Lovely green gribblies!

Hoping to get these finished up this weekend. Then on to finishing the Giant Spawn.

After that winterizing. Winter is coming.

I love those SL! They're all... lemon/limey.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I love those SL! They're all... lemon/limey.

I did that slight variation so I could distinguish the different squads of Gargoyles. Same with my Genestealers and Gaunts.
That way I'm on the up and up when they move or removed.

My Necrons are in bad shape. I may need to replace a bunch. I'm thinking I'll be repainting them. My list has a lot of new builds so this might be a good time.


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Finished the Giant Chaos Spawn. I like to call this piece ' Snacking on cheese'

Absolutely love this!

LOL!

My Nids army for our pickup games at Adepticon. Missing 3 Biovores and basing for some of the recent models.

A lot of fluffy units. Tried to take a little bit of everything.

That's a glorious paint scheme.

I still want to build my all-spore-nid-army representing the "first drop".

--B.

That is truly a beautiful sight sir, they look amazing.

Lovely swarm of Nids!

You've outdone yourself SL. I can't wait to play them at Adepticon!

 Briancj wrote:
That's a glorious paint scheme.

I still want to build my all-spore-nid-army representing the "first drop".

--B.

What a cool idea!


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 Camkierhi wrote:
That is truly a beautiful sight sir, they look amazing.

A high compliment indeed.


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Yorkright wrote:
Lovely swarm of Nids!

Thank you kind Sir. Swarm it is, not very powerful though. It'll be a nice fluffy army to introduce to the newer players.


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 Gitsplitta wrote:
You've outdone yourself SL. I can't wait to play them at Adepticon!

Thanks. You forgot.....and crush them like Primus Marines do!

Nice vibrant color army . Really draws in the attention and doesn’t let go after that.

Now there's an eye catcher! Lovely work on those 'nids!

Nice job on the beasties.

Back.... Finished my 3 Biovores. Next to finish the spore mines and lastly basing. I bought a good amount of Battlefoam based on my list so hopefully I have chosen wisely.

Started repainting my Necrons. Added a bronze drybrushing to the theme. Definitely gives them more of a worn out look. Most of the larger models I'll be painting in peices so it will take me a while to show an finished product. Like my Nids I'm adding some color to units so I can easily identify who belongs to what unit.

Lastly I got my Warlord yesterday. Haven't had time to unbox, but looking forward to getting it started over the Holiday time off.

Adepticon just over 3 months away. Much to do.

Great to see you back posting Solar! Going to give us a few pics of your crons?

As they say, pics or it didn't happen good to cya back.

That's pretty exciting news SL!

Anxious to see what direction you're going to go with the necrons.

I'm probably going to replace the white section's of the models in a turquoise to reflect the dynasty I will be using.

I have 12 days off for the holiday. Going full tilt in order to get as much off my list.


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I need to completely reassemble my Necrons, repaint and rebase.

Build my Warlord Titan. Paint

Finish basing my Nids

Update the Knight Fight board

Game on

Build watold titan, paint it. Nothing major then

12 days of building and painting? It must be christmas at your house, on the 11th day of building my Solar Lion did build for all to see....

Keep us updated!

Chapter approved freed up some major points. So Nids list will increase. Luckily I have the models I need. Unlucky is that they are still in the box. Added to the list.

Got my last Necron order today. More Destroyer's and Tombblades

Paint, Pics!

Paint, Pics!

So. Repaint repaint & repaint. Here's what I got finished over the weekend. 2x20 warriors. Bronzed them up s little. Made sure each unit has a different color clear plastic rod so I can keep track of who is who's unit. Finished 8 of the 12 Destroyer's, 4 more to go. Touched up my 2 flyers and lastly updated my female Destroyer Lord. Stalker repainted as well.

Going to finish the last 4 Destroyer's, then move back to finishing my Nids. 2 larger models. 1 week before Vacation.

Very cool, like the rod idea too.

Nice! Party-colored destroyers... I like it.

The Destroyer's have the turquoise on either side of the body. This way I can easily identify which ones belong to what unit if I run them as a large group. Large mass of reserection capable Destroyer's led by a Destroyer Lord should be effective.

Back to Nids. Tyrannocyte up next.

Bought another Titan. price was too good to pass up. This on being a Lucius Warhound. Thought it would be cool since FW isn't making them anymore. It'll probably wait till after Adepticon. I need to have the Warlord finished for the 28mm Titan event. If I can pull it off I offered Ramos the spot to run it with his Apocalyptic launchers and 2 powerfists loadout concept. Or as I call it the Wolverine loadout.

Update.

Finished the 2 Tyrannocyte's, 20 homemade Sporemines. I'm thinking I should do 4 more just to be sure I have enough per turn.

Finished all the Destroyer's, now I have a two 6 model squads. 1 out of 2 Deathmarks squads, 10 Immortal's, 0verlord and 1 of two Crypteks complete. My only GhostArk and 1 of 2 Doomsday Arks finished. Repainted both Annilliation barges.

Remaining ... 1 Doomsday Ark, 5 Deathmarks, Cryptek and 10 additional warriors. Basing over half my Nids.

I'll take some pics of everything when completed. My photo table currently is staging all my Nids list. Hopefully I can finish these remaining items in the next couple of days. Thus I can have a couple of days Cleaning up the Warlord.

Adepticon is about 12 weekends Away.

Happy New year friends. This day marks the 7th decade, 2 century's and 2 millennia I have lived in.

On the Adepticon front. I have finished assembling and painting both my armies for Adepticon. One Tyranid and one Necron. Finished the remaining Doomsday Ark, 20 additional Warriors, 5 Deathmarks, 2nd Cryptek and a large unit of Tombblades. And still with one day of vacation left.

Next I'll finish basing my Nids, sealcoat everything and start loading foam. This year I may actually be pressed for space. I have to bring 3 Titans, a foldable 4x8 table, multiple battle foam bags with 2 armies, 14 imperial Knights, all the Knight Fight boards and Buildings. Possibly some terrain for our pickup 40k games. This is why I needed to stay on schedule.

Anyway... may the new year bring happiness, health and motivation for all those projects on your to do list.

I'm very impressed with your output, and your sheer dedication. Very inspiring!

 inmygravenimage wrote:
I'm very impressed with your output, and your sheer dedication. Very inspiring!

Thanks my friend. I have a long way to catch up to you though.

Here is some finished Nid pics. The Sporemines are all green stuff. The pics are brighter than the actual models. Basing still in progress.

Home made spores look great! Looks like your gettin er done before Adepticon.

Ah. Another long night, but I was determined to finish my 2 Armies. Basing is complete on my Nids. Necron Army is repainted. Just need a bit warmer weather and I'll sealcoat everything and start figuring out how it all gets packed.

With that complete, I started unpacking the Warlord. Tomorrow I'll start cleaning off the mold release and resin nubs. I've got two different heads so I might use the original head as a trophy for the powerfist. A Shakespeare 'poor Yourick' moment.

Cleaned and now the tedious work of cleaning the bits of resin sprus. I'm calling her Gwendolyn.

Wow, fantastic progress SL. Looks like you're rollin' for Adepticon.

You're a one man manufactorum, SL

Progress

Nice progress on that titan. Also a big fan of those custom sporemines. rad stuff.

Warlord titan? Grabs bags of popcorn waiting for new installments!

She's affectionately known as Gwendolyn. And yes there is a back story of which Gits is probably the only one who knows.

She however needs a proper High Gothic name. So I introduce the Name The Warlord contest officially open.

1. Must not be pornographic or sexually offensive.
2. Must only be two words
3. Must sound High Gothic. Provide the intended English translation.
4. I will pickmy top choices for a vote.
5 . You can enter as many times as you want, however first come first serve.
6. All entries must be submitted before she is finished. (Painting included). She needs to commissioned before Adepticon.
7. And most importantly... Be worthy of a God Machine.
The winner will get a prize (Beyond naming rights).

I’ll kick off the name game.

Sol Invictus. Literal translation is the unconquered sun. There is some Roman god background there, and is the patron saint of soldiers.

