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The plasma cannon guys are looking nice, I like how you've done the coils.

My brotha from down unda , Me like plasma cannon!!! Those devestators are looking sweet!! Man can't wait to see all of them together. Keep up the great work.

Nice work man! Looks as good as always!
but i'm with flying poo, you should probably find some circle bases

Happy Friday update day everyone! My gorgeous partner came home sick from work today so my painting time did get cut short, but she's asleep on the couch at the moment so i thought i'd steal a few minutes and say G'day!

Finished 3 out of 4 of my plasma cannon weilders! just waiting on a bits swap with the very generous Flying Pooo! then I can have a full squad, I also did the flame insignia on the shoulders, i tried to do them reminiscent of the old Dev squad marking you used to see a bit, I ordered all my round bases (that will make some happy ) so they should arrive soon, and the way i want to paint them will be pretty easy and basic but will look good with them
I also have a small question for you all, how should i arm my dev squad sergeant? he won't generally be close to the action so what does he get? plasma pistol? bolt pistol? chainsword? 'cos i gotta paint his arms too and need to get moving on him!

And now for something a bit different! I was looking through my bits boxes for parts for my recent trade and i came across something I was playing with when i had my Raven guard army ages ago! I wanted to field a squad of assault marines with lightning claws and while collecting parts I had an abundance of the wolf guard claws and wanted to use them, my first instinct was to simply shave them smooth but the longer I looked at them trying to get inspired to shave them all down i had an 'AHA!" moment, the wolf skull on them could it be changed? the answer is "yes" so with a renewed vigor I got out my blade and went to work! after a short time (as this really isn't hard) I had what i hope would pass as a raven skull instead of the wolf! just by simply shaving the sides off to form a point to the beak and adding 2 small holes for nostrils with a scalpel it was done! you can actually do this with any wolf skull that gives you easy enough access so hopefully i've just inspired any Raven players to start making some sweet models! I roughly painted one up to show you, please keep in mind I only painted up the skull quickly so you can see it

Hope you like:



And here's the Plasma squad....so, nearly finished then you won't have to look at them again until i gallery them!


There you go for another day! i'm off to see if Kristy is feeling better and try and get her to drink something other than Vodka (living with me must be hard ) Kidding, kidding! but i am going to check on her, so ill catch you all later tonight and see what you think!


Happy painting

Nerdfest09

Nice work on the Devastators! I really like the flame insignia. I will be looking forward to seeing your raven guard squad now. They should be sweet!
Sorry about the wait on the bits, Iv'e been swamped with school work at the moment.
I'll send them on Saturday. I should have time then. Sorry for the wait.

That skull conversion you did is really outstanding Nerdfest! Excellent idea! Dev's are looking great too. What, no OSL??

I am loving what I see... It's like a movie teaser can't wait to see more.

How funny guys! :-) 'teaser trailer' ha! I won't have time to do much in the next week or so, so i'll try and get some decent work done before i do an update next time, otherwise you'll just be seeing the same boring old speeders and devs! lol
and i'm glad you like my idea for the raven guard conversions, sadly I never ended up using them in my force when i made them :-( but when i found them i thought it may be useful to someone out there in dakka land? I sold them to finance my Marines Exemplar and then sold them to finance my current salamanders army! and as i'm finally spending time on an army and painting them what I consider well, I won't be selling them anytime soon...or when they're done :-)

Hopefully my bases tun up on monday!

Nerdfest09

Having checked the mail today, all I have to say is I FREAKIN LOVE YOU DAMO!!!!!!!! Real busy but will be back later on to talk!

James

Nice stuff here

Thanks Norn king! i appreciate the comments! :-)


and James! you better not be a stranger bro! :-) can't wait to hear from you again with an epic PM!

Ah, some very nice progress since I last checked. The Raven Guard converting is coming out nice as well - ain't that wolf skull annoying?

