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And that is just the tip....

There is a mountain of stuff to come at some point.


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Oh new page...

nope no new page... and i know this whole schtick quite well too... i have countless stuff put away in drawers and so on too

Ah now I am in the difficult place of trying to figure out how to paint wizened flesh. I plan to use it for Gandalf, Long Fangs, Rune Priest etc but I have no idea where to start :/

Okay so found a useful place for advice (a How to Draw article of all things xD) and basically to add age, the best way is to highlight up flesh a number of times using small thin lines. Sounds almost easy, we shall see how it looks on Gandalf when he is done.

Okay so you know sometimes you just have a productive evening.

Last night I couldn't sleep at all, so I basically undercoated, washed the Pack and began working on the two characters for my Space Wolves.



All of them are currently getting their 1st coat of Russ Grey which will then be followed by Agrax Earthshade. They really are a treat to paint! I am glad I took the effort to mix the components up as much as I did, means no doubles (well maybe a wolf or two! But no marines )

I also got very much into the zone with the Rune Priest, to the extent that he is about 65% done! I hope to get him finished tonight.



I am happy with how he is coming together and he is working nicely as a colour scheme tester too!

Not all SWs mind. I have been working on Gandalf as well (well he is Grey and so are the SWs so the use of similar colours made sense...)

Still need to apply about 3 highlights to the face and hands to make him look old.... And maybe a few very thin washes too!



Working from Film Stills and such to make him look as life like as i can, pain in the arse, but worth it!

Now I showed off most of my Power Armoured Marines, so I thought I would share my modest Terminator collection today.



At present I have 29, 10 Standard Terminators, 5 Assault Terminators, 5 Space Wolves Terminators, 7 Grey Knights, a GK Grand Master and a SM Librarian. Hopefully a few more to come this week... And of cause the 5 Deathwing Terminators from DV too.

And yeah the Wolf Guard sprayed black... Lots of work to do on them



Now the paint brushes are calling me...

Now the paint brushes are calling me...

send them best wishes from me... and congratz to them for the sterling job they do

good looking assortment there...

gandalf really looks great...

and the whole lot of SW shows that insomnia sure has it´s benefits^^

Well if you are going to be awake for hours might as well make good use of it ^^

Hopefully the Wolves will all be complete tomorrow (the wolf models not the SWs...). Mind on the SW front they are all about to get a nice coat of Russ Grey and a Earthshade wash... Bar the Wolf Termies who are going dark Blue-grey...

And yes, when you are that sleep deprived the paint brushes start talking...

lol.... might be due to some funny paints tho... with some hues you never know... fumes may do some funny things to you

Well the smell of Badab Black would count to that...

as i have no sense of smell (no really! ) i cant tell^^

And yet more updates!
I haven't felt this productive in a while, guess I just needed the insomnia to push me onwards.

The Space Wolves have now reached a point where they are all mid-toned Russ Grey. The new paints do work a lot better than some of the old ones.



Agrax wash to come as soon as I have finished blogging and a little Camoshade around the feet Now all the wolf pelts are going to be done to match the Fenrisian Wolves, as in white with a brown basecoat. And speaking of wolves the Cyberwolf is very nearly done. The odd bit of mechanical components needs to be done in brass. And the eyes & tongue in Red.



I need to go buy more Tetley tea... Then I can get on with Basing


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Okay so there will be an Inquisitor and retinue coming this soon... and I just converted my weaponsmith (who wants a strange orange monkey...) from a left over Tech Priest and a few other bits

Fun times.

Also my order for DV has been shipped.

Dark Vengeance Shipped on date: 2012-08-29 09:16:59.0

So knowing my postman it could be here anywhere from Tomorrow to Tuesday! Going to be fun working on that lot And yeah the start of my 4 Loyalist Space Marine army....

This is a pretty cool thread man. Glad I picked up on it.

hey alpha... be sure to take a pic of these sprues then... would love to see what the sprues are looking like and how they would take to kitbashing and conversions...


and the wolf with all the bionic bitz... some few more colors still needed but it looks very cool!