Vae Victis. Literal is woe of the conquered. It refers an idea in line with “no quarter given nor expected” and is in line with a total victory.

Constantia Praesta - excel in perseverance

Conflagrante Gloriosum - spectacular explosions (if you prefer, Conflagrante Actinosum)

Ultimum Judicium - final judgement

Lues Haereseos - Heretic's Bane

Leonis Solaris - Solar Lion

Preadia Adsummum - destroyer of all

Pestifer Mundi - destroyer of worlds

Occidendi Sanctus - saint of killing

Imperator Gladia - sword of the Emperor

Lancea Belli - spear of conquest

These are awesome.

Insanus Emptio - Crazy Purchase

Irreparabile Machina - Irreplaceable Machine

Statura Titanicus - Very Tall Titan

Siginficat Statum - Status Symbol

Destinato Opibus - Resource Allocation

--Brian

Victoria Magna - grand conquest

Imperii Dignita - declaration of Dominion

Invicta Seniori - invincible overlord

Etnunquiam Cedra - the unyielding

Reginavirorum Sicarior - queen assassin

Looking forward to the weekend. Ordered magnets for the body and arms. I have some tight tolerances for the weapon mounts. Hopefully the drilling goes smoothly. I'll only get one shot at it so if I crack or break the resin I'll be screwed.

One of the more difficult parts to building the Warlord is the leg pose. It has to be stable and level to support the torso. I've elected to do so without a base like WM's Warlord. ( They are meant to be in the same legion ).

More pics coming. All great name suggestions by the way!!

Gwench!!!

Don't tease me thus! Brent wasn't the only one with a crush on her...

Progress. Was the most nerve-racking day. So far putting the legs together was I believe the most difficult part. With getting the right pose, making sure it is all level, kit that comes with lots of parts and making sure that the glue holds, dries in the right position made for a long night.

Here is my progress. The torso isn't attached yet just resting for overall looks.

nec femori diem=no leg day

Soror Exitium - sister of destruction

Bellum Pythonissam- war witch

More work on the legs. The JB weld didn't hold on one side, so I took the opportunity to reposition a bit. Re-glued. Hopefully it will hold.

Started to dry fit all the carapace bits and found a lot of warp in spots. So I spent a lot of time heating and refitting parts. I think I got it to where I can start assembling, but I need to wait till I get my magnet order.

Started assembling weapons, I'll have available Plasma, Volcano cannon, Apoc missile launchers, and a powerfist for each arm. I'm going to try and make the left powerfist holding the head of another Warlord Titan. I plan on using the Lucius- alpha pattern head, so I have the Mars one to use. I'll have to add cabling and trailing wires to look like it was ripped off. Such grand plans.

 Solar_lion wrote:
... I'm going to try and make the left powerfist holding the head of another Warlord Titan. I plan on using the Lucius- alpha pattern head, so I have the Mars one to use. I'll have to add cabling and trailing wires to look like it was ripped off. Such grand plans.

That sounds super cool, though.

 Solar_lion wrote:
I'm going to try and make the left powerfist holding the head of another Warlord Titan.

Venandi Capitis (or Capitis Venandi) - The Head Hunter

Verum Titulari - Holder of Truth

Pugnus Aequitatis - Fist of Justice

Vae Martis - Alas, Mars (or perhaps Eheu, Martis! - Alas, poor Mars!)

See, now you've started giving me ideas

Or, as it's so swappable:

Telum Elige! - Choose your Weapon!

Omnium Temporum - Something for all Situations

Semper Paratus - Always Prepared

Omnia Tela - All the Guns

Conspiciunt Morte - Gaze upon Death

Quod Repenso - Overcompensating for Something...

OMG. Graven. The last one made me lol on a work Conf call.

Both the power fists will be made with the extended claws

Non dakka user submitted these...

Deus Malleus - God's Hammer

Occisor Regina - Killer Queen

More Magnum - Big Death


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In preparation for the head in hand look I dry pinned all the finger joints so they all articulate. This way I can get the arm in the right position and put the Mars head where it will make the best look, then positionings the individual fingers to enclose.


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Since the Warlord will be mostly black and white, I'll go with a red for the Mars head. Draw the eye.

Looking good so far Solar, did I miss it or are you also pinning some parts together too? Loving the input your getting on her name.

Yorkright wrote:
Looking good so far Solar, did I miss it or are you also pinning some parts together too? Loving the input your getting on her name.

Yeah most all the leg parts will be pinned. Work is making it difficult to enjoy this build. I still have 10 weekends though. Started priming and roughing in the colors on the weapons.

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Yorkright wrote:
Looking good so far Solar, did I miss it or are you also pinning some parts together too? Loving the input your getting on her name.

Throw some name in the hat buddy!

 Solar_lion wrote:
Houston we have magnets. Happy weekend awaits.

Speaking of magnets - but not of Warlord titans - is there any chance you could show how you magnetised one of your Contemptors?

I've got one I'm hoping to do this with this year, but have zero experience using magnets thus far.

Throwing a name into ring.

Regina Mortiferum — Deadly Queen

Slow weekend. Had another project come up so not much time on the Warlord as I hoped.

Managed to get the torso magnetized and dry fitting of the pieces that go on it. Plasma reactors? Fitted and drilled the pinning holes for the arm mounts and did some more work on the guns; namely magnetizing the armor plate for the Volcano cannon.

Started painting the Sunfurt plasma in between glue drying.
Bad lighting camera phone shots. My good camera is still in for repair.

That's coming along beautifully SL!

The attention to detail on that cabling is exquisite.

 Dysartes wrote:

 Solar_lion wrote:
Houston we have magnets. Happy weekend awaits.

Speaking of magnets - but not of Warlord titans - is there any chance you could show how you magnetised one of your Contemptors?

I've got one I'm hoping to do this with this year, but have zero experience using magnets thus far.

Sorry for the late response. For the normal contemptors I magnitized where the shoulders attach to the arm. Most Logical place. I'll try to get a pic when I get out to the workroom again.

Bad weekend for hobbies. I worked all weekend. 8 more weekend to finish her.

You can do it SL!

Back at work, though tomorrow I'm modeling for sure. Plan is to finish the super structure and get it all primed. Then I will tackle what I consider the second most stressful part of the build... Magnetizing the arms an weapons.

I don't want to have to repair, reenginner or in any way have a ' do over'. If I get it right. I'll move on to priming armor plates.

I will post pics.

In your experience, is magnetising worthwhile?

I put that out there to folks in general. I mean it's great to be able to swap out. But how often do you. Is it something that really matters. Or do you end up using the same weapons setup most times.

 Camkierhi wrote:
In your experience, is magnetising worthwhile?

I put that out there to folks in general. I mean it's great to be able to swap out. But how often do you. Is it something that really matters. Or do you end up using the same weapons setup most times.

Most likely you don't swap out stuff. Where it becomes useful is if you need to save a few points. Sometimes you will need to have options. Secondly the meta may change, and what was hot in now not.

A pretty good weekend, though I only managed to partially get my to do list finished

Finished base coating the body. I worked on applying the Nerdfest tried and true metal technique. Finished the lower half and started on some details. Worked on painting the top armor and the power spines/Chambers that rest on the top armor. painted the super structure for the carapace and Armored shoulder plates. Base coated the head.

Need to finish and detail the torso before I seal the top plate. Finish both power spines front and back caps. At this point I need to get the arms in place and magnitized. Shoulder mounts to follow.

Those legs look beautiful. It's all coming together nicely.

Wow!! Those metallic parts look great, really digging that blue reactor core too.

That's lookin' really good SL. Very gritty feel.

Thanks all.

I see the reactors need a bit brightning up,
I keep worrying that I won't get her finished, but really the only weapons she needs for Adepticon is the Missile Launchers and both fists.

Like mentioned earlier the left fist will have the other head in it's palm. I'm hoping for a Bill Shakespeare moment.

Oh that metal work is just brilliant, really brilliant, just looks spot on.

