Armies on Parade.


A liquid slosh effect.

In the process of consolidating all of my stuff into this one blog, rather than having two. Here's stage 1 on a Crisis Suit.

Nice looking force you have there Verv.

Cheers mate. I strive to constantly improve.

And now... for the purposes of diversity on this blog, a Great Wall of Images from my old Tau blog.

That sloshing liquid effect is very nice!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
That sloshing liquid effect is very nice!

Thanks man, I did that as a test of my new W+N size 000 brush. Worked perfectly.

More work on the Crisis Suit. Annoying automatically appended next post thing makes separating my updates from responding to comments hard.



"Can we go to the park, dad?"
"Yes, tiny son."

Kroot Ambush!

Thank you, Peregrine and Buttery Commissar, for helping me with measurements, motivation, and general help in setting this up.
I can finally store my entire Tau army. And it is glorious.
Here's the pile of waste foam.

That's a big pile of foam.

Save some for basing maybe?
Or scrap chunks to pad out difficlt models.

Thanks man, I will. I put in all in a box to use as I want, like to reinforce trays with FW resin on them.

And a Khorgorath. Work on my store's AoS starter set is going well.

Photos from a game I played against some gorgeous Dark Angels.





And a pic of my AdMech army in its new home (for two months).

Working on some camouflaged Pathfinders. Not happy with the camo right now due to it being too mushy, will ensharpen it tomorrow or something.

++IMPORTANT NOTICE++
Taking a break for a while. Will return in several days/a week.

Small update today, mostly involving dragging the OP into the modern era. What do you think of the new banner?

Tau looked good on that battle table!

I see that GW is making the Tau dino-hooves look more pronounced

Thanks, shaso. I appreciate it.

And now some bad news. My Barracuda's base died horribly in a cat-related incident, so it needs rebasing. Planning on using the pin+acrylic rod method to fix it, and building an entirely new base out of those large wooden round decorative things that people love using to base showcase models.
Also, I bought a load of new Tau, two Hammerheads and a Skyray, 44 Fire Warriors (Why Verviedi, why?! Don't you know you have to paint that?!), 10 Pathfinders, a Cadre Fireblade, 2 metal broadsides, and some LE stuff such as metal Ethereals and the Kroot Bird (Thanks BigWaaaagh!)
So big update soon, lots of camouflage. Debating repainting the Barracuda a lighter grey as well, or even adding some camouflage to its top bit.

Also, I have a wish list of things that I'd like, if you want to sell me stuff, click the link in my signature.

Now, for more painting. The Iridium Suit I'm doing for the Dakka painting challenge is coming along nicely. Here's the first WIP. For some reason, the lighting makes it look really rough, but it's smooth in person (and after I sand it)

Sorry to hear about the Barracuda base damage, Cats be cats.

Irridium heavy armor suit is looking great so far!

Damn cat related incidents, they just love knocking stuff over.

Iridium Suit is looking great so far.

EDC

Thanks guys, I appreciate it. While my Barracuda was nice and snug in its foam... the base was not, and made the ultimate sacrifice. At least now maybe the Barracuda won't look so sad flying around at Riptide head height.

The newest wave. Metals.

Nice stash of metal, Verv! I've got a few of those old Broadsides myself courtesy of a friend who didn't want his anymore. It should be cool to see what you do with them.

Ah yeah, I still have my 1st run of Tau Broadsides, and FW resin one with the curved armor.

Thanks! I also managed to acquire the FW Games Day Kroot Bird with that lot.
Anyway, here's pics of one of the Ethereals that I completed already.




My objective is to make an Ethereal Council out of one of each Ethereal model.

There's a distinct feeling of what did I do last night.

That feeling is awesomeness. Go with it.

 Cleatus wrote:
That feeling is awesomeness. Go with it.

I remember making the minigun-with-other-miniguns-as-barrels (meta-minigun?), and then just sort of going into a frenzy of gluing. Time to look up some rust tutorials.

Current WIP on the Ork vehicle.

That's really cool Verve... love it! Wonderful imagination on display there.

Thanks Gits, I have another spare Rhino and some Guard stuff, so if I ever decide to do more Orks, I can do even more crazy stuff. I'd run them as IG Armored Company with BS2 most likely, I don't particularly like the infantry. Just a fan of the Mad-Max vehicles.

Helluva a Dakka-Wagon ya got there!

As well you should! Besides... your conversion is fantastic.

What's that crazy Ork Razorback going to count as? Or is it just for looks? Either way it's awesome in its own Orky way!

Thanks guys! I just made it because I was feeling Orky. I'll probably put it up on eBay, have it as a display piece, or start an Ork Mad Max army in the far future.

Well that was fast. Done, will officially enter it in the Painting Challenge thread soon.

My work today. Cadre Fireblade and Piranha. Neither is done.

Really like the light grey square bits on the skimmer. Nice touch.

Thanks Gits, I put them on all my vehicles. I still have seven vehicles of various sorts to do, so there will definitely be more in the future.

And, I have 40 Fire Warriors to de-moldline. I did about half of them, and then worked on this Broadside. Eventually, I might even get those Fire Warriors painted.

Very nice work on the original Broadside suit there!

Thanks man, I appreciate it. Here's more photos.

Well, at least I have my work cut out for me.

That's a good start for a tau mechanized brigade.

This is my take on a tank destroyer. All rivets made of the purest tyranid tongue. Thank goodness for the bits box.

Orky TD is looking good!

Tau mechanized looking to be a nice tank paint project!

There you are, I knew riveting would summon you! How do you do the rivets on your tanks? I'm sure my method isn't efficient.

Oh, I'm looking at those tanks in dread already.

Two looted wagons.



And for my next trick, I need a Rhino, a Doomsday Cannon, plasticard, sprue, tyranid tongues, and glyphs...

Looking good . I love the looted vehicles. I especially like that rivets are made from tyranid tongue...

EDC

 Verviedi wrote:
There you are, I knew riveting would summon you! How do you do the rivets on your tanks? I'm sure my method isn't efficient.

Oh, I'm looking at those tanks in dread already.

I basically do rivets the way a cake maker does cakes, I have a squeeze bottle with small tip adapted and make a dot on the nozzle, and apply it to the model.

The rivets there look fine, different thickness and diameter are what one expects from Ork meks

They make me smile....

