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Post by: Viktor von Domm
er...ok... i am totally in the dark now...  will this mean you will paint the armor black towards yellow then?...poor graven i knew him while he still had the basic parts of his sanity^^
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Post by: inmygravenimage
That's a damn lie. Sanity never lived here!
I'm going for a chameleoline effect - blending in with his background, stalking his prey. That make more sense?
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Beautiful work on the camo graven... You're really setting a very high standard with this model that the rest of us are going to have one hell of a time living up to.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
ohhhhh....that sounds nice!... i bet that would get most of us way out of their comfort zone!
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Gitsplitta wrote:Beautiful work on the camo graven... You're really setting a very high standard with this model that the rest of us are going to have one hell of a time living up to.
I appreciate that mate, truly I do; I consider myself a rank amateur compared to you! Anyway, you're running the contest, you don't have to live up to anyone.
Btw I'm ignoring your earlier quartz comment 
Viktor von Domm wrote:ohhhhh....that sounds nice!... i bet that would get most of us way out of their comfort zone!
Well, you can see how it's supposed to look theoretically there. I wonder whether - as intended - I should darken him down another step with a further nuln oil-ing, especially on the left (as you look at it) where the shadow would be deepest. But, that might look just daft. Some of the rust flecks just look like orange paint to me at present (which they're not, actually - I used the textured GW paint, and they're blobs of [i]that[/]!) but he is certainly getting there, and is close to what I had envisaged.
Does this show osl more clearly?
No, I don't know why it's rotated either ah well.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
the osl is recognizable... but as the lantern is much brighter i suggest you intesify the OSL a bit more...
and i agree to intensifying the shadow on the left... i think atm it looks rather too bright then for the effect you are going for...
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*chuckle* I was wondering if you saw that...
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Post by: Yellowbeard
Coming along nicely, Graven. The rust and ivy are looking good. I'm looking forward to seeing the line of rust up the marine's chest to match the bit on the wall behind im.
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^ Too true.
Okay, rubbishy pics as ever. Light effect/shading developments:
More osl:
And very very very early wip of corsair:
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Post by: GiraffeX
The Mantis Warrior is looking amazing on his base.
I think the OSL is spot on now, its looking just right.
Oh and who's the old dude looking round the corner of the building in the first and third pics, looks like the guy who decapitated the MW 
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That guy? The King of all the Welsh!
And thanks man.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
crappy pics mate... crappy pics that short sell your work...*shakes head*
the light ruins your probably good looking camo effect...
and i gotta ask, is a red corsair also worshipping khorne?... for my own entrance i couldn´t get a choas marine without the bunny eared skull head... so i am using this now...will this still be fluffy?
also... your OSL of the lamp needs another go 
i know... i am mean 
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Red Corsairs worship  undivided, just that their colours are red with black trim. Also if not Astral Claws they red saltire through their chapter badge (as with this guy - any guesses?) Insignia is a clawed fist.
Also, I loathe and despise you...
Still pretty rough and ready photos mind you. Happy
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loath me all you want/need mister... but see what happens? if i nudge you just a bit yoou make better pics
since i don´t basically know how to do OSL... still i think it needs another layer of warm color over the now brighter ones... to show it is getting its light from that lamp...right?
and with these pics now the camo effect is way better to recognize... in fact i may go so far as to say...well done
for all things choas i am still a blank... does this choas undivided basically mean it´s a free for all choas worship band then? no special worshipping one of the four then?
and i can´t really tell about your choasy guy here all his insignia are not really good to be seen^^
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Shaddap
Yeah, perhaps some warmth too, though I wanted quite a wan light.
Thanks re: camo!
You're on the money with Chaos undivided.
Also -
Further progress:
His pad that you can't really see is yellow btw.
And starting to think about this...
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Post by: nerdfest09
Right, this is the Nerd version of a slap in the face with a glove! I seriously need to pull my finger out for Gits comp now! :-) lovely work graven! looking really good man i love your vision!
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Coming from you, high praise indeed sir! Now get a wiggle on!
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Sir, yes sir! wiggle ON!
this is going to be such a cool comp, not only because Gits is running ti, but it's so cool seeing everyone's take on the chapter that has bought Badab back to life with Gits stoking of the fire! I really like what you've done so far and your execution is done well considering the size of the base you're working with, also excellent light and osl!
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
that corsiar is rather good looking... so unlike the rest of your work
and do i get this right...the head between the crocodile clamps is the MW head?... may i add my 2 cents here? if the head looks as bright as he currently is... wont that ruin the camo effect??? i would have expected a fully helmeted head instead...? Automatically Appended Next Post: and nerdy.... does that mean you join?... oh...seems the game gets upped a bit further now...darn...
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nerdfest09 wrote:Sir, yes sir! wiggle ON!
this is going to be such a cool comp, not only because Gits is running ti, but it's so cool seeing everyone's take on the chapter that has bought Badab back to life with Gits stoking of the fire! I really like what you've done so far and your execution is done well considering the size of the base you're working with, also excellent light and osl!
Thanks man all round! Yeah, gits has done good stuff indeed for the Badab posse.
Viktor von Domm wrote:that corsiar is rather good looking... so unlike the rest of your work
and do i get this right...the head between the crocodile clamps is the MW head?... may i add my 2 cents here? if the head looks as bright as he currently is... wont that ruin the camo effect??? i would have expected a fully helmeted head instead...?
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and nerdy.... does that mean you join?... oh...seems the game gets upped a bit further now...darn...
Thanks man. I have the same concern, tbh, about the head - but the reasoning is that firstly he's taken it off for his enemy to see his face, and secondly because the Mantidae tattoo themselves, and I'm going to attempt that *gulp*.
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Post by: SelvaggioSaky
This is going to look ace.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
I'm going to attempt that *gulp*.
respect!... and i sense much fear in you... thats good because fear leads you to the dark side...and we have cookies
what tats do they do then?
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Snakes, which seems a bit random, but there we are. Supposedly they cover their bodies, up to their necks, but this guy is special.
Right, well, head shots. You can see the tattoos left and right, and then straight on.
Kinda like that pose, it's like he's chatting to the King of all the Welshmen and saying "There's that bloke with the camera again."
"What about you, unfinished horde of Inquisition troops, what do you think?"
Hopefully, it's apparent when you see this that I have shadowed the side of the face somewhat, but I think I'm happy with where it's going. Seems like it sitting a little high though? Weird.
Obviously it's not all finshed, but still - C&C?
graven
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Post by: Yggdrasil
I like the last pose best, I think... Your idea of the vines is great ! I love it !
Can't wait to see you painting some more...
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Post by: GiraffeX
An I love mum tat on the side of the head.......
Oh Graven that gave me an idea you could do the MW logo tattooed over the top of his skull with its claws going under his eyes, would looook so cool
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Also, I am aware of the existence of cookies:
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
i agree a bit high.... mabye get rid of one or two mm of the neck?...these are probably your best pics by the way... lighting is perfect!...
will there be more snakes on his head? i think the two small ones on either side are a bit hard to understand ... you gotta imagine most peeps wont have the chance to see it magnified so big as we get it... also... the way you showed the head spinning.... i think this one would to well with the head magnetized
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@Yggs: yeah the 3rd is the real pose thanks frere
@giraffe: you are a bad, bad man... Automatically Appended Next Post: @vik - well hopefully with more detail shots it'll be apparent, glad he's close to meeting your approval!
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lol.... cookies are great looking!...we made one cake for my older son felix for his birthday at school... tow lightsabers crossed straight over the whole cake with icing...
for our smaller son, he had to bring a cake for some money collecting thing... so we baked a chocolate cake... and icing in form of a death star^^.... soon we do a new death star for felix again...ah... the nerdy joys of kitchen works^^
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Post by: Dr H
Head is looking really good. Nice skin tone/shading.
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Viktor von Domm wrote:i agree a bit high.... mabye get rid of one or two mm of the neck?...these are probably your best pics by the way... lighting is perfect!...
will there be more snakes on his head? i think the two small ones on either side are a bit hard to understand ... you gotta imagine most peeps wont have the chance to see it magnified so big as we get it... also... the way you showed the head spinning.... i think this one would to well with the head magnetized
I have trimmed a bit. Lighting is close to my usual "cake" setup, although I'll probably do the final pics against black, and I had to use a flash today cos I haven't got the lightbox set up. Magnets? Bah.
Dr H wrote:Head is looking really good. Nice skin tone/shading.
Thanks matey!
So, the end approacheth. The RC isn't done - definitely needs some tidying - but the MW is pretty much there. I have really tried to push myself - I hate doing hazard stripes, I can't freehand for tofu, and I've taught myself directional shading, amongst other things. I hope that the end result is worth it.
Also, GiraffeX is a very, very bad man.
Yes, that's a freehand Mantis tattoo. I watched the new Trek in preparation for seeing Into Darkness, and got thinking about Nero. So, now my MW has a name, too. Bit of light glare on his baldy head there, sorry 'bout that.
Ramped up the OSL further.
And alternate shots of the RC:
Can you guess what he was yet?
C&C away, mes amis,
graven
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Post by: Gitsplitta
You really outdid yourself graven. It's stunning and a personal triumph no matter how the comp turns out.
He was a chappy perhaps?
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Aw thanks mate. It's all your fault, of course
Not a chappy, I just fancied adding some fangs to a skull. Red saltire is over yellow with some black lines...
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Post by: Medium of Death
That looks great. I love both marines. I think you got the whole "stealth camouflage" concept across really well. I think the Corsair looks great too. I particularly like the light being cast through the ruin window. That is really awesome IMHO.
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Sneaky. You understand of course that I'm going to steal this idea for ny crystal brush entry at Adepticon in a year or two...
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I am nothing if not a Sneaky Git, as mentioned  thieve away, glad you approve 
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
hot!... we have to agree on that...class? yes...! or I will have words with the lot of ye!
looks amazing... and seems your tofu worked...as the hazard stripes look very cool... you have to take into account the tech you used for the MW...otherwise your RC outshines your MW ... and now I saw all the details you added... somehow I overlooked the bolter and the helmet...by the way, what type is that one? and also...we know have to ask ourself one thing... why is that bombed house having a functioning lamp? confusing world we live in
oh... and I voted on the tattoo closeup... just if your asking
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Post by: alabamaheretic
yea a close up of the tat would be kinda cool.
