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i would say on thee army thing bright color eldar as it is totally differtent from IG. paint wise and play wise. my dark eldar are pink

Here is another update today moving towards the finishing line of the complete army pics. Todays update will show off 1 of the 4 painted chimeras. The Next update of them probably will just be a group shot because they are painted essentially identically. I actually think i need to have 6 before im really satisfied with flexible army lists around 2000 points. Unlike most Catachans, probably, im running a gun line list with blob squads. Anyways also in this update are a few quick pics from a digi cam of my objective markers. Easy Peasy. From the Battle for Macragge box, done up allll jungly. Hope you like.
PS. The chimera, as the rest of the vehicles and tanks from now on in these updates have been primed with P3 primer. Not the crap in the first update of tanks...





and the objective markers

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

i really like the treads of the chimera... there is a certain rustyness about them that looks clean but well used! very well kept you could say. the red as regimental colors looks sweet but i have to say the chipping on the armor plates looks a tad fishy to me... have you thought about doing a spot choas black and after that a tad smaller patch of metal then thus leaving a tiny edge of darker color around the chipped areas? oh and the lights on the chimera look spot on....seems such things is really a skill of yours! are the objective markers made in a hirachic fashion? looks like they are discernable for a reason to me^^

Thanks vik and brian The treads were done exactly the same way as the russes, but It seems I got a bit more comfy with the technique! Also, the paint chips, yea I used the technique illistrated in WD. Its codex grey chips and a spot of boltgun if the chips are deeper..As far as weathering goes, I'm a TOTAL noob. I'm learning but for the sake of uniformity I've painted all my tanks similarly. I'd like to do some tank projects just for fun to practice weathering techniques. My heart in soul is in character painting I'm sure you can tell:p but I'll get better at it with your guys C and C and alot of practice. I just try to keep em clean and tidy so they look sharp on the battlefield cuz it's all I got >_< ...

so have you know chosen your next project?

Either creed or harker. Gotta keep things Interesting here and I'll start the eldars too

hmmm i have a crred still in my cupboard... would be interrested in your take on him...

and yay for some bebop eldars!

Yeah ill probably do creed actually and its the first finecast mini im painting so im looking forward to it And you can bet he's gonna be jungled out.

has anyone seen a comparrision shot form metal to finecast on that one? i am intrigued to maybe buy that one...

Loving the tanks .

Vik the first Creed pack that came through to the store was seriously F'd up. Where the tip of his hair should have been was a giant hole. Like the guy from Starship Troopers! They ate his brainssss man!! O_o So, anyways, yeah, had to reorder that dude. But as i think of it more, i think id rather do Harker, just as a break...Creed is so "Commissary"...and yeah...just did one lol.
Oh and thanks Farty!



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On a side note, i should mention...to the three of you who do seem to be interested in this blog, im strongly considering, either deleting it, or just letting it die off. Im too emotionally attached to it, and it feels that im only blogging to you three, and its hard to for me not to be bummed at the lack of interest on something that ive invested so much time in. Thats my own fault, not anyone else's, and its petty of me to even care of such a thing, but its beginning to hurt my love of the hobby and warping why i do it. I dont paint for comments or approval i do it because i love it. This blog is too close to my heart and i maybe i should just let it go.

love the smiley like damage on the back door xD nice color on the tank. the OM are really nice i like the fact that one is a little rusted but i find the difference in rustiness a little strange there in roughly the same area so why the difference in damage?

fatty wrote:love the smiley like damage on the back door xD nice color on the tank. the OM are really nice i like the fact that one is a little rusted but i find the difference in rustiness a little strange there in roughly the same area so why the difference in damage?

not sure whatcha mean fatty? I didnt really paint rust on them...The bronze one has verdigris but its hard to see on the cam...i just wanted the 3 to look very different from each other.

thats the closest i got on my laptop for the OM...you can kinna see the verdigris there...(im in chicago till tomorrow hence no WIP updates as i will start the next project tomorrow night)

for weathering on your vehicles you can use some foam out of the gw cases and chainmale for scratiching and burns with 2:1 chaos black to scorched brown and rust and mud weathering powders are made of win hope this helps

I have found that my plog has the same problem. There's a couple of superstars on Dakka, and then the rest of us.

But you can't play the 'popularity game', yanno? Either blog because you want to blog and be able to see your own progress with some commentary/support, or do not.

I'll miss your work. Also, make sure you comment on other people's plogs that you like, with your plog link in your signature, and update your sig regularly with the short update title and date.

--Brian

For what it's worth, your blog is on my subscribe list! (And that's a pretty good feat for Guard...)

If you blog for yourself, lack of comments will not deter you, and any constructive comments will inspire you. Like all things though, if you are finding it a chore - take a break! Visit some other blogs, concentrate on your hobby without the self imposed pressure of the blog. You can always come back! Lack of interest leads to lack of comments leads to lack of interest and so the circle goes...

Hope you don't give it up, but you have to do what's best for you (and your hobby).

