Thought I'd start up a blog for my Admech army I've started. This is the first new warhammer I've bought in maybe 10 years? The last 40k I played was the edition with Black Templars and Dark Eldar (3rd edition?) so I've realised I've got a steep learning curve.
My other project has been the steady repainting of my 6th edition High Elves.
The narrative thing with crusades in 9th edition was what got me into the idea of collecting some 40k again because that sounds really fun. The lore and making up stories and customisation of my armies is what interests me far more than actually playing the game. So I will eventually come up with a good name for them.
My idea is a custom forgeworld in some sulphurous wasteland. My force will be led by a technoarchaeologist on the hunt for tasty treats scattered across space. In real human life I'm an archaeologist so I figure this is the perfect opportunity to play through my dream of getting giant robots to do all the back-breaking labour for me instead.
At some point, I'd also like to add an Imperial Guard tank squadron, though I hear that this is not so easy to do with 9th edition?
Anyway without further ado, here's a test model from the start collecting box:
Command & Conquer is very welcome, it's not the best paint job I've ever done and I'm still working out the kinks with this yellow I've gone for.
Also the copper corrosion on the armour is not as bright in real life as it is in these photos.
If anyone has any useful tips for making some sort of putty/ textured stuff for the bases I'd love to hear them!
Cheers all,
EDIT: As I've moved away from just Adeptus Mechanicus, the plog name has changed!
Just to give this a slight update because I'm a slow painter at the minute and also to put some ideas I've had in my head down somewhere. I've been thinking up some fun conversion ideas and basing for my army.
First off the bases: my main idea is going to be based on the sulphur pools of Dallol in Ethopia, also rather joyfully named "The gateway to Hell". (Although apparently Dallol means colourful, go figure!)
Pretty darn neato eh? I'm basically thinking of mixing up some cheap pastey stuff to slather on the base and painting that up with some fruity colours to make it look suitably wasteland themed.
Second plan of action: Putting some treads on my dunerider/skorpius. I like treads and I frankly the Ad Mech deserve treads and not dodgy little skimmers. The Imperium is going far to xenos for my taste with their anti so called gravity technology. It's a slippery slope. One minute it's floating tanks. The next, everyone is dressed up like clowns and jumping all over the shop.
It should be a real simple job of crafting up some plasticard treads to slot just underneath the skirts that are there already. Although now I've written that down I'm sure it'll prove to be extremely bothersome.
Plan the third: This being a legion run by technoarchaeologists I require excavators.
So I'm hoping to add some of those Necromunda Ambot things to my eventual dakkabot squad to have a group of 4 and with a few customisations should just slot right in. I know they have smaller base sizes but I'm hoping they aren't much smaller. If anyone happened to know the size comparison between the Kastelans and the Ambots and could reply below, that would be A+ !
Fourth of Plans: This is my favourite plan so far, so I've left it till last. I truly love the Serberys models and I would eventually like them, but my current plan is to pick up some of the GSC jackals and convert them into...
The mighty Kettenkrad. What a ludicrous creation. And very much in theme for the Adeptus Mechanicus. I've very much enjoyed using it in Battlefield V. My current idea is simply replace the back wheel with some treads and wallah got some raiders. I've got plenty of leftover guns and heads from the skitarii box so easy enough to convert the riders.
Let me know what you guys think, if anyone has any tips, especially about the basing or a handy little guide to outfitting the dunerider with treads, that would be great.
Hey guys quick update: I finished my first 5 Skitarii!
Actually went a lot better than I thought it might
Unfortunately I only managed to base one of them because I had a major balls up with the basing material.
That's the tester on the third picture, I think it looks pretty close to the Ethiopian Sulphur wastes?
C&C would be greatly appreciated, I'm starting to get the hang of that yellow now.
My next plan is to build my Skorpius and outfit it with treads. And then when my pay packet comes in I'm going to buy those Atalan Jackals and turn them into the awesome, the death-defying, the electrifying KETTENKRAD. Omnissiah be praised.
I really like the colour scheme. Nice idea and well executed. Looking forward to see the kets
I do feel, though, that given the title of the thread, when you get around to doing some army specific objecticesncould I politely recommend an big fish, a little fish, and indeed a cardboard box...
Flinty wrote: I really like the colour scheme. Nice idea and well executed. Looking forward to see the kets
I do feel, though, that given the title of the thread, when you get around to doing some army specific objecticesncould I politely recommend an big fish, a little fish, and indeed a cardboard box...
Blasting out some Sandstorm by Darude, you know the Ad Mech are on the hunt for SPACE-SPACE-SPACE KNOWLEDGE
Real life certainly knows how to kick a person in their sacred unguents doesn't it?
I had so many neat ideas here and I will eventually get to the buggers, but progress has been pretty bloody slow.
The dunerider lies half built in the dust strewn forges, awaiting it's mighty plasticard tracks. The poor kettenkrad raiders are mere gleams in the eye of my techpriests for now. And as for the ambot excavators, well I need to rethink that particular idea because they are rather wee in comparison to the dakkabots. Back to the hexamathic drawing board for that..
In the meantime, here's 3 of my skitarii vanguard ready to stomp into the fight in the name of the Omnissiah. Praise his delicious binary hymnals.
Hopefully finish the squad off soon which leaves the techpriest and some basing to be done before all work of the forge turns to the dunerider.
A really cool little project you’ve got going here Olthannon. The few Ad Mech I have I’d like to do in yellow, that first test model look particularly lovely, what’s your recipe?
The Sulphur Wasteland bases are really cool, I’ve had decent success with mixing emulsion paint with sand to create a texture paste. PVA doesn’t make for good puddles though!
amazingturtles wrote:That's just what real life happens to do best. I like the purple on that part of their guns. Whatever that part is called.
Thanks! It's the blasty thingy. Radium doodad. Purple was the only colour I had that would look the part.
gobert wrote:A really cool little project you’ve got going here Olthannon. The few Ad Mech I have I’d like to do in yellow, that first test model look particularly lovely, what’s your recipe?
The Sulphur Wasteland bases are really cool, I’ve had decent success with mixing emulsion paint with sand to create a texture paste. PVA doesn’t make for good puddles though!
I actually thought my test model was a little too dark so none of the rest are painted quite the same.
The yellow is very straightforward. It is several thin coats of averland sunset followed by an orange wash then another coat of averland and then a lighter yellow highlight. Around some of the other recesses I'll add some nuln oil. I use a mix of citadel and army painter for my paints.
That first base was using dried coffee grounds but the stuff I left in some tupperware went mouldy so I've not repeated the process. I've recently found myself on an archaeological site with sandy natural as opposed to clay so I grabbed myself some sand for basing. Should hopefully end up similar.
Hi everyone, so finally got some real updates. My first 5 skitarii rangers are based up. It's only taken 5 months but hey it's progress.
I know the painting isn't amazing but I'm pretty happy with the end result. I fell back into the hobby to try and boost my mental health and being able to see the end result is a great feeling.
Up next I will base my vanguard and then paint up my techpriest.
Hopefully by then I'll have come up with a name for my custom forgeworld.
Arakasi wrote: Looking good. I would suggest just tidying up the base rims - should add a lot for minimal effort.
Thanks! Yeah basically as soon as I took those photos and posted them up I noticed how bad that looked and tidied up with a bit of chaos black.
Just thought I'd add a little close up of the alpha.
I'll add the vanguard later today as I finished painting them last night.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Further update today as I finished my vanguard, hopefully emulating the Ethiopian sulphur I posted about further up in my log.
I think the plasma gun needs a little more work, but other than that I'm pretty happy.
Up next, some progress shots of my skorpius conversion with some tracks.
+++ Imperial Designation: Forge World Labrunnia IX +++
// Praise the Omnissiah \\
<+ Knowledge is power +>
++ The Great Embarkation has begun ++
<< The forges of Labrunnia burn ever brightly. Blessed by His name. The Technoarchaeologist seeks new mysteries in the stars. Ignorance is the doom of humanity. The horns call and the legions march. Mighty ships of the expeditionary fleet lie in anchor in orbit, ready to begin the great work. >>
0100101001110010
<<+ End transmission +>>
Just a little fluff for my expeditionary fleet, more on the horizon!
