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Thank you !
I have so much to paint... I have to keep up ! ^^

Nice painboy! I've not yet tried to dip models. Do you have examples of your dipped models?

Hello Compadre !

Yes I have loads of dipped models. My whole orks army is dipped, except for the vehicles. I chose this solution beacause I made a bet with friends of mine. We planned a 1000 points game with full painted army in the end of the month. And I started to paint my orks army the 1st. ^_^

The lootas shown page 1 are dipped. They are the latest unit that I dipped, and I'm really happy with the result. If you need some tips, just ask. Would be a pleasure to help.

The Lootas :

Minus wrote:

New pix, with my version of Tigurius :

Nice Tigurius, Minus. I'm liking the darker shades of blue here although I think the back portion of the tabard could do with some kind of design on it to break up the white. Maybe something like a line of the ultra omega's along the hem in black. Either way very fine work.

Thank you. In fact the blue is made of ink washes on a metallic base. This gives depth to the colors and interesting variations when the light reflects on armour plates.

I like the idea of adding a line or something so on the back of the tabbard. The mini is not varnished, so I'll probably do this. Thanks for the idea.

No problem, thanks for the idea of using a metallic base. By the by if you are an owner of the Forgeworld Ultramarine decal sheet then you can save a ton of time on all that freehand by using their ready made lines of omega (sorry don't know the plural of omega).

Hi Lennysmash !
I do never use decals except on vehicles because I hate trying to apply them on shoulder pads. So as I was unable to apply them properly without turning mad I prefered... to paint them.
It forced me to practice free-hands, that's a good thing. ^^

Regarding the metallic armor, I paint all my special characters this way. I have allready painted Ortan Cassius and Marneus Calgar using this technique. I'll show these models later.
I also have step by step photos on Tigurius WIP, if someone is interested.


And for now I'm painting my two last Land Speeders to achieve my Squadron. WIP photos to come.

Minus wrote:Apparently Canadians don't like Ultramarines. ^^
(french people generally consider them as the newbies army...)

I paint my marines in blue since the beginning of the 3rd version. And back in these days, Ultramarines didn't appear on every box and 'dex cover. ;-)


But maybe you're an heretic. Let's see if you prefer a true-scale pre-heresy Emperor's Children.
A friend of mine made the "true-scaling" work, I assembled it with my own bitz and painted it :



I need to add little free-hands on the shoulder pads to consider him as finished.

Nice true scale. maybe all they need are some bigger shoulder plate to look better!
and most of the works i see here are nice!

Thank you ! If I have a chance to paint another True-scale, I'll give him bigger shoulder pads, for sure.


As I said I am currently painting my two last speeders, this is how they look like this evening. I still have some work to complete them, but they start looking quite nice for me.



As always comments are appreciated. And merry Christmas to everybody, hope you enjoy these days.

Just a word to inform you that I have uploaded some of my pictures in the Dakka gallery. If some of you are in a mood to vote, it'll be appreciated.
Every feedback I get on my work helps me getting better.


It wasn't planned so at the beginning, but I have decided to paint the pilot of the speeder above with a dark skin. If anyone has tips for painting black people I am interested. ^^

I paint black skin with a first layer of scorched brown, and then ill add more greys to it as i build up more layers. The grey is there to suggest age. in the end you can use a 4:1 grey/brown to paint wrinkles, if you want him really old. If you are painting someone young (like a scout) id suggest you use a warmer color than grey to build up the layers.....

Or use dark flesh for the firt layer, wash it badab black, and use nixes of dark fleh/brighter flesh colors to build up more layers.

Thanks for the tip of adding grey in the skin. I just did this on the heavy-bolter gunner (who is white ^^ ) and it worked pretty well, it gives him an aged look. I completed this with purple washes around the eye.

The pilot should look younger so I'll start with scorched brown and highlight it withe a beige I think.

Some views of my version of Chaplain Ortan Cassius.
He often leads my forces when I play my Ultramarines army.

Clicking on image will lead you to the gallery where you can zoom on the picture to see details.

No succes with Cassius. ^^
What about Marneus Calgar ?

As for Cassius, clicking on the image will lead you to the gallery where you can zoom on the picture to see details.

Awsome job minus! How'd you manage to paint this dude 9 times?

Seriously, 4 images should do it. Many people are jut too lazy to zoom in, i fear....

You are right. I updated both Cassius and Calgar with less views.
Sometimes less is better. :-p

Yep, it really is better!

Im off to the gallery putting votes on your new stuff

Thank you for the tip, and for the comments.

Some WIP of my Land Speeders.
I have to finish the highlights that need to be thinned in several areas, and to paint the heavy bolters carriers.

My speeders are finished !



Now I'll probably paint some OOP Orks. I have a dreadnought and also meganobz that are ready to paint. Any preference ?

I like the dark purple on Cassius' Armor, it's a nice touch and it changes from the usual black with grey highlights.

Your speeders and Calgar are also far above my painting skills! Good job!

I vote for the Meganobz next!

Meganobz ? Why not. ^^


I wanted to paint Cassius in black, but using another technique than the classical chaos black with codex grey highlights. I thought he deserved better.
So I tried a technic of inks washes on metallic base. I then used it on Tigurius and on Marneus, with different colors. For Cassius, it's black and purle inks washes, wich gives a very dark armour with purple glances where the light reflects.


On my favorite french forum, people said saw that I forgot the marking on the shoulder pads of the speeders crew and said that I HAD TO paint them.
So I obeyed and added some white freehands, and that's it :



(image in the gallery is pretty big so you can zoom on it to see every painting defect ^^ )

Minus wrote: On my favorite french forum, people said saw that I forgot the marking on the shoulder pads of the speeders crew and said that I HAD TO paint them.
So I obeyed and added some white freehands, and that's it :

People on the Warfo are sometimes demanding

But it was worth it!

Yes, happily beside encouraging me (wich is always really appreciated) some people point my mistakes.
It forces me to improve myself on several points. That's how I get better.

I would never have made any marking on my shoulder pads if other painters hadn't asked me again and again to do it. I tried, did it not too bad, and finally it was worth it. My army looks really better now. ^^

Hi all !

Today I have a picture of what must be the older miniatures in my possession : 40k Rogue trader version dreadnoughts !



Models are really old and moulding is definitely not good quality. But I was happy to find them and decided to put some colors on them. I didn't paint big eyes and shark teeth on them though, preferred a more recent color scheme. ^^

Man! You make even those fugly RT era dreads look cool!

Seriously awesome!

Thanks !
I don't think they're fugly, they are just over aged. ^^


I have started my meganobz this evening, and I'm starting to regret my decision to paint them yellow. Haha.

Excellent paint job on this stuff!

Minus wrote:Thanks !
I don't think they're fugly, they are just over aged. ^^


I have started my meganobz this evening, and I'm starting to regret my decision to paint them yellow. Haha.

yellow is very easy if you use GWs "lyanden darksun". Its a foundation paint.