Sheeps Laying a log

[sheep]

Thanks guys.

The statues look great, the bases on the other hand could have used some more attention. Using a spackle solution to cover the foam exterior, I assume thia was a speed issue?

It was and wasn't, the foam got a coat of PVA, and a coat of texture paint, then 2 coats of rough coat which is what did the damage, no idea how it was affected

that terrain looks awesome, sheep.

nice oxidation (is it the right word? i dunno..but hope you know what i mean ;-) ) on the statues, and the scattered one is especially great :-)

keep it up and coming,

Noc

Yeah thats the right word

Love the statues. Did you base coat them in the verdigris color and then highlight up to the regular bronze, or did you wash the blue/green on at the end?

I based them in bronze and the verdigris is a wash. it went on, dried, then dry brushed shining gold.

Great job with the statues sheep. Your gaming club is lucky to have such awesome bits of terrain. Also, past the grenadiers, what are your next plans for the death korp?

The army is going on hold for awhile because i'm joining the army, and so won't have the spare time.

Sheep, I think the bases could have used some Mister Surfacer to add another dimension to them, but otherwise, they look great.

What is Mr Surfacer?

3 marine "saints" that were the last of a heroic stand or successful conquering, on the planet you are playing on?

Yeah they were supposed to look like a mausoleum

those statues are an amazing idea!
would you mind sharing the color recipe for the metal parts?
expecially for those blueish tones

1:brass, any colour will do, i used a cheap acrylic
2ry brush, heavily, shining gold
3:add the verdigris, a wash of watered down hawk turquoise
4:above with white added, dab this around randomly
5:dry brush shininng gold

Hope that helps mate

Concur with the rest, those statues look excellent.
did you have to break that one to make the toppled statue?

ElTanko

The guy that donated them had already destroyed it, so we reassembled the torso, the legs and groin were beyond saving though

Terrific stuff as usual mate, your valkyries have caused me to order two along with some cadians to make a proper renegade air cav army. The statues are bloody awesome and gigantic, would like to play with those on the table. And.....
Please encourage him to share eh?

Glad i could inspire mate. Hoff has a log in the general logs section.

nice weathering.
Are those true scale marines.

True scale movie marines

Cheers

Sheep

[Malzeth]

Thanks for sharing your Brass/Bronze.. consider me inspired.. i love good scenery

[Mr Kibbles]

sheep, you joining THe RAR? And would you mind looking at my log?

[sheep]

Yeah mate, I join on the 7th

Cheers

Sheep

[Faolan]

It's a way to remove imperfections from the surface, or to add texturing to a surface, depends on how you apply it. It's from Gunze.

http://www.swannysmodels.com/Surfacer.html

"While I am personally focused on model aircraft the possible uses for this stuff extend far beyond this facet of the hobby. For Treadheads you can use this to make weld seams, antislip surfaces on the tops of tanks and on the base for accumulated mud and dirt."

There's an Osprey book on modelling armour, a bit like the FW masterclass, but more on assembly and conversion than the FW book has, that goes over it and has some great examples in it as well.

[ancient_conflict]

the statues are great, your genious strikes again
just curious where you sourced the base moddels from or where they hand built?

[folnjir]

Very nice work on those statues, ant chance of an explanation on how you did the bonzework?

[Lion of Nemea]

Very nice work on those statues, ant chance of an explanation on how you did the bonzework?

1: brass, any colour will do, i used a cheap acrylic
2: Dry brush, heavily, shining gold
3: add the verdigris, a wash of watered down hawk turquoise
4: above with white added, dab this around randomly
5: dry brush shininng gold

Hope that helps mate

From just a few posts up.

[Uriain]

Sheep, just have to say, finished reading this log after 7-8 days of reading during/after work.. Lovely stuff, Very impressive camo pattern on your Krieg, I have a similar, though using the Canadian JTF2 Black carapace armour and Dark Green camo pattern in a similar vein as yours.

Tanks looks really good. I am definatly subbed to this plog, as you bring alot of great ideas to learn from. keep up the good work

[eltanko]

The guy that donated them had already destroyed it, so we reassembled the torso, the legs and groin were beyond saving though

That made me cringe for a second there!!

The statues were really effective, if i ever get around to making any scenery, i may have to try that method.

ElTanko

[Mr Kibbles]

1:brass, any colour will do, i used a cheap acrylic
2ry brush, heavily, shining gold
3:add the verdigris, a wash of watered down hawk turquoise
4:above with white added, dab this around randomly
5:dry brush shininng gold

Thanks sheep. Now, if only i had a Lord Solar Macharius model lying aroun somewhere.

[Wolf Scout Ewan]

Fantastic statuary!

[iPaint]

Simply amazing work, I just subscribed to keep track of all the great painting in here. I'm thinking of starting IG, and was planning on using the Pig Iron Kolony heads on the Cadian bodies, and I may have to *ahem* borrow this camo pattern. Though, I have to say, I've done Oakleaf and Pea Dot before...on 15mm Germans. Let's just say I dreamed in Pea Dot for days on end and leave it at that.

Love the Mortians by the way, you should send pics to the folks over at heavy-support and show them how sexy their tanks can look.

Keep up the outstanding work, will wait anxiously for the next update.

~iPaint

[folnjir]

From just a few posts up.

Thanks, how did I even miss it?

[sheep]

Thanks everyone.

Well played in the tournament this weekend, and did pretty well in the games, W/2 L/1 D/1. And i won Players choice!

I'll be going on hiatus for a while as I begin my basic training in a couple of days.

I'll see you all round these traps in the future.

Cheers

Sheep

[Faolan]

Can I have all your stuff? :-)

[The Wildchild]

Is that for the army bud?

[Jihad_Ragsta]

Finally, a holiday from Sheep's log haha! What will you be training for? I'm afraid I couldn't work out the abbreviation you referred to earlier in your plog.

Enjoy your hiatus if you can, mate. Thanks for an awesome plog so far! Can we have an army shot of all the painted stuff before tho? :P

[SSG Snuffy]

Maybe now I'll be able to work my way through the whole log...

Have fun at basic, sir.

[Emilio101]

Good luck at basic mate. Are you at Kapooka? A couple of my mates are there atm.