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Slave, If you haven't yet seen the Sons entry in IA10, I highly suggest it. I've got a few new ideas from it in the couple of minutes I had with the book. Loyalist marines are only as fun and crazy as you make them. And I'm happy to help you out of that extra money you had laying about

MT11, Thanks bud .

M D, I'd love to see the transfers come out. I don't know that I'd bother at this point though. I think my method works pretty well for the army.

Cosmic, Good to have people who have been following this one for so long replying . I full well plan to keep at this army, especially once I get a few new units going.

Heh, saying white and lime freakin green are not colors for beginners is a bit of an understatement, no? I also recommend beginners stay away from juggling chainsaws and gargling Draino.

The army continues to impress, as does the care you put into every one of the green buggers.

At last, a welcome return to the boys in green. Lovely work as always GD. What other diabolical plans do you have for the army? Any more dreads or vehicles to bolster the force?

Wehrkind, I think you're right! Here's to ridiculous color schemes painted by crazies!

Lennysmash, More vehicles are indeed in the future. Another Land Raider is in the box waiting patiently, and I'm considering a command razorback as well. Dreads I think I have enough at two for the moment, but with that new ironclad model by FW it's hard to say no to them should I buy anything from FW in the future :p

For now though....

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I was able to salvage a set of terminators I had considered beyond help. They were caked with VERY stuck on sprays and when I tried to strip it away it just chipped unevenly instead, so to the bits bin they went for the last year plus! Then I started to think this week that maybe they weren't as bad off as I had thought, so I pulled them out and got to fixing them as best I could. I first scraped away the big flat areas some and did a test spray with some sandable auto primer and was pleasantly surprised that it looked quite alright. There were a few pits but I'm sure they will fade away a little with the weathering steps of my paint scheme!



I also put a purchase I had made when I started the army to use at last. I managed to model my Black Lotus tribe shields in place of the regular storm shields. I used some random left hands from various arms I had laying in my old used bits bin and wire and some green stuff to the back of the shields to add a little extra detail. I also modified the shield faces to create some variety, as there are only three designs in the set. I plan on free handing a good amount on the cleaner shields.



And thanks to AgeofEgos I was able to finally get some shoulder pads for the squad I've had in limbo for almost as long as I've had that messed up set of termies! They will be getting armed with lightning claws and likely end up in various mixes of LC/TH to create my termie squads.



I'll probably take the airbrush to the primed termies, likely dust with white first and then hit them with scorpion green. I'm going to try and skip the PS-8 Spray this round as I've done it on other models (the dreadnoughts didn't catch the spray base color) and see how things work out. With the airbrush getting that first coat is much much easier.

Looking forward to finally getting a squad to dump out of that big bad land raider of mine...

Very cool GD. I love the weathering you've mastered on your guys. What are your plans for the shields? Are you going to paint on the Sons of Medusa emblem on there or lots of battle damage? Do you think you'll ever paint any more of your yellow camo desert guys?

WOW what a fantastically painted army. The green is probably the best green I've ever seen grace the surface of a marine model. I think I'd lose any game against these for the sheer fact I'd be too busy gawking at the models to pay attention to the actual play of the game.


P.S.

Where in Maryland are you at grey_death? I'm also in MD.

Sounds great Grey, thanks for the update will you be magnetising the LC termies or are you just going for the one load out?

I'm looking forward to the vehicles immensely, and don't worry no-one will blame you if you cave into desire with the FW Ironclad.

All the best.

IceAngel, I am planning to do some freehand work on them where there are clean areas. I think an old school sons emblem will find it's way on one . They'll likely catch a little battle damage as well. As for the desert camo, I'm sure it will make another appearance, but it just comes down to the appropriate unit type to use it on. I don't want to overuse it and want to keep it to recon style units.

Darth Bob, Thanks for the compliment They actually fair well enough without the bonus of distracting my opponents A lot of big guns to do lots of damage . I'm on the west side of the state along 270.

