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 Empchild wrote:
Migs I love the base for the lady as that took me a few to figure out where that bit came from. I really like the mix of the guard bits with empire. How many point are you up to now and will you be at adepticon showing this kick butt army off?

more than 2000pts!

Not this year, maybe next year I want to get back to gaming regularly first.




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Okay!

Managed to get 8 more guys finished and finally kick start 2014 in terms of sharing pictures. iPhone for now - proper shoot sometime in the future.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/legionofplastic/12739065964/



Blogger entry:

http://legionofplastic.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-emerald-guard-von-lochovs-household.html

You're back! Kick ass!

Thanks mate

Awesome stuff Migs. I especially like the hazard stripes.

An amazing thread and excellent stuff throughout. I really like the way you paint stuff, gritty and realistic.

Your conversions are always fantastic. The only one I don't like is the Nurgle Champion, I personally don't think the head choice works but it's beautifully painted.

Thanks guys. It's always really good to hear the feedback. Positive and negative. It's basically the only reason I share the stuff. To get some extra inspiration to deliver new and exciting models.

Sooooo nice! I love the paint scheme. Eerie and other-worldly. Really captures the gothic mood.

Brilliant work on the Praetorians and those henchmen really look like feudal retainers.

Thanks guys. Your positive feedback is much appreciated as I move on to the next units to add.

Venerable Omegon

A legend interred in a womb of steel

Ancient and impervious

Run!






http://legionofplastic.blogspot.com/2014/03/legion-dreadnought-1st-in-death.html

Awesome! But what will happen to the previous model you made?

Brilliant and that's just on the Dreadknight kit can't wait to see what you do to the good knight kit.

Now that is what a drednought should look like! Damn it looks good.

Migs that looks brilliant mate! I love how you've converted that dreadknight! it really looks excellent and totally menacing and quite creepy! with your paint style/skills I am very eagerly waiting to see how it looks! :-)

Gentlemen, Thank you! Keep them coming. The positive feedback really energized me into building this after the henchmen.

I think I need to do another deeper musings entry soon, on where I see the army growing this year and how it fits the original ideology.

Malika - nothing different. He now has a twin brother Fittingly.

Starte painting it last night. Lots of surface area and detail, plus plenty of base, so may be while...

Brilliant use of the DK kit - bye bye GK Baby Carriage, hello Walking Destruction!

Great work as always Migs!

Thanks Lamby,

Did you see the first one?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/legionofplastic/9658971733/

 migsula wrote:
Thanks Lamby,

Did you see the first one?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/legionofplastic/9658971733/

Yes I did - I went back through your blog to find him, after remembering you'd done one before. I've never liked the whole baby-carriage set up, but the rest of the DK kit is great.

Will this new one be in the same colour scheme?
The weathering is great btw!

This new one will be blue like the Marines. I really dig the old Rogue Trader era idea of Marines sometimes having mission specific paint jobs. The weathered white has worked really well with the rest of the army, but I wanted to try the blue to see if I can do it on some other vehicles too and so far it's looking promising. I'm about 60% in to the paint job I would guess. Lots of fun detail to paint and weather. The banner alone is quite an undertaking.

Please.give us more deeper musings. While I don't always comment on.them I do read them and greatly enjoy them!

Five years into the project, two kids, new continent, new job, new and new and new later, still thoroughly enjoying and excited about the "old" subject matter. The original ambition still stands.

"I've decided to throw out all the rules and just paint the way I feel I must and not be afraid of color. The project is inspired by Dainton's art as always, the Legion book and the pale, chilling light of the Moon."

Something has changed too, I have more tools, more tricks and a much better understanding of what I am doing, and it will be a mix of these additions that should keep the project fresh and exciting. The balancing act is between having the courage to evolve things to avoid mannerism and boredom, while maintaining enough characteristics of the original philosophy.

