Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Camo camo camo camo camo

 Camo on my Tallarns oris it Tallerns can never remember, oh well not to worry. These are my Tallarns that i've added to the 28th SpD "amalg" detachment, Taskforce Hadrada Subsector.

These guys were great to paint up as there'slots of area on those smocks to get camo on to and the addition of there shemaqhs in a different camos was a last min decision but i think it works as all the 28th will have bits of kit from there old regiments and the Tallarns stand out as well Tallarns what ever youdo with green stuff lol.

As discribed a couple of posts ago the the camo was mid grey then light green then dark green to finish http://blitzspearslab.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-know-im-spoiling-you-post.html compleatly with the absecne of any pics to back it up do'h.

I can't find any pics of the shemaqhs being done (the head scarfe thingys) as i exstended them and resculptid some bits but they'll turn up i'm sure.
I'll get the hofficer and his heavy flamer side kick finished tonight and post there progress pics tommorow-ish. The heavy flamer is the samecamo as the rest of the 28th and the big cheese is having something that i think looks a bit like gumfesumpe or woodland dapple as it's modern version is sometimes called.

After i've got my Guard kick over with again for a little  while at least i'll post my progress on my warbands. I've not stalled as such it's just proving hard to find the right coloures to use on civiies.

Blitz

Almost forgot to say welcome along followers 50, 51 and 52.








Saturday, 7 January 2012

The i know i'm spoiling you post

Well with yesterdays ramble out of my system i thought i'd post a bit about camo and my spec ops team thats taking shape. The 4 Tallern troopers i compleated over xmas i got in a care packege from a forum buddy and some where in the dim past i blogged about converting some of them with extra long laz rifles cuz i was thinking they looked cool and are in keeping with the desart feel of the Tallern. I will have a trawl in the pics to see if i grabbed any pics of the green stuff work i did. There head gear was exstended and lengthend to look a bit more like a shemagh http://www.surplusandadventure.com/shop/clothing/gloves-scarves/shemagh-arab-scarf-3-00-off-wrap-219284.html but in a sand coloure. The entire squad has somethink linking them back to there original units and the shemaghs are the Tallerns bit of home as it were. 
All the Camos are done in similer ways as i had the forethought to write down my system but i've now decided to try some differing coloure combos using the same process so it's not to jaring. That said the officer is getting a custom camo job as he''s more likely to retain his full uniform. If he had any sence he would be trying to look more like joe trooper (snipers anyone ) but Ruperts arn't known for there common sence some times lol.
Damn it ive lost the plot again. Now onto camo in general, my system is pretty simple, i go mid grey light green then finish with a dark green or brown the wash over the top to finish off.
The grey is applied as a flat coloure to all camo areas then i use a long brush 1" to 1 1/2" bristels to blob the light green covering half the grey areas. Then it's a treble 0 brush to apply the dark green in  line effect or blobs again which ever feels right for the figuer. Finally a liberal wash or two of gryf sapia or traka green or any ink wash you may have to pull the 3 coloures together.
I've not tried this combowith alt coloures but plan to eventually. In the mean time if you haven't seen this site and need inspiration check out Kamoflage.net http://www.kamouflage.net/ with 300 types listed you will find somethink that can be of help when planning a camo sceam.



 
Here's some old pics of a figure i did waaaaaaaaaaay back in 09 that was an experiment in camo. I used Kamo.net to look up different camos and decided on this one http://www.kamouflage.net/camouflage/00079.php but as i progressed it changed into what you see in these final pics. This is a bigger model than 28mm about 150 mm in fact and resin to but the theory is similer as to layering up the pattern. I'll digout the pics of my Tallern for the next post and the green work pics also then i'll take the final photos of the entire squad once the captain is done. It seems i've gone of target again oh well still 11and a half months to get it right lol.





Friday, 6 January 2012

The i'm sooooo easily distracted it's not funny anymore post

Hi all 49 followers, glad you could make it Number 49 :) Well as stated have been distracted by other blogs instead of getting a post sorted.
But as promised here's some more shots of my recent crimbo hols effort. Not alot if im honest, i usually get convinced to do an xmas project build out of junk but this year was not in the mood for lots of sanding and the frusttrating attemts at sticking two plastic parts together that are diametrically apposed to ever bonding and resorting to hammer and nails in the end.





