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I like the 'not-assault cannons' wielding dude. Myrmidons are they? Very cool

EDC

Myrmidons are great looking model. All well done. Should be fun army to play!

You crazy, crazy man... You really ARE going for the "paint them all at once"

Looking awesome, nerd. That splash of orange already is starting to bring them to life!

Jesus those big guys are amazing. How did you do the super dirty metal?

Damo, you are outdoing your self! these Mech guys are awesome!

Stunning work on those metals Nerdy. Wish I had gone with that style for my Mechanicus! Ah well, you have inspired me to pick up a paintbrush once more in any case.

More updates tonight but first I better drop a quick run down of the siege mortar effect some of you guys like

well, first up blue wash over the area and then while it's still fresh add a teeny brush tip of white paint into the charging area? this will bleed naturally and start the look you want, when its dry wash and do the same again and when that step is dry, wash and let the whole thing dry this time, then just dot some more white into your charging pattern. run some silver around the edges and wash the metal parts again with blue and that's about it!

so now onto the Admech!

metals are close to done, just need to edge and scratch one more time with silver, then it's the orange armour/robes and face plates I think i'll be done with them in a week or so if I can find the time!












so that's where I'm at with them all, should be really popping next time with some more shading and detail done!

Making good progress, the carapace on the magos looks great.

EDC

Great stuff there Nerdy. That is one seriously awesome looking force you're putting together. Cheers for the tip on the plasma effect. My Thanatar arrives next month and that's just the effect I'm looking for for what I have planned

Holy smeg, you cannot be human and churn out minis like that in just a couple of weeks!

Any further news on the annual competition from you? We're kind of running out of year!

Looking amazing.

Stole your metal technique, works beautifully.

They look terrific Damo. Outstanding progress.

Thanks guys, you can churn some cool stuff out if the majority is a technique across the full force! makes it much faster then you can go in and individually lavish attention on them :-)

and the 4th annual Nerdcademy award is still going to happen I just need a brave soul to take the 3rd prize picture this year......


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Just in case anyone is looking for a 40k related present for the Christmas? I have a Chaos army up for offers, primed silver and washed mainly so in spot on condition :-)

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/671167.page#8274779

The misses said she would like some silver for Christmas do you think this would fit the bill ........

I know I have no posted here of late mainly as what I would say has already been said, also I miss your green skins but I have been impressed with your painting style of this venture.

Your metals always seem to represent that used working feel to them, plus mixed with your dark rich red matches up so nicely hell you tempted me into investing in a few bits ..... Which I hate you for

Awwww shucks LDD! glad I made you spend money! not that I think you need much encouragement? i've seen you in some other threads nearly ready to link your pay directly to their stores! lol! and I'm 100% sure any lady who wants silver would be interested :-) I also found a Helbrute as well.....

Ha I am sure the hell brute will seal the deal

Looking good Nerd. Very consistent!

And I know i'm a pain in the backside but I'm happy to part with that Chaos Marine stuff for AU $170.00 which is only to my Blog followers and also adds to about $23.US......... well, not quite :-)


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Huh looks like I might have an offer on them ! :-) yay!!!!


and I've done more on the Admech!

You can't just say you've done more! We are simple creatures that respond best to pretty pictures.

Pretty pictures eh Whaley!? crikey dude I can't do that now until they're finished! :-) they're all at that stage where they've come together and look pretty damn good but I still have like one or two things left to complete on them all. This means I have only got to paint the orange armour and the orange robes as well as the Thallax face plates (which we discussed this morning) then whack on a bit of black contrast and voila! a fully finished Admech 30K army ready to kick ass and take numbers!!!!!


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And I also have nailed down at this stage a little project I've been toying with literally for years! I've been a massive fan of the idea behind Necromunda, the gritty hard skirmish battles and gangs of hardened guys and girls who just don't give a Rat's behind about 'nuffin

So, I'm going to paint up 2 gangs of Necromunda :-) for myself I'm painting the TGG Jailbirds as an Escher gang, lots of skin and bright accents on hair and cloth which will be fun! and the second one I'm thinking at this stage using the Scibor Sci Fi Dwarves? they're cool little models and would make a good gang of boiler type workmen who live in the greasy workings of a hive? any thoughts on other options hit me up! i'll be buying them start of next year

That was close to best game ever. Look forward to your gangs both sound cool.

Want to make one young guy in the dwarf team really tall and call him Carrot. (Homage to a great man.) Give him a heavy stubber.

Everything's looking bloody cool and bloody intimidating!
Also seeing some Necromunda in your style would be a pleasure i'm afraid I can't offer advice specifically on that but be sure that i'll be eagerly waiting in the wings for updates

Yo dudes! i've nearly finished the massively awesome Admech!


But I also got sidetracked and built and painted an Iron Hands Captain for a mate of mine he wants me to paint his Iron hands force and I thought i'd paint him up a model and send it to him so he can see exactly what I paint them like, I wanted to do him a character and I had an urge to convert in my cut-paste way I enjoy! so a few models later this is what i built and painted pretty much in a day

anyway I hope this will appease you until i can take about a million pics of the Admech next week!

gorgeous stuff there Nerdy. Your skin work is fantastic btw. That's something else you need to share with us

Really nice job though - what fig is that?

Good stuff! I'm personally not sure about the pose, but the paintwork is great! Do you mind sharing your recipe for Iron Hands armour, I've just started some and at the moment it's just prime black, drbrush silver, several heavy black washes then weathering. This looks similar, but a bit more involved and varied, which I could do with for characters.

Not appeased at all.

Got to say though that metalwork is stunning, truly bud, stunning.

This has nothing to do with your excellent paint job Damo... but that's just a horribly ungainly looking figure. In that pose a strong breeze would put him on his back.

Thanks guys, the pose is awkward I admit especially when trying to take a pic! :-) it's Khan the betrayer from FW with a new arm and different head, irl it isn't as bad.

as far as painting him goes, it's the same technique as I do any of my weathered metals now. Prime silver, wash with black, wash with agrax, wash parts with purples or greens if you want a tinge to the metal, add chips and scratches and some watered orange around bolts etc. wash with black then re apply some fresh chips! done!

"Who needs a hammer when I can just stomp you with me boot"

Love the copper bits the best.

Finished the Admech force for Whaley! and they are very VERY cool models! tried a few little different things than my normal painting like the plasma glow and the Thallax face plates etc. and it comes together really nicely with the burnished metals and orange spot colour for them, they really are covered in a glut of glorious details which might seem daunting to paint but it seems to be a background element from the main components so you can pull back a bit on cabling and dials and it still doesn't effect the finished look

as usual there's a bunch of pics but I hope you don't mind! I really (as usual) hope you like them and get inspired to have a crack at something yourself! I just love FW models!

lets begin with a rehash of the big guys images.

Thanatar:

Group shots:


Magos:

Vorax:


Thallax:

Myrmidons, Secutors & Destructor:

Can't wait to see what you think of the finished products guys! they look pretty HH Gritty to me?