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looking good there.I Like the way the commissar is heading to. It looks so clean...jet...dirty

Great looking stuff. Nice and gritty looking. About as Grimdark as you can get. :-)

Thanks Guys Hopefully more frequent updates as I'm slowly getting over this chest infection. Although I'll be back at work Friday.... :(

Awesome stuff Regnak, I love the grittiness of your troopers and vehicles. It screams "We are hardcore" to me. Hope you feel better, both for your sake, and so we can see more of your DKOK

very nice , weathering , is that just dry brush or powders?
Get well soon fella

neil101 wrote:very nice , weathering , is that just dry brush or powders?
Get well soon fella

Down to dry brushing... I don't actually own any powders.......... YET!

Still looking great!

Love that you consistently chuck out high quality work, keep it up (even with the cold )!!!

[Have you got any further on the ideas for the stuff i sent you?]

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Still looking great!

Love that you consistently chuck out high quality work, keep it up (even with the cold )!!!

[Have you got any further on the ideas for the stuff i sent you?]

Thanks again... was wondering when you would comment

Been thinking over stuff you sent me. Was thinking of the dying trooper as an objective marker, was thinking of doing a nice base with barbwire and maybe a "Danger: Minefield" sign or something. For the little guy carrying stuff... I had a great idea.... but would be LOADS of work... would be something I do down the line once more of my troops are up and running and ~I don't even know if the little skills I have could carry it off.... its being kept under wraps as I don't want to spoil anything. Only hint is that it wouldn't be a playable piece, more of a diorama... a complicated one

Now youre making me feel guilty!!

The mindfield sounds cool, and youve got me all worked up, i wanna know now!! (jk, just work on it whenur ready, even if its a complicated diorama im sure youve got the skils to pull it off!)

Oh yeah, forgot to say im not feeling the bronze on th hf either. I sometimes think: Screw this composition lark, if i paint everything the colour it should be itll be fine.... right? If you want it to pop, not really sure what to replace the colour with. what about a purple/yllow heat glazed silver like in IA:Masterclass?

Vitruvian XVII wrote: Now youre making me feel guilty!!

The mindfield sounds cool, and youve got me all worked up, i wanna know now!! (jk, just work on it whenur ready, even if its a complicated diorama im sure youve got the skils to pull it off!)

Oh yeah, forgot to say im not feeling the bronze on th hf either. I sometimes think: Screw this composition lark, if i paint everything the colour it should be itll be fine.... right? If you want it to pop, not really sure what to replace the colour with. what about a purple/yllow heat glazed silver like in IA:Masterclass?

Yeah, not too happy with that part either. Should be getting the IA:Masterclass for xmas so will have a look and try some of the stuff in there. Hoping to use this for my Ragnarok also

You'll be the first to know about the diorama sir

Looking good! The commissars cape looks very realistic. (good luck with painting all those troops!)

BTW, IA:Masterclass is fantastic! Most of the paint techniques use things like an airbrush, oil paints, weathering powders and other such items so you might want to look into getting some of them to get the same results. (it also has a tutorial on how to make dioramas )

Commander Cain wrote:Looking good! The commissars cape looks very realistic. (good luck with painting all those troops!)

BTW, IA:Masterclass is fantastic! Most of the paint techniques use things like an airbrush, oil paints, weathering powders and other such items so you might want to look into getting some of them to get the same results. (it also has a tutorial on how to make dioramas )

Sounds great! Will look into getting some of those bits before the book so I'm all stocked up. Thanks Cain!

Today I've done some work on my Engineers.. well, some of them... 15 more to go!

they look superb, your muted tones are very effective.

Very nice! How did you manage to get that amazing bronzish effect on the helmets?

Commander Cain wrote:Very nice! How did you manage to get that amazing bronzish effect on the helmets?

As with most things.... by accident!

Used Graveyard Earth and once dry a heavy wash of Devlan Mud which you kinda move around on helmet/armour to make certain areas darker than reset. Then once dry some boltgun metal chips. Simple as that.

Thanks again guys for comments. Very much appreciated. Working next 4nights so no updates till after then :(

Great looking engineers. Though the more you look at them the stumpier they get, but thats the sculpt.

The finish on the armour is really good,looks like they've been fighting in the wastelands for years.

Regnak wrote:Used Graveyard Earth and once dry a heavy wash of Devlan Mud which you kinda move around on helmet/armour to make certain areas darker than reset. Then once dry some boltgun metal chips. Simple as that.

Simple, but oh so effective. Excellent job on these guys, and can't wait to see that commissar finished

Looking awesome as always. Have you got enough stuf painted for a respectable group shot yet? (or failng that, just assembled) Would love to see how your stuff looks collectively!

And, you've gotta love devlan mud! I consistently find a way to smother it on my models, works wonders! (well, any wash really, but devlan does the donkey work best i find!)

Oh, and are you going to be doing a Breeching Drill? I <3 that model so much....

wolfshadow wrote:Oh, and are you going to be doing a Breeching Drill? I <3 that model so much....

Got the model and its WIP Its coming sir
Got so much I want to work on but I'm knee-deep in Krieg... and apparently I might be getting some Krieg themed presents at Christmas! I'm still off work, hope to work on the Krieg over next few days. The chest infection was getting better but now coughing up blood has been added to the equation! :( Doh! Hope I get fixed up before xmas.. :( ... MEDIC!

Regnak wrote: ... MEDIC!

You're supposed to face your death with unflinching determination and acceptance, in the knowledge that you are serving the emperor......

And coughing blood, ouch, sounds like TB! (lol, only joking) Keep it up!

Go see a doctor dude! Coughing up blood sounds moderatly serious.

Glad to hear your doing a breeching drill. :-)

Graveyard earth and devlan mud, both are great for seemingly everything. (hope you are feeling better before christmas, we need you in the fight against the enemies of humanity )

Vitruvian XVII wrote:Looking awesome as always. Have you got enough stuf painted for a respectable group shot yet? (or failng that, just assembled) Would love to see how your stuff looks collectively!

And, you've gotta love devlan mud! I consistently find a way to smother it on my models, works wonders! (well, any wash really, but devlan does the donkey work best i find!)

This is by no means all my DKOK, but here is a small group shot of some of the finished and nearly finished models. Got lots of figures that are not even undercoated yet or that just have he jacket colour done. I was going to take a picture of everything then my camera decided to die on me.. tainted by Chaos!!!

Hope you like it Vitruvian?

GRIMDARK!

Wow , very immpressive . I love them . can you reveal your secret to that fantastic breastplate colour on your general?

neil101 wrote:Wow , very immpressive . I love them . can you reveal your secret to that fantastic breastplate colour on your general?

Sure!
First a coat of Boltgun metal. Then a wash of Badab Black. Pick out certain areas again with boltgun metal. Lastly paint the bits you want a more extreme highlight with Mithril Silver. Simple as that!

Thanks mate i have loads of breast plates to do for my roughriders.. I dont have baddab black shall pick it up now you mentioned it..

Definitely do, Regnak! They really look awesome as a group, very coherent!

Dont quite see why you saw the need to PM me, this thread is firmly placed in my subscription pile!!

Kep up the great work


edit: Haha! Just saw the thread title, love it!