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If I'm right (and I might not be) the only pre-heresy chapter to be allowed to wear the emperors eagle is the Emperors Children.

Edit: I vote to keep all your stuff in one blog, makes it a lot easier to find what you're up too

 nerdfest09 wrote:
and i'm guessing the chest eagle should be red? i've been trying to find a pre heresy scheme but there is soooooo much contradicting info i'm not sure what to take as gospel.

hey, do you think I should start a separate thread to focus on terrain stuff? I am planning that ZM board and it should be pretty involved as far as planning and work goes, I thought I may have it by itself so this thread doesn't get cluttered with Imperial Guard,Slaanesh,Flesheaters AND a game board?

 GiraffeX wrote:
If I'm right (and I might not be) the only pre-heresy chapter to be allowed to wear the emperors eagle is the Emperors Children.
Edit: I vote to keep all your stuff in one blog, makes it a lot easier to find what you're up too

Correctamundo. No Aquilas on Pre/Heresy Era stuff.

I also agree - keep it all in one place. Easier to find, look at and comment on.

Well, I'm just thinking right now! I know that's a stretch to believe eh! but my bits don't appear to be arriving anytime soon :-( so I am going to paint up some more of my Punisher tank! you know the one? remember the one with BRUCE WILLIS driving it? yeah, memory jogged now! good :-)

O.k the barrels on the main gatling gun, i want to paint them so they stand out as something powerful, I was going to do the ususl heat burn and blue fade but then started thinking about the colour of the metal if this thing is churning out such a high rate of fire would the barrels glow red/white hot? i've googled and youtubed and the examples i have found go one of two ways, result one: no change of colour result two: barrels glow a pinkish hue, paler towards the middle of the gun and nearly white at the tip, does this sit well with you guys? would it look good or would it look like it should join my Slaanesh force lol ;-)

that sounds very interesting about the pink glow i think that would look really cool man...i would really want to see that the the blue way is kinda boring i would go for the more unique approach ont his i mean it is a leman russ and it is glorious and ll so it would be fitting as to see it looked like the barrels are glowing pink from so much lead out put.

You'd have to be careful not to overdo it as it would start to look like a laser weapon of some kind.

Then there's the problem of; hot metal = expansion = bullets no longer fitting down barrel. But that's a real world problem, not a 40k problem.

A subtle glow could look cool though.

Subtle glow? 40k+subtle? :-) does that even work!

in the examples i saw the entire length of the barrels glowed but I could always use artistic licence and have the metal fading into the heat glow? I don't know whet else to search for to get some images of glowing hot barrels? and not the types that homeless people light fires in either!

Sounds cool enough to give a try. Worst case is you end up stopping it into a vat of paint be gone
Best case... you end up with a bad ass gun barrel

If anyone knows what to do with pink, it's you...

How about like they did on the barrel of the Glaive.

It's all relative NF. Subtle is Subtle. 40k subtle is not quite so subtle...

A quick google myself found this:

So it can happen.
Also notice how it looks cooler near the connecting rings and towards the tips...

DrH that's a good pic man! thanks the end of the barrels are probably cooling faster after the firing due to the smaller circumference and distance from the main body? I don't know? but if that's correct then I have the choice of using that pic as reference as if the Punisher has just stopped firing OR I can paint it as if it's firing and do the barrel ends nearly white ......ack! first world problems eh!


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Righto guys & gals! I think it may work? I had a few spare minutes & I was juuuuuust going to start it by painting the base orange but you know how these things go! I ended up doing most of it still some more tomorrow when i'm not painting under a dull light globe!

so, what do you think of the look? should I keep going with it? or does it not look right? I like it so far but that may change in the daylight does it appear heavily & recently fired by Bruce Willis?



something else arrived this arvo too! not my bits i'm waiting on sadly but still it's something cool! and I'll show you tomorrow!

Problem is it's so close in color to your camo scheme it just looks like an extension of it. I wouldn't associate the color of the barrels with having recently been fired.

