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Thanks guys .... and girl! :-) haven't really experimented with glazes yet, I tried the bloodletter glaze on some of my FleshEaters but the result was negligable so i stuck with the washes instead, I do have an idea or two similar I want to try with the MW :-)

the broken window panes are a killer... i have to try that idea too some day...

the green marines looks verrrrry good.... a truly good looking composition! the wings and skull combo to the chest is my favorite!

More work @ work on Gits' Mantis Warrior the armour is done now and the chest eagle, only the details and weapons to go, oh and the pauldron inserts should have him finished tomorrow & then Pyriel's Dev squad done Tuesday & then my FleshEaters Hammernators Wednesday

here he is so far, Brother Radarus of the Mantis legion!


Damo

Well that i just incredible. Really. The green looks like a golden deamon entry in terms of smoothness. Going right up to yellow like that really works incredibly, will have to give that a try (try).

Thanks J ;-) seriously coming from you that's a big compliment! he's hardly GD! my blending still has room for improvement but it's coming along lol!

give the blending up to yellow a try please ans show me!

Beautiful work Damo. Don't forget to drill out the bolt pistol barrel!!

I'm incredibly impressed with that Marine Nerdy. Just makes me wish I could blend half as well as that- when I try it looks like someone's pinched one off on the miniature. Good work!

*grumble*

lol guys! :-) I hardly think your mini's will ever look like someone's 'pinched one off' on them Elnibbus! they've all been awesome so far, that's why i'm subscribed! and Gits don't fret mate, the barrel will be drilled! I could imagine the flogging i'd get in the thread if i didn't do it!

You haven't seen the mess I made of the Fire Hawk I tried to paint for Yellowbeard's competition. Cocked it up royally! I don't blend, I just do loads of thin layers and blag it

Heaps of stuff today! lots of different little things i have started and some finished! I hope it's not too eclectic and busy for you?

now, where do i start? with w.i.p or finished?..... let's go w.i.p but I suggest you hang around until the end of the post

My mate Tyraneil has a Nid army and wanted a Broodlord for his 38 Genestealers honestly, who has that many bloody Genestealers! really! so he asked if I would whip him up something he can use as one that looks a bit different to his other Genies, I obliged by using a Chapterhouse studio alien head on a current Genestealer body with old school arms which I cut and shut onto the body to give him a different pose, not a huge job but looks pretty mean so far! next is paint tomorrow


Gross little fether isn't he!

Remember ages ago when I painted up my flamer template like roiling flames? well, I liked it and wanted to do something similar for my blast template, I figured a stage by stage would be cool in case anyone wanted to have a crack at it

firstly I primed white and gave it a generous coating of water to help the paint flow easily, then a few drops around of yellow ink:

next I dropped a drop of red at various places around the edge of the circle:

sort of mixed it in together starting from the edges so it's lighter in the centre (it is...really):

I then used a scrunched tissue and very lightly let the edges soak up some paint, then i dropped some red around the edges and followed the same method as before:

now a teeny tiny bit of black stippled around again:

then I took the black around again and added more red as well as white and yellow in the centre and ended up with this


Gitsplitta's mantis warrior totally pleased with him, except for the lenses on his helmet not my best work but I hope it's acceptable I tried a bit of fancy work on the shoulder pads! still yellow just decorative, even wrote gits hidden in the scroll on the other side!




and now my statues.... yes, plural! I bought 2 Honored imperium kits! and bronzed the statues up nicely, I have to get some clearer shots of them but here's a taste!



Lights painted on my speeders! breaks up the red a bit now


aaaaand lastly, I got a book!.... a thick one....... that apparently is good?


hope you like todays venture into moistbrushville!

For some reason the statue on the right... looks like he's got to pee!

MW looks amazing Nerdy! Love what you did with the pads!

Thanks Gits ;-) glad you like him! I hope he stands up to scrutiny when you get him! the pads were great fun to do! I used them as practice as I have a Death Co. drop pod to do in a similar fashion! I did even consider painting over all his armour the same but green!

and I can see the need to pee statue too lol :-) I had read people don't like them as they are knock kneed, but needing to pee is a new one for me!

First, Mantis Warrior. Man those shoulder pads just fething set that whole model. What did you do to get that effect exactly? It just looks awesome.

Bronze statues are bronze. So good infact, that I didnt realize it was painted I thought to myself "Man they mold them that way?!?"

