Army finishing project: Finished tzeentch sorcerer on disk!

So, I have now finished my Tzeentch sorc on disk. I used none metallic metal on the halberd and disk prongs and the only metallic colour used was shining gold. Anyway, here are the pics in a slideshow:

Pros: I am quite pleased with the NMM and the fire, as well as the grubby-ish white. I like hi and I think he stands up to close inspection as I took time in the intricate details especially he little tube on his belt which i used a speckling effect for.

Cons: the only bad bit for me is the stand. I custom made it out of a pen but i can't seem to make him stick and make it not brittle. That's why he is propped up on a bouncy ball.

Tell us what you think, thanks for reading,

Jacob.

Building: Khorne Lord on Jugger and missing bits on rhino.

So, I'm sorry I have'nt posted in a few days, our internet connection went dodgey and then when it was fixed pictures wouldn't upload because it went faulty again. Now, on with the post. Since I last saw you I have been busy with all sorts and there will be a variety of posts this next week but the main two modeling things have been what is shown in the pics below:

The door on the front should have been painted befor but I had lost it and the guy on the top was a bit of a brainwave I had when rooting through my bitz box. I thought it would look cool to have him actualy holding the storm bolter. I quite like it.

This khorne lord on jugger is one of the refinements to my chaos army that I will be doing befor calling it finished or at least as finished as an army ever is. I already have plans to do touch up's and rehauls of some models after the army finishing project. I'm thinking off perhaps to other way off projects, one being a terrain finishing project and the other being a touch up project.

So, what do you think, thanks for reading,

Jacob.

Tutorials/Army Finishing Project: Sally squad finished and conversions on regular guys.

Hi, recently I have finished the 10 sallies, here are the pics:

If you look carefully at that last picture, you'll notice that the power fist is metal with blue and green washes, now this is my new theory for power weapons. It always says in fluff that they are sheathed in power so this wash gives that effect. All it is is thraka green and asurmen blue or watered down blue. On power swords and claws you would still do the power line as well of course. Now, here comes the tutorial:

Coverting regular guys is quite a rtecent thing. I've found though that just a few small conversions in a unit really makes it pop. Now if you look at my guy with bolt pistol and bolter, his strong pose really makes him look real, whereas the guys just holding bolters normaly stop the unit from looking over the top. So, I know that this isn't really a tutorial but just think next time you build regular guys, could I change that.

Now, onto the Army Finishing project standings, I am noow on 11 points.

TERRAN HANDS AND SALLIES

4pts 2 half done land speeders for terran hands, tutorial: not sure.
2pts LR-built-painted-needs some slight changes tutorial: repainting.
-2pts 5scouts- built tutorial: cloth
4pts Rhino-built-primered tutorial: getting nice flat colours and possibly line highlighting.
2pts Dread-needs some repairing and some redoing tutorial: adding to models.
5pts 5assault marines: built tutorial: adding the combat image.
1pts some reapir work. tutorial: probably none.
SPACE WOLVES Tutorials: not sure yet
3pts Drop pod-built
10pts 20 grey hunters- built
-1pts 5wolf scouts-built
3pts 4long fangs-built
4pts Whirlwind-half built
3pts 4wolf guard- built
2pts Rune priest- built
2pts 10 blood claws- need highlights

P.S. I have included the wolf guard joining units in that units cost.

Warriors Of Chaos
6pts 5knights- built-primerd-1 nearly done. tutorial:washes and magic

3pts warshrine-primered-more being added. tutorial: scratch building.
5pts 12 WoC- built primered. tutorial:adding to units maybe
3pts 12 WoC-need details. tutorial:fur
12pts 15 marauder cav- built tutorial: painting black skin maybe more
10pts 20 marauders- need details tutorial: wood
-4 Palanquin- built- partialy painted tutorial: intricate nurgle
-6 to do but +3 when done Lord on disk tutorial: probably fire
-3 odd dude from Games Day- built tutorial: random models.


Thanks for reading,

Jacob.

Thoughts: New Years Resolutions

Yea yea I know everyone is doing this but I am going to go ahead and pot up mine:

1. Finish army finishing project.
2. Build up some proper tactics with an army that I like and is effective (ie Space wolves and warriors of chaos).
3. Keep this blog updated with interesting content.
4. To do the random bits that pop up in the year like buying new stuff and to have them done with and not just left around.

So, not to big a list but then again the army finishing project is a big thing. I hope you had a gret christmas and a happy New Year. Thankks for reading,

Jacob.

Tutorials: adding that extra bit (reedeemer).

