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As of that pic I think your razorbacks stand out a bit to much gits, tone them down and they will be great! (but I guess you will since it's still wip?)

out of interest, do you plan on doing a squad of straight-up green mantis tactical marines? You have scouts, multi-cultural () marines and tranquility veterans...

@Rose: They aren't exactly WIP... but they may eventually get some weathering which may fulfill your recommendation.

@shrike: Two squads (for the razorbacks) are slated to be done by Adepticon. Should be doing one shortly... The Inquisitional Squads will be in modern rhinos, but that project can wait a bit.

Do you have any ideas for a display board yet Gits?

Lennysmash wrote:Do you have any ideas for a display board yet Gits?

Am I still handling the display board for the team?

Ice Angel same question, sorry if you've said already.

Yes, the plan was for Ice and his buddy to handle the display boards... I've just slotted the last 5 days before the event for the display board just in case they get behind and need the time to finish their armies.

Lennysmash wrote:Ice Angel same question, sorry if you've said already.

As you've seen on some of my bases we're having discarded gear and the bodies from the other chapters that were in the Badab war. Our display board is going to be a brown field with more of the same, probably more banners and larger rubble. Still flushing out the specifics.

Update for tonight: finished picking out all the bolt gun metal bits and washed with badab black. Also got a nice white coat on the helmet and washed that badab black as well. Going to try to raise up a nice clean white with black lining on the helmet like some of the best painters on dakka do. Tomorrow the detail painting starts... skulls, melta, wires, highlights on metal parts, etc. (and the helmet of course).

There isn't much to photograph as of yet... perhaps after tomorrow night I'll feel there's a significant' enough amount of visual progress to post. Due to work commitments and a potential 40k tournament on Saturday, my weekend is FUBAR for painting which will put me behind schedule (not good for my first project). But only by a day or two at most. Even though I have plans for keeping this a fairly straight-forward paint job... I have high hopes for the final results as I just love the pose. A lot will ride on how well I can make the battle damage & chipping look during the final steps. I did get my #1 (smallest) needle for the airbrush which will greatly facilitate the painting of the scorch marks near the blasts. IF I can figure out how to change the needle of course.

Wish me luck...
Gits

Good luck gitz!!!!!!!!!

so many lucks, def if it means we get to see another beautiful model

he Git looking good on the OP.
the best of luck and su7 on the tournament

thought the left page was funny, looks like you got a baby git almost I mean the names aren't too close... I just found it amusing!

They just can't get over the stupid, corny names.... which after 20 years... is just kind of pathetic.

i have to agree its always the same few words being reused withthe occassional new title... its as if they use soem sort of online generator..

Gitilla the Hunter = Atilla the Hun

Just slly... I'd prefer formulaic to silly.

I dont know, but I love em. I get a kick out of all of the cheesy names every time. Gitilla Da Hun-------ter HA!

Gitsplitta wrote:Gitilla the Hunter = Atilla the Hun

Just slly... I'd prefer formulaic to silly.

Wow, I would've never found that out but for you telling us!!
(But the name was quite weird, I have to admit...)

Yeah i didn't even notice how awful that was. I was just thinking it was bad and silly, but that makes it even worse!

Finally an update on the dread. Details are painted. Note there aren't many of them. That's because between the camo and the damage this figure is going to be *very* busy so I want to leave the base painting as simple as possible.



And here's a close-up of the head. My first attempt at Iffy's white. Worked pretty darn good and was far easier than I thought...



Tomorrow night... sepia lining around some of the plates and adding the camo!

that dred is looking thug

Looking good! The head in particular is looking very nice.

Just read through thread... Too awesome...

Really beautiful models, now I better get back to my astral claws! Thank you for the inspiration

The dread is really looking great, good job.

With the lining, try diluting the wash/paint with some gloss varnish as it will flow much more smoothly and give you time to clean up the lining a bit. There are some photos of the technique on my Guard blog

Thanks endtrans, I'll try that on what's left.

mini-update: Got up early and got most of the lining done. However the highest visibility areas are still to do, so I can try out endtrans' technique.

all you need is to put checks on him and he could be a Lamenter... Were going to have a very " Yellow " game.

Ah, Gits I am glad Epic Thread will continue to be Epic. Thanks for updating the summary, it allowed me to get back up to speed quickly.

Excellent work as usual, I'm looking forward to the inevitable Adepticon After Reports!

--Brian




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Oh, almost forgot (thanks auto append!)

For an Army Shot, you may wish to consider following some of the artwork in the BBB or Codexii, of chapters in their "great hall" all lined up inside or on the field of battle, ready for inspection. Not a lot of detail in those pictures, but they're still quite stirring in their own right!

@SL: *chuckle*, yeah... but we'll have one of the best looking yellow armies out there!

@Briancj: Hey Brian, good to have you back! Thanks for the feedback on the OP modifications and summaries. Deciding to keep the blog a single entity was contingent on improving it's accessibility to new or returning readers, so I'm glad some of the changes have worked for you. Your comments on the army shot are helpful. My problem at the moment is that I just don't have enough figures painted yet for any kind of official inspection photo to have any credibility. Once I get the Adepticon force done, I may have achieved enough critical mass to make a decently impacting photo.

I'll bring my camera to the event this weekend, so with luck, there might be a battle report or so appear next week. For good or ill, they'll be learning experiences.

Love the dread. Can't wait to see the damage and camo on it. The white head looks great.