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It began, as do many tragedies, with a woman. I was taking my midday meal upon the great green expanse of the Governor's Parade Field when I caught her out of the corner of my eye, cliche' though that might be. It was the flash of her hair, you see. It was the brightest of neon and as the light reflected off of it a multitude of rainbows spiraled away as though from a prism. As she caught my eye, somehow I caught hers and she smiled at me ever so softly. The rest of the day vanished in a fugue state - I presume I returned to my scrivener duties for there was no reprimand - but beyond that there is no acknowledgment of time.

That first thing I remember after our eyes met was awakening in my own bed, the sheets soaked with a nocturnal emission. I rose and cleaned myself off and sat with a cup of warm chai trying unsuccessfully to coax sleep back into my room. I spent the rest of those hours of artificial darkness imagining the touch of the Woman's lips upon my own. I attempted, unsuccessfully, to capture her in prose or sketch - each rendition would fall short or, nearing perfection, disaster would strike. I knocked my chai over once with my hand, another the pen with which I was drawing snapped unexpectedly, marring the picture with blotches of black ink. Each night has passed in the same manner - I awake stained with my own seed and attempt to create a simulacra of this woman who so disturbs my rest.

The day offers no respite, however. My work in the Archivist Hall is suffering - my midday break has grown successively longer as I wait for another glimpse of she who has beguiled me so. Perhaps she comes earlier? Tomorrow I shall shift my break and surely, then, I will see her again.[/i]

Well, thanks for stopping in to my p-log. I haven't had much success with these things in the past so I figured I would take a couple of different tacks - first and foremost, I need a story. It is how I breathe, it is what keeps me motivated. It is my intention to update the story as I update the pics. Sometimes it will be a paragraph or two, sometimes just a line or two. The dramatis personae (and thus, the voice) may even change from time to time - though they will all take place on the same world - I am imagining an incursion from innocuous beginnings to horrible end.

Anyway, now on to what you all really came here for. I am working on y my slaanesh stuff first and I painted out my first test model - thanks to Shep for the tips on how to do creepy white skin.

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I am pretty happy with how it is looking - here is a list of all the built and primed Slaanesh I have - it is not quite 1000 points all told - I am saving some space for Seekers when they come out and I have a couple of models that aren't built yet.

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I am working on building some fiends from the distant past - the date on the tab is 1988... stay tuned to see how far GW has come and how lucky we are to have the quality of sculpts that we do.

Thanks for looking, I'd love any feedback.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1126093.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1126093.page GMT Just out of curiosity ( i play chaos too ) , how many left over arms do daemonettes have?

Love the color scheme btw , how did you paint the gold?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1126099.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1126099.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1126147.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1126147.page GMT
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@lunahound - I will check and see what I have and pm sometime (hopefully this weekend)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1126265.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1126265.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1126774.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1126774.page GMT
I like the older Fiends...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1126842.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1126842.page GMT
The Slaanesh stuff looks like it's off to a great start. I love the way the paint scheme is working with the basing.

Is the daemonette's tail finished? There might be an opportunity there to add another accent of color, without marring the alabaster of the creature's "human" skin. (So pale, so bewitching....)
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@lunahound - the gold was a base coat of tau ochre followed by a wash of devlan mud. I then painted the whole thing shining gold. When that dried I mixed some skull white into shining gold and did a really careful highlight. After that I mixed chainmail and shining gold together and did another light careful highlight. Basically it was a lot of work that would have been much easier had I had burnished gold ;-)

@tinfoil - I thought that the tail was finished but your question makes me second think it ;-)

@tekk - yeah, I will do a higher resolution this weekend.

@drunkenboxer - the tomg will be all tzeentch - the horrors aren't based yet and I felt like painting. I am very tempted to do something like this http://www.warseer.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3828100&postcount=23 for at least some of them, since I have kind of been making my horrors (at least in name) lovecraftian. I should be able to find time to base the horrors this weekend.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1127329.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1127329.page GMT
On a side note, I like the idea of Cthulhu themed daemons and think that a few conversions sprinkled throughout the army would give it very unique look.

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Fortunately, there was another patron in the sitting are. A kind man who caught me me before I fell upon the ground. Still reeling with hunger, I thanked him and he offered me a seat at his table. I accepted gratefully - since I had stopped attending my shifts my human contact has been limited to what little interaction I shared with passers-by.

As I took my seat I looked upon him for the first time. I am no medicae, though my tests revealed both the intelligence and aptitude for such a calling, but it seemed to me as though this man suffered from some sort of acute meningitis or even elephantitis. His head was overlarge in almost the same ratio as that of an infant. His eyes were pinched close together and were a peculiar shade of yellow flecked with red - blood I assumed from tiny vessels forced to carry too much oxygen to that oversized brain.

