Well looks like the post office gods were on my side yesterday because my forgeworld order finally showed up! Everything looks good so far no bad casts or broken models. The corvus black air brush paint looks pretty good so far, kinda a warm black if that makes any sense, and it looks like I can just use it as a brush on paint! So instead of putting off my least favorite part til later I washed all of the models last night and began assembling more.



I then got the 30 tactical marines torsos and heads glued on, I am going with almost all mk 6 heads in this army with an exception for models that have the heads already casted on the model.



Lastly I built the Master of Decent himself Alvarex Maun! I kit based him using the master of signals kit, a mowhawk 40k space marine head, and the BaC sgt arms.



So with that I have all of the special characters made, and am well on my way to the entire army being built. Sadly I do not think I will get much more done this week as I have to write papers on the Qing dynasty and Fathers and Sons by Turgenev that are all due in a 5 day period

Aaargh, batch-assembling 30 minis! You're a braver man than me! Maun looks mean!

 Paradigm wrote:
Aaargh, batch-assembling 30 minis! You're a braver man than me! Maun looks mean!

I am a glutton for punishment . He is a mean looking model rulewise also, he creates a nice 18 inch no scatter bubble around him for deep striking units!

Speaking of batch assembling 30 marines, they are almost all done. I got the arms, backpacks, and shoulder pads all done and glued on last night. Plus I finished the sgts. by giving them their bolt pistols and ravens talons, and two of the marines vexillas. I only have to start putting on their extra CCW, and random bits to finish them up (I primed the guns separately so I can paint their chests). After that I will probably make the apothecaries and the rapier or contemptor.

Can't wait to see what these boys look like with paint on them

 Master Azalle wrote:
Can't wait to see what these boys look like with paint on them

Thanks man! I should be priming them this weekend and starting on the tactical marines shortly after.


Well despite my papers best efforts I was able to finish some stuff last night. Though it is only the apothecaries, they are some nice looking models. Sadly I couldn't do a head swap on them so they will be my only two non mk 6 heads in the entire army. I also was able to get all of the extra CCW weapons put on the tactical marines but I didn't feel that was picture worthy

Nothing says they have to be MKVI armor. I think the medics look great. I have a mix of MK II, III IV and VI. They look great. I did the same with my first 30 Marines, all have MK VI, then wanted variety.

You have an awesome start, cannot wait to see paint on them!

Yes! Progress! Can't wait to see some paint on them

Spacewolverine wrote:Nothing says they have to be MKVI armor. I think the medics look great. I have a mix of MK II, III IV and VI. They look great. I did the same with my first 30 Marines, all have MK VI, then wanted variety.

You have an awesome start, cannot wait to see paint on them!

Oh I know its okay, I am just going for a post dropsite RG (makes sense that I have Maun and Nex right? ) But since they are apothecaries I think it'll be fine

Master Azalle wrote:Yes! Progress! Can't wait to see some paint on them

Same man, I am making this army super quick compared to past ones. It does help that I got a deadline to make

Alright so a bit more progress today, I got the laser rapier all built up and I decided to try a new color scheme for my bases. I realized that the brown was a bit too dark and that since the marines will be black themselves that it wouldn't look as good. So instead of trying white I am going with a greyish type marble or maybe should I try for a completely different color like green marble? So tell me what you all think!

I vote blue or green marble. I think it will contrast well with you Raven Guard. I saw a light grayish marble tutorial on GW's YouTube channel. I think it's called Warhammer TV. It was really good.

That base does look good... radical idea time, try hitting it with a strong green wash/glaze, see if you can thus tint it and keep the excellent texture/pattern. If it works, that's what I'd recommend, as something tells me painting white marble then making it green would be easier than painting from a green base.

40kFSU wrote:I vote blue or green marble. I think it will contrast well with you Raven Guard. I saw a light grayish marble tutorial on GW's YouTube channel. I think it's called Warhammer TV. It was really good.

Paradigm wrote:That base does look good... radical idea time, try hitting it with a strong green wash/glaze, see if you can thus tint it and keep the excellent texture/pattern. If it works, that's what I'd recommend, as something tells me painting white marble then making it green would be easier than painting from a green base.

I had a feeling green marble would win

As for glazes I have the pre made waywatcher green, and I bought a Vallejo glaze medium so I can make any of the gw greens into glazes. Any colors you guys would think would work the best? Caliban waagh moot etc

Alright so I finally was able to prime some models yesterday and started to get some paint down on the first 5 legion tactical marines! I used the new forgeworld corvus black paint and I gotta say I like it a lot. It is brush on ready right out of the pot (though you would probably want to thin it a bit more for the airbrush) and it gives the models a nice warm black color to it! I also painted up a green marble or maybe jade type base to see what it would look like and I am still torn between the two maybe leaning a bit more towards the tradition marble since it offers more contrast. Then again the green would be interesting and make the army unique.

You're right, that is a really nice black. It really has some depth to it, unlike a lot of blacks. How far are you planning to take the highlights? And do you have any weathering or such planned for these minis? Sponged-on silver chips look great on black armour, and really add some texture to it.

The bases are both excellent from a technical perspective, whatever method you're using for each is definitely working out. I guess it comes down to how they look with a mini on them, so I wouldn't make a decision until you can stick a finished RG on each and compare.

Awesome. That black is really nice.

EDC

Paradigm wrote:You're right, that is a really nice black. It really has some depth to it, unlike a lot of blacks. How far are you planning to take the highlights? And do you have any weathering or such planned for these minis? Sponged-on silver chips look great on black armour, and really add some texture to it.

The bases are both excellent from a technical perspective, whatever method you're using for each is definitely working out. I guess it comes down to how they look with a mini on them, so I wouldn't make a decision until you can stick a finished RG on each and compare.

You can kinda see the beginning of the highlights on the center guy, I plan on doing eshin grey for the normal highlights and then a 50/50 mix of eshin grey and dawnstone for the extreme highlights. As for the weathering that is a good idea and I think I will do some light armor chipping, followed by some very light weathering powder on their feet. As for the bases I am really torn , on one hand the traditional marble makes sense but the green seems cool.

evildrcheese wrote:Awesome. That black is really nice.

EDC

It is a great color, and I will suggest it to anyone who wants to paint black from now on!

I do like the green marble, I think blue would work well too. Great to see paint on marines! From a guy that paints a lot of black, I do like the warmer cooler it has over Abaddon

 Master Azalle wrote:
I do like the green marble, I think blue would work well too. Great to see paint on marines! From a guy that paints a lot of black, I do like the warmer cooler it has over Abaddon

Yeah I am slightly leaning towards the green but I will talk to a few people at the store on saturday and see what the general consensus is (it is pretty evenly split at the moment). I would highly suggest the black if you are going to do dark angels for 30k (though I think you are doing nightlords right?).

Alright slow day today, I wont be painting as I have to finish Fathers and Sons by Turgenev . But my kromlech not bolt pistols showed up so I was able to finish up Kaedes Nex, I chose these pistols as they looked more bulky and strong like the pistols he has in the fluff. My plan is to make him fairly bloody and with a decent amounts of chipping to represent a moritat of his skill.

Both those marble bases are just stellar but, I prefer the natural stone myself. The green is really nice though. Loving the conversions and army thus far, you are really putting out a lot of work considering those papers and assignments.

Hey crazy guy, did you mean to send me more goodies than just the marine you painted me? That marine turned out so well, he is going to be a centerpiece for sure in my new army!

 Stormwall wrote:
Both those marble bases are just stellar but, I prefer the natural stone myself. The green is really nice though. Loving the conversions and army thus far, you are really putting out a lot of work considering those papers and assignments.

Hey crazy guy, did you mean to send me more goodies than just the marine you painted me? That marine turned out so well, he is going to be a centerpiece for sure in my new army!

Yeah I've decided to go with the normal marble color just to give some lighter contrast to the raven guard which are dark models to begin with.

Speaking of raven guard I got around to building my contemptor dreadnought last night, and I gotta say the model is awesome. It has lots of little details and looks like it will be fun to paint, also dont get me started on how customizeable the poses are on this model, especially since the BaC dread looks like he has a steel rod for a spine he is standing so straight. I decided to go with a mid stride pose with a slight turn and bringing the kheres cannon to bare and getting ready to brace the left leg for shooting.

Also my spring break started early today (hurrah for professors going on conferences) so I plan on getting a lot of painting done in the next nine days.

Awesome posing, can't wait to see how you paint him up!

 Master Azalle wrote:
Awesome posing, can't wait to see how you paint him up!

Thanks man! The model is amazing and actually a good sculpt as I was not sure it would be good based on the pictures from the website

In other news the first 5 tactical legion marines are done! So I am 1/6th of the way done with all of them , up next are more legion tactical marines and the blood crow himself as it has been too cold to prime and that is all I have left. I decided to go with yellow eye lenses as it has a more avian feel to it and it is a departure from my usual red and green lenses.

I am finally getting used to the photoscape program and I feel like it is taking my photo skills up to a new level, I would highly suggest it to anyone that wants to try to make their pictures better!

Very cool. I like the stripes on the bolter. Is that for some kind of squad marking or jus to break up the black?

EDC

Awesome stuff!

Very nice

evildrcheese wrote:Very cool. I like the stripes on the bolter. Is that for some kind of squad marking or jus to break up the black?

EDC

It is actually an idea I swiped from the IA 8 book as I thought it helped give some character to the models besides the usual solid color bolter casings people had.

Paradigm wrote:Awesome stuff!

40kFSU wrote:Very nice

Thanks guys!



Well I know I was planning on finishing the blood crow today, but I was in such a paint groove last night I had to finish him. So without further ado here is the moritat prime himself Kaedes Nex


A dark figure among the kin who followed Corax from Deliverance, Kaedes is seen as an ill-omen by his brothers. On Kiavahr in his youth he was known as Blood Crow, an infamous murderer condemned to prison. There he remained, until Corax offered him a pardon if he fought alongside him. After enduring a painful transformation into a Space Marine, only through the favor shown to him by Corax was able to overcome the disdain of his fellow legionaries and rise through the ranks. In the grim shadow-wars fought by the Raven Guard, his murder-honed skills were employed with grim regularity.

Fluffwise alone this guy sounds like a BA, but I wasn't really drawn to him for some reason. That was until I did some test rolls with him for his BS 6 chain fire and ended up getting a 50 hit streak going that ended up with 13 rends and 13 normal wounds against T4 marines. After that I had to paint him up and will be trying to include him whenever I can, because who doesn't want an almost guaranteed HQ or elite unit kill turn one?

I decided to paint him up fluffy with lots of tallies for kills, and of course lots of blood to show his preference to CQC. I also took a plain bald marine head and was able to use the gw shaved head and stubble tutorial with the corvus black to give him a beard and hair much like his picture from the HH black books.

Dude, well done. He looks like the boss of war.

Lovely job there Ustrello Looking good!

Great Work! Love the stuble effect!

