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Assult squad looks good man! keep it up! love it!

Gitsplitta wrote:Looking good man, nice fig.

Thanks Gits, he is coming along slowly but surely.

HAZZER wrote:Assault squad looks good man! keep it up! love it!

Thanks Hazzer, Some more updates inbound;

That marine has ad more work!



The Serg has had some more work;



The rest of the squad;



















The squad all together;



Well I need a bit of advice, I was wondering what colour to paint one of the marines tabard/cloth thingy. The rest of the army has them in white but maybe it should be a bit different for this squad. One of the guys has a face as a knee pad, I was wondering whether to do it brass with verdigris or shiny god or silver? The other big question is what to do with the chain swords? What colour should I make them.

I intend to do a non metallic metal sword on the sergeant.

On a different topic, you know how I sometimes post some pics that aren't related to the chapter, I photographed my Bunny Girl Blood Bowl Team. Hope you like them, if you do give them a vote in the gallery.

Looking good! keep it up!

Done a bit more on the Sergeant;

That is one of the best shades of reds iv'e ever seen!!!

Not to mention the white is sexy as hell man, keep up the great work.

Looking god man! keep it up!

dangledorf2.0 wrote:That is one of the best shades of reds iv'e ever seen!!!

Not to mention the white is sexy as hell man, keep up the great work.

Thanks man! Red is just a light coat of scab red over chaos black.

HAZZER wrote:Looking god man! keep it up!

Keep the encouragement coming!

So did you guys like the Bunny Girls? I can't believe no one has commented!
I have just received two really cool female commissar models in the post from two different companies and I'm wanting to paint them soon, the problem is it is giving me some motivation for my huge Guard (Cadian) project that has been on hold while I do marines. Do you think starting a third blog with the Guard might be spreading myself a little thin? Should I wait until this project is concluded or at least on a pause before returning to it? Anyway here are some photos of the girls in question;


First up we have Ivanka Khrganova from Raging Heroes, I saw her in the gallery this month and just had to order her!



Next Viktoria Skivlana from War Forge, again spotted in the gallery and bought in my greed for more models! She comes in resin and is very finely detailed!





Well better try and paint some more of the Emperor's Wings so I can update next time on topic!

You know... you could paint that right leg... put it by itself on a display base and probably walk away with a "win" in most painting competitions...

Are we all sex starved nerds?

Well moving on... I have done a bit more work on the Assault Serg today and so here are some pics;

I decided to free hand another honour laurel on his shoulder pad, here I have outlined it in Chaos Black.



Then fill in the colour very carefully!



Then I did NMM on the relic blade







Finally a bit more detail like gems and the plasma pistol.









So nearly finished with him!

Reaper Man 2020 wrote:Are we all sex starved nerds?

Some of us are married... that's effectively the same thing.

I absolutely love the job you did on the relic blade Reaper. All those little brush strokes combine into a really great over-all effect... and it's different from the standard light/dark blends. Quite nice work mate... very solid.

Thanks Gits! Yep I'm married too!

The commasirs loojks really good! keep it up! The bun girls thing is really cool! I thought that I had commented on it though! I think that you should start a new blog for the gurd or if you have a gard blog, update that one! keep it up your doing really well!

HAZZER wrote:The commasirs loojks really good! keep it up! The bun girls thing is really cool! I thought that I had commented on it though! I think that you should start a new blog for the gurd or if you have a gard blog, update that one! keep it up your doing really well!

Thanks Hazzer. Which is your favourite bunny girl? I like the thrower with the ball hiked in at her groin! And the nurse/apothecary is cool. Does that mean you would prefer a Guard blog to the two marine ones I am currently running?

Gits, sorry forgot to respond to your comment on the relic blade, I'm not 100% on it yet might play a bit more with it. My first attempt was on a skaven model and it came out better I thought. Here's a pic let me know what you think as a comparison.

Well, the marine's sword looks more like metal, the skaven's sword looks more like glass. Both are very cool to my eye.

What were you going for?

