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Showcase: Crimson Fists Terminators

These guys are the first finished squad of an “Siege of New Rynn City” themed Crimson Fists Space Marines army I’m currently working on. A quick synopsis of what happened around this event: During an attack on the Crimson Fists’ homeworld by an Ork Waaaagh…

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Fire Dragons 2nd batch WIP

Things are finally getting less crazy at my job (at least for now), so time for a healthy dose of painting. I continued work on my Fire Dragons, I basecoated and washed the armour and started to apply the first highlight, I also basecoated the…

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WIP: Tyranid Hierophant Biotitan #6

I’ve done a bit more work to the creature’s back by blending purples and pinks on the spore chimney funnels. I decided to dry brush these purples/pinks on instead of using the airbrush because there is quite a lot of detail on the side of…

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WIP: Tyranid Hierophant Biotitan #5

With the red of the body complete, I’ve started highlighting the carapace with my airbrush. I masked off all the red areas and then using a piece of card, I highlighted the edge of each plate using the card to mask the join of the…

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Eldar Fire Dragons 2nd batch started

It’s a bit quiet on Tale of Painters, it seams apart from Garfy we’re all quite busy with real life stuff, but don’t worry, we’ll pick up steam soon. Above you can see the humble beginnings of the 2nd and final batch of Fire Dragons,…

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WIP: Tyranid Hierophant Biotitan #4

The main body has had all the red applied, shaded and highlighted now. If you look at the legs on the left you can see what the red looks like after 2 coats with the airbrush. It takes a lot more traditional brush work to…

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Showcase: Tyranid Scythed Hierodule

This model just screams aggression, with it’s jaws wide open and the tail in the air. It’s getting old now though. When it first came out it was described as a bio titan with gargantuan creature special rules, but now the new plastic kits are…

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Fire Dragons 1st batch finished!

As promised yesterday, I finished the first batch of Fire Dragons today! Well, the white helmets didn’t turn out that great, need to take more care when painting white next time. Apart from that, what do you think? I’m quite pleased with the paint scheme,…

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WIP: Tyranid Hierophant Biotitan Bases #3

I’ve finished painting the bases for the hierophants. I’m really pleased with how these bases came out. With the bases being this irregular blob shape it means the hierophants can stand quite close to each other. More so then if they were on circular bases….

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