Great job Olthannon.

Good luck in the challenge this month.

Cheers,

CB

Meer_Cat wrote:The words "your talent" and "mediocre" do not belong in the same sentence- this is excellent work. The detail in the shadings and the highly complementary color scheme is executed to a high degree. Using so many colors runs the risk of presenting a chaotic kaleidoscope of disjointed, run-together impressions- this is a composite whole composed of painstakingly applied detail.

Rock on!

Thank you for the kind words Meer_Cat, greatly appreciated. I think staring at the model too long made me see all my imperfections so I'm glad it looks okay!

3orangewhips wrote:

Let me know what you guys think, I want to do a bit more work but to be honest this is about the extent of my mediocre painting talent

If this is mediocre, what chance have I?

Loving those Squats!

Thanks 3orangewhips! Don't let me knocking myself also knock you. I guarantee your painting skills are awesome!

PaddyMick wrote:Reckon you should call it job done and a bloody good job at that. Haven't they got a rule where the kahl points and gives someone a judgement token? that's what he's doing. He should be called The Crimson Grudge Judge.

Cheers mate! Kahl Athylric The Crimson Judge it is! I think you are right, I'll stick that as done.

usernamesareannoying wrote:nice work Olthannon.
i really like the kharadron heads on these guys.
of course now i cant find any to buy to do some of mine this way

I bought a box of Kharadron just for the heads! But I put the rest to good use.

Not Online!!! wrote:This one is awesome.
A dwarf worthy of his beard

Thanks Not Online! I like that, might use that as an official tag line

 Captain Brown wrote:
Great job Olthannon.

Good luck in the challenge this month.

Cheers,

CB

Much appreciated CB, same to you! Those ruins are looking fantastic.



Again thank yous all for the kind comments.


Although I should have really be getting on with painting the Hernkyn Pioneers, they are a right pain to paint I have one halfway finished, just needs highlights and the base.

In the meantime, I've been using the rest of the Kharadron Overlords box to make some more miners. They will count as Hearthkyn tooled up with bolters but I wanted them to have a more archaic look. The theme I have for my custom League is one of ancestor veneration, more exaggerated than other Kyn. Certainly with these miners I wanted them to have a more militia like quality, as if they are joining the main force to defend their mine workings.






A little trimming down in places to get the arms to fit on the Kharadron bodies but really a very simple bit of converting.

I'm very happy with the special weapons, using the Kharadron weapons to make an antique looking L7 missile launcher and the magna rail. I wanted both to look as if they were being used as blasting equipment. My main favourite is the gigantic periscope which is formerly a big old horn from the 7th edition Dwarf warriors kit. It is meant to be the pan-spectral scanner, because I didn't have one spare! Originally I planned to make it a giant hearing trumpet, something like a geophone maybe to listen out of enemy tunnellers or trapped miners. Unfortunately, that would have been an enormous faff. So I went for a periscope instead, I can imagine them peeking out from cave entrances with it. I'm going to greenstuff that a little to make an obvious lens, plus there's a couple of little gaps to fill.


Cheers all,


EDIT: for some reason those photos are a little blurry on this page but not in the gallery.

Kahl turned out great, I love his golden beard and the Predator blood on the genestealer is perfect. I’m impressed how well the Kharadron bodies work with the Votann arms

Great kitbashing work!

Aye, these are some very good kitbashing.

Nice conversion work Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Thankee kindly all you wonderful folk.










// Soft humans would call this a desolate, uninhabitable, planet. For the Kyn, this was a place of beauty and full to the brim with precious ores and minerals. Ulngred coasted the bike down a long gully that scored its way across the planet surface. The bike hummed quietly as it floated over large boulders and difficult terrain. The rest of his squadron blazed along behind, the red bikes bearing the Norhymbre Cooperative colours a beacon in a world of endless twilight. Piercing headlights lit up the ground and startling the strange wildlife. The scanner above his shoulder gave a soft trill and Ulngred's eyes widened as the results scrolled across the screen. "Howay lads, this way to the motherlode!" He gunned the engine and dove towards the cave entrance //


Second Hernkyn Pioneer! I actually painted this last week but I've had such a time of it with work this week so not done much more.

Sweet pair of trikes Olthannon! The kit works well with your colour scheme and I love the pink/purple tufts on them too! The fact that they’re Geordie kyn is even cooler!

Nice bikes Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

gobert wrote:Sweet pair of trikes Olthannon! The kit works well with your colour scheme and I love the pink/purple tufts on them too! The fact that they’re Geordie kyn is even cooler!

Captain Brown wrote:Nice bikes Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks both! I gotta have some 'lercal' representation!








Final biker finally completed, had a long slog with zero motivation so it feels great to have finished a mini! This is also the last of the Votann army box! So I'll have to try and take an army shot photo!

Up next I plan to paint my Thunderkyn, so I'll try and power through them.


Cheers for now.

Man, that demi-squadron looks good! One was terrific, but three in mass brings a whole new effect: almost more well-balanced color and detail than the eye can take in!

 Meer_Cat wrote:
Man, that demi-squadron looks good! One was terrific, but three in mass brings a whole new effect: almost more well-balanced color and detail than the eye can take in!

Thanks Meer_Cat! I really appreciate it.





Thought I'd pop up a quick shot of the completed Votann box! Glad I got them done, now I can focus on my newer purchases!


Cheers for now.

Agreed that the colors are very well coordinated, looks impressive all together.

 ph34r wrote:
Agreed that the colors are very well coordinated, looks impressive all together.

Thanks ph34r!

Little update in the form of the first of my Thunderkyn. It took me a little while to decide on their weapons but I figure the 36" heavy bolters are too fun to pass up, plus they look the coolest.






I actually finished painting the second one tonight but too late to take photos now, will do that tomorrow.

Once the Thunderkyn are done I've got a Sagitaur and 10 Hearthkyn and some Einhyr to build.


Cheers all.

Space Dwarves are looking brilliant mate. When they were first announced, I thought that they would mesh well with the KO line but before this thread I hadn't seen it in action. They are seamless and super characterful.

Loving the contrast between the large amounts of red/orange and then the pops of colour with both the blues and the basing - really pleasing to the eye.

Can't wait to see more!

Good job. Also that banner is so perfectly old school!

tzurk wrote:Space Dwarves are looking brilliant mate. When they were first announced, I thought that they would mesh well with the KO line but before this thread I hadn't seen it in action. They are seamless and super characterful.

Loving the contrast between the large amounts of red/orange and then the pops of colour with both the blues and the basing - really pleasing to the eye.

Can't wait to see more!

Hey thanks Tzurk! Really appreciate it. I was worried that the scaling would be a little off before I bought the KO box but with a little cutting and wiggling it all seemed to fit together nicely!

Not Online!!! wrote:Good job. Also that banner is so perfectly old school!

Cheers Not Online! Yeah I'm pretty happy with that banner, I think the original design is from the 6th edition army book?







Another Thunderkyn down with one to go! I was quite pleased with the lenses on this one, they are from the Thunderkyn kit so I just added them over the KO helmet.

I planned to add this squad to the Painting Challenge but I painted that first one before I remembered to add to the challenge thread

One left before it's some new minis!

Looking great Olthannon. The kitbash of Votann with AoS and Fantasy bits is definitely a win.

These two mean buisness!
Good job .

That army shot is awesome! So many cool features, but I think the OSL on the front “wheel” of one of the trikes is awesome! Can’t wait to see the expansions, especially the vehicles

muette wrote:Looking great Olthannon. The kitbash of Votann with AoS and Fantasy bits is definitely a win.

Cheers Muette, appreciate it!

gobert wrote: That army shot is awesome! So many cool features, but I think the OSL on the front “wheel” of one of the trikes is awesome! Can’t wait to see the expansions, especially the vehicles

Thanks Gobert, yes I did that on one of the bases and forgot about it for the rest maybe I will touch that up, it is meant to line up with the vents on the hover plates. I always want to tone down the headlights a bit on the trikes, they look a bit too over saturated.


Had a bit of progress with the last Thunderkyn, applied some washes and so just need to do the highlights and finish up the base.

In the meantime, I forgot I never took a photo of the Sagitaur I built a couple of weeks ago.



I wanted to add a few Dwarfy bits but didn't want to go overboard, actually quite difficult to add much to the design without it looking off. I think the limited design add ons were enough.


I also spent a little bit of time making a design for The Norhymbre Cooperative.





Only made it in Paint so it really needs a little updating to make it a bit cleaner but that's the gist.

My plan is to buy some transfer paper and then print off some designs to add on my minis.


Cheers for now.

Just saw the money shot of them all together - very impressive. Looking forward to seeing what you do on the bigger vehicles - and reading some fluff for your custom co-op?

Some more lovely work Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Oh more flags.
That vehicle is cute.

The sagitaur is quite a cute little buggy, the dwarf details look spot on too. With a bit of practice I reckon you could freehand the logo well enough. It also gives me some Angel of the North vibes with the cross on the right

PaddyMick wrote:Just saw the money shot of them all together - very impressive. Looking forward to seeing what you do on the bigger vehicles - and reading some fluff for your custom co-op?

Thankee kindly PaddyMick, ask and ye shall receive a tiny bit of fluff. If I had genuine free time I would love to write up a proper short background story.. perhaps one fine day.

Captain Brown wrote:Some more lovely work Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Not Online!!! wrote:Oh more flags.
That vehicle is cute.

Cheers both!

gobert wrote:The sagitaur is quite a cute little buggy, the dwarf details look spot on too. With a bit of practice I reckon you could freehand the logo well enough. It also gives me some Angel of the North vibes with the cross on the right

I reckon I could freehand it too but I pity my wrists I hadn't thought of that actually but I might have to make it look more angelic! It's just the Saxon letters for N and C (Norhymbre Cooperative).

EDIT: oops forgot to add the new photos!







Yes, the last Thunderkyn is complete and I'm pretty pleased with how they look together.

