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That's easily the best Stormraven I've seen. Great work.

Some really fantastic work in here, i love GW's new blood angles plastics, and you have defiantly done them justice. Also that storm raven is ACE, think i may have to have a go a one for my BA successors chapter, only thing is, they are true scale.

Ok, nearly done with all the GS on the Librarian dread, just finishing off the head and one side of the force weapon to go. Got the apartment keys and off to find a suitable painting station at the weekend. Should maybe have some colour on it or the Stormraven soon too. Pics below (sorry for the poor quality and lighting but you get the idea.

Best part - Peruvian independence holidays next week from Wed - Fri, looking forward to 3 days of weektime painting, should make good progress!

That Stormraven is absolutely amazing!

Lovely, the keys are a great touch. consider the idea nicked.

Awesome GS work, and, well, everything else too!

Amazing green stuff work! That dreadnought is seriously coming along very nicely!

The dred is turning out better than I thought it would.

You are truly talented.

Properly mindblowing stuff, both modelling- and paintingwise!

Damn awesome!

you could probably sell that stormraven. Just call it cloudybird or something to avoid any IP disputes. ha.

EDIT
I'd buy it fo sho

Been a while since the last update, and not been up to much except finishing off the Librarian. Finally moved and also got a desk in the new apartment on Friday. Hit the GS, finished it off and sprayed it up yesterday.

Also got the metals and some of the blue done last night. Should have it finished middle of this week. Looking good so far.

Progress photos coming tomorrow

Somebody link this thread to the GW model team. THAT"S what a Stormraven should look like!

That Stormraven is awesome, some serious hobby skills you have there. The dread looks sweet aswell. And your painting is good as your conversions.

I look forward to follow this blog.

Brotherjulian wrote: Somebody link this thread to the GW model team. THAT"S what a Stormraven should look like!

Hahahaha, Please someone do, but only if GW pay me loads of money for using my design and give me a fleet of them for free.

Thanks for all the praise of the cloudybird (kanelom has to get credit for the name though)

I haven't seen a storm raven that even comes close to that thing! that is really very good and your painting is brilliant! I just love that thing! I wish the FW one was as nice looking!

Your storm raven is a real beauty, the level of detail makes me very happy. Is definately in the top 3 best storm ravens I've seen. The sanguinary guard are superbly painted and the libby dread is the absolute most awesome I've seen. All in all this is an awesome army so far!

I love your stormraven, can I have it's babies?

Got round to painting the lower half of the furioso librarian, not finished on the blue as there is some minor tidying up to be done and final highlight.

Nice, what colours did you use?

Looks good man, looks very good! I look forward to the rest, without which it kind of looks like a Crimson Fist!

Hits_the_spot wrote:Nice, what colours did you use?

For the blue I presume? Mordian Blue base, Necron Abyss washed into the recesses (this keeps away the shiny effect from using blue washes like Asurmen Blue) then several thin coats of Ultramarine Blue, mixed up to Space Wolves Grey (the final SWG hasn't been done yet)

The work with the green stuff looks awesome, gotta love dreads

MY god man! This is bloody brilliant!

That Stormraven looks like it deserves to be a Forgeworld model honestly! Though for that Vertical Stab I would have done a V configuration like a MQ-9 Reaper, but that is just me, the orginal vertical stab though does look a bit akward. It looks to be more at home on a full sized Thunderhawk then anything.

Ok so no new photos for you but just reporting progress -

Librarian dread nearly done, had a test on some chipped armour effects and now putting this on the dread (he's supposed to be a veteran after all) Only took three attempts to get the Smite power effect out of his had looking right, but now it doesn't look like purple lightning (1st) or fire (2nd).

Swiping some A3 white paper from work today and will get proper well lit photos of it all loaded up on Monday.

Also adding armour chips to previous models (in moderation) and should get captain, sword blades etc also done over the weekend. Then it's time to paint the Stormraven, with it's new rear wing (which I'm keeping secret for now, but it looks much better than the previous one).

Enjoy the weekend, mine will be spent strapped to the desk painting!

Wow. Impressive stuff here.

When you post the SR tutorial, PLEASE link it in here!

Eric

Update time: Taken a little longer than planned finishing off the Furioso Librarian. Still have a few details on the front plate to finish off and highlight including the head, then there is a scroll rack and the force weapon arm. Progress pics below.

Idea for the head-cables at present is to go with chainmail for the wires and then paint the smooth cables as tubes supplying him various fluids. Still planning on pale grey, probably with veining made to look like skin is almost transparent, vein colours same as fluids in tubes. Eyes glowing red, similar to the smite bolts on the hand.

Awesome with a whole bottle of awesomesauce.