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lol no worries man, I totally understood what you meant.

No matter how strongly I tell myself to keep my project under control, it seems every time I get close my mind wanders off and there is a new box of bits or supplies on my desk demanding to be used. Then I go back to models I swore were done and add some more. Case in point, I swore my purestrains were done, then last week I went back and added 3 more layers of highlights on the skin. Then I swore they were done again, and then I went back last night and applied 3 more colors of weathering powder. Then I GS'd and plastirodded the stealer with the toxic sludge base, so now I need to paints the base bits I added lol. THEN tonight I sawed the tabs off all the old metal hybrid models I got, and will be adding one of the familiars to the Broodlord base. THEN I can get back to the stuff I am supposed to be doing LOL...

So ya, ten of me would only mean 10X the work not getting done at anything even resembling productivity lol.

Btw, would love your opinion on the hybrid armor scheme over on my thread if you get the chance -

Sorry guys EVERYTHING is put on hold. I have been running the idea of going to Golden Demon this year in my head. I have 6 projects started that are secretive. I have been traveling the past couple weeks for a while, talking to veteran players and many upcoming artists, no, no big names. I have come up with the fact that i HAVE to at least try this year.

A. The first GD in one city. Meaning to win would be EXTRA-ordinary.

B. I want to know where i stand.

C. I just love the art and atmosphere of GD, who doesnt. Even a person not interested in the hobby would enjoy it.

The thing i have noticed though, is that many people are very quick to show off what they will be entering. Number one rule is, NEVER do that.

I also noticed how much talent is truly coming out in these competitions now. It is turning into a real life art form, and personally i love it. Some may not agree and believe it is about the gaming aspect.

Im excited about this. The projects should be quite different. Although its hard to be different when entering GD. So if this thread becomes stale for a while dont worry. I will be back with the DKOK every now and again. I just have a whole lot on my plate and time is wearing thin. TIME is going to be the enemy here. 8 hours of painting a day will be hard to accomplish with my schedule as is. I will try though.

Any words of advice and encouragement would be great.

Glad to hear that your going to attend Golden Demon this year.

I for one will not be able to join this year because its too much $$$ for me to get there, but will try to go next year for sure.

What I may suggest, and this comes from talking to GD winning entrants, is to keep your model as simple as possible but at the same time eye catching and unique. This will be true for this years competition for there will be a lot of competition and the judges will start eying out mistakes and will probably be very "brutal" with their judgment and decisions. And most importantly...have fun and experiment with your models and techniques. I have improved so much over 5 years in this hobby because Games Day was a great experience for me and has taught me well. This will pretty much put you to your maximum of your ability.

Once you're there and have placed your entry...head down to the painter's corner (if there is one in this years Games Day). There will be most of the GD painters and groups that will be more than happy to help you with any questions you have. I used to horde them with questions like there is no tomorrow, but they answered to all of them and will gladly show you some techniques if you ask.

Its a shame you won't be showing us your work....but the wait will be worth it at the end when you reveal your winning entry

Though may I recommend you work on fewer entries....6 is really a lot for the time allocated for you right now and this could effect your over all entries for you might start rushing and create mistakes. May I suggest you cut it down to 2 or 3 the most. Again choose the best ones and go from there. If you have time then work on an additional project, etc.

Other than that....enjoy....have fun....and good luck

How did you make the DKOK base for the squad?

That was just made using an unfinished plauque from my local hobby store. I used balsa wood to do the trench base and i cut strips ending them at each hole that i had to fit the bases in with the same pattern as the wood. i cut the holes out of foamcore and layered that up so that the second level would be higher than the first. I then added scenic dirt to the whole thing. It was time consuming with the wood. Took me a while to get it right. To keep the same pattern onto the bases.

So a little update. I have come a long way with the krieg thus far and have more on the way soon. And i have started a black templars army. Mostly in respect to my first army which was black templars. So today i picked up two space marine battleforces, a predator, and a terminator squad. I also got an extra tactical squad but i gave those to a friend who was considering entering a hobby such as this to try to put them together and paint them. My plan is to finish both of these armies and finally get some gaming in. I have not actually gamed in about 3 years so it would be a nice change of pace. The two armies being Krieg and black templars. Wish me luck. Pics to come by tomorrow for sure.

Here is some work i got done. I have many projects in the works, and not much time to spare lately but its still nice to get some modeling and painting in.

I did the rhino and some neophytes. They are not done to a great standard, just tabletop quality, I just want the army to look good as a whole. Spent about a 2 hours total painting thus far. Hopefully i can get a better standard of painting. Im just not used to highlighting black with just edging. Its strange to me.

Man you have an insane amount of stuff going! orks, dkok, marines, your gd projects, jesus lol.

I must admit, and don't take this the wrong way, but your dkok and orks are much more interesting because they are your own thing, while bt's are just bt's you know?

That being said, it's for playing, so; constant super artistic magnificence can't be the goal every time!

Hope you know what I mean brushy, it's meant as a compliment! Likewise, would like your opinion on my SH stuff when you get the chance, there has been some movement and your advice is always welcome!

p.s - you still owe me a skin tutorial!