++ In a bizarre twist of fate, the Kin of the Norhymbre Cooperative laid siege to their own mine holdings. Bolt rounds ripped into their targets, bright green ichor fountaining from wounds that tore into the hideous, chitinous horde that scuttled towards their lines. As soon as they had answered the distress horns, the monstrous new inhabitants had boiled out of the ground in an unending tide. Byrthrund's optical array honed in on a new target, something large and ominous seemed to be orchestrating the alien beasts. "By the beards of Gytha, look at the size of that big bugger. Keep firing!" ++

Now to decide whether I paint the Sagitaur or my Hernkyn Miners..

With the 10th edition box hurtling towards my wallet I realised I should probably paint the rest of my Indomitus marines before that turns up..

Cheers for now!

With bank holiday comes motivation and free time.
So I managed to paint my Judiciar in no time at all.




And so The Knights of Fey have themselves some spiritual succour and a welcome addition to their forces. The Knights of Fey are Dark Angels Successors and up until their near destruction, were hunters of many ancient relics and tech. Bolstered by Primaris reinforcements, they have returned to their homeworld to rebuild and redeploy.

judicar is bangin!
reeks of darkangel succussor chapter if I do say so...

Nice triumvirate of hearthkyn, I like how they have a bit of northern dialect in their fluff too!

I know the feeling of temptation by the new terminators but still not started on the Indomitus Marines (I finished the Necrons at least!). The knights of fey sound intriguing, will they be a bit bretonnian themed (didn’t they have a Lady of the Fay?) or something else entirely? The Judiciary is a cracking start, can’t wait to see what the main scheme (schemes?) is like

I am never quite sure if that is meant to be a loyalist or not !

Definatly a good take on it. And the hearthkyn look superb as always

osjclatchford wrote:judicar is bangin!
reeks of darkangel succussor chapter if I do say so...

Cheers mate! They sure are, I was planning on sculpting a hood for him but I do just love how bad ass the model is as is.

gobert wrote:Nice triumvirate of hearthkyn, I like how they have a bit of northern dialect in their fluff too!

I know the feeling of temptation by the new terminators but still not started on the Indomitus Marines (I finished the Necrons at least!). The knights of fey sound intriguing, will they be a bit bretonnian themed (didn’t they have a Lady of the Fay?) or something else entirely? The Judiciary is a cracking start, can’t wait to see what the main scheme (schemes?) is like

Thanks Gobert! Some of my other marines are a while back in this plog, I don't think I've painted any for a year so it's nice to do some updates. I do plan on giving them some knightly bits where I can.

Not Online!!! wrote:I am never quite sure if that is meant to be a loyalist or not !

Definatly a good take on it. And the hearthkyn look superb as always

Always part of the fun with The Unforgiven! I always like the idea of my Imperials being barely any better than their enemies.


Updates ahoy!





Currently painting these Bladeguard for the monthly painting challenge.

Loving these bank holidays because it means I have free time to paint! Still a fair bit to go but I'm going to spend a lot of time with some detailing for these elites.


Cheers all!

The marine boys and Judiciar are looking great! Im loving the bank holidays too we should have more of it since that extra day helps so much cracking up the hobby projects.

Any more plans for the Votann?

So you did! Had to skip back to be reminded. The new pads look cool with their white robes!

NAVARRO wrote:The marine boys and Judiciar are looking great! Im loving the bank holidays too we should have more of it since that extra day helps so much cracking up the hobby projects.

Any more plans for the Votann?

Cheers Navarro! Oh yes! I certainly do have some good plans for Votann. I've ordered some bits and they are whizzing their way across the land to my desk.

gobert wrote:So you did! Had to skip back to be reminded. The new pads look cool with their white robes!

Thanks Gobert!

I've been working on a lot this past week.



Finished my blade guard aka The Hexagrammatic Order of the Knights of Fey.





I had a grand time sat outside painting in the sunshine on Saturday.





Managed to paint one of the Outriders.

Not much left of the Indomitus marines and then it's back to Votann. It's a nice break to change up things.


Cheers for now.

Fantastic golden dudes! Great contrast with the blue hints in the bases.

The Bladeguard look great! I think the color scheme is nice and balanced, and I like the small details like freehand designs and the rainbow/oil slick swords. Did you by any chance get inspired by Louise Sugden's tutorial?

Yeah, that looks like a rainbow prism sword to me too! They look great as does the outrider. The different tones on the front of the bike are a cool touch

muette wrote:Fantastic golden dudes! Great contrast with the blue hints in the bases.

Thanks Muette! I love doing little bits with bases, they add so much to a mini.

mcmattila wrote:The Bladeguard look great! I think the color scheme is nice and balanced, and I like the small details like freehand designs and the rainbow/oil slick swords. Did you by any chance get inspired by Louise Sugden's tutorial?

Cheers Mcmattila, greatly appreciated. Yes absolutely! I wanted some kind of weird effect for these blades, beyond the usual styles that people use. These Bladeguard are some of the very last of the original chapter and deeply secretive as all good Dark Angels Successors should be! There I was scrolling on Instagram when that tutorial popped up. Perfect says I! took me a couple of attempts to get the sort of pastel colour right but I'm pretty chuffed with the end result.

gobert wrote:Yeah, that looks like a rainbow prism sword to me too! They look great as does the outrider. The different tones on the front of the bike are a cool touch

Thanks Gobert! Yeah I wanted the Outrider to look like he had Ridden Out far, so plenty of detritus and grime along the chassis.


An update! An update! My kingdom for an update!

I've not had a lot of time recently to do anything. So the bare minimum has been squeaked out of late.


Speaking of squeaking (boy that's fun to say)




Here's a little verminous creature that I built and painted when I had some time spare. Skaven were my second army after my High Elves and they have a special place in my heart. They are currently due to be used in my D&D campaign as some creatures of the Dark Beneath the World (aka the Underdark). I have led the party deep underground in search of a missing Dwarf prince and it just so happens that some humanoid vermin are stalking them in the gloom. Although they are not exactly Skaven, in my homebrew these creatures are called Malluci and are a small rodenty humanoid race. They aren't necessarily evil but these ones are puppeteered by a hideous abomination of fungal growth that seeks to envelop the world. Fun!


My only other update is for the Centennial painting challenge.



I'll talk more about that when I get the build finished!

Cheers for now.

The bladeguard are simply done to perfection.

The Skaven is nice aswell, some of these older sculpts just have so much charachter.

Not Online!!! wrote:
The bladeguard are simply done to perfection.

The Skaven is nice aswell, some of these older sculpts just have so much charachter.

Cheers Not Online!!! Greatly appreciate it!

Now for the update at last. First, a snifter of fluff to set the scene...


++ Bolts shattered chitin, screeching horrors were thrown to the ground by sturdy kin and shot at close range or cloven in twain by white-hot plasma axes. Yet the tide closed in inexorably. Around Thegn Knuraz, his Hearthkyn lay dying. Sharp claws dug into the flesh beneath their hardened armour. Hundreds of the monstrous creatures fell for each that died but they were surrounded. The mine entrance was closed tight behind them as they made their stand. With a roar he brought his fist down hard on a larger creature with scythe like talons that had pierced through the kyn who had stood shoulder to shoulder with him. They were dead and Knuraz had come to terms with meeting the ancestors. He fired the last few rounds in his magazine and holstered the pistol. His fist crackled with energy and again and again he brought it down on the six legged horrors that hissed and spat with a never ending determination to end his life. The chugging roar of bolter fire rang out clear and his eyes were momentarily blinded by a streak of energy that ripped a dozen of the beasts in half and left their smoking carcasses in blackened ruin. The clarion call of trumpets rang out. þunorslieht! The roar of engines grew louder of the giant armoured land train as it crushed multiple legged creatures as it ploughed through the horde. Emboldened, the fist crackled down again. ++






I'm away this weekend and the last weekend of June so not got a lot of time left to paint!


Cheers for now.

The shaven chap looks pretty cool and their background for your d&d campaign sounds great. I hope your gang have fun!

Love the kyn vehicle, with the double tracks and high side it kind of reminds me of the sandcrawler from Star Wars. Can’t wait to see it all painted up!

Nice work on the blade guard Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Chef's kiss on the Bladeguard, and the bases make them pop, great job. Love the mini story for the space dorfs. Skaven rock. Keep up the good work

gobert wrote:The shaven chap looks pretty cool and their background for your d&d campaign sounds great. I hope your gang have fun!

Love the kyn vehicle, with the double tracks and high side it kind of reminds me of the sandcrawler from Star Wars. Can’t wait to see it all painted up!

Thanks Gobert! It's been slightly delayed but it gives me more time to build. I was originally hoping for one set of large tracks but unfortunately the lower hatches get in the way. I've since grown to like the multi track look it's very "sci-fi". I plan to make some track guards soon.

Captain Brown wrote:Nice work on the blade guard Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks CB! Much appreciated.

PaddyMick wrote:Chef's kiss on the Bladeguard, and the bases make them pop, great job. Love the mini story for the space dorfs. Skaven rock. Keep up the good work

Cheers mate! I'm glad people liked the Bladeguard, I spent a good bit of time on them.


Just adding a few shots from the painting challenge thread.









Praise be to þunorslieht! The hammer of the ancestors.

It's done for now but I plan to return in future to add a few things, mainly some decals and maybe some other things like the track guards. We'll see when I have spare time


Now for something a little different and a return to the Knights of Fey.



++The "Fyrnweorc" or dreadnoughts of The Knights of Fey were once things of unrivalled beauty. Scrollwork covered their mighty forms and intricate swirling patterns glowed on the armoured plating. In the harrowing defence of their homeworld in which 90% of their chapter was destroyed, nearly all of the Fyrnweorc were lost. As the chapter has begun it's steady recoup with Primaris reinforcements, new engines of war join the battlefield.

It was traditional on the planet of Yeaver for a warrior to be buried with their weapons and this ritual continued when the warriors became marines and were interred into their dreadnoughts.++

Little bit of background for my first model of Leviathan. I was debating either this or the terminators but I went with the awesome ballistus dreadnaught. It's an "old skool" mini so I wanted an old skool vibe with the back banner.

I always enjoy converting minis. I have some odd bits remaining and it's fun to see what I can use.


Cheers for now!

