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The purple works really well on those guardsmen.

Great idea with the cultists as they slowly mutate. If it takes a few more days on the commanders the pay off will be worth it.

youwashock wrote:Heretics! Traitors!

They look good. I like how you have gone with varying degrees of corruption. They look fabulous all together.

Cheers, i thought I’d chop off all of their spikes just for a bit of difference. Then as I finished the other lot I figured it’d be cool to use brighter colours to show them early on their route to corruption. Glad you liked them!

Viterbi wrote:Great Traitor Guard, those eye lenses are amazing and the purple contrasts great with the rest of their armor.

Thanks Viterbi, I wish I’d have incorporated more green on to some of the other baddies too as it really works. Those colour wheels are pretty clever things! Looking at the photos I think I should go back and touch up some of the lens frames though.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Man, that Tycho is still one of my favourite sculptors out there. Just a shame that they killed him off so we will never see him Primarised and updated.

Traitor guard are looking great, purple always gets my vote as a go to colour.

Thank you ListenToMeWarriors. I agree, Tycho was such a cool character. One of these days I’ll have to get hold of another version to do a Black a Company Tycho too. The new Mephiston looks pretty cool, I wonder if there are any suitable Captains/Lieutenants to convert a Tycho?

Fifty wrote:The purple works really well on those guardsmen.

Cheers fifty, I thought I’d be fed up of purple by now, but it’s too fun a colour to paint!

Yorkright wrote: Great idea with the cultists as they slowly mutate. If it takes a few more days on the commanders the pay off will be worth it.

Cheers Yorkright, I figured cultists need to start somewhere, so why not a purple guard squad that slowly turns to Slaanesh? Might be the commanders turn to get finished next weekend, though that too is stacking up to be busy!

No painting, but as I was arranging my BSF baddies on the shelf I thought I’d try and snap a picture. I didn't move my light so used my flash instead, hence the lighting!


Thanks for looking!

PS - my maths is terrible, I’ve just done my last recount and I reckon the last batch of Traitor Guard got my total for the year up to 94. The Ogryn, Commissar and Chaos Marines will get me to 99. Which Old School route should I take, new Ambull or a RT era special character who’s waiting on a new base?

The BSF baddies look awesome. Good to see all that progress. Ambull sounds like a good next step, but I admit to being curious about the RT character.

Seeing them lined up on the board really shows how well they fit in with it, color wise! Really nice work.

I'm curious about the trader guy myself, also

Loving the Blackstone Fortress work. You have inspired me to convert my "second set" of Traitor Guard. They are great models, but hard to convert into something appreciably different. Still, I think it is worthwhile seeing all yours together

youwashock wrote:The BSF baddies look awesome. Good to see all that progress. Ambull sounds like a good next step, but I admit to being curious about the RT character.

Cheers, they’re coming together quite nicely! I’ll take your vote as a spoiled ballot for marking both options!

amazingturtles wrote:Seeing them lined up on the board really shows how well they fit in with it, color wise! Really nice work.

I'm curious about the trader guy myself, also

Thanks turtles, the matching of the board is purely coincidental! 1 vote for RT era mini then

IGtR= wrote:Loving the Blackstone Fortress work. You have inspired me to convert my "second set" of Traitor Guard. They are great models, but hard to convert into something appreciably different. Still, I think it is worthwhile seeing all yours together

Thanks IGtR=, welcome to my blog! good luck converting your second squad. Lopping most of the Spikey bits off was quite easy on the most part, the harder ones were on the shoulder pads and the shin guards. I left some of the latter as they’re quite hard to get to, but most just needed a bit of clippers and a file. I wasn’t even neat as I figured a bit of wear would fit the character (not being resupplied in a while? it, may as well worship Slaanesh :Slaanesh. The weapon swaps were similar, just using whatever random bits I had laying around!

Sadly no painting this week, but I got my work done, so that was good! Might try to get the Commissar and Ogryn done over the weekend if I can

gobert,

Nice work on the Traitor Guardsmen. With your colour scheme and the removal of many of the Chaos markers they could also stand in for a Genestealer Cult unit. Two for the price of one.

Cheers,

CB

The grey, purple and gold scheme with green eyes looks really good.

Captain Brown wrote:gobert,

Nice work on the Traitor Guardsmen. With your colour scheme and the removal of many of the Chaos markers they could also stand in for a Genestealer Cult unit. Two for the price of one.

