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That’s some serious Old School youwashock, loving the purple lightning claws!

I love all the stuff people have been sharing. Especially love the DIY Whirlwind - I really miss when they encouraged conversions. I remember an entire article about someone's scratch-built Treeman model.

Bit of a WIP as it still needs the base and I still need to figure out overall what I want to do with the boots moving forward (lot of detail in a very small space), but I've been working on some old Cadians to go along with my Starfleet Marines.

One of the guys in my gaming group swears by using a 1:1 or 2-3:1 mix of skin tone and Cryx Bane Base and wetblending that with the regular skin tone for shading skin and face details. I decided to try something similar with a wash, using 6 parts Reikland Fleshshade and 1 part Athonian Camoshade. I think it works well imo, but I'm not sure I 100% prefer it to just Reikland Fleshshade.

As promised, I finished up some old school Chaos Warriors (and a Chaos Thug) for the Dakka Painting Challenge Round 62: Pile of Shame. (That's the voting thread link - where you can find some more old school plus a lot of other cool entries.)

So I guess this is how I would revisit them now .

I present:

Cedric Hammerhand, Chaos Warrior.

Gladstone the Large, Chaos Warrior.

Zarygor Bloodrage, Chaos Warrior.

Lunkop Banesmite, Chaos Marauder.

Catchya,
Arakasi

Love those bases!

Do you want to see them even if they weren't painted by the person posting? I have a small number of excellently painted models that I bought online years ago that I could share. I even have two that are allegedly "pro painted" models. One from online and one came with a collection I bought off a friend who claimed he watched it get painted at some sort of official painting event, then won it in a raffle. The event had a cool name that I can't remember. I also have a LE 2003 Cadian Standard Bearer model that I partially repainted because I loved the way the flag was painted, but wanted to have the guy match my intended army color scheme. Most of them are actually already on this site from a thread I had up trying to figure out more about them. The two "pro painted" would be new though. Amusingly, they're both the same character, but one is much older.

SergentSilver wrote:
Do you want to see them even if they weren't painted by the person posting? I have a small number of excellently painted models that I bought online years ago that I could share. I even have two that are allegedly "pro painted" models. One from online and one came with a collection I bought off a friend who claimed he watched it get painted at some sort of official painting event, then won it in a raffle. The event had a cool name that I can't remember. I also have a LE 2003 Cadian Standard Bearer model that I partially repainted because I loved the way the flag was painted, but wanted to have the guy match my intended army color scheme. Most of them are actually already on this site from a thread I had up trying to figure out more about them. The two "pro painted" would be new though. Amusingly, they're both the same character, but one is much older.

It's just my vote but I'd be really thrilled to see some pro-painted color sergeants.

Ha! I know exactly how you feel. Looking at pro painted models is always fun and a learning experience. Seeing things you might never have thought of trying before, etc. I feel safe linking the one I partially repainted. The disclaimer is that I only repainted the actual person and sword as well as touching up some minor spots missed by the original painter, such as the underside of the flag. I did not paint the flag or do the basing. If you're wondering why the base looks tall, that's because it has a washer glued to the bottom, I assume to keep the top heavy model from falling over all the time. I just wanna add, omg was it nerve wracking painting around the basing and flag.






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I feel I should also say that I'm not really that great at painting and he was one of my first attempts with drybrushing.

SergentSilver wrote:
Do you want to see them even if they weren't painted by the person posting? I have a small number of excellently painted models that I bought online years ago that I could share. I even have two that are allegedly "pro painted" models. One from online and one came with a collection I bought off a friend who claimed he watched it get painted at some sort of official painting event, then won it in a raffle. The event had a cool name that I can't remember. I also have a LE 2003 Cadian Standard Bearer model that I partially repainted because I loved the way the flag was painted, but wanted to have the guy match my intended army color scheme. Most of them are actually already on this site from a thread I had up trying to figure out more about them. The two "pro painted" would be new though. Amusingly, they're both the same character, but one is much older.

By all means, post them all! You don't have to be Leonardo da Vinci to share a photo of the Mona Lisa or Salvator Mundi, as long as you're not trying to convince people you painted them yourself. Great miniatures are great miniatures, and if you own them it's not likely someone else will be posting photos of them. Just give credit where credit is due. Most if not all of us who painted miniatures in this thread didn't sculpt them after all. The painting is just the last step in the creative process (or in the case of photos you could argue that the photo is the last step).

That's fair. Even if I wanted to claim they were my work, any pictures of my actual work would give it away immediately. I was better than average among my friends, enough that several asked me to paint theirs, but here I am but a novice still learning basic techniques. I couldn't hope to produce anything like the paintjobs on the models I'll be putting in here, at least for now. I do hope to get on par before the decade is out. xD

Here's some I posted previously in the same thread as the Standard Bearer:
These four were bought together and likely painted by the same artist.


