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Consider me subbed mate. Its always nice to see a scratchbuilt IG regiment. Lokking forward to seeing these painted

Lone Cat wrote:So Genswick goons uses Raggies and a tankette.
And it does appears that a tankette Genswick uses are loosely based on Vickers ones. correct?
And do these Raggies share thesame attributes as any conventional Leman Russ you also have?

not seeing the Vickers but I believe the designs I copied are based on a T60, and as for the rag atm I'm thinking of using it as a Leman Russ eradicator I like the idea of firing all guns all of the time (range permitting)

Lone Cat: your not the only one, I'm fed up of them being on my desk already . I probably would have finished them by now if I wasn't inventorying most of my 40k stuff together to sell, I've got a few fully painted guard armys and other projects that have been in boxes unfinished and unloved for far too long.

I've been testing my tank painting, thought I'd try the oil weathering technique but with water colours (tube ones).

All in all its not too bad, just so long as you remember to add washing up liquid to break the surface tension, its very easy to clean off mistakes as it cleans off nicely and if the palette dries ... just add a bit of water. These points aside I think an oil based wash would look a lot better, I'll pick up a tube of paint in the week.



hmm ... just looks grubby doesn't it

I also thought I'd have a drive at finishing my little harkanor's reavers warband off (i'll probably sell them)

gotta ask...you used acrylic art paints from tubes? or what?

adding washing up liquide to real oil paints sounds disturbing...

or am i being dense here?

your reavers warband looks fine and should hopefully raise a reasonable price!


oh and yon tank looks cool too

Thanks, nah the paint is not oil based it's "lamp black" Winsor and Newton "cotman" water colour.

I add small amounts of washing up liquid, like 1 drop per 100ml, when I water down washes it helps prevent the "bath ring" effect where the pigment gets deposited unevenly

oh and that tank is just 1 of 3 that I'm painting up to sell one of my 6 (2 of them traitor) guard armies, this blog will probably be taken over with me getting stuff ready to sell for a while, I'll have some images up in an hour or 2

Here is the army that I'm planning to finish to sell:

HQ:

CCS: 4* plasma guns, power weapon, astropath
-Chimera: HB, HF

Troops:

PCS; 4* flamers
- Inf. Squad; GL, autocannon
- Inf. Squad; GL, autocannon
- Inf. Squad; GL, autocannon
- Heavy weapon squad: 3* missile launchers

Veterans; 3* meltaguns
-Chimera: Multi-laser, Hull HB
Veterans; 3* meltaguns
-Chimera: Multi-laser, Hull HB
Veterans; 3* plasma, plasma Pistol
-Chimera: Multi-laser, Hull HF

Fast Attack
- Sentinal: Autocannon, HK missile
- Banewolf/hellhound: Hull Multi-melta

Heavy Support
- Leman Russ: heavy bolter
- vanquisher: lascannon, heavy stubber


- Demolisher: HB (you've already seen)

laser destroyer

valkyrie/vendetta

also I have another chimera and 2 unpainted sentinels that would bring it up to 2000 points ish of mechanized fun, there is something like £700 of plastic/resin/metal there, probably more.

Back to more normal things:

baby got back


and I won these from some one on ebay selling cut 3mm mdf for terrain bases, really cheap too


Noodles

i´d be very interested to see some WIP pics of that heavy lascanon team...
quite an interesting and fresh way of presenting that old idea! i like it!

Been a while so I thoguht I'd better give an update

Sorry vik I don't have any WIP pics I'd have to make some more for that, tho your the second person to ask so i might just do that.

Started on the terrain competition, after messing about with card I thought I'd make a plasma generator with the shrine being the controlling machine spirit interface ... thing, very well thought out ofc. all I know is i've got 5 parts to it; the generator, control unit, transformer, the shrine'y bit and the base.



Since the image was taken I've finished off riveting the sides, the back is still blank but there will be pipes, hatches, other grubbins etc.

back to riveting ..

noodles

wow.... sweet riveting!
that shrine looks very cool already... i am eager looking forward to what you put inside!...also... i think i need to copy that idea and look soon too... lovley idea altogether!

and well... if you start now with lotsa WIP´s then all is well that ends well

haha, you mean I'd just have shelves of unfinished projects ... yep, maybe I'll even finish some of them here,
I'd really like to not start anything new right now.

I'd really like to not start anything new right now.

well, i say this everytime before i start something new^^ and leave the earlier build unfinished

That's looking excellent so far, It sounds like this is going to be a great detailed terrain piece, I look forward to seeing all the parts come together

And I do the same thing, start another project before the current ones finished, actually i dont think i know a single artist that doesnt do that on a regualr bases.
I think it's just a sign of great creativity .
I'm trying right now to keep myself focused on one project, and not get sidetracked by the other seven I have on my mind... we'll see how long that lasts .

