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Following on from micro pens I had a breff look on the web and they were getting sold at around 5 quid each!

Also @ gits I can see your profile pic.Do you like mine?

Edit:There was lots of the same post all together because of the post not showing.

dantay_xv wrote:Will have to see if Micron pens are here in the UK or have an equivalent. It looks darned useful.

I remember an old WD where they used these kind of pens for blacklining their models too

-Cypher- wrote:I'll definitely be looking into this micron pen business. Thanks for the answer.

And I also can see your avatar just fine...

I asked the same question on the previous page about the pens and I have sourced them in the UK from Grafton Crafts mine cost £2.50 including delivery! I think this is excellent value for money and I am now thinking of getting some more colours. I suppose I ought to put my order in before the stampede from Dakkka!

Here is the web address;

http://graftoncrafts.co.uk/shop/

Happy purity seal writing!

ps. I can see your avatar fine Gits.


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Just had a weird thing with the post there I replied and it didn't show up so I did it again and then I got both, seems like the guy/gal before me had the same issue more than once!

Same as up above.

Yeah, I see him too now... wierd.

I should have some pics of the next project up this evening. This is one I'm really excited about! They're built and primed, but I think I'll wait until the airbrushing is done before I post them.

We'll be waiting impatiently.

You know, in discussing power sword painting techniques... I ran across something that the more I look at, the more I like.

Check out this post, it's Eggroll's blood angels (specifically his sanguinary guard): http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/360/313003.page#2750610

Obviously, they are fantastic... but look carefully at his swords. They have light and dark patches... but that's the point... patches of color, as if the energies are rippling across the surface of the weapons, changing the hues that are visible. I much prefer this to a regular gradient, even though the gradients are striking as I can buy this as a legitimate depiction of a "powered" weapon, or light sabre as it were. The lightening then, is the unifying principle that ties the patches of color together. Very nice. I think you could also have the lightening emanating from the white patches into the blue.. slightly different feel but I bet it would also look good.

Granted, it's still the dark to light transition, but the irregularity of it really appeals to me much more so that the straight gradients I did earlier.

Thoughts?

Power sword effects are nice kinda reminds me of how some of the grey knights swords were done in last months white dwarf. I need to read it again, but I am sure they used purple instead of blue on 1 or 2 blades

I get why you like them, they look excellent. I find Cattatafish's technique to be more of an 'accurate' portrayal, but I may invision a power-sword differently than you do. If that is the look that you feel best interprets your mental idea of how the sword should look, then by all means that is the effect for you.

I more invision a power-weapon to be metal at its core, though the energies flowing across it create such stark shadows and contrats that the metal is all but invisible (hint the black base-coat). The you have the 'spoke' from which the destructive capabilities of the weapon emenate, so that bit should be bright and a starting point for the first archs of power. I made 'balls of light' to show the arching energies coming together is some points along the blade, as I imagined that as the energy (in this case seen as lightening [though who is to say that's how the energy should act anyway?]) would wend its way to the point of the blade, and through chance, would combine at some points. If that is the case, then those points should be shown very brightly, and as further 'nexuses of power' along the weapon.

That is the aspect that Eggroll's blades lack, but that may be due to his different interpretation of how the weapon/energies behave. Which brings me back to my first point: different players will interpret things differently, and thus should use the techniques that they feel show whatever they are painting the way they want them to be represented.

(Though in reality the techniques seem to be only marginally different anyway.)

wow been a while since ive posted or done anything hobby related till this week and wow 10 pages to catch up on lol but everything looks great especially the lighting on the cannoneer great job gits!

OK, my schedule is filling up so I'll post these as they are. RT era devastator squad using the original plastic MLs. The limitations on these figures makes them hard to customize... but I did a little here and there. Will add more extras once the basic painting is done.



I'm kind of torn as I want to get them started but just ordered a real compressor for my air brush... so do I dive in or should I wait? I guess the compressor won't matter much when it comes to the end result, it'll just be nicer to use the quieter hobby compressor.

Cool!
@gits-When are you going to upload that paragth?

Fantastic looking beekies. Personally my favorite helmet style for marines. I would say go ahead and start, if silence is all you gain from the new compressor not need to wait.

Yeah definitely go for it, that way you know what you are working with at least and you arent stuck waiting.
They do look good to, i love the old style ML's, especially the top loading missile mag

Cant wait to see how the airbrush will make the minis look.

Ah the classics. So odd, yet so beautiful. I'm sure you'll do them justice, Gits!

UG

Thanks guys. Very frustrated... haven't been able to paint for a while now and I don't see a chance yet... and this weekend's shot. *grumble*

What's up this weekend?

Mother's Day. Whole family will be over on Sunday. I'm on smoker duty making BBQ ribs for a very picky father-in-law... and the house is a mess so we'll be cleaning all Saturday.

Will miss opening day for fishing *and* not be able to paint. I don't mind taking care of my misses of course, just frustrating that about 5 days have been pooched in a row leaving me no time to do something fun.

Growing up sucks! out to buy a lottery ticket!

SL


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Can you take a picture of the Dev. squad from a different angle.. I'd like to see the lead marine's helm from a different perspective.

Awwww bummer. We have Mothers Day in March. Hope you can get back in the saddle soon... I look forward to seeing what you have up your sleeve

Solar_lion wrote:Growing up sucks! out to buy a lottery ticket!

SL

Can you take a picture of the Dev. squad from a different angle.. I'd like to see the lead marine's helm from a different perspective.

2-D photogrophy sucks! Go out and buy your own Chapterhouse heresy helmet!

Yeah, late tonight if I can remember...

No need.. Now that I know the source.. I have a lot of the GH Heresy helms. Thought they be good for IG.

Thanks

SL

Sorry to hijack the thread, did you get my email about the backpacks Solar_lion?

yep.. sorry .. working 6 days a week with long hours.. Haven't even gone to the room with my stuff.

Have a weekend off (as of now)

SL

Finally got around to the airbrushing. Long way to go but at least they're green.

Looking good in green, only thing of note, something looks a little off with the missile racks on the furthest left and the ml front and missile rack on the furthest right marine, a bit gunked up or slightly miscast maybe.

Saying that the pics show models much bigger than they are, so in RL, I bet its not noticeable


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@Solar, no worries big fella

Actually dantay you are absolutely correct. 3 of the missile racks were partially melted in acetone. But these are so hard to come by I couldn't bear to pitch them. I have an idea for for a method of painting them that will hopefully disguise most of the damage. (It won't fix the damage, just make it hard to see).

We'll see if I can pull it off. In the mean time there's a lot of lining in my future. I might revisit the highlight gradient though... it's kind of disappeared and I'm not sure what happened to it.

wow those look good cant wait to see them finished

And they are by far the nicest missile launchers that GW mage for Space Marines too.
I would consider filling in the centre part to make it look solid, so only the tip and tail are visible, like a gun magazine.

Not a bad idea... I'll put some thought into it.



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A little bit of retread eye candy for you. I re-did the photos of this mini last night for a competition I was going to enter him in... only to find that I couldn't use this format. So as not to completely waste the time I spent screwing around with the light and the lenses and photoshop making it look decent... I thought I'd post it here. You have seen this mini before, so apologies for the repeat... but it's probably my favorite of all my tranquility vets. The pose is just so natural and I did a decent job on the camo.

There is something new however... this is the first time that I've added text onto a photo and spelled everything correctly!



Gits