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I like your spinetail, the osl looks good and i like the blue/black highlight on the robes. Any chance of a run down on the highlight stages and the colours you used for the black robes?

PDH...I suppose you probably should worry about me. I'm relatively obsessed with Skaven. I think they're awesome and cute...but not a good cute...like a cool cute...perhaps I should shushy...?

Yes I'm still on maternity leave and I've been trying to motivate myself to do some more painting. I managed to finish 4 CSM Khorne Berserkers last night (which you can see on my thread I started this morning). No I'm not promoting myself. I just remember you telling me I should start one back on page 1.

I still like your work (will that ever really change though?) Happy painting!

Yggdrasil - The blade attachment is a thin platicard just to change the silhouette of the gun....so I can claim its a shard carbine. I like Abi too... her sister calls her scAbi which makes me laugh (mainly because its true she does seem to have them on her knees quite regularly ).

sum1thtdiesalot - Yes they are trueborn. The Dark Eldar are just a fun little 12 or so model project. When they are complete I may use them as an Esher Gang in Necromunda for a few games. Shard Carbine - Shotgun, Splinter Weapons - Las etc....but I'm jumping ahead I need to paint them first

Calibanite Lion - Cheers. The robes are actually a dark shade of teal. Started off with a base of Vallejo - Dark Sea Blue, Highlight - Base plus Hawk Turquoise x2, Wash with a mix of GW Blue and Green washes, Highlight again. Add a little Ice Blue for the final highlight.

bunnygurl - Ha Ha I knew it Shushy is a cute word btw. lol. I've just had a quick peak at the Beserkers and stuff... but I need to go to work so shall have to comment in your blog in about 9ish or so hours .

Peter

Well guys I've not been able to do any painting for the last few weeks...on Doctors orders. He didn't say anything about modelling though , so I have been able to do a bit on a limited basis. Basically modelling doesn't strain my eyes as much as painting. So later this week with a new pair of glasses and the rest, I've given my eyes, I should be able to do some painting again

I though I may as well bung a miniature in too....Ogre Maneater I painted in 2008. I think this could be one of my all time favourite models and worth the £20 it cost me.



Peter

I like the gold tooth, very nice little touch.

Nice mini indeed...

When will you be able to paint again? Good luck, until then...

That is a pretty awesome model you have there. Though he does remind me a bit of a pirate with the gold tooth and eyepatch. Hope you get better soon!

Great model peter , and condolences about not been able to paint. I am not sure who misses out more you or Dakka ;-) , well at least we can look forward to some great models at least eh!

Nice warrior, i too had a twin knife dude, didn't like it though. Yours is great though, cant wait to see them painted.

Sorry to hear about the troubles, Peter, and sorry I kinda dismissed them on my thread, too. Hope you give yourself a good break, anyway.

Ogre looks fantastic, btw. Would love your recipe for that beautiful rusty metal

Earthbeard - He was just screaming out for a gold tooth

Yggdrasil - Cheers. I'm hoping I'll be able to paint again by the end of the week. Depends when my new glasses arrive and how my right eye feels.

sum1thtdiesalot - Arrrrrrrrr

neil101 - Thanks... I think I do The only plus is that I have done a little modelling, so there is now far too much on my to paint pile...1 Archon, 6 Trueborn, Space Marine for Dakka Conclave and a super secret project that I think will get done first and get its own thread.

Perkustin - Credits where credits due, I stole that ladies pose from Paz http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/328364.page. I cannot wait to see them painted too.

Scarper - Thank you. Don't worry about my eye sight or being dismissive. I will be fine I just need to do less things that involve my eyes... like looking As for the recipe for the rust its straight from the ogre kingdoms army book....which I will dig out after work.

Peter

I don't usually like Ogres but yours is freakin' shweet! The gold tooth is awesome but the thing that stuck out for me was the clothy eye patch. So cool!


Edited 'cause I'm allergic to mornings therefore sneezing my face off and can't type.

Hey Guys,

Yet another update of new models rather than painting what I've got undercoated I've had these chaps done for a while now but I've just begun painting them so thought you might like a quick look-see.