Thanks guys,
hopefully I wont get bored of the various bits I'm working on, even if I only get the generator and control shrine finished this should be ok.
Its a good feeling to see something finished occasionally ... if only to then see a mistake to fix or an addition to make.

hk: I know what you mean mate, I've got a list of vehicles in my head I'd love to build as well as armies to expand.


back view


I've got a bit more to add, I've got something planned for the interior but I'm holding back on it until I can get it to work

vik: glad you like it

nice addition of gubbins....

the riveting is so sweet looking that i hereby offer you the membership of our league of exra ordinary riveteers....

we see good workmanship and we spring into action we spring^^

so if you want to join...then simply show the banner in your sig

I would be honoured to join vik, thanks for the offer

*makes pleased face*

ah.... much better

Noodles,
your work is very nice and the scratch building is really good too. The basilisk is extreamly good! Plz check out my blog (link in sig).

Subbed,

HAZZER

Hey all

Thanks Haz glad you like it. Haha, yea I've been looking at your blog, just haven't had chance to comment yet, keep up the painting and green stuff work you've got real potential

I added headlights to the tanks, still got a lot to do on them. but the shrine is taking most of my hobby time atm.



Gave the stug a base coat of russian green with my spraygun on the weekend, I forgot to do a rust undercoat and liquid mask that I had planned ... oh well maybe next time.


and just a size comparison


I'm waiting for some bits to come so I can do some more work on it

thanks for reading

Noodles

well...tank related work aside... i am eager to see what you put inside that shrine... that will be the last straw for my jaw to drop

Really nice work on the tanks! I really need to get me some pc to build stuff myself.. what are you using? and where do you get it from?

 DiDDe wrote:
Really nice work on the tanks! I really need to get me some pc to build stuff myself.. what are you using? and where do you get it from?

Thanks, I get most of my plasticard from a UK modeling tool mail order company called squires, I've started using greenscene sheets as the edges and corners are more accurate and its a bit smaller.

As for the size I use 1mm (.040") for thicker bits and 0.5mm (.020") for most things with 0.25mm (.010") occasionally for the really thin bits. Hope that helps


Ok I've got the basic shape of the shrine base built and I've also made the basic shrine part, I'll not be showing this until its done . Until I get a masq mini tube tool that I ordered 2 week s ago I cant do much for the insides, but anyway on the pics.




Still got the steps and top surface, that power generator is going over the hole and the control shrine is between the generator and the steps, with wires, hatches and other grabbings on the top.

I also have developed a fetish for buttresses especially the flying kind, I'll have to fit some in.

thanks for reading,

noodles

Edit: I meant evergreen styrene sheets not greenscene

arches and steps look very cool.... shows your craftmans skills for sure!

Thanks for the help there! i appreciate it!

that base looks great. and i'm sure that by the time it is done it will have gone from great to awesome!

Thanks

Had a bit of a break and made a start on some heavy weapon teams, mortars are nearly finished just need to make crews for the autocannons and finish off the bases, should bring my total up to 15 heavy weapon teams




and I've ran out of glue so no more building for a few days, that said I'm just adding the finishing touches to a tutorial for building the le mediko style heavy weapon teams, part one will be up soon.

noodles

Looking good mate!

hmmm... me likes!...looking forward to see these painted!

That shrine base is outstanding. Great attention to the details and consistency over the whole base. Will be following with interest to see where this goes.

Hey everyone,

Small update time, I finally had a go at mold making using silicone rubber, it takes a while to set but it's pretty good stuff when its done, I'm not going to do resin casting just yet, I've made some things I'll like to cast copies of in resin and I'm making another set of tank sides (like my chimeras) for copying in that way. So I'm using the rubber mold to make copies of bits in green stuff (or grey stuff).

Also I've had a go at sculpting different types of armour and heads mostly still wip or just for practice and to try out ideas. I'd really like to make some decent greatcoat legs, as I'd like some more poses like running and crouching but most of the 3rd party ones available suck the maxmini ones are the best so far but the poses are too limited, I have had a try at doing my own but I can't seem to get the size and proportions right.



On the painting front I've finished painting the mortar battery the black base edges too, I just need to build the crew of the autocannons, I should probably add some munition crates or something like that too the bases.

And I finally finished the sentinels, I've always had a soft spot for these models, the legs are fiddly but just part of the fun really.


The shrine is coming along nicely, I'm getting a bit edgy over it as It's time to get painting soon, I'll try and get some pics up of the base as I've nearly finished the detailing.

till next time.

Noodles

you did that masked head? wow... great looking sculpt!

and yeah... I can see that you defiantly have a great need for that soup plate helmet ...it is an iconic feature for your army... also that cuirass is something that really suits your army!

I see Vik has made an excellent recruitment choice! Soo much tanky goodness here! Welcome to the -=]_,=- Brother Riveter!