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Lovely job you've done on those shields (and everything else) ciuncky. As someone else starting out on a pre-heresy DG army, I'll be following your progress with great interest.. And stealing all the best ideas

Yeah, your finished Death Guard look fantastic - both as a squad as well as individually. Kudos, mate!


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Just saw the shields - amazing work. They really look fantastic. I love the subtle touches like the fading of the paint. I can't wait to see the finished breachers - or the Dreadnought done with the same techniques...

Phutarf wrote:Lovely job you've done on those shields (and everything else) ciuncky. As someone else starting out on a pre-heresy DG army, I'll be following your progress with great interest.. And stealing all the best ideas

Thanks Phutarf, feel free to steal any ideas. I, for one, have stolen your scythe
Then again, mine will surely look a lot differently

Azazelx wrote:Yeah, your finished Death Guard look fantastic - both as a squad as well as individually. Kudos, mate!


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Just saw the shields - amazing work. They really look fantastic. I love the subtle touches like the fading of the paint. I can't wait to see the finished breachers - or the Dreadnought done with the same techniques...

Cheers mate! Shields were a true pain, decal-wise. But managed to get them down smooth eventually


Meanwhile, today i managed to put in some work on the bodies. I glued the right hands to the torsos, then the guns. Shields were blutak'd in place as i want to seal the figure under some varnish and the shield will block a lot.
A bit fiddly, but was happy with the final result.

Also done with the dirt and corrosion on the legs, and pinned to the bases. Much wow!

Then DISASTER struck. I glued the torsos to the legs, and when checking how they'd look with the shield on...surpise! It wasn't fitting, but was instead hitting the leg.

So i went back to breaking, fixing, testing... And about an hour later they were finally done
Phew. Close call

It's all great!
The weathering, the muted greens, the OSL bases...

They are just like I imagine the Death Guard to be.

Even the decals look perfect. Something that seldom works out in my experience. Would you say the Forgeworld transfers are better then regular GW ones, which tent to always leave a sheen around the symbol despite microsol/microset/whatever?

Thanks Zywus !

The bases aren't really OSL, just some basic edge highlighting to bring up the details.

The decals however...i'm deeply disappointed in FW. I just feel that at £12.50 a sheet, it should really have decal demarcation. Instead, the carrier film is sprayed over the entire sheet, making it one HUGE piece that needs a lot of creative cutting to get off the sheet and to conform to difficult shapes such as the pads.

I know there are people who don't really care, but for me decal thickness is as important as the amount of carrier film. And that's exactly the thing that leaves the sheen you are asking about (know as silvering as well).

I always apply a layer of varnish before decals, and since i started doing that i had no silvering, not even once. GW's Ard'Coat technical helps a lot, no more need to spray figures when you can apply some by brush on the areas that you need.

That said, after some trial and error (in some cases) and a lot of patience when cutting (in other cases), FW's decals seem to be a notch over the older GW ones - haven't seen the ones they do now, but i'm curious to give them a try when i'll start my Adeptus Mechanicus

Oy! Made it to page 2, but not a lot of interesting stuff here yet.
Shall we crack the monotony with some badass breachers?

Sergeant





Special weapons





Rest of the squad















Full squad view







As usually, feel free to comment and suggest improvements
Thanks for looking

For Terra and Mortarion!

Glorious!! SERIOUSLY cool looking models.... those breachers are some of the best looking mini's IMHO..... Considering saving up my pennies and investing in some of these to try and emulate your skills.... cant wait to see more!

Yeah, seriously nice work on those breachers.

MagosBiff90 wrote:Glorious!! SERIOUSLY cool looking models.... those breachers are some of the best looking mini's IMHO..... Considering saving up my pennies and investing in some of these to try and emulate your skills.... cant wait to see more!

Thanks Magos !
Last updates were quite often, given i painted all the bits over long times and pretty much all was left was to glue them and touchup/weather. So...don't really hold your breath

Azazelx wrote:Yeah, seriously nice work on those breachers.

Cheers, thanks for stopping by !


YOUR input is needed, brothers!

We have one piece Deredeo, one piece Plasma Cannonade, and 1 piece dilemma.
What colour should i paint the plasma ?