Thanks guys, I love making them. The next one will be Ultramarine colored, as I'm getting a bit sick of Dark Angels Green. Plus, I haven't painted any blue in nearly two years.

And, here's an Ultramarine.

A selection of models that I like. Mostly because I'm not at my LGS right now. Christmas party yesterday was nice, got an FSE transfer sheet and the first four Beast Arises books from Secret Santa.






Addendum: The Riptide with the missile pods is newly painted, but I sadly don't have any images of it on its own.

No update today folks. I'm doing this so my 10,000th post is on my blog, and something notable.
I'd like to thank you all for being nice, supporting my blog, and providing feedback and motivation for me to paint my armies. I've improved incredibly over the time that I've been posting on Dakka, and it's thanks in no small part to those who have created content such as tutorials, given honest feedback, and generally post good things to help people.
Thank you especially to all the people in my local area who post on dakka and talk to me, all you guys are awesome, and give me inspiration. Special special thanks to Kanluwen, Peregrine, and anyone else who I've bantered and posted pictures of games with. You are extra extra awesome (patent pending).
I really appreciate it.

Regular updates will resume shortly. Just a short break while I'm doing boring things.

Congrats on 10,000 posts! Looking forward to some updates soon.

EDC

Congrats Verv... it's a great milestone and one you've earned by the quality of your content.

Thanks guys, I really appreciate it. My posting may be slow in the next few days, depending entirely on whether I can get to my LGS or not.

Addendum: And I got a nosebleed while painting, so Ghostkeel Two is now annointed to Khorne. Lovely.

Grey Knight Terminator Librarian. Commission.

 Verviedi wrote:
Special special thanks to Kanluwen, Peregrine, and anyone else who I've bantered and posted pictures of games with. You are extra extra awesome (patent pending).
I really appreciate it.

<3<3<3<3

And today's project, remastering Ghostkeels. The one on the right is (almost) finished, the one on the left is still undergoing painting.

I do so love those Ghostkeel models. So much awesome .

Thanks! So do I. They're a pain to build, but look gorgeous.

More Suits. Got SC! Tau, and used it to make dual fusion suits. Just finished my plasma/fusion suits. Only took me four months

First model of my New Year's Resolution.



And also, on the right, my progress on power sword effects.

Nice ultramarine.

And a chapter upgrade kit of some sort.

And, here's some GK brother-captains. Stern and a random.

Nice work on the GK captains, very smart looking models.

The Ultramarine is also look really swanky, top job!

EDC

Came in for the Brother-Captains... Stayed for the whole dang thread!

Some dope work in here!

Thanks, guys! More models to come in the future.

Sweet Grey Knights

Thank you, I appreciate the praise.

Love the Ultramarine champion/Sergeant. Cool to see some 4th company.

Thank you. Working at one Marine a day is acceptable, I think. Trying to do this army good and propa.

One Hazard Suit assembled, other one still in pieces.

First five Ultramarines. Going for a dark, battle-hardened look.

Nice work. Dark blue Ultramarines are the best Ultramarines.

First five ultras are looking awesome. Nice work dude.

EDC

Definitely like the dark blue on the Ultras very nicely done, and suits the darker red of the helm and tabard on the sarge perfectly

Thanks guys, I appreciate it. More Marines, AdMech, and Tau to come soon.

And, we're getting dangerous in here.

Suit looks sleek! Me likey!

Very nice. Like the little gold bits

Thanks guys. If you zoom in, you can almost see the green lenses
And I love my gold, I put it on everything. Retributor Armor is truly a gift from the Chaos gods.

What a lovely Hazard Suit - clean and vibrant!

And yes, Retributor Armour is practically a must have in the paint collection. Mind you, it looks kinda funky when you shade it without relayering it

Lol. I thought it was a gift from Citadel, but now everything is beginning to make sense. GW is run by the Chaos pantheon. Which would explain why things are changing and Tzeentch is suddenly getting so much love...

Edit: The previous CEO must have been a follower of nurgle -- the pricing model was tough as all get out but the rules and everything else just seemed to be decaying.

Thanks, G.A. I actually don't usually relayer my Retributor Armor, because I like the reddish-gold look it gets when shaded with Reikland and highlighted with Stormhost.
Also, Stormhost is another gift from Chaos. It is lovely.

Brushcommando,
Hehehe, you may be right. Sure explains all the Chaos love as of late. I'm hoping someone hires me to paint some of the new Tzeentch models. They're beautiful.

Getting to work on 6 Fire Warriors. Would like to have them done hy my game on Saturday.

Aww how cute. He's embarrassed at having his picture taken. Look how red his face is! lol. Nice start. Are you dong a brown body glove?

Yes, I am. I'm going to be darkening it up. I decided red and black just wouldn't look as good as red and dark brown.

Oh cool. I like that scheme for the infantry. Has a very samurai feel.

 Verviedi wrote:
Yes, I am. I'm going to be darkening it up. I decided red and black just wouldn't look as good as red and dark brown.

Stop stealing my "brown darkened up for black" trick, V! We're going to have to have words on Saturday...

Hmm... before or after my appointment with the Scorpion?

 Verviedi wrote:
Hmm... before or after my appointment with the Scorpion?

Maybe during...

Well, I'll be having a "battle report" to post...

Here's a Skitarius.

Good work on the freehand arrows!

Ooo I really like that scheme for the Skitarri!

The Tau on the last page are looking great too.

EDC

Thanks, guys. Important note - That Skitarius is just an experiment, and I plan on keeping the Mars colors on the rest of my Skitarii. The current situation is just a quality pass, because I've improved as a painter since I started this army.

Pics from today's game against Kanluwen. Custom scenario based on an Echoes of War scenario. 1600 AdMech vs. 800 Tau. My objective? Survive.






I won in the end. I had two units left on the board. I output quite a bit of BRRRRT.

Nice work V! Doesn't look like you had a lot to work with either

Oh, that's more a fault of my camera than anything else. I actually had 2 Hazard Suits, a Commander, 4 Marker Drones, 6 Stealths, and 5 Crises. They just came in so that they never all showed up at once.
Glad to see you here, G.A.

Cawl fired his laser. I completed my objective.

Yes... RIP Hazard Bob. We hardly knew ye.