So, here we are you tutorial loving people, pictures and a tutorial of the extra bits on the reedeemer. Here we go:

Firts we have writing, this is an eccelent was to add character, ty last tutorial was on how to do this!

Then there is free hand art. Now, I am no artist but I have done some devbout symbols etc then washed them out slightly with a mix of brown green and grey making them look like hand written scripts etc that have been there for days!

The next bit is killl markings and scripts, always writte a little squigly line on purity seals and on guns it is sometimes a good idea to write on kill markings (x's).

Here is another example, I have written Ts'Kar on it which is the drivers name. Hard to see I know.

Thats it people, what do you think, thanks for reading,

Jacob.

Salamanders: Reedeemer finished (pics included).

So, I have finally finished the Reedeemer, the pics below show it in it's done form but the tutorial for this one was adding that extra bit so you will only see it with that extra bit when I post up the tutorial (will be up soon). Anyway, finishing this puts my painting points total up to 8 so, not doing to bad. I have also realised that I have two land speeders to finish so they have been added to the project list below. The pics are under the project list/

TERRAN HANDS AND SALLIES

5pts Reedeemer-built-primered-half painted tutorial: adding that extra bit.
4pts 2 half done land speeders for terran hands, tutorial: not sure.
2pts LR-built-painted-needs some slight changes tutorial: repainting.
-2pts 5scouts- built tutorial: cloth
5pts 10sallies- nearly done tutorial: conversions on regular guys.
4pts Rhino-built-primered tutorial: getting nice flat colours and possibly line highlighting.
3pts 2sallies rhinos- need details tutorial: writing on tanks.
2pts Dread-needs some repairing and some redoing tutorial: adding to models.
5pts 5assault marines: built tutorial: adding the combat image.
1pts some reapir work. tutorial: probably none.
SPACE WOLVES Tutorials: not sure yet
3pts Drop pod-built
10pts 20 grey hunters- 20 built
-1pts 5wolf scouts-built
3pts 4long fangs-built
4pts Whirlwind-half built
3pts 4wolf guard- built
2pts Rune priest- built
2pts 10 blood claws- need highlights
P.S. I have included the wolf guard joining units in that units cost.

Warriors Of Chaos
6pts 5knights- built-primerd-1 nearly done. tutorial:washes and magic
3pts warshrine-primered-more being added. tutorial: scratch building.
5pts 12 WoC- built primered. tutorial:adding to units maybe
3pts 12 WoC-need details. tutorial:fur
12pts 15 marauder cav- built tutorial: painting black skin maybe more.
10pts 20 marauders- need details tutorial: wood
-4 Palanquin- built- partialy painted tutorial: intricate nurgle
-6 to do but +3 when done Lord on disk tutorial: probably fire.
-3 odd dude from Games Day- built tutorial: random models.

Anyway, here are the pics:

I'm quite pleased with this actually, how about you. Thanks for reading,

Jacob.

Army Finishing Project: Much progres on WIPs.

Hi, over the last week or so I have been making progres on my Reedeemer, a terran hands rhino (repainted) and a WIP tac squad. On with the pics:

Here is the Reedeemer The gold was painted iyanden then twice shining gold then very very heavy wash devlan.

I ran our of boltgun so the maetals are mithril silver heavily washed with badab black.

Now for the marines, sorry for bad lighting in these pics.

On these I just did some little things like some highlighting, next is final details and arms/boltguns, should be good when there done!

Finaly the rhino, not many pics at the moment as it is just as you see there. This is just a bog standard job.

So, what do you think. Have you been enjoying the army finishing project, I know I have. Not going to be much warhammer coming my way this christmas but hey ho. Thanks for reading,

Jacob.

Tutorials: Writing on tanks (11 pics).

Hi, Just thought I'd do the tutorial on how I did the writing on the sally rhinos, reme3mber this isa also a bpart of the army finishing project, here we go:

Step 1, placing: choose where on the model you want the writing, make sure to do this carefully as it is very important.

Step 2, draw it: Get a pice of paper and draw out what you want your writing to say, I called one of my rhinos Fire Drake and the other Carinus. Here is how I drew out Fire Drake.

Step3, paint 1: paint the letters carefully with only simple curls etc, make sure to print it and not join up as this will make it neater.

Step 4, paint 2: Paint on your other locations (I had 2).

Step 5, joining up: It's hard to see butb here I have carefully joined up the letters.

Here are the close-ups of my other tank so you can see the step by step again.

So, what do you think, like it. Do I need to improve anything. Thanks for reading,

Jacob.

Army Finishing Project: 2 Sally Rhinos finished.

