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 bebopdrums2424 wrote:
Vik did you see the ideas for banners that i did on my ipad? the one with the flourescent pink alien script seems to be what you mean? we might have the same thing in mind?
And the handprint is super easy. Its just the geometric symbol i used (the kroot hand making a peace sign) haphazardly painted with a brush that years of dried paint has ruined beyond repair. I wanted it to look like the orcs of the white hand helms and shields in lotr, where the kroot dabbed his hand in red paint and gave the tau shield a slap!

yup... we are of one mind

and i see... so an old brush did that trick...aha! ...and yes it does totally look the part

well you know what they say about great minds

aye!

.........fools seldom differ......



But that Kroot is just outstanding. Really brilliant.

Hey hey hey! Bebop, nice to see you back pal and with such a crisp paintjob

Hey fellas, thanks!
Camkhieri: welcome! Don't think we've had the pleasure of meeting yet
Storag: thanks mate. Good to see you back as well. Was browsing your incredible blog. Man you should do a tutorial on gs and converting so newbies like me can get better at it!!

Today's update is cool because its the first of my branching out into tau tech and what it's going to look like in my army! I painted a drone! This of course, like the shields and guns and headsets, is off white and so it goes for any upcoming additions. Plus a try at some osl, which I think came out fairly well candc of course appreciated!

Bebop

Nice. Liking the chipped paint.
and good work on the lenses/osl.

Looks good! Nice effects and freehand. I forsee some great Tau here

Thanks fellas!
Ishkatar not sure if I've seen you around my blog, but I've certainly seen yours. You are a master painter, thanks for the comments.
Dr.H, thanks for your insight as well sir!

Bebop

Duuuuuude! lovin' the Kroot, the residue from his 'field rations' looks good and fits well with the model, and that drone while a very simple model has a real class and pizazz to it with those lenses and chipping you did! everything is looking simply epic!

i like it... the osl COULD look a bit stronger... but that´s something the artist... namly you bebop needs to determin...

the flaked off paint looks very cool again!

Today's update is the finished drone. <actually that's a lie, you'll notice one angle only because the other gun isn't quite done, but I'm impatient and for all intents and purposes, the drone is finished> The ruined piece of battlesuit is a scheme that I'd love to do someday for tau. Pink and orange. Also I put a few extra silly group shot pics of what's been done so far. <vik and nerd see below>
Bebop








Vik you're a sucker for chipped paint. At least I know the wy to your heart should I ever need something:p! And in the spirit of taking your advice, I bumped up the glow a little bit.
Nerd, too kind my dude, too kind. Don't think I'm not drooling all over your models as we speak, that slaaneshi champion is ridonkulous. I do appreciate the vote of confidence though.

Amazing work Bebop! The paint chips, just pure white around the edges of the dark paint?

I do enjoy the color pallet. Good luck doing an entire army.

Cheers, Bebop!

Rich palette, crisp edges and ace highlights - these Kroots looks great! I like the bases especially and the "hand" freehand on the shoulder is a nice touch.

 bebopdrums2424 wrote:
Ishkatar not sure if I've seen you around my blog

It's been a long time since I posted here last time, but I certainly did so

I'll think about a guide but only if you'll make one about painting that white colour of yours I really like it! GJ!

Not to belabour it, but heres one more pic, of the absolute final of the drone. This guy took a long time, thankfully, i dont have to paint SO many of them.



Ishkatar: Thanks again for your input! Sorry i didnt remember your posts before, its bee a while that ive devlved into the depths of my own blog lol.
Comrade: Are you refering to the pink/orange tau scheme or the actual palette im using for my kroot. Either Way, im enjoying bringing these aliens to life, so i think theres enough built up inspiration to follow this all the way.
Stein: Yes sir, thats the way its done. The trick is making the brown chips in the right place, and with the right frequency, to make it look realistic. There are times where im more or less successful at that.
Storag: Its quite easy. Ulthuan Grey, many coats of thin, then wash with nuln oil. Rebase minus crevices with Ulthuan. Keeping it smooth and thin coats. Then few highlights here and there of white. Add your chips, then the white again under the chips. Voila. Its all about thin paint, im sure you know.

Been following for a long time, but don't think I ever posted. These guys are great! The heavy-on-the-clump-foliage gives a really realistic uneven jungle terrain. I'm also astounded you've pulled so many bits of random bright color together - major credit to you.

This is also pretty obviously the Catachan fan in me coming out, but I love the green camo with the red on that one Kroot's shield! THAT would be an interesting Tau army to see.

Glad you've been stepping up the progress lately, hope it continues.

