Bmseifer Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 Update. Started on the plates for my Crusader. Picture is not showing the colours right. http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/Mobile%20Uploads/20150819_141825_zpsycnqocyr.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmseifer Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 More progress on the Crusader. Decals and most base colours are done. Coated in varnish and now it's time to bring the pain with weathering pigments and oils http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/Mobile%20Uploads/20150821_172203_zpsv6rzwvk1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmseifer Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 Started applying washes to the knight. I'm not sure how much weathering I want to use on him. I tried some streaks of rust on some rivets on his top carapace. Big question is: Should I apply chipping to his armour plates or leave them as they are, only using washes to makes them look battle worn? http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20150824_133515_resized_zps1vxwlaml.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmseifer Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 Sooo.. my better half is away for the weekend and I have nothing planned except for some extra work on saturday so it's going to be a weekend devoted to plastic and resin miniatures! I will try to get as much painted as possible and maybe get a game in or two. I just ordered some conversion bits from MaxMini and I want to place an order with FW now they have the free shipping offer. I'm probably looking to get one of the superheavies, either the Fellblade or the Typhoon. I like both models but the typhoon seem better from a gaming point of view? Another thing I considered was adding some mkIII to my Iron Hand force but it might look odd if there is a mix of older and newer marks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmseifer Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 Got some painting done this weekend and so I started on my cent squad: http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20150831_143108_resized_zpspbx2jnqr.jpg Still some work left on these, the librarian isn't quite finished with detailing and the cents need to have some weathering done, hurricanes drilled and gravcannons still need some finishing touches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmseifer Posted September 6, 2015 Author Share Posted September 6, 2015 Ok, did some more painting. I've decided to change a couple of things: First I redid the martian bases, even though they gave a nice contrast to the black it didn't really fit our gaming boards so I painted them in more neutral colours. I also decided to change the bolter casing from white to black to somewhat enhance the realism of the force. I also some more weathering. Here's a close-up on the general scheme: http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20150906_162651_resized_zpsow7fwgqp.jpg And most of the models that's finished/almost finished: http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20150906_162529_resized_zpsiw7cvwun.jpg I'm going away on vacation tomorrow so there won't be any updated for a week or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bmseifer Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share Posted October 25, 2015 So it's been quiet here for a while but now I have more time for the hobby again. I started to paint some bikers. I'm trying out some alternative bits for grav guns, what do you guys think? In the background are also two dreads I repainted http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20151025_141939_resized_zpsceyeqhd5.jpg This will be a 5 man command squad with apothecary and 2-3 grav guns. Next on the table unless I get sidetracked will hopefully be to assemble and paint a meltagun and combimelta marine and a drop pod to have two complete MSU melta pods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnHeretic Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 I really like these. The 'utilitarian' scheme really fits for the Iron Hands and further accentuate's the green OSL. The weathering and paint chipping looks really good too. Look forward to seeing some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmseifer Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 Continued on my command squad on bikes and started on a scout squad in between drying times: http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20151027_134233_resized_zpsvht8mjje.jpg Same minimalistic and realistic colour scheme as the rest of the army. I'm still debating on their cloaks. Should I keep them grey or should I add some urban camo patterns? And ofc, which base size for the scouts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMan Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Looking good man! Really like your Tacs.Urban camo always goes down smooth. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmseifer Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Long time since an update. I have a mild OCD of not finishing a project before moving on to the next one so the last couple of months I've been painting a fishy xenos army. Anyways, I have now open my black paint bottle again and continued on my IH force. Yesterday my airbrush got some work done on a Storm Raven and a couple of Land Speeders and I started work on another librarian, this time in terminator armor http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20160106_220234_resized_zpsu5ny1unb.jpg I was so eager to start painting him so I didn't bother with finding his left hand Now hoping to find something suitable in my bit boxes http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20160107_122246_resized_zpsjrqkcosx.jpg I'm really not satisfied with the picture quality of my Samsung S5 so I'll try to get a lighting box set up and use my professional camera instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmseifer Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Got some more work done on the librarian. Added some shadow tinting and battle damage. Still getting awful images with my camera. Hopefully I will have time tomorrow to make a lightbox and try to get some better photos http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/d3bbb4d1-6efc-40f1-9d4a-d733f06e0d7d_zpswdswsddg.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmseifer Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Alright! So I built a lightbox for miniature photograpy and the setup is as seen below: http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20160110_194329_resized_1%201_zps7ftdzpmz.jpg I use two fluorescent lights at 20W each(comparable to 80W old style lightbulb). Unfortunately I could only get my hands on 2700K lights which are a warmwhite tone. The backdrop I use is an off-white color (I will try got get a black or greyish backdrop when I find a suitable one). I spent an hour or so trying to get a good picture of my librarian but they all turned out not good. I took most using the aperture priority setting and tried different f-values, ISO's and light compensation. They all came out somewhat blurry. I'm hoping someone here on the forum is more skilled than me at photography that can help me figure this out. Below is probably the picture that was the best of the bunch but still not satisfying http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/IMG_1117_zpsosqwt8tn.