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Man, that metal is looking so smooth! Nice work.

Cheers mate, Vallejo steel and leadbelcher as a highlight, gloss nuln oil and the job's done.

The unit is done now, and 30 bodies have just been sprayed black...


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So here is a rather poor picture taken on my new Fire;



I'm really pleased with the unit. The basing tones rather than contrasts with the scheme, that is so they fit with the zone mortalis boards I'm pretending are finished. I like the dark and brooding feel it gives them as well, it adds to their dower persona. The 30 calth marines are all prepared in sub assemblies and primed black. The iron warriors upgrade heads were too fancy to pass up, so twenty of them are primed and ready for some silver in the morning!


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So, having done some reading and practising with the camera, I have a much better picture of the siege tyrants;



Not perfect, but much better. Not sure how I feel about the label, but I might stick with it and see if it grows on me. I haven't been idle since my last post, it's just that I've had less time than expected since the wedding, and they are also taking longer than expected. All 30 bases are done for the tactical marines, and the silver is done on them all. I've focused on a squad of ten, and all that is left to do it the pauldrons and bolters. The IW helmets are a joy to paint, hopefully when I get back from the honeymoon in over a week I'll get the unit done and photographed.

Cheers!

They're some nice bases you got there. Did you make them yourself or are they resin ones? Lovely work once again.

Cheers bud, they are the new sector imperialis bases. Very nice to paint, and much better than the resin kit they did previously (my legion of the damned are mounted on them). It is a tad painful having to commit to 3 different boxes to do the BaC box, but you do get a lot so they will last a while.

Siege termies look great. I'm also a convert to the sector imperialis bases, but I can't resist adding bits to them, which also helps them tie into my existing basing style.

EDC

Cheers EDC. I may add some details to bases once the core 2k list is done. It's already moving far slower than intended. I'll be home in a few days though, and will get the first tactical squad done and posted.

Them's some particularly Bay-tastic Iron Warriors ('splosions!).

Nice work JamesY

Cheers AoV, there are definitely some splosions in the pipeline

Can't resist sharing this that I took before leaving. It was just on the camera phone and the flash has burned out the yellow and bronze hues and the lense detailing, but you get the idea. Transfers will go on when I get to whw later in the week and buy a few more units to join the pile of iron.

Let me know what you think, hopefully the full squad will be fully done and photographed by the end of the week

Got back from honeymoon last night, popped to forge world this morning, and finished the tactical squad this afternoon. The transfers where a joy to put on compared to the fists. Still not quite got the hang of the photography, but it's all practice I suppose. Any way, tactical squad #1;



Next up will be something special, either a quad mortar squad (x2), a medusa, a vindicator, or a bike squad. Any preferences feel free. Unfortunately they didn't have a Proteus in stock other wise that would have been an option, and I'm going to hold back on the iron circle for now...

Here is the first bit of artillery, the vindicator. I picked up a few rolls of masking tape today so will do the shield in the future, but not sure if I'd put it on for 30k gaming;




I've also made this unit yesterday;


I had planned on using the FW bikes, but I didn't realise that they are on the scout biker sprue, which messed up my plans for matching attack bikes. So instead I picked up two boxes of chaos bikers, spent hours scraping the spikes off, and bought a MKII tactical squad with the saved money

I did take more pictures whilst working on the unit which I will post soon, the buzzer is about to go on a roast dinner I'm making. They will have to wait until after another tactical squad gets finished before seeing any paint though.

Let me know what you think

Nice Vindicator there! I prefer the Vindi without the shield, and if you don't use it in 30k you can leave it off. It is a good enough excuse to practice with masking tape techniques, which is always welcomed.

Only at FW can you get two squads of GW Bikes and a Tac squad for less than the FW Bikes

Thought I'd stop by, and I'm not disappointed - those Iron Warriors look fantastic so far!

Cheers fellas

@WBD yeah I'm looking forward to experimenting with the tape, bought 10mm and 2mm, so should help with the chervons.
It's amazing how cheap citadel seems by comparison, but I want to get a decent balance between the two so it looks "right". I've got the thirty tactical marines from the BaC set, and mkii, mkiii, and mkii assault squads waiting in the wings (saving the best til last), so hopefully will look good together.