 Verviedi wrote:
Oh, that's more a fault of my camera than anything else. I actually had 2 Hazard Suits, a Commander, 4 Marker Drones, 6 Stealths, and 5 Crises. They just came in so that they never all showed up at once.
Glad to see you here, G.A.

Half points, and you had rolling reserves?!

Hey, I was here on the last page - guess that means I'm propa sneaky!

If there's one thing I'm good at, it's keeping my Suits out of LoS. Difficult, but fun.
And no, I'm afraid I didn't notice you. Must have been something purple in your post

 General Annoyance wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:
Oh, that's more a fault of my camera than anything else. I actually had 2 Hazard Suits, a Commander, 4 Marker Drones, 6 Stealths, and 5 Crises. They just came in so that they never all showed up at once.
Glad to see you here, G.A.

Half points, and you had rolling reserves?!

Hey, I was here on the last page - guess that means I'm propa sneaky!

The mission in question was a modified version of "Last Step Backwards". In the original mission, it is Cadians v. Chaos Space Marines.

The original mission has 500 points worth of Cadians with:
-Platoon Command Squad
-Conscript Platoon
-Leman Russ Battle Tank(with mission specific rules allowing it to also fire as a Vanquisher, if a successful roll is passed)

vs

1000 points of CSM, with at least 3 Cultist Squads.

If you look on the sides of the board, you can see dice marking out "The Long Dry", which is an area of terrain impassable to anything but FMCs, Skimmers, and Flyers. We modded the scenario a bit to let us both play with some new toys, and had a blast.

Verviedi wrote:If there's one thing I'm good at, it's keeping my Suits out of LoS. Difficult, but fun.
And no, I'm afraid I didn't notice you. Must have been something purple in your post

I feel like you need a medal for such an effort

That's strange considering you responded to me. Must mean my mind control techniques are improving...

But yes, I'm here, and looking forward to more of your work!

Kanluwen wrote:The mission in question was a modified version of "Last Step Backwards". In the original mission, it is Cadians v. Chaos Space Marines.

The original mission has 500 points worth of Cadians with:
-Platoon Command Squad
-Conscript Platoon
-Leman Russ Battle Tank(with mission specific rules allowing it to also fire as a Vanquisher, if a successful roll is passed)

vs

1000 points of CSM, with at least 3 Cultist Squads.

If you look on the sides of the board, you can see dice marking out "The Long Dry", which is an area of terrain impassable to anything but FMCs, Skimmers, and Flyers. We modded the scenario a bit to let us both play with some new toys, and had a blast.

Ahh, I see. I'm no longer up to date on 40k - in fact I can't remember if there was ever an "unfair" setup mission back when I last played. I assume this is from Fall of Cadia?

Sounds fun though! Glad you two managed to field some new things with it

Razorback!







Tried to do a marble effect on the rear door, I think it turned out well. Sadly, chucking all the UM up on eBay. I don't have the ability to commit to them now, and I need money. Plus, this is an experiment to see if my painting is worth anything.

My Ultramarines want that Razorback for themselves so badly....

A shame that you have to sell off a good paintjob!

Here's to hoping it will at least sell well

Nice UM Razorback.

Sounds like a cool battle, definitely a cool narrative hook.

EDC

Thanks, guys. I had a blast playing that game. I quite like narrative stuff.

Also, does this price seem reasonable for 5 Marines and the Razorback? I'm trying to nail down what to charge.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/232217591721
The weird paint blob on the Razorback gun-carapace has been fixed.

Aww. So sad to lose the 4th company stuff... I enjoyed seeing that. As far as the price goes, I'm honestly not sure what'll sell. I'd go for the absolute lowest you'd be willing to accept and hope for the best. Most people on ebay seem to be hunting for a bargain and usually pre-painted lots don't seem to get very many bids. That being said, your models are painted to a MUCH better standard than what usually passes for "pro-painted" on ebay, so I think you might have better luck than most

Nice work Verv. Love the extra bit on the back hatch. Good attempt at the marble. I've tried that before (with little success). It's tough!

 brushcommando wrote:
Aww. So sad to lose the 4th company stuff... I enjoyed seeing that. As far as the price goes, I'm honestly not sure what'll sell. I'd go for the absolute lowest you'd be willing to accept and hope for the best. Most people on ebay seem to be hunting for a bargain and usually pre-painted lots don't seem to get very many bids. That being said, your models are painted to a MUCH better standard than what usually passes for "pro-painted" on ebay, so I think you might have better luck than most

Ack, I find it difficult to write "pro-painted", as I still don't feel like a professional.
Thanks for the kind words and advice.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Nice work Verv. Love the extra bit on the back hatch. Good attempt at the marble. I've tried that before (with little success). It's tough!

Thank you! I just hit the white with a nuln oil wash and used some very thinned down black as squigglies, while the ink was still wet.

Some revised images of the UM.


Decided to try my hand at the Swap Shop instead of eBay. Tomorrow, pics of a Tau vs. Eldar battle, and my next commission, a Thousand Sons Sorceror Lord, and the Imperial Space Marine model.

Game against Eldar. I asked him to play against the Scorpion and Warp Hunter. I got my ass kicked. Got tabled and killed two Wraithguard. Had tons of fun, though.

Man, Scorpions make me blush when I see them, they're so pretty and deadly

At least you enjoyed the game

G.A

I warned you!!! Had fun though

Welcome to Dakka! Glad you had fun as well.

Welcome back actually, my account hadn't been used in about 5 years so it was purged...

And for today's update... the first model I ever painted.



And the Chaos Sorceror I did.

I like the sorcerer. Is he a night lord or do sorcerers wear blue like librarians?

He is a Thousand Son. I believe Sorcerors can wear whatever he wants.
I was told to replicate the scheme on a model by the person I'm painting for, and I replicated it.

Ah. Got it.

Drop, drop, drop your pod
Inside defensive ring
Lock and load in purging mode
Imperial Space Marines!

Lovely retro Crimson Fist! So much detail on that Bolter, and the little brow on his beakie helmet suits it so much I wonder why they don't all have that

Paint and basing's very nice and clean too!

Thanks! I loved doing it!
The fist emblem on the shoulder pad is me messing (uncharacteristically) around with freehand. I'm interested in advancing my skills in that area.

The Fist logo is freehand?

That's really good! I'm thoroughly envious

That model is gorgeous. It's easily my favorite of the ones I've seen you do.

