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A+ man, those are looking great!

I really like the look of your flesh eaters!

I weep when I see that red...

For I shall never attain such perfection.

Do not weep swordwind for you too can attain such colour, I can teach you how to have it spring forth from your brush! but for now i must fly to my Nerd lair and engage in finishing the last 2 of my terminators so i can give you another update today!

remember if you want to know how i do anything just ask me dude!

Nerdfest09


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After pressing the secret button hidden in a vase of flowers and watching as a painting swung noiselessly open to allow me access to the secret Nerd lair, I sat down and moistened my brush in preparation for what was to come!

Last two terminators! and i did it as well as being interrupted by my mate who always seems to get into trouble with the ladies (and boy did he have a story today!) I managed to finish them off!

what do you think?




yeeeeee haaaaaaa now onto the honor guard!

Nerdfest09

So yeah,

What's the recipe for your red?

Looking very good Nerd!

Damo your BA are looking awsome and I really like that basing your going with. Great job!!

The rate at which you churn out pro painted figs never ceases to amaze Nerdfest.

Must admit not a fan of the 5 o'clock shadow marines, i have marines down as shave 3 times a day kinda guys. Most probably Ancient greek style; with pig fat and a sharp knife.

Oh and as i said in the 'Show yourself' thread Regarding your Portrait:
'Are you Linkin Park?'

The rate at which you churn out pro painted figs never ceases to amaze Nerdfest.

Thanks Perkustin, I wouldn't say pro painted but at least they're neat! and i love how they look on my table!

Must admit not a fan of the 5 o'clock shadow marines, i have marines down as shave 3 times a day kinda guys. Most probably Ancient greek style; with pig fat and a sharp knife.

what! how can you not love 5o'clock marines! I made them deliberatley look a bit rougher and unshaven due to the fluff for the Flesh Eaters chapter, they're kinda like the flesh tearers but more unstable so I figured they'd be more interested tearing foes limb from bloody limb!

Oh and as i said in the 'Show yourself' thread Regarding your Portrait:
'Are you Linkin Park?'

lol No not Linkin park dude, but I am a fan, think i'm more of a mini truckin guy without a mini truck

Damo your BA are looking awsome and I really like that basing your going with. Great job!!

Thanks again GD1, I'm getting into the groove of churning them out pretty quickly now! especially as the basing is just blended cork but it looks good with the colour of them and is cheap and easy! (like me!)

Looking very good Nerd!

Cheers Pyriel, I appreciate the comment! haven't seen much of you around lately! have you done any more of your 1,235 GK squads you need to finish?

another bunch of really nicely painted marines! I feel so slow....

Hello my friends, it is I again update time, again not a massive one but just a teaser to see where i'm at, I changed the order of where i wanted the bare heads in which bodies to get a dynamic looking squad, the other thing I did was something i have NEVER done before! I painted a white marine I had to work out a method for painting it that matched the rest of the army as this guy's my apothecary/sang priest, i am very happy with how he turned out so far, he's still very much a work in progress but the armour is done.

First up is honor guard squad member 'Mr choppy'


Here's the banner bearer, minus banner at the moment i may get it painted professionally.


Here's screaming guy with the head i was originally using for the apothecary.


Here's the W.I.P of the Apothecary with a new head that i feel looks better on him, I love the look of the armour but wouldn't want to paint a whole lot of it



And now the whole honor squad together! these boys gonna cause a whole lot 'o' pain!


And this is the start of a project i'm doing for a good friend of mine who is one of the best painters i've ever seen, but sadly due to his workload has asked me to paint 20 Salamanders tac marines for him which i happily (although nervously) accepted



Well, that's it! I'll finish the apothecary tomorrow and i want to work on the honor guard and also I will highlight the armour on at least 5 sallies, so look out for an update tomorrow or sat!

Brush on brothers, brush on!

Nerdfest09

Excellent update Damo. Wow have you been busy!

I see You used the head I liked the most for the Apothecary.... well done!

Sweet update, Damo. Squad is looking good, especially the apothecary. Love that white PA. Sallies are looking good, too. Can I ask why you're hesitant to paint the banner yourself? You do stunning work everywhere else, why do you doubt your skills when it comes to the banner?

Thanks guys, I'm just about to sit down and paint today so i thought i'd see if anyone saw the latest :-) Umm Moltar, I have tried a while ago but i can't get it right imo and it's the sort of item if i muck it up it will most probably bring the whole look of my army down and I don't want to lose interest in them because of 1 item, I might still do it but i can't work out a design either....

