Pyroclast91's Forge = Salamanders Primaris and Death Guard

[codyrstuart]

Man, I thought I commented here before, but I havent... That leviathan though... I love it!

[Pyroclast91]

@ Wolf Pack you definitely should it's one of my favorite places that's for sure ;)

 

@ Black Cohort me too man it's a beautiful sculpt that so far has been a joy to paint and between it and Vulkan I managed too make all the drake scale press molds a guy could ever need

 

@ CodyrStuart thanks man I'm really glad I decided to copy Malcharion and give the tribal freehanding a shot it was kind of a big gamble but I'm really quite pleased with it and I think it's got the best response from the community of any model I've done so that's always a nice little boost for the old confidence ;) I think the tribal designs will definitely be recurring

 

Thanks for the comments guys I'm glad you all appreciate my work I'll get some more pics up tomorrow

[bluntblade]

Dem Dreads

[Pyroclast91]

Thanks Bluntblade I'm glad you like em ;) I got a little bit of paint work done yesterday while I was debating how to build the new choom arm for Alexion.

 

 

 

So tonight my plan is to chop up the conversion beamer and build some more choom I've got a couple ideas rolling around in my brain basket. Ive still got a bit of work to do on Prometheus and T'kyllok as well my goal is to have all of the building done this weekend so I can spend the rest of the month painting. Anywho thanks for checking out my work all the feedback really helps keep me motivated.

[bluntblade]

I like this dark green as well.

[The Traitor]

It looks great, I totally support trying out other colours for the tribal marks, maybe different shades of green. Also I'm eager to see how you turn the conversion Beamer into a volkite, that will surely be interesting!

[Pyroclast91]

@ Bluntblade thanks brother Im pretty happy with it as well and it's super simple so that's always a plus ;)

 

@The Traitor I had kinda tossed around the idea of doing the tribal in a different shade of green might have to try it on a test mini or one of the smaller sections of armour. I think I'll definitely use different colors and variations for squad markings too. As for the beamer I'll get a couple pics of it up tonight when I get home it will definitely be a interesting conversion but I think I can make it work.

[malcharion]

Glade that I've inspired you ! The marking looks great on this Leviathan ;)

 

Malchy

[Pyroclast91]

Hello again my war-gaming brethren it's time for another update from the forge. This week has been pretty hectic so I haven't gotten as much done as I normally would but that's the nature of RL until I find somebody who wants to pay me to paint these things that is ;) Anywho I did manage to do some GS and Plasticard work I'm still adding bits and pieces of armour here and there across both shield dreads and I've learned quite a bit as far as dos and don'ts for the next box dreads which won't be too far down the road because I NEED DREADNOUGHTS TO LIVE!!!!! oooh that and I don't have any ironclads and I'd like to have a full talon so that's gonna have to happen at some point.

 

 

 

 

 

I also managed to get started on the conversion beamer choom conversion as well.

 

 

My first thought was to build Alexion's volkite the same way I built the one T'kylok with the barrels sitting side by side. After some pondering however I decided to go a different route and built them stacked vertically. Thanks for checking out my work I'd love to hear your thoughts especially on my volkite project as I'm kinda just winging it ;)

[bluntblade]

Will the Dreads reflect the ethos you described for the Ash Vipers?

[Pyroclast91]

Indeed they will brother :) I've been severely slacking on my fluff here lately if I get a chance I'll try to hammer some out this weekend ;)

[Pyroclast91]

Been a busy weekend not of the painting variety bit of the building so much for that plan rite ;) I got quite a lot done actually. I decided I wanted my flame storm dread to have a beefy grav gun in the event they make a legion dread grav cannon until then it's a siege wrecker with "underslung grav" but rule of cool rite?

 

 

 

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I also did some modification to the flamestorm cannon I couldn't figure out what possessed me to put a scope on a flame weapon? But I did however see a fuel tank as a useful addition since the fuel cans already on the side couldn't possibly last for more than a few very short bursts. So in my mind the cannon probably uses a mixture of different caustic chemicals the ratio of which can be adjusted at will by the legionaire in the Dreadnought.

 

 

I also did some work on the contemptor choom but I'm not sure I'm happy with the direction it's heading I think I've made it far too bulky but it might work with the right GS-FU And a lil bit of sanding. Idk we'll see.

 

 

it's crazy how fast this all spiraled out of control from thinking hey I bet I could add some extra armor to these dreads with styrene. Now I think I'm full on infected with scratch builders disorder I just can't help myself.

 

 

 

I even started on the dozer blade for my IF heavy weapons team since Dosjetka was kinda enough to remind me of the looming end date for the expansion. So that's been about it for my weekend C&C are always appreciated thanks for checking out my work.

[The Traitor]

Great stuff! I like a lot the weapons you've made so far, the grav cannon is awesome. However, I think you're right about the choom beamer, the cannon is to bulky, but I think it could be fixed by adding a part in the back, like a counter weight (energy storage cell), and some extra cables. Also the dozer blade looks so cool, great idea!

