Boc's All Chaos, All the Time (Legionaries complete, Defiler WIP)

[Boc]

And the second War Dog Executioner is all done!

 

I'll probably work on a couple of Possessed before finishing up on the Brigand, we'll see how the week goes

[Firedrake Cordova]

Nice work. The weathering on the red and white is particularly nice  

[Boc]

First Possessed chaos marine finished! Last night I'd done a good amount of prework in terms of washes and the skin, so I'm thinking I can finish another 2 before the weekend. Ah, such boundless optimism...

[Firedrake Cordova]

That looks great to me  

[Boc]

Possessed #2 (I think I'll name him Fluffy) done. Really hoping I can make some good progress this weekend, otherwise finishing my challenge pledge is gonna be cloooose

[Boc]

Tis truly a sad day... priming the last of my Secret Weapon bases

 

[Boc]

Got the 3rd one done and the 4th about halfway. Still a small chance I can finish this month's pledge on time

 

Also I just realized I forgot his eyes...woops

[frankendoodle65]

You're making it hard for me to resist buying some possessed, they look lovely in the SoH colours, nice work!

[Boc]

7 hours ago, frankendoodle65 said:

You're making it hard for me to resist buying some possessed, they look lovely in the SoH colours, nice work!

Do it!

[Boc]

One more to go...

 

And the war dog still, but let's worry about that later

[Pearson73]

Love the pose of the latest Possessed - so much character! The wet look of the eyes on the armour is delightfully disturbing too.

[Boc]

Finished number 5 as part of the 2 hour challenge. Plus a pic of the whole squad for shiggles 

 

War Dog done by Sunday gooooooo

[Boc]

Not gonna lie, I had kind of given up on finishing up the second War Dog for the month. But this afternoon, I went ballistic on it. Should be able to finish up tomorrow! Letting the white goop dry and harden overnight, then some touch ups, decals, and battle damage.

[Boc]

Aaaand just in the nick of time!

[Firedrake Cordova]

Nice work  You've done a fair few of them recently, haven't you?

[Boc]

Finished these boys up last night (admittedly rushed a bit, not my best work) 

 

 

Also got my first airbrush in today, pretty pumped to hopefully give it a go tonight! 

 

This is the end i dip directly into the paint pot, right? 

Just stick it straight in there

[Boc]

Finally got to try out the airbrush for the first time. Admittedly no idea :cuss: I'm doing. Was trying to use the air to dry the paint as I went, but I think I thinned it too much so it streaked a bit. Been a long couple weeks, so not much else to report, but back at it this weekend!

[Firedrake Cordova]

Thinning paint for an airbrush is a bit of an art, and whilst it's tempting to spray a wet glossy coat of paint onto the surface and let it dry back, it's almost always better to do a couple of thinner coats (the individual coats should dry quicker than the wet coat, too ).

 

I find a hair-drier on "low" heat, and a bit away from the model so you can't really feel the flow of the air a better way to dry the paint - the heat helps the paint to dry, but you don't get the flow of air that risks moving the paint around as you do with an airbrush. 

[Boc]

Bit of progress on both Abaddon and another 5 havocs/heavy support lascannon marines.

 

I ran out of my old pot of coelia greenshade (which is what I apply over grey to get the green color) and this new pot seems to behave a bit differently. Shinier once dried, more coffee staining than normal. Might need to add some more water or thinner to it before applying to the next batch.

 

Plan for tomorrow (other than my honey-do list) is to finish the squad up and get a base coat on my last knight models (Desecrator and 3x war dogs, maybe 2? Whatever) and maybe some more work on Abaddon

[Firedrake Cordova]

8 hours ago, Boc said:

I ran out of my old pot of coelia greenshade (which is what I apply over grey to get the green color) and this new pot seems to behave a bit differently. Shinier once dried, more coffee staining than normal. Might need to add some more water or thinner to it before applying to the next batch.

Was the old pot a 24ml one, and the new pot an 18ml one? If so, GW switched the formula from being a traditional wash to being Contrast-based.

[Boc]

15 hours ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

Was the old pot a 24ml one, and the new pot an 18ml one? If so, GW switched the formula from being a traditional wash to being Contrast-based.

That's what it seems like. Luckily the matte varnish and some weathering knocked the shine right out

 

Also had some more fun with the airbrush today. I can't believe I used to paint white by hand...what an idiot

 

 

All the white took like 15 minutes. Painting just the carapace on the Abominant was probably 5 hours of thin layer after thin layer...

 

No progress today on Abaddon or the herald dude, which I should probably get around to in order to finish my May pledge. But the airbrush has me actually excited to paint the big stuff

[Firedrake Cordova]

Yeah, airbrushes are great for doing that - such a time-saver 

 

Good to hear you got the Contrast-Shade issues sorted  

[Boc]

Little bit of progress today, haven't had much time this week with some rather long days at work. I did get red plates added and touched up some of the sloppier spots on the whites

[Boc]

My oldest was kind enough to pass the stomach bug he had onto me, so a pretty slow week in terms of output. Felt a little less physically drained today, so caught up on some yard work before getting a little bit of painting in. Finished up most of the bigger details on one of the stalkers, so should be able to do finishing touches on him tomorrow then on to decals and damage. 

 

Also, I've got a ton of Heresy 1.0 models that are on 25mm bases. Finally got around to ordering some conversion bases for them, so might be ultra lazy for June's painting challenge and just use these haha

[Boc]

And the third and final War Dog Stalker is complete! No changes to Abaddon, I got distracted lol

 

Rushed the base by painting before the outer material dried all the way, so I'll need to touch that up once the blood pool dries tomorrow. Pretty dang happy with it though