What is this 'spare time' of which you speak, stranger?

Seriously nice work on the mover- nice amount of detail without overwhelming the eye. Keeps right on, keepin' on with army color scheme as well. Jawa aesthetics meet Squat durability!

I like the Knights of Fey dread, too.

rock on!

Big fan of the Squat crawler. Sweet conversion and an awesome color scheme.

Squat Crawlers looks aces! I like the canopy on/off shots! love a nicely painted interior.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with Leviathan, there’s some sweet minis in there. The dread looks cool, but it’s a shame the classic dread was discontinued:’). Still this one is already looking cool. Is that an old bretonian shield on his chest? He seems to have captured a flag too, is he playing ZorpaZorp’s tabletop Dawn of War rule set?

Good luck in the challenge Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

The Land Fortress looks good with the tracks, and the colors really pop. I do also like the banner on top of the dread; I put a little dark angels statue thing on top of mine. Gives an otherwise blank area a little flavor.

Love the tacked land fortress Olthannon.
Did you say where you got them?

Thanks everyone for the kind words!

Meer_Cat wrote:What is this 'spare time' of which you speak, stranger?

Seriously nice work on the mover- nice amount of detail without overwhelming the eye. Keeps right on, keepin' on with army color scheme as well. Jawa aesthetics meet Squat durability!

I like the Knights of Fey dread, too.

rock on!

Thanks mate! Yeah spare time is a premium but I'll clutch on to it when I can!

youwashock wrote:Big fan of the Squat crawler. Sweet conversion and an awesome color scheme.

Cheers! Glad everyone liked it, I'm glad about the colour scheme, I was worried the yellow would be a bit too harsh but I think it breaks up the red.

gobert wrote:Squat Crawlers looks aces! I like the canopy on/off shots! love a nicely painted interior.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with Leviathan, there’s some sweet minis in there. The dread looks cool, but it’s a shame the classic dread was discontinued:’). Still this one is already looking cool. Is that an old bretonian shield on his chest? He seems to have captured a flag too, is he playing ZorpaZorp’s tabletop Dawn of War rule set?

Cheers Gobert!
the classic dread will live on in our hearts and minds! The shield is in fact from the Empire Knights kit. The sword behind it as well as the banner pieces are from the High Elf spearmen and archers.

Captain Brown wrote:Good luck in the challenge Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks CB! Congratulations on your silver, so well deserved!

ZergSmasher wrote:The Land Fortress looks good with the tracks, and the colors really pop. I do also like the banner on top of the dread; I put a little dark angels statue thing on top of mine. Gives an otherwise blank area a little flavor.

Thanks! Yeah I find it tricky with these easy to build minis to make them look a little personal, but little conversions like that really help.

usernamesareannoying wrote:Love the tacked land fortress Olthannon.
Did you say where you got them?

Thanks! No I didn't say, it was from the same place I got the tracks for my Ad Mech kettenkrads. The company is called Zinge Industries.

So I was originally going to do these Terminators for the challenge but I have something else in mind for my D&D campaign. I've got an in person session coming up soon so this will have to take priority over Leviathan marines.













Just blasted through these when I had a bit of time spare this past week. Really like these updated Terminators, GW have been doing a great job with these new releases.

I'm glad I went for the red weapons when I was originally coming up with this colour scheme. It worked really well here and gives them quite a retro feel.

Cheers for now!

Love the Terminators. Big fan of the color scheme and the heat stress on the assault cannon.

Good job on the new termies, look great!! And checking a bit back, the Votann vehicle with tracks instead of wheels is "chefs kiss".

youwashock wrote:Love the Terminators. Big fan of the color scheme and the heat stress on the assault cannon.

muette wrote:Good job on the new termies, look great!! And checking a bit back, the Votann vehicle with tracks instead of wheels is "chefs kiss".

Cheers both!






Little update on my Gobbos / Tothsporid. One down and three to go, really chuffed with how they turned.

That smoke is rockin'. Works great with the vivid colored pods.

Think you were right about the red weapons on the termies. The gold is a bold move as well but it works. Love the gobbo. Love all gobbos, but smokin shaman dudes especially

Great work on the gobbo, the smoke is great and I love how he’s controlling the little snotling like it’s a puppet! Definitely agree on the retro red guns for the knights of fey, works awesome on the terminators

youwashock wrote:That smoke is rockin'. Works great with the vivid colored pods.

PaddyMick wrote:Think you were right about the red weapons on the termies. The gold is a bold move as well but it works. Love the gobbo. Love all gobbos, but smokin shaman dudes especially

gobert wrote:Great work on the gobbo, the smoke is great and I love how he’s controlling the little snotling like it’s a puppet! Definitely agree on the retro red guns for the knights of fey, works awesome on the terminators

Cheers mates for the kind words, much appreciated.

End of the month is approaching with the terrifying speed of the sands of time slipping through our collective fingers (the horrors of age etc etc).





I'm rather pleased with the sheer vibrancy of this little spider gobbo because the basecoat was a very old pot of Snot Green that must be from at least 1997 and it still had some life in it.





I've been merrily pootling along painting these gobbos while watching the Ashes yesterday (or at least what was actually playable due to this manky weather).

I've now got three down and one to go. There's a few things I need to touch up that I noticed in the photos so hopefully get that sorted and maybe a little display board too? Who knows.





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A lovely day of progress here and I've got all the four models painted for the challenge. I'm dead chuffed with how they've turned out. Could do with a tiny bit of touching up in places but overall they're good to go. I've got some scenery to make for my in-person D&D session.

For background - this is the Coven of Moulders. A group of creatures which enact the will of Ir-Gothin, a god of the Underdark that was imprisoned until a mighty earthquake broke free it's magical prison. Now they seek to gather fresh victims for their growing army, to bring about a new order to the world.

Cheers.

The Gobbos look great! Such fun miniatures with so many little things going on. The colors are superb. I like the bottle on the bent over guy perhaps the most. They seem so sparkly and intriguing. Well done all around!

Wow, lovely paintjobs all over! Very nice hobby work. And kudos for going Votann!

That gobbapalooza is great, the bright colors really really pop against the grey bases, and they don't clash with each other either.

Great progress Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Man, those gobbos turned out great! A real explosion of fun and colour!

Thanks for all the kind comments folks, much appreciated!








Working on these marines for the painting comp. Work has been hellish busy this month so I've only really had time to do the painting in this last week. Couple of little touch ups I need to do that I've noticed in the photos. Then I can work on the Lieutenant and hopefully finish in time!

Bit of a grind really because I want to be painting up my Votann Kill Team, but more on that soon!

The only decent looking primaris leutnant.
Very good job on the marines btw.

I came here because your "mices with dices" quote made me laugh, so I thought I'd check out your painting.

Well, damn. You're a great painter, and you have creativity to spare. I'd never even heard of the "gateway to hell" in Ethiopia, or that absurd tracked motorbike. And even though I own those admech models you painted, they've sat dusty because I never imagined they could look as good as you've made them look.

Not that I have skills to equal yours. But overall, I'm happy to be someone with so much to learn. (It keeps things interesting.)

Anyway, just keep on doing what you're doing. Very inspiring stuff.

Lots more good stuff here mate, keep up the good work! and would love some army/warband shots when you're ready

Nicely done figures and as usual- love the alien flora that provides a spot of color and makes the whole thing pop!

I also love the new figures and the realistic (in heroic scale) sense of articulation they convey: a far cry from the magnificent but somewhat stilted original RT metallics and even the first set of plastic Space Marines that gave us so much more choice for arranging and positioning. The posing is excellent, here.

Rock on!

Really nice set of marines there, lovely effect on the flamer nozzles

Cool marines, the blue tufts even match their shoulder pads! The Lt looks much more proper with a first born helmet too

Nice painting work. Good to see you keeping at it. Question, though. Where did you get the blue tufts you used for the alien grass on their bases?

Not Online!!! wrote:The only decent looking primaris leutnant.
Very good job on the marines btw.

Thanks, I didn't really want a space marine army but I've now got a large one simply from the Indomitus and Leviathan boxes..

Talking Banana wrote:I came here because your "mices with dices" quote made me laugh, so I thought I'd check out your painting.

Well, damn. You're a great painter, and you have creativity to spare. I'd never even heard of the "gateway to hell" in Ethiopia, or that absurd tracked motorbike. And even though I own those admech models you painted, they've sat dusty because I never imagined they could look as good as you've made them look.

Not that I have skills to equal yours. But overall, I'm happy to be someone with so much to learn. (It keeps things interesting.)

Anyway, just keep on doing what you're doing. Very inspiring stuff.

Heya mate, welcome to my blog your kind words are very much appreciated! You should post up some minis if you can, would be great to see them.

PaddyMick wrote:Lots more good stuff here mate, keep up the good work! and would love some army/warband shots when you're ready

Cheers me deers! Once I finish Leviathan minis and the Votann I'll definitely post up some army shots, there's nowt finer.

Meer_Cat wrote:Nicely done figures and as usual- love the alien flora that provides a spot of color and makes the whole thing pop!

I also love the new figures and the realistic (in heroic scale) sense of articulation they convey: a far cry from the magnificent but somewhat stilted original RT metallics and even the first set of plastic Space Marines that gave us so much more choice for arranging and positioning. The posing is excellent, here.

Rock on!

Cheers Meer_Cat! I quite like the Primaris marines, especially now they have more character to them. I think this particular Lieutenant is abit too busy in terms of all the pouches he has on but I get the point of it conveying he is behind enemy lines.

Slinky wrote:Really nice set of marines there, lovely effect on the flamer nozzles

Thanks Slinky! I meant to add some blue to it as well but forgot all about it, glad they still look good!

gobert wrote:Cool marines, the blue tufts even match their shoulder pads! The Lt looks much more proper with a first born helmet too

Cheers Gobert! The biggest downside to me with the Primaris is the helmets are a bit naff. The mouth grille on the Mk 7s is the best bit.

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Nice painting work. Good to see you keeping at it. Question, though. Where did you get the blue tufts you used for the alien grass on their bases?

