Yes, well.... that will come to an abrupt halt soon enough. But not quite yet. Adepticon planning is beginning and that'll result in a number of new projects undoubtedly... as well as my last 3 outstanding GMS marines and finishing up my LoTD squad.
But... have some crons and Nids to paint first. Gotta take care of my boys you know...
Right ya bunch of whinge bags, I've studiously been attacking howdah like a crazy four year old (or should that be with a 4 yr old?) and it's pretty much done bar crew and crates:
Much happier with the scrap cannon than the light.
Probably need a roof hatch too.
I plan to have barrels etc hanging off the back, also.
Meanwhile, beastie has a big gun:
Need to add details to the sponsons. Head blade looked really silly, in the end. I plan still to have a piñata hanging off the gun.
Assembled, in situ:
And finally:
C&C&C?
No, I don't know what 3rd C is either,
Graven
Love the howdah graven, properly Orky! Although, just from the first few pics, combined with your hand position, all i want to do it say 'add wings = dakkajet'....
@ gits: ok, I see where you coming from, I could maybe use a russ track guard upside down at the front middle (between the 2 shootaz)?
@ Reiko: I live to give. I haven't decided if the wings would be a permanent addition though. I'd really need a couple of big pistons.
Yeah... I mean it's buried in there so it doesn't have to be fancy... but the gun just ending there up against the squiggoth's back is very incongruous.
If I can find the extra pistons left over from the defiler I might just do it! On the subject of the BFG, what about ammo panniers either side of the mount?
Not sure what an ammo pannier is... but yes, that helps a lot. You could even have a grot head or two poking out from the gap as if they were making sure everything stayed running smoothly & it would be a nice accent to boot.
Thanks mate, my broad aim is for battered yellow with red triangles and green accents (sticking with the Mexican theme). Next job is to starting positioning grots and Ork crew (8 for a gargantua isn't it?)
Automatically Appended Next Post: Goddamn you Reiko...
Thanks for continuing support gang. Not getting much done: kids are a bit out of whack and not settling well at night which is eating my p&m time. Hope to have some more welshmen made ready for big game of saga (well, 6 pts...) on Tuesday. Not painted mind, but if I can get 8 cavalry built I'm there.
So, in the meantime, some Orks in sombreros:
There will be a chain running from the Squiggoth's mouth up to the warboss. Not sure what to do with the boss pole, and I'm debating ponchos. Plasticard and gs both have possibilities, but limitations also.
Hopefully a better view of the terkiller!
So, I hope that'll tide y'all over. Thoughts on ponchos etc would be muchas appreciatedas.
Banditorks looking great, do say there's going to be a trio of mariachi players
For poncho's I'd try doing them in two halves - front/back or possibly left/right depending on the pose? Roll the gs thin onto a sheet of plastic (ziploc bag type stuff) and cut the shapes out through the gs and the plastic. Apply it with the plastic 'backing' still in place and you can manipulate it without pushing it out of shape too much, helps a little with the hang of the cloth too.
Heh, that almost made it sound like it's a daily ocurence. Should point out I've never tried a poncho and I'm basing that whole premise on my experience with one greatcoat experiment
Or maybe heating up very thin templates cut from plasticard? Tricky working with plastic molten enough to drape convincingly though.
@mt: some cool ideas there, I shall have a think and a play. And yes, there is a mariachi band planned. Rhere tou go again, stealing ideas out of my brain... Snotling with double bass, anyone? They're planned for one of the wings.
@bigfish: a pleasure to have you aboard sir, and thanks for kind comments!
@reiko: I'd love to take credit for the terkiller but it's part of the Kromlech accesories with the heads, as are the maracas. There will also be bottles of Korona kicking about, which are from black cat bases (great stuff btw, and they send you obe of 7 different 28mm cats free with every order) - same folk I got the tiny cowboy hats for my Confederate grots from.
inmygravenimage wrote: @reiko: I'd love to take credit for the terkiller but it's part of the Kromlech accesories with the heads, as are the maracas. There will also be bottles of Korona kicking about, which are from black cat bases (great stuff btw, and they send you obe of 7 different 28mm cats free with every order) - same folk I got the tiny cowboy hats for my Confederate grots from.
Good on you for 'owning up' as it were...they are really well done though, and well incorporated into your Orks.
Really? 7 cats? Thats pretty awesome straight off the bat
@ gits: are you saying I should give one a mask? I was thinking of doing the runt's ammo as crayons, but no-one get my bad puns.
@ mt: ole. No, wait, oh-lay. It's spelled ole, see? And no I will not be doing an ed209 dread as a taco stand.
Hey guys.
Back at work 4 weeks - haven't picked up a brush. Really need to get my paint stick on. However.
My garage - spray space, mini storage, as well as mundane stuff - is collapsing. So I have limited facilities and a spiralling bill (£2-3k just now, which is better than £20/30k, but still) - yay, RL. Seriously considering changing my username to middleagedrage (told my boss this, he suggested middleagedmiddleclassrage )
Aaaaaaanyway. Hence the lack of any meaningful progress - doesn't excuse my low post rate around dakka, that's more down to general exhaustion.
Sorry for the moan. I shall attempt to get my act together.
In other news, did get a couple of games of saga in against erithromycin. Wow, what a game it is. The battle board mechanic is fascinating and really deep strategically. I recommend it very highly indeed. I did get trounced but it was enormously impressive and fun as fun thing covered in fun.
Having just survived a week and a half with two girls with Chickenpox I can understand exhaustion!
Don't stress out about Dakka posts bud, you will get to it when you can.
Okay Mexican Orks on the back of the Tarascus awesome. The Grot Mriarchi band is a brilliant touch by the way. I take it there's going to be a big fight between them and the Defilorks at the Alamork?
@mt: cheers mate, and trust me my moans are very odd don't get me started on granola...
@bh: ack, been there, currently it's tonsillitis tennis between my two.
@llamahead: thanks buddy, I know your love of converting all things confrontation so glad you approve. As for the Alamo, well, my Sanctum Sororitas and RoB are set for an almighty shindig indeed if I can get my act together.
Secretly though I'm thinking how to do ork gyrocopters from black reach with dark eldar sails...
^ also a plan, though I have aobr copters kicking about. Oh, I got a layer of wash down on 21 gk termies today, flesh tones on about a dozen paladins, all of which is progress, and a further stone layer on my ghost knights. AND found mariachi snotling! Yay, progress.
I wanted to post this as an entry in graven's competition even though a last minute work trip will prevent me from finishing it in time. This is a Mantis Warrior Deathwatch scout, just in the build stage... no paint.
It struck me that a scout specifically recruited into the Deathwatch would probably have a special skill of some sort, not just a run-of-the-mill half trained newbie goob. So, really the only scout specialists (out of the vanilla dex) are snipers. My Mantis Warriors have some notoriety for their snipers... specifically the Tranquility Snipers of legend. So, doing a MW Deathwatch scout as a sniper is kind of a natural. Then I started thinking about the utter stupidity of the reality of 40k snipers. Instead of "one shot, one kill", it's more like "12 shots, one kill" (for a marine opponent). Those kinds of odds would never fly for an elite sniper in a chapter known for it's snipers.
