Crimson Fist Sternguard Squad #1 Progress

After a bit of a break again I got painting my Crimson Fist Sternguard. As with most of my Crimson Fists so far I still need to clean up the base mainly and clean the higlights so I have something to batch paint, which I like. So with that in mind please don't be to quick to judge.

One last thing I noticed the mass of cat fur on my photo tent which I shall clean before taking any more pictures  but it'll probably be apparent in these so sorry.

Let me know what you think.

Hopefully tomorrow I should have some Necron Warriors to show you so till then enjoy!

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So I Won Some Grey Knights

As the title states I recently got through the post a package sent by the NoobHammer podcast which I won through there twitter followers giveaway. Being that I 'never' win anything I was really ecstatic when I heard I'd won and couldn't care less if it was a wet towel tied to a stick but was really happy with what I got and thought I'd show you.

As you can see the quality is fantastic and I'm glad to see no damage has been done even after the lengthy travel from the U.S.A.

I have been looking through the Grey Knights codex and realised that these were Interceptors and then thought about how they could be used if I were to make a Grey Knights force which after seeing these I am very tempted and I couldn't not play these guys. So I'm thinking about how I could use them but I'm pretty sure I'd use them in reserve to come on and cause some trouble. The great thing I can see about them is how far they can travel, there personal teleporters should be fun.

Obe last plug for http://www.noobhammer.com/ they are great podcast and are one of my favourites out of the many podcasts I listen to be sure to check them out.

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Crimson Fist Librarian in Power Armour

So I go this in the mail a couple of days ago and just got done painting him and just need to add details in the way of writing some scriptures, add some washes and clean up all the chips and give it a coat of varnish but other than that I like how he came out.

It is a metal miniature which is becoming a thing of the past for GW, if there's a couple things I'd say I don't like about metal it's how heavy it is and how easily the paint chips.

I will re-base this guy also as I feel he needs a bit more of a special base so looking out for one. If you could post a good place to get a 25mm hero base it would be greatly appreciated!

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Crimson Fist Tactical Squads Progress 1

This is the first part of a few parts due to not all of them being finished and after taking the pictures I can see that these need there highlights tidied also but it gives the idea of the scheme I'm going with for them.

I gave myself a little break and on that break I've been reading and thoroughly enjoying the Rynn's World book from the Space Marine Battles book series. I'm about 3/4's of the way through and I'd say I recommend giving it a read if your interested in more detail in the Rynn's World invasion.

On to the picutres.....

Can you guess/do you know who the model on the right was? I have changed the arms so this may hurt your chances of guessing but it's a fairly old metal model. 

List your guesses in the comment section and I'll tell you if your right. 

But as I said earlier in the post you can see (sorry there a bit blurry) the highlights need a little tidying but I'm happy with the rest.

Really enjoying painting these guys and am getting through pretty well and nearly finished most of the units. The problem is mainly waiting to buy/things to come through the post for me to finish them off. 

Lastly I'm going to mention this once again, the giveaway is still going on until the end of the month so get your entries in.

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Crimson Fist Autocannon Dreadnought #1

So as I said before I'm trying my best to get these done quickly so mainly I'm batch painting everything which means things are getting finished alot slower but quicker if that makes sense....

Anyway I got this Dreadnought to an acceptable standard tonight and thought I'd show you. In need of a couple of washes and also neatening the highlights but other than that he's done and I'm working on my next one as I'm writing this. I'm also batch painting two Razorbacks and Rhinos also so expect pictures of those also. I also have a Tactical Squad pretty much done and a Sternguard Squad just missing a Power Fist so coming along nicely.

Before I show the pictures though I'd like to remind everyone of the giveaway that I'm holding http://www.40kn00b.com/2012/02/150-followers-giveaway.html please if you haven't already entered do so, want to have as many people enter as possible.

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Crimson Fists Vindicator WIP

So this is the reason I've been gone so long, stripped everything started Crimson Fists. But first had to get the motivation to do so, got it and gave it a go. I've started work on a bunch of troops but dropping in an out of doing different parts of the army to avoid getting bored and I think it's going fairly well.

I'll let you be the judge of how I'm doing.

What needs to be done:

1. I need to finish the highlights
2. A couple more washes
3.The treads
4. Clean up (because as you can see it's still pretty messy)
5. Add tank icons

What you think of it so far?

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Re-Based - Imperial Fist Dreadnought 1

Finally I'm back after a lengthy absence due mainly to me playing video games instead of anything 40k related. The only 40k related thing I've done recently is checked up on your blogs and enjoying them. Finally got some work done hobby wise and now I thought I'd show you what I've been up to. The Dreadnought definitely hasn't got the best paintjob in the world but I have come to terms with the fact that yellow has beaten me and I shall do my best with the rest of the army. No more yellow for a long time I think, until I develop as a painter I think.

