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Did they tell you when it would be available?

They never do. Only assumption for "soon" is that they were available to buy in limited numbers at the HH weekender last weekend.

 Solar_lion wrote:

'BRACING'.... I thought your game look great.. liked the bat rep. Not sure how how you lost with looking like you outnumbered him in the beginning.

Turns out Argus are just about impossible for infantry to hit, particularly ranged infantry. I think I need to name the Winter Argus "Boris".

And yea, big boars and little piggy men will be forthcoming, though I don't want to see the farm they came off of. Some version of horror-porn Animal Farm done by local theatre students. That's theatre with an "re".

Edit... pictures were oddly easy to find:


One of those might not apply.

@Zerg: Im a bit picky when it comes to matching colors... perhaps a bit more than is probably healthy
Caliban is a good color, but has a much "bluer" tone to it than Dark Angels green did. It has similar notes, but actually looks more like a blend of DA green and the old Orkhide foundation paint. The end result is ok, but I need it to be more of a true green than a blue-green.
I just have this vision im working towards where I just want that super vibrant deep emerald color to build on. Only DA green can get me that! (or you know... Vallejo of course!)

@Tides: Excellent!!! Great to see they're seeing some action
Dont worry about the pigs, though. They'll still get painted! Theyll just have some warlord-sized company

@SL, WM, other Titan Enthusiasts:
Aaagggghhh Curse you Forgeworld! Gimmie my giant shiny PLasma!! (though I still want the hand xD )

If you do end up getting the second volcano cannon, just let me know. I can still engineer the weapons to be swappable. Thats why I havent glued on the arms yet

As far as painting the Warlord, hes something of an overarching project that will be spaced over several months. Ill break off every now and then to paint him a bit then back to infantry sized stuff!


And Wehr... That picture...


huh.


That sure is a thing.





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So I finished off another random side project- This time SPACE WOLF!

This guy is a Rune Priest on bike, and was built/converted/kitbashed by the client. Lots of super characterful bits on this guy... Decided to run with an arctic hawk as his "Chooser of the Slain", as the traditional black raven wouldnt have popped as much (plus the beaks were all wrong!)









Should be getting back to the Warp Spiders Sunday, as Ill finally have the right paints!
Till then, Thanks for reading!!

That skin on the front fender would be one hell of a lot funnier if it was stretched out underneath the tires of the bike.


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... with, some tread marks on it...

Yeah, the pelt is kinda weird. Like did he stop really suddenly? I'd think swapping the skull in back with it would have made more sense.

It's dated. When I started the project oh around 20 years ago, the kit bashing and techniques were no way as evolved as they are now. I already have 10 bikers painted in such a manner, so the RP is just matching them. In all honesty if I wanted to care a bit more about them, I would take a heat gun and soften the pelt and droop it down over the front- but like I said, I think it looks good enough the way it is.

Or we could just imagine that the RP is on Fenris with subartic temperatures and the pelt is frozen solid.

LOL! Well played sir!

Quite honestly Blood Claws bikes have been so bad for so long, they never make it on the table, so probably why I haven't had any criticism, none of their metal and resin buddies have much to say to them in the cabinet. I had actually thought about taking a heat gun to them (I have one) and see if I could get the pelts to droop a bit, but I worry about hurting the paint jobs as I have 10 bikers (well now 11)

Or .... maybe he's doing a power reverse and the pelt if streaming behind him? oh we'll tried spinning anyway.

The face looks great. what did you do on him?

If you guys look close his bike is actually parked. The bike slants a bit to the left, with his left foot off the bike and on a column on the ground. The intent was he stopped to use his psychic powers (and of course call back his chooser of the slain). No, the hide is just permafrozen.

I actually like the "frozen" hide particularly if it matches your other bikes! Paint job looks great

I did actually notice that, which I really like. The "Look ma, no hands" bikers have always bugged me.

Hehehe... Yeah like sturgard says, its to fit in with the rest of the bikers. May not have quite the right "movement" to it, but I dont think its too bad at all. The group looks great together and the pelts draw them all into one solid group. Honestly sturgard, I dont think messing with the heat gun is necessary. They're a good piece of history, and no sense in potentially hurting the paint


@SL: This skin was a quickie, actually. Based with a watered down Tallarn Flesh (old GW foundation that I adore), then washed with Ogryn Flesh, a little thinned AP Strong Tone (Devlan Mud) in the eye pits, then highlighted skin with Tallarn, then a mix of Tallarn and P3 Ryn Flesh, then a final tiny highlight of pure Ryn Flesh. Key is to keep the layers thin and moreso use them as a glaze. Lets the lower layers peek through just a little bit to give that realistic translucency that real skin has.