With that as the background, I humbly offer my unofficial entry into graven's Deathwatch competition... "One Shot, One Kill"
Spoiler:
Yes, he's smiling, has a cigar & is giving the . And yes... that gun IS what it looks like!
inmygravenimage wrote:Hey guys.
Back at work 4 weeks - haven't picked up a brush. Really need to get my paint stick on. However.
My garage - spray space, mini storage, as well as mundane stuff - is collapsing. So I have limited facilities and a spiralling bill (£2-3k just now, which is better than £20/30k, but still) - yay, RL. Seriously considering changing my username to middleagedrage (told my boss this, he suggested middleagedmiddleclassrage )
Aaaaaaanyway. Hence the lack of any meaningful progress - doesn't excuse my low post rate around dakka, that's more down to general exhaustion.
Sorry for the moan. I shall attempt to get my act together.
In other news, did get a couple of games of saga in against erithromycin. Wow, what a game it is. The battle board mechanic is fascinating and really deep strategically. I recommend it very highly indeed. I did get trounced but it was enormously impressive and fun as fun thing covered in fun.
Aww bad times graven (and terribly late response from me ) Hope you get it all sorted mate.
middleagedrage is an EXCELLENT handle however, may steal that later in life, midtwentiesrage doesnt have quite the same ring to it...
Gitsplitta wrote:I wanted to post this as an entry in graven's competition even though a last minute work trip will prevent me from finishing it in time. This is a Mantis Warrior Deathwatch scout, just in the build stage... no paint.
It struck me that a scout specifically recruited into the Deathwatch would probably have a special skill of some sort, not just a run-of-the-mill half trained newbie goob. So, really the only scout specialists (out of the vanilla dex) are snipers. My Mantis Warriors have some notoriety for their snipers... specifically the Tranquility Snipers of legend. So, doing a MW Deathwatch scout as a sniper is kind of a natural.
Then I started thinking about the utter stupidity of the reality of 40k snipers. Instead of "one shot, one kill", it's more like "12 shots, one kill" (for a marine opponent). Those kinds of odds would never fly for an elite sniper in a chapter known for it's snipers.
With that as the background, I humbly offer my unofficial entry into graven's Deathwatch competition... "One Shot, One Kill"
Spoiler:
Yes, he's smiling, has a cigar & is giving the . And yes... that gun IS what it looks like!
inmygravenimage wrote: It is a gloriously ridiculous gun. Positively orky, actually, in it's ridiculousness. Can't think why that's fitting for gits ...
It's the *hit-eating grin & the stogie in combination with the thumbs up that makes it work. I could have him holding a Lehman Russ instead of the las cannon and it'd still look OK.
I've managed to get some actual paint onto models, and am fairly pleased with the results. Mordrak is still very wip, and there's another squad and a half of tagk at this same stage:
Ridiculously proud of the fact the daemon's head has the impression of the hammer in it.
Might even try to freehand a baroque =][= on the cloak.
Might.
And the ghost knights. Essentially weeping angel scheme, but with green eyes and weapons. Pics are bit dark, sorry, lamp blew and haven't yet managed to discreetly thieve wife's old light tent.
The old kendo gks are hands down one of my favourite gw digs ever. They're actually pretty close to being done, really it's just going to be a case of dulling down, and then highlighting up, the bases. Want to keep these pretty simple.
Nice comparison hopefully of old and new. I wanted the ghost knights to show the spread of tagk that would've been the core of the monasteries defence.
Love the old figs! The "regular" librarian style gks have really grown on me, actually.
And a paladin (deceased) and fusion-fig of lots eras.
So yeah, paint.
Hopefully there will soon be more! C&C me if you're so minded,
Graven
@gits: well, I've decided that if I can get my various tagk done, I can paint something else for a bit. Maybe some SoB for retinues/allies. It also means I can finally finish the Corpses of Chaos
@ Reiko: fair point, although they are lighter in rl. Actually like it as a gk scheme generally!
Hopefully not being able to prime stuff means I can get on with actual painting. We'll see
I also love those old GK, they were awesome. They looked great with other Termie arms too.
A favourite of mine was one who I'd given a pair of lightning claws and painted black/grey - bad-ass termininja
Cheers gang! And fair point S_L they could do with a bit more pop.
Got the base reds done on another 7 tagk tonight, along with a gk techmarine. I considered taking up the ones I'd already done up a level with orange because I'm not crazy about block painting. But, I figure that it's worth getting all the base colours down on the lot and moving on from there.
All reds done, all washed sepia. I've also started to block in colours on the 4 corpses of chaos that are on base already - a 1k son, Pink horror leader, Death Guard (that will be green, but I'm starting with a desert yellow base) and Skulltaker. You can also make out the Fallen Angel, BlackHand, Reaper, Violator and Horned Locust off to the right (it's a pretty big image, fairly zoomable).
Next up is golds on insignia, greens on books (mostly), and blues on psycannons. But, more importantly, this is progress!
Thanks chaps. And that big bottle of artist's grey you might be able to make out back left is great for urban terrain, it's fairly thin but drybrushes really well.
Thanks mate.
Bit of delay to progress - wife ill, kid 1 sick, parents set to invade, garage at least 50% more £s - fun times!
Meanwhilenerdfest09 is sponsoring a "Squad Leader" painting competition! The prize is the first-ever "Golden Bathtub" award (inspired by a photo that was so, so wrong) Here's the link: Nerdfest's Squad Leader painting competition. Do go join in the party!
Thanks for the votes of confidence guys! Long weekend, but parents invading. RL headaches elicit my rage, middle aged or otherwise. Still, got some work done on my assassins, and need to finish building Welshmen for Tuesday. Also sorely tempted to convert my scratch built baneblade into a fell blade...
Anyway, Deathwatch Comp results are up over here:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/270/464389.page#top
Not much progress, but found the time to finish off 3 of my kitbash assassins. Also been building Welshmen (Welshmen -Assemble!) and will try to take proper pics of them.
Eversor:
Vindicare:
And Callidus:
Better pics will follow when I do the Callidus! At least it proves I'm Alive!
I'll have you know this the grimdark photography of tomorrow...
Obviously I meant better pics to follow when I've done the Culexus. Clearly, I am a bit drunk on roast lamb.
Ahhh, that would explain it then. It was the mix of the giant pink fingers and the grimdark style that was throwing me off. Never should have doubted you
And are you sure it was the lamb and not the whiskey you put in the oven then?
Whisky was last night, single malt Islay Bruclaiddich Organic. Just wine tonight. God, I drink so much more when my parents stay! We went through 3 bottles of wine last night, as well as the uisge beatha.
Incidentally, also got the grey layer done on my base gravel for the remaining TAGK. That is a huge step as I can start building up the remaining colours and add the corpses too.
Many, many, many bits here, Mordheim, Brass etch, pistoliers cloak, Chapterhouse pad... And a really big gun.
Had my first victorious game of SAGA with my mighty Welshmen.
