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How about a picture of just an air brushed piece? I would like to see the WIP.

Sure wyfox, I'll get you one tonight.


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Hey, does anyone have the stat's on an Icarus handy? (or know them?) is it one shot, twin linked, what's the deelio? I'm mulling over conversion options.

That looks sweet! Ive still gotta get a 6th ed rulebook to read on em, but Im loving that you can take fortifications!

As to the Propaganda posters, Ive seen people use photoshop to GrimDark-ify old WWII/Soviet posters.

If you google "40k, propaganda" a zillion of them appear. I shouldn't have any problems finding something appropriate.


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For wyomingfox: The early stages are the easy bits. A quick, light airbrushing of bone primer, then dark green primer on the front panels. Then two consecutive passes with lighter greens to give the zenithal effect, finally a sepia wash on the back to give it some character.



If someone would be so kind as to comment in some way (i.e. bump the thread), I'll have a further progress pic later tonight.


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And here's the finished piece!

Looks excellent Gits! and you found a poster even before i jumped in here! :-) I got all mine from a fellow Dakkaite named TiB he had some on file and shot me an email with them which i just got my old man to re size and print for me!

I picked up a sheet of identical posters from somewhere here on Dakka, but I have to re-size them before I can use them. These I just snagged off the inernet.

Section 2 is done!



And here are the two together (from the back).



I think this officially qualifies as a "wall" now.

i want that good time Git. nice wall pieces!

Now thats how the Aegis line is meant to be done! The posters/ graffitti (sp?) really add something unique as well...

^Revenant Reiko speaks the truth Gits!

Your dinky little terrain pieces are better than my best painted minis

That corner there? I'll be crying in it.

What I mean to say is top notch as always!

Thanks Gits, I want to try and recreat the airbrush effect with my Space Wolf ADL.

@cormandepanda: Thanks!

@Reiko: Thanks mate! Once I started working on it, it just seemed natural to "decorate" the inside of the wall where troopers would be spending long hours on watch. While I'm making this for my MWs, I kind of figured it was erected by some planetary governor and is usually staffed by Guard or Planetary Militia... so the decorations I've included reflect that.

@Nerdy: You are most kind sir. Especially since it was some of your more recent work that helped to inspire it!

@Alf: Thanks Alf. I didn't intend to really "paint" this... just throw it together for the tournament. But, as I got started... it's just kind of taken over & demanded better treatment.

@wyfox: Once you get a feel for you brush, airbrushing things like this because just so simple.... and the Vallejo colored primers are really a God-send. Hit it with the dark green primer, work up from the corner with Vallejo Air medium green, then dilute some scorpion green with airbrush medium for the final "highlight" (just in the corner). No taping, no masking.... just zip, zip, zip from one panel to the next. For your SWs, you could do the whole thing using a blend of the black and white primers. No reason to mix more than 3 colors. Start with black or a very dark grey, do a medium grey and then a light grey. Maybe through a bit of blue paint (there is no blue primer) into the mixes to give them that frosty SW feel...


I didn't mention this, but I also put a medium brown in the airbrush and went around all the seams where the metal meets the reinforced concrete (or whatever the wall itself is made out of) in the back, makes it more dynamic and worn looking.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I didn't mention this, but I also put a medium brown in the airbrush and went around all the seams where the metal meets the reinforced concrete (or whatever the wall itself is made out of) in the back, makes it more dynamic and worn looking.

I was going to ask about the back panels as something looked different from the WIP shots...in a good way.

I'll add a pic of that to the earlier WIP shots so you can see it.

I like the walls Gits, when I did my stormraven base I ended up painting stuff on by hand but the posters are a brilliant idea!

I actually wish there were more open space on the walls... some of these posters are really funny, but I have to make them so small that you lose nearly everything... Now to keep coming up with interesting things for the other ones.

I`m impressed by how interesting they are to look at actually, the posters are just icing on the cake in that respect. So fantastic job again mate

How`s that squad coming along? Would like to see how you paint the lascannons

R

Sorry Red, haven't been working on them. They got preempted by the Aegis project. I'll get back to them soon enough!

love the little detail for a good time call tahts perfect good job gits

Thanks alabama, I appreciate it.


Not much action lately... was falling asleep standing up on Tues night so I thought I'd better go to be early for a couple of nights (since the mornings always come early). May get some work done tonight, then again I may just hang out with my kids.... been that kind of day.

Well Mr. Black and White Gits. How do you go about making and applying the posters?

Find them on line, shrink them, print them on white paper, cut them out, use a toothpick to rub a little white glue on the back, stick them to the wall.

Not much to it.

You put any varnish over the top?

Well yeah, sure. I put varnish over everything except gloss coat.



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Hey wyfox... here's that shot of the airbrushed back side I promised you.

Finished the 3rd section just in time for the tournament.

That is soooo cool... My favorite bit being the copper pipes, I think.

Very nice job Gits and thanks for pis of the back!

damn the defence line looks good, where are the posters from? I'd like to try some for my own defence line

These models...

Words cannot describe how beautiful they are. Great job!

CalasTyphon216 wrote:damn the defence line looks good, where are the posters from? I'd like to try some for my own defence line

Just google 40k propaganda.

Smitty wrote:These models...

Words cannot describe how beautiful they are. Great job!

Thanks Smitty!