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It's just stubborn old me needing to be in the right frame of mind to paint stuff properly. Plus, I don't think the English weather is agreeing with me at the moment - I'm used to dry heat and constant sunshine lighting up my workspace, not grey skies, bitter cold, and lack of internal heating

I'll get in gear eventually. In the meantime, what's going to be the next project in your collection to break up all the silver and yellow?

I can understand that, my constitution prefers hot and dry. Where were you before England?

What next is the big question, as I've literally dozens of unfinished projects that I really should go back to. Probably the Operation Red Veil set from Infinity, then more Iron, then either finish my ad mech or start on my Harles. I'd intended to be finishing my Crimson Fists now, but I hadn't intended labouring over the IW's nearly as much as I have done, and the fists are at least painted enough for a game.

I was in Qatar for 4 years, and then Dubai before that for 5 years. Both pretty hot and pretty bright - Qatar was particularly ideal for painting since no wargaming clubs exist out there, so I had nothing to distract me and no schedules to run to. Only disadvantage is that paint pots can dry up pretty quickly if you don't lock them away somewhere away from the light

Mind you, there were some pretty severe floods last year - all the rain for the year comes pouring down within the space of a week, whether you like it or not

Red Veil sounds like a good project for the blog - my brother just got it himself for the Haq half of the set, so I may be exhibiting them myself on my blog sometime soon if he wants me to paint them, or help painting them

This is always the problem with us wargamers and collectors - so much we want, so much to do, yet so much finished, and so little time!

G.A

I suppose an army is never truly finished is it?

Good progress James.

@GA sounds like an interesting few years. I spent the majority of my preteen years living on the continent, and they were some amazing years.

I'm looking forward to getting my brush on red veil, there's just so much beautiful iron in the way...

@WBD cheers bud . I have a couple of armies that I never plan on adding too. But yeah, my main ones will never be finished. Especially with FW trickle like release rate.

Got a little done this evening, all silver is done with the wash, a bit more on the bases, and couldn't resist tickling the dreadnought a little;


The hazards need a little tidying up, but overall I'm pleased with how he's looking

Nice job, the subtle use of the hazards around the trim works really well.

EDC

Cheers EDC, that three layered trim on the sarcophagus just screamed at me to get some hazards in. I think that was what sold it to me actually. I don't want too many really big hazards in the army as I don't want it to look cluttered when it's together, so subtly is what I'm aiming for


Well today my age ticks up a notch, and in celebration of that I've been given a couple of hobby gifts...



Here we have Perturabo, and a Land Raider Proteus. Off to get some glue now to get these built!

Look forward to seeing how you get on with Perturabo.

Land raider Proteus... which one is that again?

Cheers AoV! He's going to take a while to do justice to the incredible sculpt, but I can't wait to get to him

Proteus is basically the remake of the original RT land raider.


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Land raider built, Perturabo has been scrubbed and awaits his building. The detailing around his head is so fine that I doubt I'll be able to do him justice, but I'll take on the challenge

Just a quick update with a poor picture. All bases done with the models glued on. I've done a few details on the dread, but they don't show in the picture at all. Now that I'm at this point it should be easy enough to try and get through the steps. Hopefully I'll get half an hour a night, which will see progress happen reasonably quickly. Might take my time on the praetor and use him as practice for Perturabo.

There's a good guide on faces in October's White Dwarf. Even if you don't want to pick it up, you're bound to know someone who has it. It's a really detailed guide as it's a heavy metal one, and the end result is so worth it. Worthy for a Primarch I'd say!

Good progress.

Cheers WBD I've got a subscription to wd, I flicked through it but didn't properly read the article. I'm pretty good with faces normally, but I'll definitely give it a read, Pert is going to need everything I can give him...

I've still got the wd from the 90's with Mike McVey's guide to faces somewhere in my mum's loft, I'll have to dig that out as well.

Dreadnought is nearly finished, hunter killer missiles need painting and adding, and the exhausts need a little dirtying, and he'll be ready for a better picture.

Looks brilliant!

Is it just me, or are those hazard stripes a little bit wonky?

They might be, trying to get them in position across all the plate panels was exceedingly patience testing. I'll have another look at it and try and neaten them up.