Army List:
Mounted Warlord with Javelin
Hearthguard with Javelins
Mounted Warriors with Javelins
Mounted Warriors with Javelins
Warriors with Javelins
Levy with Bows
Levy with Bows
In SAGA, all units are standard (1pt=4 Hearthguard/8 warriors/12 levy); games are played at 6 pts (warlords are free). Welsh get javelins and choice to mount troops. My opponent was Vikings:
Vikings are, as you'd imagine, very aggressive; Welsh the exact opposite. My successful strategy consisted of sitting in a bog with all my foot troops for most of the game, taking pot shots and hiding, whilst harrying and drawing out his troops with cavalry. It's a fantastic game: Welsh are so mind-bending to play, because you have to draw your opponent to you constantly, without engaging - really sneaky, and very patient. Love it. Check out Gripping Beast's website, and get yourselves some Dark Age love!
Looking good graven, i like the little wings! looking forward to seeing some more paint on him
You know, i have been looking through your old posts to try and see what game the Welshman were for and couldnt find it...Dark Age SAGA, right! Google here i come...
Congrats on the win, it sounds like a lot of fun as well! Its always good to try out a different play style as well (in comparison to, say, GK), gets you used to knowing what to expect from an opposing force...know your enemy and all that...
Thanks mate. Yeah, it's a belter of a game. We had a couple of other mates watching and neither of them really mini fans - Heroclix cos they're a comic couple, more ccg/Rpg (marrieds that are part of my regular Rpg group, in fact). They - especially she - loved it. As she said, as a non wargamer, it was an incredibly accessible rulebook and a really fascinating, exciting game to watch. The game's core mechanic is the Battle Boards, where you roll dice and place them for in-turn effects. Also, every faction basically can double up as another (eg I could run my Welsh as Scots, erithromycin could run his Vikings as Jormsviking). Double the fun!
In other news, I've added bright reds and another layer of whites to 8 tagk, which I'm aiming to now just work on till they're done. Got a wee boost doing 4, and feel like working to the end of them. Nice to be working for the fun of the thing - I mean, why else do it?
No worries dude. It sounds it! i always think thats a sign of a good game, when a non-wargaming person (or couple in this case) gets drawn in...I have to say that im intrigued as well (not that my wallet can deal with me starting a new game, ive just started Infinity.... ), accessible, well written rules is always a good start as well (looking at you for the opposite GW...). ooo, doubling up, sweet!
Just had a look at the website, and i dont know if its because of my old, OLD browser (work, IE6....*sigh*), but it seems a bit all over the place...will have to look again when i get home i think to make more sense of it...
Thats the best way, do it when you enjoy it....looking forward to seeing the finished product!
Website is guff. Rules are gorgeous though, and if you're wanting to save money you can always use paper minis - Arion Games Vikings and Normans are particularly good!
inmygravenimage wrote: Website is guff. Rules are gorgeous though, and if you're wanting to save money you can always use paper minis - Arion Games Vikings and Normans are particularly good!
Thats the impression i got, couldnt even find a list of the races, let alone the rules or anything...
yeah? I will have to check them out, that sound slike a pretty good way to get into a game (of course, not having any friends that play miniature games doesnt help at all...), thanks graven!
A core mechanic is fatigue: a little like pushing in Heroclix, basically taking extra actions (limited by rank); in combat, your opponent can spend your fatigue to give themselves advantages.
Base set factions are:
Vikings: very aggressive, use fatigue to get extra attacks
Anglo-Danes: axes, extra attacks for lower armour
Normans: cavalry, long range crossbows, fatigue opponents
Welsh: cavalry, javelins on everything, low armour.
Northern Fury adds
Jormsviking: aggressive, give opponents bonuses to get bonuses for yourself
Anglo-Saxon: Danes but with more fatigue manipulation.
Scots: Counter-attack based
Bretons: very light cavalry, very fast
And the standalone set is Skraelings (American Indian) which basically steal abilities off your opponent's board.
I really should write this up as an article! I also need to make some marshes (terrain setup rules are interesting, semi-random, scenario based) - they're good terrain as welsh have ignore terrain penalties as their core battle board ability.
Hmm, now thats a concept i hadnt thought of, fatigue as a core mechanic..i like it! Thats really quite sneakily clever...
Thanks for the run down of the factions as well, makes a bit more sense looking at the website (i know, i know, i should have given up the first time... )
You should write it up as an article! Or maybe a 'Welcome to SAGA' Thread in the Misc. Miniature Games Forum (if it isnt covered by the 'Historical Gaming' Forum, im not sure....), would be a great addition im sure!
O and....i had never heard of Heroclix until now... but i like the idea of Heroes as minis, thats pretty damn cool!
graven - I've just spent the last 3 hours of my shift catching up with your work. Amazing as usual mate. I'm particularly enjoying the GK's. And Mrs Delicious' cakes.
First up the Librarian:
I do love this model. I've tried to go a bit more glow-y than usual; successful or no?
Closer:
And reverse:
Glad I went for the blue pad at the last minute.
Anyway, onto the good stuff (well, ish):
Bannerman:
And a close up for the BlackHand corpse:
Mr Choppy:
GK vs horror - I assumed it's pink, or at least it is now (mind you that would be very Tzeentch, wouldn't it, a Pink Blue horror just to confuse us?)
GK vs Death Guard - love that techy torso for Nurgleys
Death to Mabrothrax!
Very pleased with quartered shield too, though the pic's not great of that.
I just like this guy's paladin icon:
A very special one this, the first I finished - the doomed Horned Locust, fallen Mantis Warrior
I like the glow on the libby, muted, but it does come out on the model that he is glowing, colour me impressed
As to the others, i cant wait to see the whole Chaos-destroying squad all together...
EDIT: Aww i forgot my marine....love the pose, looks like hes just taken his head off and is about to bash his corpse for getting its head stuck on his halberd...
Hmm, no cake? No space-horse? I feel the quality of this thread is decreasing
Nice glow on the libby, think that's just the right level for your paint style - certainly with these guys
Others all looking good, stand outs are banner man, mabrothrax-killer and yellow-horror-through-a-red-lens killer. Have you considered a red wash around the very edge of the marines face where it comes off the Arnie skull?
Obviously that's not including the horned locust guy, who is just plain awesome, both for the great locust marine and the way the gk has killed him and just moved on.
Revenent Reiko wrote:Very pleasant viewing, looking good graven!
I like the glow on the libby, muted, but it does come out on the model that he is glowing, colour me impressed
As to the others, i cant wait to see the whole Chaos-destroying squad all together...
EDIT: Aww i forgot my marine....love the pose, looks like hes just taken his head off and is about to bash his corpse for getting its head stuck on his halberd...
Glad you liked so much. I shall have to get on with the rest I suppose... Oh, and glad you approve of your decapitation!
monkeytroll wrote:Hmm, no cake? No space-horse? I feel the quality of this thread is decreasing
Nice glow on the libby, think that's just the right level for your paint style - certainly with these guys
Others all looking good, stand outs are banner man, mabrothrax-killer and yellow-horror-through-a-red-lens killer. Have you considered a red wash around the very edge of the marines face where it comes off the Arnie skull?
Obviously that's not including the horned locust guy, who is just plain awesome, both for the great locust marine and the way the gk has killed him and just moved on.
Good call on the red wash. I like that a lot. I apologise for failing you once again in other regards, like Starscream to your Megatron...
Really need to crack on - it's very satisfying to see an army unfold in full.
Also - Whoops, missed one!
No horse though. Ah well.
Found the Culexus, yay! He was hiding. Cheeky assassin.
