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Ugh that metal is so good

 LeCacty wrote:
Ugh that metal is so good

Thanks LeCacty

The Clockwork Custode is painted - here's some bad pics to whet the appetite before I get him based and take some decent pics:




And here's Fury the Gunslinger primed up on the painting table:


Sniper is almost done... no pics yet


Thanks for looking!

Sniper is (finally!) painted - 4th time lucky...

The changes to the Snipers gun are very funky. Great work.

EDC

Nice work on the sniper, love the cloak and the hair color. Also really like your leather, mind sharing the recipe?

evildrcheese wrote:The changes to the Snipers gun are very funky. Great work.
EDC

Thanks EDC - I felt it really needed slimming down from the first design

Mymearan wrote:Nice work on the sniper, love the cloak and the hair color. Also really like your leather, mind sharing the recipe?

Thanks Mymearan.
My current recipe for leather:
Vallejo Flat Brown
Heavy drybrush with Citadel Wrack White, creating texture as well as highlights
Brown oil wash, get it dark in the recesses using a little Black as well
Vallejo Armour Brown glaze
Another lighter drybrush, trying to hit edges only
Very light Purple wash (I use the old GW Liche Purple, but the new Drucchi Purple shade will work) in small areas

Fury the Gunslinger is painted!











Even built a base - it'll be all rusted and grimy and slimy when it's done, but just couldn't get it painted before the Easter long weekend.



More bases are underway, and the Assassin and the Crew-Gunner are currently PIP, hope to complete them next week.

Happy Easter!

I love the paint job on that Clockwork Custode, but even more than that, I love the idea of a clock work knight marching into battle, brilliant .

Wooah, that gunslinger is outstanding, her clothing has some conquistadorish nobleness that contrasts very nicely with her complexion.

But we expected no less.

That gunslinger is fantastic!

She's fantastic - great look. Sweet work

Great job on the lass, face & hair in particular

- Salvage

Wow... The gunslinger and the sniper are absolutely fantastic!

Great work mate. Your conversions are always inspiring to see.

Awesome work on the gun-slinger, very characterful.

EDC

hk1x1 wrote:I love the paint job on that Clockwork Custode, but even more than that, I love the idea of a clock work knight marching into battle, brilliant .

KernelTerror wrote:Wooah, that gunslinger is outstanding, her clothing has some conquistadorish nobleness that contrasts very nicely with her complexion.

But we expected no less.

aku-chan wrote:That gunslinger is fantastic!

Januine wrote:She's fantastic - great look. Sweet work

Boss Salvage wrote:Great job on the lass, face & hair in particular

- Salvage

Ssshh - Don't tell anyone but I had to redo the face and hair 4 times...

Freytag93 wrote:Wow... The gunslinger and the sniper are absolutely fantastic!

Great work mate. Your conversions are always inspiring to see.

evildrcheese wrote:Awesome work on the gun-slinger, very characterful.

EDC

Thanks for your comments hk1x1, KernelTerror, aku-chan, Januine, Boss Salvage, Freytag93 and evildrcheese!

After a medium-length deployment hiatus, I'm back in business!

Bases for the Ordo Xenos crew are built and awaiting paint:



Have almost completed the Assassin but since it's been a few months since last painting, I'll warm into renewed painting of the ladies by doing the bases first, I think.

Cheers!

Awesome looking bases. Can't wait to see 'em with some dudes on.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Awesome looking bases. Can't wait to see 'em with some dudes on.

EDC

ah... that would be 'dudettes'

and Thanks!

Meanwhile, something new and wicked this way comes...



Not sure if this is a Wretched Sons deamonette or a stand-alone piece - we'll see

And... Bases!

Finally managed to get some paint on the Ordo Xenos bases - mostly done, just some pastels and some color nuances after each model is mounted.

Here's a quick step by step, in pics:

Vallejo Model Air Rust is slapped on roughly:


Black and VJ Rust is smeared on for variation:


Ryza Rust is drybrushed onto the PVA/bicarb patches:


Boltgun Metal is sponge-dabbed on the edges and random patches:


After gloss varnish spray, black oil paint is washed into crevices and used to add to the oil streaks, and a second drybrush of Ryza Rust is applied:


Thanks for looking!

Can't wait to see Gutrot painted, awesome stuff, great work!!

Quality use of bicarb there!

Bases are looking brill.

Very excited to see how that deamonette progresses, looks like it'll be a great piece already.

EDC

Heretic Tom wrote:Can't wait to see Gutrot painted, awesome stuff, great work!!

Haha - me too! One more Heretic to build before I paint the current crop of Wretched Sons, including Gutrot

inmygravenimage wrote:Quality use of bicarb there!

Thanks!

evildrcheese wrote:Bases are looking brill.

Very excited to see how that deamonette progresses, looks like it'll be a great piece already.

EDC

Cheers EDC!



A few people have asked how I built the Ordo Xenos bases, so here's a quick tutorial on... Building Bases!

Find a standard GW slotted base:


Attack it furiously with a round file to get this cut-out:


Glue appropriately-sized styrene tubing into the cut-out:


While that dries, glue some 1mm styrene sheet down:


And while that all dries, go to a hobby store and buy the cheapest 1/35th scale tank you can find - these are an awesome greeble source, I bought 2 for $10 about 3 years ago and still have heaps of parts left:


Also, these Kotobukiya Gundam parts aren't cheap, but make great greebles for bases too:


Because this base was a quick throw-together specifically for the tutorial, I grabbed some cut-offs from my greeble tub (What? You don't keep your cut-off scrap? Start now!) - really, anything will do:


Play with your greebles and right angles and straight lines to get the end result - you can see I've cut away the excess styrene sheet and sanded it roughly to match the base edges. I've also elevated some areas - sometimes this is random, sometimes it's specifically to mount a character:


Rust time! Just dab PVA on where you want really decent rust...


And sprinkle Bi-Carb soda over the whole thing:


If you've overdone the PVA and your base looks like a decent snowfall just occurred, scrape away the excess with a toothpick - sometimes less is more!


Then follow the previous painting tutorial and viola - rusty goodness!


This base took about 30 minutes to make, including speeding up the drying of the PVA with a hair dryer, and about 20 minutes to paint to this basic level.

You can get some really dense and complicated Urban jungle just by adding layers of stuff - for example, the big Ordo Xenos base (destined to hold the Mech Suit) needed the deep rectangular cut-out with a big pipe greeble in it because the Mech Suit is so large.

You can go to town a bit with the paint job as well: hazard stripes always look good on bases, crackle paint (when it plays the game - fickle bloody stuff) looks awesome too.

Enjoy!



* No bases were killed or injured in the making of this tutorial *

Great tut and fantastic result

Awesome, thanks for the tutorial.

Good job. The bases look nice (and rusty).

Januine wrote:Great tut and fantastic result

Heretic Tom wrote:Awesome, thanks for the tutorial.

Dr H wrote:Good job. The bases look nice (and rusty).

Thanks all!



The Sniper and Fury the Gunslinger are finally based:



New completed Ordo Xenos soon!

Awesome tutorial on the bases, that's really useful.

Fury and the Sniper look really cool.

What's next on the agenda?

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Awesome tutorial on the bases, that's really useful.

Fury and the Sniper look really cool.

What's next on the agenda?

EDC

Thanks EDC - and next up is this:

The Assassin of Inquisitor Kallatar's retinue stalks the Underhive at last!









Thanks for looking!

Amazing, this is a great renaissance assassin. And the cloth matches the gunslinger perfectly, that warband is going to be a masterpiece.