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Post by: Briancj
I, honestly, do not like the scheme. I understand the 'black' is a layered fade effect, but it isn't visible. Additionally, the pure white isn't really broken up by anything. Consider using some of the Necron decal transfers to break this up, especially as you already have a gold theme on the wings. Finally, the gold looks like it needs another layer or two. But, again, this might be a camera issue.
Then again, I'm biased by Gits' scheme. 
--B.
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 Briancj wrote:I, honestly, do not like the scheme. I understand the 'black' is a layered fade effect, but it isn't visible. Additionally, the pure white isn't really broken up by anything. Consider using some of the Necron decal transfers to break this up, especially as you already have a gold theme on the wings. Finally, the gold looks like it needs another layer or two. But, again, this might be a camera issue.
Then again, I'm biased by Gits' scheme.
--B.
Fair enough! Agreed the layering isn't very vivible . I really didn't push it as far as I should of. There is a whiter highlighting in the white peices that doesn't translate as well .. same issue. The vents do have a green paint in them that can be seen well at the right angle. Good suggestion on the decals - I do have a box of them now! The gold was meant to look a little tarnished. Something to consider altering. Thanks for the good and honest feedback!
Then....thrust to the face!! 
You ask me to stand and stare at the sun and expect me not to go blind! How long must I walk in the SHADOWs ( intro women wailing) !
( wailing continues...) 
ps. Welcome back from GC.
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Post by: Yggdrasil
Ok, so I won't restrain !! No, just kidding... I do like your scheme a lot, black & white & green is kind of a "striking standard" ! Just not sold on the gold disks
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 Yggdrasil wrote:Ok, so I won't restrain !!
No, just kidding... I do like your scheme a lot, black & white & green is kind of a "striking standard" ! Just not sold on the gold disks
No worries. Not sold on the black disks as It would seem like there is nothing to break up that space. Curious... Do you think they would look better white? Another color? Open to all ... weigh in!
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Post by: Ovion
You could heavy edge highlight it all, which would break up the 'panels', and look amazing.
Maybe in whites or pale greens / blues?
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Post by: Solar_lion
 Ovion wrote:You could heavy edge highlight it all, which would break up the 'panels', and look amazing.
Maybe in whites or pale greens / blues?
Actually tried that as part of my original design. I did such a poor job that I gave up on the idea.. don't have the hand control to do it well. Also looked overly busy!
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 Solar_lion wrote: Yggdrasil wrote:Ok, so I won't restrain !!
No, just kidding... I do like your scheme a lot, black & white & green is kind of a "striking standard" ! Just not sold on the gold disks
No worries. Not sold on the black disks as It would seem like there is nothing to break up that space. Curious... Do you think they would look better white? Another color? Open to all ... weigh in!
Maybe white ? You could try - it wouldn't ruin the model, you'd just have to paint gold over it 
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more progress..
more after the weekend!
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Post by: Gitsplitta
I really like those SL. The white is a little stark, but the only way to handle that is to not actually paint them white but a light grey, then highlight up to white.
Nicely done.
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Post by: Yggdrasil
Nice squadron indeed !
It almost looks like the "finished" one is the "squadron leader", with its additional gilded details 
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Post by: GiraffeX
They are looking really nice Solar, when I paint white I usually come up from a light grey or blue.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Very nice. That's a fine looking grouping.
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Post by: GiraffeX
They look really nice Solar, cant wait for a fully painted army.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Very sinister. I really like.
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Post by: Solar_lion
Thanks guys.. I do appriciate the feed back. Working on the barges today. Most likly an update on Monday. Man these has a lot of pieces.
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Post by: Miss Dee
Where is the wing commander ?
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Post by: Casey's Law
A very pretty, striking force, mate!
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Post by: Yggdrasil
I like the different orb colours for the different squads
Sorry to hear about the white bubbles
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Post by: Solar_lion
Yggdrasil wrote:I like the different orb colours for the different squads
Sorry to hear about the white bubbles
No worries .. Like to get a bit more done so I can start playing/ playtesting. I'm guessing the infantry figures will be the most challenging as there is not much to them.
You can see from the pics, I painted a destroyer ( waiting for paint to dry moments) to try and get a translation to something other than the flyers. I think the barges will translate well!
More pics of those this week.
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Post by: Solar_lion
Ok progress being made.. I think the theme translates well to the barges. Thou they do risk getting a bit busy.
From this ( preassembly & primed)
to main structure assembly; still lots to paint.
I know the white looks bright, It actually not that bright irl.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
I think it looks great SL. Nothing wrong with a bright ceramicron pattern.
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Post by: Dr H
Yeah, that looks pretty nice. Works for me.
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Post by: Casey's Law
Yep, looking good man.
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Post by: Young_Logan
These look really awesome  keep up the work
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Thanks everybody. Hopefully I get one completed by the end of the work week
The other 2 should go quicker with having already made the design decisions.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
You know what you could do? Some Cryx as Crons. That would be... repurposeful 
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Post by: Alfndrate
Dakka user AduroT already does this, but in reverse! He converts his Warmahordes figs with Cron bits, works pretty well
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I am aware of his excellent work
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Just in case S_L wasn't 
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Post by: Solar_lion
You guys are tying to push me in to another contest? Yikes..
Still waiting on the last contest..
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Post by: hk1x1
Love the paint scheme on these so far, plus they look really uniformed, the models go really well as a group.
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Thanks for the support guys.
hk1x1: Thanks for commenting. Like I stated earlier, theme is the most difficult thing for me. I'm not trying to win any GD contest just get a good looking Table top playable army.
(Original) Theme is tough for somone who paints mostly marines!
Glad you like them!
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Some more progress. The pics are a bit blurry and bright . Quick camera phone shot. Working on the “fins” and the alt tesla option underneath. Then put some arms on these guys and a bit more drybrushing and on to the other 2.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
I think that's turning out just fine SL. Nice work!
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Post by: Casey's Law
Yep, coming up really nicely.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Loving your colour scheme here. I could stand to see a little more of the orange spot colour, though.
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Post by: Theophony
Really looking great , if there was some of the energy 'glow' on he weapons it would be even better, but I don't do that stuff myself so feel no pressure from me .
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Post by: Solar_lion
1 Ann barge complete. The other and the CCB will hopefully get done tomorrow. Here is the completed one ( right ) and the other two WIP.
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Post by: Casey's Law
Very sleek yet imposing, nice job.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Clean and crisp. Looks like you've been taking lessons from Knightley! (need squiggles though)
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Post by: Solar_lion
All the Barges now finished..
12 Finished warriors ( I not sure what rods I’ll use )
Some Immortals WIP
Once finished I'll move on to the Deathmarks and I'm thinking of doing a conversion for my HQ.. A female Overlord.
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Post by: Briancj
Are you going to do anything to the bases?
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Those are looking really good SL. I am also curious how you're going to handle the bases...
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Nothing till I get the display figured out. The Grey is just a neutral color. I will need to weight the back of the Barges they are not balanced at all. The warriors need weights as well.
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Solar_lion wrote:Nothing till I get the display figured out. The Grey is just a neutral color. I will need to weight the back of the Barges they are not balanced at all. The warriors need weights as well.
What is a one page fluff description for what the army is doing?
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 Galorn wrote:What is a one page fluff description for what the army is doing?
Sorry my friend, but I don't understand the question!
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Post by: Yggdrasil
You're going so fast... But the Barges are a great bunch !!
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I have 17 days to finish~! Then life returns to normal!
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Post by: Theophony
I think Galorn was trying to get you to think of the history of your army. Is it a newly awakened army? Or has it been up awhile? Did it wake up because of the alarm clock or because the mechanicus was playing with some tech on a lost world that turned out to be their doorbell? If you can answer some of these in a short one page story then it will help you decide on your base and display board.
As for me... I think they look great.
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Post by: Solar_lion
 Theophony wrote:I think Galorn was trying to get you to think of the history of your army. Is it a newly awakened army? Or has it been up awhile? Did it wake up because of the alarm clock or because the mechanicus was playing with some tech on a lost world that turned out to be their doorbell? If you can answer some of these in a short one page story then it will help you decide on your base and display board.
As for me... I think they look great.
Thanks Theo.... I'm from a few generations back so this is probably not the only thing that will confuse me.
