Blitzkreig Bop - Armageddon Steel Legion 121st Armoured - Valkyrie Assault Carrier

Started and finished the nosecone art on the Valkyrie this evening, think it is the best one yet

really am happy with it

Dirty Space Elves and Cloven Hooved Vagheads!

So before I went to sleep last night I just HAD to get a little more done on her.........

Hello my name is Damien and I am a recovering painterholic..........

*EDIT*

Myself and my doubles partner Luke played our first test game on Thursday evening and won a kill point game 8-3 against a fairly competative list played by a friend Anthony.  Thanks for all the tips and help Anthony much apprciated.

Dirty Space Elves and Cloven Hooved Vagheads!

Started work on the characters tonight.  Got a nice base coat on the yellow parts on both done.

Then proceeded to work on the farseer, yellow is done until the other colours are done and I can see if I need to alter it more.  Also got the face done, as it is supposed to be a female I aimed for nice soft colour transition to make it more femine and I think I have nailed it.

Nailed it??

Dirty Space Elves and Cloven Hooved Vagheads!

Got a crap load of work done on the Crimson Hunter tonight.

Pilot is done, little bit of blue patterning done with the airbrush to break up the yellow and all the gems.  All I need to do now are the engines and the weapons and then time to matte varnish.

We Will Find the Heretic Whereever He May Hide - Grey Knight Contingent to the "Bop" - Inquisitor Rodrigo Díaz

So as i wasnt happy with the gold in places I redid it......

mcuh smoother now and I am happy.

We Will Find the Heretic Whereever He May Hide - Grey Knight Contingent to the "Bop" - Inquisitor Rodrigo Díaz

Inbetween waiting for things to dry here, there and everywhere on other projects this weekend I have been tinkering with Diaz's armour.  Little rough in places at the moment,but it has started to get some definition. 

Blitzkreig Bop - Armageddon Steel Legion 121st Armoured - Valkyrie Assault Carrier and Vendetta Gunship

So today have been solid painting of the hull, most of the time is spent maksing off areas

So I started with this. Pilots masked off

Sprayed on the Tamiya Sky (light blue) on the underside of the hull however I managed to spill an effin airbrush cup full of paint on my keyboard and it died hohhoribly so i had to drive to Exeter to get a new keyboard, first one I have purchased in about 8 years (old was was getting a little knackered) so that was best part of 2 hours wasted :(

Once the sky was done I masked off the underside area which I wanted to remain sky coloured and then reapplied the black undercoat.

I then did the grey gradient on the camo.  Once dry using blue tac and masking tape I masked off a camo pattern.  I do this only on the flyers and freehand the tanks sort so as to distinguish the air from the ground forces :)

Once Masked off I then apply the green/rotton flesh type colour part of the camo and the gradients of that.

Once dry I remove ALL the masking including the pilots......this is the nerve wracking part when every time you remove a bit of masking tape you think you are about to find a part that has not been properly masked off an you have ruined your previous painting :D  Luck as yet I haven't had such a disaster.....touch wood.

Once the masking is all removed I am left with this.

Ready for freehand and transfers now.