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Looking good again man! Question: what paint do you use for the 'muted gold' effect on the engine parts of the stormtalon?

Impressive shiny army so far!

youwashock wrote:Strike from the sky, brother!
Turned out rad, gobert!

Death from above! Pretty pleased with her

Captain Brown wrote:Very nice Chapter Master and Stormtalon gobert.
Cheers,
CB

Cheers Cap they’ve been a fun couple of models to work on

muette wrote:Great Stormtalon, fantastic job on the base too! And the army shots look fantastic.

Thanks muette, the base turned out well, it was good to get the printer back in use

Not Online!!! wrote:Fantastic job on the stormtalon. Now do a xiphon to replace it with somthing not so stubby
Darn i wish i could paint like that...
Great job Gobert!

Thanks Not Online, now a xiphon would be cool, do FW still do them? *checks website* yes they do. practice and patience and you’ll be able to… I wish I could smash out the massive projects you do, but I guess we can’t have our cake and eat it!

Olthannon wrote:Great job getting the Stormtalon finished! Your photos are excellent, especially the action shots. It all looks the business.

Thanks Olthannon, I’m chuffed how it turned out and love taking the Army photos. I need to expand my display area without Mrs gobert knowing

Ezki wrote:Nice work on the Stormtalon! The green lenses pop really nicely and look the part. Well done.
Your army shots keep getting better and better!

Thanks Ezki, I wasn’t sure I’d done a good job on the lenses, but they do look nice on the pics. I think more minis helps the army shots get better

Tommygun1918 wrote:Great looking flyer, too bad the rules for them aren't very good right now.

Thanks Tommygun, I went with rule of cool, i know I’m in the minority thinking it’s cool, but there’s no accounting for taste I suppose!

Ragsta wrote:That's my pleasure, gobert, very pleased for the parts to be getting some use.
Loving all the pictures, they look brilliant. Makes me think of the strafing run scenes in We Were Soldiers!

I need to finish up the last 4 chaps and snap the new squad. Can’t recall we were soldiers, I’ll have to watch it again… classic war movie painting marathon once the f1 season is done? Suggestions welcome from all.

DoctorDanny wrote:Looking good again man! Question: what paint do you use for the 'muted gold' effect on the engine parts of the stormtalon?
Impressive shiny army so far!

Thanks Danny. The muted gold had a base of Retributor Armour, a wash of Nuln oil then a dry brush of a really old citadel paint called shining gold.

Sorry for being quiet on here recently, it’s been busy with bathroom fitters and diy. I did manage to sneak a few hours on Sunday night though and made some progress on the Greater Possessed from one of the White Dwarf Blackstone Fortress expansions. Had a bit of fun with various washes over Zandri dust for the skin bones and claws, using a combo of Pallid bone speed paint, old citadel flesh wash and red wash along with druchi violet. Each applied when the previous layer still wasn’t dry. The bones then got various bone coloured paints and the skin got reducing mixtures of washes in pallid wych flesh. So far the gold and metallics have just had a Nuln and Agrax wash respectively.

The gold will get some highlights, possibly a yellower version than the Panthers get. I’m also wanting to try some Flourescent paint I got recently so some recesses will probably get that along with the many eyes in their armour. I might play with some super glue gore and Blood For The Blood God too. Their bases have already been printed I just need to prime them and get them painted too.

Thanks for looking

That crab claw, chefs kiss.

Superglue blood? Colour me intrigued, that was always something i wanted to do but always forgot to research.

Looking savagely chitinous. Crabby is especially cool-looking. Have fun experimenting!

Nice work on those!

Lovely stuff Gobert, the crab claw is very nice. All sounds great, looking forward to seeing how you get on with the glue gore.

Not Online!!! wrote:That crab claw, chefs kiss.

Superglue blood? Colour me intrigued, that was always something i wanted to do but always forgot to research.

Thanks, it’s dead simple too! The superglue blood is pretty easy, just a bit of PVA and blood effect of your choice, then a dab of superglue and mix with a stick and draw it out…. Annoyingly it seems my current gorilla glue doesn’t do that! Will need to buy some other type

youwashock wrote:Looking savagely chitinous. Crabby is especially cool-looking. Have fun experimenting!

Thanks, chitinous was the look I wanted!

Slinky wrote:Nice work on those!

Thanks!

Olthannon wrote:Lovely stuff Gobert, the crab claw is very nice. All sounds great, looking forward to seeing how you get on with the glue gore.

Thanks Olthannon, the glue gore will have to wait though

I managed a bit more painting last night and finished highlighting the gold. I then decided to try the flour paint. A few people on instagram and YouTube seem to base coat white first, so that’s what I did:

I let the white overlap the main areas that I wanted to glow and I think it looks a bit sloppy in places. My main problem is that it is now quite hard to see the definition on the surrounding areas. Next I need to get the bases ready. I might go green for those too

Thanks for looking

They are great!

