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Wow, you put me to shame. Plugging away is right. Keep up the great work, Nev!

Sister's lookin' fine from the back. The red looks really good with the blue on the wraith.

So did this over coffee this morning. Not a fan. Will need a lot of cleanup, but some of that was just a low care factor and me being sloppy. This is blue contrast over grey seer. Normally I do blue ink over mcragge blue. I still get some of the splochyness and brush strokes by it is much more subdued. This system is a lot more obvious about it. Will not be doing it going forward. It might work on an infantry level, but not on the vehicle scale.

Hope everyone’s weekend is off to a good start.

Nice, bright and really pops. But if it's not for you fair enough. It's similar to the fact that I won't brush air paints on vehicles.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Nice, bright and really pops. But if it's not for you fair enough. It's similar to the fact that I won't brush air paints on vehicles.

I like the color, it’s the lack of smooth coverage. I could give it another coat, but if I’m doing two passes anyway, why bother with the grey seer/contrast? Might as stick with my classic approach to tanks.

I will give it a shot at the smaller scale. If I ever get back to cranking out stuff for HH, I need a simpler scheme

Cleaned up the details, ready for decals. Started the base and the nose guns.

I probably don’t need to paint the base white, as it’s going to be covered in flock paste, but sometimes a little but of base peeks out around the grass tufts or rocks, so the pale base will be less obvious.

Also put the grey seer down on the WW’s base. It will need a wash.

Hopefully I can get some good progress today, but right now I needed to keep telling myself not to rinse my brushes in my coffee. So only doing things at the sloppy stages.

Contrast on large panels without layer paints as a next step is really hard - I use contrast as a base then I use the layer paints. I can see the start of your vision with it, but definitely understand the frustration. I have to finish a Gladiator Lancer and I don't really want to have to splotch Apothecary White all over the dang thing.

 blockade23 wrote:
Contrast on large panels without layer paints as a next step is really hard - I use contrast as a base then I use the layer paints. I can see the start of your vision with it, but definitely understand the frustration. I have to finish a Gladiator Lancer and I don't really want to have to splotch Apothecary White all over the dang thing.

The problem is that my Ultra scheme has always had a rich sapphire ink as the final layer. (edge work not included) I’m using them as a glaze, to tint the whole model, not a shade just to wash the depths. Although it does do that. So in an ideal world it would go on smooth with no pooling or splotches.

I love contrast paints for a lot of things, but they are not a silver bullet to solve all problems.

 Nevelon wrote:

 blockade23 wrote:
Contrast on large panels without layer paints as a next step is really hard - I use contrast as a base then I use the layer paints. I can see the start of your vision with it, but definitely understand the frustration. I have to finish a Gladiator Lancer and I don't really want to have to splotch Apothecary White all over the dang thing.

The problem is that my Ultra scheme has always had a rich sapphire ink as the final layer. (edge work not included) I’m using them as a glaze, to tint the whole model, not a shade just to wash the depths. Although it does do that. So in an ideal world it would go on smooth with no pooling or splotches.

I love contrast paints for a lot of things, but they are not a silver bullet to solve all problems.

Ever tried experimenting with apothecary white? Imho completely named wrong because its more like a technical dulling medium, especially works well in making metals look dull. Some contrast paints work really weird.

Apothecary white is what I use on my white armor phobos and sisters. Over grey seer. I like how it greys the shadowed recesses

I use a nuln oil wash on a lot of metallics, and it also dulls them down a bit..

 Nevelon wrote:
Apothecary white is what I use on my white armor phobos and sisters. Over grey seer. I like how it greys the shadowed recesses

I use a nuln oil wash on a lot of metallics, and it also dulls them down a bit..

I use nuln too but I always find it inconsistently blot, as if I accidentially missed spots' with accumulated black', then when I go over it a bit with some water I feel like it does nothing, but apothecary white, although not exactly black' (except etymologically as black comes from blanq which means white lol!) darkens things pretty well.

