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Lovely work Nerd : ) I'm loving the dark greys, makes it look really slick. Nice balance between black/grey, red and white too, make the model as a whole really very strong. Excellent little spots of gold and green too.
I'm not worthy!
/bows

Stunning work mate. It's very rare for me to rate a paintjob as 10 - this however, is a shoe-in. Love it - balance, contrast, great freehand - can't fault it.

Incredible! Are you going to paint DC with those squigles? If so... Good luck!

Wow thanks gentlemen! that was some pretty massive praise from some seriously good painters! thank you again! I'm glad you like him, he looks pretty nice next to his pod and the other dreads! I agree that I got the balance pretty good with the colours used, i didn't want the freehand or the red wings to dominate but blend together to give you something to look at that was pleasing to the eye! I don't think i'll attempt the freehand on all my DC models but if I give them a rhino i'll do it for sure!

I'm looking forward to playing another game and using the models i painted recently for another epic photo bat rep

is there any constructive criticism on him? or is he really some of my best work? i'm not fishing for compliments as I love him anyway but if there's something I can improve on for next time I'd like to learn

Thanks again guys!

Hes looking excellent NF09, the freehand is stunning I really like how you've done it and its not overpowering. I'd say you've nailed it spot on.

That really looks fantastic. Something to be truely proud of. The highlighting on the freehand is just right and very very clean.

Very nice, you are getting better.

Only thing I could think of regarding improvement is using nmm metals but that´s a matter of taste.

Looks good, and the red wings came out nice, a bit lifter than most.

wow. That dead looks phenomenal! The freehand pattern is ace, and the skull..... just wow!

Many, many thanks guys! after seeing my whole force sitting there together with the dreads ready for war I have decided to shelve the idea of another marine force and focus on turning my FleshEaters into an entire company Apoc force! so, more dreads/pods/troops/termies/tanks and everything in between! I'll be painting up my Rhino's this week as they haven't been looked at for a while and then I shall see what's next!

speaking of more FE's can someone help me with how to arm a 10 man Death Co, squad with no jp's and riding in a pod or Rhino? just need a load for use in most situations? cc or bolters?

until laters!

Damo

I'm not much of a gamer, but when I played Knightley my DC had all the upgrades, and they wiped out 2 squads. They really can take a pounding so assault would be best IMO. But as I said, I'm not much of a gamer. So take what I said with a pinch of salt.

Basically run a hammer and power fist, maybe a few power swords, mix the Bolters and ccw guys in front.

So I should sort of have 5 close combat guys with a power fist/hammer/swords etc. (any infernus or hand flamers?) and 5 with bolters? if I have 5 and 5 will the 5 with bolters get relentless?


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Ooh I also chucked my DC dread in the gallery if anyone cares to vote for the big bruiser
http://www.dakkadakka.com/core/gallery-viewimage.jsp?i=403150&m=2&w=800

Lovely work there Damo, stunning freehand. Did you say this guy has his own drop pod? Will you be giving 0htat the same freehand? You know how awesome that'll look right...?!

Holy hell that dread is fantastic! Very nicely done

Holy hell that dread is fantastic! Very nicely done

Thanks KC! haven't seen you round much lately dude! I thought perhaps your beard had eaten you finally

Lovely work there Damo, stunning freehand. Did you say this guy has his own drop pod? Will you be giving 0htat the same freehand? You know how awesome that'll look right...?!

Thanks Kitch! and yes I did mebtion he will be getting his own drop pod of glorious death! and I didn't even think of repeating the same pattern, repeating the same pattern, repeating the same pattern... on it, but that's an awesome idea!

now i'm onto assembling my Sang Guard models! hellishly excited about those guys paint jobs too!

You realise of course that you have to now do a blue Libby dread with red and white accents (and a shield) and a red contemptor with yellow accents. Dunno how or why you'd do a green one though. Maybe an allied Titan? Hulk smash...

