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Thank you all. I am helping my local store building up a bigger lightbox. That way I can take an army shot for everyone for their Army on Parade submission.

I will take that opportunity to also take a picture of my army.

I have been doing too many models at the same time :(. Not all of them are done. I think I should spend some time on just finishing them up.

I am setting these up to play as my count-as Space Wolves. For all the squads:

Left most is wolf guard - combi + powerfist
Second left most - Mark of Wulfen guy
Third left most - special weapon guy
Fourth left most - special close combat weapon guy
Fifth left most - Wolf standard guy (gotta put the standard on him).
The rest - regular grey hunter joes

That's a bunch of Angelic awesomeness,man. Looks great.

Look: a video about Angel of absolution scheme by Les Bursley. His stuff is too good. I gotta up the ante.




For some reason, the board doesn't allow me to post a link to this video so just find it on his channel. I am planning on trying out one of my guys with the techniques in that video.

The problem with working with many models is that I stopped knowing which one I have shown you guys. So I grabbed about 10 guys, double-check that they didn't get a good shot recently and post them here.

What do you guys think?
- About the new gold formula?
- About the yellow and black stripe?
- About the converted combi-melta?
- About the golden orbs on red tassels?

Since you asked so politely I like your gold but could do with a touch of highlighting with a gold/mithril mix? but the base of it is really nice and deep and looks good while suiting your paint style

yellow and black stripe! hazard for the win my friend! it's a nice point on the models that isn't overpowereing but gives them a bit more dimension and colour, i'd say keep going with it and you are also painting them very neatly from what i can see which looks ace!

converted combi melta?... what converted combi..... Oh that one!...... see, so good i didn't even notice

big golden balls on tassels?...... I like the red tassels and gold keeps the theme throughout so I'd stick with it if you want to add some extranious additions to the marines it fits with them and looks fine, you're really doing a smashing job on this army! I still love looking at how clean and crisp they all look together, you've got some really nice harmony with it all

looking forward to more pics!

Thank you NF for the comments and the nice words. I definitely need to do some highlights on the gold.

I was rushing to get these out in time for the local gw store tournament two days ago. These models were worth their gold :-). That plasma cannon guy took out 250 points of greyknight terminator in one shot.

The powerfist punked many death companies and khorn berserkers before getting taken out by a heroic sacrifice grey knight brother captain.

The hazard stripe chainsword were my devastator sergeants. They took out numerous vehicles plus a stormraven.

Of course my runepriest count as sniped a daemon prince, several death companies and many paladins in his time. Best 100 points ever. :-) I am finishing him up right now, he deserves to be painted.

Oh and I won first place so I got some money for a couple of stormtalons now. ;-)

I agree with NF on the gold. It looks good but some highlights will make it stand out more. The stripes and tassels are perfect. Congratulations on taking first, its well deserved.

Well done leohart! totally a deserved win for you!

your take on stormtalon's would be really cool too, especially with your style of paint! and now you have the coin for them I expect to see them as soon as they're released! :-)

Go with the yellow and black strips, looks so good and fits the army really well

Young Logan

I told myself I will stop buying more stuff since
1- I have most vehicles, the ones that I don't have won't compare when the new flyers come out in a couple of months
2- I have more than enough infantry models and enough bits to build to my heart content
3- I have 2000 pts of GK NIB just sitting there
4- I have 2000 pts of Deathwing NOS just sitting there.

And look what just got here in the mail. Sigh. Anyway, I will keep on painting, eventually I will finish them all. I love these models and I do save quite a bit since GW price is increasing faster than my inflation. Question for y'all (yup, that was the Texan in me), how do I make these sergeant models stand out from my rank and file?