Finished one side is the power spines....or better strips. Working to get the other one finished tonight. Then start on the torso. Hopefully the weekend will see all these parts come together. Camera is making the metal more black. It is actually more steel color. Better pics later.

Lovely metals. Contrast against the black us beautiful.

Thanks. It's much less black than the photo. 7 weekends. Once the torso gets completed I really need to do the Arm mounts. I been stressing over them as I cannot afford to mess them up.

Will move forward... plan...

Finish power strip
Finish metalling torso
Detail torso. (Time consumer)
Paint anti infantry weapons - install
Paint head (already magnitized)
Build arms. magnitized -pray
Paint Apoc launchers
Build and paint both powerfists, 1 with spare head in the palm of the left fist
Paint and detail all the Armor plates.
The plasma and VC can wait as Ramos wants to run the with the two fists

Knight Fight medals. Going to paint them metallic.


Now I am worried again.

Do you need to offload work? I can paint up the various awards, etc?

--B.

 Briancj wrote:
Do you need to offload work? I can paint up the various awards, etc?

--B

Not yet. I need to not work every weekend and actually put in the hrs.

Thanks for offering. I'll reach out if I reach critical mass.

Good day yesterday.finished up the carapace. Just need to glue (and clamp) the shoulder framework in place before I seal her up.

Did the details on the torso ( as much as I was going to do. Your could spend a week just painting all the pipes and vents.)

Finished both Apoc launchers, though I may need to put larger magnets in their mounts, we'll see. Finished the void shields, and both front and back anti infantry guns and mounts.

Lastly, I took the plunge and started on the arm mounts. I glued metal plates on both sides of the mounting U joint (where the weapon slides into the arm. I'll mount magnets to the weapon round attachment on both sides. I'll also attach another magnet to the U Mount and top of the gun attachment for further strength. It won't be as posable but should be sturdy and quickly interchangeable.

Next will be putting all the pieces together and priming all the Armor plating. Which is the fun part.

She’s looking beautiful Solar, that white is very crisp. Would like to see a perspective pic next to a Knight. :-)

Gobsmackingly stunning work sir, beautiful.

Smooth as a freshly waxed... beetle. Lovely work.

Yorkright wrote:
She’s looking beautiful Solar, that white is very crisp. Would like to see a perspective pic next to a Knight. :-)

Will do. When she's done and properly named, I'll put her next to my Reaver, Warhound and a normal Imperial Knight.


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 Camkierhi wrote:
Gobsmackingly stunning work sir, beautiful.

Thanks kindly.


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 inmygravenimage wrote:
Smooth as a freshly waxed... beetle. Lovely work.

War beetle


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Snowed in. So I got another day of work.

Drilled an magnitized the arms. Looks like the 3 magnet system will work. Once I got that done, I put the all together, JB Welded them together. Let them set then painted them and attached them to the torso. They are all pinned with JBW. Should hold.

Glued the shoulder mounts to the armor plate super structure. This should be the last piece to attach to the torso. Once done she'll actually look like a Warlord Titan. Then on to all the armor plating. Probably wait till next week to start that.

Finished building the right powerfist. Will need to magnitize it in a good position... Then on to the left powerfist with the Titan head in it's hand. I hope the magnets can hold the additional weight.

While the arms were setting. I painted the medals. I will probably not get another day to work on her till next weekend. Two days helped get me back on track.

Ok. Some updated pics. It took me most of the morning to dig myself out. So I decided to stay home and get some other mundane things done. In-between I glued the shoulder mounts on the torso. Primed the right powerfist. Started on the head that will go into the other powerfist. This PF has its fingers all hinged, so I can place the head then wrap the fingers naturally.

Starting to come together. Next will be sealing the torso and adding the power strips. Then get the right PF painted.

Enormous and spectacularly threatening. Most impressive dude.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Enormous and spectacularly threatening. Most impressive dude.

Thanks, she's slowly getting done.

6 weekends to finish her up and take stock of all the stuff I'm taking, 3 Titans, 14 Knight's, two 3000 pt armies, x wing. All the Knight Fight board and terrain. 4x8 table and additional terrain to fill it and probably some clothes.

 Solar_lion wrote:

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Enormous and spectacularly threatening. Most impressive dude.

Thanks, she's slowly getting done.

6 weekends to finish her up and take stock of all the stuff I'm taking, 3 Titans, 14 Knight's, two 3000 pt armies, x wing. All the Knight Fight board and terrain. 4x8 table and additional terrain to fill it and probably some clothes.

No space for clothes!
Does the lady have a name yet, btw ?

No official name. As soon as she's done.

Thanks for posting the pic next to the knight! She is going to be a big beautiful death machine, hoping I can get to Adepticon to see her in person.

Yorkright wrote:
Thanks for posting the pic next to the knight! She is going to be a big beautiful death machine, hoping I can get to Adepticon to see her in person.

That would be awesome. Saturday night is our groups Knight fight, You are welcome to play in that anytime.

On my home computer and I noticed the pics i'm sending directly from my camera as attachments are way grainey. I might have to go back to downloading into my gallery.

Where are the Knight Fight rules? Are they available?

--B.

 Briancj wrote:
Where are the Knight Fight rules? Are they available?

--B.

Yes they are available on the Adepticon site. I believe there is a rule section. Master Brian, if you PM me a email address I will send you them directly.



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6 weekends to go. I should be back on track. A little poorer in the wallet, but ample time to get things finished.

If I have a couple of weekends at the end I'd like to do some new terrain for my games with my Nids. Using the same techniques I did for the bases. Jungle mounds/ruins. Styrofoam, glue, lots of plastic aquarium plants and lots of flock. Must be LOS blocking as one of my main opponents is bringing a Uber competitive SM gun line tailored specifically to neutralize Nids. ( Thought we were playing a friendly game but he seems to now embrace WAAC). That's what I get for sharing my list. No time to change or paint new stuff. Just have to find away to survive loads of flying Landraiders.

Nothing else it could be short games which will allow me to go eat more delicious Udon. So looking forward to that. What addiction?

You know, you could just decline to play him...

--B.

Yeah. But he is a good friend. He also did a second list tailored to neutralize specifically my Crons list as well. So it's a problem. So either way I go I'll try to explain why this is a d**k move and hope he gets it. Afterwards he may not get many games with me.

I try to give 2nd chances, and hope people will give me one when I'm being a d**k. Luckily my friends won't hesitate to tell me.

Rules sent.

It always tough when your opponent knows your list or your army then decides to change his up. Hopefully he will get it. Course if you do beat him it would be pretty funny.

Yorkright wrote:
It always tough when your opponent knows your list or your army then decides to change his up. Hopefully he will get it. Course if you do beat him it would be pretty funny.

I'll play to win for sure. However the SM Kung Fu is strong now, even with a medeocure opponent, the game is skewed in his favor. Don't mind losing just want a good and if possible close game. If he gets all gloating, I'll end up ending it for sure.

Yummmmm Udon...(repeat)

Bring sufficient terrain so there is no room for the bases for flying land raiders to fit...

 Dysartes wrote:
Bring sufficient terrain so there is no room for the bases for flying land raiders to fit...

Since this is a bigger point game, there will be more terrain. I think I can out play him, but the dice will have to be favorable.

Back to Gwendolyn. Sealed the torso and added the power strips. Glued on the anti-infantry weapons and just about finished the right powerfist. Wasn't sure what to do with the claws. Leave them with a steel drybrushing or go with a mute power effect.

Started on the Left powerfist (with the other head), of course I had to kitbash the rear hatch area with the walkway to the cockpit. Add some structure and finally some cabling. So far it looks like it'll fit well into the fist. Magnitized the fist in a good palm up position, and finished painting all but the fingers. That will have to wait until the head is complete.

I have a few more small clean up jobs that I need to finish, arm Pistons, some gap filling ect, then on to what I really think is the best part; the armor plates. Getting closer, she looks like a Warlord Titan now for sure.

That's very awesome my friend. Wow! Looking fantastic!

Looks like you're making good progress, Solar - keep it up!

Will all the armour panels be white, by the way, or do you have other livery in mind?