These were part of a small collection I bought that seems to have ranged from RT to 3rdEd/4thEd as it included some current Cadians and Catachan. Also the closest ones to my own skill level. I could probably recreate everything except the power swords.

Not entirely sure if the one on the right is official GW as no one recognized him, but here are some closer pictures:



I can try to get some better pics of the other five if anyone wants a closer look or a rear view, but that's what I already had. I might have some pics of the two pro-painted guys on later today. I also have another very well painted Commissar that I used as I size comparison in another pic and a nicely done Stormtrooper squad. The Commissar has a really cool green power sword. Unfortunately, the Stormtrooper squad was never finished, with two painted but not based models and two extra primed models that were likely meant to be able to swap out for the special weapons. The paint is also starting to come off on some of these gems and I want to preserve them, so if anyone knows of a good seal coating I can apply that won't change the colors or make them glossy I'd love to know.

Thank you for sharing these! and welcome to the Dakka community. I've learned lots of great hobby techniques from the excellent people here, and I'm excited for you to undertake your own hobby journey!

I don't recognize that last Commissar myself. The proportions don't quite match those of GW at the time, but it could be a conversion. The model I'm actually fixated on is the one on the far right in the first picture you've posted - I have never seen Agent Smith Commissar before! Did everyone else know about it but me?

Yeah, I had questions about him myself, hence the thread I originally posted him in asking for help identifying some old minis. Though I haven't been able to confirm it myself, the general consensus was that he is actually an official 2ndEd Commissar specifically without the breastplate they are always seen wearing. It's now a bit hard to stop seeing that business casual dress shirt and tie as what they are all officially wearing under that armor and coat. lol

Here's tie guy on Stuff of Legends, second row at the very right: http://www.solegends.com/citcat1993usb40k/c1993us40kp0023-140121-00.htm
Looks like he originally had a las pistol?

Here are the promised pics of the other models. I did not paint any of these myself. As previously mentioned, the two that are the same character are the two that are allegedly pro-painted. They certainly look good enough for me to believe it, but I can't be sure. However, I saw the name of the event that my friend told me he won the newer one at in another thread here about painting. If I remember correctly, it was Golden Daemon. I know I've heard about that event being a big painting competition, so it just might be an actual pro model or semi-pro. Could even have been painted by one of the contestants, but my friend said he won it in a raffle so that seems less likely. Then again, he claimed he got to watch it being painted during the event, so maybe? I really don't know enough about the Golden Daemon events to say. Either way, for now those two are kinda the pride of my collection all things considered. In no small part because I absolutely love the character in the lore. I hope they haven't ruined him in new lore since I last looked in 5thEd... All that aside, here's the pics!





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I find it really interesting to look at the two versions of the same character and think about just how much the style of GW models has evolved over time. The leaps and bounds it took in 3rd and 4th Ed are truly mind boggling. As far as I know, there is no other sculpt for this character and though the metal one is OOP, they still use the same sculpt in Finecast today. The early models all have a sort of flatness to them imo. Their stances are almost always using width rather than depth as it were. A trait I've always attributed to technology limitations of casting in the 3D plane back then, but I have no real evidence to that. Still it intrigues me. Perhaps it was just the preference of their early sculpting team. Perhaps it was related to costs, a real concern of a company branching into new and relatively uncharted territory at the time. To my knowledge, there were precious few table top strategy games back then, if any, and what GW did was a major departure and thus risky. I wish I could get a copy of each and every rulebook ever printed for the Warhammer universe, just to read the lore. See how it changes and expands across the editions. That's always been one of my favorite parts of WH. The way it's constantly moving forward and adding to the story. It's not a static world like some other universes, with each new addition just changing things around for balance or at best working new things into the old without really making a difference. Ah, I could go on for ages about this, so I'll just cut myself off here. Sorry for the wall of text.

Oh I only just found this thread, and it's awesome! I've got a ton of old stuff but I'll start with these.

Thirster trio rules! You even have the two weirdest heads.

 youwashock wrote:
Thirster trio rules! You even have the two weirdest heads.

Haha, thanks! I have parts for a 4th but I'm missing an arm or wings or something.

Here's another pride and joy of mine, the Mk1 Land Raider.

That's awesome! I love how the Mk1 looks like someone took the Leman Russ/British MkIV body profile, squished it horizontally, stretched it vertically, and then thought "what if we flipped it backwards?"

One of these days I either need to repair mine, or turn it into a terrain piece.

Took a melta hit on the back shelf of my car on a hot summer day back in the mid 90’s.

Awesome Raider.

My painted one was a fixer-upper, that is back on the project list (the long project list) for a tune-up on the paintjob.



I have another that is complete and waiting for the right moment to be painted.

 Nevelon wrote:
One of these days I either need to repair mine, or turn it into a terrain piece.

Took a melta hit on the back shelf of my car on a hot summer day back in the mid 90’s.