Cool progress, the Labrunnia Forges should be proud. Thanks for the yellow recipe
Automatically Appended Next Post: Cool progress, the Labrunnia Forges should be proud. Thanks for the yellow recipe, I’ll be adapting it to my own STC!
My current project is fitting some tracks to the skorpius. I'm going to build this as the apc variant. I've got some designs for turning a razorback into the skorpius disintegrator..
I was rereading Graham McNeil's Forges of Mars and I really enjoyed the spice of variety in the different skitarii and vehicles. That is to me the main thing lacking in the GW ad mech range. In the lore they talk about how varied each forge world is and I do love a good conversion.
Still work in progress and plenty left to do, but it's shaping up nicely.
The ad-mech vehicles really do have some strange shapes. Tracks feel much more 40kto me than grav stuff. For me though I think theC road wheels need to be inside the line of the grav-skirt thingy. The left side is nearly there, but the right protrudes a bit far to me. Maybe set the wheels a bit more inboard and use shorter track links too? You’re a braver converter than me that’s for sure!
gobert wrote: The ad-mech vehicles really do have some strange shapes. Tracks feel much more 40kto me than grav stuff. For me though I think theC road wheels need to be inside the line of the grav-skirt thingy. The left side is nearly there, but the right protrudes a bit far to me. Maybe set the wheels a bit more inboard and use shorter track links too? You’re a braver converter than me that’s for sure!
Much like the new primaris tanks, the admech hovertanks seem a little weird to me. Any excuse to do some converting, it's my favourite part of the hobby. While the Orks are of course the masters, I see the admech as a close second for kitbash potential. This is still very much WiP and I had already flagged the wheels at the rear. I needed something to fill in some gaps but they went a bit too far out. I like to take photos as I progress because it means I can take a proper look at the model, I often see things I missed while looking at it in the plastic.
I've slightly sidelined the dunerider conversion momentarily as some new reinforcements have started to emerge..
I hadn't realised how comically large the kastalens were, but they do look pretty damn awesome. I also bought some of those necromunda ambots, but as of yet I haven't worked out how to get them to fit sizewise. It might end up that they become kataphrons instead.
Further work in progress on my dunerider conversion. It's not complete by a long way, still a lot to do with the tracks, but the shape is all there.
The whole look is based on this Italian Fiat 2000 heavy tank from the first world war, apparently only two were made and it was terrible. Therefore, to my mind it is very fitting for the 40k universe!
On with the WiP -
I love the look of that servitor turret, it's a superb design. It's extremely 40k. If someone wanted to ask me to sum up 40k, that is a great image to encapsulate the universe.
So the next stage of work is to add more definition to the tracks, add some sulphurous filth to the trackbed to cover up some of the shoddy inner workings and to generally doll it up.
Hi all, finally managing an update. Been far too busy at work and not had much time. Still it was my birthday last week and I got some new paints and a couple of new models.
One of these was a GSC magos which I spent last evening converting as one of my technoarchaeologists who are to lead my mighty fleet on the hunt for STCs and lost relicae.
I love the magos model, in fact a lot of the GSC kit is really cool.
I'm really pleased with how she's turned out so far, I guess in game I'll run her as daedalosus. I still want to add a few extra things to the base and maybe some more to the backpack but the main bulk is there.
She's about halfway done, still need to pick out the details, do the highlights and finish off the base, going to take a lot of time over the scanner to get something cool.
Lovely work, the yellow works fantastically on her. A seem less conversion too. As for names, she has a bit of a Morticia Addams vibe to her. Not sure how to grim dark that up though
gobert wrote:Lovely work, the yellow works fantastically on her. A seem less conversion too. As for names, she has a bit of a Morticia Addams vibe to her. Not sure how to grim dark that up though
Thanks! I like the Morticia Addams idea. Mortix Clardek - 941 or some such maybe.
Clouds wrote:Really nice work on the yellow, awesome paint job!!.
Captain Brown wrote:Olthannon,
Your army is coming along.
Cheers,
CB
Thankee kindly both, I always think my painting is fairly rubbish but I keep trucking along, it's nice to know it's not terrible.
Just been undercoating my dakkabots so will get some shots of them up soon.
Just caught up with all of your posts, what a wonderful start to your project, loving the colour scheme of yellows and purples, and I like the bits of fluff you are starting to drop in as well. I second the above comments about the GSC Magos conversion, cracking work.
Flapjack wrote:Great updates! The bases look realy cool.
Thanks Flapjack, I was really worried about the bases at first, I thought maybe double yellow would look weird but I think it's different enough from the robes to stand out.
Scoundrel13 wrote:Just caught up with all of your posts, what a wonderful start to your project, loving the colour scheme of yellows and purples, and I like the bits of fluff you are starting to drop in as well. I second the above comments about the GSC Magos conversion, cracking work.
Thanks Scoundrel! Yeah I need to add more fluff because I really enjoy it.
Just some quick updates on my skorpius dunerider conversion. A project which I almost immediately regretted! Fiddling about with the tracks was a huge time consuming thing. But hopefully the end result is still okay. Would love some feedback, see what people think.
Will start painting that after I've built my other kastalen.
I love the look of your adeptus Mechanicus so far, it's nice to see non-red schemes.
As for your dune rider, the concept is awesome but I think your first thought of the tracks being too big is right.
In my opinion, the round bit not overhanging the tracks makes it look like the tracks are ballooning out cartoon style.
Maybe just shift the tracks closer to the centre line?
Guardling wrote:I love the look of your adeptus Mechanicus so far, it's nice to see non-red schemes.
As for your dune rider, the concept is awesome but I think your first thought of the tracks being too big is right.
In my opinion, the round bit not overhanging the tracks makes it look like the tracks are ballooning out cartoon style.
Maybe just shift the tracks closer to the centre line?
Thanks Guardling! Yeah the reason it looks like that is it is based on this Italian WW1 tank - the Fiat 2000.
Unfortunately it came out too late in the war to be any use but it looks absurd enough to be 40k.
Flapjack wrote:Looking good! It does look a bit big, but it fits right in with the Imperium's urge to overcompensate!
Thanks, I'm hoping it looks far better when painted!
Waaaaargghhhh!! Dakka dakka dakka! I mean.. ahem... Praise the Omnissiah!
The first of my kastalens has stomped and clanked out of the weapons vault. The correct binaric hymns have been sung and the WD40000 has been successfully applied.
I went for a reversal of my yellow scheme to really accentuate that the kastalens are ancient creations and clearly different to the rest of my force. I also really like the Soviet cosmonaut vibe these models have and I thought that the green and red would bring that to the fore.
I have been reinspired by a reddit post that my ambots wouldn't look too bad next to the kastalens, I can always mount them on a bit of cork to add height and I'll add the flamers from the other kit to make them the other version.
Karak Norn Clansman wrote: Very nice colour scheme and conversions! The choice of colours is particularly clever. This is shaping up into one memorable Mechanicus force!
Thanks KNC!
So terrible progress in that it has nearly been a month since my last post and I have never managed to pick up a paintbrush. My excuse is that I have been moving house yet again so it has been a lot of fiddling about.
I took a group shot of my little force so far, now that I have a little hobby space set up I'm going to be doing some painting later on!
I think they actually look rather nice all grouped up.
So awaiting my time and effort I have:
1 enginseer
1 dominus
10 skitarii which I think by the sound of it are going to become vanguard
1 kastalen and their shepard
3 kataphron
1 dunecrawler
1 dunerider
2 ambots to turn into kastalens
5 jackals to turn into kerengrad
Once I get through all of that I think the next buy will be an ironstrider.
I really like the color scheme and also the conversions so far. I do think that I agree with the sentiment that the treads are a bit too big, but even still its cool.
