I finished my current 2000 point Lumineth army on Easter Sunday. This isn't the full force, but I like taking these silly photos of my army and making people look at them like they're my kids' photos.
Sexy, very sexy About the only criticism i have would be to give the base rims a brush of paint. Right now they look a bit dirty and it's detracting away from the overall model.
Bloviator wrote: I finished my current 2000 point Lumineth army on Easter Sunday. This isn't the full force, but I like taking these silly photos of my army and making people look at them like they're my kids' photos.
Bloviator wrote: I finished my current 2000 point Lumineth army on Easter Sunday. This isn't the full force, but I like taking these silly photos of my army and making people look at them like they're my kids' photos.
I really like it actually, it really looks like an army beyond just a bunch of minis with the same paint scheme.
I finally finished my first unit for AoS, a unit of five Stormcast Eternals Liberators:
The paint scheme is actually the Lions of Sigmar, as seen in the Battletome. I figured they looked reasonably close to the classic Hammers of Sigmar scheme, yet different because they have purple instead of blue. I also had fun doing the swampy bases; these are perhaps the most elaborate bases I've ever done on miniatures before (which isn't saying much, as I tend to go fairly minimalist).
I've got 4 models to finish my Maggotkin - The wings of 2 Pusgoyles, a gnarlmaw, and the Glottkin. I'm debating about ordering 6 toads to make Beasts of Nurgle and going for a Befouling Host.
More Stormcast troops join my army, this time a unit of Vindictors:
These guys were even more fun to paint than my Liberators; easily my favorite of the various Redeemer units that Stormcast can take.
Getting back to the tree people. On the one hand, I wish I could go back and suddenly have all my Sylvaneth stripped and reprimed to do it all over with Contrasts... On the other hand, that's 4000+ points to repaint.
No ideas yet as to what I want this Spirit of Durthu to be "summoning"...
I'm hedging a bet that there will be "Treelord traits", since it's been a Big Deal in other battletomes and I cannot see a reason why they would not do a similar thing for Sylvaneth.
Hey folks - had a beginner/newbie question and wasn't sure where to post, hopefully it's ok to post here.
I have started collecting some bits for the Tzeentch Chaos force (I have the army book). What crossover is permitted with the Slaves to Darkness book? I wanted to add some Tzeentch-themed Chaos Warriors and possibly Knights. Wanted to check if this is permitted in the rules before I shell out for the book. Very grateful if anyone knows!
The Disciples of Tzeentch book has the coalition rule which covers that. You don't need the Slaves to Darkness book, just the warscrolls in question which are free on the app.
For 2023 I'm contemplating rebuilding my Skaven.
Many many ages ago this was the army I dreamed of running. Being as a poor college student the price tag was way out of reach at the time.... So I settled on something else (Chaos) to start with.
Then as income went up over the years I built out dwarves, elves, goblins, etc etc etc. And yes, there was a mishmash of Skaven. Playable, but never really what I'd 1st envisioned & always taking the back seat to other WHFB/40k/Sigmar projects. And War Cry + Kill Team squads these past two years. And forces for several other non-GW games.....
I'm thinking it's time to properly revisit the rat-men.
Other than that there's just the ongoing painting of stuff.
Built the first of Hargax's Pit-Beasts, the Fomoroid Crusher. He's quite a big chap, I must say!
Only issue I have with the box set is that it's intended for Age of Sigmar but comes with Warcry instructions. Nothing wrong with that but it would have been good if they included warscroll rules for each monster.
Of course while pondering my Skaven project, what do I do?
Make a few Skaven lists,
Price the units needed,
And.....
Decide that 2023 is the year I finally get around to revamping part of my old Wood Elf army.
Specifically the Wild Rider mounts.
I've just never been happy with the old plastic body/metal head Wild Rider horses my units came with back in 6th (7th?) WHFB (whichever edition they were "new" in)
Every time I've played them over the years I always say "I need to replace those mounts".
Game ends, I don't play the wood elves for another year or two.... Repeat process.....
Until last week. Pulled out the WE case again.
And again those ugly horses* are looking back at me.
Game ends.
I go home & spend $ that should be going to the Skaven project bitz ordering enough of the current stag mounts to revamp all 40 of my Wild Rider models at once.
