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Cheers Farty!

LutherMax - Yeah, my cabinet is filled to the brim. I've got another one though in different colour so my OCD prevents me from placing it right next to it and spreading the models out. I'm gonna look into buying a 3rd that's going to be the same colour so I can put two side by side soon!

About the black lining, I just use black paint and my trusty WN7 brush to do all the details.

I noticed you got a shout out on MWG dave's blog. Can't say I blame him though

Knightley wrote:I noticed you got a shout out on MWG dave's blog. Can't say I blame him though

Link to Blog, please?

Oh, thanks for the heads up Knightley. Like Alpharius said, got a link? Is it one of his vblogs?

WOW great stuff

It should be here It was one of his longer ones so if its not that one it should be an earlier one, check about 3/4 the way through iirc.

Edit: try the 4:50min mark.

Thanks dakkagrot187.

Knightley - Thanks for that. I looked through some of his other vlogs and they were soooo looooooong. Good to have a direct link

i really think you should play im sure you will love it

dakkagrot187 wrote:i really think you should play im sure you will love it

Probably but at the moment I just don't have the time. Plus, I don't know anyone that does play the game and driving 30 mins to the nearest hobby shop, which has 2 tables to play, to try and get a pick up game as a newbie doesn't appeal to me. I'm happy painting for now.

Yea Eggroll is a celeb !!!

It's been a while since I checked your thread, man, I love those vehicles!

Awesome blood angels just read through the whole thing. Cant wait to see more.

Grey - I wish

Meph and Steeds - Thanks!

Alright, enough text, time for some pictures. I finished off a sternguard squad tonight. These guys are the metal version.

Again, super quality models.

This blog is great inspiration for building up an army.

D00d! Those. Are. Gorgeous!

As the quality is so high, I'll bump up my critiques a level as well. Two minor comments...
The OSL on the plasma gun seems seriously overdone. Those coils have no direct line of sight to the side of the gun so it seems a bit unnatural that the whole gun is coloured so harsly.

And the heat colouraion on the melta gun nozzles is too harsh and too blue. you should slowly layer it up in different colours, some red, some purple, some blue. Applied in thinned layers to gently create a gradient. Now it's just a thick band of blue.

Impressive as always - can't wait to start my marines, though I'm pessimistic about my ability to come close to yours...

I've started toying around with colours (using a brush), but just feel their a bit bright. Looking forward to finding time to purchase an airbrush, and then finding time to learn how to use it, and then finding time to start my marine force...

I'll definitely be 'borrowing' a lot from what I've learnt in your thread - just hope it all comes out somewhere in the vicinity of 'as good'... but won't hold my breath for the first few rounds...

Fine work!

Painting of figures very much impresses!

Dmitry.

MY 500th POST!!!

Oh MY... these are AWESOME! I am so getting an airbrush... which model airbrush do you have?

Northen wrote:Again, super quality models.

This blog is great inspiration for building up an army.

Thanks!

Meph wrote:D00d! Those. Are. Gorgeous!

As the quality is so high, I'll bump up my critiques a level as well. Two minor comments...
The OSL on the plasma gun seems seriously overdone. Those coils have no direct line of sight to the side of the gun so it seems a bit unnatural that the whole gun is coloured so harsly.

And the heat colouraion on the melta gun nozzles is too harsh and too blue. you should slowly layer it up in different colours, some red, some purple, some blue. Applied in thinned layers to gently create a gradient. Now it's just a thick band of blue.

Thanks Meph and I completely agree with you about the plasma gun. I pulled back too much when doing it and made a mess of it...got lazy and didn't want to repaint the whole gun so I left it as is. For the melta, I think it was the lighting and angle, normally you can barely make out the blue and looks mostly black.

Northen wrote:Again, super quality models.

This blog is great inspiration for building up an army.

Thanks Northen!

slice'n'dice wrote:Impressive as always - can't wait to start my marines, though I'm pessimistic about my ability to come close to yours...

I've started toying around with colours (using a brush), but just feel their a bit bright. Looking forward to finding time to purchase an airbrush, and then finding time to learn how to use it, and then finding time to start my marine force...

I'll definitely be 'borrowing' a lot from what I've learnt in your thread - just hope it all comes out somewhere in the vicinity of 'as good'... but won't hold my breath for the first few rounds...

Thanks slice. We all start somewhere so don't worry about matching my or others ability from the start. My first models I attempted looked like crap...bad enough that I almost gave up on airbrushing. Definitely give airbrushing a go if you're interested and keep at it, it's something that requires practice and patience but the end result is worth it.

Dimetry100 wrote:Fine work!

Painting of figures very much impresses!

Dmitry.

Thanks Dmitry!

Nightfall wrote:MY 500th POST!!!

Oh MY... these are AWESOME! I am so getting an airbrush... which model airbrush do you have?

