Sheeps Laying a log

[sheep]

Thanks everyone forthe great comments.


Great work on the valk, mine arrived yesterday and i´m already working on a review for the brueckenkopf.

Will you build a whole platoon? I´m thinking about converting mine into a vendetta.

I'd love too, but i have to finish all my tanks and infantry first :) Vendettas are cool,i'd love to get the FW upgrade with punisher cannons.


*drools everywhere* Goddamn sexy sheep. I thought my day was complete when I saw the Gorgon, but the army shot made it so much better! Looking wonderful Sheep, I can't wait for even more!!!! How do you find the new Valkyrie kit? Is it sexy like? Take it easy mate :)

The kit is pretty good, goes together well, apart from the canopies, they're a bitch to get to fit. And you have to glue them in with PVA so they don't frost up.


Nicely done Valkyrie. Sheep how Strong do you think the flight stand is.
It looks like it is made with that brittle plastic they make their other stands out of.
Also I'm curious about the size too. I made my own Valkyrie a while back and it measures about 30cm long and 24 cm wide.
Does that sound about the right size?
-Tom.

The flight stand is suprisingly strong, there is no pin on the top,the mount is actually a crucifix on the bottom of the valk. Just takes a little bit of trial and error to get it in the right place for the centre of balance on the base. Plus its plastic so it weighs less then the resin brick FW sells ;) The GW kit is about 28 cms long by 24 cms wide, so pretty good fit mate.

Cheers

Sheep

[CMDante]

Crap, that just reminded me, I have new guard stuff waiting for me at my local GW!

That Gorgon looks wicked mate, the weathering on the deck really sealed the deal for me that it is one of the best scratchbuild tanks I've seen.

Looking forward to more guardsmen! :D

Cheers,

Dante

[Ravenheart]

Great stuff there, Sheep. Especially the DKoK group shot.

How are the Mortion Tanks comming along, btw.?

[Light of the Emperor]

Absolutely amazing Sheep! Everything looks great!
Based on that shot, it seems like you don't need to make too many major changes to fit with the new IG codex.

[Faolan]

Of course Sheep, you don't have to worry about the fogging from using plastic cement if you planned on painting the canopy with transparent paints (like a gold tint or smoke black tint) like you get on some aircraft.

How's the cockpit detail, and the detail on the pilots?

[Ash]

Painted this today for my mates shop.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/Valk001.jpg




Taking the time out to paint aircraft for other peoples shops is an outrageous liberty, when there are not one, but three Mortian tanks awaiting your airbrush!

ps The Valk looks excellent, I'm going to add one to my shopping list.

[FearFrost]

The army shot is just beautiful.

[Wolf Scout Ewan]

Good job on the Valk!

The army shot is great!

[tancrede]

As I said before : Sheep, you've got one of the best army I've ever seen !! :eek:

[AD.ASTRA]

Amazing! That family photo looks great!
Congrats Sheep.

[tk7]

Great stuff Sheep, i've had a good look through your log and there are some great pictures. You have been kind enough to post on my log so I thought i'd return the favour, and i'm very impressed by your work.

The army shot is great, the dirty gritty colour scheme makes me very happy, and the army as a whole looks fantastic.

I'm very much enjoying painting guard vehicles, and seeing other projects is always good for inspiration. The valkryie looks good too, I can't wait for mine to arrive.

Excellent stuff, and a very impressive log.

[FraustyTheSnowman]

Thanks for all the great comments guys.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/Armyshot001.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/Armyshot002.jpg


So Sheep and Chuck Noris walked into a bar...Obviously the bar exploded because no one building can hold that much BADASS in any one place at any one time...What might not have been so obvious until just now, is Chuck Noris didn't survive.

[donuter]

No offence Frausty but chuck always survives....always

One if not the best army I've seen in a long time.

[Ash]

No ones as bad ass as Chuck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLOqwiGAPd4

[only joking...]

No ones as bad ass as Chuck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLOqwiGAPd4

Except Jesus, or maybe Stewie... :evilgrin:

[sheep]

Crap, that just reminded me, I have new guard stuff waiting for me at my local GW!

That Gorgon looks wicked mate, the weathering on the deck really sealed the deal for me that it is one of the best scratchbuild tanks I've seen.

Looking forward to more guardsmen! :D

Cheers,

Dante

Oh, interested to see what you get up to with those bits.


Great stuff there, Sheep. Especially the DKoK group shot.

How are the Mortion Tanks comming along, btw.?

The mortian tanks are up too the gloss varnish stage, all the camo is done.


Absolutely amazing Sheep! Everything looks great!
Based on that shot, it seems like you don't need to make too many major changes to fit with the new IG codex.

I still haven't figured out how/what i'm going to do with the new codex. Stormtroopers are so cool but bloody expensive.


Of course Sheep, you don't have to worry about the fogging from using plastic cement if you planned on painting the canopy with transparent paints (like a gold tint or smoke black tint) like you get on some aircraft.

How's the cockpit detail, and the detail on the pilots?

The cockpit detail is pretty sparse, a couple of screens and buttons. The crew were abit disappointing detail wise, but the heavy bolter gunners look nice, and if you get enough of them they would make great veterans with the grenadiers doctrine, though the poses would be a bit static and repetitive.


Taking the time out to paint aircraft for other peoples shops is an outrageous liberty, when there are not one, but three Mortian tanks awaiting your airbrush!

ps The Valk looks excellent, I'm going to add one to my shopping list.

Lol i love being a bad influence on you :D


So Sheep and Chuck Noris walked into a bar...Obviously the bar exploded because no one building can hold that much BADASS in any one place at any one time...What might not have been so obvious until just now, is Chuck Noris didn't survive.

Thats an outrageous compliment mate, thankyou :D


No ones as bad ass as Chuck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLOqwiGAPd4

I love that clip, its one of my youtube favs.

As I said above, work is continuing on the Mortian tanks, they are up to the rust stage, its taking a hell of along time to do, because i'm doing all the weapons and the sponsons as well.

Wish me luck, its getting depressing.

Cheers

Sheep

[SSG Snuffy]

Good luck, Sheep. I'm sure you're up to the task.

[Captain Johan]

Sheep, sorry if you already explained this 50 times in your blog, but what kind of paint do you use in your airbrush, and how much do you thin it?

I got an airbrush lying around an seeing your tanks has me wanting to use it.

[Ash]

Feel free to take a break for photos. :D :D :D

[Dark Magos Gillam]

Dude....were you like born with a paint brush in hand? Awsome looking army man. The Gorgon looks ******* amazing!

[rev]

Your IG are amazing Sheep, the gorgon particularly is really effective. Can't wait to see the mort tanks.

Did you airbrush the valk - does foundation go through your airbrush?

rev

[sheep]

Thanks for the support guys :)


Sheep, sorry if you already explained this 50 times in your blog, but what kind of paint do you use in your airbrush, and how much do you thin it?

I got an airbrush lying around an seeing your tanks has me wanting to use it.

I just use GW paints,i thin them about 50/50 with tamiya's acrylic thinner, i thinkis called tamiya X-20A.


Feel free to take a break for photos. :D :D :D

I'll see what i can do this afternoon afterwork :)


Your IG are amazing Sheep, the gorgon particularly is really effective. Can't wait to see the mort tanks.

Did you airbrush the valk - does foundation go through your airbrush?

rev

Thanks mate, Yeah i airbrushed the base coat onto the valk,foundation paints go through the brush easy, though they smell like housepaint when you do. Its just a matter of getting the thinner just right,and they dry faster then regular GW paint too.

