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Thanks Commander, I have already been totally inspired by the masterclass books! I have a master plan to use the methods and techniques from the way they paint the interior of the medusa to do the entirety of the walls on my ZM board i'm doing :-) I think the dirty white will really be different if I can pull it off well, still working out the powders at the moment, I've experimented on my Baal pred by fixing them twice and then sealing with varnish but it still is a little powdery and rubs off a bit? not sure if that's normal or not yet?

Well I never varnish my powders anyway but I do find that they have a tendency to rub off a little bit. I find that the less powder you apply the better it sticks.

Oh, if you don't already have a bone coloured powder it is a must! It works really well and stands out more than the muted browns and reds I find.
(shameless plug of my own powder experiments )
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/421247-Floor%20section.html?m=2

Would you recommend the second masterclass book NF? Just wanted to make sure it was not the exact same as the first before I picked it up myself...

 Commander Cain wrote:
Well I never varnish my powders anyway but I do find that they have a tendency to rub off a little bit. I find that the less powder you apply the better it sticks.

I do the same as Commander Cain and dont have any issues, I use Vallejo though.

Gah! My previous reply disappeared or was deleted. Or maybe I forgot to hit "post"? Now for the attempted reconstruction.

Alpha guy looks good, though he's a bit more green than they're usually portrayed. They usually seem like dark blue, but with a greenish sheen, yet different to the dark sea green of the Sons of Horus. Perhaps some blue glazing over the top of the model will have the right effect? Weathering on the Baal looks great, and a nice start to the librarian. Nice rich blues you have going there. What did you use? AP blue spray and a glaze?

Nice loot haul there. I'm waiting on a decent sized FW order myself, though I wish I could be as focused as you are. I also need to get the new Marine stuff. Argh! Too much to buy!

That Ork Mek has come up great. Really nice. I can see why you've been inspired to start a force of them. New book is supposed to be soon as well. Though it's a shame to see the Orks are leading to the Fists being retired. If you can't find anyone to Orkify those marines, I know someone who'd be willing to exchange them for money, though many of them would ironically be inducted into the Iron Warriors - arch enemies of the Impy Fists!

If you're still looking at doing a little bit of sculpting and detail press-moulding, the place I got the Oymaru/Instant Mould from in Australia emailed me to say that they've gotten in Procreate, which is supposed to be a great alternative to greenstuff according to various sources. I dunno what it's like firsthand yet, I just ordered some, but I was never any good at sculpting with greenstuff aside from press moulds. I'll be giving it a try to add details from one kit to others before I get all ambitious and try actually sculpting anything again..
Here's the link:
http://merchant.auctivacommerce.com/s29432/ProCreate-Epoxy-Putty-P3255052.aspx

 Commander Cain wrote:
Well I never varnish my powders anyway but I do find that they have a tendency to rub off a little bit. I find that the less powder you apply the better it sticks.

Oh, if you don't already have a bone coloured powder it is a must! It works really well and stands out more than the muted browns and reds I find.
(shameless plug of my own powder experiments )
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/421247-Floor%20section.html?m=2

That's come up really well. I wouldn't have thought of using bone/pale tones to weather steel checkerplate, but it's worked really nicely.

Cheers az and guys! the powders are turning out to be quite fun but reaching the balance between looking good on playable models and looking good on static models is proving tricky at the moment!

I haven't opened the second masterclass book yet Commander but I'll have a look tomorrow for you and let you know if you like? flicking through the pics it seems a bit 'cleaner' than the first with more eldar and painting rather than dirt and grime.

Now, my Alpha Legion guys, I've been doing a whole bunch of research on paint and colours and kind of luckily I've seen such divergence in a standard paint scheme that I feel that my take will be approved when it gets finished with all the details included to tie it together? well, I hope so anyway I do agree the base blue is a bit lighter than usually seen but at least it doesn't look anything like the examples in the Chaos Codex

anyway here's where I'm at with them so far with progress of my Marneus calgar counts as! still a way to go.









Now, I mentioned before I was going to re visit ALL my Flesh Eaters! I got one done-ish today with a test of the white chest eagle and helmet stripe, I think when they all get the treatment it'll make the army jump out at you a bit more?


that's what I did today anyway, hope you like!

Good work NF.
The Alpha Legion dudes look good in a group.
As a thought, to add a little extra to the armour colour have you considered a green interference paint like I used on my Wave Serpent?

The Flesh Eater looks tidy. Good job.

Preying Mantis FTW!!!

Very nice Nerdy. Looking very sharp.

Looking great, loving the tones on the Alpha's.

Thanks for the input guys! I'll keep that in mind Dr Hinternet ;-) I'm not sure if I should break it up yet or wait until I do the eye lenses and metal parts first? I want to make sure the colour looks acceptable before I get working on the Contemptor and Storm raven for them! :-)

Damn yo, Calgar never looked so good. Im excited to see him finished now to be honest

Pics of new alpha legion doors are up in the news and rumor area from games day. Guess you'll have to do another supply drop .

I wanted have a go at finishing one of the Tac squad to his finished stage to see how it all looked before I did the rest of them I like how he turned out but I now know how to do the scales and shading on them better for the next one as this guys are a little blurred but acceptable





My Flesh Eaters upgrades of the details started in earnest today on one squad just got the eagles and helmet stripes base/washed and re base coloured, next will be the 2 highlights up to pure white, seeing them all like this I think really makes them look a bit/lot! more interesting as a force!


