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We'll see.

 

Went hunting for inspiration and look what I turned up.

 

38460729381_ec42c11c45.jpgPro Lightning by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

38460728981_7edd642b07_n.jpgScars Lightning by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

38404323266_0bbd31899c_n.jpgGrey Lightning by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

38404323066_492251ff48_n.jpgDG2 Lightning by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

24588570748_16719c4a5a_n.jpgFW Lightning by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

38460728581_92e868a159_n.jpgTson Lightning by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

38404322756_f8b6694410_n.jpgSalamander Lightning by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

38404321896_0398598016_n.jpgDA Lightning by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

24588568898_ca0f839e58_n.jpgSoB Lightning by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

24588610478_a28b07ec0f_n.jpgSoH Lightning by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

37745848364_6c4a632e25_n.jpgDG Lightning by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

24589267098_86b0bd78e4_n.jpgNight Lord Lightning by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

24589266618_105ca4a3c3_n.jpgBlood Lightning by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

24589266558_08f27e2cf5_n.jpgFiery Lightning by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

37746427264_3bb510dddd.jpgRed white Lightning by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

 

24589267188_906e65499d.jpgIF Lightning by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

37746418754_2bc2bc7fa2_n.jpgAshen_Claws_Primaris_Lightning by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

So what did I learn?

 

Black, grey and white are all very populr base colours for a lightning :confused:

 

What to do???

Edited by Wolf_Priest _Dantay.
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Tried something a little different.

 

26713301329_da6072a374_c.jpgplane 3 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

26713301399_32abb6d2f8_c.jpgplane 2 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

26713301529_88786c7043_c.jpgplane 1 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

A bit more Dusty Crophopper than Poe Damaran, but not too bad. Paint is still very crude as I am not going to start doing real work until I settle on what it is I plan to do.

 

37780455424_e8c1f70876_z.jpgdusty 2 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

Thoughts??

 

Thanks for looking :smile.:

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Thanks BCK, it has taken me a little out of my comfort zone I have to admit, I am itching to get back to the grey again!!

 

To see them amongst Wolves, that will be in a few weeks yet, when I get home. Unless my wife gives birth and they rush me off of this tub!!

 

Tried to do white, but I think I overthinned the paint as it has come out really streaky!!

 

26766583819_c327e0c47d_z.jpgLightning001 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

Hoping to make a glaze with thinned down admin grey and white to see if it can even it all out.

 

I think airbrushing with white would have been a safer bet.....

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Well, decided that I hate painting white, or at least on large scale miniatures.

 

Airbrush would have been perfect for this

 

38501024526_0c24980bf7_c.jpgthumbnail (10) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

38501024766_319cb120ac_c.jpgthumbnail (11) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

38501025296_7ba5dbbc0f_c.jpgthumbnail (12) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

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Still slowly working on the Lightning.. got to do the highlights on one side of the black...

 

I am trying some new paints and washes, still not 100% on them and went overboard on the staining from the exhaust vents.

 

23908689997_a1d05be1e4_c.jpgtakeoff5 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

23908689907_24f0103204_c.jpgtakeoff6 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

23908690047_3b3074d1f5_c.jpgtakeoff4 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

23908690127_e7a11feeb5_c.jpgtakeoff3 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

23908690187_13df668f9c_c.jpgtakeoff2 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

Should I do the engine casing brass or keep it as steel?

 

23908690267_7c43c206f9_c.jpgtakeoff by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

Thaks for looking :)

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Thanks Charlo, I'l keep pushing on with i.Got a few more things to try.

 

Now that I am home, I had a sit-down at my hobby area to take stock.

 

And I realised that I am losing my direction. I have a lot of hal done models but no clear idea of what I want the to be or how I want to finish them.

 

37968580145_353af53fe0_c.jpgthumbnail (1) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

This guy for example... I envisioned him as a caster of runes, maybe conneected to the 13th company, but how do I gt the rune-caster look across?

What would make him "pop"?

 

27079521129_df0a98c8fd_c.jpgthumbnail (2) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

And this one... again, a caster of runes? 

 

As I look at my collection, I am struggling to see it as a cohesive whole, certainly among the HQ choices.

