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welcome back to another dhharen update
the DC squad has new shoulder pads!



well thats all i did for him yesterday...
on another note a second scourge got her wings and head this spear wielder
is just missing an arm cant decide what shall it be



the figure is blurry but at least the wings are in focus....
i really love the orange, the Mohawk feathers are really neat
the armor colours are what my brother wants for his army
so dont blame me for their normality

ill post the fantasy update in a new post below



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so i came across these metal wood elf figures.. and i scooped them up
so yesterday i decided to base coat one of them, so here she is base coated



i decided to go safe with the first one brown and green + brown or blond hair i haven't decided but the brown base coat works for either one
i put on the base coat in thinned layers, i might have to add a few more before i move on...


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so i came across these metal wood elf figures.. and i scooped them up
so yesterday i decided to base coat one of them, so here she is base coated



i decided to go safe with the first one brown and green + brown or blond hair i haven't decided but the brown base coat works for either one
i put on the base coat in thinned layers, i might have to add a few more before i move on...

time for another update!
well here is my first wood elf...
after i uploaded her i noticed i forgot to finish up the ties on the bow...



anyone have any tips on how to stop the paint chipping away on metal models?
a better primer perhaps? i guess ill try mixing the primer with the lacquer
Oh and look at this... i almost forgot that im working on a harlequin conversion



isnt the body perfect? it fits the arms just right
shortened the nose, patched up the gaps
now i just gotta prime and paint her

It looks great! But please, stop changing the colour of the text all the time.

jeez Mathew ruin my groove why dont you,
well i primed a second wood elf... mixed lacquer with the primer
her breasts were an odd shape... so green stuff attack!
i made them slightly bigger while i was at it
ill post a picture after she is base coated
i also primed the harlequin not quite sure how i'll paint her just yet

anyway the company of deaths hammer is finally painted!
one more marine to go then that squad will be finished



pouches and grenades surround his waist
so that he may drop presents before crashing down with his hammer!
although im thinking of straping a bolt pistol to his wrist...
and just for Mathew i kept it down to two colours

ok so my last post didnt show up which is quite odd
but ive made progress on the first bat scourge



first part finished were the legs, then the wings, i took a picture
with one base coated and one finished the wings were done by
wet mixing the darks and dry brushing the highlights



then today i finished off the torso and primed the arms
i sanded and then added some greenstuff then more sanding
to change it from just the belly showing to the entire lower torso
i also attempted to convert a male chest to female,
if it doesn't look right im going to drop it and hunt for another torso
because i really liked the hellion torso turned out

Just looked through your blog, you have some great work. Keep it up!

so i have been playing around with many paint thinning options
ive herd people saying simple green works best but ive never came across it
in stores what i had found to work best was a mixture of industrial paint thinner and water
it works well on metal models, but it has a nasty side effect on the plastic models
so the other day i was in home depot when i finally met simple green in person
so i picked it up tossed in a few of the worst pieces i had to test it out
dunked them in for a couple days with a few dental appointments
it turned out quite well so i thought id share

well the first bat winged scourge is ready to fly off
and blast his enemies with his lazer!
so two down three scourge to go, only one male will be in this squad
so now the lance still needs an arm, and i need to figure
out what to do for the final female GS or another conversion



in other news i also started painting my brothers the thousand suns
i think the blue might need another coat, and i really hate how the upgrade pack
fronts dont match any backs, some minor shaving + sanding is involved in the process



The Green lantern i showed in the first post i finally got back to him,
i decided to give him a Gatling gun to be used as a HB
but... im not quite as enthusiastic about the 3d emblem i had given him...
not quite sure what i was thinking it might be replaced,
and im also not sure how to give him a green glow, maybe it will be part of the base

here is my possed slenesh marine
keep in mind i removed his shoulder pads and winded pack
to make it easier to paint up, ill paste them back on after they are painted up
he still needs a few touch ups

well here is another scourge all finished and out of the production line
this is the squads male in certain angles it looks as if he is holding just one weapon
which was an accident that actually turned out looking pretty cool
all thats left is the spear throwers arm and the last bat scourge



