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I wanna see the termie shields! Great work on the DE though.

NF09 WOW !! They are looking bada$$!! Love how you got the color scheme down and I see you got your assembly line moving you got alot done. Keep up the great work.

Ah GD1 thank you for dropping by! I shall be hopefully getting enough done soon to appease yourself and Norn king! i'm liking the progress on my raiders but haven't popped any pics yet, they're not as neat as my normal work but at least I will have a big force done to table top standard by feb! :-) and i think you'll like how the colours translate to the vehicles!

again, sorry about the wait! but i'll be updating as soon as I can! :-)

NF09

Oooh, that's a sweet DE colourscheme. Very unusual for DE these days and very good looking. I like that.

Hey Sigur, thanks for the compliment! :-) I appreciate someone of your caliber dropping by! I'll pop the kettle on for you!
lets hope the rest of the force looks as nice with those colours! i'm working on the raiders now.....


I better get back to it dude! catch you soon!

NF09

Merry Christmas dudes and dudettes! I sincerely hope you all have the best of days and I want to wish you the very best of health, luck and well being for the new year! eat lots, love lots and spend time with those you love! and if you're lucky there will be 40K under your trees!

And now i have the smallest of medium sized updates for you! huh!

I got painting gold! yep, based all my gold parts in snakebite leather then gave 'em a shot of burnished gold followed by that beautiful magic of Devlan mud! I think I got the ratio correct for black to gold? should I put some glyphs on the raider? i'm not sure yet, a lot of others do it but I kinda think my scheme doesn't need them but i'm keen to hear suggestions and of course when the rest is done it may need them
here it is all loaded up with the feverish pain high denizens of commorragh!

Now just sittin in dock waiting for me to get paintin'!


Also got the gold on my warriors too!

and my Archon, I know he looks like a regular old hekatrix but honestly he's not! he really is the leader of my Kabal, he just likes to blend in before he kills! which is hard when.....

You ride around with a guard detail of tough as nails Incubi! thankfully they're not armoured with finecast! seriously I hate that stuff, these were my first models in it and I don't like it one bit! all the Klaives were bent to hell, and the trophy racks were too bent to even be able to use I tried to straighten them but only got so far, so I started building them anyway, I wasn't gonna crack a big teary over the racks, so here the boys are getting ready!


That's all the painting I managed today, i still need to re do the gold and highlight it all, and of course act on any suggestions from you! I may do some later but i'm kind of stuck in a massive Zombie phase at the moment, I am watching the Revenant and it's o.k so far but my favorite is the mtv series Death Valley! it's bloody brilliant! so good! but sadly while i was checking my Zombie response team gear and placing my MA65 Machete back in it's sheath I didn't concentrate and kinda cut across the inside of my fingers, not real bad but bad enough to bleed for about 15 minutes and be in a really awkward place on my fingers


I wish i was allowed to post non gaming pics too! I took some really nice shots of my dogs the other day and they look so sweet! if anyone can be bothered i'll send you a pm with them I know I know i'm rambling now, but it's nearly christmas and i'm excited! I'm sitting here with the back door open while the breeze rolls in and it's warm and muggy outside! I better go before i end up just writing my life story and try to solve the worlds ills!

catch you all again soon! hopefully with some finished models!

Damian

Lovely looking DE. You army so far looks sweet!

Really looks fantastic Nerdy. When I do my gold or bronze I usually prefer sepia to delvan as it's a little less... well... muddy looking. However, I think your choice actually fits the grey of your base color better than sepia would. I am quite envious at how quickly you make progress at a high level of competency.

Merry Christmas, hope Santa fills your stocking with all kinds of warmongering goodness!

Merry Christmas to you guys! :-) thanks for sparing the time so close to christmas! I did try the sepia but it made the gold a touch to yellow for my taste, I know that sounds kinda silly considering i'm painting Gold but I wanted a more brassy look to them to convey a slightly aged and ingrained appearance to the armour, like they've worn it long before they fell :-)

I may use the sepia when I go back to my Sallies to make them nice and bright in contrast, especially as they have others to polish their armour for them when not in use!

