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I've got a bunch of their paints after Ronnie from Mantic gave them to me (someone must have given it to him, and I was the only one from OTL that has an airbrush). They're awesome paints. And their tints are cool

Lucky bugger!
I've been reading more and more about them, especially the Ghost Tints... They seem like really neat tools. Very interested in trying em out.

Probably last little bit of progress tonight on the walls- the main color is complete, I think.



Now its some black stripes and a bit of detailing. Then gloss coating and a Paynes Gray Oil wash.
Then theres the two other single segments and relays. Icy blue and bone!

Very nice looking Ramos!

Thanks Gits. Im finally starting to understand how to use my airbrush, so gradients are getting easier and easier. I definitely have you to thank for a good part of it- I've been studying a lot of your work and various tutorials to try and gain some insight.


Got the stripes sprayed and shaded this morning.
Unfortunately I got a bit of overspray on a few areas, so I have to go back and retouch the gradients. A minor setback, but really, theyre just about complete!

Looking great, minor overspray aside.

Those do look great!

They look bloody great to me

Ohh, and the troll you got on the previous page reminds me of a Womble

Those look fantastic Ramos. I see the student has exceeded the master!

Thanks guys! Definitely more to come- actually just finished touch up work as well as the other two color schemes: Ice and Bone.



I think I'm gonna hit the Ice one with a bit more white, as its more sky than ice at the moment. I got to use a color I never opened before, too. The aptly named "Ice Blue"


@Ruglud: Hehe thanks- I actually hadnt heard of Wombles before- Fortunately I was educated by the all mighty Google, and you're right... they do have a striking resemblance!

@Gits: Oh pish- you still have me beat on spraying vehicles. I still am a bit confused on that process.

Though once thats done, I must slay you in true Sith fashion, ensuring you never rise to overthrow my tyrannical rule! Bwahahaha!



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Bingo!

Adding the white was definitely a good choice!

Ice Ice Baby! looking good dude! actually everything is looking good! :-) love the red defense line it's superbly painted and I'm eagerly awaiting your exeptional-ness on the others!

Great work. The ice blue.. yeah i love that color.

 Ramos Asura wrote:
...Got the stripes sprayed and shaded this morning.
Unfortunately I got a bit of overspray on a few areas, so I have to go back and retouch the gradients. A minor setback, but really, theyre just about complete!

Love the stripes on the Eldar wall. I assume that they are still a WIP as the gems and such are not complete. The panel recesses washed?

@SL: Oh absolutely still a WiP. Gems aren't done, panel lines aren't washed, symbols aren't added... I figure about a day and a half left on these guys (mostly drying time for varnishes!). Panel lines will get an oil wash after I clear coat the models.

Walls are on a bit of a pause, as I am awaiting feedback on a couple of designs for insignia and stuff. Honestly its one of the harder things I've needed to do. I'm admittedly a better mimic than a creator- give me a reference image and boom. I can knock it out. But soon as I need to generate original stuff, thats when my progress slows down a bit.

Actually, if you guys have any ideas, Id love to hear em! This is what I've come up with so far.





Past two days have been unproductive, mostly because I needed to help my grandparents to the doctor. Nothing too terrible- grandpa recently had a hip replacement, so they needed to check on him.

I did continue cleaning most of the minis for the second EFT backer, so they should be ready to paint soon.

On a more photo-worthy note, I rigged up a new and improved medic scene with some new marine bitz sent to me by WM.



And the third marine for the base, charging recklessly towards his enemies.




Still a lot of gap filling left to go on all of these, as well as rigging up the other arms, but progress will be progress!

Thanks for reading!!

Does the medic not have the medic arm thingy (whose name escapes me at the moment)? Or did you use that ol metal one on the pistol arm?

I used the old metal one with the pistol. It just sorta worked for the positioning (there are no plastic right handed medic arms, apparently xD)

I could do something more to emphasize it, or even rebuild him with other bitz if you like?


Slightly better shot of the setup with the arm:

Nah, hes good as is. I have no idea where that bit is originally from either. Hopefully there were enough interesting bits in there to be interesting.

I'd never trust a medic with a plasma pistol!

The plasma pistol is how they cauterize the wound.

