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Battleground Games & Hobbies => Painting & Modeling => Topic started by: jonm on June 20, 2012, 12:48:17 PM
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I wanted to document the building of my Stormwalls for my Cygnar army. I kind of regret not doing anything of the kind for my battle engines so I'm making amends. Progress is slow since my wife and I are still unpacking from a recent move, so I've only really cleaned the model thus far.
However I decided that my Colossi would have badass bases. This first one will have just finished kicking the crap out of some Cryx -- as well as the nearest city block. My second one will be venting his frustrations on some Khador scum. :)
1. Textured base and cork glued down. Cryx Bonejack wreck and lamp post added. I was determined to get lamp posts on the Colossal bases since I didn't really work them onto my battle engines. In the end it seemed having it have fallen on the Bonejack was the way to go.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8001/7408360312_253a69d4d9_n.jpg)
2. Bricks and gears added.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7133/7408360054_63d45a6494_n.jpg)
3. Sand and rocks/ballast added.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8020/7408359902_5fe8b9972e_n.jpg)
4. Fallen girder and Precursor Knight Shield added to the base. While I'm firmly against the idea of Cygnar models dying, I'm okay with it in terms of the Stormwall showing up to save the day. :)
The big guy is magnetized at the waist for ease of storage, plus I'm thinking painting him in pieces is a good idea since there are lots of cool details to bring to life.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8165/7408360484_e373a7892a.jpg)
Parts/Stuffed Used:
- Cryx Bonejack Wreck Marker
- Precursor Knight shield
- Plastruct Textured Base (O Scale)
- Plastruct Girder (O Scale)
- Malifaux Street Lamp
- Pegasus Grey Resin Bricks (Small sized I believe)
- Dragonforge Gears
- Misc. watch parts
- Cork
- Sand
- Ballast
Hopefully I can get some paint on him this weekend. I'm hoping to use my airbrush and do the whole hairspray/salt weathering thing. We'll see how that goes. :)
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Impressive basing!
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I like it! Did you get a good model or where there a lot of problems with it?
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The model was missing the new two piece legs that I guess they switched to. However the mold lines were tolerable and didn't hurt the detail at all. So yeah, I managed to nab a good one. :)
I have heard horror stories of missing torsos and insane flash. :(
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Looking good! Not to worry, that precursor knight probably give it good to that foul Cryx abomination, and now rests with Morrow.
I will be following this log with interest!
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Nate, I will read a passage from the Enkheiridion so his soul will rest in peace. I want to build a Warmachine terrain this summer, perhaps I will build a Morrowan chapel in his honor.
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Small update...
1. Attached separate bits (Big Guns, Metal Storms, head and Tesla Coils) to corks for ease of painting. Still need to be primed.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8157/7461155908_3ed785c91a_n.jpg)
2. Stormwall was primed black, then sprayed with a rust tone. This was then shaded with a mix of Vallejo weathering pigments for variation in tone/texture after salt/hair spray weathering. Or at least that's what I'm telling myself.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8011/7461155646_d43e74721d_n.jpg)
3. Painted the base. It was late and I didn't feel like firing up my air compressor. I'm hoping to get going over the next few days. Still have some details to pick out here. I'm thinking of adding some kind of grass or plant life here. I've got some Army Painter Ivy that could be cool.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8011/7461155796_8918ecbfd9_n.jpg)
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im liking the base but i question why the brown paint when it is predomitely a blue and white model?
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im liking the base but i question why the brown paint when it is predomitely a blue and white model?
Its part of the hairspray weathering technique to make the model rusty. Basically you make it rusty looking - hence the red, seal that layer of paint with varnish, spray the model with hairspray (and possibly salt if you wish), then over the hairspray layer with your normal acrylic paints. Once you're satisfied with the paint job you go back with water and brush with firm bristles and peel off paint to look like battle damage and chipping.
I've made some progress with the blues on my model. I'll try to get pics up in a day or two. I know there are other ways of achieving the effect, but I kinda wanted to give this one a shot. :)
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Interesting Technique I want to see the results, never seen it used before.
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Interesting Technique I want to see the results, never seen it used before.
I suppose you never saw my renegade tanks, you big jerk!
Why do you forget about me all the time?! I just want to be acknowledged... I just want to be loved... *cry*
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Im sorry Rich, do you need a hug, a pizza, or a Soda? Are you mad Bro?
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I'm sad bro.
Also, damn you Jon for this thread as I want to finish my precursors before working on my stormwall but it's hard to resist...
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Updates. Got some paint on the big guy. The lighting is terrible though. Its making the white look a bit more thick than it actually is. And he totally needs to be cleaned up. I basically got the blues and and whites on there and was really excited about peeling the paint off so some touch ups are on the docket.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7113/7488884638_6c8a5ffe63_n.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7258/7488884508_103d06d065_n.jpg)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8150/7488884892_5f17ae8af0_n.jpg)
I'm sad bro.
Also, damn you Jon for this thread as I want to finish my precursors before working on my stormwall but it's hard to resist...
Sorry man. I'm mad at myself too. I had every intention of finishing my second unit of Rangers and a couple jacks before moving onto this project. Alas the Stormwall's siren song was too alluring.
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wow im really liking the rust effect!
I'm sad bro.