Cheers,

CB

Cheers CB, I hadn’t thought of being able to dual hat them but I think your right... now I need to buy some genestealers...

The Riddle of Steel wrote:The grey, purple and gold scheme with green eyes looks really good.

Thanks The Riddle of Steel, welcome to my blog! I’m liking the green eyes too, I think I’ll go back to the first bunch and change their eyes to green too.

Sadly still not managed any more paint, but I’ve been weighing up my options for the Chaos Space Marines. I had been planning to paint them matching my Chaos WarriorsBut then I noticed that they all had Black Legion iconography, so really they should be black. That got me wondering if I could do them black but with purple edge highlights, maybe slightly sharper contrast than this Necron thingumy from Spikey Bits. Might do a tester to help me decide, what do you guys think?

I think that could look quite cool. Give it a shot!

I believe the purple edge highlight would really work

As my laptop didn’t want me to do any work this evening I thought I’d try the purple edge highlighting. I tried 2 variations, first was using two purples

Then I finally found a tutorial on Pinterest that I’d seen ages ago but couldn’t remember where. That suggested using the colour only as a mid tone, then a grey as the final highlight. The idea being it looks black rather than dark purple;

I think they both look good, here they are together

I have 2 Chaos Space Marines, so I could do one in each and then decide, but not sure I want to redo one... argh decisions!

Not wanting to rush in to anything I did some more work on the Commissar and Ogryn. Mainly purple highlights and skin touch ups, but i also used a few washes. Taking on the full lobster I googled a few images and noticed a more orangey yellow edge to their claws going through red to brown in the centre of the surface. So with a bit of yellow wash all over, then a few red washes toward the centres of the plates, all finished with some Agrax in the recesses and spotted around the centre, I think I can call the claw done.

Sadly the yellow/orange doesn’t come through very well with the lighting.

And one of the Commissar too;

I think I’ll try to freehand a Slaanesh symbol :Slaanesh: on his banner. I added a green wash to his face symbol, not sure the colour was right, but it seems ok.

Anyways, Thanks for looking

That claw turned out perfect! The ogryns trousers look very good too. Looking forward to the Chaos Marines.

I agree with Yorkright - that crab claw looks fantastic.

Commissar and ogryn are coming together nicely!

Both purple variants look good, but I lean slightly towards the one with the grey edge highlight.

Now I want seafood. Ideally not attached to an Ogryn tho.

Nailed that claw, baby!

I prefer the grey highlight version, as well. It is a bit more striking and will read better, I think, on the table.

Good progress gobert.

Cheers,

CB

Yorkright wrote: That claw turned out perfect! The ogryns trousers look very good too. Looking forward to the Chaos Marines.

Cheers Yorkright, hopefully it’ll look better when I get a decent photo! His trousers were dead simple, Administratum Grey, dry brush of bleached bone, then a wash of Nuln Oil, simples!

The Riddle of Steel wrote:I agree with Yorkright - that crab claw looks fantastic.

Thanks Riddle, I’m surprised how simple washes worked. It’s even got a sheen like a real lobster!

Viterbi wrote:Commissar and ogryn are coming together nicely!

Both purple variants look good, but I lean slightly towards the one with the grey edge highlight.

Thanks Viterbi, I think the purple only just looks a dark purple, as the grey makes it look more a tainted black? Or suttin..

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:Now I want seafood. Ideally not attached to an Ogryn tho.

Imagine how much claw meat you’d get though! clearly you’d need a friendly Space Marine to take him out first though o hand welcome to my plog!

youwashock wrote:Nailed that claw, baby!

I prefer the grey highlight version, as well. It is a bit more striking and will read better, I think, on the table.

Cheers youwashock, definitely worth the extra time on these two. I’m coming round to the grey, though I’ll need a steady hand for all that edge lining!

Captain Brown wrote:Good progress gobert.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks CB, slowly creeping up on the ton!

No painting since Tuesday but hoping the kids go to sleep early after a Christmas cinema trip to see Frozen 2. If they do, I’ll get my paint on! Maybe I’ll see if my brother had a female vampire in his undead collection to paint as a snow queen Elsa?

Looks like you've made some great progress with the BSF! Are we going to see the good guys any time soon?

You could add some purple/red washes on the Ogryn (and why not the Commissar also) to create some bruising/sores, especially on the skin around the claw and the gas mask. Purple would also fit well with the Slaaneshi theme! Anyway, as the others have said, the crab claw looks great!

 mcmattila wrote:
Looks like you've made some great progress with the BSF! Are we going to see the good guys any time soon?