40kFSU wrote:Dude, well done. He looks like the boss of war.

I know right? The rules for him fit perfectly too, I can't wait to field him for real sometime soon. maybe even this weekend

angelofvengeance wrote:Lovely job there Ustrello Looking good!

Thanks! I usually try and save HQs and independent characters for later but he was just sitting there and staring at me so I had to finish him

Master Azalle wrote:Great Work! Love the stuble effect!

It was actually the gw stubble tutorial, but instead of dawnstone I used corvus black instead. I tried abbadon black on another model a while ago with disastrous results

Nex looks great, love the kill marks and the face in particular!

 Paradigm wrote:
Nex looks great, love the kill marks and the face in particular!

Thanks para! I was really happy with the face myself.


Well another update and another 5 tactical marines almost finished. All that is left is to finish up the line highlights (stage 1 and 2), get the decals down, weathering and the bolters. So I should have them done by tomorrow mid morning depending on how late work keeps me tonight. Next up after them is 3 more regular marines, the sargent, the vexilla guy and the apothecary.

As the title states I got the second batch of tactical marines done bringing my total to 10 for the army and 1/3rd of the way done with the tacticals. The pictures aren't the best (I really need to buy a camera instead of my phone) but they will done since they are just line guys and nothing special. Next up on the docket is painting 3 regular dudes, the vexilla and the sgt, after that I will paint the squads apothecary and then re start the process for the 2nd squad. Once those are all complete I will paint up the Alvarex Maun model I got sitting on my desk and move onto probably the contemptor and after that the deythan or dark furies.

It is always a nice feeling to get a squad of core infantry painted and out of the way, so well done. I think they look great, I especially appreciate the chore of highlighting all that Black power armour.

What is the symbol on the left shoulder pad? Whatever it is it looks cool.

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
It is always a nice feeling to get a squad of core infantry painted and out of the way, so well done. I think they look great, I especially appreciate the chore of highlighting all that Black power armour.

What is the symbol on the left shoulder pad? Whatever it is it looks cool.

Yeah it is nice seeing them all together nice and painted (I am setting all the models out right now in preparation for tomorrows games). But the shoulder pad transfer is actually the tactical line unit icon for the raven guard. If you look at Nex he has the special unit marking on his shoulder pad.

Well I got some more work in tonight and built the rhino for my mor deythan, I decided to add a real dozer blade to it instead of that flimsy looking one that FW has in their kit. With that all of the models for my july game have been built.

Well its been a slow weekend here for hobbying. I really didn't get much done yesterday as I was at my local GW (almost got first place losing by one vote with my ironstrider) all day testing out my legion some more. It fared pretty well against a adeptus mechanicus list that was using a formation and got some lucky sniper shots against my fire raptor. I honestly think besides anti armor I got the list down pretty well, so to remedy that I will be making a support squad with meltas. I also ordered the new forgeworld underslung las cannons for another heavy weapons squad and a leviathan siege dreadnought with a claw, melta cannon, and storm cannon. I know the leviathan is pretty point intensive but it is a really cool model and I have always wanted one since they came out with it.

I also started work on sprucing up the fire raptor base with a space marine casualty. But I am at an impasse as to what paint him as, world eaters would work as it is a white model and will offer some contrast but a deathguard marine would be less of a stark of a white color. But do any of you have another suggestion for another traitor legion?

Well I hope everyone had a good Easter and a nice weekend. I actually got all of my homework done before sunday night so I actually got some painting in instead of rushing to write papers . So I started on the last 5 guys for the legion tactical squad. I am going by the fluff in the books so the Sgt. would have a white face plate and since he is a veteran he gets a white stripe going down the center of his helmet (I was thinking of red but I will be doing that with the apothecaries so I didn't want any confusion). I plan on getting these guys done before the end of the month so I can say I actually got an entire squad done in only two weeks instead of taking a month or more .

I am still debating on what traitor legion to use for any dead marines I got on my bases and I am adding the Sons of horus to the mix but I feel they might be a bit too dark of a color scheme for the base but on the other hand they will add some color to it. So tell me what you all think might work best!

The models look great! Nice work on the pale skin for the helmetless marines

 Master Azalle wrote:
The models look great! Nice work on the pale skin for the helmetless marines

At one point I was so scared to paint skin that I never had a single guy without a helmet. I got a bits box full of space marine heads . But now that I actually know how to paint skin and faces I find it enjoyable as it help breaks up the army a bit

How about using a dead Iron Warrior for the base of the raptor. You could do a gritty metal for the armor color, not as stark as a world eater, but also not super shiny silver either.

 Theophony wrote:
How about using a dead Iron Warrior for the base of the raptor. You could do a gritty metal for the armor color, not as stark as a world eater, but also not super shiny silver either.

That is not that bad of an idea, maybe a lead belcher base with ironbreaker highlights and lots of rust etc.

The Hazard stripes could really draw attention as well.

 Theophony wrote:
The Hazard stripes could really draw attention as well.

Good point, looks like the guy will be painted up as a iron warrior then. It'll also fit the corax base as the guy he is killing is a mk2/mk3 marine.

Alright I got some work in on my tactical marines last night (I didn't break out the light box for these guys so please don't mind the sub par pictures). I finished up the extra CCW, the transfers, line highlights and the lightning claws on the Sgt. Up next I gotta finish the base, weather the legs and paint the rims of the bases. I figure I will do a collage for these 5 then do one for the entire 15 man squad to show them all together in their glory . Up next will be the units apothecary and I will start all over again on the next tactical squad.

I like the idea of a Sons of Horus or Alpha Leggionaire on the base. The thing is with Raven Guard the "Allies In the Age of Darkness" has loyal legions as the least likely to ally with the RG, namely Salamanders and Space Wolves. Then follow Night Lords, World Eaters, Death Guard, Word Bearers and AL as distrusted Allies. Everybody else is treated as "fellow warriors".



Good work on the Tactical Squad, I especially like the sgts helmet and claw.

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
I like the idea of a Sons of Horus or Alpha Leggionaire on the base. The thing is with Raven Guard the "Allies In the Age of Darkness" has loyal legions as the least likely to ally with the RG, namely Salamanders and Space Wolves. Then follow Night Lords, World Eaters, Death Guard, Word Bearers and AL as distrusted Allies. Everybody else is treated as "fellow warriors".



Good work on the Tactical Squad, I especially like the sgts helmet and claw.

The alpha legion makes sense because they are the hated legion for the RG, but that metallic scheme would be a lot to pull off since I don't own an airbrush , so I am leaning towards the SoH, DG, or IW the first two my buddies play so it would be a fun little jab towards them thats for sure. I may just roll a D3 for it just because I am at an impasse

Well I did it guys and gals I finished a full 15 man squad in a little under two weeks time. I will be getting a more stylized collage picture up tomorrow and then do a little photoshoot of all 15 of them in all of their glory .

Looking awesome! And I'm all for using your enemy's scheme on your bases!

Great progress. Keep it up.

Really digging your raven guard, not something I usually say about the Men in Black as they always seem to come out flat.

Paradigm wrote:Looking awesome! And I'm all for using your enemy's scheme on your bases!

It is always a fun little thing to do, but it is hilarious when the person you are doing it to starts using your armies color scheme in return on their bases, much like what happened with my dark mechanicus

Theophony wrote:Great progress. Keep it up.

Really digging your raven guard, not something I usually say about the Men in Black as they always seem to come out flat.

Thanks man! I think I was a bit masochistic painting a black scheme army but thankfully I had a lot of practice and I am half way decent at it

Just PM me if you want an easy AL scheme, I have never even looked at an airbrush as they are cheating (well more that I am set in my ways and scared of new things).

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
Just PM me if you want an easy AL scheme, I have never even looked at an airbrush as they are cheating (well more that I am set in my ways and scared of new things).

Just did thanks!


Alright well I did it, I finished 15 legion tactical marines in less than two weeks and that is including a day or two here and there I took off as a break! I am really happy to have finished these guys and its nice to see one large unit all done. Up next (painting as I am typing) is the apothecary for this squad and then re starting the process with the next legion tactical squad.

Well trying to keep with my new found speed (and the thought of finishing one squad and their attachments in two weeks) has led me to almost finish the apothecary. All that is left is weathering, some blood effects, the base and matting down the transfers. Which I should have all done by tonight.

One a secondary note, what do you all think of the brown I use for the base rims? I really can't leave them black as it just feels weird to me but I have gotten a few comments that the brown takes away from the model. So if you do think it needs to change what color would you suggest? Maybe a neutral grey like adepetus mechanicus standard?

All looking good!

I see no issue with the brown bases; I'm preferential to a black base rim myself, but I don't think the brown would detract. Against the white background, it might throw the focus off a bit as you've got black on white and then brown in the middle, but once they hit the tabletop it should all blend in nicely.

 Paradigm wrote:
All looking good!

I see no issue with the brown bases; I'm preferential to a black base rim myself, but I don't think the brown would detract. Against the white background, it might throw the focus off a bit as you've got black on white and then brown in the middle, but once they hit the tabletop it should all blend in nicely.

Yeah that was my line of thought, that it was the light box taking away from the models because they do look good on the table top

Brown looks fine to me too, especially given the models themselves are mainly black. The Apothecary looks as good as done to me.

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
Brown looks fine to me too, especially given the models themselves are mainly black. The Apothecary looks as good as done to me.

Yeah that is a good point. Since I was on the fence about the rim color at first I think I am susceptible to people thinking it is wrong

Speaking of apothecaries though, I finished mine up last night and got some pictures today. Overall I am sorta happy with him, I am not the biggest fan of the sculpt so I think that plays into it and I didn't go into it with a solid plan and kinda just painted this guy on the fly.

Either way he is done now so next I will be working on..well bad news is that I only got two tactical marines primed and it will be nasty for the next few days so no priming for a bit. So the plan is to get those two done at least and then work on maybe some of the special units in the mean time. So what does everyone want to see done first, the mor deythan or the dark furies? I leave it up to you folks.

He looks great!

I vote MDs first, if only because I have some not-MDs from Anvil that I need inspiration for!

 Paradigm wrote:
He looks great!

I vote MDs first, if only because I have some not-MDs from Anvil that I need inspiration for!

Oh were those the cloak scout guys they have? I feel like those are a pretty decent fit for counts as mor deythan.

Also I am inclined to do MD today after my game today. I was playing a 40k ultra player and he had a ten man terminator squad with chapter master and I was able to get the fatal strike off with 7 combi flamers and ended up killing the entire unit through rends (had around 15) and wounds (around 30)

They're the original version of those models, sadly sans cloaks (though I may greenstuff some on, nice and tatty due to my appalling sculpting skills the army's rugged theme )... Always tempting to grab the newer versions, though.

Splendid work, I really like that Apothecary of yours

Paradigm wrote:They're the original version of those models, sadly sans cloaks (though I may greenstuff some on, nice and tatty due to my appalling sculpting skills the army's rugged theme )... Always tempting to grab the newer versions, though.

