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Ragsta wrote:
Just look at that! What brilliant setpiece photos, Gobert, well done!

I think painting your vehicles in black has really paid off - they are really complimentary to the bling bling of the Panthers without looking blindingly garish.

Sternguard cobblepot looks good - I really enjoy cobbling together units from leftovers

Thanks Ragsta, I was jealous of others’ scenic photos and decided to get my own together, I’m really happy how they’ve come out and I’m glad others are enjoying them too. I think you’re right about a gold land raider would be a bit garish, they’re not Custodes after all! I’m pleased how the Sternguard/Company Vets turned out, even if my bits supply is now mainly dry.

theCrowe wrote:Oh man! That draider is an absolute beast! Beautiful work as always and the photos are spectacular.

Thanks theCrowe, I love how it turned out (and in!) and it’s pretty much the biggest mini I’ve painted to date.

youwashock wrote:Nice looking squad, gobert! Way to make your collection work for YOU!

Thanks, pleased how they’ve turned out.

amazingturtles wrote:That's a really nice use of extra bits! One of the most fun things to do really.

Cheers turtles, effectively free minis are a winner in my book, and yep, they were super fun to build.

Not Online!!! wrote:More bling than chaos marines
Good job.

Indeed, maybe they need some taint too?

Maharg wrote:Ooh, thats a lovely landraider. Looks great in the army shots. The black vehicles work really well with the rest of the force

Thanks Maharg, I’m chuffed with it, sets off the rest of the Army really well on the shelf.

Olthannon wrote:Good luck with those Sternguard mate, very cool looking minis!

Thanks, they’ve surprised me how well they’ve turned out and basically free.

 Ezki wrote:
Wow, that Land Raider turned out amazing!

In my early hobby years when I was jut about to transition to 40k from Warhammer Fantasy, I could not make up my mind on which army to start.
The Land Raider along with the classic Dreadnought were one of the coolest models in my opinion.
It's something about the boxiness, the weaponry and the front hatch, that you simply can't beat.

I remember eyeing them in the catalogs over and over, thinking that I would definitely go with an army that could have multiple Land Raiders (like I could afford them back then).
Then something snapped, and I became a Xenos scum after all.

Anyway, looking at the action shots, especially the first one with the speeder in the background, makes me remember why I thought that way.
Really freaking cool. Thanks for that.

Thanks Ezki, though you’re making me feel my age . This particular mark of Land Raider wasn’t born when I left the hobby for a good long time. I’m actually lucky enough to have one of the Rogue Trader versions in my Blood Angels collection (I’ll get back to repainting them at some point). I do have one of the boxy Dreadnoughts though (plus my brothers Bjorn the fellhanded). I’m glad I could hit you right in the Nostalgias, and I know what you mean about the boxy aesthetic having that je ne sais quoi!

I’ve been away this past week, but did a bit of hobby on Sunday whilst watching the Grand Prix. First things first, I sorted out the bases for the Sternguard/Company Veterans.

I’m dead pleased with the bases too. I took inspiration from ph34rs Imperial Guard where they pieces together multiple Sector Imperialis bases to make bigger unique ones. Whilst I did this on one of the bases I went the other way and cut up some bike bases and put them on some short 32mm bases I had. Really effective and adds a bit of variety for not much extra effort, cheers ph34r!

Whilst I was away a late Birthday present to myself arrived, a box containing Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps along with 2 expansions; Get Away From Her You B***h! & Ultimate Badasses. I’d also received a box of Xenomorphs a few weeks ago, so will have plenty of extras. I got to work building the core set starting with the Colonial Marines, Ripley and Newt



I also built a couple of the Xenomorphs



I think the minis look pretty decent, and I’m looking forward to doing some research as I paint them up, i.e. watching the movies. I’m thinking the Xenomorphs might be an all airbrush job trying to give them some mood lighting type OSL. I’ll try a couple and see if they look awful

Also hiding in the background of the Colonial Marines was the Techmarine kitbash I did a while back. I bought a zinge industries backpack and built that for him. Looks a bit more techy now

Thanks for looking!

Great work on the bases, they will look brilliant in your next army shots!

The marines and xenomorphs are great minis, looking forward to seeing how you paint them.

Game over, man! Game OVER!

Very interested in seeing those minis painted.

Alliums! They do seem like they'll be fun to paint up.

Olthannon wrote:Great work on the bases, they will look brilliant in your next army shots!

The marines and xenomorphs are great minis, looking forward to seeing how you paint them.

Thanks Olthannon, I’m hoping they’ll look good all painted up! The Aliens stuff is pretty cool, such a great movie, looking forward to painting them too!

youwashock wrote:Game over, man! Game OVER!

