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Haha. I just tried typing gimp into google - It was all about the photo programme until the second page...

check your hotmail iffy

Cheers Anthony and everyone else who helped with the backgrounds, going to print some out tonight!

My Vallejo paints have arrived alongside the bases for the IW's, so I will get those finished and final shots taken before they are shipped asap. Work on the Demon prince is going to have to be held back as the owner wants me to see if I can track a defiler mask for it, but I will update as soon as I start off

I am waiting for contact back for this months commission slot owner, so without the DP to start on all that is left is to finish off Korvydae's tassles and then hand him back home, so I might try out some more testing. Maybe some Orcs and Tyranids this time Need to tide myself over till the commission arrives.

No contact back yet regarding the Dp's construction, so can't really do anything with him yet till I know if he is to have wings or not etc :( Oh well. On weekend now so have gotten some work done, Korv pretty much done now. Will have pics of him and the Iron warriors final shots up later today, then they are off in the mail tomorow.

Part of the reason I wouldn't want to do this is because I would hate having to give the mini I had painted away after, especially with so much work put in.

Surely that depends how much you were paid?

Anthony_D wrote:Surely that depends how much you were paid?

Haha, bingo. I also like that models I have painted end up being used in other parts of the world. Gives a strange warped sense of achievement

I would definatly do it - so long as I could get at least ten pounds an hour (skilled labourers wage init) plus expenses. I think I have more to learn yet though.

I would need to speed up immensly to reach that. Korv is on about 10 hours work at this point, so I am miles off. I think to be able to reach the required painting standard while not going over a time limit, you would need to have good experience with an airbrush.

Most of the painters I have seen who ebay their models and make an actual living on it focus on Space marines using an airbrush for the base armor + highlight. It looks great and only takes a very short time.

fair doos. I'm going on what I make doing pet portraits. but they are easy compared to models. I suppose you could take the attitude that if you know you are going to paint minis anyway you might as well have some money at the end of it - even if it isn't really a fair wage for the time you put in.

I don't really spend more than 3 hours on a mini myself (not including drying time and staring at the mini trying to decide what to do next time). But thats reflected in the quality some what

Thats exactly how I see it Weety. I can't expect to be making normal salary per hour when such great quality models are selling for $50 on ebay, but I figure actually making any money at all is still good, as I do this as an enjoyable hobby

Iron warriors are finished and off home tomorow, Korv will be complete by tomorow morning. I know they aren't drawdropping, but they are only to requested tabletop standard.



Any advice on how to up them a notch for next time? Metals really are my main weakness imo.

They look great! I would love to see individual shots of each Terminator.

You could try blood effects next time. And maybe have the blood splattered on the armor nearest the blade.

Love the bases! Custom made or did you buy em from somewhere? Also, does the middle terminator have hazardstripes on one of his trophy spikes?

Those terminators look really good. One of my favorite things about CSM terminators are the trophy racks. I'd really like a rack to have a full tac squad of Ultramarine helmets on it--that'd be a baddass terminator. Awesome!

@ Limbo, pretty sure those aren't hazard stripes on the trophy spikes. You can see more pictures of the terminators on page 7 and I'm not seeing any stripes on the trophy racks.

With your metals, one trick I'm trying currently is undercoating Grey, seems to flatten the overall colour out a little bit.

@Tim : I will try and get some tonight, but can't make any promises as they have to be packed up and on their way Blood would be awesome on the chainsaw.. guns.. you are totally right. I tried out weathering on them but kind of clipped out of my set time to work on tabletop so decided not to go too much further. Maybe some for the demon prince though!

@ Limbo : Those are Ebay bases the owner asked for, but I can't recommened them. Whatever resin mix was used was not one I have tried before, it was like glass. Scrubbing it in hot water and washing up liquid + a nail brush made absolutely no difference to its ability to take paint, and the actual casts themselves were full of holes, actually taking off the bolts on one on the bases. You can see on the middle guy by his back leg that paint is already coming off them. Was not impressed :(

Yes the middle dude has some hazards on his broken spear, but thats because he was the one who ended up cutting my palm during assembly, so he got them as a reward!

@ Coldfire :Haha, his whole back would have to be nothing but trophy racks, it would be amazing


Korv is due in the morning so he will be getting finished up tonight. Will be kinda nice to see him back beside Shrike in his owners store, will be a weight off my shoulders to have him all done, means I have spare time till this months commission slot contacts me, though that is looking unlikely :(

Oh and @ Anthony : Yes that is awesome, I tried it out on Korv and was really happy. These have chaos black + boltgun mix as an undercoat, so their dark recesses are actually still metal. Doesn't show that well in the pic but it adds an extra dimension when seeing them irl.

Great job Iffy, I can second the message to use caution on Ebay when buying bases. I bought around £25 of bases for my army, when I received them I found that the detail is just placed between the troops legs. As such they are useless for my BT tabards and assault running poses. :(

Ifalna wrote:
@ Coldfire :Haha, his whole back would have to be nothing but trophy racks, it would be amazing

Don't tempt me even more. I might do it and have you paint it.

Shazam. Very happy with how he turned out, but it is a shame I don't have a second light to help with the photos at the moment. I went with a blue background because the options of white or black both looked awful due to his colouring.
Dakka is actually blurring the image a bit, you can see it is a bit cleared on imageshack http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/7573/korvfinished.jpg
When I get another light, I may very well ask to have him back for a day to get more detailed shots, but these will do for now.

Now I no longer have any commissions to finish off, I think I might try some experimenting with some of the techs I said I needed to practice with before, like nmm, zenithal lighting and weathering. Or I might just play Dark Chronicle and take a break.

Great work on that captain. Again, especially good work on the white detailing. subscribed!

Really great, the red breaks up the black and white perfectly, and the not-so-golden-hammer looks awesome!

Red is an awesome one to break up monotony I've found! He actually had very little detail other then that that you could use to do it, his bolster and the purity seals were about it. I am glad about how the hammer turned out too, I don't think it would have worked out as shining gold in the end

weetyskemian44 wrote:Haha. I just tried typing gimp into google - It was all about the photo programme until the second page...

It stands for 'Gnu Image Manipulation Program'.

Thats looking awsome Ifalna. The extra time you put in shows

Korvydae looks sweet to the beat, great job. Looking forward to more Raven Guard if you get painting any more of them!

I like what I can see, but like what you say, all that black needs another light to show it off properly...

Very nice final product, and gives me something to work from and to when I paint my Korvydae up!

And as always it is a pleasure to look at your work!

Lovely stuff again, look forward to seeing/reading your experiments with new techniques.

He looks just great Ifalna... you can't send him off until you get us a photo with better light though... just too much there to leave in shadow.

Absolute best I can do with what I have on hand, and even then the light is awful as the side lamps are energy savers, meaning they are pink. If you ignore the pinkish shine, at least you can get a better idea what is happening on this one, but I think the darker one looks better overall. What you are missing is not really a huge deal as he has an intense lack of detail below the legs, bar the skull and purity seals :(

Next buy will deffo be two basic computer desk lamps with white light, the energy savers are a massive no no.

Edit: Whooah, holy crap, 10k views. That is pretty mindblowing.