Youcould try the chaos warrior cloaks as they are tattered and it may look good once you get rid of the fur at the top.

Wolf wrote:Splendid work, I really like that Apothecary of yours

Thanks man!

Well another year and another Adepticon gone (for me at least), it was a good one this year. I met a lot of dakka people (ritides and solar lion at the mod cube tent) and even met miniwargamer jay when one of my buddies was playing a game against him. Sadly the bitz trading wasn't that fruitful for me as I missed out on buying the things I wanted (A knight warden for 100 dollars and nicely painted terrain) because I wanted to get dinner and come back to buy it later

But I did end up getting some cool stuff, namely ModCubes (which are an awesome little widget for objective markers, psykers, various effects that happen to troops vehicles what have you). I would highly suggest these to people as they look nice and they are easy to put together.





The best thing I got though was a aspire tc 908 compressor from badger for 60 dollars! Saving me nearly 140 dollars (to spend on an airbrush of course ) So hopefully soon I will get some practice in and start working on the vehicles I have.

Not a huge project completed, but I did finish the fire raptor base and decided to go with a foolish alpha legionary who is dying on the base. There also was a break in the snow and windstorms on sunday (of course when I am working) but I got home just in time to prime my unofficial painting competition model and three more tactical marines so I will have something to paint while I am waiting for the weather to get better.

Looks excellent, superb colour on the armour and great contrast. Kind of feel you need something at the other end of the base, though... some barrels or rubble, maybe?

That is a very nice basing element! And I Really like the concrete look on the base in general.

My one constructive criticism is with the way he is facing, it seems to really be asking for another element on the "left" of the base... not sure what this would be, but it would make it feel a bit more balanced (doesn't need to be symmetrical - but something else would help, I think).

It was fantastic meeting you at AdeptiCon, and wow your ModCube schemes look cool . Ruckdog also really liked Black/Yellow on the vehicle ones, I think that's genius! And complete score on that airbrush - I have a badger compressor as well (with a Grex airbrush) and think it's awesome! Way better than the Grex compressor my airbrush came with.

Looking forward to following your work here and it's great to put a face to a name

Paradigm wrote:Looks excellent, superb colour on the armour and great contrast. Kind of feel you need something at the other end of the base, though... some barrels or rubble, maybe?

Yeah I can see that. Maybe a helmet or his bolter that went skidding across the floor when he was shot?

RiTides wrote:That is a very nice basing element! And I Really like the concrete look on the base in general.

My one constructive criticism is with the way he is facing, it seems to really be asking for another element on the "left" of the base... not sure what this would be, but it would make it feel a bit more balanced (doesn't need to be symmetrical - but something else would help, I think).

It was fantastic meeting you at AdeptiCon, and wow your ModCube schemes look cool . Ruckdog also really liked Black/Yellow on the vehicle ones, I think that's genius! And complete score on that airbrush - I have a badger compressor as well (with a Grex airbrush) and think it's awesome! Way better than the Grex compressor my airbrush came with.

Looking forward to following your work here and it's great to put a face to a name

It's actually polished marble but it's hard to see in the light box . As for something else maybe a helmet or a his bolter that flew out of his hands when he was shot? It is a temple base so I am trying to think of something that would fit.

I am glad you like the mod cubes you guys did a great job on them and I will be using them Friday. As for the compressor I had no idea it was nearly 200 when I bought it and now I am glad I trusted badger. Doubly so because I bought the Patriot 105 and Ken gave me a coupon code for the site and it saved me nearly 90 dollars

Also it was good to meet you too man!

So did you find the Alpha Legionised scheme easy enough? Looks great.

Not iron warrior but still looks great not a fan of the red gun casing, but that's because I don't like red on any of the 40K guns, just makes them look like Nerf guns or something.

Thraxas Of Turai wrote:So did you find the Alpha Legionised scheme easy enough? Looks great.

As soon as I mixed it I knew it'd be perfect

Theophony wrote:Not iron warrior but still looks great not a fan of the red gun casing, but that's because I don't like red on any of the 40K guns, just makes them look like Nerf guns or something.

No, when thraxas suggested an paint AL color scheme I had to try. As for the casing I know red is cliche but a dark color wouldn't work and yellow...bleh

How about something like a font/fountain or altar on the other side of the base? It would balance it out size-wise better than something like a helmet or bolter, but still fit the temple/battlefield theme you have going on.

 Paradigm wrote:
How about something like a font/fountain or altar on the other side of the base? It would balance it out size-wise better than something like a helmet or bolter, but still fit the temple/battlefield theme you have going on.

Hmm that's a good idea. Now I need to find one that isn't huge haha

So I was running back through your blog. I had forgotten how great those Knights look! On a side note, are you gonna do any more work on the Dusk Raiders and DKOK?

 40kFSU wrote:
So I was running back through your blog. I had forgotten how great those Knights look! On a side note, are you gonna do any more work on the Dusk Raiders and DKOK?

Thanks man! I will probably be shifting gears after the RG and finishing up my dark mechanicus which includes a knight. So lots of room for conversions there that I already have planned . As for the dusk raiders nah I am done with them, especially since I got the 30k RG, as for the DKoK..well yes and no. I am selling off the bulk of that army to finance the dark mechanicus but I will be keeping the cool models like the death riders and maybe a grenadier squad, CCS, PCS and a normal squad. But the rest is now chaos machine fodder

Well after the post adepticon downturn in productivity, I finally got some paint in on the RG. I started batch 4/6 for the tactical squads and they should be done by friday and I even started the jump pack chaplain for my dark fury squad.

Its been a busy weekend, but I was able to finally finish batch 4/6 for the tactical squads. Nothing special just the usual stuff, doing these guys have made me really want to go onto painting something much more fun but I promised myself that I would finish the two squads before I start to move onto the fun stuff for the army.



I may of also started my chaos knight for my dark mechanicus army I am almost done with the build I am just waiting on a few more chaos bits. I plan on doing lots of chaos free hand on this guy because I was a bit low on bits for him. But to make him more evil looking I ordered a fw knight head off of ebay, gave him a "chainfist" by combining the gauntlet and chainsword. I then chopped off the teeth and gave him a buzz saw because I thought it would be a lot more cool, I also added lots of gargoyle heads where the eagles would go along with some tentacles and "chain mail" coming out from underneath the shoulder pauldrons.

Very very cool start Ustrello.....you filthy heretek

 Januine wrote:
Very very cool start Ustrello.....you filthy heretek

You mean the true believer but thanks he was quite the fun build so far

My AdMech are gonna be getting themselves a nice wee set of wheels soon.......well, tracks. Just ordered a Dracosan armoured transport which am planning to convert to a skitarii transport. It always looked kinda admechy to me anyways!

Nice work on the Knight, I really like the head on the gun, but it feels like it needs something between the leg and the gun shield.

Januine wrote:My AdMech are gonna be getting themselves a nice wee set of wheels soon.......well, tracks. Just ordered a Dracosan armoured transport which am planning to convert to a skitarii transport. It always looked kinda admechy to me anyways!

Oh very cool! What will be counting as?

Theophony wrote:Nice work on the Knight, I really like the head on the gun, but it feels like it needs something between the leg and the gun shield.

I tried finding something and I really couldn't, maybe do some chaos markings when I get paint down?


Well the last bits came in today so I was able to finish (for the most part) the build. I still gotta gap fill and potentially fill in the holes for the saw blades, what do you all think for that?




One of the coolest knight heads ever made IMO





Maybe fill in the holes for the saws? Idk personally, also I added hot glue to parts of the blades and will turn that into ichor



Gargoyles on the back in place of the eagle heads



Chain mail coming out from underneath the shoulder paldron



Battle damaged legs

 Ustrello wrote:

Januine wrote:My AdMech are gonna be getting themselves a nice wee set of wheels soon.......well, tracks. Just ordered a Dracosan armoured transport which am planning to convert to a skitarii transport. It always looked kinda admechy to me anyways!

Oh very cool! What will be counting as?

Counts as an AdMech reclaimed Dracosan with pintle mounted twinlinked lascannon (or autocannon...haven't decided yet) and a hull mounted grav cannon. Could in a pinch be used to count as a Triarios Armoured Conveyer I guess

Awesome Knight conversion Ustrello

Holy cow that Knight is looking amazing!

EDC

Agreed, that is very, very awesome!

Januine wrote:

 Ustrello wrote:

Januine wrote:My AdMech are gonna be getting themselves a nice wee set of wheels soon.......well, tracks. Just ordered a Dracosan armoured transport which am planning to convert to a skitarii transport. It always looked kinda admechy to me anyways!

Oh very cool! What will be counting as?

Counts as an AdMech reclaimed Dracosan with pintle mounted twinlinked lascannon (or autocannon...haven't decided yet) and a hull mounted grav cannon. Could in a pinch be used to count as a Triarios Armoured Conveyer I guess

Very cool! Expect lots of neat conversions

evildrcheese wrote:Holy cow that Knight is looking amazing!

EDC

angelofvengeance wrote:Awesome Knight conversion Ustrello

Paradigm wrote:Agreed, that is very, very awesome!

Thanks guys! I am surprised how well it came out to be honest. I should be priming him once my prometium pipes come in for the base. But I may jump ahead and prime his pauldrons today so I can at least start on something

Love what you've done with this , very nice work.

I like the tusk additions . Also nice how you have the two saw blades going in different directions and the fact that the directionality of them would drag whatever it's chopping towards the center instead of away from the blades. That means if it hits it's going to draw the target in for more damage instead of pushing them away and escaping the evisceration.

hk1x1 wrote:Love what you've done with this , very nice work.

thanks man!

Theophony wrote:I like the tusk additions . Also nice how you have the two saw blades going in different directions and the fact that the directionality of them would drag whatever it's chopping towards the center instead of away from the blades. That means if it hits it's going to draw the target in for more damage instead of pushing them away and escaping the evisceration.

Can..can I say I did that on purpose and it wasn't a happy accident? It was just the way the blades were cut because the jigsaw I was using made them break odd, but thankfully they broke in a way that was perfect (see the forward blade and how it curves up with the chain fist.)

Alright so the promethium pipes came in and I was able to finish the base, the general idea will be that it is blown up and possibly will be spewing noxious material out of it (I say possibly because I want to rust it up and idk if it would still be spewing liquid ). But as for the marine I am at an impasse, since the base and model will be blue/green and red a lot of colors are taken off the board to paint the dead marine. I was thinking white scars since the model can pass as a white scar veteran, or a raven guard since white and black will help separate it from the base. What do you all think? Any better suggestions?

He obviously died while trying to hide behind the pipe, so he must be a rage guard as the white scars don't hide cause they ride too fast around things like cover.

You've already got experience painting Raven Guard, so that's a good choice. But equally if you fancy a change the white/gold /red of a white scar would pop quite well.

EDC

Theophony wrote:He obviously died while trying to hide behind the pipe, so he must be a rage guard as the white scars don't hide cause they ride too fast around things like cover.