And a further wip for nerdfest's comp:
I'm thinking of adding some weeping angel allies, possibly counts as dc although that feels a bit beardy. Thoughts?
Damn kid's been in bits box again:
It's like a Dalek and old falcon grav tank made sweet mechanical love.
And some wip progress, hopefully starting to become a bit more apparent where I'm aiming with this. Much more shading and highlighting than usual, but the basic scheme is my usual.
Automatically Appended Next Post: @GiraffeX: heresy! I'd send assassin after you if I could find them again!
eldartau1987 wrote:In the grimdark of the future there is only, PSYLENCER!!!!!!!
He looks good. Even more so now that he has paint!
Keep it up!
Yeah, the more I look the more l like the sheer daftness of it, seems very setting appropriate. I might switch the sword hand for another though, just for a bit more wow.
New/better pics:
evildrcheese wrote:The Culexus looks really cool! Great job.
That crazy tank thing made me chuckle, I love the idea of a giant flail on a grav tank, must be a swine to steer in a straight line.
D
Fly me closer that I might hit it with my flail!
Yeah he's cute isn't he? My local gw had him on their fb for a while which made very happy graven.
The only thing that bothers me about the model is not the pose or anything but the size of the cannon. Psilencers are cool and all but for some reason it does not sit all that well with me.
@ Miss Dee: now I just need some cubes... @Solar_Lion: cheers mate! @eldartau: I do take your point, it is rather ott! But, such is grimdark. @mt: quite so and yeah, the boy's a nutter after your heart, eh?
Not content with your most generous comments, I felt the sword was a bit... conventional. Some rummaging and fiddling and I came up with this: Lettering down it will say Psilence, I suspect
Oh and mrs graven is up to something... Yes, that's a led with micro battery in the top. And yes, it's a cake.
Nice! The 'im a special sword, honest' sword definitely is better, much as i thought the original was good...
Mmmm CAKE! (your doing it again graven, you know this doesnt end well... ) LEDs? impressed! The best my mum did (as another cake maker) was to make a cake with a giant zit on it (for a Dermatologist no less) then, when you pinched the zit, it was filled with custard!!
Hmm, im not convinced, by the pose he is shooting it out with one enemy, while going to decapitate another, so he wouldnt be holding the head....yet
I would almost have said, reverse the sword hand, and have the head piercing the head on the floor, as if he is shooting in one direction, while finishing off a floored enemy in the other....but the base isnt big enough...
I do, however, see exactly where you are going with it...
If you are looking for something else to help balance the left side of the model, maybe get some purity seals going on the sword? Could have them all going in the same direction so that it gives the illusion of movement (obviously) as if he is gonig for the sweep...i dont know how to incorporate the head into that though....sorry.
I dunno, I can imagine a fearsome battle cry of "Who's next then?"! It's okay, I'm not sold on the head either yet. The floor is a big drippy khorne icon (icing?) rather than a corpse. Played with adding some purity seals of various lengths, just ended up looking like streamers I have added one drained across the back of the psilencer itself though. I think he's probably busy enough, and I need to know when to stop!
monkeytroll wrote:He should be holding two cream eclairs in one hand with a chlsea bun in his mouth whilst kicking a scone.
Uhh, demon heads, csm head and greater demon in the balls, that's what I meant to say.
I like this idea....
inmygravenimage wrote:I dunno, I can imagine a fearsome battle cry of "Who's next then?"! It's okay, I'm not sold on the head either yet. The floor is a big drippy khorne icon (icing?) rather than a corpse. Played with adding some purity seals of various lengths, just ended up looking like streamers I have added one drained across the back of the psilencer itself though. I think he's probably busy enough, and I need to know when to stop!
Good point, i can see that too! Im just trying to imagine his movements and how the sword would end up on that side of his body without his hand being upside down....Ahh, i wondered what it was (i can tell its going to look good, but not exactly what it is...).
Streamers? well that is kind of what i was thinking....near the hilt only of course, but to give the left side of the model some bulk that doesnt detract from the excellent blade or the rest of the model...he is a bit busy though, you may well be right...
Well, we'll see about the streamers Soubds like a nix on the head.
Oh, and we considered putting the cake on a mirror tile so it DID seem bigger on the inside...
Epic thinking graven...mirrors, is this the answer all DW fans have been looking for?!
EDIT: Just to clarify, im not against the daemon head in the hand, just worried it puts quite a lot of the model all on one side....and i cant help but think about the various poses and how the model would have gotten there...
4 layers of Madeira fillies with jam and butter cream, dark chocolate ganache and a Rice Krispie cake roof? I should coco
Hopefully you can see the light a bit better here.
Wife is indeed very talented. She's the one who actually did art at school (her, the microbiologist).
I think the head is just a wee bit much - not fussed about over kill but I just don't think it needs it. I am thinking seriously about the streamers though, and how best to approach them, possibly in the style of the gk halberd that has hundreds of the bloody things. Coiling round his hand could be cool too though. Or. Possibly. Chain?
Mmmmmm, that sounds pretty amazing....im glad ive just eaten, otherwise id be running downstairs to find something sweet to sate my hunger! The light is impressive (dont forget to take the wires and things out before you cut into the cake..been there, done that, didnt go well... )
Theres some art (somewhere) of a sword/halberd/some weapon covered in sweeping purity seals, that looks amazing (which is what i was thinking of when i saw him 'going for the swing' as it were), been trying to find it and...well, cant...
Light has a battery contained within the case; dissected from a light-up kids' balloon.
Right, for the record, I loathe working with brass etch!
Note the ribbons, reiko
I'm chuffed the sword's getting a lot of love. It was a PITA to do! Wife is concerned that scenic looks silly next to figure now though - valid, or womanly folly? Her and her proportions...
Automatically Appended Next Post: Also, I realise I never put up a pic of the blade's reverse:
As it should get a lot! The Inq symbol balances well on the back as well, but....is that a chip i see in the sword blade? Its fine so long as its brought out in the paint job
silly how? i still think it gives a good background to the figure....but i may be wrong
Thanks mr. Yeah, that chip is there and will have attention drawn to it in the paintjob, hopefully.
So, first up, I now have the new sword arm up to where the rest of the build is, as well as adding some more seals, flesh tones and blue for basing the glow on the psilencer off.
Also, I had a request from Skalk Bloodaxe to provide some more up to date pics of my Sanctum Sororitas, which I've done, and has got me thinking about finishing it off.
There's some zenithal shading here, although I'm not sure how obvious it is!
And then I thought well, as long as I'm updating old stuff, I should look at my retinues:
And hey, my =][= could do with their next layer:
Or even some colour:
Who knows, maybe I'll even finish something at some point?
Automatically Appended Next Post: (Also, apologies for dreadful last pix!)
Need camera with batteries that hasn't been stolen for baking! Actually, even though I never thought it would be a factor, it's enough to make me consider switching to an iPhone 4 (or even a 5...) just for sake of handy, half-decent pics!
I just bought a brand new Nikon D3100 for $500 US (and that's just from the store, you could probably find it cheaper on the internets). Fantastic camera, comes with a lens that can take macro shots (all my latest shots have been with it). Does all kinds of other, great "camera" stuff (been taking pictures of Thing 1 & 2 at track and soccer games as the auto-focus will track moving objects, taking pics for work, etc.). It even takes videos I think.