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Viktor von Domm wrote:hot!... we have to agree on that...class? yes...! or I will have words with the lot of ye! looks amazing... and seems your tofu worked...as the hazard stripes look very cool... you have to take into account the tech you used for the MW...otherwise your RC outshines your MW ... and now I saw all the details you added... somehow I overlooked the bolter and the helmet...by the way, what type is that one? and also...we know have to ask ourself one thing... why is that bombed house having a functioning lamp? confusing world we live in
Thanks my friend. I'm actually really, really worried that the RC will overshadow the MW many ways, both in not being as well painted as the MW and also a distraction. BTW, the RC is a renegade tranquility-pattern MW, hence the yellow with black stripes (so he, too, has camo, techincally). So, I appreciate your kind words. The bolter is Mk6, as are his legs, pack and left shoulder (though you can't really see, I've gs'd the DA symbol into a  , the torso front is Mk5 and the helm Mk 4 (my personal favourite). In the grimdark future, someone carelessly left the lights on  Viktor von Domm wrote: oh... and I voted on the tattoo closeup... just if your asking
Appreciated matey, and a comment too I see? You are very kind  alabamaheretic wrote:yea a close up of the tat would be kinda cool.
Oh well, if you insist. Fiendishly difficult not to get any glare, hope this is clearer: 
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Post by: alabamaheretic
nice man i approve of that tattoo *thumbs up*
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Post by: SelvaggioSaky
Amazing job with the composition, free hand and light sources.
Basically top notch mate.
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Post by: Theophony
I don't even know how to say how awesome this is. The camo has turned out a thousand times better than I had originally thought it could.
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alabamaheretic wrote:nice man i approve of that tattoo *thumbs up*
I live to give 
SelvaggioSaky wrote:Amazing job with the composition, free hand and light sources.
Basically top notch mate.
Graz'!
Theophony wrote:I don't even know how to say how awesome this is. The camo has turned out a thousand times better than I had originally thought it could.
I am truly chuffed you think so although arguably then you thought that it was going to be rubbish!
I see soooo many flaws in the RC:
In particular - and tell me if you spot more - there's a little primer still showing through in a few places (inside his right pad, the chainsword (yellow overspill at hilt already addressed), at the hairline and on the pack at the... ears, whatever they are). Skulls need touched up too, but then they're not done yet.
Anything else glaring?
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Post by: GiraffeX
This is amazing Graven, I really like the OSL its very well done.
The tat looks excellent, well done
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
Appreciated matey, and a comment too I see? You are very kind
I live to give
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Post by: inmygravenimage
@GiraffeX: thanks buddy. I wonder if there should be more glow from the plasma coil though?
@Vik:
A random aside - someone (YB maybe?) asked if that was the 3rd ed starter ruin I used; no, but it WAS what I was staring at when building this (too big for the base, but same principle).
And thankyou, thankyou, thankyou all for your support and c&c. And remember to vote often, vote early (or something)!
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
can we vote more than once for one pic???
got you almost for thinking i am that slowed, eh?...
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Worth a try
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LOL... Automatically Appended Next Post: nope... wont work
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Post by: Yellowbeard
Beautiful work, Graven.
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Didn't think the original idea was rubbish at all, in fact I thought it was cool. My own vision I had in my mind of what you were going to do was just not nearly as good as what you had envisioned. In essence my mind could not omprehend the awesomeness you were prepared to do.
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Viktor von Domm wrote:LOL...
Automatically Appended Next Post:
nope... wont work
Dang
Yellowbeard wrote:Beautiful work, Graven.
Thanks mate!
Theophony wrote:Didn't think the original idea was rubbish at all, in fact I thought it was cool. My own vision I had in my mind of what you were going to do was just not nearly as good as what you had envisioned. In essence my mind could not omprehend the awesomeness you were prepared to do.
Ah  I see! Not that I ever doubted your faith - or I would have to call the =][= on you!
Nothing much to report, still touching up the RC, but I got a wicked supply drop:
Not sure who from cos no dakka name upon it - reveal thyself!
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Where did it come from? (i.e. country or state)
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US - from a Jonathan? Don't know more than that cos over enthusiastic 5 year old recycled it! Btw your box is at the post, off to collect it later! Woo!
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Just a bunch of miscellaneous chaos bits... but they may help fill your bits box.
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looks great just voted
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Your main shot, then supporting pics as spoilers. The judges will have access to them all.
Great work my friend. You honor me greatly with your fantastic skills.
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alabamaheretic wrote:looks great just voted
Muchas gracias
Gitsplitta wrote:Your main shot, then supporting pics as spoilers. The judges will have access to them all.
Great work my friend. You honor me greatly with your fantastic skills.
Done, and Thankyou for giving me an outlet to push myself way beyond my comfort zone. Also, thanks for the sweet zombie hellcat of a supply drop (and kind words)!
Automatically Appended Next Post:
Onto the next contest - the League's Shrine!
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Post by: Dr H
Good work Graven. Voted as per (Gits ) instructions.
Well you certainly have plenty of Chaos bits to be Khorn-ing up the shrine now. Look forward to what you produce.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
I love that setup, black velvet! very suitable for the model!
and I may add... there is no criticism I could muster up now... dang... I wanna win !...ok... here is my suggestion... paint everything black..., eh? cool idea black iss always cool
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Thanks man. It's early days, but...
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uuuuhhhh..... spikey palace!
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Post by: Knightley
Haha, I can only imagine what its going to be like to move that monster around the house, you would go to pick it up and then apply band aids to your hands!
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Viktor von Domm wrote:uuuuhhhh..... spikey palace!
Yeah, and then some! In fact it had less but mrs g's comment was, "needs more spikes". Should set up my own rival League of Spikenators and Skullifiers...
Knightley wrote:Haha, I can only imagine what its going to be like to move that monster around the house, you would go to pick it up and then apply band aids to your hands!
It's more that it still feels flimsy in places actually; the base I had for it (18"x14") is too small, so got to go up to 20x16 at least. The problem there would be I'd have to buy it, which is against my self-imposed rules (the other base being recycled from child's birthday). Having said that, more spikey bits required! I'm also dreading detailing the back as that's a LOT of bare plastic. Still, I have a fairly demented idea that involves styrene rods and chaos gun barrels. Oh, and skulls, naturally.
However, this is on hold - sort of - for the next couple of weeks as I have to do my marking for the exam board. However, I suspect I may need occasional sanity breaks!
Later,
graven Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh - and need to source some more chaos dozer blades. They are spikey AND laddery!
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It should definitely be Spikifier and Skullinator although I think they fought against either the Ninja Turtles or Adam West's Batman.
It's actually a good description of what I do to my Epic Chaos vehicles.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
the wife urged you on to spikefy the shrine some more?... creepy^^
i still ahven´t found time to send you my care package... hopefully i can do that this weekend... but i know for sure that i have some possesed stuff and spikey stuff already put inside! so fear not... suplies will eventuually put you into position to fulfill your plans
and good luck for those exams....*yucky...* thank the lords i am done with these now^^
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@llamahead: too true @ Vik: I marked 50 papers tonight, just having a breather... only 190 to go. 2 weeks of self-imposed hell. No sweat on the bits, my friend. An apology to anyone whose thread I'm following - I'm just lurking, scanning for light relief from this madness. Likewise, don't expect much activity here, expect in moments of deranged inspiration:  This will get built up with gs... I needed another HB-wielding SoB, this seemed like a fun place to start. Also, I've primed my remaining PAGK - I might even finish my GK army at this rate this year! Later (much), graven
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the pic is so much out of focus....she might be wearing mutton chops instead of a gasmask^^
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Shaddup it's just to show that I'm building the gunner up with gs.
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...so this means we shouldn´t pester you some while you are off to slap your own shoulder... yeah right
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Post by: Solar_lion
And this differs from your current work process how? So not fooling anyone.
In the meantime you could always post more "Cakes I'd like to eat" Just saying!
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Post by: Theophony
Sorry missed a couple updates, the mantis marine is excellent . Oh and the supply drop was from me. Hope you can use them. "Blood for the blood god"
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I made an Octonaughts cake for a friends son! does that count?
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Is that the OctoMoms Kids? drum roll........
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Update!
Theophony wrote:Sorry missed a couple updates, the mantis marine is excellent . Oh and the supply drop was from me. Hope you can use them. "Blood for the blood god"
Thanks man, much appreciated and the bits were/are awesome (see below for progress). Khorne thanks you for your attention!
nerdfest09 wrote:I made an Octonaughts cake for a friends son! does that count?
Only to 8...
Is that the OctoMoms Kids? drum roll........ Mrs G really digging all the cake love, if you haven't yet check out http://www.facebook.com/aweecake
#shamelessplug.
Marking for this exam diet about 2/3 done, need me some dakka! So, a bit of an update.
First of all, really stoked about Gitsplitta's MW contest. To have made the front page of the gallery was a huge boost for me - please, if you haven't done so, please vote (not just for me, the gallery always needs more lovin') I did get a bit disheartened when its paintjob score plummeted till I realised someone had given it 1s - let's assume they don't understand voting, rather than pettiness...
Also, off the back of that model (and my general style), I've been offered a commission job to a new High Elf army sea-elf style (grimy, lots of verdigris) - I'm not taking the gig, but to get the offer was a major nerd-boost.
I've primed the last of my PAGK:
And the storm raven/eagle that I've had for nearly a year for "Winged Death", my counts-as SW DW. Finally got paint schemes in my head for them.
Had a cracking game of SAGA the other night, realised I hate my peasant levy so invested in some LotR ponies to make more Hearthguard. If you haven't had a look at saga yet, I cannot recommend it highly enough. So far we've now converted 4 non wargamers and 8 diehard scifi gamers from our crowd to it. My next target is the regional MTG judge. Also, the ancients rule set just came out (and as with everything, models are interchangeable, so my various welsh and Irish become Gaels). Woo!
Started detailing the back of the shrine:
And more on the front too, but that's less obvious/interesting.
It's getting ready for primer! Don't know if I'll make the contest deadline tbh but I'm too far gone now to quit.
