DarKHaZZl3's Armies of the Imperium - a WiP

[DarKHaZZ13]

Hey guys,

  This update comes from my phone. Something to pass the time on the bus.

 

Sorry for the lack of updates recently, but I have found my hobby efforts frustrated of late.

 

Firstly, I thought I had misplaced my heavy bolter Retributors power packs, only to realise that they are the same as normal sisters.

 

Secondly, just as I have finished my sisters army (building at any rate), GW release a new codex! Admittedly it is a PDF only, but an update never the less. Back to the drawing board? Only time will tell.

 

I have been hobbying in absence of updating my armies.

 

I did some work on my gaming board... but I'm saving the update on that for when I've finished the current stage.

 

Anyways...

Until then.

[DarKHaZZ13]

Sooo, about that update...

It is here! Huzzah!

I have managed to get my hands on a copy of the new Sisters book. I have yet to read it though.
So for the time being, here is what was to be my final Sister superior

Found her on ebay. Didn't come with an icon.
I might replace the sword with something more flashy at a later date, but it will do for now.

Moving on.

I managed to sort some board out. I've finished the pavement on the two straight road pieces.
I wrote up a little step by step if you want to steal/borrow/use the concept for your own stuff.

You will need;

• PO210 00/H0 Self Adhesive Paving - found here: http://www.metcalfemodels.com/00-self-adhesive-paving - I suggest about 4 packs; two per road. They are well worth it to be honest as the can be used for basing too. I used them on my Necromunda gang
• PVA glue - While the tiles are self adhesive, the adhesive quality is poor. Glue them down.
• Tea Stirrers (See previous post about making the curb)
• A LOT OF TIME!

Seriously. It takes about an four hours to do one board.

First off take a look at the slabs.



You'll be using the long slab, and the short slab. Put the squares and curves to one side.

Step two.

Using the lines you should already have on you board as a guide, put a row for long tiles out.
This should be about 5 long slabs.

Attach a curb piece (cut as before) as you go.



Step three

Unless you want a uniform running row of tiles, you need to mix it up a bit.
Using 4 long slabs, and two short slabs make another row.

Step Four
REPEAT!
Until you get halfway.



Step Five

Flip the board round and do the same on the other side.
This allows that half of the pavement to dry.

Step Six & Seven

Flip. Repeat.

DONE.

I love the way they look. Sure it takes a fair whack of time, but it is quite addictive and therapeutic.

A couple of tips;

• Make sure to straighten each row as you go,
• Have a cloth or sponge to soak up excess glue is necessary,
• Save detailing (damage, weathering) until after it is dry,
• Have a jewellers saw handy just in case you manage to go over.

This week I'll attempt to do some of the curved road piece in between bouts with the new Sisters list.
Harumph.

All feedback welcome.

Ciao

[DarKHaZZ13]

UPDATE INBOUND!

I apologise for my lack of updates recently.
There are numerous reasons for this (but no excuses mind);

I've been distracted by other projects.

• I've recently got into Blood Bowl in a big way, so I've been painting up a human team to re-acquaint myself with the rules. You can check out my progress here - http://underhivehero.blogspot.co.uk/
  
• I've also taken on a lot of other 'real life' projects. I've written/ will be writing about them on my blog which you can find here - http://darkhazzl3.blogspot.co.uk/

In addition to these, semi-reasonable reasons, the damn cold has kept me out of my garage!

I've managed to find some time and decided to fire up the oil heater and crack on with some hobby.
I want my board, a playable army and some terrain done before it really gets cold/uninhabitable down there!

So I have a fair amount of progress.

I managed to get pictures of my sisters army, in its entirety.
This is the whole 1,500 points, and the penitent engine from my 400 point army.

Battle Sister Squad 1: Melta

Their Ride

Battle Sister Squad 2: Flamer

Their Ride

Battle Sister Squad 3: Multi-melta and storm bolter



Retributor Squad 1: Heavy Bolters (Weapons still detached for painting)



Seraphim Squad 1

Celestine



Jacobs



Exorcist 1



Exorcist 2

Aegis Quad Gun



Penitent Engine 1 (and only!)




So the backpacks are all glued on (

[TheForgottenAngel]

Ok I just find this army blog and I love it!!!!!! I'm a huge fan of the retain board and the methods used. Totally stealing some ideas from you there. Add for the sisters of battle paint scheme, love it. Cream colors and the prior tabards is magic and contrast well. Also I do like the green shoulder pad but it may take away from the model as a whole, have you thought of doing one shoulder gold?