 Gitsplitta wrote:
That's very awesome my friend. Wow! Looking fantastic!

Thanks, looking forward to seeing her on the field of battle.


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 Dysartes wrote:
Looks like you're making good progress, Solar - keep it up!

Will all the armour panels be white, by the way, or do you have other livery in mind?

If you go to Ramo's gallery, you can see the Warlord he painted for WM. It will mirror that warlord in color distribution with changes to stripes. More checks .


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Hopefully no more than 2 sessions to finish her.

Nice work on the knight, Solar.

Hot damn, check out the launchers on that!

Thanks, y'all.

Got a good plan to finish her up. I'll be using WM's Warlord as the template. For those with short memories, here is Hell's Daughter in all her Glory.



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Most likely I will be doing checks in place of the stripes. We Lamenters players like checks.

Looking forward to seeing her complete.

Finished priming and base coating all the armor plates. Loads of metal trim, looks like a Trim/details weekend. Don't think I like what I did to kitbash the palm helmet. May have to redo it

First Armor plate on. The one directly above the head. Started on the other plates. Will wait for the weekend to attach when I can keep the shop heated longer. Single digit temps this morning.

Also. Glued and painted arm Pistons. Looking for banners and maybe a hanging cage

Rebuilt the Mars head. Will need to repaint. Hopefully a good weekend will see her being close to finished.

She is a beauty Solar, can't wait to see her finished!

Really impressive work .

Need side by side shots someday.

 Theophony wrote:
Really impressive work .

Need side by side shots someday.

Side by side?

I'll be taking some pics with my Reaver and Warhound as soon as she's done.

I suspect he means your Warlord and WM's one (is that whalemusic?), side by side (or facing off).

Won’t be this Adepticon, but a future one hopefully!

Oh.. got it. Never facing off. They are of the same legion. Hell's Daughter is the leader, Gwendolyn is the mean step sister.

Update. I scrapped the head in hand concept. The weight along with the pivot angle was too much for the magnets. So decided to go with a open palm. More armor plates to do today. Thought this would go quicker.

Between WM and I, we have a full mantiple. 2 Warlords, 2 Reavers and 3 Warhounds. With support of some 14+ Imperial Knights.

Could always have that power fist displaying a single-fingered salute to the enemy, Solar.

Nice to see the progress SL, looks great!

Finished the left powerfist. Without the other head. May use the other head on the Lucius Warhound. Worth pondering.

Spent the day just doing Armor plating. Finished everything except the two forward and two back shoulder Armor.

Need to clean up a few things like the brass on the toes. Railing on the back ( though I kinda like it off). I ordered 2 prisoner cages to hang from the sheild mounts. The Sheilds themself.

I will try to get the volcano cannon and the Sunfurt plasma done before Adepticon, in case we want to run it differently. I also just got the carapace mounted Las blasters. They can wait till the summer.

Will wait to glue them all on when I get another full day to make sure all the glued bits stay in place.

Phwoar. What a sexy beast. Looks, well, epic

You're making fantastic and amazing progress on that warlord SL... she's going to be a beauty!

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Won’t be this Adepticon, but a future one hopefully!

That's the plan. We probably could take over a side in the 28mm Adepticon game.


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 inmygravenimage wrote:
Phwoar. What a sexy beast. Looks, well, epic

Thanks, she's been a lot of work. Been a fun and nerve wracking experience.


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 Gitsplitta wrote:
You're making fantastic and amazing progress on that warlord SL... she's going to be a beauty!

Thanks brother. Looking forward to getting together at Adepticon.


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I'll soon be looking for a way to transport her. Probably look for something sturdy and industrial.

Got enough weekend's to start putting all the things I'm taking together. Still have to do a few things on my Crons. Seal coat some things Oh all the drama...

Two Reavers, Three Warhounds, and three Knights here... Let's put them all on a table!

 Briancj wrote:
Two Reavers, Three Warhounds, and three Knights here... Let's put them all on a table!

Awesome. We can have our own Titannicus game.


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So got ambitious, needed to see some progress as I have been slaving away painting Armor panels for days. Finished the last shoulder peices. So decided to just start glueing...

Group picture

Nice work on the checkerboard!

--B.

Family photo is ace. Nice one!

Thanks, the camera phone pics seem pixelated, and show the black armor as being way to shiny. I need my real camera back.

So some little more to do on her, Touch up painting where the attachment points for all the armor plates. The toe brass. The inbetween toe armor. I bought two hanging prisoner cages (think medieval torture theme) that i will look to hang from the sheild mounts on the front shoulder armor. Add some banners and done.

If i have time i'll try to finish the plasma and Volcano Cannon. Then I need to get the Crons finished - mainily plastic rods inserted on a lot of guys.Some spray sealing and the start to pack. Lastly confirm the Knight fight table is ready to go.

Less than a month to go!

The Warlord is looking great, Solar - will you be basing it, or leaving it free-standing?

In terms of storage, it looks like a model where a custom box might be an idea, possibly with a set-up that allows you to attach the model to the box by the feet.

No base, unless it proves unstable at Adepticon.

More progress. Finished the touch ups to the Armor plating. Finished the volcano cannon, so now I have another option for the Titannicus game.

Next picture is the prisoner cages I added to the front armor plates. Each contain a Heritic. Lastly as an omage to the original Titannicus models and artwork. I added some Back banners.
In-between toe plates and Banners and she's done. I have other weapons. New Carapace weapons and the Sunfury plasma will be on the list after Adepticon.

Awesome idea. Helps bring a sense of scale to the beast as well!

Thanks Gwyn.

A bit more to do and then a good through spray sealing. Looks like the weather here is warming up. It hit 47 today. Awesome, hope it lasts.

I need to add some rods to my Necron weapons, then I'll see about getting some actual camera shots of all the stuff I'm bringing. Then start packing, so I can see how much space I will fill in the truck. So close now.

Absolutely breathtaking. Does she have a name ?

Wow, the black and white are so striking together. It looks really sharp. And those checks are very crisp as well. Stunning work.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Absolutely breathtaking. Does she have a name ?

Close. Was gonna poll, ran the list of names past wife, she insisted she should pick since I spent a large track of attention with Gwendolyn and not her. Can't deny that.

Expect an announcement soon.

 The Riddle of Steel wrote:
Wow, the black and white are so striking together. It looks really sharp. And those checks are very crisp as well. Stunning work.

Thanks, Legio Crucius. Lamenters Marine painter. I got a lot of practice painting checks. I thought I should but some stripes on the shoulders. I will contemplate after Adepticon.

Cool that all 3 of my Titans will see the field at Adepticon. We'll see if they are on the same side. I've only seen 1 Warlord in the event. This may be the second.

Lovely work. Love the back-banners!

Still a little bit to do on Gwendolyn. But in general she is ready to play. I'll need a weekend day to finish and seal coat her. In the meantime I had a little time last night, so I started cleaning up and laying out all the stuff I'm bringing to Adepticon.

3 Titans, 11 Imperial Knights, a 3000 pt Tyranids army and a 3000 pt Necrons army. Both not very competitive, as I wanted to give some of my opponents the opportunity to play against Armies they don't normally get to play.

I'll try to get stuff packed up and out of the way this weekend, so I can spend some time making sure the Knight Fight table is ready. Lastly if I have time. I'd like to do some new terrain for our 40k table.

Looks lovely! The knights and titans pic is just fantastic!

This is truly stunning, and you've inspired me to do a Gaming road trip of my own!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Looks lovely! The knights and titans pic is just fantastic!

Thanks. I think the caption of the Titan pic should be...' ok, so you got first turn, so what?'


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 inmygravenimage wrote:
This is truly stunning, and you've inspired me to do a Gaming road trip of my own!

Here's hoping Adepticon.

Made a simple banner for Knight Fight. Simple design but at least the players should be able to find the table. Now to put some grommets in for hanging. I'll bring some tack in case we have some wall space

Starting packing. Need to figure out what to do with Gwendolyn.

 Solar_lion wrote:
Starting packing. Need to figure out what to do with Gwendolyn.