(Slightly expensive, but still cheaper than ordering the same # of new kits via my local shop)
*The metal riders are fine. Those are staying. But those hybrid horses just gotta go.
Tonight my 2023 Skaven project took a huge leap towards completion.
Over the past few weeks I've been more properly sorting hobby stuff following last years move. This afternoon I found a shoebox labeled WHFB Project: (??? something - an unreadable smudged abbreviation) '17.
Opening it? I find it chock full of plastic Skaven! Mostly unbuilt. In fact, it's 2 complete Skaven halves of that Elf/Skaven WHFB starter!
Evidently I'd started my Skaven project back in 2017 - and shelved + forgot about it as that year devolved into my Dad falling critically ill & then dying in Hospice. And then dealing with the estate, grief, etc.
(this isn't the only project from that year I've found buried & forgotten about btw....)
Been diving into the Slapchop method of painting - and it has properly kicked up the Age of Sigmar side of things. A lot of armies seem really built for it.
These Maggotkin were the work of, what, 3-4 hours-ish? Start to finish, with a bit of drying time for the bases.
Slapchop gets my full recommendation. If you find yourself getting less than motivated over the painting of a new project, it really is worth checking out.
I grabbed the Seraphon army box when it dropped and built up my Slann. It's been a while since I've been really proud of a paint job so I was beyond happy that it turned out exactly how I'd wanted. My favorite bit was all the little critters.
My Skaven project is nearly done builing wise.
all I have to do is finish assembling a Plague Furnace & a vintage Doom Wheel I found buried in a storage box.
The Doom Wheel I'll actually have to paint before I fully assemble it as there's no way I'll be able to get to the interior details well enough otherwise.
With the Slapchop method of painting, I am very much getting my second wind on Age of Sigmar. Currently looking at doing a Bloodtoof army with 30 pigs led by a Megaboss on Maw-Krusha. Comes in at just under 2,000 points I think. Who needs magic when you have a wave of pigs?
Bought a Knight Arcanum today for the handsome price of £4. She'll be put towards the AOS solo campaigns, featured on Warcom and in WD 458, and is now assembled and ready to begin painting.
I am diving deep into the forthcoming Ironjawz models, and kicked off with a new set of Brutes and heroes for the Bloodtoofs. All Slapchopped, averaging about an hour or so for each unit, start-to-finish.
Moved on to building a massive pig army - 30 Gore-Gruntas in five units of six!
You're welcome!
Note though that the new freeguild cavalier shown above is a champion and not a character.
I would guess that the new horses proportions are more realistic than the old ones. However the clumsiness of the humans more or less remained (big hands, big heads etc).
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MongooseMatt wrote: I am diving deep into the forthcoming Ironjawz models, and kicked off with a new set of Brutes and heroes for the Bloodtoofs. All Slapchopped, averaging about an hour or so for each unit, start-to-finish.
Moved on to building a massive pig army - 30 Gore-Gruntas in five units of six!
Pretty cool those Ironjawz! I tried slapp chopp with 2 stormcasts and was not really convinced. I think they did not look better than regular contrast and the time consumption for 2-3 layers of dry brushing was also not negligible.
Your results look pretty great though. However a comparison between normal contrast style and slap chop would be interesting.
Pretty cool those Ironjawz! I tried slapp chopp with 2 stormcasts and was not really convinced. I think they did not look better than regular contrast and the time consumption for 2-3 layers of dry brushing was also not negligible.
Your results look pretty great though. However a comparison between normal contrast style and slap chop would be interesting.
Interesting..
A couple of immediate thoughts...
1. Choice of colour will be important, as will the exact Contrast paints you are using, as there are differences in consistency throughout the range.
2. Don't go for 3 layers of drybrushing (2 works well enough) and if it is a non-negligible time being spent on it... you may be spending too long 30-45 seconds for a Stormcast (with both grey and white dyrbrushing combined) is probably what you are looking for. Any more than that might be time wasted (unless you are not a mere mortal of a painter, in which case ignore all my advice!).
I recently did these guys:
And just the time saved on the base coat/shading/highlighting of the main armour gives Slapchopping the win here. Entire unit in, what, a couple of hours-ish - having to do the gold and bare metal in the 'traditional' method can slow things down, but they are the last things to be done so you are riding high on the feels of getting everything else done in super-fast time.
