Da Gitzkrieg

[andyg2006]

Looking nice and bright -Bad Moonz all the way!
I think you can also do the salt-weathering technique using sand and hairspray, too..?

[G.Hawke]

@andy possibly, though i haven't seen that one personally, salt's always been my first port of call.

Its time to play through the keyhole... so can anyone tell me, who would ride a bike like this...?



-hawke

[AtmanAbecedarian]

Looking good as always Hawke. Thanks a bunch for the salting tutorial. I've been curious about the process for a while now.
Can't wait to see that new armor finished up. The Killbursta is a beast. Especially excited for that one. Keep it coming, good sir

[G.Hawke]

@atman; thanks dude! yeah alot more will be popping up in the next few weeks so i hope to share my love of the rust.

and here is wazdakka at the current stage of progress; its pretty early on, alot of clean up/modelling needed, but i think for a kit bash its shaping up nicely.





Just for scale, that biker next to him isn't further away, he's base to base.....

C&C?

-hawke

[Davidian]

oooh, wazdakka? ***edit - you ninja-ed me XD*** I'm tempted to bash my own up. haven't got any bikers yet so maybe once I've finished what I've got I'll do one too.

Love that massive face-glyph on you tanks. It looks great.

Read that you were considering a deffrolla-wagon? I love mine. Keep it cheap and near the ol' kff and it can soak its points worth in incoming fire especially once people know what it can do first hand. I approve

Your evil sunz are looking cool, oop's ftw. I noticed at least 4 seperate lots of oop mega armour nobz on ebay and was tempted. C&C?... they'r too yellow can't really comment much yet but please do a good job [i know you will anyway] those mini's deserve it

[G.Hawke]

Your evil sunz are looking cool, oop's ftw. I noticed at least 4 seperate lots of oop mega armour nobz on ebay and was tempted. C&C?... they'r too yellow can't really comment much yet but please do a good job [i know you will anyway] those mini's deserve it

thanks dude! yeah i've got alot of painting to do to get my army finished, but my main focus atm is the biker force until my stompa's arrive. once i've ran out of bikes/stompa's i'll be finishing the tanks.

as for the classics; SUCH LOVELY models. the detail is nuts, especially for the age. I'd buy them, tbh, i do want some of the current models (who doesn't?) but the classics have a place on the gaming table, same for the kommando's, especially for you, you need some. fail bloodaxe if you don't use blood axe kommandos. Mine cost me £20 for 13... including warboss/nob model. thats pretty good no matter how you look on it. I do plan on having a unit of the classic mega-nobs with a nazdregg model in my oldschool force, but that's a long term plan 'cos i've got 30 bikes, 4 stompas and 12 tanks to paint/buy/build/lolstomp people with.

-hawke

[G.Hawke]

update time, this time with a descent scale shot...





C&C?

-hawke

[G.Hawke]

So, we are nearing the end of the wazdakka build. a few more pieces (the burning pole), some cleaning and filing... then some gs and he's done.






That back plate will eventually read 'howz me driving? U Dead yet?'

-hawke

[G.Hawke]

Time for another WIP (Wazdakka in progress) update!

I've GS'd all the gaps, rebuild the muscle structure so its correct and filled in a clean up a few gaps. I've spotted one error that i need to correct, which is i've missed some muscle of the back of the Klaw arm.





All i've got left now is a few touch ups then the everflaming skulls and he's done.

Any C&C?

-hawke

[razormasticator]

Love that Conversion... I think its stellar~!

[G.Hawke]

Thanks razor! glad you approve!

Now, people have been asking to see more close up shots of my painted mini's so they can get a better eye in on the quality of them. As such i am now happy to provide an partial pip for one of my big meks;





He's still a little grubby atm, but since i've still got alot of colour to paint he's got a little ways until he's finished.

-hawke

[G.Hawke]

Update! I've nearly finished the KFF mek. I've got a few touch ups to do to the cables, base and OSL on the KFF itself, but i've got work today so i figured i'd get some feedback before i push for a finish tonight.






and a close up of the skin/osl. They held up suprisingly well.



C&C?

-hawke

[G.Hawke]

As a reward to my five loyal readers here's a tutorial on greenskin tone i've done. Same technique i used on the mek, just a little more muted.

Step 1; Dark angels green base coat;

link

Step 2; Knarloc Green over all by the most extreme area's of darkness.



step 3;




Now i don't actually own any goblin green or snot green due to GW's current feth-headed policy towards shipping things, despite being 23 miles from the uk my former stockists have stopped. As such i have to order online or get creative.. so i got creative. this mix is 65;35 dark angels to scorpian to get a nice solid mid green.

Step 4;



Once you've mixed the original colour go 4 parts 'ork green (the one you just mixed...or use gobbo/snot green), 1 part golden yellow one part bleached bone for a highlight layer, once done give it a wash of thraka green to blend in the colours without loosing the highlights.

Step 5;



Same with step 4, only the mixture is now 2;1;1, which creats a much lighter tone. in some places it might be worth washing, but this is where its down to subjective opinion.

step 6;



Now just use thin bleach bone highlights to represent stressed skin or extreme highlights, in this case i've avoided the upper shoulders because i know that snikrots going to look alot different when its no longer red and green, but as my mek shows it works well to highlight alot of the areas.

hope you find this useful, more handy tips coming soon!

-hawke

[TheConverter15]

Thanks for the tutorial Hawke. I'm dusting off my orks and this is a real help! Great Wazzdakka too

[G.Hawke]

@converter; Thanks dude! glad you approve of it.. and talking of wazdakka...

Its time for an update! wazdakka is now complete, and my warboss has been stripped and his powerclaw upgraded!



C&C?

-hawke

[G.Hawke]

So an update time, since i aim for 1-2 a day. I've started wazdakka's paint job so i'll shove up the close ups as have been requested, though i've removed the bosspole until i find something more stable and less weedy. I've also finished one of my tanks and i thought i'd display the 4 meks i own... of which the more obvious meks are the good the bad and the dakka. Oh yeah, its also a scale shot of wazdakka, a tank and a biker...







C&C?

-hawke

[TheConverter15]

Great looted tank! And Wazzdakka really is HUGE

[G.Hawke]

@converter; THanks dude! and yeah, he REALLY is a warboss on a bike.

Update!

The Big mek is finished,





And next up on my paint desk;



C&C?

-hawke

[AtmanAbecedarian]

Either I'm not posting much these days, or you are hauling major ass with this project. Probablly a bit of both. Great stuff man. The converted Wazzdakka is epic, and the painting on the Mek is very nice.
Watching your progress gives me the urge to get some Boogeymen finished. Stupid college...taking all my free time...

[G.Hawke]

@atman; hey dude! yeah, it may be both, i'm hauling ass with this because i want to try and get the biker core, the tanks and 3 stompers completed for the 10th of december (an apoc weekend), and as you can see i've got One hell of a lot left to do. Plus i keep getting distracted by great ideas... talking of which;

A few days ago i won a metal ghazghkull for £6 inc p&p... it arrived about 20 minutes before i went to work. After getting home i've spent about an hour or two cutting and pinning it together again... But what for? Well, the below picture is the artwork i'm aiming for with the warboss... and then there is the warboss, who's only just been put together roughly (it came with no claws so i'm rebulding them... into a marine)






I was going to wait to tomorrow... but i thought 'nah, people need to see me discover using PINS!'

Thats right. first model i've ever pinned. Rock on!

C&C?

-hawke