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So what dip do you use? I have never had much luck doing it as I always get to much excess.

Looking good, I'm gonna have to take some notes on your cool action shots for when I start photographing my stuff with proper terrain behind them.

 NuclearMessiah wrote:
So what dip do you use? I have never had much luck doing it as I always get to much excess.

I use a Minwax Polyshade for black and Army Painter Strong Tone for brown. The key to it though is that I use one of these to clean up the excess.


I guess I'm on somewhat of a roll, I got one of the Alguaciles fully painted up tonight.





As you can see, I used a lighter yellow on this guy. I'm not sure if I ought to keep it or switch it out for the darker yellow I used on the Hellcat. Opinions?

Once I've decided on that, I'll probably stick a number decal onto his back.

 Barzam wrote:

 NuclearMessiah wrote:
So what dip do you use? I have never had much luck doing it as I always get to much excess.

I use a Minwax Polyshade for black and Army Painter Strong Tone for brown. The key to it though is that I use one of these to clean up the excess.


I guess I'm on somewhat of a roll, I got one of the Alguaciles fully painted up tonight.





As you can see, I used a lighter yellow on this guy. I'm not sure if I ought to keep it or switch it out for the darker yellow I used on the Hellcat. Opinions?

Once I've decided on that, I'll probably stick a number decal onto his back.

Models are looking good, I think I like the pale yellow.

As for the dips I own the army painter dark and strong, also what matte do you use? I have terrible luck with their matte spray can doing the dusting, I bought some matte varnish for my airbrush hoping that would work better, but haven't tried it yet.

Wow that guy looks completely different what with not being in the red scheme. I approve Makes me wanna paint my moderators a bit differently and see if it shows as much.

That's a neat approach to cleaning up the excess dip junk. I tear tiny bits of paper towel and roll them into tubes, they absorb pretty well. What do you use to clean out your sponge brushes? Standard mineral spirits? Those look great for sponge weathering too.

When it's time to dullcoat, I just use a Model Masters matte spray. It gets the best coverage generally. Or, I use Vallejo's brush on dullcoat. It's a bit more tedious, but I have more control over it.

Unfortunately, I don't have anything to clean out the sponge brushes. They're pretty much a one and done deal. But, they're pretty cheap, so it isn't such a big deal.

Ahh I was kind of wondering, floor stain tends to wreck even normal brushes if you aren't persistent. I'll probably stick to my tedious paper towel method then. Which tint of polyshades do you use? I really like Tudor as it's kind of a not-black. Or a "dirty" black, I think it's technically super dark brown, but it feels like a dirty black wash and I find it quite handy to have around.

I believe it's the Tudor I'm using. I keep the stuff at my parent's place since I don't really have anywhere to store or use the stuff at my apartment.

I'm on a roll here! The second Alguacil is done.


And here with her buddies.


I don't know why, by my camera is making the pale yellow look white.

I also had picked up the Morat Vanguard Infantry last weekend. I tried two schemes on them. One guy had a more or less woodland scheme, but I didn't like how it came out, so he's taking a bath in the Simple Green. This guy I was going for more of a desert look, so he got more of an earthy look. He actually doesn't look quite so out of place with my HMG Morat, either.


I think I need to clean up his eyes a bit more. I'd thought about giving him camouflage, but it wouldn't have worked very well with his armor. I also tried it on the pants of the other guy and it just didn't look good on the sculpt.

the second Aug is looking good and that morat is really really nice. Excellent work!

I like the Morat.

I'd go with the darker yellow like on the Hellcat, but that's just me.

The rate you're churning these guys out makes me want to try and match you with my Hordes painting. Maybe eventually our painting will converge and we'll both have finished factions for a game we've both been collecting!

Every time I see your posts makes me want to start putting my stuff up here. Problem is I can't figure out how to use our actual camera. Everything is in kanji and I don't recognize most of them!

I was wondering if I could possibly get a mod to move this over the P&M blogs. That way I can start posting some of my other stuff in here. I haven't been working on my Infinity stuff lately (I did finish the third Alguacil though) due to being distracted by other things, like Warmachine, Dead Zone, and soon Warzone. I'd like to have somewhere I can post everything.

I think we can make that happen - though usually PMing one of us works better/faster - or using the Mod Alert button.

I just happen to subscribe to yours, is all!

I was about to suggest the mod alert button but it's been awhile since I used it and memory was foggy. That, and I remembered that Alpharius frequented this thread too.

So can we see the war machine and deadzone soon?

Thanks for moving it for me. I haven't had to move any threads here before, so I wasn't sure what the best way to go about it even was.

Like I said though, I've been getting distracted by other lines besides Infinity. Warmachine has been taking up some of my focus of late. I wound up getting a whole bunch of Menoth clergymen painted up within the last week or two.

