Terrain progress (28m)

 Sam and I played a game of 40k last week.  We really need to get moving on the terrain.  The coffee-jar lids stacked up will make good sci-fi towers, I think, when they're glued and painted to look like cement.  And the yeast tin should make a good oil tank.  We have a bit of fence/barrier that needs finishing.  And some cone shaped things that need to be painted too.  Lots of stuff, none finished.  I'm trying to avoid the typical ruined gothic manufactoria that seem to litter the 40k universe.

Helbrute and Kranon nearly done

I keep finding little bits to touch up or tweak, but I'm pretty much as done as my skill will allow.  I'm quite pleased as long as I don't look at any of the Golden Demon winners again.

Progress!

OK, so first an experiment.  The big (for 15mm) gun from Rebel Minis has been painted with Vallejo silver (I love the Vallejo metallics) and then gloss-varnished.  It will later be painted with beiges, greens and black which, when dry, can be scratched off to show the metal underneath.  Hopefully.

Also, some progress with the Helbrute and Kranon has been made tonight.  Before (high-contrast -- I thought it looked good):

After:

The metal is still bright, but that will be toned down with some artist inks next.  There are plenty of places that the bronze has run onto the black, too.  This is partly because of the very liquid nature of the Vallejo metallics and partly because I never seem to be able to clean my brush when using these paints and don't want to ruin a £4 fine paintbrush. I'll touch the black up later.  It's actually dark blue-grey but I will touch up with black, which should make a nice dark edge.