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Thanks Meph! I still need to play the actual game oh well, I will some day, as long as I have the miniatures, I'm content

A small Astral Claws update:
Managed to paint the most of the metal on the assault marine this evening. Next up; shoulder pads, jump pack, weapons and weathering!

And his eyes need to pop more, but that's for an other day, sleep time now...

Cheers!

 DarkMistro wrote:
Looks like a very good start on him can't wait to see how he looks completed

Thanks! I'm not really satisfied with the outcome at the moment, so with the next test I'll use some darker metal to see if the highlights work better.

Anyway, here's another update for you guys! The warboss made a bit of progress but not much as I liked though. It was a real struggle to put the bosspole together and it not yet glued on the warboss, so for picture purposes, glue tack time!


I used the gretchin from the warbikers box for this one as I wanted to give him an 'elper to fix possible mechanical failures. Still need to write out the fluff for the warboss, but he already has a name: Gubtoof 'Eadchoppa! He prefers to call himself Da 'Eadchoppa.

So, on to the next! I've had my eye on this for a while and I couldn't resist to put it together when I bought it. Da Ork Mek gun!


And some bikers! Da 'Ardy Deff Sunz! Still need to assemble the third one though. They have some awesomesauce trash bases from Micro Art Studio.


Used a Fantasy Warboss head to add some flair Man, these fantasy ork heads are tiny compared to the 40k ones!


Next up, the renegade ogryns! Yes, I've been green stuffin' It's not yet finished and his shoulder needs some more work (some horns etc). It's not really clear in this picture but his chest has little teeth


*Sigh*, I really need to stop buying stuff and start finishing it! Anyway, enjoy this little update. Thanks for watching!

Oh before you go, have a Lugft Huron doodle


Cheers~!

Thanks! It's all photoshop

Meph wrote:Nice, I found it very difficult to get the hang of painting with a drawing pad. Always when drawing, and also when I used to paint on a drawing table/easel, I had the habit of either turnign the paper, or moving myself around a bit for certain angles.
That doesn't work with drawing pads... damn it was a hard transition that's not 100% complete yet. old dog and new tricks...dammit!

A drawing pad is really hard to get used to. It took me a while too. But at work I use a Wacom Cintiq which is basically a computer screen where you can draw on. And when you've tried that, you'll NEVER want to go back to your drawing pad It's pretty expensieve, but it's worth it!

Styrofoam04 wrote:Love the sketch...Now flip it and make him Blackheart with red backdrop

Ooooh that's a good idea! Will do!

@Meph still considering buying one for personal use perhaps that will motivate me to make more artz in my free time

Rokay, on to the updates! My Blood Angels finally got some love I've worked on the tactical squad somewhat; giving them highlights (you gotta take my word for it cus the pictures are not really helping ), finished the weapons, putting on the transfers etc. Still need to do the bases, weathering and the sergeants banner! So hopefully I can finish them this week

Pics!

Blarg, dark pictures...


Pixelated close-up~!


Le sergeant! Still gotta decide what to do with his banner though.


Bad boys with transfers! Still need some touch ups.

So that's it for today! NO- wait, there's more....



The Tyrant is here.....

Speaking of the Tyrant, here's your request Styrofoam04! The Blackheart version of my previous Huron sketch!


Enjoy guys, cheers!

DarkMistro wrote:Wow them Blood Angels certainly look quite battle ready to go against their opponents wonder how decent are Blood Angel versions of Tactical Marines?

They are not very different compared to the standard tactical marines methinks. The Red Thirst rule gives them some nice buffs though (Furious Charge and Fearless).

DeathzHellShotz wrote:That tactical squad makes me want to get in to a painting frenzy

Wish I could say that after highlighting 10 marines but it's good that you got inspired!

Welp, you'll have to roll a one after deployment for every unit to activate that rule, so there's a good chance you won't even get it

Glad you like it pal! ;D

That Huron model is pure win (dat claw)! Can't wait to start painting it! I've also found a metal version of Huron Blackheart at my FLGS, I'll probably get that one too, just for the fun of it

++Blood Angels update

The tactical squad is finished- well, at least I thought they were, till I found out I forgot the squad markings on the blue kneepads. Oh well! Progress pictures then!

They look so much better with some basing!


Here's a close-up of the sergeant. I've freehanded his banner and it worked out pretty well methinks


Close-up of a battle brother with paint chips on his armour.


The other dudes:




I'm pretty satisfied how they turned out not my best paintjob ever but it will suffice for tabletop!

Let me know what you guys think.

Thanks! I've got a lot of gray plastic on the tabletop too so much to paint, so little time!

Thank you D.M.

Thanks!

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:
Lugft Huron (still not sure how you pronounce that)

I still don't know either I tend to leave the "g" away when I try to pronounce it and that "Lufgt" variant confuses me even more! Wonder how GeeDubs does that

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:
Have you ever tried sketching a Terminator? I tried to do that in pencil once, I ended up with a couple of menacing stacked boxes instead of a man

I've never drew a complete termie... yet! But mine's probably ends up like an angry toaster with skulls... lots of skulls.

