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I think the eyes look great. Smart idea to layer the flesh back over and tone them down a bit - they definitely come across as magical (psykeral? psychic?) - and the green is a really nice contrast to the purple.

Oh lawd the nostalgia continues! The metal Mephiston was one of my favourite minis - a childhood friend collected Blood Angels - and the Ork battle force with three of those ancient goofy bikers in it was one of my first major purchases. Please keep it coming

The eyes may not have gone down according to plan, but they still work. Love seeing the old BA characters. The old Ork machinery, too. They got us to where we are today.

tzurk wrote:I think the eyes look great. Smart idea to layer the flesh back over and tone them down a bit - they definitely come across as magical (psykeral? psychic?) - and the green is a really nice contrast to the purple.

Oh lawd the nostalgia continues! The metal Mephiston was one of my favourite minis - a childhood friend collected Blood Angels - and the Ork battle force with three of those ancient goofy bikers in it was one of my first major purchases. Please keep it coming

Yeah, I think the layering back the flesh worked quite well, their eyes still look quite ethereal. It’s quite nice getting back to Oldhammer, even if I’m just touching up half decent paint jobs. Mephiston was probably one of my best painted minis from back in the day! Need to think what to do with the remaining Ork bikers, I wonder if I can turn one in to a Nob with leftovers from an Ork boyz box... need to build those first to see what’s left.

youwashock wrote:The eyes may not have gone down according to plan, but they still work. Love seeing the old BA characters. The old Ork machinery, too. They got us to where we are today.

Indeed, sometimes we’ve just got to admit failure and make the best of a bad paint job and sometimes it comes out looking ok! I’ll try to get theses Angels on their new bases this weekend, but that’ll be the last nostalgia trip for a while as I’ll be back to Blackstone Fortress, probably for the rest of the year given my pace!

Sadly no painting updates but whilst sitting waiting, for what I hope is my last back related hospital appointment, I cobbled together an index of my completed miniatures. Amazingly my 2019 total is closing on 100 finished models, something I hope to smash in the next couple of weeks. Here’s my list which I’ll try to keep up to date in my first post

Warhammer 40k (2019 total = 56 so far)

Blood Angels
3 x 2nd Edition Tactical Marines
4 x 2nd Edition Tactical Marines

Space Wolves
1 x 2nd Edition Wolf Guard Captain in power armour
7 x 2nd Edition Blood Claws

Tyranids
6 x 2nd Edition Hormagaunts

Blackstone Fortress
4 x Ur-Ghuls
4 x Spindle Drones
4 x Chaos Beastmen
4 x Negavolt Cultists
7 x Traitor Guard
2 x Rogue Psykers


Warhammer Fantasy (2019 total = 39 so far)

High Elves
20 x High Elf Spearmen
1 x Eltharion on Stormwing

Chaos
7 x BattleMasters Chaos Warriors
1 x Heroquest Chaos Warriors
10 x BattleMasters Chaos Beastmen

Thanks for looking

Nice painted minis tally. Here's to a strong finish!

Hope the back appointment goes ok, too.

That's an impressive tally mate - glad to have been along for the journey. Good luck with the docs!

Cheers guys, it’s surprisingly high. You lot motivating me I suppose!

Docs went well, surprisingly detailed x-rays. He zoomed in where you could see the thread on the screws! I’ve now been discharged so just need to build my strength more and I’ll be all good! Amazing how long a single fall can take to heal!

Stay safe on ladders!

Great news gobert.

Good luck on reaching 100.

Cheers,

CB

Good news about your back Gobert.

The eyes on those psykers turned out ok once the skin tone was reapplied, looks effective in those pictures. Nice to see those older models coming out again too.

Captain Brown wrote:Great news gobert.

Good luck on reaching 100.

Cheers,

CB

Cheers CB, I got 3 closer tonight too

Maharg wrote:Good news about your back Gobert.

The eyes on those psykers turned out ok once the skin tone was reapplied, looks effective in those pictures. Nice to see those older models coming out again too.

Cheers Maharg, it was surprising that they looked better in the photos than real life. More old skool minis finishe their update

I got a couple of hours in tonight and finished updating the Blood Angels characters.




I think they look ok, not a step improvement but decent for minimal effort. Here’s some individual pics







Second Company Brother Captain Tycho got the most attention; spruce up of his Boltgun metal bits and nuln oil was. his reds got Mephiston red, evil sunz and golden yellow applied so he would fit in with his newly painted battle brothers. His banner also had an over paint to make it look more free hand. Seems to have come out ok.

