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HAZZER wrote:Sweet!That is one lush crim reaper guy!Lol!

thanks HAZZER

dark6spectre wrote:I don't like it.

It scares me.
only joking, looks fantabulous, the detail is immense! would you recommend these finecast models then over the metal's?

No not so scary he is cute as a fluffy bunny. The finecast will have more details due to the resin has less resistance to the mold as for liquified metal where it will not set in the mold fast enough to grab the details on the mold due to it cooling before it sets.
So yes and no metal has a nice feel due to the weight but cleaning mold lines and bad casting can be a big negative. As for plastic and resin the details are better and cleaning mold lines and fixing bad molds are easy. But as we all know that lightness of the model makes it easy to haul around and not prone to fatal damages once dropped but it just feels well cheap cause there is no weight to them.
So mostly yes due to the quality and detail and ease of building them. But man I miss the weight

nerdfest09 wrote:Greydeathone, you are awesome....as if you didn't know already! love the mini's and that reaper is fantastic, I love the light sourcing it's a way i've never ventured into for proper painting yet but I use the method on my marines and then a series of washes, it's a quick and good method but I must try and do something properly again soon! you have inspired me with your work, thank you!

Nerdfest09

Nerdfest09 thanks my brother I am glad that you are inspired by my painting as I am of yours. But that is what this community here does. Please check out Massive Voodoo site where I been learning my newly learned techniques and still a student of Raff's style.

Well basically I gotta thank those people who helped me out when I got back in the hobby.
Les Bursley, grey_death, Raff,and orcpainternerd. Their websites really helped me out and hope to help you.

Ive just bookmarked massive voodoo,damn they've got some good stuff on there tutorial wise.

Ok small update. Like I mentioned on my Dark Angels thread I got a commission for fasteddiexx1's army since he bought the finecast box set of Calgar and his goons I twisted his arm and got to paint the most hated smurf on the eastern fringes of space......Calgar!
There was some bad mold areas on this piece and the finecast Eddie got looks waaaay better.
Yea yea love him or hate him it is a great sculpture and fought hard not to convert him to Azriel .
Well here is a small progress while Ol' Death take a back seat for papa smurf.

YAY! Laaa la lul lalala la lul la laaaa.... Great start man, gonna order my paasche talon this weekend..

Like to see how you paint em like!

Can't wait to see how calgar turns out when done by you! looks promising already!

I've had the fortune of stumbling across Massive Voodoo once or twice and was astounded by the work they produce, currently the iron armour salamander i'm working on is inspired by techniques used by one of their painters on a salamander terminator that is just jaw dropping! i'll try and find a pic again for you :-)

when do you think your next update will be? I just don't want to miss anything! :-)

And thank you for saying I inspired you with some of my work! it means a lot to me especially as you're so well versed in the hobby to start with and my work is based around quick and easy, I appreciate the comment and i'll do my best to actually paint something with time and care for you soon! :-)

Nerdfest09

fasteddiexx1 wrote:YAY! Laaa la lul lalala la lul la laaaa.... Great start man, gonna order my paasche talon this weekend..

Finally

HAZZER wrote:Like to see how you paint em like!

stay tuned Hazzer

nerdfest09 wrote:Can't wait to see how calgar turns out when done by you! looks promising already!

I've had the fortune of stumbling across Massive Voodoo once or twice and was astounded by the work they produce, currently the iron armour salamander i'm working on is inspired by techniques used by one of their painters on a salamander terminator that is just jaw dropping! i'll try and find a pic again for you :-)

when do you think your next update will be? I just don't want to miss anything! :-)

And thank you for saying I inspired you with some of my work! it means a lot to me especially as you're so well versed in the hobby to start with and my work is based around quick and easy, I appreciate the comment and i'll do my best to actually paint something with time and care for you soon! :-)

Nerdfest09

Thanks for the kind words Nerdfest, I too find Massive Voodoo inspiring and full of knowledge for methods for this hobby.
As for near updates hopefully soon I had a busy Fathers day and did not get much painting done but looking to finish my vets first before Fasteddie's Calgar. I am taking my time on this one and using that model and Old Death as a break from the green and bonewhite so stay tune and thanks again for the compliment

Hey dakka peeps I'm back . Sorry it's been a while but you know it's summer and spent some time with family and friends.
I also had some issues posting last night due to being away from the forum for over a week, but manage to correct that and here I am.