[DarKHaZZ13]

Following in my rich vein of form...

Updates.

Well, it is kind of a lie. There are no new updates; I just thought I'd separate the posts so that they were not as cluttered.

This update is about the board.

So. If you want to follow along;

You will need:

• PO210 00/H0 Self Adhesive Paving - found here: http://www.metcalfem...adhesive-paving
• PVA glue - While the tiles are self adhesive, the adhesive quality is poor. Glue them down.
• Tea Stirrers (See previous post about making the curb)
• Curved curb pieces (See previous post about curved curb pieces; I made a press mould of mine)
• A LOT OF TIME!

Lets do this!

So the first thing I wanted to do was figure out how exactly to build the bit where the two straight pavements meet.

This involved a lot of terrible prototypes, this was the best (before the one I was eventually to use).



The main problem here is that the pavement slabs don't match the same pattern as the pavement pattern I have previously used.
So I came up with a better idea;



These are the two slab patterns used to make my pavement. I've glued them to a piece of paper, and cut them out.
this way I can check the width of my pavement at any time.

Using this, I came up with this, which incidentally is...

Step 1;



Attach the above to the board. DO NOT GLUE ANYTHING DOWN (This is just in case you find something doesn't fit/ does fit better when you personally attempt this).

That weird curved bit? That is the 'frame' the tiles come with. The width is the same as a narrow slab.
This makes your template/boundary for the curved part of the pavement.

Step 2;

Using these boundaries, build the pavement as normal until you reach the apex of the corner.



Step 3;

This is where it starts to get complicated. You can no longer lay down equal length of tile.
Jostling the slabs until they fit can be quit tricky, and they will never fit exactly right, so you kinda just have to man up and deal with it not being perfect (this made me a very sad panda).

If you follow my pictures bellow you should be reasonably okay.



Step 4;



Step 5;



Step 6;

Glue it all down, except for the 'weird curved bit.'

As previously stated, when I did this I found some tiles didn't fit exactly right, and I managed to tweak my original design a little to make it fit better.
You should be able to replace the 'weird curved bit' with the relevant slabs, as per the slab pattern that has been used throughout.
The only exception to this is the apex of the curve.

This should be made from the apex of the 'weird curved bit.' It may have to cut into a tile a little to fit snugly.

See bellow.




Step 7;

Glue inside curb down and carry on with pavement.





Inisde curve done!

The outside curve should be roughly the same.

However, if the above seemed way too fiddly for your liking, I prepared a different way of doing it (which, due to my outside curve being slightly larger than my inside curve, I had to use).

So...
Step 8;

Prepare outside curve.
To do this I super glued the pieces down on to a piece of paper first, and then just cut it out.



Step 9;

Glue this curved piece down.

You need to match the right angle corner with where the two curbs meet on the inside.
When you do this there will be a large amount of space between the piece you've just glued down, and the curved curb. Don't worry about it.
We fix that in...

Step 10;

Remember that 'weird curved bit? It kinda makes a comeback.

(Apologies for the upside down picture).
Basically take that corner and cut it to size.

I know it doesn't fit in with the rest of the pavement, but it you replaced it with slabs you would break the slab pattern anyway, so it is kind of a no win situation anyway.

I think I plan on putting something here. Suggestions as to what are welcome. So far all I can think of is a crash barrier.
Anyway, moving on to....

Step 11;

Carry on with the pavement as per usual, adding the outside curb.



And there you have it!
Curved pavement complete.

Next step is sand (which there wont be a step by step for because I have already covered it in a previous post), and then it is onto painting (and maybe some more detailing).


C&C welcome!

Edited November 12, 2013 by DarKHaZZ13

[DarKHaZZ13]

Ok I just find this army blog and I love it!!!!!! I'm a huge fan of the retain board and the methods used. Totally stealing some ideas from you there. Add for the sisters of battle paint scheme, love it. Cream colors and the prior tabards is magic and contrast well. Also I do like the green shoulder pad but it may take away from the model as a whole, have you thought of doing one shoulder gold?

 

Thanks for the reply Brother.

 

Feel free to steal as much as you like. :D

 

Cheers for the feedback too. I really like the combination too. It feels very... priestly.

 

I had indeed considered it, however I think that due to there being a fair whack of gold detailing on them already (or rather, there will be when they eventually get painted :P), it would probably be a bit over shiny.

Also, I wanted a colour to tie all of my 'Armies of the Imperium' together. I don't think gold would stand out very much, being a detail colour for quite a lot of things.

 

I am open to other suggestions mind.