WOuld urge you to give it another spin - if you have a mountain of grey, this is the timesaving method you are looking for...
Thanks for the great advices!
I think also my main problem is that my flow control with the brush is not good. So I get a lot of pooling and it takes quite long.
I would try it again with the CoS box I just bought. However I already primed it Grey Seer. Slappchop was supposed to be black primed and than grey, white drybrush?
I would try it again with the CoS box I just bought. However I already primed it Grey Seer. Slappchop was supposed to be black primed and than grey, white drybrush?
It is (without getting into more advanced stuff whereby different colours are used for the prep). However, GW's sprays are quite thin, so you should be good with a blast or three of Chaos Black on top of the Grey Seer...
NinthMusketeer wrote: My issue with slap chop is mistakes-if (when) I make them there's not really a quick fix.
Now, I get that, and it does require a little change in thinking.
The key is to correct mistakes immediately and not leave it to the end - often, just a wipe with an M Base brush will sort things out, maybe with a little water if it is a big whoops. However, I would venture to say that Slapchop is more forgiving of mistakes than 'straight' Contrast, specifically because you have those dark recesses - they act as a kind of 'buffer' if you do go 'over the lines' a little. Also, if you can start with the lighter colours and move to darker ones as you go, they can often paint straight over the previous coat.
Speaking of Slapchop, managed to do these on Friday evening - a complete unit of Nurgle-aligned Chaos Warriors, less than two hours to do, excluding the drying time on the bases...
NinthMusketeer wrote: My issue with slap chop is mistakes-if (when) I make them there's not really a quick fix.
Now, I get that, and it does require a little change in thinking.
The key is to correct mistakes immediately and not leave it to the end - often, just a wipe with an M Base brush will sort things out, maybe with a little water if it is a big whoops. However, I would venture to say that Slapchop is more forgiving of mistakes than 'straight' Contrast, specifically because you have those dark recesses - they act as a kind of 'buffer' if you do go 'over the lines' a little. Also, if you can start with the lighter colours and move to darker ones as you go, they can often paint straight over the previous coat.
Speaking of Slapchop, managed to do these on Friday evening - a complete unit of Nurgle-aligned Chaos Warriors, less than two hours to do, excluding the drying time on the bases...
They are impressive! The more comic-like look of slappchop also works well with nurgle aesthetic I think. What color do you use for your base?
Btw my test mini above is normal contrast.
Inquisitor Gideon wrote: Damn you're fast and they look good. I'm assuming if you build biggus piggus without the sidecars, you can use the boys as extras?
Good question. I mean, you could... but their weapons don't match the new Ardboyz.
After years of tip toeing around the system, buying and selling a TON of stuff... I am actually giving Age of Sigmar a go with some old Nighthaunt. Toss up between them and Kruleboyz but there are already a few Orruk players in the group. I have the Soulwars Nighthaunt painted up and I'm buying a TON of stuff off a fellow club member.
I thought it might be fun to vlog this endeavour, I'm sure lots of folks want to improve and as a complete noob I'm not just telling people how to get better - I'll be on the journey myself!
I'll get some proper unit shots up as soon as I can.
I've felt under the weather for the last 2 months but over the last 2-3 weeks, I've assembled 20 demonettes, 22 archers, 5 slick blades, a lord of pain, a wizard, a lord of arrogance, and sigvald. I've painted the lord of pain, based coated the lord of arrogance, 10 demonettes have been painted and just need a few touch ups and completed bases, the slick blades have a base coat and first set of highlights, and 11 of the archers are painted and just need to be based.
Still debating whether I go with Glutos of Belakor once these are completed.
Been following the Orktober theme this month, and tried out some test units for the Kruleboyz. As with my other Orruks, all Slapchopped (and, frankly, unbelievably quick to do).
Those look fantastic MongooseMatt, a lovely looking collection there!
This is my first post in this thread so please be gentle! I have been searching for some time for an AoS faction and just couldn't pin one down, this is my third attempt. The theme is: goblin sky pirates. They are a kit bash/conversion of Kharadrons and some 3D printed goblins. Going for a bit of a World of Warcraft/steam punk theme. I haven't really looked at rules yet but assume they will just use the Kharadron army book.
These are just tester minis so any C&C very welcome!
