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If you need detail shots of the thunderhawk give me a pm.

Agreed!

I uploaded some thunderhawk detail picks tell me when you want them.

I want them!

sonofruss wrote:I uploaded some thunderhawk detail picks tell me when you want them.

jabbakahut wrote:I want them!

ASAP and post them here if you please. It keeps this thread alive whilst I practice painting Lucie. There seems to be an interest.

Thanks,

EB

well you asked for it

































Some are blurry

sonofruss wrote:well you asked for it

Thanks for telling me I thought my eyes were going bad. Great photos and a lot of detail I haven't seen before. So you purchased a Thunderhawk kit or did you buy it on ebay? I'll see if these whet my son's appetite to continue the build. Well the paint should be dry, time for another coat.

EB

Whoops sorry,

Blackadder

Two years old Xmas pressy from my brother this years is a reaver with titan ccw, melta cannon and apoc launcher family with money FTW. If you need some more detail shots of the thunderhawk tell me what area and what parts there are so many parts.

Egad and gadzooks, the world has gone mad. A Warhound has sold for $217.50 on ebay and god help me I was watching the item but missed the final bid time.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120523808391&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Have all my endeavours been for naught??? Has the bottom dropped out of the Warhound market as well?

Even I would fork over $250 bucks (including shipping) to possess an original even if it had fallen off a table (anything can be repaired unless its melted)

A greatly distraught Blackadder

The_Blackadder wrote:

Thanks for telling me I thought my eyes were going bad. Great photos and a lot of detail I haven't seen before. So you purchased a Thunderhawk kit or did you buy it on ebay? I'll see if these whet my son's appetite to continue the build. Well the paint should be dry, time for another coat.

EB

PLEASE DON"T QUOTE LARGE WALLS OF TEXT, GOSH DARN IT!

Klawz wrote:

The_Blackadder wrote:

Thanks for telling me I thought my eyes were going bad. Great photos and a lot of detail I haven't seen before. So you purchased a Thunderhawk kit or did you buy it on ebay? I'll see if these whet my son's appetite to continue the build. Well the paint should be dry, time for another coat.

EB

PLEASE DON"T QUOTE LARGE WALLS OF TEXT, GOSH DARN IT!

Bla bla bla, listen to my caplock text....


@blackadder: That does seem like an incredible price, but you have more experience stripping and reclaiming models, I've never done that. I see it as as a 250$ gamble.

Klawz wrote:

The_Blackadder wrote:

Thanks for telling me I thought my eyes were going bad. Great photos and a lot of detail I haven't seen before. So you purchased a Thunderhawk kit or did you buy it on ebay? I'll see if these whet my son's appetite to continue the build. Well the paint should be dry, time for another coat.

EB

PLEASE DON"T QUOTE LARGE WALLS OF TEXT, GOSH DARN IT!

it was not a wall of text it was a wall of pics and it is his thread by the way

And to be honest, I don't mind seeing a thunderhawk twice

You will see it more than twice when the detail gets to the point the warhound did and there are more things that I haven't taken picks of ether

The long anticipated painting has begun and in the main it's coming out as well as I expected. I did a lot of masking the first week and experimenting with my antique airbrush. After a thorough cleaning it was working good as new but the fine spray tip assembly is missing and no local hobby stores support the Badger 350 anymore.

I'm a bit disappointed in the metallic paint on the legs but as everything is only the base coat I should be able to rectify the shininess.

Anyway here she is showing her colours. Please bear in mind this is only the basic paint. The detailing will begin when I get the fine tip assembly.

Blackadder

You, mister Blackadder, are a legend. An inspiration. Hope the painting continues to go well

Very impressive.

Thanks for the quick replies. In case anyone is wondering; I popped the shield generator louvers off of the back to add some lead weight to the generator housing. Lucie is front heavy.

I likes 'em front heavy but not toppling over front heavy.

EB

Hi,

I've just spent half an hour speeding through this build, I've got to say it is just amazing! I can't believe the lengths you have gone to to recreate this warhound. You must love constructing models!

Can't wait to see the finished product!

Um, I can't believe I didn't notice it before, is that extension between the hips and main body set? Is it just sitting on there? It has to be just how it's sitting right?

jabbakahut wrote:Um, I can't believe I didn't notice it before, is that extension between the hips and main body set? Is it just sitting on there? It has to be just how it's sitting right?

Would you believe:

A telescoping feature I incorporated into the Mark II version so Lucie can see over obstacles...

A launching motar to propel the main body into orbit if the battle is going poorly.

A device to make Lucie seem bigger than she is to frighten off larger titans.

A transparent ploy to garner responses?

All of the above?

None of the above?

Jeez Jabba ya gotta give me a little credit. Actually the pivot shaft is a close tolerance fit so the body doesn't wobble and a few layers of paint prevented the body from seating all the way down.

I can't believe you'd think I made a mistake like that! LOL

The cut down a peg Blackadder

"Down a peg" get it?

EB

Just want to say this looks amazing! Even my GF(who is not into WH 40K) said it looked awesome! Though she thought it looked like an Wall-E

Greetings from Holland

Gorgeous. Utterly gorgeous.

The_Blackadder wrote:Actually the pivot shaft is a close tolerance fit so the body doesn't wobble and a few layers of paint prevented the body from seating all the way down.

I can't believe you'd think I made a mistake like that! LOL

No, I never thought it was really, just looked so odd, yet it also looked like it belonged that way. Are you just going to force it down when you're ready?

My dear Sir; A Gentleman never uses force therefore a good whack with a hammer oughta set it. Actually after I've finished painting I'll scrape the overspray off and she'll be right as rain TYVM,

Great to be back on line again.

Addicted to the internet Blackadder




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My local art supply house has let me down. They promised to have the fine tip assembly for my airbrush in Friday last but came a cropper. Monday is my best hope for continuing the painting. On a brighter note I did paint the armament; pictures to follow..............

Now where did I put that Hawkeye (Kodak (®))

EB

The yellow is Testors Flat Yellow in those tiny jars which cost over a buck and a half now. I remember when they were a dime a jar??? I don't like water base paint and it's only the base coat. I'm going to wash it out with some shadowing with rust and highlighting with various shades of lighter yellow and orange in hopes of achieving a similar look to the FW offering. The Carapace will be likewise highlighted and a subtle coat of blue to add depth would not be amiss. The metallic paint on the legs and feet was a total mistake and I efforting to remedy that.

Looks clean.

Wow, you are old, a dime?

So you don't paint with any acrylic?

I still have an old jar with 10 cents stamped on the lid.

Hope I don't break a hip going down stairs to get it.

EB

A rare glimpse into the Adder's Sanctum Sanctorum that holiest of holies; my work bench. Rarely is it as neat as in these pictures I just cleared it of construction mess and substituted painting mess. I was surprised how much paint I had left from ten years ago and real toxic stuff at that.

Flo-Quill railroad colours remember that.

WARNING Known by the state of California to cause cancer in white mice!!!

Hell! Everything causes cancer in white mice.

Anyhow I got my 'fine' tip assembly for the antique Badger and tried it out today and here is the result. Naturally I didn't practice because what I do first always comes out best and it's all downhill from there so I did the yellow parts mainly because I was scared to do them. I used Testors flat yellow and added red blemishes with ModelMasters British red which is almost a burgundy colour and goes on the yellow in what appears to me a close match to the FW yellow headed Warhound.



Okay so I'm fairly good at modeling but I fairly suck at painting.

Blackadder

Looks cool.