Cheers

Sheep

[Faolan]

X-20A is correct, Sheep. Am looking at my jug of it that I got on your advice.

Also to add in to what Sheep said, while they smell like housepaint when you use them, it's more pleasant than the Tamiya cough syrup smell.

[sheep]

I am so *********** annoyed right now, went outside on the verandah to add rust with the air brush, and lost all the heavy bolter for the hull mounts :mad::cries::mad::wtf: !!

So now i've spent half an hour under the verandah looking for them, they've done a hoidini on me and disappeared. I've had to convert the lascannons that came with the tanks into a heavy bolter stand in, just cut the barrel short and drilled it out.

Not happy.

Sheep

[Faolan]

The beauty of an airbrush, chief, is that you can use it in the house.

[zapp]

I am so *********** annoyed right now, went outside on the verandah to add rust with the air brush, and lost all the heavy bolter for the hull mounts :mad::cries::mad::wtf: !!


That will be the curse of the God of mediochre painting striking you down once more...

Seriously though that blows...

[Krieg Marshall]

You've got all me sympathy for the lost of your heavy bolters...Snif

[Tommygun]

I am so *********** annoyed right now, went outside on the verandah to add rust with the air brush, and lost all the heavy bolter for the hull mounts :mad::cries::mad::wtf: !!


That's very odd. Do you have parrots in your area?
I hear they collect odd things.

[Captain Johan]

I just use GW paints,i thin them about 50/50 with tamiya's acrylic thinner, i thinkis called tamiya X-20A.


Going to try this out in the weekend.

Good luck with finding the Heavy bolters.

[CMDante]

Yes, I think you need to be more careful mate, I hear magpies are big fans of shiny things and are always looking to add more Dakka Dakka to their nests.

Seriously though, I know your pain, I hate losing pieces too but seem to do it so regularly.

Cheers,

Dante

[Ragsta]

That will be the curse of the God of mediochre painting striking you down once more...

Seriously though that blows...


Man, I should never have mentioned that evil swine, a nefarious little god he is!

Sorry for those losses Sheep. I blame the parrots.

[sheep]

Bloody parrots lol.

Well i found them again, but i had already glued the other ones in, they were in a shoe of all places.

Cheers

Sheep

[CMDante]

The shoe, the obvious place for storing heavy bolters due to its mobility and armour 14 all around....

[Krieg Marshall]

The mediochre painting god really has something against you. Did you broke a mirror or crossed the way of a black cat?

[Faolan]

Maybe yer need to magnet it all up, then put it on a piece of steel to paint on? Then it likely can't fall anywhere!

[Tommygun]

I still like the idea of an angry parrot with bolters in each claw try to attack other birds like an A-10.

[Mr Kibbles]

Sheep, I deeply envy you mate. Awesome army!

[StraightSilver]

It's weird how whenever I lose something it always turns up in a shoe too!

Very random...

Anyway, I just wanted to say how lovely your army is, especially your Gorgon! :)

[FraustyTheSnowman]

Found one of my hermit crabs in my shoe the other day...luckily my toe found his shell before his claw found me...

Desperately awaiting pics of the mortian tanks.

Is the thinner really that much better than just thinning with water? Was really hoping to not have to buy anything else recently, but it's hard to argue with results like yours.

[sheep]

Thanks guys, been busy with army stuff and work recently so no pics or progress, hopefully get a chance on sunday to do some painting.

Frausty: the thinner is alot better then just water, it has a drying agent in it, so it comes out smoother and dries quicker.

Cheers

Sheep

[Faolan]

Army stuff?

Aren't you Australian? :D

Also, the thinner is, I believe, alcohol based, so it evaps faster, and has a much lower surface tension than water, which means it atomises better.

[sheep]

Well there you go, knew there was a scientific reason for it, magic just doesn't cover everything :)

And yes, I am Australian, we have an army, not very big, but its there :)

Cheers

Sheep

[Faolan]

Silly me thinking all you guys had was Sea Patrol ;)

I must say, I'd love to see Sheep does Looted Wagonz.

[sheep]

That show makes me lulz.

What brought the wagonz comment on?

Cheers

Sheep

[Mr Kibbles]

Sheep what Corps are you part of in the Army? RAAC? Artillery?

[sheep]

Going in as an officer, hoping for infantry, i'd love to be a para, but 3RAR is going to be transformed into a mech regiment not a para regiment *cries*

Other wise armoured cav.

Cheers

Sheep

[Mr Kibbles]

THe QMI? Were you in the Army Cadets at school?

[sheep]

Yeah i did 3 years of army cadets. The QMI or 2 cav, but i would much prefer brisbane to darwin for a posting.

Cheers

Sheep

[Mr Kibbles]

Yeah Go Brisbane!! Gee, it seems the only cadets who are on these forums are in the Army cadets, no air force cadets (I'm a basic cadet, only just started in March). Just saying.

[SSG Snuffy]

Going in as an officer, hoping for infantry, i'd love to be a para, but 3RAR is going to be transformed into a mech regiment not a para regiment *cries*

Other wise armoured cav.

Cheers

Sheep

Boo! Hiss! Enlisted is the way to go! :p

Just kidding. Congratulations on your commission... sir. ;)

[sheep]

Boo! Hiss! Enlisted is the way to go! :p

Just kidding. Congratulations on your commission... sir. ;)

Thanks mate, nice pause between message and honorific ;)

So guys, putting a call out, I need chaos havoc launchers, 6 to be precise. Anyone got any they would be willing to get rid of?

Everything counts in large amounts, and I think mortars are pointless without mass firing, so 9 should go ok :D

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Sheep

[Dawn of the Dogs]

you can make some pretty convincing havoc launcher look-alikes using chupa-chup sticks and the tips of missiles from the IG HW sprue.

[Faolan]

I found a few bits sites online that have 'em for like $3-$4 a pop, Sheeperino. I suppose you'll want me to find 'em for you?

What brought up Looted Wagonz was that the wife was stealing one of my Rhinos to make a looted tank earlier.

As fer Sea Patrol, I can't watch that show, looks even worse than the old show JAG, lol.

Bloody officers bloody well mucking things up, no bloody clue as to what the hell's going on, just out there to bloody well get good, competent men killed.

Of course, if you truly want to be a Para, the ASAS is the way to go, but seeing as you have time to model, you're probably too much a lard body for them, LOL.

*goes back to grumbling about the deficiencies of officers*

[MrBestor]

Hey guys ive been following warseer for quite a while but i have only just signed up and i must say i envy some of you,

Sheeps German esq guard in particular, you see im trying to to do a german style Guard army too, but i suck at camo.

So sheep I was wondering if there was any chance you could do a step by step guide on how you got your peadot troops looking so good, stage by stage pics would be nice so i can kinda copy them ;P and your armour camo is fantastic, when ever i try that it looks to regular or stripy looking.

Hope you can help

cheers

[DonKarst0n]

Dude there is already a step-by-step on page 44 or for those not using standard page format it is post #876.

[MrBestor]

oh crap so there is, lol sorry musta skiped the whole page.

Cheers

[Mr Kibbles]

Sheep, you'd like my log. Its got Aboriginal space marines and Australian IG.

[St. Apollo]

What did you use for gorgon to look from this:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/GorgonPIP001.jpg

to this:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/Gorgonfinished004.jpg

[sheep]

I used artists oil paints, burnt umber mostly, with a dab of black, and pastel chalks, also known as weathering powders.

