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Can't tell from the pics which one is the repair job, so good work on that.

Excellent! Glad to hear that. I took a lot of time restoring that area. Now you can just barely tell, but only if you look for it.

No progress shots today- letting gloss coat harden and waiting to apply an oil wash- EXCITING!

Opps

After letting the varnish cure overnight, I applied an oil wash to bring out the recesses.



The hornets really took to the effect well. Nice sharp panel lines!
The Phoenix on the other hand needs a bit more tlc. I guess that because its a rescue project as well as an older FW model, the panel lines just arent as sharp. This caused the wash to get wiped of unevenly in places when I was cleaning up the lines.

Heh... now its more waiting as the Oils dry! Maybe Ill start messing with those stormboys!

Sorry for for bringing new life to a heavily painted hunk of old school resin.

I'd actually guess its more to do with it being a super old model vs the newer hornets then the mostly minor residue in the panel lines.

More than likely. It cleaned up really nice- all but a few rare areas were totally bare resin.
Though I dont mind. It just means a different approach needs to be taken. im nothing if not a glutton for punishment on projects like this

O.k if I was near you right now, i'd run at you and slap you for doing such a beautiful paint on those Eldar vehicles! seriously they look beautiful and damn near perfect Mearmamranaaa scheme colours too! I really like the the little Yabby looking ones!

Well dont let distance stop ya, nerd- feel free to fly over anytime! Complements are very much appreciated, dude! Im gonna be trying a little something like your tribal markings on these guys... Hopefully I dont mis the mark too terribly!
Hehe... believe it or not, I actually recognized Yabbies... Looks like watching a ton of TV has its way of paying off! I never noticed it, but yeah the Hornets do have a crayfish sorta look to em!


Minor Mymeara-based update for tonight:
I went back and used a thicker oil wash on the Phoenix, then cleaned it up with some mineral spirits. Heres what I ended up with:



After matte varnish tomorrow I might add more of a blended area between the two colors. Its looking like the color shifts a little too quickly, and the gradual change is one of those things that makes this scheme pop.
Bear in mind that Im gonna put a lot of glyphs on this thing, so that should break up the huge color areas even more.


On the Ork front, Stormboys have their skin halfway done. No pics of them yet, but definitely expect some tomorrow!

The oil wash came out well. Sure beats doing all the lines by hand.

Absolutely! Its super easy and saves a ton of time. Plus, its easy to clean if you mess up. Especially on an airbrush blend, I dont want to have to try and color match!

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Between yesterday and today, I got more stuff done on the Hornets. Now they have gems!


And the bases are nearly done. I wanted to keep em relatively simple. After clearcoat, Im gonna throw on some small clump foliage and stuff.


Then, a bit of stormboy action. Skin tone is done save for a little bit of red on the lips and the scar guy, then facepaint!



Finally, I was playing Magicka and noticed a funny little place in a town called Gram's Workshop:

Hornets are looking good. It's funny how much those gems make it look way further along. Bases look really good too.

Lol @ Gram's Workshop.

Had Deathwatch yesterday, so no real progress. Today, though, I finished up two figures for Deathwatch as well as the bases for the Hornets and Phoenix.

First up, My little brother's character- Techmarine Lortek of the Novamarines. A running joke is that he "speaks for the Machines".... Strange, given that he has appalling tech-use rolls!



Then my character, Blackshield Nero of the Deathwatch. Sole survivor of his squad following an encounter with a large tyranid biomorph. He lopped off a talon from the creature and now uses it as a weapon of revenge. Worked with the DM to have the Talon as a counts-as power sword. Really gives him a bit of extra tooth.

This guy.... Soon as I read about Blackshields, I knew what I wanted to do with him. Hit tropes and hit em HARD! Brooding, first to volunteer for suicide missions... Hes been getting a lot of Demolitions experience too, so lots of fun with explosions! All in all, he makes me chuckle.


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But today was not without progress on Eldar stuff. I got the bases done for all the flyers!

Hornets:


And the Phoenix. Grass areas are darker- in the pics the glue is still wet and showing through a bit. Messed around with SW Leaf litter on the tree, too.

Very Eldar approprate. Nice work.

Thanks SL! Tomorrow I should be able to put them to use! The gray should boost the teal/jade real nicely!

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Ergh... so minor setback. More job hunting and rejection letters from said hunting put a damper on my painting spirits these past few days, so little got done ><

After a long dip in the pool and several gin and tonics, last night I finally felt ready to continue. Lots of black and annoying crevices on the bottom of these things... its the "gills" that make it difficult to cover sufficiently in one brush stroke... but these guys are almost done. I even painted on some random squigglies as per the Imperial Armour photos.

