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I *always* stop by... but I lurk sometimes. Please forgive me.

I always stop by too! and I like it! :-) looking good so far dude, a nice little break from your normal conversion and weathered madness!

Gitsplitta wrote:

I *always* stop by... but I lurk sometimes. Please forgive me.

nerdfest09 wrote:I always stop by too! and I like it! :-) looking good so far dude, a nice little break from your normal conversion and weathered madness!

Ahhh, stop by and lurk do we ? Slurking in fact ??

Appreciate it, and if it's any consolation I'm doing the same to many of you, quietly robbing all your good ideas !

I finished a 5 man blob of chaos warriors tonight, again as Nerdy says, very different to what I'm used and comfortable with, but Little H was struggling with them ( read; primed and got bored) so I have to finish them but the light is crappy and I can't get a good pic, so I'll post it up in the morning !

I think a lot of us are like professional lurkers at this point.

"I am a leaf, drifting on the wind..."

whalemusic360 wrote:I think a lot of us are like professional lurkers at this point.

Meer_Cat wrote:"I am a leaf, drifting on the wind..."

fellas, you make I larf !

I was going to form a League of Extraordinary Lurkers, but there was no interest.....

Anyhow, turns out photography with an iPhone in an apartment with 2 mostly glass sides is quite difficult, who knew ???
You’ll get the idea

Nice nasty looking khorne dude Big H.

Love the diamonds on the Harley bikes too

Good tag-team work, fellow H's.

JoeRugby wrote:Nice nasty looking khorne dude Big H.

Love the diamonds on the Harley bikes too

Thanks mate, the diamonds were a pain in the ass to get straight , lines kept wandering !

Dr H wrote:Good tag-team work, fellow H's.

Well thanks Doc !

More work finished, I’m getting thru them slowly but the heap is still enormous, literally no idea how Little H got so many in one Tupperware box !

Today I give you a Tech priest thingy to go with the Skitari done earlier and some Inquisitorial warband henchmen “scum” types !

Dude I love that red armour! very clever! looks nuts with the weathering :-)

Yeah, nice work.

Good stuff. The scum types are pretty cool.

nerdfest09 wrote:Dude I love that red armour! very clever! looks nuts with the weathering :-)

Thanks Nerdy, I’m trying out some new techniques while I’ve got some time, see the next lot of WIP !

Dr H wrote:Yeah, nice work.

Thanks for commenting Doc !

monkeytroll wrote:Good stuff. The scum types are pretty cool.

Thanks mate , I have quite a few different types for an Inquisitorial unit made so thought I’d better make a start with some paint !

So here’s a pic of my latest WIP, I’m finding these tricky as my usual style is to block in the basic colour then wash or glaze till it looks about done, unfortunately this is not the best way of doing “candied” armour and it’s made the surface a bit murky, maybe some gloss varnish will cure it once I get home ?

Hmm if you think you've dulled the armour down too much then yea it might work.
Last time I tried that technique I got all the shading over a very bright metallic layer before applying the red, then just adding scratches at the end.

Excellent work on the henchmen btw

The Harli' jetbikes and the Deathguard termi's look ace btw, you finish the jet bikes yet?

(Been lurking for too long).

 OneManNoodles wrote:
Hmm if you think you've dulled the armour down too much then yea it might work.
Last time I tried that technique I got all the shading over a very bright metallic layer before applying the red, then just adding scratches at the end.

Excellent work on the henchmen btw

The Harli' jetbikes and the Deathguard termi's look ace btw, you finish the jet bikes yet?

(Been lurking for too long).

Thanks for commenting Noodles ! Yeah that's exactly what I should've done with hindsight, oh well,

I didn't finish the bikes yet, I've left them on the hobby table in the hope Little H can be guilted into doing them !

I’m calling these Khorne “hero’s “ done , I could have perhaps gone a bit further with the details but to be honest I’ve had enough and I’m sure Little H will be happy with them. I went back over the candy red armour with more Tamiya Clear red, which I had made murky with shading and it seems to have fixed things.

Let me know what you think !

Back side

Good work. red looks good where the light catches it, I'd say job done.

Horny dude is by far my favorite! looks brutally brilliant!

Ah nice looking champs of Chaos!

Dr H wrote:Good work. red looks good where the light catches it, I'd say job done.

Thanks Doc, I think in all honesty the armour isn't shown well in my pics, i'm finding photography difficult as it's almost too bright because of the appartments big windows and the sun casts lots of shadows.

nerdfest09 wrote:Horny dude is by far my favorite! looks brutally brilliant!

Thanks mate ! He probably turned out the best I think, l seemed to get better contrasts on him.

shasolenzabi wrote:Ah nice looking champs of Chaos!

Thanks Shas !

WIP : I've got some Chaos Lord types that are close to finishing and 5 SW Wulfen, plus some random ninjas that are getting close, hopefully have something to show in a day or two.

Random ninjas are the best kind.

 monkeytroll wrote:
Random ninjas are the best kind.

Ha ha fair one mate, I’ll be working on them this afternoon!

I got the Wulfen done, these were started by little H and then he got disheartened by the amount of details on them, and I have to say I found them a chore to paint, and I’m pretty sure I need some stronger glasses !
I’m not massively happy with them but there are done, another unit finished for Little H. I’m really missing painting tanks, I enjoy that !!!

Anyhow let me know what you think !

Good job.
I like the contrast of the turquoise.

 Dr H wrote:
Good job.
I like the contrast of the turquoise.

Thanks Doc, I quite like the blue / turquoise contrast with the more muted tones too, hopefully little H will too !

I got these Chaos warriors mostly finished at the weekend (yes that is blu-tac holding the sheild on)

Mostly happy, but they look a bit clean and fresh to me, should I scratch the armour and grunge them up a bit, i'd love to add edge highlight but it is a skill I do not possess.

What do you reckon Dakka ?

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Very much like the coloring on the battle ax head- very eerie! The cloaks are particularly nice also.

Thanks Meercat ! I was trying for some kind of “fantasy” marble, but it was at the limit of my eyesight so it might look something else

Nope- I get 'marble' all out of that- really nicely done. I've seen tutes now from Cam and Dr H- and now another fine example from you- on how they do marble- I need to give that a whirl sooner rather than later.

 Meer_Cat wrote:
Nope- I get 'marble' all out of that- really nicely done. I've seen tutes now from Cam and Dr H- and now another fine example from you- on how they do marble- I need to give that a whirl sooner rather than later.

I copied Cam and the good Doctors method mate !