Thanks Waazag! I got mine from my FLGS! I believe the company is called gamers grass?


Again, thanks all for the kind comments, boosts morale far better than a commissar.


So on with the updates:





Finished entry for the August painting comp. I'm not massively content with how they ended up, needed a bit more time spent on them but totally ran out of time at the end. I tried to make the Tyranid chitin on the shoulder look whitened and cracked as if it had been on there for a while and the sun had started to dry it out. I did like how the gold on their armour turned out though, think I've got the recipe for it sorted.










The first half of Thegn Idryc's Salvagers. The Norhymbre Cooperative finally have a Kill Team. Thanks to Jadenim for supplying me with these. Although Sod's Law in action as GW decides to release them not 2 weeks later

So we have got Vasqa with her BFG, then "Boom-Boom" Makaz showing off his guns, we have Eata carrying a load of guns, Ytharus blasting through the alien skies and of course Thegn Idryc who leads this mighty band to take whatever minerals belong to the kyn. I had a lot of fun last night snippin', cuttin' and convertin'.

You get bonus points for spotting the bitz and working out the references for those names! Some are canny easy, others a little trickier perhaps..

It's been a lush weekend out there in the UK, cheers for now!

Lovely work on the Lt and his cohort of flamers, really cool. The mk7 grill certainly adds to the classic character. I think my beef with Primaris is that they all have the same helmets pretty much. I’m glad they’re mixing the helmets up a bit now. No idea on the names’ origins though, unless Ytharus is Icarus?

BFG girl?

The Marines have turned out very cool. I am a fan of the off-type helmet, too. Those Votann are awesome minis. Lots of character.

Your Blade Guard came out really nice.

Isn't that how we always end up with a 40k marine army?

Anyways great job!

Nice work on the Marines Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Marines look amazing, good job!

gobert wrote:Lovely work on the Lt and his cohort of flamers, really cool. The mk7 grill certainly adds to the classic character. I think my beef with Primaris is that they all have the same helmets pretty much. I’m glad they’re mixing the helmets up a bit now. No idea on the names’ origins though, unless Ytharus is Icarus?

Cheers Gobert! Yes Icarus is one..

Slinky wrote:BFG girl?

Aye Vasquez is another! I meant to green stuff a little bandana.. clearly the inspiration for that model because that's the standard build and I didn't do any converting.

youwashock wrote:The Marines have turned out very cool. I am a fan of the off-type helmet, too. Those Votann are awesome minis. Lots of character.

Tommygun1918 wrote:Your Blade Guard came out really nice.

Not Online!!! wrote:Isn't that how we always end up with a 40k marine army?

Anyways great job!

Captain Brown wrote:Nice work on the Marines Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

muette wrote:Marines look amazing, good job!

Thankee kindly everyone! Much appreciated

Keep forgetting to update this blog with all my updates. So let me fire some photos across.







"Boom-Boom" Makaz, Ytharus and Eata here painted up and ready to go in our Kill Team campaign.

Very pleased with how Ytharus turned out in particular.

Makaz is named after the great boxer Boom-Boom Mancini. The other two remaining, Eata and Idryc are both tough guesses. I would have been amazed if anyone got those two Both are historically famous Northumbrian Saxons who were very important to our global history. Eata was the bishop of Hexham who joined the Synod of Whitby which prescribed the Roman church as opposed to the Irish. This largely changed how early Christianity was formed in England.

Idryc is named after Ida - the first King of Bernicia which later became the Kingdom of Northumbria when the smaller kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira unionised. Ida was one of the first known Anglian kings who migrated to Briton in the early 6th century.

Anyway enough dull historical nonsense.. more painting to come.

Cheers all!

Very snazzy - I love the alien basing. works really well.

I really like how rich that yellow is. Also the blue OSL looks really good! Very clean work, these guys look great!

I like the green fungi the most.... probably because i got an ork army

Anyways great progress , very well done.

i didn't know that squats had jumppack troops.

The kill team are developing nicely, itharus certainly looks the business. And you’re correct that there was very little chance of me getting the Northumbrian Saxons, despite spending many a holiday up there

Very cool-looking group. The pugilist, especially.

Nothing wrong with a bit of history. Duly noted as a source of cool names. Those marines look ready for action; you've really brought them to life. I also did not know squats had jump packs! Great job on those too.

Wonderful coloring Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Slinky wrote:Very snazzy - I love the alien basing. works really well.

Thanks Slinky! I like coming up with weird bases, I spent too much of my youth doing comparatively dull Warhammer Fantasy ones

Godfiend wrote:I really like how rich that yellow is. Also the blue OSL looks really good! Very clean work, these guys look great!

Thanks! Much appreciated.

Not Online!!! wrote:I like the green fungi the most.... probably because i got an ork army

Spoiler:

if that is indeed a green fungi and not just a gem... my eyesights not so good anymore.

Anyways great progress , very well done.

i didn't know that squats had jumppack troops.

Cheers! It could be a weird gem or it could be a weird fungus.. who knows? Both are of interest to space dwarves. Yes only the Kill Team has the jumppack so far, presumably it'll be a unit with the next mini update!

gobert wrote:The kill team are developing nicely, itharus certainly looks the business. And you’re correct that there was very little chance of me getting the Northumbrian Saxons, despite spending many a holiday up there

Cheers Gobert! I now need to come up with names for my next batch..

youwashock wrote:Very cool-looking group. The pugilist, especially.

Thanking you!

PaddyMick wrote:Nothing wrong with a bit of history. Duly noted as a source of cool names. Those marines look ready for action; you've really brought them to life. I also did not know squats had jump packs! Great job on those too.

Thanks PaddyMick! I'm looking forward to seeing what GW does with the future releases.

Captain Brown wrote:Wonderful coloring Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks CB! Much appreciated coming from you as your colours are fantastic!



Little update from me as I've been dreadful on the mini front this past few weeks. The next 5 of the Kill Team ready to go.

I still have a few more things to add in, notably on the medic. I used the same idea from one of the standard squads that a tankard of beer works as a cure all for any Dwarf. For this one I wanted a keg on the back.. need to find something I can use for that through. Any thoughts? Does anyone know a good bit for that?

I had a lot of fun cutting up the legs of the sniper to make them crouch. Didn't slice my fingers either which is a big win. After I've painted them, I'm going to add a big rock or similar under the rifle so it gives them cover.

Anyway, cheers for now!

Great job on the sniper, that looks very promising.
As for keg ... Gw did produce clutter terrain and that included barrels afaik.. but that 'd be to big.

Maybee old whfb dwarfs would have something?

I also think something from Fantasy Dwarf range would have something like that, if not barrels from some scatter terrain?

Thanks both! Just a little update from me as I've had zero time for the lovely fantasy world of fun.









Had a bit of time today so I sorted out the keg on the back of my medic. Now brewkyn designated:W0RL4D can carry out their duties properly. A fermenter and brewer extraordinaire. If a squadmate is down and out, a tankard of finest XXXX will sort them right out.

Cheers for now!

Lovely Kin conversions there! I'll have to save all your new Squat ideas for future inspiration. Top spirit. Nice Marines and basing, as well.

Nice work, the brew will put them back in the fight for sure

That worked perfectly! well done.

Cracking conversions, and the keg is perfect for squats

Thank you one and all, much appreciated.

Just a couple of updates here - finally got the last two minis of the first half of the Kill Team done. Should have finished these last month but found myself completely unable to summon up the energy to do some painting. Picked up a brush again last Friday and finished these yesterday. What a relief to get back into painting, pleased with managing to push past that block.











Now to paint the next five and their transport!

Cheers for now.

Really cool minis. That 3 barrelled mini gun is sweet. Their looking like a mean bunch already

That's really successful, they look great all together. Yeah, not-Vasquez is still my fave

Nice work on the Kill Team Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

gobert wrote:Really cool minis. That 3 barrelled mini gun is sweet. Their looking like a mean bunch already

Sometimes they're nice... And sometimes they are nashty.

Slinky wrote:That's really successful, they look great all together. Yeah, not-Vasquez is still my fave

Cheers Slinky! Fairly chuffed with not-Vasquez, I should have taken a picture of the monitor on the not-smartgun

Captain Brown wrote:Nice work on the Kill Team Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Thanking you kindly CB!


Little update from the weekend, two more stalwart Dwarves for the Kill Team - Gunner Scíma and Kynlink Harcyn.











Cheers for now!

Those Votann are looking great, good job on the osl!

Some more nice work Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Love this color scheme and glad to see additions to the team- the osl work is really a treat!

OSL is working very nicely!

OSL turned out pretty good on those Kyn. I never really attempt OSL because I'm always afraid I'll ruin what would otherwise be a solid paintjob, like I'll massively overdo the OSL effect or something. Maybe I just need to give it a try sometime.

 ZergSmasher wrote:
OSL turned out pretty good on those Kyn. I never really attempt OSL because I'm always afraid I'll ruin what would otherwise be a solid paintjob, like I'll massively overdo the OSL effect or something. Maybe I just need to give it a try sometime.

THIS! It took me forever to risk what was otherwise a nearly finished model by attempting OSL, and I still can't do it to present the look I want. What I have learned- as I'm going forward trying to do it- is that fixing the effect doesn't add a lot of time to the job.

I'm not at the point to where I'll paint it out and try again (I either leave it as is or restore it to original 'no osl' factory settings), but nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Rock on, all y'all!

Looking good! As the others have said the OSL is looking good

Thanks everyone, much appreciated. OSL is my favourite technique as it creates such an interesting dynamic and immediately provides a real sense of atmosphere for a miniature. I imagine the mineral rich moon I emulated for the bases bathed in endless twilight lit by strange growing crystals and from out of the gloom and ice hideous monsters try to devour this plucky band of Dwarves.

Zergsmasher and Meer_Cat - If you ever want to give OSL a go, my humble tips would be using very watered down paint first then steadily building up to a higher contrast on the very edges. Go for something little first and fear not!

I have the next two completed for the Kill Team, leaving just one left and the Sagitaur for the December Painting Challenge which will round off the year nicely.

