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That banner looks awesome man, is it just printed onto paper and then glued straight onto the banner? I may have to try that, as I have two banner men and no idea of what to paint... Very cool. And that sketch is amazing, very cool also, lucky friend!

My thanks everyone, firstly the banner, yes it's only printed on normal printer paper and then cut and glued on, then I just painted over it the same i would any mini using it as a guide

My sketch was just a quick pencil outline then shaded roughly with black drawing ink and when dry i just outlined and strengthened parts if it with a black .05 fine marker, it's a plan I want to draw again properly for jirc to have with his space wolves

Now, I finished my Standard bearer today




That's it for today, I spent most of the morning shooting at storm trooper targets with my air rifle

NF09

banner looks awesome dude. keep up the good work!

The banner is excellent, I might have to try that idea when the time comes.

Ha the banner turned out great! Entirely not what I expected. (actually I'm surprised how well that banner fits on there, since I made it to the dimensions of a back banner rather than a company standard)
Are you planning on doing something with the two empty 'flaps' on the banner?

Cheers everyone! by all means try this technique, it's easy and gives imo good results that still match your army and painting level, I am stoked with how it turned out!

I forwarded them to my dad, Tib and he re sized them to fit the bigger banner :-) but i love the design I used, you outdid yourself! not sure if i will add anything to the flaps yet in case i make a mistake lol

I'm now I page 25! Less then 10 pages to go. I love your dark Eldar and your Lava salamanders. Can't wait to see what you do next. I kinda want to skip ahead to see if you ever go back to your Exemplars or continue your Salamanders?


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Oh... page 26...New Chapter...Flesh Eaters ... that was quick

LOL yes i do move from project to project rather quickly Styro! I tend to get inspired by other things and jump in head first into a new army!

I loved the DE but they just didn't feel right for me I so badly wanted to play with them as i really loved the sound of their rules and speed! but if you don't connect with an army it loses it's fun!

Salamanders were beautiful imo, I was so happy with them and they looked so crisp and clean and with the lava additions it was different and drew your eye to the colours nicely, only problem was they each took so long to paint each one! I spent ages on blending each marine and speeder and when I realised it would have taken me another year or two to finish at the rate I was painting I put them on the display shelf until i gave them to a good friend of mine!

Now, my Marines Exemplar, they were obviously my starter army, the one that kick started me back into the hobby and i still think their colour scheme is my favorite, i wish I had the knowledge I have now when i was painting them and i probably wouldn't have sold them but they will 'sort of' make a return, my current Flesh Eaters army is a successor to the Blood Angels and as such need a Death company, so I think if the idea gets a positive review paint my Death Company up in my old Exemplar scheme? what do you think? still DC enough?

Righto i'm off to paint my Dev squad and update the ol blog later today!

catch you all soon!

I think the amount of red on the dread and marines is ok for dc, but the amount on something like the land raider is to much IMO.

Wow Nerd! Great looking squad, and awesome technique with the flag!
I'm gonna use that idea for making some fascist tapestries hanging from building balconies!

I'm gonna use that idea for making some fascist tapestries hanging from building balconies!

Ah! the good 'ol fascist tapestries! can't go wrong!

I think the amount of red on the dread and marines is ok for dc, but the amount on something like the land raider is to much IMO.

I take it you're talking about me using the same scheme of my Exemplars as stand in DC? I've sold the old army so I'll be doing them anew for what i need, I think with the red arms and black body with black crosses on the pauldrons it'll suit the DC and also be a trip down memory lane with them i'll be only using a raider for my termies and the DC will have jump packs.
I've nearly finished my dev squad too just need to finish the lenses and seals and joins in the armour and they're done!

and i'm also helping my mate with his storm raven, he wants a heavily weathered white medic carrier for his army and I'm weathering it and starting the main painting so he can give it his own personalization

NF09


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Woo Hoo just hit 1000 answers! :-) now onto the next 1000!

Game wise, you should think about DC on foot in a vehicle of some sort. Makes them much easier to aim then just letting them got to town.

Paper banner huh?
You have to seal it with something clear to give it a nice "plastic" texture.

Well, just a quick update today I got myself a new phone and i wanted to try out the camera with my mini's and I must say i'm pleasantly suprised by the result it may not be the one i use for my general pics, but it will be great for emergencies and I have to say it actually makes the reds look pretty accurate and not washed out like they usually look

anyway here's the shot i took on my Nerd shelf under normal room lights last night!



NF09

Very dramatic!

