Bringing back some undead atmosphere to the Necrons is always good.

Glow effect looks spot on, plus the glowing tubes look great as well!

Thank you for the kind words everyone! These more weathered damaged Necron Warriors are certainly a lot more fun to paint than the old ones, which I've got down pat now.

Time to do the Tyranid scheme on a slightly larger bug! A unit of Barbgaunts, with a 3d printed blast effect on one of the weapons.

Another great looking unit of warriors Gwyn! Must be quite a sizeable force now?

Good start on the nids, the white orange and brown is a classic now

Thanks gobert

I've been enjoying the larger carapace pieces on these guys!

I've not seen nids done quite like that before, they look great

Thanks PaddyMick! I can't take credit, this coconut crab theme was originally devised by Catgut (catbarf on these forums) years ago. I'm not even the only one doing this scheme in my city!

It is a satisfying and surprisingly easy scheme once you get the hang of the dots, though.

Small update: working on the rest of the body:

Bodies pretty much done!

They're looking crabulous!

Seriously good painting on those carapaces!

Yeah, the carapace patterns look awesome, dude!

Looking great Gwyn, catbarf/guts really struck on a great scheme and you’re doing it fantastic justice!

Thanks all!

It's such a fun scheme I'm having a blast.

Got the claws and hooves done. I also turned the brains to a darker purple tinge. Distinguishes them a bit from the other inners/tentacles/exposed muscles. Just need to do the basing and the blast effect I think?

I really like your take on the catbarf coconut crab scheme and, yes, the purple/ pink contrast is excellent.

Thanks graven,

I enjoyed how much more carapace there was on these guys to do.

And now they're done!

Absolutely crabulous!

I love this pain scheme! Nice gaunts of some kind (I can't keep up with all the new tyranid stuff, but they look good).

Lovely little beasties! Nice stuff Gwyn

Awesome nids Gwyn, love that colour scheme. Some great updates since I last peeked in

inmygravenimage wrote:Absolutely crabulous!

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Thanks graven!

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:I love this pain scheme! Nice gaunts of some kind (I can't keep up with all the new tyranid stuff, but they look good).

Thanks Warboss. These are Barbgaunts, which are basically a unit of mortars which slows down the enemy. Don't know if they're competitive but I like the thought of them!

gobert wrote:Lovely little beasties! Nice stuff Gwyn

Thanks Gobert!

Olthannon wrote:Awesome nids Gwyn, love that colour scheme. Some great updates since I last peeked in

Thanks Olthannon! Any other faves?

We're moving back to Necron territory now. Got myself one of those fancy new Translocation Lords. Because moving a block of immortals up to 16" is pretty nice (with a chronomancer).

Amazing job on the nids Gwyn!

I love the Kirby dot effect on those Nids' carapaces. Very simple, but very effective.

The new Lord is really cool, the funky shapes look really great. The Christmas box is tempting because of him…

 Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:


Thanks Warboss. These are Barbgaunts, which are basically a unit of mortars which slows down the enemy. Don't know if they're competitive but I like the thought of them!

Loving the look of your Barbgaunts! I've used the very same set of effects as well; really brings the unit to life.

And honestly I think they are one of my favourite models right now - a decent middle-weight killer and their slowdown effect is neat. Plus they are just fun with how their weapon attacks happen. It's one of those units that's just an excuse to get to throw loads of dice at once.

Not Online!!! wrote:Amazing job on the nids Gwyn!

Thanks Not Online!

JoshInJapan wrote:I love the Kirby dot effect on those Nids' carapaces. Very simple, but very effective.

Thanks Josh! It's definitely not a fast technique for a horde-style Nids army... Maybe I need more big monsters!

gobert wrote:The new Lord is really cool, the funky shapes look really great. The Christmas box is tempting because of him…

For me it's the Void Dragon and the Lychguard/Praetorians that make it tempting. The Overlord and Warriors I would likely sell off (though I think the warriors would take me to 100 warriors or just over which is a fun joke list to bring)

Overread wrote:Loving the look of your Barbgaunts! I've used the very same set of effects as well; really brings the unit to life.

And honestly I think they are one of my favourite models right now - a decent middle-weight killer and their slowdown effect is neat. Plus they are just fun with how their weapon attacks happen. It's one of those units that's just an excuse to get to throw loads of dice at once.

Thanks Overread. Glad to hear they're fun to use on the table as well!

Just working on the green (it is the most interesting part)!

That’s coming along nicely! I managed to resist the battleforces so far, though I might see if I can find the Dark Angels one in my local GW, though it seems the most popular so that’s unlikely. Did you plump for it? A 100 warrior list sounds awesome and would certainly warrant a full Army pic

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll,

Just exalted the Nid spoiler post. Well done.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks all!

This new Overlord was so much fun to paint, what a blast!

Wow, great use of color.

That necron looks amazing. The tyranids are awesome too!

Fun to paint and he looks great too, perfect combo!

Thanks all!

Time to paint a big Tyranid! Lots of carapace to have fun with here.

You must have the patience of a Saint to paint that. Excellent work!

It’s honestly way easier than the horde!

However, we have to do the Great Backpack Swap first.

I recently picked up a pile of Blood Angels characters, but they didn’t feel very Flesh Tearer and had some bits I wanted to use elsewhere. What to do?

First: introducing my kitbashed Sanguinary Guard:



They’re gonna be hanging with Dante most of the time, so clearly his back pack has to match, yes?



Where is his old back pack going? Astorath, who most of the time will be running with Jump Pack Death Company, and so should have a similar backpack:



And where does the big winged jump pack go? Why, a kitbashed Sanguinor based on Bayard’s Revenge, of course (including with Blood Angel pauldrons)

Great looking murder scene...er...diorama there Gwyn!

Great kitbashing Gwyn! I’m hoping Dante stays white, it’s a good look for him

gobert wrote:Great kitbashing Gwyn! I’m hoping Dante stays white, it’s a good look for him

Thanks gobert! He will be staying in white armour, as will the rest of the Sanguinary Guard. However, there may be some blood splatters, because they do still Tear Flesh...

blockade23 wrote:Great looking murder scene...er...diorama there Gwyn!

Thanks blockade! I'm looking forward to fielding him soon.

Screamer-Killer is still on hiatus, as I've started prepping for a small mini-narrative Crusade here.

Leader of my Crusade force is Captain Unen, whose Gravis Armour will allow him to get some nice free strats on my Aggressors (because S10 power fists with +1 to wound on the charge is niiiiiice)




Arms are fully magnetized for all 3 weapon loadouts. Haven't decided yet whether to go with a chainsword or a power fist on him for the Crusade.

That is a tasty red on that cloak.

Glad to hear that Dante and the Sang Guard will be staying white, with Blood Splatter is even better. Nice job on the Captain so far too. Love that Red!

Nice one Gwyn, the cloak looks ace!

Thanks all! I love doing cloaks ngl.

Red part is done and black base coat down.

He’s coming together nicely. Hadn’t spotted the stream of cases being ejected, nice touch

Thanks gobert! The stream of cases is actually stock on the model, surprisingly. Which means there's really no choice but to add a muzzle flash!

Black is done, so the main armour is left. Next we get to just fly through the details. It's always hardest for me psychologically to get the armour done, the details are the fun part!

This guy isn't as clean as my last few Flesh Tearer units, not sure if I lost my touch... But I am very happy with the cloak!

Lovely blending there.

Thanks Graven!

Weapons done!