That Imperial Marine is gorgeous! The fact that you did the CF logo freehand amazes me. My own freehand is pitiful by comparison, an area I'm trying to improve. I hope to build and paint my own copy of the Imperial Marine for the March painting challenge (mine will be Dark Angels, of course).

Very cute song there verv... and excellent job on the SM.

Lovely work, V!

I have my own Imperial Marine, and can't wait to paint him in the future. Reckon I should leave it till I get some other things done though...

brushcommando wrote:That model is gorgeous. It's easily my favorite of the ones I've seen you do.

Thanks, I'll get my own some time. This model was for someone else, and I want a desk decoration of equal quality. In purple!

ZergSmasher wrote:That Imperial Marine is gorgeous! The fact that you did the CF logo freehand amazes me. My own freehand is pitiful by comparison, an area I'm trying to improve. I hope to build and paint my own copy of the Imperial Marine for the March painting challenge (mine will be Dark Angels, of course).

Thank you! The freehand was far easier than I expected, it just took careful patience and steady hands. And some touching up with the blue paint afterwards.
I'll do mine in Emperor's Children colors. Love purple.

Gitsplitta wrote:Very cute song there verv... and excellent job on the SM.

Song is stolen from a post on my facebook feed, I won't take credit for that
Thank you!

Ynneadwraith wrote:The Fist logo is freehand?

That's really good! I'm thoroughly envious

Thanks! Highlighting it was the most difficult part, it took a few minutes to do. The rest was all just patience and occasional fixing

General Annoyance wrote:Lovely work, V!

I have my own Imperial Marine, and can't wait to paint him in the future. Reckon I should leave it till I get some other things done though...

Come to the dark side, we have cookies!

 Verviedi wrote:
Come to the dark side, we have cookies!

Don't tempt me - after seeing such a nice job from you, I'm very close to ripping the box open and buying some more Kantor Blue

 General Annoyance wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:
Come to the dark side, we have cookies!

Don't tempt me - after seeing such a nice job from you, I'm very close to ripping the box open and buying some more Kantor Blue

Muahahaha!

Also, here are some Barracuda names I'm thinking of. What's youse' favorite?
Specifically going for silliness, the Farsight Enclaves seem individualist enough to justify gloriously silly names.

Aerovore
Sky Shark
Airspeed Enforcer
Come Closer...
Hello Down There!
Here Comes Trouble
Free Hugs!
Pew Pew
Speedy Thing
See No Evil

Free Hugs!

That's a name I can get behind

 General Annoyance wrote:
Free Hugs!

That's a name I can get behind

Free hugs!*

*...also missiles

Yay, free ion-blaster hugs for everyone! Too bad that it's annoying to get them in range...

Nice limited edition model there

Very clean and crisp.

And free plasma cannon shots. May you all feel warm and glowy inside.

Current state of the Barracuda. Tried a little bit of weathering to give it the extra realism.



Yes, that is indeed a heart and peace sign.

Free Hugs is looking very good

Regarding the weathering, I think the black near the vents in the middle of the wings need to be wider - the pattern of the soot doesn't look so natural, imho. You could also try chipping all the places where the craft "cuts" through the air, such as on the nose and the front of the wings.

Other than that, looks pretty sweet

G.A

^Seconding this, I guess it would add a tad more realism to the craft. Looking awesome though

Here it is, with moar soot and some chipping.



Thanks for the help, guys

Well, that was quick

Looks much better! I'd say Free Hugs is ready to fly, and dish out the Cuddli- I mean Railguns

*glances at own Vendetta Squadron*
I'm going to need more Dakka...

Don't forget the exclamation point! I hereby name it the Free Hugs!. Imperial, Alien, and Chaos scum will be purged now. Pew pew pew.

Nice updates. Both the sorcerer and Imperial Space Marine look brill.

Barracuda is coming along nicely too.

EDC

Obligatory Barracuda Song.

Loving the extra weathering

Not sure if it's the camera, but do you highlight your golds? They look a little flat in comparison to the rest of the model...

Yes, I did. Rather extremely, too (Reikland wash, Stormhost highlight). I'll have to look over the model again to see if the nuln oil wash messed with the gold.
Also, yeep, the white bit needs another wash. It's very patchy.

Proud to say that I'm redoing my AdMech. Here's a Plasma Skitarii. 2 Secutarii Upgrade Kits in the mail, so the manufactorum is going into overdrive.

Very cool. I always enjoy seeing people's painted admech...

Ooh nice skitari.

Managed to sell those Tacticals, Razorback is still sitting in reserve, won't put it up yet. The latest in the line of "just for eBay" technology is currently being painted. The Tech-Priest Dominus from SC! Skitarii. Here's an arm.




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Well, time to have some !!FUN!!. Over a hundred fiddly resin pieces.

Have fun with that resin Verviedi!

Fun times ahead. 5/20 complete.

Are you having fun yet Verviedi?

Fun.. Seems the fun is yet to start

15 ish more to go!

 Verviedi wrote:
Fun times ahead. 5/20 complete.

And yet that's still a drop in the bucket to where you should be for Skitarii Hordes.

Well, I'd like a Warhound first. Maybe some more Hoplites, and Cawl, for Armies on Parade. I now have two crabs, just need a third.


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 War Kitten wrote:
Are you having fun yet Verviedi?

...Trip hammer. Trip hammer trip hammer triphammer.


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Some midnight painting.

Looks great dude love the Tech Magos model, and you've done a really nice job on him

Thanks, here's the finished model! I did something different for him, I got him in the Start Collecting box, so I painted him for the express purpose of selling. I think he came out well.

Looks nice! Should sell with no problem.

Looks good!

Have you considered relayring the cloth and skin parts so they're less murky due to the shade, or is that deliberate?

It's deliberate. I do my Tau very bright and shiny (Minus vehicles), and I do my new AdMech very dark and murky. It allows me to vary my style, and not just paint clean red all the time.


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 Gitsplitta wrote:
Looks nice! Should sell with no problem.

Thanks, I appreciate it

Dominus is looking great V, can't wait to see what comes next?

The first Secutarius.

Working on a Dunecrawler.

Oooh, an invisible Dunecralwer. Nice work, V!


Looking forward to seeing it finished

That's a sweet base and love the dominus!

That dunecrawler looks sweet! Can't wait to see it all painted up.