 

This is abut how far along I got with Hvarl... I cut 1 of the legs and widened his stance, an gave the axe an actual edge. Ii also got fed up with the blight launcher and swapped it for a heavy bolter, and used a drum magazine.... Still not sure if I should make it belt fed the same as the SW terminator assault cannons

 

27079521339_2af67906c2_c.jpgthumbnail by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

27079521429_92abeddf27_c.jpgthumbnail (6) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

37968580335_b0a3f19aeb_c.jpgthumbnail (5) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

24983183688_eb9b4d1e41_c.jpgthumbnail (4) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

37968580535_0544d02760_c.jpgthumbnail (3) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

Thoughts?

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In the meantime been working on bits for my fledgeling gaming table

 

38386485704_b727a49f54_c.jpgforebearer 4 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

38386485784_a38af967fd_c.jpgForebearer 3 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

38386485874_a00de6b1cf_c.jpgForebearer 2 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

TT combat scenery Forebearer beacon, a really nice kit, will look good as T-Son objective piece

 

25230096918_599268f7a3_c.jpgTable 6 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

25230097178_7ace217d0b_c.jpgTable 4 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

25230097188_ce17c55e1e_c.jpgTable 5 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

38386485594_efc1d0732c_c.jpgTable 1 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

And just built this bunker, again from TT combat scenery

 

39065678192_2c7947992d_c.jpgTable 2 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

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Did a bit of changing around, tried mounting the heavy bolster on the side of the fist ala grey knights, but I did nt have the bits to make it work.

 

Did way with the power fist and shortened the arm slightly.... Have given up on imagining Hvarl using the axe in 2 hands (for now).

 

What do you think?

 

39150781222_c14a6662ec_c.jpgthumbnail (15) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

38301605545_aa2ca118ee_c.jpgthumbnail (14) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

39150781482_b66d9abe41_c.jpgthumbnail (10) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

27400920489_0f544b66ff_c.jpgthumbnail (8) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

27400920529_961f91b077_c.jpgthumbnail (9) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

Also messed with the rune priest, gonna add some tubing and a hood, maybe even a wolf head, give him a really feral aspect

 

39150781712_b5a03a9d43_c.jpgthumbnail (7) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

27400920359_0aa4663150_c.jpgthumbnail (12) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

38301605605_0146b356c0_c.jpgthumbnail (11) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

39150781292_8ecf149b51_c.jpgthumbnail (13) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

Thoughts??

 

Thanks for looking :)

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Well back to the Lightning

 

Getting close to done.

 

39366279952_d79fc163a2_c.jpgthumbnail100 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

39366279892_b92181c969_c.jpgthumbnail101 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

39366279822_df7edd69cc_c.jpgthumbnail102 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

39366279702_e281deeb3a_c.jpgthumbnail103 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

39366279662_f8bed9d2f2_c.jpgthumbnail104 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

39366279622_05a20613bc_c.jpgthumbnail105 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

39366278802_f7c9186a3b_c.jpgthumbnail107 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

39366278752_8b20656141_c.jpgthumbnail108 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

38518469795_a7d6ca7f70_c.jpgthumbnail109 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

Thoughts??

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Was a wee bit heavy handed with the sponge, but for now I will call this done. Will stain the glass and do chipping round the cockpit when I get home (maybe even design and preint some decals too)

 

39459544411_183416e932_z.jpgthumbnail126 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

39459544481_1996115c80_z.jpgthumbnail125 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

39459543631_4e589699db_b.jpgthumbnail120 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

39459543521_214c6efb7e_b.jpgthumbnail121 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

39459543451_02be5aae25_b.jpgthumbnail122 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

39459543351_71fdbdc0b0_b.jpgthumbnail123 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

39459543251_370b7e0bd3_b.jpgthumbnail124 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

Hope you like it

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CheersReyner, yes a little Star Wars inspiration there.