That's what... 350.00 ish in pounds sterling? You might be better off buying a real camera rather than another phone.
Better pics of the Sanctum Sororitas firstly: That's a chaos corpse in there. It's metropolis, who in addition to being a great guy is quite churchy, so was amused at being a corpse in a sort of church (what? I have strange friends. It's good to have a sense of humour about your religion.) It even has his beard.
So then, I thought I'd use the as a backdrop for my pics; if nothing else, it lets me see how my basing style gels with my terrain/board goals. I'll get those up shortly.
... (comes back with tea)
Right, where was I? Oh yes.
Nobody expects the Imperial Inquisition!
Karamazov (bit over exposed, bah)
Hammerstein (bit fuzzy, double bah!)
Hector Rex
Grimdarkius Almost wished I'd saved him to be a Reclusiarch for my Weepers; ah well.
Margar
And Valerya, who breaks one of my golden rules Although it's not obvious at this stage, I'm flesh toning her boobs. I am not a big fan of the pneumatic look in my hobby, but I think it is character appropriate: she will do absolutely anything, use any weapon, in pursuit of the Emperor's enemies.
Some servitors etc:
And some (hopefully) better WIP shots of my competition entry: again, rather over exposed
Second pic for the first two, first pic for the face. All of them for the details
Very nice indeed graven, gorgeous work. Your techniques are really working well together, the dry-brushing, shading and osl all combining to make something that looks like it's stepped out of it's own reality. It all meshes nicely is what I'm getting at Kudos.
congrats on a beautiful model graven, its really all come together for him...I would say the second one for the face, it shows more of the detail on his chest and 'streamers' as well as his face (nice work on that btw!)...
monkeytroll wrote:Second pic for the first two, first pic for the face. All of them for the details
Very nice indeed graven, gorgeous work. Your techniques are really working well together, the dry-brushing, shading and osl all combining to make something that looks like it's stepped out of it's own reality. It all meshes nicely is what I'm getting at Kudos.
Thanks mate, and I agree on pics. I'm sounded to taking hundreds for the wife that I get a bit over excited when I get my camera
Revenent Reiko wrote:Agreed with monkey, he looks excellent!to myself!
As for your comments I know my style of painting is quite idiosyncratic - it works for me but never sure of others' tastes, you know?
congrats on a beautiful model graven, its really all come together for him...I would say the second one for the face, it shows more of the detail on his chest and 'streamers' as well as his face (nice work on that btw!)...
Cant decide on the rest, sorry...
I really, really struggled to get the face snapped well. And I am fully willing to acknowledge your streamer input
Haha i meant you had done great work on the face! But thanks The effort was worth it, even though i can see the issues youve had (with various focus point im guessing?), it came out really well...
And im not saying the streamers dont look excellent as well, cos they do!
- I dig the wings on his back!
- The blue glow on the weapon is top notch, I see lots pf power there
- I feel that the sword hand has a bit to much in terms of parchments
- The close up of the face is pretty awesomesauce
@ reiko: true true. I think a big factor is that I fixed my lamp so have a decent, posable light source, as well as a decent camera, which did ultimately enable the face to work.
@ knightley: I know, where have I seen that before? Getting the balance of osl seems to be about right now, I don't like too much glow but a little really works for me. I know the sword is a bit preposterous but I think I invoke the power of Character Mimi at that point - I think it can get away with it, just about. Really stoked you like his mug as yours are always so characterful. Used a new set of paints for his flesh (VJ Elf, Flat and Pale. As a a set they seem to run nicely.
Hey guys, sory I've been off radar for a few days, work's been a bit crazy. Pesky RL.
Gitsplitta wrote:Oooh... like the turquoise!
Reaper Man 2020 wrote:I like the turquoise too.
VJ MC Turquoise - an amazing colour. Much, much thicker than many of their paints (although that's generally the case with MC range) so has to be thinned, but the coverage is amazing and it's really rich and vibrant, especially over the whitish base.
LeadLegion wrote:Much better photography Graven. Nice work on the lighting effects.
Thanks man. Fixing my lamp has been on my to do list for ages, just never got round to it! And I know that decent mini photography (or lack thereof) is your bete noir.
weetyskemian44 wrote:Wow you have definitely upped your painting skills recently. This lastest mob look delightfully gothic.and dark.
That's a serious compliment coming from someone of your talents and I was definitely inspired by your methods - we seem in some ways to have similar philosophy about bases and washes, and you have proven time and again that an idiosyncratic approach to painting is no bad thing.
weetyskemian44 wrote: Amazing cakes too. With those same skills plus a kiln she could be a ceramic sculptor.
Automatically Appended Next Post: For that matter maybe I should make more cakes.
Reaper Man 2020 wrote:I like the turquoise too. Tell Mrs Graven the Tardis is awesome!
Yeah, she's very talented. My mother, who used to do a lot of ceramics, has made the same observation, worryingly enough. Currently she's planning what to do for #1's birthday: I suspect some form of transformer cake with functioning eyes/headlights.
About all I've had the time to do is put together a composite shot for the competition:
Still, I'm off next week, so might get some odds and ends done. Possibly more on various Hereticus WIPs, as they're quite fun and actually don't need a huge amount of work (metals, highlights on cloth, bit of general tidying), although knowing me I'll probably get (a) side-tracked and (b) distracted by tiny details.
A wee bit big maybe? Only way I could show the very subtle osl orange though. Chapterhouse shoulder pad, an absolute beauty. Having spent about 3 hrs making the composite manually the wife said "oh, you've been using my picasa then?" um, nope...
I would have said a bit small weirdly....it took me a moment to work out what it was a shot of, and its noticeably smaller than the other parts of the composite. I know exaclty where you are coming from, as the subtle OSL is rather beautifully done, so it does deserve its own special place, trying to think of a way to do it..(that you havent already thought of )
Ahh thats where its from! Its gorgeous, it really is, great use of it too graven!
Noooo that must have been a kick in the unmentionables...
2 questions: 1. My local hobbycraft still has da vet sets for £15 - sorely tempted to pick them up to cannibalise, but I do have all the pagk in the world now!
2. I'm sorely tempted to rebuild my mentors as weepers, still. Is this an idiotic idea that I'm going to really regret down the line?
And one other thing: 1st stage metals (brass) and highlights on turq (60/40 with VJ Pale Flesh, then ~30/70 the other way).
Added some verdigris to the sanctum, and tidied up the sobs too. Done the lenses black gloss, going to experiment with dark gem methods *gulp* This is also a photo experiment, camera phone with repaired lamp. Opinions? Obviously not as good as camera pics but passable, at least for quick wip shots, I think.
Yeah man, passable shots! a hint when taking with your phone camera is to grab a blob of Blu-Tac to rest it on while you shoot pics, stops the shaky shaky we often get :-)
and I'm liking that shrine! I'm painting one as well and they're a big bit of kit to paint with a bunch of details you dont see until it's damn well in front of you and you want to finish it grrr! ...... yours is looking good! :-)
@nf - ta! I'm not attempting anything as ambitious as your magnificent marbling. But I know what you mean about all the detailing. I've also added lots of tube and and H beams (kids' balloon sticks - cheap and easily stolen ) Btw those shrine-plaques off the bastion are a good size for doors on this bad boy.