Also started on the various victims:
This guy will be strung up inside the skull's mouth. I'm thinking classic smurf should pop nicely.
And sacrifices to the blood pit:
This ork is my favourite. Everyone else is in agony - he's having him a cee-gar...
I also need to cover the cm-wide SNAP-X logo that's on every single piece. Sigh. Options, for your consideration:
1. I could gs it but I'm worried it'll just look blobby. Maybe as jutting shards of obsidian? Only problem is that may affect its playability (also, that many hard edges - even using grey stuff - are, well, hard).
2. An alternative is to use small plaster rocks or slate chips; neither of those help with the playability issue.
3. I also wonder about making a plate or 2 of some kind (eg a generic grate) that I can then mould and gs cast to press over.
4. I could just cut strips of styrene alternatively to cover - much easier, but dull. On the walls it's not been an issue - tank plates etc over them.
5. Skulls. Lots of em. Probably press moulded, just for quantity.
Hmm.
Or any other thoughts?
Hey ho, until next time,
Zombie-graven
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i vote for the GS mold....
the butchered marine... makes me smile...and the ork...well orks are always cool when they max out their greeness^^
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Your wife is most-awesomely talented! Your poor kids have got artsy-fartsy on BOTH sides of the family.
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Post by: Yellowbeard
Those cakes look delicious. Loce the dartboard!
Shrine looks goid. I'm with Vik for the gs grate mold. Also, really love the disembowel,ed termie. Great idea!
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Viktor von Domm wrote:i vote for the GS mold....
the butchered marine... makes me smile...and the ork...well orks are always cool when they max out their greeness^^
Assuming you mean the gs plate - my idea is to use one of those lego 3-bar grills (2x1). And yeah, orks are... Orksome
Gitsplitta wrote:Your wife is most-awesomely talented! Your poor kids have got artsy-fartsy on BOTH sides of the family.
She is awesome indeed, and yeah, the kids are up the creek there 
Yellowbeard wrote:Those cakes look delicious. Loce the dartboard!
Shrine looks goid. I'm with Vik for the gs grate mold. Also, really love the disembowel,ed termie. Great idea!
Dartboard worked a treat. Coming up is a gatsby cake, should be interesting.
Bit of progress on tortured termie:
Frighteningly, that hand is in scale. Pesky, dysmorphic marines.
Hey ho... Automatically Appended Next Post: Gosh, you can't tell that's struts of bone in the other arm at all. Bloody phone.
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A little in situ wip:
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Aaaaaarrgh! It's too early in the morning to look at something like this!
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Just for that, I'm making him a MW...
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Wiener...
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well that looks interesting...look forward to more
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Hey graven... just in case you were wondering what happened to your GMS marine... It's my tradition never to send out a GMS marine until he's been bloodied in battle. So here's a pic to prove it, "Uncle John" Grabowski serving with a Mantis Warrior tactical squad as their heavy weapon specialist vs. the Xenos abominations that are the Necrons. He's hit every single time he's fired... unfortunately I haven't rolled more than a 1 or 2 for the armor penetration so he hasn't any kills yet. I knew I shouldn't have switched to rechargeable batteries in my las cannons... they just don't carry the power that non-rechargeables do!  Unfortunately, the game is getting done a turn here, a turn there... so it's taking quite a while to get it done so I can send him on his way.
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Well now he can't really be in a kill team till he's killed someone eh? looking good there.
Btw, I'm going with skulls. It's a temple of khorne. It cannot have enough skulls...
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Post by: OneManNoodles
That thing is looking insane, I like what your thinking with the terminator and yes ... he should be a smurf
Good luck painting it mate, I know I'm not going to have a spare minute without at least one paintbrush in my hands until this is over.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
thanks mate well I'm also out of black primer  but just got a parental supply drop (early birthday cash) - need new suits but can probably stretch
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well happy early birthday man i hope you have a good day when the time comes around
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Thanks chief!
Actually today was great, finished all my exam marking in 7hrs of madness, then got an early Father's Day present to boot, which was a greenhouse and veg, plus pizza and beer.
It's the little things that make the world go round
Also, despite crummy pic, you gotta love the lego grates:
There are skulls on the floor now too. I marked out all the toy logos with white paint, and now I'm puzzling over how to hide the ones on the walls. Hmm.
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Nice to see the build coming together piece by piece. Good work on the marine and the ork. Looking forward to more.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
if we may one future blessed day get a pic of these logos then i could say my two cents about how to cover them... alas... no mortal beeing has behold them... for now...
and i am with git here...that skullface was quite upsetting to look at when you think something pleasent about cakes might be here to be read as an update...^^
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Lol Vic I dont see any logos either, you must have done a really good job hiding them Graven.
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that´s a way of seeing it
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Lovin the progress happening graven. Glad the bits worked out, they were a good sacrifice.
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Thanks theophony! We're all about sacrifice as for the pics - I just enjoy annoying Vik Speaking of which... Here's that SoB I'm building up:  Here's the awkward logo:  And here's the reverse of the shrine just now:  Lego grates visible (bottom centre - zoomable pic) and everything! Yes, those struts are going to get rivets. Because the answer to every question in the grimdark is more rivets and more skulls. Also - would it be silly to mount lascannons in the eyes?
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That thing is a monstrosity... don't think I realized exactly how big it is!
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Also - would it be silly to mount lascannons in the eyes?
what a question is that???.... would it be silly to make an A-bomb if i can??? certainly not... so... your question is invalid to the letter
and rivtes???... let´s see the color of yon rivtes mister!!!
and i agree... it is kinda a moster alright.. and believe me... i know myself around with mosters^^...
by the way... those smaller chambers... at ground level...? will they just be covered up or used? i smell the oportunity for small scale sences!
and now i have seen the logo...hmmm.... if you rivet the backside of that build... than just add armor plates and rivet them as well...
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Who wouldn't want Las-cannons in their eyes???
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 Dr H wrote:Who wouldn't want Las-cannons in their eyes???
Not sharks, because every animal deserves a warm meal
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Viktor von Domm wrote:Also - would it be silly to mount lascannons in the eyes?
what a question is that???.... would it be silly to make an A-bomb if i can??? certainly not... so... your question is invalid to the letter
and rivtes???... let´s see the color of yon rivtes mister!!!
and i agree... it is kinda a moster alright.. and believe me... i know myself around with mosters^^...
by the way... those smaller chambers... at ground level...? will they just be covered up or used? i smell the oportunity for small scale sences!
and now i have seen the logo...hmmm.... if you rivet the backside of that build... than just add armor plates and rivet them as well...
The chambers at the bottom: well, there's going to be more victims hanging up - I envisage the one with a door as a cell; I'm planning on having end walls that I can remove because, again, it's important to me that it be a fully playable piece of terrain. For that reason, the one on the other side won't have a mini-vignette (although I did think about it) - part of the reason stuff's so concentrated on the walls is to allow you to play through it. Also, remember that in the middle of the thing will be the sacrificial pit (which is also removable).
Dr H wrote:Who wouldn't want Las-cannons in their eyes???
Theophony wrote:Not sharks, because every animal deserves a warm meal
All I want is Sharks with frikkin' lasers on their heads...
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Exciting stuff! Posted this in main p&m but still - masqmini posted this on their fb:
Get your free sample of our amazing new sculpting putty by sending an email with your postal address and "BeeSPutty" in the subject to sales@masqmini.com . Serms Legit as gravengames.co. uk have shared it across and they're certainly a reliable bunch.
Also, I have a suitably demented idea. I'm going to cover the styrene struts with ~60 of the dragon maws (chaos gun barrels). Blame gits for (a) providing the bulk of them and (b) agreeing this is not a bananas idea.
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I never said anything about it not being bananas... I just thought it was fantastic!
The important thing though... is how exactly you pronounce the word "bananas". Do you say it like the narrator on Danger Mouse (ba-nah-nahs), or do you say it correctly (ba-naa-nahs)?? (naa as in "wax")
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I'm English, and southern at that DaHling... Just scraped the mould lines off 30 muzzles and I'm not even halfway done - madness.
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Actual madness
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Most impressive... and you're completely potty... you know that, don't you?
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Building up nicely. That's quite a few dragon head things...
There's nothing wrong with madness. I approve.
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Have you actually considered that you're going to have to paint all this eventually??
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Sharks with Frikking Laser Beams that's Monkeytrolls blog isn't it? Have I got lost.
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Post by: Skalk Bloodaxe
I went back to pg 99 to get caught up and I'm overwhelmed. I like the small pierces you've been doing, and the faces you're doing for your Space Marines are excellently done, great detail.
I'll try to keep up from here.
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Gitsplitta wrote:Most impressive... and you're completely potty... you know that, don't you?
Thanks and  Dr H wrote:Building up nicely. That's quite a few dragon head things...
There's nothing wrong with madness. I approve.
One or two Gitsplitta wrote:Have you actually considered that you're going to have to paint all this eventually??
 Llamahead wrote:Sharks with Frikking Laser Beams that's Monkeytrolls blog isn't it? Have I got lost.
Been a while since I've seen lego with lasguns I have tried to keep that up here too. Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:I went back to pg 99 to get caught up and I'm overwhelmed. I like the small pierces you've been doing, and the faces you're doing for your Space Marines are excellently done, great detail.
I'll try to keep up from here.
Thanks mate, that means a lot to me. Faces are for me a constant source of stress, so much appreciated. One of the test heads will be getting used in this project also. Speaking of which: build complete!  Frickin' lasers in its eyes and everything.  If you're verrrry observant you'll notice that the back wall of the cell isn't there at present. Oh, here it is:  Still need to cover up the Snap-x logo though. Bah. This will slot in post paint. Actually, this will also be getting primed grey rather than white, for the SoB. Likewise her cellmate who needs primed, and the other poor unfortunate soul (drinker):  And the the summoning. The Exorcist is about to make it to freedom, failing to heed the guardsman's girlish screams...  The SM has a mauled right arm that you can't see, and will get aforementioned tester head. The pit is a separate piece but fits on the four centre squares of the base securely. So, some progress! Hmm. Really need me some chaos black... graven
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Nice. Summoning pit looks good. Good work on the SoB and the whole thing looks suitably chaos-y. Look forward to paint.
