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Finally finished the 2 speeders! well, all apart from a couple of small touch ups and lines, but they are done enough to say they're done! it's the first completed work for my sallie army, and after painting some hoses on the last of the dev squad and the arms on the sarge they'll be done too! but problem is, I still don't know what to arm the sarge with? I really need some educated input to enable me to finish them off

I seem to be making good progress, I started my week and a half off work on thursday, it's now saturday and i'm looking at 2 speeders and the dev's nearly done! so I've got the rest of the time off to paint my dreadnought and the test terminator i started

here's the speeders guys, hope you like them, i promise you won't see them again until I get them glamour shot!







that's it for now dudes and dudettes! i'll be updating as soon as i get more painted for viewing!

Nerdfest09

They look really nice. The lenses on the pilot in the last pic are terrific! Awesome job man!

Loving the job you did on those Nerdy... you've got a knack with the brush...

Thanks guys, I appreciate the compliments! the pilots and gunners where a tad tricky to paint as i made a mistake and glued them in before i'd finished highlighting them, hence i still need to touch up a couple of lines here and there.

I should be working on my bases soon too, the paint hopefully will arrive tomorrow morning and I'll start straight away on them all! not sure how 'shiny' to keep them as they're the checker plate style ones, I'd like to perhaps imagine them in a boarding action or industrial zone, I don't want to weather them too much, but i'll start and then get some feedback from you all.

Oh, any ideas for help arming my dev sarge? bolt pistol? power fist? chain sword? bolt gun? plasma pistol?...... i'm confused, he won't really be seeing any action hopefully but if anyone gets close he'll need to cap some fools?

catch you soon!

Nerdfest09


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Ahhhh, joins, I need to paint the armour joins! dammit! I love and hate photo's equally! :-) I better get onto that now...

I keep thinking that up-arming my dev sergeant would be a good idea and a nasty surprise for anyone who wants to deal with them by assault... but then I'm always short of points so his upgrade never makes the cut. I like the bolt gun because it at least gives him a 24" range shot. Chain sword gives him one extra attack but with no modifiers of any sort (i.e. not powered) I'm not sure how valuable that is.

You ass

Awesome thread! love it! Very helpful.

Speeders are looking very nice Nerdfest. Good to see you continually pump out the models, and with great quality too.

nice landpeeders im loving the green

Greatwork on the landspeeder Man I gotta get mine built soon . So whats next brother? Landraider?

Thanks everyone! They look really cool side by side on my shelf of war! I'm still just touching up those small details but i'm happy with them and it got me pumped to work on more models!

@Pyriel: heh heh! where's my PM you bum? don't you want to talk to me anymore?

@Greydeathone: look below and you'll see the next project my friend

@dakkagrot187: thanks very much, i'm happy with the shade of green, turned out well I think!

@Eggroll: I appreciate that comment dude not quite as quick as painting as you but i am spending more time trying to get my own painting a bit more like your quality!

@Thatguy91: Glad you like it and can get something out of what i enjoy painting! I hope i can keep you interested!

@Gitsplitta: Cheers dude, that's a bit of help at least and gives me something to think about i'll let you know what i do!


Now, onto some models! I got into my dreadnought this morning, and nearly finished the green armour sections, i think it'll work once i get onto the details of it, but i feel it's highlighted enough? hope you like the progress







Nerdfest09

Looking nice Damo. I really like the highlighting on that green, I have to get into the habbit of highlighting properly rather than relying so much on washes. I thought that I had really broken my Rhino when I washed it with Devlan Mud. Will have try something like how you have painted the flat panels on this guy on my next Rhino.

The green is lovely, and it looks really good with the arms. How's the sarcophagus going to look?

Hey guys, cheers for dropping in, the sarcophagus is burnished gold with a bone scroll and winged skull motif, boltgun cables and my usual red/yellow lenses :-) I also think I may just give it a thin line highlight in a brighter green just for a bit more definition.

