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Guess what? PICS!


Ze top half.


Ze lower half.


And ze rockety bit.


Orky numbero three.


Sideways Orky.


And a behind sidways-ish view so ya'll can see my fancy dials and wires. I'm always thrilled whenever I can find something to use orange on as it's my fav color.

Now I'd like to do some more painting right now, but I'm dead from my workout at the gym, so I'm not even sure I can lift a paintbrush...but I hope you guys enjoy what I've got here for you and, as always, thanks for looking and happy painting!

Looks good Bunnygurl! I like the wires and Gauges in that last picture. Good to hear that at least one of us wargamers exercises, Goin' Fasta on the treadmill? Or pumpin da Iron?

Thanks. I do both...only gone for 3 days now...but it turns out I need ALOT of cardio work...I can't even jog for 3 minutes...boo. Da pumpin iron is going well, but lots more work needed there as well. Boo to sitting on my ass for 4 years.

Looking sharp! However I will confess to only just realising that the jumpsuits are in fact a very dark green, not black , liking the white on the backpacks, adds a lot of contrast to what can be a rather bland model! Seeing these progress is making me itch to immerse my rushed-and-poorly-painted mob of 15 and re-paint them.

On a side note, I don't know your opinion, but personally I really dislike the random tusks strapped to some of the stormboyz boots, (though you have painted them quite well)

AWZUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good onez i have my doubts bout the storm boys but they come with truly great headz! keep the good work and save some headz they would look great on a buggy or a bike

The stormboys look great, and fair play painting all those wires.

Great stuff. They are made of win!

Nice stormboyz. The squad will look great when complete.

Very nice work indeed, the squad is really starting to take shape!

Thank you, thank you, thank you all!

Pretty.

Wow...it has been a while hasn't it? Over a month. Well...it seems I've been a little obsessed with going to the gym lately. I've lost a few pounds, gained quite a bit of muscle as well as energy and self confidence. This however, hasn't left much time for painting. Probably didn't help that I got myself on an aquarium kick as well. I bought a Ryukin Goldfish (I wanted some Bala Sharks too but it didn't seem like a good idea at the time to drop a big chunk of money on a nice big new fish tank). My goldfishs name is Roger, he's purdy and he's my friend.

Awkwardly, I haven't finished a single model in the time from last post to this, but I figured you'd like to know I was still alive. I have done some work on that Skulltaker that I bought for my mother. I'd like to have it finished by Sunday (Mother's day). Keep in mind it's very WIP, but I'd like any tips ya'll have on making it purrfect for me mother. Take a peek and let your tongues fly.





Thanks for looking and I hope to be able to post regularly again. Damn fitness...so...much...fun!

your skull taker looks great and its still unfinished.

Agreed, Skulltaker is looking solid

Yeah he's looking really good so far, must have been a lot of work painting all those skulls.

Thanks so much for the comments guys. I'm much happier with how this one is turning out compared to the first one I did - which can embarassingly be found on page 1.

GiraffeX - it was quite time consuming painting each skull, but I did it outside on my deck in my backyard in the beautiful sunshine so it seemed like I was finished in a flash. Nothing like painting outside in the sunshine. ^_^

Looks very good so far. Im glad to see that you are back in the painting groove.

Yay! you are back!!!!!

bunnygurl wrote:GiraffeX - it was quite time consuming painting each skull, but I did it outside on my deck in my backyard in the beautiful sunshine so it seemed like I was finished in a flash. Nothing like painting outside in the sunshine. ^_^

That's an interesting one, cant say I've ever tried painting in the garden, miniatures that is lol.

You should try it man. Especially when the sun's shining bright. It starts to suck a little when cloud cover rolls in and the wind picks up - it can still be a touch chilly here this time of year when that happens - but IMO it sure beats the hell out of hovering under a lamp. No matter where you go you've got great light to paint under. Probably doesn't help I'm a sunshine/outdoor nut. Painting outside is officially my new obssession.

Inget - Hi dude!!!!!!

On a side note, I'm a little disappointed in myself. I didn't finish my Skulltaker for my mother yet. All I have left is his head, his sword arm and one final highlight on the skin, but sadly I got distracted by a Beastman Chariot.

So I finished my Skulltaker at about 7pm last night, so I suppose technically it was finished on Mothers Day...my mother just doesn't know it's finished yet 'cause I'm not sure if he needs another skin highlight or not. Thoughts?


I've also noticed I've gotten pretty bad at taking pics lately. It's either becuase I don't have my usual pic taking spot, or I've totally and completely lost my touch. Either way, so sorry.





And huzzah to me I've started on my Eldar Guardians I got for X-Mas. Haven't gotten too terribly far yet. My question is, should I leave their armor this dark blue or should I bring to brightness up a notch? I'm thinking brighten it up, but I kinda like the dark look as well. Thoughts?



Thanks for looking and happy painting!

Hey Bunnygurl,
For the Skulltaker, I would leave his skin tone as is, but darken the red armor (shoulder pads, leg guard) with a wash or two.
Guardians look good. I would hold off on the next highlight until you've finished the helmets to see if it is worth it or not.

Im with moltar on the skin and armor stuff. As for the guardians are you doing Iyaden or homebrew craftworld? I would do the helmets first though to see if you need to brighten the armor a little

I would leave most of the guardians' armor plates as is, just do a sharp edge highlight to make the armor shapes stand out a bit more.

oh... You make me depressed!!!!!!!!!!! I want to have a cammera to!!!!!!!!!! I want to be able to upload pics... but as you might now, i have had an break-in, and they took my cammeras, a wheelbarrow, my sis' computer, some of my moms stuff and a blanket... :((((((

But got to say as i allways do: SUPER NICE WORK!


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O, and i like it dark, and i like the skin as it is, and how old are you if i may ask.?.

Thanks for the input everyone. I really like the Eldar dark as well so that's a bonus for me, and it also makes less work sans highlights. As far as the helmets go, I was gonna do them all white, with the face area black and yellow eyes. It looks cool in my minds eye but sometimes my mind can be a bit askew.

Inget - I'm so sorry to hear of your break-in. I do believe I remember you talking about that a little while ago. And thank you, and I am 22.

OK, and thx.


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you were on the dakka dakka homepage agian!

So I haven't been as on track as I would've liked with my painting over the past few weeks. Been working pretty hard outside in my gardens. I officially have strawberries and raspberries fruiting for me - huzzah. But I have stuck the brush to a couple things here and there. All that's really noteworthy right now is my Beastmen Chariot that was sitting in the box since March last year. The chariot is done (or at least I like to think so) and the beastmen were just started on their base colors last night so I only have the chariot to show right now.







Ya know...now that I look at the pics up close...the chariot (especially the boars) look much better from afar.

And just for the fun of it...

...tis be alot of clanrats. I bought and assembled a couple movement trays to keep my Clanrats neat and tidy and I thought they looked much better than randomly strewn about my table and in boxes.

Well thanks for looking and happy painting.

Edited 'cause I can't seem to type properly. Seems I had missed a few letters...

That is a lot of clanrats. From what I can see they look good though. The chariot looks good too. I cant say that I am a fan of the boars that are pulling it though. I think they need to be darker. HOORAY for fruit! Fresh fruit is fantastic