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So much stuff for me to kill. One shot of conversion beamer Str 10 AP 1, blast. Problem solved.

Good stuff as always. Now go and finish up that Rhino.

the finished ones look very good and convincingly brutal to me... the scheme really brought them out alive!

Those are some epic Space Wolves! Great work man.

leohart wrote:So much stuff for me to kill. One shot of conversion beamer Str 10 AP 1, blast. Problem solved.
Good stuff as always. Now go and finish up that Rhino.

Haha, slow down Dat, I'm still getting there with this force and you know from my posts on the Warhammer 40K Houston Facebook group ( http://www.facebook.com/groups/295114300504938/ ) That I've been painting up a storm, we'll definitely have to set up a game soon.

Viktor von Domm wrote:the finished ones look very good and convincingly brutal to me... the scheme really brought them out alive!

Thank you! I'm trying to keep the paint scheme simple and effective, sounds like its worked!

Flying Pooo wrote:Those are some epic Space Wolves! Great work man.

Thank you Mr Pooo! I've always loved the Wolves of Fenris.

Here are my old old Space Wolves on display at GW Tomball for the big 25th Anniversary celebration ( http://www.facebook.com/GWTomballCrossing )


Assembly line painting Rhinos/Razorbacks, I picked a simple paint scheme that could be used across 3 armies, my Space Wolves, a future Blood Angels &/or Grey Knights. I'm an advocate of a simple/common paint scheme for vehicles, this way I don't have to buy/own a huge amount of vehicles for multiple armies.



Work continues on the Rhinos/Razorbacks & Vindicator!


Some more troops for the Space Wolf Force, a Long Fangs unit, some more Grey Hunters, Some Wolf Guard, two more Rune Priests and an Ulrik the Slayer / Wolf Priest model


A couple of Drop Pods built..


Logan Grimnar Paint scheme concept in process:


Closeup of the AOBR Captain conversion, I wanted him to look like the boarding marine with a hand axe and shield. I clipped the hair from a Space Wolf model and drilled/pinned it in place along with the backpack and banner. I added another purity seal to the shield cause hell why not.



More models being painted and added to my Space Wolves Battleforce.


So there's an update! Hope y'all like what I've got to share and as always C&C appreciated!

Continuing to work on the Space Wolves for a Build & Paint a Battleforce in a month event at my local GW Tomball Crossing Store ( http://www.facebook.com/GWTomballCrossing ). I've continued to add to the models and this is from my facebook post to the Warhammer 40K Houston group ( http://www.facebook.com/groups/295114300504938/ )

These are not dipped, they're hand painted every one with at least two coats over the two coats of P3 Black Primer. I use a larger brush for painting space marine models since they're mostly solid armor.

The color is a thinned mix of codex grey & Astronomicon grey. Still debating colors and schemes for all of them. Space Marines are easy to paint, its really the accents like shoulders that need to be a different color. Of course, you can always go further and do a knee, leg or even half a marine in a different color using painters tape.

I will do the shoulders with either Mechrite Red to Scab Red or Chaos Black. I need to work out some pack of 10 colors to denote squads. The solid red looks good for uniformity, but when they get bunched up in games its hard to tell who belongs with each other.

I have toyed with the idea of using a white for the Long Fangs. I might go a different route.

I haven't used the traditional yellow for Blood Claws yet, because I'm not entirely happy with the conversions I made.

The WolfGuard need some unique-ness to them, but I haven't decided if I'm going to due a light blue or dark blue shoulder.

Next, I'll do shading. I've been doing this by hand, but have ordered some army painter dark shade to try it out.








And, this is all of the models as of two days ago, not including the Rhino's & Razorbacks.


Here following are the models I painted last night which include some army painter primer test models that I wanted to see what the colors would look like as well as some army painter dark tone shading.