Cheers

Sheep

[Mr Kibbles]

Like form the IA master class?

[sheep]

Exactly like that :)

Cheers

Sheep

[wilsonian]

Love this blog - some really good tanks here :D

[alphachicken]

I'm just really happy for those death korps models, they're in very, very capable hands which makes me happy =)

Great going Sheep, you're probably one of the best painters around here who touched these beautiful models and made it into art.

[St. Apollo]

I used artists oil paints, burnt umber mostly, with a dab of black, and pastel chalks, also known as weathering powders.

Cheers

Sheep

Did you wash the whole tank with burnt umber or just the special points? And did you varnish it with gloss varnish before wash?

[Colonel Jacka]

Yeah i did 3 years of army cadets. The QMI or 2 cav, but i would much prefer brisbane to darwin for a posting.

Cheers
Sheep

Sheep,

Darwin's good you would be surprised. Been here a 18 Mths and it's good.

[donuter]

Why does warhammer seem to go with the military, I have many friends who play and are in the armed forces.

[ancient_conflict]

Why does warhammer seem to go with the military, I have many friends who play and are in the armed forces.

Erm well only a select few do it the rest pick on those that play the games

[Faolan]

Because in the military you have two types of people - those who spend all their dosh getting stupidly drunk and insensible, and those who spend their dosh on gaming - be it computers or warhammer or the like.

Sheep, don't listen to Jacka, I met him in person and he's a bit off in the head. He married *quiet voice* an American.

[chunk]

There is a third type, people who get stupidly drunk AND spend everything else on gaming. But dont try it at the same time.

That IA painting book is just great, I cant wait to try out more techniques from it.

[Mr Kibbles]

Faolan: Is Colonel Jacka a colonel? And are you in the ADF (the Royal Tasmania Regiment)?

[Krieg Marshall]

Sheep, don't listen to Jacka, I met him in person and he's a bit off in the head. He married *quiet voice* an American.

You say that because He's married or because He's wife is american?

[Faolan]

Both, Krieger.

As for Jacka, dunno if he's a Colonel, he doesn't seem to be quite old enough, but I don't know about the aussie promotion rates. And no, I'm not. Former USN (Corpsman, FMF).

So yes Sheep, answer the people, you washing the whole thing with the burnt umber?

[Mr Kibbles]

Do you live in Tasmania?

[Mr Kibbles]

I'm sorry Jacka.

[parus_ater]

Sorry to intrude but since you guys mention the IA masterclass, I just thought I'd drop this link in.... http://www.naritafamily.com/howto/Tiger1/photo_frame.htm Pretty simple stuff and well explained for beginners who want to try 'advanced' techniques.

[Colonel Jacka]

No problems Kibbles. I'll bitch to Jake!

[sheep]

Spirited discussion :D

On the oil paint question.

I don't wash the whole thing, just the details, then let it dry for a minute or tow, and streak it down, spreads it out alittle and adds depth to the weathering.

Sorted out 6 havoc launchers, so once i get my hands on those i'll do my second and third mortar sections, contemplating ordering 9 las and 9 auto cannons from FW, it would be a done deal already if you didn't have to get the ones that are moving the weapon in the package deal, not paying another 135 dollars for 3 teams firing teams!

Cheers

Sheep

[Faolan]

I reckon the autocannon on a PAK model looks well for Krieg, Sheep. And for Lascannons, why not use a Puppchen rakettenwerfer on wheels?

[IncrediSteve]

it would be a done deal already if you didn't have to get the ones that are moving the weapon in the package deal

If you're getting 9 though, you'd end up with 3 that are moving, so you could have an entire Support squad moving, which would actually look pretty neat IMHO. Two squads deployed and one bringing up the rear getting ready to set up. With your excellent scheme and basing it would be pretty good looking scene, and if a moving squad bugs you gameplay wise, there's always those games were you don't have room for all 3 squads

[SSG Snuffy]

LeMediko has a nice tutorial on making PaK-style heavy weapons mounts over on his log: http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122112

[Faolan]

Yeah he does, but there's easier still - just snag a PAK 37/38 or 40 from Tamiya and mount the 40k weapon on it.

Bungaroo, I think it was, did it with some 28mm metal ones and it didn't look bad either.

[cthorpe]

Some great and inspirational work going on here.. well done Sheep, giving me some great ideas..

Best wishes,

Carl

[SSG Snuffy]

Yeah he does, but there's easier still - just snag a PAK 37/38 or 40 from Tamiya and mount the 40k weapon on it.

Bungaroo, I think it was, did it with some 28mm metal ones and it didn't look bad either.

Use the 37/38... the 40 is too big to fit with 40K minis. The weapons fit well enough, but the carriage is too large.

[Siam-Tiger]

Is this one 1:35 or 1:48?

[Rhaivaen]

I reckon the autocannon on a PAK model looks well for Krieg, Sheep. And for Lascannons, why not use a Puppchen rakettenwerfer on wheels?

The barrel of a Autocannon fits perfectly on a 37 mm anti tank shield (cannon), and yes i have tried it, though its not yet finished, so i cant show results yet... will do when i get that far, atm i am converting Rough Riders from a mix of Imp Grd + Empire Knights and Pistoliers... :p

[Colonel Jacka]

Yeah he does, but there's easier still - just snag a PAK 37/38 or 40 from Tamiya and mount the 40k weapon on it. Bungaroo, I think it was, did it with some 28mm metal ones and it didn't look bad either.

Yes this is a good idea I have been thinking this since seeing LeMediko's scratch builds. The shields just look great on the Lasguns. The 1:35 scale is not to bad. 1:48 is better.


Use the 37/38... the 40 is too big to fit with 40K minis. The weapons fit well enough, but the carriage is too large.

The carriage would need modification.

[SSG Snuffy]

Is this one 1:35 or 1:48?

It's 1/35th... I don't believe that Tamiya makes a 1/48th PaK, but I don't know their product line that well.

The illustrations on the box (which I took for a 1:1 blueprint) are only about 2/3 of actual size. Fortunately, it was an inexpensive purchase and it is still a cool model.

[SSG Snuffy]

The carriage would need modification.

It isn't worth it, in my opinion. The 1/35 PaK 40 is just too large. The wheels are oversized, the carriage is too wide, the gun breech is too big, and the trails on the limber are much too long. In short, the best item (for conversion potential) from the kit is the gun shield. That being the case, I'd just as soon make my own from Le Mediko's plan. It's much less expensive, more customizable, and I get the satisfaction of having scratchbuilt it myself.

That's just my opinion, of course...

[Rhaivaen]

thats why i chose the 37mm AT-gun.. its smaller and less wide, and the gun-shield is a perfect fit for an autocannon, the only thing is the support beams, they have to be shortened...

[sheep]

Thanks chaps, I think i'll go with the cheaper (lol wut?!) option of the FW heavy weps, they'll give me more time to paint simple inf models if i don't have to stuff around converting the heavies.

Lots of great ideas in here for a one off conversion or diorama though.

Cheers

Sheep

[Faolan]

Actually, the FW option is a LOT more expensive, Sheep ;)

And the 1/35 Puppchens work without any conversion, just add crew.

[sheep]

Well it's moot point, I just ordered the Heavies this afternoon :D

Cheers

Sheep

[Faolan]

Ah, well, cheers then!

I stole your neb idea this evening and ordered 3 Havocs so that I can have a mortar section!

Now to find 3 SoB cannister fed heavy bolters.

[Mr Kibbles]

Why does warhammer seem to go with the military, I have many friends who play and are in the armed forces.
Or why does it just go with the army for that matter?

