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Very awesome interior, with the banner that will look very authentic!

Words cannot express how subscribed i am right now
Love the work so far

Mind=blown. Just unbelivably good. Makes me kinda jealous TBH.

Awesome work, both you and Majortom are great inspiration.

The stormraven interior is very very nice, I went light brown in mine, but not light enough it seems, I just hope that when you're all built you can actually see inside well enough the appreciate the work you did. Maybe a little LED or two would help?

Played around with the turret of the stormraven and eventually settled on the original one, doesn't look to bad. Stuck it together, finished the flared engines. Then got out the black spray undercoat (just a dusting really to get the reds to base nicely over)

Then did the metals on the engines, blending nicely using the airbrush, and some very light brush highlights on the very front. While I was at it did the dozer blade for the RB, stripes were a pain but turned out good.

Also sprayed everything with matt varnish through the airbrush, makes a real difference and was certainly not using GW spray! Any residual glaze and shiny patches from the washes are gone. Should get to the reds on the stormraven tomorrow night. Compressor suffering from the heat a bit now, so giving it the night off.

Very exciting for me to see how comfortable you are getting with the airbrush and the workflow you are developing around it!

Keep it up!

MajorTom11 wrote:Very exciting for me to see how comfortable you are getting with the airbrush and the workflow you are developing around it!

Keep it up!

Thanks! Can't wait to get the reds onto the Stormraven with it. Going to go for stronger shading with the airbrush, also doing white stripes on the wings to break up the red. Trying to use it as much as possible, it definitely has increased my output. Would probably have more done if I wasn't away for work so much!

Love the storm raven, sometimes you wish that it wouldnt have to closed up like it is so you could see it all the time, keep up he good work

RED is done! What a mission, it's much bigger than you think when you start painting! Same technique as the RB but I left a lot more shadow from the airbrush colours.

Off away for work tomorrow for a week so no more updates for a while. Need to paint all the markings, numbers etc before the weathering starts, and after that the details, crew, turret etc.

Happy so far, much more shadow on the model but still the red wash definitely blends it all back a bit too much. Enjoy the photos and back soon! Hopefully get it done before holidays in 3 weeks. Not sure my wife would appreciate me taking it along to finish!

Very nice! Any chance you could do a Step-by-Step Tutorial on an airbrushed tank?

Looking very nice alex. Rear engine flares look very cool and unique.

Wow, I love the pod-racer engines.

Liking the flared engines, glow would look awesome

Back to the land of painting following work. Hit the Stormraven with some serious weathering over the weekend. Still busy with it now, and doing some details. Photos coming very soon!

Just WOW - the Librarian Dreadnaught is phenomenal!! Your painting is smooth and vibrant - much to be proud of in this thread!

Here's the promised progress shots:

So much more to do ........!

Your stuff is absoloutely fantastic. How did you achieve your gold?

MunkeyKungFu wrote:Your stuff is absoloutely fantastic. How did you achieve your gold?

Basecoat 75-25 Scorched Brown Shining Gold
50-50
25-75
100% Shining Gold
Heavy Devlan Mud wash
Highlight 50-50 Shining Gold Burnished Gold
100% Burnished Gold
50-50 Burnished Gold Mithril Silver
Gryphonne Sepia Glaze (to knock back the silver a touch)

It takes ages, but the gold is very rich and deep, this is what the 4 coats before the wash are for, as it gives it a good solid base.

Finally back to the BA after an extended holiday. Decided I needed some new inspiration after not doing any infantry for a while so started what you see below. This is what happens when you combine a few left over libby dread bits and a terminator! Doing this for fun so will have a full scenic base with victim rather than the typical stuff.

It's nice to be back to some sculpting too after a time of painting. Stormraven still on the way, bit more details done but all focused on the new librarian. It's way more fun than painting red!

That is a beautiful model!


any way we can a group shot of all the things which are done?

Sageheart wrote:That is a beautiful model!


any way we can a group shot of all the things which are done?

Thanks. Yeah no probs will try and get everything out over the weekend when the light is better for photos

Group shot of all models including in progress for Sageheart, and mini diorama librarian progress.

Still final bit of detailing left to libby and lots more on the base. Victim lying down the stairs has been ordered, keeping it a surprise for now.

Wow. It's been FAR too long since I've checked this thread; great work man, I love what you're doing with the Libby (the base looks fantastic) and the group shot is great. The flared engines are lovely too. Great work.

Amazing looking work! I am quite impressed with the Librarian model you're constructing, looks great, I'd love to know what parts you used where and how difficult it was to model? your airbrushing and painting is exceptional as well, such a cohesive and good looking army!

nice! that group shot looks good

Updated pics of the librarian and the base. Libby with not much to do, base done! Should finish the libby tonight and maybe get some paint on the base too. Other model for the base is still on the way. Also bought some new Eldar corsairs too as the wife decided she wants to paint something with me. (Not sure how good an idea this is but never mind )

Just Dave wrote:Wow. It's been FAR too long since I've checked this thread; great work man, I love what you're doing with the Libby (the base looks fantastic) and the group shot is great. The flared engines are lovely too. Great work.

Thanks, good to see your still having a look now and then.

nerdfest09 wrote:Amazing looking work! I am quite impressed with the Librarian model you're constructing, looks great, I'd love to know what parts you used where and how difficult it was to model? your airbrushing and painting is exceptional as well, such a cohesive and good looking army!

Thanks for the compliments. Hmmm, the list is quite long and it's not particularly easy! Basically a normal terminator legs, arms and body combined with the libby dread bits and then lots of GS. Changed my mind with the front cables as you can see as I felt they unbalanced the model before (with the plastic ones). Sculpting isn't too hard, use colour shapers for smooth areas like the tabard and shin areas, the hardest bit is balancing the chest eagle and horns on all the skulls so that both sides are the same (oh and getting to the head to paint it, which at the minute I'm hiding how, when it's finished you'll see)

Sageheart wrote:nice! that group shot looks good

Thanks, not much done but it's more than I normally do! Not travelling for a while too so should get some more progress this weekend.

Dude, that is a fething brilliant model, you should be raking it in doing commissions...

I'm not sold on the librarian at all. That psychic hood just looks comically big.

I'll reserve judgement until it's fully painted, but I'm just not sure.

I thought that at first, but with the shoulder pads and iconography attached, I think it all fits really well and look suitably bulky, but maybe that's just me.

Great work as ever Alex, I've been missing out!

Ok, added some more detail on the chest to finish off the eagle and detailed the shield on the shoulder pad. No photos as in a rush to go to work! Will stick some on later.

Re the psychic hood, the almost comical look is part of the plan, that's why he's taller and wider than a normal libby, it will offset the other model very well. I thought the same as Just Dave, which is why I bulked out the shoulders a bit more to balance it.