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PostPosted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:18 pm 
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 10:58 am 
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Stormwind wrote:
Beautiful! I've never seen fanware with a detailed front like that!

Black armour like that is very hard to paint.


It's a lovely model from the dark age of forumware. There are quite a few variations, plus Immolators and Exorcists. Such a good match for the SoB infantry.

Yeah, black is tough - very unforgiving.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 11:19 am 
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Just realised the pre-paint army shot is missing from this thread. Here's the task in hand + a couple of detail shots (can't find detail pics of the other formations). These were taken in 2015, and I'm pretty sure it had taken most of a year to get to that stage! Can anyone beat that for sheer lack of speed??

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And just for the sake of completeness and because they got lost with my old account, here are my first (Eldar Outcasts) and second (Blood Angels) armies. More pics at the link in my sig.

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Wow! Just...Wow!

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Holy shit!!!!!!!

That is some serious planning. Wish I had the skills

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Very impressive!


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 9:34 pm 
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Excellent work as usual! I wondered what had happened to you, good to have you have back.

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These were taken in 2015, and I'm pretty sure it had taken most of a year to get to that stage! Can anyone beat that for sheer lack of speed??

I've been playing Epic since '93 and I still have yet to paint an army... Er 2018 will be the year, honest.


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 9:52 pm 
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Elsmore I wish I had your imagination for seeking out the right... railway modelling bits? and found junk / bits box pieces and combining them. The brass etch railings / gates, street lamps and so on always hugely enhance your work.

The 3D printed tractors are an amazing touch.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:59 pm 
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Thanks guys!

@GlynG - I've seen many plans (your Exodite army served as inspiration for mine). One day, brush will connect with miniature. :)

@Stormwind - Yes, Z scale railway stuff is pretty much spot on for 6mm "heroic" scale, and there are many interesting bits to be found.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:31 pm 
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Always meant to ask, did you 'de-plinth' the figures to mount on the bases? The textured polysty seems to be unbroken. If so, how do you feel they hold up? For myself I've just resorted to strategically placed rubble to hide the fact

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Oh yeah, the poly sheet for pathways and such - is that found with Z gauge stuff, too?

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Stormwind peep this thread I use to collate good textured polysty sources
http://taccmd.tacticalwargames.net/view ... 6&p=600866

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jimmyzimms wrote:
Always meant to ask, did you 'de-plinth' the figures to mount on the bases? The textured polysty seems to be unbroken. If so, how do you feel they hold up? For myself I've just resorted to strategically placed rubble to hide the fact


It depends on where the models are going to be set. If they are going into thick Green Stuff I use a side cutter to snip off excess plinth. This ends up with irregular shapes, which helps as the eye is looking for the standard circle when looking at a stand of infantry. Once the model and base are painted (separately), the model is set in the base and I use liquid GS to fill in the gaps. Then paint the GS appropriately.

If the model is to be set in thin GS (e.g. roads) it's the same as above, but shave off as much vertical plinth height as possible with a craft knife. I do it after trimming with the side cutter so there's as little metal to shave as possible. I rest the model on a cutting mat, with the plinth perpendicular to the mat, and shave bit by bit. Sometimes setting the model in blu-tack with the plinth sticking out helps. I try to avoid shaving where possible - one slip and the model is toast.

If the model is to be set on something like the tractor above, the plinth comes off entirely. I cut as much off with side cutter and knife as possible, ending up with only what's directly below the feet. Then cut that off too. It's slightly easier than shaving, but then it means I have to pin the model to whatever it's set on. This involves drilling with a 0.3mm drill through the bottom of the foot and up the leg which is rather fiddly.

It's all a bit time consuming, but I think making those telltale circles disappear really helps with immersion. I broke quite a few SM models honing the techniques, but only 1 SoB model. I think that's the right way around given the SoB cost a lot more!

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I should have been more specific. In this case I was talking about the blood angels on the raised dais. But sounds like you do/did

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Elsmore wrote:
@GlynG - I've seen many plans (your Exodite army served as inspiration for mine). One day, brush will connect with miniature. :)

Thanks! :) In turn you have inspired me to up my basing game. Oh it's happening, slowly. I've sat down and painted a little bit more three times in the last week and I'm gradually making progress. Hopefully I'll get the army finished for tournaments later in the year, though I anticipate converting and painting the siege warlord is going to take an age.

I've also regularly cut the circles off bases and then glued them on, it gives more flexibility about the positioning.


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