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@Vitruvian XVII: Hehehe. Our only saving grace is that there aren't all that many Empire kits from the Forge around (yet). I was a little underwhelmed with the Ironsides to be honest but these command miniatures are really, really sweet. The champion especially is a great model. The detail is very, very good and there are no miscasts or even that bad mould lines (or slightly off connections between the halves of the moulds). My only little gripe is that they look a little bit tall for state troops and 28mm scale. And I'd be pretty miffed if they weren't any better than GW's current state troops. But yeah, they're better detailswise (of course) and designwise as well. As for the decals, I'm just using good old water, a modelling knife, gloss varnish and a brush.

Quick update on the Space Wolves. These fellas are finished now:


Apart from that, I just finished writing a little article on my first hands-on experiences with Finecast. It's the glorious Cockatrice and if you're interested to read about my first experiences with Finecast and one of the first miniatures that were exclusively designed to be cast in the new plastic-resin material, have a look here:

http://sigur.tabletopgeeks.com/

I hope you enjoy the article. Please leave some feedback!

The Space Wolves are looking awesome, and a very fast turn around, too. Read through your FineCast article. That was one nasty airbubble, but good overall, however. Have fun painting it!

Wow they look real

@Cosmic: Thanks for the feedback!

@risewiththefallen: Cheers!

Wolf Banners WIP:

Indeed, the finecast article is a very good read, thanks!

Eager to see what you do with the banners! Is it going to be simple or very elaborate?

@Vitruvian XVII: Glad you enjoyed the article. The banners are going to be rather simple compared to the empire banners I did last.

Speaking of which...

Ironsides command WIP:

Magic, pure magic! looking amazingly good as usual, the chimera is outstanding you have really captured the feel of the model and all your wolves look great! that is looking to be one large army! I enjoy seeing what you've been up to every few days so don't stop now!


nerdfest09

Wow. Truly amazing stuff. I'm blown away by your dedication and mad skills. If not slightly envious

@nerdfest09: Thanks very much for your uplifting comment. Shame I didn't update for so long. I hope that you're still checking back to see the new pictures I put up.

@Grim Smasha: Thanks!


Alright, here's another update just to prove that I'm getting stuff done (at an alarmingly slow pace though). :p


Rhinos (the one in the left is for the Wolf Guard, all the other ones are for squads of Grey Hunters):




The Rhinos also double as Razorbacks. Here's a picture of Rhino#2 in its Razorback form:



Here's the finished Vindicator (first of two):





...and the one I currently got WIP. "Rah, I'm a Land Raider!":



Vehiclewise, we got one more Vindicator, two more Land Speeders and two more Drop Pods coming up. C&C welcome and I hope that everybody's doing fine.

The red on the smoke launchers seems a bit off, but I really like the overall look you've got on the wolves.

Of course i'm always checking back in! how can I not? the work you do is inspitrational! that weathering on your rhino/razor's is amazingly good! and I can't wait to see the umm, Rah im a landraider finished!


Nerdfest09

I've always appreciated modeled on weathering more, but hot damn! You make the marks look like they're popping out or caving in like it was chiseled out. I'm impressed.

I'm excited to see what you do with the wolf banners.

@whalemusic360: Thanks muchly. I was looking to get some more red onto the models for the extra old-school look.

@nerdfest09: Cheers.

@crazypsyko666: Thank you. With this army, the client only asked for painted-on paint chipping. I did hack away at the vehicles of the SW army I did last year though. You can see it here: http://sigur.tabletopgeeks.com/space-marines/?nggpage=2

@Manchu: I got some stuff planned for them already. Just trying to finish the vehicles first.



New Land Raider WIPs:





Sorry about the rather lousy picture quality. I need a new lightbox for vehicles really.

Manchu wrote:I'm excited to see what you do with the wolf banners.

Hear, hear. I've assembled one for my first Grey Hunter pack, and have no idea how I'm going to go about painting it, as I'm not confident when it comes to freehand - any tips, old chap?

Love the Runic look on the Wolf Guard Rhino - might have to steal that. Is it just highlighting from orange up to off-white?

Oooh, I like those Space Wolves. Again, fantastic job. Keep it up!

@Dysartes: Thanks. Yup, it's basically highlighting up from Bestial Brown, Snakebite Leather and such. As for freehands - ho-hum. It of course helps to have developed some recipies for what paints to use on freehands but in general, the most important thing is that you remember that you can paint over any mistakes you make so just go ahead and have fun. Keep it simple and not too small or fragile when it comes to scripture and such. It helps a lot if you outline the rough basics of the design before starting to paint them on with a slightly-off colour or just water.

@crazypsyko666: Cheers.


Right, the Land Raider is finished (pictures of that one will follow shortly) and I went on to do the Land Speeders. This is a very early WIP of course and displays a little accident as well :p :



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Another update (just because I couldn't think of anything else):

Did you dry brush those land speeders?

Amongst other things, yes.

Just curious. Your dry brushing is very clean, very controlled. Generally, what do you use to dry the brush on?

About weathering: Have you ever checked out Sons of Orar's models? I think he's my favorite regarding that technique.

@Grim Smasha: I'm using a regular old sheets of kitchen roll (hope that this is the right term). Thing is that you really, really have to wipe everything off the brush. Then you can do some effective and good looking drybrush effect. In recent years I started using drybrushing more and more again because it's simple and can work really, really well to get a nice look. I know that this technique has a bad reputation but that's mainly because way too often people expect wrong things of it, don't wipe their brushes off properly and/or make bad colour schoices.

@crazypsyko666: Not sure I've seen his stuff but i'll look into it. Thanks for the suggestion!


Land Speeders 99% finished:




Hope you like them! C&C welcome!


By the way, Battle Brush Studios hit 100 Likers on Facebook last night! Hooray and thanks to everybody who likes the facebook site!

Very nice sir!

Loooking good

B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l work! :-) those speeders made my day! the kit is one of my favorites and you have done them justice! I just love your weathering technique, and you say it's all painted on? any particular recipe for it or do you adjust it to match the main scheme of the army? I still use the maskol weathering technique http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/244365-Landraider%20side%20on.html?m=2 but i'd love to learn how to paint weathering with confidence! please keep up the amazing work and I look forward to more from you!


Nerdfest09

Wow, i go for a week and you churn out a whole motor-pool!

They look great as usual, and the freehand is breathtaking, especially the NMM on the Rhino with the runes.

@majortom11: Thanks muchly.

@bigfish: Cheers!

@nerdfest09: Thanks for the compliment. It's all painted. As a principle, I always paint everything (same reason you won't find any extra-fine styluses or anything like that on my table). Of course I do use some other techniques as well but for that kind of chipped armour, it's all painted (I do use a little piece of foam as well though).

@VitruvianVXII: Hehehe, thanks.



Right, Vindicator #2 is finished:





That's that for the tracked Space Wolves vehicles.
Hope you like it and thanks for looking everybody. In the next days I'll be working on some more Evil Sunz Orks just so I don't go crazy. I'll also see that I can start working on the Cockatrice and maybe some Fenrisian Wolves.

lol space wolfed out yet???

@MajorTom11: Quite, yeah. Don't you have any interesting projects to offer? Just kidding. I switched back to the Orks army for now. Those have to get done too.

Orky update:


(Because I got really fed up with chipped grey armour I'm going back to chipped red armour )