This is an Adepticon Army, a Quarter of it at least. .My other teammates are building a suitable Xenos army. WF with his Tau, Yellowbeard; Eldar and Git playing his excellent and infamous Necrons. ( or at least till a new Ork codex comes out )
As for story ... I plan on basing it on Anrakyr the Traveller story line.. The only change is that I plan to build a Female Necron Overloard Called Anksuna, the Night Queen. I plan to kitbash
some Warmachine stuff with GW to do a unique character. She was a member of the SIlent Kings court and her plan is to awaken tombs in order to build a vast army to seach and return the SIlent King Szarekh to the head and reunite all the Dynasties.
In reality I don't plan to build this army to a massive size. Just enough to give me the chance to play something else. Most likly no more than 1800 pts.
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Post by: Casey's Law
I've never been into Crons but you're doing a good job of convincing me otherwise.
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 Casey's Law wrote:I've never been into Crons but you're doing a good job of convincing me otherwise.
Thanks CL. I collect more than play, but when I do I like to have multiple army choices. So far My Lamenters are the most numerous. Besides Necrons I plan to have about the same points in Orks, Nids, Chaos SM's and IG. This should give me plenty to paint and all the variety to keep it fun and interesting.
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Post by: Solar_lion
Immortals finished. My temporary Overlord and Cryptek are also done.
I'll replace the overlord with a Kitbashed one later. The Cryptek is finecast and I seriously hate the poor quality. Still it what there is.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
They glow! Nicely done.
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I think I finally got the eye on the cryptek right.. Learning how has been a journey for me!
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Post by: Yggdrasil
Looking great, S_L ! The scheme looks as strking on vehicles as on the infantry"men" !!
Your Overlord also looks nice as is, why do you plan on changing it ?
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Yggdrasil wrote:Looking great, S_L ! The scheme looks as strking on vehicles as on the infantry"men" !!
Thanks, I was worried it would look too cartoon(y). But it has grown on me.
Yggdrasil wrote:Your Overlord also looks nice as is, why do you plan on changing it ?
Just goes to show me that you guys are picture stimulated! I had always planned on doing something different with my Overlord, This guy will allow me to have a playtest figure. One of the few options I have to make course corrections to my list would be in the HQ range. Destroyer lord, or foot Overlord. My overlord is based on Anrakyr the Traveller.
I mentioned the reason earlier..."I plan to build a Female Necron Overloard Called Anksuna, the Night Queen. I plan to kitbash
some Warmachine stuff with GW to do a unique character. She was a member of the SIlent Kings court and her plan is to awaken tombs in order to build a vast army to seach and return the SIlent King Szarekh to the head and reunite all the Dynasties."
On a side note I'm about finished with my AC list. Only thing that has to be done is the 5 remaining Deathmarks. They are about 80% done. After that It's all extras. Tomb blades, Monolith, wraiths (3), 2 tomb spyders, lynchgurad, Stalker and a mess of Scarabs.
Hopefully by the end of the week I'll get some pics of the deathmarks followed by an Army shot!
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Solar_lion wrote:
I mentioned the reason earlier..."I plan to build a Female Necron Overloard Called Anksuna, the Night Queen. I plan to kitbash
some Warmachine stuff with GW to do a unique character. She was a member of the SIlent Kings court and her plan is to awaken tombs in order to build a vast army to seach and return the SIlent King Szarekh to the head and reunite all the Dynasties."
Oh yeah, there I did it again...
I swear I DID read that sentence before... It just didn't connect with the rest of the frame in my mind 
And I ALMOST commented about that "Night Queen" concept that I thought was really great, but something got in the way... Must be my damn pills lol...
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Post by: Ramos Asura
I am loving this color scheme, SL!
Black and white play off each other very well, and the neon green you use plays perfectly with both of them! The red eyes were a great choice as well, and the cryptek's eye shows time well spent
Geez.... so you're almost done! I gotta get my butt moving if I'm gonna finish my army this year!
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Post by: Dr H
The scheme is working really well. Going to be a striking army all together.
Nice and tidy paint-job too.
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Post by: Solar_lion
Yggdrasil wrote: Solar_lion wrote:
I mentioned the reason earlier..."I plan to build a Female Necron Overloard Called Anksuna, the Night Queen. I plan to kitbash
some Warmachine stuff with GW to do a unique character. She was a member of the SIlent Kings court and her plan is to awaken tombs in order to build a vast army to seach and return the SIlent King Szarekh to the head and reunite all the Dynasties."
Oh yeah, there I did it again...
I swear I DID read that sentence before... It just didn't connect with the rest of the frame in my mind
And I ALMOST commented about that "Night Queen" concept that I thought was really great, but something got in the way... Must be my damn pills lol...
No worries my friend. Actually you made me think more about theme that I normally do. That is good and I thank everyone for it. I usually don't think about fluff but I see it's a big part of the game and how important it is in others individual threads!
 Ramos Asura wrote:I am loving this color scheme, SL!
Black and white play off each other very well, and the neon green you use plays perfectly with both of them! The red eyes were a great choice as well, and the cryptek's eye shows time well spent
Geez.... so you're almost done! I gotta get my butt moving if I'm gonna finish my army this year!
Thanks, I've been studying your gems on the Eldar you did. Seemed to click this time!
Your stuff isn't done? As long as your moving forward you'll stay off your team Capts radar ( thou I think you painting his as well)
Thanks Dr. H. I'll get an army shot when I'm done with the essential list
SL
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Post by: Yggdrasil
Ramos Asura wrote:I am loving this color scheme, SL!
Black and white play off each other very well, and the neon green you use plays perfectly with both of them! The red eyes were a great choice as well, and the cryptek's eye shows time well spent
Geez.... so you're almost done! I gotta get my butt moving if I'm gonna finish my army this year!
Oh yeah forgot to comment on the Cryptek : his red eye really make him stand out from the other models, even though the rest of its body is the same colours as his "brethren" ! That's great !
@Samos : I got my first army EVER completed this year. Truly, it feels awesome  So get to work !!!
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Post by: Master Azalle
I love the black and white contrast you have going on here!
The gold really pops in this scheme. I love howbright your green is! How do you paint that?
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Post by: Solar_lion
Thanks for comment Master A.
Some people like the gold others ( read back a few pages) are not really fond of It. Still it's what it is.
The green on the flyers and glyphs are a very watered down Scorpion green ( old GW color) . It pools only in the crevices. You have to many and many coats to get the brightness. The cool part is after each " filling" you can wipe off the excess and it keeps the flat higher surfaces free of paint.
As for the other green such as the cables.. I paint with 2 layers of scorpion green. then add more and more yellow, ( very watered down layers doing smaller and smaller sections. I always go with a bit more heavy yellow and try not do more than 4 layers. The watered down work to dilute the more concentrated yellow mix. Don't be afraid to be bold!
Allow to dry between coats ( The SAN76 rule )
Hope this helps
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This is THE rule 
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Post by: whalemusic360
Solar_lion wrote:
Ramos Asura wrote:
Geez.... so you're almost done! I gotta get my butt moving if I'm gonna finish my army this year!
Your stuff isn't done? As long as your moving forward you'll stay off your team Capts radar ( thou I think you painting his as well)
SL
We did just figure out his list and the models for it like last week And yes, I am being lazy.....errr.....helping fund Ramos's trip again.
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Your generosity knows no bounds!
Looking forward to seeing what (you make him do) oh... umm what he's capable of doing!
Automatically Appended Next Post:
I wrote earlier...
"On a side note I'm about finished with my AC list. Only thing that has to be done is the 5 remaining Deathmarks. They are about 80% done. After that It's all extras. Tomb blades, Monolith, wraiths (3), 2 tomb spyders, lynchgurad, Stalker and a mess of Scarabs. "
Other than getting an additional 3 Wraiths and an additional Monolith.. Is there anything I'm missing to make the army complete? Anything you think that is essential?
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Solar_lion wrote:I wrote earlier...
"On a side note I'm about finished with my AC list. Only thing that has to be done is the 5 remaining Deathmarks. They are about 80% done. After that It's all extras. Tomb blades, Monolith, wraiths (3), 2 tomb spyders, lynchgurad, Stalker and a mess of Scarabs. "
Other than getting an additional 3 Wraiths and an additional Monolith.. Is there anything I'm missing to make the army complete? Anything you think that is essential?
