WestAustralian Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 Ok so I know it's like the 4th already, but hey better late than never. If you have a squadron of minis lying around that you really want a bit of a push to start on. Now is your chance. Challenge yourself to finish them off this Month. I encourage everyone out there to Paint along, and if you feel up to it, post progress pictures etc right here. This will be a friendly place full of encouragement WA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestAustralian Posted February 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 I have picked my Xelocian T3 Shaniri Frigates. My plan is to keep rolling for 3 months and get my whole Xelocian Fleet done. The whole raw fleet This is the start of the Red/Orange And a Bit of Blending my second colour is probably going to be a light grey blend. Hopefully we can get lots of painters joining in and posting Skyhawk and Bessemer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bessemer Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 Just Primed my Annihilation's, Turmoil's and Nulifier's. Pics when progress made! WestAustralian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brimat Posted February 5, 2018 Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 I primed my frigattes and started to put the first paint on. Happy painting everyone. WestAustralian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bessemer Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 Bit of a delay, but Nulifier's down! Skyhawk, Wolfgang Jannesen and WestAustralian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Jannesen Posted February 8, 2018 Report Share Posted February 8, 2018 Love the space camo on the Nullifier, it looks incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestAustralian Posted February 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Awesome Nullifier's Bessemer completed very quickly too. I take it your plans are to do the whole force in a month and not 1 unit per month like me. So I have had very little painting time. I have made a bit more progress on my test ship I have decided to continue with the Red panels over Black. I can see myself doing more of them. I have added the old Brass for contrast. I will be doing a few more highlights with it. I still need a thruster colour and maybe another panel colour. Thanks for Looking and it's not too late to join in WA Bessemer, Skyhawk and Wolfgang Jannesen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Jannesen Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Perhaps a purple or teal for the engines? Something complimentary but wildly different to those red armour plates. As any fan of gold knows, everything compliments brass and gold. Everything. Fantastic work WestAussie! Knowing your other fleets, this will fit right in as an angry core Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyhawk Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 You are all doing a great job guys. I have been painting along but I can't post any pictures right now since our computer isn't working right now , and with the Warcradle being so complicated its hard for me to get on here any other way. And its killing me because I tried an india ink wash on my Terran ships and they look great with it. I will continue to paint along and try to find a way to get some pictures on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brimat Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 An update on the progress. Is a little slow this month, have no spare time. Skyhawk and WestAustralian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bessemer Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Done! Annihilation Gunships Turmoil R&D's Side on Tried a couple of new things. After looking at WestAustralian's Xelocians, I decided to try some wet blending of my own, doing the Purple on the hulls. I think it works well, If a little obscure because of the dark colours. Instead of the usual Interference paint used for the metallic green I tried some of Green Stuff Worlds Colour shifting paints. I was originally going with Emerald Getaway (turquoise shifting to light purple/blue ) as it most resembled my original scheme, but the effect it gave barely showed. Instead went with Martian Green (green shifting to purple) as it show up well in most light. You can even see the effect in the photos. Hope to see everyone's progress! Brimat, Skyhawk and WestAustralian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kookaburra Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 Hi Folks, Here's my start to this project, a squadron of Aquan frigates. Pretty simple paint scheme, with a base of blue and teal, with purple engine parts and red/orange for the weapons. Probably going to do some destroyers next month. Brimat, Bessemer, WestAustralian and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bessemer Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 Sometimes simple is the way to go, looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestAustralian Posted February 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 Thanks @Wolfgang Jannesen. I used Purple on Black for my Dindrenzi. So I have grabbed green and blue for the Xelocian. Thanks for the compliments. Hey @Skyhawk hopefully you will get time to post some pics soon. Oooh @Brimat loving that Blue, can't wait to see the progress. Excellent Directorate @Bessemer. Awesome to hear you are using wet blending, those colour shifting Paints sound Funky too Brilliant Aquans @Kookaburra. Excellent finish on a great Scheme. Thanks for joining in. I got a fair bit done on my test ship a week ago but was unable to post until now. I am not attached to the Green Ridges on the Back of the ship. I will either put Blues or Brass over the Green. I have lost a ton of time due to an unexpected emergency surgery and a 6 Night hospital stay. I am recovering well, but it obviously impacted my Painting Plans this month. I may not get the squadron done this month. I only just undercoated the rest of the squadron today. I have managed to get a start on my test Larshan Escort/Corvette. I have decided to just plod on anyway and try to keep the Xelocian Fleet moving. I may have lost the timeline, but not the goal. Thanks for looking. WA Bessemer, Wolfgang Jannesen and Skyhawk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bessemer Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 Brilliant stuff, WA! Puts mine to shame. Sorry to hear about your operation, hope your on the mend:( Replacing the green for the brass would be the way forward IMO. WestAustralian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kookaburra Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 Those are some great looking Xelocians, WestAustralia. hope you have a speedy recovery. And thanks for the comments, yall. WestAustralian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kookaburra Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 Love those Directorate, Bessemer. I've just picked up another copy of Return of the Overseers so I can have more of them myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brimat Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 Aaand done : hmm, can't add a pic from my blog Pictures can be found in my blog, link in signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overread Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 Use image tags like this [ img ] paste the url of the photo itself (right click the photo and open it in a new tab and copy the address, or use copy image address if that pops up for you [ /img ] Do that without the spaces and it should work like this (Altcaps ships) Bessemer and Skyhawk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyhawk Posted February 22, 2018 Report Share Posted February 22, 2018 The computer is fixed I can post pictures now! Hope you get to feeling better soon @WestAustralian. Everyone is doing a great job so far! Keep it up. Bessemer and WestAustralian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brimat Posted February 23, 2018 Report Share Posted February 23, 2018 18 hours ago, Overread said: Use image tags like this [ img ] paste the url of the photo itself (right click the photo and open it in a new tab and copy the address, or use copy image address if that pops up for you [ /img ] Do that without the spaces and it should work like this (Altcaps ships) I usally use the "Insert other media"-Button, but i refused to take my pic-url. Will go with the img-Tags for future picture posts. Thanks for the hint. 16 hours ago, Skyhawk said: The computer is fixed I can post pictures now! Wow, the black on this ships is really...black. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brimat Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 So, how got everyone along? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyhawk Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 I need to do a wash then put a coat of clear on my frigates then they will be finished. March is the See what you can finish month. I am working on my Leviathan, @Wolfgang Jannesen on his RSN @Bessemer on his Xelocians. Your welcome to join us in our little personal challenges. Wolfgang Jannesen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfgang Jannesen Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 Heres what I have done so far! A facebook trading group got me an entire second RSN fleet and I've been experimenring with different schemes. This is what ive chosen, based on the colour scheme that my armors always end up being in online games I know that heavy cruiser escorting my battleship needs more colouring on the aft end, having a hell of a time picking where though Battleship and Heavy Cruiser Accompaniment Carrier and Cruiser Accompaniment Cruiser Squadron Scheme Left to do is those other two cruisers not on escort duty, the dreadnought + escorts, a squadron of destroyers and two squadrons of frigates. Bessemer and Skyhawk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyhawk Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 Much better now that I don't have to look upside down to see it now! You have done done a really good job on these. Keep up the good work! Wolfgang Jannesen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
