Danny Cyanide does Imperial Guard - Elysians and DKOK

[Danny Cyanide]

/shudders at siphon airbrush...

 

Should do the job though!

Indeed, I hate siphon feed but it was cheap! Since I didn't need to actually buy an airbrush, mine is just too far away for the next few weeks, so cheap was the main concern! Edited January 8, 2019 by Danny Cyanide

[Danny Cyanide]

Well it worked great for $18! Got everything primed so I should be able to do some real painting later tonight/tomorrow!

 

 

To get to 1500 I will have to paint these all, plus another 20 Grenadiers and 10 Engineers.

Edited January 8, 2019 by Danny Cyanide

[duz_]

Man I wish I was in the hobby while I was on the rigs the amount of hobby I coulda got through ...

 

Nice work Danny! Cant wait to see em painted :tu:

[Danny Cyanide]

Man I wish I was in the hobby while I was on the rigs the amount of hobby I coulda got through ...

 

Nice work Danny! Cant wait to see em painted :tu:

It's a pretty good deal! On the flip side, I get very little done when I'm at home! Lol

[lionofjudah]

Right on Danny! Welcome back to the guard... I painted all kinds of dkok armor for the ETL and then sold almost everything in last few months.

It brings me joy to see your raw resin and am really digging the airbrush gold ya got for $18!!

List wise it looks like a solid mass of hard as nails troops with a nice amount of armor. Getting someplace quick will obviously not be happening but it seems like you have a ton of bases covered when it comes to AA/AT/ and AI.

Your losses are going to hurt pretty bad due to smaller grenadier squad size so I’m wondering if you’ve looked at taking a quartermaster to help stiffen some of the squads resolve?

Love the death riders (I have 22 awaiting assembly myself) and engineers (favorite minis in the range) and look forward to seeing you throw some paints down soon!!

How’s the weather where you are?

[Danny Cyanide]

It's been a pretty mild winter so far, around -14 C so far, so not too bad!

 

As for the Quartermaster, I mostly split the Grenadiers into 2 squads of 5 to fill the Brigade, so I had planned to use the combine squads on then at the beginning of the game to return it to 3 squads of 10. I might try and find a place to stick a Quartermaster, but I'm not really sure what is want to remove to fit him in. Maybe the small squad of engineers?

Edited January 9, 2019 by Danny Cyanide

[Danny Cyanide]

Did my base coating on the Motor Pool today.

 

 

 

[Captain_Krash]

Airbrush worked just fine! Great job

 

Krash

[Danny Cyanide]

Thanks! It did a pretty good job for such a cheap plastic tool!

 

 

I also built another 10 Engineers today, so now all that I have unbuilt for my 1500 point goal is 20 note Grenadiers! I have exactly 4 weeks left to meet my goal, and I've got a couple of really busy days ahead of me where I won't be able to do anything, so it's going to be a tight project!

Edited January 10, 2019 by Danny Cyanide

[WarriorFish]

Your production is outstanding, keep it up but be sure not to burn out :tu:

[lionofjudah]

You’re a rockstar Danny! Push yourself and recognize your ability to paint a fantastic scheme on your minis... and if you feel like you’re not going to be able to give them their full (emperors) justice and finish in time then the commissar will happily lead you to the re-education tent for a quick brain wipe;)

[Danny Cyanide]

For sure, I don't intend to cut any corners on their paint, they will get the full attention that they deserve, deadline or not!

[Danny Cyanide]

After 2 really busy days I had some time to do some work today! I built the remaining 20 Grenadiers and got all of the troops primed and base coated!

 

This is the entire group here that will take my finished Krieg to 1510 points, so this is the complete group that I'm going to try and finish by Feb 06!

 

30 Grenadiers

15 Engineers

2 Hellhounds

2 Leman Russ tanks

1 Malcador Internus

 

[Danny Cyanide]

Mate some more progress on the motor pool today! Got some markings done in the front of the tanks:

 

Masking:

 

 

Spraying red:

 

 

Touched up:

 

Edited January 14, 2019 by Danny Cyanide

[Lhorke The First]

I love how vibrant the front markings are compared to the tanks' base coat. Stunning work as always.

[Danny Cyanide]

Thanks for all of the kind words guys! I'm having a lot of fun working on these!

 

I blocked in the details on the motor pool today, so with any luck I'll be able to start I'll weathering tomorrow! Can't have then looking fresh of the factory for now!

 

Malcador

 

 

Leman Russ Battle tank

 

 

Leman Russ Demolisher

 

 

Hellhound

 

[Bjorn Firewalker]

The tanks look good with brass trimming around their weapons.

[Danny Cyanide]

Started weathering today, and finished the first Russ except for the commander, so I thought I'd post a before and after of the weathering:

 

[Danny Cyanide]

Add here is the rest of the motor pool weathered up:

 

Malcador:

 

 

Malcador during weathering:

 

 

Leman Russ tanks:

 

 

Hellhounds:

 

 

So I need an opinion from you guys! I have to let the oils dry for a bit before I seal them, so I'm going to start working in some infantry, but I'm going back and forth on whether or not to add mud to the sides and tracks on these!

 

Let me know what you all think. I have a pigment with me that should match my troop bases pretty good.

[Bjorn Firewalker]

The subtle weathering is an excellent touch on your tanks.

[WarriorFish]

Speedy progress, great work! I think mud would look nice, but no rush - leave them for a bit and see how you feel :)

[BrotherAetherick]

The tanks looks amazing! How did you do the weathering effects?

[Danny Cyanide]

It's a really simple weathering technique using oil paints.

 

You start by spraying a gloss coat over your finished tank. You apply oil paints where you want steaks to end up as seen in the "during"photo above. After you let them dry out a bit you take a wide flat brush with nothing but oil paint thinner on it and steak towards the bottom. The paint brush will"clean up" the rough globs you applied and you can manipulate the oil paints however you want.

 

It's a really simple process once you get the hang of manipulating the oil paints. Each tank took me about 2 hours from start to finish.

 

You have to give the oil paints a good amount of time to set up, I am going to give these guys at least 3-5 days, then you seal it again with a matte varnish and it's all locked in!

[duz_]

Looks great DC!

 

Thanks for the lowdown

 

I've been considering using oil washes of late to was given this tutorial last night for those also interested

 

https://youtu.be/oQmhcSRsiPo

[Doof]

I'm curious how your Malcador Infernus has performed in game. Have you had a chance to use it yet? It's one of my favorite forgeworld models, but i don't want to spend FW prices on a horrible tank.