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Bud, go for it. That face is looking wonderful.

I am torn on the breastplate:
Gloss black with the details in brass.
Chrome playing again with the details in brass.

Big ask on the chrome, SEMNMMNMNMMMNN(whatever it is.) is crazy good if you can manage it, and is popular lately.

Here is Januine resent work....
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/1530/660442.page#9849171

Good luck whatever you go for, behind you all the way bud.

CREEEEEEEEED wrote:You can make either cold, but I think brass would contrast better to the rest of the model, whereas silver would possibly blend in. It all depends how you do it.

Very true, I've decided to go with brass and highlight up to rune fang (as below).

Camkierhi wrote:Bud, go for it. That face is looking wonderful.

I am torn on the breastplate:
Gloss black with the details in brass.
Chrome playing again with the details in brass.

Big ask on the chrome, SEMNMMNMNMMMNN(whatever it is.) is crazy good if you can manage it, and is popular lately.

Here is Januine resent work....
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/1530/660442.page#9849171

Good luck whatever you go for, behind you all the way bud.

Cheers buddy, appreciate that

Here's where I am so far...

Entering GD? woah man thats awesome. you planning on just entering the model on its own as part of a diorama?

personally i'd do silver but idk anything about warmness or whatever, just think it'd look cool. lol

 STG wrote:
Entering GD? woah man thats awesome. you planning on just entering the model on its own as part of a diorama?

personally i'd do silver but idk anything about warmness or whatever, just think it'd look cool. lol

Yeah man, maybe in May? Dunno, slightly confused about how many classics, fests and such are on a year...

Anyway, the cuirass is coming along: Might add a touch of red to the right hand side of it to show a reflection from the lining of the coat? Will go over it with Runefang Steel and glaze it accordingly.

Confession time: the etched brass skins are an absolute nightmare and really do need the use of a magnifying lamp or other such device in their assembly. As such, I am not going to be using them but instead will use good old plasticard!

In other news, the LRBTs I ordered are adrift in the Empyrean somewhere due to the inclement weather we have had recently. I have however, made a little progress with the infantry weapons and have been pairing up arms. I will probably add scarves to some of the torsos and continue to spot mittens over the bionic hands.

Commissar is looking real good! I like the idea of the red reflecting on the breastplate, the only thing to keep in mind is that for that effect to look good, you'll need to make the rest of the metal very shiny and smooth. otherwise it'll look off.

 Paradigm wrote:
Commissar is looking real good! I like the idea of the red reflecting on the breastplate, the only thing to keep in mind is that for that effect to look good, you'll need to make the rest of the metal very shiny and smooth. otherwise it'll look off.

Cheers! I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the cuirass now... I mean, I may just use some red glazing in the shaded areas. I was going off of a tutorial by 5th Dimension painting on True Metallic Metal and the effects you can achieve by adding in greens, blues, reds etc (link to the tutorial: http://5-th-dimension.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/painting-true-metal.html)

An image of the kind of thing I'm looking at is below (from the tutorial linked above and NOT MINE)

Evening all!

So I've been working away on getting more infantry assembled and I really like the way the mittens are turning out:







I also sculpted a German style ski cap onto one of the sergeants:



Haven't done any more work on the officer yet one been umming and arring over what to mount him on: I was initially thinking forest theme (which is what the rest of my guard will be on) but then I thought if this is going to be a competition piece, it doesn't have to match. Then it clicked: urban scene, boltl pistol firing out of a shattered window. I'll say that the inspiration came from this piece while trawling tinterwebz:

Brilliant sculpting. Love the look of the guns to. That hat takes the biscuit though.

yea man like, everyone has loads of those cadian sergeant heads, really stands out and looks great with that funky hat on!

Cheers both!

Ben a bit slow recently BUT I have a couple LRBTs waiting for me at the post office depot AND my Pask turned up. I have started making ladder rungs and tie-downs for the tanks (just bent wire/paper clips) among some other bits and bobs.

Plan is to magnetise some of the weapon options for the tanks so I can switch out between punisher, plasma and battle canons. Speaking of battle canons: I'm doing away with the hilariously oversized and stupid looking ones in the kit and fitting some new ones which are more appropriately sized...

Update, woop!

Decided to start on the LRBTs while the bases for my infantry dried (and I want in the mood for painting). Have done some modifications (what a surprise) but think they'll look better for it when grouped together:

Bit more done:

Nice work on those mods to the Russ, they add a great deal of character.

Excellent work! The Emperor is proud.

Thanks people.

I'm hoping to have this one and the Command Tank with Pask built by the end of the week, then I can start painting them and the Chimeras at the weekend.

Thinking about using this scheme: (Courtest of TamiyaUSA)

Internal sponson work:

Dude that sposon upgrade is awesome! always thought russ' could go from very average to very awesome with just a small amount of extra something. you've gone way far and it keeps getting better. will be following keenly!

Thanks STG. It's by no means an original idea (I was inspired by Philip Spence of Beyond The Tabletop and his internal sponson) but I chose to make it more partly resemble the Malcador sponsons. As such, it'll have two vision slots: one either side of the gun (which will obviously be magnetised )

It took me about an hour or so of fiddling with the measurements but I reckon it won't take me long to knock out four tanks' worth of sponsons. The hardest bit was cutting the side out of the tank unit! I still need to remove the middle hub for one of the idler wheels and make the vision slots.

That is superb work, really brilliant.

Thank you Cam.

Hoping to get the vision slits and the other done too. I reckon for the slits I'll just do a small rectangular frame and paint the middle to resemble glass (so black).

Stay tuned...

Pintle heavy stubber in place, just need to sort out a new handle for the turret hatch and then it's time for paint! I've also started on Pask which I hope to get built tomorrow.

Love your work on the leman russes. They have so much more character than the stock kit.

Afternoon all...

So my hobby productivity has been somewhat lack-lustre of late, given visitations from the familial units, Easter and other more important things have come and gone. However, I started making headway with the second of my Leman Russ tanks yesterday but all painting is on hold, well, at least with a brush: my Winsor and Newton Series 7s (which I have had for 6/7 years) finally gave up the ghost the other day and in the bin they went. Sad (MAD) times.

Anyhoo, I have a free weekend so, weather dependent, I'll be able to FINALLY prime my LRBTs and get them airbrushed.

DGTSYB.

I think I'm being thick but I don't understand the acronym Cam!

Sorry

Damn
Good
To
See
You
Boy

Internet cooke to whoever gets it.

Ah yes, I get it now!

Also: Armageddon.

Hi folks!

Been dragging my heels a bit of late but have had a lot on. Weather has been changeable to say the least which has impacted somewhat on my ability to get things primed.

I have also abandoned the Elysians and made a swap for some Mk.IV power armoured marines which will be Imperial Fists of the Horus Heresy - a lot of my friends are big HH players and they have eventually convinced me to get a Zone Mortalis force together. Being realistic, it's the only time I think I will play (I can't see myself visiting a GW and playing 8th Ed). So the Guard are on the back burner while I sort out the marines.

I have:

19 Mk.IV marines
10 Tartaros Terminators
1 Limited Edition Praetor in Tartaros Armour (got him for an absolute steal, new on sprue for £14 fiddy!)

However, I need to make room for additional stuff and as such, the Vulture and Thunderbolt are up for grabs (see the Dakka Swap Shop if you want a bargain).

Peace.

Welcome to the VIIth Legion. Fists are a solid choice for ZM scale battles.

Sorry to see you getting rid of the thunderbolt and vulture.

You do know you can use the thunderbolt in a legion army right? You wouldn't need to repaint it either.