PowerFisted: Traitor Sagyar Mazan, The Blazing Suns + other (5.1 general annoucement)

[Fire Golem]

Yeah it's a Cryx warjack head. Reaper maybe?

[Brofist]

Hello everyone. It’s been about six months since my last update. I'm in the middle of a move to my own home that is complete with a dedicated hobby room. In the meantime, I took a break to snap some overexposed pictures of some things I've had in the works for the last 6 months. These are in various stages of completion- some are still early WIPs while others are mostly complete.

 

I’ve also fixed my website which was incorrectly linking many of my pictures in this thread. They should now all display correctly.

 

Preator / Chaplain. Really love this guy:

 

Siege Breaker. Only a proof of concept, but I also really like how he's coming together:

 

Navigator:

 

Dark Mechanicus magos. Did a pass to make him look less generic. He needs some fur and that's it:

 

Rapiers. These take forever to make because they are scratch built and I had to cast the rollers from OOP bits. Lots of people on various forums helped me with this one by sending me the parts I needed. I planned to do 9 originally because I was an idiot, but I've cut it down to 6 which is a much more reasonable goal:

 

They have all the options too:

 

Corpse Crows. My militia allies shamelessly stolen from another fellow B&C poster. They are really fun to work on. I have about 40 done out of 100:

 

Praevian. Still early in the project, but this is the overall concept.

 

Vigilator. Blew up two tanks in the two games I used him as a proxy. As reward is to get painted:

 

Storm Sword for my Corpse Crows. I hated this thing when I first started the project, but it's shaped up a lot and I'm really starting to like it. The main gun is going to a huge short barreled mortar:

[Fire Golem]

Great conversions mate.

[Pearson73]

Praetor and Navigator are fantastic, the former looks absolutely monstrous and the latter rather creepy, the use of parts on the staff work together well too.

[Gorgoff]

Damn, those models look ace.

[Sandlemad]

Great conversions. I really like the navigator, great use of the magos head. It's cool to see a slightly more inhuman navigator, where there's not too much focus on the third eye. The magos himself is very fine too, I love the contrast between the body and the antique-looking axe.

[Brofist]

Thanks for the kind words, gents. I forgot to post one yesterday. A Golg conversion based on the Typhus model. There are a few out there that inspired me to do my own:

 

[Charlo]

All looking bloody awesome!

 

Big fan of the Golg.

[Dagoth Ur]

Amazing conversion! Consider it possibly stolen ;)

[outlanders_luke]

Awesome Iron Warriors, Awesome conversions

[Olis]

Excellent work on this page, brother! Those corpse crows look neat - where's the heads from?

[Brofist]

Thanks Olis! Those heads are from the dark eldar scourge kit.

[Gorgoff]

Where did you get those superheavy tracks?

[Semper Fortis]

Where did you get those superheavy tracks?

I believe those are the baneblade Oppressor pattern tracks from Blood & Skulls Industries. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Oppressor-Pattern-100-Tank-Treads-40-/260620144683

[Vairocanum]

Just went through the whole thread, phenomenal work all around. I like the character models in particular, they all look amazing!

[Brofist]

I've been working on something...

 

[lokkorex]

Nice one!

 

Looking forward to seeing it painted!

[Gorgoff]

Me too.

Damn that thing looks great.

[Brofist]

Smashed together a few more crows this weekend. I adjusted the necks to look more proportionate as the other models I did didn't really look right. Really love the attitude of these latest models.

 

[Brofist]

Started to paint again after pumping out a huge backlog of models. This guy is my first in years. Really rusty and I can feel it, but it feels good to paint again.

 

https://i.imgur.com/H4dE0Uk.jpg]

https://i.imgur.com/KoiZE7a.jpg]

https://i.imgur.com/9WERXwW.jpg]

https://i.imgur.com/V6PEZPN.jpg]

https://i.imgur.com/C26uPmu.jpg]

 

It's a test model so the base is not the right size. Next model I'll try a darker green trench coat with a different colored leather.

Edited November 22, 2017 by Bulbafist

[Gorgoff]

I'm looking forward to it.

[Brofist]

Thanks dudes. Here's the other crow with a slightly different recipe. Took about an hour and I tired a different green and leather color. I think I like this one more, but side by side I can hardly tell the difference

 

 

Any thoughts on this color scheme? Here they are side by side:

Edited November 23, 2017 by Bulbafist

[Gorgoff]

Both look awesome. Can't say which one's better.

[Brofist]

I've been experiment doing chipping for one of my upcoming projects and thought I’d share some learnings. I started with a pre-shaded undercoat and gave it a dark burnt umber type color. The less neat you make it the more dramatic it will be. Mine is way too neat:

http://www.powerfisted.com/public/content/T-Chipping/Chipping-test-1.jpg

 

Then I gave it an oil wash using burnt sienna. I used steel wool (no pressure applied, just for texture) to smear it around and remove it from some spots:

http://www.powerfisted.com/public/content/T-Chipping/Chipping-test-2.jpg

 

I sealed it with gloss varnish and then I applied my chipping fluid. After it was dry I hit it with a metallic midcoat using 3 colors, working up from dark to light. Then I chipped it using a brush:

http://www.powerfisted.com/public/content/T-Chipping/Chipping-test-3.jpg

 

I sealed it again with gloss varnish and applied more chipping fluid. After it was dry I applied my green topcoat and some washes. I chipped it again using a brush:

http://www.powerfisted.com/public/content/T-Chipping/Chipping-test-4.jpg

 

If I kept going I would apply oil washes and pigments next, but I'm done with this test for now. I'm not happy with it because this is what I'm going for:

http://www.powerfisted.com/public/content/T-Chipping/Adam%20O%27BrienZero%201.jpg

http://www.powerfisted.com/public/content/T-Chipping/Adam%20O%27BrienZero%2013.jpg

http://www.powerfisted.com/public/content/T-Chipping/Adam%20O%27BrienZero%2014.jpg

 

I learned a few things: to get really fine looking chips you want to use MATTE varnish and not gloss under your chipping fluid. This is because you want it to have a porous surface to stick to. Next the dark rusty under-color doesn't look good on flat panels and should be reserved for major damaged areas. Finally, you need to use a small brush otherwise you remove too much paint. I tried a few different chipping fluids and found Vallejo to be great for the undercoat, but A&K worn effects for the faded topcoat. I used to use A&K heavy chipping fluid, but it's kinda crap now that I have other things to compare it with.

 

That amazing scale model is from Adam O’Brien. I think he also used salt weathering on the topmost layer to get the variations in the green color.

Edited December 2, 2017 by Bulbafist

[infyrana]

Great stuff as always, liking your weathering and rapier conversions.  What did you use for your quad mortar barrels?  I'm guessing the contemptor conversion beamers will be graviton, an expensive way if so!