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No to Photobucket!!

If they are wargaming related then please upload to the Dakka gallery.

Okay, Dakka now has the most recent pics of the Great coats and the vets.
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Great Coat Command Updated.
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am going to make a sand based basing, painted in grays to make it look like concrete powdered by artillery, and Devlan Mud washed for effect.

have you considered using air dry clay for the modeling of the bases? are all models completly fixed on the bases or is their still time to make 3D bases for them?

vik

Oh yeah., to even things up, gray stuff to help out^^

i´d done some lavabases with that stuff and it beat the on sale stuff miles a head and still look good, see for yourself in my gallery...

Nice, I like the way it worked out for the Iron Templars.

and remeber i did it the wrong way and it still looked good...i should have done basecoat red and then yello drybrush instead i did yello basecoat and then reddrybrush and then gradually yellowing it up...took quite some time...

Yeah, I have some other great coats that will get the cracked and glowing effect as they come form a radioactive volcano world that requires their protective gear as normal.

if you like i can post a pic of a mini i bought on the fleamarket. i did the paintjob rather simple to test an idea. i basecoated it black and as it is a stonetroll kind of he got only sunburst yellow in its cracks...it turned kind of like a neonyellow to green glow effect which would make a good looking baseeffect too...

vik

Sure, show me how it came out.

wait a sec, will upload it...


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so here are the pics. just shown for possible wastelandish bases and stuff like that...

the flash actually brought out the greenish effect of yellow on black far better out than i thought...

beside the radiactive/glowing fella a more earthen brother of the same model...for cpmparisson...







well would make good bases this technique...

vik

I would like to borrow that for my grimmest great coats. They do remind me of the ABC warriors, but made of stone instead of metal!

yeah plaese do some ABC warriors... i did service in an actual platoon during my days in the army...funny time to waste ones time tho...

what models will you be using for these then?
karskin?

Funny thing about the ABC warriors in mind, the radioactive volcano world Great coats are them, they have armored covered face masks with even armored eye pieces that look like tank vision slits. Those look odd but will be mounted on the magma like rocks you showed me.

well this sounds convincingly good to me^^

vik

Now to work on that platoon after the present ones I have shown the command squad for.

Going to head out to the shop today to work on that platoon. I will pick the bunch posed together as that will give an idea of how many there are to work on!

New pics as promised! starting with

Arkelyatsen Rifleman
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Murmanskyan Platoon all ready for primer.
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After priming, veterans to the side.
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With first paints on, command squad in front.
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With the flash going off!
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whoa thats a huge amount of paintwork done, i congratultae you for your ongoing abition...how long did you work for that? i shudder to think i am way in front of such a vast unpainted army, but in fact i am^^ as i have no mini paited yet for my imperials...that will take some time...

good work mate, enjoy your detailwork^^

vik

The greatcoats are great models and are incredibly easy to convery with guard bits, I am currently making a dkok army with them using the IA rules.

Hi Vik, that was several hours work at the local shop, started about say 5pm, got to quitting time about 10pm due to also making a missile oriented sentinel I got myself for the Holidays.
I have it listed as an A.S.V.-30a5 missile striker, has the multiple missile launcher and a HK along with it.

The troopers I had to slow down on as I forgot to take the close in reading glasses for detail work, and it was odd to paint at arms' length as was.

TNS, Thanks, good to hear that others also are liking these minis for conversion work. The company doing this are also working on heavy weapons teams as well! ^^

Thanks all.

heavy weapons teams from them too? well here is a thought to wait a bit and then purchase...


well after christams there is easter and all the other gift-holidays^^

speaking of: merry christmas to all and see you on the other reasy side^^

cheers mate, vik

Nice army mate, i like custom ig guys.

Thanks to all and and to all a happy Holiday!

Seeing how nice these have worked for you, I kinda can't wait to start my budget Krieg army.

the good thing about war is there is enough for everyone^^...dumb comment i know...

can't see the pics .

must be you as i can see all^^

He must be referring to the Photobucket ones that were temporarily disabled, look on past page 1 and you will see the troops Shrike.