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Sorry for the delay WhaleMusic, but with Zombie Jesus statutory holiday and ANZAC day and insane robots trying to kill me I've been busy... Oh so very busy... ^_^

Completed Shadow Sanctus Captain! Hooray!





More stuff I've done:

- Tried to tone down the purple highlights and tie them together with a few diluted washes. Result: Mixed success. The front ones look OK, but now they've lost some of their pop. The back ones, who can say... I've been looking at them too long ^_^
- Gem Stones are done. Not happy with a couple of them, but only noticed the problem when they're blown up on the photos... Usual method of doing them, just using the greens and yellows instead of the red, orange and yellows...
- The backpack! I've said it before I'll say it again. I dislike Space Marine backpacks. They're boring as hell and seem to take forever... Pain in the ass...
- Completed the Base with one more drybrush of a light grey and then added some brown plant stuff. No clue what the model name is...


Stuff I'm not happy with:

- The handle part of the weapon under the guard is rough as hell. If I'd noticed it before hand I would of tried to chip away some of the superglue build up, but I didn't. Bah...
- No freehand... Again... Sorry Whalemusic, don't feel confident to slap some freehand on him so this is how he ends. I know I should be trying it, but honestly I didn't have the heart to screw it up and have to fix what I've shanked...

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This ends my Trade Marine Obligations... I think? Anyway, I'm moving onto a project for myself next. It involves 12 miniatures, all ordered from GW Direct which cost me an arm and a leg... But I wanted specific miniatures... If anyone wants to guess about what the 12 miniatures are for shout out... I'll give you naming rights of one of them if you get it... Hmmm what has 12 miniatures in a GW game?

Grey Knights?

Mr.Norman wrote:Grey Knights?

Nope. Afraid not

Mordheim or Inquistor?

Knightley wrote:Mordheim or Inquistor?

Nope.

New hint: I'm replacing something that came in the boxed game...

Most impressive fellow, I'd say. And you are a bit too hard on your purples, they look pretty fine to me. Plus, your gold looks very nice, not too shiny, just the right amount.

Stunning vent... fantastic work!

Looks great! The purple pops out a lot, very bold. Can't wait to see him leading the marine swap dudes!

I'm going to guess Space Hulk Terminators (there's 12, they were in a box).

Thanks for all the comments folks ^_^

whalemusic360 wrote:
I'm going to guess Space Hulk Terminators (there's 12, they were in a box).

WINNAH!

As well as getting the trade marine Whalemusic also gets to choose which of the twelve miniatures I'll paint first and the oh so exclusive naming rights of him! (Or her, there's couple of females in there) <insert sarcastic and mocking comment about exclusivity here>

Whalemusic I'll have the start shots of all 12 up tomorrow. You can choose which one I'll start with then ^_^

Woo! I actually had Blood Bowl written down, then changed my mind. I thought you already did a set of Space Hulk?

Alrighty! Here's the starting miniatures for my Space Hulk Replacements.





I really like Space Hulk. It's a fun game (Which I always lose, but thats beside the point), but the biggest problem I've always had is with the awesome looking Terminators dying so easily in close combat against the Genestealers!

A normal solution might be to play better so you never get into close combat, but I'm not that good, plus this way I get to paint stuff I don't normally get to paint, so here we go: Inquisitor Space Hulk Assault Warband GO!

In the Character / Leader department we have an Inquisitor and Lord Commissar taking over the roles as Sarge's, and a Primaries Psyker as the Librarian. Other choices for the Psyker were potentially the Assassin Psyker, or an Eldar character. Seeing the Psyker miniature sold me though. It looks cool

The Specials, ie the unique weapon choices and such we have a Death-Cult Assassin as the lightning claws, as the Assault Cannon we have Gunnery Sergeant Harker. For the heavy Flamer and Trooper with a chain fist we've got a Kasrikn flamer and Sarge.

Filling out the troopers are regular Kasrikn troopers. I was considering using normal IG minis, but the fact of the matter is they look naff. The Kasrikns look mean as hell and the hotshot lasguns look neat too. They require some reshaping, but overall I'm quite happy with them.

So there you have it. The starting shots of my Space Hulk Replacements... Knowing how slow I paint, this is gonna take me forever... I might get good at the game before I finish! HA!

Whalemusic, your choice which one I start and it's name ^_^

Oh and the bases are square for ease of space hulk positioning and such. I didn't have enough square bases so a few have circles for now ^_^

So, are you going to use different rules for these models or are they just going to be "counts as"? That really is a great set of minis you chose and I'm sure you'll make them look incredible!

jackanory wrote:So, are you going to use different rules for these models or are they just going to be "counts as"? That really is a great set of minis you chose and I'm sure you'll make them look incredible!

Counts as.

I have zero problems with the long range combat of the game and feel that the miniatures I've got represent a good choice for long range (IE Hotshot lasguns), plus they have seem to have real vulnerability at close combat (Even the close combat specialists) so when they die I won't be sad... Unlike when my terminators die...

I'd love to see your take on the Cortez model. And mostly because I suck at the naming game, I guess Inquisitor Fuellner (Ful-ner).

