Kierdale Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Excellent work there, Coffee. Some very, very good pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Thanks guys. Still much to do on them to make them look more natural. Sitting with plasticard and building has been a fun and creative way to use up the ol' bitz box and get creative. I've a couple more builds, a missile array probably best suited for a rooftop AA installation, and a WIP Aegis Defence Line-y thing, still building it up. http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150104_22_40_20_Pro.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150104_22_40_28_Pro.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150104_22_38_22_Pro.jpg And here's that Chimera turret. The Autocannon body itself is a bit rough, seems to have been slightly miscast. I have a spare that might work better, though. You may noticed that I've drilled the barrels on this one though. Yup, I officially have a drill, time to fix up all those barrels I've been chastised for all this time! :P http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150104_22_38_39_Pro.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatmandoo Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 The missile emplacement and Aegis beginnings look great. I like the turret and how Tau'd it has been too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Damn, out of likes already! Great work Coffee, the turret looks a lot better now too, more balanced :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 The missile gives it a more predatory look I quite like. If only HKMs weren't fairly rubbish. Anyway, I've been enjoying building terrain lately, but I thought, "all this stuff's fairly small scale, if only I had something more scenic and substantial to use!" Then I remembered the old second-hand Chimera I bought off someone for £5. Due to it being shoddily built, a different colour scheme and the older model of Chimera, I'd got a second-hand replacement and it had been relegated to a storage box. Turned out the guy I bought it off had used cheap superglue to put it together, bless him. I managed to disassemble it by hand with a little force, and well, the results are below: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150107_00_27_24_Pro.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150107_00_27_38_Pro.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150107_00_27_52_Pro.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150107_00_28_34_Pro.jpg Much painting to be done after I strip off the old paintjob. The idea is that a projectile punched through the armour and exploded inside the passenger compartment, killing the Chimmy stone dead, along with the unlucky buggers inside it! I'm going to have a suitably gory spray of liquidised Guarsdman emanating from the hole in the chassis, but it'll be scorched and very old, having been a casualty of a fight a while ago. This terrain stuff is pretty fun actually! Took all day, especially bits like the individual track links so it all sagged and fell fairly naturally, and trying to get the right "feel" for the destruction. The dead Commander up top was a fiddly but rewarding job, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 With Big Guns rolling up do you have some for such fancy terrain? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ldorte Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Love the destroyed chimera, always wanted to do something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idlem Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Man, I'm going to have to steal like all of these ideas next time I get terrain happy. Good work and thanks for the inspiration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Had some surgery on my eyes yesterday, which is still in the steady process of healing up. I probably won't get much done during the weekend as a result, but in the meantime, here's my current 4th Tarosian Kill Team in action against the foul Orks! http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150113_19_51_58_Pro.jpg It's quite fun playing at such a small scale on such a cluttered table. Beats playing on Planet Bowling Ball at least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Commisar Gaunt style internal bionics, or a Commisar Yarrick style Bale Eye? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 A nice cluttered board can be fun, reminds me of Cities of Death (now that's fun, Guard are better at it than people think)! Also got to be bale eye if you're fighting greenskins :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Sadly neither, though I would relish the chance to be a bionic badass. I had a squint in my eye, and the NHS made it go away. But the recovery period has made everything blurry and difficult to see, so no painting or building 'til I'm better! Besides, next up is the long-awaited Ryza Executioner for Big Gunz. May be fine to start on that atm, given the lack of small detailing required until I get to the highlighting and weathering stage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolemai Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 All the best :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Yes, a big tank is the perfect thing to paint right now ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 God bless B&C's darker aesthetic. I never realised how many sites use such an over-abundance of bright whiteness in their colour scheme. It's really playing havoc with my sensitive eyes right now. Tabbing to Photobucket to post the below pictures and suffering an explosion of white each time really hurt... Anyway, here's the Ryza Executioner before and after today's painting work. I'll post more fluff details and such in the Big Uns main thread: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150116_13_13_07_Pro.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150116_18_28_40_Pro.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150116_18_28_48_Pro.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150116_18_28_57_Pro.jpg Basic base coats before washing, highlighting and weathering. In hindsight it needs a lot of tidy up after my eyes toughen up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatmandoo Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Looks good already and even more so considering your eyesight. Hopefully you improve swiftly and then you can continue. I also like all the power packs dotted around. It's a nice touch. Can I ask the reasoning behind the storm bolter? Was it already on or is there another reason as to why the Stubber wasn't chosen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderPirate Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Hope your new bionics heal up soon mate. Nice start with the executioner. Where are the ammo/tool boxes from? I had to look at the FW page to figure out that some of the stowage and stuff isn't on the normal model! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vash Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 So much goodies in this topic all at once! Really like the missile turret. The exploded chimera is just morbid :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Great progress Coffee, you're well on schedule so give your peepers the rest they need as you have plenty of time :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Thanks guys! The eyes have been healing up nicely and a checkup confirmed the previous wonkiness is gone. Now, if only they weren't so bloodshot and tired-looking! :P Anyway, further progress on the Executioner was made today. I still need to tweak weathering, paint lenses and drill barrels, but she's coming along nicely. The only issue is the camo got severely swamped by the wash over the armour, so I'm debating how to deal with that one as it's a bit of a letdown. (I'd changed the colour of my secondary, lighter camo slightly, so it contrasted much more nicely, but the Sepia wash, even diluted with Lamian Medium, has taken over it.) A lesson not to be so wash-happy in the future. You may notice a tint of green on the weathering, this is a...repatriated Cadian Executioner, and thus the old scheme shows beneath tough damage. The Machine Spirit does not enjoy its new masters however, and rebels with many ruptured cooling pipes and severely-burned crew. http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150124_23_30_53_Pro.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150124_23_31_20_Pro.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150124_23_31_35_Pro.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150124_23_31_45_Pro.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatmandoo Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Looks great again and glad to hear that you are on the mend. As for the tank, how does it look when next to the others you own? Hopefully it blends in. Like the back story on the Cadian green too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Washes are good, you've got to remember not to get too carried away though :P It looks very nice, the extra bits help complete it along with the weathering :) Maybe you can return to patch up the camo pattern later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 I may do so, given that there's still two weeks remaining. In the meantime, I made the sorry, sorry mistake of joining some 40K Selling pages on Facebook, and the temptation took its toll! I ended up nabbing a Medusa and a Tauros, though the Tauros will be for my Chem Dogs. Here's the Medusa as I received it, then the results of tonight's casual personalisation as I watched Frozen Planet: http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150128_19_47_41_Pro.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150128_22_15_10_Pro.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150128_22_15_34_Pro.jpg http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150128_22_15_44_Pro.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Very cool Coffee, I like all the extra bits! I look forward to seeing it painted up :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeGrunt Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Not as much as I want to paint this baby up! http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s36/coffeegrunt/WP_20150203_23_12_35_Pro.jpg Confound the fact that it's probably best to wait for the ETL, I can't help but think how much of a weighty project this will be, but also how rewarding it will be at the end! I'm torn as we're going to be running a 5 vs 5 10K Apocalypse game on my birthday, and I think I could get this painted to a decent standard in the meantime. However, it's probably best to play the long game and save it for the ETL. Up next I'll probably be painting my neglected Hellhound and Devildog once I finish up a few half-finished painting projects. Genuinely considering getting a nice display cabinet to motivate me to paint things up now, as a couple of friends have got them and it makes a nice display piece you can show off with pride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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