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**tipios**

Thanks guys

It's just gona take a long time to finish

Wow got some cork, so I could make my bases more intresting

Also Lord has got his bolter and bullets

nearly ready to paint!!!!

**tipios**

More work with the new airbrush.

Justed used this steath suit to practice on. Now that I've got proper thinners from vallejo, I've had no problems with clogging when spraying.

With the duel control airbrush, it's very easy to get close. I'm happy that I was able to spray this SM head without too much over spray.

So undercoated the termie lord.

**Squigsquasher**

Looking good! If you're interested, Tamiya paint thinner is quite good, although the bottles are difficult to pour from.

**tipios**

Thanks, squigs. The vallejo one is in a dropper bottle so very easy to control.

**tinfoil**

I'm loving the winged lord, Tip.

**tipios**

Thanks tin

**Hyenajoe**

What nozzle do you use, 0.3mm?

**tipios**

Hmmmmm I'm sure it is. I will check though when I get home

**tipios**

Yes it is 0.3mm

Thanks to Hyenajoe, I have a new head idea for my Daemon Prince.

**Biohazard**

Nice idea. Will you bulk out the back of the head any? This is showing definite promise and well done on the airbrush. Ive been wanting to pick one up for a while for non mini related work but seeing how well you sprayed that marine helmet Im impressed.

**tipios**

Thanks Bio, yes the back of the head needs to be bulked out, it's a bit to flat, and looks funny on the end of the neck.

Yep airbrush is so cool, you neeeed!!

Going to try next highlight soon, so hope I can have some pics up later.

**tipios**

Pic don't so it well, but there is a gradient of shade.

**Squigsquasher**

Looking good! As for the Daemon Prince, how about the big talon things from the Chaos Spawn kit as horns?

**tipios**

Do you mean, change the horns it's got, for spawn ones?

**Squigsquasher**

No, have them in addition to the existing horns, sprouting out of the sides of his head.

**tipios**

Squigsquasher wrote:No, have them in addition to the existing horns, sprouting out of the sides of his head.

Even more horns!!!! I like your style

I will see if any more will fit.

I made a big mistake today, I was too lazy to get the light while spraying. Only had the livingroom light on. So I could not se the colour properly. Thus sprayed the torso too much, losing the blend I wanted.

Legs are ok.

Will a wash help, or should I spray darker colour again?

**GiraffeX**

looking very nice so far tipios, i love the fade on the wings

**Yellowbeard**

Hey, tipios, just had a chance to look through your blog. Very nice work. I really like your conversions on the raptors, and I appreciate the pictures showing what you did on them. The terminator lord looks great; I really love the scourge wings on this guy. I'm looking forward to seeing him painted.

**Hyenajoe**

tipios wrote:
Will a wash help, or should I spray darker colour again?

Spray your darker colour again. A wash won't give you the same result as on the legs.

**Squigsquasher**

Yeah, I'd say spray again.

And you can never have enough horns. Or spikes. Or skulls.

**tipios**

GiraffeX wrote:looking very nice so far tipios, i love the fade on the wings

Thanks, I am going to go over them again, because I want the tips to be black all the way down, and as you can see I over prayed at the bottom, I need to get modeling masking tape

Yellowbeard wrote:Hey, tipios, just had a chance to look through your blog. Very nice work. I really like your conversions on the raptors, and I appreciate the pictures showing what you did on them. The terminator lord looks great; I really love the scourge wings on this guy. I'm looking forward to seeing him painted.

Thanks, I hope after I finish the sorcerer I can filany finish the raptors. Scourge wings are cool

Hyenajoe wrote:
tipios wrote:
Will a wash help, or should I spray darker colour again?

Spray your darker colour again. A wash won't give you the same result as on the legs.

Thanks, spraying now

Squigsquasher wrote:Yeah, I'd say spray again.

And you can never have enough horns. Or spikes. Or skulls.

Spraying it is

Yey more spikes and skulls, and dragging bodies through a river of blood, well thats the plan!!!

**RSJake**

Looking good Tipios! Those wings looks awesome!

I can't wait to see how it turns out!

**tipios**

Thanks Jake

**tipios**

Thanks again guys for telling me to respray dark colour again, instead of wash

I've started base coating the trims and stuff.

I think the legs are gona take me a long time to do

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**tipios**

Started on the legs NMM. I've only done 2 colours and it already looks metalic, although its not goning the same colour as the staff, because I forgot what colours I used.

**tipios**

I need to get a light box or something. Taken pictures and trying to get the colours to look the same as in real life is a pain!!

Anyway I want to do a wash. I've seen many vids where people are using oil washes, after they airbush a figure. The oil wash seems to go into the edges better. When I use a black vallejo wash, it all seems to go wrong. Can I ad something to the wash that makes it go into the edges more?

Progress so far.

**Yellowbeard**

Ther Terminator Lord is looking great, tipios. The blue looks good, and I really like the metallics and the bones. Great stuff.

I get why you want a light box (I need to get one, too), but I really like the second picture where the wings are blurred in the backgrpund.

On oil washes, my understanding is that, since they dry slowly, you can go back and wipe off the stuff you don't want on the model. I know Meph uses them on his Blood Angels. Here's his description of how to use oil washes.

**tipios**

Thanks a lot Yellowbeard, I had to wonder around the house to get the best lighting for that shot

Thanks for the link too

**Skalk Bloodaxe**

Wow. And I really do mean

The Terminator Lord is looking SO very good! The NMM is excellent, the post is dynamic, the wings are so spot-on for fluff... excellent model and I am really looking forward to seeing it completed.

**Limbo**

I have to echo Skalk here, the NMM is excellent! How did you do it?