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Ratapult wrote:
In the meantime - I have rummaged through the Bitzbox and made this fella - Some kind of Chaos Marine/Wolf/Vampire thing I think :-\ . . . Sprayed white as I post this so some painting done tonight :-)

I believe that is an old school Space Wolf Captain with a chaos arm Although Chaos Marine/Wolf/Vampire thing was pretty close

Thanks Rawson - Many MANY years ago I had a little go at Space Wolves, but the Chaos Arm? I have NO idea where I got that from :-\

Anyhow - Painting update:

His head looks HUGE!

He is a Space Wolves, Wolf Guard model with bionic leg and Power Fist... I have a few of them and tend to use them as Long Fang leaders as they seem to have that. GUN THEM DOWN!!! look to them..... far too static to be leading those pesky Blood Claws... it s a nice model and you have done a nice paint job, the face looks very undead and vampiric.

The competition sure did heat up in the past few days.

More work done on the Commander tonight. I think I've just about maxed out my ability on this guy, so any CC on the painting would be most welcome!

I got the highlighting done on the gem, purity seal, moustache, and his boot. I also added eyes (that I'm satisfied with but not wowed by) and got rid of that pesky mold line on his glove.


I still need to figure out how to cover up the knobs for the missing sword. Here are the options that I came up with:

They are arranged from left to right in order of my favorites. I think the feather purity seal would look really sweet and match the feathers in his hat. The pouch I would trim off the smaller side pouches and attach it so that the medalion hangs straight down. The regular purity seal and sword are kind of mundane, but they are options I guess. Axlbush had a great idea for a telescope (which I still think is the best option), but I think it's a little outside of my abilities (and if not my abilities, then my time and motivation constraints ) Opinions? Options I missed?

The basing issue is still on the table, no input from anyone yet. I was thinking about putting him on a 40mm base and add a little height to give him a bit of presence. Thoughts?

Good luck everyone!

Cheers,
Rawson

Getting there - nearly done . . .

Finished Apothecary Lemorak!

Front


Back


Narthecium/Reductor


Shoulder


Hope you guys like him!

Ratapult wrote:Getting there - nearly done . . .

That skin tone is really great! It still has enough green to be a "greenskin" but it's more believable than most. Well done!

Mr.Malevolent wrote:Finished Apothecary Lemorak!

Front


Hope you guys like him!

Wow, those shadows are really something! I don't think I've seen any that intense before. The blend you did makes it work though! Also, well done on the chaos helm. The neutral colors don't detract from Lemorak, but it's presence still adds story to the character. My only criticism would be that his storm bolter is still a bit too chaos-y for my taste. Maybe it's the studs on the top...

Good luck, everyone!

Cheers,
Rawson

Competitions really heating up here! How are we going to do the judging at the end?

UG

Thanks Rawson. Yeah even after taking off all the Chaosy edges I think the studs on top may need to be shaved off! Glad you like him

@Unluckyguardsman: I believe at the beginning of the thread he mentioned that there will be a poll after the 30th. I'd watch this space.

Time to crank up the afterburners! The compitition ends Friday!

Here's what I've been working on today: the new and improved base for my Vostroyan Commander! It was quite fun to construct actually (internet cookies for anyone who can spot all the bits). Some sort of technical platform to stand on and survey the victories from and a few sprue bricks to tie it into the rest of my army. Removing the Commander from his slot base and cutting off the tab from his feet was one of the scariest moments of my life A little damage done, but nothing catastrophic.


I plan on adding some chips and scuffs to the plasticard to make it a little more realistic. Let me know what you guys think!

Cheers,
Rawson

Definetly Interested in entering. Sign me up! Post pics soon!

Imperial Renegade wrote:Definetly Interested in entering. Sign me up! Post pics soon!

Better hurry, only two days left! For Imperial Renegade, this will be the 40k Single Miniature Speed Painting Competition

Ok every body. Made the final finishing touches to him Hope you like it

Better hurry, only two days left! For Imperial Renegade, this will be the 40k Single Miniature Speed Painting Competition

LOL

He was already painted but just needed basing.

I got a little bit more done this evening after everything cooled down.

I've still got some highlighting to do on the bricks and touch up the bullet marks. Any other suggestions?

And this is about what it will look like when he's finished:


Anyone else feeling the time crunch?

Rawson

Amazing job Rawson!
Loving the feral Ork Ratapult.

So since the rules say we can enter 2 models I figured why the hell not?!
Heres my recent conversion, its a Cyber-Squig Hound with "not-so-remote" control box.

The set-up




Finished





Hope you like him as much as I do

Here is my other entery. Hope you enjoy!

I will be putting up my entries tonight.

Colonel Barlov
Commanding Officer
Vostroyan 104th Mechanized




He's come a long way from this:


Finishing touches for Barlov include: feather purity seal, mithril silver highlights on all of the metal, drybrush his hat, another round of sepia wash for his face (and corresponding highlights)
For the base: Additional rubble, sepia wash on the decking and cables, plus an addition badab black wash on the colorful cables, my first real experience with chipping (I am quite pleased with how it turned out), the stenciling, and some dead static grass along the sides and in the rubble.

A special thanks to everyone that gave input or morale support on the Colonel. He is by far my best model ever painted.
He has been a real labor of love. I think I have about 20 hours into him now. I hope you enjoy him!

Good luck, everyone!

Cheers,
Rawson

Rawson wrote:Colonel Barlov
Commanding Officer
Vostroyan 104th Mechanized

Rawson this guy looks brilliant. The reds and the white are looking especially smooth and bright. If I was going to say one thing to improve on the painting it would be some writing on the purity seal, but that's a minor thing. I'm really loving the conversion work on the foot and the hand too- It doesn't actually look like it's been converted, which is a sign of a good conversion! Also, the base looks sweet and adds a lot more to the model.

Overall, very cool. Good work!

Boy, everybody is so talented here! i love all the entries!!! they are so unique to everyones painting style! I added the blue termi back on page 1 or 2 but my second addition (we are allowed to add 2 right?:/)..will be the newly finished Commissar from my Catachan blog. For the sake of room here ill only show 1 wip pic if thats ok...feel free to look at the rest of my stuff there, as well as the bulk of WIP pix for the commissar. Good Luck everybody And im sorry my pics are so big:( its the iphone cam:(




the pertty much fnished leather duster WIP pic

Here's my entry it's just a tactical squad leader since its all I have finished in time for the en of Sept. First try at a free hand banner. It's supposed to be an angel in chains. all the entries so far are really good and Im looking forward to seeing what next months challenge is. Cheers.

Wow the scalp shoulder pad is very cool.

Time for me to post my entrants, although seeing some of these ( I especially like the commissar) I doubt I stand a chance.

My Lone Wolf in Tactical Dreadnought Armour.




My Genestealer (which is and can be used in 40K) which came from the Space Hulk set.




The picture quality is not great but I was having an issue with the light, the flash then blew it all up.

Anyways hope you like them and good luck to all entrants.

Glad I saw this in time, here is my entry.

Had better get the final shots done then!

Entry 1 - Snakebite Ork, final pic side by side with the orig unpainted



Entry 2 - Chaos Marine Wolf Thingy, final pic side by side with the orig unpainted



Good luck to all - Fantastic painting and great to see lots of different painting styles

Ratapult

When does the voting start?

Hmm I'm interested to see where this goes. Good luck everyone!

Imperial Renegade wrote:When does the voting start?

I'm also wondering that. Hey, The_Mini_Painter, what's the plan?