Nice crab of doom.

And good bases

More work. The wheel embodies all that keeps on turning. Not done, yet.

Nice crab bot.

The white breaks it up nicely on front.

Looks great so far. I really like the stark white on the dull red.

Thanks guys, more crabs to come

And more crab.

The Dunecrawler looks great! Real nice work

Nice work on the Tech Priest and Skitarii.

The Dune Crawler is coming along nicely, white white cogs on the front are a nice touch.

EDC

Thank you. I hope to get the Dunecrawler done today or tomorrow, and then I'll return to the Secutarii Swarm.

The Invocation Of The Wheel - May the Omnissiah's servants be forever reminded of the sacred formulas of the Wheel's Inertia and Velocity.

Looks brilliant Verv.

Thanks! I just realized I forgot some rivets. Grrr...

Free Hugs! flies again!

Battle Report:

Sisters of Battle vs. Adeptus Mechanicus (1000 points) - Crusade

Deployment

Close up on the right flank's tanks-


TURN 1
SoB
Opponent went first. He disembarked his Sisters from his Immolators, and moved them onto objectives. The left Immolator fired on the Breachers, instakilling my Dominus (rolled a one for look out sir, and a three for invuln). The Exorcist fired its guns, and killed a Breacher.


Mechanicus
Used +3BS/-2WS Doctrina, and reroll ones to shoot Canticle. I moved most of my stuff up, creeping my Infiltrators forward in the Relicos, to keep them in 3+ cover. Onager fired its Neutron Laser at the left Exorcist, bringing it down to 2HP and stunning it. Breachers fired their heavy arc rifles and glanced the left Immolator to death.


TURN 2
SoB
Immolator full of Dominions and Veridyin outflanked in behind the Dunecrawler, and a squad of Seraphim deep struck behind my plasma vanguard squad. The Dunecrawler got exploded, and the explosion killed one Vanguard. The Seraphim killed three of the plasma Vanguard, knocking out every plasma gun. The right Exorcist and Immolator fired at the Infiltrators, killing two.

Mechanicus
Used +2BS Imperative. I moved my Infiltrators into range to charge the Immolator, and all of my stuff up. The Breachers moved towards the outflanked Immolator, and combined fire from the arc rifle Vanguard and the Breachers knocked it out. The Peltasts looked at the Seraphim, raised their weapons, and... "Take 25 armor saves, please". The four-man squad of Vanguard and two-man squad of formerly Plasma Vanguard fired at the Dominions, and killed the Canoness and all but one Dominion. Infiltrators charged the right Immolator, and killed it. The objective-holding Vanguard charged the Dominion, and did no damage and recieved none in return.



TURN 3
SoB
Some more Seraphim deep struck behind by Peltasts and fired on them, killing four. The Battle Sisters on objective 1 fired at my Infiltrators, and killed the Princeps. The left Exorcist fired on the Peltasts, and killed none. The right Exorcist fired on the Breachers, and killed one, forcing the squad to break and fall off the board. Nothing happened in the Dominion-Vanguard combat.


Mechanicus
The Peltasts fired on the Seraphim, and killed three. The remaining Seraphim retreated, and eventually ran off the board on turn 5. The Arc Rifle and former plasma vanguard fired on the left SoB squad in the supply dump, and killed three. The remaining two Infiltrators charged the right Exorcist, doing one HP of damage. Nothing happened in the Dominion-Vanguard brawl.



Turn 4
SoB
The right Exorcist fired at the Peltasts, killing two. The right Battle Sisters fired at the Infiltrators, killing one. The left Exorcist fired at the formerly plasma Vanguard, killing my Warlord with a rocket to the face. The Vanguard-Dominion brawl finally ended with the Dominion dying. The Vanguard consolidated onto the objective and sat there for the rest of the game.

Mechanicus
The lone Infiltrator charged the right Exorcist, rolling two sixes to hit and glancing the tank to death. The arc Vanguard marched within six inches of the left Exorcist, firing at point blank, and... whiffing horribly, dealing one HP of damage. The lone former plasma vanguard fired his gun at the Sisters in the building, doing nothing. The Peltasts fired long-range shots at the Battle Sisters on the right flank, achieving nothing.


TURN 5
SoB
The Exorcist fired a full volley of rockets, wiping out everybody in the arc squad except for one Skitarius with an Arc Rifle. The Battle Sisters on the right flank cut down the last Infiltrator.

Mechanicus
The Peltasts moved onto objective 4, and fired more kinetic hammershot, felling two Battle Sisters. The lone remaining arc rifle skitarius fired his rifle... and wrecked the left Exorcist. The last remaining former plasma Vanguard fired his carbine, activating his integrated aimbot, and cut down the last two remaining left-flank Sisters with a single burst of fire.

TURN 6
SoB
The last remaining SoB moved behind a wall to hide from the Peltasts, still holding the last objective.

Mechanicus
I shuffled my dudes around to have more objective coverage. Rolled the die, game over.


RESULTS
Sisters of Battle: (3pts)
First Blood (+1)
Slay The Warlord (+1)
Objective 1 (+1)

Adeptus Mechanicus: (4pts)
Slay The Warlord (+1)
Objective 2 (+1)
Objective 3 (+1)
Objective 4 (+1)

FINAL THOUGHTS
An amazingly fun and close game. My opponent was a joy to play against, always happy, and I got to play against an army that I've always wanted to play against. Any game that ends with 3 models on one side, and 10 on the other, is guaranteed to be fun.

Here's my Dunecrawler, in its new home for a few months. My LGS' display case.


And here's a very WIP picture of my House Johnson Imperial Knight. The orange isn't even close to done, and the white needs more thin coats. Metal needs cleaning and cables need doing.

House Johnson Imperial Knight update 2.

House Johnson knight, update four.

I'm getting there...

So, it looks like Aperture Laboratories is still a going concern in the 41st millennium. If only you could have done the Knight's head as Wheatley or GLaDOS or something...

Tidy bit of Knight work there, Verviedi. Great stuff!

Awesome stuff V - is that Aperture emblem freehand?

Yes, everything on the knight is freehand. No decals at all!
I wanted to make a GLaDOS head, but sadly I didn't have the skill.

Your freehand is truly commendable, my friend. I'm very jelly

Great close battle! And that knight is looking sweet already

Excellent pics from the game vs the Battle Sisters.