The new Apocalypse machine ?!?
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Post by: Master Azalle
Dude that model is painted beautifully....*drool*
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Ahhh.. nope.. Cool model thou. Just paying a $160 for a Apoc only model doesn't meet the intent of this Army. I'm more likely to purchase a FW titan for my Imperial forces.
I don't play enough to justify this purchase. I have about 4 other aprox. size armies to finish.
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The... "Flayers" ? I don't remember you mentioning them... I like the concept
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Yggdrasil wrote:The... "Flayers" ? I don't remember you mentioning them... I like the concept
Yeah .. I thought about them , but I think the 6th ed. is not rule set for CC units. It works for characters, but everything else is at such a disadvantage ( overwatch, roll to charge, ect)
If I was fielding a larger force, I would like to have some pop up CC troops to appear behind my Opponents line. but anything under 1800 points doesn't make much sense. To many more effective and counter effective units to take. Like Arks.
I'm also liking the old flayer models over the new ones.
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Agreed on the looks of the older models... Wraiths are always useful though (if they are what I think they are : the clawed, serpentine constructs) !!
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Wraiths are apparently essential. Oddly the new version is about twice the size of the older models, Lot more details and thus more details to paint. I’m told 6 is a good number to have!
Had intended to get a game in today with them but I'm not set up to transport them yet. So I'm putting together a SM force using the new codex. I'll let Yellowbeard try out his Eldar list. ( ouch Wraithknight) In the meantime ...Off to Battlefoam.
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Finished Last piece of the List – Deathmarks complete
2014 AC List/Army shots
Now on to the non-essentials
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Post by: alabamaheretic
very nice man...really like the pure white effect on the shoulders makes them look like some kind of high tech ceramic.
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Post by: Dr H
Good job. A very nice army scheme.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Been wanting to work on a group of those myself. Nice work!
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Tight. Really, really crisp. Might I suggest that, whatever you decide to do for the bases/board, you make it really grubby, so that the pristine qualities of the crons shine out?
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Post by: Casey's Law
Really, really slick. Great job, dude.
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Thanks all,
I need to come up with a unique Objective marker, Something necrony with the parts I have left over. Channelling my inner Graven.... IT's hurts!!! Agggggh! MY SOUL!!!
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Post by: Master Azalle
You never go full Graven!
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A piller of some kind
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Post by: IceAngel
I'm pretty sure going full graven isn't allowed on dakka. That's a different site.
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 IceAngel wrote:
I'm pretty sure going full graven isn't allowed on dakka. That's a different site.
I think that site is blocked at my home as well! That would be the outer Graven so I'm pretty sure Ice is correct ... again!
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Theres No Coming Back from Full Graven
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Once you go graven you never go... Um... Shaven?
(Graven now expects red mod death to descend...)
I'm fairly thrilled to be an adjective...
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Now a way to turn you into a Necron objective! Hummm
Something growing in my mind....! ( It's not a tumor)
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Post by: Miss Dee
Carbonite
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Post by: Master Azalle
You could take some of the extra heavy gauss cannons from the warriors/deathmarks set and chop them so you cuold have some power pylon/small struture withe a few scarabs on it. just a thought.
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 Master Azalle wrote:You could take some of the extra heavy gauss cannons from the warriors/deathmarks set and chop them so you cuold have some power pylon/small struture withe a few scarabs on it. just a thought.
I had a similar idea, but yours is better - using the heavy gauss's. Something Pylonish. I like the scarab addition.. You creative people are so Graven like! hummmm how odd!.
Does that mean I'm in a cult?
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Post by: Master Azalle
Dakka isnt a cult?....
I mean... i knew that hahaha
I was just thinking about the extra bits that come with the Necron stuff. They have a lot of extra bits in the immortal/deathmark box.
You could also take one of your extra lords from the Annihation Barge and pose him like he's a statue, make his base stepped, like a mini zuggarat and paint him white and gold.
Just some thoughts
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No, not Dakka .. the ( spoken in a wisper) ,, Graven cult... shhhhh!
I think I'll do the piller/pylon thing, You keep giving me another new idea, Hopefully I will suprise you in a Unique way . I'll work on it this weekend.
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Post by: MeatShield
Beautiful piece.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Very Knightley of you... crisp and clean (if not grey).
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You can call it "deconstructed grey" being black and white. 
Good job SL. I like the half and half heads on the destroyers.
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Thanks.. they are a bit more dark in Real life. I need to find away to take more clear and true to color pictures. My camera loses focus at 15in. My skill at Photoshop hasn't improved
What's remaining... 12 more warriors, 2 Spyders, 1 stalker, 5 lynchguard, 3 Wraiths and about 10 bases of Scarabs.
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Post by: Casey's Law
Crazy impressive pace! And that is indeed some wonderfully crisp, clean work!
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Thanks Casey.. I will need to add some details as well as some transfers. There is too much open space.
Next up... the Spyders and Scarabs!
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Post by: moonpie
Hey. Digging the necrons, Solar. It's nice to see you not painting Space Marines.
I like the relatively color blind friendly scheme too. It's black, white and....green?
Acknowledge debt to Huron's chapter(on our own terms)!
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Painting ... Outstanding xxxxxxxxxxx
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moonpie wrote:Hey. Digging the necrons, Solar. It's nice to see you not painting Space Marines.
I like the relatively color blind friendly scheme too. It's black, white and....green?
Acknowledge debt to Huron's chapter(on our own terms)!
Thanks my friend. Glad to have you around!. Black (actually Drk Grey) , white, Green and gold!
Thanks Darling Dee!
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Puts up signpost fer her tau. *
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Let me help.. thou you need to hit the big blogs to get results..
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/360/463976.page
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Post by: GiraffeX
Your Monolith is looking very nice, I just cant get over how nice that white is. Did you base coat black or white?
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Thanks...White then off white ( the true color ) you see it as white due to the reflectivness of the photo. I struggle with taking pictures or correcting them in Photoshop.
Almost done with 3 Wraiths...
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Post by: San76
Sorry I haven't commented in ages; I'm not getting notifications for subbed threads for some reason.
Necrons are looking great. Love the colour scheme. Must look very striking on the table!
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Post by: Solar_lion
No worries
Finished 3 Wraiths. The plan is to get 6 but that's for a later purchase.
I tried to leave these a bit darker as they are supposed to be stealthy killers. I also tried to make the glow a little brighter , You can see a bit more detail if you zoom on the image.
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Can you give us a shot from a different angle? We can't really see the white on most of these. I can't tell, is there shading in the black areas or is it just black?
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Yeah I'll get some decent pics when I get home this is a phone shot.
Question .. did you weight your barges. if so what solution did you use?
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I'm not sure I understand the question...
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My necron barges are front heavy. Did you put weight on the bases? If so.. what was your solution?
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No, I guess I haven't noticed to be that much of an issue...
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Hopefully some better pics. From slightly different angle...
Had a hour last night and decided to see if I could get a bit done on the many half finished projects.. Second out of 3 Drop Pod complete..
Pic taken quickly without a background and a bit of glare, but nice to have some left over projects updated.
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Thanks for the wraith pics.
Love the pods... nice to see a bit 'o Lamenter action again.
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Post by: Alfndrate
I'm not gonna lie, when I saw Lamenters DP I thought Daemon Prince
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Post by: Master Azalle
Nicely done Drop Pods!
I must admit that the Lamentors were my first army of choice, back before they were claimed by the blood angels (not that I am complaining) but I drove myself a little crazy with all the free hand hearts and checkers. Any suggestions SL? and is that a transfer you used for the bleeding heart?
-Azalle
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 Alfndrate wrote:I'm not gonna lie, when I saw Lamenters DP I thought Daemon Prince
ALF...Demon Prince.. that be bad for the Lamenters... They already have enough problems. 
MA...No all the checkers and Hearts are all hand painted . Upon closer inspection you wouldn't be so impressed. As for suggestions. Make sure your plan your checks before starting to paint. I use a white background. pencil in my lines and paint the black . retouch up the white, retouch up the black. Also mentally be in the right mood as doing so can be fustrating. Taking it in small chunks helps as well.