Duct tape her to the roof of the car.


--Brian

There was a time when I thought of all kinds of things....

Ah-hem...

Nevermind.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
There was a time when I thought of all kinds of things....

Ah-hem...

Nevermind.

What does tha..... ohhhhhh.

Working both weekend days so not much progress, I'll try to get Gwendolyn her final spraycoat as it looks to be 53 degrees on sundayas well as some artwork for the back banners at the minimum.

18 days to go.

I must admit... that is about the most un Gwench-like construction I could imagine. Looks more like Dick Butkus or Lyle Alzado to me. Actually, now that I look him up... it really does look like Lyle Alzado! Now THAT's an image I need to put into Brent's punkin' little head!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I must admit... that is about the most un Gwench-like construction I could imagine. Looks more like Dick Butkus or Lyle Alzado to me. Actually, now that I look him up... it really does look like Lyle Alzado! Now THAT's an image I need to put into Brent's punkin' little head!

God ...yes. Though I think that will only slow him down. Not abate him.

She is affectionately name thus to specifically prevent him from touching, moving or handling her in any way. Just like real life Gwench. I'm loving the irony.

LOL!!!! Well played Sir!

17 days to go.

Made some flash cards of the data sheets for both my Armies. Hopefully they will be easier than looking through the book. I included only the weapons, special abilities and traits actually assigned to them.

Packed some more stuff, namely the Warhound, Reaver and the remaining knights. Pile getting bigger. So that leaves the Warlord and I'm waiting to seal coat her this weekend.

So pulled out the Knight Fight board and tables. Some slight warping on the base table, but nothing too serious. Trying to remember where all the buildings went. Got close enough. I'm going to repaint around the buildings so to make it easier to identify what goes where. Also a weekend project.

That leaves me with just building enough jungle terrain to fill a 4x8 table. I plan on using styrofoam so to be light and cheap. Something that if it breaks it's easy enough to be disposable.

Hopefully the weather cooperates. 15 days to go. 10 days till my vacation starts.

Enjoying all these updates and pics, are you renting a Uhaul? Seems to me a normal vehicle would be to small .

Have truck. . Has trunk, bed and a double cab. Had room to spare last year, so I should be good if I pack smart. Real issue is getting help unloading. Lots of stuff mean lots of trips.

All for naught. Adepticon cancelled.

No need for deadlines now. Start unpacking and tossing all the lists and rules for this year. By next year we should see the 9th edition and will have to start over. I'm sure GW will finally balance out my armies.. hahaha. At least with all the money I saved I'll be able to buy all the new rulebooks, codex's, suppliments and cards.

Hopefully some time in the spring, should I survive the pandemic ending all humanity, I'll be getting my Rampart terrain and start building and painting a new Knight Fight board....if I survive. 50/50..


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For now... See you in the fall

I was expecting this, but it doesn't mean it isn't sad. I'm sorry.

-Brian

Yeah, comiserations, this was a great project to watch, and it's a bummer to watch the impetus be pulled from it, particularly when you managed to smash all those deadlines.

On the plus side, though... At least ya have some dope models finished? And they look absolutely great, too boot!

Man, I do feel for you. This was a fantastic project and you should be very proud of yourself. Don't feel bad, use the new spending money to make even more hobby goodness, because you are good at it! Or maybe take some time off from it. Either way, pat yourself on the back because this was a great project. Only a very small percentage of the people in the hobby can do stuff like this.

Aw man. I just saw this. Very sad indeed

Fantastic effort SL. Sorry it didn't work out but no one can fault you on your effort.

It’s an expected move but a big bummer. Hopefully next year makes a bigger and better rebound.

Ok . Slowly back to projects. First up was some jungle terrain to match the basing on my Nids.

I have enough peices to fill a 4x8 board in case I want to play big points.

So I'll be playing probably my last games of 8th edition in early July. It's with the 2 armies I was bringing to Adepticon. My fluffy Nids and slightly more competitive Necrons against an all Primarus SM competitive list ( in separate games of course). Looking forward to playing even with the good possibility that I get crushed (Flying LR spam).

I'll try taking some pics of heroic or tragic moments to share. Pretty sure the SM balance will be restored in the 9th edition.

Hey SL, I'm heading up your way on a regular basis again... Just thought I'd mention it.

Those look great Solar.

Nice terrain, Solar'.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Hey SL, I'm heading up your way on a regular basis again... Just thought I'd mention it.

Cool .. just give me a heads up.



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 Gitsplitta wrote:
Hey SL, I'm heading up your way on a regular basis again... Just thought I'd mention it.

Cool .. just give me a heads up.

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Covid disables my plan again. Game canceled. Now I have to wait. Ninth Ed looms.

In the meantime.

Ooooh, big boy! Love the halved scheme, don't usually get the halves and quarters outside of Marines!

Nice , I just started printing him this morning .

 Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:
Ooooh, big boy! Love the halved scheme, don't usually get the halves and quarters outside of Marines!

Thanks. looking forward to a game where he can be played.

 Theophony wrote:
Nice , I just started printing him this morning .

Printing? 3D? Cool thing about this model is that there is alot of ways to pose it. I've seen some low profiles and some going for height,

WTh is that?

Is that a Seraptek?!

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Is that a Seraptek?!

Necon Seraptek Heavy construct.
Who comes up with these names?

Still plugging away at trying to get some backlog finished. Mostly Necron stuff before the new box set arrive.

One the table.
1. Illuminor Szeras - though little chance to see him played, but cool model.
2. 2nd Triarch Stalker. Another unique unit
3. 5. Lychguard
4. 5 Lychguard with sheilds
5. 4 Additional Wraiths
6. Update paint theme on 5 Wraiths, 2 Canoptek spyders, 1 Necron Nightscythe. Necron Bomber and 2 old Monoliths (though it appears there will be a new updated model for them)
7. Update the paint theme on the Tesseract Vault

I have a month.. hahahahahaha

On other fronts, I've still have to finish assembling my 2nd Warhound. This one being a Lucius pattern. I was planning to match my other Titans. I.e. Legio Crucius. But I might go for another legion with a dark future. Legio Fureans or Tigers Eyes. This would add an available unit to the Traitorous inclined armies I have as well as allow me to try some different paint techniques.

Thoughts?

Oh, tigers eyes could be fun. Lucius warkitty.

Tiger Eyes

Piloted by Joe Exotic

Also on the docket are 6 Armigers. The super structure is built and base coated. Still need to do a few metal drybrushing colors to brighten them up. After they get complete on to the airbrush. Ryza orange theme. All I need is free time. ⏳

Happy Birthday to you and Gits. WotM day it is.

Wow sounds like you have a decent amount to keep you busy for a while!

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Happy Birthday to you and Gits. WotM day it is.

And to you too!

 GiraffeX wrote:
Wow sounds like you have a decent amount to keep you busy for a while!

My pile of shame is huge!!!

At this point I have decided to get one Army all painted. I started cleaning up my shop and laying out all the Necron models yet to do. Alot of those models are mentioned above and don't include the Indomius box Necrons x2.

If I finish them then I'll finish the Remaining items on the Titan legion. 2nd Warhound and the 6 Armigers. Followed by the additional weapons and detailing on my Warlord .

By then I should have my 20+ boxes of the gothic cathedral terrain from Rampart and start working on the new Knight Fight board.

Time is all I need!!

20+ boxes == $1,200+ o.O

Hopefully it ups overall Knight Fight experience.

Still working on the backlog. I have the new Necrons from the Indomius set but will wait till the new codex is out to decide what I should build and paint first.

I'm the meantime I finished the 6 Armiger's. They still need bases done so until I get to them I temporary put them on some smaller bases so the can stand. Camera phone pics for now.

A friend of mine asked if I would paint his Brass Scorpion. I've always thought it was a cool model so I started on it.

First pass at the body and base colors.

Love the dudes smashed into the body.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Love the dudes smashed into the body.

It really is peak GW/FW. Completely silly in the best way.

WM!! How you been my friend!

