From DavidB: Taking a walk...(148 points)

 

 Shinedown- Devil

Finally all is almost done...except here I am still typing...apologies to Curt or the Minion still editing!

Up first is a MULE truck from Mantic Games. It is supposed to be used by the corporate marines, but this one is going to 5150 New Hope City or any other Scifi skirmish game as a new civilian whip or bad guy technical. This was airbrushed with a metallic blue and will first be used by my new Goliath gang at Adepticon for racing in the desert...The Blue Bloods stole it from the Up-Hivers.

 all wheel drive with armored cabin with sporty orange stripes.

tailgate with stairs and extra seating with aircooled seats

A lone Cadian 7th Cav bannerman for scale.

He was a test figure to see how fast I could paint a 7th cav with speed paints and other new techniques. It turns out very fast as in less than an hour including acrylic highlights and detail.

These three were found in the leadpile and are now ready to wreck havoc with an Inquisitor.

They took full advantage of all the red and black paint left over during color changes.

A couple of Rogue Physkers for old Necromundia now to be used in almost any game and campaign.

Also a wiz kids steel golem dog with an added admech back pack. A 40k Cadian novel had a commander with a robotic K-9 given to him from a techpriest. He will be a good boy to have with my Cadians or a close combat servitor for an Inquisitor.

A Cyberpunk gang from Monster Fight Club that is based on likeness from the Project Red Team.

The bases are heavily weathered and like the rest of my adhoc groups, the waited to get colors from wet pallet color changes.

And this guy....Two weeks and the last two and half days.

This is how he looked this morning. The armored skeleton is vallejo color shift metal paint and goes from a navy blue to purple as the light shifts around him. The red panels where airbrushed from purple to orange. and the white panels were brought up from a mid grey. The grey body went from a dark grey to light then the speed paint grey from army painter was used as a wash....This was completed Sat morning then he was based after this photo.

While the base dried on the Knight... a quick gaslands rat-rod 

Vallejo olive green paints a triad for air then detail was picked out

I used the "dry" GW dawnstone for a drybrush of dust on the bottom for weathering.

Speaking of weathering.....

about 3.5 feet of barricades from GW resin.

brown, green and grey airbrush work as a test for airbrushing terrain. They got detailed and weathered as I waited for bits to dry on the titan including the gluing as it was all sub-assemblies.

Also completed today was this M577 for the coldwar duel. This is a solid chunk of resin airbrushed in the traitor planetary defense force camouflage of my traitor guard force.

" a nod to Greg"

Its original purpose was target identification model for military forward observers, field artillery, scouts, etc...

The M577 was intended as a command post vick. It did not last long as it is a pain to work in and set up and there is not enough room for everyone needed. Most commanders just used AFV or military trucks or even tanks(rank has privileges) As most commanders use a radio and like to see what their company/ regiment/battalion is doing the big all info TOCS are not on the front line and radio and movement is all the capable commanders need. American forces still have a few, but they are maintenance vehicles that are found in tanker and artillery units and still rare. NATO and some other countries still have them in service and some even use them as command vehicles although most NATO countries use them as the Americans do as a mobile garage repair.

Finally done as of 2100 Sunday night.

I will glue the hatch on as it will be forever lost if not placed. I could have built it open, but we all know the hatch would break off in the first battle. but the cockpit is entirely painted because I'm a masochist.

I will glue in the crusader helm, but I really dig the optics on the knight. If I get another kit, it will have a damaged helmet exposing the optics.

Sir Hekhtur of the Canis Rex. I'm pretty sure he is lugging an Imperium Approved boom-box for blasting songs like Golden Earring's "Radar Love" as he stomps around the battlefield.

He is all complete now except for decals which I am going to dread...I will watch some videos and get some cheat chemicals before I attempt to finish that part up!

The end of the effort from the challenge and the last 2.5 days. The titan, the tank, the car, and the barricades are all 50-75% airbrushed so I now have 2 points in my duel which is several to short to catch Lee and Curt! but thanks for spuring me on to use the tools. I have to get some killteam terrain done soon before Razor gets back from deployment. I learned a lot of airbrush tips like consistency and spray bottle airbrush cleaner between color changes and always mix small portions of paint in the cup. I also found out to keep your airbrush wet in a sonic cleaner( don't have one yet) or a tupperware container with distilled water mixed with 1/4 of airbrush cleaner... Of the tupperware, ask permission from the wife first before you abscond with a container....just a FYI!

And this is how I fuel myself for painting....music and coffee.

Mule truck- 20 points

40k troops- 7 for 35 and 23 skulls

cyberpunk project red- 5 for 25 points

gaslands car- 8 points

M577- 20 points and  4 skulls

barricades for 10 points (1/2 cube) and 18 skulls

and one knight titan for 20 points plus 10 for the pilots and 2 skulls

148 points and 47 skulls. sideduels skull duel is 697 skulls, 2 points for the airbrush, and the coldwar duel...Dave won, but my M577 is pretty cool!

It was a lot of fun this time. Big thank you to Curt and Lady Sarah for the opportunity to play and the minions (Including Tamsin and Miles) for the extra work. There was a lot of sweet miniature eye-candy this year. Hopefully I won't be too distracted at Adepticon and will keep to planned purchases! I don't think there will be any Turnips though as my wife is already irritated at the purloined tupperware. I have to replace those containers first!

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Dave, your last-minute industry is truly amazing, my friend. There is so much to admire here, from the MULE truck to the stonking Knight, but I think I have to say that my favourites are the Cyberpunk crew and the planetary defence M577, with the 'Horus Lives' tag. Genius. Greg would love that. :)

It's always great to have you with us David. Personally, I'm very happy that you're on 'civvy street', keeping out of trouble, painting toys for you and your kids. 'This is the way.' :)

- Curt