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Bit of a broken record, but the yellow looks amazing!

Thanks very much, everyone! Bot is done, Cthulhu is done, Hawkeye is done. Weather made it so varnishing had to wait until yesterday. Just have to do bases and then pics. Work on Knight2 continues but slowly as I have been trying to get these models painted and off the desk. And here's a quick WiP on the Spiders, which I also hope to finish soon.



Thanks for looking!

That's a nice carapace pattern! Also looking forward to seeing how the double reaper turns out.

Loving the pattern on the carapace, great job.

I too love the yellow and the pattern on the carapace. No apologies for the repetition as definitely worthy of (repeated) praise!

I'm really liking that mech. The black and yellow paintjob looks very striking. I've had some difficulties with yellow but yours is spot on.

How did you achieve that pattern on the Warp Spiders? Looks ace!

Spiders are looking amazing bud. Looking forward to the pic dump.

bI always loved warp spiders, I hope when they eventually remake the Aeldarimgjhbdgnjkkjhg line that they do them justice. Love your Zoats as well. Sorry I’ve been absent for a bit.

 zahnib wrote:
How did you achieve that pattern on the Warp Spiders? Looks ace!

Yes YouWaShock, please share.

Cheers,

CB

Those Zoats are fantastic. I love old metal, they've got so much character, especially with the bright paint schemes.

I'm liking the progress on the Warp Spiders too, those carapace patterns are great.

Thanks a lot, guys! Appreciate all the compliments!

Arakasi, me too, man. Me too. Painting has slowed building, but I am still picking away at construction.

Cam, pic dump soon-ish. Hope to get the bases done before the weekend. Then pics.

The carapace pattern is a rough blend using Vallejo Sky Grey, Neutral Grey, Grey Green, and German Grey. Just layer those up and then go back over with the Grey Green in splotches leaving roughly even spaces between them to leave the gradient showing through.

Thanks, again!

Loving the pattern on the Warp Spiders, I know a lot of people want updated Eldar Aspects but I have always loved those sculpts.

And that yellow?

Nice dude, look forward to seeing how they turn out! Totally agree with ListenToMeWarriors, the old Eldar aspect sculpts are some of my favourites

Great job on the pattern man!
Will look real good when they are done

Thank you all, very much. I, too, am partial to the old sculpts. My heyday with 40K was really from R.Trader through 3rd, so these are what Eldar will always be for me, no matter what awesome new stuff GW puts out. Not that that has kept me from buying plenty of other models throughout the years...

Pic dump! Finished up the yellow mech, Hawkeye, and Chibithulhu. Man, the Cthulhu was a mess. I heard bad things about the models from the Impact KS, and this guy was covered in flash, mold slips, and print lines. His wings looked like a topographical map. Layers of liquid GS and paint have diminished, but not eliminated most of the texture. I would have been heated if I had pledged and gotten minis of this quality. Included pics of the Avengers so far and the two mechs side by side. On with the show.

















I decided to name the yellow one Rumblebee.





Avengers assemble. I went with the Kate Bishop version of Hawkeye to keep the team from being an even worse sausage-fest than it already is.

Work continues on the other projects and new ones are around the corner. Figuratively speaking. It takes me forever to do anything.

Thanks again for all the compliments and as always, thanks for looking!

Great work on Chibithulu’s eyes .

Love Rumblebee and his greenish partner, very Infinity looking.

Avengers ASSemble......poor Hawkeye gets no respect.

Yep those eyes are on another level. Excellent work all round, love the basing as well, subtle but perfect.

Wonderful stuff!
Those eyes are mesmerizing.

Keep it going, excited to see what you finish / start working next.

Eye thank you all for the comments!

A little progress and a look at the desk. One of the Warp Spiders has some glow on his gun, the others have been hit with the wash. Put a smidge more plasticard on the supports for the double-reaper and a couple more tubes. Think it is done and ready for arm attachment. Desk shows more Avengers, Knight parts, and a BONES griffon I based around...when did KS 1 deliver? His droopiness made me turn my back to him for years, despite trying a pin in the back leg. Got fed up and ran a piece of rod from his side to the base and propped him up like a bike on a kickstand. Will build up a small rock formation around it to hide it. He won't droop ever again.





Thanks for looking!

Liking those Warp Spiders, great job so far!

It's a shame that chibi model was so bad, but you've made a great job of it and I haven't noticed anything wrong with it.

