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Hi Eggy, nicely painted Chappies! i've been lurking and watching you still mostly from your cupboard but sometimes from under your bed, I still love the approach you take to all your miniatures, they all look so good together especially those new chaplains.

Do you have any idea when you'll be trying your rather fantastic hand at anything other than BA? I'd love to see how you attack another force, would you be starting a new blog for them or adding it into this one? I don't want to miss a thing!

Keep it up dude, looking forward to the Baal! :-)

Nerdfest09

Quick update with some work in progress pics. Started painting up my damocles command rhino. Starting out with the interior and the two little men inside:


Need to glue down the top and prime the outside now. Stay tuned!


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nerdfest09 wrote:Hi Eggy, nicely painted Chappies! i've been lurking and watching you still mostly from your cupboard but sometimes from under your bed, I still love the approach you take to all your miniatures, they all look so good together especially those new chaplains.

Do you have any idea when you'll be trying your rather fantastic hand at anything other than BA? I'd love to see how you attack another force, would you be starting a new blog for them or adding it into this one? I don't want to miss a thing!

Keep it up dude, looking forward to the Baal! :-)

Nerdfest09

Thanks nerdfest! Good to know you're the cupboard lurker
I want to do something other than BA but I'm forcing myself to finish off this army before starting a new one. I've already stockpiled a ton of Grey Knights, Orks and Dark Eldar. I'm thinking Orks would be a nice change of pace from the armor and "high tech" stuff. Love the ork models, they're so whimsical. Once I move on to another force, I'll create a new blog, this one is dedicated to the BAs

I like the look of the inside of the Damocles, Eggroll - the bank of screens in particular.

For some reason, I can't help thinking that one of those marines needs a mug of coffee on the desk in front of him...

Because nothing says comfortable IT worker like POWER ARMOR!

Seriously, can you imagine being stuck in a tin can wearing bulky armor trying to type?

Looks great so far. Is the interior scratch built or is that part of the FW kit?

That is brilliant! :-) I absolutely agree a cup of coffee is paramount to sound tactical decisions though! looks so good, and the screens all look perfect!

NF09

Cup of coffee/tea would be genius, but I love how it looks like they're just complaining to one another about their jobs.

Fab work as always! I have always loved the chaplain figures and your painting has really done the justice!

Command rhino interior is impressive. Not sure I would have the patience to paint all those screens!

Dysartes wrote:I like the look of the inside of the Damocles, Eggroll - the bank of screens in particular.

For some reason, I can't help thinking that one of those marines needs a mug of coffee on the desk in front of him...

Heh, yeah, there are some circular insets on the actual console desk that I couldn't figure out what they were for. A bit small but I think appropriately scaled for a human sized coffee mug!

king88mob wrote:Because nothing says comfortable IT worker like POWER ARMOR!

Seriously, can you imagine being stuck in a tin can wearing bulky armor trying to type?

Looks great so far. Is the interior scratch built or is that part of the FW kit?

Thanks and no, not scratch built, it came with the FW kit. If I could scratch build something like this, I'd be impressed

nerdfest09 wrote:That is brilliant! :-) I absolutely agree a cup of coffee is paramount to sound tactical decisions though! looks so good, and the screens all look perfect!

NF09

Thanks Nerdfest.

Moltar wrote:Cup of coffee/tea would be genius, but I love how it looks like they're just complaining to one another about their jobs.

They're not complaining, they're just really engaged in a game of COD.


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Commander Cain wrote:Fab work as always! I have always loved the chaplain figures and your painting has really done the justice!

Command rhino interior is impressive. Not sure I would have the patience to paint all those screens!

Thanks Commander Cain. The screens did take awhile but weren't too bad.

Man, the work on those control panels and screens is phenominal Egg... really cool. Now the question is... how do you make all that effort visible when it's on the gaming table? You need a fold-out roof or a roof with clear parts or something. Really, something that cool needs to have a way to show it off.

really really love it! Btw can you still get it fomr FW? I think its curentlly OOP!

HAZZER wrote:really really love it! Btw can you still get it fomr FW? I think its curentlly OOP!

It is still available: http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Warhammer-40000/DAMOCLES_RHINO_COMPLETE_KIT.html

Love the work eggs. Particularly the red buttons, they look great!

Dysartes wrote:I like the look of the inside of the Damocles, Eggroll - the bank of screens in particular.

For some reason, I can't help thinking that one of those marines needs a mug of coffee on the desk in front of him...

Nah cat nip

Couple of Magazines ( a book or tech manual ) on the opposite bench should break up the empty space.

Superb as always!


