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First upload was pretty slow, then a few pics (scrolling from one to the next) was fine... then really slow as it loaded more pics. Then again I didn't see your site before, so this might be an improvement.

Thats much better Ramos, using Chrome.

The site loads much faster, so that was a very good fix!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
First upload was pretty slow, then a few pics (scrolling from one to the next) was fine... then really slow as it loaded more pics. Then again I didn't see your site before, so this might be an improvement.

Yeah, I'm comparing to before - I couldn't get the DzC gallery to load at all previously. Now, it's a little slow, but gets there after a second or two and I don't think should deter people very much at all.

Excellent! Thanks you guys

There would have been RPGs on Saturday, but the day was not to be Alf's :(

Haley is looking good. That's for a client right, you didn't jump into a Khador and a Cygnar army and didn't tell me did you?

Aye. Blasted MTG players

Haley is for a client, yes, but the Khador are still all mine. Warmachine still just isnt my cup of tea xD Minis are cool, though. May be getting a few more of these warcasters in the future... Client in question mentioned the Major Prime Haley minis- a whole -squad- of this character! Should be a treat.

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Still no word on primer (grrrrrrr...), so I worked on a bit of other stuff. I threw Gits' two knights into the wash and got them all squeaky clean. Should be ready to assemble in a few days (sooner if I dont get my paint!!)

Worked on another project today, too, and this time it was actually something of mine!
On the Lamb gave me one of their new modular boards for EFT so I could play with it and work on some custom toppers for it. Really nice boards- they stack like legos, and assembly is pretty quick. We'll see how they take paint and flock soon.

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Otherwise good.

That EFT board is looking good!

So there's a house that goes on it, eh?

 RiTides wrote:
That EFT board is looking good!

So there's a house that goes on it, eh?

Now you've gone and spoiled the surprise

 RiTides wrote:
That EFT board is looking good!

So there's a house that goes on it, eh?

There will be, as soon as Ramos makes it.

 Ramos Asura wrote:
Aye. Blasted MTG players

Haley is for a client, yes, but the Khador are still all mine. Warmachine still just isnt my cup of tea xD Minis are cool, though. May be getting a few more of these warcasters in the future... Client in question mentioned the Major Prime Haley minis- a whole -squad- of this character! Should be a treat.

Major Prime Haley looks cool, was just announced a few days ago. So probably released at GenCon if not a little later (maybe at Warmachine Weekend, which should be before GenCon). And I know how we could get you into Warmachine, Unbound. 150 points per side, 3 warcasters, and like 6 hours to play >_>. It turns this very fast paced skirmish-sized game into a slow game about the size of a 2000 point 40k ga.e

Wait... what? I could have sworn that there was an update before this one.... Uggggggggghhhhhhh....

Well, before I go to reconstruct that, heres today's update:

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Lancer!

So today was more errands, including tutoring my little brother in math and prepping him for a job interview Sunday. Fingers crossed on that one.

When I finally did end up back in the office, I had a nice chat with Gitsplitta about his knights. In particular, we needed to hammer out the fine details of the Lancer's pose. What we ended up with.... well, its gonna be interesting I ended up spending so much time building and pinning it that I didnt even get a chance to put any paint on the MW Flyers. I did prime them, though, so it wasnt a total wash. Warstore held to their word and shot the primer out next day air- really a class act!



My first concept for posing was to build a really dynamic footing- a running pose with the shield braced in front of him. Said pose would have been interesting to try, as I'd have to make sure the whole thing was riddled with pins and was weighted right. Wanted to run it by Gits though to see if it was what he'd want.

Cut to a bit later, and he pitches what we would eventually go with- A much more "realistic" pose (you know, as realistic as hundred-foot tall killer robots go ). Based off of Gits' medieval martial arts experience, the aim is to recreate a suitable pose to spear fighting. Shield held in front, spear along side poking along the side.
Couple of problems with this, not the least of which is that the Knights have stubby stubby little arms and no necks.

Challenge accepted.

So ok, how to go about this. Spear is easy enough. Its nice and long and plenty poseable. Little crooked, but a little heat should neaten it up some. Legs and the rest are the same deal. Still a lovely kit to build and pose!

The sticking point is the shield and its arm. The arm is far too short, and the shield too large in order to have it protecting the front of the Knight. So that's when Gits asked if we could move the mounting point. Instead of the wrist mount, could it be moved to be held in the mech's hand? It has a beautifully sculpted set of fingers, after all.

Sure!

Current plans are to rebuild the shield entirely. Gits isnt too fond of the erector set-looking thing the kit ended up with (nor am I...), so its going to be scrapped and swapped for a teardrop shield design. Got a bit of an exciting treat for that design... will update on that front later once some supplies come in

Grip will be plasticard rod and will be reinforced with pins. By time Im through with it, it'll all be one solid mass of parts- probably the most durable thing on the model!


