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Citadel Paints: Derek the Dark Angel, Birth of a Splodgy Legend…

Posted on May 18, 2012 07:00 am by Grumhelden

Citadel PaintsOk, Derek lives, in total he has lived for 16 days now, but in a massive fit of warp shenanigans my camera died at the very first picture of the poor hero, so I resorted to the phone camera, you should be able to see what’s what though.  What I did was paint one of the Dark Angels as if I had never painted before, and I was 12 and not 30+…  Read more... (1294 words, 5 images, estimated 5:11 mins reading time)

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Thor’s Workbench: Daemon Prince WIP #3

Posted on May 16, 2012 07:00 am by Thor

Daemon Prince: Work in ProgressA quick update on my Daemon Prince. At this stage I’m working on the skin and I have most of the skin close to completion. I haven’t touched the white/blue skin yet for the wings, that’s next, but I’ve hit the rest of the skin. The final touch on the skin will be some extreme highlights where appropriate.  Read more... (142 words, 4 images, estimated 34 secs reading time)

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Thor’s Workbench: Daemon Prince WIP #2

Posted on May 8, 2012 10:34 am by Thor

Daemon Prince: Work in ProgressI’ve made a lot of progress since the very early shot last week. At this stage most everything is base coated, still a few details to pick out. I’ve shaded the blue parts of the armor and the metallics. The wings are mostly complete, the webbing part anyway. There’s a few small things to wrap up and then it’s on to the skin, which will take the longest amount of time but subsequently show the greatest results once done.  Read more... (91 words, 4 images, estimated 22 secs reading time)

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Kamui’s Workbench: Raemos’ (Bjorn’s) new gun and Wolf Guard

Posted on May 7, 2012 09:00 am by Kamui

Hello all,

I realized that in my rush to get my army ready for the April Assault last month I hadn’t captured many pictures as I finished things up.  As I had previously posted many WIP shots of Raemos, my counts-as Bjorn Fellhanded, I thought I should start with him.  I also have some pics of my Wolf Guard unit.  Read more... (369 words, 12 images, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

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Thor’s Workbench: Daemon Prince WIP #1

Posted on May 2, 2012 08:06 am by Thor

Daemon Prince: Work in ProgressIn my continuing efforts to get 1K of Chaos Marines painted for a team tournament next month, here’s my WIP Daemon Prince.  Read more... (79 words, 2 images, estimated 19 secs reading time)

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Thor’s Workbench: Chaos Rhino WIP #3

Posted on April 25, 2012 07:51 am by Thor

Disciples of Twilight EmblemI’m still plugging away on the Chaos Rhino. I have the free hand done, unless I decide to add more, and everything is base coated and shaded now. I’ve begun some of the highlights, which you’ll see, but I’ll need to go back in and clean some of those up later.  Read more... (149 words, 4 images, estimated 36 secs reading time)

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Thor’s Workbench: Chaos Rhino WIP (Update)

Posted on April 23, 2012 08:23 am by Thor

Disciples of Twilight EmblemI was hoping to get more accomplished on the Rhino yesterday but progress was slower than expected. I’ve only painted three Rhinos before this and they were far easier being that they were all black as a base color, so base coat and highlight. The extra work in doing a half scheme on this one and the added time for shading was pretty significant.  Read more... (296 words, 3 images, estimated 1:11 mins reading time)

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Thor’s Workbench: Chaos Rhino WIP

Posted on April 22, 2012 11:03 am by Thor

Chaos Rhino WIP 1I have the day to paint so I’m getting started on a Chaos Rhino after finishing up a Plague Champion earlier (shots in a few days). I’m aiming to get this Rhino mostly complete today since it’s not often I have an entire day for painting.  Read more... (138 words, 1 image, estimated 33 secs reading time)

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Kamui’s Workbench: A Tale of Two Speeders continued

Posted on April 16, 2012 09:24 am by Kamui

We can buff that out...

Hello all,

A few weeks back I picked up a couple of land speeders to add some mobility to my Reavers (Space Wolves.)  I got them cheap on eBay but they were in need of some repairs.  For those of you who haven’t seen them (and those of you who have a memory like mine and have forgotten,) you can see how they started here and how the repairs went here.

