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I have been painting... every night. It's just going incredibly slowly. I hope to have the tactical squad tonight... hopefully.

Keep going, Gits. You're almost there.

If you could bang out that halloween army in a month, a few tactical squads should be nothing! You can do it, hold fast!

If you get burnt out by painting the same basic power armor guys, you could liven it up with a little frippery.

Thanks guys. It's been a lot of mundane schedule interruptions compounded by a bad cold that just won't go away. Has made it very difficult to sustain prolonged painting sessions. Tonight I have the decals left to do, which will probably take all night as it's really difficult to get the decals to conform to the curved surfaces of the shoulder pads.

Sounds like Nurgle is saying you should have done Death Guard instead of Emperor's Prancy little Gits . Get better, chicken soup and vodka

 Theophony wrote:
Sounds like Nurgle is saying you should have done Death Guard instead of Emperor's Prancy little Gits . Get better, chicken soup and vodka

Vodka? Not heard of that as a cold remedy. Gin works well though. A friend of mine swears by warm bourbon and honey for coughs, but that’s more focused. The major problem with alcohol for health is that it impacts your painting.

Subbed!! Love that purple!

Hey Styro, nice to see you! Hopefully I'll have something interesting for you to look at very soon.

I have no doubt!

Hopefully you'll be healed up in a week, Remember there is no painting score in these games so tabletop is good for now. Hope you feel better.

Same Gits, I'm going through the same struggle. Deathwatch and colds aren't a good combo I have to say. I'll keep trucking through it with ya!

Gits, are you using decal softening and then fixing solution?

Keep up the momentum Gits! The ECs are coming along nicely and I'm sure will look fantastic once complete. Decals are a pain to apply so much sure you do the normal stuff like laying down a layer of gloss, using proper solution and precutting them at appropriate places to aid in their conformation.

Well, progress tonight. I taught Thing1 how to do the decals (yes, have the appropriate solutions on-hand). He placed all the diving eagle decals on the left shoulders. The third legion pads are next & those are much tougher to get sitting right due to their size and relatively square shape. I've started work on the melta unit & centurion. When the tac squad is finally done, I'll post a pic. Really hoping that tomorrow will be it.

Looking forward to it!

So, the tactical squad will definitely be done this evening. Have about six decals to go and some shrubbery on the bases... that won't take long.

I'm ready to start the gold on the melta gunners. I must admit that I'm not entirely happy with the gold on the tac squad, so I'm going to try a different paint. It's an oil-base and gives an amazing metallic color... but it's not a treat to work with. Worth experimenting with though & it's only 5 figures to have to work with.

Cool.. good job on using child labor of your making! I need to borrow one or Adopt Ramos... ( probably couldn't afford the food bill )

Tactical squad finished with the exception of the vexilla which will be added at a later date... hopefully...

They look outstanding Git, that gold just makes them pop that extra mile. I'm a sucker for command frills, your sergeant looks great!

Thanks Spacewolverine. They're all pretty basic, but they'll do. Still a long way to go.

That dark purple really makes the gold pop.

Very nice work Gits!

Very rich. They look excellent, amigo!

The gold's nice, but it looks kind of...flat. Could use a little washing and maybe mix some with some bright silver for a highlight?

 Kepora wrote:
The gold's nice, but it looks kind of...flat. Could use a little washing and maybe mix some with some bright silver for a highlight?

Later.. Stay on target. I'm sure he'll get to these again, right now he needs a complete army to play!

Looking good! Excellent contrast between the gold and the purple!

Good call on the black bolter casings, purple was a bit much. I think adding the swirls or vexilla (aren't those musical notes or something?) will tie the purple and gold together more, but like SL said, that is for later.

@Kepora: I agree, the gold is a bit lack-luster.... it IS however... washed and highlighted. No silver through... I'm a bit leery of that after the "silver backlash" ignited after I posted the first test pic. The purple gradient shows up very nicely in the pic though, I'm happy about that.

@WM: Yeah, still work to do on these to make them "right", but for the nonce at least they're recognizable and neatly painted. Good base for whatever comes next.

With a bit of luck, I might be able to get the melta squad done tonight. I'll start the gold right when I get home. I'm hoping that with only 5 figures it'll go quite a bit faster than before.

No no, you highlight gold with silver/gold mix, don't be afraid! And don't be afraid to shade down significantly too... you could on a gold undercoat blend from black to sanguine base to gold to gold silver right up to pure silver if you really want to. Don't be afraid of contrast!

Have you given GW's Retributor Armour gold paint a try? It is wonderful stuff that gives a beautiful, consistent coverage.

And kudos for using the word "nonce" in its original way, although that may be a UK/US thing.

The squad looks fantastic. I am out of my league with painting compared to you lot. But I would. E more than happy to call it a day on that tactical squad. They look brilliant.