In 2014 I look at my project with these three pairs.


light / shadow
fine detail / raw stroke & texture
sense of material and scale / surprising color play

I play between each pair and constantly try and up the creative contrast they offer. I've recently introduced some exciting new tools:


an airbrush
varnishing with a full range between matt and gloss (Mixing floor wax and Tamiya flat medium)
enamel and other alcohol based metallics

I look at each very critically, brining a new dimension, a new vitality to the work and the three pairings that drive the work these days. I'm really focused at not letting the new tools change the essence of my work, only add to its character. The advent of Airbrush for example, has lead to many armies that look airbrushed from miles away.

Games Workshop has started out the year so strong, and implemented bold new changes that really benefit the hobby it feels, and it has helped energize the project. Looking back and forward to the future at the same time, plenty more of this to come:

"Furthermore, the Legion's rash, eager to prove, outrageously creative and utterly dangerous outlook on things is an immense inspiration, together with Imperial Guard armies of 2nd edition that had many different units and schemes. The relationship of superhuman warrior gods and their guard protégées has endless depth to interpret."


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Knights on the menu and a happy modeler.

The internet is rife with the first painted Knights by hobbyists around the world.

I've just finished the perfect warm up exercise that has painted to one of my favorite models in the army. Quick picture attached, with the final selective matt varnish and weathering film still missing. I will do proper photos with the Big Knight. I want to show off the great rands in gloss, the improved metallics and more subtle airbrushing weathering.

Tonight I will unbox the knight!, and start by building an epic little base as always. I've decided I will build the Battle cannon variety, but I am uncharacteristically torn between picking a color scheme. Looking at three options and curious to hear what you guys think.

Whether I should do the red Mechanicus scheme that has served the Cyclops Battle Automaton and the Skitari so well. They are on the way to a nice little army within the army. I like the red, because it is a very unique way of doing red and highlights the moon light theme so well.

I could also pick a version of the Blue grey I used to do the IG vehicles. It weathers beautifully and is a very nice hue that would go great with big yellow hazard stripes (which will feature on any design I pick obviously) This way the Knight would really fit with the soon to be rapidly growing IG component and still stand out too.

And finally, I am entertaining a cold green scheme. Something that makes the Knight completely independent, a hero of sorts, with enough blue and off-white in there to make him fit in. Tempted by this, yet a little worried that my rag-tag horde is starting to loose coherence too.

Thanks for feedback!

Looooong time lurker here (so much so that I didn't have an account until right this moment), just wanted to say how much I've enjoyed your work over the years.

That and Congrats on getting Shaddes of Grey showcased in Warhammer Visions #2!

Outstanding Migs - your blue/green/yellow blending and weathering looks perfect in the big guy.

Personally I think you should go with either the cold green or the Alpha Legion (as above) scheme on the Knight - there's already far too many House Taranis (and so on...) Knights appearing out there...

I really enjoyed your 'into the depths' article above too - you directly caused me to change my painting style a few years ago when you posted the first Alpharius PIP, and continue to inspire me today.

Thanks!

And good luck with the Knight - it will look awesome no matter what colour you go with in the end.

This is such a cool blog! Very inspiring and impressive! The knight conversion looks so great, but i love the big guy with the plasma!keep up the great work and thx for sharing!

Thank you Gentlemen!

guardian44 - Welcome to dakka! Thanks for the kind words and yes, good to have the old boys finally in the magazine. The pics are a tad blurry and oddly lit I thought, but so very happy to be featured in John's section.

Beautifully done Migs, really great work with the weathering and blending of the blue! looks simply awesome!

Thanks!!

That knight is astounding. Looks awe-inspiring and ancient with the (very well done) weathering.

Cheers!

I started work on the big Knight. Building the base first as always, and trying to out do previous big bases I've done. Assembled a leg too, and what an impressive quality kit it is. I put together a Land Raider last year, the first of the big "new" plastic kits 15 years ago. Games Workshop has come very very far.

Here's hoping the next 15 are even better!

Great work, Migs. The Alpha Legion color scheme looks as though it scales up very nicely. I can't wait to see what you do with the Knight kit.

And I echo the appreciation for your sharing of "deep thoughts"/strategies. The thoughtful way you approach your work has always been inspiring.