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Hello Dakka.

Some of you may recognize me from another forum that I post on regularly. I thought it high time to start posting up my collections and commissions on Dakka as well.

Instead of focusing this thread on one particular army, or line of models, I intend for this blog to be a mixed menagerie of the weird and wonderful.

But what should I introduce myself with? How about my two favourite models?

This fella seems very popular. I have completed four versions of him now and i'm getting quite good a it.



MEPHISTON LORD OF DEATH









Like most people, I’ve become rather taken with the 8th. Getting swept up in all the excitement, I decided to revisit my first love, the Druchii. With dreams of conquest, riches and slaughter, Cynath Ch’Ill, or Kynathis Ch'hll (pronounced Kai-Nath-Is) the Bastard Prince of Naggarond sallies forth at the head of his household.


Cynath Ch'ill, the Disgraced Prince of Naggarond. W.I.P

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This model is really special to me.The basis of this model was the first Dark Elf model I bought and has been my general for over twelve years. This is my fourth version of the Black Prince and is nearly complete. I wanted to convey a sense of pomposity, superiority and arrogance. The pose is based from this painting of Napoleon...





...although Cynath does not share the same level of tactical acumen. Throughout the years he has led his house noble Cold One’s on raids all across the Warhammer world and is more than a little reckless when it comes to accepting a challenge (he has a fairly decent record as well, slaying Grimgor and Valten on foot in single combat, no doubt impostors). However, I have lost a butt load of games with my dark elves (I started playing them when they were rubbish). Since the Black Prince’s favourite tactic is charging as fast as he can toward the enemy and letting his household catch up with him, it seemed only natural that his impudent nature would see him disgraced somewhere down the line.

So where do the fell scions of Chaos come into this? I got back into the hobby through creating a selling truescale WOC (warriors of chaos) chosen on foot over a year ago. I liked the outcome so much, I decided to develop my skills my sculpting Korpus Festerheart, which developed into a thread all on his own. The thread has been left stagnant for a while and i’ve decided to scrap it and relocate the work here with better photographs. I’ll post up the content I wrote for that blog again, so please bear with me if I seem like I’m repeating myself.

I hope you enjoy my work, and if you enjoy the blog please leave a comment.

That's enough for a first post I think.

LilLoser

I like those two models. Can't wait to see ther things lade by you. So, you can consider me subscribed.

Thank you scrazza. My first poster, and I think, my first subscriber.

First up, my Blood Angels:

"Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels who had seven plagues, which are the last, because in them the wrath of the God Emperor is finished."

Witnesser Artesius, The Fall of Cavenderra.



Shrine World Sagrada Familia. Capitol Planet of the Cavenderra System.



Interior detailing wall of Sagrada Familia's Passion Dues Imperator

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.


Witnesser Artesius, the fall of Cavenderra recounting Lucifer's opening address.


LUCIFER, SON OF THE MORNING.
FIRST OF THE HOST

"Weep O' Son of Man, behold, I take from thee the desire of your eyes with a blow; but you shall not mourn and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come."

you got some great conversion skills. I am amazed nobody commented on this except me.

Great work! They are top quality. I love the dark elf especially. Get some paint on 'em..

They look great so far, I'd love to see some of them painted though!

@ Scrazza; I'm not well known here, so i expected a slow start. But just know that you are the first and my favourite.

@ Perkustin + Ink: Thank you both. I have a feeling I will have plenty of comments urging me to paint up what I have. I will post up some WIP shots of my Blood Angel force next.

Then a lot more sculpting stuff!

LilLoser

great work dude

You, Sir, know how to make a conversion! Amazing work !

I can't wait to see your work on Chaos, and will keep an eye on this thread!

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.


Witnesser Artesius, the fall of Cavenderra recounting Lucifer's opening address.

Brother Orsino W.I.P






Brother Malvolio W.I.P

An interruption,


How long does it take to turn this:




Into this:





All this week I will be re-modeling my Black Templar Army into a Deathwing Force, then paint all the Terminators on the weekend.

This is what the army currently looks like:





This should resemble something like an army by Friday, and by the end of the weekend a battle hardened Deathwing force.

Thank you for reading, any advise you may wish to impart to a green Deathwing commander would be greatly received.

LilLoser

DAY 2

I've been trying to sell my Terminator army for two years. So glad that I had no offers on them after reading the new DArk Angel FAQ. The metal terminators appear smaller than the newer metal ones, and they come in a limited range of poses, so bringing them up to scratch will be a priority. I've immersed myself in Dark Angel reference pictures, stories and Gothic architecture which I will translate into the miniatures themselves.

