Dizz Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 It's taken me a while to actually get to this stage. Firstly there was actually buying the parts, which took me long enough due to a lack of money. Then there was a long period of me looking at my sprues and thinking "oh :D, so much to do." After I'd built them, I ended up looking at individual marines and doing what I could with greenstuff to make them cooler. Oh yeah, then I decided it'd be a fantastic idea to custom build a commander from a load of different parts from different boxes. Then there was holdups thanks to IRL stuff like school and work and whatnot, so I actually ended up with very little time to build, convert and paint. Ah well - now that I'm on a spree of painting the minis, I thought I'd share what I had with you guys. My work is going to be ridden with noobish mistakes, so be as blunt as you like - I can only get better from here, right? :lol: So yeah, three guys. After a month. That's my kind of painting spree. http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/IAMDIZZYONFANTA/DSC00390.jpg The far right guy's shoulder doesn't actually have yellow streaks, that's just light from outside. http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/IAMDIZZYONFANTA/DSC00395-1.jpg See? although it does have some rather unsightly green blotches. I need to get rid of those. As for the rest, most are stuck together and basecoated - 10 marines, 1 commander and 2 sternguard (more to come) Combat Squad Uthor (complete with half-built flamer dude and brown guy. The brown is the base layer for the bone white finish). http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/IAMDIZZYONFANTA/DSC00421.jpg Combat Squad Michaelus http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/IAMDIZZYONFANTA/DSC00413.jpg The Two Stooges (yeah, I know one is an apothecary. It's just for looks though) http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/IAMDIZZYONFANTA/DSC00401.jpg Captain McBadass (made using sanguinary guard legs and wings, company champion shoulders, head and body. I lopped the loincloth off the body because it didn't fit with the legs and moulded a new one. I left the purity seal heads there, and I'm going to paint them a metallic colour to make them look like rings holding the loincloth up. Also, don't panic about the crappy looking shield, it's not finished yet :cuss) http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/IAMDIZZYONFANTA/DSC00427.jpg That's it for now. I'll update it when I next do something interesting. A note on the painting - I was going for a dirty, war-torn, tired look to the armour, but I think I've gone overboard in places. All three painted models could do with some serious TLC to get them to a decent standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizz Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 Any thoughts anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJB Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Big fan of the green stuff work, i only use the stuff to fill gaps! Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizz Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 Yeah, I decided to get some pretty much at the same time I bought my first batch of models and found I really liked using it for little modifications :) thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizz Posted February 9, 2012 Author Share Posted February 9, 2012 Really, really small update for now - I break up from school tomorrow though, so I promise things will come along faster then :( This morning as I got ready to go out the door I had a quick look over a couple of my painted figs and realised that I could probably do much, much better. So when I got home I sat down, and lo and behold 15 minutes later one of my lil dudes looks a hell of a lot better. http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/IAMDIZZYONFANTA/DSC00443.jpg As a celebration for me actually working out how to paint better, one of my mates decided to name him. Sideon it is :P http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/IAMDIZZYONFANTA/DSC00445.jpg I'll have more soon, probably at some point over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokkorex Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 looking really good, love the green stuffed loincloths, they look ace! nice colour scheme as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Very nice work on those tabards, very clean and look great on the models which isn't always easy with GS. Very impressive stuff! -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizz Posted February 10, 2012 Author Share Posted February 10, 2012 Thanks :yes: the best encouragement is knowing that people like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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