I think you might find that Ambots are a bit too small to be Kastelan robots. I've seen people turn Ambots into Kataphron Breachers/Destroyers a fair amount though.
@Warboss_Waaazag and @Flapjack thanks both! Hope you both enjoy this update!
@ph34r thanks! I'm hoping the photos below of the completed beast of metal and magic will reduce the tread size problems. As for the size, I'm hoping to do some creative cork work. I think they'll fit well with the new ad mech codex.
So without further ado... I present the painted skorpius dunetreader. She's a grimy, mighty machine, belching smoke and stubber fire.
My adepts value the ancient above all else, so their armour, weapons and vehicles are well worn, corroded but still battle worthy.
I'm glad this little project is finally done, means I can finally focus on my other delightful creations.
I want to do my little kettenkrads next but I've still not found someone to help me 3d print some little tracks for the back.
In the mean time I'll build more vanguard and paint up my other dakkabot.
Let me know what you guys think about the dunetreader.
Thank you so much everyone, really appreciate it! Been building some breachers and painting my techpriest enginseer so will post some photos of those soon!
Quick update to reveal my techpriest enginseer.
He's been sat waiting with just a yellow basecoat for the past 4 months and I've finally got him painted up.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with how he turned out. I think the cog decoration on the robes needs some work, it just looks a bit off but not sure what exactly.
Tried out some new sand that I picked up from an archaeological site I'm working on, it's very useful to be able to nab free basing material. That orange colour is pure natural, just needed a little contrast and some of the blue.
If you check out the base, I did a quick tester for my space Tomb Kings from the Indomitus box. I figured a bone and turquoise colour would look pretty darn neat. Might try that out on a full model soon.
Also if you are wondering where my techpriest's servo skull might be, well, there was an incident.
Yesterday, one of our cats snuck her way in to the spare room and ran amok. I can only assume she was persuaded by Tzeentch to do so.
Here she is pretending she's never done a single evil thing in her life..
If I haven't melted into a puddle of misery from this heatwave here in the UK then up next I'll maybe paint a breacher or the other kastalen or maybe build the crab tank..? Who knows!
good stuff there,, i love the APC conversion, the rounded shape at bottom i would have been tempted into making it a hovercraft, looking forward to seeing more
Thanks both, I'll definitely try that with the edge highlighting Guardling thanks!
So a little update today of my tech priest dominus. Behold their mighty structure and prepare to tremble before the might of Magos Dominus Xantheos Lazarin.
Started it on Thursday night, was going to finish it last night but went to the pub so just done some last minute touches this morning. I might add a few odds and sods to the base. But I'm pretty happy with how they look so far.
I really love the tech priest dominus model, it really encapsulates the dark, horrorific look of the Mechanicum. It's also very Blanche which is an added bonus. My favourite part of the model is that walking stick the magos has, it oozes that almost corpulent ancient feel. It was a real shame getting rid of it but I figured they didn't need it what with the treads.
I would have just built the model as is but I just don't like doing that, I always want my models to have my own personal feel to them. I always try to add in some conversions somewhere.
Anyway let me know what you folks think
Probably be a while before I paint them, far too scared of ruining it with my paint job haha.
@ragsta and @gobert - cheers both, glad you like the colour scheme and the apc.
So as I mentioned a few months back now, I bought some Necromunda Ambots with the idea of using them as count-as Kastalens. I wanted my technoarchaeologists to have some excavators to dig out and uncover lost archaeotech. I love the ambot models a lot, great construction crew vibe. So I wanted to keep the bulk of that intact.
Now I knew they'd be a bit smaller, but yesterday some larger bases and some bits for my kill team finally arrived in the post. So this morning I set about building one of the bots. Wasn't until the end when I realised just how toty wee the legs were! Stumpy little buggers. So I had a bit of fannying about to do in order to bulk them out a bit. So here's the first one done and I'm fairly pleased with the end result.
As I've mentioned a lot on this forum, converting minis is honestly my favourite part of the hobby. I love having unique models because I want them to tell a story. And telling a story is really what this is all about. 40k lore is massive and I love my little plastic lads to make their own tales. And as you might have guessed with Magos Xantheos, I'm upping the ante a bit
Let me know what you folks think, I'd love some feedback!
I really like your ambot counts-as models! The legs look great, they're the perfect size. And, as an ork player, I really appreciate converted and unique armies. I agree with the story telling philosophy. It's why I play the game.
Thanks Waaazag! Funnily enough, years and years ago when I started a small ork force, I first joined Dakka to get some ideas. It was based purely on the fact I got an old airfix Messerschmitt as a christmas present and I ended up covering it in plasticard and turning it into an orky flier. Built the whole army around it, wish I still had them! I think although my current army are ad mech, deep down my heart is still big, green and orky! Of all the 40k armies I used to have (Eldar, Dark Eldar, Imperial Guard, Tyranids, Space Marines and finally Orks) the guard and the orks were my favourite. The guard were my largest 40k force and the orks were my tiniest. Barely enough to play 500 points, but I had such a blast converting them up.
As a side note I realised that thanks to my ambot conversions finally happening, all my original plans have now finally come to fruition, apart from the Kettenkrads. I need to find a 3D printing thing to make some little enough tracks for them and then I can build them right up.
My latest little project however, is building a Kill Team. In order to do that I'm using the Delaque models from necromunda.
So stay tuned for that.
At some point I'll paint all these projects too!
The ambot looks cool showing off it’s full height. I have a pair that need building at some point, getting a mixture of heights might be cool. Cheers for the idea!
gobert wrote: The ambot looks cool showing off it’s full height. I have a pair that need building at some point, getting a mixture of heights might be cool. Cheers for the idea!
Hey thanks No problem Gobert, looking forward to seeing yours!
Just a quick update today, a test for my Kill Team.
I was thinking for a while about using the Delaque ganger bodies for some of my Ad Mech.. They have a lovely Blanche vibe.
This is just a bog standard gunner just to test the waters.
My overall theme is that they are going to be surveyors. Armed specialists who head in first to assess any potential techarch and kill anyone who gets in the way!
That looks great, can honestly say I have never seen this done before and those bits go really well together. Would love to see a whole kill team like that.
@Flapjack - I'm sure someone has done it before, when I was concocting some ideas for the Kill Team that was the first thing that popped into my head. I think when I posted this on reddit someone said they'd made some rangers like that.
So while I've been building away I've not been completely quiet on the painting front.
Here's my second Kastelan.
I really like 40k lore of Kastalens, these massive ancient automata that are programmed to unleash hell. Reminds me very much of Pratchett's golems from Feet of Clay. Forget to change the words and they'll just walk off a cliff!
I particularly like this idea of itinerant robots that just turn up to help kill stuff. That's why I went away from the yellow scheme for these. Gave me an opportunity to switch up the colours and the simple colour reversal gives them a very different identity.
So I present to you Kairos Ilyich Rho-07 (in red) and its comrade-in-cybernetica Toxotum Miletus Prime. Together they make up the Sollengrad maniple. The pair were found early on in the explorator fleet's journey, on a small abandoned asteroid mining station.
Halfway through painting the priest and I'll continue building up my kill team.
gobert wrote: Cool pose on the automata. He has a real Iron Man vibe to him
Cheers Gobert, wanted it to look like it was in full dakka mode.
So I've been up to a bit more converting and kitbashing and the result is the first 5 members of my Kill Team.
My elite team of surveyors, they can sneak in advance of the Explorator Fleet to hunt out lost archaeotech and are packing heat in order to defend or defend against whatever they find.
The lady with the pole carries a high tech piece of equipment that can sends an incredibly powerful signal that can be locked onto no matter how deep in a tomb they find themselves. It counts as an omnispex in game.
I also had some fun making some close quarters weapons like a radium submachine gun and a radium shotgun on my Skitarii Vanguard to do some close quarters fighting.
I wanted the shotgun most of all because it just isn't a Kill Team unless there is a shotgun.
When they aren't in the Kill Team they are just part of my normal 40k rangers and vanguard units.