in other news the last DC marines body has finally been painted!
and another TS marine has also had his body painted
and a third TS chest is in the process of being sculpted
shave a bit off one side, slice off the front of the deflector hood
then a little green stuff to rid myself of any cracks

hey guys
i haven't posted in a week due to being away from my workbench
but im back i managed to pick up some sisters, and started stripping them
here they are before the process



two are now stripped im going to go over the model for any mold lines then prime them
also i finally got around to my necron spider ill post a progress pic tomorrow

well now two of the sisters are bare metal
now i'll prime them soon as i clear up some space on my workbench
Green lanterns head got its first base coat, so hes currently all brown
i'll paint the mask on then his eyes last

ok so back to the DE
the flamer arm is fixed and primed black
so that winged lancer is approaching completion
and unfortunately i will be attempting to convert this guy to DE



he is getting a nice little pistol and im not sure how im converting the bone sword
perhaps out of a tyranid tail, but i dont like the hood or how i painted it so it will be cut out the middle
make it look like thier duel sided blades? cut off the front flaps cause i didnt quite like em
imho the cape actually turned out well

well here i have finished off the third Thousand son
here he is armed with his brothers



well there is still one waiting on his arms and his plasma rifle, one my brother is working on himself
three more not even assembled for this squad and a whole extra squad un assembled
im going to try to drop the plastic stripped arms if i have enough


mean while ive finally taken a pic of the the necron spider
not sure what colour to make his armour especially since i inadvertently
painted parts of it metal (pictured) i didn't feel like adding the green lines like on the box

well here is a wip shot of the spider
not sure why i painted it white... but i did



i did some more energy work on him afterwards not sure if i want to make the symbols glow onto the Armour a bit or not
just a few more pieces on this guy to go, part of a claw the mini arms, the caps and the optional gun
i also repaired this nice anime hawk girl i picked up today,
not sure when i started liking hawk girl... but apparently i do

*gasp* so the spider is finished although i forgot to take pic for the blog
another two necron projects i still have in the works are the fourth flayed one
and super pariah i may or may not be keeping the cape
im working on his arms first, then fix the leg position, and add some additional details



these two below are much closer to completion,
the thousand son captain im working on is pretty interesting...
this poor stripped marine came out of the warp with quite a few upgrades
i kind of think the sang sun head is a nice touch and kinda fits the theme of the army
im kinda debating weather or not to mess with the heads paint job or not
on the other hand this is the emperors champion before the nun oil,
the power sword will be all thats left to do on this model, and maybe a couple purity seals

the champion has taken a nice nun oil shower and came out with darker blacks
and darkened the whites now he doesn't look all bright and shiny
now the guy im painting him for wants some purity seals added before closing the deal

green lanterns new shoulder pad looks much better than the original...
crisper lines to both the conversion and the paintjob, used an apoxy to get the general shape
then green puddy i picked up from a hobby shop to sharpen the lines
now that he is finished im thinking of making a yellow lantern or john Stewart GL

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well now the thousand son captain has shoulder pads when i realized i forgot to give him a backpack...
so i picked one out and primed it,

well i haven't got alot of painting time lately
but the last DC jumper from the box finally got arms and a head
i also found a head that i think works for my sob conversion
i also started working on her belt after i took the pic
a bit of editing was required to make the head fit



well another couple conversons im working on are
the necron pariah, finally fixed the staff arm
and im converting this fem night crawler to a DE warrior
knees down will be terminated and replaced
i will also think of something to hide all my shoulder tweaking

hey guys lots have stuff kept coming up so i didnt get much time on the workbench
so this was the last thing i worked on before all that came up,



its my take on a bane thrall, i also want to be able to use it as a pariah or something later
so its very necron themed im using a skeleton warriors axe,
not quite sure were im putting the energy but its all coming together pretty quickly
i got to painting the main body and the warping legs i think its still missing something tho


and i got to painting these mystery mech legs too

hello so here is my little update
so i got this bit from my local hobby shops bits bin
and ran home cut off the front that i made from scratch
and re did it with the new one i just got



