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2016/10/08 03:17:28
Subject: Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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Who loves to see crazy nordic space barbarians with a wolf fetish? Who loves to see green space orks ready to rip the world in half and the ork next to him just for kicks? If you don't, why are you still reading this?!
Hey dakka, this is a blog about my two favorite (and only) armies. I picked up the hobby about two years ago and never looked back. I'm hoping to use this blog as a way to encourage me to paint more of my army while I a bit more time than usual. As you can infer from the start I play Space Wolves and Orks. I picked up the Stormclaw set and stuck with those models as the basis for my armies. They aren't great, but they look and feel awesome! I will be posting current pictures with explanation on my painting style and techniques along the way. A few notes:
1. I don't have a fancy camera, I deal with what I have.
2. I am not looking to be a professional, I am an low end amateur painter if that, I am making tabletop quality models that look good while I play.
3. I do take criticism, but I may not follow if it takes too much time or I don't have the equipment, ie. airbrushing techniques, I only have paintbrushes.
I hope you all enjoy!
To start we have my space wolves so far, I will get to my Orks when I start painting them again. I didn't spend too much time on minor details and was trying a drybrush technique that ended you looking like snow, so I used more all over the models and it had a pretty cool effect for me. Some models have too much, others not enough, but it worked out in the end. Here are the models from the Stormclaw set.
Edit: Took me forever to figure the posting images out, because I'm smart and don't need help obviously. Thank you DAKKA FAQ!.
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This message was edited 8 times. Last update was at 2016/10/09 19:37:46
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2016/10/08 13:59:47
Subject: Re:Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2016/10/09 19:40:40
2700 - The Fierce Eye's Hammer
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2016/10/08 14:06:03
Subject: Re:Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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Finally fixed the pictures! I would have some great WIP pictures of a Stormfang, except I just noticed I put the engines on backwards... You can tell where I put the instructions down and said, "I got this!" So I will be working on some infantry instead. I usually only work on 5 guys at a time, but I just needed 2 more Grey Hunters to fill a squad and brought 3 Blood claws to make 5, to then add 2 more because I would hate to only have 8 guys for blood claws. If you have tips to swap the engines (I use plastic cement), or if you feel I can work with it as is let me know!
First some test models/Grey Hunters fill I already had:
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This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2016/10/09 20:18:44
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2016/10/08 15:24:11
Subject: Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Steadfast Grey Hunter
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Digging these so far mate! The blue you used is nicely done with the frost look. The effect on the scouts hair is well done. I haven't moved that far into my painting yet, still assembling my Wolves at the moment. Well done so far.
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2016/10/08 15:31:25
Subject: Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Fixture of Dakka
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Nice wolves, but on my screen they are all upside down or sideways.
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2016/10/08 17:13:48
Subject: Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Pious Palatine
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Yeah, they're looking good apart from the upside down nature of the pictures!
EDC
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2016/10/08 22:55:05
Subject: Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Fixture of Dakka
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biggie_reg wrote:Edit: Apparently they loaded upside down. If you click them they will be shown right side up.
biggie_reg,
Afraid they are still upside down when I click them. As you now have them in your gallery maybe edit the post with a new link so we can see them in all their glory.
Sincerely,
CB
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2016/10/12 21:13:57
Subject: Re:Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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Update to the lucky seven models that I started. They are mostly done minus some cleanup, shades, drybrushing, and basing. Hopefully I can knock most of it out tonight. Still don't know where to go for the Stormfang.
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2700 - The Fierce Eye's Hammer
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2016/10/13 23:18:47
Subject: Re:Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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Finally finished them up! Great to finish up some squads. I think I will paint up my Landspeeder next, still haven't figured out what to do with my Stormfang. I know that if I try to cut to redo the engines I will mess something up. Do you think it matters that the engines are backwards? Should I just paint as is?
Sorry if the lighting is too bright on this one, it was the best I could do with what I had. Hopefully a zoomed out one with the whole squad will fair better.
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2016/10/14 13:56:52
Subject: Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Pious Palatine
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These be some funny looking Orks
Seriously though, nice looking SW.
