Well after alot of brainstorming I decided what I want to do with all my forgeworld spacemarine models and that's nightlords, the downfall is I don't want them all to be in mk 3 suits so I'm getting 25 mk 4 and 25 mk 5 to mix it up. I'm also ordering ten sets of the nightlords bitz from gw but of course that's going to be a nice wait till then though I started on my contempt or using liquid green stuff which at first I was having some problems but then have already got an hold of it. With any further ado here's the contempt or.

Nice idea! Can't wait to see progress.

Me too I'm really excited about it

Liquid Greenstuff's not really suitable for sculpting. I worry that your batwings will shluff off at some inopportune time.

Here's some more parts that have had liquid green stuff applied along with an update on the chest


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Yea decided I don't like how the helm came out I think we head piece would suit that idea better

Well I started putting the legs and torso together along with some extra surprises

Very cool! Great green stuff work. Excited to see how this turns out.

Here's the right shoulder pad in the beggining stage of having its wing applied

Here it is almost fully assembled

The idea for the head revised

It would be significantly more work, but if you could show that the sentinel cab is being crushed underfoot I think it would really add a lot to the weight and menace of the model.

unfortently its hard to see the hull of the sentinel is bent where the contempts foot is plus it is just just using the sentinel as a stepping stone to get to its victims the sentinel is basically something that's been dead but I'll see what I can do with damaging the contempt

How does this look with the sentinel

I think the sculpting work you've done has really given it the night lords feel! How is the liquid GS to work with?

A little CC: it kinda looks like he's falling over, the way he's angled and with his arms out like that. Is there a way that you could level him out some? Maybe by what plastictrees was talking about and crushing the sentinel cab more...

Good luck!

Rawson

Liquid gs is at first a little picky with giving you the effects you want but after getting used to it is like a walk through the park, it does help to draw what you want with a pencil that way its just tracing. Also unfortently the glue I use is hard as all hell to undue so I can't really readjust his foot if I were to flatten the sentinels cab

Green stuff is great but i see what rawson is saying about looking like he's trying to keep from falling down. I like the chain too, by the way.

I'm really impressed by your GS work especially the wings on the chest. I have to agree with rawson that he looks like he's about to fall over though.

Alright guys you all were an inch from being put on my hit list if the damage to the contempt was unable to be fixed but the gods smile upon your souls today unfortently though I had to sacrifice another sentinel in order to straighten his pose out without damaging it for good so here's the change to the contempts pose and this sentinel had some different damage effects to it

The other contempt or in its prepping stages.

Beggining of sec contempts left shoulder

The chest finished

A new addition to first contemptor

Great work so far. Painting will be the true test of your skills.

Though using Liquid Green Stuff to litterally layer on the effect of the bat wings and the other designs is amazing. I believe your one of the first to actually show this and I suggest you do a tutorial on this at some point in the near future.

My only real annoyance are the skulls. They seem just a tad to high for Nightlords symbols. It is a great use of the WFB skeletons from the vampire counts though.

The bases need a bit of work as well. I suggest adding the actual basing material to the bases prior to primering so that you can drybrush what ever look you want on them.

Excellent idea. My thought:

I really like the new base, he looks like he's in control now instead of looking like he's about to fall over.

That's what I told him as well.

He's surfing on a Sentinel!

So far so good - the additions you've made to the Contemptor are nice indeed!

Now, I see what you're going for in terms of striding across some battlefield wreckage, but I think you might want to tone it down a bit.

It is somewhat distracting and a bit over the top - something flatter and lower profile will help in many ways, not to mention also not making the already larger Contemptor stick out even more on the battlefield!

Very awesome! I love the contemptor dred and your GS work is amazing

Here's a distraction but still night lord related, my warbands ship the scavangers daughter

wow it hurts to see contemprors the damn post office stole my punchy arm and wont give it back but good work i love nightlords cant wait to see them painted

Looking really good, did you have issues with the legs, as i found it really difficult to pose mine properly. its fine now fortunatly. Love the sculpting, waiting for painted pics

The only issue I had was the tilting, and the fact its hip ball joint broke clean in half while trying to untilt it. Other then that I had more issues with the arms trying to position them.


