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Oooh o.k yep, you're gonna have difficulty with blending the screens like you usually do it with the way it's set up, might be a chance to think a little outside what you normally do? when i went from marines to painting DE the eye lenses are different shaped so I couldn't do my usual approach, I tweaked it by bringing the highlights up to a point in the middle of the lense instead, maybe you could adjust how dark the screens are and where you highlight them? are you imagining overhead lights in the cabin areas? or is it dark purely lit from the screen in front of them? this could really control what you do with it! :-) whatever you do I'm looking forward to seeing it happen!

@Cyp:

@nerd: Aye, though I may have come up with something passable.
They're not as vivid as normal (mostly cause I couldn't get the brush in there), but they do have a bit of a glow to them... Overall it seems to have resulted in a "dimmer" screen, so maybe its being washed out by the compartment lights?
I may yet go back and add a bit more brightness to the corners. It'll get a bit brighter once I gloss the screens (funny thing, gloss varnish). Those little circular gauges are damn near impossible to get to :/


Servitors are pretty much finished, save for varnish, glossing of the screens, and assembly. I took your advice, Cyp, and put in a little easter egg


That left servitor has to have a bit of fun, too.... I mean... THIS IS A SPECIAL COMBAT PROGRAM!



I kinda like the bleached/pale gray skin tone I got on the servitors. Really unhealthy looking, and red when it interfaces with a machine.

Good choice dude, it's what i was implying too ;-) the results speak for themselves!

Those screens are amazing Ramos. That one on the left with the various colors on it is simply choice!

Whoops, new page. Screen looks good. I wouldnt worry to much about them, they are on the inside of something that will be rarely seen.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Those screens are amazing Ramos. That one on the left with the various colors on it is simply choice!

Pull up the actual picture and zoom in on it. you will be amused!

Great job, looks really good.

Playing Pac-Man at work counts as Heresy.

Pac Man is all the rage

*chuckle* Nicely done.

Titan now has its torso completely assembled, and tomorrow (weather permitting) it will get primer!

No pics of it in its current state (nothing interesting to see!), but here is one of the in-progress Moderati: A nice rich red for their uniforms, and I've based and washed the silver areas to give em some age and wear.


And the Twin Adepts are finished apart from one or two minor details. The fireballs will be different colors, giving them a bit of an individual identity. Designs on the book will be different as well. I've also gone with a darker trim, learning from the previous model.



So, I know I'm slipping, progress-wise, and it bothers me immensely- The past few days have been less productive than I'd anticipated. But I've deadlines to meet, and I'll be damned before I fail to meet em! I have to figure out a better system... especially for getting me motivated lately.

Just gotta push onward.

"Ramos, Ramos, Ramos, Ramos, Ramos, Ramos" The chant was clear and rhythmic. Never falling in volume or clarity. He waited just out of sight, eyes closed feeling the sound resonate through his body! The smell of freshly churned dirt mixed with blood rose up like a mist across the crater filled no man’s land saturating his lungs. "Ramos, Ramos, Ramos, Ramos, Ramos, Ramos". He walked to the top of the blast crater each footstep timely, measured and then he stopped. As one the chanting stopped. An eerie silence descended; the only sound was the wind and the crackling of burning wreakage.

Thrusting his sword into the air he screamed " Forward". As on cue a million voices screamed " Ramos" as the tide of bodies launched themselves out of the defensive earth creating a drum beat as thousands and thousands of boots hit the ground all at the same time. The War has begun!

GO Ramo's GO!

That was intense.

Adepts are looking good.

I enjoy the red on the uniform.

Also nice yellow wizards

Dude... Solar, that gave me chills. Totally intense!


Heh, Here's to hoping I remembered to pack my power armor!

Wizards and Moderati complete (save for the crystals that need airbrushed)
Not "final" pics of either (no backdrop, ya see!), as those'll come later when the last tiny bits are finished.





Im going to work on the cockpit today and see if I cant get it done too! Its a bunch of lenses and gauges, so shouldnt be super hard, right? [/famous last words]


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Well hey! The inner head is completed!

The Philosophy professor got a new office... and a pair of interns!









I think that Im missing a piece, now that I look at this thing compared to the FW pics... Looks like I need that grille looking thing that goes on the left side of the Princeps ><

looking good Ramos. It does look like ya got somthing missing...best find it or it'll all fall to ruin.... or if it truly isn't there, you can call and say gimmi a new one, then wait fer it to arive

Keep up the good work

I don't see whats missing, can you point it out in the fw pics?

 whalemusic360 wrote:
I don't see whats missing, can you point it out in the fw pics?

