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Dreadball – Teratons Progress!

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I’ve been focusing on getting the Teratons done, as there’s a league coming up soon here in Edinburgh, and I would always rather be playing with a painted team. This weekend was dedicated to getting the red finished and adding a few of the details; eyes, teeth and gloves. Here’s what I’ve got so far…

Jacks

Jacks

Guards

Guards

Keeper

Keeper

Prone

Prone

Dozer

Dozer

Next up I’ll be adding a wee bit of definition to the armour, in the form of some subtle shading. At the moment I feel it just looks a bit too unfinished :/.

I’m also workking on some extras for these guys, the first of which is a coach, which I’ve found so far are an invaluable addition to most teams, but especially those without strikers. I’m using the Veteran model that I got as a prize from a tournement last year, and I have to say it’s one of my favorite models from Mantic’s range. I just love him…

Coach

Coach

He’s obviously still a major WIP and I wanted to try something I’ve never done before on him, black flesh.

I also wanted to invest in some Cheerleaders for these guys. The rules for them in season 2 always seemed a bit ho-hum to me so I didn’t see the value in taking them but always thought the models were great. With the Azure pack that’s just come out (hurry up and ship it to me Mantic!), there is supposed to be a great improvement to these ladies and therefore a greater reason for forking out for them :D.

Cheerleaders

Cheerleaders

Dreadball – Commission Extras!

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As part of the Marauder commission the client was also looking to have the Refbot and 2 balls painted. The Refbot ended up very similar to my own one, which in itself is very similar to the official scheme…

Ref & Balls

Ref & Balls

The balls I decided to do as one as close to the official scheme as possible, but have the other one as a team ball. I think this will work really well when combined with their own pitch to give a cohesive look to the whole thing 😀

Dreadball – Marauder Commission Finished!

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The final touches have been added to the Marauders and the bases completed, so here are the completed Badmoon Bombers…

The Badmoon Bombers Front

The Badmoon Bombers Front

The Badmoon Bombers Back

The Badmoon Bombers Back

Also as part of the commission the client was looking for a reworking of the Silver Centurions pitch, and here’s the current progress on that…

Pitch-Draft

Badmoon Bombers Pitch

I’ve just got to get some images of the Ref and the 2 Balls to go with this lot and that should be the commission done and dusted (unless the client is wanting any alterations :)). That also means I’m free for any other commissions people may be after, so get in touch at deathwatchstudios@gmail.com 😀

Dreadball – Marauder Commission Almost Done!

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With the numbers added and straps done the Marauders are almost done :D! All they need now is the bases sorted (Hazard stripes for those) and something done with the small strip on the Guards shoulder guards. Although at the moment I’m still unsure as to what I want to do on those, whilst I ponder take a look…

Guards

Guards

Jacks

Jacks

Keeper

Keeper

Prone Markers

Prone Markers

As you can see I went for red digital number plates on these guys, and I’m pleased with how they turned out. On the prones I thought it would be cool to have them displaying a digital error message to get across they’ve been hit so hard even the electronics in their suit are malfunctioning 🙂

Dreadball – Teraton Team Progress!

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I’ve managed to get a few bits and bobs done on my Teratons in between my current commission, as I have a league coming up soon and would very much like to have them fully painted for it. So here they are with some extra colour….

Guards

Guards

Jacks

Jacks

Prone Markers

Prone Markers

Keeper

Keeper

Dozer

Dozer

I’ll be continuing to highlight up the red when I get the opportunity until it’s at the level I want it and from there it’s just a few details here and there until they will be done 😀

Dreadball – Maurauder Commission Continues!

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I’ve now begun to get the yellow going on the Marauder commission, and it’s almost complete (taken me longer than expected :(),,,

Guards

Guards

Jacks & Prone Markers

Jacks & Prone Markers

Keeper

Keeper

Still need to add a brighter yellow around the edges to help highlight and brighten it a wee touch, and from there it’s onto the flesh 🙂

Dreadball – Marauder Team Commission

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My first job of the new year, and it’s back to my beloved Marauders :D.

I have a client that’s looking to have a full team painted (5 Guards, Keeper, 8 Jacks and 2 prone markers), and is looking for them in the same colours as the Red Scorpions Space Marine Chapter. So over the last couple of days I’ve been working on the grey armour to get things started…

Guards

Guards

Jacks

Jacks

Keeper

Keeper

I achieved what I have here using the following paints:

Full coat of Ironhill Grey (P3)

Wash of Drakenhof Nightshade (GW)

Highlight of Ironhill Grey (P3)

Highlight of Codex Grey (GW)

Fine edge highlight of Fortress Grey (GW)

Now it’s onto a dirty yellow to get a wee bit of colour on these guys 🙂

Dreadball – Teraton Team Progress!

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I’ve not had a lot of time to paint over the last few weeks, what with gearing up for Christmas and a few extra hours at my other job, but I’ve slowly been getting a little work done on the Teratons here and there when I can. I’ve now got the flesh to a stage where I’m happy to say it’s completed…

Jacks

Jacks

Guards

Guards

Keeper

Keeper

Prone

Prone

Dozer

Dozer

I think it contrasts really nicely with the light armour, and am especially pleased with how the striped effect work out, giving a more reptilian look :D. I have been distracted by some Deadzone minis over the last couple of days(more on them soon), but hoping to get more work done on these guys soon. Still trying to decide what I would like the detailing colour to be for them, but am thinking blue or orange, or one for the guards another for the jacks, time to ponder some more….

Dreadball – Teraton Team Started!

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I started a few testers for Deadzone last week in the form of some enforcers, and unfortunately just couldn’t find a scheme that I was happy with for them. Luckily one of them caught my eye as the perfect colours for the Teratons that have been sitting in a case for a few weeks, so I got cracking into them…

Jacks

Jacks

Jacks Back

Jacks Back

Guards

Guards

Guards Back

Guards Back

I decided to try out some salt masking on these guys as I wanted a very used look to their armour and I think it came out very nicely. To do this I followed these steps:

1. I painted the whole model with a 2:1 mix of Doombull Brown and Trollslayer Orange

2. Applied a coat of hairspray(just bog standard cheap stuff) and before it was dry sprinkled some salt over the areas I wanted chipping.

3. Once the previous coat was dry I airbrushed over a coat of Rakkarth Flesh, followed by a lighter spray of Menoth White Highlight

4. I applied a good amount of warm water over the models and let them sit for five minutes, I then went over them with a brush carefully removing the salt.

5. Finally I applied highlights with White Scar, focusing on catching the bottom of each chip.

Next up will be the flesh, which as you can see in the image of the guards I’ve already got an idea of where I want to go with it, good old turquoise :D. Not only did I have the team to do, also lots of extras…

Keeper

Keeper

Keeper Back

Keeper Back

Prone

Prone

Dozer

Dozer

Dozer Back

Dozer Back

I also thought I’d get some use out of the prize I received from the recent Dreadball tournament by making him into the Coach for the Teratons, which I’ll be doing with Gabe as well(for the Zee’s once I get back to them :))

The Coach

The Coach

The Coach

The Coach