[SSG Snuffy]

Or why does it just go with the army for that matter?

Like calls to like, I suppose. I imagine that the air force types play Wings of War and what not, while the navy guys are into Age of Sail... really, that's just a supposition. It makes a certain amount of sense, though, that you'd gravitate toward a setting you were familiar with.

[Faolan]

And I'm the odd man out then, eh Snuffy?

Sheep, did you get your new Cadian command and Sentinel yet?

[sheep]

Nah, If i get a command squad it'll just be for the powerfist (open call for those too btw), and i'm having enough trouble making a list atm, fitting in all the cool stuff is really hard :( I may get a sentinel just because i think the plasma cannon looks awesome.

Cheers

Sheep

[Faolan]

Tell yer what mate, I'm not using my power fist out of it...

[Mr Kibbles]

I've ordered the Valkyrie, and the codex, and I'm gonna get the sentinel. They'll be awesome! :D

[Faolan]

Definitely get the sentinel, it's an awesome kit... I assembled mine when I got it Friday night.

[Marshal2Crusaders]

Sheep, does the White Badge with the diagonal red stripe indicate a Regiment or Crusade?

[sheep]

I will, though i'm not going to use the bloody thing, just want to see what can actually be done with the articulated joints.

So the rough list i've come up with:

Command squad
Power Fist, Plasma pistol, 2x meltas, heavy flamer, vox, fleet advisor, krak, chimera

Platoon command squad
Power Fist, 2x meltas, heavy flamer, vox, krak

Squad #1
Power weapon,flamer, vox, krak

Squad #2
Power weapon,flamer, vox, krak

3x las cannon squads

1x autocannon squad

Platoon command squad
Power Fist, 2x meltas, heavy flamer, vox, krak

Squad #1
Power weapon,flamer, missile launcher, vox, krak

Squad #2
Power weapon,flamer,missile launcher, vox, krak

2x Autocannon squads

3x Mortar squads

Leman Russ, heavy bolter sponsons

Leman Russ, heavy bolter sponsons

1750 on the nose

Cheers

Sheep

[Faolan]

I'd skip the vox sets, they're a points sink these days. For 2 Vox casters you can get 5 Bolt Pistols for your Sgts!

You know, with some of those officers you could, if you wanted to, do Mini-Marneus Calgars.

I'm not a huge fan of the autocannon squads, generally speaking. They don't tend to work reliably on anything much more armoured than a Trukk.

Mightn't make more sense to include a couple Grenade Launchers in some of those squads?

You could also combine most of your squads into Platoon 1, and then fill in the rest with Veterans, as they're a bit harder and don't require an HQ section. Be a great use for your DKK Grenadiers ;)

[sheep]

Marshal2crusaders: Its the platoon symbol, but i can't think of another colour to use so it may become the regimental symbol lol

Faolan, this is the eventual Inf list I'd like to run, but not the tournament list, it'll be a bit different

Cheers

Sheep

[Marshal2Crusaders]

Don't vox-casters let you re-roll orders? That can't be a bad thing.

@ the helmet symbol:
You could invert it for another platoon or leave it.

Either way it does a good job breaking up the helmet and adding some small details that really make the miniatures seem like real soldiers. I know in the US, some division's sew their division patch onto their helmet liners. Just a thought.

[Faolan]

Well, thats fine. I'm not suggesting power-gamer by any stretch of the imagination, I don't do it myself.

Your bits will be in the mail on the morrow, forgot to send the package with my wife this morning, but she's got it now!

Also, no Heavy Stubbers or Storm Bolters on the Russes? Hrm..

[Krieg Marshall]

I think I've missed something, Sheep did you decided to switch from Krieg troopers to cadians?

[sheep]

No, they're still krieg mate, just using the cadian powerfists :D

Cheers

Sheep

[Krieg Marshall]

I'm glad to hear so:) It would be such a pity that those Krieg guys ends up on one of your shelfs taing the dust.

[sheep]

Alright, well i found my mojo, and got to into painting the model my mates gave me for my B'day. The inspiration came from this WW2 german camo scheme:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/104_thehunt2.jpg

And this, Mil 24 Hind:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/mi24-hind-helicopter.jpg

I painted it using my airbrush over the last couple of days, the main colour is tau spet ochre, the white is skull white spray touched up with Skull white through the Air brush. I sprayed a bleached bone filter over the finished camo pattern, from the top only.

Weathered the **** out of it, sponged on Chardon granite, and streaked with scorched brown and chaos black, light dry brush/streaks with chainmail, washed with devlan mud.

Transfers from the baneblade sprue, and the leman russ sprue.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/LuftValk001.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/LuftValk005.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/LuftValk003.jpg

Hope you like it, might get another one, or 5 and do an Eylisian army at some stage :)

Cheers

Sheep

[zapp]

Bugger me sideways that's nice work!

Good job Sheep....

[Krieg Marshall]

Looks like a italian ww2 Macchi airplane to me...anyway it looks cool as always. Just a suggestion, before starting an elysian army won't you finish the krieg korp one...please...

[Tommygun]

Beautiful job sheep. It looks like the canopies fit better on this model too.
Are you sure you don't have bigger pictures though?:D
I only have to scroll right 6 inches on my 22 inch monitor to see everything.
-Tom.

[Rhaivaen]

Looks like a italian ww2 Macchi..

Then your kidding me, right?:eyebrows: , Its a BF109.. For sure

[ancient god]

Wow, you did weather the sheet out of it. :D

But it looks awesome. I'll use this for weathering reference when I finally weather my own Valk.

[sheep]

Thanks all

Krieg marshall, I'll try :D


Beautiful job sheep. It looks like the canopies fit better on this model too.
Are you sure you don't have bigger pictures though?:D
I only have to scroll right 6 inches on my 22 inch monitor to see everything.
-Tom.

Lol made the mistake of uploading them as 1mb. Won't do that again.


Wow, you did weather the sheet out of it. :D

But it looks awesome. I'll use this for weathering reference when I finally weather my own Valk.

Good luck with ti mate, the most important thing to remember is to keep the streaks horizontal, in the direction of movement.

Cheers

Sheep

[Krieg Marshall]

By the way happy birthday to the best krieg painter I know.

[Faolan]

Huh? Wuh? My birthday was back in late March, and I don't tend to paint Krieg...

Oh wait! Sheep? Happy birthday!

[razormasticator]

Bad assed sheep, as always!

[DonKarst0n]

This is one awesome valk. Sweet job. Can't say anything except that this piece seems perfect to me.

[Luftwaffles]

Looks real good, Sheep.

Any shots of the interior, or is it glued shut?

[donuter]

Happy birthday sir. A fine example of a valkyrie, very nice, very jealous

[Nathan138]

Drool, real life camo work good every time.

[tk7]

The valk looks great Sheep, really nice job on the weathering. I can't see the wing mounted weapons, they magnetised?

[SonofUltramar]

Sheep, that Valkyrie is both amazing and soul destroying as while I think your paint job is simply fantastic but my own Valkyrie will be no where near as good:(

Oh and happy (belated) birthday:)

[Mr Kibbles]

Happy belated birthday sheep. That valkyrie looks fantastic.

[sheep]

Thanks everyone.


Looks real good, Sheep.

Any shots of the interior, or is it glued shut?

Glued shut, not a fan of detailing things like that on gaming models.


The valk looks great Sheep, really nice job on the weathering. I can't see the wing mounted weapons, they magnetised?