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Yesterday I met up with Alf, lost some Netrunner games, and picked up some new paints- In particular I got a hold of the Game Color equivalent of Dark Angels Green.
I still maintain that Im being picky, but heres a comparison for you guys-
It's a very slight difference, but the Dark Angels green (on the left) is much more of a saturated emerald color than Caliban Green (right)


There is, of course, a trade-off. The DA green does NOT like covering well! Takes two or so coats before getting a solid color. The new GW color, on the other hand, covers like a dream in one coat.


I also got to version 3 of the test mini-
Its getting there, but Im still having issues with the green wash (AP Green Tone). It keeps drying oddly and leaving white in the deepest recesses. Im going to redo this guy again with a black undercoat (rather than gray) and I think that will give me the contrast Im looking for. That, and finding a new green wash!

6 Weeks to go !

Hows those ME going! ( Insert evil Laugh )

Yeeeeeah.... I havent had time to paint any of my own stuff ^^;
Maybe after these eldar go though... and then some Daemons... Hrm...

We'll have to see. I really do want to have at least SOMETHING nice to show you guys!

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Warp Spiders are carrying along! Armor is remaining black, as is the gun. The main difference between the two, though, is that I plan to highlight the gun in a gray-blue, rather than a warm gray, like I did the armor. This hopefully should give it a little more visual "pop", so its not just one big blob of black!

Warp Spiders look pretty good! Also, in the comparison shot, I could hardly tell any difference between the Dark Angels Green and Caliban Green. Hope that doesn't mean I'm colorblind or something...

@Zerg: I shouldnt be worried if I were you. Like I said, Im super picky with the color.
It's a case like that color clicker game where you click on the odd colored block in a grid of similar colors. I tend to do really well at them xD
https://www.igame.com/eye-test/

But yeah. Mostly me being picky

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Update: Spiders are done- Just running through some final touches with the client, then its off to final varnishing- Hopefully Ill have them ready to show tomorrow!

Warp Spiders are now complete!!





And closeups of the Autarch:

Damn Ramos - they're glorious. Lovely work man

Beautiful work Ramos! Just love how those turned out... very vibrant and "alive".

Truly superb, brilliant work.

Ramos, they look really cool! always loved the idea and fluff of the Warp Spiders but hated the static models :-( so what are these ones? I don't recognise them and when i looked on GW Aus it only had the old finecast to metal ones I don't particularly like lol! but whatever the case I think you've again painted something with a little edge of difference that makes a BIG difference.

The black of the gun and armour does kind of merge despite the different highlights, but they look okay anyway due to the other bits you've done to it.

Wow, I really love the color choices on the warp spiders! They're really excellently balanced

The one personal preference thing I'd love to see on a similar model in the future is starker highlights on the black. But other than that, they're perfect! And your basing has been really ace lately, too.

They look amazing. I love the green touch on the armor.

@Jan/Cam/Gits: Thank you so much! Means a lot coming from you guys

@nerd: Thanks Damo! These guys are from some dude in Russia by the name of Ghost Miniatures ( http://detalik.ru/ghost-miniatures )
Some stuff is a wee bit pricey, but they are fantastic FANTASTIC sculpts!

@Fifty: Yeah, you know I did notice that Unfortunately I dont think I pushed the color difference enough. Next time I think I would start from a different black, if that makes sense, instead of the same. If the gun had an ever so slight blue tint, it might have made that extra push...
Logging that one for a future date.

@RiTides: I agree completely on the black! I always have problems with contrast because I worry that I might push it too far and look out of place. I always end up making things a little too subtle. This particular instance might have been fixable had I left off the third black wash- would have been brighter in the highlights, but probably would have been a black enough black. Another case of me logging that note for the future.
And thanks for the basing complement! Hopefully I can channel some of that into your Pigmen come April!

@SL: Thanks! Yeah the webbing really helped break up what would have otherwise been just a big wad of black armor... Helps tie them into the rest of the army, too. Plenty of green to come!


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Update on Eldar- Greens are all based now and I gotta say, I like how theyre turning out. Still needs some more saturation, but thats what the washes are for! I love painting larger Eldar kits because theres just so much flat real estate to play with. Lets me show off my gradient work with the airbrush and some freehand in the future!

"Guns, we need Guns, lot of them."

Green is looking mighty fine

And sounds good on the pig-basing in April . Wehrkind has been sending me pics of the conversions he's doing and they're looking brilliant!

Whew.. Lots of line highlights today...

After applying a custom wash/filter to give the green a bit more saturation, I spent several hours doing edge highlights on the armor.
Green is now complete! So now its time for- everybody say it with me now- "Time for the Details"
As it's Biel-Tan, vines and thorns are on the list- Im going to see if I cant find some decals floating around for the craftworld insignia... Add a nice bit of pop to the guns!