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Is there really any choice? (Hint: it's 2nd Edition Orks)

Admire your patience with the pads mate, hope it pays off! Fiddly bits have never been my strength but it's good to see you have another crack.

As a sidenote - thecrowe, you are the man! Stuff like that makes me really proud to be a part of this community.

The bikers are really breathtaking as an (almost) finished product. Your skills have really improved (or rejuvenated!) over the course of this blog - had to flick back to page 1 to make sure I wasn't dreaming. This Void Panthers army looks like it's shaping up to be a real feather in your cap mate.

I think every time you've floated 2e orks as an option I've chosen them...but this time I'll throw my vote to the necrons. I am hooked on your paint schemes and want to see more!

Arakasi wrote:Is there really any choice? (Hint: it's 2nd Edition Orks)

Orks 1 - Necrons 0 - BSF 0

tzurk wrote:Admire your patience with the pads mate, hope it pays off! Fiddly bits have never been my strength but it's good to see you have another crack.

As a sidenote - thecrowe, you are the man! Stuff like that makes me really proud to be a part of this community.

The bikers are really breathtaking as an (almost) finished product. Your skills have really improved (or rejuvenated!) over the course of this blog - had to flick back to page 1 to make sure I wasn't dreaming. This Void Panthers army looks like it's shaping up to be a real feather in your cap mate.

I think every time you've floated 2e orks as an option I've chosen them...but this time I'll throw my vote to the necrons. I am hooked on your paint schemes and want to see more!

It was certainly easier painting the pads with tired eyes! TheCrowe really is ‘the man’! Thanks for the vote of confidence of improving skills, it’s good to see others think I’m progressing, I think it’s more improvement than rejuvenation! I’ll thank other blogs and YouTube for that! . If I do go with Necrons I’ll have to figure out the rest of the scheme and what to do with the bases, I’m thinking scorched earth and snow.
Orks 1 - Necrons 1 - BSF 0

The Bikers are finished! The pads didn’t take too long just highlights and icons. The edge highlighting is WAY easier than outlining a flat shape! These guys have been fun and I’m really liking the end results, so without further ado a very pic heavy post:

Biker Brother Garrulus








Biker Brother Picave








And finally Biker Brother Sergeant Corvus








And what’s a completed squad post without a group shot or 2;



Then because a few have asked I got out the other squad too for a shot of the whole Void Panthers Force that are done so far;


There are a few more in the gallery, though they’re very similar to that one. After I took the picture I changed the Space Marine Heroes Sgt’s purity seal from green to blue and added some writing. He’s now ready for playing Space Marine Adventures;


I decided to watch some of the election night instead of picking another project, so get your vote in! In any case let’s hope this evening passes peacefully

Thanks for looking!

Necrons!

Biker squad is a pleasure to behold. As is the group picture. They have all turned out really well.

Strong finish, what a sight! They all look fantastic. Enjoy a well earned break.

All that work has paid off Gobert. Great looking squad and army pictures thanks for sharing those.
My vote is for Necrons!

gobert the golden (and purple) wrote:Cheers fifty, I’m enjoying seeing these guys develop, I only wish I could get them done sooner! I look forward to seeing you smash out your Astral Claws bikers. Will they be getting more modelling attention than the Mantis Warriors?

Speaking of modelling attention my bikes and bikers got some tonight. I’m giving my crafted pad markings another chance. I had to redo the tactical and assault markings as i did them in the middle of a blob so couldn’t get them in to position on a built Marine. I think the bike Sgt will still have issues with his Chainsword getting in the way sadly. I’ll have a gander at what they look like tomorrow.

Yeah, my bikers have already had a lot more modelling attention than the Mantis Warriors ever had. Once I finish my Executioners and get back to Astral Claws properly, I'll have a lot to show on here before I start painting them. I'll be starting with a fairly basic Biker Squad a a nice-ish Captain to supplement some Tac Squads in their Rhinos, so won't get the fancy bits painted straight away, but once I get rolling hopefully I'll get through it quickly.