Lol, sprung, I forgot to paint the missiles, not magnetised either, just plain forgot.

Cheers

Sheep

[Ragsta]

BEAUTIFULBEAUTIFULBEAUTIFUL!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR SHEEP!

There, I'm done now, that Valk is gorgeous and I like the fact that obligatory door gunners have been left out- makes a change from everyone elses!

[Almindale]

Nice work Sheep, and happy b'day mate. That model looks bloody awesome :D And I agree on the comment to if possible please continue with the death korps first!

[Faolan]

Keep working on the Death Korps Sheep, I'm working on lining up Elysians.

[SonofUltramar]

Hey Sheep i've just been skimming through your thread, have to say I am totally blown away by your stuff, well done. Just wondering if you managed to get any paint near those Mortian heavy tanks?

[ancient_conflict]

nice valk very nice.....

[sheep]

Thanks everyone :)


Keep working on the Death Korps Sheep, I'm working on lining up Elysians.

Sounds interesting!? I'm intrigued. . .


Hey Sheep i've just been skimming through your thread, have to say I am totally blown away by your stuff, well done. Just wondering if you managed to get any paint near those Mortian heavy tanks?


Glad you've liked it mate, hope its inspired you too slap some paint around yourself.

I have painted all the tanks up to the oil paints stage, going to get them done in the next couple of days hopefully for a tournament on the weekend.

Cheers

Sheep

[MrP]

That's some gorgeous work, old boy. I love that weathering!

[SSG Snuffy]

I'm looking forward to seeing the Mortian-pattern tanks. Thanks for the pics of the fighter and Hind - it's nice to see what inspires people to paint a particular camo scheme.

[Animerik]

Great work on the valk! The wheatering and colour scheme are both top notch. I´m looking forward to more and thanks for showing.

keep it up

[Ash]

Very nice paintjob Sheep, the WW2 German camo works really well.

[sheep]

Okie dokie, long time between posts, but i've been busy/lazy blah blah Rl stuff that no one really cares about ;)

So i have a tournament coming up, in july, the biggest in the local area, and i want to win best painted! But i also want an army that has a good chance of winning, so i need to do some painting that i've been putting off, more specifically INFANTRY, 20 grenadiers to be precise.

But before that i needed to finish their ride:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/Death%20Korps%20of%20Krieg/LuftValk001.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/Death%20Korps%20of%20Krieg/LuftValk005.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/Death%20Korps%20of%20Krieg/Valk2001.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/Death%20Korps%20of%20Krieg/Valk2003.jpg

And just to prove there are actually 2 of them:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/Death%20Korps%20of%20Krieg/Valk2007.jpg

The first one looked abit more yellow in the finish, i think i may have gone a bit heavy on the bleached bone filters. And the canopy frosted a bit when i glued it down :'(

Hope you like it, let me know what you think.

Cheers

Sheep

[Ash]

Damn you! Now I know that two look better than one!

Great looking brace of birds.

[Siam-Tiger]

Damn you twice, i really envy you for your painting skills and motivation. :D

Respect, the paint theme looked already ace on one of those flyers, but both, awesome.

[gonzosbignose]

Sheep

It seems like i missed your birthday celebrations, so happy birthday. I'll have a lager for you tonight in celebration of your birthday, as long as you return me the favour on mine :-)

Your Valks are inspirational. I bought the Forgeworld master class book a year or so ago as i was interested to see the techniques they use in painting there stuff, but truth be told, your blog here is a masterclass in itself.

Your painting is realy breaht taking, the effects you have achieved on these are awe inspiring.

You seem irritated about the frosting in the wind shield, but i think its such a minor point on a model that pulls your eyes all over the model looking at all the things.

Love it love it love it...

Regards

My name is Daniel and i am a wargamer

[BeatTheBeat]

Awesome mode... ENGAGE!

Looks beyond great as always, not much else to say really.

[Warhound666]

They`re looking awesome!

Really great!

[Mr Kibbles]

My God Sheep, those Valks are fantastic!

[BigJon]

WoW Sheep, those are some of the best Valk's I've seen. I'm guessing airbrush?

BigJon

[razormasticator]

Impressive, so very impressive.

[sheep]

Thanks for all the comments guys.


Damn you! Now I know that two look better than one!

Great looking brace of birds.

I expect to see your second underway soon then mate ;)


Sheep

It seems like i missed your birthday celebrations, so happy birthday. I'll have a lager for you tonight in celebration of your birthday, as long as you return me the favour on mine :-)

Your Valks are inspirational. I bought the Forgeworld master class book a year or so ago as i was interested to see the techniques they use in painting there stuff, but truth be told, your blog here is a masterclass in itself.

Your painting is realy breaht taking, the effects you have achieved on these are awe inspiring.

You seem irritated about the frosting in the wind shield, but i think its such a minor point on a model that pulls your eyes all over the model looking at all the things.

Love it love it love it...

Regards

My name is Daniel and i am a wargamer

Consider it done :) The FW book is a god send, and a great purchase, you will notice a vast improvement in your vehicular painting in no time at all, I did :D


WoW Sheep, those are some of the best Valk's I've seen. I'm guessing airbrush?

BigJon

Yeah i used an air brush, a very useful tool taht i think any serious model painter should invest in.

Cheers

Sheep

[Tommygun]

If you get enough of those Valkyries you can call them the Black Sheep Squadron.

I'm sorry, but I had to say it.

[Colonel Jacka]

Oh Gawd! Please, Please no more humour TG!

[rev]

gutted about those canopies mate, I went out and bought some plastic glue especially, glad I made the trip now.

Your valks look awesome, I htink the filters look fine - I wouldn't have noticed it had you not pointed it out.

Great work!

rev

[Krieg Marshall]

So i have a tournament coming up, in july, the biggest in the local area, and i want to win best painted! But i also want an army that has a good chance of winning, so i need to do some painting that i've been putting off, more specifically INFANTRY, 20 grenadiers to be precise.


You'll certainlly win best painted Sheep. I've no doubt about it.

Could you show us your amy list for the tounament, you may find pepole around here how could give you advice on how to optimize your choances of winning battles...



The first one looked abit more yellow in the finish, i think i may have gone a bit heavy on the bleached bone filters. And the canopy frosted a bit when i glued it down :'(


The frosted canopy looks nice, it often happens that the humidity out of a plane froze a bit when it flies at 50 thounsand meters, it comes very realistic.

Anyway I wish you the best of luck for the tounament, and you don't it for the best painted army.

[sheep]

If you get enough of those Valkyries you can call them the Black Sheep Squadron.

I'm sorry, but I had to say it.

Sorry but that reference went over my head, clearly painful for C-Jacka though


gutted about those canopies mate, I went out and bought some plastic glue especially, glad I made the trip now.

Your valks look awesome, I htink the filters look fine - I wouldn't have noticed it had you not pointed it out.

Great work!

rev

Thanks Rev, Never heard of this specialist glue before, is it common? Whats it called?


You'll certainlly win best painted Sheep. I've no doubt about it.

Could you show us your amy list for the tounament, you may find pepole around here how could give you advice on how to optimize your choances of winning battles...

The frosted canopy looks nice, it often happens that the humidity out of a plane froze a bit when it flies at 50 thounsand meters, it comes very realistic.

Anyway I wish you the best of luck for the tounament, and you don't it for the best painted army.

Thanks for the vote of confidence mate.