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Thanks man, I can't claim credit for the SoB though, that's HyenaJoe's excellent work. I owe him an Irn-Bru bar or 2.
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Fair enough. Good job HyenaJoe. But the rest looks great as well. Did you decide if it was going to be Brass or Obsidian in the end?
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Paint monkey-boy! Paint!
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Prime black (acquired as part of Father's Day haul, along with selection of ales and fiendishly dark chocolates), then predominantly dark brass, obsidian spear tips, lumpy bits and some other metals elsewhere. Paint will happen anon, starting middle of next week (going to try to get a primer layer on tonight, and another tomorrow morning.
Maybe.
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Sounds good (and will look good once done )
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More than a little bit tweaked on aerosol fumes now: entire can of chaos black gone in one go.
Real ale chaser methinks...
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
lol...used up a whole can of primer on that shrine?... bloody hell...and then some^^
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What can I say, it's a beast?!
Rotate function dies again...
Going to get me another aerosol fix today, working in town so can swing by the purveyors of geek crack. Aiming to get primed by mid week, and lay down base colours before weekend. We'll see Springsteen gig tomorrow though, that's going to interfere
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
cool.... hope the boss is singing is old but goldies mostly... from my point of view his new stuff doesn´t cut the mustard the way his old songs did...
and have you considered colored primer? red or brown perhaps? this whole thing will take ages painting...I know what I am talking about here... a bit of cheating is in this case totally allowed I think...
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Should be a fun concert! Light your lighter for me during "Born to Run" eh?
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Post by: nerdfest09
Graven that shrine is ace mate! very creative and looking much better primed up! now the fun really starts eh! details details :-) I also love the Ultramarine you desecrated! what parts did you use? he looks simply grotesque!!
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Viktor von Domm wrote:cool.... hope the boss is singing is old but goldies mostly... from my point of view his new stuff doesn´t cut the mustard the way his old songs did...
and have you considered colored primer? red or brown perhaps? this whole thing will take ages painting...I know what I am talking about here... a bit of cheating is in this case totally allowed I think...
I saw him 3 yrs ago and it was a great night so pretty psyched. I really liked working on a dream, though I can take or leave wrecking ball.
I thought long and hard over coloured primer; in the end, I decided it was against my self imposed rules - admittedly I have since bought more black but it's the principle of the thing - only basic tools allowed.
Gitsplitta wrote:Should be a fun concert! Light your lighter for me during "Born to Run" eh?
I'm pretty sure there's an app for that 
nerdfest09 wrote:Graven that shrine is ace mate! very creative and looking much better primed up! now the fun really starts eh! details details :-) I also love the Ultramarine you desecrated! what parts did you use? he looks simply grotesque!!
Thanks Damo! The devil is in the detail, indeed. Parts wise it's standard torso, back, legs, claws and gk bare head variously cut down and hollowed out with mantic zombie torso, old old skeleton arm one side and a csm term arm (trimmed) on the other.
Local GW staffer tried to persuade me to enter this bad boy in armies on parade.
Hmm.
Hmm.
Could be a SoB motivator, actually...
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Post by: Llamahead
For painting it Wilkinson's sells a bunch of cheap colour sprays Plastikote is pretty good stuff and acryli might mae this monstrosity more possible. I always feel Born in the USA needs the Thunderbirds as backing vocals. Listening to that track during Air Fete on RAF Mildenhall watching an F15 display team dance was one of those seminal moments.
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Post by: Solar_lion
I think you should prime it with the dispair of your enemies, the blood of MLP's and some ground up pixie's... The do still have those in England don't they?
BftBG -- we know!
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
ach... what would be the world for if we hadn´t have priciples...
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Hehe - you guys are basically nutters...
So, it's now all brassed up:
Just a first pass, you understand. I said to Dan (#1 son, aged 5 1/2) did it look good and he said, "Hmm. Needs red Dad. On the lumpy bits."
He's absolutely right. I'd planned to do the "shards" obsidian but a glossed-up red is a much, much better idea. I'll still do obsidian for the teeth of the idol and the pit, I think, but I reckon the kid's on to something. I'm planning on using mechrite, red wash and quickshade - yay, more experiments. Anyway, hope this gives y'all a sense of it.
Ended up getting my primer from GW, got chatting (as you do) to the blue-shirt, conversion turns to how long I've been gaming.
GW-drone: Wow. You must be much older than you look.
Me: Thanks. I have a miniature of myself in the attic.
Gw-drone: ... (pause, looks puzzled)... Um... Did you sculpt it yourself?
*Sigh*
It has been suggested, also, that I use this for an Armies on Parade display. Tempted, possibly with my GKs (let's face it, I have some painted) or future SoB.
Thoughts? Anyone care to share their experience of AoP? Not usually my thing, but I'm a sucker for flattery.
BTW, nearly end of term - one week to go - comparatively normal service will resume then,
graven
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It's awesome. Never seen an "Army on Parade". No GW within 100 miles of here.
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Post by: Dr H
Nice brassy start. Look forward to more. Splashes of red wouldn't go amiss.
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Post by: weetyskemian44
Lol graven what's it like having to put up with these uneducated savages! They don't even get obscure 19th century literary references these days. No culture. Actually I've never read any oscar wilde myself but I did read a book called Dorian by Will Self which is the totally sick and wrong 90s version. Instead of a painting it is a video art installation that gradually turns into a decrepit old junkie while Dorian just keeps on partying hard.
The giant brass thing is looking giant and brassy.
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Post by: cormadepanda
Not shiney enough. Khorne wants you to make 11 more passes of brass
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KHORNE DEMANDS MORE BLOOD RED.
ALSO, NOT ENOUGH SKULLS AT ALL FOR KHORNE.
KHORNE THOUGHT HE WAS FAIRLY CLEAR ON THIS REQUIREMENT OVER THE PAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, AND IS DISAPPOINTED IN YOUR LACK OF VISION.
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Post by: Yellowbeard
 inmygravenimage wrote:
GW-drone: Wow. You must be much older than you look.
Me: Thanks. I have a miniature of myself in the attic.
Gw-drone: ... (pause, looks puzzled)... Um... Did you sculpt it yourself?
*Sigh*
Oh, man! Next project, I want to see you make your own graven image! That would be fantastic! Aged beyond years, plenty of opportunity for weathering and open wound... The attic base would be really cool, too.
The Khorne temple is really coming along, btw. Better than I expected, tbh, though I'm surprised that I didn't simply trust your vision! Keep up the great work, my friend. Looking forward to the bloody red.
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Gitsplitta wrote:It's awesome. Never seen an "Army on Parade". No GW within 100 miles of here.
Thanks mate. It's a nice premise - army on a scenic base of equivalent size to rob tile, voted by store punters. Winner gets trophy and represents store at gd, and the store winners vote for their favourite. Although I do think it's amusing that according to the rules "no purchase is necessary"
Dr H wrote:Nice brassy start. Look forward to more. Splashes of red wouldn't go amiss.
I think so too. See below!
weetyskemian44 wrote:Lol graven what's it like having to put up with these uneducated savages! They don't even get obscure 19th century literary references these days. No culture. Actually I've never read any oscar wilde myself but I did read a book called Dorian by Will Self which is the totally sick and wrong 90s version. Instead of a painting it is a video art installation that gradually turns into a decrepit old junkie while Dorian just keeps on partying hard.
The giant brass thing is looking giant and brassy.
If Will Self isn't being massively narcissistic there's something terribly wrong. Also ta!
cormadepanda wrote:Not shiney enough. Khorne wants you to make 11 more passes of brass
I wanted it to be grim and/or dark...
Briancj wrote:KHORNE DEMANDS MORE BLOOD RED.
ALSO, NOT ENOUGH SKULLS AT ALL FOR KHORNE.
KHORNE THOUGHT HE WAS FAIRLY CLEAR ON THIS REQUIREMENT OVER THE PAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, AND IS DISAPPOINTED IN YOUR LACK OF VISION.
(Ducks) sorry master it could perhaps do with more skulls.
Yellowbeard wrote:
Oh, man! Next project, I want to see you make your own graven image! That would be fantastic! Aged beyond years, plenty of opportunity for weathering and open wound... The attic base would be really cool, too.
The Khorne temple is really coming along, btw. Better than I expected, tbh, though I'm surprised that I didn't simply trust your vision! Keep up the great work, my friend. Looking forward to the bloody red.
Well I did make a (not very good) Ork version of myself. I do like the idea of a Graven image.
Anyway, here you go, oh ye of miniscule faith:
Bit rough around the edges, and rubbishy phone camera pic cos main one out of batteries. Still. I like the red very much, I think. Those banners are going to be the death of me - and that's when they're not falling off.
Hey ho, thanks for c&c y'all! I'm hoping for a good haul of birthday loot Monday, or at least an immolator to use as the basis for the next modular sob tank. Might treat myself to a chaos razorback or something too to make #4 (Not sure how to do exorcist #2, maybe haboc launchers in a razorback turret).
merrily we roll along,
Graven
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Oh yeah. Liking those red touches.
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Post by: Solar_lion
Happy Birthday Mate!
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Post by: Knightley
Yes, that looks waaay better!
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Yeah... that did it graven. Looking at it gives me a headache, perfect for a chaos temple.
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Loving It, nice suggestion for the red, It looks perfect.
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Post by: Yellowbeard
That red really pops. Nice work.
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Post by: nerdfest09
I'm going cross eyed trying to focus on that shrine! talk about chaos eh!
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Post by: Solar_lion
What shrine? All I see is Blonde, Brunette and Redhead
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Well I did make a (not very good) Ork version of myself. I do like the idea of a Graven image.
also... nice paintwork there
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Thanks guys, appreciated. Small boy also approves
Here's a quick test of concept for 2nd exorcist.
Cause that's what I need to be concentrating on just now.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
now that's what I call some mean missile launchers^^
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What can I say, I had a flash of inspiration from a crazy man who makes stuff out of carpet tiles.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
I flashed you?... er.... what was exactly so inspirational then?... did I make a rocket launcher yet that I have all forgotten about?