Here is the two Ironkin of the squad, lovely robotic pals. The medic Alufaet, carrying precious booze for the squad and the Lokatr Hawian, who searches out various tasty ores for the group to salvage.














Cheers for now!

Cheers indeed! great idea to have the medic with a keg. It's on of those details where you'll be playing a game and your opponent will do a double take
You must have quite a chunk of the army done now?

 PaddyMick wrote:
Cheers indeed! great idea to have the medic with a keg. It's on of those details where you'll be playing a game and your opponent will do a double take
You must have quite a chunk of the army done now?

Thanking you kindly PaddyMick! I'm certainly getting there, but then again, I still have some miniatures from March that aren't painted

Quick little photo I took of the latest update for my Sagitaur.




This is to go with the Kill Team squad as their base of operations vehicle. It's mostly complete, fun little project to find bits from all of my leftovers. It needs a canvas cover to finish it off as I want to give it a Chrismassy sleigh vibe.

Need to get the whole thing painted before the month is out though!

That's a very successful dive into the bits box!

Terrific trailer for the mobile command post- very well integrated into the whole assembly!

Satcom antenna for the trailer?

I really need the recipie for those gemstones, they look even better than the dwarfs
Also the barrel turned out to be a great idea.

Nice work on the two Ironkin Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Slinky wrote:That's a very successful dive into the bits box!

Muchos thankios Slinky!

Meer_Cat wrote:Terrific trailer for the mobile command post- very well integrated into the whole assembly!

Satcom antenna for the trailer?

Cheers Meer_Cat! Yes I have a little radar type dealie ( I think it's from the Razorback kit?) that I wanted to add on, not sure where to stick it exactly. Any thoughts?

Not Online!!! wrote:I really need the recipie for those gemstones, they look even better than the dwarfs
Also the barrel turned out to be a great idea.

Thanks Not Online! I think? recipe is very easy, it's one pot in fact. Just slap a bit of tesseract glow on a white undercoat.

Captain Brown wrote:Nice work on the two Ironkin Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Much appreciated CB!








At long last, the final member of the Kill Team - Wudurec the Grenadier. Heavily burned across his face and body due to an inability to understand the phrase "danger close". Unfortunately, some genetic problem has also led to Wudurec mistaking the numbers of 3 and 5 (which as we all know, is right out).


Very pleased to get the last one done. Finished painting him on Christmas Eve, ever so slightly merry.And they are soon to go into battle on NYE which is very exciting.


I've nearly finished painting the Sagitaur but the trailer sadly not. Too much festivities.

Cheers for now!

+++ Steorra gunned the accelerator and the rapid response ATV Geþeon lurched forward at a quicker pace. The endless twilight of the moon was beaten back by the headlamps and his right ear constantly filtered the low buzz of tactical information. The display screens lit up everything in the cockpit with a blue glow, providing constant information about the Sagitaur, their cargo as well as external conditions. A sudden flash of warning lights lit up the display as the COG gunner registered targets ahead. A heartbeat later, a roar of gunfire as the MATR Autocannon ripped divots into the body of a multi-limbed alien creature cresting a hill to the right. Chatter over the tactical net increased rapidly as gutteral Dwarven curses and ancestral prayers broke out alongside range finding and troop movements. Three runes lit up green and Steorra swerved hard and braked as the gun continued to fire. "Hard up all of yous. Time to earn your beag. Let them have it! The ancestors are watching!" His voice echoing in the troop compartment as his fingers clattered over the keys and the rear bay door eased open. +++


I've had this Sagitaur in for a while so glad to have finally got it painted. On to the next project!

More great work Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Excellent job man, always good to finish a squad (of squats!).

Amazingly done! Thanks for the Recipie .

Are those the old Dwarf masks I see?

Great work, Olthannon! I can hear the music from Moon Patrol in my head.

 youwashock wrote:
Great work, Olthannon! I can hear the music from Moon Patrol in my head.

You may have aged yourself there



Great work, Olthannon, that buggy is awesome!

Cracking work on the Kill Team (hope they won) and the sagitaur is great! Happy New Year!

Captain Brown wrote:More great work Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

As always, much appreciated CB!

muette wrote:Excellent job man, always good to finish a squad (of squats!).

Thanks Muette, Squat Squad would be a great police tv show.

Not Online!!! wrote:Amazingly done! Thanks for the Recipie .

Thanks Not Online! I hope the recipe brings you joy!

RaptorusRex wrote:Are those the old Dwarf masks I see?

They are indeed, I was fortunate that I had some leftover Dwarf sprues from many moons ago.

youwashock wrote:Great work, Olthannon! I can hear the music from Moon Patrol in my head.

Thanks! Feel like I need it on repeat when I go into a battle with them.

Slinky wrote:

 youwashock wrote:
Great work, Olthannon! I can hear the music from Moon Patrol in my head.

You may have aged yourself there



Great work, Olthannon, that buggy is awesome!

Cheers Slinky!

gobert wrote:Cracking work on the Kill Team (hope they won) and the sagitaur is great! Happy New Year!

Cheers Gobert, same to you!



I did in fact win the game! We played a four player game of hunt the relic, I found the relic immediately with my first operative on the first roll and got VPs for that and then the other three blasted me into pieces I guess I downloaded the data but couldn't escape. Anyway, it was a lot of fun and I can't wait till we start our campaign.







So, for my next project I've been painting up my squad of miners / sappers. Long term followers of the Orchard may remember I did this kitbash back in February of last year which is very depressing I knew I'd done this a long time ago but didn't realise it took me this long to get round to painting them. I'm determined to get them painted this week so it isn't quite a year between the build and the painting

I used a lot of bits from the AoS Kharadron infantry kit. I hope they bring out a unit similar to this in the future, maybe equipped with explosive charges and mining lasers. My idea was that these soldiers were made up from miners from a small hold that used slightly lower tech materials. I used heads from the Pioneers to give them a more rugged look and used some more unusual hair colours to make them seem more "Xenos".

I'm very pleased with how the kits have blended together, especially now I've painted them up.

Although funnily enough it's all the reasons I don't like AoS miniature design that allowed these to blend together so easily.. AoS is just too 40k.


Cheers for now!

Age of Sigmar being too 40k is like when some Norseman Marauder took a trip to the Chaos Wastes in his tank and found a Slaan Starship.

Old lore from the older parts of the old world but good fun. Enjoying your modernly beardy future dwarfs. Very cool.

Lovely painting work, conversions and background writing! And good use of the 7th edition Dwarf standard top. I might borrow that fine idea for my WIP Sagitaur. AoS Kharadrons are indeed too 40k for fantasy, which means they are perfect for Squats to rule the galaxy! A treasure trove of bits.

The wagon for the Sagitaur is wonderful. A labour of love. What great inspiration for Leagues of Votann is contained herein this log! I'm saving pictures of your work left and right as future reference for drawings and conversions.

Love your alien grass Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

theCrowe wrote:Age of Sigmar being too 40k is like when some Norseman Marauder took a trip to the Chaos Wastes in his tank and found a Slaan Starship.

Old lore from the older parts of the old world but good fun. Enjoying your modernly beardy future dwarfs. Very cool.

Not so much the whackiness, I'm all about it. More the design language.

Karak Norn Clansman wrote:Lovely painting work, conversions and background writing! And good use of the 7th edition Dwarf standard top. I might borrow that fine idea for my WIP Sagitaur. AoS Kharadrons are indeed too 40k for fantasy, which means they are perfect for Squats to rule the galaxy! A treasure trove of bits.

The wagon for the Sagitaur is wonderful. A labour of love. What great inspiration for Leagues of Votann is contained herein this log! I'm saving pictures of your work left and right as future reference for drawings and conversions.

Cheers KNC! Can't wait to see your next conversions.

Captain Brown wrote:Love your alien grass Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks CB! My alien grass loves you too!





Couple of updates to the squad, three left and they are all basecoated.

Well that is some really good looking progress.
I do hope that the miners will find what they are mining for

Nice work Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Not Online!!! wrote:Well that is some really good looking progress.
I do hope that the miners will find what they are mining for

Maybe the ore was the friends they made along the way?

Captain Brown wrote:Nice work Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks CB!


Last few of the unit here:







Glad to get them completed before a year had been.

Now for something a little Olde Worlde...

 Olthannon wrote:

Not Online!!! wrote:Well that is some really good looking progress.
I do hope that the miners will find what they are mining for

Maybe the ore was the friends they made along the way?

Yes, but also don't forget Alpharius

Great looking models. Honestly the dwarfes here are some of your best work imo!

I see i am not the only one contemplating finishing up a project before taking a look again at square bases.

Nice work mate. Is that the project finished, for now at least? congrats. How about that army shot? also what are you thinking for old world?

Really good.

Cheers,

CB

Cracking work on the votann! Those AoS bits really did work well. The Kill Team game looked great fun too, and good to get a win to boot! Looking forward to seeing your Old World project

Well well well, you know it's been a while when your painting blog is all the way back on to p4!

Thanks all for your kind comments, Votann are still ongoing as I have a few things left unpainted.

My plan was to look into my High Elves again, but I did a little test on changing the spear hafts and bows to a light grey to brighten up the look of my minis but it didn't work and I sacked the whole thing off
After that, real life took over and I've not had a chance to pick up a brush throughout Feb.

My Ancestors Wrath mini finally arrived so I built that the other day. Quite happy with how they turned out.







Couple of little conversions here just to personalise the mini but didn't want to overcrowd it. The pose is great so I wanted to accent that with the helmet. Gives it a "Knight Miner" kind of vibe. Perhaps something of an ancestral Ironkin, might lean into that idea with an archaic paint job.

Cheers for now!

That mini is rad. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

Yeah, very cool

Very fancy shield there!

Those guys look nice, very cool color combination. The basing goes with it very well too.

Okay so it's been 3 months since I posted an update. I've barely done any painting but I've had little bits of progress!








Chuffed with the Grimnyr, really like how they turned out. I chose the black robes to really play up the Woden vibe. I took a while with the cloak, tried to use a few different colours to try and give the effect that the metal is alive and flowing across their robes.



