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Ultramarines Land Raider Convertible 2

Posted on May 30, 2010

I didn’t get as much done this weekend as I would have liked. I had hoped to have the tank assembled and primed.

I did manage to solve the question of whether to have the doors ahead of the weapons, or behind. In most of the pictures in Imperial Armour 2, the Land Raiders have thier lascannons in the aft, and the doors forward. The pictures of the Crusader/Redeemer in IA2 and the models in the codex and White Dwarf have the weapons forward and the doors aft. Since I didn’t really like the look of the having the lascannons forward, I made the obvious choice.

Magnetize everything!

I added magnets in both doors so that I can mix and match as needed. It also keeps the door open for a Land Raider Terminus conversion if I find some extra predator sponsons. I used some sprue to span the doorways, and filed the ends down to fit between the track-halves. I used some 1/16″ thick card to make sure the magnets are close enough together.

This side was easy, since it has the flat interior door. The other side has the control panel/equipment door. I suppose I could just use a flat piece of card instead. that would ensure having the same amount of clearance for the magnets on all doors. Besides, no one will ever see the thing anyway…

Oh, and to tie in with Craig’s post, I’m using the camera in my cell phone. 😀

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Ork Flash Git

Posted on May 29, 2010

I didn’t paint this one, but I wanted to share it and it’s tale anyway.

There was an auction at my local Games Workshop a couple weeks ago, along with some mini-games for prizes. They had as prizes some mail-order only models, and I knew there were about three things I wanted as prizes so I went down to see if I couldn’t make it happen.

I lost every single game. Poop.

Towards the end of the day, one of the local kids won a game and upon looking through the box of prizes realized that there was nothing he wanted. I was standing around and he asked if there was anything I wanted, and I sort of sputtered out “Oh yes!” and picked out the Ork Flash Git. I’m amazed – I’ve been known to give prizes that I don’t care about to kids, but that’s because I have a job and I can really afford to buy just about any model I happen to desire. Good kid.

At the auction, the last three things put up for auction were staff paint jobs, as they usually do, and there was one particular staffer who’s work I admire. I bid $10 on him up from $1 and won his work without a fight. As I paid my $10, I tossed the Flash Git at him, saying “I play Deathskulls”.

(At the end of the day I also purchased the Animosity Orks, so look for them in a painting/modelling project soon!)

Paint Scheme

  • I really have no idea, but I wanted to point out a couple awesome things he did.
  • The squig is my favourite part. Tiger squig! It also has a targeting reticule for an eye. Awesome.
  • The skin is incredibly well highlighted, I can’t even begin to figure out how many layers and what colours he used.
  • All of the metal has been painted it’s primary colour, and then has a little splotch of some metallic colour painted in random locations, where the paint has chipped.
  • He used a similar highlight scheme as the skin (with different colours) to paint the gun-barrel wood grain.

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Ultramarines Land Raider Convertible 1

Posted on May 27, 2010

No I’m not making an assault tank with a ragtop. That would be heresy.

For a while now, I’ve been wanting to start a real painting project. Most of the things I paint are for current armies or upcoming events. They generally feel rushed or burdensome. I’ve decided that the way around that is to just pick something that I don’t have an immediate need for, but that would be a fun model to build and paint.

I won a Land Raider at Astronomi-con Vancouver last year. I ordered the Crusader/Redeemer sprue from GW and a set of Ultramarine doors from Forgewold. I also picked up Imperial Armor – Model Masterclass Vol. 1. It has some neat weathering techniques I want to try out.

I usually dive right into these things, build it, paint it, play with it. I’m going to try to pace myself this time and take the time to make everything as good as I can. It’ll be interesting to see how I do with that.

Tonight, I washed off the Forgeworld doors. I’ve got an old head from my electric toothbrush that I use with some dish soap to remove the mold realeasing agent so the primer will stick. Speaking of which, I’m out of primer… I’m also trying to figure out how much to assemble before priming. I want to make at least a token effort to paint the interior (though no one will ever see it, so I may skip that), so I can’t just put it all together. Plus, I’m concerned about putting together the assault ramp before priming, since that’ll stick it shut. I’m not sure how string the resin will be as compared to the normal plastic, so maybe I should just glue the whole thing shut anyway. Decisions, decisions.

I’m using this website as a guide for magnetizing the weapon and accessory mountings.

No pics this time. We all know what bare plastic looks like.

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Tyranid Hive Guard 1

Posted on May 27, 2010

For my first post of this blog, I choose a model that I spent most of Sunday working on – sorry I can’t start with a blank slate!

This hive guard has been sitting on my desk for a couple months, assembled and beautiful. We played some Apocalypse on Saturday, and it got me really hyped up to paint some models. Unfortunately, I left my Orks (my current priority project) at my friends place, so I had to suffice with what was on my desk – a lot of random things.

Paint Scheme

Right now he (it?) has 3 colours:

  • Bubonic brown, washed with Devlan Mud. Highlight with Bubonic Brown, followed by Sunburst Yellow. I think this layer is done.
  • Scaly Green, washed with Badab Black. I think this colour went out of print some years ago. This guy belongs to a larger Tyranid army that I started maaaaany years ago, and I made sure to purchase the colours before they were discontinued. Thankfully it’s still liquid. My favourite part about this combination: he looks disgusting. Shiny dark green. Gross. I may end up highlighting to a combination of Hawk Turqoise (another OOP colour?) plus the Scaly Green. But not to much – I like the darkness.
  • Bleached Bone, washed with Devlan Mud. This combination went on his gun and every spike. I’m not certain what I’m going to do from here, but the gun definitely needs some attention to stop it from looking plain.
  • Base is a simple gravel/sand mix, with Codex Gray and Fortress Gray dry-brushed. Goes with the rest of the army. It’ll have some greenery on it at the end.

A few thoughts

  • I have no idea how I painted without washes before. It’s ridiculous how awesome they are. Like that gun – better looking after two sloppy coats of paint than a lot of models that I see regularly. This kind of tool can only make people feel good about their painting (thus they paint more?)
  • Hive guard == badass. All armoured and awesome. I need more of them.
  • In hindsight, another layer of a mix of Bubonic and Devlan would have been a better idea before heading straight to the Bubonic again. It’s a fairly stark transition.

Thanks for reading!