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Skycutter WIP (Almost done)

October 5, 2013, 5:56 am
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Well, I finally found the will to finish this guy off.  Thankfully once I had the base colours done it went pretty quick.  The eagle was basically done a while ago, so it was just the flying boat and crew that needed the most attention.  In exploring some other blogs I found a neat tip for blending... its using Tamiya thinner (X-20A) instead of the usual acrylic medium.  Its an alcohol based thinner and works really well with the new GW paints.  I've also heard that it works well for pin striping with acrylics instead of oils, so I'll have to give that a try.

Anyway, these guys are looking good and will be done shortly (with a tutorial to be posted).


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GW Gives away free Codex books... in Japan

October 7, 2013, 4:06 am
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Just came across this news story... apparently GW is actually giving things away to gain market share.  In Japan pdf's of the Codex books can be downloaded for free (some, mostly fantasy).  I don't know how long this practice has been going on, but hopefully it works there and they think about doing it for some of the english language ones.

In browsing the site (via google translate) it looks like some of the updates and campaign books are free kind of like how GW used to do this for old WD articles.

Check it out here (you may have to change the country to Japan):
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/articleCategory.jsp?communityArticleCatId=5500004a&articleCatId=5500004a&catId=&section=community


This story was found here:
http://www.fanhammer.es/2013/10/06/gw-japon-los-codex-libres-en-pdf-por-el-pais-del-sol-naciente/

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Scouts and Landspeeder Storm WIP

October 9, 2013, 4:25 am
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I've always wanted to paint up some scouts, and when the Landspeeder Storm came out years ago I thought it was a brilliant model.  I've even considered a scout focused army... maybe it goes back to my memories of Advanced Space Crusade.  That was way back in my early days of 40k... remember those Tyranids?  I still have some of the scout models and maybe I'll paint them up in my Ultramarine colours.

Anyway, here's the Storm and a squad of scouts to go along with it.  I base coated the blue with Army Painter spray and will do some weathering at the end.


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Skycutter Finished

October 10, 2013, 7:00 am
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Here we go with a tutorial and a bunch of finished pics.  I'm glad to have this guy done as its been on my desk all summer.  I kind of wish I did the wings pointing up because this thing doesn't fit into my display case very well with the rest of my High Elves.

Anyway, check out the pics below, and the paints are at the bottom.

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How to Paint Uthwe Craftworld Eldar

October 12, 2013, 3:46 am
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Here's a quick tutorial on how to paint up Uthwe Eldar.  Back in the day (2nd edition) I had an Uthwe Eldar army.  I sold them on ebay when I got back into 40k a few years back.  That was back in the metal bodies, plastic arms days... yikes, those sucked for coming apart during transport.

Anyway, here's a quick tutorial on doing the black armour with bone contrast.

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Ultramarines Scouts and Landspeeder Storm Finished

October 14, 2013, 1:12 pm
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Here's those Scouts and their transport, the Landspeeder Storm.  As mentioned in the video (below), I've really liked the landspeeder storm ever since it came out, and now that I'm starting an Ultramarines army this was one of the fist models I wanted to finish.  Anyway, love how it turned out, and looking forward to the next thing...


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Buzzgob Work in Progress

October 16, 2013, 1:14 pm
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I've had this guy on my bench for a while, and finally have the urge to finish him.  I'm doing his two grots as well and figure I'll use them as objective markers.  Great model, but I'm not sure I really like the style of his axe... there are too many bits on the end and I can't decide how to paint them.  In the end its going to be a weathered metal look, but I wish it was something better.  Anyway, love the Mek army list and will be doing a mega dread at some point soonish (after another Ultramarines unit).

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Buzzgob Finished and Tutorial

October 19, 2013, 7:22 am
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Here's that forgeworld mek boss that I have been working on.  I've posted the tutorial video and still images below.  Its been a while since I've done any 40k orks, so this was a nice change from all the space marines and other stuff I've been working on.  I'll have to do some more ork stuff soon... I really enjoy painting them.

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Ork Forgeworld Mega dread WIP

October 20, 2013, 3:34 pm
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Another project that's on the go. I've got a tutorial coming for the Space Marine commander from Assault on Black Reach, but while I'm waiting for it to render I've worked on this guy a bit.  I have magnetized the arms, but the magnets were a bit small, so I've upped those to ensure it works.  Also working on getting the silver just right... which is hard considering how much surface area there is on this guy.  Anyway, combining some dry brushing with washes and I'll use some weathering powders once I add some extra colours to finish him off.  I'd like to get him a big oval base so he looks in place with the rest of my army.