Liking those mechs, the black/grey you've painted still makes me jealous! I've also never heard of a female Hawkeye, but that's my fault for not reading the comics!

The eyes on that baby Cthulhu are absolutely adorable, great work.

Great eyes on the chibi-Cthulhu.

Thank you very much, all! I think Cthulhu is my first (and possibly last) chibi anything since I bought a couple SD Gundam models when Gundam Wing was still showing on Toonami.

Progress on current projects has been ok, but not much to look at. Instead, I have decided to document a few projects that have been languishing for years. Maybe showing them will motivate me to finish them one day. Two Avatars and my Wraithknight. One Avatar is intended for playing, the smaller RT era one, and the other is just for show, built from the idol of Khaine on the Cauldron of Blood. I think just about everyone saw that model and went "plastic Avatar." The Wraithknight is also intended just as a painting and modeling project, hence the pose and base. Foolishly I have completely assembled it, and now should I ever try to paint it, my life will be much harder for having done so. Live and learn. It was years ago, after all. The WK was started in late 2014, the Avatar in early 2016, and the RT Avatar...before both. Reflection reveals that I will srep away from a project after the build is completed, as the conversion can require such an amount of time and focus that after I need a change. This happened with Centurius, too. That, and a primer mishap that left me unwilling to approach the model for months. I got over it, and he is being painted now. I have put real mental effort into staying productive, even if it is just in tiny bits. My mantra has become "keep working, no matter how much." And so I have hope that one day these projects may be done. Sharing helps, too. Pics!













Plastic Avatar is still being built. Need to finish the sword hilts, add a little more to the base. WK needs paint. Metal Avatar, as you can see, just has the basecoat started. Also chip repairs feom when I decided to change out his weapon for the big DE claw.

So, instead of progress this post is all about the lack of. Thanks for looking!

 youwashock wrote:
Thank you very much, all! I think Cthulhu is my first (and possibly last) chibi anything since I bought a couple SD Gundam models when Gundam Wing was still showing on Toonami.

Progress on current projects has been ok, but not much to look at. Instead, I have decided to document a few projects that have been languishing for years. Maybe showing them will motivate me to finish them one day. Two Avatars and my Wraithknight. One Avatar is intended for playing, the smaller RT era one, and the other is just for show, built from the idol of Khaine on the Cauldron of Blood. I think just about everyone saw that model and went "plastic Avatar." The Wraithknight is also intended just as a painting and modeling project, hence the pose and base. Foolishly I have completely assembled it, and now should I ever try to paint it, my life will be much harder for having done so. Live and learn. It was years ago, after all. The WK was started in late 2014, the Avatar in early 2016, and the RT Avatar...before both. Reflection reveals that I will srep away from a project after the build is completed, as the conversion can require such an amount of time and focus that after I need a change. This happened with Centurius, too. That, and a primer mishap that left me unwilling to approach the model for months. I got over it, and he is being painted now. I have put real mental effort into staying productive, even if it is just in tiny bits. My mantra has become "keep working, no matter how much." And so I have hope that one day these projects may be done. Sharing helps, too. Pics!

youwashock,

Try reading something about the Eldar Avatar and let that inspire you again.

Just an idea.

Cheers,

CB

Really liking the pose on your Wraithknight, and I wish you the very best with painting it! I wonder if having a turntable or something to stabilise the model would help you out.

Both Avatars are very cool, and hopefully having a few of us to give you a push will help! I always envision the Avatar as the one from Dawn of War, which is similar to what Captain Brown is getting at.

Very dynamic pose on that Wraithknight. Love the base.

I have the same cauldron of blood model still in sprue (bought it for dark eldar wych conversions) and thought about making it into an Avatar. Seeing your model brings the bar pretty high
Excited to see it finished one day. Or should I motivate you by saying: Do that one next!

And you are correct, showing pictures of unfinished models raises expectations from us, which might motivate to finish those models sooner than later.
Don't sweat it though. Finish them when you feel like it

That WK is killer man. I know the struggle of trying to get one of those beasts finished, mine was an exercise in frustration but it's well worth it once finished.

The warp spiders look awesome.

FTL

Very interested to see what you do with the Avatar. I find that models left for ever languishing in wait of inspiration often end up being some of my best as I only pick up the brush when I am fully 100% happy with what I want to do. Those that I paint "straight through" based on a studio paint job often end up looking rather dull in comparison.