The list is as follows, no points costs for upgrades per the warseer rules:

HQ
Company command
Power fist
plasma pistol
2x plasma
melta
flamer
officer of the fleet
carapace

Chimera

295

Troops
Veterans x10
power wep
2x plasma
1x melta
Demolitions

Chimera

175

Veterans x10
power fist
2x melta
1x flamer
Demolitions doctrine

140

Veterans x10
power fist
2x melta
1x flamer
Demolitions doctrine

140

Fast attack

3x Scout sentinels
3x lascannon
3x hunter killer

180

Hellhound
Smoke

135

2x Valkyries

200

Heavy support

Leman russ battle tank

150

Leman russ battle tank

150

Leman russ battle tank

150

Total: 1750

Cheers

Sheep

[Grindgodgrind]

Those Valks look wicked, great job!

[Tommygun]

Sorry but that reference went over my head, clearly painful for C-Jacka though


Me and Jacka are probable showing our ages.
The Black sheep Squadron was a WWII marine air group headed by Pappy Boyington.
Also a TV series from 1976.

[sheep]

Ah, fantastic.

A great name for sure, not sure how happy all the old boys of the regiment would be about flying around a table in German colours though :)

Cheers

Sheep

[Faolan]

Sheep, I got stuff for ya, came in the other day, just forgot to give it to the wife to re-post, lol.

Midweek or so for it to get to you, I reckon. Are you closer to Taswegia, or the Canberra? I ask since she could in theory post from Canberra, since she'll be there Tuesday.

[CommanderSamirus]

Me and Jacka are probable showing our ages.
The Black sheep Squadron was a WWII marine air group headed by Pappy Boyington.
Also a TV series from 1976.

I've seen Boyington's Grave marker at Arlington. I was even born more than a decade after that show and I love it.

-Samirus

[cthorpe]

Hi Sheep..

For your information.. the 'Black Sheep' squadron were a gathering of misfits that went on to do great things.. Their story can be found here..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Sheep

Great models.. very inspirational..

Best wishes,

Carl

[sheep]

Thanks for the comments and links guys, really good to read about inspiring things like that.

Well did alittle work on something pretty alien for this log the last couple of months, infantry.

Firstly heres a pic of the demo specialists, the charges are made from cadian heavy wep teams autocannon drums.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P5310124.jpg

Next is the meltas.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P5310123.jpg

Just some random grenadiers, still have 6 to finish assembling.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P5310126.jpg

Finally the flamers, I ran out of grenadier arms for the flamers, and so used regular DK arms, i may sculpt armour on the shoulders to match them in . . . maybe.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P5310125.jpg

Cheers

Sheep

[Tommygun]

Very nice.
I see many small dots in your future.:)

[calcipher]

Hello Sheep.

84 Pages!!!! will take me a while to get back through all of that Krieg goodness!

[Krieg Marshall]

Can't wait to see them painted. I know they get nice. Any work on the mortians tanks?

[donuter]

Love the demo charges. Have to ask thought, is that fist of the cadian lot?

[Dictator]

Definitely sculpt the shoulders. They need to be perfect!!! :p

[sheep]

Hello all, well found my mojo in a box at the back of the cupboard and finished off these tanks.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6080123.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6080125.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6080128.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6080126.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6080127.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6080129.jpg

TBC

[sheep]

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6080131.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6080132.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6080133.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6080135.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6080136.jpg

Cheers

Sheep

[Melchiah]

There ok....i quess..;)

[Tommygun]

Beautiful stuff Sheep.
But you should take better care of your toys.
They seem to be covered in dirt and rust.
-Tom.

[Ragsta]

Vorwaerts menschen!!! Feuer!!! Ja ja schnell!!!

Great tanks. Awesome :)

[Kriegfreak]

Freaking sweet Death Korps. Your nids are hella good to. Following this thread. Show us those grenadiers when they are done please!

[MrP]

Fantastic, old boy. That's an exquisite paintjob on a beautiful model - er, thrice over! :D

[SonofUltramar]

Excellent work Sheep!

Your log is amazing and continues to inspire, keep up the good work

Jono

[Faolan]

I think I'm going to go puke now, Sheep.

Your awesomeness is making me queasy.

[DeathCat147]

I secong Faolan's statement! Love those tanks, an excellent combination of your painting and Morts design skills.

[Mr Kibbles]

Amazing tanks sheep. What are the exactly? VDR?

[The boyz]

Fantastic work on those tanks, Sheep. They look very impressive. I really like the weathering.

[TomG]

Oh yeah. One tank isn´t enought :)

[SSG Snuffy]

Those are right lovely, they are!

Did you magnetize the side armor, or are they strictly sponson-less?

[sheep]

Thanks very much for all the great comments guys


There ok....i quess..;-)

Git ;)


Beautiful stuff Sheep.
But you should take better care of your toys.
They seem to be covered in dirt and rust.
-Tom.

Cheers mate, they were neglected for such along time it was inevitable.


Freaking sweet Death Korps. Your nids are hella good to. Following this thread. Show us those grenadiers when they are done please!

Ofcourse mate, just undercoated them today, so i should have pics in couple of days/weeks


I think I'm going to go puke now, Sheep.

Your awesomeness is making me queasy.

Maybe you're pregnant?

Thanks buddy


Those are right lovely, they are!

Did you magnetize the side armor, or are they strictly sponson-less?

The sponsons and turrets are all magnetized,i just finished them without so i could play with them in my list.

Cheers

Sheep

Pics previous page

[Krieg Marshall]

They look so cool... So Blitzkrieg Korp is for when? I guess that's going to be your tactic during your tourny? Using hardened vets in carapce armour, two squads in the valks and the third one in the chimeria just behind the "lumbering behemoths". That's unfair.

I can hear the screams of despair of your opponents...Make them cry Sheep.

I was thinking maybe you should add rocket pods on the valk to improve their fire power, to clean the drop zones for your grenadiers...just a thought. Anyway, those Mortian-Korp tanks are awesome. But it's me or the camo is slightly different from your previous tanks? Did you changed technique?

P.S. Blitzkrieg korp would be a nice name for your army list...

[pgd75]

fantastic stuff mate, love the whole look of the IG army so far. i wish my friend had seen your gorgons before he bought 3 from forge world lol. keep up the good work. more tanks please

[Ash]

Blinded by the sheer awesomeness of your tanks, drool. . . . . . .

[Dictator]

They look awesome sheep. Be proud.

Did you paint up their magnetized weapon options?

[bp.]

Wow, now those are seriously realistic looking tanks. Loving the ww2 feel of them (as with the rest of your army obviously), amazing work!

[donuter]

How do you airbrush like that?

[CMDante]

Top notch job on the tanks as always matey!

They fit nicely with the rest of the army, i.e. excellent quality of paint job and highly realistic. The only thing I don't like about the models themselves is that the tracks don't look GW-like, but thats not your doing.

Cheers,

Dante

[tancrede]

*******' awesome, man !! Some of the best tanks I've ever seen !

[Oliver Twist]

I have seen some pretty fantastic armies, models, hobby related stuff in my life, and this project is very very near the top of my list. I just discovered it and read all 85 pages. I thought it couldn't get better than the airborne guys at the beginning, but I've been decidedly proven wrong. Fantastic stuff!

[sheep]

They look so cool... So Blitzkrieg Korp is for when? I guess that's going to be your tactic during your tourny? Using hardened vets in carapce armour, two squads in the valks and the third one in the chimeria just behind the "lumbering behemoths". That's unfair.

I can hear the screams of despair of your opponents...Make them cry Sheep.

