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These are spectacular. GW could learn a lesson from you when they update their Kan design.

That is awesome!!

Fantastic work! A nid skull or trophy of some sort on his base and he's ready to go! I'm really loving these so far.

Group shot?

Group shot. I was just taking some last ones. Gonna prime today.

All are magnetized for mix/match action.

AWESOME!!! LMAO

They're all primed now. Painting begins tonight.

Well, get to it man!

Pure awesome! Love that group shot, danke. Take your time painting, these builds deserve a solid paint job.

Kudos!

Well, GW released their Kans Squad today, and while they're cool and all, I still like mine better.

They're new ones have a very 'video game' quality to them. They don't look like they're sculpted by a guy, modeling. They have a kinda perfect, clinical feel that I'm guessing is cause they're all CAD now. And some bits of the Deff Dread are straight copy/paste. I mean, look at the KMB on the 3rd Dread sprue. It's straight out of the lootas/burnas kit.

At first blush, I loved the models, but on reflection, I like them significantly less. They're an improvement over the old kits, but not what I'd hope to see from GW.
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=&prodId=prod630021a

That being said, I'm happy to see their use of ball joints at the joining points. Making the model poses much more flexible. Less gap filling needed.

I like yours better too , they have the essence of silliness of Grot creativity. ( like those old martian look )

The new GW ones are a big improvement over what they used to offer.

BUT, yours are way better.

The new dread is kinda cool too. Something about it doesnt sit well with me though.

Love them. They're so unique! Keep it up

Both are great! But I wouldn't say yours are better but definitely cheaper! I also like the tripods.

Ol' Bugswatter is just awsome They all look great! Can't wait to see them painted.

It's been a bit since I've updated, so I have two sets of pics today. Firstly, here's my workspace after I finished all that building. It was a mess! so many bits of plasticard, styrene tubing, etc.



More importantly, I've finished painting the main bodies. I'd put it off for a couple weeks cause it was intimidating, and hey, Bioshock 2 had just come out. =) Anyway, here are the finished bodies. I'll be painting the DCCs and guns next, they should go fast.

Yellow Squad:
#1

#2

#3


Red Squad:
#1 (This was my first one, and it shows... =( )

#2

#3


What do you think?

I really like the weathering on the faceplate on Yellow #1. The glyph on Yellow #3 is odd, what is it?

The paint jobs are overall decent, but there are a few places where you let the wash pool that don't look quite right to me. I understand it might be the look you're going for, but to my eye rather than looking like "grease spot" it looks like "pooled wash."

The glyph in Y3 is Blitz. Just elongated to fit the space. Also, it's a bomb going off. =)
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d183/Gaf_Naz/Glyphs/OrkGlyphs1.jpg

Thanks for the feedback. Maybe I'll go back through and do a bit of cleanup. Most of the parts that look messy, look just fine irl. But the camera really highlights the details, and makes some things that might be overlooked at 1:1 size look bad.

Yeah, that happens quite a bit, that things that look *great* on the table don't hold up quite as well in photography.

They look absolutely awesome. I think I actually prefer them to the GW sculpts.

They look great!

The paint is looking ace thus far, keep it up!

Those are quite amazing man. great job

Amazing!

I really like the paint job on those fellas.

I re-painted the legs last night. They look a little nicer. No pics, though.

Starting on the arms tonight, for sure this time

Looking great!!! Keep it up! thanks again for sharing all your hard work with us!

I love 'em. Terrific job, 10/10.

The glyph on yellow 3 looks like something I find scrawled into high school desks by immature boys.

I love your cans, and I agree with them being much more original and cooler than GW's. I would love to see the flyswatter one have a squished 'nid on the base, it would be amazingly funny.

I feel emasculated just using this word, but they are really... um... cute. lol

Karl Deathwolf wrote:I love your cans, and I agree with them being much more original and cooler than GW's. I would love to see the flyswatter one have a squished 'nid on the base, it would be amazingly funny.

Thanks! I don't have many 'nid bitz. And arm or two maybe. Maybe I can swing by my local GW and they'll hook me up with a body or something.

Yeah, just checked. Just a couple of stabby arms. I think I'd need at least a head.

I love the idea though.