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 Viterbi wrote:
Great battle report and that terrain is amazing! Unfortunately, looking at the price, I will go with the Ziterdes budget solution at 1/10th of the cost

Very wise - I definitely had a rush of blood to the wallet there, mostly after I had looked at the instructions on how to build your own in the Journey Book and been very scared

 tzurk wrote:
I missed that line about an all dreadnought army at the top of this page...that is very, very exciting

I have Bray'Arth Ashmantle to paint at some point, he's half-primed, but the weather turned nasty again, hoping to get him sorted today


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3 more Space Hulk terminators done.

Brothers Zael and Optio, and Brother Sergeant Gideon:





These benefitted from some "pre-work" last year, in that all their armour was already done, so it was just the details that needed doing

The termies look great! Always loved the space hulk sculpts. Part of me hopes they'll rerelease Space Hulk in the future but I doubt the sculpts would be the same.

Also, cool bat rep on the previous page, always a cool scene to recreate!

 Tyranid Horde wrote:
The termies look great! Always loved the space hulk sculpts. Part of me hopes they'll rerelease Space Hulk in the future but I doubt the sculpts would be the same.

Also, cool bat rep on the previous page, always a cool scene to recreate!

Very kind, thanks! I really appreciate people popping in and taking the time to comment

Hopefully they will re-release Space Hulk some time, they seem to do it periodically, and I am sure it would be a good seller again.

Another 3 great looking Angels. The Thunder Hammer and palm screen are standout details for me.

These are great, I love your deep recessed shadows, reminds me a bit of Mignola art.

youwashock wrote:Another 3 great looking Angels. The Thunder Hammer and palm screen are standout details for me.

inmygravenimage wrote:These are great, I love your deep recessed shadows, reminds me a bit of Mignola art.

Thanks, chaps - The shadows are very pronounced because of the Dakka gallery auto-correct, I think, but I find the un-altered ones don't really capture the colours quite right. Maybe I need a new camera

Mostly working on Rohan guys at the moment, they should be ready to show in a couple more days, but I got the glue out and my next 30k Imperial Fists unit is ready:



They are menacing (or defending?) my son's Lego London...

A few more Rohirrim done (apart from Varnishing, basing, so these chaps will appear again later in the year).

Including the rare captain with axe (Mine almost certainly a recast, bought it on eBay) and Theodred, the ill-fated heir to the throne:



Bringing my 2021 score to a satisfyingly close to 1-a-day 23.

Next up, the last 3 Space Hulk terminators.

Lovely job on those Rohirrim! Was just looking at your battle report too, looked awesome!

Lovely, sharp contrasts there.

I was going to say that coloring the edge of the bases while leaving the tops black was a bold choice, but then I read what you wrote.

Great work on those models, especially the horses. I don' think I've ever managed to make horses look as good as that.

Da Boss wrote:Lovely job on those Rohirrim! Was just looking at your battle report too, looked awesome!

Cheers! Will hopefully get to the next scenario soon.

inmygravenimage wrote:Lovely, sharp contrasts there.

Thankee kindly

JoshInJapan wrote:I was going to say that coloring the edge of the bases while leaving the tops black was a bold choice, but then I read what you wrote.

Great work on those models, especially the horses. I don' think I've ever managed to make horses look as good as that.

That would be a bold choice - Void warrior Rohan?

Today I have the last 3 Space Hulk dudes:

Brother Sergeant Lorenzo:


Brother Librarian Calistarius (Is this the same one that went on to become Mephiston?):


And the aptly named Brother Not-Appearing-In-This-Game (sorry ):


Next up, the mighty Bray'Arth Ashmantle. He's an intimidating lump, I think I will start by throwing on some green and gold with my normal recipes, and hopefully then the remainder will just be a few details...

Very nice. I like the very deep shadows, especially on the gems.

Great job finishing the Space Hulk Terminators they look fantastic. The Power Sword on Lorenzo looks particularly good.

Love the sitting skeleton terminator and can practically here Schwarzenegger's voice "Don't disturb my friend, he's dead tired"

Great job on the Space Hulk Terminators, really cool paintjob on them. I don't know....I reckon a bit of a sleep and a good dinner and "Brother Not Appearing In This Game" should be good to go

I wish I could think of a clever joke or reference to add, but I'm just posting to show my appreciation to Viterbi's joke and ListenToMeWarriors' Monty Python reference

Also great work on the terminators Slinky just looking at them make me want to start a Blood Angels army or play Space Hulk.

inmygravenimage wrote:Very nice. I like the very deep shadows, especially on the gems.

