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All models look great !

The Celestial Lions scheme is really nice, as are the Flesh Eaters... And the flowers are ace !

How on earth am I going to match your painting standard on those Lions across the rest of the army Mr Nerdy

Man I'm really going to have to pull my finger out to get anywhere near to that

They look so lovely and that turquoise is to die for

The FE's look fantastic as well and that plant is very cool

I'll sort you out a few army lists for your boys in Red.

@giraffex, easy way o get your army to match is to have Nerdy paint them for you , but they are spectacular none the less. Isn't their background that they use a lot of cybernetics? And weren't they beat down by the inquisition? Just wondering if I remember right.

Thanks everyone, the feedback from that fashion show was exceptionally positive!

The Lions are turning out nicely, I did have a bit of trouble getting the turquoise to work for me, as i was painting it was looking a bit below what I wanted, but a fresh coffee and a couple of blue washes it turned out alright with the gold it really smacks out eh! I don't know much about them to be honest so if any (like Theo ) can shed some background i'd be grateful! cybernetics quite popular, if I do any more if GFX wants then I'll incorporate them into the squads and speaking of GFX! glad you approve dude! and you'll have no drama painting the other guys the same if you choose! it's the gold that's the secret, once it's done everything else flows!

Lets see if i can remember the other questions sgtspiff, Seth's head is actually a FW head from the Chaos Lord Zhufor, it fits my armies savage nature and I believe when using him as a chapter master it looks as if he's weathered countless heavy battles with brutal efficiency.

Dante, or whoever we decide to name him does look better with some colour for direction, sadly the scroll work on the top of his jump pack is finecast at it's best and I hope I can actually paint it with such a melted mess of detail (or lack of) and Whaley his axe haft was quite bent originally and I straightened it out when i converted it but it seems to have curved slightly on me now it's assembled i'm not sure how to attack that problem?

Warboss_waazag was indeed the Dakkaite I borrowed the idea from for the terrain! thanks Lenny! I thought it was very resourceful and looked great, my plan is to use the airbrush to give it an alien look with some brighter greens and purples and maybe some veins on the leaves

@Gits, the Orar Termie is for Kitch102 so I felt I had to sign it somehow I think he'll like it although I think I need some advice on how to proceed with the banner? what do you think I should do (apart from paint over it )

@Theo, Lol, just brilliant darling..... literally made me lol there dude! I can imagine you with dark glasses and an oversized boa on!

@Moltar, Thanks dude!

@Yggs, cheers man! I'm moving back into my usual frantic hobbying!

I may try and re do the powders on the Flesh Eaters legs as they really are my favorite guys, the entire army looks so good together and I love painting them, I have so much more waiting for them! a second Baal pred, another dreadnought, a bunch of vehicles.............

In short the Celestial Lions got their asses handed to them by an Ork horde and were only just saved in time by the Black Templars. Its believed that the Inquisition had a hand in the battle taking out all of their apothecaries with sniper fire.

At the end of the battle only 96 Marines were left alive and escaped off the planet in a cruiser lent to them by the Black Templars, they also gifted the new chapter master with terminator armour with Imperial Fists heraldry.

I'm using the Space Wolves codex to represent them to make them a bit more combat orientated.

For finecast (or any resin), even after paint, you should be able to heat with a hair dryer, straighten, and hit with cold water. I've never had anything go back to its former bent ass state with said technique.

You should get us a whole army photo for the FE at this point. Should help us (and you) see where it's headed and any gaps you may have in it.

Love it, dude. Always keeping me inspired!

 nerdfest09 wrote:
@Gits, the Orar Termie is for Kitch102 so I felt I had to sign it somehow I think he'll like it although I think I need some advice on how to proceed with the banner? what do you think I should do (apart from paint over it )

O.K. Nerdy. Here's what jumps at me. I love the job you've done on the banner. Amazing bit of freehand there. To my eye, the problem is that the colors dominating most of the space are very similar, so everything gets lost in the mish-mosh of off-white, buff and grey. I would recommend making the borders of the banner some bold color in order to make the floral area really be set off as a distinct panel. You could go with red or gold of you wanted something the adhered tightly to the current theme... or something like green in order to set off the existing colors. You can even leave the daggs white, or perhaps pull a pattern down (in the border color) into the two side daggs.

That's my suggestion.

Thanks Gits, I think you're right, i'll have a look and see what colours adhere to the Sons of Orar and use it as a border, and perhaps use the off white to clean up some grey lines I think are a bit thick? & a pattern sounds challenging too! then i'll see what you think then! :-)

Yeah, tightening up the lines is always a good idea. I do it all the time with my camo patterns, ork checks, lenses, chapter insignias and the like. Even my edge highlighting. Can really make a big difference.

Minis looking good Damo

And why did you "squash the dog"?

 shasolenzabi wrote:
And why did you "squash the dog"?

You... You die first.

Mate, so sorry I haven't been up to date on your blog. Looks like I'm still not getting update messages even though I'm subscribed (grumble).

