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I couldn't limit it to one, so here are my favorites:
I'm really happy how the weathering on this turned out, and I just plain love the look of the model. I'm also really happy with the conversions on the exhaust.
This is my other. It's one of the only models where I tried to sculpt something and I thought it came out ok. I'm happy with the modeling and painting and overall pleased with the piece.
And lastly for infantry, I love this model. I like how it captures the crazy zealot monk look I think of for the word bearers. Plus I am pleased with how the flames look.
"-and all that time in Paris, when you were wallowing in debauchery with your doxies, tarts and pirates... you were trying to convince me you were a disgusting, swinish, lecherous, drunken sot... Well I want you to know it worked.
Some awesome images in this thread, seriously the work makes me want to both work furiously to improve my skill and give up on the idea I'd never get that good >_>
Ah the conflict of 40K seeps beyond the game!
Seriously though amazing paintjobs.
Soon his foes would learn that the only thing more dangerous than a savage three hundred pound brute is a savage three hundred pound brute with a plan - Ork Codex
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For the blue I used that Citadel Foundation Blue(Can't remember almost all of the Citadel colours since they keep changing it). Then I just drybrushed with a light Grey color, then used a black wash. The green was either a Citadel or Vallejo Green as a basecoat. Then Drybrushed with a lighter green and drybrushed again with a kinda florescent green. Then a black wash over the feathers. Sorry, I forget what most of the color names were that I used. I usually identify my paints by color and not by name.
For me painting is usually the same, Basecoat one color, then drybrush(Highlight), washes, rehighlight with same or different colors if necessary. I usually just go by feel so unfortunately for me painting many things the same can vary if don't paint them all at the same time. Hmmm.. Maybe I should write down what I do so I know what I did incase if I want to reproduce the effect.
For the blue I used that Citadel Foundation Blue(Can't remember almost all of the Citadel colours since they keep changing it). Then I just drybrushed with a light Grey color, then used a black wash. The green was either a Citadel or Vallejo Green as a basecoat. Then Drybrushed with a lighter green and drybrushed again with a kinda florescent green. Then a black wash over the feathers. Sorry, I forget what most of the color names were that I used. I usually identify my paints by color and not by name.
For me painting is usually the same, Basecoat one color, then drybrush(Highlight), washes, rehighlight with same or different colors if necessary. I usually just go by feel so unfortunately for me painting many things the same can vary if don't paint them all at the same time. Hmmm.. Maybe I should write down what I do so I know what I did incase if I want to reproduce the effect.
Sorry dude, wish my explanation would be better.
How long does it all take, because I could spend a week and not get that job done as well as you
Dais wrote:I'm not really sure which of these is my best. I'm certainly very happy with both of them.
I'd have to vote for Legacy of Solomon, just because Anima Tactics needs some love. I also think the blending and colour choice on it are a bit better.
The Dragon Knight Lord (counts as Jetbike Autarch) for my Exodite army is one of my favorite models. It was the first model I painted for competition in my gaming club and won hands down.
What harm can it do to find out? It's a question that left bruises down the centuries, even more than "It can't hurt if I only take one" and "It's all right if you only do it standing up." Terry Pratchett, Making Money
"Can a magician kill a man by magic?" Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. "I suppose a magician might," he admitted, "but a gentleman never could." Susanna Clarke Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
I don't really paint much so it's quite easy for me to pick out a best model; having a lack of painted models to begin with really narrows it down
Either my Skink Priest, about my 3rd or 4th completed model ever:
Or my Farseer, although I can't remember how many models i've painted before him, but i'm certain I can still count it on my fingers:
Yes the faceplate looks crap, but that's because it's probably a bad cast judging by the paint coverage and the fact that the wash pooled so much on it. The paints were definately thin enough, and that silver is (IIRC) the third colour I tried for it without success, so I can't really blame the paint, especially when you consider that it covered fine on the rest of the model and on other models they're used on (including my Autarch, who will be posted if and when my camera stops complaining).
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
Ariadnain 112, Emergency Services operator. Beautiful sculpt, great overall tabletop unit and arguable the best doctor within Infinity. Absolutely, worth every penny.
I absolutely hate everything about the GW Dreadknight model.
That one, on the other hand, is awesome. Captures the look and feel of Imperium technology and 40K so much better than the Matrix robot suit abortion that they put on the shelves.
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Marneus Calgar is referred to as "one of the Imperium's greatest tacticians" and he treats the Codex like it's the War Bible. If the Codex is garbage, then how bad is everyone else?
- 1000; 3-2-0 
- 2,000-ish
Daemons - 400-ish (Wife wanted to paint an army so she's working on this one for me. Yeah, she's that awesome.) 
1500
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