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Arakasi wrote:@Gitsplitta: Or your GMS Stormboy Nob...

My fault entirely... yours is completely finished just waiting for me to do up a couple of quick Bad Moon insignia for the boss poles for him and yours... and I keep getting distracted. Will try to finish them up this week so I can get him on his way.

I am also further along on your dread Arakasi. I bought some rivets for model trains just for it. I'm going to pretty much scrap the paint job on it now though and start over.

I do like watching your progress. Every now and then it shames me into actually doing something on my guys lest I fall behind!

Gitsplitta wrote:My fault entirely... yours is completely finished just waiting for me to do up a couple of quick Bad Moon insignia for the boss boles for him and yours... and I keep getting distracted. Will try to finish them up this week so I can get him on his way.

@Gits And one day I'll finish the last few bits on your marine too

I'm so far behind in my trades endtrans... I can't even keep track any more. I just pick one at a time and plow through it... hoping to God that one day I get through them all.

No rush. It's just that yours has been "nearly complete" for months

(Sorry for the hijack Arakasi!)

Apparently the painting did not wear thin, so no modelling this week...

Red glaze - Painboy WIP:


Start of chipping - Shoota WIP:


Only 5 Shootas and a Trukk left to have new photographs!

@The Good Green: Yeah, like Mars is just a little further than the Moon...

@Gitsplitta: Not at all - shared fault at worst I haven't added more paint to yours for weeks (months?!) - I think I'm at the stage of adding metal into the chips - but was waiting for more metal to do... also the Boss Poles are ready for their decals - and I was putting that off too... If you think you are *so far behind in my trades* - I haven't even completed my *first* one - to you!

@whalemusic360: Cool! Can't wait to see your progress!

@endtransmission: I do it for me mainly, but glad it helps you out too! Of course, you get to see the progress in person occasionally too

I don't think I've ever looked at the Painboy before. I really like him. What colour blood are you going to stain his clothes with?

I just read your last battle report ! Want to say that I like very much your army concept !
I hope to see more

Wow....has the painboy always had a wooden leg??
I've seen him twice in person and loads of times here an have honestly never noticed that...

"Dem stinkin Dark Angelz. 'Everyz timez wez fights 'em. Demz ivez us a whoopin'. Wez 'Da Brazen Klawz anz wez gonna gitz stronger and meaner anz gitz dem Dark Angelz anz.......wait demz orkz. Letz join em anz clobber some umies."

Love the work. Your orkz are awesome.

@endtransmission: Well, he's not as nicely painted as the rest of the Nobz you did for me - yet I guess I'll have to go for a mixture of dark dried blood and lighter, fresh blood - but in all honesty - I haven't given it much thought yet!

@Grenat: Thanks - doing my best!

@Imperial Monkey: Ummm... yes?

@schank23: Cool and thanks! Wow - just checked my GMS queue - you're 8th (and I'm still working on 1st and 3rd...). Can't wait for that (well, I can, and will have to...) - then we can cement dis Waaagh! propa!

Good painboy you got there, he looks really dirty, the overall effect is great.

Only the skin and red are done (or nearly done) - most of that brown will be worked up to bone/white...

New week, new progress. 2:1 Scorched Brown/Gloss Varnish added into the chipping - just the Boltgun or Chainmail left to do! With this step I've finally caught up to a batch of previous red... Anyway - mini pic tonight is Skarag's Trukk - showing engine, Big Shoota and Big Shoota ammo boxes at this stage:


And a pic that I prepared earlier but hadn't put up yet, hopefully to persuade me to finish modelling Artsoldier35's Trukk - The Twin Trukk:


Didn't have the rear wheels and suspension on previously...

So tomorrow night I might put the Boltgun/Chainmail into the scratches - starting with Gitsplitta's Stormboy Nob (though on the Green, not the Red!), or start moving the Twin Trukk along, or both! You never know...

Catchya!

Looking good as ever. With the red finished it works really well with the flesh, the red tones in the flesh and the blue tones in the red.

Love the big scope on the big shoota!

Also love the way that truck chassis is turning out.

@monkeytroll: It does, doesn't it? I've been trying to put my finger on what I particularly like about it - and you may have hit it right on the head! It's sometimes hard to believe how the whole can end up better than the sum of the parts. Now I just need to not stuff it up somewhere

@Gitsplitta: I think he may have discovered its use recently - I've actually been making 1 hit in 3 lately. Shocking, very shocking...

Coming along nicely! I like to watch all the little steps you take on your builds. Very enlightening.

Arakasi wrote:New week, new progress. 2:1 Scorched Brown/Gloss Varnish added into the chipping - just the Boltgun or Chainmail left to do! With this step I've finally caught up to a batch of previous red... Anyway - mini pic tonight is Skarag's Trukk - showing engine, Big Shoota and Big Shoota ammo boxes at this stage:



Didn't have the rear wheels and suspension on previously...