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Forgeworld Mega dread WIP 2

October 25, 2013, 3:09 pm
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Here's some more pictures of that Forgeworld Mega Dread I've been working on.  I'm trying to get a good technique for doing the large areas fast, but also to look good.  I've got some weathering powders, so they should help once all the painting is done.  I'm looking forward to having this guy on the table... a really fun looking model, that's for sure.


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Ultramarines Commander Finished and Tutorial

October 26, 2013, 9:30 am
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Another addition to my growing Ultramarines force, this time the commander from the Assault on Black Reach box.  With the cape on this guy he painted up quite fast.  I was also pretty happy with how the banner turned out.  I've seen so many of these guys unpainted that it's cool to finally have one that's fully painted.

Pics and painting guide below.


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Ultramarines Terminators WIP

October 31, 2013, 3:47 am
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For the next unit in my Ultramarines army I have decided to go with some Terminators.  These guys are mostly Assault on Black Reach, but I've added a chain fist as well as an assault cannon to beef them up a little.  I've got a landraider in my assembled pile, so it can be used with these guys.

I'm finding with each unit that the Ultramarines paint scheme is getting much easier.  I think that is mostly by design, and might be why they are so popular.

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Forgeworld Mega Dread Finished

November 1, 2013, 4:29 pm
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Here's that Ork Mega Dread that I've been working on.  I wasn't sure how the weathering would go, but in the end it was pretty simple, and I think it turned out quite well.  I basically painted him up quickly and jabbed 4 different weathering powders onto different areas.  With all the different panels and bits the weathering powders really do all the work.  They to forgeworld scale models what devlin mud is to figures (liquid talent).

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Orc Rogue Idol WIP

November 5, 2013, 3:29 am
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I've had a lot of comments on my youtube videos lately noticing this guy in the background.... so here are some more pictures.  I've been doing some painting on this guy in between projects, and he's pretty simple overall.  Basically doing a rock drybrushing on most of the stuff then some moss and weathering...

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Ultramarine Terminators Finished and Tutorial

November 9, 2013, 2:14 am
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Got these guys finished pretty quickly.  Its nice to have small squads instead of huge 30 man boyz mobs... things go so much quicker and are much less tedious.  Now that I've done a bunch of Ultramarine things they are painting up faster as well, so that helps as well.  I'll have to get some vehicles done soon, and maybe another tactical squad so that I'll have a usable army.  I also have a bunch of stuff on order (including legion of the damned!) so once that arrives I'll have some fun stuff to do as well.  Anyway, video of the whole process (one guy, 4x speed) below as well as a bunch of pics.

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A little airbrushing (Ultramarines tanks and Flamespyre Phoenix)

November 11, 2013, 6:44 am
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I finally had a block of time where I was able to get my airbrush out and get some serious work done.  I managed to get a rhino and landraider done before moving over to the Flamespyre Phoenix.  I'm happy with how those turned out, and once I have a chance to add some details and weathering to the rhino and landraider they will be ready to go.  I really enjoyed working on the Flamespyre, so it jumped right onto my painting table for finishing because it looks so cool.  Now I want to get another kit so I can make up the frostheart and paint it up as well.

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Rogue Idol Finished (plus tutorial video)

November 15, 2013, 3:07 pm
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Here's that Rogue Idol that's been showing up the in the background of some of my pictures.  This guy was a fun distraction from some of the other projects, mostly because its basically dry brushing stone and adding some extra depth.  I'm glad to add this to my Orc and Goblin collection... now I just need to paint up some more Orcs (and goblins).

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Review: New Citadel technical paints UPDATED

November 16, 2013, 11:24 am
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So I zipped over to GW today and picked up all six of the new technical paints so that I could give them a try and post up a review.  I've done that in the video below, and summarized it in print here.

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There seems to be lots of controversy about Agrellan Earth... apparently its not working for people and GW is saying its a bad batch.  The GW I purchased mine at now says that they are out of stock, which I think means they pulled it off the shelves.  Anyway, I was able to get mine to work and have posted a picture below of what I was able to achieve.


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Flamespyre Phoenix Finished Pictures and Tutorial video

November 22, 2013, 6:56 pm
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Hey, after last week's distraction with those technical paints I'm back with another tutorial.  I finally got my airbrush out to get this guy done, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  Keeping the wings detached helped a lot and the design on the mini really lends to using this sort of technique.  The airbrush part is shown in the video at 4x speed with commentary, then still images for the rest as usual.

More pictures, video and painting guide after the jump.

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High Elf Phoenix Guard WIP

November 26, 2013, 7:00 am
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I had a request to do these guys a while back, and they finally have made it up my queue to get painted.  I decided to do 15 of them at once, and judging by the length of time its taking to get the base coats done I'm glad I didn't do more.  They are kind of fiddly, but I think I'm past the hard part.



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