Wow... so thanks for suffering through all that babble, guys xD I tell ya. Soon as I got off the phone with Gits, my mind was all a-tingle with ideas. Absolutely ecstatic about the plans we have...
Tomorrow is going to be a day off- boardgame day at a friend's place- so no progress expected. Could surprise myself though.... lets see how it goes

Will be interested to see how you pull this off. Haven't seen to many well/realistically posed Lancers.

At least in theory it sounds plausible. The kit is proportioned well with the legs and body. You can reproduce almost any kind of stance with the kit. I think its going to be the arms that are the final selling point.

It's going to be bloody fantastic Ramos. I have no fear at all about that!

I love where you're going with the lance and all but,

Wait, lets go back to you giving advice on interviewing............

Not sure how I feel about that decision Ramos.

Ooh. Will be following the realistic pose for sure.

Yeah yeah yeah, Ice... I know. The problem is I interview exceptionally well.... its getting the interview that I seem to fail at :/

Bleeeeegh!


Well anyways, had a good day of games and food yesterday, so that was a refreshing change of pace. Today its back to work.

Started to work on a template for the lancer shield- jsut a paper mockup but I think this can work. Posing is coming together as well. Spear will rest alongside the shield- couldnt hold it in place to photograph it, though!

The actual build of the shield will be after a few supplies come in. In the mean time, heres what we're looking at currently.



Here's the template with the old shield for scale. Not much wider, but a bit longer.



And at long last, the flyers are getting paint!


I think Ill have to go one layer more on the green to desaturate it some. Aim is to mimic how Gits does his own greens. Its surprisingly difficult.

Thanks for reading!

The reason it's hard is that every time I paint a figure or squad... the greens are different. There's really no continuity at all.

I think the shield might look better if it was a bit thinner side-to-side. You could make up a template anyway & see how it compares on the model.

Guess that works in my favor then, Gits. By being completely different, they'll fit in

Shield could do with a bit more narrowing. The topmost pic is what it currently looks like held in the knights hand.
I'll skinny it up and recheck the fit for ya tomorrow!

Judging by your pick, you might want to hit a few of the strongest highlight spots with some yellow (or very yellow-blended green). Just to push the contrast between the lights and the darks a little more. I would do so very sparingly though.

Heres a better color shot. The brightest highlights are pure Green Zinc Chromate.




A light spritz of a yellow-green (maybe white mixed with the Zinc Chromate) and that should be perfect!!

A bit more highlighting and the green is done on the flyers. It looks slightly more yellow-green than the picture, but its reasonably close enough.




So then I gave everything a coat of varnish to protect it, then some matte varnish on the areas I'd be adding paint to. I only spray certain areas, especially on large models like this, as it saves time opposed to matte coating the whole thing. Makes the WiP pics look a bit off, though, due to the changes in reflectivity, so it may not look quite right until its finished.

I also threw on little bits of purple here and there, as per the MW Penitent scheme. It was easy to do on the smaller flyers. Pretty simple to compare them to the average SM scheme, with the rear fuselage, engine cowling, and "cheek" weapons (not pictured) painted similar to a shoulder pad.

(**note** The above picture was taken with a different camera than below, so it looks a bit different)





The big guy, on the other hand, was a bit more of a challenge. I dont want the purple to be a distraction- it's a secondary color after all- and just with how the colors come together it turns into a particularly loud color. I'm really hoping I didnt bite off more than I can chew with painting the cockpit armor how I did.

The cowling for the headlights will be picked out in purple later.


I'm thinking it almost needs some kind of stripe on the wings, or something to bring more purple in. Maybe once more details go in it'll look less crazy. Im thinking of painting the missiles in purple.

Tomorrow will be on to blocking out the metals with black, then the metallic paint proper. Still have a number of separate smaller bitz to pick out in purple, but that's gonna wait until I get a refill on my purple paint. Seems I used it all to paint the last of this stuff!

Looking good Ramos, I think once the metalics are done on the raven it will help break the colours a bit more.

The purple is very strong. I wouldn't add much more at this point or it may overpower the green.

I'd take the shape of the original Shield on top and sides and use the bottoma as is.

Another green and purple! Love the vibrant colours! Glad to see it works. Very nicely done.

That is about max purple. But Gits is obviously the final say on this

It is a really intense color... REALLY intense!

The combo of Liche Purple and Warlock Purple is one of my absolute favorites to use... I try to throw a little bit of it wherever I can. WMs Scorpions swords, my ork armor... Just so happened that Gits' scheme included it from the get-go!

Today I added in the blacked out areas that will soon be metal and added in a few more purple areas- namely stripes to bring the purple color to the wings.

Starting to all come together, but still a very crazy color!






I should note that the camera I used for these and the last few wip pics seems to have made the colors more saturated. I can tell you from looking at it in real life that it looks nowhere near as vivid
Much more of a purple and yellow-green (not lime!)

Beautiful.