I must have stared for he pulled about his head a rough linen shawl. I made to apologize but he would have none of it - apparently he was used to far more extreme reactions than my own. He said that he was soon to take his leave but I was welcome to what remained on his plate. His eyes (much like his head!) were apparently too large for his stomach.

Normally, you understand, I would not accept such charity however, I had yet to see a server with whom to place my order. The man left and before I knew it, my hands were tearing the black bread and dipping it into a thick mushy sauce the color of a cloudless sky. I pulled it to my face and sniffed it with no little apprehension. The bread itself had an earthy smell - the grains were still visible and carried the scent of roasted nuts. It was the sauce, however, that was so singular to my mind. I swear to you it smelled of musty scrolls and sweet tobac smoke and even a hint of ink! It makes not sense to you I am sure, but to me it smelled of home. The meats were marbled with fat and tasted sweet as cake. It was truly a feast the likes of which I have never experienced. I was warmed as with liquor though without the accompanying dizziness.

I quickly devoured the plate and when there was none left I glanced around to ensure no other patrons were watching (there were none in the place I now noticed!) and licked clean the small bowl of sauce. I looked about for a server whom I could pay but there were still none. With no idea of how much to pay - or if my largeheaded friend had already paid at time of order - I cleared my throat loudly and waited.

It wasn't long before I caught myself yawning. I could wait no longer. I just hoped that my unknown benefactor had settled his account before leaving and walked out the door, my yawns growing heavier. I felt a moment of excitement, perhaps I could sleep! My hab was a good hour away at this point and I dared not risk it. I went further into the alley and hid myself from the of passers by. A short doze, I told myself, and nothing more.

Though it was much more, and what dreams I had![/i]


As I mentioned before, I am switching from my Crimson Fists back over to Daemons for the TOMG. This is my combat patrol.

Troops
The Denizens of Duonwch (10 Horrors, Bolt, Changeling)
Arikham's Scholars (5 Horrors, Bolt)
Artists of Piq'an (5 Horrors, Bolt)

Elite
The Fires of Madness (3 Flamers, Bolt)

And here is my 2000 point final list.

HQ
Dream Eater (Lord of Change, Boon)
Nyarlathoth (Chariot, Bolt, Soul Devourer)
Yellow Horror (Chariot, Bolt, Soul Devourer)

Troops
The Denizens of Duonwch (10 Horrors, Bolt, Changeling)
Arikham's Scholars (5 Horrors, Bolt)
Artists of Piq'an (5 Horrors, Bolt)

Elite
The Fires of Madness (3 Flamers, Bolt)
The Chill of Reason (3 Flamers, Bolt)

Heavy
The Eye (Bolt, Gaze, Boon, Flight, Iron Hide)
The Brain (Bolt, Gaze, Boon, Flight, Iron Hide)
Koko (Bolt, Gaze, Boon, Flight, Iron Hide)


Here are my daemon princes in all their (unpainted) glory.

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It's hard to get a good feel for the Eye. Is he finished yet? Would putting the eyeball on the end of a twisting, sinuous snake-neck (or coil of snake-necks) be feasible at this point? It'd be cool, picturing him winding the eye around to pan his baleful gaze.
If not, it's still an effective look, particularly in tandem with his fellow princes.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1127710.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1127710.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1127724.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1127724.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128026.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128026.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128117.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128117.page GMT Those are converted from the Belakor model?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128307.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128307.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128312.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128312.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128329.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128329.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128366.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128366.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128561.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128561.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128620.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128620.page GMT ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128924.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1128924.page GMT

I really like the antiqued look of the gold on your daemonette... I can't wait to see a whole herd of them (don't know if "herd" is the right term for daemonettes... maybe "gaggle"?) on the table top. The contrast between the skin and all of the accent colors is great - looking forward to seeing how that carries on to the rest of the fiends and such.

I'm also looking forward to seeing some paint on your princes... got a fond spot in my heart for those three. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1129656.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1129656.page GMT Wanting to see more of it painted.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1132640.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1132640.page GMT
I dream of monsters in the guise of men with ever shifting faces - leering one moment and cackling the next. a snarl will become a smile and a frown. Tears stream from eyes only to combust moments later causing the flesh to burn away in an instant like a street performers flash paper. Where should be scars and skull is fresh pink skin, smooth as a baby's! Oh and if only the madness would stop there it would be torment aplenty! There is another who comes to me as my father and as I blink in my dreams he changes, each time to one whom I have trusted and loved. He draws me near to him before bursting like an overripe guara fruit leaving me covered in blood and questioning what has happened?