Lennysmash, I'll likely just go with straight LC's, magnetizing was in the works when I originally started them but decided I don't care now that I have 10 guys and can mix up the load outs a little within that group. And I'm sure no one would blame me, except my wife when she realizes I bought another $50+ model!!

What do you do to get your LR tops flat?

Looking forward to seeing this scheme applied on the terminators mate - will you change it up much or keep it fairly similar?

Also, what do you have in mind in the way of freehand on those lovely flat surfaces on the shields?

Cheers,

Dante

Ahhh Grey. You're putting my Sons to absolute shame! I'm closely following this to get some ideas and inspiration in the transformation of my DIY chapter to Sons of Medusa, and you are more than keeping me occupied. Its sad that I can't keep up with your talent, but your marines are a great measure.

I have some questions though:
I am seriously lacking in basing experience. Any tips?

Also, I'm having trouble painting meltas and plasma weapons with a satisfactory look. Any tips there as well? Your meltas look great. That burn look is really what I'm after.

Miss Dee, I haven't actually modeled a land raider in a while now. I'll likely be using rubber bands and some vice style clamps to hold it all together while its drying.

Dante, I'm dying to see how the green looks on theses beastly boys. I'll likely keep most of the scheme the same with a few additional black areas here and there. The shields will catch some cogs, a throwback Sons emblem and whatever other cool ideas I can come up with . I'm looking at Greek hoplite shields as inspiration. Actually really excited about them.

Cypher, Thanks for the complement. For basing, you should head to this tag on my site, it might help out some. For the meltas I used gryphonne sepia really heavily in a few coats to make it darker than my usual gold version of that method.

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I was able to get the termies greened!



Used the airbrush to spray them with some white and then hit them with scorpion green. Wash comes up next of Thraka Green, going to keep it very controlled rather than slather it all over the model. Cleaning it up and getting crisp armor joins should be easier that way.

Well I can't wait to see how those termies turn out. And thanks for the pointers. I've perused the site and found tons of things I like.

Keep up the great work!

Man, this is such a nice thread! so full of updates and great mini's, I'm loving how you guide us through everything you have done with them to date, job well done, but you probably already know that :-) and yes i will say the same old thing...your green looks great!, well, because...it does!

also a fan of the support marines, the colour scheme is nearly identical to an old project i started years ago named the brothers of sand, I have only one pic of them in my gallery :-( before they were stripped to become raven guard :-) so it kinda holds a place in my heart!

please keep up the good/excellent work
can't wait to see more from you!


Nerdfest09

as my LR's top is too big for the model.

Miss Dee wrote:as my LR's top is too big for the model.

Phone GW and tell them that its warped or something and get a free one sent to you . Failing that I think you'll have to sand it down, unless of course its out by mega amounts then see option one again.

Really looking forward to seeing your process unfold GD. I'm still learning to use my airbrush and I'd love to see how you fold yours in with more traditional techniques to get the end result.

Lennysmash wrote:

Miss Dee wrote:as my LR's top is too big for the model.

Phone GW and tell them that its warped or something and get a free one sent to you . Failing that I think you'll have to sand it down, unless of course its out by mega amounts then see option one again.

What I might do is cut the prytruding bits off the top of the tracks.

Anyway Stay On Topic...

Good green base tho mine are darker.

Got around to painting up one of the terminators:



Here he is next to some other marines from the army:



I've got a full write up that goes live tomorrow morning on TPC, I'll be sure to link it here when it goes up!

Until then, I'd love to hear thoughts on him! I can't wait to get going on the rest of these guys.

Stunning figure GD... you do that light green better than anyone. And the chipping system you have is just so convincing. One of these days I'm going to get up the nerve to give it a go on my figures, but you know the deal... do it on one and you have to do it on all of them. *gulp*

Love the shield... cant believe how fine the work on the laurel is... is that dry brushed over black? The whitish accents in the middle really set it apart.

Top notch work (as one would expect)!

Truly inspiring, everything looks absolutely fantastic The desert gentlemen break up the harsh (yet striking) green beautifully, the colors are incredibly crisp and clean, the whole thing feels so coherent, it's interesting to look at... I could go on!

