Guard, Alcari+Hellainian+Kursk+Bethesdans+Inquisition+ETL

[RADU LYKAN]

WarriorFish- will be a while on the tanks, waiting til 3 more sentinels are ready to go then will look at stowage etc again :(

Brother Tyrax- glad you think he looks badass, am entering him into the badass comp on dakka to make me get him finished

Kierdale- cheers :)

 

grabbed a bit of time to get straken started, still a lot to do next time but here is a pic anyway

 

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/strakenwip_zps14155257.jpg

[deathspectersgt7]

Very cool will be watching this.

[Kierdale]

Nice work!

Lookin good so far.

[RADU LYKAN]

chhers for comments

whilst painting straken the other day i realised i was going to need some new varnish so i set straken to one side and picked up snake plisken/marbo. heres a couple of pip pics of where he is at currently
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/marbopip2_zps772c85de.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/marbopip1_zps92397805.jpg
glad i took the pics as it highlights any flaws, think i will try to take pip shots a bit more often.

[WarriorFish]

Snake is looking great, I really need to get a few "totally not X" models one of these days!

[Kierdale]

Agreed, he looks excellent!

 

What's that cavalry silhouette? A rough rider?

[WarriorFish]

Looks like a Bretonnian helm - with a fabulous decoration. Are we taking bets? :P

[RADU LYKAN]

WarriorFish - there are some good things out there, my hurn (totally not Predator) is something i want to get finished/started soon

 

Kierdale - i wish it was the beginnings of some rough riders but its just a mini side project, my brother in law and i are painting up a brettonian knight each, they will be painted in our respective family heraldry and will fight a joust using the old full tilt rules or something similar, should be fun

 

grabbed a few seconds to do some work on straken, this will be my first ever attempt at osl so am probably going to be asking questions at every stage, what i am after here is advice on the size/area of glow, want input here as i dont want to go through in a blur and think he is finished only to have some one point out any flaws like why is/isnt there light in a specific spot when obviously there should/shouldnt be
any way, heres as far as i got, should i extend the glow further towards the front of his left shin? should there be any glow on the right foot/shin?
more than one pic for angles
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/osls4wip_zpsc6adea51.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/osls1wip_zpsa2568de2.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/osls2wip_zpsf9342cf4.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/osls3wip_zps87bc1131.jpg

any help greatly appreciated

[RADU LYKAN]

a few minutes free meant some more work on strakens plasma pistol and its lighting effects
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/osl1_zpse7acf049.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/osl2_zpsd8b3a5c0.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/osl3_zpsbcb2ed88.jpg
how does it look so far? should i lighten the glow on the leg? should i take the purple on the gun all the way up to white? have i highlighted it in the right/wrong places?
any help is much appreciated

[RADU LYKAN]

had problems with strakens base tonight and am very coss with myself,nearly had it finished and have had to rebase coat it and will have to start from scratch next time :( luckily i did get some work done on fixing marbo/snake plisken after his fall a while back. all of a sudden he was done bar his base :)

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/m1_zpseaf43fa4.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/m2_zps595b66ea.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/m3_zps4a287f66.jpg

[Kierdale]

Plissken looks fantastic, particularly his scope.

[RADU LYKAN]

cheers, am still annoyed that he broke mid paint but at least he is done now and so is straken!

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2119_zpsc4fc2403.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2120_zps4f47b357.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2121_zpsd66e0da2.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2122_zpsa3d6caac.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2124_zpsf3840030.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2125_zps17e4965b.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2130_zpsec03b25b.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2127_zps9f52f59d.jpg

the theme of the badass competition on dakka was over the topness and i ran with it perhaps a bit too far on the nid blood idea

[Olis]

A veritable million dollar man (we can rebuild him!). Also, he reminds me of this:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-nNchLkej0

 

 

;)

[RADU LYKAN]

Olisredan, a few people have suggested he needs a theme tune, things like the terminator theme or black sabbaths ironman, this slots in nicely to that list :) 

 

started work on my ammobunker single mini competition entry, was originally going to be a regular guy with a flamer but the head i wanted didnt arrive in time so i started on a lieutenant instead. as with all comps i enter i am not aiming to win but to get models painted, it worked last time so hopefully by mid december i will get this bloke finished.