So when you make a 80% water + 20% iron warriors mix, you also get a better wash than nuln oil, for like metallic wear.

There's some technical paints that work so much better as a wash, like tesseract glow, I don't know who designs these but we have to keep experimenting as not every paint really works for what its meant to imho.

I remember when the last batch of contrast paints came out there was a lot of chatter about how vastly differently some of them worked. Some worked like advertised, where one coat actually did both shade and highlight at once. Others were mostly high-pigment inks that tinted/coated rather then shading. Both of corse very useful features in the toolbox, but nothing of the bottles tells you which is which.

War walker is just about done. Need to black rim the base amd put some tufts and flowers down.

YTD shelf is looking a lot better. Nighthaunt doing a lot of heavy lifting here. The sormhawk and another terminator are just waiting for flock and decals, or they would be up here as well.

Edit:
Finished the chin guns for the stormhawk, put the blue ink down on a terminator.

So I’m having a lazy day as I bang the half-century service stud into my skull. Took the day off of work and hope to get some hobby time in. I’d like to get some of the old projects polished off and get started on the new. While the PoS didn’t need more help, I ordered the soulblight spearhead to add some more undead to it. Also the first 3 books of the Stormlight Archive series from Brandon Sanderson. Really enjoyed the Mistborn and Wax & Wane series; would recommend those. Hopefully these will not disappoint.

Overall I’m doing OK on my goals for the year. Was a bit worried, but actually getting some stuff done. Hopefully I can maintain some momentum. If I finish what I’ve got on deck, paint the barbgaunts for Dec, and manage one more random marine for the company, I think I’ll mostly have covered what I need to do. This is achievable.

Hope everyone’s day is going as well as expected. Remember to be kind, help your fellows, and support the people around you. And keep on painting!

Happy upgrade day!

Thanks.



And these guys off to the YTD shelf. Which is getting pleasantly crowded.

 Nevelon wrote:

Remember to be kind, help your fellows, and support the people around you. And keep on painting!

This can't be said enough.

Happy birthday, Nev!

Happy belated birthday, Nev! Looks like you've been busy since last time I checked in. Ghosts look great, and you've also been getting some solid work done on your Smurfs. Nice job!

Thanks guys. It’s been a real week. I’ll spare you the details, but there is a whole lot of crap going on, and a lot of stuff in the air which should resolve OK, but going to be some changes. Plus my normal stress and worries. And this doesn’t even involve politics. Fun times. Hopefully won’t impact painting, but may impact my motivation to get things done. Going to try to keep plugging away though.



So terminator number 3 is off to wait for basing/decals. Just the sarge and the heavy left. Pair of sisters got their start. I don’t want them to be 100% black robes, so might work some red in there. RTB01s got their first layer. Need to start the dread.

Progress is progress. Getting there.

Be well everyone. It’s the weekend, try to relax.

Edit:
Took a progress pic, but it was blurry. Got the TDA sarge tidied up and his blue wash down. Next step for him is edgeing and cleanup. Put some red on the sisters.

Happy belated birthday! Hitting the big five-oh is scary as heck from the 49 side, but it's not that different after.

Lots of great stuff on display here. I like your war walkers from a few posts back. I have a few of the originals, but didn't like the lawnchair version that came later, and of course had stopped buying 40K when the version you shared came out.

Eldar have had a lot of ups and downs with sculps. Amazing early stuff, a dark time around 3/4th, and then lots of good new stuff. When they get around to getting us new models.



So two terminators now waiting for decals and base work. One more left. Started cleaning up the AoS spearhead terrain.



Plugging away. Need to start on the dread. Moved a random intercessor from the old KT build to get paint. He’d let me hit my company goal.

If I can finish everything on deck, the 2 last triumph sisters, and 5 barbgaunts I think the year will be well sorted.

Also realized it’s been 3 years since the last advent, so I’m probably going to put that together so I can launch it on the 1st of Dec.

