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I meant the other arm holding the las pistol the light grey probably resin arm

Oh that arm, the other left. That's one of the arms from the Marine character conversion set thing from forgeworld

All looking great, that marine is just amazing.

Yes that left arm not the other left one

Thanks Cam


Been enjoying reading 'Civilians in Warhammer 40,000 AD' By Kid Kyoto Good inspiration for the milita Kinda wish I'd bought the Dark heresy books now while I had the chance, I'll have to watch out for them.

Also I stumbled accross some new buildings on the Warlord games site: http://store.warlordgames.com/products/medium-factory-office Those would be cool in 40k...

OK so I promised I'd post up my "limited palette" that I used on the militia ... well just in case anyone was waiting desperately for it, here you go:




I started having a go at a little towed weapon platform after the Cyclops were finished, it was meant to be a trial at a rapier but I made it a little large.




I'll announce the winners of the League comp later, need to correct some of my horrible English to make it legible.

Thanks all
OMN

Limited Palette !
:-)

Loverly bunches of Vallejo!

Cheers graven, Vallejo model colour are a pleasure to use

Bit stuck on the colour scheme for the PDF veterans.
These:



I'm thinking of imitating Rusty Robot's "I am two bullets" diorama' Elysians with a few minor changes.

Not much else to report on, except League of Extraordinary Riveters round 14 is now up, link in my sig.

I've been loving the =][= esque squads you've been pumping out, Noodles

 OneManNoodles wrote:

Bit stuck on the colour scheme for the PDF veterans.
These:



I'm thinking of imitating Rusty Robot's "I am two bullets" diorama' Elysians with a few minor changes.

What changes? I think it's a good place to start, but I like your use of color relative to the very muted Elysian scheme...

Keep up the great work!

Cheers
Rawson

Hey Rawson, I'm glad you like them.

Well here is a fairly rough look at what I'm thinking of doing to them:


I'll be adding some dark flesh - red to bring colour for lenses and maybe stripes on the armour, also tattoos for the chap in the centre. (there is actually a verdigris skull under his left foot)

I'm really not happy with the grading on the armour and the flesh, My painting seems really sloppy right now and I just can't seem to draw the effort to paint well.

Thanks all.
OMN.

James why are you being so tough on yourself mate, I really like that you use a muted palette and the shading looks toned well.
As for your skin what is it you think that looks sloppy also the beard has come out well I hate trying to paint blonde but you have seemed to achieved it nicely

I like the idea of tats but would not go mad with them, and although the red would work the gloss black kind of rocks and has a sinister stealth like theme.

As above matey !

I really like your take on human sized infantry, and the painting !

You have know idea how many ideas I rob from you for my Traitor Guard !

Blonde beard looks great, I agree , tattoos would seem a good idea , but can be really tricky to pull off well , Google the subject (miniature painted tats and real ones!) a lot !

I found this article really helpful for painting tattoos:
http://www.wiltrichs.com/tutorials/painting-tattoos/

My only critique of the latest three additions is about the head of the third guy. I don't think people really run with their head in that position. It looks like the shape of the helmet forces you into an awkward position, but maybe trimming the ridge off of the top of the torso armor would allow for a more natural position. Whatddaya think?

Good luck!

cheers guys

LDD: that gloss black is the undercoat... I'm thinking of doing something simular to the black on the IF captain, so painting up to white the highlights, some scratches too, but black on the cyber arm, guns and equipment; yes.

@Big H: Thanks mate. With luck the tattoos will not look like I've just been careless with the brush or something. I've got plenty of fine brushes and drying retardant.

Thanks for the tip Rawson I'll be sure to put it to good use on the tattoos when I get around to it. As for the head, yea good point I'll quickly alter that (the head is only held on with greenstuff anyway), only thing is it makes the neck look a little longer.

@LDD: Blond hair isn't too hard, my recipe is:
leather brown with a little yellow in it, then a little black for the shading and a little white for the highlights.

It's not perfect, there are a lot of shades of blond though so there is a good bit of freedom.

Nice work OMN. The skin looks fine to me. The grey could be a little smoother, but it's far from sloppy. Don't be so hard on yourself.