 

had a bit of a problem when i started to make his fist, i wanted him to have a pointing fist, the only termie sized one i can remember is one of the space hulk models (sacrilege?)which i had ordered off ebay a while back. the problem being i didnt want to waste a whole space hulk terminator so i just cut off the actual fist part, no elbow joint or anything, no problem though as i had already gathered a load of black reach powerfists that i could take the joint off right? er nooooo, the black reach terminators have their shoulder pads already modelled on covering just too much of the elbow joint to make it usable, cue swearing and a trip out to the shed, hunting for mini parts in the dark with only the light of a crappy phone screen to aid you is not fun :( eventually found some real terminator sprues and was back in businesss

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/absmpowerfist1_zps365d9976.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/absmbody1_zps63af9a39.jpg

then it was time to glue him together, noticed while he was balanced for drying that he looked like he had had a few too many beers down at the early officers mess christmas party
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/absmdancingman_zps46c5766d.jpg

he obviously had some kind of accident as he ended up needing this
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/possiblebe2_zps6dd8298a.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/bioniceyesculpt_zpsee090a29.jpg

[Monstra Sumus]

The first thing that popped into my head when seeing Straken finished was 'Murphy?...It's you.'

 

That powerfist looks huge! 

[RADU LYKAN]

brother tyrax- lol robocop wasnt isnt far from my mind when i look at him either, might have to do another version for necromunda :)

 

grabbed a few minutes to get his arm greenstuffed, the pic makes the folds in his arm cloth look really harsh :(
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/ablgsarm_zpsdc563dce.jpg
and with a quick coat of spray
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/abclundercoated_zps57ede3fe.jpg

[RADU LYKAN]

started painting the lieutenant and the wounded squad last night, also put some paint on the tech priest and his servitors
overview of paint tray
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/wgpip1_zps148025cc.jpg

tech priest so far
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/admechpriestpip1_zps3ce21b87.jpg
am going for cream robes with some red freehand details

comp entry
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/absmpip1_zps1fc5ace8.jpg
couldnt do more pics as camera was dying
hopefully not too much still to do and should get the competition entry done on time and the wounded squad  completed before the end of the year

[RADU LYKAN]

had a dust mite infestation in my garage/hobby room and what with all the cleaning of a million boxes of bitz, a number of poisonings etc have only recently got back to working on the guard, this update would have been a batch of finished guardsmen but i have been having some trouble with my nuln oil wash :(
i usually water it down a little bit and give each of my guardsmen 2 coats. this time however both coats have dried grey in some areas, basically looking like i havent painted them at all. if i wet the area again then it looks fine, let it dry and we are back to grey. have been over some of the areas again with straight nuln oil, no watering down but still end up with patches of grey, see pics

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/washfck1_zps1f5c4875.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/washfck2_zps898b3dc2.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/washfck4_zps02e93a85.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/washfck5_zps90cf3f9b.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/washfck3_zps79df7938.jpg

help me out please

[Ch@oZ]

The grey effect may be due to incorrect mixing with water or solute/solvent interaction. I know some of my paints that i diluted with water have separated into two uneven phases. You can try diluting with 96% ethanol (rectified spirit), vodka, isopropyl alcohol or vallejo air thinner. It may also be good to put a dilute, clear matt coat on the areas before applying ink again- the solvent you are using now may be aggressive enough to dissolve the coat underneath, or it might have some grey pigment in in. If the grey pigment particle size is different than the ink pigment's, they may flow to different heights while drying. So although this last option is unlikely, You could try drying the ink upside down, as the simplest solution.

