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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 1:59 pm 
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Very nice Levinas - the Warmaster bases work ok, and leave space for adding interesting stuff too, if you have the time. :) :) :)

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:52 pm 
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I've come to the conclusion that I may just be the slowest painter in the world -- two hours of painting and I've just about got the base colour down on the Shadowswords! Here's a pic that demonstrates this rather shameful lack of progress:



I'm not entirely happy with the look at the moment but hopefully when I get them weathered they'll look better. It'll certainly cover over any rougher areas in the paint job. That said, I might throw a very thin wash over the whole thing to smooth it out little.

Is it just me or is there always a 'messy stage' with painting before something decent emerges?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:51 am 
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(levinas @ Oct. 30 2007,17:52)
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Is it just me or is there always a 'messy stage' with painting before something decent emerges?

Yeah, that often happens to me, too. And don't feel so bad about your painting speed. I'm not too speedy either.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:09 pm 
I can't help but notice that your sponsons are missing their las-cannons. Have they broken off?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:11 pm 
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Shadowswords don't have Lascannons on their sponsons.

They are replaced by 'targetters', which in 40k give the tank an improved Ballistic Skill (And which apparently give the Shadowsword 2+ to hit in Epic!).

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Otterman
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:13 pm 
Shh! I was trying to get Levinas to buy my steel-reinforced lascanon sponsons!
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levinas
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:27 pm 
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Bah! I wasn't going to fall for that! That said, I've had all manner of missing guns on my FW chimeras. Today a replacement hull arrived without all of its lasguns and is due for re-replacement asap. So it looks like the mechanised infantry will be walking to the front...

One of these shadowswords has a scratchbuilt engine exhaust on the back after arriving with some kind of moulding error and one of my GW Leman Russ tanks has a steel reinforced lascannon after I snapped off its banana-shaped gun when I tried to straighten it. A bit of paperclip and gs action and I can't tell which one it was. But those Chimera lasguns are just too thin for me to fix.
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Otterman
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:34 pm 
Clever devil!

Goofed-up SH rear ends are common, evidently, based on hearsay on Tactical Command.

Too bad the design idiom for a lascannon is "long, thin, fragile stick with convenient break-off handle". I'm tempted to design and cast a lascannon repair kit. But I have enough projects, so someone else will have to do that one.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:41 pm 
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(levinas @ Oct. 30 2007,15:52)
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I've come to the conclusion that I may just be the slowest painter in the world -- two hours of painting and I've just about got the base colour down on the Shadowswords! Here's a pic that demonstrates this rather shameful lack of progress:

Is it just me or is there always a 'messy stage' with painting before something decent emerges?

I race you for that slowest award

Is is a point after the wash were it's almost a return to primer. ?

I use a black wash for my green armies. ?

But then it comes out again.

Thanks for the detail son the painting very helful
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:14 pm 
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Well tonight I've not managed to get going on the tanks but, determined to get something done I've built up my stormtrooper bases so the army has progressed a little. I've also had a mess around with my camera to try and get pictures that look a bit better by trying out some of the manual settings. Here's the first attempt at a Leman Russ pic:



I think it looks a bit better than the first ones (who would have guessed this would turn into a photography blog!) but maybe a little over exposed...
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:06 pm 
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Looks good.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:07 pm 
It's better than bad, it's good.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:44 pm 
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Very nice ! :D

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:05 pm 
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It's better than bad, it's good.


For some reason that made me smile. The phrase 'damning with faint praise' springs to mind!  :D

Tonight, if all goes well. Shadowsword tank no. 1 will be completed. I've decided to ditch batch painting to try and get myself motivated.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:26 pm 
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Looking very good indeed can't wait to meet them in battle?
as for the chimera las cannons i opted for the heavy bolter version as i think they are a bit more study

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