Very interested in seeing those minis painted.

Nuke ‘em from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure! Love the movie, hopefully the game is decent enough to live up to my hype! Need to paint them first though

amazingturtles wrote:Alliums! They do seem like they'll be fun to paint up.

I hope so! Need to figure out how I’m going to do them, which is always an anxiety spike!

Through the week I built a few more Aliens, I think I’m up to 10/36 Xenomorphs now. I’m kind of impressed that they seem to look different despite there only being 4 bodies, 4 tails with 8 arms (4 left, 4 right) and 8 heads. Only the arms are posable, rotating up and down at the shoulder. I reckon I could add some more through decapitating heads and turning them somewhat and shaving down the arm connectors. I also wonder whether I could heat the tails to bend them differently? Sadly no picks of the horde

I went off on a tangent today, whilst waiting for a work meeting on my day off, I decided to paint some Khorney boys. I had originally planned purple for them, but as I was slapping on the metallics I changed my mind. They’ll be red and gold as Khorne intended. I’m not entirely sure what they’re called, but they’re pretty cool. Loads of details and probably a few too many spikes to paint them without bases. I had toyed with getting them square bases, but I’ve also found some round to square movement trays that I might look in to printing. Anyway, they’re coming along nicely even if the Red isn’t as shiny as I’d hoped.

Edit: pic added and apparently they’re Khorne Blood Reavers and Blood Warriors



Thanks for looking!

Tonight I did a bit more on the Khorney boys. Mainly contrast and speed paints on the black and greys. I decided the metal work would be blackened too. Then on to the final steps of painting the good bits

The Reavers are pretty much done, maybe a few details, but pretty much done. The warriors obviously need their god trim painting. I’ll definitely be going with round bases and a printed movement tray.

Thanks for looking

Theirs abs are looking nice and muscly. Abs for the ab god.

 amazingturtles wrote:
Theirs abs are looking nice and muscly. Abs for the ab god.

I know, that murderous rage of Khorne seems to be good for their physique! Contrast seems custom made for such abs too

I managed a base the Khorne lads the other day, they’ll be getting the same treatment as the previous Chaos and the Elven cavalry. All good hot coals start with a basecoat of yellow. Whilst waiting for that to dry I did the good trim on 2 of the Blood Warriors, my Khorne was that time consuming! Still they look much more Khorne already

For next to no effort I think they look pretty decent so far. I’ve also just set my printer going on a unit base for them, hopefully it turns out ok.

I’ve also done a bit more assembly on the Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps sets, getting the Get away from her, you B***h player minis built (the Power Loader was pretty fun)

Worryingly the Xenomorphs infestation of my hobby area is getting worse


It was nice of them to form up in a regiment formation though! Only another 20 more to go

Thanks for looking!

Nice Gobert I especially like the Khorne warriors.

Really cool!! The Xenomorphs and Loader are awesome! Also really liking the colour scheme on those Marines as well.

 amazingturtles wrote:
Theirs abs are looking nice and muscly. Abs for the ab god.

they commit to the endless grind

Great job Gobert! me like

Some great updates Gobert, looking forward to seeing the aliems all painted. Are you going to give them a gloss over the top?

Syro_ wrote:Nice Gobert I especially like the Khorne warriors.

Thanks Syro, they’re pretty cool minis, I’ve been pleasantly surprised

Lord Borak wrote:Really cool!! The Xenomorphs and Loader are awesome! Also really liking the colour scheme on those Marines as well.

Thanks Borak, I’m quite excited about the Aliens minis, hopefully I can do them justice. I’ll have to watch the movie again for inspiration. Glad you like the Void Panthers too, plenty more of them on the horizon too.

Not Online!!! wrote:

 amazingturtles wrote:
Theirs abs are looking nice and muscly. Abs for the ab god.

they commit to the endless grind
Great job Gobert! me like

They sure do, the meat grinder gets more blood for the blood god! That’s a point, I’ll have to remember to slap plenty of that on these guys!

Olthannon wrote:Some great updates Gobert, looking forward to seeing the aliems all painted. Are you going to give them a gloss over the top?

Thanks Olthannon, yeah I’ll definitely go glossy for the Xenomorphs, though I’ll also try to paint a bit of a shine too. In fact, that’s a point, my only varnish is matte l, so I’ll have to get a can of gloss! Cheers for the nudge!

Last night I did a little more hobby. First up was the movement tray that I printed in the morning and slapped some texture on this afternoon. One good thing about heatwaves is that this stuff dries really quickly! That got a coat of Yriel yellow and I got on with the gold trim. I tidied up a few bits with Black Templar then slapped on Agrax Earthshade over all of the gold. That’s where I left off;

The more I look at them, the more I think the red is a bit dull and not enough contrast. The Agrax outlines helped and mixed nicely with the reactivating red. I also wonder if I should’ve done the red skulls normally? I might throw some blood for the blood go on them and see how that looks.