I don't think you need to really worry about them standing out as sergeant model because they are already quite characterful sculpts as they are and a good paintjob like yours will make them stand out beautifully anyway!
Personally I like my sarge's to still look near identical to my troops as i imagine my force as a band of brothers not concerned with ostentatious armour except for their upper echelons, whereas with the Dark angels (and successors) they have a strong visual theme that lends itself well to a few additions such as robes, archaic weapons, censors etc..so i wouldn't stress, i'd just get painting and then see what it looks like, you can always add some details later if you feel you need to!

nerdfest09, I do agree that these sculpts are quite characterful on their own. Given that only sergeant models can have special wargear, I guess they will stand out on their own. I should start painting these once I am done with what was on my desk. I have decided to go with an infantry heavy Space Wolves count-as until my DA codex got updated. These models shall fit nicely.

Thank you for the fast reply as always. Your models are looking super sweet as well. Much improvement over what were 3 years ago. I hope I will improve that much.

No probs dude, I think you'll be pleased if you just paint them as usual, and they'll work in nicely if you use the wolves dex too, I bet you can't wait until the new DA dex comes out! I don't play them but even i can't wait! :-)

and thanks for hanging out with me in my blog too! I appreciate it, I can't believe how much i've improved over 3 years too! it's nice to see i've actually gotten better :-) and you don't need to even wish to improve, I love your style of painting, it's a little different than what most do and it looks so clean and really easy on the eyes, it makes me want to see you paint one of everything available just so i can see what it looks like!

keep it up man!

Damo

Thanks NF.

Today, my current can of Army Painter finishes so I picked up an old can that a friend gave me since he didn't use it. I shook it for a while but apparently that was not enough. The result is 10 models covered in super-chalky paints. :-(

So, you guys should hear me and ALWAYS test on a test surface before spraying Army Painter on your models. These models are now in their bath tub (for the 2nd time in a row).

I have been painting up my second Librarian (count as Rune Priest in games). He killed so many last game that I think some SE-NMM on the sword is in order.

What do you guys think?
- Is the transition in the cloaks too much?
- Is the grey lining for the Librarian symbol not neat?

Look at me posting again before any of you can give your comments. I was working on this model for a while and decided that it would be awesome for him to have a pose that I haven't seen from other miniatures before.

I dialed down the ambient light in my light box so the NMM steel pattern comes out easier. I tried SE-NMM Gold on the hilt and NMM steel on the blade. I don't think it works out as I want but this is the first step, the next one will have to be better.

Today, my current can of Army Painter finishes so I picked up an old can that a friend gave me since he didn't use it. I shook it for a while but apparently that was not enough. The result is 10 models covered in super-chalky paints.

Nooooooo! argh! that is totally sucky when stuff like that happens, I also tend to leave my cans in front of the heater for a short while before i shake the bejesus out of them, might help in the future?

I love that librarian model, actually one of my favorite sculpts ever! you've certainly done it justice, the robes are good, maybe a touch dark in the recesses but nothing that really warrants a negative comment, you need to remember that it's going to be viewed from tabletop and with your other marines etc, so I think he looks great!

your nmm on the blade is really nicely done for a line trooper! I can't really make out the senmm but i do know it's harder to get to look right, I commend you on even trying nmm on a model I love painting but i am out of my depth when it comes to that technique and i won't even try it out! so congrats man!

more please

Dude I can't stop buying SM's either. I've got another 30 guys, 2 Rhinos and a mess of bikes on the spruce. I still have to fight the urge to buy new ones. I think your marine with the nmm blade is the best one you have done so far. He looks fantastic.

Thank you NF and 40kFSU, you two are too kind. I will keep working on my steel NMM techniques until I got it down.

In other news, my local GW is running a painting content, I have until June 10 to submit my entry of a recently released (or is that about to be available) flyer. Since I have already set my sight on getting one Stormtalon from the store, I think I am going to give this a try.