I slightly changed up the Champion from the last update. They are actually painted up however I've had all sorts of bother trying to add a liquid effect to the base. Done a couple of attempts which have ended in complete failure as the resin has just leaked out.





Lastly, I've got a fresh 6 Thunderkin. The smaller three are part of the other half of my army which are sort of a miner militia defending their Hold. Turned out those Kharadron minis are pretty small so the tactical rocks had to come out

Cheers all.

 Olthannon wrote:
Okay so it's been 3 months since I posted an update. I've barely done any painting but I've had little bits of progress!

One color at a time Olthannon, one color at a time.

Cheers,

CB

Well that is one awesome Gandalf

Captain Brown wrote:

 Olthannon wrote:
Okay so it's been 3 months since I posted an update. I've barely done any painting but I've had little bits of progress!

One color at a time Olthannon, one color at a time.

Cheers,

CB

It's about all I can manage at the minute!

Not Online!!! wrote:Well that is one awesome Gandalf

Thanks very much Not Online!

So updates in the form of Kahl Grombryndal..












Reasonably pleased with how he turned out, didn't do too much to make him look 40k but decent enough. He is 99% completed really, I just need to sort out the base. All three of these characters are due some resin. The yellow I've painted there I want to look like some bizarre yellow alien algal life that drifts around the rocks.

Going to give the moulds another attempt.

Cheers for now!

Kahl Grombryndal looks menacing.

Cheers,

CB

White Dwarf 40K looks super cool! Hope the base works out!

Great squat action Olthannon! Loving the white dwarf, you may not have done too much to him, but he certainly looks 40k to me!

Yep, kitbash is on point, looking forward to see it finished up!

Cool take on Grombrindal! Lot's of nice details around the model, like the OSL effect on the small lights and the gems, and I like the colors on the rock as well!

Looking good mane. Slow and steady wins the race!

Thanks for keeping us posted

Captain Brown wrote:Kahl Grombryndal looks menacing.

Cheers,

CB

Aw, he's a lovely lad really. Just provided you don't have any precious minerals that he can sniff out!

youwashock wrote:White Dwarf 40K looks super cool! Hope the base works out!

Cheers youwashock! It hasn't worked out yet.. ran out of time to finish it for the competition because work was a wee bit hectic. Still on my to do list for tomorrow.

gobert wrote:Great squat action Olthannon! Loving the white dwarf, you may not have done too much to him, but he certainly looks 40k to me!

Cheers Gobert, I think the big gun helps

muette wrote:Yep, kitbash is on point, looking forward to see it finished up!

Thanks Muette! Soons I promise!

mcmattila wrote:Cool take on Grombrindal! Lot's of nice details around the model, like the OSL effect on the small lights and the gems, and I like the colors on the rock as well!

Thanks mcmattila! I really enjoy mucking about with OSL. Helps to add to the 40k vibe on an AoS model. The rock had a lot of variations to it. I wanted it to look like some weirdy mineral rock from the galactic core.

tzurk wrote:Looking good mane. Slow and steady wins the race!

Thanks for keeping us posted

Thanks muchly tzurk! Slow and steady is my mantra at the minute.


So updates abound:



Here's my Einhyr Champion at last, took ages to sort out the base and the resin I used shrunk quite alarmingly, but I've had enough of it so just going to leave it at that for now!

I wrote up a tiny bit of fluff for him too:

_//_ Transmission Active... Parsing data.. _//_

The vox speakers attached to the servoskull emit a dreadful shrieking sound, bestial roaring and sharp, laboured breathing. An unknown voice cries out in brazen defiance, the language unknown but the vehemence of the cursing is clear to any listener. A moment of static before the pict clears and the scene reveals itself.
A beautifully wrought axe glitters momentarily in the light of a distant star, the pict camera feed pulls back as it swings up and around before arcing down in a devastating strike that carves through the chitinous monster. The shrieking transforms into a dull gurgling and a heavy thud accompanies the creature crumpling to the floor, a pool of viscous florescent blood obscures the lower half of the screen. Ruins of an Imperial structure can be seen in the background, a twilit sky is lit by tracer fire and large bat winged creatures streaking across. A short, well built figure in deep crimson armour pulls the axe free and roars out in triumph. More of the strange guttural language emits from the horned helmet.

_//_ Parsing data banks.. translation software activating.. _//_

"Right that's that big bugger dead. That'll teach the bastards to mess with our claim!"

The figure begins thudding towards the screen and a large boot covered in runic symbols eclipses the pict before a mechanical crunching noise echoes from the skull vox and the screen abruptly turns black.

_//_ Transmission ends... _//_








Built the first 3 of the new Hernkyn Yaegirs as well.

What a fantastic kit, loads of fun to build. I've got some ideas to convert it up so more on the way.

Cheers for now!

Those trenchcoats look amazing, do they also do a human sized regiment with such coats?

Rad. I haven't been keeping up on GW releases much, so these are new to me. Very reminiscent of the old Squat bikers. The Einhyr champion rocks. Sort of a 40K shovel knight vibe.

Loving these new squat Votann minis

Amazing Kyn! The champion is spot on

Like youwashock these minis are new to me!

I love the bucket helmet on the Einhyr guy and the trenchcoats on the yaegirs are very cool. Reminds me a lot of that badass crossbow-wielding dwarf bard from Dragon Age 2 who narrates the story.

Love the fluff too. Don't mess with the clan...


Thanks for sharing!

I know it was a while ago and maybe I missed it but where did you get the tank treads you used for your Hekaton Land Fortress?

Not Online!!! wrote:Those trenchcoats look amazing, do they also do a human sized regiment with such coats?

Thanks Not Online!!! Sadly not but, I have seen quite a few conversions on Instagram where people have used them with normie human legs and they look great!

youwashock wrote:Rad. I haven't been keeping up on GW releases much, so these are new to me. Very reminiscent of the old Squat bikers. The Einhyr champion rocks. Sort of a 40K shovel knight vibe.

Thanks! Really pleased with the champion, I was aiming for the old citadel imperial dwarves.

The_Retromancer wrote:Loving these new squat Votann minis

gobert wrote:Amazing Kyn! The champion is spot on

tzurk wrote:Like youwashock these minis are new to me!

I love the bucket helmet on the Einhyr guy and the trenchcoats on the yaegirs are very cool. Reminds me a lot of that badass crossbow-wielding dwarf bard from Dragon Age 2 who narrates the story.

Love the fluff too. Don't mess with the clan...


Thanks for sharing!

Thanks guys much appreciated!

Necros wrote:I know it was a while ago and maybe I missed it but where did you get the tank treads you used for your Hekaton Land Fortress?

Hi bud, sorry this took a long time to respond. The answer is: a little 3D printing company called Zinge.


So another mighty delay in actually updating this blog. The reason being I'm soon to be a dad so haven't had much time getting the house prepped and doing a pile of DIY.







Just updates from some of the Votann. Still plenty more to do with that army but the last couple of months I haven't managed anything. Last weekend I managed a few hours to paint the Indomitus chaplain for my Knights of Fey chapter.





Cheers all!

Soon to be a dad? Congratulations! That's one mini you'll have a blast with.

Excellent work on the Chaplain, too.

Congrats on the impending arrival! I hope everything goes well for Mother and Baby. Fingers crossed you get to bring them home straightaway too to get used to the new “normal”

Lovely updates, the chaplain looks great as does the White Dwarf. love the terminator style head on the Barrel Maiden, the bar patrons will definitely give her the respect she deserves

Olthannon,

Nice work and congratulations.

Cheers,

CB

Great job on the last batch! And congratulations!!!

Thanks everyone much appreciated. We have a happy healthy baby boy. He's a lovely lad but doesn't particularly like sleeping at night, so my brain doesn't exactly work well.
The Votann are still waiting in the wings, will pick them back up when they get a new model release.

So with 2025 rolled round I've decided to start a new army! Except, it's not really a new army, it's an old army of mine reborn. Imperial Guard are my favourite 40k faction, the epitome of the poor foot soldier forced into a war with little hope of survival pitted against a galaxy filled to the brim with evil.

The originals were the 101st Redburn Dragoons, an airborne regiment, fighting against the endless hordes of Tyranids.

Redburn itself is a Feudal world made up of a taiga landscape. Heavily forested and snow swept, with sizeable enclave cities built amongst the trees. The poor conditions breed a hardy population making them perfect recruits for the Imperial war machine.










The first few troopers of the 55th Redburn Dragoons.

This squad is mainly a testbed to try out how the army will look. I really love the design for the new Cities of Sigmar figures, thought they would make the perfect base for a Guard army. I really like the differing body types within the kit, of course I had to give the fat bloke the squad grenade launcher.

Couldn't resist picking up a Rogal Dorn as well, what a beast of a tank. Can't wait to paint them up.

It's far too cold in the UK to undercoat minis so I'm going to have some fun building and converting when I get some free time!

Cheers for now.

Just a quick update of the next three troopers in the squad. The Sergeant, the relic bearer and a dirty old lasman.

Cheers for now!

I love that chaplain, especially how the red tabard came out.

Very cool to see another Dorn done in a differnt way as to the normal one.

Tommygun1918 wrote:I love that chaplain, especially how the red tabard came out.

Thanks! I hadn't done any painting for a long time so I'm very glad it came out well.

SDKFZ wrote:Very cool to see another Dorn done in a differnt way as to the normal one.

Cheers mate!



1st squad of Aquila platoon led by Sargeant Fenwick.
The freshly formed 55th Redburn Dragoons is starting to take shape.

Cheers for now!

Very nice! Especially the the kitbashing!

Not Online!!! wrote:
Very nice! Especially the the kitbashing!

Cheers Not Online! Much obliged



First three troopers of 2nd squad.

Got to say the Solar Auxilia kit is excellent, really straightforward to put together.

Cheers for now!

They look great to me. Keep up the good work!

Those helmets look excellent with the auxilia. I liked the first squad, but these ones really sell feudal world even more so. Stop tempting me with yet more guard to paint!

Looks great !!

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:They look great to me. Keep up the good work!

