++ AUGUSTUS b'RAASS ++ pre-heresy BRASS SCORPION p.247

[The Traitor]

Really impressive sight, it has always puzzled me why the spartan has more than the double of the transport capacity of the LR when it’s just slightly bigger... How the hell do you fit 11-15 (depending on the model) space marines more there???

[Augustus b'Raass]

@ Burias-Drak'shal: thanks buddy!

 

@ hushrong: Cheers, buddy! I admit it was a labour of love, but also one of high efficiency - I wish I had devised this method when I started my Night Lords, as now I am very much in love with the scheme again! (I'll PM you for the DG stuff)

 

@ KrautScientist: Cheers, buddy! Coming from you, that's extra nice, as I know you're not into METAL BAWKSES! ;)

 

@ guardian31: I know, buddy! - although some helmets would indeed look good. You're kidding did inspire me, so thanks!
 

@ BubblesMcGub: Thanks! And yes, it has indeed! :D

 

@ Ranker: AR? They're on your way! :) I'm starting the Death Guard army from March 6th - when I come back from Malawi and South Africa :tu:

 

@ The Traitor: How more marines fit in the Spartan? Easy:

[gaurdian31]

Glad I could inspire! Can't wait to see your Death Guard!

[Eldrick Shadowblade]

I really liked the thunderhawk with the rocket launchers, and the last spartan really stood out to me as top notch work.

[Razblood]

Well I've spent the past week gradually making my way through this monster thread and have to say.....WOW!

 

The quality of work you've put out is incredible, especially at the speed you work.

 

Was also saddened to see you'd sold those gorgeous armies, but that actually made me realise that I need to do much the same with my existing chaos marine force (so now I've got the fun of sorting it out and finding a buyer/buyers :lol:) so thanks :)

 

Looking forward to seeing your DG develop as I have an army of them in the pipeline myself.

 

So shine on man, shine on.

[Augustus b'Raass]

 

 

But before I go and start my Death Guard, I decided to get back into painting infantry sized miniatures by finally finishing those ten last bloodletters I started back in the end of July....

 

 

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@ guardian31: On their way, buddy!

 

@ Eldrick Shadowblade: That thuderhawk with rocket launchers is a Storm Eagle - it's an official FW model ;) But I like that you liked it!

 

@ Razblood: Wait, you haven't seen this thread before? But... but... we've been ETL buddies for years, no? I can tell you that selling your armies can be quite cathartic, but I'll try to shine on! :D

[Brother Heinrich]

40k or 30k Death Guard?

[DuskRaider]

Gibs me dat Nurgle love, bruddah!

[Hungry Nostraman Lizard]

Dis gon be good. 

[Augustus b'Raass]

@Brother Heinrich: Yes. What's the difference? 

 

@DuskRaider: Working on it, baby!

 

@ Hungry Nostraman Lion: Aw yissss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@ Brother Heinrich: 40k Death Guard, but with a slightly more 30k feel to it - meaning I'll be integrating the old resin FW DG upgrades and the new plastic GW DG with the resin and plastic MkIII marines and weapons from 30K.

[Pearson73]

The Bloodletter's blades look fantastic.

[Chazzmos]

Just found this thread and I'm so glad I did, it's awesome to be able to read and look through such great content.  Thanks a bunch for all of your links on the OP as well!  So helpful to be able to easily find good tips.

 

I really love how quickly you seem to be able to paint stuff to a really high tabletop standard, something I'd love to get better at.  After reading through your tips, I've got a couple of questions if you have time:

• In your airbrush section you mention: "Shading miniatures is super-fast".  I assume like most people you lay the shade colour down first with the base colour over the top of the shade?  In your Imperial Fists tutorial, you actually shade after the base coat though, how do you do that?
• You also mention: "For me, painting faces is impossible without an airbrush.".  Do you only do faces with an airbrush when they are separate from the model?
• In your Night Lords tutorial you say: "Spray endge highlight with VMA Light Sea Blue".  Is that right? You spray on an edge highlight with your airbrush? How do you achieve that? Is it just exceptional control?  I can't even imagine being able to spray an edge highlight on!

Thanks for you time

Edited March 13, 2018 by Chazzmos

[Brother Heinrich]

 

@ Brother Heinrich: 40k Death Guard, but with a slightly more 30k feel to it - meaning I'll be integrating the old resin FW DG upgrades and the new plastic GW DG with the resin and plastic MkIII marines and weapons from 30K.

