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Specialist Games General Discussion => Modeling & painting => Topic started by: kyussinchains on June 09, 2013, 11:25:32 AM
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Thought I'd cross post my painting log from Taccomms here if there's any interest....
test scheme:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2012-12-10202652.jpg)
terminators front shot:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-02-20225426_zps1596dc5c.jpg)
terminators angled shot with focus on the chaplain:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-02-20225303_zps034887ca.jpg)
Land Raiders:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-02-20225218_zpsdd105ac8.jpg)
Land Raiders with different white balance settings:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-02-20223302_zps504e5d05.jpg)
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-04-26205416_zps3303fca2.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kyussinchains/media/2013-04-26205416_zps3303fca2.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-04-26205435_zps188a1ad3.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kyussinchains/media/2013-04-26205435_zps188a1ad3.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-04-26205746_zpsd405ff71.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kyussinchains/media/2013-04-26205746_zpsd405ff71.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-04-26205615_zps12f126c1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kyussinchains/media/2013-04-26205615_zps12f126c1.jpg.html)
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hunter....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-04-27112925_zps23aecdb8.jpg)
planes:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-04-27214545_zps2f9d3e07.jpg)
And a badly photographed razorback....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-04-27214743_zps556e87cd.jpg)
And an equally badly photographed dreadnought....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-04-27214645_zps760640fd.jpg)
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land speeders
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-06-07234131_zpsc75f31a0.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kyussinchains/media/2013-06-07234131_zpsc75f31a0.jpg.html)
devastators
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-06-07234039_zpsd4297d3e.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kyussinchains/media/2013-06-07234039_zpsd4297d3e.jpg.html)
assault marines
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-06-07234824_zps62449ec2.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kyussinchains/media/2013-06-07234824_zps62449ec2.jpg.html)
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Oh wow - of course there's interest!
These are fabulous - makes me want to buy the Land Raiders for my space wolves before they vanish off the GW website.
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Really cool, are they salamanders?
I really like the unit with the command wth the chaplain, and the red and white guys.
great army
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@Stormwind if you've got the readies, I say do it! I got my land raiders 2nd hand and they're quite old, I hear that the current moulds are quite worn though, so the detail may be a bit less clear.....
@jchaos79, not salamanders, Imperial fists (as it says in the thread title ;)) thanks for looking and the kind words! I'm proudest of the command stand, contemptor and land speeders, all lots of fun to paint :)
Next on the painting station is a brace of thunderhawks, when they're done, my 3k army for the counterattack tournament in wiltshire on the 22nd of June will be ready, then I will just be painting to vastly increase the size of my force! This represents about 1/4 of the total.....not including the reaver and warlord titans!
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Gosh!! yes the title ! sorry for that :)
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When I squint I see you've had trouble with mould lines on your rhinos! That's what made me not want to buy new stuff from GW, ironically. My rhino chassis sculpts have awful mould lines. =-<
Not only have you painted yellow well, you've painted dirty yellow on 6mm minis! And on some tiny ancient sculpts!
That Contemptor is beautiful. Care to share your colour / wash / glaze knowledge? For a while I was considering doing Lamenters but settled on Space Wolves instead.
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many thanks for the kind words, it really makes me want to keep painting!
the contemptor was a fun model to paint, I've got ten in total so need a stupidly huge game to ever make use of them all!
I'm planning a blood angels force in the future so may well keep a bunch to convert into death company dreadnoughts....
Painting wise it's quite simple, I sprayed the lot with army painter daemon yellow, then washed them all over with devlan mud (army painter strong tone works too) then I pick out the flat detail in flash gitz yellow, the black is painted black, then highlighted with charadon granite, followed by codex grey, and white edge highlights, depending on the model, I edge either in a 1:2 mix of yellow/white, or just with pure white, I edge quite a bit as I like the texture it gives the model, as well as helping to make them look gritty and dirty and slightly banged up, which marines should definitely be, none of this pristine colour nonsense for me! the details are all freehand, if I could justify spending £12 on a forgeworld IF transfer sheet for about 5% of it, I would add some decals
I then paint on citadel textured paint, astrogranite shade, on the bases, and drybrush with white
the mud/weathering is graveyard earth, drybrushed on, and given a second ink wash on the track sections
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Well you inspired me to dig out my abamdoned Epic and try basecoating a couple in some new colours I had. =-P
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if you're using army painter for the first time, when it says 'shake for 3 minutes' on the can, it's not kidding, you really need to shake it for a full 3 mins to ensure a good coat, other than aching arms, I can't fault the AP sprays, I've used 5 different colours to date and they've all been awesome!