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the lovely comments, I'm real happy with how they look. It's one of those things where I had the idea planned in my head and it actually came out how I wanted!
I'm currently painting up the cybernetica datasmith for my kastalens. Been working had at the new company I've started with so progress has been slow. Hoping to get an hour or two in tonight!
Hey folks couple of updates today. I've got the week off so I've been managing to actually do stuff which is amazing. Having time off rocks. We should do that more often. If you're at a certain age like me, free time is a sweet gift never to be ignored.
Kairos Ilyich Rho-07 and Toxotum Miletus Prime have finally got their shepard. I've got to say I struggled with the Cybernetica Datasmith, very cool model but loads of little details.
Currently finishing off the Kill Team and the kataphrons as well.
gobert wrote: Great job on the data smith, he came out well
Thankee kindly, Gobert!
Now for some of my last builds before I start the task of painting up the whole lot.
First up my dunecrawler. Nothing too special with this one, just a few bits and bobs to the base.
Next up, a shot of a conversion of the Wolfquad from the Atalan Jackals as a Kataphron Breacher. As you guys saw I used the tracks for my techpriest so needed an alternative.
I figured the mining laser was a good alternative for the arc cannon. This guy is the lead surveyor for the explorator fleet. The mining laser will cut into any tomb or old imperial ruins.
Just got half of a Kataphron to build and then will get the lot sprayed.
@captain brown and Flapjack - thanks both, really appreciate it!
Just a little update because I realise I've not done any. Been very busy getting sorted for my wedding so haven't really had a chance to sit down and paint little plastic lads.
Did a little extra work on my techpriest enginseer the other week. Most importantly, found the servo skull on the carpet! Clearly the Omnissiah blessed my eyesight.
I took Guardlings advice to try and make the freehand look a little better
Excellent work, both on the conversions and the painting! That kill team is a standout! I love the Dune Crawler as well, it's a great looking model to start with, but that old banner is just a cherry on top. I've got two suggestions though: you could cut the box on the base a bit so that it sits at an angle, buried in the ground (looks more organic that way). It might also be cool, if very fiddly, to add some kind of bionic bits to the reaper banner to make it more Mechanicus (or maybe Mechanicum..).
Hey, thanks CB! I'm glad I sat back down to add a few extra details.
mcmattila wrote:Excellent work, both on the conversions and the painting! That kill team is a standout! I love the Dune Crawler as well, it's a great looking model to start with, but that old banner is just a cherry on top. I've got two suggestions though: you could cut the box on the base a bit so that it sits at an angle, buried in the ground (looks more organic that way). It might also be cool, if very fiddly, to add some kind of bionic bits to the reaper banner to make it more Mechanicus (or maybe Mechanicum..).
Cheers! I had thought about doing that, I think when I add the basing sand I plan on making it drift against the box. And great idea about adding some bionic bits the banner, I'll have a look through some bitz and see what I can do!
gobert wrote:Loving the techpriest engineseer, very grimdark!
Yeah it's funny I didn't think I had a particular style but looking online that's what it seems to be. I suppose 40k is brutal so my painting looks it too. I try to make my models look realistic I guess. I think though that means it doesn't look very good compared to some stuff I see online and on this forum!
Don’t sell yourself short, it’s a great style and works really well. I think I’ll be trying to go darker on my next project as most of my stuff is bright like 2nd Ed!
gobert wrote: Don’t sell yourself short, it’s a great style and works really well. I think I’ll be trying to go darker on my next project as most of my stuff is bright like 2nd Ed!
Thanks Gobert, I really appreciate that. You're painting looks incredible and I always want to try to do a much cleaner approach but I think I always end up grimy haha.
Now for something a little different..
A friend of mine from work wants to play a game of WHFB and I'm very excited. So I've been painting my High Elves. When I started being sucked back into Warhammer it was really just this one project where I was gonna restrip my very first army that I started collecting back in 1999. As I was merrily dipping in my toes I accidentally got that Ad Mech that makes up this plog.
That spearelf was one of the first models I ever bought (the box was 4 spears and 4 archers) and I'm really glad I can finally give the poor sod a paintjob he deserves. The original roughshod look of my childhood didn't do any justice.
The next are some 4th edition shadow warriors with a simple conversion. I didn't have the small kite shields they have so instead I trimmed down some old Dwarven shields I had spare. I think it works really well as the helmets have a very Grecian feel and the circular shields really add to that aesthetic. Now the poor Elves of Nagarythe haven't exactly had the best luck over the years so I wanted them to look very pale and battle worn.
Inspiring kitbashes. Combining admech with the new Delaque models is a great idea. I seem to recall it being rather common in the background as well for certain mechanicus adepts to stretch their bodies to increase their height when they want to look imposing.
Those poor elves look like they need some help with cleaning them from dust
I quite like the round shields on the Elves, like you say they fit the Grecian aesthetic (the dust gives them the antique look too ). The Spearman looks Bob on too!
BTW, after the last comment I’ve been researching Grim Dark schemes for my Primaris, for which I’m thinking Dark Angels
Zywus wrote:Inspiring kitbashes. Combining admech with the new Delaque models is a great idea. I seem to recall it being rather common in the background as well for certain mechanicus adepts to stretch their bodies to increase their height when they want to look imposing.
Those poor elves look like they need some help with cleaning them from dust
Welcome and thank you. Yes unfortunately I never painted the Elven maids and butlers that were supposed to do most of the cleaning while they were in their box!
Captain Brown wrote:You just need to ask in the Swap Shop if someone has spare kite shields. I just sent someone a pile of them a few months back.
Cheers,
CB
Cheers CB, good to know!
Dysartes wrote:Nice work on the AdmEch so far, dude.
Welcome and thanks!
gobert wrote:I quite like the round shields on the Elves, like you say they fit the Grecian aesthetic (the dust gives them the antique look too ). The Spearman looks Bob on too!
BTW, after the last comment I’ve been researching Grim Dark schemes for my Primaris, for which I’m thinking Dark Angels
Haha thanks Gobert, I did give them a quick brush but the camera certainly picked up plenty of dust! I like the sound of some Dark Angels!
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Just a quick shot of the remaining 3. The first of the citizen milita to take up arms in the defence of Chrace (although originally they were painted in the classic blue and white as defenders of Ulthuan).
The had a nice spa day in some simple green a year ago and then have sat in a box while I painted 40k. So now they are soon to be painted up. I'm glad I took this photo just to enjoy the remnants of that sweet Goblin Green! What a colour eh?
A quick elven update for you all, finished the other 3 spearelves and my first 4 miniatures are complete. First picked them up in the late 90s as my first foray into Warhammer. How much has changed since then eh?
They've killed many a foe over the years so it's nice to finally give them a worthy paintjob.
Up next I'll try and do army shots of both my Ad Mech and High Elves. Hoping to paint up some Ellyrian Reavers for an upcoming game against some Empire.
Finished up one of my Ellyrian Reavers. Pretty happy with the result, I was thinking of going for a more colourful helmet plume but in the end I just kept it white.
Of course with a Chracian warhost, I thought they would suit cavalry axes better than spears. Maybe somewhere down the line I'll Greenstuff the shoulder pad so it matches up, although I don't actually know where to buy GS these days? I don't see it on the online GW store. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place?
I still have to do the shield, I don't have any of those small kite shields they originally came with anymore but perhaps the circular shields of the 4th edition Shadow Warriors could work?
I don't know if you happen to have anymore spare Captain Brown?
Would love some feedback, so let me know what you all think!
Not sure, to be honest - there are also a few listings for Green Stuff on Amazon UK, including one where you can get a foot of it for £13.99, which seems reasonable compared to the sort of prices GW used to charge.
Dysartes wrote: Not sure, to be honest - there are also a few listings for Green Stuff on Amazon UK, including one where you can get a foot of it for £13.99, which seems reasonable compared to the sort of prices GW used to charge.
Thanks, I'll hopefully pick some up soon!
