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2014/05/16 19:12:39
Subject: -Crisp & Grey- A NZ SM blog (Update 16th May - Terminator Squad WIP 5)
Cheers Storm! any particular page/model that piques your interest more than the others?
Update: after a rough weekend with a sick wee man I only have silvers left to go
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
We refuse to take sides in this anymore. And we refuse to let you turn us against one another. We know who we are now, we can find our own way between order and chaos...
It's over because we've decided it's over. Now get the hell out of our galaxy! Both of you.
"Whoever takes purple sash is purple, and follows purple leader." I follow purple tau. Theophony
2014/05/19 23:47:51
Subject: -Crisp & Grey- A NZ SM blog (Update 19th May - Terminator Squad WIP 6)
Just wanted to drop a line and say nice work! There is a lot to read through on this thread, but what I have seen so far has been fantastic.
Thank you for taking the time to share all this... inspires us newbie painters to keep at it, although at times I scratch my head at how awesome some people can get their paint jobs to look!
Hive Fleet Ngaro 4800 points
Cult of the Red Saviour 1700 points
Zerg Infested Terrans 2300 points
@Gits - Amen to that mate, little guy was hosing out his mouth anything we put into him, not a happy wee camper at all! Still he should have an iron stomach by the time he his pre-school! - Polio, I had that when I was 2, mumps? I have that for breakfast!
@Miss Dee - Agreed! There are some monster blogs in Dakka, Git's is one of the finer ones in my opinion
@Mad - Welcome man, glad you're taking the time to have a look at all the pictures and guides and don't worry a lot of why the models look so good is due to how their pictures are taken Btw I'm in Epsom in Auckland, I've been meaning to respond to your introduction post but time keeps evading me.
Update: Terminators done
Terminator 1
Terminator 2
Terminator 3
Terminator 4
Terminator 5
Terminators Group shots
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
Very pretty indeed! Edge highlights on the BA symbols are beautifully done. If I had one niggle it might be that there could be a little bit more edge highlighting on the kneepads and knuckles?
Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."
Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.
2014/05/20 07:06:33
Subject: -Crisp & Grey- A NZ SM blog (Update 20th May - Terminator Squad Done)
We refuse to take sides in this anymore. And we refuse to let you turn us against one another. We know who we are now, we can find our own way between order and chaos...
It's over because we've decided it's over. Now get the hell out of our galaxy! Both of you.
"Whoever takes purple sash is purple, and follows purple leader." I follow purple tau. Theophony
2014/05/20 13:16:02
Subject: -Crisp & Grey- A NZ SM blog (Update 20th May - Terminator Squad Done)
@Graven - Cheers mate, I had to make an executive decision about the armor, I could spend a day or two doing edge highlighting, or just use the airbrush and do a 45 degree and top down highlight and move on, I ended up going with the last method purely for speed, these five guys took about 7 days of 1 hour per day to do, so 7 hours total time from prime to finish which is fiendishly quick in my books and that could have gone out to 9 or 10 hours to do them. After all table top quality was what the client wanted, and its what he is getting
@Miss Dee - Many thanks
@Gits - First time doing a free hand BA symbol, I screwed up the assault cannon terminators pad so made it into a different style, looks ok to me
@M0rdain - Fair call, I'll remember that for when I go back to painting the sea of grey waiting for me
Update: last half of the Tac Squad started prime, airbrush and washed
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
Knightley wrote: @Mad - Welcome man, glad you're taking the time to have a look at all the pictures and guides and don't worry a lot of why the models look so good is due to how their pictures are taken Btw I'm in Epsom in Auckland, I've been meaning to respond to your introduction post but time keeps evading me.
Time has a habit of being evasive, especially when kids are involved!
I'm based on the North Shore in Glenfield.
Sorry for hijacking thread everyone.... back to the awesome paintjobs!
Hive Fleet Ngaro 4800 points
Cult of the Red Saviour 1700 points
Zerg Infested Terrans 2300 points
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
Black highlights and the gems done as well as eyes and started the parchments.
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
Knightley wrote: Oh nice, where do you usually game on the shore?
Most often with friends at mine or someone else's house. Struggling to find anywhere to play 40k on the shore. I am looking at heading towards ACG, as they seem to be only active place that has 40k going that I have been able to find thus far, but I'm busy with painting the army up currently and am really enjoying that!
I am loving the BA paint up, look great!
Hive Fleet Ngaro 4800 points
Cult of the Red Saviour 1700 points
Zerg Infested Terrans 2300 points
@Mad - Oh yeah ACG is pretty good, I used to frequent there on the odd occasion however I have made my own table now (posted earlier) so I have more regular games at home now
Update: Team done
Marine 6
Marine 7
Marine 8
Marine 9
Marine 10
Squad shots
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
Knightley, as always you never fail to deliver! It's good to be back again Life got a bit busy for me as of late, though now there is a strange emptiness, an absurdly large gap between school work is weird...
Edited as double negatives aren't a good way to compliment someone... heh heh
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2014/05/27 13:03:58
Subject: -Crisp & Grey- A NZ SM blog (Update 27th May - Tac squad 2 Done)
@M.K - An emptiness that can only be filled by... more cowbell??
@Gits - Thanks
Update: Next up the DC, based black highlighted with a 2:1 Chaos Black/Administratum Grey then a 1:1 mix same color, then a black wash to complete the whole look. Interesting to note the nuln oil when applied thickly while dry white in some recesses, this has annoyed me greatly.
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
@Cap'n Facebeard - Agreed, the sun dial doesn't work for me, pretty sure a marine would have a watch to tell the time, not use his head.
@M.K - The whole sketch is hilarious if you can watch the whole thing do so!
Update: Quiet weekend, only did the washes
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
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