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Lovely stormboy - now the decals are in place it's just touching up left I presume?

Can we see some side-by-side comparisons of the trukks once there's a hood and cab in place?

You know Arakasi... your comment just gave me an idea. We need a Dakka Truck Ralley.... either as a distinct thread for people to show off their best and most creative trucks, or maybe as the subject of the MoTM competition...

What 'cha think??

why not like the pimp my wizzard thread. exept open to all

id be up for that!

@monkeytroll: Pretty much. Touching up - and the base! I had actually toyed with putting up some side-by-side pics of the Trukks - I guess now I'll have to (and remember to put up some closer pics of the suspension as asked for by someone else previously...) Just thought it would be self indulgent (I do like the look of them together...)

@Gitsplitta: I had had the idea of a Trukk (and Deffkopta) Show Off thread a *loooong* time ago - back when CommisarKhaine was doing his as well. I was waiting until I actually finished one of mine before starting it myself. You can see how that turned out... I swear though, when I finally get to doing a board, it is going to have to be an Orky race track!

@Gitsplitta, prototype_X: I fully support any Trukk based competition - but unless it has a 2 year time window, or happens to coincide with me finishing a Trukk - I'll sadly not be able to enter! I'm getting faster (I think) - but not quite that fast yet! Maybe I could be a judge

LOL! Perhaps a "mini of the millennia" competition would suit better. ;-)

I'd go buy a trukk just for that comp, though if Ark is in it I'd say I'd lose.

ok is that a yes then?

as arkasi is the trukk masta, mabey he could judge?

You could always bring one of your boyz into the Masterclass next week and ask te Eavy Metal guys for some advice on making the transfers look more like tattoos

I'd enter a trukk but like Arakasi siad it would need to be at least a year cause I to am slow. I have yet to finish a trukk yet. I do think i have the bitz off the spurs but thats about it. But it would be fun.

A year? Dagnamit I hate you speedy guys. A quick flick back through my blog shows the first sign of a trukk back in September last year. The next sighting was,oh...wait a minute...hmm, not yet it seems I do recall gluing a few running wheels to a track side, doubling the width of the tracks, but then seemed to have lost that part.

one year seems good.

A year? I could do that. But wait until I get to Washington to start.

Four things to cover!

One - Thursday night's update:

Who's bright idea was it to put Space Marine corpses on bases and then paint the Space Marine first *Very* fiddly getting the base painted without disturbing the Space marine paint work... Oh - and clear pictures of the Space Marine shoulder pad transfers - much easier than tattoos!

Some more work on the Twin Trukk:

As you can see, the front has a different, less boxy design - working off suggestions from CommissarKhaine - where has he got to?

And for monkeytroll - a side by side (though the other is missing it's additional cab detail...)


Two - Finally got my Partick Crucible 2 battle report up - just in time to have to write new ones with endtransmission next weekend...
Da Dark Angelz Crash (and Burn at) Partick Crucible 2

Three - Right, you guys have convinced me! Look out for an announcement/new thread on Thursday regarding a Trukk competition

Fourth - other housekeeping...

@endtransmission: Good idea! Conveniently, I will have them all with me... (though knowing the rivalry between 'Eavy Metal and Forgeworld, they will probably tell me transfers are for wusses and that real men *paint* their tattoos...)

@Artsoldier35: If I waited until everyone was ready (me included!) it would never happen. Alternatively, you have until the 30th June to get to Washington

Catchya!

Arakasi@ "Three - Right, you guys have convinced me! Look out for an announcement/new thread on Thursday regarding a Trukk competition"

its really happening awesomeness!
if only i needed a truck

Marines came out really well & those trucks are looking fantastic!

30 JUNE? We won't even leave VA until the 11th of July. Then it's a long crosscountry road trip. Oh well, maybe I'll get in on round 2 or 3.

Given that it sounds like it'll be a year until the finish, I think you've got some time to catch up... especially at the rate Arakasi and Monkeytroll paint

What? You're talking about painting it too? Madness I say, madness.

@bigfish: I'm thinking of a combined Trukk show-off thread/competition - so existing complete Trukks would be acceptable entries. Of course, that is assuming you meant you don't need any *additional* Trukks. Come to think of it, what is the Orky word for heresy?

@Gitsplitta: Thanks again!

@Artsoldier35: Given my comment above to bigfish, and endtransmission's intuition, I think you'll be fine!

@monkeytroll: I'll paint mine if you paint yours!

