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Time for me to check in again, lol. Great progress on the army Gits, the dread is absolutely immense. Personally I think the base and the dread clash an little in the photo and I'm still making my mind up on the melta hit but other than that its another first rate win from 'Gits Art Studio' - GAS for short

Well, the basing is what it is. It's the same kind of base that the rest of the army is on so I can't change it for one figure.

As to the rest... I like to keep experimenting as that's the only way I get better. Some things work better than others and a lot is in they eye of the beholder of course... but I'm satisfied with it. Time to move on.

Another splendid and creative paint job by Gits! I can imagine that when your army is deployed on the battlefield it must have a stunning look to it! Lots of quality work in your Dread. I love the fact that you made the effort to break up the colors a little with the white helmet (unless thats the original color of the Mantis elite). Great job on staying consistent throughout your army with the serrated areas of the color scheme. Your right, he does look quite busy, but if he is a centerpiece to your army then I dont see anything wrong with that. Again, fantastic work!

Are you using neo dymium (sp?) magnets Gits? If not, get them. Good times. Hold strong regardless of size. If you are then the fragility can be solved by greenstuffng holding blocks or being creative with the magnets

On my converted magnetised dread I've actually recessed the magnets on the arms and protruded the magnets on the chassis itself, this just adds another layer of strength to the magnets.

Green stuff holding blocks (particularly for annoying things like the HK missles) are another good option, thin 'block' of greenstuff that you work into the model that forms an almost 'lock piece' for the join. I'm likely not explaining it well. If you're interested let me know and I'll explain/document it a little better. I'm fail at englandish right now.

@Element: Thanks my friend. I really hope the army is going to be very impressive when done. That's kind of what I bring to my team I guess... I'm hardly a table-top Romel.

@Monkeh: Yes, and by-and-large they work great... just due to the size of some of these pieces the magnets I'm using are either really small, or don't make direct contact so things are little hinkey. But... they'll work fine over all. I think a did a good job putting them in though, even the magnets on his "shoulders" where the assault launchers go are invisible if you remove the launchers.

fatty wrote:there awesome blackhand put wont gw bug you about the fact you casted one of there parts?

unless he sells them, probably not.

the dread looks awesome, gits, but I have one nitpick- I think the base has too much going on- too busy. Not saying that I wouldn't love to have one or anything... ^^

Congrats on another awesome model Gits

You must be nearing completion now??

Oke i was just wondering thats all. thanks shriek

@shrike: might be the angle of the photos too... but then again, basing is a matter of personal taste. Basing won't change though for this model as it is consistent with the rest of the army.

@Vit: I wish... still so much to do. 10 troopers, 2 sternguard, 3 drop pods and my MoTF. No idea how on earth I'm going to get it all done. Sternguard and MoTF will get the "full treatment" but I'm going to have to make accommodations on the drop pods and troopers. Not that I won't try to make them look good... but for example the pods will get minimal detail on the interior so I can focus my time on the exterior & I'll be airbrushing 90% of the paint job on the tactical squads so to leave as little time-consuming brush painting as possible.

@fatty: As Blackhand does not sell any of his castings there is no IP infringement issue on which to base legal action.

Oh, well, i believe in you Gits, you can do it!!

I suppose you just have to thank god for the airbrush then! Just airbrushing boltgun and badab black onto the pod interiors should look decent imo.

They're already primed black on the inside & I'll be giving them a quick drybrush of boltgun metal tomorrow in-between working on the last two sternguard. I'll hit a few details on the interiors but very few... just enough to make them look fully painted.... then it's off to the outsides which get white primer and a yellow base (they're all for tranquility units unfortunately). I can probably do most of them with airbrushing but then there's the murderous job of putting the camo pattern on 3 pods. Uugh.

I have considered painting the pods green rather than yellow, figuring that if (as in my fluff) the tranquility units are essentially home-defense units they would not need pods of their own & would have been assigned to standard MW drop pods. But I'm not sure.

In either case it's all-or-nothing... either I do all three in tranquility pattern or as normal Mantis pods.

Any opinions?

