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I'm sorry....I giggled slightly 'cause we are like two freakin' peas in a pod. I'd say give up if there were only 10 days in a month, but there's not. There's approximately 30 (I can never remember what month has what save February), so keep plugging away, and I'll be here to cheer you on if you need a boost.

Good luck and tell laundry to get bent.

now that there's painting I will be watching more closely. good work so far.

I would have done more painting tonight if it weren't for overtime at work. At least I'm getting extra money for more mini's.

JULY PROGRESS 2

I worked on more Fire Warriors this afternoon and evening. I did the basecoat for the jumpsuits. I got through 18 models. It's taking a little quicker than I thought. Tomorrow I'll basecoat more jumpsuits and will get started on some shading and highlighting. I switched between painting from the pot and painting from a palette. I think I'll go for painting from the palette from now on. It made things go a little faster.

Pictures:

Here are six I got done before taking a break after a little more than an hour.


Here are the last of the 'grenadier' models.


Here are four more I worked on after my little break.



Here are four that I worked on after another break.


The results of this afternoon/evening's work.

Loving your Tau progress! mine is still on stasis I should dust mine off after I am done with myDark Angels. Keep up the great work.

Nicely done. Good to see you putting that brush to hard labor.

bunnygurl wrote:Nicely done. Good to see you putting that brush to hard labor.

My brushes are going to get a real workout this weekend! I'll work them so hard they'll wish they were doing aerobics instead.

Im going to need to do some painting soon. im nowere as fast as you seem to be though.

Ledabot wrote:Im going to need to do some painting soon. im nowere as fast as you seem to be though.

What I have in speed, I wish I had in quality and ability. I could probably stand to slow down and take my time and do a better job.


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JULY PROGRESS 3

Basecoated the last of the jumpsuits on the Fire Warriors. On a whim I decided to apply P3 Flesh Wash to all of them... sort of for shading... or something. I then went over the raised areas with the P3 Menoth White Base. Next up I think I'll try highlighting with P3 Menoth White Highlight. (This blog seems underwhelming for the amount of work I did today... maybe I should have done this ALL IN CAPS!!!!111!!!!)

Pictures:

I finished basecoating the jumpsuits.


I applied a wash to act as shading.



I went over the raised areas with the same color I used for the basecoat. Next up will come some highlighting.

What colour is the rest going to be again?

Ledabot wrote:What colour is the rest going to be again?

The armor will be P3 Sanguine Base... its basically burgundy. That will be for the Fire Warriors, Vehicles, Crisis Suits, and Gun Drones. For the Stealth Suits and the Marker Drones I'm thinking of a dark green and for the Commander Suit I'm thinking red.

I like how the wash/highlight is looking so far, but I think you missed the back/underside of their heads? I could be wrong, but that's just what it looks like from the last pic.

bunnygurl wrote:I like how the wash/highlight is looking so far, but I think you missed the back/underside of their heads? I could be wrong, but that's just what it looks like from the last pic.

Yeah... I sort of left those alone. The wash didn't cover them too much and I'm thinking of leaving them without highlights to add to its 'shaded' aspect.

JULY PROGRESS 4

I finished the highlighting on the jumpsuits. I used a mix of P3 Menoth White Base and P3 Menoth White Highlight with some water for the final highlight (like a 2/3/1 mix). Originally I didn't want to highlight the underside of the washed helmets but then I changed my mind and added highlight to those areas as well. For those keeping score, I started with a basecoat of P3 Menoth White, then washed with P3 Flesh Wash, then went over the raised areas with P3 Menoth White Base, and finally highlighted with a mix of P3 Menoth White Base and P3 Menoth White Highlight. Next I'll be starting on the Armor. I look forward to that since that's what I really dig about the Tau Fire Warriors.

Pictures:

I'm not sure if you can really notice the highlight in this picture.


...nor in these pictures.

Good to see you plugging away. Thought I'd let you know that watching you working your backside off to finish this army by your deadline has spurred me on to work on my list of to-do's. I've actually gotten alot done in the past couple of days, so thanks.

Good luck and happy painting.

Great blog mate. The attention to detail - in both your modelling and your account thereof - is fascinating, and really informative. Good stuff!

JULY PROGRESS 5

I started on the armor of the Tau Fire Warriors this afternoon/evening. So far I've gotten 4 done. It took me 3 hours. The pace is not as quick as I'd like it but I like how the models are turning out so far. I can't help but think of my first Ultramarines, and how I rushed their basecoating of armor. The care I'm taking now with these models, I wish I had taken with the Ultramarines. ANYWAY... 4 down... a bunch more to go. After I post this I will continue painting till I hit the hay or until I've exhausted my Weezer catalogue.

Pictures:

Here is the first warrior with some armored parts painted.




Here he is with his armor done.



This is the second one I got done. I like this one a little better because you can see the torso details.


After about an hour and a half, I got two done.