 

Anyway worked on some half done terminators... The 2 with claws were full repaints, but the rest were tidy ups. They are done for now, as I go home tomorrow :)

 

27915186509_6b6155479b_c.jpg20180114_224209 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

38985036424_07c15a0b02_c.jpg20180114_224223 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

39662763252_7749988b7c_c.jpg20180114_224244 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

38985036524_36828b6ebf_c.jpg20180114_224256 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

39662763672_a953e99472_c.jpg20180114_224304 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

39693888711_03dd7d9be7_c.jpg20180114_224314 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

27915181699_9ba6a32cea_c.jpg20180114_224329 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

39662758572_b777e57d8b_c.jpg20180114_224336 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

39662759082_a50aa8e5ca_c.jpg20180114_224353 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

27915182259_79270e80e7_c.jpg20180114_224424 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

39662761212_42ddf8e1c9_c.jpg20180114_224433 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

39693885981_f37b9b0306_c.jpg20180114_224451 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

39693886431_33cb13a6a8_c.jpg20180114_224459 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

27915185439_eb153d9d1c_c.jpg20180114_224516 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

38985035964_eb954ded42_c.jpg20180114_224522 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

38985036184_723b4fef80_c.jpg20180114_224535 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

27915186099_af30355837_c.jpg20180114_224544 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

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Got a veteran squad built up

 

Cut out the fyreslayer axes for dwarf ones as the felt a bit oversized...

 

Thoughts... Is load out okay?

 

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39188666565_6f6c3f6f20_c.jpgthumbnail (19) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

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Became a dad for the second time on Monday :D

 

Wife has resisted my attempts to call him Russ or Leman so far

 

40126282302_c4a6afcc0c_c.jpgbaby1 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

I will likely be out of the loop for long periods ver the next wee bit, but got a few models on the brew...

 

Which head do I use and do I modify Kroms pad to make a wolf hood?

 

40126281762_140f41154c_c.jpgthumbnail (15) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

40126281792_6aae0201c4_c.jpgthumbnail (14) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

Very roughly perched on top

 

25286986467_2169ca93dc_c.jpgthumbnail (13) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

40126280892_453eda1e43_c.jpgthumbnail (17) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

25286985777_1559ff3669_c.jpgthumbnail (16) by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

 

If I go with the hood idea, will most likely lose the wolf helm

 

Thoughts??

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Note: not mine, however, I hope you find this useful:

 

http://fromthewarp.blogspot.com/2010/11/librarian-psychic-hood-conversion.html

 

I do love the character of the pad you are currently thinking of using; that said, there is the issue that the pad would look far nicer on a model than cut up! Still, your call, Dantay.

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CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE TINY HUMAN!!

Also i like the third head

 

Thanks Helterskelter... He is tiny, but getting bigger every day.

The third head is one of my favourite Space Wolf heads, a bit of no nonsense badass look rather than the usual howling at the moon stuff

 

 

I've got those, iron warrior helms on my mkiv slayers,too, really good norse feel.

 

Why do you raise the heads out of interest?

 

Congratulations on the new arrival.

 

Yeah those helms are brilliant, might try to modify a few to have the "spectacles" if I get the time

 

Raising the heads was just a bit of fun really, when I pu the SW torsos on the mark 3 legs the belts kept catching on the tops of the armoured thighs, so i used a ball of green stuff to raise it up slightly. It seemed to stretch te marine a wee bit and I thought to do the same with the heads too, sometimes the ylook a bit cramped into the torso, slightly neckless. I am still not 100% as I think some look a bit like mini-giraffes, but again it gives them a nice height. Will probably pull the heads loose and tidy up the milliputt a wee bit when I get home

 

And Cheers, he got home on the 12th (same day I had to go back to work offshore booo...)

 

 

Veterans look great, especially with the IW helms.

 

Congrats on the new member of the family!

 

Thanks you Pearson73. The helms are great and I like using the mark 2 helms with targeters for the support squads.... I am however left with a bunch of iron skull helmets.... What to do??

 

And thank you. My son has added to the pack! :)

 

Well we did eventually come up with a name.....

 

Luke!!

 

My wife and I struggled for ages to get a name we both liked, and I was holding him and said "hello....... I am your father" :huh.:  :woot:

 

More models to show tonight... Been making very little headway recently

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Feki and Geri's bases almost completed, just a few touchups needed.

 

Stome okay, or do I need to pick some out in browns yellows to add more contrast?

 

40388866311_82ce0ed18e_c.jpg1 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

40388866211_2c5f77a80a_c.jpg2 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

40388865991_b0d6f15b78_c.jpg4 by Danny Taylor, on Flickr

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Thanks for looking :)

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