Primed with Wolf Grey and then accented with Mechrite Red



Primed with Wolf Grey and then accented with Mechrite Red





I didn't like how thick the dark tone was for the army painter and the directions to dip the model and then shake it 5-6 times to get the shade off didn't work because of how thick it was didn't work, so I used an older large rough brush to dip into the can and apply the shade to the model, these are the results:

Brush-applied quick shade does seem to be better, can we have some better lighted pictures of one or two guys when it has dryed?

I like the wolves, but where did the mordians go?

leohart wrote:Brush-applied quick shade does seem to be better, can we have some better lighted pictures of one or two guys when it has dryed?

This is the guy who was dipped at the beginning, but later I had to use a brush to get the excess army painter dark tone off


This is the close ups of the brushed on army painter dark tone:

Capitansolstice wrote:I like the wolves, but where did the mordians go?

I'm working on them now! I was painting up 30, but painting a horde sized army is so daunting, especially when each model has about 17 colors/paints/steps. I've shortened that to about 10-15 models, so I'll post up progress:

my hat is off to you sir! that amount of painting...even if you used quickshader... the wolves are looking very good! and the mordians are coming along truly amazing! to see through so many work done on so many minis...you have a strong min on yours!^^

It seems that quickshade adds a reflective coat to the model making them look shiny. That is a lot of stuff done.

Viktor von Domm wrote:my hat is off to you sir! that amount of painting...even if you used quickshader... the wolves are looking very good! and the mordians are coming along truly amazing! to see through so many work done on so many minis...you have a strong min on yours!^^

Thank you, Yes, its a lot of minis painted and many more to go. Lots of work to be done on the rest of the Wolves and then the Mordians, so many minis its a bit daunting and ridiculous. The Marines are easier and faster to paint because they're simpler. I could probably do a variety of them with a combination of my painting and the army painter techniques.

The Red Primer I have I could do Blood Angels and the Yellow Primer I could do Imperial Fists fairly fast. Of course I'd have to invest in two more battleforces one of vanilla marines and another of Blood Angels, but I think thats a project for another time. I need to paint these models up first.

leohart wrote:It seems that quickshade adds a reflective coat to the model making them look shiny. That is a lot of stuff done.

The quick shade does a couple of things, it shades and then acts as a varnish, so yes it adds a look of shiny to the models. There is a matte spray which should dull the shiny, but I kind of like it.

more marines...? well^^

also i think the lil bit of shine...you trade it for a strong varnish i think...from what i heard these dullcoats protect minis quite good! and that is nothing to be sneezed at i say^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:more marines...? well^^

also i think the lil bit of shine...you trade it for a strong varnish i think...from what i heard these dullcoats protect minis quite good! and that is nothing to be sneezed at i say^^

Tonight's been crazy busy, I didn't get any work done, but I did do some research on how to build my own Thunderhawk

http://blizzardbeastssm.blogspot.com/search/label/ARMOURY

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/242372.page

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/401587.page

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/346331.page

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/324703.page

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/291112.page

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.173530059361562.39164.161741390540429

http://barrykiker.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/diy-thunderhawk-developers-diary/

The next real step for those marines is basing them and then adding snow. I thought I might work on them tonight, but time didn't allow for it.

Here's a few updates on the Mordian Iron Guard! Trying to paint it up in smaller chunks.

From this:


To this:
















These should be hopefully done by the end of the week!

Love them man! Great Job!
If you are having trouble shading the yellow, try Red ink, it sounds crazy, and you'll still need to re-apply yellow on the highlights, but it works.

Red Ink, isn't that stuff extinct?

I stockpiled all the inks I could get before the big GW comet made it extinct

dsteingass wrote:Love them man! Great Job!
If you are having trouble shading the yellow, try Red ink, it sounds crazy, and you'll still need to re-apply yellow on the highlights, but it works.

leohart wrote:Red Ink, isn't that stuff extinct?

dsteingass wrote:I stockpiled all the inks I could get before the big GW comet made it extinct

Thanks! This group of 14 is looking more and more like its getting closer to being done:






So there is the Mordians, there are still several steps to do on each of them as well as clean up, but they are getting closer to being done.