@mt - yeah, still early days. Hair needs washed (as it were) and more dusty drybrushing. Verdigris likewise, need to get of bestial brown equivalent into the mix (helps round out the colours I find) and of course some copper. Other metal tones'll make into the mix too, especially some more green. Once I'm happy with the combination of colour I'll break out the detailing on the banners, panels etc.
Automatically Appended Next Post: @ Briancj - true. I actually have another 4 lamps, burg they're so far away across the kitchen...
Looks great Graven! Is that the sun reflected in the background? Is that allowed in the UK? Wait... no, it's just a picture on a box. That makes more sense.
The new batch of models looks great! I do like the tourquise and your metals are awesome. As far as a repaint goes, I would say that if you feel that you really want to do it go for it but right now I am in the middle of one and really hate myself for it!
Yup, re-paints are never great. It feels like losing ground. I'm not so much re-painting my Imp Guard at the moment as advancing their quality by adding a few more highlighting layers to the flesh and textiles and re-painting their body armour.
If you really want to do more work on already painted models, it's a lot better for your sanity, motivation and patience to simply add a few more stages to the existing paint job rather than re-do them altogether.
2. I'm sorely tempted to rebuild my mentors as weepers, still. Is this an idiotic idea that I'm going to really regret down the line?
Redoing an army is something that can seriously go either way. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. Knightley and Skalk are two folk here that have pretty much redone stuff up to a top notch so clearly they're positive examples for it.
I just cheated with my re-do of my Iron Warriors. Stripped what I could bare and incorporated bits and pieces of them into the Blighted Brigade (guess where the Vindicator went) and the Extinction Angels.
Now my actual Death Guard/Apostles of Contagion? All FW stuff though that may change shortly enough and yes, some old Terminators from my Blighted Brigade might migrate over (as Obliterators!).
Go with your gut. If you feel you can do them justice then do it. If not then perhaps keeping them as is for the sake of nostalgia?
Yeah, it's a tough call. Obviously I put a lot of work into the design of them etc, made god knows how many owl insignias etc., yet I find it very difficult to motivate myself to paint them. Nevertheless, it's a bit of a leap from that to rebuilding. Some things that I'd want to incorporate - eg using teleporter packs as jump packs so they can Blink - are already built. Ach, I dunno *shrug*
So back from holidays, and lovely they were. As a family break in Scotland, I recommend Crieff Hydro very highly.
Karamazov.
Wife commented he could use more blood spatter around the base, and then realised she was thinking like a gamer she's right of course. Still needs his Alpha Legion corpse, naturally other than that, and some text on his groin scroll, not sure what more needs done without being OTT?
Grimdarkius:
First stage reds and purples added. I do love this chap.
This guy needs a new name. Any suggestions?
Similar stage to Grimdarkius. Liking his skin tone, hair next.
Thanks buddy. I was going for some variety there, there's just so damn many scrolls - and a whitish paint scheme anyway - had to try to stop them blending together.
I also am feeling very time-pressed - Mrs G has been a caking, leaving me with 2 increasingly frustrated hyper kids, and my "break" amounted to a scattered and disrupted half hour *sigh* not their fault really, but hard graft nonetheless.
Anyway, as promised...
I actually rather like the gloss lenses. I may just leave it that way. Missus feels that the turq is starting to look a bit washed out on the sisters. I can see where she's coming from; views?
Incidentally, with all of these, I used 2 lamps. Blame Briancj!
The rationale behind the IG Flamer pack on her was simply I was one short and it worked for the unit leader!
Formerly had a Storm Bolter:
Alas, the shame! I can see grey in that barrel!
Very fond of this mini, face needs work though:
I don't know if I'd ever play SoB, the cost seems prohibitive, but if I ever did I'm fairly sure I'd want plenty o' meltas.
Not sure if the hair colour is a bit too plumy?
This young lady's inside thigh needs a bit of attention:
I do rather like this scheme for SoB although I wonder if it's not better suited to power armoured man-dolls.
More inattentive thigh!
I wonder if perhaps they're suffering from being block painted, when there's such a level of detail on their lovely metal surfaces. I think that, when it comes to tidying them, I suspect I should focus on them individually (like the =][=s) rather than as a unit.
Of course, they are still wip, though.
Nonetheless, sloppy edging of cloth
And a mould line to finish. Yay. Wow, these look gak in hi-def :(
And the Sanctum, which progresses apace-ish:
Hmm. Feeling a bit down on these now. Perhaps should go back to my gks, though I have enjoyed the variation sob offered. Might be as well seeing them through just now and that'll gee me up a bit. #1 wants to do some tank building tomorrow so stuff may emerge from the big box o'doom!
Adios muchachos (or as my nurgle phone tries to autocorrect to, mucus cups),
Graven
Life lessons from graven: don't give mucus cups as farewel gifts, spend more attention on lady's inner thighs - these will serve you well young padawan....
Sister's turquoise is at the edge of fadyness (that is so a word, you just haven't come across it before), prsonally I think they're good as is, but Gits may have it with a more vibrant shadow (no fence sitting around here, oh no ).
Loving the colours on the scrolls, but I feel the text on the servitor and Inquisitor Bob isn't as good as say Grimdarkus.
Think you've cracked it with karamazov and his EZ-Boy recliner, just some splatter, text and a corpse - that'll do nicely
Sanctum still looking impressive, and are those some 54mm historicals I spy on the shelf?
It's all looking good bud, and progressing nicely - which is the main thing
monkeytroll wrote: Life lessons from graven: don't give mucus cups as farewel gifts, spend more attention on lady's inner thighs - these will serve you well young padawan....
Sister's turquoise is at the edge of fadyness (that is so a word, you just haven't come across it before), prsonally I think they're good as is, but Gits may have it with a more vibrant shadow (no fence sitting around here, oh no ).
Loving the colours on the scrolls, but I feel the text on the servitor and Inquisitor Bob isn't as good as say Grimdarkus.
Think you've cracked it with karamazov and his EZ-Boy recliner, just some splatter, text and a corpse - that'll do nicely
Sanctum still looking impressive, and are those some 54mm historicals I spy on the shelf?
It's all looking good bud, and progressing nicely - which is the main thing
What you're noticing with the scrolls is that servitor and bob are layer of grime behind Grimdarkus, so the text looks fresher. I think.
Thanks, glad Karamazov is approaching done-ness in your eyes! 54mm historicals? Nah I think that's 32mm Game of Thrones minis you're spying, or possibly the Helldorado figs on the shelf below.
So I've done a test shade of turquoise. The colours used, over the same VJ turquoise that I've used on the SoBs left to right are:
Thraka Green Asurmen Blue Drakenhof Nightshade Biel-Tan Green Coelia Greenshade Waywatcher Green Gulliman Blue Blue Ink (Citadel Classic) Green Ink (Citadel Classic) Blue Ink (Vallejo) Green Ink (Vallejo)
That's a pretty accurate representation of how the colours look in RL. Your views are keenly sought! Graven
How about cutting one of the blue inks down by 50%? I ask because I think I said "vibrant shadows" and other than the Asurman Blue, I don't think any of those could be mistaken as vibrant. If you don't want to mess with this, I'd say Asurman or Drakenhof in that order.