These are some WIP - adding in a few retro diving-type helmets, to help with the theme. I'm going to add a lot of bombs/dynamite, spinning widgets and other bits and pieces.
I have thought about similar things - the Skybashas clan of the Ironjawz are another skyfaring force, but I am fundamentally too lazy to build Orruk flying ships from scratch
I will be very interested to see what you do for Goblin flying craft...
Thanks, no I've not got the time (or skill!) To start scratch-building ships from scratch. I'll probably just use the standard ones and modify them with steam-punky bits.
Lore-wise I'll be honest I haven't really given it much thought, and no idea if this concept makes any sense (I've tried reading the background and honestly I think my mind is just too lacking in imagination, or it's just I still haven't stumbled onto the right combination of edibles to help me understand it!) And I'll just be playing the one friend, rather than playing anyone else, so kind of just going with a fun idea!
What will usually happen is I will spend the next 2 years making this force, and then there will be an official goblin pirates faction that will look much better
Can I ask what are the ally rules for AoS? Found a couple of goblin mech type miniatures. There don't seem to be any obvious 'counts as' in the Kharadron army list as they don't have any big monster type units.
So is there anything in another list I could use? (This won't be for tournaments or pick up games, just something basic for playing a friend)
Core rules have a bit, mission pack(ghb most likely) nuts and bolts. In short 1/4 units and up to total 400 pts in 2k. Only rules in warscroll used for the unit. Nothing else.
(and factions you can take allies in page where ko points are)
So right now even within a Grand Alliance there are limits on what factions can ally with each other. Eg Skaven in Chaos only allies with Nurgle.
The ally rules are honestly very nice and mostly prevent you cheesing things too much.
The other option is to keep an eye on One Page Rules. They've opened up and a lot of 3D print designers are now making armies for OPR with rules for them (approved by OPR).
Pacific wrote: Thanks a lot Tneva - I assume would that have to be from the Order faction?
So could maybe use that top one as a 'counts as' Seraphon 'Spawn of chotec', maybe add some flamer-type weapons to the claws etc?
No cross ga allies exist(except mercenary gargant) but not every army can ally with every army. List found on points page. Ko can take dwarves from cities of sigmar, stormcast and fyreslayers.(plus kraken eater mega gargant but then no other allies)
Thank you! I agree they have a nice own personality and thus some things are familiar. The cattle helmets for example.
They were painted using mostly contrast with metal colors for armour and weapons.
Those look amazing MongooseMatt! I have never felt so inadequate, in more than the time it took you to do those I had tried and failed to finish 2 Epic Eldar doomweavers, which are approx 1.5cm in length
My AoS production has stalled while I wait on a delivery of printed goblin heads to arrive from France.. apparently there is a shortage!
Pacific wrote: Those look amazing MongooseMatt! I have never felt so inadequate, in more than the time it took you to do those I had tried and failed to finish 2 Epic Eldar doomweavers, which are approx 1.5cm in length
If you are not a masterclass painter and need to Get Stuff Done, I have become quite evangelical at the local club about Slapchop. It really is The Way
It's great and I have used for certain minis (although I refuse to call it that, for some reason it annoys me like hell because the technique was around for years before someone with a YouTube channel came up with a snappy name for it! And then you had people actually dying from excitement over the concept of 'slapchop'.. Anyway I digress..! Must calm blood pressure.. ) But I don't find I can get a good result from contrast paints in all instances, which typically for me are when I need to paint loads of something yours look fantastic though, what do you have next in line?
Been long time since painted lumineth. Painting wave 1 was such a soulbreaking hell always found easier stuff to paint...but back to the grind. I figure the 7 models at desk takes 2 weeks...
And forgot to take painted models with me so had headache trying to figure colour scheme. Luckily facebook group was able to search by my name and found couple old photos.
Pacific wrote: But I don't find I can get a good result from contrast paints in all instances, which typically for me are when I need to paint loads of something
There are definite limits - Slapchop does not do metal well, so you are back to traditional methods for that. Also, I find myself questing for a decent Slapchop method of doing very pale creams and browns...
However, even if you have to do all those 'manually', you get to those stages a lot quicker when starting with Slapchop (I do this with my Ravenwing, starting with Slapchop to do all the metal and hull plating, then moving to traditional methods for everything else).
