JJD Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Thanks for the kind words Stobz the encouragement is appreciated especially from someone with an army as impressive as yours. Interrogator Stobz 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenz Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Wow, what a terrific army JJD! Beautiful, crisp paint, I especially love your greens I think a lot of us know the pain of real life getting in the way. I took a hiatus from 40k myself for a number of years, and only got back into it a couple years ago. Probably why I'm just seeing this thread. You're a great inspiration though, keep it up!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galthan Ironsturm Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Beautiful army JJD! Welcome home Brother ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJD Posted March 27, 2016 Author Share Posted March 27, 2016 (edited) So I've finally made some progress. It was harder than I thought to get everything to line up. Still needs a bit of green stuff to fill the gaps and maybe a grenande or 2 to hide some of the hacking at the middle. 3 black knights are also ready for priming. Just need to buy the rest of the squad. I realized after posting that I hadn't added his back pack. Guess what. It didn't fit. So after a bit more scraping he's ready for green stuff. I am now realizing what a pain he is going to be to paint when I try to get att he detail on the librarian himself. Edited March 27, 2016 by JJD Interrogator Stobz, Biohazard and elmo 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bother Cypher Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Looking good! I just finished up my Librarian on Bike conversion. http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd242/Turbosnake95/Libby%201_1.jpg http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd242/Turbosnake95/Libby%202.jpg http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd242/Turbosnake95/Libby%203.jpg egon1six, elmo, Galthan Ironsturm and 8 others 11 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJD Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 (edited) So I put paint to plastic for the first time in 2 years. With baby number 2 iminanant I might not get chance again for a while. It didn't go well at the start but by the end I was getting the feel of it again towards the end. I tried a different way of painting the black using a glaze technique taken from tale of painters. I prefer it on the table top not sure how it looks in close up photos. I went lower contrast on the white too. It was a tricky conversion to paint. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Edited April 21, 2016 by JJD egon1six, Lostrael, Brother Captain Arkley and 9 others 12 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleqvin Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Nice work!I love that people are converting their Dark Vengeance DA Libby onto bikes.I am still working on a conversion for my cruising Libby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chmur Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 These are some excellent Angels there JJD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galthan Ironsturm Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Nice conversion, beautifull paint ...what else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interrogator Stobz Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Coolio! I really like the two different options for mounting the DV libby. Now, which one inspires me the most...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJD Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Thanks for the kind words guys. The conversion itself is fairly simple. I was particularly pleased I managed to keep his belt with his librarian emblem. The issue I had was that I usually paint models with this much detail in parts to make it easy to get at with the brush but in this case he had to be painted as one piece with both arms out making it a pain to get at the detail on his torso. I'm still a relatively new painter with this blog amounting to everything I've painted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaplain Raeven Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Nicely done. Both the conversions and the painting. I like the shaded face in the hood. Edited April 23, 2016 by GreyRavenC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJD Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 Some very minor progress. Team JJD received another new recruit at 1513hrs GMT yesterday. As result I will likely be back to hobbling vicariously over the Internet for a few months Hopefully it won't be a two year break like the last one. I will probably pledge these 3 for ETL to motivate myself to keep in the hobby. So everyone else needs to keep hobbling some I have something to look at. Spaced Hulk, Brother Captain Arkley and elmo 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isiah Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 The Libby conversion on bike is awesome :tu:. The purply-blue armour is unusual but I really like it. Cheers I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Race Bannon Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Many grats on the new recruit ^_^ Oh, and the models look amazing :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenz Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Congrats on your little one! Heh, if September babies are from ringing in the New year, are May babies from celebrating a successful ETL season? Brother Captain Arkley 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Arkley Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Really nice stuff JJD look forward to your ETL stuff. Congratulations on the baby :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJD Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 Some ETL progress. My wife took the girls out and I made some progress. I went back to my old deeper shaded white and a toned down black highlight I'm very happy with the result. Might even get my tiny vow finished. Interrogator Stobz, Lostrael, Brother Captain Arkley and 3 others 6 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Captain Arkley Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Looking good JJD Bikes are a pain in the dick. Epher and Raztalin 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJD Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 Thanks Brother Arkley. I'm finally happy with painting black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epher Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 I can't believe that I missed your biker librarians! Both of them look great! Good choice of colors for the highlights and the base on the first one looks great! Your Black Knight bikes are coming along nicely. I hope mine turn out as good as yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJD Posted August 14, 2016 Author Share Posted August 14, 2016 My tiny ETL vow. Still not happy with the white. Oh well. Thought I would have time to do more but had to rush on the last day just to paint these. elmo, Major_Gilbear, Space Truckin and 6 others 9 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcifer Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 I love the pauldron markings. Did you use a wash to bring out the details on the raven wing cartouche? Blending and paint looks very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major_Gilbear Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Looks very good! :) With respect to the white, I sometimes find adding a *tiny* amount of a turquoise or light blue washed carefully into the recesses helps to give the feathers a brighter and more crisp look. Just keep the blue subtle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epher Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Your bikes turned out great! They have a dark and seasoned feel to them, like proper veterans of the field of battle! Well done and congrats on completing your vow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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