Great job finishing the bikes! The shoulder pads are really cool and give them a lot of depth.

all looking great Gobert - those shoulder pads are rocking.

youwashock wrote:Necrons!

Biker squad is a pleasure to behold. As is the group picture. They have all turned out really well.

Thanks youwashock, they look good on my shelf!
Orks 1 - Necrons 2 - BSF 0

theCrowe wrote:Strong finish, what a sight! They all look fantastic. Enjoy a well earned break.

Cheers theCrowe, they’ve been good fun

Yorkright wrote: All that work has paid off Gobert. Great looking squad and army pictures thanks for sharing those.
My vote is for Necrons!

Thanks Yorkright, the Army is slowly building and I'm liking how they look, cheers

Fifty wrote:

gobert the golden (and purple) wrote:.

Yeah, my bikers have already had a lot more modelling attention than the Mantis Warriors ever had. Once I finish my Executioners and get back to Astral Claws properly, I'll have a lot to show on here before I start painting them. I'll be starting with a fairly basic Biker Squad a a nice-ish Captain to supplement some Tac Squads in their Rhinos, so won't get the fancy bits painted straight away, but once I get rolling hopefully I'll get through it quickly.

I see what you did there! I’ll stay off the gold and purple for a project or too now... I promise!

Viterbi wrote:Great job finishing the bikes! The shoulder pads are really cool and give them a lot of depth.

Cheers Viterbi, the pads came out ok in the end. Hopefully I can figure out a system to get them done easily and consistently for future squads

darkkt wrote:all looking great Gobert - those shoulder pads are rocking.

Thanks darkkt, my efforts weren’t up to you standard (though theCrowe’s are up there) but I’ll take it!

So the Necrons won the vote and I won’t be suing to stop the count or to request a recount! Contrast really is fast stuff! I’ve got the squad nearly halfway down in a couple of hours! Of course now the slow bits will begin! I took pics each step of the way to help me to remember for next time. I started with a base of Leadbelcher

I wanted them a wee bit brighter so I added a drybrushing of Storm Host Silver

Then I cracked out John Prins’ Contrast Mix, I used 1:1:1 Basilicanum Grey: Terradon Turqoise: Contrast Medium. I think John used 2 Contrast Medium so I have to mix more medium (1:1) in

Then I threw down 1.5 coats of BlackTemplar 1:1 Contrast Medium and called it a night

I went back in on places where the Black Templar was quite thin, hence the 1.5 coats. For the next squad I’ll try a 2:1 mix of the Templar:Medium. Next up is picking out all of the damaged bits, and energy glow bits. Then it’ll be black orbs and eyes which will also get some Ardcoat. Then the minis will be done. I think I’ll add some sand and some sprue rubble to their bases, give them as dark grey finish before adding some Valhallan Blizzard.

Thanks for lookig

Great start Gobert, got to agree contrast paints help get projects done much quicker. That green looks good over the silver, might be getting ahead of myself but I can’t wait to see how the characters turn out.

These lads are very nice - the eye/gun glow on that guy in front is great.

Yep yep, lovely colour work. Agree that the weapon glow looks great! Really nice minimalist colour scheme that still manages to look aces - well executed.

These new Necron minis are brilliant. The warriors are 1000x better than the old squatty robot sculpts. Bring on the snow bases!

Very cool. The technique is paying off big in speed and appearance.

Great work on the Marines gobert.

Cheers,

CB

Yorkright wrote: Great start Gobert, got to agree contrast paints help get projects done much quicker. That green looks good over the silver, might be getting ahead of myself but I can’t wait to see how the characters turn out.

Thanks Yorkright, I can’t take credit for the scheme, so if you want to see a version including characters check out John Prins’ plog.

darkkt wrote:These lads are very nice - the eye/gun glow on that guy in front is great.

