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No worries
Yeh just do some googling of UHU glue and hopefully you can find some. I've tried it with other similar glues, but they haven't worked all that well.
generally you can add gore by painting it on, but I find it always looks a little flat.

As for skull bases;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUrRnYo6SIc
If you want to make quite a few skull bases in your time then this will save you some serious cash. The product is a fantastic little product too and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes to model.As another example of cool stuff, I used it to make a cloak filled with skulls, basically I just cast the heads so I had half replicas (so I could stick the flat half to the cloak) and then I finished up with a furr effect, all done using GS and other modelling putty.

Sup Dakka,

Thought I would post a little update on the hell brute. So far I got him cleaned up primed and just finished painting the head. I'm now ready to start painting the rest of him.






Really happy with how the face turned out thanks for the advice Januine.

Really feeling good about this brute so keep posted.

Cheers!

OOOOOO,

I am looking forward to seeing this hellbrute! the ghostly green works so well in the blacked recess. What are you going to do as the general scheme? White bone, black armour and what colour flesh? all ghostly green or?

nice job on the face redflex - came out really well

Solar Shock wrote:
OOOOOO,

I am looking forward to seeing this hellbrute! the ghostly green works so well in the blacked recess. What are you going to do as the general scheme? White bone, black armour and what colour flesh? all ghostly green or?

Hey solar thanks a bunch for both your positive feedback and the advice concerning the skull base and gore, much appreciated. I honestly don't really know what I'm doing with the flesh so it's kind of funny you should ask but I really like your idea, maybe I will go ghostly green for the skin. If I do I need to make sure that I keep the plate going around the face stays black for that nice contrast. I'm kind of on the fence about it tho because I'm worried it will take away the focal point of the face. Right now it's kind of the centre piece of the model and I feel like it might take that away if I do the whole flesh like that. Kind of reminds me of ghost busters lmao.

Dakka what do you guys think I should do for the hell brutes, flesh ghostly green or something else?


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 Januine wrote:
nice job on the face redflex - came out really well

Thanks Januine,

I didn't have any green wash but I took a gamble as I have never tried this before and used warpstone green heavily watered down over witch flesh. Then washed with null oil and highlights with witch flesh again repeating this process 3 times highlighting with witch flesh less and less each time. Seemed to work reasonably well.

Thanks for the advice I'm really happy with the result it was exactly what I was trying to achieve.

My exact thoughts Red!
When I saw that ghostly green compared to the black I really loved the contrast, it really does bring your eyes into the models face. Hmm, personally, I wouldn't do the flesh ghostly green ( I just hadn't wanted to put you off if you had been really for it), I completely agree about keeping a contrast, however the question is then; what do you do?

Maybe, you could blend the flesh colour (whatever colour you pick) into the black. So you would have a black rim around the face, with the bones painted boney. Does that make sense? as I assume you are doing black armour with gold trim to continue your theme yes?

Solar Shock wrote:
My exact thoughts Red!
When I saw that ghostly green compared to the black I really loved the contrast, it really does bring your eyes into the models face. Hmm, personally, I wouldn't do the flesh ghostly green ( I just hadn't wanted to put you off if you had been really for it), I completely agree about keeping a contrast, however the question is then; what do you do?

Maybe, you could blend the flesh colour (whatever colour you pick) into the black. So you would have a black rim around the face, with the bones painted boney. Does that make sense? as I assume you are doing black armour with gold trim to continue your theme yes?

ok so your right painting the whole flesh ghostly green is not a good idea but it did spark somewhat of an idea when you said "Ghostly Green". From my understanding a hellbrute is a crazed dreadnaught and was made a dreadnaught during their former slavery to the imperium. Lets just say for the fun of it in my wold of the "Bone Legion" the most blood hungry creazed warriors souls are put into the chasis of the hell brute after former slavery to the dark lords. My idea is pretty much that the souls of these specific warriors are essentially the engine of the hellbrute.

Quick update to give a little preview of my crazed imagination lmao. I painted a couple tubes and other focal points to make it seem like the soul is running throught the veins like blood of the hellbrute.



still not sure what im going to do with the flesh but I was thinking of doing something like this.