Hmm, yeah Gits, these guys are quite quick to produce I just haven't had any time to paint! I'm hoping to have the entire force completed by the start of Feb! which will be a challenge, but at least it's tabletop so i can cut corners as long as they look appealing to me and everyone! :-)

I am personally looking forward to seeing all the stuff you've been doing for your boys! it sounds great, at least it's only one more sleep to go (for me at least!)

Merry Christmas Eve!

NF09

Excellent work bud, are you planning anything else for the raider hull?

Ooh that's a radical colour scheme! Love the grey blending and it looks fantastic on the warriors great work

Thanks everyone, I should have at least something finished by next week! :-) lets hope so anyway! providing I don't eat too much tomorrow for christmas and explode! but that would sure be a way to go! :-)

Looking great, love the colour scheme.

I just can't bring myself to do it! nope, I've been searching for 28mm models to use for Haemonculus conversions and boy did I find a couple of beauties! but, problem is, I just can't bring myself to attack/hack/convert or sculpt over them! they're just too damn nice to molest in any way!

you should totally check these out and let me know what you think too?
http://www.predastore.ch/lang-en/11-kits-28-mm

I want them, i even have them in my basket! but if anyone knows of any models i can use for haemy's that are either plastic or resin can you let me know please! I really don't want to ruin such nice sculpting with my ham fisted attempts!

Ciao for now dudes!

NF09

I've seen close ups of those pred's somewhere before, they are really nice sculpts.

Yeah that's exactly what i thought too GiraffeX! they look pretty detailed and have such nice poses! I am a touch enamored with them since i've been a huuuge Predator fan since the late 80's! :-)

Que enya music!..... Sail away, sail away, sail awaaaay!

I tried painting my sails today, I was inspired by Mechanicum Jon's blog on his DEhttp://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/378881.page and although I didn't copy his exact style i tried to work something similar using his explained methods so thanks Jon! I like the way it looks, sadly as usual the pics got a bit flat and washed out when taken I just struggle sometimes to get a clear shot that portrays the effects accurately! enough misery, I like the way they look as they give it a bit of colour, I was originally going to leave them black and shaded with a constellation on each one so they remained very dark and evil! but as i said, I got inspired! ah, the beauty of this fine hobby!

here they are, the first blurry one is a more accurate portrayal of the darkness of the colour




I also just started on my reavers, just blocking in the colours and where I want them, I know they shouldn't be that uniform but I may change it as i go depending how it pans out!


sorry it's been a while between drinks with my blog, I've been a busy nerd and I've been desperate to get a chance to paint and be inspired by everyone else, i'm quickly getting to the point of being overwhelmed by models i know need to be painted! so i am determined to finish at least the raiders soon! then the other warriors and finally the reavers before I start in earnest on my Incubi and venoms! 5 Venoms will be taxing!

i hope everyone had a great Christmas and nothing bad befell you! I also would like to take the opportunity to wish you all a Happy new year for tomorrow night!

hope to hear from you all soon!

Nerdfest09

Holy Moly! Your posts have become more widespread but now I can understand why! That produce is fantastic, FANTASTIC!!

Amazing work nerdfest! Those sails look great and those reavers are fantastic!

Looking good Damo. I like those sails, going to stand out on the table.

Yes! thank you guys! I do also think the sails will stand out on the table! as i whip across the board and disembark, run and then assault straight into a Blood Angel force! Mwahahahaa! it's gonna be fun times! seeing myself actually post something after a while has inspired me to work a bit faster now! so tomorrow I'll do some more and see if i can finish the raider!

Thanks again everyone! you guys keep me buoyed and inspired with your kind words! :-)


NF09


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Oh and thank Jon for giving me the inspiration on those sails too! :-)

Those sails are great, love the colours.

