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Much better graven. I can really see your working hard on your blending. Very well done.

Hey dudes I got my Tac squad for the Mino's finished this morning! a nice little squad if I do say so! still some more squads to do before I have enough for my Armies on Parade board with them but i'm well on my way.

I also found some foam for the rear wall of the display board so i'm currently waiting for it to dry after I sealed it with a weird mix of wholemeal flour, water and white glue then i'll work out the doors and details, texture and then paint it up and that will finish the board all except some light weathering then I can test fit some models and see how it looks!








I'm still keen on using them to nail some of those stupid Primaris marines! I hope FW give the Mino's some decent usable traits!

These guys are stunning, they will make for a wonderful display.

That looks damn fine, nerdy!

Those reds are positively decadent... And the bronze? Beaten to hell and BEAUTIFUL!

Excellent work on the Tac Squad. Very eye catching.

EDC

Sweet squad. Looking forward to the display board.

So am I Moltar, taking on 3 is a decent challenge this year even though i've planned them to be fairly easy to build if something goes wrong then i'm going to struggle to finish in time! I had another look at the Mino board and now I want to add some pennants or banners which is another layer of interest to the board but I'm not 100% on how best to do them yet, i'm sure i'll work it out though :-)

and I know this is really a random thought but with the new edition of 40k it seems that the majority of angst is being caused by the implementation of the new Primaris models and the way the rules don't align well over the two sub factions in regards to wargear and traits etc. This is only my opinion from reading the threads frequented by the gamers who actually play (not me just whinging about my mini marines) so would 8th be better if they hadn't tried to add the new models into the mix? 'cos it seems even more confused now than before!

 Camkierhi wrote:
These guys are stunning, they will make for a wonderful display.

Was that a subtle jab that nerd doesn't usually get to play

The squad came out great, the first helmetless marine is one of my favorite models recently

Lol thanks RiTides! I think Cam was referring to them being on the Armies on Parade? they WILL see battle, they WILL be coming with me one day to the states and I will continue to paint and care for them as my small plastic children.

I also like that bare headed dude! he just looks like a real no nonsense kind of guy ready to kick ass!

Tacticals are looking titillatingly tactical Nerdy

Really lovely work Damo.

Quick question - what brushes are you using/recommending?

Especially for the 'faces' work!

 Alpharius wrote:
Quick question - what brushes are you using/recommending?

Especially for the 'faces' work!

Now that's a good question! Kolinsky Sable usually but any brush that has a firm set of bristles that ends in a good point will do, usually #0 up to a size #1 but I have been known to use even the most munted of brushes with bent tips as long as I know how they behave in my hand, for my eye lenses I have an old brush that's got a mean curve but it makes it easy to paint the blends with it's shape (I should shock you with some brush images! )

It's been many years since i've drifted above a planet exchanging fire in void warfare so my memory is hazy, I have done my best in recreating the damage inflicted by laser, torpedo and copious rains of shattered meteor as they rebound from our hulls while we hunt the perfect trajectory for fire.

here's an update on some wip of RiTides fleet i've begun the chipping and have most of the larger ships done, I will do some scorch marks as well and then start the metals by darkening the shadows and highlighting, then it's the blue engine cells? and they'll be done









and only this many left to do


and here's some of the old faithful brushes I was mentioning you can see how they aren't perfect but that's how I like them.

Love how low-key the ship have turned out. I find spaceships a nice break in the routine.

Great work on those Minotaur tacticals, Damo. The standouts are the armour weathering, lenses and the faces.

The ships look cool as well.

Ships looks great, nerd. I think you're the only one ive seen that made them look battleworn and aged. The norm seems to be factory-fresh and hyperfuture. Its a damn good look.

Neat to see the tools of the trade, too.... though that top one makes me cringe a little xD I assume thats your stipplling/chipping brush? (If you say thats your face brush, im gonna cry)

Those spaceships look fantastic for being relatively subdued. The weathering on them turned out great.

Cheers guys! Ramos I gotta admit I did laugh when you mentioned the top brush as my face brush! :-) made me want to try it and see how i go!? ....... (you know I will now)

Moltar, thank you too sir! I quite like these ships even though they are quite repetitive as a whole I think the hard chipping actually suits them and once I get them on a black background they'll look proper :-)

Today was once again adding the line highlights to plenty of ships, so not much to show but I also made some progress on the rear wall on the Mino board, i started again using proper foam this time and it's much better, I glued the doors on and gave it all a coat of plaster filler which i'm waiting to dry before I say if it indeed has worked! wish me luck!

The damaged fleet is looking so awesome! I think it contrasts the high tech look of the models themselves really well, and like Ramos said, no one seems to do it so it's a really unique look for the force

Well I'm glad you like them RiTides! since they are your fleet of spacey flighty death pew! I'll get them all chipped and then some smokey burn marks and some gouges in a few then i'll be happy as the hard part will be done then.

I have some wip on my AoP boards again, I've started work on the rear wall of the Mino board and I'm pretty happy so far with it, I wanted to do something pretty basic with a little detail that would accent the army on the board and I think the two gold circles will be the little touch (when they get finished) I was a little peeved that I noticed some pillars had moved after I glued them probably due to a rampaging sausage banging into the models hopefully it's not detrimental to the board though.



and I started the basis of the Nurgle board, first time using expanding foam and i've got the main shape all done!





what's your thoughts guys.

Looking good on the Minos board, and lots of potential on the Nurgle one!

Those boards are looking great Nerdy. Anxious to see what you do with them from here.

I love those rocks so much! How did you make / shape them? Is it just foam and a razor blade, or something else?

Good work on the boards. Looking good.

 nerdfest09 wrote:
...probably due to a rampaging sausage banging into the models ...

You should probably keep your clothes on during modelling then...

 Dr H wrote:
Good work on the boards. Looking good.

 nerdfest09 wrote:
...probably due to a rampaging sausage banging into the models ...

You should probably keep your clothes on during modelling then...

LOL good advice I'll certainly take on board next time!

The rocks are really easy! it was a small can of expanding foam (about $8) and shaped with a steak knife, i'll go over the lot with a watery plaster filler mix which will seal them for priming and then that's all apart from paint if you wanted to make your own rocky barricades or anything similar.

Well Nerdy da Nudist, you certainly seem to have a flair for the terrain, looking forward to both boards being finished and seeing some models on them.

That Space fleet are amazing, wonderful work bud.

Thanks Cam, the space fleet of floating angry space cars is still chugging along, I think it's stressing me because it does take time to do the same effect on every one and it feels like i'm not moving fast! once I shade and do the blue pods they will pop a bit more and i'll feel more confident with them, my main concern is doing a job that isn't 'Nerdy' enough, I may not be a professional painter but I really enjoy doing things for others and when they entrust me to do a good looking job in good time I try my best to bring their dreams to life so they can play with a force they really enjoy looking at!

sorry for the digression there!

The Mino board is nearly finished bar some banners if I can make them up how I want! so expect an update soon on that, I may pop a few models on it to see! :-)

Seems I forgot to comment on the collected Minotaur army. Very nicely done indeed!

 nerdfest09 wrote:
, I may not be a professional painter but I really enjoy doing things for others and when they entrust me to do a good looking job in good time I try my best to bring their dreams to life so they can play with a force they really enjoy looking at!

Dude , don't undersell yourself. Your Awesomeness is even Awesome ( your number of wins in the best painted category for Git's is a testament of chocolaty truth )

Anyway keep chugging along . we live for the next Ritides, Whale or Gits Project. ( oh and yours as well )