Goblin Shaman Finished (+Tutorial)

Here's that goblin shaman that I'm sure every Orc and Goblin player will pick up at some point. He's a neat model, and fairly simple to paint, but I added some extra colour to make him stand out. As usual, the painting guide is at the bottom of this post, and the video is after the break. In this video I actually show the whole process (at 4x speed) because its such a fast model to paint. I think the total painting time was under an hour (plus the time it took for the washes to dry).

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Wall of Martyrs Unboxing and assembly

Well, these have been sitting in my to-do pile for quite some time, but with the new Stronghold Assault book I thought I should get in gear. Now that there are rules I can see these getting a lot more use.

Anyway, below are three videos, one for each of the core Wall of Martyrs pieces; Imperial Defense line, Imperial Bunker and Imperial Defense Emplacement.

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Ultramarine Centurions Complete (plus video tutorial)

Another Ultramarine project finished, and this time its the new Centurion models. I'm going to say that I'm not overly impressed with these models, and they are pretty much single pose. Kind of disappointing, but I guess that's what has to happen when you get so many weapon options in the box.

Anyway, painting them was pretty straightforward, especially now that I've done so many Ultramarines. I have a playable army now, but not really a complete one. Need another scoring unit or so... but that'll have to come after some of the scenery that I'm working on.

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How to Paint NMM Gold

Here's a tutorial showing (at 2x speed) exactly how I painted the non-metallic metal on the Phoenix Guard I just did.  There were a bunch of requests on youtube for a tutorial like this where I film the whole process.  I've mentioned before that I use Reaper paints for this, but in this I have used GW paints.  I get a lot more requests for the specific GW paints, but I actually prefer the Reaper ones for NMM.  They have a slightly more yellow look straight out of the bottle, which I like.  To due true NMM you would want to use more steps, but this is a quick process that is great for blocks of troops.

Nihilakh Oxide Demo (Video)

Here's a quick video showing how the Nihilakh Oxide works (using an Ogre Leadbelcher as a demo). I really like the look, as the method I use is too dark. I suppose I could mix a better colour, but I really like how this looks. I even went back and did a couple skaven models after doing the video because I liked it so much. Obviously you may not see the need to buy a whole bottle of it, but I can see myself using it quite often.

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Centurions WIP 2

Here's another batch of work in progress pictures for these guys. They are finally starting to look decent, and I'll be doing the last bit of assembly shortly. I'm pretty happy with how they're looking, although the legs look a little goofy when all together. I'm pretty disappointed with the lack of posing available, but I also don't want to do a bunch of customization work.

Next up I think I need to do some scenery... Christmas is coming, and I'll probably get a game or two in with my brother, so that means getting some tables ready.

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Centurions WIP

Here's the first batch of work in progress pics of my Centurion devastators. I did partial assembly before basing them with army painter sprays to help speed up the process, and I'm taking video of the process to do a tutorial when I'm done. Neat models, but they are basically single pose. You can't position the arms or legs and there is very little room to rotate the torso.

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Ultramarine Landraider Finished (and tutorial)

Here's that landraider that I painted alongside the Rhino a few weeks back. The techniques were basically identical, but a bit of a larger model to work with. I have since picked up some AK pigment fixer and will try that instead of spraying the model after the weathering powders. This should help them show up better, and I'll probably go back and do more weathering powders on this at a later date.

The painting guide for the paints I used are below along with the video.

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Phoenix Guard Finished (and video)

Here's those Phoenix Guard I've been working on. There were a few steps that took forever, but once I got past the white cloaks it was home free. The non-metallic gold is getting easier each time, and I'd even say that on these guys it was one of the fastest steps. This is a good thing since I really like how it turns out.

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