Cheers boss, much appreciated!

blockade23 wrote:Those helmets look excellent with the auxilia. I liked the first squad, but these ones really sell feudal world even more so. Stop tempting me with yet more guard to paint!

Thanks! All blame goes to OSJC as his fantastic Guard tempted me to once again start collecting the Guard.

SDKFZ wrote:Looks great !!

Thanks!

Little update here, not had too much time spare with a 6 week old but managing to get an hour or two in every now and then.



First 5 troopers of 2nd squad. Nice and straightforward, the poor bloody infantry.



This is a little tweak to the first squad as the new codex drop changed the squad loadouts. Every squad seems to have 2 special weapons per 10. So little bit of mucking about in my bitz box to create a plasma gunner.

Cheers for now!

 Olthannon wrote:

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:They look great to me. Keep up the good work!

Cheers boss, much appreciated!

blockade23 wrote:Those helmets look excellent with the auxilia. I liked the first squad, but these ones really sell feudal world even more so. Stop tempting me with yet more guard to paint!

Thanks! All blame goes to OSJC as his fantastic Guard tempted me to once again start collecting the Guard.

SDKFZ wrote:Looks great !!

Thanks!

Little update here, not had too much time spare with a 6 week old but managing to get an hour or two in every now and then.



First 5 troopers of 2nd squad. Nice and straightforward, the poor bloody infantry.



This is a little tweak to the first squad as the new codex drop changed the squad loadouts. Every squad seems to have 2 special weapons per 10. So little bit of mucking about in my bitz box to create a plasma gunner.

Cheers for now!

I don’t know what it is, but I really like the Left 4 Dead M79
grenade launcher Look on the second guy there. Can’t wait to see them painted up.

It's taking a really good shape, keep it up!

bullisariuscowl wrote:
I don’t know what it is, but I really like the Left 4 Dead M79
grenade launcher Look on the second guy there. Can’t wait to see them painted up.

Cheers mate! It's from the DKOK sprue, I really like the look of it. Fits my theme well.

muette wrote:It's taking a really good shape, keep it up!

Cheers Muette, much appreciated!







2nd squad of Aquila platoon all ready to rock. Few close ups of the front rankers.

Cheers for now!

Coming along. Good progress

I've enjoyed catching up on your blog. Looking forward to seeing some paint on your IG.

Uh, another guard army... *grabs popcorn*... this is shaping up to be a great year!

The feudal theme looks awesome. And that they of all regiments are airborne is quite an innovative idea.

Congrats on the new arrival! The sleepless nights will end (eventually) but the brain function never quite recovers I’m afraid! . Still it’s functioning enough for you to smash together some awesome Guard conversions!

these look awsum so far! What I love about the Guard is that I have no interest in the Auxilia minis whatsoever, but seeing a Guard army come together is always appealing, no matter the theme. Using names for your platoons is pretty cool as an idea too, instead of the 'red platoon. blue platoon etc.' from the 3rd ed codex. Makes sense they'd have their own names, thanks for the inspiration. Can't wait to see these boys painted. Keep up the good work, Commissar Olthannon!

Great idea for a kitbash, can't wait to see how they turn out

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Coming along. Good progress

Zambro wrote:I've enjoyed catching up on your blog. Looking forward to seeing some paint on your IG.

Cheers folks much appreciated!

Pyroalchi wrote:Uh, another guard army... *grabs popcorn*... this is shaping up to be a great year!

The feudal theme looks awesome. And that they of all regiments are airborne is quite an innovative idea.

Thanks Pyro! My old regiment was airborne, these lot are armoured cav!

gobert wrote:Congrats on the new arrival! The sleepless nights will end (eventually) but the brain function never quite recovers I’m afraid! . Still it’s functioning enough for you to smash together some awesome Guard conversions!

Thanks Gobert much appreciated mate no brain power for painting but I can manage a bit of glueing!

bullisariuscowl wrote:these look awsum so far! What I love about the Guard is that I have no interest in the Auxilia minis whatsoever, but seeing a Guard army come together is always appealing, no matter the theme. Using names for your platoons is pretty cool as an idea too, instead of the 'red platoon. blue platoon etc.' from the 3rd ed codex. Makes sense they'd have their own names, thanks for the inspiration. Can't wait to see these boys painted. Keep up the good work, Commissar Olthannon!

Cheers mate! The painting will take a while yet, still a lot to build!

PaddyMick wrote:Great idea for a kitbash, can't wait to see how they turn out

Cheers Paddy, glad you think so!


So little update on what I've been working on. A relic tank for the new Codex.

Rogal Dorns get a tank commander now and I needed to use up my Dracosan from the Auxilia box.

Originally I was going to turn it into a Malcador chassis variant but as they seem to be getting no love I decided on something a little more elaborate. So I've been busy mucking about amongst the bits to make this relic tank.



Mortis Malleus rolling on to glory. Still some gap filling to do but it's on its way.

Cheers all!

That is a very cool customization!

Those feudal guard are looking super cool. Great idea!

That tank is cool AF.
Excellent use of bits for the conversions.

That looks like it could belong to Trench Crusade! Looking awesome.

Great work on the Malleus, really fits the vibe well

Olthannon,

Keep at it with those Dragoons.

Nice converted tank.

Cheers,

CB

 Olthannon wrote:



So little update on what I've been working on. A relic tank for the new Codex.

Rogal Dorns get a tank commander now and I needed to use up my Dracosan from the Auxilia box.

Originally I was going to turn it into a Malcador chassis variant but as they seem to be getting no love I decided on something a little more elaborate. So I've been busy mucking about amongst the bits to make this relic tank.



Mortis Malleus rolling on to glory. Still some gap filling to do but it's on its way.

Cheers all!

that looks amazing! I love the Feudal Guard theme to it. Again, like I said, all Guardsmen are cool in my book. Love the relic and the shield behind the turret. GREAT design and build. Keep it up, sarge!

Now these are propper kitbashes!

Meer_Cat wrote:
That is a very cool customization!

Cheers Meer_Cat, glad you think so!

youwashock wrote:Those feudal guard are looking super cool. Great idea!

Thanks, I had the idea brewing for a while but was busy with other projects. Finally caved in

Zambro wrote:That tank is cool AF.
Excellent use of bits for the conversions.

Cheers! I always try and keep my leftovers, there will always be a use for them eventually.

muette wrote:That looks like it could belong to Trench Crusade! Looking awesome.

Thankee kindly Muette! I am sorely tempted by Trench Crusade, it looks awesome.

gobert wrote:Great work on the Malleus, really fits the vibe well

Cheers mate!

Captain Brown wrote:Olthannon,

Keep at it with those Dragoons.

Nice converted tank.

Cheers,

CB

Much appreciated CB!

bullisariuscowl wrote:

 Olthannon wrote:



So little update on what I've been working on. A relic tank for the new Codex.

Rogal Dorns get a tank commander now and I needed to use up my Dracosan from the Auxilia box.

Originally I was going to turn it into a Malcador chassis variant but as they seem to be getting no love I decided on something a little more elaborate. So I've been busy mucking about amongst the bits to make this relic tank.



Mortis Malleus rolling on to glory. Still some gap filling to do but it's on its way.

Cheers all!

that looks amazing! I love the Feudal Guard theme to it. Again, like I said, all Guardsmen are cool in my book. Love the relic and the shield behind the turret. GREAT design and build. Keep it up, sarge!

Not Online!!! wrote:Now these are propper kitbashes!

Cheers both!


Been a bit quiet through February on the ol' Warhammer front, real life and baby and then we all had a cold and I was at an awards dinner where my team won.

Never uploaded the platoon command squad.



Lieutenant Heskgill commands Aquila platoon, wielding a relic hammer as their symbol of office. The handle contains the fibula of Saint Tarbinus - a well renowned pilgrim in the Bernician Sector who gave her life in defence of the planet Hexania VII during an Ork raid in M37.234.

The rest of the retinue contains vox-operator Charlton, Chirurgeon Jenkins, standard bearer Milburn and Cpl. Stephenson carries the ancient plasma gun Ustori to battle.

Cheers for now!

Loads of character in that command squad, I like it.

Very cool, loving how you're using the kits , looking forward seeing what you do next!

Oof you know it's been a while since I've updated when I'm halfway down page 3

I've been steadily updating my instagram but always get sidetracked doing an update for dakka. So here we go:

First off I painted up a trooper to test the colour scheme:



Trooper Carrson of 2nd squad. The only thing I might tweak is the vertical band on the helmet, think that'll look better in black. Might be I paint those different per squad.



Next up my scout sentinel Border Marcher piloted by Sergeant Nebby Nixon. Even scout sentinels of the Labrunnian pattern are enclosed for the Redburn regiments due to the subzero conditions they face.







My rough riders aka Redburn Steel Bonnets. Of all the CoS kits I'm most impressed with these knights. The design language is a clear evolution of the Empire Knights and done very well. Bit of green stuffing to cover over the Sigmar imagery and some new helmets. Couldn't resist keeping the stag helm for the Sergeant. Very Wild Hunt.





3rd squad of Aquila platoon led by Sergeant 'Ironhand' Curran. If anyone asks that's an "autogun" he's carrying. I'm still to GS his arms a bit to make him a bit more beefy.









First painted tank of the army, my Leman Russ Annihilator Sans Pareil. Had a bit of a balls up with the camo at first by using masking tape. I've since bought some tack instead which should make the next one easier.


Right I think that's the lot.

Cheers for now!

That's a lot built, I look forward to seeing some of it painted. You'll have to come back here to update Dakka for us heathens without Insta...

I like the trooper test scheme. The green fatigues really add something to a model that is easily at risk of being undefined - if you painted too much white camo, it would just all blend in and not look great (although I guess that would make it good camo?)

Concur- an awful lot of great building and painting accomplished!

For the helmet, yep- a spot of color to make the model pop a little. But maybe not the whole vertical band, maybe just the bottom segment between the brim and the rivet?

Love the tank; I'm finishing up a winter build myself and like how you've added the snow to the tracks. And I've never had any luck laying out camo stripes with tape- has to be tack!

Some really nice work this last page and a half Olthannon.