One thing I shall be adding to him soon, apart from a few touch ups here and there, is a Forge World vehicle icon to cover up some of his bad paint work haha.

I will say I really like the bases I purchased and have had fun painting them, this was a challenge though because I had to re-position his legs to make him fit, something I haven't attempted before. Let me know what you think of his position, tried to not make him look like his falling over at least.

I like the base a lot and just need to add maybe another wash and another light drybrush and it's done I think.

Let me know what you think.


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Necron Warrior Test Model Part 2

Carrying on from yesterdays post

So this is my second attempt at a Warrior scheme let me know what you think. I have one more idea then if that doesn't work I'll try something else.

 
I have gone with a basalt grey base with a greyblue drybrush for highlight. I think it looks good and is easy enough for how many Warriors I want to paint.

The next scheme I will try is white/bone colour (notice how it is getting progressively brighter) staying the blue. That is unless you this works well? Looks better than the black definitely as someone said with the last model the black took away to much detail.

Let me know what you think and possibly what you think would fit well with the blue. I'm thinking that the higher in the hierarchy the Necron is I will include more blue as a scheme, what do you think?

At the moment I have three ideas:

1. Go all white/bone with the blue
2. Go with this scheme with progressively more blue added to the models through the hierarchy
3.Go with the black but make some adjustments such as more highlights or adding more blue to it

Any ideas you have please throw them my way.

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Necron Warrior Test Model

So this is a quick test model  I just knocked up as a little break from painting yellow vehicles. Went with a little different to what I thought I would do but just went with something I thought would work.

Let me know what you think of it, it was a really nice break from painting bright yellow. It needs tidying up but it was just a quick mock up to see what you think and what I think. I like it but also fairly critical as everyone is so I'm no judge haha. Maybe you like the scheme but maybe something needs to be added? Maybe change something? Aslong as it is within my ability I will give it a go.

Much appreciated.

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Autocannon Dreadnought #2 Finished...

So much of the same really and more than likely the same criticism to be had but again pretty pleased with how they look now.

Lots of Dreadnought dakka to play with now.

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Autocannon Dreadnought #1 FInished...

So my first Autocannon Dreadnought is complete using the arms from bitspudlo.com.

Before you say I do realise how bent the barrels are but I shall sort them out as soon as I can. Being that there resin that shouldn't be to hard.

Overall I really like the design and it was nice and easy to paint.

Looks pretty badass to.

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Light Box Tester:Assault Terminators

So I got my new light box in the mail Friday so I thought I would take some photos of the progress I've made on my Assault Terminators as a mess around to see how they look.

Obviously I'll have to see which backgrounds are best and sort better camera shots etc etc but I think they turned out ok.

It really shows where needs neatening up to me which I like, and it also shows a little more detail etc that I couldn't get before. It was a well worth investment.

I will say that please ignore the bases, I am awaiting some resin ones coming soon.

I shall be having fun with taking more photos of some of the things I've worked on since I last posted pictures.

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I Hate Painting Yellow Continued...I've Cracked It!

Previous Post here

By jove I think he's got it!

Yes indeed ladies and gents!

And it's something I can do relatively easily.

It is literally Foundation White and the a Flat Yellow hit it with a wash then highlight with white/yellow mix.

Excellent.

I would show you an example but I currently can't haha.

But hopefully I shall be able to tomorrow.

I can't explain how happy I am this worked after spending the whole day trying loads of different combinations.

Mostly resulting in a to dark of a yellow or an extremely streaky yellow or to thick.

This being only around 3 layers plus wash is less time consuming than all of the other things I've tried and also looks the way I want.

This won't be for most people because I seem to find most people like a more muted yellow.

I was ready to concede hand painting yellow as it was seeming hopeless and was quite ready to go buy some spray but this worked so saves me a walk and doesn't hurt my pocket.

I realise that it doesn't look extremely professional or anything but what I have found is that alot of the people I've seen on websites/forums with really nice Imperial Fists I find out airbrushed/sprayed them.

This being the colour that I want them which is a kind of lemon yellow.

If I can find my old airbrush I might have to break it out eventually and try it but until then I have found this method which works to a reasonable standard.

Also this is where I got the idea http://www.theminichopshop.com/how_to/how_to_yellow/how_to_yellow.htm

*Edit* Also on an unrelated let me know how you like the new set up.

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New Rhino....

I got a new Rhino that I've just finished working on I thought I'd show off to you guys.

How do you like the bullet holes and scratches? I used a heated pin for those, I really like how it turned out.

Thoughts and criticism appreciated.

Thanks!