Nice. I don't think it looks bad or sloppy. If you are concerned, you can go back and hit the highpoints with white or some other highlight to push the contrast and define some of the edges again.

Not Online!!! wrote:They are great!

Thanks mate

youwashock wrote:Nice. I don't think it looks bad or sloppy. If you are concerned, you can go back and hit the highpoints with white or some other highlight to push the contrast and define some of the edges again.

Thanks youwashock, in the end I decided I was t unhappy enough to redo anything and will instead try to remember my mistakes for next time. After all a completed mini is better than a half finished mini!

Following the flouro there wasn’t much but the bases of these guys to do. Green glow seemed the most appropriate so went through my usual greens (caliban, emerald and striking scorpion) adding in a bit of for at the end the. A bit of white for some sharper bits. I couldn’t get the glue gore to work so just daubed Blood For The Blood God all over their claws and hands



And as is traditional here are the turning around shots of the two of them on a BSF tile




I really like this top down one for some reason, maybe how the base and tiles look together?


I think they look pretty cool, and I do enjoy the Blackstone Fortress bases, so simple, fun and good looking! I do think they look better on their display shelf though


And lurking beneath some Traitor Guardsmen

I finished them fairly early so started on another Blackstone Fortress mini, the Deathwatch Captain featured in White Dwarfs Xenos Hunter Army of One rules.

Nothing special yet, but I fancy the bluish shade for the silver but not sure what blue to use. I only have old school blue wash or making my own from something like enchanted blue? He should probably be a Panther but his icon area is pretty tiny so might have to rethink that one?

Thanks for looking

I like how you do your source lighting on the minis. It really stands out.

Pretty sweet. Nice job finishing them off. The shots of.them "in action" look really good. Always nice to see more pics of your BSF collection. The DWC is an interesting addition. Looking forward to seeing him develop.

Very cool, love the bases. The green works really well as a contrasting colour as well as being all the Daemon goo.

Great Great Possessed!! Loving the shiny green, perfect contrast with the purple armor and the pale skin.

Tommygun1918 wrote:I like how you do your source lighting on the minis. It really stands out.

Thanks Tommy, I think the flouro paint is doing the heavy lifting though!

youwashock wrote:Pretty sweet. Nice job finishing them off. The shots of.them "in action" look really good. Always nice to see more pics of your BSF collection. The DWC is an interesting addition. Looking forward to seeing him develop.

Thanks youwashock, I am loving the action pics at the minute too. I think that the BSF shelves have some added cool with their clear floor

Olthannon wrote:Very cool, love the bases. The green works really well as a contrasting colour as well as being all the Daemon goo.

Thanks Olthannon, the bases are fun to do and green looks great on them

muette wrote:Great Great Possessed!! Loving the shiny green, perfect contrast with the purple armor and the pale skin.

thanks muette, the purple armour turned out pretty well, the speed paint worked well to give a darker lining to the panels to boost that contrast too.

Did a bit on the Deathwatch Watch Master today. I snook I the blue and Nuln washes during the day so I could get on with the dry brushing of the arm. I then cleaned up the black and gold giving the latter a Nuln wash too. The black armour got a on edge highlight before I decided to do the fun bit and painted the cloak. For that I started with khorne red then highlights of Mephiston then Evil Sunz. I’m now getting ready for the inside of the cloak and his face which have a Zandri dust base for now

And because I’m particularly pleased with his cloak another WIP shot

I think there are bits of the mini that would’ve benefitted from stripping as it’s become clearer that some areas of the previous owners paint job were a bit thicker than they originally looked. As a result my edge highlighting has been a bit naff. I’m also a bit underwhelmed by the plain grey I used. I did start out with a blue mixed in but it was impossible to see.

Next session will be highlights on the gold and painting the skin and parchments. I also need to decide how to paint his axe. The box art has a cool turquoise lightning effect so I might give that a try. I had planned for him to be a Void Panther, but I might see if I have a tiny transfer for his shoulder pad, or maybe he just gets a freehand i?

Thanks for looking

The cloak is fantastic- top notch work! The shading is extremely realistic and picking out the hem design must have cost you a fair amount of time- well done!

Great work on the cloak, shading is really nice. Like the idea of the turquoise axe, good luck!

Meer_Cat wrote:The cloak is fantastic- top notch work! The shading is extremely realistic and picking out the hem design must have cost you a fair amount of time- well done!

Thanks meet cat, and yeah it took a while on the hem, but outlining it with contrast then highlighting it took longer!

Olthannon wrote:Great work on the cloak, shading is really nice. Like the idea of the turquoise axe, good luck!

