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Yeah definitely give it a go might be fun to make something that blends your style with a slightly more Blanchian twist

Welll...... the spirit might be willing, but the schedule and bits collection are weak. : ) I look forward to seeing that you do though! Made some statues from chess pieces though....

The fauna of Pentegrad - The Rats (occasionally mutated, always large), the frogs, and the statues...

That lot is looking amazing bud. Really fantastic. Love the statues. Beasties all looking great to.

Oh man those statues are gorgeous what paints did you use to get the bronze effect? Nothing I've got at the moment seems to do the trick...

The chess statues are ACE!

Thanks - glad you like them!

The statues use two craft paint colors and GW washes.

Basecoat black
Craft paint antique gold
Craft paint gunmetal (a dark silver) dry brush. This is my new favorite paint.
GW Nihalac (sp?) oxide - the pale blue stuff. Applied sparingly in this case for a "Not yet all that corroded" look. This stuff looks really virulent when it goes on - sort of like a kid vomited blue slushy on it.
GW Agrax Earthshade. This tones down the Nihalac to the point where it looks decent. I apply it lighly and sometimes leave some streaking unwashed or do a thinned down wash over everything.

Great for terrain, OK for figures which sometimes benefit from more dry brushing.

Here's the shots I did for St. Dravidia....
















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The statues turned out so great! When I saw the unpainted conversions, I had my doubts. But painted up, they look excellent! Those few Imperial bits really do the trick and the paint scheme is perfect! Nice work.

Thanks Riddle - I wasn't sure how it was going to either but it worked out, but I'm going to keep my eye out for other statues to Grimdark. Maybe some with a more eastern feel.

In the meantime, I started on the Victoria Miniatures BFG. I am thinking it is part of the Pentegrad local defense forces. Overall the kit is nice - the wheels can be easily removed so I could put tracks on if I wanted to at some point. There are some nice extra bits like shells and a wooden box. The parts are nice and rigid, with almost no mold lines and go together well. On the other hand, there are no instructions at all, which is potentially a big issue if you're not careful.



I'm using my WWI german camo sceme, mostly because it is more interesting to paint than basic grey, the other most likely option. That way it fits with my other vaguely WWI stuff, and could be used with a Xenos crew if I wanted to, or my Xenos could be used with it (at least the ones with helmets on). To'ok knights from Zombiesmith.



I've got a bit of an accidental army going, with the hinterland infantry and the heavy walkers.





Nots sure what I would ever do with it.

For something completely different, here is a nude gladiator: NSFW unless you work in an art museum.

Beautiful shots with your scenery altogether there, kestral - really tell an evocative story.

How did you do the ?plasma damage to the knight playing piece? It's a great effect!

Thanks - I like doing the scenery bits the best. The plasma damage is just done with a drill press and some craft paint copper. It looks redder in pictures than in life though.

New gladiator Painted:






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Need to give her a glowing cylon visor eye spot.

Nice, I think I recognize those walkers Star Wars something right?

Where are the models from, they look bigger than the old Star Wars Miniatures prepaints.

Huh. I think i have one of those lion shields lying* around.

The statues are amazing.

*lion shields lion around?

The Lion shields are pretty sweet - and I ain't lying. One of my favorite bits. The Walkers are star wars prepaints - though they are very big. I think I just bought them from some site selling cheap SW left overs. They might look bigger because the Hinterlanders are pretty small.

So some games got played using the arena, and *apparently* SOME people don't like playing on actual sand surface because it is *sort* of like sandpaper. SOME people's miniatures apparently live coddled lives it seems . But the long and the short of it is I'm looking for new sand surface flock - the ground walnut shell stuff I guess, both for the Arena and for basing the gladiators.

Can anyone recommend a good model basing sand? Preferably cheap and available in large quantity?

Finished painting the PDF, though I screwed up the commanding officers face pretty good with an ill advised adventure in black ink. I'll repaint it some day.



I like the wheel effect which I I achieved by starting with heather blue from reaper, dry brushed grey, dry brushed gunmetal, followed by an agrax wash. I think I might do a tank in the same style.









Here is some test coloration for Insurgency Walker's cars. This is an inquisition vehicle. I want to convey age, menace, gothic puritanical craziness... ...or something.

Just looked in on Eden the game and they have some stuff with different influences than you usually see in 40K that could be quite useful:

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Finished painting the PDF, though I screwed up the commanding officers face pretty good with an ill advised adventure in black ink. I'll repaint it some day.

Not civilians as promised, unsubscribering.

Amazing work, as always.

Thanks - glad you enjoyed it!

I really like that camo scheme you've crated. It's got a stained glass vibe to it.

Thanks! Good Camo is fun to do and makes painting more interesting, if longer. I vary it a little each time I paint.

I've painted a car and matching Rhino for I-Walker. I must say I feel wargames exclusives Cars are getting better as time goes on.

Taking inventory for the new year, and here's what I have for this project:

More Brethren First Responders waiting to be converted from some obscure game or other - the helmet shape and triple eye optics are good, as is the shoulder cape, I'll just add the beak. In the background is a Razorback waiting to be converted into a 40K fire engine!



Here are the remaining unpainted Gladiators.



Here is an (unpainted) journeywoman of the Surrogates guild.



And here are some painted gladiators. The female one was one of those tarbaby projects - you're not sure how much you like the figure to start with, or your conversions, you mess around with the colors and it just keeps getting more and more messed up but you don't want to give up. In the end it works though. The Angelus with jetpack is turned out great - one of my favorites, though the pictures don't really do him justice.

Nice work all around in this thread. I'm really liking it.

Thanks!

My wife got me a Firetruck for the Brethren - I was going to strip it for bits for my fire fighting Rhino, but I think I'll convert it and paint it up instead. it is a little small, but I prefer smaller vehicles. Better for narrow streets.



Actually, in the picture the scale looks perfect.

Fire truck is a real find. Nice work on the gladiators.

Will that be a fire truck that puts out fires or one that Fahrenheit 451 style, starts fires?

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My wife got me a Firetruck for the Brethren - I was going to strip it for bits for my fire fighting Rhino, but I think I'll convert it and paint it up instead. it is a little small, but I prefer smaller vehicles. Better for narrow streets.

Actually, in the picture the scale looks perfect.

Add a few bits so it looks a wee bit like a Taurox?

I think it would be readily done.
Thinking more around the line of the bars at the front, engine exhaust pipes, the "ribbing" on the hood, more involved doors and maybe a water-cannon turret.
I keep envisioning this thing performing double duty for crowd control so a bit of armor is needed for both situations, promethium fires I am sure are no joke.


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Will that be a fire truck that puts out fires or one that Fahrenheit 451 style, starts fires?

I think the hellhound has cornered that.


I was just thinking that a modified Hellhound would work just wonderful as a fire truck.
You know how the mechanicus just HATES when an STC construct is not true to it's design.

Well, if my Brethren ever hit the table, they will surely be armed with flamethrowers. Is it actual fire or just the hideously dangerous "cleansing fluids" they use at plague scenes? Who knows, in game terms it is the same. I'm sure they do all the 451 work needed in their city as well. There is nothing worse than burning a few heretical texts on a windy afternoon, then the next thing you know the Grox Rendering plant goes up in flames. Better to send professionals.

Thanks for the Taurox Ideas - that gives me a good direction to get started - I was drawing a blank.. I had planned to focus most of the converting on the cab and leave the back mostly stock, so that works well.

Amusingly, there is in fact a line of fire fighting tanks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyWPnhf4OF4

Among others, NASA has some.