Tattoos; I've done ok with just a mixture of black and skin-tone (with a fine brush and a steady hand). And yes, it's a good idea to keep a little skin paint to touch up the edges.

I gave those tattoos a shot with your tips Dr H & Rawson, ok, its not bad for a first attempt, plenty of room for improvement though...

... Also redid parts of the armour, chipping and did a bit of reflection / scratching on the weapons, may have over-done the scratching; and in future I will use glaze medium in everything (its a drying retarder).




next up, I've been plodding along with two little side projects. The little tracked thing on the bottom is intended to be a base for an ADL quad-autocannon, I might use one of the Curius Constructs ones that I didn't get from the kickstarter.




I managed to find some time to attack the frosting problem that I had earlier in the year on my 2nd basilisk, no such luck, I've re-varnished twice ... at least it hasn't got any worse. I plan on abusing weathering powders to "fix" it.


Lastly on a whim I compiled a few of the faces that I've painted recently, I call it "The good, the bad and the out of focus"



Thank you all
OMN

Looking good as usual!

Love the face compilation!

Not bad mate especially for a first attempt and the scratches look pretty good from here, I am sure with a few more goes you will get tattoos spot on mate

The emplacement looks pretty damn cool will you be casting these up at some point ? how about adding that turret of yours to it

That frosting is a bitch when it happens and totally soul destroying I think with some clever weathering you should be able to cover it without any issues maybe even some stowage

love the face collection

Interesting open transport, and the guys all look so individual!

Scratches look great mate.

You could probably go even further with the tattoo's , maybe some banding or tribal stuff on the bicep/ triceps area and forearm ? What you've done look proper bo tho !

Frosting : have you tried spray on gloss varnish to clear it ? then come back once its dry and matt it again, there's an article on Dakka somewhere I found helpful !

 OneManNoodles wrote:


Lastly on a whim I compiled a few of the faces that I've painted recently, I call it "The good, the bad and the out of focus"

OMN, I love the bottom center guy! What a characterful expression! I actually have that head in my bits box, and I'm inspired to use it

Putting together an army or squad with such character/detail must make these a real treat to stare at in person, tabletop or elsewhere.

I think it would be kinda funny to see those toasters converted into tau drones or necron scarabs or skull drones. Just add wings to the toasters then grimdark them for proxy's sake.

Those faces are just amazing! I agree with Rawson: That bottom center guy is nothing short of spectacular!

Thank you all.

@ Rawson: I don't know if you noticed but I took your advice on that running guy (adjusting the head), I think it looks better now, thanks for the tip . 4 of those heads come from the same kit

@Big H: Yep, twice, the "whitening" is caused by the oil wash not having completely dried I'll bet.

@aw_man: Hold that toaster-y thought.

@KrautScientist: Thanks, that model is probably my favourite that I own, mostly down to that expression.

@LDD: I'm making the emplacement mostly for that turret (maybe then I'll be able to shift some...). I'll have some extra parts for it at some point.



I broke the bottom plate on the master trying to fix an issue with air getting in, so I'll have to print another one, and also try and shift the centre point forward a bit so it doesn't lean forward as much.

OMN

 OneManNoodles wrote:

@ Rawson: I don't know if you noticed but I took your advice on that running guy (adjusting the head), I think it looks better now, thanks for the tip . 4 of those heads come from the same kit

I did notice. I like him this way, too Glad I could help!

Good work OMN. Good effort on the tat's.

Like the chipping on the armour too.

Emplacement is coming on nicely.

Great collection of faces.

I will invest in one of those turrets once I figure out a chassis for it, I don't see it as a Chimera more Russ based.

Thor Toaster Love it

I like the "defence turret" noodles , it looks better than the turret on a chimera or leman russ IMHO.

Oil washes can be a huge pain in the ass , mine work better now I airbrush Klear to seal the oil instead of using pre filled cans but that might be a coincidence too !

OOOooo I really do like the look of that turret emplacement! Really nice! I can picture it being part of a nice defensive line....

Really fancy in the future doing a 40K version of something like the "Maginot Line" ..... and this would fit nicely....

Gloriously detailed and high quality work as always mate!


ps.... not the entire Maginot line..... just a wee part! lol!