I've been thinking of Green, but there's the bright green on the base as well, and it might end being a bit too much
I've been thinking of Blue, but that's quite typical and i don't feel blue would work with their paint scheme
I've been thinking of Red, and this one pretty much wins for me currently. It would offer a nice colour variation, but i'm worried it will be in contrast with the green glow on the base.

Any help with this matter will be greatly appreciated. It's all down to RGB, so to speak

A bit more work done here.
I decided to take a break from the Command Squad and move onto the Deredeo for a bit of variation.

First, more bitz that will have heavy rust on them:


Working on one part at a time, and started with the Aiolos launcher.
Main colours laid down, wash applied


And after a bit of more work.
The targeter lens was my first attempt at such a painting method, and i feel it ended up cool. Not the same as painting small lights, gems or eyes, which are much simpler/ugly due to size


If all goes fine, i should have the entire assembly done by tomorrow, then start on the cannonade
C&C welcomed as usual
Thanks for looking

First off, awesome work on your legion. Seriously man, that's some good shizz!
Have you considered purple for the plasma on your deredeo?

Brillient.

Thanks guys!

I have considered purple as well, but i don't really like the colour and the way it would look on the model (did a quick photoshop). Besides that, i don't have the paints for purple anyway

I think i'm moving forward with reds

I think red would be great as a second accent colour so it'll look sweet on the plasma.

The green fade on the missile pod looks beautiful. Great work, keep it coming.

Hello guys,

Zywus wrote:I think red would be great as a second accent colour so it'll look sweet on the plasma.

Quite decided at the moment to move ahead with red, good to see other opinions as well!

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:The green fade on the missile pod looks beautiful. Great work, keep it coming.

Thanks mate! Much appreciated, coming from someone with your crazy skills!

And, now, time for update!
Aiolos all done, behold its beauty. Sadly the front bit containing the missiles has a quite bad fit on the bottom. I couldn’t test fit it as it went in quite difficult and I was worried I won’t be able to pull it out again.

After a bit of gluing, I was able to keep the parts in place and still move it up/down. However the small amount and small contact zone broke soon so at the moment I’m thinking of pinning it somehow, so it can still be moved, if needed (for fun, not that someone would actually NEED to move it). Nice part is that the fit is so firm that they sit in quite tight without any glue added.

Lo and behold









Starting on the Cannonade today. Updates, ASAP
Thanks for lookin!

Gorgeous work!

Looking forward to seeing the red plasma.

Thanks mate! Sorry to disappoint, but seems i'll take break from that and probably move onto the main hull.

Why? Well, i broke my airbrush.
After spraying bronze for the first time, i managed to break off the paint nozzle while trying to unscrew it for a full cleanup.

Dammit

LE: After many (failed) attempts, i decided to give it another try tonight. If i manage to unscrew the remaining bit of nozzle, i'll get a replacement and hopefully be done with this issue.

Hope you get the airbrush fixed soon!

Really enjoying watching these develop and watching the pieces come together! Your lenses are looking really cool! I need to learn how to do those..... no excuses now!

I agree with the fellows previously.. I think the red plasma will ne a nice touch and contrast with the green but tie together with the red missile tips and the lenses!

I think it's glorious! Subscribed.

MagosBiff90 wrote:Hope you get the airbrush fixed soon!

Really enjoying watching these develop and watching the pieces come together! Your lenses are looking really cool! I need to learn how to do those..... no excuses now!

I agree with the fellows previously.. I think the red plasma will ne a nice touch and contrast with the green but tie together with the red missile tips and the lenses!

Gitsplitta wrote:I think it's glorious! Subscribed.

Thanks guys! Much appreciated words!

Well, i come bearing good news. After about 20 minutes of trying, and a broken xacto blade, i managed to clean the remains of the nozzle.
All i have to do is place an order tomorrow for a new nozzle and probably some airbrush cleaner.

Worked a bit on the guns, now i feel it might have not been the best idea to paint the entire cannonade in bronze.
Hopefully it will turn out better with the red glow. Or i simply overanalyse it (which i hope, as it'd be easy to fix lol)

Good looking stuff! I am very jealous of your skills. I must get some pigments for weathering as you are getting some great effects! (Oh and an airbrush!)

