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I'm going to name my Retributors Snap, Crackle and Pop lol.

Some nice work here on your Sigmarites, you are showing a great degree of restraint in not painting the Lord Celestant first too.

Nice job!

@Thraxas:I deliberately left Vandus and Calanax with the mould lines on to deter me from doing that first lol. That, and I'm not entirely sure where to have the panels of Incubi Darkness and gold detailing. Suggestions?

@EyeamRai: Cheers mate

I think I'm going to be doing the rest of my Liberators, and have a pop at a Prosecutor this weekend. I've also picked up a pot of the Flayed One Flesh the other day to give that a go on my Dark Eldar Wracks and Grotesques as it's a really pale paint which would look great on that sorta thing.


Here's the swatch(can't really see it if worksafe theme is on):




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 Azazelx wrote:
Nice Sigmarines indeed. I don't know what to do with mine.

Well you don't strike me as the sort of person who would burn their older models in a massive fit of rage. So I'm guessing you'll paint them ...at some point lol.

Did a wee bit on a Prosecutor today. Gotta say, lovely models! Can't wait for the actual full retail set with the glaives etc.

Very neat looking models. I could see me being interested in those 5-8 years ago when GW was still affordable. Now though I seem to be outside of their demographic.

 Theophony wrote:
Very neat looking models. I could see me being interested in those 5-8 years ago when GW was still affordable. Now though I seem to be outside of their demographic.

^I hear that!


They are looking quite nice though, AoV, so thanks for sharing your loots with us cheapskates

 Theophony wrote:
Very neat looking models. I could see me being interested in those 5-8 years ago when GW was still affordable. Now though I seem to be outside of their demographic.

That's what Kings of War models are for Grim & Theo

Rules are free and so is the app with all the datasheets.

 angelofvengeance wrote:

 Theophony wrote:
Very neat looking models. I could see me being interested in those 5-8 years ago when GW was still affordable. Now though I seem to be outside of their demographic.

That's what Kings of War models are for Grim & Theo

Rules are free and so is the app with all the datasheets.

Been playing KOW for a few years. I really need to paint my orks for that.

Flying Hammer Sigmarine is coming along really nicely. I think when you get the basing done it should set them off nicely.

Still thinking about how to base them to be honest. Thoughts?

I had thought about using Agrellan Earth or Martian Ironearth to give the impression of them having just arrived from the realm of Azyr. Since they ride the lightning, it might give the impression of the ground being superheated by it, giving the cracked effect?

I've found music like this helps with the hobbying...

Son of the Harpy (season 5) (good Sigmarite music)


High Sparrow (season 5)


Thenns (season 4) Good Chaos theme music

Had a bit of a dabble in the hobby cave this evening. Trying to finish up the To Do pile, so I had a crack at the Deathwing Knights. Mostly basecoating and drybrushing the highlights (honestly, I hate edge highlighting, so I'll try to dry brush if I can)

Here's a pic of one of the boys in ivory. Basecoated with Zandri Dust and a couple of thin coats of Ushabti Bone, which were then followed up by dry brushed Screaming Skull and White Scar. Eyes were done using White Scar with a glaze of Bloodletter.

I'm a bit stumped basing wise for my Sigmarines- suggestions? (see post above this for my ideas- do you agree?)

Thanks for looking

I have never really used Agrellan Earth or Martian Iron Earth, do they adhere to the surface long enough to be a long term basing solution? The inherent flakiness always makes me worry that given time and handling they will slowly erode.

The Knight is looking good, have always been a big fan of the Deathwing.

Works very well. Just make sure you varnish it afterwards else it WILL flake off. Or a thin coat of PVA maybe.

What about using some white cotton balls on their bases. If they are riding the Lightning down then the flying ones could be coming through clouds and the ones on the ground you could use steel wool or darken the cotton to show where the Lightning struck the ground and it's still steaming.

Just a few bits and pieces today-

Deathwing Knight- going to glaze over the robes with Caliban Green to try and clean up those highlights on the tabard. Bit stumped on where to go with the scroll relief on his shin plate. Gold or a Dark grey kinda colour?

Retributor- just some cleaning up to do and the highlights on the shoulder guards. Still sucking my thumb on the basing front though.

Captain Karlaen- had to get another copy of him due to the original box set one getting deaded by a curious spaniel puppy... Base coated the armour with Mephiston Red and drybrushed with Kindleflame dry compound for the highlights. Followed by a glaze of Carroburg Crimson to bring the colours together. Black was done with Abaddon Black with 1st highlight of Dark Reaper as you can see on the shoulder guards and the cloak.

Hoping to get my 1st game of AoS in tomorrow. Sigmarines vs Goretide. At the moment they're still the orrible grey legions but I'm going to make a concerted effort to get them out the way.

Looking good! I'd go with gold for the scroll - or even a copper to tie in with the existing bling on him.