Well a reflective metal that has cut through a few things but well kept. I don't really want highly polished or mirrored surface. It has grown on me after a day.

I'm glad... I think it's an excellent effect.

Thanks Gits!

Well a bit more done today! A couple of assault marines from the squad got some work. I really wish I was quicker at this!!!













I'm now going to take a brake from these guys and start some Pre Heresy Death Guard!!

Completly forgot about the death guard blog! Imp then I would start a 3rd! I like the bunny with the wights and the one with her arms up!

Ok OT, I think I'm going to start another blog! This one is going to be my Necron army, which I'm hoping will be a quick army! Here are the first test figures for you guys to have a sneak peak of what is coming up.





What do you reckon am I on to a winner?

OMG! The necron's metalic looks soo real! How did you do that?

ditto

Fess up.

Love the Landspeeder/ Drop pod thingee. Also love that metallic look on the 'Cron.

I cant wait to see what you do with the crons, they look sweet!

I'd say we have a winner; now talk.; tell us how you did this or face the rather of the Ordo Dakkus.

HAZZER wrote:OMG! The necron's metalic looks soo real! How did you do that?

Gitsplitta wrote:ditto

Fess up.

Ok it's a bit of a cheet but it is very effective. I have used Alclad 2 chrome effect lacquer, you have to apply it over a gloss black they also sell with the airbrush, I haven't applied the last coat of Aqua Gloss yet which will give it the full chrome effect. the website is http://alclad2.com/ and you can find retailers in your area on their website, some really great metal effects to be found here.

Norn King wrote:Love the Landspeeder/ Drop pod thingee. Also love that metallic look on the 'Cron.

Thanks and welcome to the thread, I hope you'll comment on future posts.

rowenamosgallant wrote:I cant wait to see what you do with the crons, they look sweet!

I should have the blog up tomorrow evening GMT.

l33tninj4 wrote:I'd say we have a winner; now talk.; tell us how you did this or face the rather of the Ordo Dakkus.

See above for details.

Wow most response I have had from a single post!!

Hmm..Very ekffective reaper! Like it.

I think its time for me to start some crons!

Had a look through all this and have to say i'm really impressed, I think the thing that really stands out for me is your lenses, they are always perfect. definitely going to try and 'emulate' a little. Lovely freehand too! and the necrons look great, cheat or not Personally if it looks better than the same effect that has taken hours, who's really winning? ....You...that is who.

Thanks for all your support on my thread btw, good to know the dakka community is so helpful.

For those in the states who want some chrome they can airbrush on, I've used Mirrachrome from Alsa before on some Transformers to great effect.
http://www.alsacorp.com/products/mirrachrome/mirra_price.htm

I've had the same idea with crons, but the stuff is just so expensive to use. Glad to see someone doing it though!

Just noticed yours has US vendors as well. Just take my link as a second option then

HAZZER wrote:Hmm..Very ekffective reaper! Like it.

I'll try and get a finished test model up soon. Can't decide on green eyes or going red to really do the whole terminator thing!

Capitansolstice wrote: I think its time for me to start some crons!

Yes you should!

J-paint wrote:Had a look through all this and have to say i'm really impressed, I think the thing that really stands out for me is your lenses, they are always perfect. definitely going to try and 'emulate' a little. Lovely freehand too! and the necrons look great, cheat or not Personally if it looks better than the same effect that has taken hours, who's really winning? ....You...that is who.

Thanks for all your support on my thread btw, good to know the dakka community is so helpful.

Thanks for dropping by and seeing the blog, thanks for the compliments too. You are right I should knock the army up quite quick and it will look great so win win!

whalemusic360 wrote:For those in the states who want some chrome they can airbrush on, I've used Mirrachrome from Alsa before on some Transformers to great effect.
http://www.alsacorp.com/products/mirrachrome/mirra_price.htm

I've had the same idea with crons, but the stuff is just so expensive to use. Glad to see someone doing it though!

Just noticed yours has US vendors as well. Just take my link as a second option then

Damn that other stuff is really expensive, take a look at the prices on the Alclad 2 and you will see that is is way cheaper!!