My favourite bit though is when you forget some detail, some strap or pouch - before, it would be a stress with the normal base, shade, highlight. With Slapchop, you can quickly get it done in one pass.
Th downside of Slapchop though? The bottleneck to getting an army done becomes not the painting but the building. Which, after a few decades doing this hobby, just feels weird...
Well, I need to get more trees done, obviously (Kurnoth Hunters up next, I think), but right now on the painting table are a bunch of Nurgle-aligned Chaos Knights. Also can't seem to shake the desire for more Orruks, I think Orktober might have damaged me...
I also tried slapchop once with Stormcast. However they did not work so well.
I think some minis will be better withslapchop than others. Dryads certainly work well while Steelhelms might be difficult i assume.
The way he does the cloth, wood, straps and other bits and pieces can be sort of Slapchop adjacent, but if you can do the Slapchop drybrush prep without touching he weapons and armour plates, he drybrushing he does on them looks good and could be done very, very quickly.
A little more complicated than pure Slapchop, but still much, much quicker than pure traditional methods.
Think I might have to investigate this at some point
Astmeister wrote: I will take a look.
But honestly is this less work than base color - wash - highlight?
I mean the very classical method of black - base color - highlight 1 - ... - highlight 1532 is rarely used anyway I guess.
Oh, he is doing way too many highlights, and you can avoid all of those by using Slapchop on those sections. Combine that with drybrushing (which, if anything, is even faster than Slapchop - I'll talk to you about my 40k Chaos Knights at some point ), and you might have a very fast but good-looking approach to these guys.
Have finished off a couple more Goblin Sky Pirates. A shortage of the very (very!) specific goblin heads I have been using for the project will slow things down a little bit, but hopefully might actually have a completed unit soon! And then a game-ready army, target 2027.
Tabletop ready Revenant for games of solo-coop AOS, and my first Sylvaneth model...
...it was a fun project and now looking forward to unleashing her on the tabletop, next to fellow Order heroes. Tried to make a lightbox but it was a poor effort. Might consider that as the next project and also get two lights for the task. Also going to use a proper camera.
I had a little break from painting after the big Orktober push, but this weekend I sat down for some Gutrippaz and managed to finish off the complete Kruleboyz Klaw!
All five Fingas and, by and large, I didn't skimp by just doing the minimum number required. Over 100 swampy Orruks in this raiding force...
Guess I ought to take another look at doing more Bonesplitterz at some point...
I bought the AoS 2e starters (Tempest of Souls and Storm Strike) back around 2020, but never actually got around painting the minis, until now. Still a work in progress, but this is where I'm at so far. Stormcasts are mostly done, I just have the Evocators and a couple of Sequitors hidden off in another box I still need to dig out. For the Nighthaunt, I have most of the Glaivewraiths and Chainrasps done (I'm waiting to have all of them done before I do the basing).
Going to pick up my Seraphon again!
I like the ideas of the regiments,
and hope I can make some fun (and hopefully usefull) combos!
All monster Seraphon! Wooooo!
After putting them off for ages, I finally got round to doing a proper Wyldwood.
I used Warhipster's contrast guide for these trees, with the exception that I started off with a 'Slapchop prep'... which I think is a better way of doing it. You get the same effect but for way less work (especially in the underneath of the branches which will be shrouded in shadow anyway).
Also, a shout out to Gamers Grass for helping out with the tufts on the bases!
Snagged a Branchwych for £9 today, and assembled her. A little fiddly to put together, but not difficult. Also picked up a "Domicile Shell" for £10, but will put that together another day.
I'm on the tail end of Tahlia Vedra. Just got the back part of the throne to do. Annoyingly, won't be able to paint for a week from Sunday, so she'll probably be on the cusp for another week.
There's some fantastic stuff in this thread - very inspiring! Really makes me want to crack on with some AoS.
I'm supposed to be working on my Stormcast Eternals, in a desperate bid to get them finished in time for 4th edition... but all I have so far is one unit of Vindictors, a Knight-Judicator, a Knight-Vexillor, a Knight-Questor, and about 3000 points' worth still on sprues.
So, yesterday I got the Seraphon Vanguard box and the Cities of Sigmar Spearhead box. I'm going to focus on those instead, so I can have a couple of Spearhead forces to use.
