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I second this. I just started using Uniform Grey (?) as the basecoat on my wolves and it has been phenomenal. It's got such a nice smoothness that the GW primer doesnt have. I used to be a Chaos Black only guy, too.
The first model I fully painted with it is that rhino I posted a few pages back. I would say if you've got a ton of vehicles to paint that Army Painter would be the only way to go on your basecoat.
Have you tried Vallejos black primer? It's super matte!
I second this. Army painter is awesome and really, really speeds up the process.
I use the navy blue spray (paint or primer, whatever it is) as both primer and basecoat in one go. Works flawlessly.
But now that I've been slowly but surely working my way toward a Khador unit, I'm reconsidering the colored primer angle again. I certainly wouldn't have blown through 2/3 a bottle of Khador Red base on two warjacks and a warcaster, which would have been a plus.
As it turns out I lied!
I went out to prime some models today and realized that I don't use Armory anymore. Now I remember the grey colour was a little too light and I couldn't find it around here anymore, so I switched to The Army Painter stuff:
Like altmann said, this is primer+paint and it covers beautifully.
I started work on the gun finally. I need to work out a mounting bracket, but the gun 'end'/barrel will be facing towards the right, covered with cables and such once it's done. Also I'm going to go with my crystal idea for the las/blast whatever stuff it'll shoot.
Ruler for scale reference (with the repositioned leg it only stands about 7.5" tall now):
(I had to shore up the brackets to the legs as well, one had snapped a couple months back. Now it should be fine I hope)
I got around to adding pistons to the legs so it sorta looks like it could move on its own:
Scale reference with a defiler:
Big brother looks about the proper size for a super heavy walker, eh?
Also making a smaller backpack to go along with something else:
Goes with:
Son of a bitch that backpack is FINALLY done, as in I have NOTHING more to fabricate. No more little details (maybe a couple more stickers but that's simple), no more cables or anything else.
At any rate, they look good and you should feel good.
Finish my Beast Handlers:
Started a Void Spirit:
Worked on the Nihilators some more:
and did a quick and nasty job on the models from the BSG boardgame.
I'll have more pics of other stuff tomorrow weather willing.
Leaf, that thing is looking boss. What thickness of plasticard are you using and what do you use to cut it?
It also keeps me honest in terms of not missing spots.
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On the hell prawn, it's generally 1mm, though pieces vary and go from 1.5-2mm thickness, depending. 1 to 1.5 is easiest to work with. I just use a square and a ruler, score it with a blade a couple times and snap it.
The backpack is from Ghostbusters, the circular thing is the ghost trap backpack from the Extreme Ghostbusters cartoon. 2mm plastic on that for a bit more strength.
edit: also, thanks. I hope all the work I'm putting into it will turn out.
On the advice of you fine chaps, I've started a batch of speed-painted skavenslaves. If I can finish 20 in about a week, that puts me only three months out from having all my new clanrats, slaves, stormvermin painted.
That's Calthan Brown, washed out by the flash.
also: Razorworm:
Maybe I should stick to eBay, least with pictures of the stuff im just at the mercy of the seller.
This is unrelated to things, but I thought I'd look at their 'cinematic effects' that's always being touted on 40k radio.
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I don't know if anyone recalls the pictures of the warmachine diorama from pax a couple years ago? I posted pictures, but those explosions were fucking amazing.
Ok so maybe just that first one is really well done (and there was only like these two photos I got that had explosions in them), but those all look better by comparison to AC I think.
The desert yellow with strong or dark tone seems fairly close to the traditional Tau colour scheme - is it really, or are there other GW colours that come closer to it (for touching up etc) or army painter/equivalent sprays (was wondering about the Fur brown)?
Sir, what we have here is what we call a non-repeating phantasm, or a class-5 free roaming vapor, real nasty one too.
And by nasty I mean "really nice looking".
Tastyfish have you compared it to the GW foundation yellows? Iyanden Darksun and Tausept Ochre? I'd imagine those (particularly the latter) are what GW uses for the traditional Tau armor.
The main thing I'm wondering about is how close the spray is going to be to the paint, since previous experience with dark angel's green (though a long time and a GW undercoat) didn't match that well when painting Gothic imperials.
not great pic of the squad im talking about,
Vallejo Model Colour German Grey is a nice highlight on black, just drybrush it.
I tried a bunch of different methods but that struck the right balance for me between looking decent but not driving me mad to do.