Yeah, he’s my test mini, I’ll be doing similar on the whole bunch. I still need to decide how to do the eyes, wherther to go subtle OSL like this dude or do it like his gun orbs, where I’ve tried to do a light/power source within, but black Orbs on the outside. Which reminds me the orbs need some black and a coat of Ardcoat

tzurk wrote:Yep yep, lovely colour work. Agree that the weapon glow looks great! Really nice minimalist colour scheme that still manages to look aces - well executed.

These new Necron minis are brilliant. The warriors are 1000x better than the old squatty robot sculpts. Bring on the snow bases!

Thanks, John Prins needs the credit, but I’m liking the low effort of Contrast! And yes the new guys look pretty cool, nice and The Terminator-esque

youwashock wrote:Very cool. The technique is paying off big in speed and appearance.

Thanks, hopefully they continue to look cool when I finish them!

Captain Brown wrote:Great work on the Marines gobert.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks CB, I like them, sadly my daughters broke the Sgts Chainsword and have lost it.


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Whoops! I seem to have ordered Space Marine Heroes Series 2. It now seems to be quite widely available as will Series 3 which is available for pre order now... I’ll probably be getting that too I suppose.

In other news I found the missing Chainsword whilst I was vacuuming today so it’s been reunited with Sgt Corvus

Top notch work on the bikers! Still in love with that color scheme.
They look amazing.

Liking the direction where you are going with the Necrons.
And snow bases are always cool!

 Ezki wrote:
Top notch work on the bikers! Still in love with that color scheme.
They look amazing.

Liking the direction where you are going with the Necrons.
And snow bases are always cool!

Cheers bud, the bikes took a while but I’m liking how good they look on the shelf!

I got a bit more paint on the Necrons tonight, I feel like they’re progressing fast, especially compared to my normal production rate! First up was hitting the recesses of orbs, weapons, damaged areas and eyes with Sybarite Green. It’s already quite a thin paint but I added 1 drop of thinner to 5 drops of paint to help it run in to the recesses better using a Medium Layer brush. I also outlined the eyes for a basic OSL

Next up was an even thinner pass of 4:1 Gauss Blaster Green:Thinner. This was done with a small layer brush focussed on the depest part of recesses and the centre of rib cage slots;


If I get 5mins during the day tomorrow I’ll paint the Orbs black and add some Ardcoat. I’ll try the eyes in the same manner to see how that works. Not sure if I’ll get time to do more than a sample, so here’s the lads so far

I’m gonna go old school on the bases, not goblin green, but applying PVA then sprinkling sand on. I don’t want a thick layer of sand/paint like
I normally do. I might throw some sprue rubble down too. I’m thinking a dark brown/Black dry brushes white to simulate frost (alla tzurkian bases) as well as some Valhallen Blizzard.

Thanks for looking

Coming along quickly Gobert! I like that glowing effect on the weapons and eyes. Good to hear the sergeant retrieved his weapon.

'Crons look great, especially considering how quickly you're getting them finished.

Those murder robots are progressing fast and looking good while they do it. Love that it looks like a mixture of patina and glow, they will be a fearsome bunch.
Did you buy the display box of SMH2? I got one this year and was very lucky too have the captain and the ancient in it, hope yours has everyone too!

That's a great look on the Necrons. A cross betwen high-tech and degradation.

Will the SMH2 boys be Panthers? Hope so!

Necron is sweet. Looking forward to the characters.

Yorkright wrote: Coming along quickly Gobert! I like that glowing effect on the weapons and eyes. Good to hear the sergeant retrieved his weapon.

Yeah, I’m short of Chainsword a so I too was relieved! The speed of these guys is pretty scary, even with the glow type effect

MegaDave wrote:'Crons look great, especially considering how quickly you're getting them finished.

Cheers MegaDave, good to see you back. The speed continues with these guys too

Viterbi wrote:Those murder robots are progressing fast and looking good while they do it. Love that it looks like a mixture of patina and glow, they will be a fearsome bunch.
Did you buy the display box of SMH2? I got one this year and was very lucky too have the captain and the ancient in it, hope yours has everyone too!

Thanks, Contrast seems to be a game changer for these bots. It was the patina and glow combo that attracted me to the scheme, so thanks for spotting. I did indeed buy the display box, so hopefully I’ll get some of your luck when I open the boxes!