Coming from the dark future!

NF09 your flesh heads came out awsome great detail and that last one Sgt.Nick Cage is so . Your Flesh Terrors are looking bad ass man, looking forward to see more!!

Update time! and boy i've had a good start this week, a bit of a bits raid and some diligent planning saw me get some mini's painted

well, firstly I had a knock on the door friday and opened it to see a short lady struggling with this!;


What on earth could it be?..... oh looky here its.....


A bag, with a battleboard in it! finally after all these years of wanting one!

And what do you do when you get a battleboard? Oh, you know, you go and re read Terraformers blogs and get some serious inspiration and tips! I've also had a great browse through Dsteingass's blog and also madmarty! I tell you those boys can build! Now In a small tribute to Terraformer and his patience with my questions I needed to start the build with this to honor him I mean they do need a wash don't they!!:......


After a good wash and dry (me and the board) I went on a trip to the shed and brought out the dry builders sand and a bottle of pva glue, after I squirted some glue over the board and sprinkling the sand over it i added more glue and proceeded to use my hands to rub the sand over it trying to get a realistic texture that would work with the boards in any configuration:




Now, when attempting your first terrain piece you tend to learn by your mistakes you wanna know what I learnt when doing this? I learnt that when the sand dries on the surface and you need to brush off the higher bits to enable your marines to stand it dries like rough sandpaper! and it's not a good idea to use your hands to do this o.k! whoops!


wear gloves dudes!

Kitbash time! I have decided to re create a character I kinda miss from my last army! yes that's right my friends it's the re birth of Librarian Tomas! and this time he is geared up with some new armour to tackle the foes of the emperor!




I also managed to start painting him too, just a couple hours but he's coming along nicely, i also managed to add a small tribute to the goblinburg hive he was recruited on all those years ago....



Still a fair bit of blending left to do but the base colours are down as a guide on his power weapon!


Also scrounged a Terminator chaplain as well he's still in planning mode, need to wait for some bits ordered to finish him off and tidy him up, but this is the basis of him.


And I think lastly i also managed in my busy day to nearly finish these 3 bad boys! just a few touch ups and some seals and crux work and they're done, but this is where i'm at with them.




Cool, sorry I haven't been regular with my updates I've had that thing called life get in the way! but it's all good now and hopefully I can give you more progress soon! let me know what you think as usual

Nerdfest09

Dude, what did your missus say when you asked her to take that photo... Actually, I dont want to know... Apart from that though, the progress looks minter, as usual!

The bath shot actually got a laugh out loud from me. Brilliant!

Three words...

Too... much... information!

I was waiting for a juicy updates, but that is way too ...let's say juicy.
Nice job as usual with the brushes, really like the power blade on the Libby!

What an awesome update. I don't even know where to begin.....

But, I do know where to end:

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Hilarious.

Well, thank you everyone! I'm pleased i got a laugh from my normal day at home modeling! you gotta do what you gotta do eh! I've done some more work on the board since then but I'll update on friday and i also managed to keep my clothes on this time! Gits will be pleased although i'm sure if all my posts contained 'nude modeling' i'd get a heap more people subbing!

Stay tuned everyone only 3 weeks until I have time off work for 2 weeks and I'll be updating nearly each day! I can't wait

here's a short run down of what I plan to get done in the next month

5 DC with jump packs
finish my landraider
finish tac termies
finish 10 man tac squad
complete Battle board
begin terrain building with my imperial sector
finish 2 chaplains
finish Librarian tomas

Thanks for looking guys! (although I'm sure some regret it now! lol )

NF09.................Damo

Three words...to little information!


Goblinburg hive huh?
Made me laugh.

Does anyone else notice the little ducky?

NF09, looking forward to more awesome stuff from ya.

Thanks guys! I do love my Ducky! Too little info huh? crickey looks like I need to up my game then! :-)

yes Goblinburg hive Tom, didn't you notice the hive's flag on his knee? rough place i hear too, the women are more bloodthirsty than the men!

Cheers leohart, more stuff to come soon, don't quite know if it'll be awesome but at least it'll be progress eh! I'm getting quite excited about the battle board i'm doing, slowly getting the terrain bug....

Damo

LMAO! Dood, the tub shot is PRICELESS! lol

Thanks for the props man!

Awesome update! I'm interested how the borad'll turn out!

Also, loving the yellow duck!

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You know...I have just the kind of bathtub duck in my bathtub duck collection
Maybe I´ll take a pic some day.