Wicked work on the Knight too, top freehand skills!

EDC

Thanks guys

Here's a picture of her in my LGS. Only like 2 hrs of work to do until she's finished!

Looks terrific Verv!

Here's what became of a failed Techmarine candidate. The Mechanicus told his chapter that he died in an unfortunate blast furnace accident. There was no body...

++All sanctifiers are in place. We are prepared to begin execution.++
***Confirm containment of subject.***
++Subject is contained. Vitals are steady. Black carapace is prepared for integration.++
***You may begin the procedure.***
++Beginning procedure...++

Now that's cool! I love cybernetically augmented dudes, and you've got a really good creepy vibe going with this guy

Loving the little background snippet for him too. It's little touches like that that really bring a model to life for me.

Thanks! I only wish I had your conversion skills...

Done! Mark II Modified Astarte.

I don't know, I'd be proud to have made that dude one of the things I hold important is it's about picking the right bit, not necessarily the most complicated

Plus, your posing's great it really looks like he's sort of shuffling forwards, dragging his feet. Exactly what a mind-wiped Astartes servitor would do

Also, your sig's reminded me that I must read The Hydrogen Sonata. I've read Matter and Surface Detail and they're both brilliant

I agree, and you must read the entire Culture series! They're all amazingly good. Consider Phlebas is a bit weak, but still enjoyable. I'm halfway through Matter at the moment. Finished Consider, Player of Games, Use of Weapons, and Surface Detail. About 33% through Hydrogen Sonata.

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Sweet I'll definitely pick some of them up soon.

If you like the Culture series I'd thoroughly recommend the Commonwealth Saga by Peter F Hamilton (2 books, Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained). Just finished reading them for the second time and they're excellent

Added to my list! Thank you

I like the "modified" Marine. Kind of like a cross between a Space Marine and a Skitarii (Skitarius?). Seems like something that would belong a Blanchitsu article in White Dwarf or something.

Thats one snazzy techmarine. Didn't know mechanicus bits could be used like this on marines!

Thanks for the kind words. That's the feel I was going for.

Here's a bolter Modified Astarte.

Getting to work in Canoness Veridyan and an Emperor's Champion (Not Pictured).

This is my first sculpting attempt. It's already been purged with fire, to be redone later.

Nice knight, marines and such

Sweet while the previous Modified Astarte looked more like a shuffling mind-wiped servitor, this guy looks a bit more like a clockwork soldier. Perhaps moving in more jerking sudden movements and overall more animated than his colleague

I like him

Thanks! I have plans for a few more Modified Astartes, maybe one with some spider legs... won a game against Dark Angels, who says my Mechanicus didn't drag a wounded Marine off the board?

I present to you. Spider Leg Modified Astarte. Look at those base contact points.

Awesome! How did you make it?

First, I took a Tau Shield Drone bit, cut off most of the stalk, and filed the shield generator down to create a flat section. I glued the Marine torso to the disk, making sure the seam was minimal.
Then, I took four Necron Wraith claws, and slid the little slit between the claw and the rectangular thing into the rim of the shield generator. Then, I cut an Omnispex in half and put it where the stalk used to be, to cover up the bottom.
I do wish that the torso was a little bit longer. I may add some green stuff cables or other bits to elongate it later.

Kickass thanks man . I definitely need to grab some Necron bits to flesh out my bitzbox.

If you're looking for a slightly beefier torso for another spider dude (maybe a heavy-weapons guy) the Kataphron Breachers torso is slightly bigger than a Marine's and comes attached to a bunch of cables where their midriff should be

Thank you! I should be able to find one in my bits box, I have a ton of stuff in there.

No probs consider it payment for the how-to for the spider legs

Whatever you're thinking about doing, you should, and you should also post pics

Yes sir!

That was fun! Made him taller, and installed a cable connecting his eye directly to his gun sight. Also, replaced his genitals with a computer running Windows 95. Should come in handy.

Neat definitely improved, although I can imagine the Astartes in question might not think so about one particular 'improvement'...

Could have been Vista. But even I'm not that cruel.

Some more work-

 Verviedi wrote:
Could have been Vista. But even I'm not that cruel.

Now that's a real-world example of 40k-style technological regression if ever I've heard one...

 Verviedi wrote:

Some more work-

Nice! These guys are going to look really sweet

Here's a little AAR while I work on some terrain.



I got crushed in this game, by the way.

The Daemon Prince charged my Dunecrawler. Its first rounds of attacks whiffed, doing no damage. The Dunecrawler hit back, hitting on a six, wounding on a four, but the DP passed his invuln. The Infiltrators charged in, and got utterly wrecked by the Bloodcrushers and Daemon Prince attacking them.
The Dunecrawler attacked again.
It hit on a six.
It wounded on a five.
My opponent rolled a one on its invuln.

Instant kill.

This is the second time that specific Daemon Prince has charged the Dunecrawler and gotten instakilled. My Dunecrawler is a badass. Thank you, Cognis Manipulator.

Haha!

I think you should put an honorary daemon skull on its base as a badge of honour

Either that or a little tally painted as scratched onto the side of its armour

I'll give the Dunecrawler a tiny, subtle Mark of Khorne... And pehaps make a new Modified Astarte, made out of a Berzerker dragged off the field...

We're going Full Renegade, folks! Hold on to your mechandendrites!

Getting to work in my Barracuda, again. It's almost done! Removing the superglue fogging was annoying, but I did it (after this photo was taken)





Photos taken on the bathroom counter, due to minor technical difficulties.

Also, WIP breacher. Overhauling the old paint job. I really don't like Past Verviedi right now.

Looking forward to seeing the overhaul V, and the finished base for Free Hugs

I love what you're doing with the flyer base, Verv! I might have to steal that idea for my DA flyers, albeit smaller.

Thank you! The base and acrylic rod are from Dragon Forge Design, so check them out if you're interested in replicating what I did. I love the nice, tall, thin rod, very pretty. Much better than the X-base, which is about 3" too low.