EDC
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2016/10/14 20:34:52
Subject: Re:Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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And here is the Landspeeder I will be working on. Don't know if I'll get much done this weekend though. The Orks will come after this or after my Stormfang when I figure that out.
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2016/10/20 02:35:23
Subject: Re:Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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2016/10/20 02:40:25
Subject: Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Snotty Snotling
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Just what I was thinking!
Marines are looking good - you're getting a lot of depth out of the armour with drybrushing - I'm looking forward to seeing the waaagh!
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2016/10/20 05:55:21
Subject: Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Pious Palatine
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Nice work on the Speeder. It's looking really great, the additional SW bits give it a bit of character too.
EDC
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2016/10/20 21:20:19
Subject: Re:Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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This message was edited 2 times. Last update was at 2016/10/21 03:12:59
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2016/10/21 05:56:31
Subject: Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Pious Palatine
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Cool Orks. I really like those tank busters.
EDC
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2016/10/22 04:13:21
Subject: Re:Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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2016/10/22 22:02:03
Subject: Re:Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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Not extremely productive today, but finally finished my meganobz. Now for a bigger project, a battlewagon conversion! I was given a toy to convert as a gift and will be hopefully finishing it. Enjoy!
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2016/10/27 02:40:02
Subject: Re:Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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Hey Guys sorry for the delay, got a bit busy. I switched from my big project because I needed way more paint for that model in particular, I will update on the ship when I base coat it all later. For now enjoy a custom Big Mek (Wazappa) and some WIP boyz.
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2016/10/27 06:08:19
Subject: Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Pious Palatine
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That Big Mek is extremely cool. Well played sir, well played.
EDC
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2016/10/31 21:08:45
Subject: Re:Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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Sorry for the wait, little bit busy this weekend. Here's a small batch of Boyz a managed to finish. I will be alternating between some fun units and Boyz to lessen the mound of Boyz I need to paint. I'm thinking of working on my Kommandoes next as a great fun unit. Enjoy!
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2016/11/05 02:23:07
Subject: Re:Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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Ok, despite the week kicking while I was down I managed these bad boyz! They each have their own character and charm, but all possess that sneaky side. No foe has ever seen them, though they are rumored to be covered in purple (but that would be just silly, no one has ever seen a purple ork!).
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2016/11/18 02:22:40
Subject: Re:Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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I've been out for a bit due to regular life events, but I am back! And to continue the WAAAGH!!! we will need a proper Warboss to lead the Bad Moons that I will be making, so here comes one that will be propah!
I will clean up the base once I get my basing material back, then I will post updates for all models as I base them.
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2016/11/28 02:27:38
Subject: Re:Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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2016/11/28 07:55:46
Subject: Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Pious Palatine
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Nice. That's a good haul of completed models and they look great. Nice work.
EDC
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2016/12/05 03:04:02
Subject: Re:Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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2700 - The Fierce Eye's Hammer
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2016/12/12 02:59:00
Subject: Re:Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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2700 - The Fierce Eye's Hammer
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2017/01/09 23:52:54
Subject: Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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Hey everyone! I have been absent for a while and I will be completely absent for another 7 months or so. So far I have painted half of my Space Wolves (with some added from Christmas) and about 25% of my Orks complete. I used this to encourage me to paint, and I think it worked well. Thank you all for your support and comments so far! I will continue the blog once I can paint again. Keep on painting Dakka!
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2017/01/10 07:05:24
Subject: Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Pious Palatine
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Don't be gone too long!
Make sure you bring pics of painted stuff on your return.
EDC
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2017/08/31 01:36:05
Subject: Re:Howling and WAAAGH!!!s at Midnight
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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And I'm finally back! So I forgot I never showed my completed trump so I will add that the next update. Below are my set of 3 deffkoptas, each had been previously been painted (quite terribly) and I was too lazy to strip so if it looks very thick in some areas that may be why. But I like them. The bases are from our collection, one made by my wife and another came with some models. Hope you enjoy! I'm excited to be painting again!
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