Unlike my other projects, speed is key here. I have set myself a schedule of a week to get everything prepared (well, the terminators at any rate - i'm not optimistic about having my landraider stripped and prepared by the weekend). I'm only converting a few characters, leaving Belial to create at my leisure, and painting whatever I have prepared over the weekend.

Here is what the army looks like today:




I've still yet to name the squads or the sergeants. What kind of names do Deathing members have? Also, what other books, or reference would you recommend I read? So far, all I know about Deathwing is that they paint their armour white to symbolise the passing from one world to the next (becoming ghosts), and that they are named Deathwing because one unit saved a recruiting world from Genestealers. Why do they have a broken blade as their symbol?

LilLoser

Day 3

Time is getting away from me very quickly now. I have started to put the squads together and sort out what weapons go where. Making a decent Deathwing list is a real art. Despite having limited choices, there are a plethora of combinations to be considered.






I've mainly been concentrating on the bases. Because the old terminators were designed for a single 25mm (I think that is correct?) base, they don't dominate the larger bases like the newer plastic ones do. I can use this to my advantage by putting a lot of Blanche-esque craziness on the bases, and building a sense of place. Dark Angels enjoy a rich heritage of fantastic artwork, something which I intend to exploit through the Sergeants.

Think, walking psychopathic Cathedrals; thats the direction i'm heading in.




LilLoser

Things are looking great, Lil. Good luck on making a deathwing list. I wonder when we'll see the Preatorians.

Hi Scrazza, I think this log will just end up a dialogue between us! Good job i'm in good company.

I'll post up pics of my Praetorians after this weekend. This is the week of Death...wing!

LilLoser

Can't wait till the weekend then. Happy painting hours to you!

Cheers Scrazza!

Day 4

I had the day off today, so in between my commission work I'm putting in a double shift.

I've built up the bases, added all the cool fallen masonry and started the green stuff work.

The bits I ordered on the weekend still have not arrived and i'm getting a little skittish as to whether they will arrive by the weekend. I'm waiting for the main colour that I will use on the army and an assault cannon. Worry, worry, worry.







After a little rummaging, I found that I have just enough parts to make a dreadnought. Viva La Bits box.


Dreadnought



Army

Looking good Lil Looser , already like the style of our blog , interseting inspiartional pics as well as creative work! Look forward to seeing more of you stuff, I especiall like your Bonepart Pic ! big fan of the littlle man at the moment ;-)

DAY 4 (continued...)

Wow, what a long day. The Deathwing are nearly complete. The odd bit of Green stuff here, a smattering of glue here and they should be ready by Saturday for priming.

Here are the last blurry photo's you'll see of the un-primed army, that only look slightly different from the ones posted above. I will take some cleaner photo's tomorrow (yay more bare metal, bet you can't wait for that), then start my painting marathon Saturday morning. If you like the look of any of these models and you would like to see close up's now is the time to ask.








@Neil101 - thank you. I have a boat load of images to share, but I don't want to blow my load in one sitting. The Deathwing are what i'm working with at the moment, so I thought I would share with you in real time.

DAY 5

Urghhh, all sculpted, all ready to be primed tomorrow. I've been telling myself all week that i'd experiment with a grey primer on this army, but i'm starting to bottle it a bit now. I'm leaning toward dusting, as I am fairly familiar and comfortable with that technique.

Any comments or advise would be nice, but as it stands now, i'm setting my alarm clock for 8 a.m, and starting to dust after i've had my coffee.

Here are cleaner pics of the the models I have been working on. I hope you enjoy them:














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And finally a nice little tip for those who want more imposing Dreadnoughts. Use an appropriate washer at the hip and shoulder joints to beef up your beast.


Shoulder joins


Hip Join



Here's a question, should I paint the Storm Bolter casing red or green?

Also, does anyone know a good technique of painting a strong red over a white background? I've also found red a little washed out over white.

LilLoser

Nice uppdate , you could try giving the red a dark wash , i paint everything over black these days;-) , i have to say i havent seen this many metalheads since i gigged at Rock city Notingham!

Hey Neil.

I love working with metal, and the older terminators feel much more substantial than the plastic (obvious). Weight adds to the illusion of value.

LilLoser

Looking great Lil. I'd go for a green casing. Can't help you with the red over white, as I never done that before, but green casing will look a bit cooler then red ones IMHO. But it's still up to you though.

No problem Scrazza me old mucka (means friend, i'm not insulting you man!).

Thank you to anyone who has popped in to check out the thread. Had an early start this morning, (not quite as early as I planned: I watched raging bull for the first time last night until one) and most of the priming is complete. Disaster struck when I run out of black primer. I'm scrambling down to halfords for more. I'll be staying up a bit longer tonite by the looks of it. Anyone for a late one? I'll bring the pizza, you bring the uppers.


