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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: nic-e on May 27, 2017, 06:49:55 PM

Title: Things I do for work- Dark imperium starter box.(Dark sphere.)
Post by: nic-e on May 27, 2017, 06:49:55 PM
So today was a quiet day at work, And that meant I was able to paint up some of the store shadow wars scenery.

As a quick review, this stuff is lovely.Chunky plastic and insane detail given the fact that so much of it is cast in single pieces.
IT goes together well, I keep describing it as nerd lego.

Painting wise i did a silver spray, then went at it with model mates red rust and oil brown sprays, then sponged on surface colour before going in with washes and detailing.

(http://oi1350.photobucket.com/albums/p771/Nic-e2/111_zps2jpbcb4k.jpg)

(http://oi1350.photobucket.com/albums/p771/Nic-e2/1111_zps12tyigis.jpg)

(http://oi1350.photobucket.com/albums/p771/Nic-e2/11_zpspbv8n8pz.jpg)
Title: Re: Shadow wars terrain-(Dark sphere.)
Post by: axiom on May 27, 2017, 07:19:35 PM
The paint effect on the tank is really excellent. Very nice!
Title: Re: Shadow wars terrain-(Dark sphere.)
Post by: OSHIROmodels on May 27, 2017, 07:31:32 PM
Great weathering  :)

cheers

James
Title: Re: Shadow wars terrain-(Dark sphere.)
Post by: nic-e on May 27, 2017, 08:18:34 PM
Great weathering  :)

cheers

James
The paint effect on the tank is really excellent. Very nice!

Cheers chaps! :)
Title: Re: Shadow wars terrain-(Dark sphere.)
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on May 28, 2017, 08:13:57 AM
Very good.

Are you going to chroma key out the table top?
Title: Re: Shadow wars terrain-(Dark sphere.)
Post by: The Voivod on May 28, 2017, 10:11:43 AM
That looks really good.

I am slowly startting to get an urge to work on some scenery again and this will certainly work as an inspiration if it should be some hive world stuff...
Title: Re: Shadow wars terrain-(Dark sphere.)
Post by: Sir_Theo on May 28, 2017, 10:24:42 AM
I've just bought a few of those sets, hope I can get half as good a result from them!
Title: Re: Shadow wars terrain-(Dark sphere.)
Post by: blacksoilbill on May 28, 2017, 11:37:31 AM
You've done a great job there: love the weathering.
Title: Re: Shadow wars terrain-(Dark sphere.)
Post by: nic-e on May 28, 2017, 08:58:44 PM
Many thanks for the kind words! This stuff is a joy to paint (well...sponge...)

Despite having over 100 magic players in the store i found some time to sit down and crack out another furnace ,two catwalks and pillars.
(also tried playing with brighter colours in the hope it wouldn't look too out of place, so the catwalks are goblin green and sunshine yellow.)

(http://oi1350.photobucket.com/albums/p771/Nic-e2/18766887_10206827932576378_692174048_o_zpst4llpjv2.jpg)

(http://oi1350.photobucket.com/albums/p771/Nic-e2/18836106_10206827932416374_1509164816_o_zps4pqae8rz.jpg)

(http://oi1350.photobucket.com/albums/p771/Nic-e2/18789846_10206827939696556_203720268_o_zps34wuhhdy.jpg)

Here is what I've managed to get done in the last couple of days.Not too shabby for a few hours of sponging and spraying.

(http://oi1350.photobucket.com/albums/p771/Nic-e2/18766908_10206827932936387_576123610_o_zpswhavdqwr.jpg)
(http://oi1350.photobucket.com/albums/p771/Nic-e2/18789578_10206827935776458_2002082153_o_zpsgbrphmuy.jpg)
(http://oi1350.photobucket.com/albums/p771/Nic-e2/18767156_10206827936256470_1825086318_o_zpsl3ykaqrt.jpg)


On Tuesday the local necromunda group are coming in and will try the stuff out in game. Everything has been given a good coat of testors so hopefully it should stand up to some bumps and scrapes.



Title: Re: Shadow wars terrain-(Dark sphere.)
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on May 29, 2017, 08:19:45 AM
That continues to amaze.

Title: Re: Shadow wars terrain-(Dark sphere.)
Post by: Michka on May 29, 2017, 06:43:23 PM
Hot Damn that looks great! Very effective method of painting that terrain. I've been painting up a couple sets lately and it's taking 4/13ths of forever to get done.
Title: Re: Shadow wars terrain-(Dark sphere.)
Post by: eilif on May 30, 2017, 07:48:51 PM
Dang, your aged metal work is fantastic!
Title: Re: Shadow wars terrain-(Dark sphere.)
Post by: nic-e on May 30, 2017, 08:20:01 PM
Cheers chaps! I look forward to getting some in game pics from the necroumnda players.