The Seraphon one should be quite straightforward, but inevitably I've immediately decided to complicate my life by converting the Cities minis. I fancy making them a bit Ulric-y... I'll try it with the Cavalier-Marshal, and see how it goes.
Anyway, pics of the Stormcasts, which I will get around to finishing a full army of eventually!
Damn they look nice, this is going to be a long two week wait. I really wish they'd bring back the resin female and male head alternatives. I want to use them on this new stuff.
Inquisitor Gideon wrote: Damn they look nice, this is going to be a long two week wait. I really wish they'd bring back the resin female and male head alternatives. I want to use them on this new stuff.
If it helps, you get bare-headed alternatives, male and female for (I think) all of the Liberators.
Going with a New Edition - New Army thing I quickly acquired, assembled and painted a 1,000 point Kruleboyz army for a tourney (so I guess an old army?) Took about two weeks with some NOS Dominion halves available. Fairly easy to paint (if not assemble without the instructions), but I experimented with some water effects for swamp bases. A fun project and they did well enough on the tabletop. Now expanding to 2K for a September event.
My current project is to get my Nighthaunt (which is largely from the Soul Wars box) up to fighting strength, mostly for spearhead. One big issue is the unit sizes don’t match. So a little improv with the hobby knife and a box of Grimghast Reapers.
First, fill out the squad to 10 (or 2x5 for Spearhead)
Second, stalkers need to be in units of 4, not 5, and need a music guy.
Little rough getting the old horse heads to fit, but once again I’m justified by not throwing out old junk.
And one spare body gets a little bling and the “correct” size base to become a cairn wraith
Looks really good, but i do have to say i think the kit shows its age somewhat now. But, it's probably better scenery for AoS than it ever was for fantasy. In AoS the models can actually interact with it.
Finished the first of my Kruleboyz a couple of days ago:
Quick and dirty paintjob is quick and dirty, but I'm proud of the results regardless. Now I need to get more of their buddies done.
usernamesareannoying wrote: thats some sweet painting zerg but man that green is really green... theyre not hiding from anyone being that green!
I don't like how pale the more recent Orruk/Ork/Orc skin is in GW's studio schemes. It used to be a more saturated green IIRC. I'm going to stick to my own color for my Kruleboyz. If I was to change anything, it would be to add some dirt and grime to the armor. Looking at my pics, they look a bit too clean.
Nothing too exciting atm.
●finally slowly assembling the Skaven portion of Skaventide. About 1 unit/week. I've already got 1ks of pts worth of skaven, so I don't feel any burning rush....
●starting on basing for my Gargants
●Making new/better movement trays for my Gloomspite.
Sigmar might not virtually require these, but it's still easier to move blobs of 20 goblins about on a tray vs moving them all 1 by 1.... And since my Gloomspute are also my Old World Goblin army those trays will get alot of use.
So after a very productive month in the painting challenge, my Slasher Host is complete:
Now I don’t have a Knight of Shrouds on foot, so I’m just going to use a Guardian of Souls as a counts-as. With the fixed lists of spearhead, it’s not like he could be anything else, and he does get the “character” point across.
Next up on the AoS front is more of the CC box for my soulblight, and a few odds and ends spooks for the nighhaunt
This past week or so for Aos:
*I finished building the last of the Lumineth units I'll need for the shops escalation League. Right now it's all built & base coated. I do not expect I'll finish painting it any time soon.
*Repaired, finished building, & base coated a small Kharodan force. (the repairs were just reattaching a few steering vains to two of the ships & fixing a few flight stands)
*Completely built & painted up 12 WHFB 5e era Dryads - I suppose these are still useful in a Sylvanth force. (they were actually done for a D&D game, but after that they'll be making their way into the AoS/Old World forces)
With my Nighthaunt finished, I’ve moved on to Soulblight. My 5th edition WHFB army will ride again, with new minis. Arise from the grave once more!
Sampler:
The goal is to get an Army on Parade mostly done by the end of summer, polished up by October.
Which will include the units needed to field either the new or old spearhead, plus enough other stuff to round out to a 2k army. On a flocked magnetic tray.
About the only criticism i have would be to give the base rims a brush of paint. Right now they look a bit dirty and it's detracting away from the overall model.