Or finish the job...

I don't know what you shoot it for. I guess it helps the healing process. If it ain't better tomorrow, I'm gonna shoot it again, I'll tell you that right now.

The plasma pistol is "incentive" to get better!
Get better now! *pew pew*

That and I never ever get to use plasmas. In game they tend to be a pointless waste, so ive billions of the damn things!


So Happy Halloween everyone!!

Nothing special going on around here tonight, just business as usual.

Titan is still waiting for me to go to the store and pick up supplies. I only just realized Im out of Windex (for AB cleaning and thinning), paper towels (cleaning), and this bottle of superglue I got is crap too!
So hopefully Ill be able to go shopping tomorrow...


In the mean time, I'm greenstuffing a ton of EFT figs!



A bit of cleanup now and they'll be ready to prime and paint!


Btw- Definitely still looking for ideas for symbols to put on the Eldar walls. Any suggestions?

 Ramos Asura wrote:
Btw- Definitely still looking for ideas for symbols to put on the Eldar walls. Any suggestions?

Not a direct suggestion, but have you tried google-ing something like "tribal tattoos" and having a look for symbols within them. It may at least spark some inspiration or give you something to tweak.

Hey Ramos, Whalemusic, if you guys are interested we're playing Endless Fantasy: Tactics in Massillon tonight (ya know, if you're nearby)

Playing Zombicide tonight! Tis the season.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Playing Zombicide tonight! Tis the season.

I've always wanted to try it, but it's an expensive game for something that I'd play... once or twice a year :(

We play it 2-3 times a month (usually more than 1 game a session). I can bring it up some time. Basic game with new players takes 2ish hours, especially with the new zombie types in there.

@Alf: Alas, as usual I was without a vehicle, and would have been unable to join ya. One of these days xD
Definitely need to hang out sometime- Maybe WM can bring up Zombicide

So this family baffles me... even when someone goes to the store, they are unable or unwilling to pick up things for other people.... Or even let said person come with them to literally go right across the street from where they're shopping -___-* (Sadly it makes sense in context, if you know my family...)

So Im -STILL- unable to use my airbrush, as I've nothing to clean it with, so a majority of my projects are in a holding pattern.


Anyways, progress shots!

The walls have gems!


I decided to go a more amber-esque gem for the desert one. Should pop out more after the oil wash. Then "blackstone" gems with a bright orange color to them.

EFT stuff is primed, and mostly is awaiting the airbrush.



Today i started on the twin Adepts, though.


And finally, a bit more Titan work. Painting the Moderatii, as well as the servitor arms (which I had somehow neglected to paint with the interior)



I liked how the FW model had dark, weathered gold in their servitor compartments. It sort of makes sense with the Titan being something of a moving monument to the Machine God. It also adds an interesting spot color to the interior.
My biggest gripe at this point is that the screens and gauges are damn near impossible to access with a paintbrush! Even the servitor itself is hard to reach. Its all built into this 1 inch cube. I may need to leave some of the harder to get areas as shades of gold and brown.

I'm noticing something else, as well... Somehow it seems Im missing the cables that run to the head... (only have the 2 bundled and 2 ribbed tubes for the weapons) I sent a message to FW wondering if you're supposed to cut the other lengths of tubing, but that doesn't make any sense... only alternative is that I never got the other cables.

Giving another look to the box to see if somehow I missed it, but Im not liking the prospect of waiting for more cables to come in :/

I like the gold dude, it's a good shade and I agree the walking monument to the machine god would be kind of lavish in detail! how difficult is the screen etc to reach? and when assembled how visible are the compartments going to be? should give you some idea of how much to invest in painting them? I know the artist in you will not want to leave any detail but sadly sometimes they're just not designed for that level of paint in mind!

Yeeeeeah.... I hear ya, nerd.

It just pains me to under-paint or leave out details... Its very clear this model was designed to look good, not necessarily to be painted.

And this is what we're looking at- less than 2cm cubed, with an overhang covering the screens!



It's an interior area that will usually be covered by a hatch (and top carapace), so will only be visible when the top is off. Today Ill see how much I start to hate this model as I paint them in!

You should paint PAC-man or something on the screen...