Nice job!

Thanks guys.

@ Major, yea i basically went to the Local gaming store and they had 30% off so i bought an army. Im not so sure how smart it was to do so, but i figured I could do something with it.
I do have a lot of projects. The ork army gets some attention here and there. The DKOK is a straight up OBSESSION, and the BT are just kind of a bland, go with the space marine flow, thing. The GD entry is frustrating right now. Since i hit a wall with it im going to step away, take a little bit of time away from it and go back. This way I dont rush anything.

Oh, but i do plan to freehand all symbols and heraldry on the BTs, just to give them some unique feel

I have a problem with frivolous purchases of GW. Hence why I have a DKOK army in the works. In a few weeks I will finally have a macharius and quite a load more infantry. O joy!

Lol you are a gw'a'holic, makes me feel better. I have taken to purchasing painted minis on ebay if I like them. Inevitably, I receive them and give them an upgrade paintjob, but it's expensive. When I look at the time I would have to spend to do everything I want to do, it is kind of worth it. Kind of. lol.

Ya man, the BT comment is more because I feel the scheme kinda limits your abilities due to the colors etc, that being said, I bet it is a bitchin fast army to paint and get onto the table.

I am just selfish and want to see more dkok and orks! preferably with SKIN TUTORIALS

Just a few updates. Im trying to really deck out all of the troops as much as possible, and keep an extreme contrast in white and black. The thin highlighting of the black hasn't started yet though.

I also tried using Asurman blue wash on the white shoulder pads. This way worked well in shadowing, just a few touch ups will be needed.

Here is some more updates on the first squad. The assault squad, I will be starting the second assault squad soon as well.

More of a speed painting idea here, but im pretty confident that in the end the army will look good, and the paint jobs will look even better all together.

The shading with the blue wash actually looks good, I like


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You truly are a great painter, to me all of your models look spectacular. That blue wash appears to have been successful




WHY CAN'T I HAVE TALENT?

It looks good so far, reserve judgment until I see how you treat the black though!

May I just add, this project is shaping up to be mightily impressive, Not sure if I missed it earlier, but what paint brand are you using for the Death Korps? They look really superb. I'm considering trying to strip my Death Korps which I did before my current IG and look at changing the colours. The green's gorgeous. I love the weathered tanks as well, they look fantastic.

Black Templars.. I have a thing for. My first ever attempt was BT, and they have a special spot in my heart So these are very very welcome. I like the Marshal as well, a bit unconventional but tremendously fitting somehow.

Great work, keep it up

sA

Spectacular, Sirrah! I truly believe that DKoK are the finest models made by FW, and their stuff outstrips GW by far

You may have already seen these, but Secret Weapon Miniatures makes some nice trench bases that might work for your DKoK.

http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com

Thanks guys.

For the DKOK i use GW, and Vallejo. I use GW catachan green for armor and helmets and vallejo german grey, as well as GW scorched brown and bestial brown.

I too am awaiting the highlighting of the black. I havent done this kind of highlighting since i first got into the hobby. It may be more difficult than i anticipated.

Stay tuned guys more to come shortly.

Black can be a bitch if you if you try to overdo it I find, I generally do about half the highlights I would on any other color, anything more than that and it starts looking dark grey... I have full confidence you will kill it though brushy!

What do you highlight the Vallejo German Grey with? I am considering using it on my own up and coming IG army (that will have some DKOK incorporated) but having never seen the paint in the flesh I am not sure what could be used to highlight it.

Was thinking maybe Neutral Grey from the same range?

very very nice.

Actually for the German grey i mixed white into it progressively, I did the same for the green as well. Try it out man, the key is to hit all areas lifted in the first highlighting stage, and leave more of the original German grey showing, this way its faster and also keeps the same grey between squads. If you want any advice just ask.

Awesome stuff brush_slip!

Very small update. I just kind of did a quick highlight method. Very subtle, not what im looking for
Its hard to even see it.

A very small update. I did the guns and some highlighting last night. I think all round they have a very good templar look. If it stays consistant throughout the army it should work perfectly.

sorry about the bad pics. The black armor makes it a dread to photograph.

looking good, nice rich red on the guns, icons and checkers looking good too, just need a minor clean up on some od the templar cross edges with black.

Nice! Any plan for the bases? I believe someone above mentioned secret weapon's trechworks stuff for the dkok, why not for the bt's too?

I do want to do some trench bases, but as you may know I am far to stubborn to buy pre-casted bases. I was going to do trench for the DKOK, if you look back to one of the earlier posts i have a display base for the HQ.

For the templars I wanted something simple. Possibly cork for rocks, but otherwise some sand and odd piping systems and sheet metal, just for a bit of attention.

I have some more painted pics ASAP. I did the second Assault squad, and the terminator squad last night. I really enjoyed painting the termies. So much room for free handed symbols!

Nice can't wait!

Power through the trench bases if you need to, but you could always embellish, some of these bases running around online these days are quality stuff!

I had some fun with my new airbrush yesterday, definitely comes in handy for basecoats, vehicles and smooth grading on things like power swords etc, ever try one?