Vissy - Hacks up his Haqqi-Salami!
Posted: July 30th, 2015, 2:15 pmQuite awhile ago I started a Paint Log over in the Infinity Section but I put things there pretty rarely over time. I post almost all of my work on Farcebook as I got for feedback but I often miss some sage advice so heres my Plog Rebooted and with some humour or ill humour I'm going with Australian Larrikin'ism where nothing is really sacred and dark humour is as good as light humour. Ohh and not forget plenty of self mocking so on with the mock fest.
First up though let see Vissy's mascot for his little Haqqislam force.
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Proof that even an a Beef and Pork Sausage from Eastern Europe can be a 100% Halal Warriors of the Faith
Yeah I went there I can't help that I'm a Chef and dyslexic enough to not always see Haqqislam spelt correctly so when it comes though to me especially the first few times I saw Hack'e'salami so now thats what I call it for giggles. [font=Arial]Take it for the joke that it is because it's a fictional faith in a fictional universe for a game played with man dollies by grown men[/font].
Enough of that those who have seen my original force as I painted it know its pretty monotone especially early on as I was using just what I had. Citadel paints, Army Painter: Strong Tone DIP and I was DIPPING! Then I went to brushing it on and finally replaced it with Secret Weapon: Dark Sepia Wash.
I've moved away from those methods allot thanks to my Airbrush but I still need the force to have some continuity and I've decided never to strip these models no matter how bad they are compared to my current day work even as I get better later on. This force will always be my grading force so I've being using bases to match it all together and I redo my bases and touch up things on the models as I go.
Recently as in the last few days I did some quick OSL on them to help tie it all together its not fancy its not complete but it has helped. So lets look at where they are at now.
All my basic LI Ghulams I haven't gotten the new SWC box yet.
These are all of the early models really they are clearly dipped and damn near indictable thanks to it but so much detail is lost to the darkness and varnish.
My Specialist Ghulams Mr and Mrs Doctor Ghulam the OOP Hacker and Engineer. They are OOP for a reason!
Naffatuns my favourite burninators of everything I hate about your army.
Now you can see allot of the OSL on these guys and girls and also where I changed from Citadel Paints to Vallejo, P3 and started Airbrushing basecoats then blocking in and washing. Allot more detail is present and actually painted rather than ignored.
This is rather a mixed bag of LI and has allot of the models I'm really unhappy with in it. Either bad sculpts, poorly imagined paint jobs or just lack of skills at the time. This is the sort of area I want to revisit allot.
Janissary Heavy Infantry 5 man Link Team which never gets used ... or does it. Maybe their is a Hafza there or is there? Maybe their all HAFZAS you will never know! Wait I rolled a dice yes you do. Two total conversion there of the one from the starter box.
I'm not super sold on these guys and the OSL needs the most work here to clean it up and make it look like it belongs but I was learning how to use and regulate my Sotar 20/20 while doing this so I'm happy enough to use them as is and come back to clean them up later.
My favourite painted model the Sekban w/ HRL not my favorite paint job not at all but I LOVE that model. Two Husam Spec Ops I use as my other Sekbans to form a Haris Link Team. Finally Cordelia from the famous Scarface and Cordelia mercenary TAG troop.
That Sekban w/ HRL will be revisited I intend on buying the whole Boxset and a new HRL to paint in the future to a much better standard!
My little for now painted QK force on matching bases. 3 x Hafzas OR ARE THEY .... no their Hafzas. Djanbanzan w/ HMG (Allot more Djanbazan to be painted in the future) Finally the OOP Azra'il I'm not a huge fan of the resculpt especially the change in size but this one looks like poop compared to it.
They are closer to representing where I am today.
terrible on the table. Nah maybe it's just me but I wanted to push my painting style and these were the catalyst for that change. I tried hard here to start doing highlights and but to retain my worn soldier look.
Finally my Fat-chi-koma which basically never leaves my bag and adds 10KG of weight to it for no reason I guess. Plus the 2 less useful but fun to own and paint Kameel Remotes I like them more than the Chicken Walkers.
I can't wait for the resculpted Maghariba Guard to be released it will allow me to do a TAG justice this time will be my 3rd painted when I get it done and a real test of my skills.
Finally this brings to me to my latest set of models.
3 x Asawira 2 of which are weapon changes to give me a nice looking link team. You can see where I've really started to move towards airbrushing and highlighting over block colours, dip or wash.
The OSL needs allot of work still but it adds to the models
The bases will need more work and I'm not happy with the LoS/LoF marking it did not work well on them compared to when I did the Shock Army of Acontecimento Models.
Thats is about it for now except to drop an image on whats on the bench right now for my force.
3 x Saladin each a different colour to make it harder for me. Armour will be that solid colour with the airbrush highlight + edge highlighting something I'm clearly struggling with. The rest will all be the same colour throughout each model so I will have 3 distinct armour sets but the same attire otherwise. Each will go on a different base to match my 3 forces bases. All this so I can improve my skills and generally be a dick and have 1 real Saladin and 2 Hafzas pretending to be the real Saladin.