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Nah, I just meant your particular brand of madness sparked something in my brain
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Wow. I mean wow. the paint really pulled that together. I have to admit that I had no idea where you were going w/ all that and was wondering how you were going to pull it off. You did, it is awesome, and I'm looking forward to more.
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Yeah, gamer ADD rocks - hence why I'm not fiddling with the shrine tonight!
Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Wow. I mean wow. the paint really pulled that together. I have to admit that I had no idea where you were going w/ all that and was wondering how you were going to pull it off. You did, it is awesome, and I'm looking forward to more.
Thanks mate high praise indeed, but it ain't done yet!
Not really speaking of which, further proof concept, mounted on correct hull.
I can't find the kneeling sob I made for this very frustrating, although it'll materialise at some point, I'm sure.
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Ooooh, daddy like!
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Post by: Theophony
The temple is coming along great , needs more body parts littering it though. The red x on the wall panels helps it out a lot.
The missile launchers on the exorcist are fantastic as well.
GW employees nothing else needs to be said.
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Gitsplitta wrote:Ooooh, daddy like!
Well, you are the daddy
Theophony wrote:The temple is coming along great , needs more body parts littering it though. The red x on the wall panels helps it out a lot.
The missile launchers on the exorcist are fantastic as well.
GW employees nothing else needs to be said.
Corpses: well, yes and no, it has to be a playable piece of terrain. Also, with the pit in place (which has 4 victims) the relative lack of corpses is less obvious. Once it's painted, the plethora of body parts that are randomly scattered around will become more obvious too, hopefully. The prisoners are a sob, soul drinker and iyandendar so they should draw the eye, too.
More generally, I am really pleased with the temple, but I'm still at a loss how to make the flames look right. I think just metalled is the way forward. I have added more colour - blocked in blues, greens on all spike tips (jade/obsidian a la my gk weapons), and lots of white, but will wait till I'm a bit further along to show pics. Want to get the quickshade on the large red blocky bits first.
MLs were not working and I was playing around with a pile of bits - they just came together nicely. They look surprisingly realstic for grimdark; i hate the pipe organ exorcist model and I had to find a way not to buy another kit to strip for parts. The next challenge will be sobinator #3...
GW employees - I can't be too harsh. One of the lads in our local GW is a former pupil of mine and a good lad, the manager's a good guy too. But their minions should be yellow and wearing goggles (soeaking of which, off to a preview of Despicable Me 2 later, possibly more excited than the kids!)
And also, on the subject of GW employees, one of my closest friends sent me a pic of my birthday supply drop. He used to be a GW staffer and eavy metal painter, now runs local flgs.
This it so far... Disregard the Ben folds album, that's mine, but to me that looks like a big old pile of nerd crack!
Also, the wife now Hates Vik for planting ideas:
That's no cake...
Bananas!
Graven
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i see it must´ve been that gut warming case of hate...
tell her it looks neither like a cake or a moon... i guess it has to be a fully functioning space station...
awesome... later on i will show that to my kids... i think adoption forms will be soon filled in...*sighs*
and that doesn´t look like a birthday present... more like christmas, the shee amount of it is overwhelming...when all that gets to you we demand a close look... details or else!
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Oo, an idea for the flames. You could do them as you might normal fire, but using bronze instead of red, gold instead of orange and silver instead of yellow... That could look cool...
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I know, all my Christmases! And dr h, cool idea, worth a punt!
Despicable Me 2 was so good we're watching the first one for movie night.
And...
Candles will be green
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Happy Birthday mate! (edit: whenever it is)
No hope ... I think she's trying to tell you something
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will this one explode too?????
at least the debris will be edible
and we watched Despicable Me (1) in the telly the other week... and saw a teaser of the second one before watching EPIC... and the kids would love to see the new one... would you say a five year old would stand the second movie?
and tell her to make some laser beams... you could use chocolate sticks or candy for the base... and have a small cassete/mp3 player around with that recharging humming sound
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My boys are 5 and 3, and loved it. Cake has peanut butter ganache - anaphylactic Death Star - and will have green candle for super laser. I'm a lucky guy.
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I'm a lucky guy.
so does this statement mean you didn´t earn this treatment
and thanks for the info on the movie... those minions are now very dear to my sons...my older one instantly made a picture from what he remebered after the teaser... good luck we already new it would be on telly soon... thus we could provide and easy fix for them... and boy where they edgy about that one^^
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Wow... that is a marvelous creation! (peanut butter... yum!)
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Love how the SoB vehicle is coming along Graven. Really sweet stuff.
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Excellent cake! Kudos to Mrs. Graven. Happy birthday, mate!
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OneManNoodles wrote:Happy Birthday mate! (edit: whenever it is)
Ha! It's Monday, actually, I'm just milking it for all it's worth - mrs g's family over today (but, in my defence, I am doing the cooking - ungodly amounts of curry ftw !)
Viktor von Domm wrote: I'm a lucky guy.
so does this statement mean you didn´t earn this treatment
and thanks for the info on the movie... those minions are now very dear to my sons...my older one instantly made a picture from what he remebered after the teaser... good luck we already new it would be on telly soon... thus we could provide and easy fix for them... and boy where they edgy about that one^^
It really is brilliant, although because we managed to get to see a preview we got the trailer for it as well, which was... odd.
Gitsplitta wrote:Wow... that is a marvelous creation! (peanut butter... yum!)
Yeah, she's talented - although actually it tends to be me that bakes the chocolate cakes, as I seem to get a more consistent finish. It's a pretty fast-and-loose recipe, more like a cook than a bake, which I think suits me!
LeadLegion wrote:Love how the SoB vehicle is coming along Graven. Really sweet stuff.
Thanks Bri. Sorry I didn't get to chat to you the other day when you were up, when are you back - over the summer at all?
Yellowbeard wrote:Excellent cake! Kudos to Mrs. Graven. Happy birthday, mate!
Gracias amigo!
So, here's progress on the Shrine:
I need to make sure I include as many nods to as many of my regulars as possible. There's a good number of SM helms on this thing already (if you're observant, you'll notice the start of a Tranq MW, a Firehawk, and some others too).
There's also a 1-week extension on the contest, thank gods, so I might actually get it done!
Hey ho, off to bake curried loaves,
graven
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Awesome socks Graven. Love that shrine.
Thanks for coming over to say hello when I was up. The plan had originally been to catch up on the Battletech campaign over the weekend so Tuesday would be free for chatting and mingling, but that fell through.
Was great to see everyone, even if I didn't get a chance to chat. Not bac up until Xmas now I'm afraid.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
oh my... i just had a look, zoomed in real close... the touchup work needed on that mountain of doom... it will kill you... eventually... as it will take up a life time...
so monday...aha...check...
and that preview with teaser.. it is kinda like a reassurance in marketing to the buyer that he indeed has got the piece he was looking for...with a big wallop around his ears... for good measure
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Post by: SelvaggioSaky
That thing is pure madness, loving It!
Happy birthday Mate
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Post by: Casey's Law
Hey Graven!
You're blog had been at the very top of my 'to read' thread for ages! I want to be able to tell you that I've just finished it but there is something within the pages that is very incompatible with my phone browser. I've persevered but I'm putting my hands up and giving in now, I've asked Lego to look into it so hopefully he can sort it out. Until then I'll join your from here on in.
From what I managed to see I really loved your Marines and your current projects look great too, keep it up mate! I'm working on a little 40k army so I can give you that game one day!
Happy Birthday for tomorrow!
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Post by: inmygravenimage
@Vik - Yeah it's going to kill me
@selvaggio - Graz' on both counts!
@Casey - I'm honoured to be such a troublemaker! Marines may make a return with 6th ed codex, and I suspect there may be some in the birthday aid package from StoneyBoy
A good day all round. Made, and ate, a lot of curry, with a sizeable chunk of mrs g's family.
Also, there was cake, and lego by the older boy
Issues with scale, clearly a future with GW for that lad.
Tomorrow, work. Boo... Still, toys, cake and pizza. Huzzah!
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Just awesome... happy birthday graven!
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Post by: Dr H
Cool cake. Happy Birthday for tomorrow.
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Post by: BLACKHAND
Happy Birthday bud, the general consensus in my household is that your wife is a genius.... then again she is married to you so...... either way the cake is brilliant
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Post by: weetyskemian44
Death-cake! You had better find its weakness...
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
happy birthday graven, and don´t eat too much fat and spicy stuff... us middle aged men suffer so easily from heartburn
p.s. showed just my wife and my felix your wifes cake... now I have to pick up their jaws... thank you so very much...
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Post by: SelvaggioSaky
Happy Birthday Graven!
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Post by: Theophony
Happy belated b day. That is an awesome cake
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Post by: LeadLegion
Awesome cake. Just awesome.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Awesome wife Thanks for all the kind wishes gang. And now, Loot! Well, a great birthday haul was had, and I may never leave the house again. Gaming ways (ubiquitous clothing from family aside, in other words): Guilds of cadwallon, Elder Sign (yay!), Stratchlyde welsh warband, st celestine, crusaders, masqmini tube tool, and:  Which - just nib& nos, not loose figures, turns out to be:  I may need to have a lie down...
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Post by: SelvaggioSaky
You gonna be busy for a while 
those boxes are the dream of all of us put together
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Post by: Miss Dee
What hords do you have?
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Post by: inmygravenimage
SelvaggioSaky wrote:You gonna be busy for a while
those boxes are the dream of all of us put together
Wait till you see the rest 
Miss Dee wrote:What hords do you have?
Legion, Raptors (?maybe - elves on elks) and a blister of legionaries I think.
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Want me to paint them for you ???
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Post by: Yellowbeard
Mk 1 Razorback! Paint that next! 
Nice haul, Graven. Looking forward to seeing it all painted!
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Miss Dee wrote:Want me to paint them for you ???
Maybe lady, maybe. I don't play warmahordes anymore, they were a surprise in a whole bunch o' surprises.
Yellowbeard wrote:Mk 1 Razorback! Paint that next!
Definitely one of the highlights for me, that. If I fancied running a PH army, the fact that I have a razorback and an annihilator is certainly a lure.
Yellowbeard wrote:Nice haul, Graven. Looking forward to seeing it all painted!
