Grey_Death's Random WIP Thread

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**grey_death**

I stripped my old termie captain the other day. For some reason I wanted to repaint him.

He's still very WIP of course but his face is finished:

I have used termies in recent games and am really falling in love with what they can do for me in terms of disruption and tactical advantage. I might have to invest in some new plastics sometime soon so my guys don't look outdated and terrible.

**Symbio Joe**

The reason could be because he is a pretty cool model

. "Aim for their Jetbikes!"

**ChaosDave**

grey_death wrote:Demon prince is on the shelf for now! He will see light some day, just not soon!

As for horrible face sculpts, here's my first face sculpt ever that I worked up today in about 45 minutes.

the neck is connected to a paint pot to give you some scale. It's big, but it was just an exercise for me. Nothing serious or even permanent really, this probably will get smashed into it's original sculpey to be used for something else ^_-. It was fun to try my hand at a face for the first time though.

Some issue I have with it:

The eyes - I'm definitely not happy with how they came out but it's going to take some effort on my part to really learn to sculpt them.

The ears - they look like cinnamon buns. which makes me hungry. but doesn't make me happy with how I sculpted them. that was mainly because I was too lazy to go looking for a bit of reference.

This may help a bit, the face is actually a bit too large for the head. You have a bit of a Neanderthal thing going there. Move the eyes down slightly, reduce the size of the cheeks, nose and brow ridge. Move the ear forward slightly and the mouth up just a tad.

**grey_death**

Well, finished my termie captain. I had a marathon paint session at work the other day to finish him before a tournie. Got him done and varnished so I could at least have a few nice minis on the battlefield. The rest were just old models and unpainted minis. Hopefully some day I'll have a fully painted army like this x.x...someday.

Click for a full view. C&C Welcome.

**Sure**

Whoa GD that rocks!

**grey_death**

No rest for the completely bored mind. I present to you, Objective Markers!

These were a lot of fun to put together. And hella quick from start to finish.

The drums and gas cans are from the Tamiya Jerry Cans Set (1/35 scale). The tarps are a ripped up McDonalds bag dipped in 50/50 PVA Glue/Water and draped/pressed into place and let dry.

A nice lesson in paint chip weathering as well. Something I'll have to take into consideration as my marines move forward slowly.

**Northen**

Realy like the termie cap, and how it came together. Good job.

And nice work on the markers.

**HuzzFivvNivv**

The Term Capt. is impressive. Good work also on the markers.

HFN

**frogboy**

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/downloadAttach/5709.page

getting bared was a real drag in the old world.

**grey_death**

Some progress ^_^!

And some photos.

The painted army thus far:

The two new additions:

**Gutteridge**

always been a fan of your painting skills, very sharp and interesting to look at..
keep up the good work!!!

Cheers,
Gutteridge

+ how do you do your white? been trying to find a suitable technique with no luck :(

**grey_death**

Gutteridge wrote:
+ how do you do your white? been trying to find a suitable technique with no luck :(

**HuzzFivvNivv**

Ah ha your secrets of sexy white have been revealed!

When you get to the white do you apply several coats of thined down white?

Thanks,

HFN

**grey_death**

HuzzFivvNivv wrote:Ah ha your secrets of sexy white have been revealed!

When you get to the white do you apply several coats of thined down white?

Thanks,

HFN

Yeah, white is a fickle color so you have to do multiple thinned coats of it to make sure the coverage is just right. But honestly, you should really be doing thinned coats of just about every color to keep things looking smooth.

**manowar2**

Man I love all of your stuff! But What I really like the most is your power weapons. How on earth you do achieve that very amazing look on those power weapons?

**JD21290**

manowar, i got the same question, love the way he's done them, just no clue how lol
and since ive started an iron hands army ill be paiting alot of power weps.

**grey_death**

A buddy of mine tapped me to paint up a piece for him. I've been compensated well enough though ^_-, Eldar Viper Jetbikes make for good incentive!

So far not too much finished with him. Just some basecoats and the like. The face is pretty much finished, maybe some glazes to bring some additional colors in.

C&C Welcome as always.

More as I finish details ^_^.

**grey_death**

To Man and JD,

grey_death wrote:I used a technique called glazing. Basically you take very watered down paint and get just enough in your brush so that it leaves an extremely thin coat of paint on the surface of the mini. This is done by dipping your brush into the watered down paint and using a paper towel to help soak up all of the excess. This keeps it from becoming a wash and gives you control over where your 'glaze' goes.

I worked my way up from a black undercoat/basecoat for the sword using scab red glazes (lots and lots and lots of layers of glaze). The glazes give you a smoother transition than you would get by simply layer painting. With each glaze you want to start slightly further up the sword so the last layer is slightly exposed. Do this until you get a fully scab red tip for your sword.

Next up I used blood red in much the same manner, only more directed to the edges of the sword, as well as the 'hatch' marks along the blade. Again, work your way slowly up to solid blood red.

I then mixed blood red with fiery orange about 50/50 and picked out some edges with a slightly less watered down paint.

Finally I used fiery orange at the very tip and some of the edges to really bring it to life.

Hope that helps x.x...

From earlier in the thread ^_-...

**quietus86**

how thid you o the skin transition on the face ave that moddel to and wood like to doe someting like that ( like hell thats evergoing to look that good but oke )

**grey_death**

quietus - there really isn't much of a 'transition' to be made. The model has clear breaks where the skin stops and the bone begins.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Cassius' progress is slow. Not nearly as much done as I would like. But some progress from the other night.

I would have more done, but work has proven busier than expected as of late. Hopefully I can find some time each night to put an hour or two in to get this guy done soon x.x...

**quietus86**

thx haven't realy begun the moddel

**grey_death**

still a bit to go, but progress has been made ^_^;

**HFJor**

God I wish I could paint like that. Stupid shaky hands...

Cassius is coming out beautiful.

**malfred**

HFJor wrote:God I wish I could paint like that. Stupid shaky hands...

Cassius is coming out beautiful.

Just cut off his hands and yours and arrange the swap.

**grey_death**

I actually have to work my way through a shaky hand sometimes >.>....it's all about bracing your hands and holding your breath a bit. I joked with my wife about how I use marksmanship training in my painting ^_^;...

**HFJor**

That sounds suspiciously like "making an effort"....I like malfred's idea better

I've been doing that (bracing of hands and holding of breath); it's helped a bit. Granted, on occasion there's a random twitch that makes my models looking a bit like that lady in "Airplane!" who tries to put on make-up as the plane lands.

**grey_death**

Some progress! I know I have HUGE lapses between updates. I get easily sidetracked o.o...s'why I don't do commission work very often x.x....

Anyways:

He's just about finished. Still some extra detail work to go, possibly some clean up, and then the base needs to be painted. All in all, I hate this model because it's FAR too detailed for such a small figure x.x....It's hard to keep it from feeling cluttered. I think I've done a good attempt with this paint job though.

As always comments and criticism welcome!

BTW, a cookie for those of you who can identify the Hivefleet ^_-...

**Aduro**

You... Got a little something on your face there. What? Ooooohhh.... Sorry.

**JD21290**

Hive Fleet Tryton?
onl fleet i can think of that uses those colours.

**grey_death**

JD21290 wrote:Hive Fleet Tryton?
onl fleet i can think of that uses those colours.

The answer lies within the hallowed pages of Dakka!