Another Blood Angels update for you guys! The Death Company Dreadnought has been sitting half-done on the self for a while, so he could use some love. And I'm trying to finish stuff before starting something new...

So, painted the highlights en drybrushed the blood talons (I'm particularly proud of those) and did all the icons etc. The only thing what needs to be done is to touch up the base and put the transfers on.

Anyway, pics!




A close-up of the talon. Perhaps they could use some extra work, but the lightening of my room doesn't do it any justice though


Tell me what you guys think

I agree on the talon. I'll add some white or very bright blue to touch it up Thanks for the comment Meph!

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In other news, I've bought an old (and cheap!) half metal half plastic Cadian Sentinel kit to convert it to a killa kan for my Orks. So as soon as I've finished the dreadnought, I'll be converting the sentinel. and it will be my first time to play with plasticard! Stay tuned, I'll keep you guys updated on the progress.

So! Another item on my ever growing painting to-do-list, done! Yes, the dreadnought is finished (well, I think he is )

Pictures for you lads and then let's move on to the next project!




The orks get a little love this time and I'll be experimenting with plasticard (oh boy). This (un)fortunate sentinel is gonna be converted to a killa kan, because, well, they're Death Skulls and have to live up their name right?

Here are some pics of the early start. Not really sure how the arms and weapons are gonna fit in...






The kit is a part plastic part metal, so some parts do not fit that well I'll have to use green stuff to fill up the gaps *sigh* anyways, this will be a nice little conversion project. Let's see how it turns out!

I will be painting stuff between this project (still need to finish the test Astral Claw!) and I have some ideas for a custom space marine chapter (one of the three sons of the Astral Claws) I would like to paint!

Stay tuned!

These were one of my first units I got when I just started with the hobby and I was quite indifferent about removing the mould lines back then... and they were too far done to fix 'em. But all the newer units have their mold lines removed and gun barrels drilled out!

Thank you for having a look Dreadclaw!

Dreadclaw69 wrote:I made that mistake myself too manys a time. Nothing like looking at a fully painted mini and realizing there is little you can do to fix the mould line you missed Your new stuff looks significantly better

Yep... worst scenario for a painter. Thanks for the complement sir!

Ezra Tyrius wrote:That Killa Kan's looking good Levi, I think the arm would look best either right above the upper joint of the legs (that square looking thing above the joint), or either a bit in front of that, where the entrance hatch is located

Weapons-wise, I'd say giant sawblades of doom or giant flamers, or something else along those lines

Thank you! He will definitely be equipped with a gaint saw, a grotzooka and a pair of missiles for extra DAKKA!

They do, they do! Thanks for the heads up!

Worked a bit further on the sentikan. The weapons are now into place (but still stuck with glue tack). I've had to trim the skorcha to fit it on the Kan. He's a bit out of balance now methinks, but perhaps a gastank or other thing on the back will fix it. On to the pics!







Next up, moar plasticard and the gretchin!

In other news, I've been thinking of a own space marine chapter for a while and I finally have an idea of what I want. So, here's the colour scheme I have for now:





It's so white! Yep, I really wanted to do something with white this time and it added a new painting challenge. The paintjob is a wee bit sloppy, but I was so eager to test it out. Anyway, still need a proper name for this chapter; something with lions, that's for sure (welp they are the descendants of the Astral Claws of course).
Let me explain the colour choices a bit. Their armour was always white with red accents, but after a devastating event (it has something to do with lots of battle brothers walking over to chaos -I'm looking a you Huron Blackheart!-) they all started to paint the shoulder pad insets black as a sign of grief and loss for their fallen and dead brothers. On the right knee pad every battle brother has the freedom to express their own personal loss by painting patterns or painting it red or black (especially the veterans since the most of them had been present at the time of the event, the new battle brothers mostly paint a red stripe). On the left knee pad, the yellow line stands for the company colour, 2nd company in this case, the IV stands for the squad number.

I'll let you guys know more about the fluff some other time (still need to think a lot of things out). For now enjoy this update! Oh, before I go, some self promotion; I've started a miniature hobby blog, it's more or less an extension of this blog, but you'll find some more information about my armies/projects. The link: http://hammernbrush.blogspot.nl/

Levi out!

DeathzHellShotz wrote:The white looks so crisp and clean. I love the shading it works well. What do you think about the new blood angels tactical squad? if you've seen them.

Thanks man! The new tactical sqaud is awesome! Lots of Blood Angels bits, so that's good I'll definitely pick it up. Although I've shed a single tear knowing I've just finished my tactical squad without any of the new blood angels bits...

deadmeat85 wrote:White Lions. BAMM!

I have thought about that name, but it's a bit "meh" methinks I thought more of "Lions of [insert planet name here]" of some sorts.

