WIP: Angry Marines II

I got a little gluing done! Making two angry brother tacticals. The one is a pyromaniac flamer-wielding marine and the other is delivering a close-line to a guardsman. The flamer is still WIP, as I have ordered some cinematics from ArmorCast (linky here).

 

Another thing I have started looking into is their ride – the Anger mobile. I was thinking about mounting a huge bumper in front of a Rhino, and littering that with a squad of guardsmen being moved down + The must have angry driver sticking out of the hatch… That will be a fun project :)

Enjoy!

/Nicolai aka Atoom

Tallarn Chimeras

I’ve been working on a ride for Big Al (Al'Rahem) and the infantry platoon he will be leading. I wanted them to be mechanized, to benefit from the outflanking that he allows. That called for some Chimeras, and I wanted to change the profile a bit to make them stand out from the Chimeras I have for the Catachan Jungle boys.

SandWyrm have a cool guide for changing the Chimera from a Russian APC style to a Nato APC style by pushing the turret back. Check out the tutorial he made: http://theback40k.blogspot.se/2010/04/converting-set-back-chimeras-part-i.html

Another thing I wanted was ability to change the hull mounted weapon, as Heavy Bolter might not be the best choice for all scenarios. Magnetizing them is however easy, as all it calls for is a bit of plastic card glued on the inside of the hull + some rare earth magnets.

 

Enjoy & have a nice Sunday!

/Nicolai aka Atoom

PIP: Angry Marines 3

I managed to get some more painting done yesterday evening, resulting in details beginning to emerge. Last Painting in Progress picture post before painting complete and the revelation of the secret miniature that is the fourth Angry Marine that is yet to be displayed :)

Have a nice day!

/Nicolai aka Atoom

PIP: Angry Marines 2

I managed to get a little painting done last night, resulting in some progress on the Angry Marines. I Opted for dull camo colors on the unfortunate guardsmen, in order to keep the marines in focus.
 
Anyways, just a couple of Pictures to let show Progress on the Angry Marine project.
 
Ejoy!

 

 

 
/Nicolai aka Atoom

 

WIP: Angry Marines I

I've been painting loads of marines and guardsmen lately, and got a little bored with that, so I decided to do something completely different... Well not really, as I ended up modeling some Angry Marines, to get some practice at modeling and painting yellow.

For those not familiar with angry marines, have a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdCpF8o5LUo

Here are some WIP pictures - I've done a Little more Work on these after the photo shoot, but I trust that you'll get the idea of where these angry dudes are going.

I made 4 marines, 3 of them shown here as a teaser, the last one will remain a secret until painted.

Enjoy & have a nice weekend!

/Nicolai aka Atoom

Painting the Amada of Evil V

Ships are now ready with all the details – All that remains is the crew! Just a quick photo update on the Amada of Evil. Soon the crew will join, and then the project will be completed.

/Nicolai aka Atoom

Painting the Amada of Evil IV

Detailing has started and the hulls are coming closer to completion. Further to that I have managed to complete all the bases for the flyers, with the exception of static grass, as I’m yet to decide on what I want to use. The bases are made as detailed in this tutorial:

http://brushesanddolls.blogspot.com/2011/05/basing-with-cork-escaping-sandbox.html

Finally I have painted all engine exhausts – It is just thinned GW scorched earth + thinned GW Black drybrushed over the metallic paint. I tried blue ink as well to give the heated steel look, but that was not really a success.

More to come :o)

/Nicolai aka Atoom

Painting the Amada of Evil III

Freehand all over, as I take yesterdays trial to the production line. 4 x Raider / Ravager hulls + a Venom has been painted up with freehand. And on top of that I have done the gradient fade of colors on the sails – This was done using the Airbrush using a light blue, a dark blue and black (all Vallejo AB colors)

Detailing awaits, so stay tuned…

/Nicolai aka Atoom

Painting the Amada of Evil II

The painting progresses nicely, and a Raider hull is now painted with freehand for trial purposes. I’m really happy about the result. I decided to go for a blue barbed wire across the hull to break up the large areas of red. Further to that the edges have been highlighted with GW Blood Red. Colours used for the blue freehand is GW foundation Necron Abyss, GW Ultramarine Blue, GW Ice Blue, GW Space Wolves Grey.

