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    Re: WarSeer Painting Support Group

    Whoa! Love that helmet. Makes the model look much bigger.

    As for the force shot, that guy is the first of my 2nd Viridian force. All my UW stuff can be found here although my first Viridians have had a slight repaint (brighter) since these pics were taken.

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    Another WIP shot of my Vostroyan Standard. Not for the first time tonight, I've been considering the possibility that it was a mistake to not paint him red. I've substituted Dark Angels Green for Red Gore, a mix of Dark Angels Green and Snot Green for Blood Red, and Snot Green for the mix of Blood Red and Blazing Orange, the colours listed in the White Dwarf guide I've been following. But still...



    Exo:

    I know what you mean about the messy painting that comes together. The conversion looks nice and solid, very much like how a Terminator should look. Very nice.
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    @Snakebite: that model is looking better every day (which is the way it should be, as you are painting him further..), but to me it also seems that you are getting better in painting all the time. In my opinion the green fits well instead of red, and gives your force even more uniqueness compared to all the other vostroyans out there. Keep him rolling!
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    Thanks, Exo. I do like the fact it looks so completely different to the usual Vostroyan scheme, although it's probably that difference that's making me question it. I'll treat myself to some rank and file with the scheme so I can get a better idea of how it'll look overall.

    I've just been struck by inspiration for a conversion for my medic. I've cut off his head and replaced it with the new Space Marine half flesh / half metal head from the Command Sprue. With a bit of Green Stuff tidying up, it will look very fancy!
    Quote Originally Posted by ryng_styng
    I like the decision to show the Emperor as a rounded person, and not some kind of infallible messiah. If he never makes mistakes, where's the interest? You can't forge an Imperium and unite humanity with a leaflet campaign and a coffee morning.

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    Re: WarSeer Painting Support Group

    Snakebite, I'm inspired.

    Me start saving up for little human.
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    And, here he is!

    This is basically the Medic without his head and the Marine plastic replacement simply balancing in place. I'd be interested in what people think right off. It compares reasonably well with the proportions of his original head, but I'm wondering if he'll need his Vostroyan hat to stop him from looking too weird.



    Comments, please?
    Quote Originally Posted by ryng_styng
    I like the decision to show the Emperor as a rounded person, and not some kind of infallible messiah. If he never makes mistakes, where's the interest? You can't forge an Imperium and unite humanity with a leaflet campaign and a coffee morning.

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    Looks nice, like an insane professor of some sort. Should look interesting once painted, cant wait for it... and if it works, I will steal the idea
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    I'd originally removed the head from the Kasrkin Veteran Sergeant model and used the plastic flesh / metal face with that as I had already modified him to carry a Plasma Pistol. The idea was that it had suffered one too many overloads and had fried half of his face.

    I've got to admit, it's growing on me. I like the idea of a grizzled old Medic with bionics. Seems to fit.
    Quote Originally Posted by ryng_styng
    I like the decision to show the Emperor as a rounded person, and not some kind of infallible messiah. If he never makes mistakes, where's the interest? You can't forge an Imperium and unite humanity with a leaflet campaign and a coffee morning.

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    Re: WarSeer Painting Support Group

    Snakebite, your Vostroyans are ace, and put my green-painted ones to shame.

    Don't question it, green works with the Vosts.

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    Thanks! Although I should mention the amount of time and effort I'm putting in to the Vostroyans. I spend an hour (or two if I'm lucky) every night if I can. In the six or seven weeks since I picked them up at Bristol Carnage, I've painted the Grenade Launcher Guardsman (in the official red, but just to get the idea), the Commlink Guardsman in green and half of the Standard. I'm spending so much time on single models and going for gold on them because I want an army to be proud of.

    I was always prevented from doing this in the past because never having a painted army meant I didn't play games, and projects soon found themselves being forgotten. Now that I have my 1000pts of Marines to game with, I can really take my time on the Vostroyans.

