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Ok i visited a LHS near my work and they are about to get rid of all their Citadel paints, and start working with ArmyPainter paints. i picked up a can of Dragon Red spray to prime my models. i also still have a can of chaos black so i might even kind of pre shade them... (and black works good on mechanic bits and weapons)

i really decided to do it after seeing this pic (which is not mine)


the red primer can save me a lot of work!! especially on the rhino and drop pod im planning!!!

DijnsK wrote:Ok i visited a LHS near my work and they are about to get rid of all their Citadel paints, and start working with ArmyPainter paints. i picked up a can of Dragon Red spray to prime my models. i also still have a can of chaos black so i might even kind of pre shade them... (and black works good on mechanic bits and weapons)

i really decided to do it after seeing this pic (which is not mine)


the red primer can save me a lot of work!! especially on the rhino and drop pod im planning!!!

Drop pods you say? "The Codex Astartes named this maneuver "Steel Rain" " Captain Boreale.

Anyways..... I've seen army painter stuff on miniatures personally and up close. The feel of the base coat is just so "new like" that other generic primers don't give me. Use the red primer and try pre shading using the black one. Best of luck!

@ Diabolical
That was what I was thinking about!
Followed by some layers of gory red with a brown or sepia wash

I finished the Chaos Rising with 100% purity, so Avitus treachery and Martellus in Retribution was quite a surprise for me.

Aye, the hammer from the Grey Knights kit will do well, but you will have to remove all the decor from it... Not that it is hard though
Also I believe there are a decent heads with bionics from the Black Templars Upgrade kit and Space Marine Commander kit.

ishkatar wrote:I finished the Chaos Rising with 100% purity, so Avitus treachery and Martellus in Retribution was quite a surprise for me.

Aye, the hammer from the Grey Knights kit will do well, but you will have to remove all the decor from it... Not that it is hard though
Also I believe there are a decent heads with bionics from the Black Templars Upgrade kit and Space Marine Commander kit.

im just gonna base it off the hammer, im gonna do some plasticard and greenstuff over the hammerhead to make it look genuine...
as for the BT head, its good, but the bionics are on the wrong side

Ok so before i show them i wanna tell you that their still WIP... they have been primed grey because when i got them i didnt know what to do with them. the red is Vallejo Heavy Red, the cream is vallejo bone or bleach bone, idk... and the cloth was basecoated with vallejo light brown with Citadel Commando Khaki.

Ill have to finish up on the weapons metals and hair before ill give them a wash and then start with gory red, highlights on the cloth, the weapons and the camo on the cloaks and ofc properly touch up the models

(note on the black of the guns: ive tried something new and i found out that if i mix the black with a tiny drop of white it will get rid of the shine... it will also allow me to still shade the black, and add highlights... )

now for the pictures!

bah, I have no idea what's my problem with the red color -but it kinda feels those scouts need more redish goreness or something

Maybe highlighting, dunno. As if they red parts are plastic or something :(

truer words have not been spoken!

they are only basecoated now, they will get a wash of devlan mud and then they will receive some vallejo gory red. they are still WIP so stay tuned for updates

Cheers, can't wait to see them done -haven't seen much of the blood ravens around.

Yeah I know i've been looking.

Woot I got over a thousand views on my thread!

DijnsK wrote:Ok a small thing here...You can see Telion wields a stalker bolter. as GW doesnt have any models for these i made this:

(Not sure why the pic isn't working, but...) Looks convincing to me! I'm glad you added a stock, as stockless and precision shooting are mutually exclusive (at least in my book ). My only CC is that the mag (or perhaps that part of the bolter body) seems a bit long and the join doesn't look like a smooth curve (but it could just be the pic). I'd say shorten it just a hair and make that join a bit smoother.

Keep up the great work!
Rawson

yeah i was afraid it might have been a tad too long but if i made it any shorter i would lose the mag eject button.

what i basically did was i took a sniper rifle, shortened the nozzle, cut away the wires and add a bolter mag.

i might end up shortening it anyway... but ill have to see how ti will look on the model first.

OK some more pictures!!

i finally finished the base for the Emperors Champion. Im now 95% done with him, i might wanna touch up the face and the gems, or i might just be lazy and dont.

sweet work! what are you using as the material for your press mold???

