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Yup, love the pearl blue...

NIce job for a hiatus

IceAngel wrote:

Lets talk about this for a second GiraffeX. Is there another shot of the white marine with the jump pack and what appears to be a heavy weapon? Is that one of those death shroud super soakers? Looks awesome!

Thats a Destroyer missile launcher for RAD missiles, its a 30k squad. Its quite cool the guy can jump and still fire it

Yggdrasil wrote:Yup, love the pearl blue...

NIce job for a hiatus

Thanks Ygg's, well the hiatus never really lasted very long.

I was going to do the long version why the hiatus didn't last but had problems with my image upload software tonight so had to download something new and work out how to use to bring you pics, although its now a lot later than expected

So the super quick version is I really wanted to try Warmachine so had to get another starter set painted up which I managed to do all in a weekend as below, really enjoyed doing these guys the bases need a tad touching up as I forgot that but they are all ready for battle.

I ordered my copy of 40k 7th edition today and I'm actually quite looking forward to it with the so called unbound rules I'll be able to play my CSM again!!

So here's the pics of the Cryx battlegroup, enjoy and I'll catch up with you later

Very nice! All good to go!

Where is the coroded metal?

 Miss Dee wrote:
Where is the coroded metal?

Seconded !

Nice to see Denny and her pets. Maybe a wash of typhus on the plates? Love the wee swirl in the smoke stack!

Nice work on the Cryx. Looking good.

Thanks for all the comments.

So they don't appear to be finished yet then?

What kind of corrosion are you thinking of?

On the metals or brass? I could add some weathering pigments for rust.

Thoughts please

Mix Devlin Mud and Gryphonne Sepia ....

A touch of verdigris on the brass wouldn't go amiss Perhaps a soupcon of rust on the stacks - but not as essential as the verdigis in my mind.

And I like how your idea of a break involves ordering the new edition and painting up more models than I've probably finished this year

Keep on chillin'

Rust pigments, with their orange/red, would make a great contrast with the dark green...

But the advice from monkeytroll & Miss Dee also seem relevant !

ok you have convinced me to get down and dirty with some weathering this weekend on the jacks

@monkeytroll welcome to the blog

So just for you guys and gals I ventured into my local GW last week and picked up some Nihilakh Oxide and also some Blood for the Blood God while I was there as I'm sure thats going to come in handy.

Yesterday I finished off those jacks with said Oxide and weather powders and they ended up looking like this, I didnt go overboard just a touch hear and there.

Bonejacks



Slayer



Also while I was painting I painted my World Eaters Vindicator as well as you do.... It just so happens that the Oxide paint came in handy once again











I was quite busy most of the day today but did get a chance to try Warmachine, and OMG how different is that game to 40k

I have a small batrep to put up and I'll let you know my feelings on how it went then, I'm also going to try out the new 7th edition 40k rules tomorrow so expect a batrep from that as well.

until then keep forging those narratives

Jacks look even better with a touch of weathering

Just a touch here and there is normally all that's required.

Nice job on the vindi too!

Much improved! Have you edge highlighted the red at all on the vindi? Not sure the pics do it justice.

Weathered Vindicator is top notch !

monkeytroll wrote:Jacks look even better with a touch of weathering

Just a touch here and there is normally all that's required.

Nice job on the vindi too!

Cheers monkeytroll

inmygravenimage wrote:Much improved! Have you edge highlighted the red at all on the vindi? Not sure the pics do it justice.

No edge highlights I'm afraid for the Vindi it has to fit in with the rest of the World Eaters tanks which don't have any.

Yggdrasil wrote:Weathered Vindicator is top notch !

Cheers Ygg's, should have a batrep up by the end of next weekend from my first try at 7th today where you can see the Vind's in action.

Must say I really do like 7th the Maelstrom missions are quite fun.

No painting today as above, was playing but I have finished my batrep for my first ever game of Warmachine which you can find below.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/597003.page#6869106

enjoy

They look good now

Cheers Miss Dee

Good day all

Here's may batrep from my game last weekend, first game of 40k 7th for me.

Enjoy, let me know what you think

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/598007.page#6887159

Will do some painting tomorrow so there may be another update.

Nice batrep dude! :-) models look simply amazing when playing a game and the quality is so high, your Helvalkerie? is so damn cool!

also liking the Cryx stuff, something i've not really been inspired by but I certainly like your take! the corrosion looks better on them and the Chaos Vindi is just wow! pretty creepy stuff and the writing appears wet blood? niiiiice! :-)

 nerdfest09 wrote:
Nice batrep dude! :-) models look simply amazing when playing a game and the quality is so high, your Helvalkerie? is so damn cool!

also liking the Cryx stuff, something i've not really been inspired by but I certainly like your take! the corrosion looks better on them and the Chaos Vindi is just wow! pretty creepy stuff and the writing appears wet blood? niiiiice! :-)

Cheers Damo glad your liking the batrep, it is quite cool to see all your models in action on the table.

Yeah that is wet blood on the vindi, nice and fresh like the blood god prefers

Warmachine minis are a bit hit and miss I find and their plastic is awful compared to GW's stuff so many hard to get off mold lines.

Its round to update day for me but I'm a bit lacking this week I'm afraid.

My camera software crashed the other week and hasn't worked since so I've replaced it with what is working out to be an ever better program and its free Picasa by Google, its very good makes the colours look like they should from my camera. Makes me so much happier.

Although there is a flaw, it means my pics are larger and a lot better quality so you can see all the mistakes.....

Speaking of which here's my Guardians from the weekend.



I've nearly finished my MW Libby as well just needs basing so you may have another update during the week depends if I get round to it

There's lots more Guardians to go as well but I'm trying to break them up between other models as I really hate batch painting.

Nice Guardians Gir

What is the "fabric" on their base ? Looks good

Cheers Ygg's those are sandbags, they are resin I picked them up from an ebay seller.

Guardians are looking good Gir! Been a while since I popped by thought I would say hi!

 Reaper Man 2020 wrote:
Guardians are looking good Gir! Been a while since I popped by thought I would say hi!

Cheers Reaper Man nice to have you drop in

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This guy came out a lot better than expected, he was looking really dark at one point when I only had the armour painted. I then painted what I think is my best head so far which really helped brake the mini up, that and the very brightly coloured Force Sword.

let me know what you think.

Mantis Warrior Librarian







Not sure whats up next on the painting table I've still got four members of my Destroyer squad to paint and another batch of guardians, I'll see what catches my attention the most this weekend.

Yeah, nice work on the face, looks good

Very nice Gir. That blue really shines, doesn't it?

monkeytroll wrote:Yeah, nice work on the face, looks good

Cheers MT

Gitsplitta wrote:Very nice Gir. That blue really shines, doesn't it?

Thanks Git's yeah it really catches the sunlight, in the evening though it looks almost black.