Armageddon Pattern Basilisks part 7

Putting the bits and pieces together.  Looking more like the whole.

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Making Wave Serpents, How to

So you bought some falcons online and want to make them into wave serpents.  Here's one take on converting them.

Mage Hunter Infiltrators part 4

Just a few more sessions and these guys are done!

Sprucing up Falcons

X-Wing models are decently painted in my opinion.  There's variation from model to the other.  Overall they are quite uniform.

Armageddon Pattern Basilisks part 6

Had a damn good solid session with these guys the other night.  Felt good.  Really good.

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Drop pod how to.

The drop pod has been taking longer then it deserves as I get to only make noises with it when it first arrives. My landraider didn't take this long and I painted the inside of it. So what follows is my break down on painting, and assembling a drop pod. Mostly assembly. 

First I have my assistant helping me here arrange all of the pieces of a drop pod for you to see laid out. The doors, upper engine, and harness have been glued together, the rest are free floating for painting.

My assistant is not of the greatest help.

Now skipping that whole painting process, here are the mostly finished pieces. Weathering and chipping will come later.

Now the model was dry fitted for this process as more painting was required before final assemblage, and to show how well the model goes together with though and preparation. 

Here is the bottom of the model with the doors put in place. Now you would glue the pod floor to the entry thrusters. Mind blowing I know.

Next you can assemble the control core, and harness. Don't worry about glueing these to one another. They will fit well together, and you will want the harness to be able to be tweeked alittle coming up. You can glue the core in place though. I have just one in the picture for example of the models, I guess size, dimensions, roominess, doesn't matter put them in all at once its easy.

Now you can do this step at any point once painted. The upper engine, and gun mount go together with the insertion of the nose for the turbine blades. Put some glue just on the end of the turbines bit and join the pieces together. This way you can properly sweval the gun at the enemy when it fires. So you can still make some sound effects after it deploys.

Here we are now beginning to finish the assembly. Fit the engine unto one of the fins. Once dry fit another into the engine and put in place on the rest of the model. Here you will be able to fiddle with the unglued harness to fit the fins bottom, middle which a connects with a hose from the harness, and it's top at once. Helping to lock it in place.

Now since this is an imperial design you. Must have rubber bands on hand otherwise you've just made it harder for yourself. Wrap a couple around at key places of joining, while pressing in pieces at proper places to get them uniformly joined. I also recommend to help keep the doors from being to loose or off kilter, make sure during this step to get the locks at the top of the door to fit in to the squares on the engine. You'll hear the click when they fit together.

Perhaps I've bee instructional to some extent and will help others in the future if you ever build one of these kits. 

Armageddon Pattern Basilisk part 5

Wasn't able to do accomplish as much was I wanted last night.  Had an issue with the red.

How to Magnetize Wave Serpent/Falcon/Fire Prism Weapons

Here's a how to that may help some Eldar players out there.

Armageddon Pattern Basilisks part 4

This next week should be quite productive.

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How to Paint Metal Bits Fast

This is something I've been doing for awhile.  Thought about this post during the land raider US but it was too late to take pics without redoing everything.  Fortunately another commission has afforded me the same opportunity.

My name is Nate, and I have too many models

JJ introducing, 40kers, bloggers, painters and modellers, we are extremely fortunate to introduce a new member to our sandbox.  His name is Nate and he is a fantastic painter.  I've known Nate for a couple of years now and am always looking to chat with him.  An all around great guy and excellent teacher.  I personally believe he's a far better painter than I am.  Should SGP ever become a full-fledged painting studio he'll be the first I'll ask to join.  Please give a warm welcome to Nate!

Hi my name is Nate, and I have too many models to paint. But don't we all. So JJ has asked me to start writing a weekly post on here, so sure why not. I've only been blogging for a little bit at my own blog thedarkenvault.blogspot.com/?m=1 which I've been lazy with since adepticon. So back at it. 

The next couple weeks I figure I will show off what I'm going to be doing getting some new stuff done for my space wolves for Waagghh! Fest on June 28th. 

First here is a new wolf guard model I just finished, and some of the stuff to get worked on. Brule Spearslayer, and a drop pod were I will try and show my whole process of assembly. 

Armageddon Pattern Basilisks part 3

A fourth basilisk was handed to me to paint.  Terribly excited.

Mage Hunter Infiltrators part 3

These guys are coming along fast.

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Land Raider US Completed

Stick a fork in this guy.  He is finished.

How to Airbrush a Star

When Nate said he wanted a star somewhere on his land raider first thought was one of faded edge stars.  You see them as tattoos, banners, flags, etc.  Thought it would be a good challenge.

Mage Hunter Infiltrators part 2

These guys are going far faster than the test model.  Quite weird.

Beaten Brass Muzzles, How to

Sometime ago I saw a Baal Predator with this really cool beaten brass panel.  Wanted to replicate. Decided to give it a go.