Looking at the picture directly into the cockpit from the front. There is no detail on the right wall next to the princeps ( His left side ) There should be something to fill that space ( unless thats where he put his pictures of cats in doing cute things?)

Ah, I see it now. Let me know if you get anything from FW Ramos. If not I will contact them.

Yeah its some kinda grille. You can see it on this pic from FW:



EDIT: Ninjad in my own plog






Will do, WM.

Missing or misplaced?

Has to be missing.... I dont think I saw the piece when I was washing the parts... And its not in the bowl I have all the small bits in.
Weird... :/


In other news, I have the stuff to make my airbrush go!
So I set to work on a bunch of the EFT figs!

Gel Wizards:


Gel Warriors:


Risen Warriors:


As far as the color differences in the gels, my reasoning is thus: When asked what color Gels are, Cyp replied "blue to bluish purple kinda octarine color". Now octarine, for those of you who haven't read any Discworld books, is the color of magic- described as a greenish yellow-purple. A physical impossibility, sure, but thats MAGIC! Anyways, I figured the next best thing is to have them on a spectrum of colors, particularly, the more magical the Gel, the closer to purple it becomes. Thus, being non-magical, the warrior Gels will hold a bright Blue hue, whilst the more arcane Wizards have a brighter purple color. No clue what Im gonna do with the King Gel... Its a biggun!

Gels have their skin color finished (save for a bit of highlighting on the Warriors) and the Risen are based and washed. i think Im going to paint them similar to my Meka Tyrant, where the bone is yellowed and worn. The eyes on the Gels I think Im going to paint with a gemstone/lens effect, probably of a similar cool color so as not to stand out -too- much on the minis. Maybe brighter shades of their skin color.

I dont know what to do with the teeth on the Wizards, though... They're Gels, so I dont think Bone colored would work (color wise, it would, though!), and in the art they look like strands of goo (which I don't think would stand out on the model as its sculpted)

So what do?

I would say try a diffrent shade of purple on the slime teeth, then put a gloss coat on em to make it look more like slime....

@Denua: After some playing around with that idea, I think I've got it! Thanks ^^


The Gel Wizards, with gooey teeth:


The Gel Warriors, with rusty swords:


And the Adepts, with... erm... Robes and fireballs?

(looks like I missed a bit of gloss varnish on the one guy... fixin now xD )


For the slimes, I added some gloss varnish mixed with ink to the base, giving it that slime trail look some of you were mentioning. The eyes I think worked alright. Used most of the same colors as the slime itself, so it looks like its all made of the same stuff.


I finally heard back from Garage Models, getting the final runes for the ADL walls sorted out. Im hoping that I can oil wash them tomorrow, and flatcoat them tomorrow night! Right now Im working on the assorted blue gems (which I love to do xD) then its the bits of writing!


Thanks for reading, guys!

Those gel dudes look really great Ramos, I like the blue ones with rusty swords

Thanks GiraffeX! It was something I experimented with on the previous Gel Warrior, and I really liked the effect of the orange rust and the blue gel.

Todays update is the Eldar ADL, which currently has its gloss coat drying. It needs to set up fully before washing with the oil paints, so work is paused on it till sometime later tonight.
Should have final pictures of them tomorrow, but in the mean time heres a couple shots of the details.

Wow those look great, Ramos! All three look really good.

Those came out nice. Needs more Titan though

Thanks guys! (And don't worry, WM- Im plan on playing with the Titan a bit today )


And the ADL is complete!!
Had a minor accident while spraying one of the double segments- Its been a bit stormy/windy/all-over-the-place-blargh-cleveland-weather, The damn wind caught it, -just- at the perfect angle to knock it off the board I was carrying it on. It proceeded to explode into pieces when it met my concrete patio

Fortunately, it seems that I was able to patch it up, even though it turned out to be a real pain in the ass to glue again.

Anyways, the finished pics!





The matching Skywatch Emplacement:


The bone Wall/Relay


And the Ice Wall/Relay

Awesome, that looks really nice! Good work!

What bits did you use for the ADL though? Looks like something off the Guardian/Vulcan's Wrath Platform to me, and then just card for the connecting bits?