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Good work on everything so far. Keep it up

WOW that green spill is awesome! You have made me want to try water effects!

those craters look awesome. I love the melted guardsman. The water effect really came through with that green business coming out of the can. The sign and barbed wire look great too... but who on earth would try to climb over such a short length of wire? Mayhaps the gore should look a bit older? or more like dirty rags torn from the filth ridden carcass of a tainted renegade... your call. It all looks great already so... ya. Keep it up

The Good Green wrote:those craters look awesome. I love the melted guardsman. The water effect really came through with that green business coming out of the can. The sign and barbed wire look great too... but who on earth would try to climb over such a short length of wire? Mayhaps the gore should look a bit older? or more like dirty rags torn from the filth ridden carcass of a tainted renegade... your call. It all looks great already so... ya. Keep it up

Thanks for the feedback, and compliment. I wanted to make it look as if this area was bombed out and the barbed wire was all that remained from the explosion. Maybe a mine field? I am still up in the air about the gore on the wire, some times I like it other times I am ready to remove it Oh well I am glad you like and I am going to make the gore darker the next chance I get. I agree with the fact it looks a bit too new


As always thanks for the comments and suggestions,

Mike

The gore could be from someone who was standing in the middle of the crater just before it became a crater

Merry Christmas everybody! And Happy Holidays! I am almost done with my busy work schedule and will be posting again real soon!


Mike

Well hello all! I am thinking that I am going to take a break from terrain for a bit and finally paint the tyranids I got with Space Hulk. If no one objects I will post some updates on this thread. Also my next terrain project will be...(drum roll) A plaza with the fountain in the middle including some benches and statues. It should be fun to make and it will be the center piece of the city!

Stay tuned and does anyone have any color suggestions for my nids?
I am thinking of either

*Grey flesh, Green carapace, and Bone teeth/claws
or
*ALL BLACK like the Aliens (xenomorphs) with a gloss varnish and metal teeth/claws

Lets here some suggestions, and MODS if you think I should put this in it's own thread let me know!

Thanks as always,
Mike

The Aliens nids are a bit boring imo. Looks cool in your head, but not as much on the table.

If you do a blue/black colour, it gives you scope to shade with wash and gives a more interesting colour before you gloss varnish them.

Here is the Tyranid test model wip. Let me know what you think!

It was nice taking a break from terrain, I think I will do a few more Tyranids and do a group shot at the end. Maybe even a little battle photo in the city?!

Maybe bring the skin up just one shade or two, seems a bit muted atm. Or maybe a brighter red. Needs something to pop a bit more. Obviously all imo.

Love this thread.

G'day - first off, great terrain thread - we need more of it! Ive just started playing with weathering powders & they look great on the cities of death pieces!

I also thought I would post a couple of links to a really good painting/modelling site, as it talks about how they create icicles and (re your planned fountain) flowing water!

http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2010/07/tutorial-creating-tiny-waterfalls.html
http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2010/01/tutorial-how-to-make-icicles.html

Keep up the great work!

whalemusic360 wrote:Maybe bring the skin up just one shade or two, seems a bit muted atm. Or maybe a brighter red. Needs something to pop a bit more. Obviously all imo.

Thanks Whalemusic, I am all done with it! Let me know what you think

purplefood wrote:Love this thread.

Thanks friendo! Make yourself at home Thanks for the support!

darkkt wrote:G'day - first off, great terrain thread - we need more of it! Ive just started playing with weathering powders & they look great on the cities of death pieces!

I also thought I would post a couple of links to a really good painting/modelling site, as it talks about how they create icicles and (re your planned fountain) flowing water!

http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2010/07/tutorial-creating-tiny-waterfalls.html
http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/2010/01/tutorial-how-to-make-icicles.html

Keep up the great work!

Thanks Darkkt, this thread has been a labor of love! Thanks for the links they will be super helpful


So here you go, a few pictures of the finished Tyranid and the Cherub that is on the archway to the graveyard. I still have some scroll work to do on the cherub and some weathering but I hope you guys like it

As always let me know what you think, and keep the comments coming!

Mike

The colour scheme on the stealer is nice.

The Cherub is cool. A little question with the scroll work... Are you planning on doing the scroll work from top to bottom or going along the scroll. Because I was thinking if it went along the scroll (as in left to right as seen for the pictures perspective) you could probably fit an actual name on the scroll....as in the name of the graveyard...name of the city?

Peter

Love the pepermint armour

PDH wrote:The colour scheme on the stealer is nice.

The Cherub is cool. A little question with the scroll work... Are you planning on doing the scroll work from top to bottom or going along the scroll. Because I was thinking if it went along the scroll (as in left to right as seen for the pictures perspective) you could probably fit an actual name on the scroll....as in the name of the graveyard...name of the city?

Peter

Thanks Peter, it is growing on me! The cherub scroll is a great idea The only problem is my script work sucks I will give it ago though because I really do love the idea.

Thanks again Peter

SilverMK2 wrote:Love the pepermint armour

Thanks SilverMK2, the next 19 tyranids should each have their own flavor. Next up wintergreen!

Looking forwar to seeing more of your Nids.

The cherub is kinda creepy

whalemusic360 wrote:The cherub is kinda creepy

Well that is the point! Is that a bad thing or a good thing? This was my inspiration http://www.flickr.com/photos/mistercharlie/3414481789/

Thanks for the comment,

Mike

Fountain! Boy was this a pain in the butt to put together but so worth it. I have not decided yet on a final set up so I did a few mock ups and would love some feedback . The photo with the grey knight is only for scale. I will/would use a space hulk termie if that is the way I decide to go. Thanks in advance for any comments or suggestions!

Mike

How about one of the Inquisitor Scale models?

whalemusic360 wrote:How about one of the Inquisitor Scale models?

I think that it would be too big If I knew the approximate size then I would consider it. How much do they cost? Do you like any of the pictured mock ups?

As always thanks for the comment and suggestion,

Mike

54 millimeters = 2.12598425 inches just looked it up. I think for 30 bucks I will have to pass but it would be sweet

edit for 54mm post

I just dont think any of the SH termis would work as statues very well.

Darn you Whalemusic Goodbye $30 bucks. Now do I go guard or marine?


http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat490043a&prodId=prod1110257guard

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat490043a&prodId=prod1110218 marine

Thanks again buddy

Space marine's good,
But guard suits better as a statue

Personally Id go with this one
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat490044a&prodId=prod1110210

My vote is a hero of the imperium, a space marine. The Arbitis Judge is pretty cool too.

I vote for guardsman. It's good to have real people to look up to.

Looking at the scale of the fountain I think a 54mm miniature would be too big and make it top heavy. Other than size I think the main thing to consider is how static the miniature is....here are some of my suggestions
Nice to see an update

If you're wanting to use a Space Marine...http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440271a&prodId=prod1060015
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440271a&prodId=prod1060016
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440271a&prodId=prod1060012 these three are pretty much the tip of the iceberg
Dark Angel http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1400016&prodId=prod1060219 Hmmmm I might use this myself

Guardsman....http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440247a&prodId=prod990064a
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440247a&prodId=prod1070036 I'm quite fond of this idea
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440247a&prodId=prod1070016 not sure about this one

Have you considered how you are going to paint the fountain/statue?

Peter