So much hate for the raven guard

evildrcheese wrote:You've already got experience painting Raven Guard, so that's a good choice. But equally if you fancy a change the white/gold /red of a white scar would pop quite well.

EDC

But to both of you I was thinking maybe imperial fists. I've never painted them before yellow would be a good contrast (plus he looks like a dead IF ) and yellow will weather well.

I don't hate raven guard, just pointing out tactics of a dead marine . You'd have to give him a mustache and a top knot if he is white scar. Dead imperial fist works well too. They like hiding behind walls and things

Chaos knight looks awesome and love the base detail. Be imposing once painted

Theophony wrote:I don't hate raven guard, just pointing out tactics of a dead marine . You'd have to give him a mustache and a top knot if he is white scar. Dead imperial fist works well too. They like hiding behind walls and things

In the wise words of Rogal dorn the best offense is a good defense

Alaricuk wrote:Chaos knight looks awesome and love the base detail. Be imposing once painted

Thanks man! I did a dry fit last night with the base and it was really imposing

Very cool chaos knight. You went to town on that thing. I saw make the dead guy an Imperial Fist if you are gonna weather him.

 40kFSU wrote:
Very cool chaos knight. You went to town on that thing. I saw make the dead guy an Imperial Fist if you are gonna weather him.

Thanks man! I kinda did a lot of converting didn't I?


Well I decided to go with an imperial fist for the base and a simple metal scheme for the pipe, barring the skeletons, vents and aquilas. I also painted up the first shoulder pauldron for the knight,I did some binary free hand (bonus points if you figure out what it means) and a chaos star and then some transfers to fill in the blank spots.

 Ustrello wrote:

Theophony wrote:I don't hate raven guard, just pointing out tactics of a dead marine . You'd have to give him a mustache and a top knot if he is white scar. Dead imperial fist works well too. They like hiding behind walls and things

In the wise words of Rogal dorn the best offense is a good defense

And I the words of Peturbo (he kicked Dorn in the jimmy you know ) "It it moves shoot it, if it doesn't move shoot it to make sure it's dead "
He looks great on the base, maybe a little burning of the skull will make him look like he was caught in the pipeline explosion. Another reason to wear your helmet all the time, otherwise you wind up with a Michael Jackson moment.

 Theophony wrote:

 Ustrello wrote:

Theophony wrote:I don't hate raven guard, just pointing out tactics of a dead marine . You'd have to give him a mustache and a top knot if he is white scar. Dead imperial fist works well too. They like hiding behind walls and things

In the wise words of Rogal dorn the best offense is a good defense

And I the words of Peturbo (he kicked Dorn in the jimmy you know ) "It it moves shoot it, if it doesn't move shoot it to make sure it's dead "
He looks great on the base, maybe a little burning of the skull will make him look like he was caught in the pipeline explosion. Another reason to wear your helmet all the time, otherwise you wind up with a Michael Jackson moment.

That is a decent idea, I will probably try the black soot weathering powder I got laying around .


Well I got another shoulder pauldron finished last night so both of them are done. I also started work on his battle cannon arm, all that is left there is to finish layering the sotek green, highlighting the metals and blues and finally the wiring. After that I start on the actual body of the knight himself. Obviously this will be the most time consuming part (especially the metals and greens) but I think I may have it done by next weekend if I play my cards right.

Coming along nicely! Only thing that stands out is the edge highlight on the pauldron around the inset symbol, looks a little too stark compared to the rest. Might just be the lighting, though.

No I think it is that bright in person (I'll check when I get home from work). But should I just get rid of it or maybe tone down the color? Like a 50/50 mix of sotek and temple guard?

I reckon either go round with the base colour just to make the line a tad thinner, or stick a mid-tone wash over it to tie the two together. Either ought to make it look a bit more natural, Looking at the other pauldron, it's fine, so just compare the two and when you can get them both looking like the first one you're good to go!

Yeah comparing the two you are right it is a lot thicker. Something I can fix up with the layer paint pretty easy, thanks for pointing it out!

Well I started work on the main body of the knight and I got one of the most annoying steps done, base coating the metal hull. I also got the base coat down for the tusks, tomorrow I should be able to throw a wash on the body and tusks and plan on starting and hopefully finishing the metal trim and the carapace/leg armor.

Malal! Lives

Love the scrap code written on the pauldrons . But if it's true chaos you should add a 2.

Welp, Looks evil enough to me. Nice tusks By the way.

deadmeat85 wrote:Malal! Lives

You praise his name.

Theophony wrote:Love the scrap code written on the pauldrons . But if it's true chaos you should add a 2.

True chaotic thoughts there Theophony!

Squidsy22 wrote:Welp, Looks evil enough to me. Nice tusks By the way.

Thanks man!

A question for the forum, for the metal bits on his tusk should I paint them a normal metal color or that teal green I use for the armor?

I reckon regular metal, gives a bit more contrast.

So Ustrello why the renegade god and not one of the regular ones?

Nothing says traitor like betraying the traitors!

Paradigm wrote:I reckon regular metal, gives a bit more contrast.

yeah that is what I thought but I wanted to get other peoples opinion first

deadmeat85 wrote:So Ustrello why the renegade god and not one of the regular ones?

Well I have a sons of malice army and I have always thought he was kinda cool. I do wish that GW had been able to hold onto his rights or at least been able to flesh out malice a bit more

Paradigm wrote:Nothing says traitor like betraying the traitors!

Aint no party like a traitor betraying party.

Well I got some more work done on the main body of the knight, probably one of the most tedious parts at that too. Tonight I will try and get everything washed, but I don't think I will get any progress done the next two days as I have orientation for my new college this friday and I am going to be leaving for it tomorrow night.

Alright I got a bit more work in on the knight, the washes are all done, and the chain fist is all base coated up bar a few little pipes. I also decided to dry fit it together a bit just to see how it is coming along and it looks impressive, I am glad I chose this pose as it expresses a lot of character.

Knight is looking cool mate

Yeah, that's coming along very nicely indeed!

Making some excellent progress.

EDC

Thanks guys! I should have him almost done tonight as I don't really have a whole lot left to go and I could possibly have him done base and all by Tuesday or Monday

That is a really nice look to him color wise as well. The pose is also very striking. As for the barrel being skinny compared to the head at the end, have you thought more about that, or are you good with it now that it is painted up?

 Theophony wrote:
That is a really nice look to him color wise as well. The pose is also very striking. As for the barrel being skinny compared to the head at the end, have you thought more about that, or are you good with it now that it is painted up?

There isn't a whole lot I can do about the skull as I glued it on with testors . Though personally I don't think it is super jarring, but then again I've never seen a skull at the end of a gun before .


Well I got some more work in on the knight, I finally layered down the sotek green and ubshati bone on the tusks. I also finished the not gold gold pieces to help give the knight some contrast on his body with the gargoyles, the power lines running to the knight head and various power station thingies on the back and side. I plan on edge highlighting the brass today after work along with edge highlighting the sotek green and then possibly starting work on the tentacles and free hand plus transfers.

niiiiiiccceeee!!!! Love the tusks. Seen them about for Chaos Knights and they really look the part. What kit are they from - something WFB?

He's looking really good!

Januine wrote:niiiiiiccceeee!!!! Love the tusks. Seen them about for Chaos Knights and they really look the part. What kit are they from - something WFB?

Thanks man! They are from the old ogre kingdoms (RIP fantasy ) ironblaster kit.

40kFSU wrote:He's looking really good!

Thanks! I actually only got the line highlighting and some more bits and pieces finished today so less done that I had hoped so I have to kick it into high gear tomorrow and on tuesday.

Just an Idea, but you could add some jewelers chain between the gun shield and the cannon mouth and then attach victory trophies from it. You could do marine helmets, a pendant of some sort or even a spare knight face plate a a memento of conquest.

Looking real good, great usage of a fair few fantasy parts and the gauntlet conversion looks brutal. Excellent freehand on the pauldrons as well.

Theophony wrote:Just an Idea, but you could add some jewelers chain between the gun shield and the cannon mouth and then attach victory trophies from it. You could do marine helmets, a pendant of some sort or even a spare knight face plate a a memento of conquest.

That is a good idea, I do worry though that the super glue may frost and ruin the paint job and that is my only hesitation in trying something like that when everything is painted already.

Thraxas Of Turai wrote:Looking real good, great usage of a fair few fantasy parts and the gauntlet conversion looks brutal. Excellent freehand on the pauldrons as well.

Thanks man! I can't take credit for the gauntlet idea as I got it from a gw store facebook page but I wanted to make it more chaos like and buzzsaws scream chaos to me (and orks I guess ).


Well I am almost there, I literally just got to paint the rim of the base and that is about it., (I am still on the fence about that trophy idea theophony)

How could such a gracious warrior fall so low.

Nicely done Ust. I like Theo's idea too but, if you think it will cause damage, then I can only advise to do it carefully if you go that cool route.

Fantastic Sir

Looking great dude.

EDC

Nice work Ustrello. Now how about that Fire Raptor?

Stormwall wrote:How could such a gracious warrior fall so low.

Nicely done Ust. I like Theo's idea too but, if you think it will cause damage, then I can only advise to do it carefully if you go that cool route.

When the pilot heard the loving voice of Malal he knew who was right and who was wrong

FeindusMaximus wrote:Fantastic Sir

Thanks man!

evildrcheese wrote:Looking great dude.

EDC

Thanks EDC!

40kFSU wrote:Nice work Ustrello. Now how about that Fire Raptor?

Ugh don't remind me, the wing broke off two weeks ago and I still haven't pinned it into place. I got kinda discouraged haha

Alright so I finally finished the chaos knight! It was a really fun build and it pushed my painting and kit bashing skills to new heights. Sadly I don't think these pictures do it justice, as it is hard to get everything to fit together on photoscape

Up next I am going back to 30k as I have a deadline to meet! And maybe a few other dark mechanicus pieces thrown in if I finish the RG faster than my schedule has me at.

Very impressive. That's some serious guts on the blades.

Very nice indeed!

Thanks guys! And fsu yeah I wanted it to look like he just finished gutting someone and was challenging his new prey.

Great work . I love the extra gore, it is exactly chaotic enough to shove it over the top.

Thanks theo! I am glad you liked the gore, sadly the model didn't do that well in the painting competition only getting 3 votes to the 6 of first place. Kinda discouraging but I will be shifting back to the legion soon so that will take my mind off of it.

Love it Ustrello, looks great. Brilliant paintwork, conversion and use of decals. Just in time for the release of the Renegade Knight rules as well.

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
Love it Ustrello, looks great. Brilliant paintwork, conversion and use of decals. Just in time for the release of the Renegade Knight rules as well.

