★ Rawson's Vostroyans: The Boys are Back in Town ★

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**alabamaheretic**

oh a commissar you might want to consider is the DKOK he looks cool but is forgeworld only. just a thought. but still the whole vostroyan commissar would be pretty cool.

**Rogue Wolves**

oh yea ive wanted to buy that commissar soo badly but in my army my commissar is the planetary governer oh well i'll get that model soon enough

**alabamaheretic**

hey rawson where can you enter that competition i would like to join up.

**Rawson**

alabamaheretic wrote:hey rawson where can you enter that competition i would like to join up.

Here you are, sir.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/403045.page

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Hey, over 10k views! I must say, I'm pretty proud of the Firstborn at this moment!

Here's a little taste of the fluff I've been working on for the new painting competition. Each entry is only required to have "a few sentences of fluff", but I got a little carried away.

Spoiler:

Petr Ychenko crept along the outside of the old, burned out warehouse. Soot and char from the wall left dirty, black streaks on his jacket as he advanced and he had to step carefully to avoid the glass covering the ground. Above his head once were many high windows, though currently there was little more than gaping holes. This wall had that in common with the rest of the Rigsdal factory complex. This town had been conquered and reconquered so many times during the war it was a miracle that there were any buildings left at all. Through the lingering odor of burnt steel and rockcrete, Petr could smell something sharp and acrid. This warehouse probably had been used to store the raw chemicals used in the manufactoriums further into town. Judging by the extent of the fire damage, it had been a good idea to keep them out here away from the other buildings.

The town had been abandoned by the Imperials three months ago when it was deemed to be of no strategic value. The tertiary power generator had been critically damaged in the last battle for Rigsdal. Under normal circumstances, this would not have been so grievous a loss. Of course, the destruction of the primary and secondary power generators in prior battles changed that significantly. With no power, the manufactoriums were of little use and the Imperial forces had deployed to other, more valuable locations. Now that the fish-faces had moved in, High Command wanted to know why and was scrambling to recover any lost tactical advantage. The phrase “conditions now sufficient to re-occupy Factory Complex: Rigsdal” had been used in the briefing. Petr had snorted, earning him a glare from Lieutenant Tolshev.

As the Vostroyan sharpshooter approached the corner of the building he moved more cautiously. The entire corner of the warehouse was collapsed, leaving only a heap of rubble where there once was a nice wall that gave lots of cover. Petr eased himself down and slithered up far enough so that he could see over the top of the mound into the square beyond. He slung his longlas over his shoulder and squeezed between a length of twisted steel beam and a large chunk of rockcrete. He had an excellent view of the square which would soon be crawling with Tau. He checked his chronometer: 0437. In position with 23 minutes to spare. He retrieved his magnoculars from his belt and began his surveillance.

As one of the only infantry units in a mechanized company, Petr and his snipers were often dispatched as a recon team on infiltration missions. In most Guard units, these types of missions would be given to the elite commandos, the best of the best. In the 104th Vostroyan Mechanized, they were given to anyone who was quieter than a Leman Russ.

Hope you enjoy it! Any CC would be most welcome

Cheers,
Rawson

**Rogue Wolves**

Nice fluff on this guy cant waite to see him painted

**alabamaheretic**

great fluff

**storag**

Finally got time to properly view this thread

Lots of helpfull things for me here 'coz I'm planing to start my own 40k army based on IG and Tau models. Love the way you make bases btw and the way you alter mundane IG models by adding stuff like this new backpacks - very refreshing

**Rawson**

Rogue Wolves wrote:Nice fluff on this guy cant waite to see him painted

alabamaheretic wrote:great fluff

Glad you guys enjoyed it! I hope to have a bit more about Petr Ychenko soon

storag wrote:Finally got time to properly view this thread Lots of helpfull things for me here 'coz I'm planing to start my own 40k army based on IG and Tau models. Love the way you make bases btw and the way you alter mundane IG models by adding stuff like this new backpacks - very refreshing

Thanks for the compliments! I'm glad my hobby meanderings are helpful to folks now and again

Here's what I've been working on:

A little paint on the Airborne Squad. I'm pretty happy with the base color of their visors (a 1:2 mix of Graveyard Earth and Blazing Orange) and will continue to build up to some sort of yellow to simulate polarized lenses.

Two things that I'm not sure of:how to go about highlighting the shoulder armor (it's a big rounded piece), and what color to do the respirators. Any ideas would be most appreciated.

I've also got some base colors on Petr.

Nothing overly impressive yet, but you get the idea.

Here is the rest of the squad so far, also a WIP.

CC please!