Also, damn you Jon for this thread as I want to finish my precursors before working on my stormwall but it's hard to resist...
Well Rich if you hung out with me more and played more games this woulnt be a problem. You got my phone number call me and we will set up a date in which you can kill my armies with yours and then I will see the painting you have done.
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You're a weirdo.
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You're a weirdo.
Play dates are cute.
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You're a weirdo.
Ian you used to hang out with Rich all the time.
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More progress with the big fella in between starting up some Khadoran bastards for the Plainville Journeyman League. When he's done I'll have 309pts of Cygnar painted. That'll only leave me with 195pts to go... :-\
Torso shot. Still need to blend more on hands and still some minor clean-up work, but its close.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7276/7539421098_11987bb9de_n.jpg)
Legs. I had debated, but ultimately went for it when it came to really dirtying up his feet.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8005/7539420018_b925d2ff0c_n.jpg)
Working on the head though I still need to do all 4 guns, 6 tesla coils, and shoulder pads. Then there's the Lightning Pods... but that's another story. I will say that painting this model in pieces (including doing the head and such separately) was possibly the smartest thing I could have done for a model this big. At the same time its infuriating because I feel like you have less of a sense of the final product than when you paint a fully assembled model.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7111/7539418928_e1540e40a4_n.jpg)
I added ivy to the base around the girder and lamp post, as well as towards the gear in the back. I'm happy with it, but I am debating if I want tufts of grass. I'd totally recommend Army Painter basing supplies. The vines, leaves, and various grassy patches they make nicely supplement other items like GW's snow and static grass.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7132/7539418100_2fd4034914_n.jpg)
|------ WE NOW TAKE YOU FROM YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED CYGNARAN SCUM TO THE GREAT WHITE NORTH ------|
Comrades,
In accordance with Plainville Journeyman League Policy, Item 7A, Paragraph C here is photographic documentation of work done on models this past weekend.
As a foreword I tend not to focus on any single thing when I paint. I like having several different things going at once (for example I also worked on an Infinity figure and an Ultramarine in addition to these models and the Stormwall - go fig). I like to experiment and go with whatever is keeping my attention for a couple hours until something else inevitably steals it away.
I started batch painting Harkevich, pIrusk (2009), and pSorscha (2009), but got sick of doing green. The Torch model that I put two shades on also falls into this camp.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8157/7539416992_cbedf1bf7c_n.jpg)
I then felt like seeing if I could do black armor in a cool way and switched to Great Bears and Black Ivan.
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8293/7539414736_855efe1d41_n.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7264/7539415872_32788b30e5_n.jpg)
I will be posting before and after shots of my models on the forums as the league rolls on. Its just a lot more convenient for me this way given work, commute, the fact I'll definitely miss 2-3 Fridays, not always having all my stuff with me, and so on. Thanks for the understanding.
|------ NOW BACK TO YOUR POISONOUS CYGNARAN PROGRAMMING -------|
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MOAR GREEN KHADOR! I love it all!
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I've always preferred non-traditional color schemes on Khador much more than other factions. They look so much better in green and in white.
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So the big guy is like 99% done at this point. He just needs some touch ups. :)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8283/7714254452_c38c245cc2_n.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7135/7670448280_0068a0724f_n.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7248/7670446618_8382c91997_n.jpg)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8163/7670444658_b63f6c5091_n.jpg)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8011/7670442904_654cb3692a_n.jpg)
Now I can finally test this dude on the tabletop. Not really having him assembled really kept me from wanting to put him out there. I didn't want to just put a base with legs on it on the table and say it was a Stormwall.
This puts me at 309 points of painted Cygnar. The sad part is that I still have almost 200 more points of Cygnar to go (including a second Stormwall), plus about 100pts of each of my other three factions, plus my 40k armies. Ugh! Still, one piece at a time. ;D
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Shot of what I've painted for Cygnar thus far. About 310 points. Still... so... much...left...
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8286/7719266898_5fc73de6ef.jpg)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8286/7719261394_e3216be233.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7111/7719259516_93a30f7d63.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7106/7719255998_1e5014c7a9.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7133/7719252348_3982102f9d.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7137/7719246734_616d0464a9.jpg)
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That is one intimidating Force sir
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really impressive painting and basing, does Warmachine have apocalypse level games? lol
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Thanks, guys!
And yeah, their version of Apocalypse is "Unbound" which typically runs at 150 points I believe with three warcasters per army.
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That force is just inspiring ;) I can't wait to see the big guy finished.
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Hey, Jon, could you explain how you put in the magnets or maybe just a closer up shot? I think your idea is brilliant and I'm starting Stormwall 1 of 2 this week.
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Sure thing. It was pretty easy. I don't remember what size they were off the top of my head, I can check when I get home. Basically I just attached both legs to the pelvis and inserted one of the magnets where the space for the peg is in the pelvis (insert sex joke/gay joke/that's what she said). I then put the two torso pieces together and attached the other magnet to the peg sticking out of the torso. I didn't put on the arms until after the torso was secure so I could pose it how I wanted.
The magnets work pretty well and will keep it together barring a serious jolt. I did end up gluing mine together though because of the random pipe that essentially rests between the front of the torso and the pelvis (please, by all means, this is ripe for hilarity). I couldn't figure out a way to secure it without making it permanent.