Ah you know, living the covid dream. My phone and ipad keep logging me out so mostly just lurking on Dakka at this point.

My phone does that too me too. PITA

So started fiddling with some Primus Marines. Playing with some new paint themes.

Been awhile Solar good to see you back. I like that color scheme , would look great on the tabletop. What’s your take on the new models?

Looks fantastic SL. Nice combo.

Lovely, not enough purple marines, and good to see you back!

I would much rather have Primus Marines than Primaris Marines.

--Brian

That's not yellow!

I really like what you've got so far. Do you think you'll add another color over the tan/ brown?

Yorkright wrote:
Been awhile Solar good to see you back. I like that color scheme , would look great on the tabletop. What’s your take on the new models?

Not sure. Just thought I play around and see if I can peak my intrest with all the new kits. So far I thought I'd go with IF successor.. called.. Praetorians. All Terran formed chapter.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Looks fantastic SL. Nice combo.

Thanks Brother.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Lovely, not enough purple marines, and good to see you back!

True. Originally the purple was Grey. Thought it was too mute.

 Briancj wrote:
I would much rather have Primus Marines than Primaris Marines.

--Brian

Good catch. Funny how I wrote that. Probably do it again.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
That's not yellow!

Says the man who reminds me that I have yet to build a loyal chapter.. resolved

 IceAngel wrote:
I really like what you've got so far. Do you think you'll add another color over the tan/ brown?

The brown is actually the new Necron brass color with several washes depending on what light is hitting it. The only change I might make would to purple inside the shoulders. Not sure though as I wanted them to look like traditional spaulders.

Just playing for now. No hurry as I believe Adepticon will be postponed again. In the meantime. I will try to finish my friends Brass Scorpion and the Lucius Warhound. I'll continue to add more SM as I need to break from projects.

Thats a nice combo for the lamenters scheme. I like that it looks a bit lived in rather than super pristine.

Ok. Been working non stop. Looking forward to my vacation over the holidays.

Trying hard to get some projects off the table and finished.

First to finish my friends Brass Scorpion. I decided to forgo the base. It's just too big to have it forced to fit in between terrain peices. So i'm waiting for a good day with sufficient time to JB weld/ pin it all together.

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Next I need to finish assembling my Lucius Warhound. Again a 'glue' day. Not that it's needed for any event prior to Adepticon 2022, but it's taking a sizeable portion of my work table.

A couple of in the work projects. First is repaint of some of my older Necrons. I decided to re theme them a while back but recently changed the glow on the Canoptek units to make them stand out as such.

Continue to add to my Primaris SM lists. I have 2 very specific lists I want to try and I'm trying to stick to only purchasing those models. You can see the paint theme in some posts above. Techmarine in my current list.

The gradient you got on those armour plates are gorgeous! I hope it stays together alright, the bigger FW pieces I find to be quite fickle on occasion.

Very rich red, candylicious!

Thanks everyone.
In addition I got all my Rampart Kickstarter kits for my new Adepticon Knight Fight game. With Adepticon cancelled again this year, I have 15 months to build. When I get into it I'll be posting on the Knight Fight thread.

Old pics of KF at Adepticon. Then the supply of drop of new Terrain kits.

Well, SOMEbody went 'all-in'.

--B.

That's.... Some plastic.

Yep. Should be a more dark gothic look instead of a generic MDF city. I'll add a bunch of elements from the GW terrain kits to bring it In line with the 40k universe. The fun thing will be designing the individual buildings as these kits are all modular, so I'm only limited by my imagination and my wallet.

With all the stretch goals items, I may have to build a IG army. A tank company seems reasonable with all the tanks that came with the kickstarter. I'll see how much infantry and can muster from past Adepticon displays boards I've done over the years.

Here is a screenshot of the theme I went for. Though it will be painted much darker.

Looking forward to seeing the city being built

Thats a heap of plastic Solar, will look great once done. The good thing is you have plenty of time till Adepticon to finish it up. Your reds on the Brass Scorpion is fantastic really love the look.

Thank guys.

As soon as I can I'll post some picks of my Canoptek wraiths repaint. I went with a blue glow instead of the traditional green. This should make it easier to identity those units from the main dynastic units. Seems my current list is a Canoptic centric army.

Still waiting on GW to resupply some kits on their website. Need an additional Redemptor dread to finish out one of my Primaris lists

2 more days till vacation.

Good taste on blue glow, I always thought it suited the aesthetic of Necrons better tbh. Two days will pass soon enough!

One of the most satisfying things to see is a lovely deep red on a miniature, and your Brass Scorpion is looking great!

That brass scorpion is lookin' lovely.

Finished adding the legs and claws.

Looks really good SL. Very eye-catching!

Some more progress.. the repaint of my lists 5 wraiths and a Chaplain on a bike. I need some more practice on edge highlighting but generally happy with the result.

Just love that champion... very EC.

That Brass Scorpion is looking amazing, fantastic red!

Thanks. The BS is for a friend but I won't be able to get it to him till spring and can travel. The Chaplain is one of Two kits I brought. The second one I'll be converting to a Captain. Bought a special helmet and will replace the crozius with Spear. I just need to do something with the breastplate. More to ponder.

Next up will probably be the Lucius Warhound. Weekend glue day needed. I need to free up some table space.

Love the Scorpion. Always thought it was a cool model. Crons look very nice too. I dont understand this strange shade of yellow on this biker fella. Very confusing.

Back again.

WM : actually it's more of a gold. The camera is making it weird, I might have gone a bit overboard with the wash.

That said, I will start posting more as I push towards the massive amount of things I'm working on for next years Adepticon ( assuming it happens )
The plan is to bring 3 armies for games with my friends. I don't expect to play in any official tourney but pickup's with my friends and play armies they probably haven't had a chance to face.

So I have been working on Necrons (First Army I'm bringing). Getting the models I have already painted ...Repainted to the current theme.
So far I have repainted the Monolith, 5 wraiths and a Triach Stalker, I have painted in addition a 2nd Monolith, a 2nd Stalker, 4 more Wraiths ( sucks that they come in 3 and I need 10 ). A 5 man unit of Lychguard w Shields and a 5 man unit with warscythes. a 5 man unit of Praetorians. Lastly one of 3 Doomstalker
So based on my list I'll need to builds and paint 5 more Praetorians, an Additional wraith ( but will paint the other two while I'm at it ), a Doomstalker, a Tecnomancer and some of the new Scarabs (12 ).

In addition there is a Repaint for the Night Shroud bomber and some misc HQ's ( not in my AC list )

Next up is to finish my List for the Tyranids (2nd army I'm bringing ) all I'm missing is several Monsters Units, a unit of biovore's and a good amount or ripper swarms.

Lastly I started on a Primaris Space Marine list. I have named them the 'Sentinals' Sons of Dorn. I have the unconventional thought of playing a large amount of Dreads as a theme. Dreads have always represented a 40k vibe with me. So far I have purchased just about everything I need for my list ( And More ) but manage to paint mostly things that are not in my list... just cause and trying my new color theme. Gotta get focused.

Next will be a complete redo of the Terrain for the event I run at Adepticon ( Knight Fight ). There is a thread on Dakka if your interested. I have to build and Paint a 6x8 Cityscape board for the Imperial Knights to run around in. Past Years I used alot of MDF buildings and this worked well but it didn't look very gothic or grimdark. This board will be using the modular kits from the 'Rampart' cathedral terrain kickstarter. Went all in and should be able to up my game for the Event.

Then I invested in a new Necron board. New Mat(s) and terrain. I thought I should have a table that complemented my army not just some distant battlefield. Cool thing is I purchased some files and Ramos has generously played around with 3d printing them so I will have lots of terrain options. I still have all my Jungle terrain for my Nids to play on so I'll be bringing that too.

Then Finally the Titans.. Finish the Warlord titans additional weapons, back banner and detailing and build and paint the Lucius Warhound. Hope to use them in the full scale Titannicus game ( Hope I can get all 4 of mine in the game. 2 Warhounds, Reaver and the Warlord.

Now all I need is time.. I have 8 months. Starting my countdown... Thanks for stopping by...

