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Wow fantastic Albertorius - like the way you have mixed up the paint scheme between them and they look good on the round bases.

Scheme test for these guys:

Ain't she a beauty, that Fellblade file is great.

It looks somewhat shiny with all those large metal areas, though. Some grime or satin varnish to make it look more in scale, perhaps?

 Sherrypie wrote:
Ain't she a beauty, that Fellblade file is great.

It looks somewhat shiny with all those large metal areas, though. Some grime or satin varnish to make it look more in scale, perhaps?

It is already grimy as all hell IRL (but I didn't yet hit it with the matt varnish), although when trying to take a pic the ambient light makes it bright af for some reason >_>. I'm thinking the round canopy is playing hell with the camera.

Anyways, did a bit more:





hm... it IS hard to get a good photo of this guy with this paintjob >_>

Hmm i think it looks fantastic.

Very nice job Albertorius, that's a great looking mini.

Now those tracks have seen some use

That superheavy just looks great. Really brutal.

Some boomers (...because they go "boom", see? ...I'll get my coat) for my Epic Iron Warriors:





Not my best print, not my best paintjob, but they're done ^^

Awesome job Albertorius they look great. Really neat chevron work as well. That must have been some very fine masking tape? (If you say you have free-handed that I will kill myself..)

What are you going to do for their crew option?

Some tasty chevrons there, surely they'll get the little crewmen too?

Thats not that hard to do. go over to cammo specs for pain jobs on battletech minis and take a look at some of those paint jobs it is roughly the same scale as epic (1/300)

The bolan jagers scheme with the checkerboard would be a nightmare.

http://camospecs.com/Miniature/Details/6161/galahad-glh-2d

 Pacific wrote:
Awesome job Albertorius they look great. Really neat chevron work as well. That must have been some very fine masking tape? (If you say you have free-handed that I will kill myself..)

What are you going to do for their crew option?

..I freehand all the danger marks >_>. But seriously, it's not that hard once you get used to it, and adding some battle damage can hide irregularities (I do that all the time xD)

As for crews I'll probably either print some suitable ones or get some from Vanguard.

 Albertorius wrote:
Some boomers (...because they go "boom", see? ...I'll get my coat) for my Epic Iron Warriors:

Not my best print, not my best paintjob, but they're done ^^

fantastic work! I've always preferred the more dirty looking Iron warriors at epic scale. Mine came out far too clean looking.

 aphyon wrote:


The bolan jagers scheme with the checkerboard would be a nightmare.

http://camospecs.com/Miniature/Details/6161/galahad-glh-2d

I started adding chequerboard to shoulder pads of my 6mm fantasy infantry. I've a whole bunch of Knights in various stages of completion, that when I finally get back to working on, I'll apply it to them. I'm actually looking forward to doing it on the knights, but the infantry is migraine!

(ork front & centre has both shoulders done, but it's a pain to photograph nicely with my phone!)



You can also get away with very light pencil lines to help with markings, as long as you're using decent heavily pigmented paint the lines vanish. Very light pencil lines are a damn site easier to do on small minis than trying to muck about with tape.

Amazing stuff! I need better eyes (+ better hands + ability )

Thanks for the tip Albertorius about battle damage to cover irregularities - that's a good idea

Finished the three old school plastic dreadnoughts I had



EDIT: Damn, forgot about the purity seals ^^

Really nice Albertorius! Think those minis still look great especially with that paint job, I've got some of the really old 'space crusade' style ones which look much worse by comparison (although I think they fit well as a retcon into my Great Crusade-era force)

I haven't got any close-ups unfortunately, but they are towards the back of this shot

Yeah, I have some of those too (same sprue, with those and the eldar wraithlords) and IMHO they still look realy cool... but then again I'm a Space Crusade fan

Ah yes I remember that! It was quite an odd boxset wasn't it, I can't remember what it was called. Had Stompas, shokk attack guns, androids on it as well, a really eclectic mix.

I like the idea of one of those Great Crusade Dreadnoughts ending up on a space hulk 10,000 years from then, bossing around gretchin, orks and chaos androids amongst other things. Then when the marines come on board, "Why hello boys"

Infantry reinforcements for the boys in iron!

Batch painting FTW! Managed to paint this in a single afternoon at a decent enough level



Astartes Legion Land Speeder Detachment Special Rule: Must make "whoosh" sounds when moving this detachment.

They look really good Albertorius and that's impressive work for a batch paint job, very nice level of detail.

I have probably asked you think before but where do you get the Mark 2 armour from?

 Pacific wrote:
They look really good Albertorius and that's impressive work for a batch paint job, very nice level of detail.

I have probably asked you think before but where do you get the Mark 2 armour from?

Thanks

All designs are from Thingiverse, actually. Some real talent there.

Don't know if i mentioned this before outside my terrain topic, the thingy verse comment made me think about the company i order most of my epic/battletech scale terrain and my victory at sea micro scale from

http://www.brigademodels.co.uk/index.html

Just made an order for some of their new tracks&trains for terrain.

They sell in 3mm, 6mm, 10mm, and 15mm scale. some metal, most in resin

Thanks for that Aphyon - some pretty cool stuff there (I especially like the monorail train) - will put on my list of terrain options, thanks a lot

Hey guys - could anyone suggest a reputable 3D printing service (specifically for some of the 6mm stuff on Thingiverse?)

Most things I have been able to get from Vanguard but there is the odd sculpt (the old Mercedez-long nosed racing car-style jetbikes for instance) where I prefer the Thingiverse versions.

Very grateful if anyone could recommend!

 Pacific wrote:
Hey guys - could anyone suggest a reputable 3D printing service (specifically for some of the 6mm stuff on Thingiverse?)

Most things I have been able to get from Vanguard but there is the odd sculpt (the old Mercedez-long nosed racing car-style jetbikes for instance) where I prefer the Thingiverse versions.

Very grateful if anyone could recommend!

Have you tried searching for a maker community in your vicinity? Resin printers are starting to pop up at people's homes more and more, sadly most public institutions like libraries usually offer only filament options.

I would also be interested to know where to get stuff printed out. I have been eyeing up some of this 6mm terrain: https://www.myminifactory.com/users/TheLazyForger/collection/battlefields-of-tomorrow (probably for 6mm Necromunda rather than epic, unless I can print it at 3mm scale).

 Samsonov wrote:
I would also be interested to know where to get stuff printed out. I have been eyeing up some of this 6mm terrain: https://www.myminifactory.com/users/TheLazyForger/collection/battlefields-of-tomorrow (probably for 6mm Necromunda rather than epic, unless I can print it at 3mm scale).

Well, you can print it, most certainly, that's just moving the scale slider.

But, depending on the actual sculpts, the details might get too slight to be noticeable or to print right, so you need to be aware of that.

I've tried approaching a couple of the designers separately to see if they do their own prints but have found a couple of other places online - will post here if I have any luck!

 Samsonov wrote:
I would also be interested to know where to get stuff printed out. I have been eyeing up some of this 6mm terrain: https://www.myminifactory.com/users/TheLazyForger/collection/battlefields-of-tomorrow (probably for 6mm Necromunda rather than epic, unless I can print it at 3mm scale).

Ah that's some really nice looking terrain. I think that shanty town will be great for my Orks, thanks for the link!