Love it!
Thats exactly how you should paint, take an idea, build some fluff, some thought into why or how they have gotten to the point they are. Then when you go to paint you have a solid idea of your intentions

I really love what you've done, the ghostly effect looks really good tbh. I think the addition of your ghostly effect on to the example of what you will do would be a really good combo. The black flesh would help keep the ghostly effect as the focal point. Plus with leaving the flesh black, if you dont like it you can always simply cover it and do it last

That is awesome man! Good Job and continue wargaming!

sup dakka,

WHAT A BUSY MONTH!!! I really wanted to get more painting done this month and I also wanted to start geting invloved with the monthly competitions.. maybe next month? Any ways I finally got some work done on the hell brute. She still needs a ton of work but at least I got a little paint on her, thought I'd give you guys a little update. I still need to do do a bunch more layers and detail work but this is pretty much the basic look im trying to achieve.

here is a little update on whats currently in the works. I'm pretty happy with the brute thus far but painting her really makes me wish i had a air brush! Hope you guys like her as its my first "big model" I have painted. Let me know what you guys think.



p.s i have not glued her together yet she is just dry fitted for the pic.

Hopefully I will be able to spend more time on the bench in the nxt few weeks and maybe get started with nest months comp.

Thanks for the read dakka and CHEERS!!

 Redflex wrote:
Hey dakka,

I scrolled past this really fast and thought it was something less... legal...

 Paint_To_Redemption wrote:

 Redflex wrote:
Hey dakka,

I scrolled past this really fast and thought it was something less... legal...

muahahah, that would be probably the most expensive basing material out there. it's funny you should mention that though because when my brother in law first seen it he had thought the same thing lol.

Hey hey hey Dakka,

Its been quite some time since my last post, almost a month since I've been able to get any painting done. I managed to put some time in today and get a little bit of work done on the hellbrute but Im not super happy with the shading I did on the hellbrutes back. I think I'm going to do it again at a different approach and I wish I had of dry fit the model a little better before gluing. I’m not to worried as I have a second hellbrute so ill def learn from my mistakes on this first one. This is my first big model so its a big learning curve for me if you guys have any pointers to help me out it would be much appreciated thanks.

Its still not done but here she is!



Pretty happy with him so far I just need to work out some kinks on my painting skill and maybe get a couple nice brushes. I need a better detail brush I'm currently using a base coat brush for almost everything and the detail brush I do own is WAY TO SMALL. When I paint with it I feel like I’m painting with a piece of hair lmao.

thanks for the read dakka as always

Helbrute is coming along nicely. He's a pretty sweet fig. I painted mine in pieces and fit together later as there are some areas that are ticky enough to reach. I see what you mean about the shading on the back - maybe a few more intermediary layers between the base colour and the highlight. A dark glaze then wil bring them altogether. Looking sweet though man

Glorious!

 Januine wrote:
Helbrute is coming along nicely. He's a pretty sweet fig. I painted mine in pieces and fit together later as there are some areas that are ticky enough to reach. I see what you mean about the shading on the back - maybe a few more intermediary layers between the base colour and the highlight. A dark glaze then wil bring them altogether. Looking sweet though man

Hey Januine,

long time no talk. Thanks for the reply I've been browsing through your new mech stuff and I'm really hoping I can eventually get up to your level of painting, your figs are brilliant. I'm just wondering what you mean by a glaze I have never used one before, exactly what does it do and what is it primarily used for? Also for the shading I'm using is abandon black base with eshin Grey highlight into dawn stone, what do you think I should do using those colours or maybe changing them up a bit to make a more smooth transition? What type of brushes do you use I feel like the brushes I currently use might be hindering my painting a tad bit. Not saying that I will all of a sudden be a god but I think it will make it a little easier to do detail if I had proper brushes. Like I said I'm using a base coat brush made my army painter and I would like to buy a couple new ones what do suggest?

Thanks januine.


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 LeCacty wrote:
Glorious!