Just a quick update today, finally managed to take an army photo of my High Elves. Not the best photos in the world unfortunately, there's not too much light by the time I'm back from work.
There's still a lot more to paint and I've got a few of my adeptus mechanicus conversions to paint up too!
Impressive Elven army. I do miss seeing the massed ranks of WFB games going on at the FLGS. Age of sigmar never quite had the same visual appeal in my opinion. What do you think will be next on the painting docket?
gobert wrote:Wow! Gotta love a good Army shot, the whole army looks great on the whole army
Haha thanks Gobert, I hadn't realised how much I actually had painted, so it's nice to see them all laid out. Need to do the same for my admech.
brushcommando wrote:Impressive Elven army. I do miss seeing the massed ranks of WFB games going on at the FLGS. Age of sigmar never quite had the same visual appeal in my opinion. What do you think will be next on the painting docket?
Cheers! When I was younger and played more, I used to love seeing everyone's armies all out on the tables. That's one of the big draws of the hobby to me. Check out below for the new update!
Dysartes wrote:Aenar, Sword of Twilight from Mordheim as one of your heroes?
Was glad I picked up that issue of White Dwarf, back in t'day.
It's one of my all time favourite minis, I got it many a year ago for to make a shadow warrior warband for Mordheim. I still have plans for that some day.
Speaking of the scions of Nagarythe. Here are my 6th edition shadow warriors. Love the cloaks on these models, superb sculpts.
Up next is more ellyrian reavers plus some admech I guess!
Dysartes wrote:Any plans to do movement trays for the regiments, btw?
Yes I have some plans for nice movement trays and some nice unit fillers as well. In fact, I started on building a Hawkship as a terrain piece but that's a sad story and it is in a bad state of affairs!
gobert wrote:Not sure what happened with my last post, I meant to say that the scheme looked great on the whole army!
Nice work on the shadow warriors capes, some lovely highlights
Haha thanks Gobert, I knew what you meant!
Captain Brown wrote:Nice work Olthannon.
Cheers,
CB
Cheers CB, really appreciate it.
Quick update today folks with my second reaver. I've also added a shield to the first one. As always when you photograph your models you suddenly spot little mistakes, need to shade around the reins on the neck of the musician's horsie.
Up next more reavers and maybe some indomitus marines. I've painted up one in a new colour scheme so might paint up 5 as a little squad.
gobert wrote:Ooh, a nice pair you’ve got there… of Reavers! The Indomitus Marines sound intriguing in their new colours
Haha thanks Gobert, funny it turned out I never posted them in my painting log, just on my instagram, it's just as well because I really like the new colour scheme!
Cap'n Facebeard wrote:Very nice elves, the colour scheme really unifies the army.
Thankee kindly Cap'n, there's more elves up next but for now..
So it's only been 11 months since I bought the Indomitus box, but y'know a lot has happened this year. How could I have predicted my house flooding, having to move, starting a new job and all the bloody rest of it
My wife and I popped in to a local GW last weekend, picked up a few paints she wanted for her models and I liked them so much I decided to paint the marines with some of those colours.
EDIT: Oh and ignore the bases, they look like cack now because I plan on painting them in a weird purple alien world style.
So I present the Knights of Fey, born from the ashes of my ancient space marines army which sadly no longer exists. Blown to the four winds like all my old warhammer
They were originally called the Flame Guardians, fought in the 13th Black Crusade and on Medusa V, often fighting alongside my Imperial Guard airborne regiment, the 101st Redburn Dragoons. A lot of my mates had Tyranids so I think lorewise their near total annihilation at the hands of the gribbly menace. But they are born a new thanks to the genies who created Primaris. And thus a new chapter is born of their ashes.
I use the word Fey in their name in the old english definition meaning "those doomed to die". A fitting name for 40k eh?
Up next is more elves, but I have to say I do enjoy painting space marines. It's just so easy in comparison!
They look the business Olthannon, the (Alpha Legion?) transfers look cool. The red accents are a nice touch too. The Fey part of their name is rather fitting, especially for a chapter that has been resurrected from the past, both in their fluff and real life. Hopefully the Primaris can add to their long history of glory
gobert wrote: They look the business Olthannon, the (Alpha Legion?) transfers look cool. The red accents are a nice touch too. The Fey part of their name is rather fitting, especially for a chapter that has been resurrected from the past, both in their fluff and real life. Hopefully the Primaris can add to their long history of glory
Cheers Gobert, they're actually freehand of some twisty triskelions, changed them up to make them slightly unique. I need to paint up some more and the necrons to boot!
But for now here's another Ellyrian Reaver, this time the champion.
Really happy with how they turned out, sadly their horsie lost their tail but with some greenstuff on the way I plan to fix that up.
Took a bit of extra time with the champion as there's some nice little details in the sculpt. It's a bit washed out in the photos but the red robes have much more depth to them!
Three down, two to go for this unit and then it's back to the grim darkness of the far future...
brushcommando wrote: Reavers are looking cool. I like the decision to go with the bronze/gold for the sword. Pretty striking in contrast to normal steel color.
Thanks! I figured el capitano would need a fancy looking blade.
So 4 down and one left, here is the standard bearer. On the basis of the harbinger having a fancy sword, I gave mr flag man here a normal steel one. I don't know about anyone else but I really struggle with steel colour, I find it quite difficult to contrast so that it looks good. I tried to do socks for the horsie in black, which went okayish. Don't think I'll try that again for the last one
I found a PDF of the old High Elf banners so I'm going to print a couple off for my reaver here and the swordmasters. I'm looking forward to it, even if it's going to be a pain fiddling around with PVA to get it right.
EDIT: By the way, if you are looking at my pictures on PC, holy hell I can only apologise. I do everything on my phone and it looks fine, uploading them now on PC and man the large pictures look awful!
Anyway, thanks for looking and as always comments and criticism are very welcome.
Ha! Everyone’s minis look a bit shonky on a big screen, don’t sweat it. The Reavers are coming together nicely, I can’t wait to see the banners, especially if you keep with the same colour palette. If you come up with a good TMM for your swords let me know too!
gobert wrote:Ha! Everyone’s minis look a bit shonky on a big screen, don’t sweat it. The Reavers are coming together nicely, I can’t wait to see the banners, especially if you keep with the same colour palette. If you come up with a good TMM for your swords let me know too!
I think it was the surprise more than anything! Haha, will see what happens with the printer, that will be a fun little experiment. As for the TMM, I'm certain it's about getting the shading right but I feel like I just miss the mark.
Captain Brown wrote:
You could just do a bob tail with your green stuff, that would save you trying to copy the other long flowing elven tails.
Just an idea.
Cheers,
CB
Thanks CB, definitely what I was thinking, I seem to recall that the Silver Helms horses had some shorter tails for the front rank.
So that is the unit complete, minus the banner and the tails. I'm still awaiting greenstuff being delivered so until then I've got a bit of a hankering for 40k. Time to paint some robo boys.
Dysartes wrote:Can't help but think the Champion is going "Will you get that horn out of my face? And you, watch where you're waving that sword..."
Do they still rank up if you switch the standard bearer and musician around?
I'm trying to remember the name of the magic sword that had a gold blade - was it the Blade of Shining Gold, or something like that?
yes unfortunately I tried very hard to get them to rank up the other way on but it was simply not to be! Their legs and robes hit into each other. At some point, I'll try and fix it so that they looked less daft. I tried taking some photos of them all separated but they came out a bit too blurry. Blade of Leaping Gold was a cool magic sword, gave your hero an extra 3 attacks.
gobert wrote:Hehe, it’s always a challenge to rank up the minis, especially the mounted guys. The unit looks great though, well done getting them done
Thanks Gobert, I'm glad to get a unit finished. Not a quick painter but it's a great feeling getting a unit completed.
I've started painting some admech but the averland sunset base colour I use for them is bloody dried up! Agh! It was always a bit stodgy but now I can barely get anything. Will have to either buy a new pot or try and thin that one.
Anyone have any good tips for fixing that or is it just not worth the effort?