Thanks Olthannon, I’m beginning to look forward to the axe as I seemed to do almost everything else but that tonight!

More progress was made in the Watch Master. I did lots of little things from picking out rivets in silver to touching up the black, outlining the icons on his cape, neatening up some of the black areas, highlighting his skin and painting his beard and plenty of layers in skulls and parchments. He also got a transfer from an ancient ultra marines sheet and some lettering on his parchment. And he looks similar to the last pics

The dark grey outline on the hem design seems to reflect the lights in this pic

And this one too, but it looks nice in some parts


First time using microset and microsol and seem to have got some wrinkles still ! Still think it looks ok. Anyone know the chapter I went with? I was hoping I had some red Roman numerals to put an I in each corner of the inside of his cloak, but sadly not. Might freehand them instead?

Thanks for looking

Amazing job. Good luck with the freehanding

The cloak looks amazing.

The Watch Master is coming along great! That's Sons of Orar, isn't it?

Microsol needs a good few coats to work its magic, at least for me. And if there's still some stubborn wrinkles, you can scratch them off with a knife and use paint to fix the damage. Matt varnish can help you with the Contrast/Shade paints' shiny spots (though I seem to often get some spots that just won't dull down no matter what...). And go for the freehand!

Looks rad. Very Night's Watch. Which is fitting, I guess. Go for the freehand!

The Watchmaster is looking fantastic! The reds on the cloak are really rich

Not Online!!! wrote:Amazing job. Good luck with the freehanding
The cloak looks amazing.

Thanks, it wasnt too bad, though I didn’t try to highlight it all!

mcmattila wrote:The Watch Master is coming along great! That's Sons of Orar, isn't it?
Microsol needs a good few coats to work its magic, at least for me. And if there's still some stubborn wrinkles, you can scratch them off with a knife and use paint to fix the damage. Matt varnish can help you with the Contrast/Shade paints' shiny spots (though I seem to often get some spots that just won't dull down no matter what...). And go for the freehand!

Good knowledge! It is Sons of Orar, they were the only chapter that fitted with the small transfer I had . Thanks for the microsol tips, I just gave it one good soaking but will try a few next time. I also was a bit shy smoothing it down as the transfer is about half my age! as for the Matt varnish, I think I have some Matt medium for exactly this task but I always forget about it!

youwashock wrote:Looks rad. Very Night's Watch. Which is fitting, I guess. Go for the freehand!

He is a bit, must be the beard and life dedicated to servitude! Freehand is done!

endtransmission wrote:The Watchmaster is looking fantastic! The reds on the cloak are really rich

Thanks endtransmission, I’ve been enjoying the cloaks of late, I think I’m getting close to finding the best process that works for me.

Finished off the Watch Master whilst watching the Vegas GP, good job I only had a few bits left as it was a great race! I did freehand some I’s on the cloak and tabard, they were quite fun apart from the one hiding behind the spear pole . In the end I didn’t do much highlighting on the gold as I quite liked the slightly subdued finish. The lightning on his blade was fun too, it’s not perfect, but it has a decent glow to it



I’m pleased with the blue tint on his arm and shoulder pad, it didn’t come out so well on his chest and legs though

The I hem was fun and one of my favourite bits on the mini


Getting the white background seems to have washed out the reds a bit on the cloak




He was a fun little project, getting him done quickly was great too. On the shelf he faced off against Greater Possessed

I didn’t quite get the focus right on this one, but the terrain in the back looks cool so I included it


Next I’ll pop back to some Void Panthers, but this time it’ll be some 1st Company action with a mix of small Terminators and Space Marine Heroes Series 2. I might break my one project at a time rule and do some Aliens:AGDITC minis to get that game playable.

Thanks for looking

Good job! The lightning on the halberd is a very cool detail.

The freehand and gold both look great to me! Having been attempting freehand this week as well, I can totally sympathise with the challenge

Awesome, well done!

Love the completed Possessed too, horrible in a good way

Wow that's bloody marvellous! Really nice work on that mini. Love the halberd blade, that's a awesome idea for a power weapon.

Sorry for not replying, will get to that later after some painting. I’m trying to decide if the pose on this terminator is cool or derpy? His power fist will be converted to a chainfist like the heavy flamer dude (needs a bit of filling to match the official aesthetic still). I’m trying to give him a throwing a chain punch kinda pose, with such momentum his stormbolter arm has swung out. It might look better with different legs where he’s leaning to his left? Dunno! Honest feedback appreciated (don’t spare my feelings! )

Conceptually, I think you are good. The upper body is looking right, but I think you are correct in revisiting the legs. A different pair might sell it a little more.

Definitely a cool pose, I'd maybe tilt the bolter and arm further down so it looks more at rest/ clearly not in use. Love the concept, some dynamism in otherwise static heavy looking minis should look great.