[BlueBelly1863]

Holy ****. Pyro you keep rocking man. The dreads look great, and all the plasticard work is really cool. The little arm cannon over the shoulder is absolutely mental, I love it!!!! Keep up the awesome work. We should make dread-vember a thing across the forum next year. 

 

My favorite thing though is the TRIBAL MARKINGS HOLY HECK THOSE ARE SO COOL. They must've taken forever to paint and touch up but the effect is so fantastic. They're clean and the white is solid and hnnngghhhh it's so cool

[Pyroclast91]

@ The Traitor thanks brother I'm glad you like what I've done so far :) that's not a bad idea I may try adding something to the other end to offset the choombeamer if that doesn't pan out I'll either have to scrap and restart or I might be able to cut down the middle of the weapon.

 

@ Bluebelly I'm glad DREADVEMBER has your support it would be pretty awesome if we could do it across the forum next year I mean who doesn't love dreadnoughts? And the tribal "tattoos" as I'm referring to them for simplicity sake were actually a lot easier than you'd expect you just need patience and a tiny paint brush ;) And with our legions very earthy tribal background I'm actually kinda surprised we don't see more tribal designs in salamanders armies.

[our_baz]

I think you might have a plastic card addiction! I agree about the contemptor choom. The proportions look all wrong to me. I love what your doing with these dreads. Get some paint on them!

[Pyroclast91]

@our baz I think you very well may be rite I just can't get enough of the stuff once the tale of 20 hobbyists is done I've actually got a couple rather large scratch building projects I've been considering. And have no fear I'm going a different route with the contemptor can't have an omelet without breaking a few eggs? Or something like that.

 

Anywho been a fairly productive thanksgiving since my girlfriend and myself couldn't make the trip home thanks to work. I managed to finish up (at least to the extent I'm happy with given the time I've left myself to finish) the detail work. Now it's on to painting which I'm quite looking forward to this weekend.

 

 

Besides the bases everything is now primed tomorrow I'll finish the bases and it'll be on to painting with the only build work left on my to do list being finishing up the rhino I've been neglecting for my IF Expansion vow.

 

 

I also made some changes to said rhino I didn't like the plow idea I had going so decided to go for the more traditional dozer blade/siege shield I think it looks much better personally . Thanks for checking out my work I'd love to hear your thoughts C&C is always greatly appreciated.

[The Traitor]

Great to see that you're going to get some paint on them, but I actually liked the plow , though I suppose that the siege shield is also fine...

[Pyroclast91]

Don't worry the plow may reappear some time down the road it's still intact ;) I just got to thinking and a plow didn't seem super fitting for a legion of siege experts at least not the way that one was constructed.

[Pyroclast91]

UPDATE TIME!!!!!!!

 

Despite the brand new 55" LCD and Xbox One sitting in my living room tempting me to' leave my painting bench I stayed strong (mainly because after the tv and xbox I couldn't afford any games).

Anywho I turned temptation into motivation by making myself put in at least twice as many painting hours as Xbox hours til I get the dreads done but now I'm rambling on to the pictures.

 

 

I tried a new method for painting steel that I came up with after reading through Augustus B'Raas' thread where I saw him using brown as a base for steel. So thanks Augustus works like a champ ;) I did tweek the method a little however instead of a straight brown base. On all areas I intend to make steel I started with a Caliban Green base then did a heavy dry brush of skrag brown? I think I'm away from my paints and just woke up bare with me. Anywho I did find this brown a little lighter than I would have liked but it's the darkest I currently have. Next time I'll get a darker shade or wash with seraphim sepia perhaps.

 

 

Ive also started using a purple and red base my gold and goldish metals. Another trick I picked up from somebody's thread but I can't recall who's it was now? I believe It was someone doing a TS army (cuz that narrows it down) if I remember I'll make sure the rite person gets credit or at least my thanks because it works amazingly. At least IMO I've been trying a lot of new techniques on my metals because I feel that's an area I need a lot of work on so if anyone has any nifty tricks or C&C I really love hearing them.

 

 

At this point all steel surfaces have had one heavy drybrushing of leadbelcher which reminds me I'm almost out of leadbelcher which could pose a problem. Anywho the gold has all gotten one layer of Auric Armor Gold. All of the metal will receive multiple layers and washes of different tones but I think this shows pretty well what using "non traditional" base colors for metals does and I'm pretty happy with it I think especially for the steel having the earthy undertones really helps make it look more like real metal.