I still don't like the submarines, but your paint job on them is top notch. Also nice work on the death knight.

First crack at Warhammer Age of Sigmar today... it didn't go well for the Stormcast Eternals. I had a unit of x5 Liberators and x1 unit of 3 Prosecutors, and my brother had x1 unit of 10 Bloodreavers and Threx Skullbrand, Took about 30-40mins with interruptions from the dogs, which isn't bad considered it was a first time play. Simple kill each other scenario, no Sudden Death stuff.


The God-King, Sigmar did not hear the prayers for aid. Liberators would benefit more if they're kitted out with Sword & Shield/Twin blades with a Grandblade or Grandhammer, I think. That way you get a -1 Rending modifier against people in melee.

Threx Skullbrand, bearer of the giant Icon of Khorne is a fething monster in close quarters. Even with a re-roll on save rolls of 1 (shield bonus), did not save my poor Liberators' and Prosecutors' skulls being offered to Khorne. The Bloodreavers were laughably pathetic against the Liberators. Though my dice rolls in melee with them were equally atrocious. The Liberators did eventually manage to put them down, but the Bloodreaver Chieftain in a moment of insane bravado, managed to hack one's head off before being bludgeoned to death by the rest of them.

Prosecutors, I think are better at range than in close quarters, but they do get an impressive 3+ to hit and wound in melee. Threx Skullbrand claimed all 3 of their skulls for Khorne before my Liberators managed to get in melee with him. He then proceeded to murder all 4 of them. His axe bumped my saving throw of 4+ to 5+. Pics attached.

On a side note, I need more fantasy style scenery I think..

Thanks for sharing Looks like an interesting collection of minis you've been painting lately!

Been playing around with the Legion upgrades for Alpha Legion chaos space marines..

What do we think?

Looks fearsome! Good stuff!

Love some forge world goodness.

Yeah, if I were still doing 30/40/whatever-K, I would want some forge world stuff.

He looks cool.

I don't know if you guys noticed but he's wearing a White Scar (30K head) as well. As part of the bits order, I thought these topknot helmets would looks a wee bit better than the ones that come in the CSM tacticals box.
Pic:


I only have 5 torsos, 10 shoulder pads and 10 heads (with Alpha Legion bling) to play with, so I'll be spreading them out across the force to give the impression that some of the war band are not as corrupted as others. Also on a side note, the Alpha Legion hydra transfers are a huge pain in my arse when it comes to applying them to the traitor Astartes hence the FW order lol.

I thought that was a white scars helmet, but really who cares as it is cool and I don't think anyone would groan about it. You could always say he was one of the Allhas sent to train and learn from the White Scars in the pre-Hersey days. Or he could have taken a trophy

Looks chaosy to me.

Trophy it is!

Tha fantasy board actually looks pretty good, though I think a lot of that is the nice looking mat you've got going there. The ruins and archways should be easy enough to get some paint onto to make them look even better, and then I reckon go for some stone walls - easy to paint and work just as well in Fantasy, 40k or Historical games.

Easy-ish enough to make yourself, or Warlord has a set of HIPs ones
http://store.warlordgames.com/products/stone-walls-plastic-boxed-set
Or you could go the whole hog and get some Hirst Arts moulds and plaster and fill a table!


That marine build looks pretty sweet. I don't think anyone would care if you use it for your Alphas. I've got Death Guard and Imp Fists parts lined up for my Iron Warriors - it's just a matter of whether they look the part - and the Scars heads fit perfectly. Are you going for a 30k force, or a 40k? Or a "works in both" set?

 Azazelx wrote:
Tha fantasy board actually looks pretty good, though I think a lot of that is the nice looking mat you've got going there. The ruins and archways should be easy enough to get some paint onto to make them look even better, and then I reckon go for some stone walls - easy to paint and work just as well in Fantasy, 40k or Historical games.

Easy-ish enough to make yourself, or Warlord has a set of HIPs ones
http://store.warlordgames.com/products/stone-walls-plastic-boxed-set
Or you could go the whole hog and get some Hirst Arts moulds and plaster and fill a table!


That marine build looks pretty sweet. I don't think anyone would care if you use it for your Alphas. I've got Death Guard and Imp Fists parts lined up for my Iron Warriors - it's just a matter of whether they look the part - and the Scars heads fit perfectly. Are you going for a 30k force, or a 40k? Or a "works in both" set?

40K force mainly because I've got a good bit of Chaos stuff here. I got the Execution Force board game a while back so I've got 15 or so Cultists, a Terminator Lord and a handful of Traitor Astartes just sat there doing nothing. The topknot ponytails just look stuck on in the current tactical squad.

Yuck

You could make them look a little more natural by cutting them off, cutting them down and then regluing them at a slightly different angle to the right-angle they're usually on...