I think the Hierophant and the Attendant Priest are probably some of my favorite Menoth figures.




I've also been working on a pair of Flameguard Cleansers. I finished one, but the other guy just kind of got left behind. He's stll on my to-do list though!



Now, what really got me distracted last night though, was this thing


This is my older brother's old, beat-up, filthy Landraider. He built the thing waaaaaaaaay back in the early 90s and never bothered painting it. He basically quit wargaming all together right after building it (he's since seen the light and come back). This thing's been sitting in my parent's garage for over 20 years, falling apart and collecting dust. When my dad finally made me "rescue" it, it was missing the bolters from the cupola, it's banner, it's plow, and both Las Cannons had long since broken off. I had to give the thing a serious cleaning and rebuild all of the weaponry. Last night I probably put the most work into it since I've had it. It's been sitting on my coffee table with just a primer and one set of cannons built. So, I painted it up, got most of the tracks done, added a new gunner, new heavy bolters, a new antennae, a new plow, and finally got around to building the second set of cannons. Since the old mounting system sucked and was broken anyway, I had to devise a new mounting system for them. So, now they're held on by some very powerful magnets. I still need to obviously do some work on it all though before it's actually done, but I'm getting there.

Here's a less dramatic pic of it next to my completed Razorback.

Nice. I still can't seem to get behind the warmachine aesthetic but I can still admire well painted minis. That land raider looks like a chore, I've got one of the well you can't call it new.. or old really. The one that's been in service since at least 3rd edition. Can't get myself do do anything with it. Yours will look sweet when its finished up to the standard of your razorback

I must've been really motivated tonight. I stripped the paint from some old Raptors, tried experimenting with sealing some MDF stuff, and I nearly finished my Lasiq.

From start to finish, he took me less than an hour. I'm surprised how fast he went. Unfortunately, it seems his Camo must already be working, because my camera just would not take a decent picture of him. It's really annoying because he actually looks much better in person than in the photos. I'm just not sure about his visor. The gold didn't come out very well. I'll probably make it blue or green or something.



I really wish the picture came out better. I actually bothered to try and highlight him and it turned out looking halfway decent. The camera just made it look all blotchy though. I'm also doing him a little differently from my other Haqqislam. I chose red as opposed to the usual Cadian-esque green armor I've been using. I had seen a really sweet looking Haqqislam army online that used tan and red and I really wanted to copy the look on at least one guy. Since the Lasiq was the best looking one in that guy's army, I decided to do the same for mine. I think he'll look pretty badass once he's all done.

Looks pretty good from here. It is a nice color choice.

alright, my Lasiq is all painted up, but you're going to have to wait until Sunday night to see any pics. We'll probably be getting dipped this weekend though.

Some good news, my Warzone Resurrection stuff finally came in! Some bad news, I'm missing the Atilla that was supposed to be in my Cybertronic starter.

Overall, everything looked to be in good shape. I did not wind up with one of those later Bauhaus castings. Yeah, the helmet spikes on the Hussars are super tiny and thin, and yes, many of the heads had them already broken off. BUT, I really don't care. I wasn't all that interested in keeping them anyway, so that's fine. The carry handles on the rifles are all good, too. An oddity though is that there's two torsos with no shoulder pads. I could swear that there were supposed to be a pair of loose ones for them, but I didn't see any at all. I might try some hot water reposing on them though because their stances are wiiiiiiiiide. This was an issue I had with them in the KS though.
Also, the Imperial Doom Trooper? his head is tiny. Like, really tiny.
I also noticed that I did have some slight miscasting going on with my Vulkan suit. Just from my glancing over the figures, that seemed to be the only one with issues. There was some very slight mold slip on it, the Bauhaus insignias on the legs are kind of soft, and there's a pair of air bubbles that formed on the thing's chest. I'm not sure if I want to have those modeled as battle damage, or fill them in though.

An added bonus, since mine was one of those final orders shipped out, I got the convention exclusive Brotherhood dude thrown in. His sculpt is really nice. Same for the Capitol backer character and the Mishima Doom Trooper. Very crisp, very clean, very nice looking.

I also had the hardback book in my box. That thing is reaaaally nice. I just hope the binding will last on it.

Now to contact Prodos.

Always nice when your kickstarter stuff comes in, even if there are a few hiccups.

I got my Lasiq all finished up on Friday night. I meant to get him dipped over the weekend, but unfortunately I came down with something. I haven't really been able to do a whole lot of painting as a result.

I figure I owe a couple pictures of the Lasiq though...


And obligatory "action" shot


Next item to post should be a Deadzone figure. I'd been steadily working on the Marauder captain and he's nearly finished now. Within the next couple days, I should have him done, but with luck, he'll be up tomorrow.

