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@Baiyuan: Thanks very much.

@MajorTom11: Cheers! I guess It's either Terminators or Techpriests next after that mob of Boyz is finished.





Update on da boyz - as good as finished!

After this litte trip into green territorry with the Orks, we're back to Space Hulkamania with early WIP Techpriests:




The awesomeness of dark metal and dark red combined never ceases to astound me. :p


Apart from that, it's time to finish that second batch of Averlanders (10 Archers, 1 Warrior Priest, 1 Mortar and Crew and 1 Steam Tank). Let's start with the archers and mortar crew and save the fun stuff for last:


Both pictures still aren't really finished so not that much to comment on I suppose. Still, questions, comments and critique are highly welcome as always. See you soon!

Beautiful red on the robes!

@MajorTom11: Thanks. I feared it came out a little too red and not brownish enough but it looks so darned nice. Glad you like it.


Well, here's the as-good-as-finished archers:


The feather on comrade Lenin's hat is still to finish as well as some finishing highlights here and there. I'll finish them tonight and hope to finish the Mortar crew as well.

See you soon!

It is close, the termies should be similar colors, but I see the robes as 50% shading, 25% mid and 25% highlight, whereas the red on the terms would be more like 25% shading, 50 percent mids and 25 % highlight, with one single brighter highlight color if that makes sense?

Empire guys look great as usual, I would love to see some knights or a steamtank in that scheme... or..... better yet... GIANT!

I am absolutely jealous of those amazing orks.

@MajorTom11: Thanks very much; that clears up the colour choice on the Terminators a bit better for me. Thanks for that and the compliments on the Empire guys. I really like these black-and-yella fellas a lot. Steam tank is coming up, knights were done about a month ago. Not quite in the same colour scheme but very close (knights of the blazing sun - my favorite knightly order).

@Heffling: thanks!






Okay, sorry, I could have spared us the last update - the archers are finished now. I redid a bit more than I had planned but I like them quite a bit now. To make up for the heads on the state troopers, the faces and hats on these archers are terrific! It's a great mix of faces that are very reminicent of artworks of that time, some older faces and one face definately was sculpted after Lenin. I also love the outfits on those fellas. These little napkin-like things (sorry, can't think of a more proper term at the moment) around their necks and these hats indeed make for a more rural look and like they are simpler variations on traditional regional garbs which I really, really like. Empire armies are supposed to be colourful bunches after all.

Anyway, pictures:



I'm also happy to announce that the mortar crew is finished as well. I like those lads a lot because they have a lot of characters. I did some very small bitz swaps on those guys to make them look a bit different to other gun crews:


...and the last picture today is the first WIP of the Sigmarite warpriest:



Hope you like everything. Comments and critique are highly welcome as always and don't forget to visit Battle Brush Studios on Facebook!

Once again, I am astounded by how few people on Dakka respond to posts concerning WHFB, no matter how awesome the models look! I love the work you are doing on that Empire commission, the highlights are sublime!

_Tim?

+1 to that... I think though if Sigur were to update the title with the projects he is working on, a lot more people would look. That being said, when something is really, really good, they sometimes don't write anything simply because there is nothing to criticize!


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Hey Sigs, is the empire stuff a commision? For some reason I was under the impression it was yours - Man, is it tough giving away all your hard work when it is done? I would just want to stack shelves of awesomeness over and over lol

Those archers look really nice, I have been thinking about getting a box to paint for my empire project and now I think I have to.

@Some_call_me_Tim?: Thanks. THehe lack of feedback may really stem from the fact that my thread name isn't really advertising the content. Didn't know you could change thread titles on Dakka at a whim to be honest but I'll do that from now on I guess.

@MajorTom11: Cheers and thanks for the heads up. I'll adapt the thread title from now on (if I think of it. ). Yes, the Empire army is commission work as is 90% of everything you'll see in this thread. I really don't have time to paint my own minis any more really. With each mini I paint, sending them off is kind of sad every time but then I don't play often and my own minis pretty much sit on the shelves and get to see only little action and I prefer the minis I paint to get on the field as well from time to time. People actually using them for playing games, having fun and stuff because that's what they're made for.

Very quick update - Mortar shortly before being finished. The kit's very old (2000ish IIRC) and unhappily I have to admit that it shows so I added that little pennant to the front to add some colour.

Love the Averland scheme, wish mine looked that good!

Also, the continued work on Toms stuff is sweet, keep it up!