Hope you enjoyed the read feedback is very welcome!
First up though let see Vissy's mascot for his little Haqqislam force.
[center]
[/center]Proof that even an a Beef and Pork Sausage from Eastern Europe can be a 100% Halal Warriors of the Faith
Yeah I went there I can't help that I'm a Chef and dyslexic enough to not always see Haqqislam spelt correctly so when it comes though to me especially the first few times I saw Hack'e'salami so now thats what I call it for giggles. [font=Arial]Take it for the joke that it is because it's a fictional faith in a fictional universe for a game played with man dollies by grown men[/font].
Enough of that those who have seen my original force as I painted it know its pretty monotone especially early on as I was using just what I had. Citadel paints, Army Painter: Strong Tone DIP and I was DIPPING! Then I went to brushing it on and finally replaced it with Secret Weapon: Dark Sepia Wash.
I've moved away from those methods allot thanks to my Airbrush but I still need the force to have some continuity and I've decided never to strip these models no matter how bad they are compared to my current day work even as I get better later on. This force will always be my grading force so I've being using bases to match it all together and I redo my bases and touch up things on the models as I go.
Recently as in the last few days I did some quick OSL on them to help tie it all together its not fancy its not complete but it has helped. So lets look at where they are at now.
All my basic LI Ghulams I haven't gotten the new SWC box yet.
These are all of the early models really they are clearly dipped and damn near indictable thanks to it but so much detail is lost to the darkness and varnish.
My Specialist Ghulams Mr and Mrs Doctor Ghulam the OOP Hacker and Engineer. They are OOP for a reason!
Naffatuns my favourite burninators of everything I hate about your army.
Now you can see allot of the OSL on these guys and girls and also where I changed from Citadel Paints to Vallejo, P3 and started Airbrushing basecoats then blocking in and washing. Allot more detail is present and actually painted rather than ignored.
This is rather a mixed bag of LI and has allot of the models I'm really unhappy with in it. Either bad sculpts, poorly imagined paint jobs or just lack of skills at the time. This is the sort of area I want to revisit allot.
Janissary Heavy Infantry 5 man Link Team which never gets used ... or does it. Maybe their is a Hafza there or is there? Maybe their all HAFZAS you will never know! Wait I rolled a dice yes you do. Two total conversion there of the one from the starter box.
I'm not super sold on these guys and the OSL needs the most work here to clean it up and make it look like it belongs but I was learning how to use and regulate my Sotar 20/20 while doing this so I'm happy enough to use them as is and come back to clean them up later.
My favourite painted model the Sekban w/ HRL not my favorite paint job not at all but I LOVE that model. Two Husam Spec Ops I use as my other Sekbans to form a Haris Link Team. Finally Cordelia from the famous Scarface and Cordelia mercenary TAG troop.
That Sekban w/ HRL will be revisited I intend on buying the whole Boxset and a new HRL to paint in the future to a much better standard!
My little for now painted QK force on matching bases. 3 x Hafzas OR ARE THEY .... no their Hafzas. Djanbanzan w/ HMG (Allot more Djanbazan to be painted in the future) Finally the OOP Azra'il I'm not a huge fan of the resculpt especially the change in size but this one looks like poop compared to it.
They are closer to representing where I am today.
terrible on the table. Nah maybe it's just me but I wanted to push my painting style and these were the catalyst for that change. I tried hard here to start doing highlights and but to retain my worn soldier look.
Finally my Fat-chi-koma which basically never leaves my bag and adds 10KG of weight to it for no reason I guess. Plus the 2 less useful but fun to own and paint Kameel Remotes I like them more than the Chicken Walkers.
I can't wait for the resculpted Maghariba Guard to be released it will allow me to do a TAG justice this time will be my 3rd painted when I get it done and a real test of my skills.
Finally this brings to me to my latest set of models.
3 x Asawira 2 of which are weapon changes to give me a nice looking link team. You can see where I've really started to move towards airbrushing and highlighting over block colours, dip or wash.
The OSL needs allot of work still but it adds to the models
The bases will need more work and I'm not happy with the LoS/LoF marking it did not work well on them compared to when I did the Shock Army of Acontecimento Models.
Thats is about it for now except to drop an image on whats on the bench right now for my force.
3 x Saladin each a different colour to make it harder for me. Armour will be that solid colour with the airbrush highlight + edge highlighting something I'm clearly struggling with. The rest will all be the same colour throughout each model so I will have 3 distinct armour sets but the same attire otherwise. Each will go on a different base to match my 3 forces bases. All this so I can improve my skills and generally be a dick and have 1 real Saladin and 2 Hafzas pretending to be the real Saladin.
Hope you enjoyed the read feedback is very welcome!