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Are those "discs" buttons? Cool idea.
An eye greenstuffed into the center of the spiral might suit. Or for some reason I love the coral/brain one.
Whichever way you go, this looks promising!

Yeah, they are "buttons"...

But I'd like to use a variety of them, not a single one... I guess every Tzeentch follower, esteemed highly enough by his master to be granted a Disc, should have a one-of-a-kind steed!!!

How about the paint? Should I paint them?

great use off buttons mate , miss the old flying disks , i bought a girls belt with a really nice clasp for basing characters.

Hurrr don't know how to help you with the discs, one idea would be that you take the gw flying base and sculpt with greenstuff on to that. Then you could get any design you would want.

I am honestly ashamed I've missed so much of your blog, there's some truly great conversion work here and your painting skills are more than I could ever hope to achieve.

Also, the trigger finger thing is a very nice touch

Yggdrasil wrote:

Dyathor-Phakr, Scourge of the Nine Planes



And a detail pic to show TGG I tried to follow his advice (is that the second time already?!? I'm getting impressionable lol)

The Good Green wrote: It looks great, and the trigger finger is a very interesting detail for a CSM. I hope you try to highlight in in the paint job... maybe make the gun a contrasting color to the glove.

The green OSL is focused on the finger, I hope that makes it stand out enough!!!

beautiful model.. wow... I really love your work. I have been watching this for quite some time, and it is always amazing. great stuff. At first I didn't really like the paint scheme but now wow it is great

Yggdrasil wrote:Yeah, they are "buttons"...

But I'd like to use a variety of them, not a single one... I guess every Tzeentch follower, esteemed highly enough by his master to be granted a Disc, should have a one-of-a-kind steed!!!

How about the paint? Should I paint them?

Great idea those buttons, really! You're right to think that a variety of discs looks far better than a single disc scheme.
I agree with tinfoil on the and other posters that some GSing would be welcome (just small elements, the buttons are already great as discs).

Why asking if you should paint them? You know we're expecting you to paint them! You're a great painter and we're always looking for new paintjob from you .

Buttons are all really pretty - but You should paint them otherwise they might look a little too much like buttons. My favourite is the squiggly purple one - nice. The one with the sortof crocodile skin / snake skin pattern looks very nice (do slaneesh ride discs?) In fact they are all great and will no doubt be better as discs of tenzeetch than they where as buttons


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or maybe you shouldn't paint them looking at them again... I dunno

The one in the bottom right and left corners should be awesome as discs

Nice dirty ancient armour , and light sourcing.

The bottom left and right disks look best, they remind me most or WAR characters disk in some way shape or form, and its not like you cannot ad some GS to add an icon or something similar to the surface of the disk.

@ neil101 : you got pics of your belt buckle?!? This could be an interesting way to go...

@ Rose_Mountainz : yeah, I could do that, but 1. my GS skills are really sketchy, and I don't see myself having good results on large areas, and 2. this would take too much time!!! But, maybe I'll do a plain one with only writings on it, as on Dyathor-Phakr's right shoulder pad... That could be an idea!

@ wib : And I am soooo jealous of your drawing skills!!! I swept through your deviantart page, I'm amazed at those pieces of art displayed... And thx for the finger support!!
You didn't comment on the Marine I'm building for you : do you want to change some things? Or can I start priming & painting?

@ sageheart : Thanks mate... At first I didn't know how the paint scheme would become lol...

@ Hyenajoe : I'm asking about whether to paint them, since I think I'll lose some details if I paint them... But, yeah, I guess it'll look too weird if I don't...

@ all others : Thanks for the support on the buttons... I'm not really convinced anymore, but since it seems to be okay with you, I'll have to try it... Maybe this week!

UPDATE :

Well; no pics today, but I've been working a bit on the Horror CSM...

As I had no other suggestions, I tried painting the greaves & forearm in a dirty white-yellowish, and covered them with dark blue unholy writings, as on Dyathor-Phakr's shoulder pad... It's turning out quite well, actually...

I also finished the highlights on the flames & brown armour, next thing to do is highlight the skin, boltgun, and paint the backpack... I hope I'll be able to do that tomorrow!!!

Thanks again,

Fantastic and vivid color gradations dude, very nice!

Thanks, MajorTom11, I'm honoured to count you as my readers!!!

UPDATE :

I finished most of the CSM Horror today, I just have to paint & glue his backpack, base him, and he'll be done!!!

Well, considering my lightning-speed modelling skills, that should be 3-4 hours of work...

Here are the pics :





I'm especially happy with all the writings on the greaves, shoulder pad and forearm...

But I think there's a problem with the tongue, but I cannot seem to point it out... Any help?!?

[edit: oh, and to those who supported me in my sculpting the flames, I still think the ones on his left arm (from the Horror kit) look better than mine!!]