Thanks thrax! But until they release dark machanicus rules I will jist be using the regular ad mech rules

Well it has been a while since my last update, I decided to take a bit of a break after rushing to finish that knight in 10 days . So in the mean time as I am waiting for a good day to prime I built up a tactical support squad with melta guns since I am needed more anti armor in my army. I also plan on getting a 5 man lascannon team made and making my leviathan siege dreadnought ready also (that thing is seriously a beast). I need to use magnets so I can switch out its arms and my first idea fell through when I found out the arms for the dread are glued in at the "elbows" and since I have no idea how to magnetize I am at an impasse. It is a similar elbow joint to a contemptor so if any of you all have any experience with that let me know!

Good choice on the melta support squad, I have one for my AL and they are dangerous...
Good luck magnetizing the Leviathan, it certainly looks like a beast of a kit.

Yeah, keep us posted on how you get on magnetising the Leviathan.

EDC

Thraxas Of Turai wrote:Good choice on the melta support squad, I have one for my AL and they are dangerous...
Good luck magnetizing the Leviathan, it certainly looks like a beast of a kit.

The only thing I worry about is how fragile they are at 5 men, but I suppose I can always bump them up to ten at some point

evildrcheese wrote:Yeah, keep us posted on how you get on magnetising the Leviathan.

EDC

I will for sure, I am thinking of getting 4mmx 2mm rare earth magnets as they were suggested by another leviathan builder and they have an almost 2 pound strength so that is more than enough for the arms.

Alright so a bit more work done this weekend, I got the entire 10 man batch base coated and I was able to wash the leviathan and its arms. Along with getting the under slung las cannons wash and I gotta say they look really good! Tomorrow will be very busy for me (yay finals crunch time) so I hope to get more painting done on tuesday.

Good luck in your Finals, dude. Looking forward to more hobby progress after Tues.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Good luck in your Finals, dude. Looking forward to more hobby progress after Tues.

EDC

Thanks man, gotta write a 10 page paper today but thankfully I went through my books last night and wrote down all the page numbers I will be using for references and made a rough outline so it shouldn't take *too* long.

As for the leviathan, I think since I am magentizing the arms I may as well order the other two weapons so I have the full armory for it

Alright as the week and last normal week of the semester has winded down I found myself with some time to work on my leviathan dread. It was an interesting kit to make much like the contemptor where you have lots of freedom to pose the model. I went with the classic forgeworld pose of walking slowly forward. Also since secret weapon miniatures does not make 80mm bases yet for the line I use I had to make my own base using greenstuff and a greenstuff roller from greenstuff world. But I was able to magnetize all of the weapons and hull mounted options (which is a first for me and I think it turned out great).

That leviathan dread is all kinds of awesome. Love the Melta weapon on that thing

 angelofvengeance wrote:
That leviathan dread is all kinds of awesome. Love the Melta weapon on that thing

It is! I've been trying around with how I will be using it and I will probably be getting a dreadnought drop pod for him. Especially since it's an assault vehicle, you don't have to open up the doors when it lands and it gains shrouded for the first turn. As for the melta lance it is awesome, heavy 3 but only with a 19 inch range.

Looking very nice Ustrello, good work on the base as well. Those Dreadnought Drop Pods are not cheap.

 Ustrello wrote:

 angelofvengeance wrote:
That leviathan dread is all kinds of awesome. Love the Melta weapon on that thing

It is! I've been trying around with how I will be using it and I will probably be getting a dreadnought drop pod for him. Especially since it's an assault vehicle, you don't have to open up the doors when it lands and it gains shrouded for the first turn. As for the melta lance it is awesome, heavy 3 but only with a 19 inch range.

Hence the need for drop pod. Get in and vapourize some heavy armour

Thraxas Of Turai wrote:Looking very nice Ustrello, good work on the base as well. Those Dreadnought Drop Pods are not cheap.

Thanks Thraxas! Yeah they are not sadly, but if I am getting a cover save from it when it drops in I want it to be the big beefy one not the tiny normal gw one

angelofvengeance wrote:

 Ustrello wrote:

 angelofvengeance wrote:
That leviathan dread is all kinds of awesome. Love the Melta weapon on that thing

It is! I've been trying around with how I will be using it and I will probably be getting a dreadnought drop pod for him. Especially since it's an assault vehicle, you don't have to open up the doors when it lands and it gains shrouded for the first turn. As for the melta lance it is awesome, heavy 3 but only with a 19 inch range.

Hence the need for drop pod. Get in and vapourize some heavy armour

4 melta gun shots and then a siege drill for some anti armor goodness


So it turns out that veteran dakka member Kronk actually lives only about an hour and a half away from me, so we decided to meet up and throw down some HH goodness. It was a 2k game with my ravens against his IF templars. It was a great game with some tough fought battles. Not much actually died (I think I only had 3 wiped out units a contemptor a rhino and laser rapier and kronk just lost a rhino)




My army



Kronk's army



Post infiltration table set up



templar bretheran failing a 4 inch charge (I can't laugh too much my dark furies failed a 7 inch charge a turn later)



They made it in this time



Sgt fight, can you guess who won?



Dark furies finally make it in, only to be shot up and only kill two templars



My mor deythan got tar pitted by that mortis dread the entire game, and the fire raptor did not live up to its points


It was a really fun game and its nice to play against fluffy lists instead of min maxed 40k lists

So it finally happened, after being crushed by the launch of AoS I lost all interest in the warhammer fantasy side of things. I just missed the mass ranks of skeletons and zombies really, but with the new ironjawz models and the fact that a new gw system will be coming out including points it got me interested again. So I decided to pick up a megaboss, some brutes, and a battletome to start my army.

Now the general theme of the army will be the skybasha clan with very dark iron armor and they will be based much like the dead marsh from LotR. So lots of knee and ankle deep water with armor bits and dead bodies near the surface. Here are some pictures I will be using to help me along with the basing





As for the army itself I have already built the megaboss and the first 5 brutes with dual choppas and a gore choppa





I plan on picking up one more unit this wednesday so I can start playing some small games (I won't be painting these guys until I am done with my 30k raven guard or dark mechanicus so I should be starting late summer and picking up when I come home from college). So far I am torn between the gore gruntas and a unit of 'ardboys. I am thinking the 'ardboys because it will give me more bodies and the models are pretty cool.

Yeah, I recommend the 'Ardboyz, small units are far more useable in AoS than WFB but you still need some beefy units to occupy space, take and dish out a load of hits and free up your elite stuff to crack the heads they want to be cracking, rather than the sacrifices your opponent throws them.

Seeing your inspiration, and taking into account the fact that AoS really does allow you to mix and match armies, how about.... Undead Orcs? It would be a totally unique army, there's some great scope for conversion, and in terms of gameplay it gives you a lot of options. In one game that's a shaman and some Ard Boys, in the next it's a counts-as Necromancer pulling up some orky Grave Guard ect. That, and Maw Krusha+Zombie Dragon= Totally Fething Awesome conversion potential!

Skybasha scheme looks like a good, solid greenskin paint scheme. Plus the red makes em look ard as well as make em fasta!

Paradigm wrote:Yeah, I recommend the 'Ardboyz, small units are far more useable in AoS than WFB but you still need some beefy units to occupy space, take and dish out a load of hits and free up your elite stuff to crack the heads they want to be cracking, rather than the sacrifices your opponent throws them.

Seeing your inspiration, and taking into account the fact that AoS really does allow you to mix and match armies, how about.... Undead Orcs? It would be a totally unique army, there's some great scope for conversion, and in terms of gameplay it gives you a lot of options. In one game that's a shaman and some Ard Boys, in the next it's a counts-as Necromancer pulling up some orky Grave Guard ect. That, and Maw Krusha+Zombie Dragon= Totally Fething Awesome conversion potential!

Yeah that is what my thought was, plus upon reading the rules for the ardboyz they got some good stuff. As for the undead orks it is a good idea, I just don't know if I want to do it since my last army already was a undead one. But it is a good idea and I will keep it in my back pocket in case I get the gumption to try it

angelofvengeance wrote:Skybasha scheme looks like a good, solid greenskin paint scheme. Plus the red makes em look ard as well as make em fasta!

It really is a nice scheme and it will be fast to paint as an added bonus

Also, still can't get over how huge that Megaboss is. Seriously badass. The Brutes are pretty awesome too. That 2handed choppa is sweet.

Cool battle pics.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with the AoS Orks.

Any chance we can get some pics of the magnet contact point on the Leviathan? What size magnets did you use in the end?

EDC

angelofvengeance wrote:Also, still can't get over how huge that Megaboss is. Seriously badass. The Brutes are pretty awesome too. That 2handed choppa is sweet.

It is a pretty sweet weapon rule wise too, 4 to hit 3 to wound 3 attacks and it does d3 wounds per to wound hit. As for the megaboss he is about the size if not a tiny bit bigger than a box dread

evildrcheese wrote:Cool battle pics.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with the AoS Orks.

Any chance we can get some pics of the magnet contact point on the Leviathan? What size magnets did you use in the end?

EDC

Yeah for the arms I glued in the shoulder joints and then the elbow joint. After that the "wrist" joint stays with the weapons and I use 4x2mm neo magnets to hold them together as they have around 2 pounds of pull force (also please forgive my nails its a bad habit from waterpolo I have yet to break)





Then for the accessory weapons I used 1/16" x 1/32" magnets. For the nipple guns just one works fine and for the phosporex launcher I used two.

Here for the Orruks!

I love the suggestion of the Undead Theme...perhaps you should do their armor in a bone color instead?

 Dez wrote:
Here for the Orruks!

I love the suggestion of the Undead Theme...perhaps you should do their armor in a bone color instead?

Maybe paint up a squad of 'ardboyz since everyone likes the idea a lot. Especially since 'ardboys aren't part of the clan per se.

Well finals are finally over and with the I enter the summer for the first time in a bit where I do not need to take a class over the summer. So I will be dedicating more time to actually completing an army or two . First up on the docket is finishing my 30k raven guard and after that finishing up my 1500 points of dark mechanicus. After that if I have time I will start on my Armies on parade board for the dark mechanicus and get some paint on my ironjawz.

And speaking of ironjawz I just completed 15 'ardboyz (with drum and banner of course) and a warchanter. The 'ardboyz are not that fun to put together and it is easy to tell because the sprue was made in 2006, it really makes your appreciate how far GW has come in actually designing these models.

Ah man I remember thinking how awesome the Black Orc...I mean 'Ardboyz kit was when it came out!

 Dez wrote:
Ah man I remember thinking how awesome the Black Orc...I mean 'Ardboyz kit was when it came out!

Yeah and how difficult they were to rank up

Well I did it guys and girls. I finally finished this semester up and the grades are starting to roll in (so far 3 out of 4 classes with 3 As). Because of finals I haven't got much done besides some build and tonight I built some gore gruntas! I decided on these guys after playing my first AoS game at my local gw today (it was a good game I got foot of gork off twice almost killing a fyreslayer and almost destroying half of a beserker squad) but it made me realize I needed some speed in the army and these guys do just that. I still haven't really mould lined them yet and I still haven't made their bases but the general build is complete

Thanks for the Magnet pics.