Aaaaaaand your wearing my wife's shirt! YOU BASTARD!!! Saying that, I should mention now that her name is Pam, and as a nic name from years ago, we all call her Puma. Crisis of bro banging bros wife, diverted

Good work man! You'll enjoy eisenhorn, its a good book.

the mantis warrior is beautifully done, I cant say that enough.

The broodlord is truly horrible, just as it should be

Holy , that template is awesome! You make it look so easy... "Stir around a little yellow, stipple in some black, and voila...!"

I love the Mantis Warrior, too. Beautiful blending and the shoulder pad is cool.

Many thanks my friends! I had a fun day just working on a bunch of stuff yesterday and today is shaping up to be just as good lol!

today I shall mostly be working on Pyriel's Sallies as well as the Broodlord and maybe some FleshEaters and a little bit of terrain?

and randomly it looks like Big Willy will be a permanent addition to the pack of Nerd Hounds here at Nerdington Manor! his breeder told us he is bottom the 'pack' at home with the other 14 samoyeds and when he gets shown the local judges don't mark him highly due to him being too big! so he gets a bit picked on :-( she offered him to us as long she may use him for breeding early next year! so of course we said if it works out we'll take the big fella and give him a good home! :-)

anyway I gotta fly and get my brush moist now....

May your brush stay forever moist!

That Mantis Warrior is the bees knees mate! Really liking the template too!

G'day again everyone! I've nearly finished the Sallies dev squad! only the flames to go on them here's an update for ya!




and i got inspired by Dsteingass again started the bare bones work on a factory




But what kind of factory is it i hear you all cry? well, of course it's the 'only' kind of factory you need in the grim darkness of the far future, the hint is on the billboard....... what billboard you ask?...... the one if you juuuust scroll down a bit!









...... Rivets!


The most riveting rivets since MK5 armour!

enjoy! still loads more work to do on the billboard and factory but I'm open for hints and tips anyone!

Beautiful work on those Devs Nerdy... even if they aren't quite the right green!

Thanks Gits! :-) yeah not quite as bright as the 'ol mantis Warriors eh! what's the plan for him when he gets sent to you? games? or shelf?

Games for sure. I'll use him in my post-crusade army since that's where all the Mk 7 & 8 armor will be. However, in-between games he'll have a place of honor on the shelf!

nerdfest09 wrote:
...... Rivets!


The most riveting rivets since MK5 armour!

HAHAHA! OMG! That is Hillarious!



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That's awesome dood! As for suggestions: Factories have additions, sheds, pipes, moar pipes, and metal stuff sticking out, no one knows what they do, so the rule of cool always wins Look at some of those Urban Explorer sites when you've got time to surf, but beware- they suck you in!

Why do you have to live on the other side of the world Damo?! Id love to play on a table full of your terrain. And there would be much giggling. What an odd word giggling......

That green.... I'm turning green with envy.

I can't believe I did that.

i feel like a kind of jerk... inbetween all this awesomeness i want to comment on the one thing that is not awesome...

the fan you added to the wall... i think it is too big for those inbetween sections... sorry dude... i have that OCD it seems... imagine myself with a pointy poining finger screaminng and yelling... poor creature that i am...

oh... and again... the green men and the bilboard for rivet factory are heading for history in awesomeness

lol, Vik yeah yeah I know the fan is too big! :-) I was just grabbing what i could to stick on and i couldn't be arsed making a panel yet for behind it! hopefully i'll get it to look o.k laters!

and remember!

Steingass Rivets, the most riveting rivets since MK5 armour! ;-)

Build a box slightly bigger than the fan, then mount the fan on the box. add rivets and wires and you have A/C

How has it taken me so long to look at this blog!?

Nerd- you absolutely STUN me! I LOVE the Salamanders, and i cant believe the detail on Gits' GMS marine! The shoulders are gorgeous!

That blast template too... At first I didnt see where it was going, then you pull out that last step and boom! a blast template!

Im sure ill find something else to drool over soon enough... I've a lot of catching up to do!

 Ramos Asura wrote:
How has it taken me so long to look at this blog!?

Nerd- you absolutely STUN me! I LOVE the Salamanders, and i cant believe the detail on Gits' GMS marine! The shoulders are gorgeous!

That blast template too... At first I didnt see where it was going, then you pull out that last step and boom! a blast template!

Im sure ill find something else to drool over soon enough... I've a lot of catching up to do!

Ramos I'm glad you like my blog it keeps me happy if you go back through from the start I hope you enjoy the progress i've made! heaps of random stuff and fun and frivolity abounds lol! more to come next week planned for me and my brush!