Thanks for looking

Rawson

**Rogue Wolves**

forgot about the lovely airborn models. the visor looks fantastic color wise and there should be a nice color combination between the red vost. and the green airborn models

**alabamaheretic**

Lens is looking good my friend the squad of snipers is looking good too. well i gotta go to my lab and slap a coat of paint on something to keep up with you.

**Rawson**

Rogue Wolves wrote:forgot about the lovely airborn models. the visor looks fantastic color wise and there should be a nice color combination between the red vost. and the green airborn models

Thank you, thank you. Sorry about the poor pic quality, the airborne fatigues are actually grey. I didn't bother setting up enough lights for the WIP pics.

alabamaheretic wrote:Lens is looking good my friend the squad of snipers is looking good too. well i gotta go to my lab and slap a coat of paint on something to keep up with you.

Thanks, Bama. You working on that succubus?

**alabamaheretic**

yea im working on her just got her cleaned up and ready for primering last night should have a pic of her up shortly

**Viktor von Domm**

In the 104th Vostroyan Mechanized, they were given to anyone who was quieter than a Leman Russ

lol... but i really like that and would want to read more of that!

seeing your stuff now really makes me wonder what overcame me when joining the competition... i will so get my bum trashed^^

i really like your creamy looking tanks... that is one hell of a nice shade you decided on!

and then that cool commander...wow...

i will from now on follow your stuff closley!

vik

**Rawson**

Viktor von Domm wrote:
In the 104th Vostroyan Mechanized, they were given to anyone who was quieter than a Leman Russ

lol... but i really like that and would want to read more of that!

seeing your stuff now really makes me wonder what overcame me when joining the competition... i will so get my bum trashed^^

i really like your creamy looking tanks... that is one hell of a nice shade you decided on!

and then that cool commander...wow...

i will from now on follow your stuff closley!

vik

Thanks, Vik! I really appreciate your comments! It's these kind of things that make P&M blogs worth it. Thanks again!

Cheers,
Rawson

**Viktor von Domm**

no probs... how is your sharpshooter by the way?

**Rawson**

Viktor von Domm wrote:how is your sharpshooter by the way?

A picture is worth a thousand words, right?

Started working on some of the details. I'm pretty happy with how his face turned out. Suitably grumpy and grizzled looking I think.

**Viktor von Domm**

absolutly... does he even have a sort of wrinkle on his forehead?

one nitpick tho.... would you be able to make the dots of the eyes a tad smaller?

oh and what paint is that metal... loks like copper and how did you achive the look there? shoulders and wrist for example?

in the long run i may need this style^^

**dsteingass**

The mustache is epic! I like how in their fluff they make fun of troopers without a proper Firstborn Mustache.

**Rogue Wolves**

this guy seems to be coming along quite nicely

**Rawson**

dsteingass wrote:The mustache is epic! I like how in their fluff they make fun of troopers without a proper Firstborn Mustache.

Rogue Wolves wrote:this guy seems to be coming along quite nicely

Thanks, guys!

Viktor von Domm wrote:absolutly... does he even have a sort of wrinkle on his forehead?

He surely does! I'm actually quite fond of that wrinkle...

Viktor von Domm wrote:one nitpick tho.... would you be able to make the dots of the eyes a tad smaller?

Maybe his big eyes are why he's such a good shot! You wouldn't want me to take that away from him now, would you, vik?

I'm a bit afraid to try the eyes again; they're probably the most nerve wracking part of the model for me. I'm just glad he seems to be looking in one direction

Viktor von Domm wrote:oh and what paint is that metal... loks like copper and how did you achive the look there? shoulders and wrist for example? in the long run i may need this style^^

Pretty much everything I do is simple: in this case, shining gold with a gyphonne sepia wash. Sepia wash is my best friend. I use it on just about everything

**butchyboy73**

Yet another really simple but effective conversion, Rawson, well done

)
One point, personally I think he would have looked better with a more muted colour scheme. Maybe Dark Angel Green for the coat and burnt umber or russet reds for the jacket piping and cuffs; as I say, just an opinion, he still looks great.
Your drop troops are looking excellent too. I wish I had your patience to carry out similar conversions on my "Elysian styled" drop troop army

)
Keep up the good and inspirational work

**Rawson**

butchyboy73 wrote:Yet another really simple but effective conversion, Rawson, well done )
One point, personally I think he would have looked better with a more muted colour scheme. Maybe Dark Angel Green for the coat and burnt umber or russet reds for the jacket piping and cuffs; as I say, just an opinion, he still looks great.
Your drop troops are looking excellent too. I wish I had your patience to carry out similar conversions on my "Elysian styled" drop troop army )
Keep up the good and inspirational work

Thank you, butchy! I hadn't thought about doing a different color scheme for my snipers, but don't worry, the Gryphonne Sepia hasn't yet made it's appearance on the jacket of Petr Ychenko. That should mute it down considerably.

