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Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Hey HAZ, nice to see you back on Dakka! I have to agree that your pics show the potential of awesomeness that your work has but do not deliver the desired results. New pisc w/ better lighting would be great.

Hope you are back for a while.

Thanks skallk for replying!!! I hoped that the picvs would be alot better, and should help to show the modles in all of their glory!

Gitsplitta wrote:Hey Haz, welcome back! There's a lot of good in that figure & I think a second light for shooting the photos would help show it off. Neat work on the pedestal too. The cloak is really vibrant and I like the extra painted on detail. Nicely done.

Thanks alot gitz! i was wandering if i would need anouther light , and possalby a light box too! i should be able to find anouther light and ill try it out othersie its off to ikea!!!! or would i need more of these?

Galorn wrote:Welcome back to the madhouse Haz.

Thanks glaon! happy to be back man!

Check the web. You can pick up a small light box pretty cheaply.

will do found one on amazon for a tenner.

Yay lightbox!

Looking forward to seeing your models in the full glory they deserve.

 Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:
Yay lightbox!

Looking forward to seeing your models in the full glory they deserve.

geuss ill have to get one then lol, i only owe my parents £25 for the camra so far geuss il have to wait till saturday as family and more prizes are comming around!!!!!

SCORE! another light a new photos.

well firsts things first i need to get em first lol! when i habve chance ill digg out the second light however on light will have to do forr now and i have just finisined doing alot of phots too....

Hi all,

Update time!

In my last post you may of noticed that I said about an army, well does anyone rember my smerfs? I have decided to redo the army from the 2nd company to the 4th. The aim of this army is to make it a fluffy one, I started work on it during mid November over the break and will show that I have got done in the next few following posts, the only thing reaming however, is a command squad and the friggin commander itselft!!! The army will be set either after the 5th book or the 6th but will probably go with the 6th as that is when the company gains squad names ect. Each squad will have different heldry using old and new codex pattern markings. As well as one marine being true scale as described in the book.

I have lost the army list but the army will be used around the ultramarines books by Graham Mcnell from black library. I’m considering using a rang of tequniqes for the army such as pre shading and zenthil hilighing (hope that’s the correct spelling). As well as this because I,m poor or will be after and cannot afford the amount of FW components needed I will be doing some sculpting work. (im not really but tbh I want half of my army to be FW so 50+ FW mk armour marks equals a lot of dosh lol).

To start of may I present to you tactical squad panious;

HAZZER

Glad to see you back I have been away for about 10 months myself.

The command squad shows potential, but as mentioned by others you need more light :-) I ended up with 5 lights in my new man cave just for painting and photos :-)

Looking forward to some differentlty lit photos.

Nice start on the improved photos. Do suggest you put your light source in front of the models. If you look at pic 1 and 2 you can see deep shadows. In pic 3 you have some decently lit models. Try lighting from the front and I'll bet you'll be very happy w/ the results.

M0rdain wrote:Glad to see you back I have been away for about 10 months myself.

The command squad shows potential, but as mentioned by others you need more light :-) I ended up with 5 lights in my new man cave just for painting and photos :-)

Looking forward to some differentlty lit photos.

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ha haha !!!! thanks M0rdain for replying dude! ive got famly comming over today and more improtantly more preizes!!! so i cant get that light out fo meh. but ill try one light infront of the guys to start with.

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Nice start on the improved photos. Do suggest you put your light source in front of the models. If you look at pic 1 and 2 you can see deep shadows. In pic 3 you have some decently lit models. Try lighting from the front and I'll bet you'll be very happy w/ the results.

thanks man! i will try to, like is said famly are comming over today so meh but il try with the light source infront of hte modle for the time being.

Welcome Back Hazz! Been awhile man! I have to agree, not enough light, and I can tell it's a soft white bulb coming from the right From talking to Weety, I understand that daylight bulbs are harder to come by in the UK than they are in the US...

 dsteingass wrote:
Welcome Back Hazz! Been awhile man! I have to agree, not enough light, and I can tell it's a soft white bulb coming from the right From talking to Weety, I understand that daylight bulbs are harder to come by in the UK than they are in the US...

Thanks alot dsteingass for replying means loads to me. ive been kninda missing everyone too but was lacking the energy to rewirtea thing for the blog ect. and yes iver been looking for daylight bubles for ages but man they donet sell them anywhere!!!!!!!!!!

hi guys may i bee the first to wish everone a happy new year ill put up a update either later today to tomrrow during 2013!!!!!! beleive it or not we servives the apocaylise!!!!!!!