SL

Those guys look awesome!

Gitsplitta wrote:Man, the work on those control panels and screens is phenominal Egg... really cool. Now the question is... how do you make all that effort visible when it's on the gaming table? You need a fold-out roof or a roof with clear parts or something. Really, something that cool needs to have a way to show it off.

Thanks Gits! Good question and I ended up just going with the top of the sister's repressor kit. Unfortunately it doesn't show off the guys and consoles unless I shine a flash light in there. Oh well...

HAZZER wrote:really really love it! Btw can you still get it fomr FW? I think its curentlly OOP!

Thanks HAZZER. Yup it's still available as tigerstein pointed out.

Hits_the_spot wrote:Love the work eggs. Particularly the red buttons, they look great!

Thanks Hits!

Solar_lion wrote: Couple of Magazines ( a book or tech manual ) on the opposite bench should break up the empty space.
Superb as always!
SL

Thanks SL. Good idea on the book though since I decided to use the repressor top, I don't really have a chance to show off the interior as much so I didn't want to put anymore work in the interior.

lipsdapips wrote:Those guys look awesome!

Thanks lips.

Update for the weekend. Ended up finishing the Damocles kitbash. I realized this whole model cost over 80 pounds (about $120). Overall, I'm not sure it was worth it. FW hasn't really impressed me lately with their quality...the extra armor and repressor kits were horrible in quality, most of the smaller details such as rivets looked melted away. A sign that their molds are way past their proper cast life. Had to email FW with photos of their crappy models, got sent replacements which ended up with the same issues

Anyway here are the finished photos:

Ended up magnetizing the guys on the chairs so they're removable along with the dozer blade.

Light box shots:

Mate this is amazing work as usual.
You make blood angels likeable LOL.
Keep up the awsome work.
Peace

That first picture makes it look like they're sat in (reinforced) deckchairs, enjoying the Baal sun...

Very nice as usual

Stunning egg. Have you considered some LED lighting? Just one bulb to light up the interior?

I agree with @Gitsplitta. Light be awsome.
Peace

Looks really good! Love it! I think that this FW modle is pretty cool! Keep it up!

spudkins wrote:Mate this is amazing work as usual.
You make blood angels likeable LOL.
Keep up the awsome work.
Peace

Thanks spudkins!

Dysartes wrote:That first picture makes it look like they're sat in (reinforced) deckchairs, enjoying the Baal sun...

Haha yeah you're right. BA's are vain and do need to work on their tan every once in awhile I guess.

Arakasi wrote:Very nice as usual

Thanks!

Gitsplitta wrote:Stunning egg. Have you considered some LED lighting? Just one bulb to light up the interior?

Thanks Gits. The LED would have been a good idea though a bit late for me to wire things up now...oh well. I'll keep that in mind if I do another interior.

HAZZER wrote:Looks really good! Love it! I think that this FW modle is pretty cool! Keep it up!

Thanks Hazzer!

It might have been a pain but it looks really nice, its the first time I've seen this kit put together.

Makes me wonder if I could convert one into a chaos version, hmm something to ponder.

Awesome work!!!Keep it up!!!You actually made me think of buying an airbrush myself...damnnnnnn youuuuuuu

Thanks Giraffex!

Bobakos - Do it...one of the best investments in this hobby I made was getting my first airbrush.

Eggs that is one sick job you pulled off mate.You should have had the two dudes surfing dakka,i would have cried.

They were surfing Dakka, but pulled an ALT - TAB real quick when the camera came out at work.....LOL

Thanks shingouki. Good idea with surfing dakka on the monitors. Was actually thinking about putting some "questionable" content on some of the screens at one time during painting but since the screens were going to be hidden in the end, I figured it wasn't worth the effort

Bloody amazing work Eggroll (no pun intended). Definitely subscibing to your thread.

I can't believe I haven't seen your P&M until today. Although I'm exclusively a Xenos convertor, thanks to your painting prowess, I can now see the appeal of wanting to collect a Space Marine. You've not only done the models justice but you've litterally brought them to life and given them a level of character that's typically only seen on prize winning models. That you would paint a whole army to a contest-level speaks volumes of your abilities and your passion for painting. Then again, considering you had the Massive Voodoo website loaded up on your monitor it doesn't really surprise me. I'd say you've matched their level of skill with your models for sure.

I actually don't know how to play the game and don't know anyone else that plays. Maybe once I finish more models later this year, I'll get myself into a shop for a demo game.

Did you get that demo game in yet? Seeing as how I live in White Rock, it would be my pleasure to give you a demo over a friendly game. Just send me a PM if it's something you're interested in.