...and after 3 I got done 2 more for a total of 4.

Lovely, muted colour scheme. Really like it!

Looking good.


(add an emotionless coment today!)

Thanks for the compliments!

I'm wondering now if I should have gone with something more purple or blue so I could make them resemble Invids from Robotech.

Your decision.

I personally like anything with white and blue. Purple, not so much. It could go wrong easily.

I like the colour scheme, It's looking great.

(emotionless coment added)

JULY PROGRESS 6

Finally got the basecoating of the main color for the armor done. Took a lot longer than I thought it would. Next up are highlights. Hopefully that won't take as long. Then after that I'll work on the other colors for the shoulder pads.

Honestly I'm starting to have a little bit of doubt that I can stick to this project. Painting Fire Warrior after Fire Warrior was kind of daunting itself... but knowing that I have to try to keep to a schedule is making it a bit stressful. I'm going over my plan and I'm not sure if I can hold to it. I plan to do more changes to it. On the brightside I'm close to beating my mark. Last time I painted a 40k army (or tried to) I never finished more than some troops. Once I finish these Fire Warriors I'll be at the mark... and when I get started on the vehicles I'll have passed it. That's something to look forward to. Plus the comments and stuff from you folks are very encouraging. Thank You.

Pictures:

Steadily getting through the Fire Warriors.



The final Fire Warrior (just for the basecoating step).


Ready for some highlighting.

Whooooo! go for the goal. Goals are great motervators, and once you get their, keep going. make it your new goal to see how fast you can get everything done.

but not to fast. we still want them to look good.

The Tide for the Greater Good - July 17, 2011

JULY PROGRESS 7

I did highlighting today. Actually I'm not sure if you'd call it highlighting. Maybe its just putting another layer of paint on. Whatever it is I'm doing, I'm pleased with the results of tonight's work. On top of the Sanguine Base I put a layer of Sanguine Base mixed with Sanguine Highlight. I didn't see too much of a difference so I added a layer of just the Highlight by itself and it looked a little better. Tomorrow I'm going to work on the shoulder pads. They're a small area to paint so hopefully I'll be able to get it done pretty quick and move to weapons the day after.


Pictures:

After the first layer/highlight. It's real subtle. I can barely see it myself.




Here is after the second layer/highlight.

Please don't give up. I won't give up if you don't. (And if you've seen my list you'd understand). I love how they're looking. Very different and unique. Don't stop.

bunnygurl wrote:Please don't give up. I won't give up if you don't. (And if you've seen my list you'd understand). I love how they're looking. Very different and unique. Don't stop.

I promise I won't stop. For my brothers and sisters of the double D, I pledge to see this through.


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JULY PROGRESS 8

I started on the shoulder pads. Got down a layer of Vallejo Model Color Dark Grey and then followed up with a layer of Vallejo Model Color Dark Grey mixed with Vallejo Model Color White. I was tempted to go another lighter layer (and I still might), but I ran out of time. I blame my late start this evening. I didn't start painting until around 730pm. Plus it doesn't help that I was putzing around with dating sites at the same time haha. We'll see what I'll start off doing tomorrow. Either I'll do a lighter layer of grey or I'll get started on the Tau symbol on the shoulder pads. Speaking of the Tau symbol... I'm not sure if I want to go with P3 Skorne Red or Vallejo Model Color Red. Actually now that I put them side by side, I might actually utilize both. I'm going to see if I can't get the shoulder pads and weapons finished by the end of this Thursday (7/21/11). Friday I might not have much time to paint due to some errands and cleaning. This weekend I'm putting the paints and brushes away because folks are visiting (that's why I'll be cleaning Friday... gotta put away the beer bottles, the PlayBoys, and the arse load of modeling stuff haha).

Pictures:

Here are the Fire Warriors with their initial grey shoulder pads.



Here they are with the next layer. I might go one more layer lighter.



Which red to use? Maybe both?


My palette is going to need a good cleaning.

Do you like the P3 formula paints?

just curious as I use GW paints.

Well every colour he has named is p3

Evaelc wrote:Do you like the P3 formula paints?

just curious as I use GW paints.

I'm still on the fence in regards to P3 Vs. GW paints. I've mostly used P3 because that's what I started painting with when I started tabletop gaming. I amassed a lot of P3 colors before I started trying out other paints. I've only tried a couple GW paints and thought they were good but I just haven't used enough of them yet to really decide if I like one more than the other. One thing I can tell you though is that I like Vallejo Model Color more than either (though I don't have many colors from that line). It seems easier to use and the dropper bottle is a little more convenient than the pots I think. I'm starting to try out Reaper Master Series paints which are nice but the agitator in the bottle keeps sticking.

EDIT: One reason I'm using a lot of P3 colors with this project is that its what I have the most of right now so I know I won't have to worry about running out for this project... also I'm trying to use up as much of my P3 stuff as I can to make room for more Vallejo Model Color and Reaper Master Series paints.