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Hi! I am relatively new to 40K and would like to share my current WIP for the dakka community to look at.


Edit! Ok i've been a dakka member for over a year now and would like to thank everyone on dakka who has contributed to the website and given me lots of hints tips and techniques in all aspects of the hobby! I'll never be an A* painter but i appreciate everything i have taken in and everyone who has posted in this blog! Please continue to comment and critique!!!

Most up to date stuff would be on page 3

For being new to 40k even then they look amazing and ur on the right track... man i wish my models looked that good when i first started.


What did you use for the red it seems bright the kinda red in the codex and don't be afraid to apply highlights it makes models look ten times better

Hi Looks Infected. Im still tinkering with my highlighting skills! The red is done on the Rhino and the Baal by basing with Mechrite red and then Blood Red applied using a medium drybrush.

These are your first models? Wow! Thats about my painting standard at the moment!


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Also do you know what washes are like highlighting they make your models look better by going into the craks and shading the model.

i can see and the amazement of the highlights on the robes and the washes and the depth... thats a spicy meatball

keep up with painting them they look nice man i wish mine looked a fraction of that


thats almost the same paint scheme i have and it treats nice do you prime white?

indiana1000 wrote:These are your first models? Wow! Thats about my painting standard at the moment! Also do you know what washes are like highlighting they make your models look better by going into the craks and shading the model.

He probably knows exactly what Washes are, since he's clearly used them.



Anyway, very nice. In regards to the above Picture particularly, the Silver there could use a Badab Black Wash. Also, where you're washing the Cloak, the Effect is great, but be careful of excessive Pooling near the bottom. That's where the Wash all runs and gathers before it dries in, and it leaves a huge dark spot. Just dab with Kitchen Towl, or a Sponge, to fix. It's not bad, though.

Very nice models!

Looks Infected wrote:do you prime white?

Not unless he's either Painted all the Bases again, which I don't think he has done yet, or Primed them off-sprue. Since he's Base Coating with Mechrite Red, he's probably Priming Black. It won't make much difference once the Mechrite is on there, anyway.

+ Edit + Ooh, also, the Yellow looks a little thickly done on those Assault Marine Helmets. I'd recommend a Single Coat of Iyanden Darksun, the Foundation Paint, followed by a Coat of Golden Yellow, and then a Wash of Gryphonne Sepia. It'll look much more depthy and shaded than your current ones.

++ Edit ++ And again, in reference to this Picture, you might want to go back and touch up your Drybrushing. I say this because, if you look under the Window Hatches, there's a strip of lighter, drybrushed colour, and then below, there's some bare mechrite - or so it seems, it might be the camera - which looks a little sloppy.



But that's me being very picky. Great work overall! Also, the Storm Bolter looks kind of... pink.

Cheers popsicle, i went and touched up the captains cloak and its looking much better now, i had washed the back pack with Badab Black so i re did that also. Picky indeed but the critique is noted and appreciated. As with regards to the camera quality i don't own a digital camera so my blackberry camera it is and they aren't renowned for great quality.

Indiana, i use badab black on metals and devlan mud on cloaks and rhino/baal and scrolls

and Looks infected i spray chaos black, i have yet to base any of my models and i will get round to that once i decide what sort of terrain to base them on.

Popsicle, do you paint on the sprue? im thinking of doing this from now on because my tactical squad is proving hard to paint in behind their boltguns to a decent standard


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Also anyone in the dakka community able to point me in the direction of a good stencil image for the blood angels logo to spray on to the roof of the rhino???

So i got this cheap deal on ebay for some kids mucky blood angels army, the paint job is rubbish, half the models are broken. So i'll be working on removing the paint and seeing which models are salvageable and which are for scrap. Which gave me an idea!!!

The drednaughts legs snapped in transit which i wasn't too happy about and seeing as the kid glued the dreadnaught arm on i have decided to try my hand and modelling and customizing an objective marker. I managed to twist the arm off and snap in both legs has given me this sort of idea, i'm going to chop a few marines up sort of like this effect

Death Gear wrote:all done YA

http://www.dakkadakka.com/s/i/at/at2/2009/4/6/ca90023038a6dff2e349bde155b29f2b_10054.jpg

and have a few defending the dreadnaught for extraction.

Let me know what you all think???

Another bit of advice for you, I use the same Mechrite Red base but then wash Devlan Mud into all the recesses before applying a Mechrite / Blood red mix over the top. Also when highlighting use pale brown like Vomit Brown rather than yellow as this removes the orangey effect on the armour (when you get round to final highlights) There are some photos on the first page of my P&M blog of a Sanguinary Priest done this way if you want to see what it looks like before trying it out.

Keep up the good work and take all the good advice the people above have been dishing out.

Anyway, great work, amazing for your first minis

cheers alexneufeld!!! I just had a look at your P+M, I don't think i'll ever be able to get to that standard! Yours look amazing!!!

So i attempted stripping the paint on the ole dreadnaught last night and melted some of the plastic ooops!!! Oh well shall work it into damage of some sort :/

Below are images of the sort of idea i'm going for with my dreadnaught objective marker!

Dang look good! Love the Baal Predator!

Just an update on my dreadnaughts! Forgeworld arms came today! Wasn't impressed with the quality of the CC arms and no idea where to stick the built in storm bolter either!!! But oh well you live and you learn!!! Just need to add a few more details to the dreads, scrolls and the likes then they are ready to be sprayed!!!

those dreads look great!

Dude you are a machine!!

So gutted about the quality of that plastic dread. Those ebay pirates really mucked it up! I'll bring over my toothbrush and we'll see if we can get the paint off....

Look at all that forgeworld you got! Was that a resin razorback turret I noticed in the background? looks great.

Resin razorback indeed!!! going to use it on the baal i got out of that army i think! but we shall see

Looking good for a starter! Just make sure you don't overload your washes, if they are pooling up, you are putting too much on at once, keep some tissue on standby to blot up the biggest blotches and put on a few more thinner layers to avoid the issue at the bottom of the cape.

Btw, get yourself a can of red dragon army painter spray too, such a godsend when doing this much red!

Thanks MajorTom, i went back and redid the cloak and its much better now! I will post a photo soon as i've been working on my land raider all day!!!

Looking good, and welcome to the Blood Angels.

Thanks Cosmic Pixie, genius avatar by the way! Nobody likes LaLa!!! A solid days work has seen me base coat my landraider in mechrite and boltgun. I have also painted up 15 tactical marines to a good standard!! productive day indeed

Productive day AND you got the correct tellytubbie!

Are you some sort of god?

So i thought i'd try my hand at painting my sanquinary guards glaive encarmines and my librarians force weapon tonight! Have a looksies below!!! Also some of my other work from today!


And on that note! time for bed methinks! or at least a walk about, or a lie down! my back is rather sore!!!

Good afternoon folks! I am back after a week and a halfs forced absence due to crappy broadband provider!!! Hope to get some updates soon for you!

Yoooooo...updates would be good. I know you have lots to show us...

keep up the great painting!!

Hey s.j.mccartney! Have been working on those dud tac marines that you have heard so much about! Ran out of devlan mud wash though!! trip to gw methinks or a sneaky sneaky order from gifts for geeks! hope to post some pictures soon!!!

dude first time ive seen post but looks great dud keep up the good work

Girlfriends are awesome!!!! I got this after church this morning!!!!

Well its a nice selection of models, I think the main think its to water down you paints abit and try out some washes

gak man im impressed especialy for the fact there your first modles, ive just got back in to it after 10yrs or so, but your stuff is looking great oh i have blood angles too, whats your technique on painting the red if you dont mind my asking