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Ramos Asura wrote:Thats the Black ork banner thingy, right? (for the first one)

Right! I see it now - agree with your choice of second head

Awesome work man! Definitely subscribed! Keep it up! And that Fighta is slick...I'd proudly hang it from my ceiling like I did my old model WWII planes.

thanks fellas.

I got a bit carried away and started doing some damage... it's not really battle damage as such... more like FOD [foreign object damage], flying into things

I wasn't gonna do any of it until the whole skin was painted but I couldn't help it... it was looking too clean

tah shank. promise I'll get this done soon so you can see something new XD

Instead of doing some work, I hurled some paint on the topside too.
It's rough just to get the pattern. I'll update this pic as I neaten it up.


I took it from the cammo print of a Russian Su-27 after thinking that it's the most pointless cammo ever. On the ground it's a massive blue mess that sticks out like a sore thumb and in the air it doesn't matter because airborne warfare rarely relies on normal visuals anymore. Its all FLIR and MAW these days.

Ya but orks dont care about FLIR and MAW. And most of all the Blood Axes. If the orks think the como will work then damnit the camo will work. Kinda like the red paint job makes it go faster. Maybe the ork think the blue camo on aircraft make it harder to hit. Say a 5+ invulnerable save.

that was silly of me

Awesome work. Keep it up!

That is a good looking scratch build. I would be careful. Forgeworld may send some thugs to your house to silence this new project.

NO! Not the thought police :O

XD

Here's one wing ready for the damage and weathering process... no more today, my eyes hurt [I'm getting too old for hangovers].

That looks fantastic.

Tah, Schank.

I've not done alot more but I've been chipping away at bits when I've had half an hour hear and there... just to let you know I'm still breathing;



zooooooooooooom

That Fighta looks better and better every time I see it. Love the Missiles! How goes the grot tank side project?

Thats gonna make one hell of a center pice for your army.

Certainly looking very nice at the moment. Glad to hear you're still breathing, I've found the modelling gets a bit haphazard when there's a lack of oxygen.

Thanks guys

I've had a chance to get the paints out today but I didn't touch my Fighta....gah!

I've noticed a few flaws in some minis since photographing them and they've been bugging me. So I've touched up my warboss, most noticeable is the plwer klaw blades and I've done a job over on the base, which I think used to look lazy and unfinished tbh.

Ahoy me hearties!

I return after much working and an Emperor's Children relapse!

I've been working on my fighta today. Finally got the cammo skin done. All that's left to be done is;

Finish painting the nose cone (inc TL-BS),
Paint the engine and intakes,
Add weathering and paint scuffs/dammage,
Do a snazzy base,
Dags... don't know how I'm gonna paint them yet...
Scream WAAAGH! at the top of my voice!

'Ere lukk wot I dun...

Glad to see work continue on the Deff Squadron Fighta is looking awesome and I can't wait to see this bad boy finished up!

WOW

This is amazing sir.

I have already followed

Davidian wrote:The rivets are a bit rough, gonna wait till they're all 100% dry then touch them all up with a scalpel and some wet'n'dry paper

A few pages back you mentioned wet and dry paper. I used it as a kid in tech class (or DT or whatever the kids call it these days if they're even allowed to do it) but haven't handled it since. It never crossed my mind to use it for anything as I never really learnt how best to use it, in terms of what sort of thing it's good for.

Do you use it wet or dry, for a start?

Is it a neat way to avoid damaging the model much and take the sharp edges off things like rivets, making things look a tad more, uh, "real", if you will?

You've got some great skills and I'd like my conversions to improve but I've felt increasingly that a good knowledge of where different tools fit into the process is the key factor in getting better. You've touched on something I'd not even considered so I hope you don't mind me picking your brain a bit.

I only use it dry. I use it on plasticard after cutting it and after joins have dried because the fine grade abrasive leave little or no marks compared to files or sandpaper [which can chew through plasticard fast as fooook!] and leaves seamless joins *Note - always leave joins at lest 2-3 days to ensure all plasticard/poly glue is dry on the inside otherwise it can get messy when you scratch the surface. Also when I used it on all those rivets, it was less likely to rip them off because it is less abrasive. I supose I just started using it because it was around the house but now I actaully buy it for smoothing and shaping plasticard. Hope that helps a bit

It's been a long and arduouse build [my first major scratch] but.... drumrole...
I feel like I'm almost there now!

All that's left it to apply damage as per what's on the fin [and one of the bombs] to the entire fighta, base it and.... them dags... I still ain't sure how to paint them! Any sugestions?

Here's a few diferent shots... I've just moved house so I'm still trying to find a sweet-spot for photos

Love your work. can't wait to see more.

I don't think the teeth would look bad in red, like you were considering. Granted, you'd have to make some serious errors in judgment and application, at this point, to make this thing look anything less than awesome.

haha, I'm happy I'm not gonna cluster-feth it up XD

I've done some red and some checkered. I've been having fun applying some detail now. The right hand side dags are finished, the tail dags are two thirds done and the left hand side dags are just one third done.

Got it based aswell but that, I will traditionally save until last




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Tonights update! 98% there!

Just need to scratch up the underside and paint the base

wow this is nothing short of fething amazing!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

Get dem fly-boyz up an' at 'em!




And a shot with Da Boss in command... oddly enough, this is the sum off my completed models! Slow and purposeful I think

Very nice

The finished piece looks fantastic, good choice with the red and the checks, adds some visual interest spots.

Might be slow going (not from where I'm sitting ) but a great outcome. Top banana.

Awesome! If that's the sum of your completed models, you will soon be overtaking me

Davidian wrote:
And a shot with Da Boss in command... oddly enough, this is the sum off my completed models! Slow and purposeful I think

You gotta do what inspires you, mate! First thing I painted for my Vostroyan army was a Bainblade!