Squiggies Imperial Guard *update 7*

[squig hunter]

Originally posted by rocketandroll
Dude, you are like some kind of mini-making machine! Looking very cool... and that was a big bag of stuff you had, at least 1.5 metric craptons.


Am I right in thinking this was your last year in youngbloods? So it\'s the wonderful world of golden demon for you next year Better get on with getting some entries for that started too... come on, hurry up!!!


Ben

Lol, thanks, I can churn stuff out pretty quickly when I am in the zone And what I bought was nothing, some AB members bought as much as £500 worth of FW! AFAIK YB is up to and including 14 ??? Maybe the rules have changed. And I have actually :twisted:

Originally posted by alextheartist
He is only 13 so one more year in the baby catagory

Alex

You\'re just jealous of my deamon, and possibly the fact that I\'m taller then you, and three years younger :moon:

Finished my first guardsman properly, the main areas (fatigues and armour) took relatively little time to paint with weathering, face, backpack and freehand (practicing, alot) getting most of the attention, I think this will work if I batch paint the fatigues and armour and do the rest individually

I hope you like him, not very apparent on the pic,but the eyes have been painted, and so has the scar. The freehand is the Cadian gate symbol with a piece of barbed wire in the middle to signify the trench figher role.

Freehanded shoulderpad (other pad is frehanded as well, but as most of it is covered I didn\'t take a separate pic)

And regarding the whole balsa wood thing, I got given a ton a while back so I thought I\'d use it

Ta,
Squig

 

[krom1415]

Lovely freehand, and great basing, he has worked out very well, top job

Keep \'em coming

 

[mud duck]

Trench fighters Huh?
you need more knifes, shotguns, and E tools. But other then that,

Damn it! You younglings today! Arrghh!

Looking good.

 

[alextheartist]

Bah, shorty... You know i am taller than you...

Looks good mate, prehaps a little rushed in some areas like the shirt on his right arm looks a little unsmothe (more layers?)

Freehand looks good, remember to keep the battle damage to the areas that would get worn most, eg the edges of things, especially on the gun and helmet.

Makes me want to go paint my half painted fw dudes...

Alex

 

[nick232]

Originally posted by alextheartist
He is only 13 so one more year in the baby catagory

Alex

You\'re just jealous of my deamon, and possibly the fact that I\'m taller then you, and three years younger :moon:


Ta,
Squig [/quote]

from what i remember i was taller than squig, so how short/tall is alex??

 

[alextheartist]

Didnt we meet at the repairs table? I think James/ TheCadian introduced us. I am the same height as James (if that helps)

Alex

 

[nick232]

it was too dark and i was too tired to do much thats why i didn\'t go to the hotel...

 

[alextheartist]

Basically i am quite a bit taller than squig, he was about chest high if i remember rightly.

Alex

 

[nick232]

<cough> shit <cough> double post oh well...

nice work, it was nice meeting you briefly at GD, Squig AND alex(two birds with one stone, POWER POSTING!) those little people in the bag were amazing, this is good work, when does school end for you guys, you\'ve painted a mini in an afternoon, i paint an arm in that time!

 

[alextheartist]

If he is anything like me its should only take an hour or two to get the main areas finished and the an hour for the details..

cough* shit *cough you didn\'t double post.. lol!

 

[Kaine]

FFS that cadian is probably the best i\'ve seen and so soon after the original WIP shots.

I might as well give up painting now

 

[Mourner]

One painting session, what you did on that cadian would take me a week, if not longer.....

great work

 

[squig hunter]

Heh, thanks everyone, I managed to knock out another guardsman, nothing that special really, does give a proper closeup of (his) left shoulderpad though

@Duckie, there will be shotguns, and more equipment and stuff. What are these E tools of which you speak though. I\'m assuming some sort of electrical implement ???

Ta,
Squig

 

[Thecadian]

Entrenching??

Just out of intrest squig how are you doing your bases as they look really good.

James

 

[nightsword]

They look immense Squig. I guess you learnt your mantra\'s well?

How many do you have to do?

 

[generulpoleaxe]

looks like your making good use of pigments mate and siflor tufts

nice work.

 

[squig hunter]

On form today, finished converting a Cadian sniper, replaced and lengthened the gun-barrels, added ghili stuff and removed and resculpted the hood to he\'s wearing it. I\'m quite happy with how he came out so far, even though I couldn\'t do much on the base seeing as he covers so much of it.

@TheCadian
Bits of cork glued on
Bit\'s of plastic H-Beams or barbed wire on bits of balsa wood glued on
Vallejo Sandy Paste put on after mini is glued on

Mud:
Basecoat Khemri brown + dark flesh
Overbrush graveyard earth
Overbrush kommando khaki
Heavy wash of Devlan Mud

Rock
Adeptus battlegrey basecoat
drybrush lightly with fortress grey
Wash heavily with Devlan mud

Apply static grass
Wash static grass with Devlan mud

@nightsword But of course, or I wouldn\'t be preaching it. I estimate that I have about another 130-something guard left to paint

@generulpoleaxe, thanks It\'s not Silfor grass though, it\'s \"Faller autumn ground cover\" or something like that, I got it from Acentocitis Workshop

Ta everyone, C&C welcome,
Squig

 

[rosac]

thats not a ghillie suit these however

are proper ghillie suits. enjoy

rosac

 

[nightsword]

130?! That\'s insanity. I take it they will all be converted

 

[squig hunter]

Originally posted by rosac
thats not a ghillie suit these however

are proper ghillie suits. enjoy

rosac

I am aware that it isn\'t a full on ghillie suit, but then again, it wasn\'t meant to be. In the trenchy muddy wasteland there isn\'t that much vegetation so a full on bush would look a bit out of place, which is why he only has a little bit of ghilli stuff on him

@nightsword, I know lol, then agan this might well turn into an eternity project

Squig