    Another update of my WIP Standard, here in about two hours!
    Quote Originally Posted by ryng_styng
    I like the decision to show the Emperor as a rounded person, and not some kind of infallible messiah. If he never makes mistakes, where's the interest? You can't forge an Imperium and unite humanity with a leaflet campaign and a coffee morning.

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    Okay, make that one hour...



    Now, he's really starting to come together. Just about all of the base colours are in place, as well as one or two layers of highlighting and details. I can't paint lettering so I've used a blacklining pen for the litany on the banner. It looks a little skewed so I might have to redo it.

    Another week or so and I'll have doubled my number of painted Vostroyans!
    Quote Originally Posted by ryng_styng
    I like the decision to show the Emperor as a rounded person, and not some kind of infallible messiah. If he never makes mistakes, where's the interest? You can't forge an Imperium and unite humanity with a leaflet campaign and a coffee morning.

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    Re: WarSeer Painting Support Group

    Quote Originally Posted by Snakebite
    Thanks, Exo. I do like the fact it looks so completely different to the usual Vostroyan scheme, although it's probably that difference that's making me question it. I'll treat myself to some rank and file with the scheme so I can get a better idea of how it'll look overall.

    I've just been struck by inspiration for a conversion for my medic. I've cut off his head and replaced it with the new Space Marine half flesh / half metal head from the Command Sprue. With a bit of Green Stuff tidying up, it will look very fancy!
    It would cost you £16 but you could get the Cadian upgrade pack from FW which have helmets with resps but also those 'sights' on the side of the head. though it may be slightly extravagant to spend £16 on one helmet...
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    Re: WarSeer Painting Support Group

    I'm trying to find a camo scheme for my Imperial Guardsmen. I want it to look as if used in dense woodland. A problem I am having is finding the right tone of colours to use. Can anyone suggest three colours, either greens or browns, that would not appear too dark or too light when painted in patterns on the armour?

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    Definitly go for browns as well as greens, preferrably with green (catachan would look nice) as base colour, then add brown and a brighter green, maybe a mix of catachan and some grey or Bleached Bone. Don't make the single parts of the pattern too small, so you will finish the guardsmen faster and the camo won't look too much like a single colour on the tabletop. Always keep in mind what the miniatures should look like on the tabletop and in areas that aren't as well lit as your painting table. Then add some contrast colour (preferrably red, maybe orange, yellow, something like that) in places like helmets or army/campaign badges at the sleeves because a miniature without contrast just will look much better.

    @Snakebite: Very nice Vostroyans indeed. Keep on painting.

    So I'm back again and it's nice to see that the WSPSY is doing so well.

    Me, I finally finished those damned High Elves and went on to painting my own miniatures again, my Dark Elves to be more specific. These have been totally neglected the past two months so there's plenty of stuff to do. Today, I assembled and primed ten Cold One Knights, five Cold Ones as well as a mighty-looking Black Pegasus (5th edition). With these miniatures, I'm trying ExoCowboy's technique of painting the miniatures to a tabletop standard and then adding more highlighting/shading/blending and so on lateron when I find the time. I finally need at least one WHFB army ready to play so the next things to do will be:

    .) Painting skin of the RxB warriors as well as adding shields
    .) Painting the plastic sorceress (one of the sexiest minis GW ever made)
    .) finishing at least two Reaper Bolt Throwers + crews
    .) Painting five CoK and six Cold Ones
    .) Painting the Black Pegasus

    Within the next few days, another package of DE should arrive, containing Malus Darkblade (mounted as well as on foot [yay, I got the footslogging one quite cheap!]), some Executioners, another Reaper Bolt Thrower and a formidable 5th edition Cauldron of Blood (which will be kept in line for a while because I won't use it ingame often). This all will be interrupted by another comission, but I'll try to finish as much as possible till then.

    As our Cpt.Brown sais: The long painting war continues.