That warboss really is huge, seeing it next to a dread is impressive. The way warbosses should be IMO

EDC

I just barely escaped my LGS the other day without the Megaboss...I did pick up the Weirdnob though Now I'm tempted by Gore Gruntas!

evildrcheese wrote:Thanks for the Magnet pics.

That warboss really is huge, seeing it next to a dread is impressive. The way warbosses should be IMO

EDC

No problem I hope they helped! Yeah I am glad the warboss is that big I think he may be even bigger than gazzy

Dez wrote:I just barely escaped my LGS the other day without the Megaboss...I did pick up the Weirdnob though Now I'm tempted by Gore Gruntas!

The weirdnob is great! His spells are pretty solid and if he is near a lot of models he casts easier so to get a casting value 10 if he is near 20 orruk models he would only need an 8 to get the spell off.

Hey all hope everyone had a good weekend! I ended up graduating on friday and got straight As for my last semester, so this coming fall I will be going to another university (so my production will drop off quite a bit). In the mean time I didn't get a whole lot done today but in preparation for my dark mechanicus war convocation being used for the first time this thursday I have to kick everything into high gear and complete building all of the models. Today I got the ruststalkers built, sadly they do not lend themselves well to chaos converting but I figure some free hand will make them more chaosy. Up next will be the rangers vanguards and kataphrons!

Ruststalkers!! yay!!! LLove these figs so much. They are a touch frragile at the legs and swords though so be warned! Looking forward to seeing your take on thses guys. Go...go paintnow!!!!!

Congratulations on graduation!

By the way, they can TOTALLY be converted to Chaos. I have some where I switched out their weapons for Dark Eldar weapons. Then just add spikes and skulls

Congrats on the graduation, looking forward to seeing what you do with the rust stalkers.

EDC

First off, congratulations on the graduation and As!

As for the Ruststalkers, I can't wait to see them, I'd say the easiest way to Chaos them up is to make all the metals all grimy and cover then in the remains of the Imperial victims they've just disembowelled, ie a healthy splattering of Blood For The Blood God!

Man those AoS Orcs look freakin great. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with them. I was thinking about grabbing a few for a 40k Snake Bites army.

Congratulations ustrello!!! that GPA is not easy to pull off!

Januine wrote:Ruststalkers!! yay!!! LLove these figs so much. They are a touch frragile at the legs and swords though so be warned! Looking forward to seeing your take on thses guys. Go...go paintnow!!!!!

Yeah they are sick models! Thanks for the heads up on the fiddly parts though, I plan on getting finished with these guys (starting at least this july) as I want to have a solid week or two during the summer to work on the armies on parade board for them.

Dez wrote:Congratulations on graduation!

By the way, they can TOTALLY be converted to Chaos. I have some where I switched out their weapons for Dark Eldar weapons. Then just add spikes and skulls

Spoiler:

Yeah that is a good idea I will see what bits I have left over from the bigguns

evildrcheese wrote:Congrats on the graduation, looking forward to seeing what you do with the rust stalkers.

EDC

Thanks EDC, hopefully I can live up to everyones hype

Paradigm wrote:First off, congratulations on the graduation and As!

As for the Ruststalkers, I can't wait to see them, I'd say the easiest way to Chaos them up is to make all the metals all grimy and cover then in the remains of the Imperial victims they've just disembowelled, ie a healthy splattering of Blood For The Blood God!

Thanks para! Those are some good points, I was planning on using a lot of blood splatter since they are cqc guys but the grimy metals is a good idea!

40kFSU wrote:Man those AoS Orcs look freakin great. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with them. I was thinking about grabbing a few for a 40k Snake Bites army.

They are great models and the brutes would make good cqc mega nobs!

Guildenstern wrote:Congratulations ustrello!!! that GPA is not easy to pull off!

Thanks guild! I was lucky to take interesting classes and have good teachers

Alright so after a marathon of building I got one ranger squad (with two sniper rifles), one vanguard squad (with two plasma culverns and one arc rifle) and one infiltrator squad (stubber pistols) built plus partially two kataphron squads. This was all in preparation for my first game with the dark mechanicus war convocation. I gotta say it was tough, the formation is pretty but I will always let my opponent know that I am running it and give them the chance to back out no worries. But flipping between three codexes and remembering all of the different cantacles and bonuses can be quite a jumble. I will probably try and do something about that and print cards to review at a flash and what not.

Tomorrow I plan on priming my leviathan and using my airbrush for the first time tomorrow to get the base coat down and prime some white on the shoulders and stripes going up the chest armor.







I ended up playing a buddies harlequins list (I told him before hand and gave him a few days to prepare or back out) and I ended up winning via points and his entire army was out in the open and would be wiped out the next turn

grats that's looking really cool!!

I'm thinking about doing something with index cards for my malifaux crew as well - to help remember the combos!

Probably a good idea if you have three codices o.O

Yeah, teach those space elves a thing or two!

EDC

Guildenstern wrote:grats that's looking really cool!!

I'm thinking about doing something with index cards for my malifaux crew as well - to help remember the combos!

Probably a good idea if you have three codices o.O

Thanks guild! I can't wait to get the entire army painted up so it can look nice on the table (plus my eventual armies on parade board!). But you should do index cards also I feel like they will help a lot while trying to juggle a lot of information.

evildrcheese wrote:Yeah, teach those space elves a thing or two!

EDC

Nasty elves!


Well I got off track again (big surprise ) and I completed the leviathan siege dreadnought sans the volkite nipple guns and the melta lance but those should be easy to complete. It was a nice model and it gave me a chance to try out my airbrush for the first time and I gotta say why have I put off using one for so long? It made the white super smooth on the left shoulder and carapace piece. I can't wait to use it on the rhino and fireraptor soon!

Raven Guard dread is looking pretty awesome Ustrello

Hello!

That's a fantastic Dread for the 19th . How long did It take to build?

What airbrush Did you use? I've never used one myselft but I'm planning on acquiring one!

Cheers

great job Ustrello - big fella is looking brilliant

Cracking work on the Dread!

That Leviathan is looking sweet!

EDC

angelofvengeance wrote:Raven Guard dread is looking pretty awesome Ustrello

Thanks angel! I can't wait to use him in a game sometime

teban wrote:Hello!

That's a fantastic Dread for the 19th . How long did It take to build?

What airbrush Did you use? I've never used one myselft but I'm planning on acquiring one!

Cheers

It took around an hour to build and then another 30ish minutes to magnetize everything. As for the airbrush I am using the badger patriot 105, it seems like a good one so far. Though through reading there isn't an adjustable nozzle so if you want to airbrush a small area you have to get up close to do that.

Januine wrote:great job Ustrello - big fella is looking brilliant

Thanks jan! Maybe he can fight mr delta (and of course destroy him )

Paradigm wrote:Cracking work on the Dread!

Thanks para! He kinda side tracked me from my unofficial entry so I am hoping that I can finish that today and tomorrow.

evildrcheese wrote:That Leviathan is looking sweet!

EDC

Thanks EDC!

Alright, I have decided to take some better pictures of my leviathan, and I think I am getting the hang of photoscape and the limits of the camera on my phone (finally ). Anyways I hope you all enjoy!

Nice!!!!!!!!! Damn fine job there Ustrello

 Januine wrote:
Nice!!!!!!!!! Damn fine job there Ustrello

Thanks jan! Always means a lot getting a dame fine job from you

Looks ded ard

Yeah, you've hit that right outta the park. Great job dude.

EDC

evildrcheese wrote:Yeah, you've hit that right outta the park. Great job dude.

EDC

angelofvengeance wrote:Looks ded ard

Thanks guys! Thought I have noticed a few thick spots on the highlights that I got to fix up but that it nitpicking at best

Thats a great looking Leviathan. Really good job on the edge highlighting.

Beautiful work Us, you have really done that brilliant chunk of resin justice. I like the restraint and realistically placed weathering as well.

So...what is next?

Paint on the "washing machine dreadnought" looks great

40kFSU wrote:Thats a great looking Leviathan. Really good job on the edge highlighting.

Thanks 40k!

Thraxas Of Turai wrote:Beautiful work Us, you have really done that brilliant chunk of resin justice. I like the restraint and realistically placed weathering as well.

So...what is next?

What is up next? Nothing too awe inspiring, just finishing up the last ten tactical marines, their apothecary and Alvarex Maun. After that I got the special troops, a contemptor, rhino, rapier, and fire raptor to do in about a month and a half...I gotta get to work fast

RiTides wrote:Paint on the "washing machine dreadnought" looks great

He will wash your clothes but the whites may come out a bit pink from all of the blood

Drool... yeah that dreadnought omg sooo pretty!! well done he looks *awesome*!

 Guildenstern wrote:
Drool... yeah that dreadnought omg sooo pretty!! well done he looks *awesome*!

Glad you like it guild!

Alright after taking a break from painting and the looming deadline coming up in about a month I decided to try and finish the last ten tactical marines before I leave for Boston for a few days. After the marathon painting session to finish the leviathan I find it nice to get back to the line troops.

Looking nice so far. Lovely beakie helms.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Looking nice so far. Lovely beakie helms.

EDC

Just realized how dark they look actually , but you are correct beakie helmets are the best no matter what anyone else says

Thought I had posted on this thread, guess not. I love your leviathan dread. The weathering and tubing is superb. The red line really looks good on his helmet.

Tactical marines are definitely a grind with Raven Guard, they are looking great. The forgeworld helmets are so awesome and add a really nice touch of detail.

 Spacewolverine wrote:
Thought I had posted on this thread, guess not. I love your leviathan dread. The weathering and tubing is superb. The red line really looks good on his helmet.

Tactical marines are definitely a grind with Raven Guard, they are looking great. The forgeworld helmets are so awesome and add a really nice touch of detail.

Thanks man the leviathan is probably my favorite model in the army so far (but then again my favorite is always changing ). As for the line troops yeah they are a grind since they are all black and without much distinction besides some leather and white.


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Alright just a quick picture of the 5 tactical marines I have completed. I will try and get the other 5 (sgt and vexilla included) done before I leave on friday and get a nice family shot of them. After that is is the apothecary and alvarex maun, after that probably the rhino right quick and onto the mor deythan (still deciding on what color their capes should be red maybe?).

Dont you all hate the automatic appended feature?

Anyways I got some work in on the last 5 tactical marines, I had a long day at work and I have to pack for my vacation so I did not get a whole lot in (probably about 50 percent done at this point). I hope to have these guys done monday or tuesday at the latest and then I have to start on the rhino and mor deythan.

Tacs are all coming along nicely, the finished ones are splendid.

I reckon the MD's cloaks are ripe for some camouflage effects, though I'm not sure what type would work best with the basing/scheme.

 Paradigm wrote:
Tacs are all coming along nicely, the finished ones are splendid.

I reckon the MD's cloaks are ripe for some camouflage effects, though I'm not sure what type would work best with the basing/scheme.

