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  2. Dez
    Hi all!
    I've been hard at work on the army, but my focus is a bit off so I'm going to do some updating and sharing.
    I played a game with Paul Conti last night, who quickly turned around and made a YouTube Batrep out of it.
     
    So I came home last night, and started getting some finishing work done on the Endrinriggers. I'm going to put a bit of freehand nose art on them all, then glue them so they'll stay for good
     
     





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    Mhornar Test Scheme

    By Dez,

    Quick post today to show my paint scheme. I've almost got it as I imagined...though I've still got my work cut out for me as far as creating the clouds goes. I envision swirling clouds, with some parts of it dark blue/green and black with veins of yellow (aethergold) coming through. I'm still working on that, I spent some time last night dyeing cotton and just couldn't get it to come out right.
    The other thing I was going to do was swirling reds and oranges in the 'chamber' of the guns, but it was just too busy with color. That's too bad, as I'm going to be doing some different OSL around the model. 
    I still have some highlights to do, and I want to create some more tonal variation in the beard.

  4. Dez
    Yar mateys!
    So I think I mentioned earlier the influence for my army:

    So I had some things to think about. How am I going to do cloud basing? How do I make the ships look lived in? How am I going to come up with those tentacles?
    I've come up with some solutions (I hope!). So far, I've got the tentacles sorted at least for the smaller bases. The ships are going to require bigger and better tentacles and other cool bits and bobs. I'll cross that bridge when I get there, but I've got ideas for that too! So I made tentacles out of greenstuff...there really isn't a lot of info out there. This required some creativity and custom made tools. So what I did was cut a plastruct plastic tube down the middle (like a canoe). I then rolled up rough tube/tentacle shapes, and then put them into the tub. I pressed them in, to create the flat side while retaining the rounded side as well. For my second tool, I cut the bristles off an old paintbrush and removed as much of it from the ferrule as I could. I used this to impress the 'suckers' on the tentacles.
    With some cork and vallejo Dark Earth, my bases were sorted. They are now primed and ready for some paint!

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    Ahoy thar, Mateys!

    By Dez,

    I'm going to be making a Barak-Mhornar Fleet, and I couldn't be more excited. That's saying something for an excitable gamer! Since we had heard rumors of a Dwarf Blimp back in 8th Edition I'd been saving money to start The Fleet. I've also threatened to sell all my armies if they brought back Squats to 40k, but that may turn out to be an idle threat
    So I've got the vision for Barak-Mhornar, the Pirate City. My Fleet will be focussed on the art and trade of Brewing, with a secret itinerary: Find the keys to the recipe of the fabled Bugman's Best. Often thought lost to the 8 Winds, they've returned time and again after years of being gone. Always different, always changed...and always with holds full of bewildering riches. 
    One image really struck me when released, the image of the Ships with tentacles coming up from below:

    So I'll be be doing a bit of sculpting of tentacles and barnacles and other interesting items. I think I'm also going to go a step further and make the ships look really lived in and Piratical, with scary symbols and skulls adapted from real pirate fleets. I'm also going to go really deep and dark with the colors, and use different sources of light (Aethergold and blue/green lenses, purples). I'm also going to try and make some sort of cloud basing, and I've got ideas for that already. 
    So here is my progress so far. I've almost built all of the Arkanaut Company and one Frigate. I've got a lot of basing and sculpting to do. The most fun part, is I'm trying to get it done by May 21st for a doubles tournament! Painted and ready to play.
    I've found a couple ways to convert Light Skyhooks. You can use the tips of the Skyspikes as well as Skyhooks from the Frigates. I then converted a 'SkyPike' from the bits left over.



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    PROGRESS: Fire and Blood!

    By Dez,

    Hiyas! Between vacations, work and other excuses I've been busy but not idle! I'm just going to photodump a bunch of pictures of my Megawarboss Groggo da Kegshmasha Bane of Alegullzla Gargants as well as some Brutes that are WIP. I've tons more in the queue, so hopefully the updates will be fast and furious!

     
    Special shout out to @James McPherson for picking up the Ironjawz mug for me. Also to @Ben and @Bowlzee for recommending Hobbyzone.pl. I've picked up a bunch of stuff, with more to build yet!

  10. Dez
    I've been building a lot, and mainly Ironjawz. Did up some fun conversions, but I think I can do a lot more. I'll add them when completed, and then begin painting!

     
    I've also got Warhammer Quest as well as High Elves built for my daughter.

  11. Dez
    I painted this guy up quick...probably 4 or 5 hours. Maybe not that quick? I tried playing with painting metals in this, I wanted to darken tones and make sure I was getting really good contrast where the light was hitting vs shadows.
    Tons more pics here 
     

  12. Dez
    Hello!
    I recently speed painted up some Night Goblins...I mean Moonclan Grots. You may recognize them from such things as Battle for Skull Pass, low price eBay Auctions or kits you've had since you started the hobby *cough cough*. 
    They were loads of fun to do. I've always wanted to have a huge Orcs and Goblins army, but there was so much going on it's hard to control ones Army ADD. I love the new Orders, so now I can have fun adding in lots of stuff everywhere and just work on stuff at random.
    With that said, I'm going to focus on the Orruks...mainly Moonclan and Ironjawz...and Spider Goblins...maybe some Ogre conversions...for a while.
    Here are a couple pics, there are more in the Painting and Modeling section here 


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