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Those bases are great, and the bloodstains too.

Amazing wolves mate, cant wait to see what the riders you throw on top will look like.

Swordwind wrote:Those bases are great, and the bloodstains too.

Thanks very much bud, I can honestly say t's the most fun I've ever had doing bases, it's refreshing not to have to worry about whether things will rank up like I do with fantasy stuff

Sheep wrote:Amazing wolves mate, cant wait to see what the riders you throw on top will look like.

Just for you Sheep :


@Requiem thanks bud, as I said I'm incredibly busy at the moment, not to mention the fact that I'm on antibiotics for a chest infection, when I get time I'll edit it into the post.

Thanks for looking all, I'll get some unit pictures asap!

Just keeps getting better and better Thanks for the pic mate, do you have a lord model to do too?

Those look excellent. Only thing that bothers me though is that you didnt fill up the gap between the right front paw and the neck, just a minor thing though. cool job!

Sheep wrote:Just keeps getting better and better Thanks for the pic mate, do you have a lord model to do too?

I don't bud, as I'm painting these for profit finecast is just too much of a gamble :( Shame, it's a nice sculpt.

Robbietobbie wrote:Those look excellent. Only thing that bothers me though is that you didnt fill up the gap between the right front paw and the neck, just a minor thing though. cool job!

No tie for that given the turnaround I had to have on these guys, it's a real shortcoming of the kit, which is 90%perfect, with about 3 factors holding it back, overall still a very nice box to work with though.

A bit more of the oldschool for you fellas :

The TWC look great, have to get one of those sets. Just for the new SW bitz.

My personal TW Wolf lord setup:

Wolf Lord
Thunder hammer, Storm shield, Runic armor,
Thunderwolf mount, Wolftooth necklace,
Wolf tail talisman, 2x Fenrisian wolves,
Saga of the Bear

He's quite beefy nut gets the job done. Also fielded Canis few times, not as good IMO, but more cheaper in points.

And Karl Franz is looking good too.

Northen wrote:The TWC look great, have to get one of those sets. Just for the new SW bitz.

My personal TW Wolf lord setup:

Wolf Lord
Thunder hammer, Storm shield, Runic armor,
Thunderwolf mount, Wolftooth necklace,
Wolf tail talisman, 2x Fenrisian wolves,
Saga of the Bear

He's quite beefy nut gets the job done. Also fielded Canis few times, not as good IMO, but more cheaper in points.

And Karl Franz is looking good too.

Cheers for the info bud, it's such a shame that finecast isn't viable when painting for profit or I'd have bought this guy straight away!

What bits are you in need of bud? I've got some weapons etc spare and could post them to you if you like? PM me if so

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And the big (/heavy) guy:

Top notch work as always! big from me

Requiem wrote:Top notch work as always! big from me

Cheers mate


Both units of TWC are finished (and up on ebay), here's a shot of the together in one very beefy looking unit!

Those look great byron! youve just convinced me that a unit of these will surely someday join the rest of my wolves

Tah robbie, it's a very nice kit, and the big bases give you plenty of opportunity to have some fun; I say do it!


One of the four (all at this stage) which I'm working on:

Wow I like it! really impressive stuff so far

Great painting on the wolf guys as usual... can't say I like the models though. I'm just not a fan of wolf riding I suppose. Now the necron barge is more like it! Pretty awesome color scheme. I'm diggin' the mix of turqoise and bronze/copper/rust!

Cheers guys

Here's the lot!



I'll be getting some better shots soon.

Finally a few decent quality pictures:

great job as always

Thanks robbie

Here's a 360degree view of one of the wolves, apologies for the lighting guys, the process is very much WiP, some filters or something will have to be built in:

http://www.plail.co.uk/element/Wolf%20blue%20corrected.html

(they're up on eBay now, ending tomorrow http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/byronorde/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686 )

Shameless plug

hah! Shameless self-promoting on the GW blog again!?

j/k grats on making the blog again

Man, I hope they're giving you a raise over there, Byron!

another congratulations seem in order Byron! That's your fourth time on the blog IIRC

Requiem wrote:hah! Shameless self-promoting on the GW blog again!?

j/k grats on making the blog again

Cheers I've not mentioned that my work tends to be for other people on it actually, I' not sure what they think of such things, I'm sure they've guessed though!