@Runna welcome to my little slice of modeling madness

@Vik i plan on photoing the boxset when i get back to home. And as for the wolf a Few bit left to do, him and the others to get a black wash on their backs.


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Not so easy to reply from mobile lol

thanks mate... i do look forward to these!

Okay so home. And sorting a few things out. But in the safe space for parcels there was a very large box for me.

First thing I will say about Dark Vengeance is that every model (including the doubles) are fantastic! So much detail. They really do know the rather static AoBR models out of the warp! I have taken some sprue shots so when I have a little more time will upload them (aka after I have eaten in about an hour!).

But I will say this, the character models, including the Chaplin are amazing. I hope that they do get round to making some single plastic characters for 40k because that Chaplin would be perfect! As would a Librarian, Techmarine, Chaos Sorcerer etc.

SO full unboxing! Because it doesn't come across often....

The Black box...


A massive pile of Plastic Crack and other gubbins. 5 Sprues including the Limited Chaplin, one of the sprues is cloned, containing many cultists and the other cloned bits like Marines.


The Chaplin on his Sprue. I hope that they start making some of the small blisters for 40k the quality of the Chaplin is truly amazing!


Okay so we have the sprues. Front then back.


Back


Front


Back


The Cloned Sprue - Front


Back


That is the sprue that is doubled up in the boxset. Even in the cloned parts and models, there are some amazing levels of details.

The gubbins, mini Rulebook, how to build info ad stats etc.


It is probably going to be a while till I get my teeth into the full contents, but I do think I may work on the Characters alongside the other things that are my current projects. Going to get interesting I fear...


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One tiny gripe about DV. The sprue layout for the DA Commanders head. A small "H" piece of sprue between the wings, not helped by the thinness of the wings, lead to a chunk breaking off in clean up.

Oh well thankfully I had a few DA bits about and have replaced the head.

Okay so I think it is time to make a hobby pledge.

For the rest of September I plan to complete the following.

1) Wolf Guard Terminators
2) Grey Hunters Pack #1
3) Grey Hunters Pack #2
4) Long Fangs
5) Wolf Lord and Rune Priest
6) DV Characters

Now that is a lot of models if I am honest, and I hope to get them all done by the 1st October! Photos shall be taken at every other step till I get the lot finished.

Okay I hope to be back to this on Saturday.

thanks for the quite informative pictures of the DV contens...

and good luck with that amount of paintwork ahead of you^^

I will do some DV updates as i go along a few bits at time i think will be.

looking forward to that

And I am back! Well till I move home...

Will search out the camera and take some pics of the many projects I have been working on of late!


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And I guess for now here is something I have been working on.

the 8th of my Empire Wizards. The Jade (life) Wizard!

he´s got the whole world in his hands

good looking from what i can see... a daylight pic tho never hurts^^

It was going to be daylight but then the UK weather kicked in :p

Will hopefully be getting a proper set up with lamps and light box at the end of October.

And it seemed like a good idea to have a globe like orb!

when you get a better light a close up of that one would be quite interesting...

today seemed one of these last nice days of autum here... one never knows when the true bad weather starts...

I will do my best good sir!

One never knows what the weather will do here in old Blighty!

i have heard of that british weather phenomenon^^

It is terrible. you go out in a coat. it is warm and sunny. You go out in a jumper and it rains.... -_-

Well the next things for me to work on include the Wolf packs, some Dark Angles and maybe an Aragon. :p

yeah... i like my weather to be predictable... but it seems atm to be not that...

Hmm damn Gav Thorpe.

Back in 99 I started Wargaming, with The Eldar. Never thought I would want to collect or play them again. but after reading Path of the Warrior (and starting Path of the Seer), there has been a rekindling of wanting to collect some Eldar. Le Sigh.

So I guess I may pick up a Farseer and some Aspect warriors at some point.

if i didn´t have enough up my sleave as is i would consider tau and eldar armies purly for an artistical challange... doing something rather bright for once...

My painting style was born from Eldar and even doing Chaos, Guard and Empire, before reaching the Imperial Crusade I have going on. The initial painting style I developed by painting Eldar has become my style. Bright, bold and strong colours.

Maybe I will order a Farseer and go from there...