This year and late last year I've been massively inspired by Molotov. His Inq28 thread http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/240062.page" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/240062.page and his blog spot http://inq28.blogspot.com/" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> http://inq28.blogspot.com/. The part that really got me going was his new years resolution http://inq28.blogspot.com/p/my-2011-resolutions.html and after reading it I just had to send him a quick email offering a contribution. Which after a bit of back and forth produced this http://inq28.blogspot.com/2011/02/contributor-pdh.html" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> http://inq28.blogspot.com/2011/02/contributor-pdh.html which made me very happy indeed.

So this is Magos Helixis Spur (who I saw as soon as I laid eyes on Ikit Claw)



This is his Praetorian Battle Servitor 9856-26 (who was a very happy accident and I'm so glad I kept those Space Crusade Dreadnought legs in my bits box for 20 years! ) I don't think I'll be using him in Inquisitor much though...can you imagine a twin linked heavy bolter!



Bunnygurl - Cheers me dear!

Peter

Those are some freakin sweet conversions. I really like the Magos helixis spur. Keep up the great work.

Hey Peter thats a great model and big congrats on the blogspot feature , i too am a fan of fellow dakkite molotovs work, but its your work that has inspired my next two spin off projects which may well count as inq28 ?

Fantastic work as usual Peter The magos is very cool indeed.

Very cool Magos!

Wow, how did i miss this!!

Lovely work on converting and painting and the basing is top-notch as usual.

How much of that Magos is Ikit Klaw? Does the model come with that ace backpack?? It looks sweet and will duly be swiped, with proper acknowledgements of course!


edit: Do you have a particular source for your basing materials? Or is it just random bits? Also, where does the Magos' head come from?

Cheers

sum1thtdiesalot - cheers

neil101 - Oooooooo count me intrigued. Thanks for the compliment.

monkeytroll - Thanking you.

The Good Green - He is cool but I think that might be his thermal cooling system lol. I'm a bit gutted my favourite bit on the whole model is his bionic neck which was pretty much covered with the mandatory hood .

Vitruvian XVII - It is pretty much totally ikit claw. The head is from a Tau Stealth Suit, right arm plastic rod and an Enginseer axe. The backpack is Ikit's and the only additions were the Mechadendrites, shoulder mounted lasgun and the press molded mechanicus symbol. His left arm is untouched because it doesn't get any cooler than that. BTW the left arm is a to put together because the front half is on the body and the back half is part of the backpack! Help yourself to the idea

Bases: In the last three years bases have become quite important to me. They really can add so much more to a model, though I still hate (perhaps an overly strong word) painting them. I have to paint the bases before I paint the rest of the miniature (to the extent I think May's project will be to build and paint all the bases for my Imperial Guard Army (56 small bases, 5 40mm bases, 5 60mm bases) I'll be treating myself too in June... as for my 30th birthday I'm getting an air brush ).

As for what I actually use for the bases: Vallejo Sandy Paste for the dirt areas, plasticard for slabs, plasticard "corrugated metal" design, random bits and pieces from cities of death and tank kits, random plastic tubes and rods. I've not used them yet but I've just bought some 28mm scale resin bricks too.

Cheers

Peter

That Magos Spur is pure awesomeness! All of the changes are quite subtle, yet the result is a totally different thing. Love him to death!
YOU on the other hand, I hate you, because I considered converting Ikit into the leader of my miner gang, which I now cannot do anymore, because I would see Spur in him all the time!
Nah, I still might do it, but I wasn't to convinced of the idea to begin with, I was just looking for an excuse to buy and convert Ikit.
Well done, mate!

I made a sentinal out of space crusade legs once a long time ago - really want to buy some recently but I only won one auction and the guy was a con job - they work really well!

Love molotov's blog too it awsome - but just so it on the record your blog is awsome too - unique in its way - every model a conversion and a lot of really unusual scenic bases. You have style man

Baiyuan - Magos Spur feels your man love but has eradicated all the weak human emotion from his metal frame and so cannot reciprocate. I wanted to make some joke about mechadendrites but I felt the Mods would snigger but reprimand

I on the other hand do have human emotion (well not according to Abigail, sometimes) and you have really upset me with your hate As for the mining crew's Foreman you might want to consider him anyway....just get rid of the "plasma lightning claw" build him a renegade militia head some how or other and jobs a good un. I'm kinda regretting not getting rid of the lightning claw as its very distinctive, yet too cool. Cheers

weetyskemian44 - Thanking yous. Sucks that you got a con job auction. The last GW thing I bought off ebay (Necro bounty hunter) I am convinced is a fake, so its sitting here unpainted because I'm disappointed with it.

