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 Paradigm wrote:
All looking great!

Thanks para! Though it might be me but in one place the white looks a bit chunky on the jump pack (even though I thinned out my paints =/) Otherwise the gym wiped me out today so I didn't get anything done besides kit bashing my dreg for mordheim and write up a small backstory for him. This was my first time kit bashing so I didn't go super crazy.

Once known as Sigi the bold, he has fallen on hard times in the city of mordheim. The empire refused to pay his wages after a long service, so he took to begging in the streets to try and survive. Sigi grew resentful of the empire that mistreated him after years of service and heroics in her army. When the comet struck the city Sigi had been lucky enough to survive the blast, but soon even with his meagre funds that he gained from begging he found himself poorer than ever. So he found his old shield and axe and decided to become a sell sword for the warbands that were starting to populate the city. Sigi detested non humans and refused to even think about selling his services to them, and at the same time he detested the empire that abandoned him. That was until a pale man with a peculiar accent promised him gold glory and eternal life if he served them.

Awesome blog, your Death Korps is phenomenal! I'll be following now with great excitement.

 Lord Corellia wrote:
Awesome blog, your Death Korps is phenomenal! I'll be following now with great excitement.

Thanks! I am taking a small break from my death korp at the moment to finish up my shadow captain. But I play on finishing the rest of the death riders and probably my grenadier squad before the middle of august.

Wow that vampire is pretty horrifying, good job!

Nice work on those Death Riders. I didn't really have a chance to read everything, you starting Raven Guard?

M138 wrote:Wow that vampire is pretty horrifying, good job!

Thanks! The strigoi ghoul king is a great model, it just sucks that gw doesnt make a foot one.

40kFSU wrote:Nice work on those Death Riders. I didn't really have a chance to read everything, you starting Raven Guard?

Yeah, they were my first army two three years ago. I got captivated by their fluff and now that their chapter tactics are actually pretty decent I decided to restart them. Oh and also because shadow captain korvydae allows for assault marines to be taken as troops was another big reason.

So I got some more paint down on Korvydae over the weekend. I got a new recipe for white that seems to work well, and I used GW's new gold base for the eagles and I gotta say it is an awesome color. Very smooth and goes on with just one coat in most cases. Also forgive me for the pictures I got a new phone over the weekend and I am still learning the camera, the old one decided to stop a wooden skid corner with the screen breaking the screen all the way down to the internals .

Nice! Could it be that for the first time in about 6 years, GW have made a gold that actually works?

That gold is looking great! You say you got that down in one coat? I'm going to have to get some of that!

Paradigm wrote:Nice! Could it be that for the first time in about 6 years, GW have made a gold that actually works?

Yeah I was really surprised when I first brushed it on. I was expecting the normal 2-3 coats, but since the stormcast eternals are all gold they must of figured they needed a good gold color haha.

Lord Corellia wrote:That gold is looking great! You say you got that down in one coat? I'm going to have to get some of that!

Yeah it is great, a bit more yellow than gehennas though.

So I am almost done with shadow captain korvydae, just waiting on the realistic water to dry and see if I need a second coat. Then painting the rim of the base, maybe loren green? What do you all think? And finally fixing any small errors that I made.

Secondly what should I paint next? I got two LSS plus five scouts I can paint up for my raven guard or I can finish the last five death riders.

Personally I think black base rims always look best. The mini is looking great, though, as is the base itself!

I vote Scouts next.

 Paradigm wrote:
Personally I think black base rims always look best. The mini is looking great, though, as is the base itself!

I vote Scouts next.

That is a fair point. For me personally the model never looks complete without a painted rim on the base. Thanks for the kind words though! I will probably be making the scouts and other stuff tomorrow.

So I finished korvydae, and I know I say this a lot but this by far my favorite model to paint thus far. I also highly recommend secret weapons miniatures bases as they are absolutely amazing. I also got some work in on the scouts today and hopefully will be finishing the building tomorrow.

Really nice, especially the white!

 Paradigm wrote:
Really nice, especially the white!

Thanks para! Its actually just celestra grey, the gw blue glaze, and ceramite white over that!

Otherwise I built my scouts, and have built up my first terrain piece for my urban table.

The RG Captain looks awesome! Fittingly terrifying.

I have quite the soft spot for Raven Guard and these are looking super tasty! Well done!

Lord Corellia wrote:The RG Captain looks awesome! Fittingly terrifying.

Brother-Captain Scotti wrote:I have quite the soft spot for Raven Guard and these are looking super tasty! Well done!

Thanks guys!

The Raven Guard always have been my favorite legion/chapter, and with the new space marine book actually making them decent (and me actually being not total trash at painting) I decided to restart them.

So Korvydae took second place in my local GWs painting competition, but I was gone the entire weekend paintballing so I did not get much paint on models only getting the terrain piece and the scout sgt. half way done.

Some really nice looking models. I really like the Death Korps Hussars! Keep it up.

Like that barricade a lot, it's simple but effective!

Congratulations on the placing!

Nice development.... really like the barricade! Looks solid!

Nice! Congrats on second place (the winner must be a truly outstanding piece if it knocked yours off the top spot) and good work on that Scout so far. The terrain is looking top-notch as well, is it a scratch build?

Ruberu wrote:Some really nice looking models. I really like the Death Korps Hussars! Keep it up.

Thanks man! Glad to see new faces here, but hopefully I will be returning to the death riders soon!

Lord Corellia wrote:Nice! Congrats on second place (the winner must be a truly outstanding piece if it knocked yours off the top spot) and good work on that Scout so far. The terrain is looking top-notch as well, is it a scratch build?

It was a great model, one of the new AoS stormcast eternals. Thanks for the compliment on the scout!




But the barricade is from mantics ruined sci fi terrain line.

Been a while since I dropped in, really like your Raven Guard. That army is one of my favorites, really captures the elite commando vibe.

 40kFSU wrote:
Been a while since I dropped in, really like your Raven Guard. That army is one of my favorites, really captures the elite commando vibe.

Thanks 40k and I think thats what drew me to them was how stealthy they were but at the same time could be an overwhelming force.

Wow, that's impressive! No shame in coming second to that monster of a mini!

 Paradigm wrote:
Wow, that's impressive! No shame in coming second to that monster of a mini!

Yeah it is a great model!

Otherwise i have finished my first terrain piece, an overrun quarantine barricade that was keeping in xenos and or plague zombies and left to rot in the streets.





I have also almost finished up the scout sgt. minus dullcote on his shoulder pads and a rim color for the base. Also I have started up the LSS base.

Someone actually painting raven guard with their pale skin? . I love the barricade, how did you do the posters?

P.s. from a while back, how can watching football be nothing special? We get hardly any in NZ.