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hey there guys, well its been awhile since ive done any painting and converting...(probably at least 4 - 5 years)
so please bear with me on this.... i just started playing warhammer40k again and recently picked up the new ork codex, 2 squads of boyz and a big mek........i decided to go with a death skulls army this time around ( meaning that last time i played i was playing a goff army that eventually ended up as a speed freak army....go figure)
so keeping i short ill start with the boyz and the big mek..... im hoping to get these guys into some games before deciding how to go about building my army, but since its death skulls ill probably do a shooty type of army

the Battalion so far

Boss Grubbinz Wazit

picture of the leather, metal and skin basecoats


please comments are welcome and thanks for having a look!
-S.T.

While your areas of paint are clean, there needs to be a lot more inking/shadows/highlights. All the metal is the same color with no rusting/discoloring, etc. Pieces that are on top of each other needs to stand out, otherwise they turn into mud and nothing stands out.

The more variations you have in highlights and darks, the more your figures will stand out.

It'll look great just give it some washes.

yah i know i just figured id start this with just showing the basic colours of what the boyz will look like

That looks like a great start.

alright ive some time today so here are some pictures of the boyz before the washing stage!

1st Squad...

2nd Squad

And finally the start of my Deff Dread....most of it is just stock with some random parts, but itll go thru the grinder soon enough

Looking pretty sweet, cant wait to see the dread finished!!

WHOA two updates for me today....im on a roll, having way to much fun building these guys!

so ive washed all the boyz with badab black and thraka green...

a comparison between the non wash and washed...


the second squad. AKA the ard boyz


the first squad

The washes really helped and add some highlights, especially on the metal.
For the conversions, whilst their interesting and different they aren't really anything complex. Not saying that they are bad or anything just needs some more practice.

btw, 'Ard Boyz look better with Gobz on their mouths - makes 'em stand out.

conversions dont really worry me too much since im just getting back into this so well see where theyll go

and good point on the gobs i shud add some in there

well here they are.....the first squad is all finished

The Noize Boyz!
just a straight up shoota boy mob...











questions, comments, and criticism much appreciated!
-ST.

Yea not bad. I think the blues should have some highlighting of a sort though.

First: Cool

Second: If the red on the axe is suppose to be blood, you will stop painting and you will go read this:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/252/page/1
http://www.coolminiornot.com/article/aid/252/page/2

yah well as ive said i havent painted in 4 or 5 yrs or something and even then wasnt to good at blood
but hey thanks for the links ill definatly read them and try to apply said techniques