Yeah that is the problem I was thinking of. The specific color for the cape and the pattern. Stripes are out because of the base pattern (maybe tiger stripes? But that seems kinda rouge trader ish to me) digital would be tough, mottled maybe. I could just do a solid color with highlights obviously also

How about a slightly shiny, smooth, high-contrast look, as if they're active camo cloaks that haven't taken on a texture yet. You could even experiment with a part-cloaking effect, the texture from the base starting to creep up the cloak.

 Paradigm wrote:
How about a slightly shiny, smooth, high-contrast look, as if they're active camo cloaks that haven't taken on a texture yet. You could even experiment with a part-cloaking effect, the texture from the base starting to creep up the cloak.

The part cloaking effect sounds interesting. Paint about 1/3 to 1/2 as the base scheme and then with a blue line waving up (probably kantor as a base then teclis and then a baharoth blue with a fine white highlight) and red for the normal cloak color.

I had a good vacation and it was time for me to finish the tactical grind. I have almost finished the last 5 marines bar sealing and matting the transfers and painting the guns. After this the apothecary and alvarex maun on the the docket followed by the rhino and the mor deythan.

Nice work on the Tacs. Really liking the basing.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Nice work on the Tacs. Really liking the basing.

EDC

Thanks man! I really hope that these are the last troops I have to do for a while because the grind almost got to me

<looks guiltily at her Luna Wolves to be finished>

yeah... grinds are the suck

good job on your guys though! Really liking that basing with them as well

 Guildenstern wrote:
<looks guiltily at her Luna Wolves to be finished>

yeah... grinds are the suck

good job on your guys though! Really liking that basing with them as well

Thanks guild! I finally finished myself and it feels good to be done with them. Thankfully my army isn't too tactical heavy so I really only had to do 30 before I moved onto some sweet special units.

Speaking of which I did in fact complete the last 5 tactical marines tonight, and will be working on the apothecary and maun tomorrow hopefully finishing them before the weekend starts. But in the mean time I made a test scheme for the more deythan cloaks. After my talk with para I decided to go with a mid transition for the cloak so it would keep it unique for the masters of stealth (literally the mor deythan could go invisible like corax). But I wanted to get everyone's opinion on it since I don't want to mess up nice models like these.

I think that looks great, all I'd do is add a pure white at the very, very centre of the transition line, just to really make it pop.

That cloak is amazing. It looks very real and the transition is brilliantly executed.

Paradigm wrote:I think that looks great, all I'd do is add a pure white at the very, very centre of the transition line, just to really make it pop.

That is a good idea I will have to try that on the test model tonight!

Spacewolverine wrote:That cloak is amazing. It looks very real and the transition is brilliantly executed.

Thanks man! I was surprised that it came out so well on my first try


Well as promised here are the more stylized pictures of the last ten tactical squad guys. I am currently working on the apothecary and hope to have him done by friday at the latest and then I will start work on maun and after that the mor deythan!

Love the camo cloak Great job as usual bud!

I also like the fluff-tastic Raven Guard skin tones there too
Are those the Legion decals on there too?

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Love the camo cloak Great job as usual bud!

I also like the fluff-tastic Raven Guard skin tones there too
Are those the Legion decals on there too?

I am glad you like the skin tones! I always try and go fluffy with them and it pains me to see them with non white or grey skin tones. As for the decals yes they are legion! They are probably my favorite out of all of the legions because they are super unique

Awesome work!

What a well-painted tactical squad! The gaunt skin truly embodies the RG, looking forward to seeing more!

Heretic Tom wrote:Awesome work!

Thanks man!

JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:What a well-painted tactical squad! The gaunt skin truly embodies the RG, looking forward to seeing more!

Glad you like the skin! As I have said previously it always feels weird when you get RG with ruddy or peach colored skin so I try and make it more fluff like. Plus is helps give some contrast to the model(s).


Well as promised I have almost finished the apothecary. All that is left is to finish up the vials, the last step for highlights, and a few other details but I should be done early afternoon or late morning depending on when I get up and get back from the gym. Otherwise enjoy!

Brilliant idea for the cloaks, can't wait to see them on the some finished models.

Nice work on the apothecary so far.

EDC

 Ustrello wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
Tacs are all coming along nicely, the finished ones are splendid.

I reckon the MD's cloaks are ripe for some camouflage effects, though I'm not sure what type would work best with the basing/scheme.

Yeah that is the problem I was thinking of. The specific color for the cape and the pattern. Stripes are out because of the base pattern (maybe tiger stripes? But that seems kinda rouge trader ish to me) digital would be tough, mottled maybe. I could just do a solid color with highlights obviously also

What about something like Flecktarn, but in shades of grey? (Because Raven Guard)

evildrcheese wrote:Brilliant idea for the cloaks, can't wait to see them on the some finished models.

Nice work on the apothecary so far.

EDC

Thanks man! You all should see the mor deythan being worked on monday at the latest!

Azazelx wrote:

 Ustrello wrote:

 Paradigm wrote:
Tacs are all coming along nicely, the finished ones are splendid.

I reckon the MD's cloaks are ripe for some camouflage effects, though I'm not sure what type would work best with the basing/scheme.

Yeah that is the problem I was thinking of. The specific color for the cape and the pattern. Stripes are out because of the base pattern (maybe tiger stripes? But that seems kinda rouge trader ish to me) digital would be tough, mottled maybe. I could just do a solid color with highlights obviously also

What about something like Flecktarn, but in shades of grey? (Because Raven Guard)

Spoiler:

That would work, my only qualm would be the fact that a grey would blend into the base a bit too much (and I really am liking the transition effect). But I will be doing a small squad of IG for my AoP board waiting to ambush my dark mechancis so I think a red cloak in that scheme would be cool.

As promised though I have finished the apothecary and he came out..well a lot more bloody than his counterpart

very cool cloak

love it!

The apothecary looks very nice as well!!

Man, it's been too long since I've gone through your thread. Everything is looking great. I especially like the cloak you have going. The transition is very clever.

Guildenstern wrote:very cool cloak

love it!

The apothecary looks very nice as well!!

I am glad you like them! Now get cracking on those Luna wolves!

40kFSU wrote:Man, it's been too long since I've gone through your thread. Everything is looking great. I especially like the cloak you have going. The transition is very clever.

Thanks man I can say the same about your ultras (and your insane painting speed ) as for the cloaks I am glad they worked out well and I am chomping at the bit to start them.

Alright I started work on my kitbashed Maun model today, he is made out of a master of signals body and vox caster, a 40k marine mohawk head (maun has a mowhawk in the fluff) and a BaC powersword and bolt pistol combo. I should have him finished up tomorrow just in time to watch the bastardbowl on GoT

Looking REALLY good, can't wait to see him finished.

Loving the power sword here mate. Hate doing power field effects myself, so just stick with a glaze of Guilliman Blue for a more subtle approach.

Heretic Tom wrote:Looking REALLY good, can't wait to see him finished.

Well you wont have to wait long

angelofvengeance wrote:Loving the power sword here mate. Hate doing power field effects myself, so just stick with a glaze of Guilliman Blue for a more subtle approach.

I think I have seen that one before, isn't it a tutorial on warhammerTV?


Well as promised I have finished Maun (and well before the bastardbowl on game of thrones). He was a fun kitbash, but I am kinda sad that FW hasn't made a model for him because I think they could do a lot better than I would modeling wise. Up next is 5 mor deythan and I was able to find 10 old school legion combi flamers (the ones without the hands molded into the gun) so they will have actual 30k guns instead of 40k combi weapons

Looking good dude. Great kitbash.

EDC

Awesome stuff! Great model and paintjob.

Just a couple op tips on the pics, as I know that's something you're working on. Don't take this as criticism, just trying to help you show off the models the best you can.
- Don't crop in some much on all the pics. The odd close zoom is good for showing off cool details, but I reckon you want at least a front and back shot with a fair bit of space around the model so we can get a good look at the whole composition.

- Maybe don't use the jagged border on the individual pics, it's eating into the aforementioned space that 'frames' the model. It's cool on the outer border, but a bit much on the internal borders.

- Have you considered using a different/darker background? Not sure what it is, but a couple of your recent pics are a bit washed out, which might be to do with the background.


Hope that's of some help!

evildrcheese wrote:Looking good dude. Great kitbash.

EDC

Thanks man!

Paradigm wrote:Awesome stuff! Great model and paintjob.

Just a couple op tips on the pics, as I know that's something you're working on. Don't take this as criticism, just trying to help you show off the models the best you can.
- Don't crop in some much on all the pics. The odd close zoom is good for showing off cool details, but I reckon you want at least a front and back shot with a fair bit of space around the model so we can get a good look at the whole composition.

- Maybe don't use the jagged border on the individual pics, it's eating into the aforementioned space that 'frames' the model. It's cool on the outer border, but a bit much on the internal borders.

- Have you considered using a different/darker background? Not sure what it is, but a couple of your recent pics are a bit washed out, which might be to do with the background.


Hope that's of some help!

Nah man any help with taking pictures (my weakest point of the hobby) is always helpful and welcome! As for the darker background I have been using my phone camera but forgetting to adjust the exposure value so that may be it.

Yeah, it could definitely be an exposure issue. Alternatively, try upping the contrast a bit in the editor, that might do it.

That is a great kitbash. Who is Maun?

 40kFSU wrote:
That is a great kitbash. Who is Maun?

Maun: http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Alvarex_Maun

Paradigm wrote:Yeah, it could definitely be an exposure issue. Alternatively, try upping the contrast a bit in the editor, that might do it.

Thanks! I will look into that when I finish up the next unit

40kFSU wrote:That is a great kitbash. Who is Maun?

Heretic tom linked his lex page, but basically he was second in command to corax on the way down to the battlefield and he saved him during the drop site massacre.


Well as promised I did a lot more work on the mor deythan (after much hemming and hawing). I took some advice and added a small white line to the camo cloak transition line and I believe that it worked out really well. Also for the shoulder paldrons instead of making them white I decided to go with a very dark iron look (basically leadbelcher with two coats of agrax, and a coat of drakenhof followed by a edge highlight of leadbelcher and for the studs ironbreaker). All that is left is to finish up the edge highlights for the armor, and some other small bits and bobs. Thankfully I found some guy on ebay selling 10 of the old school legion combi flamers that would actually fit the mor deythan so they dont have to use my kitbashed ones made from 40k parts .

That looks brilliant mate, really well done.

EDC

Those look amazing, the basing really makes those cloaks work!

Awesome Mor Deythan there Ustrello

top kahuana Ustrello - they are looking great

They are beautiful. Well done on the cloaks! Think those are my favorite Raven guard models you've painted to date.

evildrcheese wrote:That looks brilliant mate, really well done.

EDC

Glad you like it!

Paradigm wrote:Those look amazing, the basing really makes those cloaks work!

Well your advice did help push them over the top (that white line really makes it pop)

angelofvengeance wrote:Awesome Mor Deythan there Ustrello

Thanks man! I can't wait to have the entire unit painted so people can see the death dealt to them by this unit.

Januine wrote:top kahuana Ustrello - they are looking great

Always awesome to get praise from you jan thanks mate!

Spacewolverine wrote:They are beautiful. Well done on the cloaks! Think those are my favorite Raven guard models you've painted to date.

Honestly they are my favorite so far also! It does help that I stuck to do doing troops before moving onto the cool stuff , but I am glad you and everyone seems to like the cloaks as I was worried people wouldn't like them

The capes are a really nice touch . I like the execution you pulled off with them.

 Theophony wrote:
The capes are a really nice touch . I like the execution you pulled off with them.

Thanks man! I am glad you like them, I feel like they will look even better on the table top


Well as promised I have finished the first 5 mor deythan, I decided not to do transfers on them to keep with the fluff since they were so stealthy. I also think I did a better job with the pictures this time around so tell me what you all think!

Here is some fluff on the mor deythan so you can see how stealthy they were/are

Looking at your Mor Deythan makes me want to punch the air and shout 'Yeah!'.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Looking at your Mor Deythan makes me want to punch the air and shout 'Yeah!'.

EDC

Glad they elicit that reaction , but thanks for the kind words

wow more incredible cloaks o.O

awesome sauce!

 Guildenstern wrote:
wow more incredible cloaks o.O

awesome sauce!

Thanks guild!


You know when you start painting and you say oh its getting late I will just finish up this one step then go to bed? Well I took it a bit too far and almost finished the other 5 mor deythan in one night (its currently 3 am and I am regretting this ).
So all that is left is to finish up the guns (some highlights and washes for the flamer) and to do the weathering powder but beyond that the mor deythan are done. Up next is the rhino

Everytime I check your blog you make me more and more regret selling my Raven Guard. They are looking great! They are by far one of my favorite FW models and you are doing them great justice.

 Spacewolverine wrote:
Everytime I check your blog you make me more and more regret selling my Raven Guard. They are looking great! They are by far one of my favorite FW models and you are doing them great justice.

Buy them back, your honor demands it! , but thank you for the kind words.


Well I was able to stop at my local gw and talk to my adepticon partner to start figuring out what lists we are going to bring to the doubles tournament and I decided to get some group pictures of my army so far (minus the leviathan since I forgot it at home)

Ha! Very cool man! They look great all ranked up.

 40kFSU wrote:
Ha! Very cool man! They look great all ranked up.

I know right? I like taking pictures at my local GW because they have such great lighting.


As promised here is an actual picture of the completed squad, do you guys want a collage one? Idk if I feel like it is worth it since they are pretty much the same as the last ones. Otherwise tomorrow is airbrushing day so I will get a start on the rhino and contemptor dread.

Great group shots.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Great group shots.

EDC

Thanks man! It was real nice to see them all like that because it gives me something to be 1 proud of and 2 show how close I am to having a fully painted army.


Well today was kinda fail, I was able to base coat my contemptor and rhino with my airbrush. But when I went to do the white stripe this happened (my airbrush does not have a variable spray nozzle)



I will be re priming it tomorrow and then re base coating it. After that I will make a few bits white that can be hand painted, like the metal band in front of the exhaust stacks and a few other things. I also plan on making the front window areas that dark iron to also help break it up. Sadly this puts a damper on my plans for my fire raptor. But I instead will tape off part of its wing and make the outermost parts white instead of doing stripes.

Shaping up to be one of my favorite armies ever. Keep up the awesome work!

I dunno, Ustrello, I quite like the effect it's made there

I love those Mor Deythan too

Oops. You gonna bother stripping it or just rebase coat it over?

EDC

Ouch, that must have been quite frustrating. At least it should be quite easily fixed Ustrello.

The group shots look stunning.

Heretic Tom wrote:Shaping up to be one of my favorite armies ever. Keep up the awesome work!

Thanks man!

angelofvengeance wrote:I dunno, Ustrello, I quite like the effect it's made there

I love those Mor Deythan too

If I could find a way to do a nice white to black gradient I would totally use this as a spring board but alas I am not that good

evildrcheese wrote:Oops. You gonna bother stripping it or just rebase coat it over?

EDC

I will sand down any pooled up white parts and then re prime it and airbrush the basecoat again

Thraxas Of Turai wrote:Ouch, that must have been quite frustrating. At least it should be quite easily fixed Ustrello.

The group shots look stunning.

Thanks man I got the idea for a WIP group shot from your blog actually


Well after the failure that was the rhino and me not having time to fix it til tuesday I decided to work on and finish the contemptor. Right now I am working on getting down the metals to turn them into that dark iron and the beginnings of the whites. The only part I am pausing on is how to paint the kheres assault cannon as I dont want to do the entire thing in silver and black.

The contemptor is going to make one hell of a center piece for your already imposing army. The assault cannon color might be tricky, maybe just weather it/wash it enough that it has a different tonal quality than your silvers. It's hard to picture it as anything other than a sort of "steel".

If you're feeling fancy, you could try a heat-distressed look on the cannon barrels. Silver or brass fading through blue>purple>black or similar.

Heretic Tom wrote:The contemptor is going to make one hell of a center piece for your already imposing army. The assault cannon color might be tricky, maybe just weather it/wash it enough that it has a different tonal quality than your silvers. It's hard to picture it as anything other than a sort of "steel".

Besides the leviathan and fire raptor it is for sure one of the center pieces.

Paradigm wrote:If you're feeling fancy, you could try a heat-distressed look on the cannon barrels. Silver or brass fading through blue>purple>black or similar.

Thanks for the advice I put it into practice today and I think it worked out well.


Speaking of which another day and another update. I have almost finished the contemptor with just the gloss and matting of the transfers plus weathering/powder to put down before the beast is done. I am debating a XIX transfer on the empty space on the left part of the torso but idk I feel like it might make it too busy what do you all think?

I think you should, it looks good but I feel it lacks especially compared to your other work that "pop" if you will.

 Spacewolverine wrote:
I think you should, it looks good but I feel it lacks especially compared to your other work that "pop" if you will.

I ended up adding the XIX transfer and it does look a lot better with it!


Well I actually completed the model a day or two ago but I have just gotten around to taking its pictures now. In the mean time I have airbrushed the base coat onto the rhino (after fixing it) dark furies and rapier, I only have about 17 more days to go to finish the army including those above and a fire raptor. I believe I got enough time but it is getting down to the wire.

He came out incredible. Love the yellow eyes and white stripe. The pinning highlights on the legs really make the black pop and the decal is great. Job is well done.

 Spacewolverine wrote:
He came out incredible. Love the yellow eyes and white stripe. The pinning highlights on the legs really make the black pop and the decal is great. Job is well done.

Thanks! I went with yellow eyes because they are more avian and well they are the raven guard

Awesome looking Contemptor. The legion specific contemptors are such awesome models.

EDC

Epic stuff! Photos are a lot sharper too, don't know if you changed anything in the end but if you did, it worked!

evildrcheese wrote:Awesome looking Contemptor. The legion specific contemptors are such awesome models.

EDC

They are, though one of my favorites has to be the nightlords and that dread almost made me start a legion for them

Paradigm wrote:Epic stuff! Photos are a lot sharper too, don't know if you changed anything in the end but if you did, it worked!

I did actually. I left the secondary lamp on full brightness and the phone on 0 for exposure and then messed around with the auto level with photoscape.



Well I think I am beginning to fix the mistake that was this rhino. I have gotten all of the washes down along with the whites and muted metal on the driver plates (I am considering leaving it as is as the brown showing through some of the darker areas looks cool). All that is left is to highlight do some weathering and get the transfers down.

Your contemptor looks great ustrello. I agree with you, the brown showing through on the rhino looks good, adds character and I think it'll go great with your planned weathering effects. Can't wait to see it finished!

 Heretic Tom wrote:
Your contemptor looks great ustrello. I agree with you, the brown showing through on the rhino looks good, adds character and I think it'll go great with your planned weathering effects. Can't wait to see it finished!

Thanks man! I almost finished it just one more day


As I said above I have almost finished the rhino, most of it was spent waiting for the microset/sol to dry before I could seal the transfers in and matte them down. All I got left to do it weather it and thats it, so while I was waiting for it to dry I started painting the rapier and crew and built some terrain. All in all a good day.

Awesome. Where did you get the dozer blade for the rhino out of interest?

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Awesome. Where did you get the dozer blade for the rhino out of interest?

EDC

From the chimera kit actually, it fits perfectly and is cheap compared to the forgeworld blade

He is looking really good. Had to take a second look, first thought it didn't pop enough but double take it does pop. Nice work as always!

love rhinos and it looks great esp with the dozer blade!

Spacewolverine wrote:He is looking really good. Had to take a second look, first thought it didn't pop enough but double take it does pop. Nice work as always!

Thanks man!

Guildenstern wrote:love rhinos and it looks great esp with the dozer blade!

Thanks guild! I was glad I went with this blade instead of the spindly one.


Well I have finished the rhino but its late and I dont want to get the entire light box out and take pictures so expect pictures tomorrow. I also have built and magentized the last two leviathan weapons I needed the grav bombard (holy crap the rules for this gun are sick) and the siege drill. Not seen I have also scraped and sanded the aquillas off of the dreadnought drop pod doors because this is 30k and no aquilas for anyone besides the EC.

Rhino is looking great.

Isn't it only a certain type of Aquila used exclusively by the EC?

After all the FW jetbikes have aquilas on the front of them(?)...

EDC

From what I've read, the Aquila (double headed) is restricted to the EC, the Imperial Eagle (single headed) is more widely used, the lightning bolt/eagle links back to the Unification Wars, or at least to Terran Marines... I think, I might be a bit off on that last one.

Excited to see those arms painted up. I love the Leviathan model I just could never justify buying it just for a model I wouldn't use.

Rhino came out great, the added wearing is superb.

evildrcheese wrote:Rhino is looking great.

Isn't it only a certain type of Aquila used exclusively by the EC?

After all the FW jetbikes have aquilas on the front of them(?)...

EDC

Yes the new one used by the imperium, but the dropod had the one only the EC were allowed to use.

Paradigm wrote:From what I've read, the Aquila (double headed) is restricted to the EC, the Imperial Eagle (single headed) is more widely used, the lightning bolt/eagle links back to the Unification Wars, or at least to Terran Marines... I think, I might be a bit off on that last one.

You are correct, it was also given out during the GC to marines etc that caught the emperor's eye doing something super badass

Spacewolverine wrote:Excited to see those arms painted up. I love the Leviathan model I just could never justify buying it just for a model I wouldn't use.

Rhino came out great, the added wearing is superb.

He has 40k rules actually but they are a bit odd

Well as I said I have finished the rhino, it wasn't anything super fancy so I stuck with only four pictures. I also have completed building the dreadnought drop pod and man it is huge, I plan on at least getting the basecoat down tonight with the airbrush. I also plan on finishing the last two leviathan guns and working some more on the rapier.