I’ve since finished the builds and have begun painting them.  I want to field them as Typhoons for the April Assault this weekend so I built some Typhoon Missile Launchers for them using styrene sheet.  While I’m posting WIP shots I thought I’d include a mini-tutorial for them.   Read more... (554 words, 11 images, estimated 2:13 mins reading time)

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Obliterators Complete

Posted on April 15, 2012 07:51 am by Thor

ChaosI began working on these Obliterators last month. In no time I had 90% of it complete but that last 10% would be 90% of the work. I had put up WIP shots of them where I was working, for the first time really, with OSL (object source lighting). Ron over at From the Warp, gave me a lot of great feedback. The problem was it meant I had to redo some things, and I agreed, yet I had to set them aside for another project, one that was time sensitive. When that was completed, the time sensitive project, I came back to these Obliterators renewed and completed them.  Read more... (477 words, 5 images, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

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Tankbustas with Tankhammers Complete

Posted on April 12, 2012 06:30 am by Thor

Ork - Sun'z KillazIn preparing for the April Assault this month at my FLGS I had to get two Tankbustas with tankhammers built and painted. Doubly so because last week this unit of Tankbustas, in no small part due to these tankhammers, took down a Baneblade in one assault phase. If nothing else they earned the right to be painted, as they were built at that point.  Read more... (225 words, 5 images, estimated 54 secs reading time)

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The Second Coming of Citadel Paints

Posted on April 11, 2012 06:30 am by Grumhelden

Citadel PaintsOk, anyone who had read my main blog knows I’m no fan of GW and its current management.  I am however a massive geek for 40K and the Dark Angels in particular.  Today being Easter Monday, it was a quiet day at work and I nipped into town early to see my mate at his shop and swing by GW to possibly get a shot of the new Citadel paints…well, that was my 1st mistake…£70 lighter I have just got home and I am going to do a wee mini series on the second coming of pigment.  Read more... (570 words, 4 images, estimated 2:17 mins reading time)

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Hobby: Tankbustas WIP

Posted on April 4, 2012 06:30 am by Thor

Ork - Sun'z KillazThis month my FLGS is hosting a large 40K tournament and I decided to bring my Orks for it. The only thing I need to get done on the hobby front for them is two Tankbustas with tankhammers. It’s a conversion I’ve needed to do for a while now but with my Orks having been relegated to the shelf lately, well I haven’t had much of a need to accomplish it until now.  Read more... (303 words, 5 images, estimated 1:13 mins reading time)

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Thor’s Workbench: Obliterators on Hold, Enter Orks

Posted on March 27, 2012 06:30 am by Thor

One thing I’ve learned with painting is when the going gets rough take a break. I’ve been busting my butt trying to get my Obliterators done the last few weeks and they’d be done except for something that’s been nagging me. I put up some shots of me attempting OSL (object source lighting), the other day. Well, I’m happy with how the radiant light element has come along since that post, the reflections on the armor, but not so much with the power fists, the source.  Read more... (275 words, 1 image, estimated 1:06 mins reading time)

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Kamui’s Workbench: A tale of two speeders

Posted on March 26, 2012 09:39 am by Kamui

We can buff that out...

Hello all,

Last week I posted pics of two land speeders that I’d just purchased on eBay. You may remember that they were in less than ideal condition.  Being a bit of a bargain hunter I found it difficult to resist the price and decided to take the challenge.  I wanted to take you along with me on the road to recovery for these two neglected speeders.  Read more... (882 words, 11 images, estimated 3:32 mins reading time)

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Hobby: Object Source Lighting Attempt & Advice

Posted on March 23, 2012 09:14 am by Thor

I decided to finally give object source lighting (OSL for short), an attempt. It’s one of those techniques that I really haven’t tried, at least seriously. However, with my Chaos Marines I’m taking my time getting them painted and want to use them as a way to work on techniques like this, ones I’ve shied away from in the past because of the time required to do it right.  Read more... (532 words, 4 images, estimated 2:08 mins reading time)

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