I think I am going to go for a scheme like this one: http://2ndcitywarzone.blogspot.com/2011/03/angels-of-absolution-rhino.html

I like the pose, i agree that it is a very uncommon pose but a cool one none the less

I tried more steel NMM on two normal joes. I also found the "guy holding boltgun" too boring so I put together a "guy wiping his sword". I still need to add blood splatter and do more details on these guys but that will have to wait for 1 week.

Because I am now signing out and driving to the store to pick up mah stormtalon.

Looking great, the metal on the sword looks really good (thought it was mirrored till I enlarged the picture and zoomed). Like the concept of the guy stopping to wipe the filthy xenos off his blade in battle lest it taint such a sacred weapon.

The bone effect armour is coming out really clean too, I know from experience that it can be a pain to get that colour without having to put a tonne of layers on but it looks great.

Thank you Melcavuk for checking. I hope you stay for a while :-).

I suppose I should be working on my Stormtalon (already assembled). But then it was late at night so the weather was not right for spraying. Hence, I worked a little bit on Chaplain Cassius. He is a tough old goons. I am now rolling him with Khan in an outflanking Landraider Crusader full of Terminators. The Stormtalon escorts it of course.

Need to do the base but I haven't painted any Tyranid model so I am looking up the scheme for Behemoth hive fleet. The fluff is Cassius has quite a beef (or is it a bug?) with this hive fleet.

I'm loving cassuis! Man! Looking good!

Thank you Hazzer.

So I tried out the pre-shade, basecoat, post-shade technique with my brother's airbrush. It was hard figuring out the right mixture and getting used to the airbrush, ... All and all, it was a COMPLETE disaster.

Given that deadline of the competition is this Sunday. I am going to reprime this all with a brand new can of Army Painter Skull Bone tomorrow so I can finally start painting. Will need to revisit this airbrush thing.

Lol it looks fine! Airbrushing is an art and it takes time, just ask you a pro! Your stuffs look great! Keep it up

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@Capitansolstice: Yes, I will need to keep on trying
@BrotherGnaeus: Welcome. Please make yourself at home.

I have been rather busy this week but I managed to finish the basecoat of the Stormtalon and add the line highlights on the main body of the model. There are still a lot of highlight to be done on the metal pieces, the front gun, the side wings, ...

For the final touch, I can either do a free hand on the back of the hull. I am thinking of an excerpt of the personal standard of Sammael (if the man can have the only jetbike in the Imperium, he can have a Stormtalon, White Dwarf-sanctioned or not).

Or

I can do a red stripe along the top of the Stormtalon. Kindda like this white Mustang : http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z13533/Shelby-Mustang-GT500-Red-Stripe.aspx

What do you guys think?

I think it's looking awesome! same brilliantly neat paint as i've come to expect from you! (except for that small green smudge! but I'll let that slide lol) I really like the small accent of dark green on the rear, it's just enough, I wouldn't do a racing stripe or image on it, i think part of the beauty of your army is it's very clean aesthetic really works with the colours not being cluttered, of course if you want to you can do whatever the hell you like :-) but great job so far Leo, i am really looking forward to seeing this all finished and on the stand!

Damo

Hi Damo,

I think you are right, the more I try to picture the stripes and the free hand on the backwing, the less I think they will fit with the scheme. Especially when the green section on the rear is already the accent that the model need.

I am going to add a few hazard stripes at places that would be naturally hazardous to stay around at (probably landing gear, landing thrusters, side thrusters, ...

RE: that smudge happened when I watched an episode of South Park on my computer, I was laughing so hard I accidentally smudged it. I will clean it up at a later stage.

I have also put together a base for the flyer. But I have a feeling I overdid it a little bit. I will post some pictures after I spray it black and do some dry brushing later on today. The deadline for submission is Sunday. :| Not much time left.

In other news, my purchasing habit kicks in again and I got a Chimera, Logan and Njal for cheap from a local store that is getting out of the 40K business. Now, what am I going to do with these. That and I am buying some vanguard veterans from a local Dakkaite. Me and my love for infantry models.