Hi,

I thought I may put a post about Gamesday and what that was like.

For me GD was great as it was the first time that I had ever been, I got my first ever FW model (40k ltd one) and some ultra transfers. I didn’t really get chance to take pictures however I will do of the models. I will go back next year but the price is still up for debate luckily my ticket cost £12 as I exchanged some WDs that I had got extra through the post. I got some free scenery too in the form of tank traps!!!!!

For me the crizsem would be the quews for the sales stand was so large it nearly put me off luckily mum stood in there for me lol. That’s what parents are for eh? The organisation of the conversion corner and scenery building workshop were good but many people were able to push in because of the lack of staff on there. Lastly the promotion of it by GW I feel was completely different when compared to what I imagine it to be. I guess they tried to make it seam larger that it really is lol.

That’s just my two cents.

Btw more work has been done to the squad’s heres a teaser. i also got my sternguard squad finished too using RTBo1 sprews and the 25th anivery mini

HAZZER

Nice work on those beakies Haz. Sounds like you had a good time at games day!

thanks gits yes i did thx very fun!!! now i need to think what i can use that fw modle for!!!!!!!!!!

just use it, no thinking.

ok thx

Much better photos can see you models much more clearly And they are looking great. Always good to add some Green stuff, .. stuf

thansk m0rdain! ha ha ha lvoe it green stuff..stuff!!!in should have some more porgress onm tat too soon ut am curently building the squads up!!

Hi guys,

I managed to get some more work done on the guys and another two squads have been competed. Tac squads namman and the other one lol- the plasma bringers. Ok so points heavy* but still anyway ill let the pictures do the talking.....

HAZZER

*by points heavy I mean on one squad a plasma pistol, gun, cannon and power fist its like 230 pts!!

You're making progress Haz!

Thx gits!

MK VI armor remains my absolute favorite Space Marine release by GW. Fun to build / pose, and have multiple options. The Missile Launchers are the best ever (IMO), the flamer has a canister that looks like it might get at least 2 shots off, they still had Needle Guns, etc. Great stuff from a great time.

Some might say they lack detail. Whatever. They are huge on spirit and history. MK VI armor came into existence right after the start of The Long War and is still around 'today'. I notice that the newest armor (MK VIII) never caught on, I only saw it on... 1 miniature? Can't remember exactly as it was a long time ago.

Anyway, looking forward to what you do w/ those classics!

 Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:
MK VI armor remains my absolute favorite Space Marine release by GW. Fun to build / pose, and have multiple options. The Missile Launchers are the best ever (IMO), the flamer has a canister that looks like it might get at least 2 shots off, they still had Needle Guns, etc. Great stuff from a great time.

Some might say they lack detail. Whatever. They are huge on spirit and history. MK VI armor came into existence right after the start of The Long War and is still around 'today'. I notice that the newest armor (MK VIII) never caught on, I only saw it on... 1 miniature? Can't remember exactly as it was a long time ago.

Anyway, looking forward to what you do w/ those classics!

Thanks stalk!!!!! tbh i really love the FW versions of em but the pirce puts me off as it could be done in plastic. ive got some more work done on sculping some more peices but lost a pair of legs tat took me ages to do!:( im wanting to have different armour marks in each squad as they all dont have the same in the Ultra second co pic in the dex. So really thats where my insperation came from for it! I know what you mean aboutt the MK8 armour but personally a dont mind it.

easy man hows it going?
Its been a while.
Peace Spud

sorry i havent been on in quite some time and ive just seen your message great stuff mate. You really have an eye for character! keep it up mate!

spudkins wrote:easy man hows it going?
Its been a while.
Peace Spud

not bad thx spud! how are u????

Gearhart wrote:sorry i havent been on in quite some time and ive just seen your message great stuff mate. You really have an eye for character! keep it up mate!

Thanks thats what i really ant my army to be like!!!!!!!! cant wait tohave it fully painted based bulit all squads with heldary and transport!!!!!!

Hi,
Got some more work done in the past fortnight!! Have no Scholl as of the snow, got my first assault squad done and started a devastator squad too. Also when I woke up I saw this (first pic). Ok so most of my guys are build now about half and im now thinking about colour schemes. To do this I’m thinking about trying about different recipes and under coats. 4 will be my recipe (undercoated white, black, grey and a mix of the 3 for some pre shading) then another 2 will be undercoated white for another recipe and the last one black for another recipe. This is kind of confusing but will be about 8 marries or so. Possibly more. Ive got some more sculpting done also and will be trying to get more done today so there may be another update too. Hope you guy’s aren’t confused!!!!

HAZZER