Chief Librarian Mephiston is next;








His red armour got the new recipe, so basically a smidge of shoulder pad, his back pack and a single foot his Metallics got updated too, as did his gun. Not overly happy with that. I do like his new pose with a slightly elevate left foot.

And finally the techmarine who I bought so that i could field my dreadnought and vehicle;







On reflection, now I’ve had a closer look, I reckon he’s probably spotty teenage goberts best painted mini. Other than a nuln wash he didn’t need much doing at all!

Thanks for looking, back to Blackstone Fortress next I think

Glad you are on the mend mate being out of action is no fun. Marines looking good in their new coats! Must be close to group shot time for the BAs!

Those DA characters look ace! Especially loving that banner. And I know I would have been far too lazy too paint all the cables on the Techmarine in different colors

Good updates on the back and the minis. They look good on the new bases. I like the extra work on the banner.

gobert,

They are coming along.

Old school metal is always nice to see.

Cheers,

CB

tzurk wrote:Glad you are on the mend mate being out of action is no fun. Marines looking good in their new coats! Must be close to group shot time for the BAs!

Cheers tzurk, there’s still a way to go with fitness, but it’s good to put the medical side behind me. I’ll see about a group shot when I’ve finished the first squad, need the Sgt, heavy weapon and a squad leader (can’t remember the proper term!)

Viterbi wrote:Those DA characters look ace! Especially loving that banner. And I know I would have been far too lazy too paint all the cables on the Techmarine in different colors

Welcome to my blog Viterbi! I’m pretty happy with the banner, though it’s not as nice as the company banner, the marine for which I’ll update with the rest of my first squad. I too can’t believe I ever had the patience to individually paint the cables. The wash helped separate the sloppiness of the painting !

youwashock wrote:Good updates on the back and the minis. They look good on the new bases. I like the extra work on the banner.

Cheers bud! I’m glad the bases suit Tycho, I hadn’t considered him when I chose the turquoise bases.

Captain Brown wrote:gobert,

They are coming along.

Old school metal is always nice to see.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks CB, minor tweaks and new bases seem to have worked well.


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I made some decent progress on my Traitor Guard last night. I also threw in the Traitor Commissar and Chaos Ogryn to give them a bit of coherency with the Guardsmen. Got their trousers basecoated in Dawnstone, their skin in Bronzed Flesh and tidied up the black bits on their helmets, boots and pouches.



Browns and purple coats next then drybrushing before the metallics. I think I’ll keep the purple metallics to a minimum for the guardsmen apart from their Sgt. The commissar will get a metallic purple powerfist. The key decision is whether the Chaos symbol embedded in the Ogryn will be gold or purple. Thoughts on that sort of thing welcome as always

Thanks for looking!

Hmmm...adding some meat to the traitorous horde. Couple great models there. Look forward to seeing them all together.

Nice work on the marines, and i always like to see more traitor guard around. They're just so snazzy

youwashock wrote:Hmmm...adding some meat to the traitorous horde. Couple great models there. Look forward to seeing them all together.

yeah, nearly done with the Bad guys now, just these and the marines to do. The Commissar really is cool, hope I can do him justice. Going to try some different washes on the Ogryns claw, not sure how it’ll turn out...

amazingturtles wrote:Nice work on the marines, and i always like to see more traitor guard around. They're just so snazzy

welcome back turtles, long time no see! These traitor guard are quite fun, wish I could do gas mask heads on them all though!

I got a bit more done tonight, purples and browns competed then a bleached bone dry brush all over.


Metallics next then I’ll get the washes out.

Thanks for looking

Did someone say Cultists? They are looking good Gobert, I have not had a chance to check but are there rules for the renegade commissar and orgryn?

Really like the freehand banneron Tycho. Nice job Gobert !!

Interesting models, love the old-school esthetic on the blood angels.Nicely updated!

Yorkright wrote: Did someone say Cultists? They are looking good Gobert, I have not had a chance to check but are there rules for the renegade commissar and orgryn?

Indeed they did! I’ve really enjoyed the Blackstone Fortress bad guys so far, nice models, easy to make look decent! I’m pretty sure the Traitor Commissar and Ogryn have 40k rules. I’ll have a look in their box next time I paint. Welcome to my blog Yorkright

vossyvo wrote:Really like the freehand banneron Tycho. Nice job Gobert !!

