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The King

Yellow. Yellow is the king of the color scheme. This is a king with character who does not tolerate violation of his rules. There can only be one king, which means he won't tolerate another shade of yellow (or you'll get a neon sign instead of armor). Every king rules by force and the king's strength lies in his army - in the base coat. If it is bad, incomplete, or does not match in shade, it will not help its king in any way. The right shade and value of the base coat allow th

kabaakaba in Acrylic nonsense

July 31

Old vs New MKII

Old vs New Been a while, but here we are again. I think I got burnt out a little rushing the Armaggeddon marines so haven’t been doing much on the ork side. I did get in a CP game yesterday. They only had the old Eyes of Ultramar set, which doesn’t have 11th edition rules. They had the datacards so I just assigned them the DA mission so we had different missions for the game. We fought on map B, I forward placed the Captain, vanguard and landspeeder. The librarian lead the inte

Focslain in Battle Report

July 31

Setting Sons

Praetorian (Sanguinary) Guard completed.

My Guards needed to be special but without being Sanguinary guard models with too many blood Angel references. So I used the Armageddon jump Vanguard vets but gave them spears and “fancier” helmets. I also liked the standout gold look pf the SG (although gold wouldn’t be my favourite choice) so thought about silver. Problem was I had painted myself into a corner (pun intended) by saying my chapter don’t do shiny things. To those end, and in fitting with my theme, I thought the most senior me

Rowland in Painting

July 31

Domhnall's hobby goodness

Imperial Reivers progress being made!

Well, I've been a bit lax in following the blogs recently as work has been hectic, but I'm going to try to keep up with it a bit. Also, I've been able to make some progress on my Imperial Reivers recently! Which is always nice. On to the photos! Airbrushing has made weeks worth of work into an evenings work! Obligatory Armageddon Captain and Land Speeder Termies Some kitbashed "Counts-as" Victrix

Domhnall in Imperial Reivers

July 31

New painting handle

Finally, the new miniature holder has arrived. This is Chaos G-maker pro.It's a Chinese brand, but very good Chinese. The handle is wooden and varnished. The center is anodized aluminum, and the turntable is 3D printed. The set includes two rotary tables: magnetic and on an axis. I also ordered an addition for small details and an addition for the background. It came to $28 with shipping. It's heavy and fits very comfortably in your hand. The finger rest can be rotated to suit your needs.

kabaakaba in Tools

July 29

The Infested

Planetfall

The Terminal lucidity hangs in low orbit above Katabasis VI. A battleship only in name, the Lucidity is a wretched amalgamation of several vessels, fat-bellied and encrusted with otherworldly filth. Clumps of bloated fire blackened Astartes transports descend from its' undercarriage, shedding away from thin fleshy membranes. These boulbous shapes drift through the emptiness of hard vacuum, like flotsam in harsh winds, directionless yet inexorable. These vessels were once called stormbirds, th

Dark_Isles in Storyline

July 28

Angels of Death: Heavy intercessor and the values

Ok, assault intercessors drunk a lot of my blood and nerves while I trying shoot them with proper level of detail AND the same colors I see on them and put on them. Hysterical googling gives nothing except few photography guidelines which ain't help cause my phone camera has almost no settings. After some more research I found solution thanks to book published in 1937... It's about painting scenery. But it's helps. If applied to our hobby, main thing is average value. And since minia

July 28

Angels of Death: Assault intercessors

3 2 out of 5 are ready, interesting models. I tried to make them as close to the dreadnoughts as possible in tone and color.

"They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give themselves to me."

July 26

The Red Hunters- Army Ideas

Well the new updated faction packs has me thinking and leaning into a certain idea for my Red Hunters. My Howling Griffons are Ultramarine Successors and My Exorcists are Imperial Fist Successors, the Red Hunters have no Parent Chapter listed so I can use any Chapter I want or No Chapter at all. I am leaning towards Dark Angels. I like the following Detachments as I feel it fits their Belief that the Emperor is a God. Interrogation Conclave 1 Detachment Point ▪ In

July 23

Angels of Death: grenadier assault intercessor

I rested yesterday and now I'm ready for a next project. It's linked with dread. While I'm working on the dread I was focused on NMM. In this project I want to learn more about values and color saturation. I use same recipe for yellow, though I add neutral grey into pallet for colors desaturation. Here is Assault intercessor grenadier. Since killteam starter doesn't had one I kitbashed him using his own hand. I cut off his bolted and glued together two Cadian castellan's chains

"They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give themselves to me."

July 21

The Red Hunters Part 6

"Non permittant vivere impuritus." Well I did a little more painting last night on the Armageddon Librarian. This is character 2 of 3 characters, plus I have 4 squads to paint for my 500 pt list. Captain Razak- Completed Librarian Zarghul- WIP Bladeguard Ancient Bladeguard Veterans (3 man) Intercessors (5 man) Assault Intercessors (5 man)- need to build Heavy Bolter Elimintaor (3 man) Since Bladeguard Veterans are al

"Innocence Proves Nothing!"