 

 

[DarKHaZZ13]

So, as promised, updates on the board.





As you can see they are pretty much done.
As with my other board tiles I'll probably add another layer of sand on top of the filler+sand combination just for good measure.
Then it is just a matter of neatening up some bits here and there and boom!

...to painting...
(The running joke of my hobby life).

In the meantime I also did some work on a diorama I've been planning for quite some time;



The diorama will incorporate one of my WiP objective markers.

I'll leave you guessing as to whats happening.

Until then, peace out!
All words written at me welcome.

Edited November 20, 2013 by DarKHaZZ13

[disease]

Love that quad gun!

[GhostMalone]

Sorry I haven't dropped in to check on this brother, but those boards are looking pretty amazing!

[DarKHaZZ13]

Love that quad gun!

 

Thanks disease. Pretty simple to do aswell.

I didn't really like the concept of an automated AA gun.

Originally iwas going to have a sevitor controlled one.. but the Immolator turret was a perfect fit from the off.

 

Sorry I haven't dropped in to check on this brother, but those boards are looking pretty amazing!

 

No problem Jasp, good to know you came back (Y).

I like the look of them too. Deffinatly beats playing on a plain surface.

Just need to paint it and make some good themed terrain for it and it should be ace!

 

 

 

I haven't got an update for you guys yet.

I've been researching what kind of paint to get to paint this with.

I tried the spray option, and it justt doesn't feel right.

 

Also I've been working on a board game I'm designing, which as you can guess, is fairly time consuming.

 

Anyway. If you ahve any suggestions for;

Paints (colours/brands/types),

Terrain (brand/type/plans for homemade)

and/or Anything sisters/grey knights/space amrine army list related,

Then drop me a comment. If you're interested in/want to help with ym game design drop me a PM

 

Thanks for reading (If you have only read this post, go back and have a gander at everything!)

 

 

 

[disease]

 

Love that quad gun!

 

Thanks disease. Pretty simple to do aswell.

I didn't really like the concept of an automated AA gun.

Originally iwas going to have a sevitor controlled one.. but the Immolator turret was a perfect fit from the off.

 

 

 

Do you have a closer pictures at all?  I really really like this...

[deathspectersgt7]

Great Job on the Boards  Now lets see some painted Sisters

[DarKHaZZ13]

So. Update.

Yeah not a big one.

If I recall someone asked for paint...




...nope. No sisters (or any other models for that matter), but I have started my board.
Just.

I was originally going to spray the board grey and work from there, but after greying out all my boards I've changed my mind.
I'm going to undercoat them black and go from there.

I did have pictures...but the uploaders having a fit.
So they'll have to wait.

Peace.
 

[DarKHaZZ13]

Waheeeyyy. I'm back

I found out what was wrong with the photo uploader. My internet died.
Not just disconnected. The modem died. Had to get the ISP to come out and replace it.

So now that is all done. UPDATE!

Here is the whole board, undercoated



And here it is after 2 coats of grey



A bit pacthy, but subsequent layers and potentially washes should sort it out.

Some more painting! Yus!
This is some work on my diorama peice.






Can you tell I had a lot of the same paint lying about ;)


Also! To prove to you guys that I do actually, ocassionally paint, here is a Solar Macharius I did a while back (A good few years now!).






Finally, I do beleive Disease asked for some closer pictures of the Quad gun.













So there we go. I need to get more black and white paint before I continue painting the board.... it uses a lot.
Good think the stuff is cheap!

Say things and stuff.
Peace

[disease]

thanks dude, that's a really great conversion.

[DarKHaZZ13]

Thanks Bro. Much appriciated!
I should note that the actuall turret base will accomodate any turret type.

I had a bit of a giggle sticking whirlwind, razorback and predator turrets on it :P

[deathspectersgt7]

Like the gun with the nun!

[DarKHaZZ13]

Hey guys!

I've been cracking on with my gaming board, but It doesn't really look like I've done much (When in reality I've spent about 5-8 hours on it... I've lost count).

So I thought Id share some bits and bobs with you.

First off is my tests cheme for the paveing slabs (The set on the right).



Pretty simple.

- Undercoat black (Chaos black/ Any acyrlic paint),

- Paint dark grey (Any will do. I used Black acrylic and white crylic. But the GW base dark grey would be fine),

- Paint light grey (may require 2 coats; My mix was somewhere between codex and fortress grey/ Mianly white with a hint of black = Pavement grey),

- Wash with watered down black, making sure it goes into the crevices. The while still wet use some tissue paper to 'dab' off most of the paint.
This will leave the paint in the crevices and give the slab a darker tone, with a dappled effect on it.

