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I'm planning on airbrushing the red myself. I was going to airbrush the cloth and metals, and have them separate...but I kinda got overzealous and started building a lot.

I'm still teetering on the edge of picking up some AdMech bits and restarting the Malfian blog... we shall see if you can persuade me to cave in

Well guys, here's what I'm waiting on... getting two more boxes of skitarii rangers/vanguard (on order), getting 3 more boxes of the infiltrators/rust stalkers (also on order), finishing my GK allied detachment (only one model left to paint), finishing my Space Wolf allied detachment (small handful of models to paint and/or modify... most of which are fenris wolves so they should be easy), finish my second dev centurion squad & build 1 scout biker.

Now, I know that sounds like a lot, but since I don't yet have the AdMech models I want before I begin... I'm really just filling time. When I get the missing boxes of skitarii, I'll finish up whatever small busy-work project I'm on an dive right in!

Oh you tease!

Hey Gits. This is teasier than even my plog.

News flash!!!

 lord marcus wrote:
EVERYBODY!

I'll take the HQ, the electro priests and the servitors... plus my skitarii and knights of course.

Warhams-77 wrote:
A 2nd picture - from B&C - Codex and 2 new painting guides

what are the robot/mech/walker thingies on the bottom right?... i think i am in love.....

I think they're based on some of the Forge World robots... Castellans maybe??

dang.... i hoped it would be a new release... FW always stands for very pricey stuff... good stuff but i am not that fond of resin in the first place... what a pitty...robots in that size and in plastic... that would be brilliant...

I love them all. I want the stuff in the bottom right though.

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
dang.... i hoped it would be a new release... FW always stands for very pricey stuff... good stuff but i am not that fond of resin in the first place... what a pitty...robots in that size and in plastic... that would be brilliant...

Hey Vik, I meant they were BASED on the FW bots... not that they WERE the FW bots. I'm sure those are plastic & a new release.

well....hope dies last , eh?

By seeing that on here Gits you've made me want to spend more money. I hope your happy.

I thought I was doing so well only getting one Imperial Knight... <sigh> darn wallet is going to get pretty empty.

Plastic kits of those big robots will be cool, seems so different than their normal bits all over the place: it is like they remembered that armor and covers may need to be added for the delicate bits.

Still not sure I like the tracked lower body guys but it may grow on me.

I have not changed my mind on the walker tank: I really like it, even more so as the anti-aircraft fire-hose of doom.

Those new plastic robots are based on the old Rogue Trader Castellan robot design and bring it up to date nicely. I still prefer the FW take on the design that ended up as the Castellax though

Depending on the size you may be able to proxy.

I think people will proxy anyway

I want the bots but they should be able to have sound and yell ' Danger, Danger Will Robinson;

Don't they need to flail their arms while yelling that too? Or am I getting mixed up with Stan, the used coffin salesman again?

A nice scenic base should be able to hide most of the electronics and some wiring/speaker hidden inside the torso/legs means the sound is located correctly.

I really want another Knight now with a powerfist to throw vehicles. The servitors look very nice not sure about the robots I prefer the FW ones.

I actually had Ramos put the breaks on building my two normal knights... if the new knights are AdMech associated, I'd rather use my knight bodies for those. I'm sure I'd pay a premium for the conversion bits... but even then the money saved not buying the extra bodies would be worth-while.

Aaaand now I have to think up an original thread title for my own blog.

Looking forward to what you do!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I actually had Ramos put the breaks on building my two normal knights... if the new knights are AdMech associated, I'd rather use my knight bodies for those. I'm sure I'd pay a premium for the conversion bits... but even then the money saved not buying the extra bodies would be worth-while.

The new kits are the same as the old ones, just with an extra sprue with the fist, chaingun, carapace weapons, meltagun and some cosmetics.

Sorry Verviedi.... I've been lurking and absorbing everything I can from the other AdMech/Knight threads that you've either started or are a great contributor on. I'm very anxious to actually start building or painting something. I might break down and start this weekend... however I get my boat out of storage on Saturday so I may be preoccupied screaming around on bodies of water... threatening fish with my lures, etc.

OK, so it's a couple of those extra sprues I'll be after... along with everyone else!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Sorry Verviedi.... I've been lurking and absorbing everything I can from the other AdMech/Knight threads that you've either started or are a great contributor on. I'm very anxious to actually start building or painting something. I might break down and start this weekend... however I get my boat out of storage on Saturday so I may be preoccupied screaming around on bodies of water... threatening fish with my lures, etc.

OK, so it's a couple of those extra sprues I'll be after... along with everyone else!

It's fine, man! If you ever need any Ruststalker/Infiltrator bitz, I have wayyyy too many Transonic weapons, heads, Power Swords, and Stubcarbines to know what to do with

Hey Gits. Don't feel bad. Sometimes you just can't get to paint quick enough, you know?

This blog will be great.

One of the things I've been working on over the last few days in finishing up a GK Dreadknight to go with a little detachment I'm working on to augment my Imperial lists. The interesting thing is that my GK are actually deep red in color... rather like the AdMech. So I airbrushed the big guy red, then have been painting in all the metal bits.

What a monumental paint in the a$$!! This has absolutely decided how I'm going to paint my skitarii. Airbrushing the metals first all-the-way. Problem is that while you're painting the metals, if there are any accidental over-paints on the airbrushed red blend they're nearly impossible to fix. The texture of the airbrushed blend just can't be duplicated by a brush (at least not by me) so I ended up greatly modifying the red on the DK in order to make my repairs less obvious. Since I'm confident with my wet-blending, I know I can get the red bits on the skitarii done well and reasonably fast, and if I accidentally paint red onto some of the metal bits, it'll be stupid-simple to fix as the metallics won't have the same blending that a normal solid color would.

I'm getting antsy.... we'll see what models (if any) make their way into the shop today. I might end up starting a unit a bit faster than I'd originally anticipated.

Is that 2 codex for 1 army?

Actually, the army I have in mind for our next tournament uses 3 codecii. It will be stupid.... probably won't win a game, but will be a riot to play.

3 sides, with almost no model pictures? You sir, are the hype.