Sorry went of on a tangent there :0 and also didn't realize how shokingly bad these pics are cept 2nd from last that shows up the camo better than most. I'll be getting some better pics 2moro seeing as how i've only gone and based ALL TEN yes ALL TEN figuers. Now this may leave you thinking so what but when you realise i've been doing these little lead men since 1993 (on and off) and can only think of 5 other instances when i've based a model! this is indeed impressive progress for me.
I also made progress on the Inq28 models and have convinced my buddy to play a game with me by dangelling the promise of a word bearers theamed scenario in front of him, just need some sap to GM now. Oh! and build a void station gameing table but thats a spring project for certain. Oh and a word bearer marine for him then not let him use it in the geme lol.
Whilst on the subject of future plans i'm also planning on entering the Hobby Link Japan scifi contest but can't show any of my wip progress as it's not allowed in the rules witch is a bit of a bummer but it's a project i've been planning for well, years and this is the perfect exscuse to get a crack on and build it. It'll be scratch natch and mainly junk based again natch.
Also on my todo list is get my vac former knocked together and start having fun with hot floppy plastic sheets:)) yay. Hmm what else well get some backlog of in progress builds finished and hidded away in the attic and also start working on reducing the platic crack mountain in my attic. It's getting out of hand up there so no new perchases this year unless appsolootley must have shinny newthing syndrome strikes but i'll avoid any enviroment where that could strike eg model shop, model show, looking at the random shapes household cleaning products form when inverted in Sainsburys. Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ah yes get the Brutal Cannon chapter finished and play a game of 40k with my son, May be safer playing with my youngest son (5) as Ninja scientist (11) is not a good loser when playing games OF ANY KIND. The BC's have been in progess for about 15 years and have been morphing over that time untill i'm quite happy with where they are but have recently decided i dont like the chapter coloures i went for but a bit late for that by about15 years lol.
Think that's it on random rambels about future plans an stuff like' i'll try to keep the random down to a minimum and still noo plans to spell check the blog and no hope of me sudenly becoming not dyslecsic any time soon. oh also reading over crimbo was great, got through Grimblades, Call to Arms (both empire armys novels and Death and Dis-honor a WFB short storys collection and am currently reading Soul Hunter by ADB whicth is fan bleeding tastic just glad i can't paint a decent dark blue so no plans to model  First claw lol.
Going to be a bit more pre planned this year as last year was an unmittigated disaster where any plans of mine were concerned for this blog, reallife (TM) was not much better so here's hopeing i can get somedecent blogtime in this year and maybe even a couple of models lol.
Gotta go my tinitus is now very distracting even whislt listening to muzak on youtube. (Sia and Spooky and 2 steps from hell btw)
Blitz

Thursday, 5 January 2012

Hello 2012

Well i've been a bit neglectful of the old blog i'm afraid but i have been painting and converting and reading wfb and 40k over xmas so there's stuff to come. Tonight should have seen a proper post here but time fly's as they say lol so here's a taster of what i may get around to posting tommorow.

More 2moro
Blitz

Thursday, 24 November 2011

DIY and twilight (hobby) Zone

 Ongoing DIY has seriously curtailed any hobby activity in my house for 2 weeks and i think i'm suffering withdrawl :(
So many ideas are rolling around my head and i've no way of getting them out lol.





 Still i've managed to keep the pc going so been checking the blog roll and getting even more ideas.






I would do some work at my hobby desk but as you can see it's been abandoned for some time in lew of a more parred down  nomadic form of modelling at the dinning room table.







I'm going to make it my mission to get this lot tidyed up in the new year.
And after seeing John Blanches work space over at Tears of Envy's blog i'm even moreinspiered to get cracking. http://tearsofenvysblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/john-blanches-desk.html


Normal Frankensurgery (tm) on models and muddy paint jobs will resume  in a few weeks when the wifes finished decorating (yep not me doing it lol) just advising role.

Blitz

Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Inq28 Gunslinger, Templer psykologis, and Interrigator

 Second try seemsto work fine. Gunslingers head got a bit squoshed as i left him on the dinning room table when i packed away at midnight so he ended up on the floor :{ He'sa mix of WH and 40K bits plus some liberal amounts of green stuff and Andrea sculpt.
 Templer Psykologis. Going for an enhanced look for him. Obviousley guard vet of a psykologis unit with hallucinogenic grenades and panic inducer (the thing on his back, still stuff to do there)
 Again a mix of bits from WH and 40K sources plussome blu stuff press molds putto gooduse on duplicating some grenades.


 Interrigator wip, because the arms were so different i snipped them short and pinned them so i could rebuild the arms on him.

His right arm is pants and such a funny angle so re snipping that and may have it bent upwards. Also needs to be a smidge longer. I've also missed the pic of his back, thats the best bit lol.

C+C most welcome gents and gentesses.

Cheers
Blitz

Inq28 gunslinger, Templer psykologis, interrogator.

Well here's my gunslinger but the other pics are refusing to load as blogger is being a muppet. I will try to load them a bit later on before i start changing stuff on them lol.

Blitz