Suggestion on the Barracuda base: do something to integrate the ruin into the rest of the base. Right now it's a little too obvious that it's a separate ruin piece glued onto a flat base. Think about how it would work in the real world, either you'd have some kind of floor inside the walls still visible, or the dirt would have piled up high enough to not be a flat surface against the wall. Adding some extra dirt is probably the easier solution, so I'd do that. Same thing with the little spike bit, file off a bit of the square end where it's sitting on the ground so it looks like it's embedded in the dirt instead of just sitting on top of it. And then color-wise you want to add some of the red dirt accumulated on the ruin, so it's all one coherent whole (weathering powders are good for this). TBH this is one of the harder parts of getting a diorama to look good, but it's a really important thing to do.

Also, I'm not sure if this is the poor quality photograph or an actual thing, but the fire warriors don't stand out very well. The dark color against the dark walls makes them almost invisible at first glance. A slightly brighter revision to the fire warriors and some weathering/color tinting on the walls might make them stand out a bit better.

I'll get right to work when I get home. Should be able to do all that to a decent quality. Thanks for the advice!

EDIT: Dirt added. Drybrushing with Martian Ironearth worked pretty well, will have to use proper weathering powders when I get my hands on them. Also, switched out the Fire Warriors. Expect better images at some point.

Definitely looking better now. The only real problem is that the piles of dirt around the ruin look like they're obviously added on to a flat base since the texture is so different. It's probably too late for it now, but in the future you probably want to spread it out more. Or, ideally, use a clay/greenstuff/whatever surface across the entire base. You squish the ruin into it so it's embedded in the ground a bit, then add the dirt material simultaneously across the entire surface of the base.

I think applying some Martian Ironcrust to the edges of the dirt would blend the texture, it's about halfway between dirt and ironearth texturewise. I'll pick some up today, and test it out. Thanks for the help.

Very early WIP of Knight base. Squished the broken pipes into some greenstuff to make little slopes, and added sand to make it look like they're being consumed by the desert. I have discovered that Martian Ironcrust is a godsend.


And my cat has spent more time playing by dropping a single Necron Scarab down the stairs, than he has spent playing with his real cat toys. This is astoundingly annoying to wake up to.

Now that it's (almost) done, I realise that the bit of wreckage covering the other end of the pipe looks awful, and should be replaced with some generic rubble or just sand and GS.




I think the Ironcrust forms a nice transition between the dirt and Ironearth. Your thoughts?

Definitely getting the right idea with embedding stuff in the ground, the pipe is exactly the kind of thing you want to do. The main thing you need to do now is some more color blending to tie it all together: dirt tinting along the pipe where it meets the ground, etc.

Thank you for the words of advice. Here's the project as it stands at the moment. I think it needs a little bit more red dust at the bottom, but the effect is beginning to show. Also, I need to rust the iron.






Just noticed a gap, that'll get filled too.

Looking stunning dude I especially love the varied texture you've got on the Knight base with some areas cracked, others compacted and yet others dusty/piled up with rubble.

For the main base did you paint it mainly in standard paint and then brush over with some texture stuff, or does the texture stuff only crack occasionally?

First, I squished the pipe and wall bits into some Green Stuff, to form slopes, and applied sand. Then, I primed, basecoated, applied Martian Ironcrust close to the pipes. The main paint is Martian Ironearth. It cracks when the pain is thick, so I applied a coat of varying thickness to the base. The flat areas are where the paint was thin, the cracked areas are where it was thick.
The toxic ooze is a flat area full of a mix of Castean Green, Straken Green, Rhinox Hide, and Moot Green. I then washed it with Agrax Earthshade Gloss, and finally washed it again wih super watered-down Castellan Green to create the effect of it running off through the sand. I then applied thick Martian Ironearth around the edges, to create more contrast and show the ooze running through the cracks in the ground. After that, I hit it with a thick layer of gloss varnish.
The final step was drybrushing the whole Martian Ironearth/Ironcrust/sand area with Kindleflame.

My daily contribution to society.

Oh goody goody, can't wait to see those Hoplites done!

Here's my Knight, in all her glory. I'll call her complete.

Sweet.

One good-looking knight!

Thanks guys! I packed on the Portal references as much as I could. Love those games.

Here's my next project. A kill team for Shadow War. I'm making a team of Mechanicus mech-assassins, using DE rules. This is the first guy, just waiting for a bunch of Wych legs to arrive in the mail. He has a jetpack and rifle, so he'll be a Scourge with blaster.
I don't know what kit the jetpack comes from, if you can recognize it, please tell me. I just found it in my bits box, and added a bunch of other pieces to it.

Logitarii Purgators with Radium Dispersors (Sisters of Silence with Flamers). Only three more to make before I can run a full squad of weirdness!

Great stuff Verv! Very interesting builds.

Top work on the Knight.

Loving the fantastic conversions for the kill team.

EDC

Thanks, guys. Here's the fluff.

Logitarii are the millitant wing of the Adeptus Mechanicus' Ordo Psykanica. They are created from cybernetically enhanced blanks, augmented and upgraded for maximum psyker-killing potential. Their natural psychic dampening powers are upgraded by their modified Infiltrator helms, which, instead of spreading the neurostatic aura used by the Skitarii, spread fear and psychic numbness to all in range.

There are many types of Logitarii, all upgraded to carry different weapons and systems. The most commonly seen type is the Logitarii Purgator, equipped with a baleful Radium Dispersor, which spreads lethal radiation and radium-aerosol, salting the earth and destroying organic tissue utterly.

Looking forward to Shadow War, my cyber-assassin bits should arrive today.

Niiice! I really like those guys the fluff is great for them too

Thanks man, I'll be on your conversion level someday!

Here's the assembled and semi-basecoated squad. I'm in awe that I had all the bits needed. Surprised that I had five grav-guns laying around, seeing as I've never played Marines. Doing them in purple and black, as the Ordo Psykanica really has no reason to adhere to standard Mars coloration. And to make things easier on my opponents.

 Verviedi wrote:
Thanks, guys. Here's the fluff... radium-aerosol...

The Mechanicum has finally weaponized Raid then?

 Tactical_Spam wrote:

 Verviedi wrote:
Thanks, guys. Here's the fluff... radium-aerosol...

The Mechanicum has finally weaponized Raid then?

I'm picturing more "radium dust mixed with some toxic gas", but Raid works too. We all know it'd be good against Nids.

Here's a big update for youse. The Avitarius got legs Lt. Dan..., and two Cyber-Assassins got built. Here's some pics.

The Avitarius. Don't even ask me the parts list, I don't know it.




