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my mind has taken off with ideas
i got like 12 other ideas i might work on after this
all "Clan Over'
the guy above is named "Over Complicated"
other members include, Overlord (warboss) OverStimulated (weirdboy) OverWorked (medic) OverTime (gonna have a long white beard and cain)


i keep coming up with new names and themes for them so i might be busy for a little while.

or ill just ignore it all.

Got some work done. Trying to get off my ass to finish the Soul Grinder and Pirahna. Should be done today will have pics tomallow. Along with my attempt at a Tau Crisis Suit / Stealth Suit / Pathfinder / Kroot and a Hammerhead in the coming week.

Here is where the good baron is at. Dont mind the blood spatter on the legs feet. Some I will paint over though the boots I may not. Need to sculpt muscle lines an veins on the GS shoulder.



Any more ideas keep coming. I got lots more stuff to do. Also friend bought me a Ork Warbuggy. I am thinking the baron needs a chariot. So any voo doo ideas for the warbuggy or meganobz / killer kanz?

Ordering that feather for the hat. Heard ideas for a voo doo necklace anything else?

-Cheers

Painting painting painting.

Finally worked up the courage to attempt my eldar army. Decided to learn and try wetblending....Ran into my first wall....The scheme I want for my eldar is phoenix / fire. Here is where I slammed head first into the wall.

Black is a great contrast color for fire but I dont want to over use it. Where do I put the wetblended parts on? The large plates only? I have a spectrum of fire colors perhaps on the model I should have one focus point as the hottest ie white and work out from there? The heraldry should be fire? fireball? pheonix? No heraldry ? The loin cloth should have heraldry? Where the hell....what the hell...need a lil help for idea's. I want this to be a bag of awesome dipped in uber sauce....right now its a soggy gak sandwhich with the occasional piece of corn.



All help and critisicm appreciated. Fully aware I should probably by the delay drying agent for the wetblending scheme.

Here is the soulgrinder where its at so far as another WIP...Trying to make the sword look like emerald. Not sure what technique to use. The black plating I have done like the armor of that nurgle prince I did a bit ago. Apparently this is the theme of his army. I have a large order of paints coming in. So just sitting back getting excited at the sound of a large engine and sad as it passes by my house.



-Cheers

Our bastard Post office is redoing the lobby. So my boxes did come in a timely manner. Unfortunately I cannot touch them till Wednesday I believe. Joygasm! To kill some time I am still trying to discover my Eldar Paint Scheme. SOOO here continues my wetblending learning experience. Comments appreciated and any help to wet blend better also appreciated..

I bought paint drying retardant and was impressed by how well it worked or the fact that the citadel paint didn't dry in 5 seconds.



So that makes a fire one, dark blue to white, and dark green to white. Next gonna try a lich purple to scorpion green. Dunno its a wet blended paint scheme I want for my eldar just no idea what color this armor plating should be....hmmm...

@1-i I want my bit box back!!!! At your earliest convenience of course How goes the over the top Ork conversions ya doing?

-Cheers

The fire one i my favorite of the Eldar. Honestly cant offer much in ideas for other plates to paint, though... Never painted any space elves before

Retarder's a wonderful thing though. I love the stuff.
There's also something called flow release that you might want to check out. Its an additive that reduces the paint's surface tension, so you can get the paint into cracks and details easier and get smoother coats. (I still need to pick up a bottle though <.< )

Anywho.... symbol for your eldar... i always imagined their stuff having an almost oriental feel to the texts... perhaps come up with one of those odd looking line art deals? (dont know how else to explain >_o )


Something akin to this (this is Hou-Oh or Phoenix, I think...)
or even a variation of this symbol from Air Combat (behind the text, but you get the idea, ja?):

Oh man, I loved that game....

Meanwhile, good work on the models so far potato!

Edit: Your wraith-guard look alright so far, but they just make me think of skittles right now.

@Ramos Asura

Too kind sir. Actually I will use the symbols / letters. Great idea thanks again. I will keep my eyes open for the smoother I could definitely use something of that nature.

@starbomber109

Hahah my friends have commented already to me about forming Captain Planet (wraithlord) with all the variations. Going to be trying 3 more color combinations which I will post up this week and take a consensus of what I and most people appreciate.

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So far though I am siding for the fire one. I digress, that is many steps ahead...first I will pick a color scheme then will decide how it goes on them. Keep the comments coming thank you for your time and support.

-Cheers

Edit: When wet blending I cant seem to find an answer on this. For each pass (going from one color blending to the next) do you clean the brush? or do you keep the blended color? (after a few passes it will become the blended one I think...

