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danesk wrote:Good choice regarding colours. The big thing that strikes me is that there doesn't seem to be any highlights or washes. That, and a bit on the smaller details and it will look good!

And a second thing that strikes me... All that metal. It's very shiny and, well, if you like shiny stick to it, but if you want to ease down all that metal you can use badab black.

On the plus side, really like the camo! It feels very unique! In a good way that is

Cheers mate thanks for the C&C.The hole tank has been washed twice with badab black twice and all the metal 3 times, but my efforts seem to be wasted by the flash on my IPhone.It's much darker in natural light and much less blue and the metal isn't reflective.I'll have to get a photo under natural light with no flash and post it here.I thought exactly the same thing as you when I seen the photo too.

its looking nice my only thought about it is, is the tank treads im thinking even a new tank painted black would quickly loose some paint on the treads to stones, grit, orks etc etc

Clumpski wrote:its looking nice my only thought about it is, is the tank treads im thinking even a new tank painted black would quickly loose some paint on the treads to stones, grit, orks etc etc

I see what you mean, I want to add some weathering and battle damage but I have never done it before.I have only painted a handful of things so I want to practice first but it will definitely be happening down the line.Cheers for the C&C mate much appreciated

As a tank fellow in real life regarding traks: Think about weere it's driving. If it's a lot of sand, then the tracks will look almost new all the time. Mud is, understandable, dirtier and rustier. Then in urban warfare... I got no clue at all.

Can't you turn of the flash on your iPhone? If you did that and just but it under a lamp it should do the trick.
I'm looking forward to see the next set of photos on him!

I'm no tank man in real life but I am an anti-armor specialist in the army I'm probably going to drybrush the tracks with some tin bitz and add some paint chips and dark dust to it like it's been through rubble.

Must get a new photo today.

Nice work on the colors,I could see that you had washed even with the flash on the camera. also read your fluff and thought it was a great start,is there more,and would you mind if I used P.M803 in a background story? exalted

zariart wrote: Nice work on the colors,I could see that you had washed even with the flash on the camera. also read your fluff and thought it was a great start,is there more,and would you mind if I used P.M803 in a background story? exalted

Cheers mate, did you read the fluff in the dakka fiction section or on blogspot?There is two parts in the Dakka Fiction topic but only one on blogspot, I must change the link in my signature.I want to do more but wasn't sure if anybody wanted to read it as I got very little feedback.I can be pretty critical of my work and thought maybe it fell a bit short with readers.I would love to continue as I have a huge story written in my head. I'm flattered you want to use P.M803, what's your plan for it? I plan on changing it's name now it will be colonized and I have BIG plans for it.

Good looking army you have got here so far!!! Love the blue.

I know it can be hard to make an army here in Australia... The prices are a ridiculous double the amount in the UK, Ebay is a good place to pick up bargains!!

Mortalitas wrote:Good looking army you have got here so far!!! Love the blue.

I know it can be hard to make an army here in Australia... The prices are a ridiculous double the amount in the UK, Ebay is a good place to pick up bargains!!

Thankyou. The prices are BS aren't they,I got all my stuff off EBay it's cheaper to buy it new from US, AND pay for postage, then it is to buy it here.


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Hello readers, after a lot of good feedback about my vehicles needing a little more realism, I have decided to have my first go at battle damage / wear and tear on one of my sentinels.This is my first attempt at this sort of thing so I was a bit worried about ruining my model so I didn't go too crazy.Just some chipped paint on a few edges and the legs and feet, and some light battle damage on the drivers door.I think it came up pretty good and now I'm more confident about hitting my other vehicles with a similar treatment.Anyway ill post some pictures and hopefully i can get some C&C from you guys. Thanks a lot for reading, hope you enjoy the pics.

Right Side Before


Right Side After


Left Side Before


Left Side After...3 Glancing and 2 Penetrating hits


Front

Good on you taking the risk and trying something new on your sentinel. It worked nicely.


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I live in US and I buy all my GW and FW stuff from Germany because its cheaper that way for me,funny how it works out.

zariart wrote: Good on you taking the risk and trying something new on your sentinel. It worked nicely.


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I live in US and I buy all my GW and FW stuff from Germany because its cheaper that way for me,funny how it works out.

Thanks mate its a big relief i didn't ruin it.Excited about doing the tank now, i have a few ideas lined up.Ill be getting the 2nd sentinel started form just primed tonight then after that ill do Russ number 2 from scratch. I dont even want to think about my infantry (still on the sprues) haha.

Ill have to try out the Germans for some stuff. Probably almost cheaper for me to fly there and pick it up myself

I seen your krieg too btw, they are a dream for me, maybe one day.Yours are amazing.

I know how that feels, doing all the vehicles first. I still havent finished my infantry either. I dry brush my silver with a paintbrush, are you using a paintbrush or sponge?
always wanted to try sponge.

zariart wrote: I know how that feels, doing all the vehicles first. I still havent finished my infantry either. I dry brush my silver with a paintbrush, are you using a paintbrush or sponge?
always wanted to try sponge.

I like doing the Grunts I just havnt had time but I will make some. Got some new paints and brushes today to have a go at the exterminator so hopefully I'll have pics soon.I brush but I seen a guy on the Youtubes that sponges and it looks awesome.One day maybe.