I was thinking maybe you should add rocket pods on the valk to improve their fire power, to clean the drop zones for your grenadiers...just a thought. Anyway, those Mortian-Korp tanks are awesome. But it's me or the camo is slightly different from your previous tanks? Did you changed technique?

P.S. Blitzkrieg korp would be a nice name for your army list...

Thanks Marshall :D Pretty close on the tactics too mate, except i'm running the demo doctrine not carapace. I prefer the hellstrikes, they may only be one shot, but they pack a hell of alot more punch.

The tanks haven't had the final coat of matte varnish, so it may look alittle different.


They look awesome sheep. Be proud.

Did you paint up their magnetized weapon options?

The others have been done up to the wash stage, i had to finish these ones so i could play withe them in a month.


How do you airbrush like that?

Practice mate, also don't skimp on your equipment, buying a good brush and compressor will make the learning curve alittle more gentle.

I also highly reccommend the FW masterclass painting book, it has alot of useful tips condensed into one volume that you would other wise have to pick up by accident yourself.


I have seen some pretty fantastic armies, models, hobby related stuff in my life, and this project is very very near the top of my list. I just discovered it and read all 85 pages. I thought it couldn't get better than the airborne guys at the beginning, but I've been decidedly proven wrong. Fantastic stuff!

Really glad you liked it mate.


*******' awesome, man !! Some of the best tanks I've ever seen !

Coming from you thats a massive compliment mate.


Top notch job on the tanks as always matey!

They fit nicely with the rest of the army, i.e. excellent quality of paint job and highly realistic. The only thing I don't like about the models themselves is that the tracks don't look GW-like, but thats not your doing.

Cheers,

Dante

Thanks mate, the tracks look alot more like the Macharius from FW, which the tank is based on, so i guess thats the look he was after.

On a hobby related note, My latest FW order arrived, 18 heavy weapons teams. Unfortunately a month and a half late though :(

Cheers

Sheep

[Tommygun]

On a hobby related note, My latest FW order arrived, 18 heavy weapons teams. Unfortunately a month and a half late though :(

Cheers

Sheep

18 Forge World heavy weapons teams!
Like me do the mental math.........................OK let me do it with a calculator......Holy @#%* $$$$$$$$$$$$$!

[Volker]

gotta say I love the army. all of it. one of the best around methinks

do you do comissions? just interested =]

[claudiomarino]

Wow those tanks looks ace. How have you done the rust on the tracks? It looks SO good.

[Demonrich]

I've really enjoyed looking through this log! The weathering on your vehicles is realistic and yet nice to look at too, I particularly like the most recent valkyrie. I'm tempted to give it a go myself on some renegade vehciles :D

[sheep]

18 Forge World heavy weapons teams!
Like me do the mental math.........................OK let me do it with a calculator......Holy @#%* $$$$$$$$$$$$$!

Lol, yeah it wasn't cheap.


gotta say I love the army. all of it. one of the best around methinks

do you do comissions? just interested =]

I have done in the past, but i don't have much time atm. I wouldn't be able to an army at any rate.

What did you have in mind, Pm me.


Wow those tanks looks ace. How have you done the rust on the tracks? It looks SO good.

The rust is made of pigments, the most common ones are mig, unfortunately i only had artists pigments available. You mix them with turpentine and apply them, wait til they dry and rub off the excess exposing the metal tracks underneath, to fix spray the model with matte varnish.

Hope that helps


I've really enjoyed looking through this log! The weathering on your vehicles is realistic and yet nice to look at too, I particularly like the most recent valkyrie. I'm tempted to give it a go myself on some renegade vehciles :D

Give it a go mate, it all helps build your skills.

Cheers

Sheep

[Colonel Jacka]

Me and Jacka are probable showing our ages.
The Black sheep Squadron was a WWII marine air group headed by Pappy Boyington.
Also a TV series from 1976.

Indeed! And it would be a perfect name as the this guy was a machine and his Squadron was called the Black Sheep! And he was an US aviator!

Hmm! Medal of Honour I think he won could be wrong though??

[DeathCat147]

On a hobby related note, My latest FW order arrived, 18 heavy weapons teams.


Your sir are absolutely barking mad!:D Constantly astounded by your dedication to your force. Cant wait for more.

[Faolan]

Yup Jacka, MOH and NC.

[Colonel Jacka]

Thought so. Sheep great name for a unit! NC = Navy Cross!

[the damned artificer]

This is some seriousely cool stuff you've got here :D

[Dictator]

Of those Heavy Weapon Teams I hope you will build some mortar squads. They are too awesome not to take. (Nebelwerfer style)

[donuter]

Dictator, have you read this log?

[sheep]

Donuter: i think he means make some more

Dictator: they weren't included in the 18 teams, i got another 6 of them started ;)

Cheers

Sheep

[Dictator]

Dictator, have you read this log?

Yeah, that is why I said nebelwerfer style (Having seen the ones he had before).


@sheep - thanks for the reply, I cannot wait to see them all :)

[Metal Fingered Villain]

Ha, the list I've written up for 2000 points is virtually identical to your list. I've ordered some cadian battleforces and the two valk's. Airborne plague cav its going to be. Love the painting on those tanks and the valkyries and god damn thats a lot of Krieg.

[donuter]

Sorry Dictator, i was a bit rude. There are just so many, the amount of pinning tests hurt

[sheep]

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6230050.jpg

Finished these guys yesterday, just another 10 to go :D

Then some objectives.

Cheers

Sheep

[Siam-Tiger]

Awesome, grimlooking Soldiers. You can really see how they will frighten the ***** out of the enemy.

Which seeds did you use for the bases?

[Emilio101]

Brilliant as always! I need a weekend to sit down and go through all your stuff in detail!

[DeathCat147]

Very nice, not sure about the powerfist on the sergeant but im sure it will grow on me:).

[Kriegfreak]

Love your Grenadiers Sheep, especially the fall leaves. My Krieg also kind of have a Fall/German type thing.... it really does look awesome doesn't it? lol. You and Bungaroo are pretty much the idol I set my army out to be.

Amazing work as always.

[Whitehorn]

Very nice squad, especially the bases! Which grass did you use?

[Rhaivaen]

agreeing with the rest, Very Nice!, you keep amazing everyone... :)

[Tommygun]

Beautiful squad, I think that is the first Krieg with a power fist I have seen.

[Monsterzonk]

Awesome work! Those Grenadiers simply rock! The colour scheme you've chosen for this army is among the coolest I've ever seen. And I really admire the effort you put into your bases. Keep it up!

Cheers,
Monsterzonk :skull:

[Mr Kibbles]

I love your krieg.

[Krieg Marshall]

It's been a while since your last update...but it was worthless, those grenadiers looks so cool. You've just triggered my curiosity: Objectives...This is interesting. Do you have any pictures of them, eaven not painted?

[sheep]

Thanks for all the comments guys, glad you liked them


Awesome, grimlooking Soldiers. You can really see how they will frighten the ***** out of the enemy.

Which seeds did you use for the bases?

I used Birch seeds mate


Love your Grenadiers Sheep, especially the fall leaves. My Krieg also kind of have a Fall/German type thing.... it really does look awesome doesn't it? lol. You and Bungaroo are pretty much the idol I set my army out to be.

Amazing work as always.

Thats some quite illustrious company there, thankyou, i think hes a much more prolific painter then i am.


Very nice squad, especially the bases! Which grass did you use?


Beautiful squad, I think that is the first Krieg with a power fist I have seen.

Thanks Tommy, the cadian fist does seem a "little" big, but its much easier to get hold of then the older metal ones, and the SM alternative really isn't one.


