Squirrel_Fish is Back?!

Hey Squirrel_Fish!!! Welcome back! I'm glad you actually came back =-P I would have used a jewellers saw, but the gaps between the shoulderpad and the heads was just too small.

Casted products aren't illegal until I sell them ;-D



And I can now start painting the Sternguard squad, once I spray them. I'll just have a couple of gaps to fill once I glue on the Multimeltas.

The next squad will all have storm bolters (I hope) and will have 2 heavy bolters in it. =-D

Total Tutorial

This is what we're going for.


The bone color of Deathwing, or similar colored items.

The process is spray black/white. My white sucks, so I use black.


Then I use a coat of Dheneb Stone (GW Foundation paint).

Let that completely dry

Then I give it a wash of (GW) Red ink, Brown ink, Yellow ink, Flesh Wash, and the new Brown ink (don't know the name). It was just something I poured all my warm-toned inks into, and added the Brown ink to get more volume.

LET THAT COMPLETELY DRY. OVER NIGHT or 1+ hours.

So I guess its about 6 layers. I opted to not use the same model, as the sergeant was the one I was going to paint next, but the tutorial needed something without the brown. But they're all the same right? Just use thin layers, and all will be well.
1st layer.

2nd layer.

4th layer.

6th layer.


The paint I used was VMC Pale Sand (007) and VMC Dark Sand (123). I mixed them in a 3 oz. container, and added some water. My first few layers (original test model, not this one) came out with streaks, so I added more water. I'm quite happy with the results I achieve now. I haven't started highlighting this or the test model, so that will have to be another part of the tutorial, but I plan on using VMC Pale Sand (007) for it.

For highlighting, I went on doing something semi-experimental. It is very hard to see in the pictures, but you should be able to get the idea.
I used VMC Pale Sand (007) for the first highlight. I put some at the top-most part, and just slowly pulled down. It was semi-drying already, so it spread nicely.

I then used VMC Ivory (005) for the second. I did it the same way, except I didn't pull down as far.


And thats how I get the bone shade in my Deathwing.

SAT2 suck!

Squirrel_Fish: Thank you =-D
The process is spray black/white. My white sucks, so I use black.


Then I use a coat of Dheneb Stone (GW Foundation paint).

Let that completely dry

Then I give it a wash of (GW) Red ink, Brown ink, Yellow ink, Flesh Wash, and the new Brown ink (don't know the name). It was just something I poured all my warm-toned inks into, and added the Brown ink to get more volume.


I have SAT2s tomorrow (subject tests) so I'll finish this then, (Also because I don't have pictures)

Updatio!

So my Emperor Battleship, and 10 Chaos Possesed marine bitz came in the mail today.
Its all in my bitz box now though...



The metal is kinda tarnished too...quite old..the box was OLDD...=-D

Uhm. Heres the plan. I was going to use 3 battleships. 2 of one design (Retribution or Emperor) and 1 of the other. (so 2 Emperors and 1 Retribution, or 2 Retributions and 1 Emperor), and 6-8 Cruisers (I've upped the count) seeing the size of this thing, I can assume the size of the Cruisers..
Heres the original design plan (saw something like it in Firebase Mag #1)


I'm also going to do a True Scale tutorial, because all the ones I've seen either suck, or never finish. Its not going to be a video tutorial, as that would take forever, but I won't post it until I finish the whole thing.
Guys like this.

Thats my Marneus Calgar count as, he has a magnetized left arm, so he can switch out to power sword..but you've seen him before. I'll be making a Command Squad, so I can cast them, and make squads!

Tutorials

Here are all my Video tutorials that I've made. They're quite loud, so watch yourself...

Magnetization Video 1


Magnetization Video 2


Magnetizing a Stormlord Superheavy Tank


Magnetizing a Dreadnought


Sculpting Greenstuff Iron Snakes Shoulderpad


Basing Part 1


Basing Part 2


Greenstuff Molds Part 1


Greenstuff Molds Part 2


Taking Pictures

Tau Sniper Drone Tutorial

This is the first non-video tutorial I've done in a long time...check these out though =-D

Sorry for the mondo pictures. They're screwed up because of the forums. Click on the pictures to get full views.

I apologize in advance for the huge pictures, but I accidentally did 17" at photobucket..and it takes forever to upload 20 pictures...I don't want to do it again...

This is what we're striving for.

This is what we're making. Pretty close huh?

Underside

These are the things you need. 1 drone body, 2 Crisis Flamers, Arms, and targeter, 2 rifles (its been a while since I've done Tau), and 1 array thing for a Tau Tank.


Step 1
Take the array thing, and cut off the pointy part, and remove flash. Remove the front lense on the underside of the drone body. (or any, its just personal preference, you will want to have the holes facing forward, or you can fill them (this was originally supposed to be a shield drone, but I didn't have an extra shield, so it became a spare))


Step 2
Take the 2 Crisis Arms, and cut off the shoulder piece. Hold both while you do it, or they'll shoot across the room, which happened to the black one. =-P


Step 3
Take the 2 Crisis Flamers, and cut off the pack-thing, and the barrel. I left the barrel on the left one so you can see where to cut (just incase you need it.)


Step 4
Take your 2 rifles (pulse rifles?), and cut off the barrels. For ONE of the flamers, cut off the back part. The top one shown is to show what it was before, the bottom one is what you want it to look like.


Step ish.
These are all the pieces you want to keep. Everything else can go into the bitz box. YOU MUST HAVE A BITZ BOX!!! =-D just kidding..but you really should..


Step 5
Glue the Array thing in the drone body, where you cut off the lens. Cut the flamer (that you kept) to look like the bottom one.


Step 6
Glue the flamer on like so.


Step 7
Glue the flamer pack-thingies on like so.


Step 8
Glue the flamer barrels on like this. The area where you cut them off the original will line up perfectly.


Step 9
Glue the Crisis shoulders on like so. You'll have to move them around until you think they look good.


Step 10
Cut the Targeter to look something like the one on the left (the one on the right is an example) Cut it to fit on the front of the drone shell. (they're painted, because the original got messed up =-( )


Step 11
Glue the targeter on like so.


Step 12
Remember those 2 pulse rifle barrels? Glue them on like this.



Step 13.
Glue on a antenna..I don't have any spares (for some reason... =-/ )

Zangs a damn!


The targeter man will come along shortly..I haven't thought about him yet, as its been almost a year since I've made one of these. =-P