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First off, thanks for the compliments and interest everyone!

darkkt wrote:This is all epic. Love the display board - how much weight does the sheet metal add?

The sheet metal is not heavy at all. I'm not a good judge of weight, but id guess a quarter pound or so. The added weight from the sheet metal is not even noticeable against the weight of the 1/2 inch partial board the base is made out of.

Since it has some interest I figured I post a pic of how the display board is coming along.

lookin good!

Not a lot of changes here, but the build is complete. Just got to wait for some green stuff to cure, glue the orks arms on and it time to prime.

wowowowowowowowowowowowow thats incredible

also


DAKKA DAKKA BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's the tank all rusted up. The pics make it look a bit brighter and oranger than it is.







Here it is with the paint rubbed off. Still quite a bit of clean up to go. You can see were I was a little rough and rubbed the paint right down to the white/gray plastic underneath. No worries that's where the bare metal will be showing through in the end.

Looking great so far. Those rust effects are top notch! Any chance at sharing your secret?

sum1thtdiesalot wrote:Looking great so far. Those rust effects are top notch! Any chance at sharing your secret?

Sure.

1. Primed the model black.
2. Dabbed on GW Scorched Brown heavily with a large junky brush; The goal here was to leave black in the deepest recesses and cover the tank with an uneven coat of scorched brown. It looked like it was covered with mud at this point.
3. A heavy wash of Tamaya Hull Red and water (1:2) with a drop of Future Floor Polish to break the surface tension.
4. Repeat step 3. The number of washes will vary I'm sure with what you think looks good. Again I tried to keep the wash uneven and random.
5. Repeated the wash process but this time I used GW iery Orange in place of Tamaya Hull Red.
6. Matte coated the model. This is to protect the rust layer and keep it from rubbing off to easily in the next few steps.
7. I airbrused the "painted" areas with GW Ultramarines Blue.
8. Shaded the darkest areas of the blue parts with a 1:1 mix of GW Ultramarines Blue and Black. I didn't spend much time on this, the real shading will come later, so I don't know if this was really necessary, but this is an experiment.
9. I sprayed the model with stainless steal cleaner (any sort of nasty caustic cleaner would work like oven cleaner, grout cleaner, etc). This softened up the paint.
10. I used a variety of tools (needles, wire brushes, steel wool, etc) to scrub off the blue exposing the rust. This is a VERY messy process. There was cleaner and bits of steel wool all over my cutting mat.
11. Rinsed the model in lots of warm running water.

This is my first attempt at this technique, I'm pretty happy with the results.





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P.S. Like I said this is my first attempt at this technique so if anyone has any tips or ideas to made it easier or better, I'd love to hear them.

Well that is certainly different than what i was expecting. Lol. If I ever get to actually painting my orks i will give that a try. Thanks!

Looking really nice. Cant wait to see it finished

The display board is finished. I originally wanted to makes something grand with multiple levels, piles of skulls, spikes, bodies, etc... They I though I don't want to store that! So I settles on a very flat design. The "water" came out a bit more like jello than I'd like, but I'm leaving it for now, since I need it next weekend. After that I may experiment with covering water with a congealed blood effect.

This pick is a little darker than real life.


The yellowish bits are skulls.


More skulls.


Ghoul Arms

very very nice indeed (nice in a chaosy way)
and tbh the blood looks thick and gloopy which i like.

Mate you rock.

My latest project: some Flames of War German Panzer IV H tanks. I've got 9 done now. Three more and I'll have 1 command platoon and 2 combat platoons.

I love the swamp bases and the chaos display board!

Looted wagon done!

This was my first time using pigments, my first time using oil paints (for the streaking) and my first time using a pencil (used for the exposed metal on the edges). I'm happy with all three techniques and I think I'll be using them again.

puts my looted wagon to shame mate, very nice

bigfish wrote:puts my looted wagon to shame mate

Mine too. Lol. Looks great all painted up. You should join the ork vehicle buildin contest. You have certainly got the skills to make one sweet vehicle
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/381018.page

Thanks to both of you, and I'll check out the contest.