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Oh I also have a few minor things to fix for after priming it the problems jumped out and yelled here we are. So once those are fixed I'll actually get to painting the first one

Well I got started on one of my many other projects and decided I wanted to do more with this dread so starting off some additions to the base. Oh please forgive my weathering its actually my first time ever using pigments.

OK after I did the first part of the bases sentinel I started to make the sentinel recognizable from an ig regiment. I picked the cadian 88th as the sentinels.

Before I move on to the actual dread anything you guys think should be done?

Highlighting.

Most highlights were covered or hidden by weathering effects the pigments worked a little better then I thought plus the flashing step was difficult without a spraybottle

looks good

Looks awesome, looking forward to seeing more!

Ty I just started on the contemptor last night so another day or so and it'll be either done or close to being done

OK here's the progress so far though tomorrow I have business to take care of so I'll try my best to have finished Saturday. The helmet was a whole pain in the rear...... especially the attempt and sad fail of a sacrifice of a fw black legion dread head

I love your green stuff work but don't like the pose of the model, the fists look like the dreadnought is doing jazz hands.

I really like it, but it does make getting effective cover much harder. Oh well, the Night Lords aren't about cowering behind shrubbery, are they?

The pic with dread and base together along with these that or when I get the money ones from a company.

A little more progress might take a little longer then expected.

Well ran into a wall, before I got out of the navy I lended some of my paints to a buddy of mine who also got out a little after me. Was supposed to drop my paints off but must've got to drunk that or had already drank most his braincells away awhile ago but Joe bob( not his real name) took them to Kansas with him. That sad thing is it was all my reds, my orange and several other colors......till I get money I have to do what I can on this project but I won't be able to finish it.

While I'm waiting for the paints I needed I decided I wanted to try something with my fw bone dust pigment and the mk VI contempt or helm.


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Oh I have a question any good ideas for what I should paint on the banner? I'm thinking torture device of some sort since the idea behind this dread especially since its fists are red meaning this particular dread is for punishment of those lord niall wants to suffer until he finally has utterly no need for them. So please if anyone has any good ideas I'd greatly appreciate it.

I've begun the more stressing details along with shading though for now I'm going to try and refrain from doing the lighting effect for the flamethrowers till I've gotten the actual spouts to actually make it shooting


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Ooooh yeah I found some of my old reds and oranges =p

Looking good!

Ty though just a few minutes ago I lost the head..........



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good news it was found

The helmet looks like it needs another layer of bone or so. Try taking pictures further away or getting a white box to take the picture in will also cut down on the amount of flash that goes through the paint.

I like the contemptor, have one myself which is still in the process of bring world eaters a fied, love the use of greenstuff for the wings.

Its supposed to look like that its not like the dread can paint the skull on its own. And I was going for an effect of bone being mixed with water then smeared on the helmet in the image of a skull.


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Ty mek and my oldest army is a pure world eater army so I'd love to see your contemptor.

Interesting concept. How is Chucklezz liking it?

Who?

Here's a little more progress once I finish with the scratch effects I'm going to start the lightning.

Now lightning!

An idea for the banner.

Getting closer

Its frolicking gaily over a guardsman sentinel, as for Chucklezz, its the Hivefleet Wraith tyranid player you call a friend.

Here's a few more pics. He liked it I fact he was shocked to see it when he woke up today.

Lys is getting miffed over the fact that I can make a comment like that and you ignore it.

What chaos follower wouldn't desecrate one of the loyalist blessed machines!


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Other then the joking any ideas that would help with the banner and also thoughts about the dread?

None, sorry


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG0uAq3sFBU

Sorry, I saw this and thought of you.

This is a little off topic but does anyone have any background on the brotherhood of darkness for I can't find anything but a fleet action. Its just a curiosity of mine.

Very cool.

OK another detour as I try to motivate myself to keep going so I came up with a paint scheme for a friend that's trying to come up with a word bearer chapter......yes word bearer but I like what I did so I'd like to show everyone it.