And I also started and nearly finished all my bases today! photo's soon, I didn't want to spend ages on them but wanted them to look decent without being overpowering with the marines, so as they are checker plate designs i used a can of Army painter plate metal primer, then used the airbrush and washed with badab black mixed with acrylic thinners, this gave them all a fairly dull matte finish, then i just devlan mud washed parts and added a small amount of blazing orange watered down to give it a worn appearance without looking dilapidated, i'm in the process of painting the hazard stripes on the edges now, but for half hours work for 43 bases i'm happy! :-)

happy painting bro's i'll pic you up tomorrow!

Nerdfest09

That comic strip was hilarious. Nice work. And as usual, everything is looking pretty damn green! GOOD! I meant good Oddly enough Im going to be painting a Sternguard for my brothers Xmas present, so maybe Ill finally have an update to my blog

@Pyriel: heh heh! where's my PM you bum? don't you want to talk to me anymore?

Obviously I am butthurt and refuse to send you any moar PMs

Now where are my cookies you bum?

Man that dred is looking good so far and the blending is looking spot on!
Keep it coming!

Greetings fellow Nerds! I had a fun day today, I knew it was going to be a green day when i had Avocado on toast and green rock melon for breakfast! then I got to doing man stuff like mowing the lawn, raking, washing the front of my house, doing the washing, you know, the usual stuff we do! then i got to sit down for a little while and paint some Salamanders! well, a dreadnought at least, and some bases, and stick some marines to bases and generally enjoy my session!

I hope you like the direction i took with them, especially the dread, I am quite pleased with how he looks, it's a little different than what you usually see but I like the large expanses of green and the shot of gold on him, I also did my bases, now, before anyone shoots them down too quickly, I hate painting bases! I just don't enjoy them! so i tried to paint them quickly and still look on a level to hold the miniatures, some of my hazard stripes aren't quite even or straight but you don't notice when they're all together

BUT, I think once the mini's are on the bases it looks really cool! so now, I have 2 speeders completed, 4 plasma cannons, 1 dreadnought, and a single tac marine running down the steps!

firstly some base action:





Next up the plasma guys:(I just saw that mark on the base I need to fix!)



And now the big boy, yet to be named dreadnought! :







Well that's it dudes and dudette's (I don't know if any dudette's even follow this!)

see ya soon!

Nerdfest09

Yay Salamanders

So inspiring man! Totally love it. And good boy for doing all the man stuff first! What do you think about those new Crons?

The bases, the Devastators and the dreadnought all look really nice.
I really like your green recipe, it's not too dark or too bright, it's just right.
I really like what you've done so far.
Bring on MOAR Salamanders!

The dread looks awesome! Really nice work on the blending, as well as on the arms.

The dread looks really nice the red parts offset the green of the body really well, very impressed.

Thanks guys I'll get some more units done before i get some nice proper shots done and hopefully they'll show the green in its true vibrancy, it's actually quite nice and bright I've got the sarge's arms to do then it's onto the ten terminators! I can't wait to get stuck into them all! I'll work on the shields tomorrow and throw up a quick update

and to answer jirc's question (who owes me an epic PM) i'm now off to sit down and read the new white dwarf magazine my lovely lady bought me to read


cheers

Nerdfest09

Really cool salamanders! The lava-effects look awesome

Thank you :-) I really enjoy painting it, something a bit different on the 'ol sallies!

Very neat army. That lava rock pattern is a very cool idea and well executed, especially on the Land Speeders! Not a fan of the "black-black-skin-red-red eyes" interpretation of the background but that's up to individual decision. Are you going to do the bases of the land speeders in any way or are you going to keep them clear plastic?

Looking great as usual and the bases look cool too! What is the total points you building for starter?
Keep up the great work you doing.

Thanks sigur and GD1, I know what you mean about the fluff concerning the skin colour and eyes, but i even though i'm not a huge fan I hope mine turned out respectable for an interpretation :-) and i think i'll leave the flying bases clear at this stage, maybe change them later on?
my army list is a 2000 point list give or take a few points, I had a master of the salamanders chapter work it out for me! so thanks to Pyriel I should have a nice scary army going on! I have all the models now just need to get painting! I really need to get a tad more prolific like you two!

Nerdfest09

Awesome dude