I also worked a little with the airbrush – Spraying a couple of Venoms and priming the sails for the Raiders/Ravager.

It is my intention to do a gradient fade of blue to white on the sail but that is still to come, so stay tuned…

/Nicolai aka Atoom

Painting the Amada of Evil I

WIP It’s time to get to the paint station – This time I take on the Amada of Evil. That would be the majority of my DE vehicles. Last month was all summer vacation and assembly of my Dark Eldars, but now it is time for some pictures. I apologize for the poor quality of the pictures, but the camera in my cell-phone is the only camera I got ATM.

I’ve started with 3 x raider and 1 x Ravager. The first step was of cause to prime them. As you’ll notice I haven’t glued the lower decks together, in order to be able to paint them properly.

Today’s paint session was airbrushing metal and red. Metal is just Vallejo AB Crome  and the red is Vallejo AP Mahogany as base with a light spray of Vallejo AB Italian Red over

More to come - Stay tuned :o)

/Nicolai aka Atoom

Evil skimmers

WIP: Follow up on the colour scheme for my Dark Eldar is to determine how to paint vehicle and other fastmovers. I gave it a try using the airbrush with a red brown as base and Ferrari red.

And followed it up with some brushwork on one of the jet bikes – Now all that remains is to make a decision on how and what to freehand on the hood of the bikes and wings of the hellions.

Any suggestions?

/Nicolai aka Atoom

Gunny Harker

WIP: Gunnery Sergeant Harker has been on the wish list for some time now, but has for some reason been unavailable in both the local store and my Internet doll pusher. I have one now, Gunny Harker in a home made version that is.

I was working on some Melta veterans for my IG force, when I came across a head in the bit box that had SGT Harker written all over it, and from there I was tour the bits boxes to find the other pieces. I wanted to get a more action-oriented pose than the official Harker model, looking for something like this.

The bits used are:

Head: WoC Marauder Horseman

Torso, left arm & legs: Catachan Troopers

Right arm: WoC Marauder

Heavy bolter: Valkyrie doormounted HB.

Ammo feeds: Ork w40k

Ammo Box: IG vehicle

Grenades: IG Cadian Troopers

Here is the result – Note that some cleanup will be done before the model is to be primed / painted.

And the official Harker for comparison:

UPDATE:
My painted Harker can be seen here:
http://brushesanddolls.blogspot.com/2011/05/paintguide-catachan-gunny-harker.html

 

/Nicolai aka Atoom

IG Diorama: Brothers in Arms

WIP: I’ve started working on a diorama that I’ve wanted to do for a long time now – The Brothers in Arms. This diorama has two major sources of inspiration:

The photo of American soldiers raising the flag at Iwo Jima in WWII

The other is this limited edition Space Marine model:

I wanted this in an Imperial Guard setting, so I brought out my bits box containing all the grunts and started gluing and cutting, and ended up with something that I’m actually quite happy about. There is still some work to be done before priming and painting can start, but I feel that the project is off to a good start, and is looking forward to painting the brothers in arms diorama.

UPDATE: Pictures of diorama painted can be found here: http://brushesanddolls.blogspot.com/2011/06/ig-diorama-brothers-in-arms.html

 

/Nicolai aka Atoom

Expanding the motorpool: Hellhound & Chimera IV

WIP: Not much progress on the tanks this weekend, as I ended up playing 40k and Warhammer Fantasy Role Play. None the less a little progress picture, where you’ll notice that the camouflage is now defined and some boltgun metal has appeared here and there – Next up is details and weathering.

/Nicolai aka Atoom

Expanding the motorpool: Hellhound & Chimera III

WIP: Yesterday’s paint session was short but productive. The majority of time was spent using masking tape to define the camouflage stripes. After that I used the airbrush to add the brown on top of a light brown, in order to get some highlights.

From now on it’ll be brushwork all the way.

/Nicolai aka Atoom

Expanding the motorpool: Hellhound & Chimera II

WIP: This month I’m going to paint the addition to the motor pool for my 40k Guard army. A Chimera and a Hellhound. This work will be documented with a WIP shot after each paint session, where the 1^st was yesterday.

I primed the tanks black using GW black primer – Banner got some airbrush primer.

Then I applied the green as described in an earlier post (found here).

Finally I painted the fuel tanks for the Hellhound using the airbrush – Red over redish brown.

/Nicolai aka Atoom