Hope you like the AL and he's not too green or too blue? I'll do another single model and see if i can perfect the look

Those flesh tearers , needs om zombie bits on the bases from their victims.

The scale work is amazing Damo

Holy crap! That Alpha Legion marine is beautiful looking.

I would love to field a whole army of them.

Nice work, Damo. I just hope you can retain your sanity with that many scales to paint!

Looks great. Good work on the scales...
...actually, how did you do the scales?

hand painted scales = Nerdsanity!!

Fantastic work brother nerd!!! As usual of course. The red is clean too, but what is really hooking me is the blue to lime green transition on those dudes. A slightly unusual scheme that is just so very well executed. Thanks for the inspiration bro, it's work like yours that pushes me to challenge myself. lookin frwd to the finished Calgary model!
Cheers
Bebop

The scales really sell it for me. Are you going to do the serpent or A logo on them?

Solid effort on that Alpha Legion dude, Damo! And those Flesh Tearers
Gorgeous looking. I'll patiently wait for you to finish the tac squad, because they should look beautiful together as a group.

Ok they are amazing, can't add more. Those scales are bloody out of this world.

Hey guys! so i'm guessing that he looks enough like an Alpha legion to pass muster good news for me then! the scales are pretty rough as I was sort of trying a few styles to see what looked good, I will be hand painting scales on all of them, originally it was just the scale shapes coming from the blending in the same green colour, then i added a bit of bright green then I tried to shade under the scales but it'll do for now

@Moltar: Close.... they're my Flesh Eaters force I have a bucket load of them and now i'm going back to include more details and lavish some more love where they need it before i add weathering powders to all their legs etc. so it looks like all the pics i had of them before!..... you'll see again

@Whalemusic360: I don't know dude, I was going to play these guys as a loyalist splinter of the AL which could be plausible due to the nature of the legion so I thought the 'A' logo would be better? I do like the Hydra symbol though too....

@bebopdrums: Ah thank you brother bebop! yes you would be correct the colour is a little unusual and I would prefer it to be darker in the blue sections, but I have a painting style and methods that I love using to enable me to actually finish models and as I could only find Ultramarine blue in a primer can that's as dark as i could go, otherwise you may have seen these as Crimson Fists instead lol! Calgar should be done next week by Friday!

@Gits: yep! Nerdsanity to the highest degree! wait until I whip them out on the Contemptor Dread!

@Azazelx: Sanity? eh? what's that? .....................

@snrub: Wha thank you snrub

@Theo: thanks Theo, I do love a good orkmoticon and I hadn't actually thought about a few random and well placed body parts to really push the fierce and savage nature of the Eaters! I will go ebaying and see what i can find!




Well, my plans are as such for the next few weeks, I want to finish my Marneus Calgar stand in and GFX's Celestial Lions Terminators. I have two commission (sort of) works to do one of which is a FW Angron model and this model is the first one I really want to do as I've been playing and researching how to do some magic looking brass/gold for his armour and ths Nerdcademy award for faces has inspired me to re-push myself and my skills to do something pretty good for Angron's face! when he's done I'll be diving into the world of Orky goodness again and finishing some more stuff for Gits, 3 Kans, Grot herder & Grots and I believe a Mantis Warriors games day boarding captain? Once they're done i should have my own projects re organised and ready to go! and it will be back to the Slaanesh army with my Terminators and hopefully the FW Kakophony marines will be available?

anyway, thanks again I'm happy he worked and you all liked him! see ya'll soon eh!

Sounds like a full slate! Should be fun to watch!

Wow! Now that's a lotttt of things to do in a few weeks! Will be looking forward to it

The scales on the Alpha guy are really amazing, looking forward to a whole army done like that.

^^X2

How long did it take to do the one marine with all those scales?

Well I got started on Angron today! I just HAD TOO!

such a sweet model and I am really looking forward to doing that face! I mean really, how much character can you get in an angry superhuman almost literally running through space marines!! so good!

I primed black and misted white from above to give me some idea of the shading then started on the man himself by giving him the first coat of copper and a wash of sepia and earthshade (still a little wet) next i'll deepen the shading with inks and start to build the armour up to be bright! and of course have a crack at that face!

here's some pics, nothing really astounding but I really want to document each session on this model so Whaley and you guys can see my process and correct me on any colours or things i may not be privy to.








I did some more to counts as Marneus but i'm not sure if i'm not feeling the models now or if i'm burning out on my projects? so I'll keep going on him and get him finished and if I don't want to keep going I'll give him away to someone and assign the squad to be re painted and join the ranks of the FleshEaters?




and speaking of FleshEaters I finished the white highlights on the chest eagles and helmet stripes, next it's the knee squad markings and helmet grille and weathering I wish i had of done this at the start! looks great in my opinion, much more enticing to look at!

Nice start, you said you'll make the armor brighter, but will it be brighter gold, or brighter red? I could go for either

Hmmm, initially I was thinking a brighter gold but I can still do that and make the recessed areas a bit more red? I thought about adding washes to make it look like he cleans all the blood and viscera from his armour plates but it still congeals in the joins etc?