For the hearts.. I now use a stencil. These however were done prior to that revelation!
Next .. more work on the Contemptor...
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Post by: Ramos Asura
You are just blazingly fast with those necrons, SL. They're looking amazing!
How many more guys do you have left before your complete list? (And of course, we want a group shot!)
Drop pods look exceptional as well. I particularly like how you used the checks on the interior of the doors, opposed to hazard striping.
And the panel lines on the yellow and white are beautifully crisp. Well done making the two hardest colors look easy!
And Im definitely looking forward to seeing you take on the contemptor.
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Post by: Dr H
'Crons look good and the DPs look very good, lots of nice details.
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Chaos worshipers on the side
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Ramos Asura wrote:You are just blazingly fast with those necrons, SL. They're looking amazing!
I cheated by painting all the base colors in one fell swoop. Assembly, Priming. Base . Everything Necron was brought up to the same point together.
Ramos Asura wrote:How many more guys do you have left before your complete list? (And of course, we want a group shot!)
MY AC list has been done for weeks.. I'm just finishing all the " extra " figures n the conveyor belt.
As for this completion of Army.. I have 12 more warriors, 1 Stalker, 3 Tomb blades, 10 Scarab based, 2 Spyders, 5 Lynchguard, 2 additional Overlords and 2 additional Crypeks.
Ramos Asura wrote:Drop pods look exceptional as well. I particularly like how you used the checks on the interior of the doors, opposed to hazard striping.
And the panel lines on the yellow and white are beautifully crisp. Well done making the two hardest colors look easy!
Thanks
 Dr H wrote:'Crons look good and the DPs look very good, lots of nice details.
Thanks my Friend!
Never!!!  Heresy!
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If im not there in five minutes you can start without me
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Good to see back in the fold of Yellow...
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Post by: Theophony
The necron's are nice, but I come back for bananas with a side order of checkers.
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Heresy !!
Thanks .. I'm not abandoning the yellow guys, just like to have multiple options to play with and against.
My Contemptor needs new shin pieces ( were missing ) so have replacements to mold from. After that I’d like to do my 2 Storm talons.
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Post by: Meph
Wehey, good progress since last time I visited (which has been a while). Good stuff SL, The Necro's have a very nice scheme and your mahweens are looking cool as ever.
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Post by: Yggdrasil
Lovely Necrons, and... Good to see some more Lamenters !
(I'm more into them than the Crons, TBH )
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Ygg where have you been ??? Missed you.
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Meph.. Welcome Back.. hopefully we'll start seeing some more of your excellent BA Again!
Thanks Yggs.. I'm more into the Lamenters as well. However AC has pushed me into other armies. I've always wanted to have other choices to play with and against.
At this point I'm collecting more than I'm painting marines. As effective as the centurians are supposed to be; I dislike the model. Still I have Dreads to finish, planes and a couple of LR's in future plans. I'll continue to work on my Lamenters but piecemeal as they are already a good size playabel force.
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Miss Dee wrote:Ygg where have you been ??? Missed you.
Thanks Dee I wasn't THAT far off.... Just a bit more of a lurker lately... (Less available time = less time to write...)
Solar_lion wrote:Thanks Yggs.. I'm more into the Lamenters as well. However AC has pushed me into other armies. I've always wanted to have other choices to play with and against.
At this point I'm collecting more than I'm painting marines. As effective as the centurians are supposed to be; I dislike the model. Still I have Dreads to finish, planes and a couple of LR's in future plans. I'll continue to work on my Lamenters but piecemeal as they are already a good size playabel force.
Yeah, it can be fun to experience new things... (I can see Slaanesh already seized your soul )
As for the Centurions, have you seen them IRL ? They look way better than on the pics.....
Keep it up for the Necrons too, mate !
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Solar_lion wrote:Meph.. Welcome Back.. hopefully we'll start seeing some more of your excellent BA Again!
Oh yes indeed! Even though I've been coming home from work with the energy and springiness of a boiled celery, I've forced myself to go through the 15-minute setup and 15-minute cleanup process (doe to lack of dedicated desk that I can leav out of sight).
First up is to finish the large scale terminator as the sculptor is finishing up the painting of a large scale Ultramarine termy. And we can't have the smurfs finishing before the Sons of Sangy, now can we? I just need to finish, the halo, bolter, besagews and hip armour. Oh, and a base...
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 Meph wrote: Solar_lion wrote:First up is to finish the large scale terminator as the sculptor is finishing up the painting of a large scale Ultramarine termy. And we can't have the smurfs finishing before the Sons of Sangy, now can we? I just need to finish, the halo, bolter, besagews and hip armour. Oh, and a base...
Be nice to see a WIP
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Wow, love the weathering on the Night Scythe !
Were they for sale ?
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Beautiful!
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Not for sale. I was traveling for work and had to stay over the weekend and decided to look up the FLGS. Found they were playing a tourney so stuck around and watched a few good games.
This was in PA. I do not know the owner.
I love the D-Lord conversion. I have more pics from the event to share when I get a moment.
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Solar Lion what part of PA? I'm from Pittsburgh, was it eastern (Philthy) or Western PA?
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Scranton area - Actually Mehoopany.
Too bad I didn't know over the weekend. Won't be back till Late Jan or Feb. Automatically Appended Next Post: One of the players great looking Contemptor. Kyle Singer
His scratch built Dread Drop Pod. Amazing thing is this is made from machined Aluminum. Fits the model perfectly.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
How does the hammer fit in there??
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Very Carefully Gits
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If you make the scoot to Pitt next time I could likely swing that, its only about 2 hours from me.
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If you guys both swing into town, let me know. Theres a really cool LFGS in town called Legions about 15 min north of the city, great place to play and meet other 40kers and fantasy guys. Its a full partner level store so it carries the Full range of GW products, its pretty legit haha owner is big hobbyist/nerd so its a laid back place. And the 10 -15% off is always nice GW prices is always nice.
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 whalemusic360 wrote:If you make the scoot to Pitt next time I could likely swing that, its only about 2 hours from me.
If you give me enough notice and could promise me a game in which I would get tabled by turn 3, I too could probably swing it (though it's about 3 hours from me) Though as a Cleveland Browns fan, I would be treading into the lair of the enemy...
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Wait, Alf, you WANT to be tabled by turn three?
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No But that's been my luck in 6th edition so far... but I meant to write 'wouldn't get tabled'
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If you look thru all the pic with the Contemptor you will notice that it is all magnitized. So it very poseable. The hammer is removeable and replaceable with other weapons. He did a great job of posing the hands.
Master Azalle wrote:If you guys both swing into town, let me know. Theres a really cool LFGS in town called Legions about 15 min north of the city, great place to play and meet other 40kers and fantasy guys. Its a full partner level store so it carries the Full range of GW products, its pretty legit haha owner is big hobbyist/nerd so its a laid back place. And the 10 -15% off is always nice GW prices is always nice.
I should be back in late Jan/Feb. thou I don't think that I'll be staying over the weekeknd this time.
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Ok..I have been Painting. Mostly on the Display board.. My new Eldar project. . But with Adepticon on the Calender I need to finish the remnants of Army.
My Dlord.... thou most of my army is fairly clean but I'm going to do some chipping on her. I call her Aksuna, Scribe to the silent King.
Here is a pic of my Current Painted Necron Army ( on the 2014 Display - Not quite finished )
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Fantastic looking army SL. What's your gal made from?
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Warmachine convergence figure. Not the one I wanted but it'll do. The army shot was taken before I finished her.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Loving your use of Cyriss parts there. Magnificent.
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Post by: Brother Ectus
Wow!!! What a wonderful thread. Clearly a lot of passion and hard work has gone into all these armies. Seeing all your lovely models inspires me to continue working hard on my own space marine project who I think also took part in the badab war. Keep up the great work
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Thanks BE.. alway good to have another Badab Player out there.. Your stuff looks amazing. Your PW are top notch.
I'll get back to the Lamenters as soon as AC is over. I have alot of half finished project to do.
On the Necron Front.. I'm working on the remaining 2 Wraiths, an Additional 12 Warriors, 5 Lychguards and a Stalker .. all in various stages of painting. I did manage to get 2 Tomb spyders finished and am just waiting on some bits to finish their bases. Pics soon. Also based the DLord, Barges and Destroyers. Picked up 5 tomb blades ( back burner )
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Necron Dlord gets based…
2 New additions to the Necron Army. Spyders. Looks like I’ll need to get some scarab bases painted as well.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
They all looks so happy on those pretty green bases! All you need are some flowers to go with them!
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Damn, I was going for the conflicted teenager agnst look!
I blame Fox .. More flowers ... ~sigh~
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Flowers...and rainbows...and sprinkles oh my!
Flowers...and rainbows...and sprinkles oh my!!
Flowers...and rainbows...and sprinkles oh my!!!
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Love the D-Lord by the way!
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Post by: Spuj
A fantastically 'fresh' look for Necrons and very well executed. Loving these Crons!!!
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I actually have flowers for the bases if you want some. I have blue and yellow. I was going to put some on my executioners maybe.
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 wyomingfox wrote:Flowers...and rainbows...and sprinkles oh my!
Flowers...and rainbows...and sprinkles oh my!!
Flowers...and rainbows...and sprinkles oh my!!!
Love the D-Lord by the way!
Thanks.. sure glad all the scarabs got the lawn trimmed before the battle!
[  Spuj wrote:A fantastically 'fresh' look for Necrons and very well executed. Loving these Crons!!!
Thanks Spuj! Seems like most of the good ( and cool stuff ) to play and paint are all in the heavy slot. I seem to have 6 heavy choices in my collection.
 moonpie wrote:I actually have flowers for the bases if you want some. I have blue and yellow. I was going to put some on my executioners maybe.
I got some for the display.. just didn't realize that the package was small and I'm not sure I'll be getting alot more for it. Not sure it'll make a difference in that big of an area.
Yeah nothing says 'Executioners' than daisys and skulls! Now Red Scorpions... flowers seem appropriate!
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Finally got around to painting the death ray on the Doom Scythe... I should of blown the dust off first, but it was a quick pic moment.
Hopefully I get a real pic this weekend
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Very nice SL, like the orange vs. the nearby green.
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It actually goes from yellow to red. I just didn't take the time to do a proper camera shot.
So working on alot of stuff for AC. While working the 120 scarabs for the base It thought it was a good opportunity to put together some scarab bases for the newly painted Spyders. There is a mix of different suppliers in the group. Like the variety. They are all magnetized so they all come off as wounds. ( didn’t need to do all 3 as the last wound the base disappears – oh well too late ). I’ll probably make 10 more after AC is over after I tear down my display back into useable pieces.
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Those look terriffic SL! Love the steely little buggers contrasted with the verdant base.
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Post by: Miss Dee
Id love to see some stripping a marine or two
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Stripping Marines...Maybe I'll do something on the next ten I do.
Finished up the last touches on the Necron Adepticon army and close to finishing some Eldar stuff for my teammate. I'll breakout the good camera this weekend and see if I can get some decent shots.
Just about got everything I need to finish out his army. In progress.. LGuard x2 (1 w/shields), Stalker, 24 more warriors, 5 bikes. I have yet to get a Ctan ( looking at maybe using one from the obelisk) and a few more cryptek's.. Then I call it done and finish filling out my Eldar wraith army.
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Some added Scarabs on the Adepticon Display
Another 60 to put on the other building and it should be all ready to go.
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Whoa...that is really cool!
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Choice application of little electronic buggies my friend!
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Your display table has crabs. Don't let it touch ours. That's gross.
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Post by: Ramos Asura
Abso-frigging-lutely awesome SL! Love love love it!
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Genius! Totally nicking that idea!
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Post by: hk1x1
Those little scarabs look great, how did you make them?
As I was thinking of doing something similar for my Tesseract Vault.
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Thanks all, I wish I got at least double what I had to do a really big looking swarm. One would think that 120 would go further.
HK1x1 - They are all purchased, thou they be eazy to press mold them if you have the time.
After the tourney I'll break the display down and probably do 10 or ,more new bases. The rest I'll put to use on my Necron bases.
Automatically Appended Next Post: moonpie wrote:Your display table has crabs. Don't let it touch ours. That's gross.
Sleep tight don't let the bed bugs chew through your AV14 vehicles...
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My AC Necron army is complete. Here they are on display board.
Here is some pics of the Display board ..
See you all at Adepticon. We'll be starting a Adepticon Blog as soon as we return.
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Looks beautiful SL! Can't wait to see our armies on it!
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Like that display board, Solar.
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Thanks all.. Looking forward to a non work, Gamefilled weekend with you all.
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Sweet! Remind me to win the lottery and choke to Chicago...
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Got some nice angles there SL.
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It really does look great, without overshadowing the models. And always excited when you update
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Looks great with all the models there, very nicely done
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Thanks all.. started tearing it all down this weekend. see how may scarabs I can save.
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Old land raider dropped, so I thought it was a good opportunity to repaint it in Lamenters Colors. Couldn't get the door to open again as the mechanisms got dislodged. Here's what it looked like before. 10 years ago.
And now...
Some AA additions...All the peices are Magnitized. Weapons.even the sides so I can use it as a rhino or rasorback.
Still some work to do to busy up the side panels.
Made some progress on the Contemptors
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Wow... Nice work SL, and a lot of it too!
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Post by: Ramos Asura
Oh wow, those look super! Looks like youve been busy since Adepticon!
Those contemptors in particular look lovely...
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Checkerboard pattern on lockdown. Nice work, my friend.
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Wowser, great save!
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Thanks, they look better in real life.. I need to get some washes on some things.
The Contemptors are next. I also have about 10 weapons/arms to paint for them. Still I 'll need to order more to give me more options for fielding them.
After that here is my summer list.
I need to do some more inf. A few more Tac guys, some basic scouts and some Hvy Bolter for additional Dev and in general.
MotF
2 Landraiders. 1 Redeemer and 1 terminator ( with FW doors and Extra Armor Kits )
2 Storm Talons ( painted in the same theme as the crashed terrain peice )
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I'll be doing two Storm Talons as well. Should be an interesting summer!
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You might even call it The Summer of Flyers (TM Games Workshop 2012).
What's a Terminator Land Raider?
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I have special Terminator doors and front Ramp from FW. Also plan to put the FW extra Armor kit on it. Being desiginated for the first company.
I have a few more Eldar and Necron additions to finish. Cleaning up!
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Gotcha. Just the Godhammer (standard) LR then?
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That's what I was thinking. Sometime I'd like to get an Achillies, Thou I'm not sure the carrying capacity if any. I think I have the IA book at home.
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It holds 6, no front door. Good for cheap troop protection, command squad delivery, or tech marine fixing up.
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Looking at my stack of stuff I have 3 LR to do. I have the RS doors and front plate for 2 of them . I'll remove the Scorpion and add the bleeding heart like I did on several of the rhinos. Both are crusaders/Redeemers so I'll try to make sure I have one of each ( or Magnitize them and get some bits to make them the standard LR ) This will give me a total of 4 LR. .. Too Much?
The last LR I'll do with Extra Armor and the FW terminator doors.
I also have two Original OOP LR ( version 1 ) that I'll be using for my Chao's Marines. ( when I figure out what I want them to be painted as - Red corsairs or 1000sons ) - plenty of time to decide or change my mind!
Built 8 more tactical Marines ( not as exciting as the latest Vehicle projects I've been doing - Oh well...get these out of the way) and some normal scouts. hopefully I can knock these out this weekend.
Stay frosty!
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Post by: San76
ive got lots of catching up to do on your blog mate, but i absolutely love the display board! the monoliths rising up ...inspiring.
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 San76 wrote:ive got lots of catching up to do on your blog mate, but i absolutely love the display board! the monoliths rising up ...inspiring.
Thanks. Still fell short for the judges. Hard to compete. You can see a lot of very elaborate displays on our Adepticon blog started by Ice Angel. Tough to put all that effort in for one event.
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Post by: Yggdrasil
Love your mastery of the checkered pattern (am I writing this right ?).
LR looks much better that way !
Yeah Achilles has Transport 6, so the potential squads it can carry are rather limited... But it looks great !
whalemusic360 wrote:It holds 6, no front door. Good for cheap troop protection, command squad delivery, or tech marine fixing up.
What do you mean, "CHEAP troop protection" ?!?
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Thanks.. they look alot cleaner than they are. the Marine shoulder ones are tough to do .
A LR...Thought it was like 325 pts.. still for larger games...Might be worth it for the anti- melta.
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 Yggdrasil wrote:Love your mastery of the checkered pattern (am I writing this right ?).
LR looks much better that way !
Yeah Achilles has Transport 6, so the potential squads it can carry are rather limited... But it looks great !
whalemusic360 wrote:It holds 6, no front door. Good for cheap troop protection, command squad delivery, or tech marine fixing up.
What do you mean, "CHEAP troop protection" ?!?
I mean cheap troops, like a scout squad. Not cheap protection.
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Haha, so you want to buy an Achilles to transport Scouts ? Never heard such an idea before... But it might be worth it !
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Really, if the land raider gets popped, 6 tac marines are going to get slaughtered just as fast as 5 scouts. If you push forward they may ignore it for easier targets, but a scoring Achilles is a dangerous thing indeed.
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Git is currently playing around with a simular concept. Personally I'd be happy just to have my LR run over waveserpents and any Tau.
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I bung 3 terminators in mine, and assault anything the Tank doesnt manage to blow up
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Normal marines can't take 3 terminators.
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Post by: dantay_xv
Sorry, I was in Space Wolf mode, Wolf Guard packs are 3-10.
You could put a librarian/ mephiston or a sanguinary priest with a small assault squad in there, blow stuff up and carry an assassination squad.
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How do you bring only 3 terminators? Isn't minimum squad number 5?
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Post by: dantay_xv
Not for wolf guard, squad size is 3-10, which is why my initial response was I take 3 terminators.
I forgot Solar couldn't (I am assuming, aren't Lamenters a BA successor) which is why I suggested a small assassination squad.
Use the TFC against small tyranid gribbles and the multimelta against something bigger, the jump out and finish off the bigger gribbly for example. Or melta a guard outpost, pummel the occupants with the TFC and wipe them out in assault, that kind of thing
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Stunning work, Bravo sir.
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Post by: Yggdrasil
 dantay_xv wrote:Not for wolf guard, squad size is 3-10, which is why my initial response was I take 3 terminators.
I forgot Solar couldn't (I am assuming, aren't Lamenters a BA successor) which is why I suggested a small assassination squad.
Use the TFC against small tyranid gribbles and the multimelta against something bigger, the jump out and finish off the bigger gribbly for example. Or melta a guard outpost, pummel the occupants with the TFC and wipe them out in assault, that kind of thing
Yeah but Achilles lost "Assault Vehicle" when it got rid of its forward assault ramp, didn't it ?
(edit for spelling)
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The achilles does indeed not have the Assault Vehicle USR.
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Did it?? Ah well... Thats what I get for not reading the rules properly (smacked hand).
A good thing I havent used mine in anger, so a mobile bunker then?
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Proof I'm working.. Needed some additional Tac Marines to fill in all the holes in my squads. These are without backpacks as I didn't get time to finish them. I swear it takes longer to paint these than the LR! ~sigh~
A bit more weathering on the stalker
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Nice work SL... great to see the Lamerters back in the fore.
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Finished the tactical marines last night.. only a wash on the base and some bits of flora.
Waiting for some magnets to finish my contemptor build so in the meantime I'll be working on some tech Marines. The MotF i'm using is FW HH Iron father I picked up at Adepticon.
I going to break with tradition and keep him Lamenter Yellow and accent with red. Or partitioned red... We'll see as I sit down to work on him. The other two I have will remain traditional in the red armor ( unless I like how the MotF pans out )
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Indeed, it's nice to see the Lamenters getting some attention !
Keep it up !
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Thanks.. I 've enjoyed getting to them again!
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New MotF.. humm a bit blurry.. I'll need to retake some more pics of him. The chest peice will eventually have some writing on it.
Finish the last 2 Drop pods. The checkered paneled one is open and used for a Dread.
All 4 together
Blurry pic of WIP Dreads.. Normal, Librarian and Ironclad.. with all the various weapon load outs
My libby Dreads force weapon choices.. ( From top to bottom.. Sword/ Staff/ Axe )
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Look great but you need better photos... everything's blurry. :(
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Nice, SL.
Love the MoF. What's he built out of?
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Just when I think I got the camera figured out. I don't. Seems like it changes from shoot to shoot.
He's the FW Iron Father model of the Iron Hands.
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Drop pods look great solar. Motf coming along nicely as well, looking forward to next shot of him.
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I just love the extra panels & rivets on the Drop Pod doors... I can't remember though : did you build them, or is it a 3rd party kit ?
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Post by: Ramos Asura
Looks like youve been a bit busy lately, SL.
Looking great, and i still think you're a madman for not only painting yellow, but also painting checks on everything!
as far as camera settings.... are you using anything special on settings or is it an auto mode?
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Ramos Asura wrote:Looks like youve been a bit busy lately, SL.
Looking great, and i still think you're a madman for not only painting yellow, but also painting checks on everything!
as far as camera settings.... are you using anything special on settings or is it an auto mode?
They look so much better in person. I just want the camera to see what my eyes are seeing
I use both.. at one time I was using a custom setting. Now they look blurry.. Is there a good resource ( simple ) that would give me a clue to what setting does what?
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Post by: Ramos Asura
Weird that the Auto function is giving you issues... Try hitting the Macro mode button (flower) and see if that helps any?
I'll bug my little brother and see if he has any resources I can point you to. He's the more photo-savvy member of the family.
This site looks to have bits and pieces you might use... In particular theres a section on Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority- Two main things on DSLRs that you can mess with.
http://digital-photography-school.com/digital-photography-tips-for-beginners/
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Thanks Ramos. I'll hava a look thu and keep trying different things.
Here is a new pic I took of the Motf.. Better?
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On macro keep hold till you get to the first setting move the mini and still keep it on the forst setting when your happy press it all the way but dont take you finger off or you will lose the setting of the chip inside the camera
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Well, at least he's in focus... even if we can't see his head now.
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ok.. I'll take that as positive feedback...
After I get these dreads done I'm due for a big Army shot! I've added a lot in the past year. I'm still waiting on some bit for the contemptors and the other Land Raiders.
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Post by: whalemusic360
That is a cool figure, kinda super tech marine terminator look at my axe thing going on.
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Don't know if the MotF can take terminator armor thou I think he still get a 2+ save with artificier(SP) armor. Still it's a unique figure. Glad I got it.
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Yggdrasil wrote:I just love the extra panels & rivets on the Drop Pod doors... I can't remember though : did you build them, or is it a 3rd party kit ?
Sorry I just caught this... Dohhh... Chapterhouse.
I've made some progress on the 3 dreads. Most the Librarian. I have his two other PW to finish (the sword and Staff) The Iron clad is just missing the seige drill and some alt grubbings ( missiles, searchlight, grappeling thingy), I'll need to pick up some additional dread arms/weapons - Autocannons!
I'll try to take a pic tonight ( camera gods willing )
On a purchased front. I got some more stuff for the contemptors; so I'll be hitting them again and An Imperial knight of which I'll be painting in my household colors!
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Solar_lion wrote:New MotF.. humm a bit blurry.. I'll need to retake some more pics of him. The chest peice will eventually have some writing on it.
Just noticed the painted up power core in that pic. Good to see it getting a second life.
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Yeah.. It's my current favorite marine Objective. It can fit just about anywhere and doesn't take up gobs of space so you can fight around it easily!
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Lamenter Librarian Dread armed with force staff. Need to finish off the base and the mold lines on the arm.
With Force axe.
There is a force sword but I forgot to transfer the pic.
Two other Dreads in the works .. A normal dread and an Ironclad. WIP
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Post by: San76
Looking good solar.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
Looking fantastic SL. So good to see the Lamenters getting worked on again! (I know I've said that before... but it just is!)
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I still have lots of stuff to do for them. Contemptors, Centurions, fill out some heavy weapon choices & special weapon options ( plasma and GG), More Death company, 3 more Landraiders, 3 Storm Talons, 1 more storm raven. a 2nd vindicator, 2 whirlwinds. 2 ven. Dreads. 3 more bikes ....this is what's sitting on the shelf.....now I'm depressing myself.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Really nice job man - elegantly swappable! Force staff is a great idea.