July 21

Setting Sons

A tale of hats…

Well, this was an “adventure”. I wanted my specialist units to have a more Grey Knights vibe. So I searched the interwebs and found a suitable looking helmet. They were described as Diesel punk Sallet heads for Arcamundi. I had no idea what that was but assumed it was 28mm scale. On arrival they were too small. They are 28mm but I’m guessing the whole Primaris thing… So I got to measuring them and found that they were about a mm too small. This worked out at 20%. I spoke to the make

Rowland in Homebrew Setting Sons

July 21

The Imperial Governor and Imperial Citizens Part 2

Well I am still writing the mission and discussing with @The_Oni_of_Hindsight we decided that the Imperial Side (Rescue Team) will get 3 twin Heavy Bolter Tarantulas and a twin lascannon tarantula that will have BS 5+, No movement, T 9, SV 3+, W 10, LD 7+, OC-, Tarantulas are automatic disabled in melee. Heavy Bolter Tarantulas can only engage targets they can they hurt on 4+ or better. Twin Lascannon Tarantula and only engage monsters and vehicles. I did prime the Governor and Im

W.A.Rorie in Talons of the Emperor

July 20

"They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give themselves to me."

The Red Hunters Part 5

"Non permittant vivere impuritus." Well it was a busy weekend for modelling....Did not get done as much as I would like, family life and all. The more I use Army Painter the happier I am for making the switch. The Army Painter Warpaints Fanatic line with the color sets (6-7 colors if it has a Blanche version) that gives you your next highlight is great. Especially if your paint rack is organized. Now the Warpaints Air line uses the Triad system. My favorite part is the the Air and Fa

Snakes of Ithaka Hobby Blog

July 20

Armageddon Box Update 2 – Summer Slowdown and a First 1,000 Points

So, I'm slowly getting the Eradicators painted. Work and personal life have been busy, and with the six-week summer holidays just starting, I don't think that's going to improve any time soon. I'm hoping to get a couple of hours of hobby time in each week, but we'll have to see. As usual, though, I got a bit sidetracked and started painting another model. I really need to focus on getting the Eradicators finished first. The aim of this project was to get everything from t

Snakes of Ithaka in 11th Edition

July 20

Venerable End

So, that yellow guy is done. It's great model, though I don't wanna paint anything big for some time. Finished glow and put remaining metal all around.

BrassClaw's Collection of Projects

July 19

Setting Sons

Vow number one completed

Having started the painting vow before 11th edition dropped I wanted to create some of the old Space Marine Combat Patrols using a handful of models. I have now completed that vow and will move on to the next, which will add models that will make up the new Assault Force and Blood Angels patrols. After that I will consider adding my unbuilt Impulsor and Dreadnought. When painting the Dreadnought I’m unsure as to wether I should paint it like a large Space Marine (i.e. in the sa

Rowland in Painting

July 19

Hive Fleet Asmodeus Part 2: Biological Warfare

Hey fellow future biomass, Hive Fleet Asmodeus is back again with the mid sized bugs. First we have the Barbguants. I like the idea of the barbguants, a lighter version of the biovores and a cool debuff that was all the rage when they first came out. They usually are points filler unit now, usually acts as screen for maleceptors. Which probably not the best use for them. Now we have the brain bugs, aka the Zoanthropes. One of the first kits i got for my tyranids, although t

BrassClaw in Hive Fleet Asmodeus

July 18

Ikka's Hobby Land

Job's a Mid'Un

I was thinking a month ago that I haven't painted a proper sized Knight in over a year and got a hankering to try out one of the new Destriers because they have some pretty useful abilities for 11th ed (Ignores Cover + Towering, good movement, etc...). So I got one and have now built it up, including keeping the hatch on top open. Normally I wouldn't, but my FLGS is doing a painting competition at the end of the month and one the two categories is Big Guy: a model with a base of 50mm or larger.

Lord_Ikka in Hobby

July 18

Venerable IV/V: Steel

Right arm is glued on it's place. Finished ammo box and added some metals on leg. After the horror of barrels other parts are going smooth. Im add metals in different styles gloss, matt, damaged, dark, light. Tbh it would be faster just make him with one approach, but this "project " is more like training model. Next would be painted parts like barely above ammo box and I'll switch to power fist which I don't know how to paint i. Worn and torn metal on fingers and armor

"They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give themselves to me."

July 17

Red Hunters- 3rd Company Armory

Non permittant vivere impuritus." “Suffer Not the Unclean to live.” The Red Hunters Chapter is constantly at war, on missions, and serving as bodyguards for Inquisitors. As such, resupply is sometimes infrequent, with their Chapter homeworld, Montsegnur, being on the edge of the Segmentum Tempestus near the Ultima Segmentum. As the Red Hunter's forces needs to be become combat ineffective, they will return to Monesegnur When resupply is required for armor the Red Hunte

July 17

Venerable III/V: Heat

That was easy. I've expected it would turns some horrible brush fencing on tips of barrels but it's turns pretty easy. I coat it black. Once it dries put few glazes of deep magenta. And wait again. Put some white highlights here and there and add few glazes of night blue. And another glaze of magenta on top and sides. For reference I uses my stove pipe (: