Iron Avalanche Tribe (Heavy Use of Army Painter Spray and Quickshade)

So got my first battalion in this past Tuesday and just put the finishing touches on putting them together and its just before 1 A.M Monday morning.  As the title says I will be using a heavy dose of the Army Painter method.  All Ogres will be primed in Army Painter Human Flesh and then dipped with Quickshade strong tone.  Not sure how I will do the very light colors as of yet.  Either break down and buy a can of the soft tone or maybe try watering down the strong tone?  Does anyone know if that works at all?  In any case, pics of the completed models. Oh and this will be a picture heavy gnoblog by the way. 

Bulls



Ironguts



Leadbelchers



BSB



Butcher.  This is my first time using green stuff for any amount of modeling so go easy on me  .  I've hardly ever even used it to fill holes.  I know the butcher knife needs some final sanding before priming.  All of which I will do tomorrow night.





Group shot. 

Primed.  I think they turned out quite well.  One thing I realized is that lets be honest its very very difficult to hit every nook and cranny of a model.  Which in most cases those hard to get places are very unnoticeable and because of that painting those parts up primed isn't a huge deal. However, if it ends up being a vital part of the model (say the skin) then its something all together different.  There were a few spots that were very hard to hit like the skin under the neck of the Ironguts do to their hand positioning.  Now for tabletop quality, this is no issue at all as you can just used a color that is similar for those spots before applying Quickshade.  However, just a work of caution in case you are to win some awards with this method. 

Now I play the waiting game and starting painting in the coming days.  I'll keep ya posted.

Oh also I'm still trying to get used to using my camera for mini pics as well as using my painting light as a picture light.  For those wondering, the Army Painter Human Flesh spray in real life looks a shade or two darker than the Ironguts to the human eye for reference.

So I took a break for painting to begin the movement tray part.  First of all.  If there is any item that Citadel makes that is without a doubt worth the money, it is the custom movement tray pack.  The amount and customization of tray that you can make with one pack is beyond fantastic. Ok now I'm done with my rant. 

From the beginning, I knew I wanted to magnetize my miniatures and movement trays.  Along with that I wanted to transport my army in a steel toolbox.  I have quite a few very small rare earth magnets laying around from a previous project so I decided to use those for all the gnoblars that I create.  However, with the size that the Ogre miniatures are. I didn't feel that one would be enough to hold them in place in the toolbox for transport and using multiple would be nearly a wash with the alternative I decided to use.

I decided to use some rare earth type magnets I found at Wal-Mart ($3.50 a pack). For the strip magnet portion that is to be attached to the movement tray, I used some sheets of magnet paper whose intended purpose is to be used to print pictures on also from Wal-Mart ($5.99 for (3) 8.5x11 sheets). Both work very well for my purposes. The model magnets are fairly big and because of this they do stick out from the bottom of the base a little but nothing major as you will see below. The fourth image will show the small difference as the Ogre in the front rank on the right does not have a magnet while the other 5 do.

You will also need to clip out the middle four circles on the underside of the base in order to attached the magnet.  I used some green stuff along with super glue to bond the magnet to the base. You will need to try and get as much of the rings off as possible as this will prevent a uneven surface for the magnet to connect to.  You can see in the last picture the Ogre on the right didn't have the most even surface so his base is at a small angle.  Still nothing major. The connection the model makes to the movement tray is just perfect for table top play. 

One other thing to note.  As it is a rare earth magnet is connection to direct steel is pretty intense.  I may have to throw down a thin to medium piece of card board on the bottom of my toolbox (when I get it later this week ) in order to not risk ripping the model apart trying to pull it out of the box.

Is that Gordan Freeman? Anyway nice idea with the magnets its very inventive.

Haha. Indeed it is "the Freeman."  Its a Fragmat mouse pad I bought a few years ago and still love to this day!

Its the best mouse pad I have seen.

those magnets are overkill man... but looking forward to seeing the paint go on.

Ya the mags seem visually as a bit over kill but like I said earlier in the post the connection of them to the movement tray is just about perfect.  Not a ridiculous connection but will certainly keep them attached during normal table top play.  Now in regards to the connection to the toolbox however......that is a different story.  I had feared initially that it would be a too strong of a connection to where I could have an issue with ripping the model apart getting it lose from the tool box.  I am happy to report it that is not the case.  Now it is indeed a quite strong connection to where once they are in place, they won't be moving till you make them.  Though at the same time that is exactly what I was going for.  I'll post some pics tonight of them on the tray and in the toolbox.

Took me an extra couple days than I thought to get the pics posted but to make up for it you get a pic of my newly assembled Firebelly 

Had to use a hair dryer to adjust the head and arm connection points but other than that it was a breeze.



Both of the below pics are based on a 90 degree angle. They can go 180 with no problem in the toolbox, but on the movement tray.....well you don't want to do it for very long.

Just like Christmas....actually on second thought, Christmas usually isn't even this good!

Thats more ogres than I see in a year, you sir are one lucky man.

Jealous...  Have a blast, man.  That is what this hobby is about!