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Thanks y'all.
More work on the other dreads. Ironclad done ( with HurBtr only). Hope to finish up the other normal dread tonight. So far I've only finished the AC/ CC weapon w flamer load out. I gotta order some Dread AC's.
Basing need to be finished as well.
Looking at getting our first game of the 7th ed. next week. Were gonna start out with a simple list of no flyers and Heavy's. Psykers required!
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Post by: Miss Dee
Good luck with the game may your dice roll 6's
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Post by: Yellowbeard
Nice work, SL. Really like the yellow on this guy. And the blue face. Cool.
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 Yellowbeard wrote:Nice work, SL. Really like the yellow on this guy. And the blue face. Cool.
Thanks, Thinking about using him in our next game/ Learning the new rules.
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After Git's comment about cleaning up his work space. I looked at the room I work in and decided it was a mess. So spent some weekend time cleaning up. Unfortunitly I have a 6 by 8 foot work table thus I move projects around; so when it's full I've really got a mess.
Got it cleaned and started to work on the other piles of boxes. Mostly terrain stuff. Now that I have the space I will try to get an Army shot.
I work at a Mfg plant and with some engineers. A while back they had a scale model of storage tank system they installed. They were just gonna toss it so I asked if I can have it.
A lot of the beam structure was already broken apart ( What would Graven do? .. so I took them too! ) but the Tanks and piping was still intact. Should make intresting terrain.
I've gotta clean up some of it before I take some pic's - Lot of dust.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
That's my boy
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Post by: Dr H
Nice work on the Dreads and good steal of the scale model, sounds nice.
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I'm going to try and squeeze in some terrain pieces this summer, both for my local store and for myself. My FLGS has some poor selection of terrain pieces, it's slightly embarrassing. A lot of stuff is cast walls, basic foam board buildings or has a very Steampunky look. Good for WM, not so much for 40k.
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Here is what I salvaged. There is a Lamenter JP Marine on one of the tank to show scale.
Some of the tanks are done with plastic walls, most are foam. I started coating the foam ones with Gesso so I can paint them after I fill the gaps. There is also a box full of the piping that was used to attach everything together.
On the left side are all the girders and building structure that went with the model. Some nice size peices. Larger that what you'd see in hobby stores.
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Post by: whalemusic360
That would make one cool ass promethium refinery. I'm a bit envious of the haul.
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Ooo, looks nice. Any scale-breakers?
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 whalemusic360 wrote:That would make one cool ass promethium refinery. I'm a bit envious of the haul.
I'm torn between making set pieces or individual pieces. My plan is to do a battle board type terrain that is just the inside of a manufactium. With giant Gears as hills and moveable superstructure as terrain.
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Not really .. with so many large models now it can be of a decent height. I believe in sight blocking terrain ( wraithknight size included) .
I have to look at the Kickstarter WM showed me at Adepticon. Thinking 1x1 tiles would be easier to arrange as well as give me more opportunity to create different pieces.
I'm planning to go with a red dust eviroment ( think Mars - there was a WD pic with a Red Corsair bastion that was the right color I'm thinking of using ). I think it would be cool with the machines steel and black parts, bronze and colorful hazard striping.
This will take a bit of time. I'll need to channel my inner Dakka master builders or at least perform the gravenistic rituals for ideas!
Anyway that's the eventual plan.. we'll see how long this takes. ( also it would be a cool contrast against the Lamenter's Yellow or the Mantis warriors green )
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Post by: inmygravenimage
I feel that I have taught you well
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You are the master. Work is terribly busy right now so .. slow updates.
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Post by: Brother Ectus
Hi Solar_lion, I have been really enjoying your thread, your lamenters look fantastic, I have always loved their fluff and really like their colour scheme. I also really love the Badab War I am working on a Sons of medusa force. Got to keep the Tyrant of Badab at bay right? keep up the amazing work.
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BE.. Thanks for checking in. Always good to have another BW brother.. With all the focus lately on the HH it often gets overlooked on how many elements were involved.
It taken a while and it kinda creeped up n me but I have quite a large lamenter force and still more in the wings.
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Got my first Game of the 7th in . More like worked thru the rules than a game. Only did 750 pts marine vs. marine. No flyers and no heavies. Must include a psyker.
Spent a lot of time looking things up, thou I think the rules have in some cases been made simpler. Familiarity with the rule book slowed us down, I like the psychic phase. It was confusing at first but I think it makes sense and adds an additional level of strategy to the game. I can imagine heavy psyker armies now are a must . Kinda like flyers have now become. We tried to get a little bit of everything. We played using some of the more structural building terrain as shootable targets. This added a new element to the shooting phase. Yellowbeards Firehawks managed to explode a building with most if my army in it causing a vicious amount of causalities. Thou it was a cool. It will cause us to think differently about how we use cover. It’ll probably be important to talk through the AV of normal buildings prior to deployment. We probably should have made them a bit tougher than we did. Still just when your pounding away from your in cover fire base… someone drops the building on you. Was epic!
The objective cards are great and probably the biggest game changer as well as the most liked part of our game. It was a blast seeing the game progress with each card altering the course of the armies. Read the scenarios well if you’re not familiar as each mission is a bit different on how you use the cards. And since the card generate victory point chances, it’s important to do right.
So next up will be the big test. 2k per side . 2 1k armies. Time to add to the learning’s and allot more searching the rule book. Can’t wait!
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Post by: Yggdrasil
I can understand almost everything you mentioned in here, as my buddy Denis & I had our first 7th game 3 weeks ago, with almost the same setting (1000pts, 1+ psyker, Maelstrom of War missions with Tactical Objectives) !
What we also noticed is that dice-rolling the Tactical Objectives was rather tedious, so we've planned to buy the GW cards (yeah, we're fanboys too )
Keep it up !
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Yggdrasil wrote:I can understand almost everything you mentioned in here, as my buddy Denis & I had our first 7th game 3 weeks ago, with almost the same setting (1000pts, 1+ psyker, Maelstrom of War missions with Tactical Objectives) !
What we also noticed is that dice-rolling the Tactical Objectives was rather tedious, so we've planned to buy the GW cards (yeah, we're fanboys too )
Keep it up !
Hopefully I'm not confusing you. I don't always translate to page what I mean ( always typing too fast ). The cards are worth it. One thing to remember is that each player should have a set of cards. This I learned from the new Ork cards. They indicate they replace some of the current ones in the deck. In our game we played with only one deck thus would be confusing if you added the Ork card and your opponent wasn't playing Orks. Probably wouldn't of happend if we were rolling. Still nice to have them in front of you as you go.
Trying to get a bigger game on the 3rd.
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Post by: moonpie
GAR! GW just want you to BUY things! Shocking. They should have their employees pay their rent with my enthusiasm.
That being said, I got my first limited edition codex with Orks and I don't feel totally cheated. I don't know what this has to do with your blog, but there you go. I know Ice feels cheated, because I haven't brought it over to his house and just left it there...yet.
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 moonpie wrote:GAR! GW just want you to BUY things! Shocking. They should have their employees pay their rent with my enthusiasm.
That being said, I got my first limited edition codex with Orks and I don't feel totally cheated. I don't know what this has to do with your blog, but there you go. I know Ice feels cheated, because I haven't brought it over to his house and just left it there...yet.
Truely I'm Honored!
That said, I thought the cards were handy! Necessary... no. As for the Ork Codex.... I was expecting more... I'll expect the current reigning Dakka Ork players will let me know soon enough if it's at least capable of competing .
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Lol I was speaking for myself when I said that rolling for the objectives was tedious !
I'm glad you're confirming that buying the cards is useful
I'm still waiting for my LE Orks 'dex to be delivered... Can't wait to read it !!
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Yggdrasil wrote:Lol I was speaking for myself when I said that rolling for the objectives was tedious !
I'm glad you're confirming that buying the cards is useful
I'm still waiting for my LE Orks 'dex to be delivered... Can't wait to read it !!
Not right that I can get the codex before you get the Limited Edition one. For the money you think it be reversed!
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Solar_lion wrote: Yggdrasil wrote:Lol I was speaking for myself when I said that rolling for the objectives was tedious !