Very well, I'll be watching... but only because it's you ;)

[Vairocanum]

The Bloodletters are looking great! Nice to hear we'll get to see some more death guard soon!

[Kizzdougs]

Fantastic work on the Bloodletters! I'm not sure that the blue look for the blades fits with the Khorne aesthetic, but it is really nicely done nonetheless. I wish I had that kind of airbrush skill :tu:

[Augustus b'Raass]

Bloodletters done! And these are also the first miniatures I painted for myself in over 7 months!
 

 

I now have 40 of those buggers painted up

 

Thanks for looking! I have a building session planned for tobight, with my local hobby buddy Ruben. Excited to finally, finally start the Death Guard!

 

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@ Pearson73: Cheers, buddy! They were awesome to paint, for sure!

 

@ Chazzmos: Hey, that's a great comment and thatnk for looking at the thread! I'm happy to hear you found it inspiring. You're actually the first person to comment on the links in the OP - so I'm glad that effort wasn't wasted lol let me answer your questions:

- Yes, sometimes I shade after the basecoat - it means just spraying the paint upwards into the nooks and crannies of the miniature, like the armpits or in their crotch. (Now that I think about it, I literally sprayed brown pain in miniatures crotches...). Another example of 'after-base-shading' is when I spray Rhinox Hide along the edges on the red basecoat of my Khornate armour.

-Yes, I always keep heads seperate, even when they're helmeted. Heads usually have quite intricate detail, like eye(slit)s, and they deserve all the room and attention theycan get. It's far easier to paint in sub-assemblies. I almost never completely build my miniatures before I start painting. It also makes it easier to prime the bare heads white, while the rest of the miniature is primed black.

- I admit that was worded a little misleadingly. What I meant there is for vehicle and straight edges only - when you spray one edge on a sharp angle, none of the pain gets on the other edge - meaning you get a sharp lined divide between dark and light colours - which could be defined as an edge highlight. But 'edge highlighting' is a technique where there's paint on only the edge, not on one side of the edge. I actually don't use edge highlighting too much on my Night Lords or Imperial Fists - just on the black edges. Only when I started my World Eaters - my third army - did I really start using edge highlighting in the traditional sense of the word...

 

@ Brother Heinrich: Aww! Thanks, buddy!

 

@ Vairocanum: Woop woop! Keep yourself posted!

 

@ Kizzdougs: Eh, blue has been the spot colour for my World Eaters for over 18 years, so I can't really change it now...

Edited March 14, 2018 by Augustus b'Raass

[DuskRaider]

Bloodletters are looking good, bud. I agree with kizz, commendable airbrushing skills indeed! Much better than I could ever do, the most experience I had was with that garbage GW flamer-looking airbrush and it died after two attempts. Airbrushes are too much maintenance for me, but some of you have really mastered the craft. 

[Augustus b'Raass]

@ DuskRaider: That GW 'airbrush' wasn't an airbrush. I think people have had better results just putting paint in their mouths and going 'PFFFFFFRRRFFFFRFRFFFFFFSSSSfffssstt' over their miniatures than by using that thing. 

Airbrush maintenance isn't more work than normal brush maintenance - and it saves a ton of time. Those ten bloodletter swords took me twenty minutes to do - including the masking tape. 

Edited March 14, 2018 by Augustus b'Raass

[DuskRaider]

I know, it was plastic trash shaped like a Flamer 

 

I'm not great with brush maintenance either, if I'll be honest... I mostly use cheap brushes from Walmart and just toss them when they've taken too much abuse. I'm a monster...

[Augustus b'Raass]

I know, it was plastic trash shaped like a Flamer 

 

I'm not great with brush maintenance either, if I'll be honest... I mostly use cheap brushes from Walmart and just toss them when they've taken too much abuse. I'm a monster...

Get out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

;)

[rednekkboss]

"@ DuskRaider: That GW 'airbrush' wasn't an airbrush. I think people have had better results just putting paint in their mouths and going 'PFFFFFFRRRFFFFRFRFFFFFFSSSSfffssstt' over their miniatures than by using that thing."

 

I find stuffing a leaf of fresh basil between my teeth and gums helps get the taste of paint out of my mouth.

