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thanks buddy

I'm not sure I like them. Those Pig Iron heads and trenchcoats remind me of Soviets circa 1946. Stalin was a monster. This is just so not cool.

howard moon had sex with a fox and is therefor offensive please vacate

It was a consentual act between two willing participants.

The fox didn't seem too impressed

Yeah, I'm pretty hard to wow.

And HF, you should battle that one dude with the WW2 germans. See who wins.

Since my foot sloggers have brown trou/boots green blouse mabye I should

Great models.
The tanks look really nice and the traitor feel is perfect, not too overstated like often happens to traitor guard.

The only thing I'd criticise is the paint scuffs, there's not really any need for the black base. Other than that good work.

Finished these guys last night, an NCO for the company command squad



and a junior officer for platoon staff



its overcast as hell here now :(

heres the finished BB sans attenna, I would add them but I'm going to sell it

I also redid the standard to make it less cartoony so I painted the grey bits tainted steel

I've been thinking of doing this with my IG. Are the heads easy to put on? The ones with masks?

Very nicely done, by the way.

thanks

yea they are just on a sprue

u gonna scuff it up b4 you sell it? i gots sum black paint 4 you if you r.

nah its cool, I'm sure you need it more to paint all those SS uniforms

This is all good stuff, I really like the style and the hard-edged camouflage on the vehicles. I think the weathering and the rust on the tracks is great. The one thing I don't like is the rust on the air intakes on the Russ, and some of those really bright rust spots in other areas.

I think the color of the rust is spot on - it definitely looks like real rust. I just think you overdid it a bit (especially on the air intakes where some of the detail is filled in). I think a less is more approach is better here, especially because the rust really stands out against the relatively clean paint job on the rest of the model.

Hordini wrote:This is all good stuff, I really like the style and the hard-edged camouflage on the vehicles. I think the weathering and the rust on the tracks is great. The one thing I don't like is the rust on the air intakes on the Russ, and some of those really bright rust spots in other areas.

I think the color of the rust is spot on - it definitely looks like real rust. I just think you overdid it a bit (especially on the air intakes where some of the detail is filled in). I think a less is more approach is better here, especially because the rust really stands out against the relatively clean paint job on the rest of the model.

noted, but the brighter rust is in areas where the alloys being used arent rust resistant (in the case of the intakes and engine grill), where the metal is being exposed through wear/moving parts (the road wheel anchors), or where theres alot of water/moisture built up (around the engines, heavily indented crannys etc)

if you ever get a chance to look at an old knocked out tank you'll see there are areas which gain alot more rust than others

I understand why the rust is there, and it's a good idea that will help tie together the more "realistic" style. I'm not saying lose the rust and I'm not saying change the color - I'm saying keep it, just lighten up the coverage a bit. In some spots (like the air intakes) it's so heavy that it looks like orange liquid instead of rust, primarily because it has filled in a bit of the detail on the edge of the air intakes, which gives an otherwise top-notch paint job a flaw that sticks out. It's one of those things that will look totally awesome when you get it just right, but right now it's just slightly too much, and it's somewhat bothersome.

HF: would you mind explaining your gem/lens painting technique? They look great, and just unique enough to stand out from most other styles.

And if you don't mind, how did you do the rust, as well? I do think it looks like a method with a lot of potential.

Teek wrote:HF: would you mind explaining your gem/lens painting technique? They look great, and just unique enough to stand out from most other styles.

thanks, no worries

I take a base color - in the case of these snot green, paint the whole item in that. then take 2 parts green, 1 part white and paint a diagonal half of the gem in that, let it dry, then take 1 part white 1 part green, paint a smaller protion inside that area, dry, 2 parts white, 1 parrt green , paint smaller area inside that, then finish it off by adding a fleck of white inside that, and putting a spec of white on the opposite side of the gem. Did that make sense to anyone else?

Hordini wrote:And if you don't mind, how did you do the rust, as well? I do think it looks like a method with a lot of potential.

I use the tamiya weathering kits, add water to the pallete, apply, and let gravirty work it's wonders. Unlike painted, watered pigments settle very realistically.

Just have to put in my two cents. This is absolutely beautiful!!! Great woirk all around. I wish I could critique it, but the only problem I can find with your Renegadez is the fact that they are so damn good... and that makes me envious!!! Seriously great colors and great execution. My traitors are alot further along the "mutated freaks" road than your awesomely painted renegadez and as much as I love my mutants... your stuff is far superior to my work in every way.

Now just PM me your home address so I can have you eliminated

Keep the pics coming!

no way man your renegades are awsomely well executed I'm a big fan of your log

I've never seen the Tamiya weathering kits. What are they?

malfred wrote:I've never seen the Tamiya weathering kits. What are they?

essentially they are a set of three different base pigments you can apply in a number of different ways whether it be by rubbing on or adding water. great for, smoke, rust and mud

I love the heads on the Cadians- it very much seperates your army from the standard GW guard armies, but I dislike the real WWII guns. They don't fit in with the heroic scale of 40k. It's cool that you're going to use the FW autoguns but I hope you plan on switching over the machine gun guys above to them too. At least that's what my estetic tastes would dictate.

HF wrote:stuff about painting gems

Thanks boss! The army looks great, I'm looking forward to more updates!

HF wrote:

malfred wrote:I've never seen the Tamiya weathering kits. What are they?

essentially they are a set of three different base pigments you can apply in a number of different ways whether it be by rubbing on or adding water. great for, smoke, rust and mud

How well do they varnish? Always a concern ^_-.

Well, just bought 100 heads. lol