Roone3y Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Ive just got back into the hobby after a good few years out. I hate playing with unpainted miniatures - so I had to get an army painted quick! To help stay motivated - me and 3 other lads at Morpeth Gaming Club bought tickets for last weekends Warp Storm III tourney at Maelstrom! Heres the final painted 1750pt Army - They won 'Best Painted Army' at Warp Storm III somehow - so I was pleased as punch! (Got drubbed in 4/6 games mind haha) http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q147/peterooney1980/003.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q147/peterooney1980/004.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q147/peterooney1980/005.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q147/peterooney1980/006.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q147/peterooney1980/007.jpg All done with this army for the time being... so my painting challenge will be swapping to: Warriors of Chaos - Nurgle (Ill have to post these elsewhere :P ) Pete :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJB Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Painted in a hurry indeed, they look great! Space Hulk librarian is especially nice Hmm, I have the space hulk set somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DornsApothecary Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 These look great - where did you get the bases? They suit the Iron Hands perfectly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzdougs Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Excellent IHs! The Librarian and the termies are particularly impressive. I really like your use of red and gold to off set the the black armour and the dark bases. I would love to see some closer shots of the tacticals and dreads. Great work :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roone3y Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 Excellent IHs! The Librarian and the termies are particularly impressive. I really like your use of red and gold to off set the the black armour and the dark bases. I would love to see some closer shots of the tacticals and dreads. Great work :eek Cheers guys. I'll get some closer shots next time im at my local club. My house is dull and terrible for taking snaps haha. The Librarian and the Techmarine are the 2 models I took some time over... The bases are from an ebay shop / user called : http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/wargamestournaments Pete :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassWave Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 If these were painted in a hurry, then I'd love to see an Iron Hand model that was given lots of attention to, these are great! It would have been nice to see some bionics sprinkled throughout your marines, but other than that, fantastic :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roone3y Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 It would have been nice to see some bionics sprinkled throughout your marines, but other than that, fantastic :) Yeah there are some... When I get the close ups of the Marine Squads I'll show them a bit better... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItCameFrom1994 Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Very nice. It's cohesive, smooth, understated. Stylish, in other words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother_Ovis Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I love them :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waka Waka Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Geez, I'd like to see what you took your time painting. These look great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan249 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 You use a surprising amount of gold in your paint scheme. An interesting take on Iron Hands. Also, I can't tell very well from the pictures, but it looks like the decals you used were not applied properly. They have a slightly milky gloss on the camera that shows up when they are not properly glossed, then matted. I used the same decals, and I kept the milkiness away by coating the model with gloss coat, applying the decal with microsol and microset, putting another gloss coat over the decal, then matt coating the model to have an even finish. This made the decal look painted on, and the transparent parts became invisible. If you do expand your IHs army, make sure you use this method for maximum preservation and presentation. Otherwise, a job well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roone3y Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 Yeah cheers mate for the advice.. the decals were a 1st - never used them before (Hate them - always end up with them stuck to me not the minis) It was a "night before the tourney" rush transfer applying job! I'll admit it didnt go well... I did try the varnish... but they had creases in places so I coated them in matt varnish and eventually ended up painting over the top of the transfer / surrounding areas... It looks okay in person - but like you say - a bit milky / shiny on camera and in certain lights. So in short - next time - ill ask a pro for advice OR paint my own! <_< Heres the squad close ups: (Flash makes them look a bit grainy) http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q147/peterooney1980/Iron%20Hands/019.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q147/peterooney1980/Iron%20Hands/020.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q147/peterooney1980/Iron%20Hands/118.jpg http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q147/peterooney1980/Iron%20Hands/122.jpg Not brilliant I know... Pete :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMan Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I think they look great, especially without the flash. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roone3y Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 I tried with / without flash... with natural light... (to much) and I think Ive surmised I need a decent light box set up... But 1st I need a bigger place haha . Pete :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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