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Looks great! I like the black eyes (per our convo this morning). Makes the red on the purity seal and lens pop that much more. Tribal looks good too! Your speed painting is on the same level as my painting painting and faster. Which is annoying, you talented git.

Are you going to do any sort of squad markings? They are tremendously useful while playing. It's to easy to loose track of if they end up in close proximity.

Awesome damo! I was hoping id see an update soon to see how these are progressing. The black eyes are a perfect choice. Like the black cold lifeless eyes of the great white! You really have these down to a science! So fast and so good!

Looking great!

Awesome as usual.

They look amazing, that finished guy looks brilliant, the grey is perfect, and the eyes are spot on, just as Whale said.

I think you've really nailed the Space Shark look there Nerdy, looks fantastic.

Thanks guys! glad he passes muster i was a little concerned as i've never painted for someone to a table top style so wasn't sure how far to go with it? now I know it's acceptable I can go faster as i know exactly what and where to paint, I decided against chipping them as the grey is pretty dark and it would get lost and not look as effective (imo)

Squad marking? what & where? like tac arrows or squad numbers on knees etc?

I also was talking to my mate Ad who is a 40k tragic too and he is a little excited and wants a Knight, and so do I, so I had a chat with someone in the know this morning and it looks like I shall be obtaining one and Ad will be giving me $ to give someone to buy one! but that's not why I mentioned it! No, Ad wants to make it interesting! so once we actually get them we want to have a little painting battle between us both the rules so far we've nutted out will be.
*4 weeks to finish
*base must be cinematic
*once a week update (for both of us on here)
*and hopefully I can get a poll up for voting or something when done?
So simple but fun!

so with Whaleys sharks and BigH's bare heads I'll be working on the Knight (whenever we get 'em) should be a great time for paint and brushes!

Very nicely done. Love the white face and insignia on the knee.

Marine looks great man. The freehand has a very nice flow to it. Really looking forward to seeing what you do with the knight! Any teasers on the scheme?

Mechanicum.....

 nerdfest09 wrote:

Squad marking? what & where? like tac arrows or squad numbers on knees etc?

Yeah, just like some squad numbers on the knee, shoulder pad, backpack, or whatever. Can be simple roman numbers, or you can try to "tribal" up some numbers (roman or otherwise).

It's utterly beautiful. I love when someone can take a stock marine and make it so elegant. Fab work.

Nice progress on those Sharks !

I also cannot help but poke you into trying Kill Team... My best GW Digital Editions deal for now !!! Definitely worth the extra quids !!

Games are fun, fast & deadly... You can't go wrong with that !!!

And the FoC limits allow for some crazy combinations... Just let your ideas fly ! (But no Inquisitor, yeah )

inmygravenimage wrote:It's utterly beautiful. I love when someone can take a stock marine and make it so elegant. Fab work.

Why thank you Graven!

Yggdrasil wrote:Nice progress on those Sharks !

I also cannot help but poke you into trying Kill Team... My best GW Digital Editions deal for now !!! Definitely worth the extra quids !!

Games are fun, fast & deadly... You can't go wrong with that !!!

And the FoC limits allow for some crazy combinations... Just let your ideas fly ! (But no Inquisitor, yeah )

How about an Ork Killteam? might curb my need to do an army of them?

 nerdfest09 wrote:

Yggdrasil wrote:Nice progress on those Sharks !

I also cannot help but poke you into trying Kill Team... My best GW Digital Editions deal for now !!! Definitely worth the extra quids !!

Games are fun, fast & deadly... You can't go wrong with that !!!

And the FoC limits allow for some crazy combinations... Just let your ideas fly ! (But no Inquisitor, yeah )

How about an Ork Killteam? might curb my need to do an army of them?

Why not both an Inquisitorial AND an Ork one?

No reason not to, they're so cheap at 200pts.

And I bet you could do some bonkers things with Orks in Kill Team.

(Used to be able to take a Battlewagon xD)

Nice work on the Space Sharks. The bare headed guy, is that Ron Perlman? If not, wow, he looks like him. Really cool work you're doing.

Ork kill teams as follows:
Lootas
/list

Productive day! got all the Sharks nearly done! all the armour was highlighted and so was the metals and white parts, all that's left is to paint the eye lenses black and do some other lenses and tribal markings, I know they're not top tier but all together I kinda think they look cool! and they didn't take long either.

So, next week I will have them all done and only the Razorback to complete. feeling a bit lost on my own projects so i'm happy to have Whaley's to do! although I am a little pumped about getting a knight and having a knight-off with my mate Adam should I do the carapace armour a lacquered glossy marble effect or a chipped and blended worn look?






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and while I was at it......

Sharks and dogs looking amazing.

Think something wrong with some of your pics though.(blank spaces.)

Sharks look fintastic. Could we have a closer look at that kneeling missile launcher dude, he looks special.

And on the carapace armour, I would go with the marble, everyone does this weathered malarkey these days, and the one thing we can guarantee from Nerdy is not run of the mill.

Sweet Sharks mate !

That grey is nice !

Damn your fast mate!

Love the guy drawing his power sword!. Your dogs look awesome...though the lab (?) has that "this again? Really? Sigh..." Look about him

Thanks guys, Oscar (a LabX so good eye) always always looks like the worlds saddest dog in pics! and as you can tell, William is much fonder of dressing up!

I'll finish the Sharks next week and take some shots of a couple of choice marines for closer pics :-) the grey is a simple version, it's just a grey primer washed with black and fine highlighted in fortress grey, i have to print off some designs for the tribals to use but they'll be fun!

O.k I'll do a glossy marble-ish effect like the finish on a Brass Scorpion as that's what inspired me, it'll be Mechanicus themed so is there anything I need to adhere to when adding iconography? I'm thinking just red, metal and brass?

Dogs are stylin' there Damo... to be sure!

Love the way the Sharks turned out. That glowing power sword being pulled from the scabbard is just too cool for school. Well done!

Cheers Gits, power sword not quite done yet either :-) had to wait for the paint to dry and i'll go over again with a brighter center.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Dogs are stylin' there Damo... to be sure!

Love the way the Sharks turned out. That glowing power sword being pulled from the scabbard is just too cool for school. Well done!

He's got the Burning Blade, so thought it would be cool if Damo did the sword like the engines he did on your cans. I really like the way these guys look, simple and striking. My favorite is still the running flamer dude, just cuz he was the most fun to model.

I can hear Oscar quoting Danny Glover now. "I'm getting to old for this "

Woah, at first it looked like you loaded a cannon with all kinds of random items and launched it at the dog! Glad to hear it is not so.

Those Space Sharks are looking really neat and I would like to applaud you on using their proper name. Another thing I have to congratulate you on is for having made the most disturbing miniature I have ever seen. I do see quite a lot of minis including the pseudo-edgy Kingdom Death stuff but you beat all of them by a long shot with Ron Pearlman Space Shark.

Nice work on the Sharks.
Good poses WM.
Good paint NF.

Now I've played buckaroo on a (drunken and passed out) friend, but not a dog.

Full marks for random.

Awesome update. You've got so many done and they all look fantastic. the Burning ember sword is a nice touch too. Love it. Great stuff sir, as always!

These are some excellent looking Sharks, especially for the speed at which you are painting them. Where did the Chapter specific shoulder pads come from?

Sigur wrote:Woah, at first it looked like you loaded a cannon with all kinds of random items and launched it at the dog! Glad to hear it is not so.

Those Space Sharks are looking really neat and I would like to applaud you on using their proper name. Another thing I have to congratulate you on is for having made the most disturbing miniature I have ever seen. I do see quite a lot of minis including the pseudo-edgy Kingdom Death stuff but you beat all of them by a long shot with Ron Pearlman Space Shark.

Hey Siggy good to see you here! thanks for the compliments my friend! the sharks are cool to paint and am happy my quick method actually looks half decent (still nowhere near your old wolves you did) and you like the bare head shark I simply gotta do more if Whaley will let me!

Dr H wrote:Nice work on the Sharks.
Good poses WM.
Good paint NF.

Now I've played buckaroo on a (drunken and passed out) friend, but not a dog.

Full marks for random.

Oh thank the lord! I get full marks for randomness!? that's the aim! I can't think of anything else to 'put on a dog'?

bebopdrums2424 wrote:Awesome update. You've got so many done and they all look fantastic. the Burning ember sword is a nice touch too. Love it. Great stuff sir, as always!

Thanks Kevy Chadlance! yes I am getting through them fast! I got them from primed and washed to all highlighted in 3.5 hours!

ephrael wrote:These are some excellent looking Sharks, especially for the speed at which you are painting them. Where did the Chapter specific shoulder pads come from?

Thanks ephrael, those pads were obtained by Whalemusic from fastways I believe? but i'm sure he'll be around soon to say G'day and confirm!

Shapeways, not fastways. Silly Damo.

I think willy could use some eyebrows.

Why hello ladies.