Arakasi wrote:@bigfish: I'm thinking of a combined Trukk show-off thread/competition - so existing complete Trukks would be acceptable entries. Of course, that is assuming you meant you don't need any *additional* Trukks. Come to think of it, what is the Orky word for heresy?

i think its "YA GIT!!!"

and cool, make sure to post a link here to it

Of course

But mine isn't even at the blu-tac stage anymore!

Guess it's time to go rooting through the boxes and try to recall where I was going with it. Hopefully I put some notes to self in my blog

Hopefully

Let's start with Tuesday's progress...

Twin Trukk (GMS):

Hood taking shape...

Tattoos:

Shoota Boyz from da Fif an' Sixf Taktikal Mobz

Tonight's progress - filled in the details on the Stormboyz Nobz - we are running very close to complete!


Still need to highlight the metal (Mithril Silver edge highlights). Base will need grass - but I am leaving Gitsplitta's bare for him (that's right isn't it?). Should probably shade/highlight the decals... Small details you may not be able to see - blood under the Power Klaws and coming from the Space Marine's mouth corner. Added white lightning effects to the Power Klaws and Power Sword (very subtle). Bases shaded and highlighted. Space Marine eyes and teeth done. Think that's about it...

What is wrong with the above pictures?


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

Needs clean up. Ran out of 2mm strip

What else? Oh - Arakasi's Inaugural Trukk Rally 2012 is up!

Badass trukks Arakasi! Always love seein a fellow Mek progress!

And my god.... the Nobz are freaking AMAZING!!

As to the 2mm strip- why dontcha just cut your own? thats all i do, and it works fine- just is a bit more time consuming!

Thanks Ramos Asura!

Spent the weekend at Warhammer World, got three excellent battles in against endtransmission, learnt some stuff on the 'Eavy Metal Masterclass (mainly that I have a *long* way to go...) - details to follow at some point...

Cleaned up "the room" in Coventry. Discovered more 2mm strip! (Was hiding with my Meganobz WIP) - though you are right, I *could* cut my own - I even have an appropriate tool I think...

The 'Eavy Metal Masterclass inspired me to start the Dark Angels Green on da Boyz. Doing it across two dozen boyz quickly nipped that in the butt. Also, applied Thraka Green and Ogryn Flesh washes to the tattoos - looking much better. Been too tired and slack to put up pics though yet - so you'll have to wait - probably the weekend (have been managing to take them though!)

Now I've run out of Chaos Black! (Go on Ramos Asura, suggest an alternative to that!)

Pics to come...

Psh. obviously you need to make your own by use of black ink and arcane sorceries of pigment! then you must make an incredibly long and arduous journey to the Fortress of Color, and fight the Black Knight for the holy pot of Chaos Black (tm).

So get on it, Arakasi!! Quest away!

The battles were great. They all felt much closer than previous games as I actually moved around the board a bit

@Ramos Asura: I sent a Grot. It was easier to threaten one We'll see how reliable that turns out...

@endtransmission: You moved a bit - I felt I was covering the entire board! (It will be interesting to see how far some of my units ranged when I write up the battle reports...)

Right, did someone mention pics?


Thraka Green wash on the tattoo, and I think the Dark Angels Green/Black shading as well. I originally did 1:1 - but that seemed too dark. I think the final mix was 2:1 or 3:1... just eyeballed it in the end...


Plus Ogryn Flesh wash on the tattoo. This was the second batch of shading...


And shading on the Big Mek - well - the Space Marine corpse anyway. Thought it might be a bit clearer in this pic...


Discovering my Chaos Black to be out, moved on to the first highlight - 1:1 Dark Angels Green/Snot Green.


And the Big Mek...


Probably was a bit heavy handed with the shading - so went back and cleaned up/highlighted with Dark Angels Green - over the previous layer...


Again, probably easier to see on the Big Mek. One of the things the 'Eavy Metal guys mentioned is that the level of shading/highlighting they do doesn't look right until the very end, If it looks right before then, you've peaked early! This mirrors my experience doing my red and Ork skin. Let's hope it pans out for my green!


Tired of green, I decided to actually progress the Stormboyz closer to completion - with Chainmail highlights. Very fiddly! (Lots of small bits to do). Noticed I missed painting the Power Klaw hose underneath - doh! Probably could use some final Mithril Silver highlights...


And da 'uvver one. Now tired of metal. Can you even see the highlights? Think I will need to do some modelling next week...

Catchya!

You sent a grot to The Fortress Of Colour? Oh man, you just know he's going to come back with some yellow 'coz it tastes of squig'

Tats look good, and everything else is definitely progressing. Any colours you're not sick of now? Certainly time for some choppin' an' stickin'.

It's all looking wonderful Arakasi. Stick with it man... you'll get there!