Pekel, thanks very much for such kind words. Im so happy i saw your catachan beer guns and dinosaurs blog AFTER i began my own, as its so iconic it would have been hard to resist the urge to copy it. Ah, yes, bright colors. Tis a fine line between a circus act and a warcraft/starwars esque paint scheme, id imagine lol.
Anywho, Ive spent the day working on the squad leader, shas'w/e its called:/ Yeah i should get my fluff together. Each squad will have a guy like this. Vik i know youll be dissapointed that i opted out of the traditional banner but this seemed to make more sense. I had to really go all out to make him stand out from the other troops., in terms of looted tau tech.The Shadowsun helmet and extra armor serve to do that i think. Also, Im slightly unhappy that the banner isnt resting on the ground but i couldnt model it the way i wanted without doing it this way. Ill add another crag of cork under the banner butt and itll be fine. Also im thinking about ditching the disc on the top of the banner and dropping the models overall height a few mm's. Might tidy it up. Not sure. Input on that really welcomed. Also just overall thoughts on the model would be appreciated as its my first foray into such an extensive build. Heres the photo drop:









lemme know whatcha guys think.
bebop

You're really cranking these out man! Glad to see you inspired again!

Oh Hai! lets do things by halves shall we?...... Nah! lets go batgak crazy and convert the hell outta this one :-)

That mask is crying out to be painted in African tribal colors.

 bebopdrums2424 wrote:
Pekel, thanks very much for such kind words. Im so happy i saw your catachan beer guns and dinosaurs blog AFTER i began my own, as its so iconic it would have been hard to resist the urge to copy it

Haha, thanks - though I'd love to see your take on that army theme!

I think your new guy is looking real neat, though I completely agree with you about adding some cork under the staff and dropping the height a bit. That'll give a more realistic sense of weight to it.

I also can't help but think the armoring looks a little top-heavy - might it be possible to trim down the torso armor a bit to have it narrow a little towards the waist and then add boots or ankle armor 'gaiters' or something? Between the giant staff and the armor on the head and upper body I feel like his poor little bird ankles would snap without some support.

Pekel, again thAnks for your comments. We definately see eye to eye as far as the first two points are concerned. As you can see I did add more cork and I took the top drone off. As far as the top heaviness, again I agree but as this point not much can be done without a serious overhaul. I'm ok with it really. My original idea was to splice parts of a stealth suit up and add them to a kroot, but after seeing the models on the sprue it seemed a bit out of reach for me. Anyways here's today's updated pics, not sold on the pink helmet, I wanted it do bad I had to try but I'm curious to see what everyone thinks. Thanks to thin paint I can always try another color. These pics are very WIP

I was at first unsure of your commander... the pose kinda at first glance looked a bit lame to me... but your perfect painting (tho still not finished) has defiantly sold the model to me! now it almost has a bit of a massai warrior feel to it... very tribal looking...
very cool conversions to be seen here... that tau handgun looks awesome... I think these need to be featured again... maybe some dual wielding gun nerd?

Chibi Kroot? :-) perhaps a green helmet? not that the pink is bad but it's quite in YO face!

I quite like the pink helmet, but maybe not the pink aerial-thing. That could be a more neutral colour, like the white of the chest piece?

OK, FIRSTLY, i apologize in advance for the massive photo dump thats about to happen. Its my last real update before returning to NYC tomorrow. Its been a good trip! Ive built converted and painted two kroot, including the squad leader/banner carrier(which im about to show). and a drone! AND i won first place in my local game store for squad category! WIN! Not bad for a 10 day time frame. Whats on the Docket for my returning trip in a couple of months will be as many rebels as i can get done. Nothing special, Just action poses. I need 6 more and 1 drone and thats one squad DONE!
Now On to this banner man. Vik, thanks for that! As you are a model master i know you see more in a model than i do, but it mightve helped that the WIP pics where theres paint, i added cork under the banner so it looks much more natural. I dunno if you spotted that. You and Brian had similar opinions about the African Mask! I thought it too, but i want to stay away from anything TOO tribal. I really want these guys to look hi tech. I went for the Pink/Orange that i used on the base rubble of drone # 1. Now about that helmet:
AS it turns out, painting the antennae white was just what the dr ordered! DR H to be specific. THANK YOU sir, for that idea. It was the missing piece in the puzzle of what could be done to fix it, and keep the pink. I love it and as soon as i added the first thin coat of ulthuan, i knew that it was exactly what was needed to be done. I love dakka for that. The outside input is always helpful.
OK, enough talk, heres the first squad leader. Lotta pics because theres alot of detail i put into this one. i hope you like it!! Again this is my last real update for a little bit so leave a comment should the thought arise!












bye!

Good work on all the little details. Your chipped paint looks so natural, very good.
Glad to have helped.

oh yeah... very good looking commander...

and congratz to your squad win! but seriously... no surprise there, eh?^^

next to the chipped paint on the white the red faded paint on your minis need explaining as it looks so good and would be a treat to be repeatable for us too

and...keep safe mate on your upcoming time!

cheers, vik...

almost off to bed^^