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Old Sourpuss






Lakewood, Ohio

 The Shadow wrote:
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?

The Eldar ADL is from a third party company, (shoosh don't tell GW), that Ramos painted originally for Whalemusic (you can see it earlier in the thread).

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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

Sweet. Why all the ADLs?? Commissions for different people?

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

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@Shadow: Alf got it right! These are from Garage Models, a UK based company that makes a lot of these third party models. They're recently released a Tau and Daemon set, too, and can be found at their ebay store Here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/garage_models

@Gits: Its all for one guy- The same guy who created them, in fact. He wanted some painted models for his auctions/website/etc. so contacted me to do em up!

He wanted one full set, plus a Comm Relay and gun emplacement in one scheme, then two single segments in two other schemes with matching Relays.

   
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Nice work Ramos. All look very nice.

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Excellent work ramos! they look fantastic, my favorite is the bone themed one, it just looks superb :-)

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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
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Green Bay, Wisconson

Nicely done ADL's Love the detail work.

 
   
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Thank you, guys!

@nerd: I rather like that one myself. I'm curious as to what i could do with that scheme on a double segment- Lots more curly thorn vines!


Been working on the titan mostly today (no pics, sorry WM!) but in between colors I pretty much finished up a pair of Risen Warriors from Endless.



At this stage, theyre just waiting on flat coat so I can super rust up the metal areas. The plan is to have very little of the metal still visible- these guys were dead for a looooong time!

That will have to wait, however, as I need to swing out to grab a furnace filter before I can spray indoors. We got hit by a snow storm last night, with more this morning!
Part of me says "Yay snow" while most of me goes "damn it! I cant spray in snowy weather!"


Finally, today has seen tragedy:



After nearly 6 years of use (from the blue handled ones, at least) these brushes have given up the ghost and shed all of their bristles.

It sucks, but fortunately I prepared for this, and bought some new brushes specifically to replace these as base coat brushes. Theyre cheap, but they work. I'll save the Series 7's for detail work!

   
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A couple progress pics before the family heads out:

The carapace and first black test:
I dont know how much I can highlight it up without it going blue. The base black turned out to be a very cold black xD


And the base metal on the legs. i really gotta watch it with this stuff.... spraying it shot metal flakes EVERYWHERE. I'll need some kinda spraybooth for it before I tackle the other metal bits- deeeefinitely dont want to breathe this stuff.

The color's pretty nice though- a slightly warm silver:

   
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Charleston, SC

Sorry for your loss, but those progress pics are keeping spirits up.

   
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So a good chunk of progress to report, however due to once again running out of Dullcoat, much of it will remain undocumented!!


One thing I do have a picture of though is the King Gel!



The gradient s hard to photograph, but this pic is closer:


For the King Gel, I felt he should encompass the full spectrum of the Gel colors, so I gave him a gradient effect that ranged from a deep purple to a bright blue. The effect ended up looking something like those pearlescent paints that shift color depending how you look at them.


Also completed were the two Earth Trolls, two Risen Warriors, a Dark Dragoon, and a Knight.
However, no pics till they're dullcoated!


In titan related news, Im stuck on how to do the metallics. Its a large area, but with lots of complex edges. My initial plan was to airbrush the metal (as seen above) then airbrush the Secret Weapons washes at a very low pressure on top of it. Im just really not happy with how it turned out, and so I need your advice:
Any thoughts on painting large chunks of metal?

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OH-I Wanna get out of here

I've got no good suggestions, never done anything that size in metallic.
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

Airbrushing washes had never worked for me. They just don't behave right... (and they clog up the airbrush really quickly).

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

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Old Sourpuss






Lakewood, Ohio

Perhaps airbrush the metallic paint, hit it with the tint of the shade you want, take a light airbrushing of the same metallic paint so some of the tinted layer still shows through, and then hit the crevices with the wash?

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I've never had any issues airbrushing washes myself, but you can also just use thinners with black paint in it as you're doing such a large area.

test the depth of colour first on something so you can see how dark it will come out, then liberally spray it on, more than you think you'll need i've discovered, too little and it beads on the surface, more then it saturates the surface well and runs down if you've enough thinners in it. it's how i do my insides of drop pods etc.