I’ve used water and a good stirrer to bring an old metallic paint back to life. It should work with Averland Sunset, though I’ve heard it might change the colour slightly.
Hey thanks both, I used a wee bit of warm water and it worked a treat. I suspected it would but I wanted to know if there was something fancy to use.
Well I've twisted some ritual knobs turnwise and I've oiled my armpits with the sacred ungeunts. I even blessed my paintstation with incense of the most powerful smells known to Holy Mars.
In otherwords, Forge World Labrunnia IX is back online!
The new 5 are part of the Kill Team conversions I showed previously. I used the Necromunda bases to differentiate them from the others and unify them with the other 5 members of the Kill Team who are built from Delaque gangers.
Hope you guys enjoy, up next will be the other half of the kill team and maybe a Kataphron!
Good to see the Omnisiah has blessed you, and the forge world has produced some more! I still love the yellow robes you given them. The new members mesh very nicely with the rest of the force
So on with the show, the other half of the Kill Team now complete barring me sorting out the bases. I finished these late on thursday night and couldn't be arsed to fanny on with PVA glue at the time when I take some photos of the Kill Team as a whole I'll show the updated photos.
I'm a bit at odds as to what to paint next, I think I might test out a Kataphron and also my converted ambot.
So here's the converted Delaque gangers and the rest of their ranger squad.
Part of my original idea for the squad was that
a) I wanted to create more of a Mechanicus feel to the models, which the more elongated Delaque models achieve.
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b) the lore behind my explorator force, I wanted the Kill Team to look like a group of surveyors so I gave them some mining equipment and huge scanners as well as the Vanguard having more close combat weaponry.
It I always interesting to see the other uses that people put Necromunda miniatures to, send these look great . I am always envious of people using orange as a primary colour on a unit/army as it is just one of those colours that I have never really mastered.
I think a Kataphron is a great idea to tackle next, they are such fun models...and your Wolfquad counts as conversion really looks the part.
Sweet Kill Team Olthannon! They certainly look like they have mechanical augmentation lurking under those robes. I’m with Guardling on doing the Ambot, it’d certainly fit in with the mining theme.
Nice conversion with the Delaque bodies, fits right in with the AdMech aesthetic. Their paintscheme is wonderful too, the Buddhist monk orange contrasts well against the blues of the electric bits + patina.
I like your Elves too - Elves practically demand a bright, vivid paintscheme, and yours certainly does the models justice.
ListenToMeWarriors wrote:It I always interesting to see the other uses that people put Necromunda miniatures to, send these look great . I am always envious of people using orange as a primary colour on a unit/army as it is just one of those colours that I have never really mastered.
I think a Kataphron is a great idea to tackle next, they are such fun models...and your Wolfquad counts as conversion really looks the part.
Thanks! I am very interested by the new Necromunda sculpts, I like that they are a little different to the old ones, kind of hold their own. They are also very characterful, which is fun to play around with. The trouble I have with the orange is I spend a lot of time building up the layers, glad it looks okay in the end!
Guardling wrote:Nice work on the kill team!
My votes on the Ambot, would fit in well with the digging stuff up vibe, but I'm biased towards Necromunda stuff...
Cheers Guardling! The ambot is sitting waiting for some paint as I've been stuck over Christmas.
gobert wrote:Sweet Kill Team Olthannon! They certainly look like they have mechanical augmentation lurking under those robes. I’m with Guardling on doing the Ambot, it’d certainly fit in with the mining theme.
Thanks Gobert, the spindly nature of the delaque is real cool. Yet funny how different it is to the old sculpts, I only really noticed the difference looking on Captain Brown's log.
Thumpingbear wrote:Nice conversion with the Delaque bodies, fits right in with the AdMech aesthetic. Their paintscheme is wonderful too, the Buddhist monk orange contrasts well against the blues of the electric bits + patina.
I like your Elves too - Elves practically demand a bright, vivid paintscheme, and yours certainly does the models justice.
Thanks! The elves still have a bit to go, some archers are sat undercoated but figured I needed to do some 40k.
Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:Delacque Ad-Mech work brilliantly, great job!
Captain Brown wrote:Very interesting conversions Olthannon.
Cheers,
CB
Cheers Gwyn and CB, very much appreciated.
So folks, Christmas has come and gone and I've had a some nice presents. Including a fabulous blessing from the Horned Rat and the cauldron of a thousand poxes. Yep I finally caught covid. Managed to stave it off for 2 years. I had my booster a few days prior but I think it hadn't warmed up in the system properly yet. Symptoms are thankfully mild and I believe I have the newer omicron variant as I still have my sense of smell. It's basically a bad cold and I'm extremely glad of my vaccines which seemed to have kept everything mild. It feels like a bloody awful cold, my wife has so far not got it so I'm stuck in the spare room, which has become the mini leper colony haha
You would think it would give me plenty of time to paint warhammer but unfortunately I've been too ill to focus on anything like painting.
Anyway, here's a few shots of the Kill Team which in the new rules is made up of 2 fire teams. 1 is the rangers and 1 is the vanguard.
No real change to the models here just that they are together and the ranger bases are finished.
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Hark to that! The rumblings of a new machine spirit within the forges of Labrunnia IX. The will of the Omnissiah is absolute. Praise the machine! ++ Out of cheese Error! Talk to Mr. JELLY ++ ?redo from start++/
However, one of my christmas presents was a fun little project I have had in mind ever since completing my other skorpius conversion.
When I re-read the awesome Forges of Mars one thing stuck with me that of course the models never existed. He describes the mecanicus tanks as converted up rhinos and chimeras. Now I love the rhino, I think it is a great looking tank. One of the things I really dislike about those dumb hovering primaris tanks. So I wanted to use the spare bits from the skorpius kit to make myself a disintegrator. It was a very easy kitbash, I kept the lower part because I think it looks like a dozer blade.
That is a cool kit bash, makes me want to try it myself.
Maybe I'll mock it up on my chimera...
Not sure about the dozer though, doesn't seem big enough.
If you extend the dozer in front of the treads (angled back slightly if possible) it would both clear anything that blocks the chassis, bypass the treads *and* look more finished?
Thanks everyone for the feedback and replies, Happy New Year to you all!
So although I liked the idea of angling the dozer, it would have been an unbelievable faff, so I've just gotten rid of it
Thankfully my covid symptoms are finally dying down, still getting headaches and a cough has started, also lost my sense of taste but feeling a lot better on the whole.
Actually managed to get some painting done in fact.
So here is my first Kataphron as a tester, with my wolfquad to follow.
++ A dull, aching agony reverberates in my skull as the jolts of electricity course through the nodes lodged in the organic remnants of my brain. I feel myself in motion. I feel.. but there is little I can do. Who was I? Fleeting traces of memory still echo in my mind. If I glance down, icy terror paralyses my thoughts and I want to scream as I see my new, hideous armoured body. Yet I have no control. Instead, I retreat into what little I have left to save myself. My body is broken and enmeshed into this metallic form. I am a cog in the machine. I am a servant of the Omnissiah.
// a moment of painful clarity within the mind of Kataphron battle servitor K98-III. //
Just a fun bit of lore to go with the painting
Ideally, I'd like to finish my other outstanding project which is my Serberys Kettenkrad conversion but I still haven't found anyone with a 3D printer to help with the tracks.
Glad to hear your covid symptoms are fading, seems like most of the country will have had it this winter! The Karaphron looks great… when I found it in the gallery at full size! The yellow translates well to their armour
Hi everyone, little update today. What with the self isolation I actually have time to paint and so I have. Today should be the last day of isolating (hooray!) which means back to work tomorrow (boo!)
I don't really think too far ahead with planning my armies. I pick a theme I want to go with when building them and work things out along the way. I buy things that look cool and then try and figure out cool ways of fitting them into my army when I have the bits in front of me. So when I bought the GSC jackals, my mind was focused on the eventual kettenkrad conversion and I sort of forgot about the wolfquad. Until of course I decided at random to make my techpriest out of kataphron parts and then out of the bits popped the wolfquad to shore up the kataphron breacher squad. For those of you that have been following this blog for a while, it fits the pattern of how I update it!
