Phoenix Guard WIP 2

November 29, 2013, 7:35 am

I'm getting closer to finishing these guys... still working on the grey/white steps, then its on to the non-metallic gold and small details. I'm glad I only did 15 of these guys in this batch. If I had done more each step would have been a bit overwhelming and would have slowed things down a bit too much.

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Ultramarines Rhino Finished

November 30, 2013, 7:00 am

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Here's a bunch of pics and a video of the first tank for my Ultramarines army. Its also the first airbrushing I've done for them, so I made sure to do a video tutorial to show how that progressed. There's some weathering as well, but a lot of it disappeared when I did the matte spray... I need to do something to fix that.

The paints used are after the break, and a full explanation is in the video.

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Phoenix Guard Finished (and video)

December 3, 2013, 7:00 am

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Here's those Phoenix Guard I've been working on. There were a few steps that took forever, but once I got past the white cloaks it was home free. The non-metallic gold is getting easier each time, and I'd even say that on these guys it was one of the fastest steps. This is a good thing since I really like how it turns out.

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Ultramarine Landraider Finished (and tutorial)

December 8, 2013, 10:17 am

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Here's that landraider that I painted alongside the Rhino a few weeks back. The techniques were basically identical, but a bit of a larger model to work with. I have since picked up some AK pigment fixer and will try that instead of spraying the model after the weathering powders. This should help them show up better, and I'll probably go back and do more weathering powders on this at a later date.

The painting guide for the paints I used are below along with the video.

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Centurions WIP

December 11, 2013, 6:58 am

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Here's the first batch of work in progress pics of my Centurion devastators. I did partial assembly before basing them with army painter sprays to help speed up the process, and I'm taking video of the process to do a tutorial when I'm done. Neat models, but they are basically single pose. You can't position the arms or legs and there is very little room to rotate the torso.

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Centurions WIP 2

December 12, 2013, 11:38 am

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Here's another batch of work in progress pictures for these guys. They are finally starting to look decent, and I'll be doing the last bit of assembly shortly. I'm pretty happy with how they're looking, although the legs look a little goofy when all together. I'm pretty disappointed with the lack of posing available, but I also don't want to do a bunch of customization work.

Next up I think I need to do some scenery... Christmas is coming, and I'll probably get a game or two in with my brother, so that means getting some tables ready.

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Nihilakh Oxide Demo (Video)

December 16, 2013, 11:32 am

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Here's a quick video showing how the Nihilakh Oxide works (using an Ogre Leadbelcher as a demo). I really like the look, as the method I use is too dark. I suppose I could mix a better colour, but I really like how this looks. I even went back and did a couple skaven models after doing the video because I liked it so much. Obviously you may not see the need to buy a whole bottle of it, but I can see myself using it quite often.

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How to Paint NMM Gold

December 18, 2013, 7:00 am

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Here's a tutorial showing (at 2x speed) exactly how I painted the non-metallic metal on the Phoenix Guard I just did. There were a bunch of requests on youtube for a tutorial like this where I film the whole process. I've mentioned before that I use Reaper paints for this, but in this I have used GW paints. I get a lot more requests for the specific GW paints, but I actually prefer the Reaper ones for NMM. They have a slightly more yellow look straight out of the bottle, which I like. To due true NMM you would want to use more steps, but this is a quick process that is great for blocks of troops.

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Ultramarine Centurions Complete (plus video tutorial)

December 21, 2013, 8:53 am

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Another Ultramarine project finished, and this time its the new Centurion models. I'm going to say that I'm not overly impressed with these models, and they are pretty much single pose. Kind of disappointing, but I guess that's what has to happen when you get so many weapon options in the box.

Anyway, painting them was pretty straightforward, especially now that I've done so many Ultramarines. I have a playable army now, but not really a complete one. Need another scoring unit or so... but that'll have to come after some of the scenery that I'm working on.

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Wall of Martyrs Unboxing and assembly

December 23, 2013, 6:21 am

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Well, these have been sitting in my to-do pile for quite some time, but with the new Stronghold Assault book I thought I should get in gear. Now that there are rules I can see these getting a lot more use.