 

The Night Lords are stunning and those Khorney guys are top notch!  I'll second the thing on airbrush maintenance. While I don't use mine on Warhammer, I've had the same airbrush for 20 years (iwata eclipse) and its all about taking care of it, though standard brushes usually won't last THAT long. :) But, if you have a good set up, running paint through it really doesn't take long at all. Respirators are always a good idea( or you get wierd colored boogers).... especially if you can do a decent Bane or Darth Vader impression while you paint.

[hushrong]

Bloodletters look great and looking forward to your Death Guard.

[gaurdian31]

Lovely bloodletters!

[Chazzmos]

@ Chazzmos: Hey, that's a great comment and thatnk for looking at the thread! I'm happy to hear you found it inspiring. You're actually the first person to comment on the links in the OP - so I'm glad that effort wasn't wasted lol let me answer your questions:

 

- Yes, sometimes I shade after the basecoat - it means just spraying the paint upwards into the nooks and crannies of the miniature, like the armpits or in their crotch. (Now that I think about it, I literally sprayed brown pain in miniatures crotches...). Another example of 'after-base-shading' is when I spray Rhinox Hide along the edges on the red basecoat of my Khornate armour.

-Yes, I always keep heads seperate, even when they're helmeted. Heads usually have quite intricate detail, like eye(slit)s, and they deserve all the room and attention theycan get. It's far easier to paint in sub-assemblies. I almost never completely build my miniatures before I start painting. It also makes it easier to prime the bare heads white, while the rest of the miniature is primed black.

- I admit that was worded a little misleadingly. What I meant there is for vehicle and straight edges only - when you spray one edge on a sharp angle, none of the pain gets on the other edge - meaning you get a sharp lined divide between dark and light colours - which could be defined as an edge highlight. But 'edge highlighting' is a technique where there's paint on only the edge, not on one side of the edge. I actually don't use edge highlighting too much on my Night Lords or Imperial Fists - just on the black edges. Only when I started my World Eaters - my third army - did I really start using edge highlighting in the traditional sense of the word...

 

 

This makes so much sense!  I was thinking you may have some strange techniques that were passed to you in a dream that no one else uses, but it's 'just' clever airbrushing.  I love the idea of a post-base zenithal shade for some models.

 

One clarifying question and two further question for you:

• Is the Rhinox Hide along the edge of your Khorne armour just a base shade for the gold?
• You described your 'straight edge dividing highlight'.  Can you give me an example of when you would paint a vehicle straight edge with a different tone on each whole panel?   I tend to paint each panel more individually with an overall shade covering the bottom 1/3 of the vehicle.  As I type this, I'm going to guess it could be underneath wings of flyers?
• In your airbrush cleaning bucket, how much of it do you submerge? Just the paint pot?

And again, thank you for the links on the first page! Really helpful :D

[Augustus b'Raass]

Alright! One night of building and I have my very first five Death Guard build and primed in sub-assemblies! There's even two conversions in there. I changed the standard champion by replacing his power fist arm with a bolter arm from one of the bolter guys, and giving that other guy a plasmagun instead. Pretty simple, really, but I have to start anew. It's been eight months since my last power armoured dude!
 

 

Woooooo! I also did twenty poxwalkers - ten standard and then ten more, all converted by changing their arms, heads, and sometimes adding some chaos marauders bits. 

 

 

Hope you like!!

Cheers!

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@ rednekkboss: that might help indeed! I like blue boogers, so I never use a respirator, though... (always fun to read your ramblings )

 

@ hushrong: #MeToo!

 

@ guardian31: thanks, buddy!

 

@ chazzmoss: Answers:

-No, the GW Rhinox Hide is actually the perfect shade colour for FW Word Bearers Red, which is what It's for in this particualr recipe.
- Here's an example. See the differences in the hue of the bare resin of the lower armour panel on the right (your left) chest armour panel of this Leviathan?

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Yeah? That's what I try to copy with paint, and is what I mean by edge highlighting (or in this case, edge shading, as I shaded the miniature with a brown/yellow mixture after I based it in GW Averland):

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I use this technique everywhere on armoured vehicles. Check out the side of this Storm Talon:

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, or the armoured panels of Cilice Macelarius

- Just the paint pot, yes. I rinse it underwater with an old brush, and then open the valve so that I spray a little water through underwater.

Edited March 15, 2018 by Augustus b'Raass