I'm not in work this week ,I'm busy working on some other, less wargame related steel structures, So nothing new until at least next Wednesday.
Title: Re: Shadow wars terrain-(Dark sphere.)
Post by: nic-e on June 01, 2017, 12:09:40 AM
Well the necromunda players were in the other night to try out the scenery. Obviously I haven't painted up QUITE enough for them yet, so they had to subsidise it a little.....
(http://oi1350.photobucket.com/albums/p771/Nic-e2/18882247_10155374952619224_9064940684298002328_n_zpspmowd8i7.jpg)

But their feedback on the scenery in game terms was good, they enjoy the modilarity and think it's all tall and big enough to actually add some proper height and variation to a table.
Title: Re: Shadow wars terrain-(Dark sphere.) now WITH BIGMARINES!
Post by: nic-e on June 07, 2017, 11:57:35 PM
So 8th edition is round the corner, And yours truly has been given the task of painting the starter box.
(My own 5thth 6th and 7th edition starter boxes are sat unpainted at home.....)

So i did a quick test on one of the primaris marines today, and my god they are lovely to paint! This is what marines should have been all along to me, Hulking great warriors with a brutal dynamism to their poses.

(http://oi1350.photobucket.com/albums/p771/Nic-e2/18952533_10206894504440633_2134427766581461290_n_zps9anxxfxv.jpg)

I'm not normally one for highlights and blending and such things, So this was a real test of my ability to paint cleanly. Now i can't wait to get my hands on a few of these guys for my own ,Where i can attack them with the sponge and weathering sprays !
Title: Re: Shadow wars terrain-With primaris marine!(Dark sphere.)
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on June 08, 2017, 08:16:27 AM
That looks good, very dynamic posing. Great paint job.
Title: Re: Shadow wars terrain-With primaris marine!(Dark sphere.)
Post by: Ballardian on June 08, 2017, 06:27:26 PM
 beautifully weathered scenery & the Marine (GW finally go "sod it" & go tru-scale with full fluff justification) looks great, they're making it hard to ignore (I drifted away with 6th ed.).
Title: Re: Things I do for work- Dark imperium starter box.(Dark sphere.)
Post by: nic-e on June 10, 2017, 11:41:28 PM
cheers chaps! Decided to change this into the general "stuff i do at work" thread since I have a few things lined up that need doing.

So i've got the dark imperium box at home with me now, All models are sprayed in base colours. I'm about 4 hours in and i'm almost finished on the 5th marine.

They are really nice fun to paint, But my god i can't wait to start on those plague zombies. ... (i'm hoping to be the first one to convert one for AoS/inq28)

(http://i1350.photobucket.com/albums/p771/Nic-e2/19074698_10206913766202165_1863294292_o_zpsdbodwo1g.jpg)
Title: Re: Things I do for work- Dark imperium starter box.(Dark sphere.)
Post by: Pictors Studio on June 11, 2017, 01:26:50 AM
Those look great.  I'm very much looking forward to getting my hands on those marines this time next week.  I've got my set pre-ordered and paid for at my local FLGS.

I am off that day and for the next three days as well so I'm hoping I can finish the marines in the set and get a game in before I have to go back to work on the Wednesday.  I have the Nurgle stuff arranged for a trade so I can get more marines.  With luck I might be able to get all 40 figures done by the 21st.  If not then at least by the 24th when I'm off again. 

Thanks for posting those pictures. 
Title: Re: Things I do for work- Dark imperium starter box.(Dark sphere.)
Post by: von Lucky on June 11, 2017, 02:49:31 AM
Lovely stuff. The Nurgle stuff does look pretty good - looking forward to your take on them.
Title: Re: Things I do for work- Dark imperium starter box.(Dark sphere.)
Post by: Vanvlak on June 11, 2017, 09:12:50 AM
Very nice stuff - I ended up ordering the new 40k box in the end.
That's not the Edinburgh store is it? Because if not, someone copied your colour scheme.  :D
Title: Re: Things I do for work- Dark imperium starter box.(Dark sphere.)
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on June 11, 2017, 09:38:50 AM
That's not the Edinburgh store is it? Because if not, someone copied your colour scheme.  :D
My assumption was under the arches in the Lambeth Containment Zone (aka The Squeeze).