So here is my latest, Reclaimator Haryssen Fyrd.
++ Reclaimator Haryssen Fyrd rides across the sulphuric wasteland on his customised mechanicus ATV, based on the ubiquitous Atalan chassis. While his methods are unusual and deeply against standard technoarchaeological practice, his recent actions within the explorator fleet have uncovered numerous extremely valuable lost tech. He is often seen with his Kataphron bodyguards who defend him from the denizens of whichever tomb or ruin he has decided to excavate. ++
This was a fun little mini to do, I've used the GSC kits a couple of times now because they have some nicely characterful designs. What with all the mining equipment, they fit the bill for the theme of the archaeologist explorator fleet.
I have a couple of things I'm in the process of painting - the other Katapron, the converted Ambot and the converted Skorpius. Who knows what will finish first?
So something a little different today, was off work yesterday with some post covid health problems, so on lighter duties at work today.
Had some time to kill yesterday so I broke out the greenstuff and opened up the Kill Team box I got for Christmas.
That kit is awesome, I love the range of details and the options. That is what all imperial guard kits should look like. They look like a proper squad, you can really make very characterful soldiers. It's everything I hope for with the eventual IG release.
Only problem is I don't like the DKoK, I think they suck
So instead I present the first 5 of my Valhallan Kill Team and possibly first 5 of my IG army.
Now I've not touched greenstuff in over a decade but I'm pretty happy with the end result.
Guardling wrote: Nice work on the hats!
Are you going to be adding their bandolier things they have?
Thanks Guardling! It's funny you mention those bandolier things. I thought about it a lot when I was making them because I wanted them to match up with the old minis. But I decided not to. In a lot of the GW art they don't have them and I think it would just look too weird and bulky on those DKoK figures. I figure the 'bandoliers' are like a survival tent or something..? because I don't actually know what purpose they serve. And since they have backpacks I figure that is a suitable replacement.
Capt. wrote:Hey! I've only just found this (sorry I'm late) I really like that Rhino conversion. Mind if I copy that?
Oh and you have a beautiful.cat. She's a gem
Welcome! Haha thanks. And yes of course, the forges of Labrunnia IX have created the Skorpio (Rhinorpius?) STC for all.
Warboss_Waaazag wrote:Your Vahallans look great. Nice effective use of green stuff. Looking forward to seeing them painted up.
Cheers, ask and ye shall receive my dear Waaazag!
Pvt. Ilyich Putinski ready for duty! Strong enough to eat an entire Valhallan Snow Bear in one sitting. Takes his shirt off at the slightest provocation.
First test for my Valhallan paint scheme. Quite happy with the result, the base especially turned out well. Excuse the horrible exposure, I've been fiddling about with these photos for half an hour and this was the best result
I am not that great at taking photos so this will have to do for now.
The last shot is a pict recording of Putinski on the snowfields of battle.
First test for my Valhallan paint scheme. Quite happy with the result, the base especially turned out well. Excuse the horrible exposure, I've been fiddling about with these photos for half an hour and this was the best result
The mini looks good! At least it wasn't indecent exposure.
Guardling wrote:Very nice, the red and gold make a nice little warm spot colour...
Looking forward to seeing the rest of them
Thanks! I know they probably wouldn't be super duper camouflaged with nice blue pants on but I always try to have some contrast in my minis.
gobert wrote:Nice test scheme, the snow really came out well. Is it a homemade recipe?
Cheers Gobert, it is in fact a super easy one from Ye Olde Warhammere. It's just baking soda (Doctor Oetker if you needed to know but that's just what we had in the house ) pva, white paint and a bit of water. It's super hard to see from the photos but it has a great granular quality.
First test for my Valhallan paint scheme. Quite happy with the result, the base especially turned out well. Excuse the horrible exposure, I've been fiddling about with these photos for half an hour and this was the best result
The mini looks good! At least it wasn't indecent exposure.
as hard as the Valhallans are I think they'd still freeze their knackers off in this cold!
Dysartes wrote:Looks like you're off to a good start, Olthannon - just a shame this Krieg squad boxed set sounds to be so pricey.
Yeah I couldn't believe the price of it in fact... think I'll wait for a combat patrol
Captain Brown wrote:Blue and white fit the winter theme.
CB
Cheers CB!
So just wanted to say a big thanks to all of yous for the nice comments I appreciate it. It's been a wee while since the last update, I know this because I had to scroll down the second page to find the blog. I finished painting the other 4 mainly on monday but I was too lazy and tired after work for the week so only did the bases and took photos last night.
So what I've realised is I am terrible at taking photos of my models
I think the smart thing to do would to take individual close ups and then string them together.
Maybe next time?
EDIT: also I've since reduced the shading of the greatcoats on the back!
Capt. wrote: Those are great! I used to have some Valhallans back in the before time, but I parted ways with the Imperial Guard. Kudos to you- they're excellent.
Thanks Capt! I had a few within my main guard army which I used as vets but really I wish I'd kept the lot. Sadly they are long gone!
Quick update here as I've not had much time to do anything. I've done a bit of basecoating to the 5 Valhallans yesterday but that's about it.
Instead I thought I'd quickly put together one of the ork kommandos. Just a little headswap, I prefer the woolly hat on the "sniper". I have some gapfilling to do clearly!
gobert wrote: Lovely job on the not Kreig, the conversion and gs came out really well
Thanks Gobert! Finally got them all finished.
There's a few things I'd like to fix maybe at another time, I have individual photos of each model so I'm gonna look at a free photo editing thing just to string them together.
Guardling wrote:Valhallans are looking good, very...
...cool...
Looking forward to more AdMech, I just got some Skitarii with the Imperium magazine so I'll be watching for ideas...
Haha thanks! They are snow joke.
So I've been working on my skorpius disintegrator conversion.
Now I'm still calling it WiP but I could really do with a hand. In definitely needs something extra, maybe some decals or freehand but I would love some advice. What do people think?
There's a few areas of the metal work that need tiding up too..
Guardling wrote: It's looking very nice...
However it's a bit clean and bare compared to your earlier vehicles.
Maybe try adding more tools, boxes and/or cables?
Thanks Guardling, so a bit of filth and junk. I'm currently converting up a few bits and bobs for it now!
Ooof, you are naughty! It’s one sexy looking rhino/skorpius hybrid thingummy! Lovely job Olthannon, it looks much better with a bit of filth. Are you gonna add any bits on it? Maybe above the tracks?
My only suggestion would be silver where paint may have chipped off to expose the metal underneath. Around the edges of hatches, steps, undercarriage, etc.
gobert wrote:Ooof, you are naughty! It’s one sexy looking rhino/skorpius hybrid thingummy! Lovely job Olthannon, it looks much better with a bit of filth. Are you gonna add any bits on it? Maybe above the tracks?
I'm imagining that as the voiceline from Fable.
Captain Brown wrote:Olthannon,
My only suggestion would be silver where paint may have chipped off to expose the metal underneath. Around the edges of hatches, steps, undercarriage, etc.
Cheers,
CB
Cheers CB! I've since added some more scuff marks, will take some more photos shortly.m Gobert - I do plan to add some extra bits but not entirely sure what just yet! I'd welcome any suggestions
In the meantime I present my Onager as it is so far. I still have the base to properly finish and probably a touch of filthing to do the same as the Skorpio but I'm pretty happy with it and the end is almost in sight! I need something to add to the shield on the Omnissiah standard but not sure on that. I tried to add a decal but it looked naff.
Let me know what you folks think and I'll post up the finished version once I've sorted the base.
gobert wrote: Nice work on the dune crawler, the omnisiah umbrella is well painted. I quite like the idea of a barcode on the front of it instead of a unit marking
Ta muchly Gobert, I like Omnissiah Umbrella although I'm sure the tech adepts would have your guts for servitor garters for that heresy!
That barcode idea gives me an interesting idea but would have to see how it works..