Hey LaCacty,

Thanks for the comment and the read.

Cheers.

Sup Dakka,

So I just could not stand leaving the hellbrute with the hack job I did on his back so I stayed up late last nightknowing i had to wake up super early. Did a little repair, painted a few more details and got the base built ready for priming. The back to me looks 100 times better now and I'm pretty happy with the overall look of the brute.

here is the repair highlights of the brutes back.




just a couple pics of the extra details and base design.




Thanks for the read Dakka.

Cheers!

Love the green - works really well.
However, one thing Bob Ross taught me, is that a spot or 2 of red really helps lift a model. I was thinking maybe on the gems?
Also the puppy is gorgeous.

Sup Dakka,

So I finally managed to finish the brute and get him based, woot woot! I'm super happy with the base and I feel like I have come a long way since the first model I have made. Was a tad tricky mimicking the rust of the pipes and beams using only red yellow and brown, but over all I’m pretty happy with the outcome.moving forward I need to learn a little more patience when highlighting my models as I seem to rush because its so tedious and finicky. painting this model also made me really realize the power or RED-BLUE-YElLOW, with those three colours you can literally paint the world. For all you new guys out there use the colour chart and dont buy every colour you can. buy what you need as you paint and you will save a gak ton of money. Its amazing what a little trial and error can do so don’t be scared to try new things! Any ways I know it seems like ive been posted the same model over and over but I honestly did not think I would have had this much time to paint this week. Does any one have any suggestions for some nice brushes and what sizes I should get. I would like a nice detail brush and a nice small base coat brush if any one can give me some advice on what I should buy it would be much appreciated, Thanks.

Here is the finished product!


As always Dakka thanks for the read and keep posted for the next model!

Cheers,

 Redflex wrote:

 Januine wrote:
Helbrute is coming along nicely. He's a pretty sweet fig. I painted mine in pieces and fit together later as there are some areas that are ticky enough to reach. I see what you mean about the shading on the back - maybe a few more intermediary layers between the base colour and the highlight. A dark glaze then wil bring them altogether. Looking sweet though man

Hey Januine,

long time no talk. Thanks for the reply I've been browsing through your new mech stuff and I'm really hoping I can eventually get up to your level of painting, your figs are brilliant. I'm just wondering what you mean by a glaze I have never used one before, exactly what does it do and what is it primarily used for? Also for the shading I'm using is abandon black base with eshin Grey highlight into dawn stone, what do you think I should do using those colours or maybe changing them up a bit to make a more smooth transition? What type of brushes do you use I feel like the brushes I currently use might be hindering my painting a tad bit. Not saying that I will all of a sudden be a god but I think it will make it a little easier to do detail if I had proper brushes. Like I said I'm using a base coat brush made my army painter and I would like to buy a couple new ones what do suggest?

Thanks januine.

Hey there fella. Sorry for the late reply. Busy as hell these days. A glaze is knida like a wash but where a wash is put on all over mainly at getting into the recesses, a glaze is more for slightly altering overall colour and evening the layers already put down. Glazes are usually made from the normal paints either by adding water or medium or a mix of both to thin the paint down until its about the consistency of a wash. At leas that's always been my take on them. I use them to smooth transitions and sometimes very gently change the overall colour or tint of something. You can do great things with layers of glazes too. The scarves and hair on my harleiquins were done purely with glazes onto a plain white base coloour. I use a mix of medium and water.
Just looking at your finihsed helbrute. he looks much better now. The transitions from the dark to the highlights is much smoother. nice one! his legs might possibly use a intermediary tone or tone more from the shadow to the highlight.
Brushes. I use some really cheap ass syntheitic ones for some of the donkey work but for the real layers, blends etc etc. I use W&N S7 longhairs. I use size 0, 1 & sometimes 2. The Winsor & Newton brushes are gorgeous to paint with. I got some of The Masters brush soap to keep them in good condition. Those brushes are a little more expenisive bu thte last way longer so I think it probably evens out. But good brushes are key - GET SOME!!!!!