In short, just looking through these pictures made my toes curl with excitement

Great work on the terminator, weathering is sweet as always.

Waiting for the whole squad.

The weathering on the green is so good that the blacks weathering pales in comparison. what do you do for the black, because from these pics it looks like it needs more to bring it on par...
the rest of it is gorgeous though!

They look good, just waiting for my terminator legs to be shipped back.

Gits, The biggest step is just having at one of the models and figuring things out. If you're considering it, have at a spare model in the scheme! It'll be liberating to have at that clean fresh canvas of a model with the weathering brush As for the shield, the laurel is done using successive wash/drybrushes. The things at the middle are supposed to be battle damage but apparently I didn't do a very good job at making that apparently . I'll likely go back through on the shield and rework it a little. I think it needs some depth.

Josh, Thanks, the desert models are there exactly for that reason. It's always nice to hear from folks seeing the army for the first time too, it brings fresh perspective and excitement to the project.

Northern, Thanks bud I hope to get at least the armor done by the next week. Detailing will likely take yet another. So hopefully within two weeks I'll have them ready for the battlefield.

Imp Monkey, I do think the shield needs additional work now. It just comes out too flat. I've got far more experience in weathering the green than the black

Miss Dee, are you doing a Badab force?

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For those looking to read a little more about how I approached this guy, check out this post on TPC!

Thought I'd step out of the shadows to say how much I like the vibrant green you do, and how good they look once you get them finished. I'd never be able to pull off that bright a color.

Back to shadows.

You know... to me the black almost looks like the sheen on black marble or obsidian... which on it's own would be really cool... just a thought.

I've noodled around with your damage on the first of the new mantis warriors I painted. I think it looks OK but I don't have as good a grip on it as you do. Not just the mechanics of painting it but the concept of where to put the damage... etc. I'll try it again though once I can relax in my painting a bit, it's too good an effect not to try to master.

I am Im doing it on Blogger, medusa's sons.

having some probs with lighting, im holding off on doing more untill my paint station arrives, its the GW one with 20% off and free shipping from my fulgs (Friendly UnLocal Games Shop)

whale, come out of the shadows more often! More response leads to more enthusiasm on my part to keep the project on the hot plate. With a vibrant color like this, it really comes down to all of the decisions AFTER the main color is laid out. The battle damage MAKES this scheme, no ifs ands or buts about that. If I didn't weather them, people wouldn't be responding so positively to it. The color is toned down so much by all of the colors that de-saturate the color by drawing focus away from it. Yay color theory! >.>

Git, I had considered using a marble when I had originally built the concept of the Sons, but it just didn't make it into the final project design. I think just redoing the color of the damage can really help. As for the weathering, take a look at some of the placement with mine, a lot of it is around edges and outer flat areas. Finding something that gives a good 'pattern' is helpful too. I have a really gnarly old brush that I use a lot for this, most of the bristles are stuck together at this point but it seems to work just right most of the time. I did use a sponge bit on this guy as well though for a few smaller areas. Plus, I didn't get good at the effect until about half way through my army . The vehicles helped as well in that regard!

Miss Dee, Best of luck! Just find somewhere in the house with regular lighting (kitchen is a good spot) and bring a piece of white paper for the background propped up against a cup! You don't need anything crazy when taking photos. As to paint stations, I wouldn't have any advice, I've never used one I use a cutting mat as my catch all and that's about it! Hope your project goes well and if you can get hold of an airbrush or a perfect shade of spray paint, it will save you a TON of time. Just be careful with your wash (should take at least two to three touches for most areas) and you should be able to cut armor time in half as it's just touch ups after it's dry.

Careful, once I start you'll never be rid of me, ask Gits
I have a habit of only commenting when there is something constructive to say. Or random smart-assery. So if you post something and dont see me post, its because I can find nothing to improve, not because its bad in any way. I will certainly try to cheer you along though.

Seems like there are a lot of dakkanauts in the Maryland area, I'll have to set up some gaming if I make it to my cousins for a road trip (hes in Glen Burnie, or however its spelled)