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Back from my little trip last night, got very busy as I couldn't sleep either.

Painted up some more on the S Guard, not much left to do now, whites, reds and weapons. Will also be doing a tutorial on how to do the power weapons with the lightning effect over the metal. Should get round to this tomorrow or Friday, as . . . .

Airbrush setup arrived - Iwata Smart Jet compressor with Ellipse BCS Airbrush + some accessories! SO excited about this, and been testing it out using some online tutorials, can't wait to get going.

And just because the airbrush arrived I needed something to paint with it, waiting on the GW order containing the Stormravens but it will only be here next week. I got a little distracted from the S Guards last night and decided to build a razorback, not sure why, especially as it has twinlinked heavy flamers but all the matters is it looks cool.

Gone for some severe armour upgrades, because I hate the current razorback turret, it has the pred turret. The next build is a Baal pred with even heavier armour (vindicator with some extras).

Enjoy the update and hopefully there'll be some more progress tomorrow.

Sang guard looks great alex. Looking forward to seeing your progress with the airbrush!

That sang guards face reminds me of someone though I am not sure who, an actor maybe? Good luck with the airbrush! And the predator looks great with all that extra armour, maybe a little too good if this is your first test with an airbrush

Commander Cain wrote:That sang guards face reminds me of someone though I am not sure who, an actor maybe? Good luck with the airbrush! And the predator looks great with all that extra armour, maybe a little too good if this is your first test with an airbrush

Maybe, but only going to use the airbrush for a base coat and then some shading. That's what I've been practising on using spare drop pod doors with lots of recesses. Got it pretty sorted. Might try a bit of highlighting.

And it's only a razorback!! Wait for how much armour the predator is getting when it arrives from GW! Don't like the lightweight tank look, has to be properly armoured for me. Also one stormraven getting the armour treatment too!

The armored look is much better than the normal tanks, love that razorback and can't wait to see what you do with the other tanks! def the stormraven!

Nice work on that razorback, be interesting to see how the pred and 'raven turn out.

It's official - airbrushed on vehicles is the best idea ever. Started the razorback and two hours later the red is done, except the red wash over the top and then chipping. Both of which I am doing now. The shading is quite subtle, maybe next time I'll make it less so. Drybrushed through with blazing orange and vomit brown, and dev magic into all the recesses.

Very very happy, especially as it's the first vehicle I've done like this. More photos tomorrow, but for now enjoy this one

Cool I have yet to find an airbrush that I actually like, congratz on yours and nice red you got here. Liking the sang guard

More progress from yesterday and this morning.

Added Baal Red wash. Painted (freehand) numbers and symbols pre weathering. Then scorched brown on a sponge, boltgun metal over the most scratched edges. Also smoke-dirt from vents.

Now onto the metals, BGM base, black then devlan washes, just started this now. Should be done in pretty soon.

Looking good! I have an airbrush but have not actually started to use it yet, I must pick up the courage to pour my amazing blood red paint into it and get painting those tanks

You really freehanded those symbols? They look amazing!

Commander Cain wrote:Looking good! I have an airbrush but have not actually started to use it yet, I must pick up the courage to pour my amazing blood red paint into it and get painting those tanks

You really freehanded those symbols? They look amazing!

Yeah freehand all the way from now on. I had the transfer sheet in front of me so I could check the proportions. Really struggled previously with the wing symbol but got it right this time.

I think using a good conversion on the first airbrush attempt was good as it made me concentrate on being careful. Just go for it, the only thing I struggled with yesterday was getting the paint the right consistency.


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Nearly all done, text to go on the scroll and the tracks and driver need finishing. Just about to take photos and what happens . . camera battery is dead. That sucks! Off out for a bit now but will stick photos up later.

Hey all, as promised photos of the razorback. 2 days work and it's 90% done. Driver to do tomorrow morning, along with the tracks and some text on the door and that's it.

Stormravens and other tanks currently in Miami on there way to me in Peru according to UPS! Need them now as I didn't realise I could paint something this fast.

Enjoy - ->

A wee bit more weathering maybe?

That razorback looks sweet, I especially like the look of your spaced armour

Really ice heavy flamers. My only problem with the razorback is that it looks too much like a predator with the turret mounted so far forward....

The painting however remains sublime!

Bossasaurus wrote:A wee bit more weathering maybe?

There is a bit more than shows up on the photos, also when the tracks are finished they're also getting dirty so some of this will get onto the tank. Not a fan of too much, it would also look unbalanced in the army as most of the foot models are not weathered.

Ghost_Leader_7 wrote:That razorback looks sweet, I especially like the look of your spaced armour

Thanks, going for the same on the Baal Pred and one Stormraven

Imperial Monkey wrote:Really ice heavy flamers. My only problem with the razorback is that it looks too much like a predator with the turret mounted so far forward....

The painting however remains sublime!

At the minute yes, but this is for two reasons
1. I don't like the GW razorback with the turret in the troop compartment, I moved the turret forward (more than the pred) and added bigger hatches on top to give the impression that there is still a troop compartment at the back
2. Wait for the Baal Pred, it's going to look much heavier than this, similiar pattern but with bigger turret and vindicator armour with extra spaced plates

Very happy with the painting especially given the time it took! Cheers.