You could add some purple/red washes on the Ogryn (and why not the Commissar also) to create some bruising/sores, especially on the skin around the claw and the gas mask. Purple would also fit well with the Slaaneshi theme! Anyway, as the others have said, the crab claw looks great!

Cheers bud, they’ve been a lot of fun to paint so far. Good guys will come once I’ve done the Chaos Space Marines including their leader Obsidius Mallex and a Rogue Trader era Space Marine of great repute. I might go back and add some bruising to the Ogryn, he has a bit near his claw, but the massive Chaos icon passing through him probably smarts a bit!

My kids didn’t get to sleep very early, too much sugar at the cinema I reckon! I did however get some painting done. With it I did the last few bits on the Chaos Ogryn and Traitor Commissar. The each got a bit more flesh highlighting, some metal work highlighting and finished up with a bit of the bright green I’ve been adding to the others. Here’s the pair of them;





One of the Commissar

And a few of my favourite so far, the Ogryn;





Having finished those guys I got on with the first edge highlight of the Chaos Space Marines. It took a while but looks ok so far. I also decided that I’d give Mallex a few purple cables and will probably go green for some of the others. I’ve not read his back story but I’d like to think the green is a taint from the Fortress itself and Mallex’s cables are all about him becoming one with the Fortress. Maybe I should read the books in the box!?! Anyway, here they are so far;

Excellent work on the Commissar and Ogryn! The purple sheen on his armor and green cabling really makes the officer stand out. The claws the bomb though, wouldn’t want to be on the other end of that in a fight.

They turned out great. Love the Ogryn. If I would change anything, jt would be to add some rust to the Ogryn's...truncheon? That is more down to personal preference than anything. I like rust. But it would refer back to the tones in the claw and balance the composition a little bit. The brand on the Commisar's face is an awesome detail.

Really love the purple metallic on the ogryn‘s shoulderpad and the commissar‘s power fist. Great looking models overall.

Yorkright wrote:Excellent work on the Commissar and Ogryn! The purple sheen on his armor and green cabling really makes the officer stand out. The claws the bomb though, wouldn’t want to be on the other end of that in a fight.

Cheers Yorkright, I’m pretty pleased with the both of them. The green and purple just seem made for each other I think!

youwashock wrote:They turned out great. Love the Ogryn. If I would change anything, jt would be to add some rust to the Ogryn's...truncheon? That is more down to personal preference than anything. I like rust. But it would refer back to the tones in the claw and balance the composition a little bit. The brand on the Commisar's face is an awesome detail.

I know what you mean, he does look a bit clean. I’ve not done rust before and don’t have any of the technical paints to cheat with. I’m also not sure what his weapon should be called? Power Maul/Sword/Girder/Truncheon ?

Viterbi wrote:Really love the purple metallic on the ogryn‘s shoulderpad and the commissar‘s power fist. Great looking models overall.

Cheers Viterbi, the purple is dead easy, basecoat of Boltgun Metal followed by a druchi violet. These two only got a single coat of druchi but my Chaos warriors got 2 or 3.

No progress to report, but I need to get cracking on my Blackstone Fortress as I’m getting an urge to paint greenskins

The Ogryn and the Commissar look great! Very clean and stylish. I look forward to future greenskins.

Pomander Cask wrote:
The Ogryn and the Commissar look great! Very clean and stylish. I look forward to future greenskins.

Thanks Pomander Cask, it’ll probably be the new year by the time I get around to Orks/Orcs once I’ve finished the Blackstone Fortress crew. Oh and welcome to my plog!

Managed a bit of painting last night. Having read somewhere that the key to highlighting black but it still looking black I tidied up some of the purple. In hindsight I should’ve done that after the second highlight as it made the grey really hard to get right. Though that probably wasn’t helped by my tired eyes (thanks to being up all night caring for a sick daughter), because of that I only got the two marines done, though Mallex got some drybrushing on his cape and animal fur.




Pretty happy with the cape and cloak. I might need to look at the edge highlighting again though.

I really like that look. Still reads as black at this point. Hope your daughter feels better.

CSM are looking very nice with the purple accent!
Incidentally those were the models (+7 traitor guardsmen) when I didn't want to paint BSF minis anymore, but get the villains done so I just painted them greenish-ghostly. Perhaps one day they get a bath in biostrip and a nicer paintjob

All the best to your daughter and to you, sick children always equals no sleep for the parents.