Ah what agony it is to search but not find! First for the fuchsia haired maiden and now this cafe. Were madness just to claim me, perhaps I could gain some peace![/i]

I did a bit of work toward my Tale of Many Gamers models - I got the tile down on the bases of all the models that are going to have them and assembled them. I also built a few horrors out of spawn bits (these will be my "bolt" horrors so that they are easily recognizable for my opponent - and myself - I have a tendency to pull special weapons first without paying attention.) They do fit in the aesthetic of the metal horrors quite nicely. I am hoping to get sand on bases tonight and possibly do some priming.

Without further ado I present Nyralathoth's Nightmares.

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Nyarlathoth on foot (the old flamer model) with the Changeling.

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Nyralathoth and the Changeling from another angle.

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The whole cohort.

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And another angle. Pay particular attention to the sippie cup of madness and the rubber ducky of doom (damn, I thought I cropped them out...)

Anyway, I will probably not post another pic of them primed (because they will be the same basic thing, just more monochrome) so will probably not get around to updating for a few days.

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I like the Changeling. More than a pile of flesh, it looks as though it's writhing and spasming.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1134337.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1134337.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1134358.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1134358.page GMT
I like the Changeling. More than a pile of flesh, it looks as though it's writhing and spasming.[/quote]

Thanks, I was thinking John Carpenter's The Thing.

And thank you to you as well, Antman. Your Deathguard are so freaking awesome. I made my wife come over and look at it last night.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1134361.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1134361.page GMT
Edit - As per the rules of the Tale of Many Gamers there is a bonus point for posting your final 2k list - it can change, but should be a pretty close representation so here are my 500 combat patrol and my 2k final lists (mostly so I can find them again...)

[b]495 Point Combat Patrol[/b]

HQ
Nyarlathoth (Herald - Bolt, Master, Legion, Boon)

Troops
The Denizens of Duonwch (10 Horrors)
Arikham's Scholars (5 Horrors, Bolt)

Elite
The Fires of Madness (3 Flamers)

[b]And my final 2000[/b]
HQ
Dream Eater (Lord of Change, Boon)
Nyarlathoth (Chariot, Bolt, Soul Devourer)
Yellow Horror (Chariot, Bolt, Soul Devourer)

Troops
The Denizens of Duonwch (10 Horrors, Bolt, Changeling)
Arikham's Scholars (5 Horrors, Bolt)
Artists of Piq'an (5 Horrors, Bolt)

Elite
The Fires of Madness (3 Flamers, Bolt)
The Chill of Reason (3 Flamers, Bolt)

Heavy
The Eye (Bolt, Gaze, Boon, Flight, Iron Hide)
The Brain (Bolt, Gaze, Boon, Flight, Iron Hide)
Koko (Bolt, Gaze, Boon, Flight, Iron Hide) ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1136318.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1136318.page GMT
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prime white
thinned down skull white over the whole model
paint leviathan purple wash as carefully as possible in the shaded areas (I may try washing the whole thing and highlighting up in the future)
clean up leviathan purple with watered down skull white
the hair is warlock purple with a careful drybrush/highlight of warlock purple with a little skull white mixed in and then washed with very watered down liche purple
The claws start with liche purple and are then given a wash of badab black - they are then highlighted with liche purple and then a couple more times with different shades of liche purple and skull white added
The gold is tau sept ochre followed by shining gold and then washed with devlan mud and carefully highlighted with shining gold. then I mixed skull white with shining gold and did another careful highlight the final highlight was made from mixing chainmail and shining gold
they eyes were colored pure black (think creepy spider eyes) with a micron pen

the tile is deneb stone for the checks and in the cracks and skull white for the white ones - this might change since the model is so light it kind of gets washed away
the rubble is codex gray drybrushed over chaos black.
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I felt a fear in belly. While I am not a man of deep means, I have always had a roof over my head. I entered my hab and looked around at those personal effects I had gathered over my life. There was the signed third edition copy of Felensender's "By The Light of a Dying Star". Over there was the quill set my auntie had given me upon receiving my commission as a scrivenor. All these things and more no longer seemed to matter to me, my first thought was that perhaps I could sell them and receive some small windfall with which I could rent a hab.

With these thoughts in my mind I collapsed on the bed certain that sleep would elude me in even these last days. This may very well have been the case as events unfolded - ah but I get ahead of myself!

I am not sure how I came to it, but I found myself entering the library of a small Universitet of which I had not before seen. The musty smell of parchment and burning tallow greeted me. Candles burned in ancient candelabras like tiny stars over the wax mountains which had formed beneath them. I confess that there was some strangeness in the light which emanated from the candles - it seemed to paint the patrons of the library with a bluish hue. I know not why I approached one of these solemn figures but when I arrived he looked at me - the dancing candles played a trick upon my eyes and for the merest second I felt that the custodian's amber eyes were doubled one on top of the other! This moment passed however and he handed to me a sheaf of parchment.