So tomorrow night I might put the Boltgun/Chainmail into the scratches - starting with Gitsplitta's Stormboy Nob (though on the Green, not the Red!), or start moving the Twin Trukk along, or both! You never know...

Catchya!

He looks like he enjoy's his job........ alot

Oh btw want one of these for Tha Boyz? he's just gathering dust afterall??????

@Artsoldier35: I had hope that step by step might be helpful to someone - other than me of course Also, hopefully its more interesting than months of blank space...

@Santobell: He does Apparently that model is one of the next to come out in resin - which peaked my interest for conversion potential. Unfortunately, if I take if off your hands now, it's likely to just lie around here instead. I'd wager I'll be back in Oz before I get a chance to touch it - but I'll keep it in mind, just in case (and assuming you still have it...)

I'm going to try and make one without the guy on it but the original will just sit about, twiddle thumbs and feel left out until you get back here to doc butcher him into an ork I promise.

@Santobell: Sounds like a plan...

Right - missed my update yesterday - I knew there was a reason I don't try to do painting *and* modelling in the one evening (late - or should I say early - bed time...)

Let's start off with Gitsplitta's GMS Stormboy Nob:

Finally got around to doing the Chainmail in the battle damage on the dark green armour - mainly the Rokkit Pack. While I was at it, brought all of the started (painting) but incomplete minis for my 1000pts - minus the ones I've been working on the last 3 weeks - to red completeness - ie Chainmail in the battle damage on the red. (2:1 or 3:1 Chainmail/Gloss Varnish - the Chainmail drys out quick!) Checking the Stormboyz Nobz - not a lot left to do! Decals (Dark Angel corpse and banners), tattoos, Dark Angel face details, base, further details, weathering etc Might try my hand at the decals next week. Been meaning to utilise my knowledge from the Forgeworld Tank Masterclass... Still don't have Gitsplitta's special Bad Moonz decals - so may just go ahead with mine and see what he wants done

And then, of course, I had to do some modelling - the twin Trukk:

Didn't realise the pic I put up before *was not glued*! This has now been rectified! Also, attached the narrow rear wheel guards which I had put together ages ago. (Different from Artsoldier35's Trukk. I'm going to call the original Artsoldier35's Trukk, and this one the Twin Trukk, but until I put the Arakasi numba plate on one of them they are interchangeable as far as I'm concerned...) The cab shown here is actually from Artsolider35's Trukk - so I still need to make another one. This is probably the first picture that clearly shows the driver though...

So, that was yesterday. Tonight, I brought the rest of the red (the guys I've been working on for the last 3 weeks) up to completion with the Chainmail in the battle damage. All 1000 points is now complete as far as skin and red goes - wahoo! A Shoota to celebrate:

There are only two more guys who haven't had a recent individual photo shots now... (and some of the others are looking particularly impressive - if I do say so myself - especially the Deffkoptas and Nobz....) Don't know what colour I want to do next - dark green (armour and clothing), white (robes / shirts), bone (Deffwing armour) or black (Rav'nwing)... will think about over the weekend...

And finally, a little more progress on the Twin Trukk:

Put the front bumper in and the radiator - again, going for a slightly different look to Artsolider35's Trukk. I'm working towards doing the front wheels...

And that's it for another week! Thanks for stopping by!

I don't have decals Arakasi, I just paint up the little bad moon bitz for the boss poles...

OH, wait... I DO have bad moon decals.... What did you need? I can send them on with your ork which I will finish up on Sunday night.

Looking fantastic as always

The rokkit pack on the stormboy looks awesome - and you've done a good job in distinguishing between the green armour and green skin.

I think it's funny though that the slain Space Marine's armour seems to be (from this angle) in much better shape than the Stormboy'z armour...

Man I love your trukks. They have to be the best I've seen......ever. I havent done a trukk yet for my orks but if my conversion comes out half as good as yours I'll be happy.

@Gitsplitta: What do I need? What do you want? I think if you can hang off sending my Ork, I'll put the decals on my Stormboyz Nob next week to give you and idea of what I'm thinking of. Then we can discuss Bad Moon decal replacements. I think only size and perhaps colour are going to matter... I have to think about unit markings too...

@slice'n'dice: Thanks! The Space Marine's armour is in better shape because up to very recently he hadn't been expecting an Ork Nob to drop out of the sky on him!

@schank23: Thanks! I'm sure they will. I feel I get better with each one - learning new tricks and such. Though I really need to move up to Looted Wagons and/or Battlewagons...

Sounds good Arakasi. ... and I agree with schank, your trucks are the best!

you truly are the master of the tanks

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maybe after you do some battle wagons you could do a super heavy...... "Arakasi style"

how long would that take to make????