The Syren. He needs an arm amputation, because I forgot that you have to take two Hydragauntlets. Him sharing my name due to his claws is pending.




The tentacleman. A Bloodbride with Impaler and Shardnet. This was hilariously fun to make. Not.




And as a bonus, the first painted Logitarius. I decided the Ordo Psykanica symbol should be a psi, but the little arc has cog teeth.

Where is the tip of the Avitarius' gun from? Also, those cyber assassins are looking good.

Tip of the Avitarius' gun is a Necron Synaptic Disintegrator. And thank you

Ooh fantastically creepy dudes! I really really like them great posing too.

Alas I'd like to know where the tip of the Avitarius' gun came from too :S

It's a Necron Deathmark's gun. It's times like these that I'm glad for my possibly anomalous bits box. I had 6 grav-pistols and combi-gravs.

...I've never played Marines.

Aha thankyou!

Sometimes I wish my bitz box was more eclectic. I've got the world's supply of pretty much anything Eldar, but everything else I buy in individually after I've already had the idea (or think it looks neat while looking for something else).

I honestly wish the same. I used to have an enormous bits box, which I sold for $35 because I needed money. Still kicking myself for that, probably sold $400 of bits (assuming bits site prices). Still having those would be great. Now, my bits box isn't big, but it's weird and generally has what I need.

Just love those Verv... you are a master!

Thanks, Gits. It's an honor to recieve such high praise

Here's the first painted Cyber-Assassin, and a WIP shot of another.

Last update this week. I'm on vacation.

Ooh looking fantastic dude the creative use of bits and posing on these is absolutely top-notch

 Ynneadwraith wrote:
Ooh looking fantastic dude the creative use of bits and posing on these is absolutely top-notch

Thanks man, I have got some excellent ideas while on my vacation. Can't wait to try them out... watch this space.

Speaking of vacation, here's an image of your wonderful hagfish collective/blogger/host, right before I went skiing. In between doing involuntary backflips, I thought up an idea involving the Inqusition.

Watching with interest!

Also jealous of the skiing been far too long since I've been

Well, Forgeworld made me a bit grumpy... so here's another Modified Astarte, now with Abramaxis Pattern Boltgun!



We multilate the best warriors in the galaxy and turn them into lobotomized servitors, and we intend to do this until 8th edition and the Fires Of Cyraxus release.

At this rate, by 2075, I may accidentally have a 1000 pt Marine force.

Looks sweet! Although I would stick a Boltgun mag to it

It's a homage to the fake nu-marine photo. I replicated his bolter, added more Mechanicus bits, and put it on a Marine. I agree that the mag is a little sad, though.

Here's a Ramazvous Tripod-Cultist (Datasmith) for my Clarke-Cult contingent.
Still needs more bits, but he's coming on well.

Very dynamic model!

Thanks man, welcome to the forge

Here's the Clarke-Cultist, fully assembled and primed. I decided to give him a giant backpack.





Edit: 20 pages!

Nice! I especially like the feet-swap on the electropriest legs. Great looking dude!

Thank you! Let me tell you, that was a massive pain. The legs are Skitarii vanguard arms, and the feet are cut-down Imperial Knight fingers. Absolutely terrible to set up properly.

Very creative! And yeah I can see that being a massive PITA of fiddly bits and small contact points

Playing a game against jetbike Eldar, testing Hoplites.

How'd it go?

Victory for me. My Peltasts were deleting a squad of scatterbikes a turn, so were my Destroyers. I lost a bunch of Hoplites and assorted Skitarii, and all of my Destroyers in the end, due to a Warp Hunter that deepstruck into my backfield, but I eventually haywired it down after three turns of rolling hilarious quantities of 1s on the haywire table.

Won with four objectives and Slay The Warlord, opponent conceded.

My "lolz" list of putting 47 guys on the board in 1k was surprisingly effective, I think.

Nice Verv... congratulations!

Thank you

Here's my latest project, a commission for a friend. Whole army of Scions. Please ignore the Assassins, those are someone else's.

Getting to work on that Scion lot, basecoating in batches. Please ignore the enormous paintbrush taking up most of the middle, I took that photo at 5:30AM.

5:30am? Madman

Looking really good though dude

First model of an Execution Force.

Very nice. I did my assassin's hair that way too... kind of a burnt sienna or auburn rather than screaming red.

I do all of my redheads like that, unless asked otherwise. I like my realism, not a big fan of anime hair. Good to see you like it

Due to my condition at present, expect slow updates.

I really should pick up Execution Force at some point. Those Assassin models are too cool! Your Callidus looks really good, especially the hair. How'd you make it look like that?

The hair is a basecoat of 2:1 mix of Rhinox Hide and Mephiston Red, drybrush of 1:1 mix of Rhinox Hide and Wild Rider Red, and then a very light drybrush of pure Wild Rider Red

Pics of the rest of the assassins will be posted when it's not midnight.

Is it me or does her hair look a little chocolatey?

Great work on that one, V.

Hmm... you must be hungry. Now I can't unsee it. We must all be hungry!

Here's the finished execution force.

Vindicare:



Callidus:



Culexus:



Eversor:

Those Assassins look great! I have decided that I am going to get that box after all. Just waiting until payday. I hope I can do my Assassins as well as yours.

Excellent work on the EF assassins.

EDC

What are you using for all those Mechanicus "halos?"

That's the Fulgurite Electro-Priest halo, the most useful bit known to man.

Thanks guys, the person I painted them for is quite happy

Another midnight update for youse. I swear I'll post at a sane time someday.



I don't drybrush often, but on a model like this it works.

Nice job on the Valkyrie dude.

EDC

Thank you. Almost done with him. Here's a pic.


And a pic of the name/nose art. One day I will be able to name an aircraft Mistake Not..., but it is not this day.


And here is my tiny Barracuda next to it. Ever since the incident with the Marauder, he's been having self-esteem issues related to size. I need to feed him more Stormtalons to cheer him up.

Lol @ part of my Ayn Rand collection being visible. I keep those because I got them all for free from a taxpayer funded location.

Valk is pretty much done.

Man that's a tight paintjob. Excellent work.

Fantastic stuff in here, I like your Mechanicus. I'll have to visit this Forge more often.

Thanks, guys. More Mechanicus stuff will come soon (tm).

Excellent work on the Valk. Especially the freehand on the side.
EDC