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After painting the basecoat on my old SDD 15mm German Tiger II (Königstiger) I started to paint the camouflage.
I used Chocolate Brown (872) from the Flames of War German Armour Paint Set.
Though following the painting guidelines from the German Armour paint set, I think the brown is too brown and needs to be more red.
These are the Harlequin Miniatures Cybermen from the 1990s. They are the classic era style Cybermen who fought the 4th Doctor onwards. Having finished painting them, the next stage was doing the bases.
I started with a basecoat of Citadel Base: Castellan Green.
I then used some railway flock, combined with a tiny amount of Woodland Scenics foliage.
I finished the bases off with some Citadel Mordheim Turf.
Here are the three Cybermen.
I think I would like some more, as I am not sure if three are enough.
Having given the resin Egyptian Sarcophagus from Grendel a basecoat of Citadel Base: Zandri Dust, I gave the model a wash of Citadel Shade: Agrax Earthshade. This has really bought out the detail, however there are areas where there was a little too much shade and it has pooled.
This needed a few extra washes to ensure full coverage.
Games Workshop have released one of their digital guides to painting their miniatures, this time on painting the newly released Lizardmen.
Brightly coloured scales, tarnished golden weapons and yellowed claws are all distinctive visuals of the Lizardmen army. From the markings denoting specific spawnings to the icons of the ancient Slann cities, each Lizardmen force has a unique appearance.
This product contains eleven painting guides for a wide variety of Lizardmen Citadel Miniatures, including, Slann, Kroxigor, Skinks, Saurus Warriors and Temple Guard, allowing you to create an impressive looking army.
Having posted the Space Marine Stalker model yesterday, here is an image of the Space Marine Hunter AA vehicle.
The Hunter model comes with a single barrel, whereas the Stalker has three. It is an anti aircraft tank for the Space Marines.
Having now seen both models, I much prefer the Hunter over the Stalker.
Presented here as a news item.
Games Workshop have released, as is becoming the norm now, a digital version of their Warhammer Army Book for the Lizardmen.
The Lizardmen army book has all the content of the hardback edition, plus all the features you’ve come to expect from our iPad Editions. Quick-links embedded throughout the book make it a convenient aid to gaming. There’s an interactive miniatures gallery showing off the Lizardmen range, including 360 rotating images of its monsters and character models. Warhammer: Lizardmen will also be automatically updated with any new additions or amendments to the rules including new FAQ’s.
I’ve always liked the lizardmen concept, and I actually had a small lizardman army when I played the first edition of Warhammer back in the 1980s.
This is a photograph of the forthcoming new Space Marine Stalker model, well it is alleged that it is and the rumourmill seems to confirm it. The Hunter model comes with a single barrel, whereas the Stalker has three. It is an anti aircraft tank for the Space Marines.
Presented here as a news item.
Update: this is the Stalker model.
Update 2: changed image to an improved one
This beautifully painted Imperial Fists Damocles Command Rhino won the Forgeworld Best of Show prize in the 2005 UK Golden Demon awards.
The radar dish moved around and as you can see in this shot, the inside included “real” lights (made from LEDs).
It was very well painted and made good use of the Forgeworld Imperial Fists doors. Though I wasn’t too sure about the “highlighting” on the radar dish. The aerials are well done and add to the overall effectiveness of the model. Probably not too practical for a gaming model!
The weathering is very subtle and very well done, sometimes I think it can be too easy to over-weather models.
One of the nice things that I remember from attending GamesDay 2008 (was it really five years ago) were the wonderful Forge World display cabinets.
This model of the Armoured Medusa Armageddon Pattern was one of the many finely painted miniature armoured fighting vehicles on display.
One of the reasons I went around GamesDay 2008 taking photographs was to use the pictures as painting references and for ideas when painting my own models.
There are two key aspects of this model that have helped me paint, as it happens, my Ork models. Firstly the rust effect, in the main I think I would use a toned down method for rust. I also really like the cannon barrel, which I think would work really well on an Ork weapon.
It’s interesting to see that this model has no markings, one of the things you see on other Imperial Guard models is a range of markings, apart from the Imperial Aquila, there are no other markings.
Overall I do find the Forge World models quite inspiring and certainly help me to paint and model.
Well the secret is a secret no more, the twelfth Doctor will be played by 55 year old Peter Capaldi, who is quite well known as an actor.
He replaces Matt Smith, who at 26 was one of the youngest actors to play Doctor Who, and Peter is the same age that William Hartnell was when he started to play the role of the Doctor. Peter will replace Matt in the Christmas special, and there is no news if Jenna Coleman will continue as the Doctor’s companion.
It will be interesting to see how an older actor will interpret the role.