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    @sigur: those HE look great, very tidy and excellent execution of the colour-scheme. I am sure the customer is more than happy with those. I have to say that at this moment I do not anymore paint models with the base colours and then finish them later, as my armies are quite big: now I can concentrate on finishing one model at the time (I just paint them sloppily and then tidy them up in later stages, but usually the models get onto the table only when the painting is finished ). It is nice to hear that you are back on the DE models, and I am eagerly waiting to see them nice and finished in the (near) future.

    @snakebite: The time and effort you are spending on those vostroyans are really paying off, that standard-guy looks great. At least in the picture the writing on the banner looks good and not too skewed, the banner is curled-up in the wind anyways so it does not matter.

    Myself, the termie-sorcerer is coming up nicely, and I hope to finish him at the first half of the next week. Some pics will follow within a few days. I have the tournament I am attending to in 11-13. august, so I have to finish 3rd oblie and rest of the termies until then... and of yeah, some objective markers also. So painting war continues here too, although the battles are ceasing for the brother's wedding this weekend.
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    @ExoCowboy: Thanks for your comments. I was told that the customer was quite eager to get the miniatures back but comissions of a higher level always take more time. Anyway, I know that you haven't been using the way of the Exo lately (at least I didn't read about it) and I'm pretty sure that I won't be able to do it how I described it above as I'd always think "aw, just one more layer will make this look even better" and "okay, I'll clean up this part now rather than later. It won't take long anyway." and such.

    I'm currently doing the skin of the RxB Elves as planned but I already feel intrigued to start another project again.... Holy Emperor, help me to stay on my path.

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    Quote Originally Posted by schoolcormorant
    It would cost you £16 but you could get the Cadian upgrade pack from FW which have helmets with resps but also those 'sights' on the side of the head. though it may be slightly extravagant to spend £16 on one helmet...
    That's a little too much hobby money, even for me! A good idea, though - thanks.

    Quote Originally Posted by ExoCowboy
    @snakebite: The time and effort you are spending on those vostroyans are really paying off, that standard-guy looks great. At least in the picture the writing on the banner looks good and not too skewed, the banner is curled-up in the wind anyways so it does not matter.
    Thanks for that, Exo. I think the trouble with me is that I have a very critical eye over my own work and if it doesn't look perfect then I think that's what everyone else sees too. The effect of the banner flapping in the wind is a good one and certainly hides a multitude of sins - although it also creates extreme highlighting problems!
    Quote Originally Posted by ryng_styng
    I like the decision to show the Emperor as a rounded person, and not some kind of infallible messiah. If he never makes mistakes, where's the interest? You can't forge an Imperium and unite humanity with a leaflet campaign and a coffee morning.

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    Re: WarSeer Painting Support Group

    Some help please from my fellow warseers. I have finally got around to putting paint to brush and model, and restarted my blood angels. They were originally started 2 and a half years ago, although i had the foresight to make a note of how i was painting them:
    Blood angels red spray,
    Wash of mixed brown and red ink,
    Thinned blood red over the wash to leave shading in the recesses,
    Black banding, with other details to be worked out later

    My problem comes with the red. My original attempts look nice, the red is solid and looks good. However my latest red has started to look more orange, more like the old blood angels red (tomatoe soup orange) paint. I am happy with my originals, but don't think I can reproduce it, so what can I do to improve the red, making it look a bit deeper/darker.

    The two pics are of my most painted mini so far, sorry for the quality, and this is one of the figs with a decent red
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    I'm back from 1 week holiday. In that time, I've painted half a sage for the retinue.

    And a whole WFB core set. It was a commision job. It took 3 days.
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    Otherwise, I'm back on holiday over the next two weeks. In that time, I have to have a new "Skull Pass" box painted up as a commission. 70+ gobins... Mmmmmm....
    Gold LOTR poster/nut '06 and '07
    Most Northerly Wastoid '07
    ...plus a few other things...

    So there!

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    *Railgunner steps in to stop pert taking all the credit * I would just like to add that i helped with this project.

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