Haha same here, and my wallet is already in a lot of hurt with the Shield of Baal box

I'm sharing the box with a friend who's buying the other half (he just started Tyranids) so it's a pretty good deal. And I'm changing that dread into a furioso (still go bits laying around). Not really a fan of that captain but with some bit swaps he'll be a lot better

Ezra Tyrius wrote:Choosing a name for a custom Chapter is always a diffcult task

Here's some of my suggestions:

The Lions Harrowing (or Harrowing Lions)

The Lions of Castamere

The Lion's Tears

The Bloodied Claws

Nice suggestions Ezra, thanks! I'll write em down

Ezra Tyrius wrote:I think 'the Lions of [insert planet here]' could work, but then you'd need to name a planet too

Yep, still thinking about that one. But, since their home planet is destroyed by Necrons in the current version of their fluff, I'm a bit at a loss if I should name em at all after their planet. On the other hand, the Lions couldn't know their home was doomed in the first place I was also thinking about "Lions Resplendant". It sounds a bit cheesy perhaps but it kinda fits how they were in their early years (decades?) (just as proud and imperious as the Astral Claws). Anyway, lots of stuff to think about. Thanks for the heads up my friend. If you have more ideas, feel free to pass em through

ayoku wrote:Great work Leviathus
Cant wait to see more!
Grtz
Mark

Thanks for the nice comment Mark! Cheers!

A little update on the Lions; yesterday I began to work on the chapter symbol (okay, okay you can't really have a symbol without a proper name... but hey, there is a lion in there ) Behold!



The lion is based on the chapter symbol of the White Panthers and the halo is based on the halo of the Sons of Medusa. I've just used excisting element to create a new symbol but it fits the overall theme methinks. *couch*and I'm a bit lazy*cough*

Later this week some more sentikan goodness

Hmm... sounds pretty good I'll write it down on my ever growing list of names

Hiya guys! Worked some more on the killa kan!

This time the roof hatch and the gretchin were done:

The gretchin still needs a handle in his hand but it looks pretty ok.

I still had some gretchin heads laying around and picked one I liked the most. I then drilled a thin pin in it and bend it so that I could sculpt his body on it with green stuff.

His muscles are not defined but you won't see much of the body anyway.

The complete picture:




The only things left to do: glueing on the remaining things like the Saw and some gubbins and the plasticard plates need some bolts to make them less plain but will do that an other time. The killa kan is nearing completion! C&C welcome!

Finally, he's done. Well for now. Still need some minor work but I'll do that next year!




For the holidays I'll be at my parents house for two weeks so I figured I could paint me some minis! I've made a small list of things I really wanna paint:

- Kromlech's Ork Wartrakk (my dads been asking me about this one for quite some time - so this one's for you dad!)
- Astral Claw assault marine test (he's almost done!)
- Lugft Huron
- Some Tyrant's Legion auxilia
- Blood Angels Death Company

Looks like a nice painting list I probably won't finish them all in two weeks but it will keep me busy! Do you guys have some mini's you wanna paint before year's end?

Thank you for the comments you guys and Merry Christmas to all ye Dakkanauts!

Here's what I'm currently working on: the Ork halftrack of Kromlech! My count-as wartrakk










I'm really having a blast with this one! Lots of gubbinz and cables. Currently the bulk of the metal is shaded and the blue parts are now blocked out (some are already shaded and highlighted). Still gotta do the white parts and checkers an all the other tiny stuff, but that will be done lastly.
There's still a lot of work to be done, but I'm getting there

And I got some hobby stuff for Christmas:

Hurray! More cannonfodder for the Tyrant! I er- mean more loyal servants!

Cheers guys! And enjoy christmas!

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:

Damn you Levi, I was just thinking of putting my growing Ork army up on Dakka, but now they'd just look rubbish compared to your awesome-looking Wartrakk

Nevermind me! Show us, show us! Always good to see more orkses! Which clan are your orks from?

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:

Merry Christmas by the way! I hope the Tyrant gave you some nice presents! (or at least, didn't send you into the Siege of Vraks as cannon fodder)

Thanks Ezra, best wishes to you too! The Tyrant hasn't send me to Vraks luckely! Instead he locked me up deep inside the dungeon of the Palace of Thorns until I finished painting his miniature

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:

I like to call them 'Da Ruff Ridaz', as they use the local fauna as a means of transportation (that is, when it doesn't eat them)

They look fantastic! Love the old skool models! Speaking of transportation, a friend of mine just started playing Tyranids and I would love to give my Deathskulls a Nid to ride on! Driven forth by a gretchin on a fish hook as bait

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:

Also, for some reason, I sort of want to see a 'looted' Lufgt Huron, where the Orks bring him back to life rather than the forces of Chaos

I'd love to draw that one day or even convert a Huron Blackheart model! Huron Black'eart da fearless Warboss of da Red Cossairz Orks! Darn you Ezra! Not another conversion project!