I'm assuming that was a melta from a previous edition...since, you know, 8th edition melta costs and rules make those weapons very valuable now on the collectors market, generally under "hardly used...or NIB". A truly sad state.

And I also love the old Land Raider. To me it is the better version of Grimdark. The "technology really is archaic blather" rather than the modern "streamline, efficient, wizardry" of the current aesthetic. its like the old American Muscle Car where form completely overwhelmed function (designed to overpower air resistance rather than bother designing for it...) as opposed to function (aerodynamics) setting the form.

edwardmyst wrote:

 Nevelon wrote:
One of these days I either need to repair mine, or turn it into a terrain piece.

Took a melta hit on the back shelf of my car on a hot summer day back in the mid 90’s.

I'm assuming that was a melta from a previous edition...since, you know, 8th edition melta costs and rules make those weapons very valuable now on the collectors market, generally under "hardly used...or NIB". A truly sad state.

And I also love the old Land Raider. To me it is the better version of Grimdark. The "technology really is archaic blather" rather than the modern "streamline, efficient, wizardry" of the current aesthetic. its like the old American Muscle Car where form completely overwhelmed function (designed to overpower air resistance rather than bother designing for it...) as opposed to function (aerodynamics) setting the form.

He means melted in the back of his car


I have this and hope it will be the start of a new army

I prefered the short stubby fire prism to the new long one.

And yes, a little melted in the sun.

I have seen a new prism cannon that was cut down to look like the old one but just didn't look as good

 Nevelon wrote:
I prefered the short stubby fire prism to the new long one.

And yes, a little melted in the sun.

I actually love how warped it looks. If you throw in some chipped paint and some cotton balls, you could swap your fresh land raider for the damaged one once its lost half its wounds!

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I actually love how warped it looks. If you throw in some chipped paint and some cotton balls, you could swap your fresh land raider for the damaged one once its lost half its wounds!

That sounds like a great idea. Make wounded versions of tanks for when they get bracketed. Just needs a lot of magnets and/or 2-3 versions of the same kit.

If I go the terrain piece, it will end up a burnt out husk. Not too far a journey.

Trying to fix it would require a little heat and a lot of gentle bending. And still might end up as a burnt out husk.

wow...I understood completely and was just trying to be funny...the old internet and no irony/sarcasm button...see, in the new edition, melta is...okay, joking again! I have also had an old model suffer the ant under a magnifying glass influence of the back window.

 Nevelon wrote:
I prefered the short stubby fire prism to the new long one.

And yes, a little melted in the sun.

On the one hand, that's a crying shame end for a classic model. On the other hand, it would be a hell of a job fixing it and it still might fail no matter how careful you are. On the cult acolytes' third hand, it would make for an awesome piece of terrain as is. Could be the centerpiece of an old battlefield, no matter the terrain set used. A burnt out Landraider hull would look amazing in a junk field or a decimated imperial city. It could even be an objective piece with special rules, like it can act as a one squad bunker with only a few firing points (2-3 per side) where the hull has holes. Would make a cool Orks vs SM objective. The story could be that it was "recently" discovered by a passing Imperial ships Augers while they were doing a planetary scan and now the local SM chapter is out to recover it, only to find the planet infested with Orks who also have designs on the ancient machines remains. Even could be CSM vs SM with both sides hoping to recover it and bring the mighty Landraider to bear once more. If you have any of the guns, you could even create special rules for their use by whomever controls it. Maybe once every other turn a single weapon on the machine can be controlled by an occupying squad member, but on a roll of 1, the weapon fires as normal, but explodes from disrepair or damage and is destroyed, dealing d6 wounds to the occupying squad from the resulting internal explosion. Just an idea though. I love coming up special stuff like that to make the game more interesting, even though I've yet to actually put any of it into practice.

Man, I wish they would have used the Epic designs for more things. I've never gotten over what they did to the poor Falcon, and the Fire Prism's right behind.

 MobileSuitRandom wrote:
Here's tie guy on Stuff of Legends, second row at the very right: http://www.solegends.com/citcat1993usb40k/c1993us40kp0023-140121-00.htm
Looks like he originally had a las pistol?

Nice spot! It looks like that page also shows the rest of them as well. Someone mentioned that the arms were separate pieces in the second wave. Looking at the guy the far left, whose arms are also separate, they appear to both have the exact same arms. In addition, the Las pistol on him is actually another separate piece. It seems that for some reason, they made the arms and weapons separate pieces. Perhaps there was the option of a bolt pistol like the other tie guy in the second set of models or perhaps a plasma pistol? Now that being said, the weapons on tie guy #2 are both later conversions like many pieces had in that collection, so I'm just making conjecture.

Edit: Just want to apologize for taking so long to see your post. Judging by the time stamps, I think I must have been writing my next one when you posted and I just completely missed it until now.