Hi, Jacob here, I have now finished my two sally rhinos, here is the new army finishing project list:

TERRAN HANDS AND SALLIES

5pts Reedeemer-built-primered-half painted tutorial: adding that extra bit.

2pts LR-built-painted-needs some slight changes tutorial: repainting.

-2pts 5scouts- built tutorial: cloth

5pts 10sallies- nearly done tutorial: conversions on regular guys.

4pts Rhino-built-primered tutorial: getting nice flat colours and possibly line highlighting.

3pts 2sallies rhinos- need details tutorial: writing on tanks.

2pts Dread-needs some repairing and some redoing tutorial: adding to models.

5pts 5assault marines: built tutorial: adding the combat image.

1pts some reapir work. tutorial: probably none.



SPACE WOLVES Tutorials: not sure yet



3pts Drop pod-built

10pts 20 grey hunters- 10 built

-1pts 5wolf scouts-built

3pts 4long fangs-built

4pts Whirlwind-half built

3pts 4wolf guard- built

2pts Rune priest- built

2pts 10 blood claws- need highlights



P.S. I have included the wolf guard joining units in that units cost.

Warriors Of Chaos



6pts 5knights- built-primerd-1 nearly done. tutorial:washes and magic

3pts warshrine-primered-more being added. tutorial: scratch building.

5pts 12 WoC- built primered. tutorial:adding to units maybe

3pts 12 WoC-need details. tutorial:fur

12pts 15 marauder cav- built tutorial: painting black skin maybe more.

10pts 20 marauders- need details tutorial: wood

-4 Palanquin- built- partialy painted tutorial: intricate nurgle

-6 to do but +3 when done Lord on disk tutorial: probably fire.

-3 odd dude from Games Day- built tutorial: random models.

This means that my painting point total stands at: 3 a good start. Here are the pics:

So, tell us what you think. Thanks for reading,

Jacob.

Army Finishing Project: The great list of stuff!

Hi, here is the list complete with how many points things are worth as explained below. This is mainly for me and you will repeatedly see this over and over again as I complete stuff. Anyway, here is rthe points rules:

OK, I want to earn points for painting but I want to spend them on something. So, some usints have - points costs which means to paint them I have to paint other stuff fist this is to stop me from painting all the nice bit and leaving the rest, first shown is the points value when finished then the actual thing and then finally the tutorial that will go with that thing, on with the list:

 TERRAN HANDS AND SALLIES

5pts Reedeemer-built-primered-half painted tutorial: adding that extra bit.
2pts LR-built-painted-needs some slight changes tutorial: repainting.
-2pts 5scouts- built tutorial: cloth
5pts 10sallies- nearly done tutorial: conversions on regular guys.
4pts Rhino-built-primered tutorial: getting nice flat colours and possibly line highlighting.
3pts 2sallies rhinos- need details tutorial: writing on tanks.
2pts Dread-needs some repairing and some redoing tutorial: adding to models.
5pts 5assault marines: built tutorial: adding the combat image.
1pts some reapir work. tutorial: probably none.

SPACE WOLVES Tutorials: not sure yet

3pts Drop pod-built
10pts 20 grey hunters- 10 built
-1pts 5wolf scouts-built
3pts 4long fangs-built
4pts Whirlwind-half built
3pts 4wolf guard- built
2pts Rune priest- built
2pts 10 blood claws- need highlights

P.S. I have included the wolf guard joining units in that units cost.
Warriors Of Chaos

6pts 5knights- built-primerd-1 nearly done. tutorial:washes and magic
3pts warshrine-primered-more being added. tutorial: scratch building.
5pts 12 WoC- built primered. tutorial:adding to units maybe
3pts 12 WoC-need details. tutorial:fur
12pts 15 marauder cav- built tutorial: painting black skin maybe more.
10pts 20 marauders- need details tutorial: wood
-4 Palanquin- built- partialy painted tutorial: intricate nurgle
-6 to do but +3 when done Lord on disk tutorial: probably fire.
-3 odd dude from Games Day- built tutorial: random models.

So, what do you think. Any good? Are you looking forward to the tutorials.

thanks for reading,

Jacob.

Army finishing project: More formulated ideas!

So, I was thinking some thing like this:

Finished basic foot troop-1 pt
Finished medium foot troop-2pt
Finished complex foot troop-3pt
Finished foot character-4pt
Cavalry/bike-2pt
Character cav/bike-5pt
Tank-5pt

Ammendmenst to points may be made at a later date. When I list things I will sometimes give them a - point value. This means I will have to spend accumilated points to paint them. this will help me get all my stuff done and not just the characters etc!

Tell us what you think guys, thanks for reading,

Jacob