I'm with Gits on this one. It doesn't look glowy. Sometimes when painting things, you need to exaggerate what you're painting to get the affect to work. Maybe go with a brighter glow, that stands out against your camo

Yeah, start with a deep orange, almost red-orange

Great thread, I love your take on chaos. I think your gun barrel needs to be more red base and a higher contrast with the barrels themselves being hotter than the rings(or whatever they are called). Inspiring work, I'm definitely along for the ride.

I would also say that it needs some moar glowiness to it. Also I would say that the barrel cowl at the end of the barrels wouldn't get as hot.

It does look very nice but as others have said it blends in too well with the tanks camo, looking forward to seeing what the postie brought.

Well I think I may have finished my Punisher probably just a few touch ups on Bruce and bits but she's good enough to show! I took your advice and it was KC who said I needed to exaggerate the effect on the cannon so I thought about it and went with the rule of cool I made it look like it was cooling down quite a bit and where it was closed in or close to each other I kept it looking hot, this darkened it up as a whole and gave it the contrast it needed with the camo scheme colours here's some update shots of how it looks at the mo!









And this is what arrived in the post yesterday my Obliterizers! I didn't like the lower part of the leaders face so I cut his mouth off and gs'd a grill into place.





and a comparison shot for you, these guys are also really good quality! clean casts, easy to work with, hardly any clean up needed and the details in them are intense!



Comments? how's the tank looking? any ideas for the Oblitz paint scheme?

Bruce and his tank are looking spot on now Damo, your Guard are going to look really impressive when their all painted up

Oblits look great as well they do look like they have a ton of detail, will keep you busy for a while I think. Not sure on the paint scheme but pink is a must

Thanks GFX! I think the barrels look much better now :-) is there anything else I need to do on Bruce's tank that i'm not seeing myself?

Oblits look wicked but they shouldn't take me too long to paint if I focus on a certain part at a time, they'll be next once I finish the Punisher completely! and i got a little envelope in the mail with a memory stick............ niiiiiiiiiiice! :-) legend!

Tank looks wonderful. Job you did on Brucie is amazing. What I wouldn't give to be able to paint skin like that.

Those oblits look very cool, very intimidating.

Those obliterators look really good, also liking the size of them compared to terminators. The leader looks like he wants a nice cianti(spelling, going for silence of the lambs quote).

Bruce is looking excellent, as always, don't think he ever had biceps like that. But as he will still be alive in 40k, who knows what sort of workout program he'll be on.

Yippee ki yeah .

Tank looks great. Liking the gun, looks just like I would think it should (still metal AND hot), nicely done.

That is a lot of detail on the Oblit's. From what I understand about them, they collect random weapons and equipment and incorporate it into their bodies, so maybe make bits look like they came from elsewhere and are being partially corrupted...

Nice work, NF. The metallics really made acdifference on the gun barrels (and the model asawhole). Great weathering on the dozer blade, and I love the skull on the turret. Nice touch. Bruce looks awesome.

Thanks again guys! I tried to do the skull like the Punishers logo :-) I thought it fitting, Punisher-Punisher!

and of course Bruce would be that buff in the future! a good few hundred years using the BowFlex and doing the Body by TapOut anyone can do it! it's easy...............come and get it!

I started buying models for the 2014 project today!

I guess bow flex needs a new representative after Bruce lays the smack down on chuck Norris. After all Bruce has nothing to hide behind a beard.

yippee-kai-aayy!

Holy moly that looks really good...Here I am lurking and watching and picking up some amazing ideas for when I finally get my air brush - so I can start working on my own armor fleet.

Great work.

Tank looks good, Check!
Obliterators looking more massive than normal terminators as in the fluff? Check! so far so good.

 nerdfest09 wrote:
i got a little envelope in the mail with a memory stick............ niiiiiiiiiiice! :-) legend!

I'm sure that will keep you occupied for a good while

Punisher is amazing! Bruce will go down in Dakka history!