Starting Battle Damage

 This project is really starting to move along now. 

I've finished the yellow, put a couple of coats of red on the stripes, and blacked out the wheels. 

I've decided to start adding more battle damage by showing the grey primer. 

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Update on Battlewagon

 I've gotten most of the mid-tone yellow done and worked in the racing stripes. 

Now it's top yellow... and then maybe battle damage?  We'll see. 

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 I was working along, doing my day job when I heard a faint whisper. . . 

"... racing striiiiipes..." 

"... racing striiiipes..."

"I need racing striiiiipes..." 

And so here we are... :D

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50/50 Start

 Starting to add the depth layer, it adds some strength to the yellow mid-tone I put down. 

So far I've added a thin 50/50 layer of Averand Sunset and Vallejo Flat Yellow to the wheels, guards hanging over the back tracks and started on the side paneling.  The yellow color looks a bit "smoother" and just a touch brighter.  It's a subtle add, and I will do the entire tank.  

After this 50/50 layer I will do another thin layer with only Vallejo Flat Yellow in certain locations to make the paint pop.... but one thing at a time...

I building up layers of "age" concentrated in hard to reach / clean places.  After all.... these vehicles are maintained by small, spiteful, little jerks who will do just enough to avoid being beaten or worse. 

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Back in the saddle again...

 After months of not really painting anything, due (mostly) to a return to work.  I have finally begun to carve out some time for me.  

I have picked up the Battle Wagon again and I'm making progress with the 'mid-tone'. 

Almost done with the mid tone, this show the transition area from the base coat with wash (right side) and the mid tone over it.  It's a bit rough still, but it's early days. 

Battlewagon Started!

 The Battlewagon is primed (black), basecoated (Averland Sunset) and washed (Agrax Earthshade).

This provides a good "base color" for the model.  Now I will go back and start layering Averland Sunset to try to build up the yellow color but also to leave some dingy / dirty areas where dirt/dust/grease/grime has accumulated.  

Also, start working on the crew. 

On a side note, I cleaned my work space and put down new brown paper... really treated myself. 

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Fuel Canisters Done!!!

 Done!  These were a blast to make and paint.  I may make more. 

All Four.

#1 Front

#1 Back

#2 Front

#2 Back

#3 Front

#3 Back

#4 Front

#4 Back

Ork Dreadnaught for scale!

Next up... Ork Battle Wagon!!!!

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Massive Darkness Goblins Finished!

 Here they are!

16 rusty armored hand to hand goblins ready to rip to "make a maggot hold in you!"

Fun to paint and to finish.  Next I'm going to work on finishing my Warhammer 40K Ork Battle Wagon, which has sat primed and base coated on my paint table for years!  

Also, I've been making strong work on my Fuel Canister scenery.. look for that to be finished in the next couple of days!

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Massive Darkness Goblins Update

I've been picking away at my Massive Darkness Hand to Hand Goblins.  They are coming along nicely. 

I high lighted the goblin Flesh with Army Painter Snake Scales and then gave these areas a wash with Citadel Biel Tan Green. 

I'm fairly pleased with the overall affect.  I may go back and add small touches of Snake Scales to where the Biel Tan Green may have pooled, but overall, it is pretty good.  

Next, on to the robes!

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Other Projects.

In addition to the Massive Darkness Goblins I have been creating and slowly working on some terrain pieces. 

The first is another shrine using a model I received in a swag bag from 2010 Adepticon.

I was also inspired by this physical canister... although you could claim that the contents inspired me as well.. 

In order to create these fuel depo canisters. 

I've also been constructing some buildings. 

Aaand, last but not least I've been playing around with making a chaos icon objective. 

I used my kids Crayola Air Dry clay to fashion a chaos symbol that looked like it had been constructed out of stone blocks.

I then glued it to a piece of plastic card and built up a clay dam around it to create a casting station. 

Next I used Smooth On 2 part silicon to create a mold. 

Liberating the mold, pretty much destroyed my original. 

I then cast the chaos icon using Smooth On plastic resin. 

Next.  I'll clean it up a bit and see if I can make some sort of objective marker out of it.  If it works well, I will try to make 4; one for each of the major chaos gods. 

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Goblins Progress Continues

All of the Goblins now have rusty armor!

The armor was rusted by dry brushing with Model Color Chocolate Brown (#872), followed by Citadel Dry Ryza Rust, and finished by dry brushing / edging with Army Painter Gun Metal. 

Next I am going to touch up the skin and brighten the color up a bit / add some skin detail. 

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MAssive Darkness H2H Goblins - Progress

I started these guys with Citadel Foundation paint Knarloc Green for the flesh tones. 

I then applied Army Painter Gun Metal for their armor.  They have A LOT of armor for Goblins! 

I next washed the entire model with Citadel Shade Agrax Earthshade.  This gave a little more tone to the skin and provided som recess contrast for the armor.  

Next I am going to add some rust affect to all the armor, and then bring some of the edges back up with metal.  

More progress pics as I work along.

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Massive Darkness H2H Goblins!

Next up... 16 Massive Darkness Goblins!  

All Goblins are equipped with a cool sword and dagger, and have a shield on their back.  

I think I am going to paint them up in a "Night Goblin" theme.  

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Adepticon 2010 Model - Imperial Shrine

Finished the shrine.  Fairly happy with it.  Some of the snow got a bit gloopy / thick and dried awkwardly, I'm looking at you front right corner. 
Overall, pretty fun and will make a nice objective in games of 40K once the COVID quarantine is lifted a bit more. 

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Ork Burna' Bomba' DONE!!!

Whoo Hoo!  BIG project, but finally finished!
I'm pretty happy with the way it has come out.

Next up, finishing the Imperial Shrine I built out. 

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Side Task - Imperial Shrine

While I have been waiting for paint to dry, I raided my bitz box and found a free model from the 2010 Adepticon.  I don't play imperial lists, so I decided to make him into a shrine.

Complete with custom made candles...

And a scraggly old tree...

I may add some purity seals and maybe some prayer paper... I haven't decided.  But, if nothing else this is a fun distraction.

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Top Coat almost done!

I've got about another 30 minutes of painting to finish the top coat of color for the yellow, then a little touch up with straight flat yellow and the armor color will be done. 

Next... touch up some of the recesses with a wash and then move onto metals. 

The right side has mid-tone and the left is the "final" top color. 

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Mid-Tone Done!

Next up, a 50/50 mix of Valejo Flat Yellow and Averland Sunset, to slowly build up the depth of yellow color. 

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Mid-Tone Progress!

Been picking away at my Burna' Bombah.
So far my progress is: prime black, layer of Averalnd Sunset over the entire model, layer of Devlan Mud over the entire model, mid-tone with Averland Sunset, leaving the spaces between plates.  This also give the armor a 'worn' affect as the paint does not dry 100% evenly and shows some of the darker shaded color below.

Left Side = Averland Sunset + Devlan Mud     Right Side = Mid-tone of Averland Sunset

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Next Up!

In honor of the impending release of 9th edition for 40K... I am going to finish this Ork Burna' Bomber that has been languishing on my paint bench for .... years.... 

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