 Nevelon wrote:


War walker is just about done. Need to black rim the base amd put some tufts and flowers down.

I like em, also bought one more recently, having 2 aswell.

Also like vypers but never bought one of those, but both the walkers and those have the most slick shaping, like walking branches, preying mantis' legs etc.

Yay for Advent.

Looking forward to the Triumph in all it's glory.

Everything looks suitably brutal and blue,,, as it should be. Keen to see what you do with the dreadnought. I have 2 leviathans and a relic contemptor I’m struggling to decide on final colour scheme,,

Leopold Helveine wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:


War walker is just about done. Need to black rim the base amd put some tufts and flowers down.

I like em, also bought one more recently, having 2 aswell.

Also like vypers but never bought one of those, but both the walkers and those have the most slick shaping, like walking branches, preying mantis' legs etc.

I like the look and concept of the walkers, but they don’t mesh well with my army theme, and are not fun to paint. The two I have will probably be the lst of them. I’d love to see a new vyper. The old one still holds up, but is showing it’s age. Which can be said about a lot of the Eldar range.

youwashock wrote:Yay for Advent.

Looking forward to the Triumph in all it's glory.

As I go through the last 3 years I feel that maybe a 4 year cycle would be better. Trying to find examples of minis I like, or that have a story or significance. Got a list of things for ‘22 and ‘23 so far, next up is a review of this year and some sorting. Fingers crossed on the Triumph. I’d love to get the whole thing done by the end of the year.

Alaricuk wrote:Everything looks suitably brutal and blue,,, as it should be. Keen to see what you do with the dreadnought. I have 2 leviathans and a relic contemptor I’m struggling to decide on final colour scheme,,

At first I thought “dread, what are they talking about” then I remembered I had one on deck for the month! I’m horrible. It will have the basic black/silver gears and pistons, with blue on all the armor panels. Some places are going to be hard to figure out what’s what. Playing it by ear.



So slapping some paint around. The last terminator got his blue cleanup. Ink is next. Although I realized I missed a lot of his wires, and a spot of silver. Will go back to those.

One layer at a time.

Soulblight spearhead showed up yesterday. Counting it as a gift, so not vs. the paint more then I buy goal. Birthday giftcards are good like that (even if some of it was out of pocket). But that’s going down on the build station once the spearhead terrain is done, which is 3/4th complete.

So the spearhead ruins are clean and off the the to-prime pile. So this lovely lady is down for cleanup. Not many mold lines, which is good. She’s got all the fragile bits of an eldar, combined with all the stabby parts of chaos. Waiting for the ams to set before putting on the elbow wing bits, probably leave the shield off for painting, but will see how it sits on the arm once I’m done with the next step. If the angle is good to get a brush in, I might just glue it for convenience.



Paint going down. TDA needs his edge highlights, otherwise done. RBT01s should be at the cleanup blue stage. Dread just got his black base for the silvers. It was completely accidental leaving the knee pad white when doing the blue. But I’m going to take that as a sign and leave it like that. Help break up the mono-tone nature of the dread.

Hope everyone’s weekend is off to a good start.

Nice generational Marine shot. Vampire lass has my interest piqued.

 youwashock wrote:
Nice generational Marine shot. Vampire lass has my interest piqued.

I was on the fence about the bat hair. Still not 100% on it. But it’s grown on me enough to let it be. Built her stock. Debated swapping the mace out. But I kind of like it. Less stabbing and bleeding out. Just pulp things into blood bag smoothies. Perfect for the after battle snack. Shield just tacked on for now.



Brought the 2 finished ones down for a photo op. Glued some rocks and tufts down after taking the pic. Ready for flock and decals.

Everyone flocked and done. That’s a project that’s lingered on the bench. This was my June comp entry, where I only got one done in time. But everyone off the YTD shelf now.

But not before another pic.


That’s the marine spearhead done. Special TDA captain subbing in for the new guy (who turned into a chaplain)