— Recreating A Vision — A Dark Angels 30k adventure.

[GhostMalone]

5 hours ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

Crikey that's a lot of extra detail on the Land Raider  

I thought the first one had detail… this one has made me reconsider this project 

 

im happy to be on the final stretch for the first stage of this project, by the end of the year I should have the core army painted and can progress into support units and Auxilary pieces.

 

following that I’ll be able to work on my Dark Mech and my Knight Household (if I can convince the wife a Stormbird)

 

looking forward to buying a house with a dedicated space for me to work on this project in comfort rather then currently taking over the entire kitchen bench 

[GhostMalone]

Small update; makeshift studio on the kitchen bench.

 

 

so much to paint and the deadline is closing in.

[GhostMalone]

Small progress but getting 15 mins of painting time in between my daughters wake windows is still better than nothing.

 

 

 

Another 7 still in que but I’ve been nervous even getting them to here, I keep reminding myself to trust the process but you know how it be sometimes 

 

next update will hopefully have the Armour completed and Mr Praetor.

 

[Son of Rawl]

1 hour ago, GhostMalone said:

Small progress but getting 15 mins of painting time in between my daughters wake windows is still better than nothing.

 

I get that dude, mine is the same. It's funny when you load up your brush but before you can do anything they let out a little WWAAAGGGHH! Lol.

 

Your 1st Legion is looking great, they have a proper grim look to them.

[GhostMalone]

Consider this squad half done… 

 

 

Just another 5 to go and I’m very much hit the wall on painting motivation for the week (even though it’s Monday)

 

8 hours ago, Son of Rawl said:

I get that dude, mine is the same. It's funny when you load up your brush but before you can do anything they let out a little WWAAAGGGHH! Lol.

 

Your 1st Legion is looking great, they have a proper grim look to them.

 

 

i literally had this happen 4 times today and god it’s hilarious cause I now joke with the wife that the second I open a bottle she will wake and cost me 20c in paint.

 

thanks man I’ve been adamant in recreating the artwork I’ve envisioned and to truly try and make the army different to the usual spray black and add red accent that I see in a lot of Battle reports.

 

i want them to be recognised easily as dark angels and not iron hands or raven guard.

[GhostMalone]

So small update;

 

I’ve decided to take the plunge and make an Instagram; why? Because it seems to be the biggest pool of motivation around. Now this doesn’t mean I won’t upload or update this Blog as realistically the B&C was my first love and as much as I see everyone back in the late 2010s has moved on I still want to be part of the community.

 

Im hoping that this will keep me even more accountable then I already am trying to be with working on stuff and improving my skills (by comparison my skills are lacking) but considering 90% of this is brush work I’m still happy with it being table top standard.

 

So if you are keen or have any tips on photography (outside of just using a light box) I’d love some input and help on capturing some proper images that aren’t of the average quality I’ve been producing.

 

If you’d like to throw me a follow it would be much appreciated but otherwise I am 100% on board with lurking. 
 

 The Unbroken Vow is the Project Name as I think I will primarily be focusing on this RoW for fun.

 

next 5 companions are inbound as well as some HQ choices with 18 days till the event I’m pumping what I can.

[Firedrake Cordova]

GW did a reasonable photography article, as did Goonhammer - don't know if it's helpful.

 

The Strobist is a great resource for lighting, and has an article on product photography.

[GhostMalone]

Another 5 Companions finished, which means this Squad is ready to deploy.

 

 

 

till the Weekend update please enjoy.

 

 

Edited yesterday at 09:07 AM by GhostMalone
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[Pearson73]

Great to see you back! And yes, I suppose a child is an acceptable reason for a delay.... 

 

Fantastic painting though, they look even better now. That Landraider looks crazy good, but also like it'll drive you crazy to paint...

 

You've got one hell of a lot of painting ahead of you, how do you think you'll paint the Knights, something brighter and more colourful to contrast the Angels?

 

 

[GhostMalone]

6 minutes ago, Pearson73 said:

Great to see you back! And yes, I suppose a child is an acceptable reason for a delay.... 

 

Fantastic painting though, they look even better now. That Landraider looks crazy good, but also like it'll drive you crazy to paint...

 

You've got one hell of a lot of painting ahead of you, how do you think you'll paint the Knights, something brighter and more colourful to contrast the Angels?

 

 

 

ohh god yes well the knights are right now shelved but I was thinking of pushing forward with an Orange Copper Bronze Black type scheme but I’ve been looking at  ideas and I’m thinking of re theming the force to a Dark Mech aligned Knight Household.

 

I’ve got the start of a Dark Mech Biologis force beginning but I’m thinking I could just keep it all as is and lean into the same aesthetic…

 

my brains a little fried from a 30•c day so if my response is a bit incoherent I own it and will mock up some schemes and diagrams to explain this mad vision I have moving forward

 

 

I’ll flowchart these ideas and you’ll all realise the ADHD is real.

[GhostMalone]

And so it begins

 

 

Now the Real Question do I need a third 

[Brother Carpenter]

2 hours ago, GhostMalone said:

And so it begins

 

 

Now the Real Question do I need a third 

Of course, you can't have enough LR