Lol, Avenger dreads in drop pods! how can that be anything but awesome? I might have to visit that idea one day! ..... or do my own painting comp?

speaking of which, I started the DeathWatch marine today, got most of the armour done and started his pads and face is nearly done as well, this is where he stands:



I also assembled and started my Sanguinary Guard models Primed them with The Army Painter Leather brown spray, then mixed 50/50 Snakebite leather and Burnished gold and over brushed the whole model, then washed them with Agrax Earthshade (which is still wet in the pics) next I started working on my banner bearer for the squad, I didn't like the one that came with the kit and I wanted to paint a similar method as to my other banner guy, so in order to keep the banner a bit smaller and combat oriented I used a fantasy banner that was torn and shorter, but to fit it I had to clip off the original banner and make sure the new one covered the hand holding the banner pole, anyway this is how the guys look so far.









the colour could work well for a Minotaurs too I think? I should get a fair whack more done tomorrow

Those are turning out very well. I like your take on the gold.

digging the gold - just really nice and matte, and really good coverage. it would never have occurred to me to mix gold with brown.
Is Agrax the new Devlan Mud?

Awesome Job! I really love the dread.

Cool, i'll keep working on them today. yep agrax is the new devlan mud and imo much nicer to use! I was planning on highlighting right up to mithril to make them look almost silvery? Which would look good when i do the wings in red!

Stunning work pal I love the banner most of all, it never made sense how this tough as you like ceramite armour that deflects bullets gets really worn and weathered, yet the banners that get singed as soon as you fart on them always look pristine, cracking stuff

Did some more work on the Sanguinary Guard and pretty much finished the armour on all of them I highlighted up to pure Mithril silver as I am wont to do! sadly the pics i just took were under poor room lighting but I'll grab some more as soon as i can, I like the look of the gold fading right out to look worn and nearly silver, i think it will look ace when the wings get done and popped on!

I also dummied in some bare heads on the one with no helmet, the heads aren't finished either but they have the basic colours on enough to see which head you guys want to see in the armour? once I know which one I'll use I'll finish it up properly and glue him in











And now for bad news i'm about to go on a 7 night graveyard shift roster so I won't have any time for anything until at least next friday! but I will be able to catch up on the work computer with everyone so i'll talk to you all soon eh!

Holy crud those models are beatiful!
Wish I could paint gold that well D:

Cool, bearded space wolf sang guards


As for kitting out your DC. Depends (are they characters or just infantry...to lazy to check up).
They get expensive so keep the cost down, gear them out for one purpose and make sure they are able to do what they are geared up to do.
Anti horde = flame weapons and the occasional power weapon.
Anti MEQ = more power weapons and the occasional fist and no flame weapons.
If you start mixing and want it all they will end up costing to much.

I took your advice and just kept them simple, gave them the banner for the extra attack and I threw in a power fist because I couldn't get one set of arms to line up properly :-) lol, next week I should finish them in a sitting hopefully!

LDP, thanks for the compliment on the gold, I WILL get a nicer shot to show, it looks pretty cool irl and makes me want to hurry up and work on the wings and get them together!

That gold looks phenomenal! I now want "bearded space wolf sang guards"

Naw the Beard hasnt eaten me yet, Ive just been busy with life and such, and I WAS hooked on the DCM forums, but my membership lapsed and although I REALLY want to resub, itll just have to wait for now. But Im always here


On to your blog though. feth balls, those Sang guards look awesome, thats some of the best gold work Ive ever seen painted on a mini. Definitely need better pics of those

On to your blog though. feth balls, those Sang guards look awesome, thats some of the best gold work Ive ever seen painted on a mini. Definitely need better pics of those

Hey KC, thanks man, that's a nice compliment to get! I put off a White Minatour army as i couldn't paint gold! and now..... I really gotta try and get some better pics, they should be done by next friday!... actually they WILL be done!

That gold looks phenomenal! I now want "bearded space wolf sang guards"

Thanks Styro so I'm guessing the bearded heads look o.k? any one in particular I should use? I quite like the second bare head with the black beard but I'm open to suggestions