Thanks Nightfall. Congrats on 500, I still have a ways to go before I get there. I normally use my Iwata Revolution BR airbrush though I also have an Infinity 2 in 1 and a Veda from ebay. If you check a few pages back, I go over in detail my setup and includes pics too.

beautiful! Perfect lighting and shading. . ......Now we wait for the american judges......10. 10. 10. 10 10!!! A perfect score by the Canadian artist!!!!!
(sorry feeling a bit cheeky)

Sternies! Awesome! I agree on the plasma gun comment but otherwise top notch quality as always. I like the little sooty exhaust detail on the back of the legs

I love these models and bought them ages ago in metal but didn't get around to painting them. I then succumbed to the resin versions thinking they'd be a LOT easier to prep but all the gun straps have holes in them! So now I have both and can't decide which to paint and which to stick on eBay...

Did you find these guys a bit of a paint to clean up mould line-wise?

EDIT: Also, how do you rate the Iwata against the H&S? I have the Infinity 2 in 1 also so would be interested to hear how they compare for you.

I knew as soon as I clicked . . . I really shouldn't of looked before finishing my Tau! . . . Darn you Eggroll, darn you!

Oh well, back to the Blood Angels!

GreyDeathOne wrote: beautiful! Perfect lighting and shading. . ......Now we wait for the american judges......10. 10. 10. 10 10!!! A perfect score by the Canadian artist!!!!!
(sorry feeling a bit cheeky)

Thanks Grey! I appreciate the cheekyness.

LutherMax wrote:Sternies! Awesome! I agree on the plasma gun comment but otherwise top notch quality as always. I like the little sooty exhaust detail on the back of the legs

I love these models and bought them ages ago in metal but didn't get around to painting them. I then succumbed to the resin versions thinking they'd be a LOT easier to prep but all the gun straps have holes in them! So now I have both and can't decide which to paint and which to stick on eBay...

Did you find these guys a bit of a paint to clean up mould line-wise?

EDIT: Also, how do you rate the Iwata against the H&S? I have the Infinity 2 in 1 also so would be interested to hear how they compare for you.

Thank Luther. I prefer metal to fine cast though I actually don't have any experience with the fine cast stuff. I'm used to working with metal, pinning and filing and from a collector's perspective, metal feels better and more "valuable". Mold lines on the sternguards weren't that bad, standard lines as you would expect to see on any GW metal minis.

As for the airbrush comparison, the Revolution BR is in a different class. The revolution is a cheaper brush that targeted towards beginners with less features. The Infinity is more of a middle of the road kind of airbrush. That being said, I've used my 2 in 1 once since I got it... The iwata and the cheapo Veda airbrush have both done a good job for what I need it to do. However, next time I need to do finer work I'll probably break out the Infinity. The smaller 0.15mm nozzle size means it clogs a lot easier and is also easier to bend.

Emperors_Champion wrote:I knew as soon as I clicked . . . I really shouldn't of looked before finishing my Tau! . . . Darn you Eggroll, darn you!

Oh well, back to the Blood Angels!

Thanks EC...if these guys get you back on the BA horse then I'm glad! My army is getting pretty big too, you'd better get back to your BA's before you lose the spot of having the biggest painted BA army around here

Always impressive. But what really stands out to me is how you pick out the details so clearly. Understand that the model in small enough already. The white wing detail, the laurel leaves and chest eagles are very crisp. This just reinforces tha you are an artist with a brush as well as a AB.

Ok enough admiring for now.

SL

I really enjoy your ability to paint combining multiple tools and techniques.

I found that even the simpler methods in airbrushing can be somewhat difficult for me. Seeing superior stuff like yours motivates me to keep practicing.

Thanks Solar_lion.

MakeH wrote:I really enjoy your ability to paint combining multiple tools and techniques.

I found that even the simpler methods in airbrushing can be somewhat difficult for me. Seeing superior stuff like yours motivates me to keep practicing.

Thanks. The airbrush, like any other tool, requires patience and practice. In fact, given the technical complexity of the airbrush/compressor, the ramp up time is usually a lot great than normal methods of brush and paints. I almost gave up when I first started out. The first few models I did I stripped a few times over to get anything decent and I had a hard time getting the right air pressure, paint mix dialed in. In the end the persistence was worth it though so don't give give up and keep practicing!

I am starting to think that the tip "consistency of milk" has been my biggest issue My paints have been too thin, but DakkaDakka is the perfect place to find inspiration to keep shooting that paint on minies.

MakeH wrote:I am starting to think that the tip "consistency of milk" has been my biggest issue My paints have been too thin, but DakkaDakka is the perfect place to find inspiration to keep shooting that paint on minies.

Yup, the tip is a load of bull. I generally shoot paint that's thicker. My general rule of thumb is 50/50 mix for both my airbrush and brush but it varies depending on the application. Milk is way too diluted and unless you're using alcohol to increase drying time, it'll probably end up running/splattering.

Do you mean alcohol to decrease drying time? As something that has an increased dry time would have more time to run...

Alfndrate wrote:Do you mean alcohol to decrease drying time? As something that has an increased dry time would have more time to run...

Heh, yup, alcohol dries faster so that would be a decrease in drying time...bleh semantics