Beautiful work on the sails man. Been looking for an excuse to try Jon's technique myself.... for reasons you've shown so elegantly.

Pretty much what Gits said. Are you going to add weathering or runes?

Sails look boss.

Hi dudes, I am still undecided about runes at the moment, and i don't think i'll weather them at this stage, I like the DE to appear haughty and perfectly maintained (no slouches here!) I may try some glyphs on the reavers to denote some individuality amongst the riders? But i love the sails :-) the more i look at them the happier I am with how they look! it's just what i needed to keep me interested, sadly I got distracted with watching Cowboys and Aliens and haven't painted today yet, but i promise I won't keep it so long between drinks!

"Oh wow! He's done it better!" Was what I first thought when seeing your sails. Great stuff! They really give the impression of sailing through the mystic energies of the webway.

On thinking about it a bit more I decided that there were merits to both our approaches (somewhat recovering my shattered pride). What makes your sails visually pop is your combination of the dots with a great blending job. Mine were designed specifically to avoid blending and give a more naturalistic look. So together we've got sails for both your arrogant spit and polish Kabal and my, equally arrogant, gritty and antique equipment obsessed Kabal.

By the way there's some fantastic stuff in this thread, I'll be looking throught it soon!

Ouch blood for the blood god . Man the sails came out sweet along with the bikes. I am telling you your color theme is the best DE out there and it really fits this army. Keep it coming Damo!!

Those sails look brilliant.

So damn jealous of your paint-foo...

Mechanicum Jon
"Oh wow! He's done it better!" Was what I first thought when seeing your sails. Great stuff! They really give the impression of sailing through the mystic energies of the webway.

On thinking about it a bit more I decided that there were merits to both our approaches (somewhat recovering my shattered pride). What makes your sails visually pop is your combination of the dots with a great blending job. Mine were designed specifically to avoid blending and give a more naturalistic look. So together we've got sails for both your arrogant spit and polish Kabal and my, equally arrogant, gritty and antique equipment obsessed Kabal.

By the way there's some fantastic stuff in this thread, I'll be looking throught it soon!

Now, that's a compliment! thanks you very much Jon for having a look at what i did! I'm glad you like the end result, and the blending was a lucky accident too, if you do get a chance to browse my blog you'll see i have a particular method I always use to paint black, and it combined well with the base coat of p3 sanguine red I used for the sails and it blended really nicely, so, i just was lucky but i do like the effect! and i must say, my models don't even come close to how yours look, i love the way everything you paint ties in so well with each other and 'sara' is brilliant! if we were in an arena battling it out, i couldn't pull my blade before you gutted me! make sure you visit back soon and i'll try and get more done!

GreyDeathOne
Ouch blood for the blood god . Man the sails came out sweet along with the bikes. I am telling you your color theme is the best DE out there and it really fits this army. Keep it coming Damo!!

Blood god indeed! it was a strange accident, watching death Valley with a mate and he was asking about Zombie apocalypse gear and I showed him my machete but was talking as i re sheathed it and cut myself! I tried not to make it obvious i'd done it and just crept off to the bathroom to bandaid myself up and you really like my colour scheme! thanks heaps GD1 that's saying a lot from you! you don't think it's too boring? I should have some mandrakes and all my 5 venoms this week too to start on! I know mandrakes are bad in game but the models are so nice and i have the points i can't wait to lavish some of my most delicate and caressing brush strokes on them and make them look as mean as hell!
Now, when are you Dakka updating? c'mon man! get with the program! i'll update when you do!

Warboss Gutrip
Those sails look brilliant.

So damn jealous of your paint-foo...

Thanks warboss, thanks for the words! i'm glad you like them, have you seen Jon's? he's the one who i learnt the idea from and he's a master! they really suit the DE theme imo, I need to work on my paint foo a bit more as i've been mega non inspired and slack, i've got heaps of stuff to paint, like a whole salamanders army.....


Nerdfest09