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I believe he'll be chained to the booth, but after the exhibitors hall closes, he'll be free.

Chains?

Well shoot, suppose that's an improvement over the explosive collar I had to wear for the ModCube, eh?

Yeah Ice, pop on by any time! And you bet we'll do some afterhour gaming. I may not have my 40k stuff (Dunno how much room I have in the car to bring stuff), but for certain Ill have something!


@Heretic Tom: Thanks!! I dont often use much OSL (It sometimes looks a bit forced), but on the OTL minis, I find its almost mandatory
Appreciate the kind words, too.

@graven: You know what I discovered/re-remembered that exists (but have yet to try)?
Bacon. Vodka.

It's either gonna be fantastic or hideous xD

@Payne: Thanks man. Its definitely been an experience... one I hope that holds good tidings for the future

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Big Bacon be done!

The gatling pig trio (Prof. Pyg, Oolong, and The Baconator):






The very cybernetic "Road Hog"







And last but not least... A bit of beef TOTALLY BACON I PROMISE!








Next up will be the squad of counts-as bonegrinders. Small infantry, so in theory wont be as long an effort as the bigguns here

Fantastic painting Ramos.

jesus Ramos, those have come out beautifully. Skin tones as soft as a baby's arse but it's the metals I love the most. Really top grade stuff..... and now I want a bacon buttie o.O

Looking very swanky. The blond hair looks really great.

EDC

Wow, the big pigs are just fantastic! The Road Hog has to be my favorite, your conversion came out so well . Going to be running these in basically every list (although maybe just two of the gun pigs) so just thrilled that they're this badass!!

Awesome. the metals on the stomach plates are impressive.

They came out over-the-top awesome, and I second the smoothness like a baby arse, that skin is so clean. Your metals, again, are of the highest grade. Excellent all around.

Beautiful work Ramos. It's a shame they're for warmahordes where the brilliance of the concept and artistry on display will never be fully appreciated (except by the owner of course).

Love it

Those look really fantastic man, well done! Don't forget to accidentally spill something on them before you ship them to RiTides; I hate not having the prettiest models on the table

Whooops they were tarred and feathered, sorry 'Tides!

That's why I always offer to "fix" RiTides' models when they break or chip paint

I'll be watching you closely during that fix, Wehr! Thanks for the assist

Looking forward to seeing the bone grinders! I ordered some rifles with straps and grenades from Victoria Miniatures that I'll eventually see about making addable / removable to these, so I can run them as 3 different types of units. So they should see a lot of action

Wehrkind and I are gaming this weekend and I'm now under 15 minutes from a fantastic store (Games & Stuff) so looking forward to actually getting a bit more gaming in with the army now that Mk3 of the rules has hit!

Thanks guys!! Its funny you should mention the metals... Theyre actually brutally simple, taking in some tips I gleaned from Nerd's blog. A good basecoat, a few washes, then a really sharp highlight on the edges and scratches. Dust it with rust and boom!

@Gits: I agree somewhat. Though at the end of the day, my sole concern is to make a gorgeous final product, regardless of the game its destined for. So long as the client is happy, so am I

@Wehr: Oh I gotcha covered! Ill be shipping these guys back wrapped in concrete, bricks, and an old Chaos Dreadnought! With packing material like that, whats the worst that could happen!?

@Tides: Im jealous that you live so close to a good store... mines something like 40 minutes away xD
Definitely looking forward to seeing these guys on the tabletop!

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Didnt do all that much yesterday, as it seems I picked up a wee bit of strep throat from somewhere (I blame work!). So Ive been mostly sleeping and drinking hot tea since finishing the big bacon.
Today, I woke up refreshed and considerably healthier, so set out to get more bacon painted! I had received an addition to the force some time ago, so the first thing I needed to do was to bring them all up to the same level as the rest of the figs- Skin and fur done, everything else blacked out! Still need to black out parts, but its all a progress!

First up, a pair of lovely PP characters with minor alterations. Doctor Arcadius got a head swap from some random Wreck Age mini, and the massive two-headed pig, Sturm and Drang, got a simple cable on one arm.




Then I repainted the "test minis" to bring them back into the main scheme:



And lastly, the full squad of converted Bone Grinders. Just had 2 bare ones to add into this, bringing them from 8 to a full force of 10! This is my next phase, and I hope to get them done over the weekend. I work tomorrow but then I'll have 2 whole days off!