This is going to be fun vent! Looking forward to things as they progress.

oh my frakking god...

I'm normally one to have a small disaster when I'm painting but this time the disaster was forced upon me by my niece... She came over while I was painting and was... unleashed is the best term... <insert trepidation here>

I go down stairs to talk, they leave, I go back to my painting table and the miniature I've put about six hours into is sporting a brand new bright orange smattering of paint and several finger prints... and if that wasn't enough there was orange paint all over my painting desk... <insert sobbing here>

And so begins the cleaning... The desk was easy, but alas the inquisitor was reduced to a disaster... I have had to subject him to a dip to begin anew tomorrow... Don't get me wrong, I love my family but holy crap I'm pissed... <insert crazy man shaking fist at the world here>

With this information I'll be sure to keep all my models out of my sister's kids reach.

I'd suggest investing in a lock on your hobby room's door man, it'll save you a ton of headaches in the future.

Or a cage for unruly kids

She was just trying to help vent... the figure obviously needed more color!

Sympathies mate, hang in there...

the model could have had fire effect used to blend the orange in?

(Dreaming of course, it would give many a chuckle to see the devastation however - did you take pics?)

Yes.....

good.....

my evil plot to get Vent to post more is coming to fruition. (sends small envelope with gold coins to little niece)



But seriously, that sucks man. I do hope you took some pictures of your model. Try to stay positive Vent, those amazing 6 hours of painting your put in YOU GET TO DO AGAIN! YEAH! I am sure this revision on the model will make it more amazing then it would have been before.



(rubs hands together evilly) mwahahahahahaha

Thanks for the sympathy folks... ^_^

@ L33tninj4: Next time I'll just close the door, its one of those old homes that has really high door knobs... But of course hindsight is 20/20

@ Tony_nids_10: YES! A CAGE! Wait would that be legal? Hmmm...

@ Gitsplitta: Curse my muted tones!

@ Knightley: I was going to but my camera was out of juice so just dumped him into the stripper... Every time I looked at him my rage blossomed anew...

@ Iceangel: lol I'm a slow poster, it's true...

ANYWAY! To go along with this most boring update in the world I have the bases I'm using! That's right! Instead of a Figure update, you get bases! <Sarcasm>Woohoo! Break out the amazement... </Sarcasm>




The bases were pretty easy:

- Square base with a square bit of plasticard and then a few extras chucked on top as I wanted.
- Undercoat in black
- Heavy Drybrush with Charcoal (Dark Grey)
- Medium Drybrush with Battle Grey (Medium Grey)
- Light Drybrush with Astronomican Grey (Light Grey)
- Sponge on Black > Brown > Sliver for base rust
- Use some pigments to give it a little more "reality". I'm not so good with the pigments yet.
- Put some wash in the cracks / Cuts.

Done! Still needs to be varnished otherwise the pigments walk away every time you handle them. Simple but effective enough. I wanted the Bases to impart a sense of devastation and ruin. And yes, before someone tells me I am aware that a vacuum doesn't create rust, but my space hulk has an atmosphere inside... And it's moist... So things Rust... I WIN!

They look great vent! See? Perhaps the "redecoration" was a necessary part of the creative process!

I once left my paints on my desk and came home to a furious wife, a crying 2 yr old and Blazing Orange all over my desk..my lastest models...the heater..and my leather desk chair.

All I am saying is I feel your pain bro

Gitsplitta wrote:They look great vent! See? Perhaps the "redecoration" was a necessary part of the creative process!

Haha, maybe... ^_^

BLACKHAND wrote:I once left my paints on my desk and came home to a furious wife, a crying 2 yr old and Blazing Orange all over my desk..my lastest models...the heater..and my leather desk chair.

All I am saying is I feel your pain bro

There's something about Blazing orange which appeals to a young mind I think. That was my offending color too...

I haven't felt much like painting recently... Not sure why, just having a problem with motivation. But I have managed to restart my Space Hulk Inquisitor warband. So here is the Lead Inquisitor:



Everything is pretty basic right now. I've chosen green for the armor because I wanted to try something different than red, but still use the same color palette I usually do, so the red is still quite important and used for the cape.

The skin tone needs to be lightened quite a bit, but not overly so. The fur has had a couple of small drybrushes done, but more is needed to get it to pop a little more.

More hopefully tomorrow...

That's an awesome figure vent... wowza!

Welcome back Vent! I was a bit confused for a moment by the green but it'll be nice to see what you do with it.

Looking like a promising start vent, I'm exciting to seeing what you do with it.

Thanks guys. I can always count on you three to come say hello... ^_^

Anyway, onward... Forever onward... I have been painting a little more, which is a good thing, but I've gotten a little rusty... So things are taking me even longer, and some times I'm not happy with how things turn out...



- The red took me a lot longer than I would of liked... I've tried to make it a little more brighter than my normal red, as such there is many, many layers of red...
- I need to touch up some of the green; add some highlights, brighten some transitions... I'm also at a loss of what color to do with his shield... If you have any ideas shout out...
- I'm going to be making the little hourglass thing in a bright blue, just to give it a new color...
- Various other things; the gold, the face, the fur, etc...