Saur's Massive Plog of Manythings

[Sauragnmon]

Alright, next installment, my oldest army - Chaos Marines. Had them a LONG time. I had a Thousand Sons and a Black Legion army, though it's also been merged under the Black Legion banner.

Thousand Sons Chaos Lord



Black Legion Chaos Lord



Chaos Dread - Big Blue - TL Autocannon and Missile Launcher - Built when the Plastic Dread first came out.





Chaos-ified Mark IIB Landraider





Predator



Terminators



Chaos Sorcerer



Big Red - Khornate Dreadnought. Primarily from a Furioso Kit.







Chosen



That's that. Love some feedback.

[G-Ram]

Here is something to consider, try and water down your paints a little bit before applying them, that will make them go on smoother and will diminish the chalky texture. Also do you prime all your models before painting them?

[Steel Paladin]

Here is something to consider, try and water down your paints a little bit before applying them, that will make them go on smoother and will diminish the chalky texture. Also do you prime all your models before painting them?

Good advice for any painter. Heed these words:

- Prime your models before painting them, preferably with a spray primer specifically formulated for model painting. The GW stuff is decent, but I find that the Army Painter stuff that Fandom II sells is much nicer, especially in winter. White, grey, or black are most recommended. Car primer and regular spray paint goes on too thick to be useful.
- Use a palette.
- Take the paint from the pot using an older brush, and place the paint on the palette.
- Dip your brush (or use an eyedropper) into your water pot so that it is loaded with water, and then mix that water with the paint you just put on your palette.
- Use multiple thin coats for a smoother, more even finish.
- Always close the lids on your paint pots after you've taken paint from them - makes your paint last longer, keeps it fresh and flowing.

These are the tried-and-true methods that have been the foundation for the success of many a model painter. You will be no exception.

[Sauragnmon]

I'd spray prime, but I would rather do that when I can land more practice - I got ambitious once and did that with white primer over a large model I have of a Tu-16 Badger, and I had massive overspray problems... I haven't really touched spray primer since that.

I don't use GW pots for 98% of my work - I've discovered and learned to love Vallejo for their eyedropper bottles. A lot of the pictures look worse than they are (some are also old models from my GW Paint days) and for large areas (Land Raider for example) I have a massive tank brush I use that forces me to use multiple coats to get a full even coat. I normally do one or two coats to get things evenly coated, I don't take massive gobs on the brush, to save on details and the like. That and my water container is normally dark with paint so it would mess with the tint on a lot of my stuff.

[Rosscoe]

Model paint spray primer is easy man, just keep a foot distance and then do a quick spray, up down, left across, while doing it in nothing but a meer 1 second burst, if need be I can show you how

[Steel Paladin]

If you're worried about your brush-rinsing water contaminating the colour, you could pick up an eyedropper and set up a separate container of 'virgin' water (without the paint taint) to mix with.

[G-Ram]

Consider using a second pot of water and just change it as the color gets too dark, because watering down paints is crucial. For primer, white primer can be difficult to use at first, try Gw's black primer, it's easy to use and has amazing results.

[Sauragnmon]

So, my latest work has been on Necrons, and I started work on some Marines. I decided to redo my Marine scheme, I got tired of seeing purple used for joke schemes, so I invested in Naggaroth Night, Xereus Purple and Druchii Violet. White trim, Yellow eagles, Blue tears of the founder, gold trim, etc. In the picture is the first two of my Death company - I'm setting up a Blood Angel Allies list with a Reclusiarch, Death Company on Foot, and some other fun attractions. To their left is the first of my Necron Destroyer conversions - the old model is not justifyable with the new rules for them, so I decided to make heavily armed jump troops, using Deathmark, Command Barge and Triarch bits.

[Sauragnmon]

Another little update... a pic of my own version of the Greatcoat Guard - Ironcoats. High Elf Warrior legs to give them an armored greatcoat look.