In fact how about I put it out there on Dakka? can any artistically minded Dakkites design me a banner? I am open to pretty much anything but i am thinking a skeleton of some description and I'd like a scroll to say 'We are you're last breath' and to make it more fun I'll put up a model I painted as a prize :-) I'm thinking Sallie dread or Ork Warboss pictured previously! get your art heads on Wurzel Gummidge!

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I'm guessing everyone's trying to work out a banner design for me to try then eh! meanwhile, I got highlighting on the Sallies, managed to get 10 done so far, the highlights look a little stark at the moment but i'm trying to get them to at least blend in with the rest of the army they're going to, once the cheagles and eyes have been done I think they'll look really nice, anyway here's a quick update for yo all.






catch you soon.

Nerdfest09

Nice looking sallys mate! He'll be impressed for sure!

So many man hours went into this, but in the end, I think the final product speaks volumes. Following your exact stipulations and guidelines we here at Banners "R" Us, have got just what you were looking for:

That's pretty good...

Those sallys are looking very nice.

The Apoth is great too, doesnt it almost make you feel like painting a White Scars army Would look rather cool painted to that standard

Those sallys are looking very nice.

The Apoth is great too, doesnt it almost make you feel like painting a White Scars army Would look rather cool painted to that standard

Thanks GiraffeX I like him, but he's fiddly to paint without the shadows bleeding into the rest, a whole army would look wicked but take me too long to be happy with at least I now have a recipe I can use if i need to do it again!

So many man hours went into this, but in the end, I think the final product speaks volumes. Following your exact stipulations and guidelines we here at Banners "R" Us, have got just what you were looking for:

lol that was brilliant work Moltar! and looks like you're the front runner so far (the only runner it seems) (and how do i copy/paste the images from posts?) I shall wait and see what else turns up before I decide to use it, but if nothing does then I'll use it just for giggles

NF09

I don't think it will let you copy/paste it because I put it up threw photobucket. (sigh, I know) If you decide you really want it, pm me an email address and I can send it to you. I'm glad you like it.

Perhaps this could be a good solution for you banner Nfest.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Acm_0k2Vao

Those salamanders look stunning. Way better then I imagined they would be.

As for the BA minis I have to say the way you paint faces is amongst the best I have ever seen. Up there with those snooty fwench golden deamon painters and their face paint techniques.

You seriously need to do a tutorial some day on how you paint faces.

I second that. Stop holding out on us Damo.

Thanks guys! :-) I'm glad you like the progress Pyriel, I'm fairly pleased with how they're progressing, I managed to highlight the ten of them in a day on and off so I know how long i need now for the other squad! i'm looking forward to painting the details now!

And really I am humbled you all like my faces! I kind of make it up as i go and I'm happy to do a tute if you really want? my pics probably make them look better than they would close up but i'm keen to try and show you my method when 4 more bare heads arrive at my door monday :-) so look out for next friday guys.


Nerdfest09

And really I am humbled you all like my faces! I kind of make it up as i go and I'm happy to do a tute if you really want? my pics probably make them look better than they would close up but i'm keen to try and show you my method when 4 more bare heads arrive at my door monday :-) so look out for next friday guys.

Roger Wilco!

Alright, my bare heads arrived today, just 4 of the space wolf heads i can 'adjust' to fit my army I'll try my best to do a tute on friday, it'll be the pics that let me down but hopefully you'll get the idea

And i found a Flesh eaters Banner here http://wh40k.ei8ht.net/joril_sm.htm and popped it on my computer but it's really small and i don't have the techno know how to adjust it so it's the right size for my banner bearer if anyone knows how and can do it and email me? I'd be grateful as hell!

NF09

This is an amazing display of painting work and a great use of different bits. The paint chipping style, mixed with the quality of painting here... Just amazing. Looking forward to many more.

Alright, my bare heads arrived today, just 4 of the space wolf heads i can 'adjust' to fit my army I'll try my best to do a tute on friday, it'll be the pics that let me down but hopefully you'll get the idea

*droooool*

I got a quiet evening for a little while at work and managed to work on getting the chest eagles and skulls on the first Tac salamander squad done, i was trying to make them fit in with his army without trying to do nmm or anything too crazy and he was after a darker slightly gothic feel, I think i've done alright but I'll wait and see what Pyriel thinks

When i put them all together I'm very pleased with the look of them, and I'm now even keener to get more done on them, just the seals, lenses and bolters as I believe Pyriel will be doing his own shoulder pads on them? then i might assemble the 2 attack bikes i'm doing for him as well and then do them and the other squad at the same time!

anyway here are some quick shots.





Cheers dudes and dudettes


Nerdfest09