Merchite red, or suggestions along those lines are the most popular. I will try blood red mixed with a little brown and highlight from there.

An hour later...


Just got in from Halfords and finished the priming. I'm painting one terminator fully as a test first - should I post up pictures real time, or would that just be too annoying? I'll post up a tutorial tonight or tomorrow depending on how much time I have.

I'm going to be posting regularly throughout the weekend, hogging this section like an a** hole. Apologies to all other posters.

LilLoser

The Current State of the Project

The mission: Paint a Deathwing force over the course of a single weekend.

Outcome:

FAIL




Urghh, I really thought I could bash an army out in a weekend. I love converting, and I love painting each model to a high standard. While it is possible to do both (check out Harry's blog in the fantasy section, the guy is a machine of high quality output). The habits I have fallen into do not contribute to speed painting, habits such as worrying over tonal range, experimenting with new techniques, not having any primer...

In my 48 hours, I managed to lie down two coats of Dhenb Stone (for good coverage), and three or four very thing layers of VMC Ivory for a solid cover... not very productive huh?

With this in mind, I'd like to offer some advise to anyone else who would like to attempt something similar, and throw down the gauntlet to anyone who thinks they could have done better!

1) Make, base and prime your models before the 48 hours begin.

I think that it was a major mistake to prime the models within the weekend's time limit. I had 23 models to paint. I estimated that I would spend at least an hour on each model, equalling 23 hours of work (i'm a math savant). Priming the models (once I nipped down to Halford's to buy bloody primer) took me much longer than I thought it would, eating too much of my painting time. This leads me nicely too...

2) Make a plan

Draw up a timetable of the weekend and divide it into hourly slots. Plan your painting time, and try and estimate when you will complete each stage of the painting process. Don't worry if you go over your planned time limit for a stage, because you may gain the time back somewhere else.

And make sure to PLAN BREAKS. Plan time for food and getting a little exercise. The quality of your work will suffer unless you take a little time off.

3) Entertainment

Whenever I paint, I enjoy music playing, listening to an audio book or having a crappy movie, or t.v series on in the background. Having some noise on in the background can keep you company, and stop you feeling so isolated on your painting marathon.

I'd highly recommend downloading or buying a load of films/albums/books that you have not heard before, and mix them with your favourite films/albums/books during the weekend. I watched Pandora for the first time, and really got me in the mood to play space hulk with my terminators.

4) Know the painting process before you begin.

I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my Deathwing. I had researched the painting process and found a painting process I really liked. The only thing I had not decided was the bolter casings, but I knew how to paint red, and green, so no big problem there.

Paint a practice model if you like, and time yourself doing it. See how long it takes to make your plan estimates much more accurate.

Being unsure of the process, and experimenting halfway through your painting session will eat up your time.

5) Have Fun!

Remember you are doing this for fun. Yes this is a challenge, and you should push yourself to complete what you set out to do. However, if the dog is acting up, or your kids want to play, or if an alien crashes through your window, remember to keep your painting challenge in perspective.

Try and get a few friends around to attempt the challenge with you. It's a lot easier to keep motivated when you have a group of friends calling you a wuss if you don't finish up the highlighting on your Commander's face.


Loser's Challenge:

Do you think your better than me? Well, you have a lot of nerve mister. Prove that you have the mettle to complete a game legal army of a 1,500 pts or more within the space of a weekend 48 hours and forever gain the respect of your peers.

I'd love to hear if anyone is attempting this challenge, and would love to see photo's (or better yet a project log) with your army.

Start you project log or post with: 'Loser's Challenge' and let's be seeing what you got.

Enough from me now. I'll post up closer shots of my Deathwing, and show off what I've been working on this week.

Toodles,

LilLoser

For Scrazza, who really wanted to see my Praetorian Sculpts:


THE PRAETORIAN 233RD. 'MARLBOROUGH'S LANCES'



Lieutenant Palmer





Musician - This is the first face I have sculpted for a model. I'm very pleased with the results (even if his cheeks make his head look too large for his body).








Commissar Carradine





Dog - W.I.P.





Sgt Coghill



Sgt Llewlyn

They are really looking good! Great work on them, man these models make we want to see them painted

Cheer's Scrazza. Most of my Praetorian sculpts are commissions, so you won't see that many painted sorry.

LilLoser

Some really nice conversion work there.
Not a suprise you couldn't paint the whole army in a weekend, for a start you would have to really put all your time into it, and secondly you would probably have to be happy with an average job. Might as well take your time and make it look nice. But modeling wise you have it all perfect

Also, on your model with two sets of wings, what model are the second, metal pair of wings from?