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Looking good .. nice way to push your skills.

Thanks SL. I think I'm going to quit labeling figures as "final" as they never quite seem to be. Perhaps I'm getting lazy & not seeing things like I used to... who knows? But... I was going to do the OSL anyway, I just got excited at having the rest of the figure done and pulled the trigger a little early on the big photo spread. Still, pretty happy that after his long wait Yggs is going to get a good quality miniature.

Very nice model sir!

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice. I really like how that squad is shaping up as well!

With a little luck, I should get them primed and perhaps even the basic airbrushing done today. *crosses fingers*

I just noticed the bloody purity seals. Very nice touch!

The model is excellent! Very nice job, Gits.

I've got some translucent red that I was going to use to gore it up a bit, but I want to experiment with the technique first before I put it on a really nice mini (probably on some orks). So I stuck with conventional techniques for Duciss here. Turned out OK.

KrautScientist uses Tamiya Clear Red to great effect, I know. Haven't had a chance to try it out myself yet....

That's what I have (well, different brand name but it's made by the same company). I have a great gore tutorial bookmarked somewhere that I've wanted to try out, but it took my FLGS a while to get the paint in. Will not be "experimenting" on Ygg's finished mini... but am kind of excited to add that little trick to my options IF I can get it to work.

Wow! nice model, now i just started looking at this thread, and this project seems like a pretty big deal, what model number is this? and i assume the fold out change swords is a play on the chapter name?

Hey wolfmerc, thanks for stopping by. Model number?? No idea. Too many!

Yep, chainswords are for my vanguard vets and are supposed to resemble preying mantis arms.

Hey hey, sig looks great !!!!

That way I can remember who painted it

Can't wait to have it!!!!!!!!

Seriously, if folk don't vote that up to the max, they're more than a little crazy...

Your best mini yet gits as far as the smoothness of the layers.

That's it!! Thats what I was looking for. All this time I couldn't figure out what to do with my purity seals and scrolls
... consider it stolen... but first I need a step by step on how you did it.

... oh ya the model looks good too!

Gits, where did you get your backdrops?

Airbrushing is done on the infantry.



Actually vent found those on line... the link is... hmmm... lets see if I can find it. Here it is.

 vent wrote:
Here's the direct link to the Backgrounds from Corvus.

He wrote a great tutorial for the macrophotogrophy of figures, you should check it out if you haven't already.

Very nice, more progress on the newest squad I like the mix of eras in it.

R

I think I read in the IA book that the Mantis Warriors, being a rather remotely situated chapter are very good at taking care of their equipment, so a mix of eras suits them well. Just realized I forgot to put the roundels on the shoulder pads. Ah well, that's easily taken care of later.

Unfortunately I managed to ruin my last Windsor & Newton brush somewhere... so now I'm back to painting with crap brushes. UUgh. They just made my Christmas list.


I managed to re-vamp an old figure for a last minute trade with Patmandude. An old apothecary that was missing an army and really didn't fit into either vision of my army anymore. So, I spruced him up a bit. I think I'm getting better at the OSL... it's less daunting at any rate. Should've picked a different color for the plasma coil though, my usual blue just blends right in.



He's got a little bit 'o gangsa goin' on so we named him Brother Jazzy-Julius.

^He needs a fresh prince I agree, the range of armours and eras really works! Nice job.

This looks like one of the old metal ones?

Yeppers. That's him! New arm, new attitude.

Holding a gun sideways. Clearly, he's up for some action. One more and he can do it John Woo style.

He's going for the kill shot!

Gets Hot! Be damned!

Actually I've tried to convince some of the third party bits makers to make arms oriented like that... no luck so far. Finding arms that are fully extended is a real pain too. Can get really expensive buying bits to make conversions like this. (not that a single conversion is an issue... but if you wanted to really do a unit up right it would cost $$$)

The Death Company kit is good for extended arms. Not to mention all the other fancy things you get packed in there.

I find a lot of the CCW arms have extended arms, so I do a bit of surgery on em and wrist swap!

Hmmm.... I must be lookin' in the wrong place.



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My FLGS is hosting an Adpeticon practice tournament this weekend and I decided the build I want to experiment with uses an Aegis Defense Line. Which of course is still in the box. So last night while the wife decorated the tree (well, began the process)... I cranked out a test piece. Airbrushing is done on all pieces and the "insides" are just a bone color with a sepia wash (which I quite like). Going to be a real chore to get these done by Saturday given how booked my week is, but I might be able to do it (there's no painting score this weekend so it's not a tragedy if I don't get it done, just a matter of pride).



Two questions:

1. Does anyone know a source for Imperial posters and propaganda? Nerdy? Anyone?

2. So, I note that the boxed set does not come with an Icarus Las Cannon set up. Where does one find one of these? I actually have a second Aegis that I scavanged the guns off of years ago for my Rifleman dread.... if I could find the LCs I could put together a second line (probably in some other color scheme since you can't field two).

Thanks,
Gits

Icarus is in the bastion. Aegis looks beautiful! There are some imperial posters in the gallery iirc.

Well, I'm not about to buy a bastion just to get a couple of las cannons. Guess I'll be looking to do some cobbling together of my own.