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This is really cool! The painting is simple yet awesome. The captain looks wicked!

Looking good, i wasnt keen on those halo esq heads but seeing yours painted up on cadians they look good

No problem. The Penal Squad was primed Black and then painted with only a basecoat, no highlights or shading at all.

The colors I used were Mordian Blue for cloth, Charadon Granite for any plate, a 50/50 mix of Adeptus Battle Grey and Chaos Black for any black parts, Chainmail for the metals and a 1:2 mix of Dwarf Flesh and Dheneb Stone for the flesh.

Have at it. I am glad you liked the Warden as well. I am a decent painter when I have the time. This is an experiment in limited time productivity. (Working 40+ hours a week, completing my BA and I have 2 small kids)

Trying to see how quickshade helps me pump out an army with limited time to spend. Thanks for the view.

STAY TUNED:

Up next are my hive gang inspired footsloggers/blob squad. Catachan and Pig Iron parts. (I am starting to hate the Catachan models for their assembly btw...) Should be complete tomorrow night.

/cheers

-Ferret


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SirGordonblixt wrote:This is really cool! The painting is simple yet awesome. The captain looks wicked!

Glad you are a fan of the Warden. I am kind of stoked to get a bit of lore posted on the lot of them. Got something interesting in mind. Thanks for looking!

Hey thanks for the help Rabid Ferret , do you use a wet pallet when painting your models ?

I cannot wait to see your gang inspired footsloggers / blob squad it will be great to see how they turn out , i also am not too kean on the way catachans fit together but once they are finished i am always time i took the time to model them as they always have a great outcome.

Thanks.

~UnDeAd~

This thread is awesome! First up, congrads on your first new army in 10+ years, old gamer here as well and have been filling in holes of old armies to meet new rules (I stopped playing in early '99 and just picked it back up this year so my armies were ranging from outdated to completely obsolete) but I've recently been looking at painting up that Traitor Guard army I've always wanted.

What is this Quickshade you keep mentioning? Is it this stuff?

http://www.thewarstore.com/product39120.html

I've never heard of it (like I said, I crawled out from under a rock again only recently) but if this is what you have been using then someone is getting even more of my money very soon. I've been using the GW washes so far but I'm always willing to try something new.

I've saved this thread and will be back. Consider me inspired.

Love these, they look wonderfully dark and sinister, especially with those bases.
I don't know if it was intentional but the eyes on the penal squad look great an demented (those that are visible)
It may work here but I'd watch out if you were painting eyes onto normal troopers, just connect them to the top and bottom of the eyes. That is all.
Once again love it. Lovely shade of blue.

Imp. Monkey

SO subd...

~UnDeAd~ wrote:Hey thanks for the help Rabid Ferret , do you use a wet pallet when painting your models ?

I cannot wait to see your gang inspired footsloggers / blob squad it will be great to see how they turn out , i also am not too kean on the way catachans fit together but once they are finished i am always time i took the time to model them as they always have a great outcome.

Thanks.

~UnDeAd~

Yes I do use a wet palette. Yeah the Catachans are annoying... They look good so far though. Going to dull coat them and post them soon. Thanks for watching.


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Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:This thread is awesome! First up, congrads on your first new army in 10+ years, old gamer here as well and have been filling in holes of old armies to meet new rules (I stopped playing in early '99 and just picked it back up this year so my armies were ranging from outdated to completely obsolete) but I've recently been looking at painting up that Traitor Guard army I've always wanted.

What is this Quickshade you keep mentioning? Is it this stuff?

http://www.thewarstore.com/product39120.html

I've never heard of it (like I said, I crawled out from under a rock again only recently) but if this is what you have been using then someone is getting even more of my money very soon. I've been using the GW washes so far but I'm always willing to try something new.

I've saved this thread and will be back. Consider me inspired.

Yes this is the stuff precisely. Great stuff. Smells terrible and it is hydrophobic to the extreme so you need to use turpentine to clean it up but it looks great. I tried minwax before and it is not the same.


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Imperial Monkey wrote:Love these, they look wonderfully dark and sinister, especially with those bases.
I don't know if it was intentional but the eyes on the penal squad look great an demented (those that are visible)
It may work here but I'd watch out if you were painting eyes onto normal troopers, just connect them to the top and bottom of the eyes. That is all.
Once again love it. Lovely shade of blue.

Imp. Monkey

LOL I would love to say that the eyes were intentional... They are growing on me though.

I am glad you like them!


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inmygravenimage wrote:SO subd...

/CHEERS!


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Here are my ex-hive gang footsloggers. Any large infantry blob squad that I will use will probably revolve around these guys. Sacrificial lambs to the slaughter. I can already see some major issues with these guys. I never really cleaned up the mold lines, for example. But these guys were quick to paint and after-all this was an exercise in getting a table top quality army not a showpiece.



I think next I may do another IC, the Astropath or Master or Ordinance. Perhaps a tank or two with my airbrush... any thoughts?

Wow they have got to be my favourite of the lot so far , they look so good with those masks on , im not too sure on the tank idea seeing as you are using quickshade but i am really not sure how it would turn out may turn out great , besides that doyou have any ideas of upcoming squads ?

Thanks for update looking great so far.

~UnDeAd~

Finished my Master of Ordinance and forgot my camera. I shall retrieve it tomorrow. I think he is my best model yet. Could be I am just glad do have him complete. You be the judge tomorrow. /tatafornow

Love the idea of this army. The dudes look like cell mates! Great work so far!

Hokay! Here is my completed Master of Ordinance. Yes? No? Ick? F*** Yeah? What is the verdict? I kinda like him. He may be my favorite mini so far out of the completed Alcatran forces.





I am waiting on some more Pig Iron heads from The War Store so I might do a couple more command squad members before I move on to more squads and the vehicles.

