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My latest stuff
« on: 13 October 2015, 11:59:35 »
Here's a few batches of minis I was finally able to finish recently:

We'll start with some heavies from the 1st Regulan Hussars, including a kitbashed MAD-9M2



A Star of Falcons, plus a bit of air support:



Speaking of Falcons, a Naval Transport Star, with light escort:



An Archer from the 1st Atrean Dragoons, with appropriate air support:



And finally, a pair of Hastati Battlemechs:

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Re: My latest stuff
« Reply #1 on: 13 October 2015, 14:54:31 »
That are some excellent paintjobs. What are the ships of the naval star ?

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« Reply #2 on: 13 October 2015, 15:03:55 »
From left to right: 2 Odyssey JumpShips, 1 Tramp JumpShip, 1 Hunter JumpShip, 1 Fredasa WarShip, and 1 Comitatus JumpShip.
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« Reply #3 on: 13 October 2015, 15:57:29 »
Excellent work. O0

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« Reply #4 on: 13 October 2015, 16:59:00 »
Indeed! I love the luminescent green on the Falcons (Delta forever!) Mind doing a walkthrough in text?

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« Reply #5 on: 13 October 2015, 18:34:58 »
I love the marauder mod.
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« Reply #6 on: 13 October 2015, 21:21:53 »
Looking good.  I like the way the Hussars came out.  I keep trying to get a good blend on that scheme, but I'm never happy with what I end up doing.

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« Reply #7 on: 13 October 2015, 21:38:31 »
Indeed! I love the luminescent green on the Falcons (Delta forever!) Mind doing a walkthrough in text?

I swear, most of that is the lighting, they don't actually look that good in person! :o I'd submit to CSO or CoolMiniOrNot if they did!

I painted them using the same basic technique I did for my Star League stuff here. In the case of the Deltas, I used Delta's(ha!) Hunter Green for the undercoat, GW's Warpstone Glow(or whatever it was called back then, I finished most if them before the last name change), highlighted with a drybrush of Apple Barrel Parakeet, and finally weathered them a bit with a very light drybrush of white. Machine-y bits were done exactly the same as the SLDF stuff, and the cockpits are plain black.
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« Reply #8 on: 13 October 2015, 21:47:30 »
Excellent group, I really like the basing on the Regulan hussars! :o
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« Reply #9 on: 13 October 2015, 21:49:28 »
I see someone is very good at the 'Highlight, wash, then highlight' method of creating depth
and shading..At least, that is how it looks to me.
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« Reply #10 on: 13 October 2015, 21:56:54 »
Wow...those look amazing!! o.O

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« Reply #11 on: 13 October 2015, 22:20:53 »
Just impressive

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« Reply #12 on: 13 October 2015, 22:25:49 »
Looking good.  I like the way the Hussars came out.  I keep trying to get a good blend on that scheme, but I'm never happy with what I end up doing.

I basecoated them in GW Vomit Brown, trimmed in Apple Barrel Yellow, painted the machine bits like usual, did the heat sinks in bronze, then washed the whole thing in GW Seraphim Sepia.
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« Reply #13 on: 13 October 2015, 23:36:40 »
Really like the Hussars and the Falcons, great job  O0
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« Reply #14 on: 16 October 2015, 18:43:38 »
I really like the way you did the orange on the Regulans.

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« Reply #15 on: 16 October 2015, 18:56:05 »
I love it when some JumpShips get some lovin. I really like the blending job on the Hunter's dorsal side. Very nice.
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« Reply #16 on: 16 October 2015, 19:34:23 »
No blending, that's all photography. Seriously, I think Bongfu owns a magic camera...
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« Reply #17 on: 17 October 2015, 07:16:36 »
Nice job.
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« Reply #18 on: 17 October 2015, 08:47:22 »
I dig that custom Marauder... 8)

Same with the Shadowcat, but... the details are harder to make out. Perhaps a closeup, sometime?

Nicely done!

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« Reply #19 on: 17 October 2015, 09:49:42 »
Wow

Dude, you've got the paints man.
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« Reply #20 on: 22 October 2015, 02:58:03 »
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« Reply #21 on: 23 October 2015, 00:06:42 »
No blending, that's all photography. Seriously, I think Bongfu owns a magic camera...

pfft, please, you know its the power of my Firestorm sheets doing all the work.

they look fantastic in the pics obviously but just as awesome in person.  nice job man O0
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« Reply #22 on: 23 October 2015, 01:58:08 »
They are very nice! And so many factions! And aerospace elements as well, very cool!

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« Reply #23 on: 27 October 2015, 09:27:12 »
AWESOME!!!!! O0 O0
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« Reply #24 on: 03 April 2018, 09:41:37 »
Rejoice, for very bad things are about to happen...
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« Reply #25 on: 03 April 2018, 12:11:41 »
These minis look great!  Can't wait to see what is next! :thumbsup:

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« Reply #26 on: 03 April 2018, 20:31:27 »
Excellent work!

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« Reply #27 on: 03 April 2018, 21:14:49 »
Is that a golf tee for Zugs drive plume?

Looking very nice there.
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« Reply #28 on: 03 April 2018, 22:25:20 »
It's an Armorcast laser blast sfx bit. I've found they make nice drive plumes.
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« Reply #29 on: 06 April 2018, 06:33:03 »
It's an Armorcast laser blast sfx bit. I've found they make nice drive plumes.

Indeed! Looks very nice.

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« Reply #30 on: 06 April 2018, 12:46:36 »
Nice job. Nice seeing some aerospace assets.
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