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I belive the delay is for anything incoming. Maybe longer if the strike continues.

Went to the 'Kingsmen' movie. Highly recommended. Very entertaining.

@Gits-Movie theater terminology, I guess. Next time the credits start on a movie you are and you file out with the rest, know that your show has just "dropped". And, yes, my stamina is amazing. Famed the world around.

@Dreadclaw69-Thanks for the link. Interesting. I think that I will stick with goofy and rainbow for the outfits and unify the army with bone/white masks and gold weapons and "armor."

@Solar-The Longshoremen at the LA Harbor love striking or threatening to strike. Used to hear about it a lot when I lived in LA, which I only miss for the food, friends, and weather. They love hearing about it up in Seattle, I bet. LA Harbor is one of those places that just makes you feel very small.

So, it is 1 degree Fahrenheit or, if you aren't from the land of the free and home of the brave, -17 degrees Celsius.

Boo.

6 plastic Harlequins totally finished. Going to try to get pics of them soon. Have to get into the store to show them off and get credit for them. I picked up another box and have played some games with their legs by cutting off stuff on the ground and mixing and matching them. I used a Chaos terminator as basing material having the Harlequin sticking his Kiss in its face. I don't know how you play it gamewise, modeling for advantage or whatever. They are really high up and one of them is upside down. So, I had some fun with it.

-17... where are you living, Siberia? seems you got through those 6 harlies at a fair pace, I look forward to seeing some evidence of your skills shortly

It's even worse then it sounds. With windchill, it was -20f yesterday. That's -29 in Celsius. Stupid cold.

Dude, the cold...

Just stop it, winter!

So, stopped by the store and got some pics taken of what I have been working on.

Pics COMMENCE!









So, thanks, Matt, for taking the pictures. They were a lot of fun to paint. Hope you all dig them.

Really outstanding work my friend. Tugs at my heart strings to see the way you've painted them. Very old-school.

Wooooooooow!
Man, those look absolutely amazing! Favorite bit has to be that checkered coat. Exceptionally well done.

@Gits-I couldn't paint them any other way. That's what Harlequins look like. I dig the new way. It doesn't hurt my feelings that they are painting all the armies alike, but not for me. I feel like keeping the weapons all gold and the masks all bone white that it splits the difference and adds some unity. Next batch will replicate more of the patterns from the original WD painting style.

@Ramos-Thanks, bro. I appreciate the love. The checkered coat, man... I thought of it. I started doing it, and then it was like, what the hell have I gotten myself into. Then it was S or get off the pot. The photography of it is quite forgiving. There are a couple wonky wonk bits on it. I hid some of it with those big hearts and some of it with white highlighting on the folds(like I do). Overall, it looks really great 3 feet away, so I'll take it. By the way, have you tried shading gold with purple and then green washes? I think it looks good... I think.

Next up is the Solitaire! PINK PINK PINK for the WINK WINK WIN!!

Those are fantastic, moonpie! I love the checks and diamonds. Nice job.

Very nice Harlies, a riot of colour just as they should be, and yet still cohesive as a unit! Nice posing, too!

Shading gold with purple and green?
No, I've never tried that... I always go with the standby of devlan mud and chestnut ink!

Think Im gonna have to try that... I think I understand the idea, but I cant wrap my mind around the actual look of the thing xD

Looking forward to the Solitaire!

Shading gold with purple is a good trick. Not tried green, but a thin purple wash before your normal chestnut/brown wash helps the colour stay strong.

@Yellowbeard: Thanks, bro.

@Paradigm: Thanks. I think it still has some unity too, which was important to me.

Yeah, I don't get, but I do it. Apparently, it is what the 'eavy metal team does.

For the record, purple grates on my brain. I have to remember which parts are purple and paint them at the same time, then try to to screw it up later. The separation of "violet" and "indigo" on goygbiv makes me want to start an Inquisition.

Me: Purple is red and blue, right?
Jerk with correctly manufactured eyes: Yeah, but..
Chainsword to the face! Who can't see colors right now?

Wow they are stunning, that many chequers is insane lol

Very nice, very nice indeed, digging the yellows and the cross hatches!

Thanks guys. There's a point where the "diamonds" become "checkers" that I will act like I intended...

And I went with a lot of yellow as I am saving pink for the Solitaire, who I intend to paint...um...sometime...

Checks for the win. They look great .

Nice death clowns... I mean harlequins. Sorry, never much of a fan of these flamboyant paint schemes. They are very well executed, however.

FANTASTIC IDEA OF THE DAY!

While I was diligently doing my job today I had a fantastic idea for you moonpie. I see you've done stripes and checkers and there are probably some polka dots there some where, but I felt like something was missing from your pattern palette. FLANNEL! The next group of harlequins need at least a snippet of flannel somewhere on them.

You know you want to. Your brain is probably leaking fluid right now at the thought but you know you want to. The challenge of it is just demanding your attention isn't it? DO IT!

Hmmm, now I am thinking about doing it. Some one pass me a harlequin!

Oh god Ice, My first thought was this


Then quickly realised he couldn't be doing any back flips to save his life.

I want to paint plaid(which I am translating from flannel) like I want a Jalapeno enema...

I am neither an early nineties grunge enthusiast or a Scotsman..

What I was thinking: PAISLEY!!!

Insert disco music here.

Also, Knightley, thank you for spoilering that. That is not an image I care to have on my bl0rg.

@ Warboss and Solar: Thanks for the ups and the encouragement.

Your welcome, I'm more worried when I thought of plaid I went there instead of kilts....

You could always go with a nice floral print.

Grunge Harlies.. now you not gonna see that on every tabletop.

This is what my Solitaire looks like:




This dude is going to beat some face in.

Yeah, I know. No diamonds, no stripes, no polka dots, no patterns really at all. Once I started in, I just wasn't feeling it for this dude. I was thinking about going with a scheme similar to the old style solitaire. That scheme is what happens when you chew and swallow the disco scene and a rainbow and then puke them back up. While I was thinking about the actual role of the dude, I wanted it to be more somber. So, yes, a blazing pink trenchcoat is my interpretation of somber.

I guess since this dude will be my only instance of pink I just wanted to get my mileage out of it. Also, he has the rest of the army colors that are throughout-black, gold, bone. The mask is purely gold, which is a deviation, but the sash carries the bone. I dig it. I hope you guys do too.

Also, am I the only P&M bl0rg doing Harlies? That's just bizarre. These models are a dream. I have one more troupe to paint, then it is back to Empire. I have promised myself that I want to do a HUGE battle for the last End Times book. So, I'll be mounting a painting campaign on the scale of Knighley-approx 140 infantry, 2 cannons, 10ish knights, and KARL FRANZ!!!

I think I will try to wrangle Ice's help with that. He doesn't know yet, because I just thought of it when I actually looked at the numbers...

Awesome

That guy looks great!

I think you may be the only blogger doing Harlies at the moment, which is odd as I really thought they were going to be popping up everywhere. My own set is on order, should be getting here some time in the next 2 weeks.

Thanks, guys. Appreciate the attention and praise. Wasn't sure on what the reception for this guy would be. I'll have to see how I feel about painting more Harlies and what the budget is after I get the next 6 done. I want to have a legit, play by itself detachment of them which will require vehicles of some kind. I have at least $200 more I will have to spend to get to that. I also WANT MY CODEXES. I'm not going down that rabbit hole, though. That way lies madness.

If you don't want vehicles, you could always run 2 of the Troupe+Seer+Jester formation and a Solitaire+Seer+Jester formation. That gives you something very similar to a basic Allied Detachment (2 Troops, a HQ-type and an Elite or two)