Great CC from you always!

Thanks for the comment on the Airborne squad also! I'm not having so many troops like them in my army, so i can afford to spend a little extra time on them. If I was doing a whole army of these fellows, I might reconsider my plan

**Viktor von Domm**

i liike the slight frown the wrinkle suggest too!!! it makes him such a character^^ shining gold... my paint to buy list yet again grows^^ maybe i will go to gw soon^^

sepia...hmmm.... for me it is currentlydevlan mudd but sepia is growing on me too... warm contrasts it provides... and on my recent tank it made a guest apeariance as a hint of rust even....

oh and one question.... how the heck do i pronounce "Ychenko" ???

and i totally see your point of view here on the eyes issue^^

**Rawson**

Viktor von Domm wrote:i liike the slight frown the wrinkle suggest too!!! it makes him such a character

Right? I was trying to write him as a bit of a gruff old timer in the fluff all based on that little wrinkle!

Viktor von Domm wrote:oh and one question.... how the heck do i pronounce "Ychenko" ???

I invision the "Y" pronounced as a hard E, as in "Eechenko"

Viktor von Domm wrote:and i totally see your point of view here on the eyes issue^^

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the CC. I think it's just a little beyond me

Thanks for following the Firstborn, Vik!

**Viktor von Domm**

have you by the way ever heard of micro pens? this could be a helping thing for such ocasions...

and to tell you the truth one day the vostroyans might hav me led to your thread anyways^^ cause i like their style^^ so it was this moment or some later on^^ but inevitable ^^

and thanks for the insights on pronounciation^^

and gruffy sure fits him well^^

**Rawson**

Viktor von Domm wrote: have you by the way ever heard of micro pens? this could be a helping thing for such ocasions...

I have, but I never thought about using them for eyes. I've only seen people use them for hardlining stuff. Great idea! I'll have to check that out (also to see if they're available in DK)

Viktor von Domm wrote:and to tell you the truth one day the vostroyans might hav me led to your thread anyways^^ cause i like their style^^ so it was this moment or some later on^^ but inevitable ^^

Gotta love the Vostroyans...

Viktor von Domm wrote:and thanks for the insights on pronounciation^^

My pleasure...

Viktor von Domm wrote:and gruffy sure fits him well^^

Ha! Thanks.

I got a little bit of painting done on Petr this evening. Mostly the base with a few other detail-y things thrown in. I'd take a picture...but I'm going to bed instead...

**Viktor von Domm**

*salutes*

**Rogue Wolves**

I use macro pens of all sizes they are great for a bunch of stuff, i'll have to try it on eyes though i'll tell you how it goes

**butchyboy73**

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Hi Rawson, I've just been collecting reference pics for my forthcoming Valkyries (roll on the 14th Nov, so gonna be like a kid at Christmas!

) and, remembering you have a Valkyrie I thought I'd send you this link;
http://cosmos-chaotica.de/zigor40k/index.php?page=valkyrie
and recommend you check out pages 18 onwards of Captain Brown's Elysian Drop Troop blog.
What news on the Firstborn front? How's thon sniper coming along?

**Rawson**

Rogue Wolves wrote:I use macro pens of all sizes they are great for a bunch of stuff, i'll have to try it on eyes though i'll tell you how it goes

I'm gonna see if I can find some here. If I can find one small enough, I'd like to try and do some wood grain on the stocks of the lasguns...

butchyboy73 wrote:
Hi Rawson, I've just been collecting reference pics for my forthcoming Valkyries (roll on the 14th Nov, so gonna be like a kid at Christmas! ) and, remembering you have a Valkyrie I thought I'd send you this link;
http://cosmos-chaotica.de/zigor40k/index.php?page=valkyrie
and recommend you check out pages 18 onwards of Captain Brown's Elysian Drop Troop blog.

Thanks for the tip! The Vendetta is up next on the painting block I think...

butchyboy73 wrote:What news on the Firstborn front? How's thon sniper coming along?

Well, here he is:

I think he's about 95% finished now. I'm pretty happy with my first attempt at OSL (speaking of which, I was in Oslo last weekend and saw a tourist manual with the title "I <3 OSL"

I got a good laugh out of it) I thought the tau bit on the base was fitting, given the fluff that I wrote for him.

Now it's just the last few details. CC is always greatly appreciated, but especially now, since he's being submitted in a painting contest

Thanks for looking!

Rawson