It is traditional my friend, to include a link to a thread you mention wanting people to visit. That being said I didn't see any threads by you besides this one that had been posted to since December 2020!

Great to hear you're keeping so busy. Looking forward to seeing photos of the various painted models as you complete them. Good luck!

Yeah,, the Knight Fight thread was mainly to give people a look at the past. I'll be posting progress as I get into full Urban terrain building mode.

So on the Necron Front, I got some of the mats I ordered and some Obelisks' ( they are originally objective markers that I'll use as terrain )

2 more additional Mats should be coming so I can create additional sized boards.

Couldn't resist seeing how some of my Repainted Necrons look on it so I took a few pics.

I also wanted to see how the Obelisk's look painted up and on the board so I painted one to check as well.

Great looking crons SL, they match up well with the new mat.

They all look great together SL! Nicely done!

Finished a few more stragglers.. The Primaris Cptn from the box set. Sorry no pics .. yet

I did manage to get started on a Project that I intended to do for Adeption last year. Kinda put off after the event got derailed. Started on the Lucius Warhounds Legs. this will be a different Legio than the others I have . Being a Lucius Pattern I thought that it should be a Horus Heresy era Legio. So I'm going with Legio Fureans or TigerEyes. Yellow with Black flames. They turned Traitor and even fought in the assault on Earth and the Imperial Palace. Working on the Leg armor next before I get to the body.

Solid start!

That yellow really pops!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Solid start!

Thanks. I'll get to assembling the body this weekend.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
That yellow really pops!

I discovered makeup brushes. They are like wet blending dry brushes. Really am impressed. Getting better at using them. They also are amazing for OSL. Which I started using on my recent Necrons

The paintjob looks great so far. Without the rest of the titan, those legs look like nightmarish cyborg chicken legs.

 Warboss_Waaazag wrote:
The paintjob looks great so far. Without the rest of the titan, those legs look like nightmarish cyborg chicken legs.

It feels that way. Still working on the body. Resin warping , gap filling and test fitting to get the best results.
Finished up the bottom half and started on the 3 weapon options. Only the Plasma cannon is finished.

That's a lovely big glowy gun.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
That's a lovely big glowy gun.

Ditto! Looking like quite center piece.

Finished the other 2 weapons. Gattlng blaster and Las Blaster. Magnetized the weapons and arms. based coated the body. Next to start gluing it all together.

Hey, is there any way I can help you make your grind to Adepticon?

--Brian

 Briancj wrote:
Hey, is there any way I can help you make your grind to Adepticon?

--Brian

Thanks for the offer.
Not sure.. I'll have to ponder that. I have Several Armies I need to finish and I'll need to finish them myself. The New Knight Fight terrain is Unfortunately all Modular so I'll be building it as I go. More trial and error planning. I will have much more time than I thought as I'm off work starting in November.

If I get in a bind I will reach out. Though I believe / Leaning towards that Adepticon will be cancelled next year as well with all the recent new variants and politicizing surrounding the virus.

I have concerns how many more years off or false starts Adepticon can even survive.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
I have concerns how many more years off or false starts Adepticon can even survive.

If it does survive, will it be under attended or will it explode as folks are hungry for any type of experience?

Based on the local events, it'll be asses to elbows packed.

Reapercon, in September basically sold out in minutes.

Wow.. I know I'm looking forward to it

The Lucius Warhound is mostly done. Still need some details and cleanup.

Those legs are vastly improved by the armor plating. It's looking fantastic.

Love the black, curling flame details. Really help sets it off. Nice work SL. That'll be a fine addition to your imperial forces.

That's a great big robot banana right there. Excellent. Watch out for minions though!

Wowzers that is some gorgeous yellow on that big fella. I am hoping Adepticon goes off without a hitch, it is close enough to me that I could drive in for the day. Plus seeing that knight fight again would be cool.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Love the black, curling flame details. Really help sets it off. Nice work SL. That'll be a fine addition to your imperial forces.

Thanks, though it was not a very well casted piece. I think I managed to get it at least tabletop ( or Adepticon floor ) ready. I still need to add the Flames ( tried for a very Tim Burton - NBC reference) on the Carapace, but I need a break from it and it is done temporarily for now.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
That's a great big robot banana right there. Excellent. Watch out for minions though!

Luckily I think they live at your house.

Yorkright wrote:
Wowzers that is some gorgeous yellow on that big fella. I am hoping Adepticon goes off without a hitch, it is close enough to me that I could drive in for the day. Plus seeing that knight fight again would be cool.

You should come for the event and play. Play some pickup games and Knight Fight. Everyone needs to have a vacation and get back to playing.

Quick update. Got some more pieces for my Necron board. Some taller Obelisk's. And a shot with a warrior next to the lot. A lot of painting to be done. My main set pieces should arrive by the end of the week. Looking at the pic the lettering looks very unclean. but I assure you it is not, it's heavily gloss coated glare

They look great!

Another board & Terrain I will be bringing to AC2022

Very lovely, I like the green glow at the corners.

So my first wave of Necron terrain arrived. Started playing with the overall look. Here is a small ground piece I used for a test.


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Here is a quick layout of the terrain I have. Lots to paint.

That's a smashing layout, great mat too.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
That's a smashing layout, great mat too.

Thanks, It's a bit bigger than the standard 2000 pt board, but for 3000.... yep all good.

I'm hoping to get this painted up in the next couple of weeks. then on to finishing my remaining Necrons for my list. I'm reserving Nov for the new Knight fight board.

Wow, that looks fantastic!

Looking good Solar!

It looks very open, to me.

Yep. Just made my hotel reservations.

Awesome .. here's to hoping to see you all next March. if you are going and intrerested in a game of 40K let me know

Additional progress on the Necron board. I purchased some very cool Necron files and Ramos has graciously offered to print them for me. So some of the smaller flat pieces will be replaced by these new prints. I think these will give the table a more Tomb world feel.

That is a an awesome Necron terrain set. You have inspired me to stop browsing and get to work on my Ork terrain.

 MeatShield wrote:
That is a an awesome Necron terrain set. You have inspired me to stop browsing and get to work on my Ork terrain.

Excellent.. lots of good scrappings to build stuff with!

I like the idea of having terrain to match my armies. House Army Terrain.

More Necron terrain progress. Problem is taking pictures with my phone at my poorly lighted work room.

Wow, that looks awesome!

Gloriously glowy. Love it.

About half way done with the original set of terrain. I have 6 additional pieces coming from Ramos that I will replace some of the flatter pieces.

Once that is done I will finish Painting my Lists.
Necrons first, SM and then finish the Nids.

Then on to the Knight Fight Table. My new Mats will not be available till mid to late October.

New Ramos printed Terrain should be here some time late next week. Exciting times. Been Painting Rocks.. Yep rocks.. I'll paint them the same color as the Terrain and vicariously add them to the edges of the terrain pieces to give the table a nice transition to the new mat.

I plan to very the gloss levels and will lightly brush sections with my Necron green paint to tie it all together.

Exciting. Don't be fooled by the rocks that you got, and so forth.

Christmas in September

Wow! That's some Necron goodness right there!

Oooooooooooooooooooooooh that big tomb is the business!

Very cool stuff. I almost have one of the Energy Cores ( from the DOW game ) completed (the cylinder piece). I have 4 more items on the way. 2 Mausoleums' and a pair of Gauss turrets ( DOW game as well ). Just got to find time to paint.

Finished first core.


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Looking good with that new paint job.

Crons!......Crons!.....What happened to black and yellow, good to a fellow! You know the taxi cabs! I mean .....Crons!

Got to say nice work though. Great to see.

That will be a spectacular board to play on!

 Camkierhi wrote:
Crons!......Crons!.....What happened to black and yellow, good to a fellow! You know the taxi cabs! I mean .....Crons!

Got to say nice work though. Great to see.