The idea of airbrushing my tanks for the first time has me a little intimidated as I have NEVER airbrushed before. Any tips?

I DO have a Forge World Armageddon Pattern Medusa to assemble and paint... hmm


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Element206 wrote:Love the idea of this army. The dudes look like cell mates! Great work so far!

Thanks mate. I am glad you like them. Also... SEATTLE HELL F*** YES! Although Austin is pretty nice. Not sure if I would like to live in Texas though. Way too

Ok my verdict on that model has to be F*** Yeahh , the model looks great and i think that it will really stand out. im not sure about airbrushing but im sure i have seen some great tutorials in the tutorials section.

great work as always keep it up.

~UnDeAd~

nice guardsmen you got. subscribed! I like that vox dude. Big up.

I just went through this thread again, it's inspiring. Really makes me twitch and want to pull out my IG bitz and put a unit together just to paint them... but I have so many other projects right now I'm going to be responsible and resist.

Instead I'll live vicariously through this thread. Looking forwards to seeing more of your work. And thanks for the confirmation on the quickshade, ordering some!

Here is an update! Yay!

Ok so I finished my Astropath. I think she turned out rather well. I stuck with the fluffy green as the robe colors but kept the re-breather from my theme and I stuck with the same shading technique and basing to let her fit in with the army. Also, yes she is blind like all Astropaths. And yes she has a book. In the grim darkness of the future there is still a market for braille!





Next I think I will do my Master of the Fleet. I still need to wait for more heads to become in stock at www.thewarstore.net

Until next time!

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:I just went through this thread again, it's inspiring. Really makes me twitch and want to pull out my IG bitz and put a unit together just to paint them... but I have so many other projects right now I'm going to be responsible and resist.

Instead I'll live vicariously through this thread. Looking forwards to seeing more of your work. And thanks for the confirmation on the quickshade, ordering some!

Hehe thanks!

Light on that Flying Skull looks awesome, you have a really clean looking painting style!

astropath looks great, i like the robes. what mini is she based on?

Calibanite Lion wrote:astropath looks great, i like the robes. what mini is she based on?

http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Cleric/sku-down/65062#detail/14328_G

I am looking at converting a few others. Still need a primaris and a battle psyker squad. Also might convert up a rogue trader and retinue.


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Tortured-Robot wrote:Light on that Flying Skull looks awesome, you have a really clean looking painting style!

Thanks. It was a lot of fun to paint.

Getting some magnets from KJ Magnetics. I have decided to magnetize my Tanks, Valyries, Sentinels and any other vehicles that I can.

Also... trying out the airbrush. Testing on a Chimera I planned on soaking in Super Clean or Simple Green anyways. Think I am figuring out the mix ok.

Getting the primer off with simple green is a pain in the arse...

The paint came of nicely though. I think I will soak it some more. Found an old Female Commisar model as well. I think I will be adding her. I will be assembling the ForgeWorld Medusa soon as well.

Plus... the magnets have arrived. How do they work again?

Still here and still reading. The stuff you have done so far truly is inspirational in the literal sense. I've taken your PIP "gas mask" idea and am applying it to a squad of Plague Marines that I'm putting together and I'm absolutely going to get some quickshade as soon as I stop spending $$$ on a few other things I need.

I really like this thread a lot and there's so much here that is good. Really looking forward to seeing where this goes next and also looking forward to showing off the project it helped inspire / support.

WOW good to hear. Let me know when you get it started! I will be watching.

Lookin awsome m8

Just 1 question..

Rabid Ferret wrote:Ok, So I just need to base my Vets and they are ready for the Dip. I think they look solid. I am pretty happy with the color scheme. I will be more careful about where my shade pools and brush it out while I still can. I will base them tonight and tomorrow they go in. I will post the finished results once they are dried and anti-shined.



Now I sleep...

Where did you get the veteran helmets? 0.o Looks awsome and might be just what I need when i start my Harakoni Warhawks imperial guard

Dylwar wrote:Lookin awsome m8

Just 1 question..


Where did you get the veteran helmets? 0.o Looks awsome and might be just what I need when i start my Harakoni Warhawks imperial guard

http://www.thewarstore.com/product29992.html

Pig Iron Productions. They are pretty nice. The legs are space marine scout legs.

I love the prison theme! BTW what colours did you use for the skin?

On the quickshaded minis it was a base of Dheneb Stone (just because flesh over black is a pain) and then Dwarf flesh or elf flesh depending upon the look is was going for. On the layered and highlighted minis it was a base of Dheneb Stone and then dwarf flesh with increasing amounts of bleached bone added with each highlight layer. The final highlight was dwarf flesh and skull white. After the first two layers I did a wash of Khemri Brown and Dwarf flesh.

Hope this helps. Glad you like them.

INCOMING!!!!!

Alcatran pattern Chimeras, a Leman Russ and a Manticore all airbrushed last night. Got me some Tamiya weathering powder and I am going to post some WIP pics as I crank these out. Should have the first batch of pics up tonight.




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Here they come!

All my tanks freshly airbrushed and ready to go.

The Alcatran Pattern Chimeras are my fav so far. Two have pintle heavy stubbers one has a pintle auto laser (counts as storm bolter) and one has a turret mounted hunter killer missile.

Once these are dry I am going to go to town detailing and weathering. Thoughts?



Manticore



Leman Russ



Alcatran Pattern Chimera w/ hunter killer and rough terrain mod



Alcatran Pattern Chimera w/ improved coms and heavy stubber



Alcatran Pattern Chimera w/ autolaser (counts as storm bolter)



Alcatran Pattern Chimera w/ heavy stubber



Group Shot

i love how old crow turrets look on chimeras