That's about half the metal; I haven't gone through the SM yet, really. So far I've found Heru for Wargods, classic metal bloodthirsters, a whole lot of  csm, classic daemons, a bfg ship, mysterious chaps on horses who might haradrim?, some FASA sci-fi troops, vampire counts characters, a whole bunch of metal aspect warriors etc, some mordians, a ratskin gang plus assorted esher, orlocks and spryers (woot!), flagellants, some old deldar, lots of metal trolls and a strangely diminuitive giant, halfling cooks, grima wormtongue, an old Ordo Termie (huzzah), some very cool grots, some kind of warmaster dragon, and some 54mm Inquisitor figures.
So far.
So far.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Holy cats man... what a haul!
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Post by: GiraffeX
oh wow Graven that is a serious catch.
Love the cake, how on earth do you bake a round cake the mind boggles.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
and I may never leave the house again.
if you can get that crazy idea through with your wife and family... you´d be my personal hero...and i think for this you have as much chances as a chocolate kettle
but... cool haul... as has been said before... the vampire counts coach... that is a nice thing!... and i see you have some of these warriors of urban war i got from dave way back then... and a landraider and some rhinos... man... you have around three fourtunes of plastic and white metal now you have to figure out a way to invest all this in cool projects
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Post by: Knightley
Dude! that's one heck of a treasure haul! I'd love to see pics of the old OOP models you've managed to get your paws on btw.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Well I've gone through the metals. There's a ton of stuff.
So decisions, decisions.
There's a playable sm army there. Some cool metals - classic techie, captain and chaplains for instance - which I may pillage, but this is essentially an army I can pass on to the kids. Box up, into the garage.
Csm - likewise there's a lot there, along with daemons. If folk are after classic metal khorne daemons though I could part with.
Munda - tons. I now have gangs
Eldar- I haven't fully catalogued these but mostly aspects,I think these could be up for grabs plus avatar, wraithguard, and some plastic guardians.
Fantasy stuff I really don't know what to do with lizardmen or the vampire counts. All the undead will no doubt be handy as bits.
If anyone has any requests from what they can see, lmk. Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh, and I will put pics up of stuff anon, I needed to tidy or the wife would murderise me. There's also sealed old hex pot glazes.
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I might be interested in some guardians if they are still on the sprues.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Yup. They surely are.
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Wraith guard?
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Wraithlord, rather. Sorry. I shall make a list of the eldar stuff, but there's boxed farseer&council and dark reapers also.
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Post by: Casey's Law
Oh my goodness! That is a daddy of hobby hauls! Lots of fun times ahead.
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Post by: Hyenajoe
I can see at least two Confrontation blisters and a Karloth Valois (among sooooo many cool things).
Congrats for the haul and happy birthday (even if I'm a bit late) !!!
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Casey's Law wrote:Oh my goodness! That is a daddy of hobby hauls! Lots of fun times ahead.
Yup. There be some loot
Hyenajoe wrote: I can see at least two Confrontation blisters and a Karloth Valois (among sooooo many cool things).
Congrats for the haul and happy birthday (even if I'm a bit late) !!!
Thanks mate. Yeah, there's a wolfen repentant (lovely fig) and some griffin grunts. The Valois - that's the confrontation special, right? There's also Mad Donna. I'm a bit torn on them, they're lovely models but the resale on nib munda is pretty immense. Still, I'm loving having so many gangers.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Dagnamit, I hate it when Briancj's right.
The shrine needs more skulls, there's no way round it.
Should do the trick!
Also, I've put what I'm going to part with from the haul in the swap shop here http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/422382.page
Back to the shrine, should I add more cables to it? I have a tube tool...
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Post by: Skalk Bloodaxe
Battlefleet Gothic?
Man, that haul is too much. Like literally too much. But you could someday build a Norse burial mound and have all your toys buried w/ you.
Happy (insert age here) birthday! Here's hoping for a lot more. Cheers!
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Oh man, bfg - fond memories. Sadly I have none bar a weaponless chaos cruiser thanks mate, I'm just turned 35. Funny you mention Viking funerals, I got a long ship for my birthday from erithromycin and me and the boy are going to build it next week (we even did research today!)
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Post by: Llamahead
Cool. Girl I was working with last year actually got to dig one of those. I was extremely extraordinarily jealous even more than I am of that haul even. (One was found on the West Coast of Scotland a few years back)
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Wow. Sounds cool, there's some great sites (obviously) up here; we often go up to Arran and there's a village on the coast road that has a full sized longboat moored on the quay. Eldar, Deldar, vampire counts and lizard men all gone! Now what to buy treating myself to a macharius infernus and maybe a couple of immolators.
Cos I don't have enough stuff
There should be a major update on the shrine Tuesday, btw.
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It's MILLER TIME.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
^ Blah blah blah Some quick, rough pics - cos getting a shot inside the cell is almost impossible - however, thought you'd want to see where the cellmates are up to: Iyanden eldar, facing the opening door -  Soul Drinker, opposite her -  And SoB (who's much more WIP than the other 2) -  Notice the wall of Grey Knight blades! Also, the shrine is now a lot skull-ier, but you'll have to trust me on that. graven Automatically Appended Next Post: In situ pic:
Also, shrine has now caused bodily harm and has blood from both of my hands on it. Automatically Appended Next Post: And the pit, in situ:
Don't think I'll get that finished by deadline though :(
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Awesome!
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Post by: SelvaggioSaky
Great job, monster build!
And then You go around on other Plog to call the people unbalanced?
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Post by: Theophony
Great job, love the idea of grey knight weapons taken as a tribute to khorne .
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Post by: Miss Dee
Deadline?
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Post by: Casey's Law
That's amazing mate. I hope you finish in time but it's understandable if you don't, its frakkin huge!
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Yeah, League's latest terrain contest ends next week - eek!
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Post by: Theophony
Easiest way to finish would be to sacrifice someone on it you'll get points for authenticy, and using real blood will make it smell of a true khorne hole-ding (had to try and make that work.)
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Post by: Dr H
Good job on the captives. Keep at it, getting ever nearer to completion, you can do it.
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Theophony wrote:Easiest way to finish would be to sacrifice someone on it you'll get points for authenticy, and using real blood will make it smell of a true khorne hole-ding (had to try and make that work.)
As I say, my blood already adorns it!
Dr H wrote:Good job on the captives. Keep at it, getting ever nearer to completion, you can do it.
Thanks mate, appreciate the cheer squad! It'll be a job for Tuesday or Wednesday, taking the boy to see man of steel tomorrow. Tuesday may be dark aged, with Viking and welsh shenanigans. Playing saga Tuesday night, might give my Strathclyde a go, but need to build them first. Minor detail.
May have acquired another rhino accidentally...
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Post by: Knightley
Blood for the blood terrain
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Yup.
Speaking of which, caved, started on the pit:
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Post by: Dr H
Looking good so far.
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Post by: Yellowbeard
Wow! Really coming together, Graven.
Love the Eldar. Looks lije somy Wych parts, a guardian backpack... Where's the head from? Guardian?
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Dr H wrote:Looking good so far.
Ta!
Yellowbeard wrote:Wow! Really coming together, Graven.
Love the Eldar. Looks lije somy Wych parts, a guardian backpack... Where's the head from? Guardian?
Cheers mate. Yeah, mix 'n' match. It's a deldar head iirc.
Some progress, albeit slightly overexposed pic:
And the pit, forged from daemonglass:
Taking pictures of this thing is a nightmare. Hey ho. Saw Man of Steel today - not bad, bit long, #1 enjoyed it though. Got a Boston Butt that's into hour 9 of cooking omnomnom.
Tomorrow, Vikings.
graven
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Post by: Gitsplitta
You need to take a pic of that thing against a plain background, it gets lost in the stuff behind it.
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Post by: nerdfest09
Holy nasty mother of...... that is mean as a cut snake dude! love the flaming pool in the middle, so well painted it looks glowing! and that sure is one huge bit of terrain you've done! you should pop it up on terragenesis as well, and i also concur with Gits, we need a shot or seven with a plain background? :-)
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Gitsplitta wrote:You need to take a pic of that thing against a plain background, it gets lost in the stuff behind it.
Fair point.
nerdfest09 wrote:Holy nasty mother of...... that is mean as a cut snake dude! love the flaming pool in the middle, so well painted it looks glowing! and that sure is one huge bit of terrain you've done! you should pop it up on terragenesis as well, and i also concur with Gits, we need a shot or seven with a plain background? :-)
Thanks mate, it's wet blended from a mechrite base through reds and yellows, washed cassandra and then hit with darktone. Was going to PVA the surface to create some depth but considering not. Terragenesis? I know it not.
Also, fine, quit hassling me:
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Post by: nerdfest09
http://www.terragenesis.co.uk/ go there, browse! soak up the goodness and spread your terrain building spores over Dakka!
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Also, more blood:
And, I have the meat sweats.
5 1/2 lbs of pork, between 4 adults and 2 small kids - gone. Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh, and thanks Damo!
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Both are amazing...
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Post by: Theophony
The blood god may have received another offering, but glad you enjoyed the roast, it looked delicious.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
the shrine is frightingly big, painted and ...er did i mention...big?
and i didn´t knew someone yet that was capable to hurt himslef while painting a finished built model...?
and showing the latest blood...and then the pork... that is a bit perverse, wouldn´t you agree?
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Gitsplitta wrote:Both are amazing...
Thanks matey, a looooong way to go still on the painting though.
Theophony wrote:The blood god may have received another offering, but glad you enjoyed the roast, it looked delicious.
Omnomnomnomnom!
Viktor von Domm wrote:the shrine is frightingly big, painted and ...er did i mention...big?
and i didn´t knew someone yet that was capable to hurt himslef while painting a finished built model...?
and showing the latest blood...and then the pork... that is a bit perverse, wouldn´t you agree?
As I say, still needs a lot of detail work. It so bloody (ahem) spikey in places that I just keep catching myself on it. And yes, perversion indeed
Having rushed to get some Irishmen primed, having to skip Saga tonight boo... Still, I shall try to get on with the Shrine o' Doom instead. There is actually a chance I might finish this thing this week.
Later,
graven
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Post by: Skalk Bloodaxe
You could play an entire game of Necromunda on that one piece alone. Wow.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
^that!
