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Post by thorpyuk on Oct 14, 2023 15:18:29 GMT
Love all the updates & the fluff you're weaving into the army! I may have to drag my dwarves out of the cupboard & get cracking on a few more! Like you, I've mountains of unpainted miniatures, and I've just started collecting a unit of 'shieldbeards' too..
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Post by Luigino on Oct 15, 2023 15:36:56 GMT
Love it! Who doesn't like a drinking, flying Dwarf?!? Just a thought, do you happen to have a barrel floating somewhere in your bitz box for him to sit on? Just to go all-in on the drink element. 😁 This... this is genius, I'll check. I might actually have something, Hopefully something that fits in the cockpit. What a simple yet great idea, thanks for the suggestion. Love all the updates & the fluff you're weaving into the army! I may have to drag my dwarves out of the cupboard & get cracking on a few more! Like you, I've mountains of unpainted miniatures, and I've just started collecting a unit of 'shieldbeards' too.. Please do and share the results, I always like looking at other people's dwarfs. And As for the current airforce, I definitely need to come up with some appropriate lore and background, as well as some punny names.
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Post by Luigino on Oct 15, 2023 15:53:42 GMT
Sunday up(date)day, I've made some progress on the first balloon. I had started working in batches on all of them (a total of 8-10 flying machines) thinking I'll make fast work of them all. I soon stopped when it turned out that batch painting models larger than infantry (which is realistically all I've ever painted before) is much more draining, so after having slapped the first base coat on one model i decided I was going to focus on one or two of them at the time till completion. here's some pictures the green is 90% done (missing a yellowish highlight here and there, the shields and the interior of the cockpit) the blue is on the second layer. It's slowly coming together. I also assemmbled and modified the bases and stands. As you can see here The stand has too thin a peg and the model too wide an opening for it to be stable in any way. So I took a few of these plastic beads and widened the hole with a drill bit. a drop of thin plastic cement and and it makes for a much snugger fit I also weighted down the bases when plastic and hollow Or put a washer directly in between the base and the stand when MDF. These models aren't really heavy (the resin is extremely light), but they do stick out quite a bit in height from the rest of the army and there's a real risk of brushing an arm or a sleeve against them when moving miniatures around, so a but of bottom weight isn't going to hurt. I might finish the first one tonight if I get some time for painting, the model has finally entered the stage where I can actually see some progress and I think it's looking rather nice.
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Post by mottdon on Oct 16, 2023 12:17:03 GMT
Looking really good! You're making great progress!
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Post by Luigino on Oct 18, 2023 16:53:16 GMT
Thank you Mottdon. the first gyrocopter is finished beside the base (and the pilot ) and I'll be posting pictures once I get home tonight, i also came up with what seems to be a version of my tourney list that I'm mostly satisfied with. But it does mean I REALLY have to speed up with the remaining 7 flying machines and actually paint a BSB model.
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Post by thorpyuk on Oct 18, 2023 16:59:57 GMT
Thank you Mottdon. the first gyrocopter is finished beside the base (and the pilot ) and I'll be posting pictures once I get home tonight, i also came up with what seems to be a version of my tourney list that I'm mostly satisfied with. But it does mean I REALLY have to speed up with the remaining 7 flying machines and actually paint a BSB model. What are the tournament rules & points size? Are we able to sneak peek your list, or are you keeping that a secret?
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Post by Luigino on Oct 18, 2023 17:10:52 GMT
What are the tournament rules & points size? Are we able to sneak peek your list, or are you keeping that a secret? I'll post it soon, but it's basically 2500 points triple crown comp. I decided to take no artillery and to go a direction I've never gone with dwarfs. as of now the list scores between +7 and + 9 depending on a couple of tweaks, so it doesn't appear to be a particularly powerful list But I do believe it to have a much bigger potential than the math alone gives it credit for.
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Post by Luigino on Oct 20, 2023 15:11:38 GMT
A very quick update on my work break. A couple of nights ago I finally finished the first Gyrocopter/Hot air balloon. I think it came out rather well and am particularly satisfied with the painted wood-pattern, it was the first time I tried this technique and the results are excellent, if I say so myself. I was worried about following the "grain" of the prints on the shields, but I think the model would have benefitted with a vertical grain, so I'll try that on the next model. Doing the ropes grey was also another thing I'm not too pleased with, and will probably switch to brown or brown+grey on the next on/
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Post by tileag on Oct 20, 2023 23:45:53 GMT
A very quick update on my work break. A couple of nights ago I finally finished the first Gyrocopter/Hot air balloon. I think it came out rather well and am particularly satisfied with the painted wood-pattern, it was the first time I tried this technique and the results are excellent, if I say so myself. I was worried about following the "grain" of the prints on the shields, but I think the model would have benefitted with a vertical grain, so I'll try that on the next model. Doing the ropes grey was also another thing I'm not too pleased with, and will probably switch to brown or brown+grey on the next on/ Looking good!
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Post by masterofnone on Oct 21, 2023 7:15:54 GMT
Nice model, really nicely painted!
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Post by markdienekes on Oct 21, 2023 18:07:11 GMT
Very nice work mate, shows off the colour scheme really well!
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Post by Naitsabes on Oct 22, 2023 18:13:30 GMT
This came together really well. (and I like the grey ropes)
Do you know what designer this is from...or more to the point if they also made a gyrobomber?
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Post by Luigino on Oct 22, 2023 18:15:24 GMT
Thank you guys! It was rather satisfying bringing it to completion. I actually started working on the other 6 right after. You can see them here right after the first or second base colour being applied. I learned from my mistake though and did not assemble them yet, and I'm focusing on anything that's not the basecoat one piece at the time. this picture has actually made me realize that I'm making the same mistake as the last time and am leaving the rotors and ropes unpainted. I will be addressing that immediately next painting session. Tonight I should also probably start stripping my older gyros I painted years ago. Like this one. The picture makes him look worse than he is, but it just doesn't match the rest of the army in terms of colour, what I will try and retain though is the screw flight stand as I think it's particularly fitting for such a model.
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Post by hivefleetmanticore on Oct 26, 2023 2:38:52 GMT
That's a lot of gyrocopters. They're looking great, though!
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Post by Luigino on Oct 26, 2023 18:05:38 GMT
Thank you HFM! Quick update during my break: The wooden portion of the gondola is done. I think. I might go back and do a lighter blue (celeste or azzurro) highlight here and there. I like the vertical grain on the shields, but I might just invert the shields' colours on the other gondolas. the browns are still just at the first layer, but they already do work better than grey. I might push the green further with a yellow highlight, but honestly I like how it looks so far. unfortunately lately I've been getting very little painting since both my daughter and wife were sick. all is good now so I'm confident in being able to see some real progress this weekend.
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