Anyways, everything looks fantastic. The red on those flesh. Eaters is fantastic and I really like the conversion of The Lord Executioner. The turquoise on the sons of orar is very striking and that....plant....thing you created is very death world!

Full points for even trying a hand painted banner mate, I've never been able to

Damn bro, you are dealing it with the painting chops. The face looks fantastic and that banner is smokin!! Love it as always.

BB

Mmmm dog squash.

Get well soon, always spray in a well ventilated area and don't breath in the fumes!!

Thanks guys (& girl) since I've done an extra night this week I probably won't have much or any time for painting :-( yeah i know, big sads eh! but I'll try and get that entire army shot to date of the Flesh Eaters for your perusal :-) any requests on shots?


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and i think I may have enough 'spare' models to make this list ;-)

Logan Grimnar
2 Wolf Guard Terminators with thunder hammer and storm shield
2 Wolf Guard Terminators with chainfist and storm shield
1 Wolf Guard Terminators with chainfist, storm shield and a cyclone

(X5)
5 Wolf Guard Terminators:
1 has storm bolter and power weapon
1 has storm bolter and chainfist
1 has storm bolter, powerfist and cyclone
2 have storm bolterand power fist

That comes to about 1800 points.

Is that list using FE, or actual SW?

The counts as Seth is particularly awesome. Also, I feel like there are tons of options to convert a Dante better than the stock model. Dont know why more people dont take a stab at it. You really nailed it with yours. I'd be interested to see it with a death mask.

Keep it up!

Thanks Whaley & Strom

the list was with SW that I can make from my bag of resin Termie parts! or at least I know I can make about 20 of them! I haven't got the time yet to properly go through the things i have but that little list is probably the most doable for me.

Now, before I get to rambling I got a little package in the post today containing models from Gitsplitta for me to paint for him and as I usually do I started assembling and getting them ready this is as far as I got today when I woke up but should have more done in a week or two!

UK Gamesday Captain with no head

and his head and a couple others I found


also primed and washed an Ork Captain Badrukk, and BOY is this guy MASSIVE! he's one solid metal badass!

Gits also kindly gave me a Snikrot (no it's nothing naughty!!)


Now onto some of my stuff I assembled the majority of my Vanguard assault guys waiting on some Chain Axes for weapons for them, good poses though and very suitable for the axes!



and I took some rather poor shots of all my Flesh eaters I hope i don't show you too many of the same stuff!



happy painting! [/spoiler]

Glad the package arrived in good order Damo.

Your Flesh Eaters look spectacular. Amazing to see them all together like that. Very impressive!

That's an impressive collection of Flesh eaters Damo. The Celestial Lions lurking in the background is a nice, if not accidental, touch.

 Snrub wrote:

 shasolenzabi wrote:
And why did you "squash the dog"?

You... You die first.

MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I AM ETERNAL!

Oscar does not look amused. At all. You on the other hand....

I'll make sure to try to fill any gaps you may have, rather than send more assault troops, for instance.

Very nice looking army of flesh eaters.

Look forward to more "pretty" orks from you.

Damo, what do you use to prime and wash the orks? I just bought a fantasy Orc army for kings of war and would love a few tips.

The dog realized that a bath preceded the other dog getting "squashed", he's got worry all over his face

Those marines are looking like the bad that blood angels should instead of the long haired pretty boys of the emperor.

Dang duder, that flesh eaters army is way bigger than I thought. And it looks ace too.

And I'm totally jelly of the sun you've got right now. Currently is like..... 20F of right now and that's warm

 Theophony wrote:
Damo, what do you use to prime and wash the orks? I just bought a fantasy Orc army for kings of war and would love a few tips.

The dog realized that a bath preceded the other dog getting "squashed", he's got worry all over his face

Those marines are looking like the bad that blood angels should instead of the long haired pretty boys of the emperor.

Thanks Theo, at this stage for my Ork fetish i'm assembling then priming with The Army Painter Primer- Army Green then that pic is with a wash of Agrax Earthshade then I'll blend up from there with Army green paint, bleached bone and a wash of Biel tan green

and i agree, the BA should have a little more 'nasty' to them like the old days! lets hope i can bring some angry back into he boys! I'm currently considering changing my Dante's axe to be a double headed chain axe instead if i can do it?

bedtime for me now had a bit of a bad run today and had to have the night off from work.


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Morning dudes! thought you and especially Gits might like to see what I did lately? only very recently received the models to paint for him and have already finished the Games day Captain (well, except for his head) I'll take some proper shots when he's all together, but here he is so far! hope you like him! next shall be Badtrukk and he'll be a challenge and a half! so I'll need all the moral support and advice as I go with him

Mantis Warriors Captain ready to bust some skulls!




Oh and not long until Christmas eh! I wonder if we'll score any model goodies this year from the big guy (Santa, not Kingcracker!) I think I might be getting a couple of interesting things!

What a stunningly beautiful job you've done on him Damo! Color range is excellent and superbly blended. Love the highlighting on the eagle on the hammer... nice touch.

Yeah Damo, that green is amazing. A whole army painted like that would be brutal.

absolutely love the greens on that mantis captain mate! what colours are you using?