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Post by: inmygravenimage
That was very much the idea, and actually what I've always had in my head building this thing
Been working on the colours on the beast. I'm left with having to do the remaining metals and touch up the reds. Also, been doing the various banners. I hate, hate, hate doing freehand - I'm rubbish at it, I never could draw - so I apologise if these are dire:
And the pit nears completion also:
Not sure if the guardman is screaming or doing the Macarena.
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Post by: Casey's Law
Amazing! I heard you like adding detail so I added detail to your additional detail so you can add more detail while you're adding detail.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
^ I shall kill you with death.
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Post by: Casey's Law
Haha, it's seriously impressive how much you are packing into such a giant piece. I don't have the stomach to add that amount of detail coverage to much smaller things.
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That's rocking Graven - the details are really pulling this piece together.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
i´ve seen worse freehand done mister...(if i want i could easily look to my own stuff )
so fear not... in fact some of these are quite good looking... the wing or the other chaosy banners...but where you lost it was with the nurgle one... that alone looks rubbish!
and i never realized until now that there is a big beast trying to crawl out of the pit...
and now that you mentioned it...that poor IG trooper is indeed realizing he has to perish... and he is doing that in the finest traditions of the guard... ignoring the imminent defeat at all costs^^
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Casey's Law wrote:Haha, it's seriously impressive how much you are packing into such a giant piece. I don't have the stomach to add that amount of detail coverage to much smaller things.
Ruglud wrote:That's rocking Graven - the details are really pulling this piece together.
Viktor von Domm wrote:i´ve seen worse freehand done mister...(if i want i could easily look to my own stuff )
so fear not... in fact some of these are quite good looking... the wing or the other chaosy banners...but where you lost it was with the nurgle one... that alone looks rubbish!
which nurgle banner, the small green or large yellowy?
Viktor von Domm wrote:i´ve seen worse freehand done mister...(if i want i could easily look to my own stuff )
and i never realized until now that there is a big beast trying to crawl out of the pit...
and now that you mentioned it...that poor IG trooper is indeed realizing he has to perish... and he is doing that in the finest traditions of the guard... ignoring the imminent defeat at all costs^^
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that one...
the other one i didn´t find...?
ah... found it... the small green one is good... the yellow sandish whatever color is a bit...meh because of size and a bit boring in composition?...
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Post by: Dr H
Looking really nice.
The obsidian pit of fiery buggery death is really good.
The freehand is not all that bad.
I found for freehand on this scale it can be helpful to think of painting it in the same way as you would a model (Dark Base coat, main colour, highlights).
And the smaller it is, the more important it is to keep it simple (which I think you have), trying to do too much in a small space can make freehand look a mess.
And bare in mind the scale and how it's viewed, the smaller something is, the more we of the internet will zoom in to see and we all know that also enlarges all the little slips. But if you stand back, as you would for a game, those little slips don't show.
I like that big yellow-ish skull with the checked horns too.
Not sure if the guardman is screaming or doing the Macarena.
He's going to pelvic thrust that daemon to death...
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@Vik: Yup, fair comment. The Blood Angels banner next to it is now much yellower, but I agree that the  banner needs more rot. Cheers mate, C&C taken in good spirit.
@DrH: you you! Good comments on the freehand. Really glad you like the obsidian-ness of the pit. And maybe I should just name the daemon Rocky Horror and be done with it? Actually - without knowing anything about the fluff - has named it The Blood Daemon.
Good kid
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
any time matey, any time... just pay the usual fee
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funny man. It's been plagueified, but you'll need to wait till later for pics as I'm going to try to do them properly in the light tent.
Woo.
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inmygravenimage wrote:
@DrH: you you! Good comments on the freehand. Really glad you like the obsidian-ness of the pit. And maybe I should just name the daemon Rocky Horror and be done with it? Actually - without knowing anything about the fluff - has named it The Blood Daemon.
You could call him Frank-n-furtAAARGH...
Look forward to more pic's.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
inmygravenimage wrote: funny man. It's been plagueified, but you'll need to wait till later for pics as I'm going to try to do them properly in the light tent.
Woo.
hurry up old man
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Ok, ok:
I'm not that happy with it tbh, feel like it looks like it's been painted by a 5-yr old. But, have to walk away from it as I'm basically fed up with it. More pics to follow anon.
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But, have to walk away from it as I'm basically fed up with it.
that´s in essence how most of my long time projects gets finished... too much time spent on one project turns into frustration...
but yours is unneeded / not justified as it looks super!
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Post by: Dr H
Pretty much what Vik said.
It's a good time to call it a day when you get tired of it.
But it is a good job. You'll like it more when you're not fed up of looking at it.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
You'll like it more when you're not fed up of looking at it.
that...distance makes the heart grow fonder!
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Post by: inmygravenimage
^
Details, details. It's where the devil is, you know.
Side Corridors:
Minus pit:
In the pit:
More details:
Prisoner #1
#2
#3
Top-down view:
Rear view:
Rear details:
There - that do you?
Thanks for all the c&c all along the ways!
graven.
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Looks astounding graven. Serious mania going on right there boy-o.
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That looks fantastic Graven, so much going on it makes it hard to take in but when you look at the details shots it really does look amazing.
Will be an interesting piece to play on thats for sure.
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Post by: SelvaggioSaky
I bow in front of your dedication to: make-this-thing-awesome
So much stuff going on on that piece, I would love to see It irl.
Very well done mate
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There - that do you?
hmmm...soso
kidding of course... looks awesome...it is a miracle that you haven´t forgotten certain areas to paint... would have probably happened to me... only inthe end to find more space to paint ...
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Is the sob in carbonite?
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Gitsplitta wrote:Looks astounding graven. Serious mania going on right there boy-o.
Definitely manic. I still feel I've slid backwards about a year in my painting. Did you find the (tranquility) MW helm yet?
GiraffeX wrote:That looks fantastic Graven, so much going on it makes it hard to take in but when you look at the details shots it really does look amazing.
Will be an interesting piece to play on thats for sure.
Thanks mate. Well you have the advantage of at least being on the same land mass as me
SelvaggioSaky wrote:I bow in front of your dedication to: make-this-thing-awesome
So much stuff going on on that piece, I would love to see It irl.
Very well done mate
Grazie mille! If you head over to Glasgow at any point, lmk.
Viktor von Domm wrote:There - that do you?
hmmm...soso
kidding of course... looks awesome...it is a miracle that you haven´t forgotten certain areas to paint... would have probably happened to me... only inthe end to find more space to paint ...
Actually, I did realise very late on that I'd put a dreadnaught side plate inside one of the corridors, which got painted from a very strange angle.
Miss Dee wrote:Is the sob in carbonite?
So, it's done. Sitting in front of me, in no particular order, are half-painted hereticus, various dark age individuals, St Celestine + 2 crusaders, the SoB tanks and the Storm Eagle. Any thoughts on what I should tackle next?
Later peeps,
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inmygravenimage wrote:Definitely manic. I still feel I've slid backwards about a year in my painting. Did you find the (tranquility) MW helm yet?
Indeed!
What's the flyer?
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Storm eagle. I had a brainwave and turns out the aquilla from the shrine fits really well on the nose. It'll be deathwatch / Weeping Angel. No guarantees that it's what'll be my focus next though also, there's the mystery box...
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hey graven... where are these eagle heads from?
they look very cool...i think i need to remember these... maybe make my own PC version of these...
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It's the two halves of the one from shrine of the aquila.
On the subject of making things from PC, I was pleasantly surprised to see the PC mock-up of one of the silly big guns for apocalypse in the current WD. You could essentially use it to (shock horror) build your own.
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I vote for the Storm Eagle.
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Oh, fine. Continuing to rebuild the nose.
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inmygravenimage wrote:It's the two halves of the one from shrine of the aquila.
On the subject of making things from PC, I was pleasantly surprised to see the PC mock-up of one of the silly big guns for apocalypse in the current WD. You could essentially use it to (shock horror) build your own.
ah... thanks mate... and i think i need to have a look at that WD then... i am not regularly buying it...but i will have a look
and sorry mate... that angle provides no new info...
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Holy hooters! That's one hell of a birthday haul. Love the Chaos Shrine.
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Can someone remind me exactly what a Storm Eagle is again?? I mean I know it's an imperial flyer... but beyond that what does it do?
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Viktor von Domm wrote:inmygravenimage wrote:It's the two halves of the one from shrine of the aquila.
On the subject of making things from PC, I was pleasantly surprised to see the PC mock-up of one of the silly big guns for apocalypse in the current WD. You could essentially use it to (shock horror) build your own.
ah... thanks mate... and i think i need to have a look at that WD then... i am not regularly buying it...but i will have a look
and sorry mate... that angle provides no new info...
In no way could I send you a scan of the relevant page if you wish. Also, :p
LeadLegion wrote:Holy hooters! That's one hell of a birthday haul. Love the Chaos Shrine.
Thanks bri, appreciated
Gitsplitta wrote:Can someone remind me exactly what a Storm Eagle is again?? I mean I know it's an imperial flyer... but beyond that what does it do?
225 pt flyer for SM, DA, BT, SW or CSM, ceramite, assault vehicle, PomS, carries 20 and has 4 HPs. Fast Attack (heavy for Tyrant's Legion), twin-linked HBs (or mm/typhoon launcher), Vengeance Launcher 48" S5 AP4 heavy 2 large blast, can take Hellstrikes or twin lascannons. Popular in Badab war, apparently...
It's probably one of the most heinously awful kits I've ever assembled. You may remember me ranting about it this time last year; to their credit, FW were very good and asked me to take pics of mine so that they could stick them up for quality control purposes.
Mine is "Aquila" pattern because (a) I've added a bloody great eagle to the front and (b) I've had to add more plating to cover the awful gaps and there's parts that gs and pc just can't hide. 'Sides, it can have reinforced armour.
So, yeah...
Aquila-y. For my Deathwatch, a Weeping Angel one (that won't look out of place with said weepers).
Satisfied? graven
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Post by: albinoork
Been away for awhile and HOLY COW!
Shrine looks fantastic! A fine use of Prisoners / donations to Blood God.