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"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
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Green Bay, Wisconson

How's those AC armies coming? poke... prod..

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Hmmm.... So I think I may have found a solution to my Metal Woes, but that will have to wait, because its time for MORE ENDLESS!!


Seriously... Its like these guys never stop coming!

Trolls:


Gunsmith:


Dwarf Gunsmith


Dragoon:


Summoner


Knight


Squire


Sorceror


Risen Warriors



Not too many to go now (Thank god.... Im running out of shelf space!)! Almost done with a Chemist and a Pugilist, so thats next!


Also, a side note: Liquitex matte varnish sprays rather nicely from an airbrush! Gets a little gummy in the brush, but cleans up well enough!

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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Madison, WI

Very productive Ramos!

Anvildude: "Honestly, it's kinda refreshing to see an Ork vehicle that doesn't look like a rainbow threw up on it."

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OH-I Wanna get out of here

That Knight's sword is a big ol blade with a tiny handle. They are looking good though. Hope to see some Titan action soon.
   
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Green Bay, Wisconson

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 Solar_lion wrote:
ORK FLYERS/ ORK FLYERS/ ............................................................................................................................UMMMMM...... TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/ TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/ TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/ TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/ TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/ TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN/TITAN…


this guy. He knows what is in this thread.
   
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Green Bay, Wisconson

Just tryin got motivate without paying him money!

And I have a vested interest in how he paints the titan. I'm probably gonna have him paint a sister to WM's Titan for our AC group.

 
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






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Well he's supposed to be coming with Alf to play a few games on Saturday, so I'm hoping he is working feverishly trying to get it done.
   
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Green Bay, Wisconson

Are you playing 40K.. Playtesting?

 
   
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OH-I Wanna get out of here

Hopefully at least one game of that.
   
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Green Bay, Wisconson

Please post a battle report for your fellow warders

 
   
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Old Sourpuss






Lakewood, Ohio

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Well he's supposed to be coming with Alf to play a few games on Saturday, so I'm hoping he is working feverishly trying to get it done.

As long as he doesn't like shoot me when I show up I should be bringing him

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 Alfndrate wrote:

As long as he doesn't like shoot me when I show up I should be bringing him




We dun take kindly ta yer sort 'round here... *ominous banjo*







Definitely hoping to get some good playtesting in, as well as other such madness this saturday.




Okay! So!
Regarding the Titan: I've tried two different techniques for the metal, but ended up really hating how they turned out (though on smaller scales they arent too bad., so I needed to re-prime the legs entirely, as well as the weapons :( However, I think i've found a solution... though the only way to know for sure is to proceed with testing! I would -LOVE- to have it done by Saturday, but I dont know if thats feasible at the moment... Especially with all the lost effort in the first metal tests. definitely going to be powering on with as much of it as I can, though...
Its a major pain in the ass making this much metal look nice while at the same time preserving my sanity (theres just too much of it to reasonably attack it with a small brush!)


My sanity seems to find other ways of escaping though, particularly with the Endless parade! Another group is complete, with only a handful left to go!

Pugilist


Archer (with some crazy huge anime eyes... Not sure how I feel about them, but thats what the sculp ended up getting me to do xD


Bandit


Chemist


And finally a Thief (clearly planning to swipe that big ol crystal in front of him)



Thanks for reading... And thanks for the motivation

   
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Old Sourpuss






Lakewood, Ohio

 Ramos Asura wrote:
 Alfndrate wrote:

As long as he doesn't like shoot me when I show up I should be bringing him




We dun take kindly ta yer sort 'round here... *ominous banjo*

You're just playing into obvious Brunstucky stereotypes

If you guys want to playtest your AdeptiCon lists, I can throw something together, I can't promise you how competitive it'd be, but I can try to build 2 AC lists using what I've got.

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OH-I Wanna get out of here

That'd be great Alf. I can try to prod my brother into playing one. Also, if you need models (either of you) I have some extra.
   
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Old Sourpuss






Lakewood, Ohio

 whalemusic360 wrote:
That'd be great Alf. I can try to prod my brother into playing one. Also, if you need models (either of you) I have some extra.

What are the army point sizes, 1000?

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