My friend satisfied with the way the pirahnna came to me with a proposition. Beer and paying for paint go a long ways

Keeping with his Skull White / Regal Blue Theme. Tackling a crisis suit...

This is a WIP...
I am fighting my ork tenancies to tin bitz the gun and dry brush boltgun....but Tau and metal colors work horrible together.



I plan on using a 50/50 Mix of skull white / water to get in the cracks to remove the blue / black. I plan on cleaning all the edges etc... Just to remove the obvious statements coming my way.

My concern is the gun and the jet pack vents.

Edit (1):I am still failing at wetblending.

Hey bud your parts kit is forever mine, or till i give it back


Just droppin a progress pic of "Overkompik8d"



btw i like the green but really would need to see the color you put with it to be certain on that.

@1-i : That is amazing how well you made that orky. Impressed I am. The "green" wraith will have black on the arms / shins / spaces between the plates. The plates will carry the wetblend. The gun will be done like wraith bone ie Polished bone, washed badab black and highlighted skull white.

OverKrumpin is another ya can make ie focus on lots of melee weapons.

OverUnder could be ya drunk ork.

1-i wrote:

For some reason I'm in awe with the weathering on that dude. Stellar.

So, since it seems that Ill be posting most of my work in your blog rather than my own guess Ill add some more to it here.
(I kid at somepoint Ill update my page)

First up "Over Ord" head orc or something, figure hes riding a squig or whatever, if you dont like what you see i can still put him on two regular legs and call it good. Myself, I think he needs a hat.



Next up "Over Run" think im going to do the dust and sand being kicked up behind him as he runns for da WAAAAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


"Over Lodedd" now this guy i need some input from ya, small base or big base. Call him a Loota or a Shoota but i just need to know what base to sit him on so i can deiced any other features to add.


and now we get to the model that really is the whole reason I took your parts box and started this
"Over Kill"


his base


and him on his base



so now im going to need your thoughts on the special weirdboy guy. I dont have enough snakes to do what my first thought was but I got skaven that are doing absolutely nothing, they are a rat race for WarhamFantasy. Im thinking that abunch of them could be carring the weirboy on an orc faced platform and he would be sitting crosslegged with his armin wavin around or sumthin. I figure that "nest of snakes" thing could easily be replaced with rats swarming, if you wanted a fluff reason to keep the rules in check with the Char. Probally best if we talk face to face on this one if you dont like that idea.



ha first try to add this didnt work, thank god i copied first for the quick paste

Yeah its been two months but the blunt of my work is tax season. Thats passed so yeah game on. Been painting the Tau Army and will have pictures of the fully finished army at the end of the ordeal before I go back to my voo doo orks.

*Remember you can click on the images to zoom etc...

Tau Stealth Suit / in transition *Tenatively Done*



Commander Far Sight W.I.P. *basecoats applied nothing more*




Need to finish the Kroot , pathfinder, and hammerhead next pending friends approval on my current test. Again, once I finish this army will return to my Baron Somndi....They orks have been giving me odd looks as of late. Thinking I became weak with the many gun clan.

No my green skin brethren I am mearly make your trophies prettier.

Criticism, comments and advice always welcome.

Love the suit changeover, it does need wash and highlighting though.

Don't care for the Farsight paint job, but I hate metallics on Tau as a rule.
I like his blades though.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:Love the suit changeover, it does need wash and highlighting though.

Don't care for the Farsight paint job, but I hate metallics on Tau as a rule.
I like his blades though.

Oh God, I am no where near done on Mr. Farsight; that is his base coat only. His white cloak on the side is going to carry the insigna and blue color that the rest of the army shares. I have no detail on it as well (eye balls, blinky lights etc) My problem is I like the bronze(Shows great definition) on it but deciding if i should go desert camo or what. I do need some help with this.

As for the wash on the stealth suit suggestions? I am deathly afraid of washing on white. I have had lil success.

Frenzied Potato wrote:
As for the wash on the stealth suit suggestions? I am deathly afraid of washing on white. I have had lil success.

...not since you already did the camo...unless you dont mind going over the camo again, after going over the white again, after you've given it a wash...

MeanGreenStompa wrote:

Frenzied Potato wrote:
As for the wash on the stealth suit suggestions? I am deathly afraid of washing on white. I have had lil success.

...not since you already did the camo...unless you dont mind going over the camo again, after going over the white again, after you've given it a wash...

Good point, thanks bud.

-Cheers

fun fact: the blades used on the Farsight are from a Dark Eldar Talos, both blades are from the circular top blades just snapped in half.