I was confused to see the name Bertram von Lingernstein written in fine calligraphy. As you are surely aware, von Lingernstein is the Archivist General! At this point I began to suspect this nocturnal journey no more than a painting on the canvas of an exhausted and overstressed mind. Still, I was curious and began to flip through the pages. Mixed in amongst the prose of what could be no less than a full dossier on the Archivist General were photographs of von Lingernstein in the company of a rakish fellow dressed in fine (though somewhat flamboyant) clothes with a thin power rapier at his belt. A quick glance at the accompanying text informed me that this fellow was Duke Falchas, a Rogue Trader of ill-repute currently in exile for sharing Imperial knowledge with all manner of Xenos! And here were pictures and an accompanying viddisc showing the Archivist General handing over great stacks of documents!

If only this were more than a dream all would be well! I would go to the von Lingernstein and demand that continue my wages and living situation in exchange for my silence! It was then that I began to stir from sleep as the sun shone in between the slats of the blinds of my East-facing window. I was crestfallen and then I noticed, sitting on my end table, a certain file. My nocturnal wandering had been more of a sleepwalking session, apparently! I flipped through the pages and saw that they were exactly as in my "dream"! I must clean up now and make myself presentable, for I have an important meeting with an august personage this morning.[/i]

I began painting my horrors for the Aero Hobbies Tale of Many Gamers. I realized that I have 5 units of 5 and thought that it would be fun to paint a unit of 5 as Blue Horrors - these are the ones I have named "Arikham's Scholars". I actually have 26 horrors, and I need to paint up the Bolt of Tzeentch model for this unit (those will be the serpentine ones made from spawn bits). My thinking on doing 5 of these as well, is that they will make good musicians if I choose to disperse them into the other squads - you know, singing the blues and all that.

Anyway, here they are -

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My paint scheme is pretty basic for the blue horrors -
Mordian Blue base coat
a few different dry brushes and highlights made from mixing skull white into mordian blue
a heavy and mostly undiluted wash of asurmen blue
the eyes are just sunburst yellow with a thinned down baal red wash and then a touch of sunburst yellow
the claws are bleached bone
The mouth/tongue/gums are a basecoat of mechrite red with a blood red highlight and a baal wash
the teeth are pure skull white

The tile on the base is a basecoat of astronomican grey with a badab black wash.
The black tiles are a mix of astronomican grey and chaos black highlighted pretty haphazardly
the white tiles mix of astronomican grey with skull white highlighted pretty heavily
The sand/rubble is chaos black with an astronomican grey drybrush

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I'm loving the blue horrors, can't wait to see the pink ones...

One suggestion... i think I see at least one horror that has another horror climbing out of its mouth. On that sculpt, it would be cool to see the one 'inside' be pink... and vice versa on the pink horrors.

I'll warn again on washing the white model with purple ink and then building up white over it. It will not 'save' time at all... you'll either have to spend a significant amount of time to layer wet skull white over the model and then wait a long time for drying (and possibly not be happy with the 'whiteness'), or you'll get impatient and gloop on some skull white right out of the pot, with predictably undesirable results.

It doesn't really take that long to guide in the wash... and then that last watered down skull white pass is fast and easy, only really focusing on the area near the purple wash.

I've heard about a fateweaver conversion and a tzeentch chariot... when will we get to see those bad boys?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1149708.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1149708.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1150185.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1150185.page GMT
the glowing orange eyes ended up better than I expected them to, to be honest, but I am running with that technique now ;-) if I get some time to play with it I might even try source lighting for glowing eyes.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1156968.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1156968.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1157136.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1157136.page GMT *looks in box of deamon stuff hmmm get out of my head * ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1160986.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1160986.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1161237.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1161237.page GMT
@Antman677 - Good suggestion - I was also thinking of just doing a touch of unwashed sunburst in there, but it will depend on if I can get this first batch of models painted by the deadline :-/

Look for a big update coming at the end of the weekend.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1161410.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1161410.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1161425.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1161425.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1174951.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1174951.page GMT
I finished up a unit of flamers here

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and here is a wip of the Herald on Chariot (the chariot isnt until the next month).

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@tekk - thanks again - the flamers look much better in person, but I wanted to get some pics updated. When I finish this first period of the tale of many gamers I will get some better pics- it is just with the holidays I am kind of on a time crunch to finish the last 11 models...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1184832.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1184832.page GMT ic ic...well even if shep was guiding you...you still painted him up. looking forward to seeing the squad, i really do like the contrast on that blue flamer. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1184889.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1184889.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1185166.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/266295/1185166.page GMT
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Also, Koko has received a boon from Lord Tzeentch via my modeling skillz ;-)

Here is a preview of my next 250 points ;-) It is only koko...

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