[RADU LYKAN]

have asked for help on various forums, searched google, opinions have been=
pigment imbalance,
too watered down,
not watered down enough,
not shaking the bottle enough,
paint in my water/on brush,
has it frozen/defrosted,
high humidity,
applying too much wash
or my own favourite, gw washes are crap :)

have ordered a new bottle, that cuts out some of the possibilities,
going to try a thinned down abbadon black to cover the grey patches for now and will try nuln oil again once i have the new pot.
i liked the effect on the 1st batch of guardsmen so hopefully a new pot will sort it out

[Spacefrisian]

Where is STrakens Shotgun if i may ask?

[RADU LYKAN]

Space frisian- its still wedged in the jaw of the last carnifex he downed :)

was going to strap one to his back but decided against it in the end

 

 

annoyed with the fact that a thinned down coat of black didnt cure my wash problem i jumped forwards a couple of months/years and cleaned up a kurgan winter guard sergeant ready for ammo bunkers omam
Hello Comrades :)
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2244_zps516cb23c.jpg
this model is from mad robot miniatures and i have to say the quality of this model (and the 29 other guys i bought) is simply fantastic, no bubbles in the resin at all, which already makes it better than forge world and games workshop, minimal mold lines adds to this as does the crispness of the cast, i have to say, if you have not tried mad robot stuff then you should, so should gw and then they can see what "the finest miniatures in the world" should come like, not full of bubbles or bent seven different ways with a twist on top (sorry still miffed that my fw avatars top knot is hollow, my masters of the chapter had bits missing etc etc)
ordered these a little bit before xmas (possibly xmas eve) and still got them before new years eve despite them coming overseas, for a small company they seem to be doing things right and i wish them all the best :)

[RADU LYKAN]

with a day to calm down and try again on the wash front i pulled out the guardsmen again, just figured i would paint the milky grey wash with straight abbadon black, seems to have worked, gonna call this batch done now, if i was to give them another wash they would probably look like i had resprayed them black, they are already much darker than the original batch but i dont care anymore, at one point in a rage, after the last wash, they nearly got binned, such is the life of a guardsman i suppose.
anyway heres some dodgy pics of some dodgy paint jobs :)
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2256_zps4ec9b7bd.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2271_zps957626b7.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2266_zps6f9d687d.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2263_zpsada5f2d4.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2267_zps2a4f9c5a.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2248_zps109e46e5.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2253_zps35550aa5.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2254_zpsf6bc4525.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2272_zps3fcded32.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2276_zps864fb1cb.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2268_zps6f6783d4.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/PICT2260_zps03befabc.jpg

now, onto the kurgan winter guard, do i go with classic brown shinels or maybe green? currently leaning towards brown due to having a lot of fun as a russian in call of duty?

[deathspectersgt7]

Some really nice conversions on your Guardsman.

[RADU LYKAN]

cheers deathspectersgt7 :)

 

i ordered a model air brown so i could paint my kurgans in record time, stupidly i figured brown would just be brown and only ordered 1 shade, had to make another order and that didnt arrive today so i just fiddled about with the kurgan serg until he was ready for paint when it comes
changed his pistol to a more recognisable las pistol
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/laspistol_zps4c942a95.jpg

added an old warzone back pack
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/kwgprepaint1_zpsc3330233.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/kwgprepaint2_zpsc8118fc3.jpg

in order to get something done for ammobunkers one mini a month challenge i started on another guard regiment :) 
this regiment will also be able to double up as a necromunda gang if i can find any players nearby
this is either a sergeant or a gang leader, due to necromundisation he has magnetic wrists, only made a few options so far, hopefully more will appear if i get a game and he gets something different

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/bgsorgangleader_zps9281d8fc.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/bglpp_zpscf4a0dfe.jpg
http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/RADU_LYKAN/imperial%20guard/bglbp_zps2a7f4618.jpg

have since tidied up the gs on the boots, also started work on his ride incase i get a go at an ash wastes scenario or rough riders are still in the new dex, no pics yet but hopefully some next time