Guys, thanks...i really do appreciate your keeping my chin up. And really great advice from you both. I by no means wanted to come across as a cry baby, and i hope i didnt..but i probably did lol! It was more a comment of myself, in that i never before had such feelings about the hobby and all of a sudden im caring so much about this blog and worrying and stuff. Which is strange, and never should one feel a negative feeling from something like this! I definately am inspred by the level artistry on this website so i guess i just felt sorta left out. Its my first my Project blog and etc etc, and i guess i just am proud of my stuff but also, more importantly, want to get better...anyways you get my drift...Ill keep at it, and of course continue to be inspired here...

dakkagrot187 wrote: for weathering on your vehicles you can use some foam out of the gw cases and chainmale for scratiching and burns with 2:1 chaos black to scorched brown and rust and mud weathering powders are made of win hope this helps

Im intrigued by your suggestions...are there any tutorials on how to use powders that you know of? Specifically...the forge world powders? Also, slightly confused by what you mean with chainmail and the foam? Could you elaborate? Thanks

I'm sure there are more thorough tutorials out there, but endtransmission did a writeup of the Forgeworld Tank Masterclass we attended - which included using the powders.

hmmm... i think we all have the shortage of answers time...i know that the army you do is something very close to you....and this might seem as a rejection of others if you don´t get many followers...but i would point out the difference between quality and quantity...can´t have both...i think...and i don´t talk about your art.... nono, the point i am trying to make is chatting about progress with truly likeminded peeps is the true quality...to tell you the truth i never knew if i might be interrested in a catachans blog... i just give it a go and became kind of addicted... believe me this was pure luck... for the both of us^^ i normally don´t even look at most P&M blogs.... only armies or special wordings in the threads header ....so maybe you have to wait a bit to get more followers or just do what you do...doing great painting on such a small scale for the love of it! heck my blog is running for nearly 90 pages now and it is almost pure friends there...and to tell yet again a truth... i am proud and happy about that as i think i don´t get certain traffic from not likemined peeps there... so it is all fun and no cramps in the rear...got that in my first thread... used to have a SM blog and they even got me for my f...ugly spelling of one word... after i changed the blog the whole thing was only charming!!! and i don´t tell a lie here...er... forgott the point i was trying to make here...ah... found it... don´t close your blog!!! please?!

vik

Keep yer stick on the ice bebop! You rock, please rock on sir!

Vik I named a commissar after you I hope that speaks for itself!


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And like I mentioned earlier steingass you and fatty are up next...and I'm sure after that, other new friends that I've met here

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on the one hand a commissar named after me....

on the other hand .... guy threatening to close his thread of fantastic droolable minipaintingskills due to traffic...


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darn... why do peeps always make everything so complex...er...stoooopid...so here is the plan...it is a cunning plan so bear with me....you ....here it comes.... this is a tickler...








just get on with this thread and no harm will come to this jelly baby i am currently holding in my hand... it is by a dire twist of faith a green one... a catachan green one...this might come as a shock... i am not threating anyone... i just want everyone to be calm and reasonable about this....
no seriously... no plastic crack no more....

er... you know i could keep this thread alive with youst my motormouth and stupid comments^^ or... you bring a new mini forth... no that is what i call a bargain^^

I like your blog man, its one of the few that i look forward to seeing updated, i been lacking in my own blog but i been feeling very uninspired. but looking at all your stuff again (esp the commisars) gave me a lift into working on my Dark Eldar so keep this nonsense rocking or ill smack ya with a halibit so you dont flounder around any way keep it up i don't know what else to really say so there ya go.

Vik, you are freaking hilarious man I get back home tomorrow, im out on the road again (jazz drummer by profession unless you couldnt tell lol) but ill start my next project tomorrow night
And alabama thanks for your support and interest Im sure youll get inspired soon enough, if not already, theres so much here that its kinda insane...and Its all new to me since ive only been here about a month!

Hey bebop, check out the newest Catachan blogger...
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/401478.page

I saw it its a good one for sure! And my next WIP is settled. Its Harker. Ill start on it tonight. I already have some good ideas...but one thing for sure this dude will be tatted up. Im deciding on how i want to do the tats in my head right now...i could go with the simple sailor, faded crappy tat, ala the eagle across the chest kinda thing (or "mom")...some south central Gang type tats you know, with the old english letters across the top oft the back...or maybe a more japanese type thing...with color...which is what im leaning towards but i dont want to muddy up the character either...ideas welcomed before i start Either way, next update (and i apologize for the lack of any interesting pics this weekend) will be my first WIP of the mini...

I really like this thread, you have great pictures of well painted miniatures. As a guy who is trying to launch my own P&M blog I see yours as a complete success. I look at the pictures you post and it inspires me to continue...

Hey

Shame you a considering closing this one. It's one of the treads which made me want to post my catachans.

Really like your painting and modeling it's very crisp. (btw like the free hand banner)
The plants look like they belong on alien worlds thinking of avatar.

But your chimera's could be dirtier in my eyes. No carwash in the jungle.

Edit: totally forgot to mention the very well painted commissar. It really captures the dark and violent mood which is wh40k for me.

Fab thanks I dunno what was up yesterday i was just in a funk. I agree with you about the dirtiness...ive just ordered the weathering dusts from Forgeworld and the book on modelling tanks, so i will be doing that to the lot of them once i practice a little bit. Aynyways, glad i inspired you to post your very well painted minis

On to the next thing...today begins my WIP of, Veteran Sgt. Steingass (Harker). The pic is included just to break up the blog monotony of text and if you live under a rock and dont know who or what a Harker is.



Ill leave it at that. The next pics will have some paint on it
stay tuned.