The Space Crusade legs have been a nightmare...lets just say GW's moulding techniques have improve phenomenally. I've actually finished painting the majority of the servitor but the details are different shaped on both legs, the sharp edges are just not that sharp. So far so good the colour scheme I've gone for looks pretty good, though I'm not sure about the hazard stripes up the front of the feet. Oh well I reckon middle of the week for a painty update.

Well in May I'll be posting "one or two" bases.... lets see if I can keep up the style.

Peter

PDH wrote:This is his Praetorian Battle Servitor 9856-26 (who was a very happy accident and I'm so glad I kept those Space Crusade Dreadnought legs in my bits box for 20 years! ) I don't think I'll be using him in Inquisitor much though...can you imagine a twin linked heavy bolter!



Bunnygurl - Cheers me dear!

Peter

-drool- At last I know what I'm going to make with these old space crusade dreadnoughts!
Congrats PDH, I have to say I really like your work!

Thanks for the rundown PDH! Will come in handy

I think you may be right about the claw though, its freaking awesome but also definitely Ikit's. Still, i am in no way suggesting you change him, i totally love it!

Peter can you post me in the direction (again) ;-) of the rulesets y0u use in you skirmish games? and for imunda or I28 which ever name is appropriate , i fancy taking alook over them. Only if they are to hand mind ,eles i will dig about ;-)

Cheers neil101

You are right about his distintive claw, but I wouldn't dare take it off too, it's the coolest thing about the model (including the backpack).

Actually got the model today and had a closer look at it. IF I use it for my leader I will go a different way, keeping the claw and getting rid of a good part of his body.
Don't want to go into detail here though, that's rather stuff for my own blog. Don't want to spam yours with it.

What you said about assembling Ikit was SO right by the way, still you failed to mention that his claw is threeparted. Not just front and back, there also is an upper part. In my case the front part was bend pretty much and it will take some careful plierswork to make it fit properly.
Also I totally understood you adding mechadendrites to the backpack, the sockets on it scream for mechadendrites. Which I, not being into tentacle things, always loved about the AM.
About the hate, let Abi give you the most manly hug on behalf of me, to make sure you'll get over my belligerence and hatred.

Awesome paint skills, consider me subscribed.

Some very nice work

Hyenajoe - Haha it took me so long to work out what to do with the legs I thought they'd stay in my bits box for ever. Cheers

Vitruvian XVII - No worries. Yeah totally Ikit's.... bit it will serve nicely as a piece of archeotech: rules (intelligence test every time he wants to use it) Power Fist with built in Plasma Pistol.

neil101 - Morning mate.... for you I'll find them, admittedly not a particularly hard thing to do. For Inq28 I use the Inquisitor Rulebook http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod1140164&rootCatGameStyle= which I've had since the day it was released and is such a great book. You can download it for free http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=cat480007a&categoryId=1100009§ion=&aId=4900004 and I assume the pdf version has a few update. That is just the tip of the iceberg plenty of other pdf's from fanatic magazine which are pretty easy to find as a bulk download but start off with the rule book.

For Necromunda I use Necromunda: Community Edition by Anthony Case http://www.anthony-case.me.uk/necromunda which I think is great.

Baiyuan - Ah yeah I've tried blocking the building process from my mind...the third bit that was longer than the hole it was meant to go in, plus the claw that was wider than the gap it was meant to go it! I bet it was a pleasure to put together on the original green. As for what you've doing with the mining boss.... well I'd better go check out your blog.

As for getting Abi to give me a manly hug.... I'll wait until it emerges from the depths of slumber.

medabee - Thank you.

Fury_00011 - Cheers

Peter

PDH wrote: neil101 - Morning mate.... for you I'll find them,

Thank you sir i didnt realise you could download inquisitor from gw , did it this morning Cheers for going to all that trouble iam such a lazy man and the necro one was the one i lost a while ago still havent read that one.