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Hah! That Terminator is looking at his watch! lol

 nerdfest09 wrote:
I might do a yellow step by step if you really want? it's not that hard once you get your method down my choice of colours is a little different than some but i'll see how I go since I have to paint literally half (and only half) of my Howling Griffons yellow i'll get a chance no doubt

At this point you could probably throw cat gak at a wall and we'd still happily read a tutorial on it.


Also forgot to ask, where did you get those barrels and the little stand alone cogitator from?

Nerdy kicking paining-ass again!

Cheers dudes! I don't own a cat but will 5 dogs do if I throw their gak at a wall? hmmmm the colours might be a bit off if I do that!

the barrels and little access computer are 3d printed from thingverse, I'll have to find out the details from the guy who's doing the prints for me!

should have some more WIP and a finished Predator tank tomorrow.....

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls here's some more Howling Griffon work for you! firstly the finished Predator for them. I love the scheme these guys have and the fluff is right up my alley too so i'll be chucking a few purity seals on everything to stand in for the oaths they take, they're (as I read it) space marines with the long memory and grudge holding capability of Dwarves

lets not waste time here with chitty chat, lets see a tanky tank!










And more Howling Griffon stuff is the re do of my gaming table! I wanted to change my Mars style board to now suit the home world of the Howling Griffons which is sort of an icy Fenris style planet with areas of frozen tundra. So far i've got all the base shades on and washed it all a couple times with different washes made from poster paint and them added small tufts of hardy grasses, next I need to find a way to add snow in patches so it looks like soft melting snow and then pour resin into the crevasses and make it look like ice floes a nice learning experience for me and hopefully it'll look good! I want to make a giant wall with a bastion in it to stand in for the proud eyrie which is their monastery!






should have a Chapter Master by the name of Alvaro finished tomorrow too.......

I love it Damo. Beautiful work.

Gotta agree with Gits. Both the predator and the battlefield are fantastic.

I must know though, the predator name plate. How'd you do it? Colours, method, etc. Tell me your secrets.

Stunning as usual, beautiful work. Really nice start on the board, great choice of colours. Like the idea of the escarpment fortress.

Straight from the cavernous halls of the Proud Eyrie, Chapter Master Alvaro of the Howling Griffons dons his mighty Terminator armour bedecked in oaths and seals commemorating past victories and stories yet to pass. this mighty warrior inspires his chapter and speaks with the voice of the billions of Imperial citizens they protect with unwavering loyalty.







I have a sneaky suspicion this army of mine is going to look pretty darn striking

Lovely chapter master. Nice to see I'm not the only one who prefers a more muted palette on Howling Griffons. Look forward to seeing more of yours.

*cough*NotLamenterswithoutcheckeredshoulders*cough*

But very nice yellow!

That guy has got a great face!

Great face, but a very, very long neck... Lovely paintwork as usual, though.

Glad you guys like him, I think the neck thing is not as bad as it looks but thanks to GW changing scale left right and center the old Chappy looks a bit awkward. I probably should have made the inside of the armour hood darker to hide it more. but I didn't and he's finished and I still think he looks badass so I don't think i'll bang my head against a wall in sadness :-)

Vehicle number 2! Vindicator 'Griffon's Call' ready to smite the hell out of heretics and xenos alike! I'm really enjoying the army and how it looks so far, I can't wait to get onto the troops and Termies

It's beautiful. The cannon and the weathering on the bladr especially.

Awesome. The dozer blade in particular, I really like your take on the silver elements , is it done with grey and blue or metallic ?

Either way looks the dogs !

Beautiful work Damo. Love the way the weathering contrasts with the bright colors of the tank.

Your Griffons continue to impress! Top stuff.

Love the Vindi, Damo. Nothing adds flair like a giant bird head on your huge facewreacking cannon

Such a great addition putting the griffon on top of the cannon. What an awe-inspiring concept! The heat discolouring on the cannon barrel just adds to the character. Great stuff as always.

Those howling griffons look really great.
I especially like the heated effect on the vindicator weapon. But everything looks good, nice red and yellow, well dosed weathering.
Good job mate.

Thanks guys, i'm on a bit of a roll with the HG's so here's some more

Contemptor dreadnought which was sort of a rescue thanks to a terrible cast, so he's now got the saved legs and the plastic Contemptor torso and arms and looking much better now







I also finished up my jump pack captain or squad leader? I really love the look of the head on this guy, makes the model look so much better than a normal head or helm






Hmmm what else can I work on for them?.....MOAR VEHICLES!!!

You need to do a drop pod , just to see how you would handle the quartered scheme on a five sided object .

I hope the hero doesn’t get his hair stuck in the jump packs intake

Beautiful work there Damo. The scroll work on the dready is just begging for a name.
The jump pack bloke is exceptional. The head gives the pose a lot of flavour. Like he's just had some tyranid monstrosity bellow right in his face. Air and phlegm and half digested guardsman rushing past and getting stuck on his armour.

I hope the hero doesn’t get his hair stuck in the jump packs intake

This is exactly why you need a helmet.

Top work on the JP fellow. Where's that head from? I don't recognise it, so I'm guessing third party?

All I would say is that the power weapon lacks a little contrast. Some pure white/off white at the very edges would just help it pop a bit more, as it is it fades into the rest of the model a little from certain angles.

Thanks fellas, that head is from KF Studio I think, part of a Space wolf style pack, i'll have to check.

Para I am going to blame the pics for the sword effect :-) and my eyes for the pics so therefore it's my fault that the sword looks like that in the images, it's brighter in person I promise.

I wonder what I can get done tomorrow!!?

Fair enough, I thought it might be the pics as it's slightly out of focus in a couple so if the effect was there I wouldn't see it anyway. Great work nonetheless!

On an unrelated note, any plans to paint up some Adeptus Titanicus stuff? I'd love to see your take on a Warlord.

Beautiful work Nerdy! Your HG are going to be amazing as a group.

 Theophony wrote:
You need to do a drop pod , just to see how you would handle the quartered scheme on a five sided object .

I hope the hero doesn’t get his hair stuck in the jump packs intake

Haha yeah I second the huge pain in the ass that is a drop pod, let's see you hand that one Damo !