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmseifer Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 Time for an update! I'm currently using my very limited spare time on painting both my Iron Hands and a Sons of Horus heresy army. That means progress will be going slow, but steady, on both armies. Anyways, I've been eyeing the Skyhammer formation and dug through my bits box to find a bunch of metal vanguard models and some assault marines(the vanguards will be stand-ins for regular ASM until I go buy some). Here are some early wip photos of 1 of each http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20160403_163914_resized_zpswkevprck.jpghttp://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20160403_163835_resized_zpso7ntv3cc.jpg I don't have access to my mineral spirits at the moment so most weathering will have to wait til later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemainus Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 I loooooooove the old metal vanguard models. Good looking army, man. I'm fairly new to weathering, and I know very little about mineral spirit. Would you mind elucidating on usage and technique? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmseifer Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 I loooooooove the old metal vanguard models. Good looking army, man. I'm fairly new to weathering, and I know very little about mineral spirit. Would you mind elucidating on usage and technique? Thank you. Yes the vanguard models are great. I managed to find 8 models lying around along with 10 metal sternguard models so I'm a happy camper. These are all from a second hand bundle I bought from a friend a couple years ago. Regarding weathering, most of the weathering I do is done by enamel or oil washes and they require spirits to clean the brush instead of water. I use an odorless mineral spirit bought from a local DIY store. I prefer oil washes because they are easier to work with on the models. They can be 'erased' or feathered out even after they dry on the models using a brush damp with spirits making it easier to pin wash and avoid unwanted streaks or hard edges from the wash. On my Iron Hands I use AK Interactive Dust deposit and similiar products to simulate rust and dirt accumulated on the marines. And after a couple rum & cokes my OCD set in and I had to start adding some colour to my librarians. Featuring Tiggy, the dark vengeance libby and another old school metal TDA librarian: http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20160404_002035_resized_zpssfrpvxpf.jpg These will bring my libby count to 5, making a full conclave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmseifer Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 Small update! I went back to add some more highlight to my Thunderfire techmarine http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20160411_121909_resized_zpse2qk4qqo.jpg And at the same time painted up this old fella http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20160411_121809_resized_zpsamgrhey4.jpg Still need to finish the axe and servo arm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmseifer Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 Update: We're getting close to the ETL and I have started to plan on what I'm going to paint and try to arrange it into legal codex entries. Unfortunately for the ETL, alot of what I need are low points like tacticals and pods. But there are a few units that will boost my pledge significantly. A preliminary list on what I have available to paint: 10-15 Jump assault marines 5-10 heavy weapons 10-20 tacticals 5 razorbacks 4 drop pods 1 cata captain 1 cmd squad 2 chapter masters on bikes 2 imperial knights (in the mail) 1+ librarian on bike (yet to build) 3 land speeders (repaint) 1 land raider crusader (repaint) I started assembly on some infantry, and tried to build two chapter master with bits I had lying around. Not overly satisfied but they will have to do for now: http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20160422_190818_resized_zps7pdzhiyl.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmseifer Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 More pre-ETL progress: http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20160506_173113_resized_zpsudycpppq.jpg I've started assembly on 2 new Knights to accompany my crusader. Also finished an Assault Squad and the very point-heavy Imperial Marine. I also have a total of 4 Drop Pods that wants some color, don't know if they will be included in the vows though. Next week 2 Stormhawks will arrive in the mail along with some bits for converting up some bike mounted characters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendigo Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I don't think your photos are bad, Bmseifer, but judging from your lightbox and other equipment you care about quality and improving your skills. So here's a link to a bunch of photography tutorials on B&C: http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/forum/173-photography-tutorials/ Looking forward to more updates! Wendigo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmseifer Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 Ok first vow is declared. Going to paint 2 stormhawks and 1 Knight warden. The Hawks will be Iron Hands and the Knight will be from House Hawkshroud! Here's the before pics: http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20160513_020942_resized_zpss0oq0ltx.jpg http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20160507_145608_resized_zpsekgwl7uw.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmseifer Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Some progress on the first vow for the ETL. Got to do some airbrush work and started on the decals http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20160517_133113_resized_zpspsotknbg.jpg Unfortunately I will be going away for a few days so painting will be on hold until I get back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmseifer Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 So last update before I leave town. The bottom half is getting close to done. Metal trims need highlighting and I might add some grime or oil streaks. otherwise I'm pretty happy with the level of weathering. http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn18/mperssonbmmseifer/20160518_023824_resized_zpsgsscbmtk.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearson73 Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Looking ace, nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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