 

 

After I painted the first layer on the metals I also painted all of my armor with a good solid layer of castellan Green. Then I washed everything literally EVERYTHING with Seraphim Sepia (I love that stuff). After the sepia wash the armor got a wash of Carroburg Crimson and I decided to try it on the gold at the same time. After the armor and gold dried I painted a very thin layer of a paint called liquid pearls brass on the gold areas. I really like this paint it's one I found at a local craft store and I've been meaning to go back and pick up the other colors in the line because it works really well and comes out with a very smooth finish. After all this was done I started going around and picking out the areas that that have been exposed to extreme heat like Exhausts and the flame storm cannon as well as the Grav Cannon and painted them with a layer of screaming bell and then washed them with Druchii Violet. All in all it was an extremely productive weekend and I don't think I'll have an issue getting these guys done this week since I did basically everything in this post on Sunday funny what you can accomplish when you make yourself sit down and work ;) thanks for checking out my work you guys and gals are the real reason I can keep on going like I do the motivation and support from this community has always been it's most distinguishing feature in my mind so as always C&C is greatly appreciated

[Pyroclast91]

Small update I made some progress last nite doing a couple washes nothing super exciting. I did however continue to fiddle with my metals and im really happy with how they're coming out. Basically the reason I started playing around with my colors and techniques is because I've spent far far far too much time reading other people's threads ;). And with the menagerie of extremely talented painters on this forum I've learned a lot in fact I'm %40000 certain that I wouldn't be anywhere near where I am skill wise were it not for the things I've learned from this community. And the one key theme I've noticed In every thread of every accomplished artist I've seen Is THIN LAYERS I've seen those two words repeated more often than anything thin layers of paint of gs of anything everything should always be done in thin layers for best results. So with that in mind and my constant drive to improve It seems like a fitting time for experimentation.

 

 

I was also playing around with the shields and decided the one that looks like a kite shield will go with T'kyllok the choom dread.

 

 

So the process on the shields so far

-Prime Flat Black

-Base coat Caliban Green

-Heavy Drybrush Skragg Brown

-Light wash 50/50 Seraphim Sepia / Lamian Medium

-Drybrush Leadbelcher

-Light Drybrush Fulgurite Copper

-Light wash of Agrax Earthdhade

-Light Drybrush Leadbelcher

 

The copper in the formula happened by accident because I made a bit of a mess while drybrushing the drake emblems, and while covering it up with Leadbelcher I noticed it gave a nice worn metal effect at least imo. And I think it'll weather up really nice .

 

 

 

So now the armor has it's delicious bloody Olive look to it and my metal bits are mostly finished I also got the bases to the point of being primed but I forgot to take pics. I think my plan for tonight is top finish the contemptor Volkite so that basically all 4 dreads will be at the same stage paint wise and I can knock them all out tomorrow.Thanks for checking out my work I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Edited November 29, 2016 by Pyroclast91

[The Traitor]

You manage to get a very good looking shade of green, darker than the usual salamanders but still cool, for some reason my greens always end up looking kind of bluish... Also the new technique for the metals looks fine to me, I specially like the burned look on the flamer.

[Pyroclast91]

@ The Traitor thanks brother it's actually a pretty simple recipe for the green that I think looks pretty good and I'm glad to hear you agree ;)

 

-Castellan Green base (usually 2-3 thinned down coats)

-Wash Biel-tan Green

-Wash with Carroburgh Crimson

-Wash with Nuln Oil Gloss

-Highlight with Castellan Green

 

So despite my Valiant effort staying up till 1am painting I still couldn't quite pull off finishing the dreads. Well I could have but at a level of quality I wouldn't have been happy with as it is there's several things I need to touch up because my hands were shaking so bad last nite I couldn't paint straight.

 

 

So I would call all 4 dreads %90 complete now that the bulk of the freehanding is done it won't take me long to touch everything up, paint the lights and lenses, finish highlighting, paint the bases, weather everything. Then I have decide what's next? a Primarch perhaps? Anywho thanks for checking out my work your C&C is always greatly appreciated.

[Pyroclast91]

Alright got a little bit behind there but I think we're back on track and these guys will be finished tonight hopefully.

 

 

I really really really really love contemptor's it's a hard toss up between them and Leviathans as for who's my favorite pattern of dread. Yea it also turns out I really love that pose apparently so much so I accidentally did it twice.

 

my contemptor from the ETL this last year.

 

 

And my current Dread Fleet which is going top more than likely see a reduction before a massive expansion ;) At least that's the plan I've had this idea for a while and I'm pretty excited about it I'm going to start collecting one of each legion contemptor kitted out in each particular legions favorite load out. and painted in there colors but alongside that I'm also either going to A. get a single squad of each legions special troops B. Get a single squad of each legions special TDA or C. get a single model of each. I'm also considering each legions first captain or a special character for each. the goal of this being to build my own miniature march of the legions. Obviously this won't be a quick project or even one that's my main focus any time soon as I'll probably start accumulating everything for the project as I'm working on others. Anywho enough of my rambling thanks for stopping by I'd love to hear any thoughts or ideas you might have regarding my work or anything else for that matter.

[Vairocanum]

Wow the dreads are all looking great! Looking forward to your legion contemptors!