Fifty wrote:That's a great look on the Necrons. A cross betwen high-tech and degradation.

Thanks, the damage on the new crons is pretty cool, and seemingly appropriate for ancient murder bots

youwashock wrote:Will the SMH2 boys be Panthers? Hope so!

Necron is sweet. Looking forward to the characters.

They will indeed be Panthers, the first company will be matching the bikes, mostly black and gold.

I did manage a bit of hobby time today. Whilst the Sunday roast was in the oven i based them up with a bit of sprue rubble (I think I first saw its use in one of Captain Browns plogs and started a collection of of cuts of sprue) and sand from underneath our old patio area.

Keeping the theme of this army, I pinched another idea, this time from tzurk. His frosty bases are what I’m aiming for with these guys. tzurks were base coated with rhinox hide, but I didn’t have any of that so I mixed up 2:1 AP Oak and Eschin Grey. I forgot a pic of that stage so we’ll just move along to the next.

I decided the sprue rubble should be grey so went with Eschin grey over those bits;

Which is where I called it a night. In hindsight I should’ve superglued the sprue to base as the PVA just wasn’t up to it. That was even with neat PVA below and then watered down PVA to seal the sand and sprue in place. Hopefully the paint will hold it well enough once it’s dry. What I did find though, was that sitting them on the radiator got the PVA to set really fast, so I’ll be doing that one again! Here’s a group shot of where I’ve got to, I think they’re looking pretty decent for what must be about 30mins per mini so far.

Thanks for looking

Ghostly, but solid enough looking to still have some weight. And yay for the Terminators. They are sweet minis and will make an awesome addition to your collection.

I like that color scheme on the crons and that glow you've achieved. looks great!

Seriously impressive results with the crons, especially in such a short timeframe!

Mud looking good so far. Will definitely be stealing the sprue rubble idea myself in future!

youwashock wrote:Ghostly, but solid enough looking to still have some weight. And yay for the Terminators. They are sweet minis and will make an awesome addition to your collection.

Yeah, they seem to have more weight now the bases are done... one of them is even making a footprint in the snow he’s that heavy!

Mephistoles20 wrote:I like that color scheme on the crons and that glow you've achieved. looks great!

Thanks, it’s John Prins’ recipe, so I can’t take the credit, though mine have more black than his did.

tzurk wrote:Seriously impressive results with the crons, especially in such a short timeframe!

Mud looking good so far. Will definitely be stealing the sprue rubble idea myself in future!

The progress has been so rapid I’m feeling a bit dizzy! Since I stole the frozen wasteland idea from you, it’s only fair that you take the sprue rubble idea!

So a couple of hours tonight and I’m pretty much done with the Necron warriors! Apart from the weekend I smashed out some BSF:Escalation Chaos Cultists I think this is the fastest unit I’ve painted. They’ve been great fun and really simple, but I’m liking how they look, but they’re a to photograph! I’ll need my proper camera to get decent shots. Before showing the finished product (except dried Valhallan Blizzard) here’s what I did (as much for my memory as anyone’s interest!)

First it started by dry brushing the bases in Dawnstone and the Administratum Grey;


Then to match tzurks frozen bases I gave a pretty heavy dry brush of skull white, including stippling to get in to the recesses which I’d expect to be cooler,


Next the rims got a coat of Abaddon Black;

Before giving the weapon orbs, coils and eyes some Abaddon black;

The orbs look nice I think, but the eyes were hard to do and look a bit cross eyed in places! After te that The orbs also got a coat of Aardcoat which seems to look good

I then finished off by adding Valhallan Blizzard to the base, particularly to the underside of larger debris;

Which pretty much gets them compete. Sadly I didn’t have time to get the big camera so only one poor phone image



Thanks for looking

They look good gobert.

Cheers,

CB

While I like the black on the orbs, I think you would be better off leaving the eyes with that cool glow you had. Nice work cranking out that unit. They are really effective en masse like that.