. Sup Dakka,

From what I hear I have friday off which means I will have a whole day to pretty much do whatever I please! Im pretty sure you all know what this means, THE BENCH! Decided I would do some prep work to get ready for friday and started working on my rhino. Green stuff is in, Colour scheme is still brewing but I have a pretty solid idea what I will be doing and the beers are in the fridge.

Finally managed to base Kharn, I was originally going to put him on a bed of skulls but this will do for now. Maybe I will change the base in the future sometime but at least he has a home for the time being. If you look at kharns base I tired to minic a tarnished gold/bronze look on the Khorne Symbol, still not sure how I feel about it yet.




So here is the big project that I cant wait to get started on, the first chaos rhino. To be honest I’m really sad and unhappy with the chaos rhino model considering all the amazing stuff GW is coming out with these days. Come on GW cant you give us a real Chaos rhino and not a space marine rhino with some extra spikes? Anyway, due to the lack of creativity and "LAZINESS" of GW I decided to take a stone and draw some blood from it. I’m not super skilled at conversions considering this will be my, official first conversion, but I hope this will turn out the way I have it pictured in my head. I don’t want to try and explain to much because I would rather you guys see how it looks when I'm done but here is a little Idea of what direction I'm heading in. I really want this Rhino to looks unique so when you look at it your not like " hey nice rhino" but instead your like " HEY, NICE CHAOS RHINO!". Its amazing what you can do with some sprue, a couple toothpicks and a little creativity. I know it doesn’t seem like much but for me this is the start to a great achievement.

If you guys have any ideas on the conversion don’t be shy I’m always up for suggestions, thanks.



Keep posted Dakka and like always, Thanks for the read.

Cheers!

Toothpicks on the rhino... Why haven't I thought of that?

they look cool as hell - did you drill holes to fit them into? otherwise might be some snappage (that so should be a real word) problems

 Januine wrote:
they look cool as hell - did you drill holes to fit them into? otherwise might be some snappage (that so should be a real word) problems

Hey januine,

Thanks man, Have you ever watched the movie mad max? I was influenced by that movie, the artistic style of mad max just screams warhammer chaos space marines, absolutely loved it. Any ways I was looking at my rhino trying to figure out how to add spikes using what I had around the house while I was picking my teeth with a toothpick (Just finished eating steak). The answer was literally right in my hands lol. Im going to try and maybe add some more but I'm scared if I do I won't be able to pick it up lol. I'm not worried about snappage as I did drill out the sprue before supergluing them in, thanks for the advice thought.

Thanks for the read buddie,

Cheers!

no worries man. looks awesome. been following here - your helbrute and now Kharn look fething brilliant -lovely work. Now put the keyboard down, step away from the computer, pick up the brushes and GIVE US MOOOOOORRRE!!!!!

Sup Dakka,

Rhino is ready for primer what do you guys think looks better, wood spikes or plastic spikes?




Here is the mouth of the rhino cant wait to start painting. I also magnetized the havoc launcher and the dirge caster, at least that’s what I think it is.





Let me know what you guys think I want to start painting tomorrow, Thanks.

Cheers!

MIX BOTH!

 LeCacty wrote:
MIX BOTH!

I like your style sir!!!!

I'd go plastic. they seem a bit more roughn ready plus you can 'melt'glue them in with plastic glue for strength

Sup Dakka,

So I managed to put some time in today and got some work done finally. I got the model prepped, primed and managed to get 95% of the rhino mouth painted. Now its time to work out the final details, glue the hull together and start bringing her to life. I did a borderline nurgle look for the mouth to give that Decaying rotten look. I’m not going for a nurgle theme but my idea is that in the bone legion the rhinos engine is fuelled with casualties during war, thought it would give it some nice character.

Here is a a pic without the top on so you can get a better look inside.



Here are some pics with the top on.



I just need to give a couple more highlights to the spikes, maybe add a little blood and I'm ready to roll!

Leaving for Cuba on the 3rd of October so hopefully I can get a little more work done before I leave.

Thanks for the read as always Dakka.

Cheers!