Ok as you know I put fasteddiexx1 in a headlock to paint his metal Calgar since he bought he finecast box set don't know why since he already has the metal set but I took advantage of the situation and viola I present you my take on this model.
There was lots of detail flaws in the casting in this model but did my best to hide them. Please give your honest opinion on how it turned out .

I personally think it's the most awesome piece you've done yet I give it five orky thumbs up

fasteddiexx1 wrote:I personally think it's the most awesome piece you've done yet I give it five orky thumbs up

Glad you like it brother I will drop it by after my vacation this coming week. Hopefully when I get back I will be more motivated to paint.

A whole lot better than mine!

Thanks HAZZER well glad you liked it. Well sorry been away for a bit again, was on a little vacation to take my youngest daughter to Disneyland.
Well when I got back my nephew was done with his baseball and down here for the rest of the summer with his dad. So to surprise him this weekend for some gaming of 40k I decided to paint up a captain for his Blood Angels army. I did a speed painting took me around 4 hours total. Take a look and let me know what you think Maybe he will kick his dads Necrons this weekend.

LOL your speed painting looks like my best effort painting LOL ugh practice, practice makes better models.... I know, I know.... And I'm getting my direct TV installed this weekend!! YIKES!! 210 channels of WTH to watch!!

Looks great for speed painting dude! i'm glad I live so far away from you and your friend too! I don't think i'd like to be your friends dad if he's gonna get kicked in the Necrons! :-) sounds painful bro!

now!, more painting please! or I will force you to listen to Wu Tang Clan re mixed with mr bungle! you head WILL explode!


Nerdfest09

nerdfest09 wrote:Looks great for speed painting dude! i'm glad I live so far away from you and your friend too! I don't think i'd like to be your friends dad if he's gonna get kicked in the Necrons! :-) sounds painful bro!

now!, more painting please! or I will force you to listen to Wu Tang Clan re mixed with mr bungle! you head WILL explode!


Nerdfest09

I just got it when you replied !!! Yea his squad he did was the army painter style prime, base, detail sorta and washed. Now his guys kinda dont match the captain I painted him lol. But hope it will inspire him.
Let's hope the game happens this weekend so I can witness as you put it watch him kick his dad in the necrons !!
Also kick fasteddiexx1 in his smurf nuts too

Consider fasteddiexx1 properly kicked fair in the smurf nuts! done for you :-)

Hey dakka peeps I'm back ! Well I had to take a break from it all and then Space Marine the video game came out and energized my creative juices to full. Also fastediexx1 ordered our new battle mat from Zuzzy Miniatures. Its our second one my first was 4X4 and is a wasted land theme and the new one is called Wounded City and is now 4X6.
We used the airbrush this time and took sevral hours to complete. Below you will see my first battle mat and the new one. This is perfect for those people who do not have the storage space for a fully built game tabe or game boards. This just rolls up and store in a closet.
Let me know what you guys think.

Yay, you're back! missed you being around dude! that mat looks great, how was it when you first got it? did it smell much of rubber? and was it hard to paint? i'm thinking of buying one myself, the same one you just bought and i'd love your opinion on them

Now, where are your models? surely you must have painted something? please tell me you've done more!

nerdfest09 wrote:Yay, you're back! missed you being around dude! that mat looks great, how was it when you first got it? did it smell much of rubber? and was it hard to paint? i'm thinking of buying one myself, the same one you just bought and i'd love your opinion on them

Now, where are your models? surely you must have painted something? please tell me you've done more!

Thanks nerdfest09 it's good to be back BTW Happy belated birthday brother . Yea needed a break from it all like I mentioned on your thread but after playing the new Space Marine game on Xbox I think I am fully chaeged. .
Yes the Zuzzy mats do smell like rubber at first but sorta airs out through time. As for what it looks like be fore you paint it look here http://www.zuzzy.com/ the two that fit well in the 40k world. ..well take that back three come to mind, Wounded City, Ruined Land, and The Despoiled Reaches. They come in various sizes and be warned it took fasteddiexx1 and I over 5 weeks to recieved ours but was comped a 11"x14" mat which Eddie will use to display his troops on.
Whew as for projects on my table fasteddiexx1 got me Michael the Arch Angel from Hytech Miniatures as a gift for painting his Calgar even though I really wanted too for free !
I will post its progress soon on my Dark Angels thread so stay tuned.