That horror conversion is coming along awesomely! I agree that the writings on the armor plates came out great. For the tongue, mixing your primary color (that red tone) with some white to make a little bit of pink would help, i think. Just don't use too much pink or you may end up with a very light colored tongue, pulling away the focus of the mini straight to the tongue. I would maybe also try some mottling to add some tiny dots all over it, especially along the sides of the tongue, leaving the deeper center darker. No more than 3 shades of dots would be needed. If you go with the mottled effect than, I would ignore any further highlights and just add the dots. I believe this would add some texture and depth to the tongue, making it a little bit creepier as chaos should be.

Don't forget the veins! Look at the underside of your tongue. There should be a huge purple vein running the length of it. Also, a slightly darker red on the underside, with Moltar's suggestion on the top at any rate. Great technique by the way, Moltar.

That writing on the greaves is some of the best i have seen ! as for the tongue i agree with the good green and maybe add a blues purple tinge , and a little gloss for that wet look.

Nice. I confess I had my doubts about the conversion before you painted it, but it looks great in color.

The Good Green makes a good point. With that tongue being as big/long as it is, adding some realism to the underside is a good call

Realism?

On a giant mouth monster?

Gotta say, it makes sense!

Wow, I love the writings and colours maybe the tounge could use a purple or blueish wash to tone it down so it fits with the rest of the colours? If not I have no idea how it couldn't fit

tinfoil wrote: I confess I had my doubts about the conversion before you painted it, but it looks great in color.

Ha ha... I must confess, I still have doubts about it....

@ Moltar & his supporting fellows :

Thanks for the technique on the tongue! I tried it and I didn't manage to make it as good as it seems from your description, but it's still a lot better than before!!

I'm off to bed, so you won't be able to see it before tomorrow!!

Thanks for the various advices, mates...

Good night!

Lovely work Yggs, love the almost parchment feel to the armour. Nice job on the eyes too.

Thanks monkeytroll, it's not that hard really...

- The background is Charadon Granite (same as armour), Graveyard Earth, then Dheneb Stone, with a few washes (Gryphonne & Devlan, with a bit of OOP Yellow Ink)..
- The writings are with highly watered down Necron Abyss, and a small brush... and patience

UPDATES :

Tzeentch Horror CSM :

The painting is finished!!! I don't know why the backpack doesn't want to be of the same brown as the power armour, but still...



The pic doesn't show the tongue that well, but I swear there are a billion hand-brushed dots on its surface!!!



I tried to make the center of the backpack as if the light wasn't of the same strength depending on the direction, but I think I still have to improve that... [Is that sentence even grammatically correct? Understandable, at least?]

Custom bases !!!!

After a long period of over-thinking, postponing & procrastinating (who said "we are a simple people, easily startled..." ?), I eventually set myself onto trying to build some custom bases... Which is one of the reason I won't finish most of my models (see my Tranch renegades thread) : it seems the Muse of Bases is definitely toying with me, ie. I have no inspiration when it comes to building some nice, custom bases, and as a result I'm quite awed by that "daunting" task...

Still, today, I went for a few trials, and here is what I got (yes, 3 in a row, so awesome... )



[Before any bad comment appears, the yellow things on the left-top one are "blue tac" drops I used to prevent the undercoat from getting on where the feet of my horrors will be...]

As Hyenajoe had encouraged me to do, I tried using the 40k basing kit, and the tiny slates are really nice to use...
For the sand / mud effect I used some kind of sealing plaster, left over from when we refurbished / redid the kitchen...
Added with some styrene tiled floor & girder, a small fence, plus a few patches of grass...

My intent was to illustrate a ruined, urban environment who had been forsaken for so long (or had known nothing but war for so long), that Nature was beginning to claim it back, hence the overlapping sand & grass patches...

What do you think of that? Am I on the right track? What could I add / remove / change to capture that feeling better?

Thanks in advance,

P.S : Don't tell Father Nurgle, but it seems if you look at the last picture upside down, you'll notice something...

Lol honor he says... I'm just another average schmo really enjoying your work!

Your color choices are really something special, honestly. The pallete and application are ridiculously smooth, and you have blended extremely vivid color with dusky earthtones, which can be really difficult to pull off. I'm going to have to dig in and see if you have posted some tutorials and step-by-steps on your methods, if not... ah'll bee bak.

Great job Yggs, and I like the fact that the backpack is not exactly the same shade as the armour.

Think you've got the bases down right, with a lick of paint I'm sure they'll be awesome. The balance of differing textures looks fine.

Je viens de regardez vos posts en complete pour ce thread... Tellement incroyables mon ami. Vous avez un touche assez douce avec vos choix de couleur comme je viens de vous dire, mais en regarder vos autres travails on peut voir la versatilité aussi! J'aimerais biens savoir ta recéte pour la blanc de votre SM.

C'est vrai que les artistes francais sont talenté! Eh excuse ma grammaire, je suis habituer a parler, mais pas ecrire. Mais c'est seulement juste de temps a temps qu'on utulise votre langue maternel non?

Grammer is always tricky in another language!

Looks cool. I love the idea and want my chaos marines to have funny heads and fly around on discs too... Going charity shopping for 1970s shirts with funky buttons!

wow you're painting imo is golden deamon standard

J'aime beaucoup la langue mon frere!


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