The conversions for the fuedal-ish winter guard are on point and the muted colour scheme works really well for them. A stark change from the vibrant space dwarfs but a welcome one! Can't wait to see that relic tank get some paint.

Hope the little one is leaving you enough time to get some hobby done.

Thanks for sharing!

Quite promising Olthannon!

Glad to see you’re not abandoning Dakka to insta. Personally I’ve got a bit of a love hate relationship going with insta and it now just gets my finished pics.

Loving the paint scheme, the white works really well on the soldier and tank the roughriders (though maybe posh riders is more appropriate) are very cool. The CoS stuff seems to have a bit of a steam punk vibe that works well in 40K

Olthannon,

Stay here with your real friends.

Very Horus Heresy vibe with the infantry.

Cheers,

CB

Zambro wrote:That's a lot built, I look forward to seeing some of it painted. You'll have to come back here to update Dakka for us heathens without Insta...

I like the trooper test scheme. The green fatigues really add something to a model that is easily at risk of being undefined - if you painted too much white camo, it would just all blend in and not look great (although I guess that would make it good camo?)

Thanks Zambro! It took me a while to come up with the scheme. I always like my armies having contrasting colours to make them pop visually. It's quite tricky to have that without it not making sense. The green helps offset a little.

Meer_Cat wrote:
Concur- an awful lot of great building and painting accomplished!

For the helmet, yep- a spot of color to make the model pop a little. But maybe not the whole vertical band, maybe just the bottom segment between the brim and the rivet?

Love the tank; I'm finishing up a winter build myself and like how you've added the snow to the tracks. And I've never had any luck laying out camo stripes with tape- has to be tack!

Thanks Meer_Cat! Thanks for the tip, I'm going to paint the rest of that squad next so will try it out.

tzurk wrote:Some really nice work this last page and a half Olthannon.

The conversions for the fuedal-ish winter guard are on point and the muted colour scheme works really well for them. A stark change from the vibrant space dwarfs but a welcome one! Can't wait to see that relic tank get some paint.

Hope the little one is leaving you enough time to get some hobby done.

Thanks for sharing!

Cheers mate! I have just enough time to spot in some hobby time. But I'm relying heavily on contrast paints to make things as quick as possible! I also really want to paint the relic tank, just need to think up how best to paint it. I think it would be camoless and grey white.

Not Online!!! wrote:Quite promising Olthannon!

Cheers!

gobert wrote:Glad to see you’re not abandoning Dakka to insta. Personally I’ve got a bit of a love hate relationship going with insta and it now just gets my finished pics.

Loving the paint scheme, the white works really well on the soldier and tank the roughriders (though maybe posh riders is more appropriate) are very cool. The CoS stuff seems to have a bit of a steam punk vibe that works well in 40K

Cheers Gobert! Yeah instagram doesn't really gel with me. I just find the set up easiest. I'm really impressed with the Cities of Sigmar range. It's the only one I actually like in terms of design.

Captain Brown wrote:Olthannon,

Stay here with your real friends.

Very Horus Heresy vibe with the infantry.

Cheers,

CB

thanks CB! I'm always glad to be back in the dakkalands.


So a few updates abound.



First I missed off my Vanquisher Leman Russ Stern Gaze from the previous updates. I really like the subtle differences in the HH Russ kit and the more recent 40k one. I decided not to have a tank commander out the cupola and added a few extra scopes and things to try and sell the tank hunter vibe. When I paint this up I'll also use a bit of gauze to make a shroud for the cannon.

I'm already aware of that line down the barrel and I've corrected it.







Other update is I've finally painted first squad of Aquila platoon. Super pleased to have made some actual painting progress. The only thing I'm unsure on is the plasma gun glow. I didn't want to do a blue colour but I'm not particularly pleased with the yellowy green. Any feedback would be great!

Cheers all

Amazing work on the plasma! and the White!

Great work on these so far

I like the plasma glow- and the OSL reflections you've done work perfectly.

The tanks looking good, I like the paint scheme on the troops, the white looks very crisp and clean. The OSL onthe plasma looks good, if you don’t like green/yellow, red might be a good alternative and might pop nicely against the white.

Work is looking fantastic. This year seems to be the year of brets for me, but you're making me seriously consider next year being the year I 'finally' finish my Vostroyan Guard army. Beautiful tanks, love the conversion work. What's not to enjoy here?

What a dope looking army this is becoming. I especially love the medieval style kitbashes yu've done here. Kudos!

Not Online!!! wrote:Amazing work on the plasma! and the White!

carlos13th wrote:Great work on these so far

Meer_Cat wrote:
I like the plasma glow- and the OSL reflections you've done work perfectly.

Cheers folks!

JordySteve wrote:The tanks looking good, I like the paint scheme on the troops, the white looks very crisp and clean. The OSL onthe plasma looks good, if you don’t like green/yellow, red might be a good alternative and might pop nicely against the white.

Thanks Jordy! I'm thinking red as well but I might leave as is now and see what happens when I do another squad with a plasma gunner.

blockade23 wrote:Work is looking fantastic. This year seems to be the year of brets for me, but you're making me seriously consider next year being the year I 'finally' finish my Vostroyan Guard army. Beautiful tanks, love the conversion work. What's not to enjoy here?

Thanks! Definitely get the Vostroyans finished. Some of the best minis GW ever produced, superb design.

tauist wrote:What a dope looking army this is becoming. I especially love the medieval style kitbashes yu've done here. Kudos!

Thanks Tauist! Much appreciated. Plenty more kitbashing on the way. I've got a few kits to build that I haven't had a chance to finish yet.

Little update with painting started on the second squad:




Just a couple of lastroopers to get started. Put them alongside my test mini as well. The less snowy bases was always the plan and I'm happy with how they came out.

Cheers for now!

Hey all,

Quick update as I managed to get another 2 troopers painted. Half of 2nd squad painted, feels like I've actually got a bit of momentum.





Aim is to get 500 points painted first off for an Escalation Crusade.

Cheers for now!

Looking great mate. Echoing the love for the plasma glow, and loving the touch of individuality in the bases!

Stoked that they may see the table soon. Thanks for sharing!

Nice work, really like faces, all have different colour and very individual.
Don't you try paint eyeballs? Or they painted just not visible on photo?

tzurk wrote:Looking great mate. Echoing the love for the plasma glow, and loving the touch of individuality in the bases!

Stoked that they may see the table soon. Thanks for sharing!

Cheers mate much appreciated. Don't know about soon for the tabletop.. my group of pals are slow going. Maybe in the new year??

kabaakaba wrote:Nice work, really like faces, all have different colour and very individual.
Don't you try paint eyeballs? Or they painted just not visible on photo?

Thanks! Yes I always custom mix my faces so they never really look alike, simple way of trying to bring in a little more realism. As for the eyes, I never tend to paint them because white glaring eyes just aren't how faces look. I paint them quite dull and dark so you can only really see them holding the mini.

Over the weekend I managed to paint up two more troopers for second squad. The vox officer and another lastrooper.





Cheers all

Very nice!

They look great! Great basing too

Nice work! I like faces. They look very grim.

Great looking bunch! Nearly got the whole squad done now!

Looking good mate, strong theme, good luck on crusade - it's great having a gaming goal to aim for I find

Troops are looking good! The white and green go well together, and I think that sickly green works for the plasma glow

Thanks for the kind words one and all, much appreciated!

2nd squad of Aquila platoon painted up, last three finished the other week.









Not looking too bad all in all. Probably not my best work but I'm trying to speed up more so I actually have some figures painted considering the complete lack of time I've got at the minute

And a little touch of fluff to go along with it:

\\<+ The growling engine and clattering of tracks grew steadily louder as the heretic APC came rolling through the treeline. Promethium exhaust fumes belched from large stacks and a cacophony of riotous sound accompanied it as it blared out salutations to the Dark Ones. Sergeant Laidlaw and the rest of 2nd squad waited, hunkered down in the lee of a fallen Guthum pine. In the twilit gloom of the forest, the squad were practically invisible. The heretic vehicle smashed over a snow drift with a roar and thundered towards their position. Twisting sigils covered the armoured hide of the vehicle and a blinding spotlight swept past the tree. The sound of the vox speakers ululating and screeching set their teeth on edge, but the squad stayed still, patiently waiting their chance. As the APC rolled by, trooper Boldon jumped up and fired a searing blast of energy from his meltagun. The speakers erupted in an otherworldly roar of agony as if the vehicle itself felt the blow. It coasted to a stop and as the rear door was thrown open, trooper Mercer triggered his flamer and swept the inside with a gout of flame, cooking the remaining traitors inside. Backlit by the gutted APC, the squad moved out. //

Cheers all!

Nice work! Do you just paint armor white? Or there some complex recipe?

Man they look awesome !

kabaakaba wrote:Nice work! Do you just paint armor white? Or there some complex recipe?

Thanks! So I do a white spray base, then touch up anything with watered down white. Then a grey shade/ citadel contrast. Then layer back up with watered down white. Painting white sucks so I try and do a simple method

SarpedonofSotha wrote:Man they look awesome !

Cheers mate!

Had a little moment of spare time last night so painted up one of my Rough Riders.









One of the fabled Redburn Steel Bonnets. Like with many worlds in the Imperium, an order of defenders rose to prominence during the terrors of Old Night. Highly ritualised and esoteric in their nature, but their skill in the saddle is peerless. All citizens in the sector know of the Steel Bonnets and their prowess is the subject of many ballads and poetry.


I'm about 90% finished. I'm considering changing the cloth colour to a dark green. I'd originally painted up the barding as a deep green enamel colour but changed my mind completely and repainted it.

I also painted up a little snowy forest backdrop to give my photos a little extra pizazz!



Let me know what you think!

Cheers all!

That rough rider is insane !

Imho if you go for green may be try to match the shade of your troopers' fabric ?
It'll pop a bit more against the metal parts and against the black of the horse ?

"White's hard so I keep it simple" - with the six layer method! Outstanding work. White is very hard to work with, and you've got it looking great.

The Rough Rider is almost something Boris Vallejo or Frank Frazetta would have done- pure Mounted Malice.