Almost there... and stripping

So here's my (almost, finally) finished dreadnought for the Blood Angels, I've added some prayers or whatever in white to the panels, and a tiny bit more weathering.

So as I mentioned before, been attempting stripping paint off some old space marines with THICK enamel paint on them, in several layers, I'm pleased to say after 24hrs soaking in Green Dettol (smells like apples), they came out like this:

Not too bad at all! Just need to get a cocktail stick to get the tiny bits out of the crevices, but I could re-spray them now and never know.

After a recommendation I also tried Fairy Power Spray on some plastic space marines painted with such a thick layer of blood red that almost no detail was visible (what was I thinking?!). After about 3 hours after a light spray all over the models, the paint was literally falling off, and a little scrub from a toothbrush almost instantly stripped them down to the undercoat.

FAIRY POWER SPRAY RULES

I'm visiting home this weekend and plan on raiding the rest of my awful detail obscuringly thick painted marines, i'm pretty sure there's an attack bike and a land speeder I could salvage, and some metal scouts. Brilliant. I'll post some before and after shots too when i get back and get to them.

Keep on strippin'

Wash with similar colours

Whoops, no new posts in a while, but thanks for still visiting! My camera seems to absolutely devour batteries, so I may have to invest in some half decent ones if I ever want to add more pictures up on here!

My progress since last time:

• Another marine painted completely, 3 others Mechrite Red basecoated and washed.
• Dreadnought almost done, need to add something cool to the scrolls, and then whatever squad markings I eventually decide on (maybe decals), but I'm waiting until April codex time for this.
• Discovered glazes.
• Stripped an old Librarian in Terminator armour, Chaplain, and Standard Bearer left from my old Marine army ready to join the Blood Angels!

Yup, finally used a glaze for the first time, I bought Baal Red wash, thinned in immensely, to just red tinged water, and covered all the red in it. It dried nicely, with the faintest hint of a red colouring, enhancing the vibrancy of the red and making it seem less orangey-chalky overall, pretty impressive. I think to make it flow more like a wash you need to add a teeny drop of washing up liquid, will try this next time.

I also painted up a LoTR Moria Goblin for fun, and will put pics of him up asap!

Cheers then