Anyway, below are three videos, one for each of the core Wall of Martyrs pieces; Imperial Defense line, Imperial Bunker and Imperial Defense Emplacement.

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Goblin Shaman Finished (+Tutorial)

December 28, 2013, 5:36 am

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Here's that goblin shaman that I'm sure every Orc and Goblin player will pick up at some point. He's a neat model, and fairly simple to paint, but I added some extra colour to make him stand out. As usual, the painting guide is at the bottom of this post, and the video is after the break. In this video I actually show the whole process (at 4x speed) because its such a fast model to paint. I think the total painting time was under an hour (plus the time it took for the washes to dry).

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Ultramarine Stormtalon Gunships Finished (plus tutorial)

January 4, 2014, 11:08 am

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Here's a pair of Stormtalon gunships that I painted up over the holidays. I airbrushed the base colours and finished off with some weathering powders. Cool looking kits, and I think they will work well in pairs. As usual, the paint guide is at the bottom below the video and pics.

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Tutorial: Hivefleet Behemoth

January 6, 2014, 1:20 pm

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Here's a tutorial to go along with the newly announced Tyranid codex. I've got a few Termagaunts that I'm painting up in the three main hivefleets to show how to quickly paint up your horde. Here's Behemoth, and coming soon will be Leviathan and Kraken.

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Hive Fleet Kraken Painting guide and Tutorial

January 8, 2014, 3:57 am

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Here's the second Hive Fleet to make into tutorial form... Kraken. I used another quick method of doing the skin (white base, wash and drybrush). This is great as long as you don't mess it up later by getting paint on it. If this does happen it can be difficult to colour match the touch-up.

Check out the video below as well as the painting guide and finished images below. Hive Fleet Leviathan is coming up next.

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Tutorial: Hive Fleet Leviathan

January 10, 2014, 10:48 am

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Here's the third (final?) tutorial for Tyranids to celebrate the new codex coming out tomorrow. I painted this one up with a was over white like the Leviathan one, but don't love the way it turned out. I think its too purple, but didn't want to do another layer over it. In hind sight it should have had that, or I should have just painted the first purple wash in the joints.

Anyway, painting guide and video tutorial are after the break. Hope you enjoyed these tutorials, and if they are popular enough maybe I'll do some more Tyranid stuff.

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Skaven Plague Claw Catapult (Tutorial)

January 16, 2014, 1:00 pm

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Here's a guide and painting tutorial for the Skaven Plague Claw Catapult. I started this over Christmas after having an itch to paint some Skaven. I meant to paint up a blob of 40 Stormvermin, but I needed to do the Screaming Bell, so I figured that I'd paint this at the same time. Well, after all that, this got finished first, the bell is 80% done, and the Stormvermin are assembled and spray painted. Hopefully I get to them soon.

Anyway, here's a painting guide and video commentary of how I painted up this beast.

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Cypher Conversion

January 20, 2014, 2:40 am

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Here's a quick and easy guide showing how to make your own Cypher, the fallen angel, out of a bunch of regular bits. The kitbash is based on a Dark Angels veteran robed body and adds Chaos arms (storm bolter arms from the Chaos vehicle sprue), a Chaos Warriors (WFB) sword and some more space marine and dark angels bits. Its not 100% accurate, but hits the main points and will look good once painted up.

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Forgeworld Goblin Shaman WIP

January 23, 2014, 6:10 am

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Here's a couple pictures of a Goblin Shaman I'm working on. He's from the command set by Warhammer Forge. Really cool model that I want to add to my collection... I'll have to do the BSB soon as well.

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Space Marine Librarian Painting Guide (plus painting video)

January 24, 2014, 7:00 am

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Here's that new Plastic Librarian single sprue kit that GW released with the codex a little while ago. Its an amazing kit, and the detail is steller. I used the same general paint scheme, but picked a different blue for the armour to make him a little different than the rest of my Ultramarines.

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Skaven Grey Seer Conversion

January 31, 2014, 6:07 am

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Here's a quick tutorial showing how I mounted the extra Grey Seer from my Plague Furnace on a 20mm base. I used a piece of cork to get the right angle and replaced the screaming bell handle with a knife from one of the extra clan rat arms I had laying around.

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