Cheers vossyo, welcome! Pretty chuffed with the improved banner, though I’m not sure it counts as freehand as the starting point was a 20 year old photo copy of a banner from Codex: Angels of Death. My company standard is 100% freehand, will have to get a pic for comparison.

CommissarKhaine wrote:Interesting models, love the old-school esthetic on the blood angels.Nicely updated!

Thanks CommissarKhaine, glad you like the old school. I’ve plenty more to get through once I’m done with BSF!

Speaking of which, I’m making steady progress on the latest batch of treachery. All of my base colours and metallics are done and I even managed a couple of washes. The leaders got a few bits of purple washed metallics and everyone got a nuln coat on their boots, trousers and helmets.


Everything else will get either seraphim sepia or Agrax Earthshade before I move on to highlights. I’ve got to say it again, but these new-fangled washes are really amazing!

Anyway, thanks for looking!

Coming together. That Ogryn gets better with every step. More old school to follow? Great news!

youwashock wrote:Coming together. That Ogryn gets better with every step. More old school to follow? Great news!

Cheers bud! He’s a really cool mini, hoping I’ve not ruined him with a wash of red added to his claw.

My epic rate of progress continues, with all of the washes in the process of drying. After I did the bottom halves with nuln oil last time out I got the skins with seraphim sepia followed by a an Agrax of everything else ,


Plus a close up of the Ogryn and Commissar

Thoughts on where to go with he claw would be very helpful

Thanks for looking in

They are coming along nicely. I mean, i think i've said it before, but it's hard to go wrong with purple or purplish colors.

As for the claw, i like it so far, and the way it's all lobstery. Maybe a few lighter pink speckles close to where it meets the skin to finish off the effect?

I am all about the shiny, purple power fist.

I agree with amazingturtles. Go full lobster. Some speckles, pull in some orange tones, some real deep shadows, the whole shebang.

They are looking good, I like how the banner looks. As for the claw go for the “full lobster “ like Youwashock said. Hero’s and big models should have a little extra attention.

amazingturtles wrote:They are coming along nicely. I mean, i think i've said it before, but it's hard to go wrong with purple or purplish colors.

As for the claw, i like it so far, and the way it's all lobstery. Maybe a few lighter pink speckles close to where it meets the skin to finish off the effect?

Thanks turtles, I too like a bit of purple and these guys are maximising that! I can’t wait to get on with the Chaos Marines who will be Metallic Purple like my Chaos Warriors.

youwashock wrote:I am all about the shiny, purple power fist.

I agree with amazingturtles. Go full lobster. Some speckles, pull in some orange tones, some real deep shadows, the whole shebang.

The votes are in and full lobster it is! I’ll have to do a bit of lobster research to decide between the orange or pink!

Yorkright wrote: They are looking good, I like how the banner looks. As for the claw go for the “full lobster “ like Youwashock said. Hero’s and big models should have a little extra attention.

Cheers Yorkright. I think you’re right with giving them a bit more attention, so I’ve split the Ogryn and Commissar out form the rest of the Traitorous lads. Whilst that has meant the lads are done, it’s probably going to delay their completion a week or so, as I’ve got a busy week of working evening to sort some work stuff. Anyways, here is the second troop of Traitor Guard:


Non-Spikey Sgt

Non-Spikey Flamer dude

Non-Spikey Grenade lobber


I’m liking how they’ve come out, the minor conversions work pretty well. I think the laspistol on the sergeant might even look better than the original version. The RTB01 knife on the running man seems to work pretty well too. Sadly I’m not soo happy with the axe but at least it makes him different from his twin! Speaking of which here’s the whole gang of the Traitorous wretches!





Removing most of the Spikey bits has worked well and coupled with the brighter colours, to me at least, shows one troop have fallen fully to Chaos. The others being more disciplined, have fallen but still retain a degree of normality. Their purple and the gold chaos stars that some carry being their giveaway. I like to think these guys have been swayed by their commissar in following the Heretical ways. The swaying being the Ogryn;


That’s probably the last you’ll hear from me next week,

Thanks for looking!

Heretics! Traitors!

They look good. I like how you have gone with varying degrees of corruption. They look fabulous all together.

Great Traitor Guard, those eye lenses are amazing and the purple contrasts great with the rest of their armor.

Man, that Tycho is still one of my favourite sculptors out there. Just a shame that they killed him off so we will never see him Primarised and updated.

Traitor guard are looking great, purple always gets my vote as a go to colour.