Through the week I also put together the rest of the player models for Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps.

I also have 16 completed Xenomorphs and the Alien Queen but I forgot to photograph them. Once I’ve built another 12 Xenomorphs I’ll be done with what I have at the moment, but there’s a Hazards and Assets expansion that I’m hoping is re-released shortly, one website says the end of July. Once I have that I’ll get priming everything

Thanks for looking

The Khorne Bloodbound are getting there. Spent a good bit of the F1 drybrushing their hot coals base and unit tray. Then I tidied up their boots with some celestra grey and Black Templar.

I think I’ll have a look at a few bits next time I do some painting, but I’m close to calling them done… not before a good dose of Blood for the Blood God of course!

Here’s proof of the Xenomorphs I said I’d built

I got some black primer too today for them, so will get to them eventually.


Thanks for looking

Damn, now you've got me wanting to get into this Marine/Xenomorph stuff. I think some non-gaming mates would be well up for this.

How are you going to paint the Xenomorphs? Maybe some iridescent shenanigans?

Loads of good progress gobert.

Cheers,

CB

They look great. Maybe a darker shade, they look a tad too pristine?

Also cool xenomorph models.

That's a lot of bugs. Can't wait to see them painted, especially the queen.

Khorneboys are looking good, too. Awesome basing.

Lord Borak wrote:Damn, now you've got me wanting to get into this Marine/Xenomorph stuff. I think some non-gaming mates would be well up for this.
How are you going to paint the Xenomorphs? Maybe some iridescent shenanigans?

Yeah, I saw them a little while back and decided to go for the game in the hopes of playing it with Mrs gobert as she’s a big fan of the franchise too. I wanna get them painted up before I do that and since seeing your post I’ve been looking at iridescent paints. I might have to take the plunge and give them a try on these guys, thanks for the idea!

Captain Brown wrote:Loads of good progress gobert.
Cheers,
CB

Thanks Cap, it’s been a slog this past couple of weeks, but I’m happy to have the Bloodbound l done now

Not Online!!! wrote:They look great. Maybe a darker shade, they look a tad too pristine?
Also cool xenomorph models.

Yeah, I probably should’ve gone darker with brighter highlights, but I just wasn’t inspired to do much else on them :(

youwashock wrote:That's a lot of bugs. Can't wait to see them painted, especially the queen.
Khorneboys are looking good, too. Awesome basing.

Yeah she’s a big b***h alright! Can’t wait to see Power Loader Ridley squaring up to her either! The basing is probably my favourite bit on these guys (apart from BFTBG which is awesome!)

As you can tell from above I wasn’t really motivated to much more on the Khorne lads. They got some very minimal touch ups and a stippling and dribbling of Blood For The Blood God. At which point I called them done. Not my best work by a long way, but 8 more minis done. Here they are in technicolour:




And some individual shots (apologies, I forgot to trim them)








Last week I was away with work and with those guys nearly done I decided to grab some Tactical Marines I primed a couple of weeks back. While I was away I got their Boltgun metal and purple done. Tonight I did their black areas and their Nuln Oil wash.

The new Nuln, whilst it doesn’t stain nearly as much as the old stuff, it doesn’t seem to darken their recesses quite so much either. I might have to break out the black Templar contrast in some areas. Some of these guys were painted eBay rescues, and in places they’re pretty bad. Still I hope to be able to mask their problems with a shiny new paint job!

Thanks for looking!

Lookin' good from where I'm sittin', gobert!

More Panthers are always welcome!

Nice looking Khorne boys gobert. I like the blood on their chest symbols. I think they look a bit silly normally, but bloodied sells the berserker-blood-cultist idea much better. Also really like the bases. Was going to comment that they look like eternally burning fields of coal, then I checked a few posts back and saw that's what you were aiming for, so you nailed it!

Man, sometimes you have to decide when to rush a project if you are not feeling it and go to greener fields. Better that and finished than grey! And in this case they are still looking great, so good job!

youwashock wrote:Lookin' good from where I'm sittin', gobert!

More Panthers are always welcome!

Yeah, they’re passable, I’m still in awe at how well their skin tones came out with a quick contrast/speed paint layer.

Thumpingbear wrote:Nice looking Khorne boys gobert. I like the blood on their chest symbols. I think they look a bit silly normally, but bloodied sells the berserker-blood-cultist idea much better. Also really like the bases. Was going to comment that they look like eternally burning fields of coal, then I checked a few posts back and saw that's what you were aiming for, so you nailed it!