At this stage, Im left with just the cockpits and pilots to finish, bringing me to todays update: What color to paint the canopy trim?

Currently, its black. I dont think it looks too terrible, especially as the bottom is painted black, so it sorta ties it all in:


Should I paint it the color of the rest of the vehicle (so in this case the turquoise color) or leave it as is?


Then, in a bit of experimentation, I messed with a ghost shade sprayed on the interior of a clear canopy. In IA 11, one of the larger planes has purple glow coming out of the cockpit, and it really set off the area... I tested it out with a spare Ork canopy.



What do we think?

We think, that is 'I' think that looks fantastic! :-)

I think the black trim looks nice and that ghost glaze looks amazing.

Yep... I'm in.

me too


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How do you do the Turquoise effect?

I think the teal trim with the purple (or red maybe) ghost would look ace.

Intresting effect. Initially not sure but it is a cool effect. I'm waiting to see the actual model, but I'm leaning towards yea!

and wasn't these supposed to be painted Yellow and Pink. Or Pink and yellow?


What other Ghost tint's have you tried and what do you think works?

Excellent!! Thanks for all the input!

Upon reading your suggestions, i played a little more with combinations. Red is ultra bright (the color is called "Fresh Blood", after all!), and looked a little out of place on the mini, even with the red gems. The color would look awesome on a dark-colored SM flyer, though, like a storm raven or a Talon.
So after spraying, I noticed something else. The black trim worked when the canopy was clear, but it quickly became lost in the relatively dark purple glass! So I slapped some teal on them. This worked better than I thought, and really looks sharp!


Without further ado, Lets stir up a Hornet nest!




And a shot of the tops, showing off the different designs:



Phoenix is up next, and is gonna be very similar in design. A lot more in the way of runes, though- its got a loooot of surface area!

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@Dee: All airbrush work. Mostly just the teal color and the Jade green sprayed on each other. The brush makes them blend really nicely!

@SL: I've tried just about all of them. They dont really fit my painting style, but I can see how one could use them to quickly paint an army or to boost an already existing paintjob. They're best suited to use as shades, due to the transparency of the paint. I still prefer to just spray my own color mixes.
So far my favorites are the purple, light blue (Plasma Fluid) and the red (Fresh Blood), which are very rich colors. Theyre good for brightening up a desaturated paintjob or bringing a bunch of colors together under one overall hue. On the other hand, the brown is an ugly greenish-tinted color, and oil discharge is too blue for what I had hoped was a "black". You can get it there, but it takes a LOT more paint!

Look pretty sharp for the little buggers they are. Kind of remind me of the Droid tanks from Star Wars. But space elf looted

Man those are pretty.

Airbrush will be a problen as the genni will send the cat nuts

@WM: Excellent! Glad they shape up to your liking! Took me a little to figure out what droid tank you were talkin about, but yeah it really does xD
Oh and Grats (or condolences) on the forum promotion!

@Gits: Thanks!!

@Dee: Always fun. My roommates cat would stare intently at mine when I was in college. He had no idea what the little blue humming thing was!

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Today I moved ahead on the Phoenix and applied a little more color. Still to come are a handful of other black tribal-esque designs on the wing opposite of the large glyph. Not shown is the work on the bottom- lots of shading on black. Very very sharp looking next to the blues!



Shouldnt be too much longer, actually. Just little lenses and gems and the filigree on top. Gonna hit that with a boney kind of color. The cockpit glass is getting the same purple effect, but the frame will be green instead of teal.

Looking good. I should actually figure a list out for eldar at some point.

Happy 4th everyone! Hope that it was a great day all around. Barbecues and Blowing stuff up for the Americans, and a nice sunny day for those of you not in 'Murica-land!


@WM: You'll certainly have enough points after this xD
Might not be an exceptional list- no Serpents, after all- but the flyers should at least give you a boost


And now you have a Phoenix!





I wasnt sure about the paintjob at first, but once those gems went on, it really started to come together. Absolutely crazy how that works out!
Next up is more work on those Stormboyz, then if all goes to plan, the Knights!!

Till next time!~

Wicked! I love the underside of the pheonix

Edit: I just noticed - the subject for each of your posts is "re:rollin' all ones"

That looks stunning Ramos, can we have a group shot with the hornets?

Beautiful work Ramos! Love the white symbols/stripes on the upper surface!