1-i wrote:fun fact: the blades used on the Farsight are from a Dark Eldar Talos, both blades are from the circular top blades just snapped in half.

Hey just because the dark elder havnt had model improvents since the 1700's doesnt mean they are not in style.

CSM friend bought me a Mega Nob and gave me a Troupe of Possessed to paint putting this up to show him where im at on the five.

Primed Black(spray can), Then painted(not spray can) whole figure Black to make it a richer black color, then Base Lich Purple, Dry brushed Rotting Flesh, washed Baal red, Dry brushed Elf Flesh...

Will have gold trim, Red plate, Red plate wet blended into the flesh tones where it meets.

Possessed W.I.P. #1



Yeah give you one guess why I do the flesh part first....Also a question, Any way to prolong the life of a drybrush? or am I gonna have to model a drybrush graveyard?

As always, criticism welcome along with opinions, thoughts and ideas.
-Cheers

Ok, it may be the lighting from front to back but the back definatly seems lighter than the front. Im sure that when I actually see the model in hand it will look ok but just thought Id point that out now.

btw, orc on a boar needs its base(es) done to match your army.



Guess its time we get together again, oh and I ordered some plasticard, the good time shall be rollin soon.

Honestly Bob your playing the wrong army. Want me to get you an orky starter set? They seem to be your calling

Yeah need a good time to clash our armies together. Your promised whirl wind vengeance against my Maugen Ra.

Four months , 1 new computer and a new program later I can update this blog to continue my struggle of paint theory.
Dont forget to click the pic to zoom!

I have to get some pics of work I have done for friends *possessed / trygon / carnifax / crisis suits * but till then here is my

STOMPA



Baron Somdi


[i]
Eldar Wraith guard[b] ( My 7th attempt at finding a scheme that I like )



As always, criticism welcome along with comments, ideas, thoughts. Saying anything would help. Hell even insults at least I know someone saw it.

I dont thing the new Wraithlord looksa that good, the gray IMO looks really like you just threw some gray and a black wash at it from a distance and then highlighted it.

The Baron is really nice though The same for the base of the wraithlord.

Sad part is I used astronimcon foundation then dry brushed deneb stone on it and threw a wash on it then small highlights. Damn good break down of what I did though

Running out of original idea's may just pick a faction and paint to the best of my ability instead of making up one. Suggestions? My orks or goff (Though slowly turing into some rasta theme ) trying to find a brighter contrast for my eldar army something that looks good on the wraith lords ( My fav eldar models ).

Yeah I like the lava bases only wish I could narrow down a damn scheme

Thanks for the comments.

Small update. Realized after the fact his hand is greener then he is; dunno if that is cool or just odd.

Ork Biker Wheelie

About time you posted again

1- Cant wait to blow up that stompa
2- Baron Somdi, well thats just james bond epic right now
3- That eldar armor, well, its a good base color and the gems are great but if the pipes and helmet were different color then I think it would work well. Maybe even some variation in some of the raised parts (shoulder pads, brass knuckle things) but I think we all can relate to the pain of custom color inspiration
4- I hate orc bikers.

1-i wrote:About time you posted again

1- Cant wait to blow up that stompa
2- Baron Somdi, well thats just james bond epic right now
3- That eldar armor, well, its a good base color and the gems are great but if the pipes and helmet were different color then I think it would work well. Maybe even some variation in some of the raised parts (shoulder pads, brass knuckle things) but I think we all can relate to the pain of custom color inspiration
4- I hate orc bikers.

Yeah it has been too long friend we have a very big game or lots of little games owed.

Well if ya roll well on the stompa's demise it can have a cataclysmic explosion

I think I am just gonna go through my Eldar Codex and just pick a scheme I like. My brain is over used customizing the orks.

There is alot of hate for those bikers sad I only got 3. Honestly gonna be picking up another ork start set so i can get more, boyz, and truks.

Small Update. Figured since about to play an apoc game:
And this corner sitting on the prep table (we use a painted over ping pong table for the gaming Table):


Took some pics of some stuff I painted for friends:
Possessed:


Carnifax:


Trygon:


Hive Tyrant (For Some reason I managed to magnetize its metal form so its a fuzz attractor don't ask):


As usual can zoom to see details for better or worse. C&C always welcome. Beer too for that matter. As for the Apocalypse battle horrible luck on the volley from the hammer head / broad sides / Defiler / Land raider at the start. The stompas return fire was well...Dakka dakka dakka Friend bought me a good birthday gift with that Stompa.

-Cheers

Well Im pretty sure you've 1-uped me.