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Have finally gone ahead and added some battle damage and weathering/rusting to my exterminator.Just putting the finishing touches on now.Photos on the way very soon.

Hey, Sorry for the Delay. Finally here is the shots of my Exterminator with my attempt at some chipped paint and rusting and also some battle damage.Also gave the tracks a dry brush of tin bitz to make them look like tarnished dark steel.It shows up all right in the photos but its a bit hard to see all the detail.My first attempt at this particular technique, learnt a lot while doing it. C&C is appreciated, hope you enjoy, thanks for your time.

Excellent faces on those guardsmen!

I-bounty-hunt-the-elderly wrote:Excellent faces on those guardsmen!

Thanks mate much appreciated

The chipping looks really good! The only thing I can think of is the large surface on the right sponson. If it's missing paint in that a large area, it will be rusty, and that won't be a smooth surface, so my tip is that you keep the chipped areas a tiny bit smaller

danesk wrote:The chipping looks really good! The only thing I can think of is the large surface on the right sponson. If it's missing paint in that a large area, it will be rusty, and that won't be a smooth surface, so my tip is that you keep the chipped areas a tiny bit smaller

Thanks mate, I Know what you mean i have had a think bout what to do about it.Maybe add another rust colour highlight or some really fine grit to resemble rust.If I decide to do anything ill post a pic.
Thanks for the feed back

To get a rough surface I would suggest liquid green stuff, or something similar an dab it on, with some patience! I've tried out the technique on some of my tanks, although I have it on the entire surface to ruffen things up a bit.

danesk wrote:To get a rough surface I would suggest liquid green stuff, or something similar an dab it on, with some patience! I've tried out the technique on some of my tanks, although I have it on the entire surface to ruffen things up a bit.

Will have to give it a try. Thanks for the tip. Do you have any pictures of your models with that applied?

Looks very godd. You have actually made me do a foot guard list now as The 4 vehicles I have are painted by someone else and they look very good and I don't want to paint overt them as I suck at painting vehicles. So more grunt painting( have around 100 hundred of them, Well 200).

OZ-Guardsman wrote:Thanks guys, i'm aiming for a gritty urban wasteland sort of theme for with my army.The planet they are from is covered with destroyed cities and doesn't receive much natural light so its fairly dark and dirty, i'm aiming for my men to look like they have really been put through the wringer over the years.Anyone have any tips on how to do cheap and simple gravel/rubble style basing?

Sounds like your boys may be from Mordia I'm digging that blue, but agree that a trim color would accent it well.

Lennysmash wrote: With regards to the basing of the models, you should think of going for a lighter tone to contrast against the dark colours of the model. Light greys or even earthy browns and reds would be good choices.

I second the lighter base color, try a washed down Adeptus Grey, I did that on mine along with a washed down scorched brown over it, gives the basing a red/grey color.

Have you tried to used Devlan mud as a wash? Its sort of a black/brown color and does help a lot with small weathering/dirtying up a model.

I'll keep checking in for more! Great Job!

ninja13 wrote:Looks very godd. You have actually made me do a foot guard list now as The 4 vehicles I have are painted by someone else and they look very good and I don't want to paint overt them as I suck at painting vehicles. So more grunt painting( have around 100 hundred of them, Well 200).

Sounds like fun mate. I start getting impatient after about 5 grunts haha but I find it very rewarding to do it slowly and take a lot of care.You will definitely need to post a picture of your Infantry when they are done that's a pretty substantial force.I'm no expert but if you want to know how I did any particular aspect of my models feel free to ask.Good luck mate.Thanks for your feedback.


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@ Hmelrose. I'm considering outlining the black in the camouflage with a mix of 60/40 chaos black/shadow grey i will have to do a small trial on my unpainted Sentinel first though.

In regard to the base I was thinking something along the lines of some light, rough sand I 'liberated' from my local beach front, and giving it a watered down coat of Adeptus Grey then a dry Brush with a lighter grey and a light badab black wash. I desperately need to base my models but have been flat out lately.Hopefully i can dedicate a day to painting this week. Wish me luck

OZ-Guardsman wrote:

danesk wrote:To get a rough surface I would suggest liquid green stuff, or something similar an dab it on, with some patience! I've tried out the technique on some of my tanks, although I have it on the entire surface to ruffen things up a bit.

Will have to give it a try. Thanks for the tip. Do you have any pictures of your models with that applied?

There's a pic of a chimera in my gallery with a thin layer of the liquid green stuff. It is although my first attempt at it, so later tanks is better. You can always look at the griffon amongst my pics as well, it's a bit better done :-P

Awesome man! Funny, that is EXACTLY the color scheme that I painted my Cadians in! Subscribed and looking forward to more!

The latest surface done with LGS, and the surface can be rougher or smoother, depending on what you want!

dsteingass wrote:Awesome man! Funny, that is EXACTLY the color scheme that I painted my Cadians in! Subscribed and looking forward to more!

Great minds think alike mate .Hopefully have more for you very soon.Thanks For the feedback.

Like most of my projects, I haven't quite finished them yet of course

Nice.Not to different from mine are they, looks good from what I can see in the photo.

They have been sitting there for a while if you can't tell by the dust