@GA cheers bud! Glad you like 'em, I'm pretty pleased myself

I figured it was probably about time to get some proper masking tape for chevroning beyond knee pads, so here is the first attempt at something a tiny bit tricky;



turned out like this



Pretty pleased with the results of a first go.

I've never seen such high detail masking. Great stuff!

Can I ask where you found that great masking tape? That stuff would be extremely useful for the pinstripes I'm trying to do on the trousers of my Ork Freebooterz, since I've failed to achieve a good look for them so far.

Words cannot describe how awesome that cloak looks with such straight stripes

Cheers both . It's really easy to apply and work with.

@ga I bought it in gee dee models in Nottingham. They have a webstore. It's 2mm, and you get two rolls for £1.50. I'd check out any model stores near you first though as anywhere that sells model trains planes and automobiles will sell it.

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Can I ask where you found that great masking tape? That stuff would be extremely useful for the pinstripes I'm trying to do on the trousers of my Ork Freebooterz, since I've failed to achieve a good look for them so far.

Words cannot describe how awesome that cloak looks with such straight stripes

He will. If you update your own P&M blog with the results

 WarbossDakka wrote:

 General Annoyance wrote:
Can I ask where you found that great masking tape? That stuff would be extremely useful for the pinstripes I'm trying to do on the trousers of my Ork Freebooterz, since I've failed to achieve a good look for them so far.

Words cannot describe how awesome that cloak looks with such straight stripes

He will. If you update your own P&M blog with the results

Definitely! We want to see these stylish, pin stripe wearing Orks

 JamesY wrote:

 WarbossDakka wrote:

 General Annoyance wrote:
Can I ask where you found that great masking tape? That stuff would be extremely useful for the pinstripes I'm trying to do on the trousers of my Ork Freebooterz, since I've failed to achieve a good look for them so far.

Words cannot describe how awesome that cloak looks with such straight stripes

He will. If you update your own P&M blog with the results

Definitely! We want to see these stylish, pin stripe wearing Orks

Just after I updated the blog? How convenient!

Consider it done my friends - if I can find this tape soon enough, I'll get a few done in a week or so. Does this tape have a brand or is it unmarked/generic?

G.A

Thank you good sir! I shall get some off Maplin tomorrow - expect those fancy Freebooterz soon

G.A

A few more pics;


You might note the tiny servo arm for wysiwyg purposes



And everything that is painted so far;



That's the backbone done. Now for the fun stuff did the silver on 5 bikes and an attack bike today. After them, artillery time!

Let me know what you think, or any suggestions you might have

Cheers

Such a lovely and clean paintjob!

Do you plan on any attempt to clean the mould lines without damaging the Praetor model, and are you going to drill the gun barrels?

G.A

Nah, I'm not hard on myself over mould lines. If I miss one I miss one, they don't bother me too much. I tend to be a better aim with a black blob than a drill tbh, so I don't often drill out barrels. Time is too short and the grey pile too big.

Thanks for the compliments also, I'm thinking of making the older armour marks a bit more battered to make them look long serving, but might keep up the clean look they have so far. Decisions ha ha...


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Also, do they show up better on the black or white background?

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Also, do they show up better on the black or white background?

I'd say white, since in the black one it looks like the light level is just ruining the camera quality - I can see the detail much more clearly with the white background

Thanks for the input. I agree that the detail is easier to see. Just took a couple of pictures of things I painted a couple of years ago, I'll put them here as I don't want to start new threads in showcase too much, but I might have a look through the cases and see if anything wants taking to break up the iron warriors abit, I think I'll be painting them for a while.

One of my all time favourite models;



And something based on my love of bioshock, I was going for the "under the sea" look, hence the reverse blue highlights;

Iron Warriors are looking awesome, you've got some serious skills for masking!

EDC

Cheers edc, so far only the praetor has had masking tape, every thing else was by hand. The bikers will be an interesting unit as lots of difficult panels to get into. We'll see if my masking skills are any good very soon