Does your gaming group use a fair amount of Forgeworld?
Looking forward to seeing the Storm Eagle finished. The paint style makes it look like it is moving fast while just sitting there. Well played.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
where did that painted model come from all of a sudden??? I am stunned... the faded and slightly looking like cloudy sky look is rather more well done than I would have expected in that time frame!...wow...how?
and well... if you happen to have said copy in hand and would trip over next to your scanner and as a million to one accident you would place it out of sheer terror of hurting yourself inside the scanner and then hitting the button to steady yourself... then the outcome wouldn´t be for naught
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Thank you graven. Got it. Nice work with the paint too!
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Post by: Dr H
That's a nice paint scheme Graven. Nicely done.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
albinoork wrote:Been away for awhile and HOLY COW!
Shrine looks fantastic! A fine use of Prisoners / donations to Blood God.
Does your gaming group use a fair amount of Forgeworld?
Looking forward to seeing the Storm Eagle finished. The paint style makes it look like it is moving fast while just sitting there. Well played.
Hey buddy nice to have you back. The shrine was fun but hellish, I've got a kill team game planned against khorne horde set for next month which should be fun. FW: it's not so much that there is a lot of it, more that no one minds, more a Ooooooh factor! Great bunch. Glad you like the scheme!
Viktor von Domm wrote:where did that painted model come from all of a sudden??? I am stunned... the faded and slightly looking like cloudy sky look is rather more well done than I would have expected in that time frame!...wow...how?
and well... if you happen to have said copy in hand and would trip over next to your scanner and as a million to one accident you would place it out of sheer terror of hurting yourself inside the scanner and then hitting the button to steady yourself... then the outcome wouldn´t be for naught
I shall try not to trip over it tomorrow. The paint scheme is a bit tedious but very simple, progressive drybrushed edge highlights with Vallejo turquoise.
Gitsplitta wrote:Thank you graven. Got it. Nice work with the paint too!
De Nada, gracias, and other foreign words as well.
Dr H wrote:That's a nice paint scheme Graven. Nicely done.
Wow, folk really seem to be digging this - not that I'm complaining!
Some marginally better pics, that show the plastic surgery more clearly (or hopefully not)
Back
Side
And belly up
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Post by: SelvaggioSaky
Like It a lot, reminds me of the X-men plane somehow.
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Post by: Miss Dee
the blackbird
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Nice job on the glowy orange bits! Nice counterpoint to the blackish blue.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Thanks guys, the orange was a risk but I'm glad I went for it. There is a lot of tidying to do on the lights especially but I'm finally feeling positive about this beast and then I can have fun with the base. Something xenos methinks! Also got a storm talon to go with it so there's that to look forward to.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
is it because of the flash or that you have done something else to the bird now that almost all blue has gone except the edge highlights? i miss the cloudy look :( it looked like black marble or rather obsidian...hmmm....
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Ah, no, flash curse! You reminded me actually, I feathered in from the edges with the drybrush. I'm going to try to get the talon to this point today.
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Post by: Miss Dee
no weathering on the engines?
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Patience, young padawan Automatically Appended Next Post: It is possible that I have been drinking, and carbonising foodstuffs.
Bottom
Hey look! A little friend!
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
oh.... that scheme really works for me!... and yeah the flash really kills so many stuff some times...
the lil flyer looks rather cool already... might be due to the scheme of course
the bottom line is... i don´t know why the current pic of the bottom of yon storm eagle looks that way? is that weathering? or what?
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Well, it's an assault flyer, a proper LR with wings, so the bottom is filthy (and the image overexposed). annoyingly, the starboard wing assembly has just fallen off completely and my glue is clagging up. Rage. On the plus side, a wrecked SoB rhino that I got for a steal on fleabay is now soaking in dettol, hopefully to shift the glue as well as the paint. Oh, and if anyone has a spare rectangular rhino top hatch (the one for the razorback/predator mount), I'll give you gold, or something.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
I have two of those little buggers that I plan to escort a certain Storm Raven onto the battlefield. Of course nothing is painted (or even assembled) yet, but that's the long-term plan.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
ah... understood... actually i never bothered to look up certain items in the lexicanum... should have done that before... would be helpful
as for glue dangleberries on the bottle... i just cut everything away and if inside the pipe is still glue then a thin wire or needle will help... if we are talking plastic glue here then pushing the clogged stuff in will solve it up as the clogged stuff is a mix of PC and glue...if it is superglue... well then just cutting it off will help...not much harmfull stuff there...tho wearing gloves wouldn´t harm either
and you´re still overdue to my chaosy stuff care package... i was just over lazy to go to the PO... but i doubt if i have any hatches left... but won´t PC save the day for this mere task?
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Not of all of us can punch a hole like you Vik don't sweat the caring chaos package, I'm in a good position just now for bits. Apart from that hatch, which is actually for a separate plan... Which leads me neatly into my next question: flight stands. You may know that I hate the things. The last one got dressed up as an explosion. This time I'm thinking of dressing the thing up as one of the following: Some kind of tau or necron "pylon" Some kind of imperial building strut A pile of orky junk/rickety tower. Again, I like the whole "flyer skimming over the very top of building", but maybe it's silly in this case. Any thoughts? Sorry, I know that's vague
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
the last option is always a good choice... but actually the necron tau one strikes me as more interesting... the imp thingy... naw... overdone...and i would leave just a tiny fraction of space inbetween... otherwise it would look as if the bottom would just drop out of it
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Hmm. There is a version of this in my head that has a tau flyer crashed into said pylon...
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Post by: GiraffeX
Are you after the one with the circular hole in the middle?
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Post by: inmygravenimage
I am indeed - rectangular with circular hole at one end.
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Post by: GiraffeX
Yeah I have one, I wont be able to post it until I'm back at work next week though.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Free stuff? I'm sure I'll live many thanks.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Ho-kay, so,
Some progress on the bases.
First, this will probably be the base for the Eagle:
Obviously the white is me marking out the base of the thing. It will be rubble strewn, as if burst from the ground. Also, more general paneling will be on the thing, but the principle is what you see just now.
The other side, with the Talon for reference.
And the other base:
Again, with the Talon:
I've also had a fairly productive morning insofar as I've darkshaded 4/6 RoB Tiles (have now run out... a tin does 200 figs, or 4 tiles). This will then need to get a matt varnish too, but I'm generally pleased and it's nice to have some father-son projects to do, especially as the board is ultimately for us all to play on.
Later peeps,
graven
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Nice graven, very nice. I envy your ability and desire to do all that extra work on the base. Really makes a difference in the final presentation of the model.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
with bases like that you double the models worth methinks
man... have you no mercy for xenos stuff here? just brutally chopping up these poor vehicles?
and the pylon is looking remarkably good... i hope there will be some fading light effect on that one...you know... that hole you left there? like  Automatically Appended Next Post: oh...and nice idea to mark the places with white markers!!!
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Post by: alabamaheretic
cool project with the boy would like to see how that is shaping up.
bases look good. the added fire warriors add to a touch of realism.
i also agree with gits if i have had the patience you do with bases i would produce better projects lol.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Gitsplitta wrote:Nice graven, very nice. I envy your ability and desire to do all that extra work on the base. Really makes a difference in the final presentation of the model.
Thanks mate, just remember that you're getting a bunch of these for your Storm Raven too! Btw, you're absolutely right, I now realise I absolutely need a second Talon to balance this out. I'm almost tempted to pick up a Dark Talon for the bits... Viktor von Domm wrote:with bases like that you double the models worth methinks man... have you no mercy for xenos stuff here? just brutally chopping up these poor vehicles? and the pylon is looking remarkably good... i hope there will be some fading light effect on that one...you know... that hole you left there? like Automatically Appended Next Post: oh...and nice idea to mark the places with white markers!!!
Meh, I never like to make life easy for myself. Wait till you see my plans for  Seraphim... And mercy? Sounds like  HERESY to me that does The pylon is definitely more of a successful build than I'd anticipated, I think that you could actually use the flying bases to make great eldar bastions, though. I do plan to have glowy effects on the pyramid one. alabamaheretic wrote:cool project with the boy would like to see how that is shaping up.
bases look good. the added fire warriors add to a touch of realism.
i also agree with gits if i have had the patience you do with bases i would produce better projects lol.
Once they're dry I'll throw some pics up Yeah, random acquisitions are awesome. I had some deldar kicking about which nearly made it into this but they got scavenged by erithromycin instead. So, here they are on their respective bases:  I like them this way round, I think the Eagle looks very menacing and I buy into the Talon just hovering. However, the Eagle is *not* stable on that base. Here's the reverse, which shows the extensive pc'ing of the back of the "pyramid".  And the alternative.  The original plan was for the "pylon" base's necron components to all be painted as one, whilst the "pyramid" was to have a glowy rod up through the middle. Will that work, or look weird? Should the rod of the "pylon" be glowy, or should the "pyramid" not have a glow stick? As for paint scheme, the Tau are to be purple with turquoise which hopefully is not too similar to the DW (thoughts?) and the crons muted grey/browns - but I'm open to suggestions. I did consider very bright Tau at one point, and ultra-white Necron too. But, yeah, give a buddy a dime here, cos I'm a bit stuck. Oh, and a random aside - I got the servo-skull of mention-worthiness in the League's terrain contest! Hurrah! Go check out the entries and awesome winners here! Anon, graven
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
well... congratz you old git!... you´ve won!!! if you don´t fly the banner in the next ten minutes you will find that we also make quite nice garters from your innards ... so much for mercy in these lands
as for the base choice... yeah... the last one looks off... the other way around definitely look not right... and maybe you could add even some weight to the base as well?
after al some sand inside the hollow models couldn´t hurt?
and if the puple is more dominant than the turquoise then the tau scheme could work...
and no... no glowy rod insde the pylon... would make it look as if the pyramide would "shoot" at the flyer...
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Post by: Dr H
Good work on the bases. Good ideas too.
Purple and Turquoise work well and yellow is quite a good spot colour to go with that.
And good point Vik about the glow of the necron thing.
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Post by: Viktor von Domm
and did i overread the yellow bit? but you´re right of course!
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Post by: Dr H
Oh, I see. There's me trying to use technical speak and Vik makes a funny...
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