Sheeps Laying a log

[sheep]

Thanks guys, really glad you like it

absolutly stunning!!! love the flesh style armour. consider it stolen if i ever buy a chaos warhound.

Steal away mate, though if i get another one i will be painting it differently, flesh is hard to do on something this big. Good luck.

You zogging Traitor!

I'm sorry I have painted 3 imperial BB's before though.

Mostly awesome, but the bases failed, and most of the snow and the mud splashes looks unrealistic

Which bases in particular? I agree i have to do something about the mud on the tank, but i've never seen snow, so any tips on what it could do to improve it?

That Titan is absoluteyl awesome. My gf thought that the pics were 'disgusting', this is a good thing I suppose

Thats the reaction i was going for

Cheers

Sheep

[nooker]

I can't help with the modeling aspect, but I live pretty far north so I'm pretty familiar with snow. I was thinking what you had there was ice & frozen mud, but he's right it needs something more, it's too smooth. There should be particles of both dirt and sharper edges to the snow/ice. Snow, by itself, is powdery like fine white sand (something you might be more familiar with) when it's cold. Snow is more clingy than sand since it usually melts a bit when it gets on a warm body and should probably be depicted as sticking a bit to the models legs and bottoms of their trenchcoats. Well, I'm not sure if that'll help your modeling, but hopefully it might help your visioning.

[Tommygun]

Good Lord! That titan just ran through a giant herpes factory! A gift of Nurgle or a former relationship?
Nicely done in that "Oh God Ewwwwww" kind of way. -Tommygun.

[Faolan]

Its the fact that the mud needs to have more colour variation, and that in half the pictures I've seen it looks fairly glossy. Most of the time mud's pretty damned drab and matte, only when its certain soil types, water concentrations, and sitting in the right conditions, do you get a glossy effect.

[sir.spamalot]

in half the pictures I've seen it looks fairly glossy

and in half the pictures he's said "I just varnished the mud so its still wet ignore the shine or stuff like that...any way great job sheep, was there any particular method in which you did the weathering on the DK baneblade?

[Calibrate]

Gravey...... Love the carcasses in the Warhound.... Just Amazing!!! I'm gonna go paint now!

[Colonel Jacka]

The Warhound captures the true essence of the traitor. I bow to you Master.
Sheep you War Machine is awesome! Fantastic Mate!

[Eldorad]

Fantastic titan.

For some reason I started laughing when I saw the crew. Maybe it's the demon in me.

Poor princeps. Brilliant stuff.

[sheep]

Hello all, well long time no see or post, i've moved house and only just gotten the net back on. I've done a bit of painting recently and will get some pics up ASAP.

Good Lord! That titan just ran through a giant herpes factory! A gift of Nurgle or a former relationship?
Nicely done in that "Oh God Ewwwwww" kind of way. -Tommygun.

Thankyou sir, high praise indeed.

Its the fact that the mud needs to have more colour variation, and that in half the pictures I've seen it looks fairly glossy. Most of the time mud's pretty damned drab and matte, only when its certain soil types, water concentrations, and sitting in the right conditions, do you get a glossy effect.

Cheers for that, i'm not happy with the mud on them either, i'm thinking of rebasing them all. My motivation for krieg has died in the **** though, so i have to do something soon to justify the $700 outlay.

and in half the pictures he's said "I just varnished the mud so its still wet ignore the shine or stuff like that...any way great job sheep, was there any particular method in which you did the weathering on the DK baneblade?

The method i used was basically a pin wash, painting the brown colour over the detail, and only the detail.

Cheers

Sheep

[Deadite]

Wow! Very impressive weathering.
Very disappointed that I haven't checked this thread before (probably because the title doesn't elude to the army contents). And I see it's 2 years old! !!!1!one!

Ok... since it will take me some time to go through all... 1,2,3... 38 pages and counting... would you care to share your weathering technique (again?)?

Is it salt and lots of coats of paint? Industrial Masking agents?

[sheep]

Its vegimite mate applied with a blister pack sponge, sprayed or painted over the top, let the paint dry, then wash the models in warm soapy water. voila

Cheers

Sheep

[Deadite]

Its vegimite mate applied with a blister pack sponge, sprayed or painted over the top, let the paint dry, then wash the models in warm soapy water. voila

Cheers

Sheep

hmmm... for us non-Aussies here

well... anything similar we can use here in the States?

edit; after reading my own link... anything similar and more common we can find here in the states without trying to find a specialty foods store in the middle of Bumfuct-nowheres-ville?

[sheep]

according to this article [URL]http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20641599-1702,00.html{/URL] you can by it in the states, it is an old article though. Another produst is marmite, and its very similar, unsure as to its availablity in the states either though sorry.

Cheers

Sheep

[Deadite]

I'm sure it's available somewhere, just not anywhere near me for a good 300+ miles in any direction... DANGIT!!
So, just have to figure out something more commonly available with the same ease of use.... table salt, here I come...

[sheep]

Good luck, let me know how you go.

Cheers

Sheep

[sheep]

So some pics of what i've been working on. Finished a Tyranid army (zilla list, only 27 models)



Theres another carni not in this pic.

Cheers

Sheep

[sheep]

Well heres everything else i've worked on in my onternet hiatus.

So everyone knows about black reach, well heres my marines from that box, 2 weeks work, not my best but they're done until i get the urge to battle damage them up.









Nothing spectacular, but they were quick and easy.

[Light of the Emperor]

Woo go Sheep go!
Love the carapace on the nids.

As far as the weathering goes, salt works just as well. Dampen the area, put the salt on and spray. When dry, scrape it off with a toothbrush. No Australian foodstuffs needed!

You Ammobunker-ians need to get back over here from time to time!

[The Occult]

Awesome nids! The I.F. are pretty sweet too, but I have a soft spot in me for nidzilla lists.
Do you have any close ups of the carnifexes and tyrants?
Cheers!

[Pekel]

Definitely want to see more of this! I take it the winged Carnifex model is a Tyrant, so is that a Carnifex with the old Tyrant head?

Always did love the Behemoth scheme. If you've got to go with a stock scheme, might as well do the best one.

EDIT: Wait... there's two with the Tyrant head, and they have modified armored forearms and are on medium bases. Tyrant Guards?