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Well I do have Wolf Grey now as a spray - but I had already sprayed them white 2 years ago - then basecoated in Adeptus Battlegrey. Was going to paint them shadow grey, and had started, but now GW has completely changed their entire paint range - so thought I'd use wolf grey, wash them with black then drybrush space wolf grey. Just did a test model now and it looks good!
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Awesome - really nice colours and excellent detail.
Makes want to finish my DA Ravenwing........
Dave
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I don't play epic but looking at these makes me want to. Superb workmanship.
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Great looking bunch of Marines there Simon. If I ever make it out to your side of the pond again I'll have to bring my Minotaurs with me so we can have a tussle. The Emperors Praetorians vs the HLoT Killers, Who will win?
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If you're ever on this side of the pond, it would be a crime not to....
You could join the hallowed ranks of people who have given me a 5-0 kicking!
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Good to see some Epic painting over here. The yellow is very well painted. You've done very well with that, as it's an exceptionally difficult colour to paint with in my opinion.
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daemon yellow spray, devlan mud wash and lots of layers of yellow to bring it back up....
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okay the first 3000 points are finished, with only another ~5000 to go.... taking this lot to counterattack in Wiltshire this saturday, so far I have played marines precisely once!
thunderhawk
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-06-19201919_zps166cc1d9.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kyussinchains/media/2013-06-19201919_zps166cc1d9.jpg.html)
thunderhawk engine detail
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-06-19201940_zps25d91abd.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kyussinchains/media/2013-06-19201940_zps25d91abd.jpg.html)
and a shot of the army so far
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/2013-06-19202212_zps6355b9a3.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kyussinchains/media/2013-06-19202212_zps6355b9a3.jpg.html)
Left to do:
4x LR Crusaders (Still need to cast all the parts!)
8x Predator Annihilators
8x Predator Destructors
2x Thunderhawk
1x Landing Craft
5x Land speeders
5x Land speeder tornados
5x Land Speeder Typhoons
10x Bike stands + 1 attack bike
6x Devastator stands
5x Assault stands
6x Tactical Stands
4x Vindicators
10x Razorbacks (2 HB, 8 Las)
4x Hunters
4x Whirlwinds
3x Contemptor Dreadnoughts
4x Stands of Terminators
1x Reaver Titan
1x Warlord Titan
12x Stands of scouts
so.... not too much then, hopefully I can crack on and have it all done by christmas!!
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finished a couple more units for the force:
dread #2 and some predators
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/20130904_214634_zps680cdbaf.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kyussinchains/media/20130904_214634_zps680cdbaf.jpg.html)
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Excellent work, they look stunning!
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it's been a fair while since I updated this blog! I've been pretty busy with the imperial fists as well as starting my AMTL, speed freaks and emperor's children....
thought I'd share a little progress with some more units from the force:
Vindicators
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/20140518_134738_zpse64f76c9.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kyussinchains/media/20140518_134738_zpse64f76c9.jpg.html)
Rapiers (proxy as thunderfire cannons)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/20140518_134818_zps0727b94e.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kyussinchains/media/20140518_134818_zps0727b94e.jpg.html)
Bikes
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/20140518_134956_zps1de21279.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kyussinchains/media/20140518_134956_zps1de21279.jpg.html)
I'm halfway through a landing craft at the moment, then it will be predator destructors, more hunters, assault marines and a second bike formation! hope you enjoy!
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Looking good, man! What kind of characters (Chaplains / Librarians / Commanders) have you chosen to go with each group?
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Well there's a chappy on the bike for certain
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Yeah mostly chaplains really.... by far the best marine character in my experience, I try to keep characters out of vehicles when possible, I used bikes in a thunderhawk at the last tourney I attended and I can see them working if used decently as a T3 objective nabber
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Very nicely looking ! Great job. I like the motos and the round base. Unexpected.
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I've had a bunch of time away from painting due to repetetive strain injury on my wrists making it difficult to paint for extended periods, I've been having physiotherapy and changing my workstation around and now I managed to get some paint on some miniatures! here's a shot of the contingent I managed to get painted in the last couple of weeks:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/kyussinchains/fists_zpsgvttwr3s.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/kyussinchains/media/fists_zpsgvttwr3s.jpg.html)
and while the army is far from complete, here's a shot of everything painted so far!
(http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag153/kyussinchains2/06edd103-8403-4659-8039-0394c4ea2de9_zpsdejxanie.jpg) (http://s1303.photobucket.com/user/kyussinchains2/media/06edd103-8403-4659-8039-0394c4ea2de9_zpsdejxanie.jpg.html)
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An absolutely gorgeous army shot.
Something you can be proud of.
=)
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Excellent army. Can I suggest you move to South Australia? :P
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Wow! :o
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Great army shot! Inspiring stuff.