I'd go with green. I dont see drop pods being individualized for units like other transports. They get used, there done (afaik), so spending extra time on something would be odd fluff wise for pretty much any chapter.

They are both equally cool and fluffy, so it depends.

Green would tie into the rest of the force, yellow would be more time consuming but cement the tranq detachment.

Have you considered doing a tranq pattern over green, ie paint pod green, then do a tranq pattern on the door or in the wing insets?:




Would speed painting up, but also show that the pods have been commissioned for tranq vets.

Do you need help, Gits?

I appreciate the offer Brian, but I need to see this project through myself. Just something I have to do.

Would appreciate your opinion of the pods though... not just on the aesthetics but what type would make sense given the units / fluff.

@Vit: Well, I do have enough of the Chapterhouse pre-herasy drop pod armor panels to cover all three pods and those fit neatly over the doors pretty much exactly where you indicated. I could do those in tranquility pattern and just pop them on. Still a lot of work though... have to think about it.

I'd stick with your original thought that the tranquility vets wouldn't really get camo drop pods. It's not as if the pod will be sneaking around anywhere once it hits the ground to need camo anyway...

I can imagine the marins saying "Where did they park?" When its time to pick up the pod.

Gits,

If you have two sets of doors, why not magnetize them? You could do the body in Mantis green and swap the doors as needed.

P.S. I owe you a video, I'll try to remember to look it up tonight. I can't look at youtube while at work.

I'd like to chime in and agree with endtransmission. I don't think the vets would have fully personilised pods.

Also you have to think about how much time you have left, you can always go back and do the inserts like Vitruvian XVII mentioned later.

Camo on a pod just seems kinda pointless, as the sound of it coming in would alone attract attention making their presence known.

In other words, stick with green, because the flaps fold down and all you see is the assault ramps on the table.

I vote for a MW paint job on the pods, not only because they wouldn't necessarily get a pod in their own colours but because then you can use them in your army later on without a repaint.

@Fatty - Sorry I didn't reply to your question, I read it but there was like a page and a half of other replies before I got the chance to post anything and I thought it may be redundant

The other guys were pretty much spot on, as long as I'm not selling the things I cast I should be under the radar of the GW attack drones. I like to believe that they can appreciate the amount of work and creativity I put into what I do (despite them never replying when I send pics of my work to the GW website!) and reserve their lawsuits to people who are actively selling.

okay. well they wont except your stuff for the whats new today topic? thats blasfemy. well to make it up too you the guys in the GW Amsterdam they found both of your works git and black brilliant.

My compliments to them then: "Thanks guys!! Loved Amsterdam... unfortunately I only got to see the airport and train station. Next time eh?"

O.K.... green it is. Next BIG question is how to actually go about painting the models (not physically but color scheme wise).

I'm currently thinking of doing the body green with the panels on the wings and the base below the doors a kind of grey... with scorch marks coming up for the bottom as reentry burns.

Any thoughts? Feel free to point out examples of any pods where the painting scheme is particularly effective.

I will chime in with the "Go Green" feelings, especially given the two schemes of your army.

As for the paint scheme for the pods themselves, I would use the color scheme of your standard MW, so...green main body, and the 'wings' painted the color of the border of your shoulder pads. Then, if you have a tertiary color, use that for details and paneling.

Nice idea Brian but at the time period this army is based on there were no borders to the shoulder pads. But yes, the green will be consistent with the rest of the army.

Next idea??

If it's for your tranquility vets, yellow with black camo and maybe red details. For your regular guys, green with yellow panelling and/or doors. It depends how much yellow you want on it.

Green I think, with purple interior facings and hazard stripes if you've time.

shrike wrote:If it's for your tranquility vets, yellow with black camo and maybe red details. For your regular guys, green with yellow panelling and/or doors. It depends how much yellow you want on it.

I would agree with this.

gitts.. could post a pic of the army up till now?? what you already have.. an army picture i mean

Just to clarify: pods will be green regardless of content. Makes more sense in a one-and-done thing like a drop pod.

The army hasn't changed much since the last army shot... one more figure. Do you want just the Adepticon army or my current, full Mantis Warrior army?