30k - Pre Heresy - Night Lords - Coversion - Finished

The finished model, I am really glad the wing sculpt on the shoulder pad looks good painted. I was concerned the greenstuff looked a bit suspect in areas.

The other part of my goal, the skull on the helmet, also came out better than I was expecting and I think it adds a really effective, terror inspiring, look to the Nightlords. The lightning streaks on the armour gave me some pause for thought as well, you naturally want to cover the model with them but in the end a few well placed streaks looks much better.

I decided to use my Red Planet base made from ground black pepper and weathering pigment for the model as the red contrasts nicely with the blue armour.

Below is a very nice piece of art that fully encapsulated the Nightlords for me.

Let me know what you think as always.

Vitor

Flames of War - Pak40 Ammunition Crates and Shells Press Mold Finished

Well here it is!

All I had to do was add some highlights and attach the pieces to my Herb and Pepper base.

Below is a picture of the 2 guns together.

I am pleased with the end result considering that the castings were far from perfect.

Vitor

Flames of War - Pak40 - Base Comparison

I wanted to show the different look between the standard base you get with the Pak40 and the one I did with Herbs and Pepper.

The picture above shows the gun on the base as you would assemble it normally.

Below is the gun on the thin plastic base with Pepper and Herbs. It is my intention to base my force on these type of bases.

Which do you prefer?

The other item of note here is that I did a press mold of the metal ammunition box and shells to use on my new base. I will show that on the next post.

Vitor

Creating a Base using Herbs and Pepper

 

Want a base so good you can eat it, literally?

Furthering my experiments with basing techniques I wanted to create a base that was quick, easy and required no painting whatsoever.

I have in the past already used herbs and black pepper on bases but never together. So I decided to try it out.

I started with a thin plastic card cut to size, it is for my Flames of War Pak40, but can be used for any type of game system.

I painted a layer of PVA glue on each side of the plastic card just to give it a bit more stiffness. Then I primed the base, in this case a grey primer. ( not really required )

Once that was done I painted another layer of PVA glue on one side and using my pepper grinder I ground out the pepper corns over the base until it was covered.

Once that was dry I painted some small areas with PVA again and sprinkled my chosen herbs, Oregano, over the base and let it dry.

The result is pretty damn realistic and no painting required.

 

Hope you have a go at this as it is super easy and fun.

Vitor

Basing with Ground Black Pepper and Weathering Pigment

I came across an article on this a little while ago and wanted to give it a try. I mean black pepper! the stuff you put on your food as a basing material. As it turns out it works pretty well. I have been wanting to get a nice method for a red blasted volcanic type planet surface and I think this might work out.

I started the base gluing some larger pieces on to represent bigger stones.

Next cover the base with white glue or PVA glue and grind away with the pepper mill.

Paint it the chosen colour.

Add the pigment and  remove excess, apply spirit to hold or set pigment in place and finish paint job.

For those eagle eyed readers that noticed the finished base is not the same as the one with the stones on that is because I had to redo it. The first attempt I applied the pigment directly to the pepper and then the spirits which promptly melted the white glue, so don't do that! paint it first.

Let me know what you think with a comment below.

Cheers

Vitor