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Thank you all for the thoughts so far.

Next Update



Here we are all belly up.

First a word from the public support

Camkierhi wrote:Thats purdy. Looks excellent. although I have done it my self never really been sure of the painted glass thing, but got to admit that looks good bud.

Thank you. I am glad you like it, I never enjoyed clear canopy where you can see stuff . The only reason i say so is because these craft go into space, and clear unpolarized glass would result in blindness around say, stars and other fiery bright objects.

evildrcheese wrote:That looks really cool. Was that all done by airbrush?

EDC

EDC yeah that was all air brush. I am lazy like that.

JoeRugby wrote:Lush glass canopy dude

Thank you Joe. Glad you approve.

Theophony wrote: I hate you, your skills and now I'm going to go sulk in the corner looking at my pathetically painted windows .

Practice makes for perfect windows Theo. You should be proud of your molten men.

Here is the rest of the update.






All I have left to do is add some distinctive markings, a little free hand here or there, the mandatory pinup girl, tail numbers, washing, weathering, and some stripes... i swear i am close to done... oh and highlights..


Thoughts and suggestions are welcome and appreciated.

That is a damn fine color set up on the fighters. Very striking and will look great moving at speed.

I'm just envious of your windows.....plus I throw too many stones to know what real Windows should look like.

Getting a Star Wars vibe, excellent work, love that scheme, really nice.

I'm also feeling the X-wing vibe. Colors, and especially the cockpit glass, are great. The infantry going to get the same scheme?

More update



First a response to Panda's concentrated support group. I expect you guys to intervene if models take over my life.

Theophony wrote:That is a damn fine color set up on the fighters. Very striking and will look great moving at speed.

I'm just envious of your windows.....plus I throw too many stones to know what real Windows should look like.

Windows look exactly how you think they should. Broken. Its grim dark that way. Thank you much Theo. Love your comments.

Camkierhi wrote:Getting a Star Wars vibe, excellent work, love that scheme, really nice.

I don't know to much war of the stars, unless its around the eastern fringe. But you know me. I will take this as a a boost to my honor. Thank you much Cam.

40kFSU wrote:I'm also feeling the X-wing vibe. Colors, and especially the cockpit glass, are great. The infantry going to get the same scheme?

I am feeling a dog fight coming in our future 40k. They will get a similar scheme, tan pants, and maroon armor, gold trim, grey kit.

Now for the rest of the update





As always comments, and suggestions welcome. Thanks for stopping by.

I like the clean look, but are you planning on grime darking it up any, almost looks too clean to be zooming around the smoky skies of a war torn world.

the cockpit canopy looks superb, love it brother.

Stripes? You pulled off 3 stripes!? It looks great!!

That looks awesome dude. Can't wait to see more.

EDC

Nice stuff, how do you carry tho? My Valkyrie lost a lot of parts that keeps on breaking off.

And it needs a repaint.

And it needs a bit of greenstuff for gaps.

And and and :(

Off Topic But On Topic Update:



First a response to the people of dakka.:

Theophony wrote:I like the clean look, but are you planning on grime darking it up any, almost looks too clean to be zooming around the smoky skies of a war torn world.

Its gunna go through hell... dont worry.

Master Azalle wrote:the cockpit canopy looks superb, love it brother.

Thank you much

40kFSU wrote:Stripes? You pulled off 3 stripes!? It looks great!!

its actually 6. I am glad you like it.

evildrcheese wrote:That looks awesome dude. Can't wait to see more.

EDC

More is here.

Bobthehero wrote:Nice stuff, how do you carry tho? My Valkyrie lost a lot of parts that keeps on breaking off.

And it needs a repaint.

And it needs a bit of greenstuff for gaps.

And and and :(

Alright, My wings are not glued. I also use a large wooden crate + cheese foam To transport them. Its ungainly, but it works.


Here is the rest of the update. I suspect you all need to cheer another fellow dakkadakka-ite here Glitch451. Glitch did the painting you see, at panda's expense, but well worth it.









I know its not airplanes, but you know I did need a ground contingent to protect me.

Feth

Oh my that is beautiful!

Just a little bit of ground support then.

Also, nice conversion on the knight, I might have to try that with one of mine from Renegade.

Thanks for the inspiration and the awesome photo

+++PRAISE THE OMNISSIAH!!+++

Good fething god, that Warlord never ceases to amaze. Love it. Nice work! The Knight is pretty special too! Love the conversion there!

The tilting plates- is that sculpted detail, or did you add that yourself?

Oh good heavens that is awesome. Really like the paint job on that, the colours are really well done

Thank you, everyone. It was a lot of work, but I fun painting it.

guard....how can one not love a guard army^^...

and the canopies are literally brilliant, love the effect you created there!...
as for knights...well...*sighs*

welcome back to the productive world of dakka (wish i was there too^^)

Your FW order must have been the reason for the new GW flyer rule set that came out

Love the Paintjob on the flyer Panda but Damn Glitch that's one stunning Titan

Wow. Simply awesome.

EDC

Thats one hell of a flyer!

Nice army though, really shows the might of the imperial navy! Cant wait to see it painted up.

Another update. Sorry I been gone. I will get back to you all. The Titan suffered a fall and was damage. Thus it got repainted more to match my marines. I was rather upset about the fall and took a break from modeling. Hence the lack of dakka I did.

Ahh, fall damage can be a knock to the motivation. Good to see you back.

Looking good. I like the green/white stripes.

, Just thinking about it hurts....

I mean the cost of it is like a used car, and to have that break down would be a disaster.

Hope to see your flyers advancing soon though.

Shame you lost your mojo for a bit. Glad to see it return. Fallguy looks great. To be honest I feel sorry for what ever he fell on. I know it is mind blowing seeing your prize possession fallen, but battle damage is all good.

Like to see more flyer action , that was really getting me juices flowing.

Painting looks amazing, how did the "incident" happen?

My word that looks awesome. Fantastic work.

EDC

Killer stuff!! I could write an essay about all the different parts of these I find admirable but I'll just leave it with an all around wow. WOW!

Glad your back dude.

Think it's still looking amazing

Oh man, can't wait to see those FW flyers painted ;O