I may well never field him, but I do like this model.
Sadly the pics are a little dark, and obscure a lot of the metallic gradients. I might need to throw another lamp on this big set up I’ve created :)
I’m going to give him these two servitors for now, ultimately, if it looks like I’ll field him, I’ll give him some shooty assistants too.
That's all, just a quick update today, thanks for dropping by!
They even have a ride now too, repurposed from my currently “in retirement” =][= forces.
Yeah, that’s a FW autocannon turret, I have a normal multilaser one i can drop on there in non FW freindly games.
I’m quite happy with the way these guys turned out. the build looks more IG than using basic Flagellants, which is something I very much wanted. The poses are all unique, and I think pulls of the feeling that these guys aren't really soldiers.
The colours I’ve used tie in with the army, as there arte flashes of red here and there, but also serve to set them apart from the troops, and the purity seals and =][= on the transport does the job, I think, of letting you know what unit they are meant to represent.
Anyway, you tell me :)
Here are a couple of closer shots.
if you troll back through the archive you’ll see that my first post on this blog was made on the 24th April two years ago.
Wow. doesn't feel that long.
I wanted to do something to mark the occasion, and to say to all the lovely people who follow the blog and comment, thank you, your help, input and encouragement has kept me blogging, and hobbying at times where I might have otherwise not. It’s been important to me that there’s an “audience” of sorts to react to what I’m doing, its been helpful and encouraging and taught me new things.
All in all it’s a rewarding aspect of the hobby, being able to reach out through this small window, and be heckled :)
So here's what I’m going to do.
I have this unpainted black reach captain -
I’d like to paint him up for one of my readers.
I’ll paint him to fit with your army if you like, or for any chapter you choose, to be part of an army you have, the start of a new one, or if you don't play marines, then I’ll put him on a socket instead of a base and paint him for your cabinet/shelf. or hell you could simple green the guy or ebay him. whatever you choose I'll paint him up and post him to you.
Oh and if you’d rather have a sword than a hammer, that’s an easy swap too.
All you need to do for a shot at him is post in this thread saying what chapter you’d like, and whether its to be played with or displayed.
Realistically I know I’m no golden demon winner, and that not many people play SM captains any more, but of all the minis I have sat here unpainted, he’s the one that would probably fit in almost everyone’s collections, even if he never gets played, and I wanted to say a small thank you to the people who drop by and read.
Some of you are way better painters than me, and likely have no use for one of my minis, some of you have no interest in marines, so I wanted to leave this “opt-in” rather than a blanket draw, and ultimately if no-one comments and wants this guy, I have a plan “b” in mind.
So drop a comment and I’ll pull a name out of the hat in a few week’s time
If you havent yet found out what this is, and youre a blogger in the UK, you need to know about it!
Click the image to be taken to the tourney organiser from the fang’s website
Okay so, I coughed up for my ticket now, and plan to take the guard.
I know it’s my weakest army, having had much more definitive wins with both my wolves, Daemonhunters and Orks, but for a number of reasons it’s the one I’m taking.
MY wolves are a bit too cheesy, and nowhere near painted, so they are out.
My orks would need a support far just to get them there.
I haven't entertained the new DH, sorry GK codex, and might never, so that army is “in retirement”
And my guard are my current obsession. I can tell this becuase every time i get close to finished I find other units I want to add.
Thanks for reading, and checkout that link!
I’ve split this in two and will be showing techniques spread over two vehicles simply because I got bed/no usable pictures of the second part of the Vendetta paint job, so all the weathering will be demonstrated on something else :)
I’ve made several posts in the past on both airbrush use and vehicle painting, but I’m at a stage now where I feel my “technique” if it can be called that is both more effective and streamlined. however for those of you wanting a slightly less beaten look, or wanting those introductory airbrush articles the following posts might be of interest.
http://excommunicatetratoris.blogspot.com/2010/02/times-they-are-changing.html
http://excommunicatetratoris.blogspot.com/2010/03/promised-kroot.html
http://excommunicatetratoris.blogspot.com/2009/06/painting-chimera.html
A note on primer.
I now use a flat grey halfords car body primer for everything I paint. I like the neutral tone, and the grippy surface. if you use black, you WILL need to apply more paint and in more coats, and if you use white, you will get brighter more vibrant results.
The very first thing for this colour scheme is to give the while model a coat of VMC Iraqi sand. the slightly pink cast adds a very authentic desert camo feel to the rest of the paint. you can of course substitute any light tan or khaki here.
While this coat Dries I apply a layer of humbrol maskol to the clear plastic parts of the canopy. this allows me to spray the canopy the same as the body, but without risk of damaging the clear plastic.
do take care however not to get this on the frame, as it will lift any paint that lands on it.
The next step is to hit the raised areas, upward facing surfaces and any angles that would catch the light such as the bend in the wing a dusting of a lighter colour, here I used VGC bonewhite. this provides some tonal variation, and a sense of highlighting.
I then block out all the metallic areas with black. this provides a solid ground for the next stage which is the careful dry brushing of the metals.
other metals are picked out too, such as the brass engine cowls
Drybrushing is absolutely best done with a large, soft brush, and a literally dry brush. there should be no liquid paint at all remaining, just a transfer of dry pigment, such as you might get from a dusty rag.
I also give the Khaki areas a drybrush with bonewhite to bring out the raised edges.
Careful masking of the underside of the hull is done with masking tape, making sure good contact is gained and that no bleed will occur.
During the spraying, the paint is kept to a very dry application, allowing no pooling, this further reduces the risk of bleed, as does control of the direction of spray, making sure not t spray “up, under” the tape.
The accessories are sprayed at the same time, and the metallic weapons drybrushed and detailed.
The pilots and cockpit are painted using various colours, keeping them bright so they still be visible through the cockpit
And the canopy is sprayed and glued in place.
At this point, the basework is done, these stages are universal to all my vehicles, the next stages however vary, but I’ll try to run through -
Applying decals
Klear coat
Sponging on scratches
White spirit wash
Rust spotting/weather streaking
Oil/grease and soot
Weathering powders and dirst/dust.
Might take me a few days to get those done, so bear with me, and thanks for reading.
