Forgeworld Maximus: Learning to Paint, just not well..............

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**mxwllmdr**

Its way cool, Dave, thank you.....

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I have wanted that for years......

**mxwllmdr**

Ok, so i have been semi forced to produce some more warhounds. My friend vetgrunt will be assisting. Please check out his thread and teach/encourage him.....

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/570187.page

ok, so this is what is gonna happen:

Over the next two weeks I will be starting and finishing four more warhounds. Two rather plain and normal and two SOB themed. Vetgrunt will be learning how I do it and hopefully producing his own....

Iam also going to try to design and complete a Caestas Ram by the endof January.

shees you people and your damn newrules regarding apoc models in regular games.....

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Gonna try to throw two more warhounds onto that. Wish me luck.....

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I love it that I am in retirement mode.....

**Galorn**

Retirement my ass...

**dsteingass**

How many times did Rocky Balboa retire?

I still want to paint one for you! How much pressure is that? you mail me one, wait, and you get it back painted?

**mxwllmdr**

You are so silly dave......

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Hey galorn, retired only means I do what the hell I want to....

**Galorn**

mxwllmdr wrote:
You are so silly dave......

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Hey galorn, retired only means I do what the hell I want to....

My statement stands... It just means you enjoy it.

**mxwllmdr**

Ok, Vetgrunt wanted to learn my warhound pattern. Ok. I can do that.

Then a few friends begged for some warhounds......

Ok.

Then this began happening:

Am I a glutton for punishment?

Or just crazy?

**dsteingass**

You enjoy plastic! That's all

**Theophony**

And we enjoy him enjoying plastic

**Viktor von Domm**

And I enjoy seeing you all enjoying him enjoying his plastic...

Looking expensive max

**Galorn**

Crazy? Nah. Just dedicated. Looks food so far.

**dsteingass**

When you start wanting to eat the plastic, like Galorn..then you're crazy

**mxwllmdr**

I did have a midnight snack of it last night.....

**dsteingass**

You just have to watch any sharp edges the next morning

**Llamahead**

And that's why I use cardstock it digests easier

**mxwllmdr**

Card stockjust reminds me of frozen pizza though. Uuugh......

**VetGrunt**

Or the crackers the army gives us...lol

**mxwllmdr**

I love those!!!!!!

**Galorn**

The jalapeno cheese is killer.

**VetGrunt**

LOL yea on the way out if its a bad batch

**mxwllmdr**

So, got some work done on the ram.

Moved on to the armor plating.....

Gonna need to do some serious cleanup but shaping up well.....

Also, by tomorrow night these will br standing from the waist down...

these are the absolute best I have done yet. These are going to be dedicated to the Adeptus Sororitus.....

I am planning on these two surpassing even this one:

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Vetgrunt is tooling along fine as well. Cant wait to see how he decorates his......

**mxwllmdr**

The lid of a tube of Testors glue and the dial off a spent stick of deoderant....

fits in nicely....

and armour detsil....

gonna hafta do all that detail on the other hull boom but, hey it took four hours doing it right the first time, perhaps only a couple more to finish the other side....

**Ruglud**

Oooh, now this is a scratchbuild... Question for you though ( and you've probably answered somewhere in the last 100 pages), but what tools do you use to cut the curves in the plasticard, they look sooo smooth...

**Viktor von Domm**

do you know max how often I have to suppress a f+§" yeah!...? whenever I read this thread? every bloody time!... cestus ram looks awesome... funny how some household stuff just sticks together so well, eh?...I smell a conspiration here...one of the probably only good ones

the feet of yon titans looks awesome...but that probably goes without saying...nevertheless...they look awesome!... and since these will be dedicated for the SOB...I wonder what marvels you can wrought for the decorative ornamental main armor...?

**dsteingass**

Your gilding and ornamentation has really come a long way!

**mxwllmdr**

Ruglud wrote:Oooh, now this is a scratchbuild... Question for you though ( and you've probably answered somewhere in the last 100 pages), but what tools do you use to cut the curves in the plasticard, they look sooo smooth...

I use a number 11 exacto blade. And a file, that comes in handy......

Viktor von Domm wrote:do you know max how often I have to suppress a f+§" yeah!...? whenever I read this thread? every bloody time!... cestus ram looks awesome... funny how some household stuff just sticks together so well, eh?...I smell a conspiration here...one of the probably only good ones

the feet of yon titans looks awesome...but that probably goes without saying...nevertheless...they look awesome!... and since these will be dedicated for the SOB...I wonder what marvels you can wrought for the decorative ornamental main armor...?

Thanks, vik. And yes, I have some wizadry planned for these battle bitches........

dsteingass wrote:Your gilding and ornamentation has really come a long way!

Thanks, Dave. I found a new method for the trim and gilding that lets me get it much narrower trim and much more even. Its messy though, if not a little faster.....

**mxwllmdr**

Well, no more work done on the ram but lots done on the warhounds. Having VetGrunt come over gets the creative thought processes flowing. I think of things to show him and end up getting really good ideas:

Above I have changed the way I am doing the piston mounts on the foot pads. Before they were mounted into square tubing. That always left them a little bit limited on the range of motion they could reach. BUT!, with Vet here on Monday (we had a snow day at work, go figure) I found that the pearlized plastic beads that I previously had trouble gluing work perfectly with Bondene. Never thought to try it before. Call me stupid. Now they will mount onto the little beads and have much more range without having to be forced into looking like they could work.

Also:

Here I have added a slat of slotted styrene simulating synchronous gearing......

Okay, that was a mouthful.....

What I hope to achieve is a more fully detailed model. I think it works.....

I think my execution on this one could have been better but I like it.....

Remember this guy?

Well I dont remember posting it anywhere but I made mold of the side cap on the kneesof this bad boy for just this reason:

Wow ten of those done in ten minutes...... That works for me.....

And this.....

Been wanting to change these up a little for several warhounds, now.....

And finally,

No, not standing yet but very far along. I promise when these are done I will have earned a retirement from titans........

Warlord, what?!?!?!

Whoop whoop!

**dsteingass**

Seriously impressive craftsmanship here Max!

**mxwllmdr**

Thanks Dave. Means a lot coming from you....

I am trying real hard to put as much of the little crap that I always wanted to put on them in to these because these will be the last of the Warhounds I do for anyone else but me....

Yes, I have said that before.....

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Oh, and your avatar, Dave, you are no ones minion......

**Glaiceana**

Awesome work! Love to see how they turn out