Itty bitty update time! not much done worth showing, but I wanted to start on a Hammernator to give me a core model to work from when I do the rest, managed to do his head and start the shield and get him pose worthy, i think he'll look cool as ice when he's done! much cooler than Mr cool ice though! (google image him if you haven't seen him before!)

so, here he is, and although i've started on his storm shield and he'll get it finished I have decided to get all the others and sand them down flat on the front and do my lava & rocks thing with all of them, so this guy will be my termie sergeant with a 'special' shield!

and i like how his hair turned out too, not bad for a ranga! couldn't quite get a decent shot of how the highlights turned out on it though





well, that's the itty bitty update done! I am now going to the kitchen to make a black coffee (no sugar) turn off the stereo, open the window in my bedroom and relax and try and get through some more of the Soul Drinkers Omnibus, and probably have a nanna nap!

I hope everyone else's day is as hectic and exciting!

Nerdfest09

He looks great so far.
Even with that ranga hair he is still cooler than ice. Well cooler Mr cool ice anyway.
Maybe you should make him a Soul Drinker with that hair.

Wow the Hammernator's face really pops in that model. Really like the combination of skin tone, eyes and hair colour. Very nicely done.

Hi eggroll, thanks mate, i'm glad you like it, it was a bit of a tester with the hair, as usually we don't see them with any! but in the BL books they get described with red hair on a few of them as well as red beards/goatee and grey hair, so i have some options to play with, and the skin i'm really happy with, personally i don't like the fluff about them with the onyx black skin but I must say like this it's growing on me more and isn't too dark, still not as nice as your BA sergeant you did :-)

hopefully he'll be finished in a week or so, i just need a touch of inspiration and time! still need to finish the other models i started as well!

thanks again for checking in dude, i appreciate it! as i appreciate everyone who follows my work and ramblings! so thanks to all!

nerdfest09

I love that head Damo, the skin and hair colour looks choice. Your sallies are really going to be something else!

AWESOME painting, this is really impressive. I love the weathering on the tanks, and may borrow the idea thanks

Thanks Jirc and young Logan, I'm pretty happy with them so far too! it's nice to be inspired by your own stuff to keep you going! I want to keep getting better and doing things that look interesting and a touch different! and feel free to use whatever weathering ideas you need! that;s the whole idea of why i started the blog in the first place! I really wanted to get some easy methods out there as a novice painter that everyone can do! and i've picked up heaps of little tricks from the amazing painters that frequent my page! lets hope i can find many more and show others that may not have thought about painting it like that before!

happy painting!

Nerdfest09

I'm loving the salamanders. The lava work is very unique and you pulled it off perfectly! Excellent job Nerdfest!

NF09 I am loving how your termie is turning out. The highlights on the head is spot on.
Looking forward on more.

Woo, Damo!

Here's something just a little different from me I was bored at work last night and did some doodling in my meal break, it sounded good in my head and so i popped it on paper lets hope it can go head to head with the CRASSUS ARMOURED ASSAULT TRANSPORT?

Hope you like guys




Sorry about the pencil lines!
I'm also now on holidays so expect some updates soon! it's finishing time! I need to finish all those little models I started so i can get working on things you haven't seen before

Nerdfest09

That's.........awesome. Now that it's on paper you need to make it in plastic form.

It must now be done.

Whoohoo collectors item!! Issue 01 of Nerdfest09 comics!! that was cool man you made my day

Awwww, thanks dudes! glad you enjoyed that and it didn't fall flat on it's face! I have a couple of other ideas swimming around in my head, lets hope my scratchy style doesn't put you off! and I better get working on the NERDRAIDER NERDEEMER WITH NERDSTORM CANNONS!

NF09

GreyDeathOne wrote:Whoohoo collectors item!! Issue 01 of Nerdfest09 comics!! that was cool man you made my day

True enough!! Right on NF9!! I love your Salamanders You've taken something and made it your own!! very, very cool man!! I can't wait to see the rest of them.

If you don't you know I physically have enough Gaunts to bury you alive.

Love it man!