- Drybrsuh light grey (Might have to do it twice; pavement grey),

- Very light Drybrush light-er grey (pavement grey with more white).

Done!

Yeah, it is not a masterpeice of paintwork, but I think it looks a'ight. Especially when they'll be a shed load of them.
Adds a bit of texture prior to any detailing that might get done.

I've already done the base grey on all the pavements; I'll upload pictures when I'm done, with some WIP ones for good mesure.
(If you can't wait that long check them out on http://underhivehero.blogspot.co.uk/).

Moving on.
While I was in Grey mode I did some more paintwork on my diorama.





Thats all the base work done really. Need to detail it and aquire/build/paint the models.
Quite fond of it already mind.

Comments, critcism, questions, praise or other general chatter welcome!

Peace out folk, and thanks for reading.

[GhostMalone]

It's inspiring to see this done step by step brother, you have more patience than I

;)

[deathspectersgt7]

What Jaspcat said

[DarKHaZZ13]

The step by step approach is more to do with how slow I am... it makes it look like I've done more  ;)

BUt seriously, thanks guys.
It is nice to know there are folk out there reading/ appriciating this stuff.



 

[DarKHaZZ13]

Hey guys, sorry about the lack of udates recently.
A few reasons as to my absence;

1) Christmas,
2) Laziness
and
3)My Phone refused to connect to my computer. I finally managed to fix it today, so I can finally upload pictures again.


So yes, updates.
Gaming board again.

I decided that I wanted a bit of ware and tear on my board.
This will mainly be on the paving slabs...but it will be done after I've painted them to their 'peak' condition.

So in the meantime I thought I'd start my lampposts.

How does one wear and tear a lamppost?
Aside from physical damage (light not working, smahsed glass, missing panels...) from what I've seen lmapposts tend to be painted.
So the obvious basic damage is worn and chipped paint... which leads to rust



I tried to emulate this for my own (albeit a bit more severe/ different colours)

They've all been rusted up, but this one is my test subject for futher detailing.
Right now it just needs the light/ glass section finishing off, and a bit more brown/ rust stains.


Opinions?
A good balance of rust, metal and paint? Or a bit too much?
Suggestions for the light colour?
Any other details?

Oh, and I bought two pots of black paint in preperation for the slog that will be finishing the paving slabs.


That is all for now.

Ta' for reading!

Edited January 7, 2014 by DarKHaZZ13

[muggs]

It looks good from the photos at that distance. Certainly good table top level, I can't really tell what it's like closer up.

 

Did you use any of the GW rust stuff?

[DarKHaZZ13]

Thanks for the feedback Muggs.

Tabletop is all I'm really looking for.
Can't have my terrain stealing the limelight from my armies now can I

Here's a closer picture anyway (best I can get with my phone :/)



I'll have to set up some form of light booth in the future.


And I havn't tired any of the GW technical stuff yet, so it is just paint.
Was tempted by weathering powders from various companies, but a lack of knowledge/ fair price tag (for using on 5 lampposts at least) put me off.

If anyone has any tips, techniques or experience with weathering/ weathering powders I'd love to here from you!

Edited January 9, 2014 by DarKHaZZ13

[DarKHaZZ13]

Hey guys.

I got round to doing more painting last night whilst watching videos on youtube...
Needless to say there was more watching than painting.

But I still got some stuff done -

So here it is;



Just the light done basically.

Recipe is fairly simple.
Paint the area you want to be light a light grey (I used Astronomican, because I'm still living in the past),
Next paint most of the section you just painted in a 1:1 mix of that Grey and White,
Then paint another smaller square inside that square of almost pure white (judge for yourself on this one).

After than apply a glaze of Vallejo transparent yellow (It is the same yellow I used on ym Space Marine a while back),
Once this is dry add a wash of Sepia (I used Gryphone).




Once dry you're done.
Since this picture I've blended the colours in together a bit more, gloss varnished it and added some 'glass' highlights.

The blended colours are made using Vomit brown and Golden Yellow (using Scorched Brown and White for darkening and lightening respectively).
Gloss varnish and add some 'reflection' type white highlights, and you're done.

You know what? Seeing as I'm feeling so goddamn generous, I'll take a quick picture
*Snap*



You can just make out the white lines... but the light kinda washes out the rust effect.
Either way, it looks good from a distance.

Just need to finish that cable and I'm done...
well, done with one of the 5 total.

Progress!