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Hi all,


Going to try my hand at a blog as a way of keeping track of my progress and motivation.


So I have a few projects ongoing. The first is an Ad Mech force, the second is a 30k Imperial Fist force and the third... Well, for the third, I bought a Sector Imperialis set (for 25% off) and am building a city.


Nobody is here to read these words, so here are a few pictures for you (sorry for the lighting, it is winter here).


Step 1:

Skavenblight Dinge on roads, dirt, paving. (1 hour)




Step 2:

Splodges of castellan green and dryad bark (1.5 hours)




Step 3:

Dawnstone drybrush on dirt and paving, Ushabti bone drybrush on paving, Agrax/Nuln/Athonian washes on road. (4.5 hours)





Step 3.5:

Recess wash and smear on paving stone, administratum grey drybrush of road, half of leadbelcher done (6 hours)






Obviously I'm doing 2 panels at a time, roughly following the beautiful Duncan's guides but I'm looking for some different ideas on how to do some of the foundation areas. Something that is drab and weathered, but different from silver/bronze/brass.


Next up, I'll show off my mechanicum test model, a 'finished' building and who knows what else.

That's a lot of projects, and a city is exciting! I am subscribed.

Many projects, very ambitious to name them all off the bat!

Boards are looking cool so far.

EDC

Would love to see some Fists too. Good start!

Thanks for the replies! I'll endeavour to get some WIP of my fists (the imperial ones, my hands aren't wip) and my first skitarii if the light is good tomorrow. Working all day weekends at this time of year leaves me with no light for good pics of small models.

Further progress:

Step 4 (ten hours):

Finish off leadbelcher on relevant panels and sidewalk (I used other steels to mix it up). Pain Dark Reaper, The Fang, Stegadon Scale Green on building foundations. Warplock bronze on piping.




So once I've finished off the last base details all the foundations/pipes will be washed variously in agrax/nuln/athonian to really give it a nice feel.

Then I'll be drybrushing with necron compound/fenrisian grey/administratum grey.

It's coming together nicely, I believe. I've never actually looked at one of those city block things in person but they seem quite neat.

 amazingturtles wrote:
It's coming together nicely, I believe. I've never actually looked at one of those city block things in person but they seem quite neat.

Thanks! It is very satisfying to see it all come together (in 2 of 6 pieces at least)

They are good, there is a nice physicality to them that you don't get with the battle mats. The other ROB boards are too plain IMO; at least this one is fairly unique. That said, even bought through an independent retailer they are far too expensive when you consider that you also have to prime and paint them. I can't in good faith recommend them to anyone when there are many companies producing excellent battle mats for more than half the price. Though I am very very pleased with it!

Hey all!
More progress has been made. Huzzah!

Step 5 (12 hours):
Wash Nuln Oil/Agrax/Athonian into the foundations, sidewalk, etc. This is tedious!



A nice little building I polished off in an afternoon



My test Skitaroo man (the eyes are being fixed)