I've also got a little Chaos in the mix here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-50179-24377_Chaos.html











The Chaos will need some work rebuilding the models and then painting as well as touch ups. I'll probably invest in some more Chaos troops and vehicles to make a decent list for them. What would you recommend for such a force?

I'm still in the process of getting a lot of my old models back from friends that I gave them to years ago, its a slow process with lots of negotiations and begging/pleading as well as coordinating of time and schedules. I've been building and painting pretty much every night, I get about 6-8 hours in modeling/painting and yet its still not enough.

I've recently been contacted about painting an Ork force for someone, its about 75 models and will be an interesting project. I haven't painted Orks in a long time, I did some research and am a little upset they took the color rules out of the system. Orks used to get bonus's based on the color of their skin in older editions, there are rules for color for the Orks, sort of:

1. "Similarly it is a well-known fact among gamers that "Red wunz go fasta," from the Ork belief that this is so." "Da red ones go fasta!"

2. "Orks lack individual psychic power, being denied such abilities by the Old Ones. However, they do have a sort of collaborative, collective psychic ability, meaning that if enough Orks believe something is true, then it will actually become so, brought into power by their gestalt psychic ability. For example, Ork rockets painted yellow create bigger explosions, simply because the vast majority of Orks think they do. "

3. "In addition to the clan colors, some players will also paint the faces of their Ork armies blue in a "Woad" fashion (due to the Ork belief that blue is a lucky color)."

I like the idea of Red Orks, so I've dug up some info on that and found some pics from others:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/286083.page




This guy has another red ork:




Now for some Blue Orks!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/311480.page


http://spaceorkspainting.com/gallery

https://plus.google.com/photos/105582963113829861589/albums/5469533446297888737?banner=pwa&gpsrc=pwrd1#photos/105582963113829861589/albums/5469533446297888737

And a yellow skinned Ork:
http://www.miniwargaming.com/content/3OeWD3dwJhm0


I like the Red Orks, I think I can do them up nicely in Red, plus they'll go fasta!

:-) They are Orks, I just run over them and dakka dakka them to death. Just kidding.

I don't know about Chaos. I would say you should wait a bit for the new codex to come out this year before deciding on what else to buy.

leohart wrote::-) They are Orks, I just run over them and dakka dakka them to death. Just kidding.

I don't know about Chaos. I would say you should wait a bit for the new codex to come out this year before deciding on what else to buy.

The Chaos models will wait, its a project I don't need to work on right now. I need to finish the Space Wolves and especially make some more headway into completing the Mordian Iron Guard

I'm still working out the details of the Ork Army Paint Commission build, just getting the initial pics down for my blog here on dakkadakka and the recording of the paint scheme will start to come together.

After getting an updated count on the models (original request was for painting 75 orks for $200 + cost of materials). This is more than 75 Orks. It is more like 78 Orks, 2 Bosses, 3 Def Coptas, 3 Mek-dreads, 1 Ork Trukk & 1 Ork Tank. Its a bit more than we discussed and will add on to the cost as it will take more of my materials + time to paint all of this.

I've already primed the models with two layers of primer and have begun painting a test/initial paint model as well as some of the vehicles and dreads as well as a couple of other models have received paint as well.

Pics are being cataloged here:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-50179-24457_Ork%20Commission%20Project.html






My Red Ork test paint process:

That's a really cool piece of Stained Glass there! What is it?

dsteingass wrote:That's a really cool piece of Stained Glass there! What is it?

Haha, no love for my paint jobs/work? /sadpanda

The stain glass is a piece of a larger set that was pulled from a house that was being torn down. There are several pieces to it and they're intact in their original framing sitting/propped in the window in the house I'm currently residing in.

Now go look up 'Never say No to Panda' on youtube.

Of course I love your paintjob man! lol

Too much orks. I want SM and IG stuff.