That looks pretty interesting GD1, glad to hear that you've been injected with the giant needle of inspiration that is the new space marine game! :-) i've heard a lot of people have played it then gone heavily back into the hobby! I told you ages ago there's no escape from 40k, it won't even let you have a break!....plastic crack indeed!

and why thank you my friend for the belated birthday greeting! I had a great day but didn't get any models though :-( but did you see the cheese cake?... :-)

Hope you start slapping some paint soon! i'm keen to see some more! i'll be finishing my Ork Warboss on friday and updating then, so I better get back into it dude and i'll catch you soon!


Nerdfest09

nerdfest09 wrote:That looks pretty interesting GD1, glad to hear that you've been injected with the giant needle of inspiration that is the new space marine game! :-) i've heard a lot of people have played it then gone heavily back into the hobby! I told you ages ago there's no escape from 40k, it won't even let you have a break!....plastic crack indeed!

and why thank you my friend for the belated birthday greeting! I had a great day but didn't get any models though :-( but did you see the cheese cake?... :-)

Hope you start slapping some paint soon! i'm keen to see some more! i'll be finishing my Ork Warboss on friday and updating then, so I better get back into it dude and i'll catch you soon!


Nerdfest09

Yea I manage to be away from 40k for some years but always buying White Dwarf here and there and a few figures too. But this past year or so I had to downside my hobbies and 40k is been in most of my life since 1987 with fasteddiexx1 and even through my military days I manage to squeeze in a figure or two in.
But when the new DA came out a few years back with a new Codex and then 5th ed. I had to go all in.
So yea and no, I did stay away but kept coming back ( is there a AA for 40k ?? )
Well looking forward to your Ork Boss who btw looks awsome and more of your models.

Hello dakka friends I just wanted to let you guys know I updated my gallery. Please take a look and vote or comment.
I uploaded fasteddies Vindacator, my DA Chaplain, Belial,jetbike, test figure eldar, and my old death.
Here are a few pics of what I posted.

Oh Belial looks sweet!, eldar looks good too.... *cough*BURNALIEN*cough*.....

ooh ultrasmurfs my only weakness,
ever fancy building a LR for marous?

also check out my blog too(hyperlink in sig AKA below!!!)got rouge trader mins!

HAZZER

Ok guys and gals I am trying to expand my painting and picked up Asteroth and trying a different theme on him and see how it comes out.
First off Finecast is a Finefail. The amount of filling of bubble holes and mold linesI had to fix reminded me of my automotive days of filling and sanding .
Well I am going with a gold trim mostly around his armour and hope to impress our friend Eggroll .
Man I hope I can get close to his BA style. Well here is some of my headaches with this model.

Looks good!Like to see this one finished!

HAZZER

Count me impressed already Grey. Your previous models were enough to do the job. I actually just put together my Asteroth model last week though mine was in metal so he wasn't as holey. Doubt I'd get a chance to paint him anytime soon though so he's just sitting in my display cabinet at the moment.

Looking forward to seeing your paintjob of him...don't let me down

Looking really good so far brother. I know you won't let him meet the same fate as this guy (brought to you by strikedtoodeeppainting) (real name surpressed to protect the innocent)...



Sorry this has been a running joke between GD1 and myself about a local self proclaimed "Michael Angelo" of miniature painting.

So here's a "Gitt'er Done" just for you GD1 heeeee heeee heeee

ROFL I can't believe you posted that picture . Funny but no comment. But funny as hell!


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ROFL I can't believe you posted that picture . Funny but no comment. But funny as hell!


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ROFL I can't believe you posted that picture . Funny but no comment. But funny as hell!

Hmmmm nice model! I myself know some 'professional' mini painters that fall (like that) juuuuuuust short of being professional, although that's close to perfect, i believe yours may turn out slightly better ;-)

now hurry up bro! get crackin'

NF09