Ooh. Nice. And looking forward to seeing what you've done with the marauder captain .

Alright, I've got a bunch of pictures to dump tonight. And all of it is for Deadzone. No terrain though, just figures.

First up, I promised my Marauder Captain, and here he is, like a boss.


I've also made a couple of friends for him.


I also have some Warpath Marauders I've done.


Unfortunately, this is all I've managed to complete for either my Deadzone Marauders or my Warpath ones. I've got quite a few of them, too.


Of course, I need to have my obligatory diorama shot.
The captain and his bodyguard oversee the barricades.


I've also been working (slowly) on my Enforcers. Here's what I've managed to get done so far, minus my sniper who I forgot to photograph.
First up is my open helmet Enforcer. I'll be using him as a stand in for an officer until I get Howlett and the actual SGT. figure.

I totally need to redo that eyebrow.

Basic rifleman Enforcer


Another rifleman Enforcer


Heavy weapon Enforcer


Deadzone Assault Enforcer


Basic Assault Enforcer


And the whole team.


And the action shot


Taking these pics, I realize I need to make some new buildings and change the setup of my game mat. I could also stand to make some new zombies and Plague.

I did do a little work on some of my Mutant Chronicles figures. I'm just taking them slow. I also ordered some clear acrylic 30mm bases thanks to Grimdork's recommendation.

Everything looks excellent! That's some good stuff. You say there aren't many enforcers but you've totally got more than enough done to play.

About the bases.. just don't blame me if you fall in love

Wow. My land raider. So old. Much dust.

You got it done for me though!

Thanks!

You can drop it off at my place this weekend, since it's MINE!

It came out nice though. I know it was in one piece at some point in history. Glad to see it get a proper home since my kids have no interest in soldiers, tanks, or shooty things unless they are attached to monsters.

Look at your warpath marauders, you ought to stick some number decals on them too. They give off a football player vibe with those bulky shoulderpads and colors.

Nice enforcers. I've getting a very strong clone-trooper vibe from them, which is cool, and I love the clean look, having gone back to something similar myself. Nice use of spot-colour as well.

I'm going to be using my hard earned vacation hours come Tuesday, so there won't be a whole lot of updating going on. I'll be heading to Japan to visit my brother and his family on Tuesday. Needless to say, I'll be spending a lot of money. I'm not sure if I'll be getting much that'll be of interest to this board though. I will be bringing back a Barzam though, so at least expect to see that.

Until then, I'll probably be doing a little bit of work on other projects. I've got an Eldar tank that's been sitting on my desk partially primed for a while and it's demanding my attention. There's also some papercraft I want to try out (if I can pull it off well enough, I'd like to eventually try my hand at scratch building). I might also snap a few pics of some of the Warzone stuff I've been working on (not much is actually painted though).

Oooh japan. Make sure to visit one of those sushi conveyor belt places if that's your thing. And remember the Koi are not for eating!

Eh, I've been to the revolving sushi places. It's alright. I just gets expensive. My goals for the trip are to A)bring back my Barzam, B)buy some Gundam models C)buy some Gundam toys, D)see what other funky stuff I can find.

Before I go (which will be tomorrow morning), I'll share a few pictures of various projects I'm working on at the moment among a multitude of others.

I mentioned I wanted to try my hand at papercraft. I tried building the Toposolitario hovercraft kit for Infinity. I can't say my results were very good though.

I'll try again though when I have the time. Now that I've built one (badly), I have some idea of areas that I need to improve on. If I can get decent enough at this, maybe I can try moving onto making one from plasticard.

Oh yeah, I don't think I've shown that HAZMAT guy before, have I?

He's my first good attempt at pulling off the jewel effect. The rest of his team is awaiting his return though so I can use him as the basis for the rest of them. Right now he's waiting in the queue to get dipped.

I've been working on some 40k tanks, too. Since I can't stand the Leman Russ, I've been wanting to make something that I could potentially use as a stand-in. I think this Plasma Panzer should work.


Lastly, I've had this Wave Serpent sitting on my work table for a few months now with nothing but a half-assed priming job. I figured I'd finally get around to working on it. My plan is to eventually have some urban camo Guardians to hang out with it. My Dire Avengers and Fire Dragons don't have the most urban of color schemes, but I'll chalk it up to them sporting their craftworld colors and the Guardians actually having enough sense to NOT make huge targets of themselves.

Nice stuff! I definitely like your jewel effect, I agree, it's nice

Paper hovercraft doesn't really look bad IMO.

Plasma panzer is pretty neat too, and I look forward to seeing what eventually goes down with the eldar skimmer.

I see you live in California, you can probably get pretty good sushi at home if you really wanted to, I'm kind of land locked here so it was a nice treat for me

Have a good trip, make sure to get plenty of giant robot toys!

Oooh, I intend to