Great stuff. Let us see more!

Ha! Airbrush! Pigments! Madness...
Sounds good man!

Back on the project, wondering if i might have stepped overboard with si much bronze on the guns



Any comments or recommendations to paint it white and dirty? I sort of imagined it to look better, but i don't see it now. Hopefully it'll change by the time i finish the hull as well and start gluing stuff

Small advancements to report on.

The cannonade turned out absolutely horrible. Abomination of the hells. So I had to spend the better part of an hour rubbing them after soaking in Dettol.
Now they’re primed white, and I feel I’ll go for a very discreet, if at all, effect of glow. This weapon seems designed to work amazing with black or dark colours, but white looks weird on it for now. Will have to break it with some rush and brass out there.

Anyway, to break a bit from the disappointment of utter failure, I started on a drop pod kit. Really wanted to try them so I got one a few weeks ago.
At the moment I have the door halves glued, the fins and engine glued as well, and the central console and harnesses. So that makes 3 nice big pieces in the end. Waiting for some magnets as I feel I should get the doors magnetized.


Of course I had to overshadow it. Console was primed black and painted with Alclad Chrome, and after some more work I can declare it complete.




Aside from that a bit more work on the Deredo, painted the studs and applied some small patches of Palid Wych Flesh to create a small contrast when the wash is applied.


Have I ever mentioned how much I hate mould lines?

Beautiful work on the mapping sphere.

Finally more work done. And a lot of pictures to show it!
I've been jumping between the Deredo and drop pod lately, to get some variation. Let's start with the pod, where a bit more work was done on the central console, to create the impression of lighting


Also work done on the doors. I was planning to magnetise them, but seems i can get a good enough fit with no need of magnets.
Still in a fairly incipient phase, sadly the hazard stripes seem to differ a bit from door to door. Guess i can live with it anyway


And a quick overview of where i'm standing now



Back on the Deredeo, i decided to magnetise the arms, in case they'll release something even cooler than the cannonade




Work was done on the legs, and they're very close to being done. Some more battle damage, a dirt wash and some powders.
On second thoughts, i don't like the green bit on the back so much, i should work a bit more on the blending



And a quick overview, still far from done, but good to get an impression



That's it for now, comments, critics and suggestions are welcomed
Thanks for looking!

’ello all !

A new update after a lot of slacking and slow work. Very busy with my plan to start a Mechanicus Cohort Cybernetica, 3 Skitarii walkers and a nice diorama for all of them.

Anyway, back on the Death Guard. Some more work was done on the Cannonade, and even some people really like it, I feel there’s something wrong with it. I can’t put my finger on it, but I don’t feel like scraping the paint for a 3rd time either. With a bit of black from the heat exhausts, the underside of each plasma gun repainted white and weathered and a bit of damage, I expect them to look good an provide a nice contrast for the entire legion.





Plus, more paint spilled on the drop pod as well. I ended up magnetising the doors, and plan is to add a few cables around those magnets to make it look more … well, techy. I have been quite reckless in my painting, as I want to weather and damage it heavily – and what better option for randomness, if not the random mistakes I did ?

That said, doooooors opened:


…and closed:


What can I say, the “heresy shields” are cool, shame they aren’t exactly the correct size. Also not a consistent thickness, and when sides perfectly aligned, the window was anything but.
Still more work to do. Not sure when next update will be, as I will be leaving on holiday for a bit over 2 weeks

Thanks for looking !

Love the pod with the extra armor bits.

Thanks Git !

Back from holiday and after a week of crazy work, finally a bit of time to work on the Big Fella and Drop Pod

Some battle damage was added, the cables were heated and twisted to the correct angle and now it's pretty much standing on his own power core. And magnets, for that matter.


The guns are pretty much done, just a bit of red needs to be added to the front nozzles and some black around the heat exhausts


As i said, the pod also got some attention. Doors are pretty much done at this moment


And all in place. Entry damaged was added with a very dark grey and then a layer of black on the bottom half




Looking forward to wrap them two up and move to Mechanicus for a break.

Critics welcomed!
Suggestions as well, as long as you don't suggest to re-paint the guns