Well got an inspiration that drove me to this!


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the momentum finally hit a wall that and the fact I'm going to wait on everything else I need for my night lords before starting again

ehhhhhhhhhh the whole armor lacks depth. . . the lightning is to brights and thick. . . try a wash over it like a purple wash or something to give it that eldrich look. Wings need a badab black wash as well and a lil work on the skin once again nothing a wash cant fix.

I hate all of it. If this is from chaos, he is a pansy. Its too bright and I cannot stand the stark contrast of the lightning. You put too much on one model. The wings are alright, but they need to be darker in the folds and lighter towards the ribbing. I know I dont know much, but this to me looks completely wrong. As for the word bears, you need a psych eval before you paint again. Start painting sober and maybe it wont be as bad. If Chucklezz likes it, he needs one too, but we all know he is crazy.

With the lightning brightness that's from the blasted camera except the lower right leg but that's cause it was a pain to get to. Ohhhh I have an idea for the dreads banner, have a mural of tsagualsa flesh fortress.



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As too the paint scheme its correct I've been going off my codex and the web, the brightness is from the cameras flash along with the WB brightness too. Other then that I've not deviated from night lord guide lines and I've also seen every inch of some peoples NL covered in lightning. The sorcerers lightning looks like alot only cause I put it on the front.

One way to piss off the wife bro. . .one way to piss her off. . .

You ever going to show updates on your blood falcons?

Working on them now actually. Working on contemptor and on the Priest. Stiill need my shoulder pads. . .

Make sure to post pics

Like the Dreadnought but the other models still need a bit of work. but any case I am still enjoying this thread therefore will be back for some more!

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I'm sorry, Lys showed it to me and I thought of you. You know what we call your berserkers.

*imitation of KT87* GO MY BUNNYZERKERS!

.....I've not once ever said something so ignorant just reading that made me want to vommit

Lys, you took that too far. Where i left it was fine

BAH you peeps need to grow a pair!

No thanks

Reds8n

Please take that off I don't want this to be closed

OK while I'm waiting for tax return so I can get the last of what I need for my night lords I'm going to fix up and paint the rest of the bfg ships for them.

You need to join the DCM squad bro.

So I plan on doing a diorama of a Worldeater dreadnought vs a Furioso dread. I need ideas

i love the dread alot but i would have to say 2 things, i think the pose is a bit odd reminds me of a zombie walk.. and 2 i feel like that sentinal has rigamortis

.....why world eaters when a diarama of fabius bile slipping the blood angels grasp from the novel especially since people would relate more to that.
Rogue to the comment on the dread I'm still not completely finished I have some add one for it that were ordered about 4 days ago by the store I go to. As for the sentinel that was my intention to make it look long dead aka all that rust otherwise I would've made it look as if it was on fire not all rusted.

Because World Eaters and Blood Angels go back all the way to before the heresy. Their dislike and then hatred goes back longer then the hate for Fabius Bile. Besides it will be a Pre-heresy Dread colored dreads.

Sry you can't fool me especially since it goes further then that and you never have such noble reasons to do such things. And to support that theory a certain duo have been poking searching to get a rise, unfortently I'm too high most the time to give a flying squig. But if that's what you really want then go ahead though now that I think about it I'd find a diorama of a scene from storm of iron where cpt ventris and the group of merc/renegade sm escaping from honsou's fortress more entertaining

Funny thing about that

http://www.solegends.com/citle/citle2000/blacklibrary/bluriel/bluriel.htm

I want dreadnought because the scene has to be 1v1 arch nemisis theamed.

Sry but we and ec have more of a rivalry then they do with back 10k yrs robbed most of the old rivalry back and we had at one time.

loving the progress of the dread so far, but i gotta say, it screams 'haters gonna hate' with its pose, that part looks a little funky. otherwise, it looks great, keep up the good work.

Typhon.

Interesting stuff, everything kind of looks a little messy tho, prehaps send a little more time?

Good job with the green stuff dude! I need to make some night lords goodness my self.