The current Mortar/Cannon kits are absolute classics, and hardly old at all, considering that the current line of GW's standard plastic Space Marines haven't changed much for the last thirteen years or so. GW's WHFB Empire has taken a HUGE turn in terms of design and looks. You can see this just by comparing the Archers and Mortar crew. I would call the current Empire Knights "old". The armoured horse molds date back to 1991 if I recall correctly, and it really shows, but then again, they're classic of the Empire as we know them today.

If you think they look old what about the VC black knights?

@Vitruvian XVII: Thanks.

@Cosmic: Indeed. You don't need to tell me about old, believe me. I know how old stuffs are.

@dantay_xv: The VC black knights are brand new, they just look bad. Once more a proof how "newer models" don't necessarily equal "better looking".




Doop-de-doo...Update...

Finished mortar and crew:



WIP Warrior Priest, soon to be finished:



Hope you like them.


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After some sitting around, thinking of possible colour schemes for the steam tank, I came up with this:



I didn't want to go for a metallic hull because nowhere else in the army are large bodies of full metallic colour so I opted to go for a scheme not unlike the one misterjustin (google him if you haven't heard of him yet. He's good at that miniatures painting stuff He runs Secret Weapon too.) but instead of putting a focus on weathering, I'll keep the paintjob cleaner, more classic. I also added that little variation on the colour scheme to make it a bit more diverse instead of just keeping one colour on each side. So that's the thing I'll be working on mostly for the next days. How do you like the colourscheme?


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I did a bit more "outlining" on the Stank so you get a better idea what I'm having in mind:

Looks great to me!

@MajorTom11: Cheers!


Okay, it's taking a little (very little) more shape:


...and a frontal shot:

Looking good! Whats going on with the smoke stack though?

@whalemusic360: Errr, nothing. Ditched the idea. :p

So here's yet another picture that shows hardly any progress:




I decided to just not do the yellow and black furnance. maybe I'll do the top a bit more colourful (hence why it's still yellow). Hope you like it!

I am sure the client would rather have lots of updates with minimal changes then minimal updates with lots of changes.

@whalemusic360: Agreed.



Okies, Steam Tank is finished (apart from the scripture in the front and a tiny detail in the back I just noticed now):





FUN FACT: The parchment lookalike thing in the back sports the letters FF and RW which actually is supposed to mean "Fridolin Feichtinger" and "Ronaldo Wunderlich", the engineers in charge who worked on the tank. Only after finishing the letters, I noticed that the letters look a lot like "Fast Forward" and "Rewind".


edit: Oh, I almost forgot - tiny little advancement on the Mechanicus guys:

Fantastic. Honestly that is probably the best steam tank I've ever seen, I am going to have to get you to write up a tutorial on how you do your metals!

Very excited to see progress on the Mechanicus too, looking good! Great freehand on the cog trims -

Oh my. I'm just now seeing this thread.

You sir are incredible! That is the one and only Steam Tank I would love to watch destroy my army.

Subscribing to this.

Really like the thunder wolves back on Page 5. I have the same models so your example are certainly going to be an inspiration.

Great paint jobs on those old minis! I still have my RT-era Ork army collecting dust in the basement, and those pix bring back some memories! Very nice paint jobs.

Valete,

JohnS

MajorTom11 wrote:Fantastic. Honestly that is probably the best steam tank I've ever seen,

Completely Agree! Sigur, you sir, never cease to amaze.

@MajorTom11: Thanks. Of course the freehands on the AM guys still are somewhat fuzzy and need some tidying up and highlighting and whatnot.

@Soul of Iron: Many thanks. Keep on looking in here for news.

@randyc9999: Thanks man. There's tons of resin Thunderwolves around now but I think that these still are my favorites. Are you going to use the legs that come with the wolves or are you going to convert regular SM legs?

@cygnuss: Cheers but by all means, get them out and painted! These are great fun to work with.

@Moltar: Thank you. I'll try to keep on amazing people then.



Alright, as for something not really connected to this Averland commission...what could this be now?










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Alright, after a lot of guessing and reckoning (cough cough), here's the first proper shot of this little project I'm working on aside of my commission work along with some other minis for scale purposes:

@cygnuss: Cheers but by all means, get them out and painted! These are great fun to work with.

Oh, they're painted! My first army and I'm still reasonably proud of the paint jobs even today.

Valete,

JohnS

HOLY SHIP!!!

Looks really impressive that, looks like a good start!

@cygnnus: Ah, sorry then. For some reason I suspected they were unpainted. Do you have any pictures of the army? I always love to see painted Orks from that time.

@Vitruvian XVII: Thanks.

Well, seems like the Landship needs quite a bit more work because the whole hull is bent a bit so a fair bit of filing is in order.

So to actually get something done, I got cracking on the AM guys again. Still WIP but I plan to finish them tonight.