and the final member of the DC squad has his jump pack finally



my new commission is this flame dragon from malafaux, and sonia too
the guy is in no rush and told me to take my time so i epoxied the joints to give a smoother finish
because it didnt quite fit as perfectly as i would like,
i mixed some abadon black with satin finish to prime it
i found that to be the best way to prime metal models without getting chips

i had thought i posted this already but i guess it dakka must of glitched on me
any way the flames of this avatar turned out better than i expected
for some reason the sharp edges on metal models seem to peel
touched them up with red mixed with satin finish witch seems to help a bit



i also started painting up criid,
went with earth tones for her, and the same hair as the scourges i painted before
this model is a true joy to paint, although assembling it was a pain
and i wish i went against the clients wishes and pinned the arms..
they are super fragile

so i finished off sonnia, had a bit of trouble getting her on
it was a real puzzle to get her to get in there
so here she is in all her blazing glory





i also painted up gambit...
the jacket turned out pretty well but his pecks got a little roughed up during the sanding phase
still a few more paint touch ups are needed tho
still gotta pick out a head for him tho, i was thinking od going with a eldar bare head
it has the head gear, the arms are still up in the air tho

Nice fire work on the dragon thing. I don’t know who the lady is, but she should really cut back on the hot peppers.

so other than gambit i got some bits i needed for the hover bike
swapped out the wind shield with the winged DA one



much better
so for the next steps i popped off the wings
i picked up this consul from the flgs and with slight editing and apoxy to support it and to smooth out the transition



i had also picked up what i think is a twin linked flame thrower
cut it right down the middle added some strange little bit between them
stick it in between and vola!



now im just missing another weapon and finishing touches

so ive cut up some bolters and added them to the bike
they are slightly angled up im going to pretend i did that on purpose...
i also did some work on the gambit solitaire he has a head and arms all painted up
all thats left are the energy and glowing effects

meanwhile i finished up the second wood elf to get it off my wip shelf



dont know why my camera is acting up today tho, going to convert another male to female
so i dont have two identical models

so lets see what i finished up last night...
i finished up Gambit for Buttery's contest
didnt get purple wash so i mixed purple with some ardcoat dry brushed pink, added white highlights
it turned out good imo , although i still think the staff looks a little short



also got this witcher for malifaux done...
meh i might add more weathering to her coat
and maybe dirty her bandages a bit more



and my last one is a wip shot of amilia...
my brother asked me to paint this model up...
although i dont know the character... and im kinda like...
thats alot of green...

so thats what ive been upto.. trying to finish up all my little projects

hey guys, ive base coated the second witcher
and painted the skin, i haven't picked out swords for this one just yet tho,
i also touched up that wakfu green person too

welcome to another update!
unfortunately a tyranid managed to sneak out of its blister and onto my conversion table!
i decided he needs scales! they are in the process of being attached...



and Amelia got a few more touch ups,
dont judge me.. its the first time ive painted a chocolate skinned figure
and i cant get they eyes just right...



and i almost forgot the second witcher had alot of work done on her
only really needs the gold and red along with a few touch ups
although i forgot to mix the laquer with the base coats so ill brush it ontop

yay finished my alpha gene stealer



i had painted up another stealer but he didnt look so good in the metal theme so...
the shell was attached to this guy..
anyway on to more fun stuff i started painting batman...
the greys just need a bit of highlighting and i started on the cape but didnt take a photo of it just yet



oh and lets not forget about the witcher
the gold is done up just gotta do the jems and of course the swords and other arm

so thanks to my camera acting up i had to resort to using my phone
hero clicks models make really good conversion material



she is just a member of a harley goon squad / 40k Harlequin
her sword will have a reddish power to it if the effect turns out right
gonna try base coating it different shades of red then apply thin layers of silver

next up is batman



i totally dont have the right grey on him just yet im going to brighten him up while leaving his boots and gloves alone
tis pic made me notice his ear is a bit scuffed up... wonder why i didnt notice it till now

im not dead, but havent got much painting done for a bit
batman is almost done touch up his symbol and satin finish are necessary still and another layer of nun on his boots an gloves
any other tips would be helpful



and ive also got a messy start on a Sister of battle