I would add more contrast on the armour via highlights, but otherwise the Champion is cool.
Are you going to convert Talion in to Cyrus?

optometris wrote:sweet work! what are you using as the material for your press mold???

thanks im using instant mold. its a product you can use over and over again. if your done or wont use a certain mold again you can just throw it in hot water and remold it. works well with single press molds, multi part molds

ishkatar wrote:I would add more contrast on the armour via highlights, but otherwise the Champion is cool.

i guess your right. i have to come back to it later though im kinda done working on him for a while.

ishkatar wrote:Are you going to convert Talion in to Cyrus?

that was the idea. i want several of the DoW heroes in my army. Tarkus died sadly but Cyrus is one of the best options for characters like Talion

Indeed. Talion model is pretty good as it is. Just add a sniper rifle, long hairs and here he is - Cyrus!

well he doenst nééd a sniper right? i mean im pretty proud of my stalker bolter

Well, isn't yout Stalker Bolter a sniper rifle of some kind?

Stalker bolter is just fantastic.
I also encourage you to make Tarkus/counts as telion model. That would be kick ass!

Diabolical13 wrote:Stalker bolter is just fantastic.
I also encourage you to make Tarkus/counts as telion model. That would be kick ass!

yeah but i dont really know how expencive Tycho is to play, but that would also be a great model to base Tarkus on

ishkatar wrote:Well, isn't yout Stalker Bolter a sniper rifle of some kind?

wellidontknow

Please do not copy other people's work.
Press molds for your own sculpts is fine, but not for someone else's.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Please do not copy other people's work.
Press molds for your own sculpts is fine, but not for someone else's.

noted!
my apologies, wont happen again, thanks for removing my pics and pruning my thread.

back to business!

i finally figured out the paint recipe for my bases!
i also have a unidentified miniature below. its a OOP SM captain or commander but i dont know how old it is and where its from.
maybe anyone can help with that.

Recipe:

black basecoat

heavy charcoalite gray drybrush

50:50 charcoalite grey:dheneb stone drybrush

final highlight with that new Citadel Dry white paint

That guy came out around the release of 3rd edition Im sure. Good looking force so far. I like the bases on the Scouts.

Biohazard wrote:That guy came out around the release of 3rd edition Im sure. Good looking force so far. I like the bases on the Scouts.

your right... found out its a 3rd edition captain!
the force will be a lot more impressive once i get my battleforce... i was hoping to get it last friday but it still didnt arrive... oh well... it has to get here sometime
and thanks! im gonna repaint the bases i did earlier, to match the one of which i wrote down the recipe, cant wait to finally finish a squad of something

Looking great man. i really like the bases you've made for your scouts - my imagination always fails me with bases and i end up sticking a rock on and calling it done. those look really cool.

San76 wrote:Looking great man. i really like the bases you've made for your scouts - my imagination always fails me with bases and i end up sticking a rock on and calling it done. those look really cool.

same for me but i also put some plasticard tiles and maybe some skulls and tubes to make it look urban rubble... other then that i just throw stuff on there and hope it looks good

I was thinking about doing the same thing as a big fan of the DoW games but in stead of doing an army just doing the main charecters angelos, Commander, tarkus, martelus etc you've given me some good ideas on colour scheme and bases, cheers matey cant wait to see the finished lot.

secretsquirrel wrote:I was thinking about doing the same thing as a big fan of the DoW games but in stead of doing an army just doing the main charecters angelos, Commander, tarkus, martelus etc you've given me some good ideas on colour scheme and bases, cheers matey cant wait to see the finished lot.

Haha I'm glad to be of service. Do you have any ideas ho
w to do angelos?

Okay I have an update for you guys!

Still waiting on my battleforce and terminators (damn mail service!!!) I decided to buy a razorback rhino and build it up (kind of a practice piece) and Im currently at the point that the sides (tracks) are glued and the bottom and the top are still unattached, as are all the turret options...
Im trying to figure out how to get some of the parts painted up. im thinking of priming the inside with chaos black and the outside with the army painter Dragon Red.
I thought i ordered a green LEDs but it seems that order got lost so i guess i wont have a green LED in my rhino

I also got myself a real sergeant Telion model, not that I've giving up on my conversion project, but i wanted it as a backup.
Only thing is that when i was disassembling him for stripping, i might have ruined his face (pics included) so i will have to GS his nose back on, give him a full facial or i will have to get him a completely new head altogether.

Games Workshop also released a finecast version of Telion, so i might end up picking him up eventually, if everything fails

Time for some PICTURES!!!