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That is a beautiful Warboss! (If you can call an Ork beautiful? How about Dead Killy? )
Anyway, great job!

Finally getting a bit of a start on some space hulk stuff. Test schemes on the go

SH looking good so far.

That orc... makes me sad.

He will never know how beautiful he is, only concerned with hittin fings. Excellent work all around, the metallics are great as has been said. I think NMM has it's place but it isn't the total solution for every model, it has a distinctive look but so does TMM and TMM does gritty/dark better IMO and so I prefer it.

Great stuff

Aye - I'd agree there. Great great skills in NMM but it's just not to my taste at all. Like me some good ol' Metal Metals

Me too And, surely, it has nothing to do with my relative skill level and degree of patience with such tricky things as NMM. Nothing at all!

Well, really not much. I don't think I could pull it off without a load of practice, but I've never really wanted to try, if I have a model that needs to be that bright and shiny I usually pick a different bright color than metallics.

Think the only bright thing I've done are my harlequins...and even they have a darkness to them lol

Looking good, very interested to see where these Stealers go...

trying some new things out......we'll see

Finally caught up on this blog. I love what you did with Bilbo Baggins, perhaps especially the basing (he looks like he really is at home in Bag End!). And that Ork Warboss is pretty badass, too. Looking forward to seeing you tackle Space Hulk!

Cheers fella. Really happy how Bilbo came out. The basing was a last minute thing thanks to an idea from Paradigm. All hail the mighty green stuff!!! Up early to get some more done on the stealer and termie. SH will be a on/off thing for a while I reckon - so much other stuff to be doing too lol

Great work on that Ork, mate. A very, very impressive job. His pants have ended up with quite a faded blue denim look - at least in the pictures.

Cheers Az. The materials needed to have a stolen, worn, cobbled together look. Was very tempted to put a commissar's red stripe down the trousers but that would have have to have been one seriously chunky commissar!!!!

Painting a stealer (playing with painting with washes rather than just paint layers) and the space hulk captain today (practice face/ skin - something I really need to do more of)



Happy with the face. A glaze or two to tone it back to looking more weathered yet to go I think.

The stealer I'm happy with. Don't usually paint any sort of nids as I'm not a fan of them at all. But stealers, stealers have good memories for me from playing space hulk first ed. on my folks' dining room tables many moons ago so it's definitely time to revisit them. Working on light glare and cast shadows for the stealer scheme. Fun so far

And this folks is what a great Sunday looks like

What kind of glaze do you use for skin? Do you have to make it yourself, or does someone make one that works well on skin?

Also, I noticed in your "great Sunday" picture that you have that paint chart on your wall. I have mine put up near my hobby area too! (silly observation, but hey!) Great minds really do think alike!

Space Hulk stuff is looking good. I like the pale, fleshy scheme you've come up with for the Genestealers. Your workspace looks very neat and compact as well. Hopefully one day I'll worm my way to look a bit more like yours!

@zergsmasher - the human skin or the 'stealer? I make up my own glazes. Usually a mix of mid or the base tone, shade, lahriman medium and water to taste. The stealer here has been mostly washes so far

@ Az. Wanted an anaemic looking pallid tone as they were born in the darkness of the hulk.
Workspace is tidy now. Was an absolute warzone while building the kataphron conversion. Utter chaos. All clean and tidy now again....... For now

Loads done today. Well happy with the progress. Stealer's carapace needs a glaze of black more I think and then some satin. Want it to be kinda beetle~ish. Coming along, coming along. Calling it a day and off to get some snooze

That colour scheme looks amazing on the genestealer. Great work as always!

Thx very much Bttle

Quick, badly shot WiP. Made a start on the metal. Crikey this fellas got a lot of bling!! Lovely lovely fig though that cloak is a pain in the bolters!!

That is nice dude, you using a 1mm bit on the barrels? Seems small

It's the smallest bit that comes with the citadel pinvice. Next size up is a bit too big. I'll widen with an awl later maybe

Coming along nicely indeed!

If you need any further inspiration for the Stealers, there were some great ones done in similar black and white posted in Showcase a day or two ago.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/664638.page#8142539

Aye - thirdeyenuke. Love their work. They do a lot of that hard black/white dirty contrast style. Gorgeous stuff

Quick shot before I call it a night. First genestealer done gonna leave him at that before I start fiddling some more. Next few should be quicker as he was all about recipe and method. Dirty bug!!!


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Gonna try and get 4 or 5 (ha) more done over the weekend. Termie should be finished this evening......ish

It's the Chuseok weekend over here (Korean thanksgiving holiday) so 4 day weekend!!! We're not traveling but staying home so plenty of painting should get done. Made a start on a group of 'stealers rather than painting them one at a time. Got primary metals, the basecoats laid down and the first shadings done. Some real fethers of nooks and crannies to get in at on the big fella and probably should have painted him in sub- assembly as usual but hey ho there we go!! Happy Chuseok all and as Jah says 'paint like yea got a pair' lol

Excellent work. Love you Warboss you completed previously and those Space Hulk models are going to make an awesome set once they're done.

Keep it up.

D

Not been in here for a bit.. Sgt Lorenzo is looking fantastic! As are the filthy xenos...

evildrcheese wrote:Excellent work. Love you Warboss you completed previously and those Space Hulk models are going to make an awesome set once they're done.

Keep it up.

D

Thx fella - was very happy with the warboss. first ever ork so was a bit of a 'feth - hope this works out (esp as not my fig)' lol. The Hulk figs really are gorgeous. will take a while to get them all done but we'll get there

angelofvengeance wrote:Not been in here for a bit.. Sgt Lorenzo is looking fantastic! As are the filthy xenos...

Cheers AoV - not a fan of Blood Angels much; their reds are just a bit ick. So did the sarge there up in a darker tone and made him more of the flesh tearers with the black pauldrons. Looks a lot more worn and actually like armour that made it through battles. Still need to finish him up - cloak, metals and then lotsa weathering and damage - he's on a hulk fighting for his life though endless hordes of filthy bugs after all!!!!

Finally so updatage. After loadsa RL stuff recently actually getting some paint down again. 'Stealers are finally nearly done. Just bits n bobs still to complete and the sergeant has some finishing touches to get done too. Happy with the scheme, should look suitably creepy crawly space hulky buggy when all done

on a side note... my big box of FW stuff arrived safe n sound at my house......in Ireland.....on 78 days till I get my grubby little paws on that haul lol