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mekbadzappa: Check out the first page of this project blog -- I threw together an image-tutorial on how I did the force weapons. It's basically just starting with Enchanted/Magic Blue (or whatever the new color is called) and working my way up by adding white. Thanks for the compliment!

Here be better photos (and dakka linked):

You never cease to impress. I love those 2 models! They look amazing!

Great work on those two I also like the glave.

Thanks Reaper Man, Red Comet!

Just finished these guys -- still need to do decals and dab the gems with gloss varnish. ~40 more Blood Angels to go!

As always, if you want higher quality shots of the models, check out : imgur_gallery
Here are a few better pics:




As a weird bonus that nobody asked for, here's my workspace (does anyone know why imgur makes everything higher-contrast/darker?):

Here's a really crappy photo preview of what is soon to come:



These guys have... lots of details. Oof!

Here are better photos plus a GK Techmarine. The Death Company I did in a week, and there are 10 more to go. Enjoy


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More stella work here, I really like the bald death company marine.

Soon, more:

I'm trying to figure out another solution for the guns. Black isn't working for me. Suggestions?




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Ahh, much better.

Anyone have any suggestions for the skin? I feel like I'm going to get tired of the "skin" looking so much like the chitin after a while.

13 more Assault Marines:

Assault Marines look good, but I want to see more of your nids.

Good clean blood angels as usual, not sure what to suggest for the nids arms. I know what you mean about them being to close to the chitin, maybe a lighter red to mix into the flesh cables?

for the guns i suggest doing a a stone color, like a sand stone, that or do a off white. Because you have a grey base, you could always continue and do a grey gun.

Thanks guys. Yeah yeah, I'd rather be doing Tyranids too, but these other guys pay the billz.

Reaper Man 2020: I was thinking of getting a bit more red in the fleshier parts of the Tyranids -- and you are right about the cables -- something else that color would make it seem a bit more organic, although I really like that spot of deep, disgustingly red, red.

Cormadepanda: I'm pretty happy with how the "bone" weapons look now (in the second pics), though perhaps less of that glowing turquoise color. Thanks for the suggestion!

Here's a newer commission. I'm doing a small kill team of Deathwatch-type guys (2 Vendettas, 2 Chimeras, 2 Veteran Squads). Here's a test model without the resin base:

A simple scheme, but allows for lots of small details where it needs it! Now I just want to do a Catachan infiltrating army, dammit!

I haven't updated this in a while. I am working on some interesting things though, here's a taste:

Deathwatch

Great work. I'll try out your technique for force weapons soon.

Well well, here are some more Assault Marines. For some reason I start to like models the more often I work on them (somewhere around the 40 model mark)

Working with resin bases. Ended up using greenstuff to fill the gaps under the feet.

Very nice stuff. I'm especially a fan of the terminator inquisitor, and the weathering on those chimeras.

grrr

Those Imperial Guard look great! I love the effect of the plasma gun!

Thanks guys!

...And here they are, finished!


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Several more Ghost Knights and another Mordrak (looks familiar!) for a commission. It's a pleasure to paint these guys!


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Those knights look amazing!

Looks just amazing, I love the stormbolter, really eye catching!

Subscribed! Really impressive work, especially your OSL - any chance of a tutorial?

Thanks for the compliments! @Citizen Luka: You mean a tutorial for the Ghost Knights, or just for OSL in general? I recently acquired a webcame so maybe I'll take more shots of the steps I take to paint these guys.

Here's something a bit different that I started this weekend. I think you can all figure out who this is going to be (greenstuffing isn't close to finished):

Here's another huge picture. I've been working on these Vendettas for a bit of time now (along with 3 other commissions), here ya go:

(Not finished, still need to work on cockpit and touching up the reds and some more detailing)

Wow that looks beautiful! Did you use the boltgun color for the highlights or codex gray?

Here's what I did: Black basecoat (actually several basecoats, but a matte black is on top), then did a darker grey highlight on all edges (the shade is between Codex Grey and Black). Then I mixed up Tin Bitz and Boltgun Metal in about equal parts and did some dirty battle damage -- I've never mixed silver with Tin Bitz before, what a beautiful color! Throw in a little Badab Black/Nuln Oil wash with the airbrush where I want the metal scrapes to look really old, and then add some Chainmail (mid-silver color) to the areas I want to look freshly scratched, and voila. The picture above is pre-wash and silver highlight.

What I'm going for is several distinct surface types to break the monotony of a black vehicle. Basically I want a nice black color, a worn silver (from old paint scratch and normal "metal" parts), and then a fresh silver, and I apply each one in a logical method for the area (from debris hitting front of vehicle, or from the engines' byproduct hitting tail fins).