I'm glad you're confirming that buying the cards is useful
I'm still waiting for my LE Orks 'dex to be delivered... Can't wait to read it !!
Not right that I can get the codex before you get the Limited Edition one. For the money you think it be reversed!
Yeah... French mail just s**cks
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Post by: Azazelx
The reinforcement Tac marines look great, and the MotF is looking like he's going to be something quite special when he's done..
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I have a game tomorrow. Two 1000 pt teams per side. I have to decide what to bring in terms of my second Army.
I'm playnig against Yellowbeard and Luciant. Last two encounters have ended in defeat. I need to turn the trend around or find a partner to blame! 
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Post by: Meph
Cool, nice to see some new Lamenters there. Great work as usual, mate.
Oh, that force staf; *chugga-chugga*
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Thanks Azazelx.. I still have to fill out some more missing options. More HB. Troopers and some Bikers with Grav guns.
Meph wrote:Cool, nice to see some new Lamenters there. Great work as usual, mate.
Oh, that force staf; *chugga-chugga*
Good to have you back my friend.. Thanks.. I really have to do a army shot. One doesn't realize how much one has till he lays it all out.
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Good game.. Won 5-4. Still very much like the objective cards. Some rules changes/tweaks still are confusing, but after only 2 games I don't expect to get up to speed yet.
Here is the drawback to the 7th edition. We only manage to get 2 full turns in. It's partically due to not knowing the rules as well, but the guys playing next to us ( more experenced ) also only got 2 turns in. Both of us started about the same time and had 3 hrs of play. I would like to see a game to it's conclusion.
ok. I'm gonna try and get an army shot this holiday. between mowing and other projects. Then some GMS trades need some time.
To all my USA friends.. Have a great 4th.
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Post by: Gitsplitta
I think the addition of a "full blown" psychic phase slows things down quite a bit... though I admit I quite like the way the new psychics work.
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Post by: inmygravenimage
Good breakdown there, realistically though I'm.waiting for 9th till I get another game
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Army Shot...
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Post by: moonpie
Nice! Get some! Get some!
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Post by: Azazelx
Impressive force. What does that come to in points, all up?
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Hubbahubba!
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Post by: Solar_lion
Thanks Brother Moonpie!
 Azazelx wrote:Impressive force. What does that come to in points, all up?
Hard to tell since all the vehicles ( rhino variants) all come with RB ( HB, AC and LasPlas) & Predator Options( both variants).The Stalker included!
Mostly BA codex, but some figures are DA and SM codex's only.
Partically finished are 3 Dreads, 3 Contemptors, a mess of Terminators.
Currently thou I'm working on things that I have been playing recently that I don't have in the army and are likely to be needed in my future games. Namely Tac troops with Grav guns & Plasma guns. 2 More Bikers w Grav guns 1 with Plasma gun. 2 Stormtalons ( assembled this weekend ). I might repaint the Raptor one I did last year ( in the above pic).
Working on yours and Ramo's GMS as well. The reason I jump from project to project so much ( you can see the same on my Eldar blog as well) is that I get fustrated with something and need to take a break and do something else and then come back to it. Sometimes that takes a while when you have so many figs. I also am always finding new things to do and want to go back and update my older stuff. It's a dangerous cycle.
Thanks Graven. High praise indeed!
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Post by: Young_Logan
Wonderful Great to see a fully painted force, this is what the hobby is about, that and then playing against another army with a fantastic paint job. Looking forward to seeing the next 30 pages and what you can do
Young Logan
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Thanks my friend.. Having fun. Now if i didn't have to work I'd get alot more done ( and more games in).
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Post by: wyomingfox
That looks quite impressive. Now you just need a couple Bike Chapter Masters and a full squad of Devastator Centurions.
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Post by: Ramos Asura
Daaaaaamn thats a lotta yellow! Amazing to see them all together, SL!!
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Post by: Yggdrasil
Really nice army shot... Are you playing the army as a mix of BA & SM detachments ? As you seem to fit gravguns in  haha
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My heart rejoices at the sight of so many beakies.
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Post by: IceAngel
Great army shot Solar. It's nice to see you're hard work all lined up and ready to kill.
It could use some more checkers though, lol.
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wyomingfox wrote:That looks quite impressive. Now you just need a couple Bike Chapter Masters and a full squad of Devastator Centurions.
Thanks, I have about 5 more bikes in the works. 2 with Grav guns, 1 Plasma gun, 1 Melta and another Sargent with Chainsword. I figure I’ll need at least 3 more. 2 normal and a HQ ( something unique like Lightning claws or Hammer ). This way I'll be able to field 2 squads of bikes with any load out!
I have Centurions. Just not gotten to them yet.
Time flys and you suddenly figure you got more than you thought.. This is just what painted.. I have about the same amout unpainted. I need to play a large game against someone!
Yggdrasil wrote:Really nice army shot... Are you playing the army as a mix of BA & SM detachments ? As you seem to fit gravguns in haha
I have played them as BA, DA, SM and variant chapters such as IH's. Mostly due to optimizing for Adepticon. Nice to have options. I try not to get too specific, Such as speciality DA Landspeeders or Flyers. I can't see sticking to the BA codexs in the 6th or 7th as they are unsuited and not close to competitive. Hopefully a New BA codex will update the selections to the new Meta. So in the meantime I mostly play using the SM codex.
Meph wrote:My heart rejoices at the sight of so many beakies.
All most all of mine are.. The few exceptions have been set figures either out of a box set or cast that way.. biker box set as an example.
IceAngel wrote:Great army shot Solar. It's nice to see you're hard work all lined up and ready to kill.
It could use some more checkers though, lol.
Thanks Brother! This is why I jump around so much. Honestly it takes forever to paint some of the Inf. I need someone to make and cast me some Lamenter shoulder pads!
Getting things lined up to do some priming. Like I mentioned earlier.. So far 5 bikes, 2 GMS Marines, 6 Marines (2 Plasma, 4 Grav), 2 storm Talons with Magnitized weapons. After that I got some Eldar stuff to do .. 10 Wraithguard , Wave Serpent, Another Wraithknight. Another Crimson Hunter and 3 War Walkers.
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Azazelx wrote:Impressive force. What does that come to in points, all up?
Base points ( meaning nothing added . Vehicles at base cost ect ) = 3865pts.
Only includesmodels in the picture.
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Post by: moonpie
Terminators! Bring on the yellow terminators!
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Post by: Azazelx
Solar_lion wrote: Azazelx wrote:Impressive force. What does that come to in points, all up?
Base points ( meaning nothing added . Vehicles at base cost ect ) = 3865pts.
Only includesmodels in the picture.
Nice - very impressive. I really need to pull my fist out and get back to some 40k soon(ish).
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Post by: Azazelx
Solar_lion wrote:
Working on yours and Ramo's GMS as well. The reason I jump from project to project so much ( you can see the same on my Eldar blog as well) is that I get fustrated with something and need to take a break and do something else and then come back to it. Sometimes that takes a while when you have so many figs. I also am always finding new things to do and want to go back and update my older stuff. It's a dangerous cycle.
Not a worry - I'm exactly the same. I've had two small projects queuejump to the front of my paint queue this week. Luckily, both are extremely simple and should be finished this afternoon. I'm still assembling your GMS guy, since I've been looking for interesting bits... pics when he's assembled.
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Post by: hk1x1
The army looks great , how long did it take you to build and paint that lot?
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Post by: MeatShield
Tough as nails! They look good together.
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Thanks Hk1x1. This army came about as a team effort for Adepticon. Our Team was based on the Badab war so we all choose chapters from the event. Ironicly we all picked the sucessionist. So this has been in the making for 4 years?
MS. Still I love to play Marines. Wish the codex matched the fluff thou.
All our recent games we always are proxying flyers, so I thought I get my act together and build some that i had, These are still WIP so they have some finishing to do.
Here is some additional bikes base coated, More special weapon choices.
All camera phone shot so better ones when finished.
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Post by: Azazelx
The upcoming Fast Attack stuff is looking good. Is that a grav gun in the rear left?
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Yep. and the one in front of it, These are from FW HH stuff, I like the retro way they look,
Stormtalons all done except for the bases.
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Post by: Valhalla130
That group shot is sexy. I love seeing fully painted forces and am looking forward to joining that clulb one day.
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