Wow, i think this is the first time (apart from earlier in this same thread) that i actually like the Karazamov model...beautiful work graven, the turquoise really pops out!
Revenent Reiko wrote:Wow, i think this is the first time (apart from earlier in this same thread) that i actually like the Karazamov model...beautiful work graven, the turquoise really pops out!
Also, im loving how many 'streamers' are on him
He's a hard one to love, and is a bit of a glorified maypole. Having said that, I feel there's potential to convert a really interesting GK Ven Dread out of that kit!
Gitsplitta wrote:That did the trick graven... very nice. More depth to it now which I like. So cool that you actually wrote on the scroll.
The nightshade has worked a treat, I agree. The writing was a gamble, I think it's paid off! I have hellish handwriting but I'm quite pleased with the blocky gothic script. Expect more of that!
Revenent Reiko wrote:Wow, i think this is the first time (apart from earlier in this same thread) that i actually like the Karazamov model...beautiful work graven, the turquoise really pops out!
Also, im loving how many 'streamers' are on him
He's a hard one to love, and is a bit of a glorified maypole. Having said that, I feel there's potential to convert a really interesting GK Ven Dread out of that kit!
Agreed, thats always been my issue with him to be honest (that all they did for such a cool character is cut off the top of a dread and put a toilet on it....), a Ven Dread (like a reverse conversion...) has some awesome potential!
But well done on him, he looks great the way youve done it.
The nightshade is a dream on the cloth, and very pleased with it. Here's a quick photo grab:
Had a nightmarish phone death situation, so am wayyyyy behind on dakka. That, and cake has once again taken over my home life. Still, I have a neat RL situation possibly opening up, which basically involves getting proper support from above in work.
Reiko - walking toilet a-go-go!
Karamazov is pretty much done, I think:
He now has his alpha legion corpse, although I think the flesh is a little too rotten:
I spy a mould line under the arm actually, so retouching the skin tones not a major.
And some details:
Hey Ho, more updates to follow anon, assuming I can get a wiggle on!
Graven
My 3GS does not like the new iOS, especially when idiotic device tries to connect to wife's iTunes which is synced to her iPad running previous iOS. Hence, cellphonesplosion. Return of middleagedrage...
Those are looking spectacular graven. I do feel the shiny base rims detract from them though (perhaps "distract" is a better word). Is there a specific reason you do them that way?
Aww yeah ,thats what im talking about graven! Great work on the whole lot (especially 'im taking the paper with me, i want to read the funnies' Karazamov!)
Briancj has called you out now graven, the only thing left to do is ask him what parts he used and get on it!
@ Briancj: oh really... I should both like to see that and see of I can convince you to part with them for an undisclosed fee!
@ gits: thanks mate! I used to make my bases blend into the rim colour, but that looks odd when not playing on an uram board. I like it myself, adds a sense of display to them. Each to their own though.
Automatically Appended Next Post: @ Reiko: thanks mate. Yeah, so tempted to do a Karamazov on the kazi vignette!
Do indeed tell, Briancj, what did you use?
Used parts from the throne, a 54mm Inquisitor sword, and some scrolls.
Alas, I cannot sell you the parts, because I want to do this conversion again, with everything I've learned in the 10 years that have passed since I built this one.
Thanks mate, and just for you, I'll start with him:
He's grim, if not especially dark Gawd, love that model.
His partner in anti-crime, Inquisitor Girreaux:
Burn the witch...
The yellow glaze is seriously impressive, btw.
Riff-raff...
And the various Sororitas. Possibly, I'm thinking, the Sisters of Sorrow.
Really think that reverse shows the nightshade off well.
Honestly, I went and hand shade all those melta and flamer barrel recesses. Dunno what's happened with the pics...
Liking the lenses...
Not so sure about the hair...
Facially, this one reminds me of Gaiman's Dream.
This one gives a reasonable shot of how I did the scopes. still wonder if I should've, or still should, dark gem them.
There's always one with a mucky thigh
Anyway, pretty much out of my cake-related funk, which has nothing to do with excessive quantities of chocolate cake with raspberry frosting, nooooooooo...
What next, I wonder? Well, my garage is functional, but the really requires the wife and I to spend the weekend reorganising, and there's more cake afoot *sigh* Back to GKs, possibly, and killing chaos. I have to say the SoB have been a delightful diversion, however. Sanctum still needs finished, of course. However, I think a push on the GKs is in order, the dreads though after our above conversation about the mighty ambulatory toilet. Also, It turns out I have all the bits I would want to use for converting Karamazov (bar Karamazov himself, that is) into a cc dreadnought. That way madness lies, I suspect.
I also hope to get some primer, and washes, on my Welshmen. I'm having a game of SAGA on the 24th, and despite this being the worst, most hectic part of the teaching year, I'm feeling positive.
Lolwut, I just noticed the Chaos backpack on Grimdarkius
Actually, though I'm not fond of the technique myself, I kinda like the "dusty" look that drybrushing gives your models... It fits pretty well, almost like living statues of marble valour & stone fortitude...
@leadlegion: little and often. 10 mins here and there stack up! It's been a case of developing a style that works for me that is simultaneously self-contained!
@eldartau: stay safe buddy! Did lots of cooking last night so that helps me stay ahead big time: only need to prep tomorrow's dinner, but that's easy. 11 hr day today though :( parents' nights are torture; who says teachers are workshy?!
Itching to get on with the dreads. May also have dug out all the parts for converting Karamazov again - I think nemesis daemon hammer on a furioso halberd mount could work?
Some shots of where I am with these guys. I don't want to spend too much time on them, oddly - they're a bit of light relief, and should stay thus, I reckon.
Oracles of Tzeentch are tricky to offset against the gk colour schemes as the red and gold are there. So, trying to make it start to pop.
I love the FW dreads but I think I'm going to have to black wash the purity seals first; sepia just hasn't picked it up.
Need to get on with the bases. Still, progress. Very crazy work time but it's worth trying to preserve a little sanity, eh?
GiraffeX wrote:The dreads are looking excellent Graven.
evildrcheese wrote:Wicked dreads. Really like the double autocannon one.
D
Thanks guys! I barely managed to escape GW without another Karamazov today... And I can't deny I'm also thinking about how to do a 3rd tlac.
Revenent Reiko wrote:*groans in pleasure* holy crap graven, the jade CCWs on those Dreads.....!! *drools*
Solar_lion wrote:Very sweet looking Dreads. I like the force weapon look on the dread Libby. People use green for Plasma weapons but not often used for PW.. odd.
I wanted something really different for the nemesis weapons. It's a very simple but effective technique I think. VMC Dark Green is wonderful stuff. Thanks guys for the kind words! I wonder whether to continue it on some weepers - I have probably enough bits to do a test fig for possible Death Company. Alternatively, I wonder whether to do it as the armour for DC Weepers (marble reversed as obsidian - sound ok?)
Gitsplitta wrote:I really love the red on the dead marine's shoulder pad. You should do all your red that way.
Ah, that's my test for csm red! Shaded with nightshade and highlighted with reaper desert yellow.
