Redemption is just a flamer away..

Last night I finished up the Dusk Wolf flamer guy. Well all but two small things I didn't even notice until I looked at the pics haha.. forgot the two stones on him.. that's no biggy though.

He came out all mucky and busted up like I wanted, after I distressed the flamer I added some weathering powder to the burner section of the flamer as I figured their would be some soot involved with burning suckers down. Also added in his snowy ground.

I added the chapter symbol on his shoulder and then really busted it up. These guys have gone through hell and back, whats a little chipped paint and mud. I think I'm going to flesh out their story a bit more. I have been meaning to but never think about it when I time, I also really have no idea of what I want to do with them at the moment. I've been having a good time playing my Dar and still have some ideas I want to try out. But I really enjoy the idea of these guys so it's fun to just paint some more up.

I'm working on a how to paint them up, it will be a little more advanced with the how to as I have been using oils to muck them up. I know a lot of people are using oil paint washes now but I use them sparingly. I first saw the idea in the Forgeworld Painting book and thought it was a cool idea. I have oils already so it wasn't like I had to even go get anything. I mainly use them when working with white, if you've painted a lot of white you know the pain it can be. Very Watered (thinned) down oils will almost auto shade for you but when you go very heavy it makes a very believable muddy look. I'll go over that more in the upcoming how to. I'm working on some other guys trying to take pics of all the stages at them moment.

It starts small

I got some more work done on the Rev this weekend, sadly it wasn't as much as I was hoping too. But I don't want to rush him. I want him done right so right takes more time haha

I made a template to spray a symbol and wanted a little bleed over but not too much. Sadly it really didn't look like what I wanted.

Some of the look but not totally what I had in mind so I scraped it. I'll have to come up with another plan of attach for it.

I did spray a design on the guards and I want to put a symbol on the top left of each. I'll probably just free hand them for now and go back later if I figure out how to do what I have in mind

Sprayed the engraved emblem on his shoulder. Also started adding some base colors for some of the gems.

Blended up the Pulsars and then painted the metallic bits, More detailing will be added and some purples on the vent area.

Sadly I ran out of steam last night so called it up. I really want to get him finished up but don't want to rush it and make a mistake. So hard not to just glue is butt together haha... but that wouldn't be smart at the moment.. but still so want to do it !

Don't get bent..

I hope everyone had a great Halloween! I know my kids did haha.. they are so little just the act of walking around in costume is awesome. With all that going on last night not much hobby wise got done. So I figured I'd give an update to the airbrush lists I posted last week.

I ordered a new Needle and Tip for the Talon and replaced them for a test. I'll have to say it does work much better now that it doesn't have that little bend in the needle. So a heads up. If you are using the Paasche Talon and are having troubles make sure your needle is straight. It seems to make a difference! That being said it's still my least Fav of the bunch. Might just be stigma now haha but what can I say, Passsche shouldn't send out brushes with bent needles. So it might not be that cheap since I had to spend an extra $24 for the new set.

I completely broke down the Iwata to do a full cleaning. I'm happy to say that it is also very easy to clean. The tool they supply helps to remove the tip cover and allows you take the whole front assembly apart making it easy peasy (don't think that is a real word haha)  to clean ..

On a gaming note..

Swooping Hawks..
I've always loved this unit.. the look and idea of them at least. Back in 2nd they were amazing, in 3rd with Bara they would crush (mainly Bara with his sustained assault, oh I miss that). In 4th and 5th they pretty much were dead but with the new Dex they aren't bad. They could even be awesome. I've been going over units in the book to see if I want to put them on the table.

They have some awesome rules for sure.. don't Scatter when they DS, they drop bombs that ignore cover when they come in, they can leave play and come back next turn and have a ton of shots. Yeah they are only S3 but hey .. If your opponent has a lot of Intercept it could suck but hopefully you can stay out of range or LOS.

Next game I think I'm going to try a squad, my only debate is weather to use Bara.. he's a bit expensive but still.. 2+ / 4++ isn't bad plus has all the juice to help the Hawks do their job. In fun games I see him making it in. Tourney play I doubt it but hey .. could be cool. Too bad he doesn't make them troops as well... 9)

I also have a ton of them in my bit box when I was buying them off Ebay to make a whole squad with these converted wings. It will take me awhile but if they make it in the list they will all have the converted wings haha.. at least I want them to! 8)