Like the red orks. I have been painting up orks with blue skin, just to break the routine you see at most stores and gaming circles. The mordian guard look great also.

hey hmelrose...have you considered white orks? or grey rather... i saw one a few months ago...very cool yet creepy looking...

man...choas and orks too in the mix... how long til elves and tau and nids are to follow?

dsteingass wrote:Of course I love your paintjob man! lol

Haha, well alright. Good. I thrive on constructive criticism and helpful hints/suggestions. How else will I get better?

leohart wrote:Too much orks. I want SM and IG stuff.

Dat! Hush, I've got this commission to get done and then I can get back to my IG & SW, not just SM ;P

martin74 wrote:Like the red orks. I have been painting up orks with blue skin, just to break the routine you see at most stores and gaming circles. The mordian guard look great also.

Oh yeah! I've seen a few with Blue skin out there and they look great! I'm looking at your Orks now: http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-29914-23721_Orks.%20%20The%20Start%20Of%20A%20Daddy%252Fdaughter%20Project..html


And they look smashing! Different colored Orks are the way to go, as they'll be less likely to wander off to someone else's WAAAGH! And they'll look cooler than generic green! Do you have a blog? I'd love to follow your progress.

Viktor von Domm wrote:hey hmelrose...have you considered white orks? or grey rather... i saw one a few months ago...very cool yet creepy looking...

man...choas and orks too in the mix... how long til elves and tau and nids are to follow?

I did not think of White! Oh the possibilities of a Winter World full of White Orks! Dress them up with GS Wolf pelts and other SW icons and that would be hilarious and awesome at the same time!

I've got some High Elf Silver Helm Cavalry models in a box, I took the lances from them for my Mordian Iron Guard conversions. I need to either trade those models or sell them. I really need to get a list of the stuff I have that I don't want or need and get a blog going in Dakkas trade section.

I have some Dwarves, a ton of Cadian & Catachan bits I may never use, but I think I'll hang on to and I really have way too many Space Wolf models.

More painting has been done, I've painted up a lot of boltgun metal + chainmail and then + mithril silver since I was running low on boltgun. I think I got a bottle that was partially full, not sure about that. I need to apply some washes and other base coats. I'm still trying to figure out the color scheme on the truckk.

I painted something like 50 models last night so I'm not posting pictures cause that would take ridiculously long and I want to get some sleep so I can get some game time in at my local hobby shop/ FLGS

Red Ork WAAAAAAGH Progress!

So they came to me in grey plastic, then I sorted and counted and prepped. Model paint progress, These were primed Black with two cans of Citadel Black Primer, then primed red with Army Painter Bright Red.




Mechrite red used as a foundation then base coated with Red Gore, then shaded, Teeth are Skulll White then Bleached Bone, and shaded

Metal is either Boltgun or Chainmail a combination of both with some mithril silver thrown in when that started to run low, Dwarf Bronze used on other metal bits.

Pants are Snakebite leather. Leather and boots are either Chaos Black, Scorched brown or Bestial Brown. ,

Scorpion Green used within the eye sockets, Skull White used on some of the eyes, Blood Red used on the tongues and eyeballs of the models.

Washes used include Badab black, Devlan Mud, Ogryn Flesh and Baal Red.




Test model is on the left and current painted model is on the right, progress up to 12Mar2012:








Paint scheme/progress is continuing to evolve and continue. I'm really liking how these are coming along and I think they'll look good once everything has been completed.

Group shot with the test painted model center front and the current Orks status (12Mar2012) arranged behind:

Red Orks now. Me likey!
What are you planning to do with the bases?

Flying Pooo wrote:Red Orks now. Me likey!
What are you planning to do with the bases?

The guy I'm painting them for doesn't want basing! O.o !!!!

I'm all like: basing =

He still doesn't want me to do it, thought I might anyway. The Orks are Red, so the basing would have to be something thats not red, but makes the red pop. I was thinking blue/grey aquarium sand.