Nothing more to show but your thoughts on my DC musings much appreciated!
graven
Decided to go smurf on the base helmet of the Psyfleman:
I don't the EC's going to make the cut: just makes it all look a bit cluttered. Don't fear, I'm sure I'll find a home for him.
Been bringing up the golds on the Oracle of Tzeentch:
And working on armour for Claws of Lorek termie (disregard his skin tone!)
Still needs his mortal wound detailed, too. Bit the bullet and didn't silver trim, instead went with the stripe colour - I really like it but, as ever, c&c sought!
Also, garage now reassembled, although weather's not really conducive to ab priming. Might have to break out the cans. I think I'm going to do a chaplain as a test for the obsidian armour and see how it goes. I also dug out my other retinue folk so I can keep moving forward there.
Last query. What geek present should I request of the wife this Yule? Any thoughts?
Strange day. Power out at my kid's school = much juggling of work & wife. Odd.
Right, where we were? Ah yes, tidying up the dreadsetc:
The first cc dread, the mk iv, with claws of Lorek corpse (aka solar_lion)
I took some advice (well, tried to) from gits and went with much stronger contrasts in the flesh tones.
I do love that a/c conversion, so tool an extra shot for bragging rights.
And t'other one:
Still not 100% happy. Think it looks a bit scrappy and lacking in contrast. Ah well.
I do like pose of the corpse, however. Also, using silver to highlight the gold seemed positive.
And a comparison:
Onto the Psyfleman:
Servitor, now with basing. For variety, he's in situ on the near-finished shrine:
And a test figure for the jade-obsidian on a whole marine (!) that I had kicking about. I'm not going to give my view on it just yet, I'm keen to hear yours...
Nice dreads man! I hope that when I grow up (out of my mid twenties) that I can juggle all of this stuff as well as you do!
Dreads look good but the corpses are not as dyanmic and it pulls a lot out of the model. I am not an experienced enough painter to tell you how to fix it though.
I enjoy the jade marine but I feel it should be a little brighter.
That's amazing looking jade, but my comments on your weeping angels stand. Make say, the armor plate the jade color... bot everything else (edging, decorations, cloth, etc) need to be done on a normal technique so that it really sets the jade off as something special.
Oooo more shinies! great work graven, loving the jade test model, but i would agree with Gits. Maybe just with the equipment as opposed to bits of the armour, so grenades, weapons etc, and maybe the cables as well...? But even saying that the test has come out really well and i like the look even without any highlights/other colours...
Gitsplitta wrote: That's amazing looking jade, but my comments on your weeping angels stand. Make say, the armor plate the jade color... bot everything else (edging, decorations, cloth, etc) need to be done on a normal technique so that it really sets the jade off as something special.
Agreed .. the armor itself would look awesme that way. but the attachments and decorations should be pure. This way it defines the armor being the jade effect.
Well, you've thrown me with your comments chaps, cos I really wasn't convinced I liked it!
@et - well, each to their own. I suppose that perhaps the muted tones could Pop more though, I'll have a think.
And as for the rest of you... Many, many thanks on the positivity - and here it is with other colours blocked in (apart from yellow on knee wreath). No highlights yet.
Phone pic, but still. My original plan had been a much blacker base, and less obvious green - more obsidian than jade. Still, moving towards this.
Thoughts y'all?
Graven
Sisters were looking fine....Morpheus in the Grimdark? Don't whisper it too loud lest Dark Horse get any ideas..
Err,, the next thing you showed looked really nice too Wonderful in fact
There were some dreads - they were very cool, fantastic looking blade on the CCW. Does that oracle of tzeentch have feth-off big wings coming of his helmet?
Dr H wrote:That jade effect is very good.
You say it was a glaze over a base, what was the base colour?
and how are you highlighting him, dry brush?
Base is simply black with a heavy drybrush of white. The jade is drybrushed highlights, the turq etc are wet blended. Proper pics anon.
eldartau1987 wrote:Oh good!
That is a cool Chappy! I also like the Jade Marine. The intention is Death Company for that color scheme? That is pretty interesting!
Weeping Angel Death Company. I thought it a nice opposite to their stone.
Gitsplitta wrote:That's getting there...
Ta!
monkeytroll wrote:Wow, loads of stuff missed.
Sisters were looking fine....Morpheus in the Grimdark? Don't whisper it too loud lest Dark Horse get any ideas..
Err,, the next thing you showed looked really nice too Wonderful in fact
There were some dreads - they were very cool, fantastic looking blade on the CCW. Does that oracle of tzeentch have feth-off big wings coming of his helmet?
If so, excellent
Love the jade marine, that does look very nice.
Thanks for the kind words mate. Your absence has been noted kidding, I go through dakka-voids. Glad you like the oracle's hat of destiny!
Here's a shot of where the chaplain is just now. This is closer to what I had intended originally.
Stop doing this to me graven, im going through keyboards like no tomorrow cos you keep making me drool!!
That looks amazing dude, now then, how ambitious are you feeling this evening....:
but then, i dont know what exact shade of green you are going for....
I like the Jade marine! looks great a bit shiny too! a jade marble effect would be sweet on the pads or greaves if you were up to it? actually he's one of your models i like the best so far!
Oddly enough, the second pic i posted is actually green marble as opposed to obsidian.....but glad you like it, i think highlighting it up to white in specific areas like that would look amazing!
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This is spiderweb obisian, and would also look really good i think...
i have my towel now looks like im going to need it!
Sweet! Loving the look you've been giving your parchments, very nice. I concur on the white seals actually, it'll make a nice contrast againt the obsidian I think Nothing wrong with changing things up a bit now and then - they're extra-virgin purity seals
Are you keeping the skulls on the pack and knee obsidian, or going for a pale marble look with them?
evildrcheese wrote:The jade armour is verrrrry nice.
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Dr H wrote:Agreed, very nice.
LeadLegion wrote:It's another incredible build Graven.
Thank y'all kindly!
monkeytroll wrote:Sweet! Loving the look you've been giving your parchments, very nice. I concur on the white seals actually, it'll make a nice contrast againt the obsidian I think Nothing wrong with changing things up a bit now and then - they're extra-virgin purity seals
Are you keeping the skulls on the pack and knee obsidian, or going for a pale marble look with them?
Yup, these seals are extra-pure I find myself dithering over the knee and pack skulls. I suppose they will add to the general chaplain-ness if whiter. I'm wondering if he looks too DA just now.
The scrolls are a return to using reaper desert yellow as a base, with an ogrun flesh wash. I might try writing on Roy's final speech from blade runner...
Love the work you do. Since you asked for C&C, the only comment I have for your latest model is that I feel those wings are dying for some color, I can just picture them in a white or make even a boltgun silver color. Something to set them off form the pack they're attached too. Take it or leave it, you do good and creative work.
The giant skull on the back definitely needs to be some other colour (white/bone), otherwise there is very little contrast on the rear of the model (side note: i really like how the wings gleam in the light. I know its not usually something that is seen as a positive in photography, but it really makes it look even more like the precious stone look you are going for....)
Saying that, i would stay away from bright white (except on the purity seals) for such a large area....
And i wouldnt worry too much about being too close to DA, theres not nearly enough robes for that
Aww yeah, thats what im talking about!
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forgot about the lack of lighting bulb....sorry. It would work wonderfully as a 
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