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ok. just found this forum a few days ago. wasnt going to join cause im on a lot of forums already. however; i had to join to say this.....

Your army is extremely awesome! You have inspired me to finally get to painting my BA army more then just the minimum required for tournaments. Keep up the AWESOME work bud.

brotheryorei wrote:ok. just found this forum a few days ago. wasnt going to join cause im on a lot of forums already. however; i had to join to say this.....

Your army is extremely awesome! You have inspired me to finally get to painting my BA army more then just the minimum required for tournaments. Keep up the AWESOME work bud.

Welcome to the forums brothervorei and thanks for the comment!

Thanks for the response Eggroll, very helpful. Cant wait to see what ever it is you have up your sleeve next.

Anything new going on with your army?

I am sure Eggy will post something as soon as he has it

dad1946 wrote:Anything new going on with your army?

Not yet, been taking a break from painting. Will get back into it soon and post as soon as I get more stuff done.

Hits_The_Spot recommended I check out this page for airbrushing, as I'm about to pick up my first kit... LOL... holy ! I wonder, if you play with other people, (I'm sure aside from the gawking and comments) does player looks at yours, looks at theirs... looks at yours a bit longer... longingly... before starting the game? (and in all actuality, during and after, the ride home...)

I'll have to look through this in more detail to formulate some questions, but I've got the jet-pack question settled from previous posts. This is fantastic benchmark... and as MajorTom said earlier.. the SPEED at which you produce these...

HF Izanagi wrote:Hits_The_Spot recommended I check out this page for airbrushing, as I'm about to pick up my first kit... LOL... holy ! I wonder, if you play with other people, (I'm sure aside from the gawking and comments) does player looks at yours, looks at theirs... looks at yours a bit longer... longingly... before starting the game? (and in all actuality, during and after, the ride home...)

I'll have to look through this in more detail to formulate some questions, but I've got the jet-pack question settled from previous posts. This is fantastic benchmark... and as MajorTom said earlier.. the SPEED at which you produce these...

Thanks HF and sorry about the late reply. I actually don't play the game - not enough time and none of my friends play so I'm just into the hobby side of things for now.

Been a long time since my last update, was lacking motivation for awhile and then go sick and was out for a week. Finally got back into things and painted my chaplains. I'm still playing around with my blacks and putting some colour and hard lining the edges which has turned out quite well. Used shadow grey to give area highlights and codex grey to highlight edges:

Looking good Blood. I feel you on the lack of inspiration. I've been stagnant for over a month.....

Ditto... gonna attempt to shake the lead out today. Looks good Eggs!

Thanks wolfshadow and tom. Tom you need to definitely start working on that SR project of yours and break in that airbrush.


Took some pics of my DC Dread with blood talons and magna grapple tonight. Just finished it, the photos are a bit over exposed so the blue highlights on the black came out a bit brighter than what it looks like in person. I also swapped out the rear exhaust of the model with ones from the venerable dread kit. Overall I really like this new BA dread kit and will be using the other arm parts for some of my other dreads I still need to paint up.


Also a quick shot of my shelf of BA characters...my detolf is completely out of room, I need to buy a new case or start packing away some models to make room for new ones...

Lol I had an epic fail on that front this weekend :(

You however seem to have gotten back on track quite well! Everything looks great! My only comment would be that the skull on the dread seems a touch flat to the depth you've accomplished elsewhere on the model. Could be the contrast of the pic though -

That Dreadnought is soo intense man. Awesome stuff.

MajorTom11 wrote:Lol I had an epic fail on that front this weekend :(

You however seem to have gotten back on track quite well! Everything looks great! My only comment would be that the skull on the dread seems a touch flat to the depth you've accomplished elsewhere on the model. Could be the contrast of the pic though -

Too bad, you really need to start using that man cave of yours. Thanks for the comment and you're right, the skull could use more contrast. There is a bit of blending from a light brown to bone white but that's lost in most of the pictures. I'll have to go back and hit it with a light wash.

Micromegas wrote:That Dreadnought is soo intense man. Awesome stuff.

Thanks Micromegas!

Is the techmarine meant to be master of the forge or just a normal techmarine...he looks like he's got centre-space/taller than the others...

Great stuff Egg. Thats one of the best army shots iv seen from anyone here on Dakka, keep it up.

Very nice. Beautiful fades.

Thanks Hits_the_spot and rwzimmerman.

Imperial Monkey wrote:Is the techmarine meant to be master of the forge or just a normal techmarine...he looks like he's got centre-space/taller than the others...

It's just a normal techmarine. I have him on the plinth since he is in the centre of the display shelf. I move the models around quite a bit though so I might just give the plinth to another HQ unit soon.

Finished up a librarian last night and managed to get some good shots of it in my lightbox:


Also took the opportunity to get some pics of my previous paintjobs on the chaplain and dread...







Next up, I have three more dreads to do which I'm going to paint in a batch process.

very very beautiful!

more awesome paintwork eggroll.i love the claws on the death company dread.

Amazing stuff - the latest Dread is a perfect example of how colors can be both dynamic and balanced when expertly applied. This is top notch work, excellent photog's as well.

Thanks for the kind words Sageheart, shingouki and ambull.

Eggroll.

I find your rate of output and quality level disturbing.

Cease being awesome immediately.

Awesome army! Would you be able to do a basing tutorial or list what you use as I really like how your bases look.

MajorTom11 wrote:Eggroll.

I find your rate of output and quality level disturbing.

Cease being awesome immediately.

Heh, will do I need a break from painting this weekend anyhow.

Killmaimburnkillmaimburn wrote:Awesome army! Would you be able to do a basing tutorial or list what you use as I really like how your bases look.

Thanks kill. My bases are done quite easily, I use torn up cork board that I glue to the bases and then I put PVA glue in between the cracks and use GW sand on that. Some of my HQ's/elites have a skull glued on and that's it. I just prime them black and then drybrush them brown.

The DC dread is awesome. What color blue did you use
to hightlight the dark armor. The fading and shading
really looks great. The blood talons are some of the best
I have seen. Great work.

OMFG, enlighten me as to how you achieved the blue on the libby...it is magnificent!

Wow, really impressed with the Librarians face, you have a real knack for that!

Maybe in another 10'000 points my Blood Angels will start to look as awesome as yours!

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