A beer and a bolter (DC12's ETL 3 project)

[depthcharge12]

I'll leave this here:

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/c7411f20c0c0adee40a6e70528794b00_zps2916c00d.jpg

 

 

 

Oh and much beer and fizzy drinks were conquered in the name of the Lion

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/f9267ed08ac491de6a6235f58a821617_zps69f16315.jpg

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/887e6e985d64ed4f4dfbc8e16ecbdd4b_zps642bbaff.jpg

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/c8bb8053c54a2f364603873d721e006e_zps500a36ea.jpg

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/54548399468c5c73a2a1a96bdaf32b43_zps4949bff7.jpg

 

 

Cancun made me realize I need a space marine liver :P

[helterskelter]

Oooo shiney contemptor! If you can get your hands on it, Wells' banana bread beer, it's beautiful.

[depthcharge12]

Here's my praetor too:

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/2c7025d903f1534e84571205e8eb505c_zps9ab3211f.jpg

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/fe9ea9a1b4cc126b12d8493c31f042d7_zps087a79d5.jpg

 

He needs some GS details and paint

 

Thanks for the suggestion helterskelter!

[deathspectersgt7]

Good looking Dread.And Praetor he looks thirsty!!

[Pyromancer]

Both of them look awesome!

 

 

Is that a seventeen magazine that I see? ;)

[Squeaky]

Did you have a lime wedge in your Corona? ;P but more importantly cool contemptor and a great DA praetor

[jah-joshua]

Contemptor looks suitably DA stylee, and Indio is the best beer in Mexico...

oddly enough, i never see the Dos XX dark here, but that one is a close second...

 

keep up the good work...

 

cheers

jah

[Bryan Blaire]

If you want some Mexican beer, grab yourself some Day of the Dead or something from Cerveseria Minerva. And get a michelada, not a bottle of Corona. :p If you are looking for mainstream, Negra Modela or Modela Especial are both better beers by Corona's brewer.

 

Contemptor and Praetor look very cool and I don't think that freehand is 'meh' at all, it looks pretty good! Nice to see some Heresy DA!

[Disruptor_fe404]

I can vouch for Negra Modelo (assuming Negra Modela and Negra Modelo are the same? Grupo Modelo are the Corona guys) being a solid beer.

 

I generally drink Belgian beers at home though, I'm a Hoegaarden man.

 

I never considered using backpack banners on Contemptors before, but I am now...

 

EDIT: Spellig and gammar.

[depthcharge12]

Here's the start of my spartan, I plan to also paint the exhaust fumes (in addition to the laser flares and cupola) that Balthasar gold. I also plan to paint the side doors all checkered and add some bits here and there.

 

Progress started:

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/781d9af88dc24c2d19fd584317f323ba_zps749b822c.jpg

[depthcharge12]

Here's some more work:

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/f147265c69e4b4e5a709d511da514782_zps6a97ba81.jpg

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/8820f9a76b7d1e603bd3e52ac0137651_zps6d066be9.jpg

 

I will add some hanging parchment and burning censer to the side after I'm done painting to bless the charging occupants

[Bryan Blaire]

Yeah, it's the same one. That should be an O, not an A. LOL

 

BEER! It's what's for dinner!

 

Spartan is looking boss, depthcharge!

[Armond]

Nice work man!  Keep that stuff coming!

[helterskelter]

Nice checks on the side door! It's coming along but you're slacking on the beer front

[depthcharge12]

Working on my quads yo

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/4c23064944ca3832b6239bc1feb8e6cf_zps893d4cb7.jpg

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/871de14f683ec9cc3be8654a5a73bed4_zpsf596fb29.jpg

 

Is that blue too bright? Thinking about doing a wash

[deathspectersgt7]

The dreaded photobucket Can not see a thing

[depthcharge12]

Grr I have to wait 2 more days for free usage to reset for photobucket

 

#firstworldgamerproblems

[depthcharge12]

Spartan is done and I'm super glad and happy!!!

 

I was surprised I finished it without rage quitting and was happy with the results. When I did something I didn't like I went over and and tried something new. I feel that I also picked up new painting techniques that I haven't tried before and was scared initially to do so. I did some wet blending, checkers, and even weathering!

 

I can't wait to show my results, it might not look as good as others, but I was happy with the outcome and the journey to get there

 

 

Pics posted tomorrow after bandwidth resets....

 

Oh and more beer and rum was consumed in healthy fashion and to aid my painting skills :P

[Armond]

That thing is a beauty!  Sent you a PM!

[depthcharge12]

Here's the finished product! Enjoy and critics to your hearts desire, I like to learn how to improve!

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/841ec21fbc9dc2c7d68ab580be65255f_zps62a79e43.jpg

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/811bb25beb722604d8808d3d36da4152_zps40c45b6f.jpg

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/af65b8b1e9b0f418d98c66364c94fd48_zpsc1e56bb4.jpg

 

What do you guys think? I had a hard time thinking of how to do chipping and I settled on a modern brick red tank undercoat primer with silver chipping

[depthcharge12]

Oh and the mandatory beer! :D

 

http://i911.photobucket.com/albums/ac316/treacyjohn2/6072453da29923c84f36d198255bc8b1_zpsfe732f09.jpg

 

This is surprisingly good for American beer

[Armond]

It just makes me want a Spartan even more...

[The_Chaplain]

Honestly, if you are going to go through the trouble of doing a brick red undercoat and do some heavy chipping-- I think you need to weather and dirty up the treads.  Clean treads and a dirty tank is really jarring to look at. 

 

Really spiffy looking tank though, congratulations are in order! 

[deathspectersgt7]

Nice ride!!!

[depthcharge12]

@chaplain

 

Someone else mentioned this too about the tracks on another site and I completely agree. What colors should I use to weather the silver tracks?

 

@dss7

 

Thanks dude :D I'm glad you follow through with my thread! More to come of course!!!