That Looted Wagon is right up there w/ some of the better ones I have seen. It's the attention to detail that really caught me, like the spikes and rivited patches on the treads, the minor chips in the original paint here and there... very well done.

I need to go back through and check out the rest of your thread, I saw the river of blood and have to check that out but had to post this first. Stunning work, very well done.

Latest project: Plague Marines. Asside from the backpacks and shoulder pads that I usally paint seperately these guys are ready for paint.

Glad to see you back, Bob! Those plaguemarines are looking good, dude. Now slap some paint on them.

Here's the first Khorne Berserker. I hope to paint up an entire squad at some point, but they are low on the priority list right now. I swapped out the "demon weapon/halberd" arm for the chain fist. I decided to use it for another project.

Nice!! Where's the head from??

I tried a new paint on the Khorne Berserker above, from the Vallejo - Liquid Gold series. The grain size is extremely small, giving a very smooth look on the metallic parts. I don't know if I'd recommend it though. I've found it difficult to work with. It's alcohol based so it dries out very fast and the pigment doesn't stay suspend very long, you can watch it settle. To keep it from drying so fast I started keeping a jar of water in the fridge. When I'm ready to paint I add some ice, flip it over and use the depression in the bottom of the jar as a pallet. It helps, but still dries out a lot faster than acrylic paint. I also need to load my brush from the bottom of the "pallet" so it will pick up pigment. The brush gets crusty as well since the paint dries so fast. Sometimes I think the finish is worth all the hassle other times... I've only used the paint in the last month or so, so all of my experience with it is in the summer. I might do much better in a few months. I'm curious if anyone else has tried this paint and what they think of it or have any tips.




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tipios wrote:Nice!! Where's the head from??

That is a Fantasy Gor head with the horns modified to point up instead of back.

Oh geez! THose chaos conversions and dark mechanicus style conversions are painfully awesome. The demon heads morphing out of the other heads and armour are fantastic and the GS work is magic, even without paint. Great work!

I think the Oblit. #2 is my favorite our of the lot, but those appearing demon heads are epic in their own right.

The Good Green wrote:Oh geez! THose chaos conversions and dark mechanicus style conversions are painfully awesome. The demon heads morphing out of the other heads and armour are fantastic and the GS work is magic, even without paint. Great work!

I think the Oblit. #2 is my favorite our of the lot, but those appearing demon heads are epic in their own right.

Thanks. Here's another Oblit WIP.







The idea is he's just killed a necron is and is studying/assimilating the technology. I hope that comes across.

I like how it looks like he's staring right at the head, I like how the custom leg looks, especially how the foot wraps around the rock he's standing on.

There are also a few things I'm not happy with. First off is the skull on the "hunch" over his head. I just sticks out like a sore thumb. Not sure what I'm going going to do about that yet. I may add two or four more skulls so it's a whole row. Or I might take it off and put a small trophy rack up there. I also think the upper arm looks a little thin.

The missing arm will be more of a heavy weapon arm mostly guns with another hand part way down that will be holding the necorn torso and assorted limbs. I'll probably put a few necron bits on the base as well.

Suggestions appreciated.

I think it looks freaking amazing!

Great Obilterator! The artificial leg and arm are done well. Also, I like how the Obliterator is examining the Necron head; it seems like something an Obilterator would do, considering their obsession with technology.

LOOK AT THAT LEG :O that is awesome

The squad of 11 Khorne berserker beastmen are done. It's been over a year since I started them, but I didn't call the trad Hobby A.D.D. for nothing.

These two have magnetic arms and backpack.







I doesn't show up well in these shots, but the discoloration on the weapons is blood. I looks pretty good in real life, but may camera skills are seriously lacking.







I have one extra arm. This last shot is just to show both the pole options.