I still have my beloved Lamenters, but not much to add to them. As a lost chapter I'm going to keep them first born so no cool Primaris upgrades for them. In addition they never recovered from the penitent crusade imposed on them for their involvement in the Badab war thus what I have is about right for the number remaining. So I will play them as is and keep it for narrative gaming. I still have a ton of first born boxes that I'll keep ... or give away .. Paint as a different chapter in the future ... or leave them in my will ( along with 4 Titans) ... who knows.

Yeah Crons are what I play most competitively ( or what I think is competitive - Git would tell you that my lists are not that competitive ), and quantity wise I have a lot of Necrons. Thus I thought I should have a board that matches my army. The board you are seeing is a 60in x 60in table. This is because some of my friends like playing bigger than 2000 pt games - so we play 3000 pts thus allowing a more variety of different units than the latest tourney winning combination over and over. We also like to ignore the GW 'This is what terrain you need to use and where to place it.' Thus this board will add character to our games when fielding my Necrons.

There is about 6 more pieces of Terrain that Ramos is working on Printing for me so I can swap out depending on the size game I want. I have about 4-8 peices in my que to paint and a pile of rocks to paint as debris for the table. Then pack away for future use and most importantly Adepticon.

More pics to come.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
That will be a spectacular board to play on!

I look forward to playing you on it. Adepticon or Sooner.


AHhhhh Adepticon... what plans Have I..

We'll I'll be hosting 3 Knight Fight events. A 6x8 foot cityscape where 2 teams of Imperial Knights fight it out for Honor, Glory and especially adding to their Kill totals. This Year I'm hoping to have an all new city Terrain for the game that reflects a more Imperial Gothic city. At this time this project has not been started but materials all have been purchased.

I'll be bringing three 3000 pt armies for games with my friends and fellow Warders. Formost my Necrons, My Tyranids and my new SM Primaris Army chapter, The Sentinels. Obviously new terrain for the first two armies. Still need to build and paint a few figures for the Necrons and my Nid list. The SM army is new and all most nothing has been built and painted for them though all the units have been purchased.

Going to be a Hobby intensive winter.

Actually, it's been a long time since SL and I have played 40k. Years... 2, 3? I do run with a lot more competitive gaming crowd here in Madison that SL does out in the hoolies. For a while there it was funny as I kept trying to scale back the power of my lists and would still end up running over SL's forces. Just goes to show... "competitive" is a matter of your local environment. My current AdMech army is way off meta but I still think quite good. Hopefully we'll get the chance to see how it stands up to SL's Crons soon.

Regardless the Terrain will be fabulous.

It will be!

My eldest and I played a lot of Crons vs. AdMech this past year. How it turned out depended on the units chosen (which seemed to be more important for Necrons than the AdMech) and the scenario. Were I building a Necron force from scratch... I'd start with 3 full units of Praetorians, 3 Canoptek Doomstalkers and the Nightbringer. Anything beyond that is just window dressing. Add 3x 5-man squads of immortals and some kind of HQ to make it legal and you'll be set (and under 2k).

That would be a very difficult list to deal with. Kind of a "Here it comes, stop it if you can." approach. Simple to run, fast & brutal.

I've been picking up some new SM units, hoping to bring them to Acon, assuming it happens and they get painted (shipping freeze between us and Oz)

Yeah, the Ozzy Covid rules are pretty extreme.

First weekend I didn't work in ... a long time.

Had a whole day to myself.. so I did what any hobbyist would do... Clean. Yep went through alot of my piles. Sorted and put away in clear storage containers. Found stuff I was missing. Found stuff I didn't know I even had. Freed up a bunch of display space for the continuation of Armies I have and I have yet to build.

I found I have 2 boxes of Dark Imperium? Death Guard? I suspect they have the Marine stuff in it as well.. Why did I by this? Twice? About 50
Cultists, a Helldrake. 100's of first born Marines, alot of early mark armor variants for my once planned 30K army.

Enough Mechanicus figures to field about 3000 pts

Old Imperial Guard figures from previous Adepticon displays when we played in the Team tournament and I built the display boards for the teams. Probably 3 Leman Russ tanks, Chimera. A couple of Sentinals.

A load of the old Rhino's and Variants. 1st edition 'Egg' Dreads and 2 of the original Imperial Robots.

About 3/4 of the way done through the mystery boxes. More surprises ahead hopefully.

All this is in prep for clearing my table for the Knight Fight new table build. Still working on my Necron table and hope to be done with all my Adepticon Prep (3 armies and Terrain ) by the end of Nov or Mid Dec at the latest. Alot depends on if I can settle on what's in my lists and the new Nid rules in the new campaign book.




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 whalemusic360 wrote:
I've been picking up some new SM units, hoping to bring them to Acon, assuming it happens and they get painted (shipping freeze between us and Oz)

You Could paint them yourself....














Just kidding .. what was I thinking..

Glad you had a productive day SL! Looking forward to some pics of all the wonderment!

Finished the Necron board for the official 2000 pt game. Have 3 more pieces for the 3k table.

Pics?

Damn, that looks fine.

Wow, hard to believe those pieces aren't lit from the inside...

Sorry for the phone camera pics. My good camera is still broken and I've already sent it to be repaired but had the same problem occur shortly after getting it fixed. The symbols and lettering are not that pixelated.
if you click on the photo they are much clearer.

Here is a pics of all my current painted Necrons. There are some in these pics that still need repainted to the new theme and a bunch of them need new basing. That will be a future endevor as I finish all the stuff I need for Adepticon.

What's not in the picture is an additional Doom Stalker, an additional Wraith and 24 Scarab bases. All primed and ready for more time away from work. Still in boxes Tecnomancers, 2x units from the Indominus boxes ( characters , Skorpekh lords, 2 units of Skorpekh Destroyers, 40 warriors with the new Gauss Reapers, 4 Cryptothralls, 2 Royal Wardens, 2 Canoptek Reanimators). 2x units of Ophydian Destroyers. a Hexmark Destroyer, Unit of Praetorians, Box of Tomb blades. An additional Doomstalker, 2 more Wraiths on sprue. 3x Lokhust Destroyers, Tesseract Ark, The Silent King, The Void Dragon and the Convergence of Dominion. There are probably some odds and ends I missed.

What I need next is more Lychguard... as I added them to my current list.

Thanks for the full army shot. Looks good.

Boy, that's impressive.

Thanks,

Next on the painting block.. 24 Scarab bases. I'll do them in 3 batches of 8 with slight variations as to insure I can tell what units they belong too on the tabletop. Then on to my last Wraith completing my 2 units of 5. Then on to some Crypteks which feature greatly in my Adepticon list.

To finish off my list I ordered some Lychguard and Praetorians. Though I probably have enough bits to Kitbash some together.

Really looking forward to it SL!

That’s a great looking army SL, I really like your color scheme. That blue looks great as a off set color. Thanks for sharing these I always enjoy seeing army shots.

Scarabs as promised.

Ooh. I like those. Are the different colored-eyes squad distinctions or just for visual variety? Either way, they look pretty boss, and props for getting them finished.

 brushcommando wrote:
Ooh. I like those. Are the different colored-eyes squad distinctions or just for visual variety? Either way, they look pretty boss, and props for getting them finished.

That is correct.. 3x squads of 8...good eye. I didn't want to make them too different so the obvious was the eye color.

Next Up is the last Wraith, then on to some Tecnomancers and Cryptothalls. Getting close to My Adepticon finished list.

Very neat and gribbly.

Every time I see them I imagine the noise the bugs made in the Mummy movie

Lovely!

Ahh. The life of the unemployed.

So keeping myself busy. Finished the 3 remaining terrain piece's for my Necron board. Below is one of the two Mausoleums. Also finished the small pyramid.

Recently painted some small objective markers in the form of small obelisks. They are painted with the Necron style glow but in blue instead. (I painted all my Canoptek units in blue as well). So I found these objective radius control area pads to go under them. Same color. Very cool.

Then on to rebasing all the different themes I had throughout the years and basing those units I never got too. Pic of basing in progress

Lastly I started painting the two Gauss Sentry pylons that replicates those found in the DOW games. Still wip. I don't like the glow in the vanes so I will switch to the AB most likely.