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squall018 wrote:Just found this blog and its pretty darn great. I love all the armies but the Night Lords one is my favorite!

Much appreciated! I won't tell Q... his head is big enough already.

Taarnak wrote:Personally, I think it needs the waist spacer. The proportions look a bit too off kilter without it.

Oh, and, awesome thread.

~Eric

Thanks man! I've filled out the waist now and I definitely agree!


So I've just returned from my holiday... time for an update?

Today, we have some Blood Angels that I built and magnetised, and Rob painted as a commission. This is an example of our Tabletop Character standard.

Looking good. I really like the idea.of magnetising the arm without the shoulder pad glued on.

EDC

Still one of my favorite blogs. Great work on the blood angels, once again. You guys have inspired my own 30k army a lot. I am going to be building an infantry-heavy IH army and true scaling them all.

Keep up the good work

Well done! i've never used magnets on my models and when people like you guys take advantage of them, it convinces me to use them even more. All in all, that's a beautiful blood angel!

evildrcheese wrote:Looking good. I really like the idea.of magnetising the arm without the shoulder pad glued on.

EDC

Freytag93 wrote:Still one of my favorite blogs. Great work on the blood angels, once again. You guys have inspired my own 30k army a lot. I am going to be building an infantry-heavy IH army and true scaling them all.

Keep up the good work

JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:Well done! i've never used magnets on my models and when people like you guys take advantage of them, it convinces me to use them even more. All in all, that's a beautiful blood angel!

All very much appreciated!

We've been a bit lax lately, what with the Christmas holidays, and Rob's fiancee whisking him off to Mexico as a surprise!

but we're back!

We just finished some commission work, a Necron Triarch Stalker, at the most basic level we provide. I still think it looks rather good! It's also part of a larger project, so there will be some characters coming up!

While Rob's been painting that, I've been working on another commission project, truescaling 20 Sons Of Horus tactical marines. The sergeants will be fully magnetised too! This as well is part of a larger project, so expect 10 Imperial Fist Heavy Support Troopers, 5 Templars and some characters!

Finally finished these guys after slacking over Christmas!

So Rob went on an airbrush course recently... the results are astonishing!

These are looking awesome! Loving that night lords contemptor. I'm a big fan of Truescale, I'll be back to see more

That Rhino is sick looking. Nice work dude.

EDC

Plodmarine wrote:These are looking awesome! Loving that night lords contemptor. I'm a big fan of Truescale, I'll be back to see more

evildrcheese wrote:That Rhino is sick looking. Nice work dude.

EDC

Very much appreciated!

Today we have another contemptor, Rob is expanding his EC... I built and magnetised this for him, and he really delivered a great paintjob.

Looks awesome dude.

EDC

That's looking great! This thread never fails to please my eyes. That paint job really nails it with the dusty legs by the way.

Very nice! Always excited for EC, and dreads are even better!

evildrcheese wrote:Looks awesome dude.

EDC

Plodmarine wrote:That's looking great! This thread never fails to please my eyes. That paint job really nails it with the dusty legs by the way.

JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:Very nice! Always excited for EC, and dreads are even better!

Thanks guys! I absolutely agree on the weathering. I think it's key in bringing together a believable model. Rob's chipping and dust work is absolutely on point.

Straying a bit today from the nicely painted models...

I'm working on a commission currently for a truescaled veteran squad, and the client and i are trying to decide between 32mm and 40mm bases. It's a bit of a mix because we're using my style (builder-pattern?) and mixing it with some of the new Doghouse pattern, using Tartaros legs and torso fronts...

Thoughts?

On the agenda today:

I am currently working on this IW commission. We settled on 32mm bases.

We also recently got a commission for a small Deathwatch army. While we wait for the models to arrive, I happened to have a truescaled deathwatch guy lying around from an earlier test, so I sent that to rob to bust out a test model for the client to approve.

Below is what he finished with, and I really like it (as does the client!)

Sadly it's not a truescale commission, but I'm still looking forward to building them and magnetising every last one!

Also on Rob's bench, is a nice Macharius Commission. 3 of the beasts! This time, I'm the client! He's painting them up to match my Vultures and Thunderbolt, it all combines to form the armoured division for my Guard. I'm sending him some transfers tomorrow so he can carry on!

Made a lot of progress on these mk3 veterans today! A few bits and pieces to go, but they're 80% done.

So today I've got a little update on the Iron Warrior commission. The client asked for some of his marines done in Doghouse's new style, using Tartaros parts. I think they look great!

Awesome! Those Iron warriors look badass with the new style Tartarus method! Strong work.

Agreed!

That is a fantastic use of those models!

Only 'problem' now is - what do you use for Terminators to go along with them?!?

 Alpharius wrote:
Agreed!

That is a fantastic use of those models!

Only 'problem' now is - what do you use for Terminators to go along with them?!?

He needs bigger models, maybe squads of dreads?

Real nice guys, I love a good IW kitbash.

Plodmarine wrote:Awesome! Those Iron warriors look badass with the new style Tartarus method! Strong work.

Thanks mate, though it's all down to Doghouse really!

Alpharius wrote:Agreed!

That is a fantastic use of those models!

Only 'problem' now is - what do you use for Terminators to go along with them?!?

JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:
He needs bigger models, maybe squads of dreads?

Real nice guys, I love a good IW kitbash.

Just as long as I don't have to build them! To be honest, this is one of the reasons i prefer my method over Doghouse's, it leaves a bit more leeway for other models! Though I'd love to see what he does for a terminator!

Today, I'm drawing to the close of this IW commission. This is my favourite guy out of all of them.

Hopefully next week I'll be posting up the finished pictures and sending them off to the client!

Oh man, I've been away for far too long! Time to start updating this!

The latest commission:





3 truescaled AL headhunters.

They're off to Rob now for painting, along with Dynat and an Alpharius conversion...

I thought I'd share a blast from my past that I've dug up. I've been playing 30k for the last 3 years, and I'm really excited by 8th. So my Black Templar project is reborn!

These are truescaled terminators, mostly the Deathwing Knights kit with some added Fists (pressmoulded from Alexis Polux's shield). I think there's a smattering of Grey Knight bits and pieces too.