Awsome models all round, love both mephiston and the libby dread. Storm raven is an amazing piece, much better than the GW one in my opinion, keep uo the good work

Hey all, finished the razorrback tonight. Still needs one bit (hence the not so heavy weathering on the front) a dozer blade, but's still in the post somewhere with the rest of my stuff so it can wait.

Enjoy the photos. Happy with the final model, especially the airbrushed red bases, used this on the crewman too then added final hand highlights. Def using this method in future and already have a tactical squad done and waiting for the highlights!

It looks great,ESP the gunner.

However, im not sure you accomplished everything you could have with the airbrush. It seems you used it more like a general red primer rather than leveraging the techniques possible, because it lacks any subtle gradients, it looks like a brushed tank... A great one mind you, but a brushed one none the less.

Could be what you were going for, if so mission definitely accomplished, but if you want to take it to the next level, I highly suggest checking out the MIG FAQ airbrush modulation techniques DVD (vol 2), it may well blow your mind.

Amazing blog so far man, I'm really enjoying it!

MajorTom11 wrote: However, im not sure you accomplished everything you could have with the airbrush. It seems you used it more like a general red primer rather than leveraging the techniques possible, because it lacks any subtle gradients, it looks like a brushed tank... A great one mind you, but a brushed one none the less.

Amazing blog so far man, I'm really enjoying it!

Unfortunately the subtle gradients were lost with the Devlan mud shading and then the wash over the top. I think I made them too subtle. Watering down the shading next time too. Trying to get a mix of airbrush and brush, trying not to copy Eggrolls stuff too much, as it doesn't fit my style of painting but definitely going for more gradients next time round. Checked out the tutorial too, thanks for the link.

Back in the world of the living, it's fun staying in a tent for work but nearly 3 weeks ain't so great. Next time taking some models with to sculpt or model.

Stormravens, vindicator, baal pred and other stuff arrived. Got the first stormraven on the go now, changed the front weapons locations to where the lights are (bit like MajorTom11's). Now working on armouring up the cockpit and front. Will post photos later today when it looks a bit neater.

Amazing models so far Best scratchbuild SR ive ever seen, will be eagerly waiting for tutorial for alexneufeld pattern Stormraven. I love extra armour on predator as well one small gripe is how w/ tank exhaust being raised idk if you try and turn the turret might get stuck IDK just me tho... Consider me subscribed looking forward too seeing more!

Holycrusader27 wrote:Amazing models so far Best scratchbuild SR ive ever seen, will be eagerly waiting for tutorial for alexneufeld pattern Stormraven. I love extra armour on predator as well one small gripe is how w/ tank exhaust being raised idk if you try and turn the turret might get stuck IDK just me tho... Consider me subscribed looking forward too seeing more!

Thanks! You can turn the turret through the fully 360 even though it doesn't look like it.

Here's a progress shot of the Stormraven, MajorTom11 pattern front end complete, a little wider though! Working on flaring out the engine flaps at the minute.

Why is everyone better at doing MajorTom pattern stormravens than MajorTom :(

MajorTom11 wrote:Why is everyone better at doing MajorTom pattern stormravens than MajorTom :(

How is yours coming along? Haven't seen any photos on your blog for a while so I presume it's a struggle! If it's any comfort it did take me nearly all day to sort out all the angles, and lots of wasted plasticard. The cockpit was a real pain!

It's been a piss off right off the bat to be honest... first parts I wanted to use took a month to get here from the us (normally it is a week), everything I cut seems marginally off, despite my best efforts to be precise. Frankly, the more I just eyeball stuff, the better it goes.

I have the back extensions in place now, but am a bit stuck figruing out what to do about the door. Making it open and having my dred-deployment system is making it tough too lol!

Dying to try the airbrush too, making it tough to be patient with this!

Really like what you've done with the cockpit, looks pretty cool!

Really liking your red's your scratch built SR is quite the impressive build, I also thought it was a cake when it was in front of the oven.

Looking forward to seeing more as it comes along!

Well, you inspired me Alex, I actually got some work done on my SR tonight! Thanks!

MajorTom11 wrote:Well, you inspired me Alex, I actually got some work done on my SR tonight! Thanks!

Glad I could be of inspiration! Was really struggling with the dread clamps, then also had a genius moment! Still tidying it up but will stick up photos tomo. Still don't understand how on earth GW could have made what I think is cool model and then gone, on yeah we forgot it has to carry a dread too so lets stick a bit of the new furioso on and call it a grapple. Hahaha!

How are you making your dread mount-grapple?

Knightley wrote:Really liking your red's your scratch built SR is quite the impressive build, I also thought it was a cake when it was in front of the oven.

Looking forward to seeing more as it comes along!

Thanks, scratch build on hold for now as I prefer the GW model. BUT will finish it off, just need to get some more bits for the front and tail.

Got the interior done last night, went for a very light base and then spent a long time dirtying it up. Did a bit of interior detail on the door where the back of the hurricane bolters would be, ammo silo and control panel. One thing left to do and that's a banner hanging from the roof, behind where the cockpit comes down, this is a large area which you can see clearly from the back and there no detail on it, not sure why! So adding a banner here.

Should be done with the banner today and then can get on with the rest of the outside armour.

Nice job on that interior!