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@ StubbyGB , i think they look great without weathering , they are Emperium's Finest , surely they can be marching into battle all fresh and clean!

True what Luna said.

Looks very nice so far!

Small update.

I have had family from England staying with me for the last couple of weeks so I haven't touched my paints or my computer much.

I finished off the base and feet of my Venerable dread tonight. His first pair of arms have finally turned up from forgeworld too, so i can drill them and place magnets in them so they will be swappable and re-positionable. (I hope)

There were also some Ultramarines Icons and Landraider doors in the parcel so that's something else that is ready to go.

Anyway, enough gabbling, on with the pics.







Brother Animus and Venerable Brother Atropos together.



Now that I have some more time to spend, hopefully I'll be able to update this blog more regularly with a good amount of progress.

great paint jobs on everything, very crisp.

Same with the bases, just enough extra bits without making it seemed cluttered.

Nice blending

can you give me some tips on blending?

Hey folks,

The first Dread is just about finished for now.

The only things I changed at all was to extend the smokestacks slightly to help breakup the silhouette and added the purity seal and Ultramarine icon to the left shoulder.
The photo's are not the greatest, but I have a friend who is a professional photographer who wants to photograph my stuff so hopefully there will be good photo's soon.
Oh, and I'll take it off the pasta jar-lid when I have given it a coat of mat varnish.













Now I can devote most of my time to my venerable dreadnought, and I have also just started putting my Landraider together.

I'll update this blog as soon as i have something worth showing

Oh and Deadly Chicken, I don't 'wet blend' so I cant help you there. I use many, many light coats, so light in fact that they are transparent.

I LOVE THIS COLOR so much (saves the picture for stealing color scheme in future o_o)

It has those old vintage / regal / museum color to it.
( like looking at a painting )

Requesting tips on:

Broken road base for Ven Dred

And color used for painting blue / red / parchments.

They are the exact color i want if i ever paint my space marine (crimson fist )

And here is a photo taken with my wife's camera and a macro lens just playing around so nothing was set for lighting etc.



Different camera + different lens + different lighting = Totally different looking model

Your blues are outstanding!

Wow, what crisp paint jobs. You're dreadnought looks great man.

Been working on my Land-raider recently.

As I don't have an airbrush yet, I figured I would paint the interior and assemble it, and the leave it there for a while. Ill see how I go, I might end up using a brush on the exterior, but I'm really not sure.



I have tried to really add some wear and tear this time, with a lot of rust stains on the white paint. The only thing that is really pristine is the Ultramarine's Icon. (FW etched brass)

The seats look a little too clean at the moment but I'm not sure how to make them look grubby and still look good.

The landraider inside is pretty sweet.
I like the dirty and realistic feel. Really well done.

Nice

Really good looking models. I especially like the basing of the venerable dread. The cork sheet is terrific as asphalt. The interior of the LR is top notch as well. Hoping to see more soon.

These are a couple of quick shots of the engine of my Landraider. The photo's aren't great unfortunately, they seem dark and lacking colour.





The other side is virtually done, so ill be able to start gluing it together soon hopefully.

dont really need to have too much color in an engine


inside going to be white, tho?

Yup, the inside is white and the outside will be mostly white too.

Using this image from one of the forgeworld books as inspiration.

That landraiders gonna look awesome.

Quick update showing the other interior side panel.





Today I'm going to start putting it together.

She's looking rather good. How do you do the weathering on the Raider's interior? Oil paints?

Looking sweet, very sweet.

Yes indeed. Nice interior!

Not oils, just very watered down acrylics and lots of very thin coats. Along with the citadel washes, you can get a load of different rust, dirt, patina/corrosion effects.

Oh wow...

Im not usually a fan of the smurfs... but... wow!

You really do the Ultramarines justice!
Gorgeous work on the weathering. Ive been trying to get some kind of technique for it, but no such luck just yet.


And is that cork I see for the broken roadway on the ven?

It is indeed

The stuff I used on that base is from an old cork tile, but my wife (who scrapbooks like crazy) gave me a sheet of this stuff:-

http://www.karenfosterdesign.com/shop/product.asp?p=1443

now, its a lot thinner that a regular tile, but its very flexible, sticky backed, and comes in 12x12 inch sheets for a couple of bucks a time.

I plan on using it for the road surface on my terrain boards... (when I get time to continue them )

nifty nifty...

Im gonna need to try that out now!

Cork for road?! Idea stollen! Like alot of other people have said, I'm not a fan of the smurfs either but you have done an awesome job on them. I really like the work on the interiour of the Landraider, and can't wait to see what you do with the exterior. Quick question, how long did it take you to do each of the projects so far?

Too long, way, way, waaaay too long. I checked the dates on the Dread posts, roughly 3 months from start to finish.

Unfortunately with 2 kids, a busy job, and an unhealthy mmorpg addiction I dont spend as much time painting as I'd like. I tend to grab an hour here and there when I can.

One thing to remember about mini painting is that its a hobby. That sounds obvious but another word for hobby is 'pastime' its something we do to pass the time. I enjoy taking my time with these mini's and spending my time painting them. Its something I do to unwind after a stressful day at work.

I don't have the urge to get 2000 points painted by next weekend. I'm happy taking my time to enjoy the painting and not getting burned out.

FW have some rust fx stuff @ about £15 a pop for the set