Heresy Era Imperial Fists

[tagsta]

looking absolutely amazing fella, the colour blending and the weathering is simply first class. you are a very talented painter indeed. you have set the bar very high for those of us who own a Stormeagle, if i can paint mine even half as well as you i'll be really stoked! looking forward to your future updates.

seconded! absolutely gorgeous stormeagle! can't wait until i will order mine from FW! absolutely gorgeous kit! However i have to say i think i prefer it with the landing gear

[Haywiregrenade]

Some further progress from the last few days on various IF models for you! I even kept the Talon built out of the box...not to everyones tastes but looks ok in yellow

[the damned artificer]

Great update

The deimos executioner is beautiful, really well done mate!

And the storm talon looks good, even though it's an out of the box build as yellow can save almost any sm model

[Haywiregrenade]

Thanks TDA I am sure the pics will appear on FW's Facebook site once finished (well the Executioner will at least). The plan is to enter them in the Armies on Display thing if I can build a suitable base for them all as well. Lets see how my free time and creativity pans out.

[the damned artificer]

That would definitely be awesome (both)

What theme are you contemplating for the AoP board ??

[Haywiregrenade]

Some kind of fortress attack or defence perhaps to fit in with the IF strengths. Have yet to really think on it much. I have some 2x2 plyboards and dense foam to construct it with and a few Cities of Death bits kicking around to make it from.

[the damned artificer]

Sounds like a solid theme

You could do a segment of a breached wall as the backdrop and have them emerge from the opening onto the 2x2 in an aggressive manner

[Haywiregrenade]

That has a lot of potential! Its a shame I cannot use my Terminators really, as they use parts from maxmini and Scibor, but the rest will be fine and you only need a few models. What with the Eagle, Ram, Executioner, and some FW infantry, I have it covered

[the damned artificer]

Yeah and the termies can always teleport in later for the glory shots

Also this theme gives you a huge playground of defensive mechanisms to add as detail to the board like dragon teeth, barbed wire, blown up gun turrets etc to really catch the siege atmosphere

[Haywiregrenade]

And we are done with this guy. Was going to make the weapons magnetised, but decided I like it equiped as is for elite troop and tank busting whilst still being mobile.

Apologies for the piccies, its dark in my kitchen

But I think I am now down with this little fella.

[the damned artificer]

The plasma glow is gorgeous! And the fist icon, is that a green stuff mold of the banner from the IF/CF upgrade kit ??

[Haywiregrenade]

The Fist Icon is a GS mold from the IF/CF icon pack done ages ago by GW. I borrowed some from friends and took blu-stuff molds of loads of Fist Icons and now use them liberally across my models Same for the FW icons used on the Ram and Eagle. I got a set of IF/CF icons with the Mk2B Land Raider Kit, and just took copies to save on costs. Green Stuff from an online retailer and job done! The plasma glow I am particularly happy with as it was all airbrush and then fine lined along the edges of the 'coils'. Only took 20 mins but looks pretty nice IMO.

[shaw3029]

It looks fantastic, Well done mate,

[the damned artificer]

I do the same thing too, I just use resin instead

[constant_ones]

Love that predator, absolutely fantastic kit and you did a great job painting it up. Your yellow storm talon does look much better than flying blue brick

[MichaelJames]

Morning,

Really nice work, congrats! Quick question: do you find filthy brown awkward to airbrush? I'm trying it myself and it either clogs in about a minute oris way too watery and runs everywhere. Which is annoying as I don't get this with any other colour I've tried so far.

Cheers,

M

[Haywiregrenade]

Mchael - no I have not had a problem at all with airbrushing Vallejo Filthy Brown. Goes on very smooth in 2-3 coats as a prime over black with no clogs or over thinning. I use Tamiya airbrush acrylic thinners with about a 50/50 ratio to paint and ensure it is well mixed. If you leave it to sit for a while, it seperates in the mixing pot.

[MichaelJames]

Ok thanks, I'll try some different thinners and see if that helps!

[Haywiregrenade]

Well, its been a while!!!!! Ummm yeah, been painting a 2k Necron Army for the last few months (ill need to post the pics up I guess as I know the rules - pics or it never happened!)
Anyway, with the spate of new Heresy Era stuff from FW, its time to get the yellow mojo back on.

So on the desk this past 2 weeks has been the Spartan.

First, the tracks, which do not fit

So some cut and sawing later


Then some glue and clamps

[Haywiregrenade]

Then once mostly assembled


Add some base coat