WIP thread - 711th CCAB (Chocochip Rats)

[elmo]

Here are the final photos of my Hellhammer for the ETL

Hellhammer "Mortis"

975th Armoured Battalion

Unit designation 023

Hull no. 057152

And both together

Now I am sick of painting rivets!

[Gunmonkey88]

But those are some good looking rivets though!

[Inso]

Lovely work on those tanks :) (and the time spent on the rivets was definitely worth it ;) )

 

I think you need to have a break from tanks and paint some infantry in that gorgeous chocochip camo now :)

[elmo]

I would love to but I am still committed to 3 medusas and a Wyverns worth of rivets for the ETL.

[Kriegsmacht]

Really awesome tanks. Great work!:tu:

[elmo]

Thanks :)

 

 

Another year older and my present from my son was the Cadian Armoured fist box.... More for the painting queue :)

[WarriorFish]

You've raised him well :P Hope you had a good one :tu:

[captain sox]

Happy - B day! May you get the gift of time... to paint!

[walter h]

Happy birthday Elmo, I hope it be a banner year. Your choco chip camo is inspiring. I hope to try and replicate it in the future. Edited June 7, 2015 by walter h

[WarriorFish]

Give it a go walter, I tried it for an Inquisition challenge and it's not hard at all :tu:

[SW1]

Belated happy birthday!!!

 

Hope you had a wonderful day. :D

[our_baz]

Belated B'day wishes.

With regards to the armour   looks awesome!

[Father Mehman]

Well, looks like I missed another birthday. Hope you had a great one !

 

Both of those 'Blades made me a bit teary, just seeing them together like that. Think of all the death they will dish out to the Traitor, the heretic, and the xenos villainy. It's almost too much for words !

[Vel'Cona]

Great work, Elmo!  Hope you had a great Cakeday! 

[elmo]

Thanks for the birthday wishes but it does not cut any ice with the Commissariat.... Get back to painting for the ETL!

Bowing to popular demand, here is a tutorial for my blue spotlight lenses

Paints (Paint compatibility guide)

Regal Blue

Mordian Blue

Ice Blue

Blue ink

Matt white

Gloss varnish

Method

1. Paint a base of Regal Blue

2. Using Mordian Blue, lightly drybrush a triangle from the centre of the spotlight to the lower edge

3. Lightly drybrush Ice blue over the Mordian Blue

4. Wash with Blue Ink. This will help to blend the shades together

5. Paint a Matt White "T" on the top corner and a white dot just below a shown

6. Paint over with the Gloss Varnish

Edited June 8, 2015 by elmo

[Vel'Cona]

Awesome tutorial!  This is different enough from my technique that I'm going to have to give it a try.  Thanks!

[WarriorFish]

Agreed, simple yet effective I will have to experiment too :)

[elmo]

I am having a ground-hog day... Medusa rivets night :(

 

Should be at the weathering stage by the weekend so they will be completed by Monday or Tuesday with the last part of my vow, the Wyvern/Hydra starting mid-week and finished by the end of the week after - IF I can stick to that plan....

[WarriorFish]

Good progress either way, and a plan's no good if it can't make do with some changes ;)

[elmo]

Trying to multi-task - waiting for decals to dry....

I have had a go at a rough mock up of my Rough Rider Sgt.

Imagine him with some added IG baggage....

I think it has promise :)

[WarriorFish]

Looks like a good start to me, will look great once you've added some bits :)

[walter h]

Looking good, just needing some gear. These are gonna be an awesome rough rider squad.

[Kierdale]

Good stuff. The rough rider looks great, and the searchlight tutorial is simple but effective :tu:

 

And a belated happy birthday!

[Vel'Cona]

Reminds me of Steve McQueen in The Great Escape.  Cool idea!  

[elmo]

201st Artillery Regiment

81st Medusa Battery "Diamonds"

Comprising of 3 Medusas, 810 (Command and fire control), 811 and 812

Medusa 810 (Command and fire control)

Medusa 811

Medusa 812