Thanks, matey

gobert wrote:Great job finishing the Space Hulk Terminators they look fantastic. The Power Sword on Lorenzo looks particularly good.

Cheers, I added a bit more very light blue along the edges than I have previously, I think it's an improvement.

Viterbi wrote:Love the sitting skeleton terminator and can practically here Schwarzenegger's voice "Don't disturb my friend, he's dead tired"

One of the true classics of cinema. "Let off some steam, Bennet!"

Syro_ wrote:I wish I could think of a clever joke or reference to add, but I'm just posting to show my appreciation to Viterbi's joke and ListenToMeWarriors' Monty Python reference

Also great work on the terminators Slinky just looking at them make me want to start a Blood Angels army or play Space Hulk.

Cheers! I felt bad that I didn't have any more BA to paint, and ended up ordering a Storm Raven. Oops.

I have made some progress on Bray'Arth Ashmantle - Horrid picture below:



However I have been side-tracked by painting the Necrons from my boys' starter set, my first experience with Contrast paints. Pics to follow soon

So, last summer I got my boys the 40k starter set. After some initial interest, it got a bit forgotten about.

But now it's back in favour, they have played through the scenarios and started painting the Marines. However, neither wanted to paint the Necrons, so I said I would do it...

Enter the Contrast paints! These took probably less than 5 minutes each, including basing, so something of a personal record. The end result is certainly tabletop-ready, but I am not totally sure how I feel about the finish.







Taking my score to 44, now back to Ashmantle and to see if my patience for normal painting has been destroyed

If those only took 5 minutes like you said, then I say they are amazing. Definitely better than the tabletop ready I've seen at the local shop.

Thise Necrons will be more than adequate for playing. Great job. Love the last Terminators, too. Need to get a team shot.

Yeah, great job, and more than table ready to be handled by the smallfolk (eventually!)

For 5 minute jobs they’re spectacular! Contrast certainly gets rapid results, but it seems some colours perform better than others in terms of finish.

Contrast works well on your Necrons, the green and yellow are especially cool. Did you use Basilicanum Grey for the metal? Maybe do it as a first step, then drybrush a lighter color on it and then do the rest. Might take you to 10 minutes a mini, but still
Otherwise the color scheme is really cool and if you can paint them this fast an army should be ready in a month at the latest

Theophony wrote:If those only took 5 minutes like you said, then I say they are amazing. Definitely better than the tabletop ready I've seen at the local shop.

Cheers - I like the way you can just basically slap it on, and guide it towards the edges with the brush, it really takes very little time per colour.

youwashock wrote:Thise Necrons will be more than adequate for playing. Great job. Love the last Terminators, too. Need to get a team shot.

Mmm, yeah, a group terminator shot would be good. Planning to play through all the missions once the Genestealers are done, hopefully some good atmospheric shots will come out of that.

inmygravenimage wrote:Yeah, great job, and more than table ready to be handled by the smallfolk (eventually!)

I made them wrap them in loo roll and put them in a shoe box - "My first figure case".

gobert wrote:For 5 minute jobs they’re spectacular! Contrast certainly gets rapid results, but it seems some colours perform better than others in terms of finish.

Yeah, the finish is patchy in places, but I can live with that

Viterbi wrote:Contrast works well on your Necrons, the green and yellow are especially cool. Did you use Basilicanum Grey for the metal? Maybe do it as a first step, then drybrush a lighter color on it and then do the rest. Might take you to 10 minutes a mini, but still
Otherwise the color scheme is really cool and if you can paint them this fast an army should be ready in a month at the latest

Yes, Basilicanum Grey. A drybrush might help, yes, but that's a slippery slope

Bray'arth Ashmantle is done!



He put up a bit of a fight, but I got him in the end

Next, yet another batch of Rohan dudes.

Fantastic Salamander scheme. Very deadly!

Très deadly, and love that base.

Lovely job. The green contrasts wonderfully with the lava base.

Great work on Ashmantle, the lava is especially nice