All that is Dread - A new Dread - Robot thing WIP 3rd Jan

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**Skalk Bloodaxe**

That was a lot of catching up.

First off, welcome back. I didn't know you were gone, but glad to see you are still around. I genuinely enjoy your work and you know I've referenced back to you many times in my own projects.

Second... just wow. Never a disappointing moment from tipios. I'm late to the party to offer some suggestions on where your projects are at, but I'm going to make the effort to reconnect here and keep up with things as best I can.

If you haven't sorted out the "feet" issue on the Dreadgrots, as a former Mekboy my suggestion would be to create an asymmetrical mismatch of various gubbin' and stuff. You never know when a bunch of Imperial Guard Lasguns will come in hand for a left foot (with a Space Marine Bolter for the big toe, of course). Stock up on more bailing wire and nailz though, you'll need them.

(completely random thought--- do you suppose they still have Duct Tape in the 41stM?)

Good to see you again. Looking forward to seeing what you have coming next.

**tipios**

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:That was a lot of catching up.

First off, welcome back. I didn't know you were gone, but glad to see you are still around. I genuinely enjoy your work and you know I've referenced back to you many times in my own projects.

Thanks a lot Skalk, I think I may have been gone as long as you were

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Second... just wow. Never a disappointing moment from tipios. I'm late to the party to offer some suggestions on where your projects are at, but I'm going to make the effort to reconnect here and keep up with things as best I can.

If you haven't sorted out the "feet" issue on the Dreadgrots, as a former Mekboy my suggestion would be to create an asymmetrical mismatch of various gubbin' and stuff. You never know when a bunch of Imperial Guard Lasguns will come in hand for a left foot (with a Space Marine Bolter for the big toe, of course). Stock up on more bailing wire and nailz though, you'll need them.

Looking for odd bitz now for doomgrot 3

thanks!!

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:(completely random thought--- do you suppose they still have Duct Tape in the 41stM?)

It may be called Grot Tape

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Good to see you again. Looking forward to seeing what you have coming next.

Water effects on base is my next attempt at something new, also general basing too, ATM I'm slacking in that department.

Good to hear from you again, looking forward to some Skalk craziness on your thread too

**tipios**

Final posing test, with all arms!!! and cork to make some rocks

**Skalk Bloodaxe**

The off-kilter stance will be hilarious when it winds up Immobilized. My buddy Daichallar runs a Kan wall and his models all have crazy poses. When they go immobilized you can really "see" the machine just freezing up. What's even funnier is if you think about a very irate Grot jamming on the controls and shaking his seat back and forth trying to get the Kan moving again. Hahha.

**tipios**

Ha, Skalk now every time I look at him I think he is just stuck like that

I've got new toy

as payment for helping my dad with building work at his house

I've spent half the day practicing spraying stuff. I've under coated a Leman Russ, and my termie lord conversion.

Very happy with the result.

Then I started spraying colour. I only did this on the Leman Russ, as I am not bothered if it goes wrong.

This is as far as I got, because I have not worked out best thinning mix yet, and clogged the airbrush. This was not a problem with the black base coat, as that was already thinned for airbrush use.
But the red it just Vallejo game colour, and just thinned with water. Anyway I'm very pleased with how it all went, I can see a lot more stuff getting painted now!

**GiraffeX**

I'm very jealous of your new toy tipios and whats that kan done to the poor chaos lord there's body parts everywhere

Kan does look very cool though great pose.

**tipios**

Thanks GiraffeX, Ha the Lord was wrong place at wrong time

You need airbrush if you havn't got already

**GiraffeX**

I'm not allowed an airbrush, I've been told I'm dangerous enough with just a paint brush

**tipios**

Not fair!!!

**Limbo**

I'll never understand how some people manage to produce these gravity defying poses when I can't even get my zoanthropes to stand up straight....althought they are of metal so I'll blame it on that.

**tipios**

Well he's been held up with a screwdriver ATM

**Squigsquasher**

I have that airbrush (well, that compressor, anyway) and I can safely say your dad made a good choice. Nice work! Loving the Leman Russ, and the Deff Dread looks hilarious (in a good way!). I can't wait to see what you do with the new Bommer kit!

**SilverMK2**

Awesome Ork stuff

**sir william the bold**

Loved da' Kan!

**tipios**

@squigsquasher - Yeah It's a great compressor so quite, can't belive it! It came with 2 cheapo air brushes, so I'll have to upgrade them one day. Thanks for the complemts on the Russ and Killa Deff Dread

Hmmm if I can sneak a Bommer kit in past thge wife that would be cool!

@silverMk2 - Cheers

@sir william the bold - Thanks a lot!

**tipios**

I painted the drivers head of the Deff Dread, so I can glue the kan around him. I didn't have to paint his face, but I wanted to practice!!

Vallejo Model Air dark metalic, is very nice to paint with

**Squigsquasher**

Looking nice...Looking real nice! EEEEOOOOOWWWWW!!!

/Cat]

**tipios**

Thanks Squigs, and your cat

Today I'm testing water effects, for the Deff Dread Base!

I'm going for Deff Dread running through a running river!!

How it looked this morning.

And now almost set.

**Squigsquasher**

No, not my cat, I don't have a cat. Have you ever watched Red Dwarf? If not, you won't get it...

**GiraffeX**

Water effect is looking good so far which version did you go for in the end?

**tipios**

Squigsquasher wrote:No, not my cat, I don't have a cat. Have you ever watched Red Dwarf? If not, you won't get it...

Lol, I've watched Red Dwarf so many time, I should have got that!!!

GiraffeX wrote:Water effect is looking good so far which version did you go for in the end?

Thanks, I went with the Vallejo in the end.

**Squigsquasher**

The river effect worked really well, I like it!

**tipios**

Thanks squigs, I've just got to try to do that on my 60mm base. A small bit at a time, if I try to do it all at once it might go wrong.

**cormadepanda**

i like where your bases are going!

**Skalk Bloodaxe**

**GiraffeX**

tipios wrote:

GiraffeX wrote:Water effect is looking good so far which version did you go for in the end?

Thanks, I went with the Vallejo in the end.

Make sure you do it in thin layers otherwise it wont dry properly inside and might look a bit cloudy.

**tipios**

cormadepanda wrote:i like where your bases are going!

Thanks, I'm really jumping in at the deep end with this

but I find that's the best way

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

Steal away

simple but effective, I think

GiraffeX wrote:
tipios wrote:

GiraffeX wrote:Water effect is looking good so far which version did you go for in the end?

Thanks, I went with the Vallejo in the end.

Make sure you do it in thin layers otherwise it wont dry properly inside and might look a bit cloudy.

I hear you there, the test piece is clearing up, but I did two layers and didn't let it dry before a did the second layer, so underneath is still cloudy. But it is a raging river so I might get away with it if I make mistakes like that on the big base. I may even paint white streaks after each layer to help give that running water feel. Then dry brush white over the top layer.

**cormadepanda**

Doing the white would help, just dont over do it and lose the water feel that you wanted! keep diving deep.

**tipios**

cormadepanda wrote:Doing the white would help, just dont over do it and lose the water feel that you wanted! keep diving deep.

Thanks, I feel another test base coming on

**tipios**

Did a quick white dry brush over the top, works well I think.