is a possessed head, with berzerker bunny ears added.

BAN: I considered it for a while, but I don't think the mutation thing fits khorne very well, except for some having skull heads. Mutations are more fitting for Slaanesh, Nurgle and Tzeentch, imho.

I've finished the Slaughterfiend Defiler. That was a huge project, but I think it was worth it. It looks quite intimidating:

That's tremendous GR... well done!

Yeah that defiler is really nice.

Bo selecta,thats some fantastic work on display there.I love the way the chaos marine is holding the chains.

Pretty sweet job there. Love the way you did the red on the plates.

That Defiler is amazing. It looks waaaaaaay better than the GW one (and I actually like the GW one!) and the paintjob is amazing! The paint just looks so... realistic. My models always look flat, but via blending and fading and all of those other fancy paint job terms that I'm probably misusing it looks excellent! And the Raptor Berzerkers are some of the best conversions I've seen in awhile. Their poses are amazing and they defiantly look Khornish. I'm eager to see more Khorne stuff from you!

Thanks a lot guys.

LoneLictor: I just had a look a your minis, and if I may give you a piece of advice, it would be to thin your paints, and paint multiple thin layers to preserve detail, be as neat as you can (as in put the paint exactly where it needs to be), and use washes - that would definitely bring them to a very nice level. I like your colour scheme.

GuitaRasmus wrote:Thanks a lot guys.

LoneLictor: I just had a look a your minis, and if I may give you a piece of advice, it would be to thin your paints, and paint multiple thin layers to preserve detail, be as neat as you can (as in put the paint exactly where it needs to be), and use washes - that would definitely bring them to a very nice level. I like your colour scheme.

Got it; I will defiantly try that stuff after seeing how well it worked out on your minis.

Just a thought. The Chainscythe could probably do with a giant chainaxe head rather than a somewhat piddly chainssword blade. Otehrwise, lovely stuff. And nice finish on the defiler