Lt. Coldfire wrote:Man, I hope they're giving you a raise over there, Byron!

Haha, I wish, unfortunately the curse of the blog is that everything I paint that gets a proper feature in it doesn't do so well in auctions (e.g. the necrons I did), sods law, but it's always nice to see my stuff on there!

Robbietobbie wrote:another congratulations seem in order Byron! That's your fourth time on the blog IIRC

Wrong for once Robbie, I think it's my 5th or 6th

I've been working on a slaughtermaster/butcher for my own army guys, let e know your thoughts:

That's pretty disgusting.. I like it!

Robbietobbie wrote:That's pretty disgusting.. I like it!

Cheers bud to thank you I've finally written up that necron tutorial!

Apologies for the massive delay guys, I've been on holiday andworking on some non-painty stuff, I've written up a few tutorials that I'd really appreciate your feedback on though:

Buildings/Skullvane Manse
Gore/Blood
Snow
Thunderwolves/Fur
Verdigris+Metallics
Colour Sequencing/Airbrushing Vehicles (Necron annihilation Barge)

Some new empire stuff will be materialising here fairly shortly

Those are really helpful I'd say

Robbietobbie wrote:Those are really helpful I'd say

Hopefully they'll help out a coupleof people, as ever I'm grateful for feedback on them

Stank is done and up on ebay:



More views at: http://elementgames.co.uk/gallery/byron/empire/slideshow?iid=263

Karl is also done and I'm just awaiting better light to get some quality shots of him, it's loverrrly odel to paint, as was the Stank, both quality kits!

More Pomp, given how vicious deathclaw looks I couldn't resist goring him up a bit, please le tme know your thoughts


More Pictures at: http://elementgames.co.uk/gallery/byron/empire/slideshow?iid=280

The deathclaw looks great, I like the depth you have gotten to the blood.

I think you should have a bit more of the splatter on the 'claws chest as there is a strangely clean area between the bloodied armor and beak.

I really like the color choices and the base looks great from what is visible in the pics. This is going to be one fine bird.

Metsuri wrote:The deathclaw looks great, I like the depth you have gotten to the blood.

I think you should have a bit more of the splatter on the 'claws chest as there is a strangely clean area between the bloodied armor and beak.

I really like the color choices and the base looks great from what is visible in the pics. This is going to be one fine bird.

I'm inclined to agree with you Metsuri, I think you're spot on, the moment I reviewed the pictures I was thinking along the same lines, however in the past I have received criticism for 'too much gore' (yes, it's apparently possible) which is always at the back of y mind when I'm painting, also the technique I do for the 'splatter' is in its nature incredibly random, and there's no going back once it's done, so I tend to err on the side of caution with these things. Do you think I should have risked it and gone for the full effect? The temptation was so strong!

Please rest assured if it were in my army he'd be covered in it

By the way guys there are plenty more views here

And if you'd like to bid on Karl or the Steam tank They are both on my eBay

Additionally if anyone is interested in having me paint them up a custom version of any of these models I liked them so much I already want to paint them again...I've got an idea of a really weathered, scratched 'venerable' looking stream tank, covered in gore and stained parchment, I was thinking a religious looking one with a warrior priest poking out of the top would look very cool as well.

Also a warrior priest has Sigmar to protect him, wheras I refuse to believe that an engineer who was clever enough to help build a steam tank would poke his head out of the top in the middle of a battle...

If you are doing the splatter in random method, I don't think you should go for more. I agree that it is a danger in going for more gore than looks good and I have also a taste for over doing it. I love the he currently looks and he will be a nice center piece for some lucky gamer.