Till next time, thanks for reading!!

Damn it Steve! I though we were going to see some Titan action, not more pork!

At this point I want to see the Titan dressed up like a butcher .

We're close whalemusic, after what's shown above it's just a handful of solos! Ramos is rolling on the scheme (see what I did there?) so should be finished soon

It's going to look awesome altogether, only problem is Ramos already sent me the boars so they won't be in any group shot... unless I photoshop them in

Looking good Ramos! RiTides' gator army got a lot of oooohs and aaaahs at the store yesterday. I got a lot of ooohs and arghs for playing like a sheep with fetal alcohol syndrome.

Great painting bro. Your technique is just getting better and better bro, and I look forward to seeing what you have to show off next..


NOW.... (taps fingers on the desk)...if I don't see some warlord titan action soon, I will sick Bonnie ( my most wonderful GF...well she should be my wife we have been together for 10 years but one of the first things she ever said to me was " why ruin a perfectly good relationship by getting married?") on you, and she will guilt you and twist your words around so that at the end you will be apologizing for stuff you never even knew you did... unless I see some Warlord titan action here soon.


( BTW I don't know if the command deck on the warlord has the room, but on the scratch build I did years ago for a friend we made the princeps in a animoantic fluid cask using water effects...just putting it out there....

Soon, VERY SOON, Ill get some assembly done on the Titan! Seriously, guys I know I've been teasing it for ages... But I for real have everything I need to make it go- just gotta get the time to work on it!!


Great to hear the positive feedback from the gamestore, wehr! Any chance of pics? No gaming up around here, so I have to live vicariously through the minis I paint
Pity about the dice luck, though... If you want I can send Tides some of my "special" RPG dice. I've got to get new ones anyways... Rolled double ones (on 2D6) three times IN A ROW... Damn near resulted in a total party kill by black hole...

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I’ve today and tomorrow off of work for the holiday (Happy 4th of July, everyone!), So its time for some heavy painting!

I currently have most of the colors blocked in on the “Bone Grinders”, and from here its mostly shading and highlights. Gonna try to get them done tomorrow!

Beastmen are looking great so far.

EDC

Beastmen are done, but having massive issues with the varnish...

Dullcote never fails to fail me. Nothing but issues as long as Ive ever used it. Either it gets me a satin finish or it frosts on me. Like it did just now.

Working on salvaging the minis, because ill be damned if I have to repaint.... RAAAAAAGHHHH

I have so many different brands of bloody matte varnish now. Stupid humidiity >< Got yet another brand's offering the other day - only had a chance to give it a quickk test in the 'delightful' humid soggy mess that is a Korean summer. .....so far so good actually. Gave the tank I'm working on a quick spray and zero frosting! Hope hopes we have for this one!

Once, just once, I would like dullcote to work how its supposed to


I've given the pigs a gloss coat and most of the white is gone. Still spots I can see, but not much can be done about them.




Will need to wait till tomorrow after work before I can varnish again, hopefully to better ends.

After this army is done, Im never picking up a rattlecan of Dullcote again. Its failed me too many times compared to my airbrush.

Do people generally use a different airbrush for varnishing than for painting?

Or do you just have to clean it really well...in fact do you clean it with something different?

EDC

It depends on the varnish you use, your own technique/preferences... I use the same airbrush for everything.

As far as cleaning, back when I used Liquitex varnish, it was just water cleanup, so same as the normal paint.
When I use Dullcote out of the bottle, I use the lacquer thinner to clean my brush as well, then my normal windex and paper towels. So long as you dont let anything sit for very long, it cleans up quickly and without issue.

That is so strange, I have never had Dullcote fail me, even if I WAY over do application. We need to compare notes someday and see what the differences are. I am getting paranoid about accidentally replicating your conditions and wrecking a model :(

Nice looking models though! I should thank you for making my sculpting look a lot better than it is

Such a bummer about the dullcote! If it's humid feeling there today, I'd try a test piece first or just wait to varnish on the weekend or the like. I've also never had Dullcote fail me, but I'm paranoid about not using it in wet or humid conditions, or using the end of the can, for just this kind of horror story reason...

I can't make out much in the pic but hopefully it's salvageable, seems like it's a common enough occurrence and folks have worked out how to fix it by re-glossing. But yeah... definitely wait if it's feeling too humid and can circle back to seal it all at the end! If anyone else has advice on fixing the frosting issue please post up.