Thanks Thumpingbear, I was originally planning a bruised/red for the chesty bits, but forgot and though sod it, I’ll through some blood on there. Makes sense for them to psych themselves up for battle by reopening old wounds I guess! Happy to hear that the bases look like hot coals, it’s super easy and looks pretty good I think!

muette wrote:Man, sometimes you have to decide when to rush a project if you are not feeling it and go to greener fields. Better that and finished than grey! And in this case they are still looking great, so good job!

Definitely, these boys were certainly that and pleased to hear others thing they look good.

More f1 tonight, so I did a fair bit on the Panthers, getting the highlights done on their metallics and tidying up a few panel lines that are a bit gummed up with paint.

Next will be bringing the purple back to liche purple, at chich point I’ll also do a few samples on my test marine. He happens to be a metal Dark Angels Company Vet, so he’ll be a good bit of practice and sampling a couple of ideas I have for their robes. I’ll try to remember to take a few pics of the steps to help me remember.

The Sternguard/Company vets and a few Xenomorphs for a prime of a new black spray I bought. Seems quite nice a finish, hopefully it takes paint well. I also spent a good while making moulds for my Terminators too (just Space Marine Heroes and regular terminators, not Leviathan ones like everyone else). Will check tomorrow how they’ve turned out

Really nice work on the big muscley blerks, the skin tones are excellent. The bases are great too.

Looking forward to seeing your Panthers vets all finished up.

I say whatever you did on the khornate helped out of my persepctive massivly.


Also more fancy panthers is always nice.

Olthannon wrote:Really nice work on the big muscley blerks, the skin tones are excellent. The bases are great too.
Looking forward to seeing your Panthers vets all finished up.

Thanks man, contrast and speed paints did the heavy lifting on their muscles, it must’ve been made for these guys. I might’ve made a cheeky start on the vets too.

Not Online!!! wrote:I say whatever you did on the khornate helped out of my persepctive massivly.

Also more fancy panthers is always nice.

Thanks Not Online, glad to have more finished minis. The Panthers are motoring along now too.

I got a bit of that spare time today that Olthannon was on about, it’s pretty rare in this household. Anyways, I used it to throw some purple at a bunch of minis. The tacticals got some on their helmets, shoulder pads and weapon highlights. I also put basecoats down on the Sternguard helmets and shoulder pads, after drilling holes in their necks so I could paint their helmets easier.

The new primer I got seems to work pretty well and doesn’t stink the house out when I bring the minis back inside. In preparation for the Sternguards cloaks I did a few test on my venerable test marine.

The back was a drybrush but I think it just looks a bit too grey, probably as I went to heavy on the final step and not heavy enough on the purple. I think that’s out

These 3 are the real candidates. Top is just layers but using really thinned paints and intermediate mixes for each step. Left hand side (marines right leg) is a textured highlight, with an added initial highlight of Eshin grey before the purple. Right hand side is more normal highlights again with the Eshin grey. I think all 3 have their merits, though I reckon I’ll drop the Eshin in favour of a black and purple mix. I’ll give him another coat of black and try again. When I do I’ll get a better brush out to try to be neater too! What do you guys reckon? Any preference?

Thanks for looking

Love the neck extensions.

For the cloak, the chest looks quite good. It also looks like it takes the longest. I am curious about how the textured highlight would look on the whole thing, though.

Space Giraffes! Adeptus Acacia.

I think that the top looks best too, but they're all pretty nice.

youwashock wrote:Love the neck extensions.

For the cloak, the chest looks quite good. It also looks like it takes the longest. I am curious about how the textured highlight would look on the whole thing, though.

Yeah, it’s a good look! I’m also leaning towards the chest style. The hatching looks cool too, but these guys are clean, so I think I need to do smooth layers if I can. I’ll save the rough around the edges look for other forces…

amazingturtles wrote:Space Giraffes! Adeptus Acacia.

I think that the top looks best too, but they're all pretty nice.

love it, Space Giraffes need to be a thing! Smooth gets the vote, so I best get practising.

Well, having missed out on the Lion 1st time around I’ve taken the plunge and got him on pre-order! I might have also gone a bit mad and bought a couple more minis too… Azrael (couldn’t resist another watcher) plus the other half of Indomitus got some love in the form of Illuminor Szeras and a Psychomancer.

To make myself feel less bad about buying more minis I decided to get cracking with the Void Panthers. The Tacticals are now pretty much there. Just the green lenses and purity seals to go, plus their bases of course.

With any luck I’ll get them pretty finished tonight while watching the F1.

Thanks for looking

They've worked out well. No signs of being eBay seconds to be found. Nice job!