I can imagine. Especially smaller hazard stripes too. Personally they look fine to me, dunno what GA is on about

Cheers WBD

Hopefully a clearer picture will make it easier to tell. The rivets do distort the impression of the lines a little.

On with the havocs now!

Awesome looking army man... keep up the good work

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JamesY wrote:They might be, trying to get them in position across all the plate panels was exceedingly patience testing. I'll have another look at it and try and neaten them up.

I have the same problem with my Freebooterz - as it turns out, even flexible precision masking tape doesn't bend well around their trousers always requires a lot of neatening up after

WarbossDakka wrote:Personally they look fine to me, dunno what GA is on about

You questioning my eyesight, W.D?

Last week I realised that Heavy Bolters are actually strength 5 rather than 6 for the first time in about a year. Perhaps if my brain is deteriorating, my eyes might be too. Should go see a doctor

@ArchaonSon cheers pal there is plenty more to come! Hopefully when the Praetor and Havocs are done I'll be getting a few decent army shots in, and hopefully a battle against a stunning word bearers army that I'd like to write a batrep on.

@GA I've found dental picks to be a good way of getting the tape down into the nooks and crannies, might be worth a try, especially around the creases at the knees. The pics you've put up look good though, so it's obviously working for you.

Little bit more done just now, you can see where the hazards are going to go on the bodies, hence no arms yet. I've added more highlights to the Praetor's armour to make the details pop a bit, although the pic doesn't really show much. Xv-88 panels are obviously going to get the hazard treatment

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@GA I've found dental picks to be a good way of getting the tape down into the nooks and crannies, might be worth a try, especially around the creases at the knees. The pics you've put up look good though, so it's obviously working for you.

That's a neat idea! I've been using a pair of tweezers to move the tape into position, but that will help flatten it a little more. Still reckon I'll need to do a little neatening of the lines due to all the creases, but thanks for the advice

That Praetor is looking really nice - can't wait to seem him with his stripes!

What colour do you use for your Yellow? Averland Sunset? It looks very dark in your WIP photos, but I guess that's down to lighting.

G.A

Looks certainly like Averland Sunset or Burnt Amber. Looks very effective against the darker metallics and blacks, which is good. Well done!

Cheers both.

I put a base layer of vx-88, a light brown, for the yellow on the iron warriors, which is the colour in the picture, and then put watered down averland on top, with an edge highlight of flashgitz. It gives the yellow an earthier quality, which suits the drab look I want for them, rather than using orange for the shading, which gives it the more cartoony looking style like the 40k scheme.

Edit the other question is, what colour to paint the paragon blade?

Quick update, vx-88 down on all the havocs, and the base layer of warplock bronze is down on all of them. The tribune so far is very enjoyable to paint

The Tribune has a nice sense of movement to him, yet he's not to over the top like some SM minis.

Do you do the bases first? I'd be too worried I'd get some paint on the base before I had finished the mini itself.

It's a really nice model, with the exception of the original head.

I do the bases and bodies separately, and glue them together when I know my brush doesn't need to go near the feet. However, the bases are varnished, and I keep a box of cue tips and some isopropyl alcohol handy just in case...

 JamesY wrote:
I do the bases and bodies separately, and glue them together when I know my brush doesn't need to go near the feet. However, the bases are varnished, and I keep a box of cue tips and some isopropyl alcohol handy just in case...

They are really nice bases! Forgive me if you've explained this before, but what manufacturer do you buy them from?

They area gw's sector imperialis bases. I'm pleased with how they are coming out, and the rust and oxidised copper let me get some colour in without over powering the drab tones of the scheme. The only problem is once you start, you want all the models in the army to be on them...


Hazards are on the Praetor, with the shading started;

Tell you what though, it's one big weapon he's carrying about. Bet it's murder to put in a case

Good progress mate!

 JamesY wrote:
They area gw's sector imperialis bases. I'm pleased with how they are coming out, and the rust and oxidised copper let me get some colour in without over powering the drab tones of the scheme. The only problem is once you start, you want all the models in the army to be on them...

They do look really nice, so I can't blame you for wanting them on every model I'm also shifting all my Orks to 32mm bases, which has burnt a hole in my wallet

Great work as always though

G.A