It's been a while since your last update...but it was worthless, those grenadiers looks so cool. You've just triggered my curiosity: Objectives...This is interesting. Do you have any pictures of them, eaven not painted?

Some times i love th combinations of words that english as a second language elicits :) Thanks mate, the objective i have made is of the wounded trooper from the quartermasters set.

Cheers

Sheep

[Gropius]

As everything you paint, the Grenadiers look great. I agree that the metal fist would have been nicer, but you made one of the, in my opinion, ugliest bits on the command sprue look reasonably good.
Is this squad going to be fielded as veterans with carapace and demolition doctrine? Thats quite an investment regarding points, but I like it.

[Xarius]

where's the other half of that poor poor titan on page 1

[Krieg Marshall]

Some times i love the combinations of words that english as a second language elicits :) Thanks mate, the objective i have made is of the wounded trooper from the quartermasters set.

Cheers

Sheep

I'm sorry of my english and sometimes I think is quiet hard to understand but in my case is the third or fourth language, sometimes I mix them. Could you tell me what's wrong in my sentence, I always like to know my mistakes (sbagliando si impara).

By the way, a part from the objectives do you plan anything else for you autumnal krieg army?

[Faolan]

You meant "priceless". "Worthless" means of no value, junk, crap.

[rev]

sheep these are amazing, I LOVE the power fist sgt guy, really evocative!

rev

[Whitehorn]

Aww, you quoted my question and didn't answer :P

[sheep]

As everything you paint, the Grenadiers look great. I agree that the metal fist would have been nicer, but you made one of the, in my opinion, ugliest bits on the command sprue look reasonably good.
Is this squad going to be fielded as veterans with carapace and demolition doctrine? Thats quite an investment regarding points, but I like it.

Unfortunately you can't run both, so i just run them as either/or, using them as vets with Demo in most games though.


where's the other half of that poor poor titan on page 1

Here:

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/Titan/Titanfinished002.jpg

He got finished, theres some more pics somewhere in the log.


I'm sorry of my english and sometimes I think is quiet hard to understand but in my case is the third or fourth language, sometimes I mix them. Could you tell me what's wrong in my sentence, I always like to know my mistakes (sbagliando si impara).

By the way, a part from the objectives do you plan anything else for you autumnal krieg army?

No worries mate, as Faolan pointed out, what you meant to say, was Priceless. I have another whole platoon in bags, and 24 heavy weapons teams, but they won't get done for a while, i think i'll take a break after the next squad.


Aww, you quoted my question and didn't answer :P

Sorry mate, I meant to say I don't know any more, i've had the grass for over 4 years now, and forget the manufactuer. Try scale model sites, and model train making sites, they have a wide variety of manufacturers and colours to choose from.

Cheers

Sheep

[Gropius]

Unfortunately you can't run both, so i just run them as either/or, using them as vets with Demo in most games though.


Actually, you can. It says "choose any of the following doctrines:" English is not my native language, but to me that sounds like you can have carapace wearing, democharge throwing, cloacked veterans. Might be a bit expensice though.:)

[sheep]

Actually, you can. It says "choose any of the following doctrines:" English is not my native language, but to me that sounds like you can have carapace wearing, democharge throwing, cloacked veterans. Might be a bit expensice though.:)

So you can :D :D

Guess i should read more carefully!

Dammit don't have the points for all that :(

Cheers

Sheep

[hemogoblin]

am i right in guessing that the Vets power fist comes from the cadian command squad?
would it be possible the get a closer shot of the fist arm?

ps. still the most awesomest Choas Titan around. love to see you do the upcoming chaos reaver in the same style.

[razormasticator]

Wow that Titan is gnarly. Totally raw and chaos like.

[Melchiah]

Take that thing to vet cuz thats one sick little puppy you got there sheep:D

[Krieg Marshall]

@Faolan: Thanks for the translation and for improving my english.

@Sheep: 24 heavy weapon teams and a platoon...I can easly understand you would like to take a break.

[Tommygun]

Hay the herpes titian is back!
It's the Nurgle's gift that keeps on giving.

[Kriegfreak]

Hay the herpes titian is back!
It's the Nurgle's gift that keeps on giving.

lol. I'd hate to see the enemy that gave it to him first.

[eltanko]

The grenadiers look fantastic, really like the face's, and the armour is super, matches with the bases really well.
That Titan is immense!!

ElTanko

[ancient_conflict]

WOW.... the vets are pretty...

keep up the good work

[Solun Decius]

Krieg are looking great. Awesome camo trench coats.
And the chaos warhound is just stunning, love the base!

[sheep]

Thanks for the comments guys, really helps keep me motivated.

Unfortunatley a non pic update, work continues on the next squad, the camo is done.

Should be finished in the next few days.

Cheers

Sheep

[Mr Kibbles]

Awesome Titan Sheep!

[Shadow Fall]

87 PAGES!!!!!

I just read through them all... im tired out by them all, and my jaw is hurting (aswell as my desk is damaged from the constant THUD! as my jaw hits it) there are no words to describe how amazing your painting is...

i can only think of a paragraph i heard from Battlestar Galactica season 4 (i think, but ive modified it abit anyway):

"There is no greater painter, No style more amazing, No army more epic than a sheep who chooses to step from the 40k norm."

the fact that your army corresponds with a real military colour scheme compared to the 'Eavy Metals 8th Cadian which just looks like target practice for the disabled makes your army stand out from the 40k norm of flat colours for camoflage. I am absolutely humbled by your painting skills!

you hav actually inspired me to do more to my models like adding regiment numbers and such than i would normaly do. Your an inspiration to us all and i admire that

(applauses)

wow... its hard to talk like that, now, i wanna see some more troopers as tank after tank is hard to keep up with.... troops!

Keep up the inspirational work

Shadow Fall :chrome: (< see, i actually put my full name instead of just SF)

[Ragsta]

I think paraphrasing Battlestar Galactica is a noble compliment. If somewhat disturbing and confusing ;)

[Shadow Fall]

watch it and enjoy, let the madness consume you and over take you into a world of daemons and...

sorry the voices are talking to me again... :D

i think that paraphrasing Battlestar Galactica is a perfect way to compliment someone! :)

SF :chrome:

[sheep]

Wow mate, amazing compliment, thankyou very much, glad you liked it.

Painting has paused on the grenadiers, working on some terrain tonite, i'll put up pics later tonite, hopefully :)

Cheers

Sheep

[sheep]

Finished the terrrain.

The Hoff and I have been working on this for the last couple of days, the giant space marines were released by GW about 5 yrs ago for a limited time, they were donated to us by a local gamer who bought 3. We did them for the local store run by a mate, for a tournament this weekend.

He had half reposed one of them, and cut another into pieces, only the running blood angels death company marine was unmolested.

The construction was a joint effort, but I did all the painting tonite, the Hoff was/is working on commissions.

Pics:
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6300052.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6300054.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6300055.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6300056.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6300057.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6300059.jpg

TBC

[sheep]

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6300060.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6300061.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6300065.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6300069.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6300070.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m289/Sheep_06/P6300075.jpg

Cheers

Sheep

[threeShadesOfGrey]

Wow, I didn't notice how big there were until I went back and read the paragraph! They're huge now when I look at them! lol

Awesome job on the painting. The statues have that real weathered bronze-y-copper-y look ;D

[mel_danes]

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?

[Nocturn]

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

[Mr.chair]

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?

[Dictator]

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?

[MrP]

Delicious statuary, Sheep!

[Faolan]

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