Slight update here just to show off the finished base. First picture managed to capture a hideous furry daemonic entity viciously attacking the dunecrawler!
Thankfully it was later exorcised by the techpriests.
Good think the black beast was exorcised. My large grey four paws of terror loves to chew on the top of terrain and railings.
Cheers,
CB
Cheers CB, she is very tricksy, keeps climbing into my light box and biting my models.
Hey so I picked up Eldritch Omens, went half with my brother and I'm pretty damn excited to get painting some Eldar. Eldar were my first 40k army (not a surprise as High Elves were my first WHFB) and I have longed to get an excuse to start painting them again. I considered buying some more Eldar when I started to dip my toes back into Warhammer but I straight up refused. I wasn't going to spend the money on models I used to own which were more expensive now. Anyway, with new models at long last, I thought I'd start some Eldar.
Still WiP as I have a few things to tidy up. The cloak took me a long time, it was originally white but hellsteeth it looked awful in the photos so I went for this darker grey which has turned out much better. I'm considering doing camo but also I quite like it as is. What do you folks think?
Still got a few of the jetbikes to go before I'm finished but I've made a start!
gobert wrote: Oooh, looking sharp! I think camo would be too mon-keigh for the Eldar. What Craftworld are you going for? Saim-Hann or something else?
Cheers Gobert! I have seen some cool diamond pattern designs on the old instagram that I'd love to try but I'm much too chicken
Well my old Eldar army was basically reversed Saim-Hann with white bodies and red helmets. Originally I considered doing the same but the thought of painting that much white filled me with great sadness and woe. So instead I've gone for a scheme basically replicating my High Elves. Dark red body with a yellow helmet. Robes and that will be white/grey.
My wife and I are going to be moving house soon so I'm trying to get a few things done before then.
ph34r wrote:Nice skorpius conversion, it works well. I kind of wish Mechanicus could take more tracked vehicles.
Yeah me too, the mechanicum from FW have a better aesthetic, but I like to convert stuff!
Captain Brown wrote:Good luck on the Eldar Olthannon.
Cheers,
CB
Cheers CB!
Hello one and all! It's been a bit of a while for an update. I was working for a little while in Saudi and me and my wife have just moved house (temporarily before another house move.. but that will be permanent!)
So most of my warhammer has been packed away but there is another little project I've been working on.. Some Rohan / D&D minis.
The homebrew campaign I run is basically a fantasy Saxon setting and although there's a lot of viable Early Medieval historical minis I could have picked up, a lot of course don't have armour on which is difficult for D&D. Although I do have my eye on some Victrix minis because they look great.
We've been playing online but finally moving back to the homeland so I can play with mates in person, so I ordered some Rohan minis. Although they are primarily for this purpose I really want to give Battle Companies a shot because that looks really fun.
So here are the first two minis I spent a few hours on yesterday.
In warhammer terms these are just some basic rohanus stabbicus and rohanus shooticus..
But in D&D the spear armed lad is known as Jaques du Beaumarchaid, from a realm known as Augille. The archer is Baelryd, both are local guards.
Hope you all like them! It was so nice to be able to sit down and paint again!
Nice work on the Middle Earthers, the blue is really nice… though with that shield my first thought was that I didn’t realise Ultramarines had a presence on Middle Earth!!
gobert wrote: Nice work on the Middle Earthers, the blue is really nice… though with that shield my first thought was that I didn’t realise Ultramarines had a presence on Middle Earth!!
Thanks Gobert! Yeah I went for the blue for the Dungeons and Dragons purposes but to be honest I like different schemes for lotr minis.
Another 4 warriors of Rohan, bringing this up to a neat little warband. Just 4 to go and I've finished my first batch and all the ones in blue. I have a fun little conversion idea planned for the next 12. I'm looking forward to it and I'll pop up a tester soon.
And in 40k news, I've been building up one of my birthday presents, finally got myself some Sicarians. I've gone for the taser goad option which I hope was the right choice. I think narratively, infiltrators fit perfectly with my explorator theme, the next few I will do some little kitbashes with.
gobert wrote:I like the alt colour scheme, it works well and is pretty unique. Yours won’t get lost amongst others’ rohrim!
Captain Brown wrote:Your Rohan force is looking very nice.
Cheers,
CB
Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:The blue-and-maroon Rohan troops look great, love the alternative scheme!
Thanks folks! I'm happy with how they are looking, got a few more to do before the warband is finished. I've got some fun conversions planned for the rest of the box.
However, let me pull your attention back from the wonderful wilds of Rohan and the wonders of Middle Earth and off we go to the grim darkness of the far future.
So these are the last 5 of my Delaque box which if you cast your minds back I put together in a Kill Team. I had a hell of a lot of fun last night putting these guys together. I love the Delaque gangers, so tall and spindly, perfect for my admech. They look even better with the rust stalker Sicarian gas masks that I had spare.
With the previous 5 I was worried they wouldn't look "skitarii ranger" enough so I made sure they had the ranger heads, but with these I figured why not experiment.
This stubber gunner is possibly one of my most favourite kit bashes that I've worked on, certainly since I got back into the hobby. My old armies used to have tons of daft things like this in. Of course in game it works as the usual skitarii sniper, pinpoint machinegun fire works the same right? I'm particularly fond of my servitor made up from spare parts. I really wanted it to look like some kind of twisted homunculus and hopefully that comes across. He is a lovely Horrible Little Man.
Guardling wrote:Very nice, I've been waiting for some more of your AdMech and you haven't disappointed!
Cheers Guardling, glad it was worth the wait! More on the way!
gobert wrote:Cool kitbashes, the stubber is really fun, the little Servitor adds a bit of ad mech oddness to the mini for sure
Thanks Gobert! Yeah he's gross and therefore wonderful
You may remember my Reclaimator Haryssen Fyrd who rides into battle on his wolf quad.
Well his other bodyguard servitor is now complete and therefore my kataphron breachers are finally done.
Some other exciting news, I finally found someone to help me 3D print some things so now I can finally create my Kettenkrads! It's extremely exciting and hopefully the bits will be shipped to me soon.
Fourth of Plans: This is my favourite plan so far, so I've left it till last. I truly love the Serberys models and I would eventually like them, but my current plan is to pick up some of the GSC jackals and convert them into...
The mighty Kettenkrad. What a ludicrous creation. And very much in theme for the Adeptus Mechanicus. I've very much enjoyed using it in Battlefield V. My current idea is simply replace the back wheel with some treads and wallah got some raiders. I've got plenty of leftover guns and heads from the skitarii box so easy enough to convert the riders.
An idea I had nearly 2 bloody years ago has finally come to fruition. I got some tracks 3D printed and they arrived today and at last I got to make a start on this project!
Now, it is a wee bit different to how I originally envisioned them. I just couldn't get some treads small enough to fit on both sides, so this is the best I could do. In the end though, I am pretty happy. It needs some tweaking here and there and I have another three to do to refine the method. I need to figure a little way to cover the treads a bit I think because otherwise it looks to obvious that they aren't attached to anything!
Harryssen Fyrd! I love it! I must’ve missed that pun last time we saw him. the bike conversion is really cool, but I agree there needs to be some connection from the bike frame to the track mechanisms
Captain Brown wrote:Nice work on the kataphron breachers Olthannon.
Cheers,
CB
Thanks CB, glad to have got them off the pile.
gobert wrote:Harryssen Fyrd! I love it! I must’ve missed that pun last time we saw him. the bike conversion is really cool, but I agree there needs to be some connection from the bike frame to the track mechanisms
Cheers Gobert, you have to enjoy the little things. 28mm is where you find the littlest of joys.
So my Serberys Kettenkrad Raiders are all finished, knocked the lot out last night while my wife was playing Baldur's Gate. I fixed the issue of the lack of connections on the new three but I accidentally chucked a bit from the first one. I'll have to think up how I'm going to fix that.
Look at that bloody mouldline eh? You always think you have them all and they pop up right in your face to taunt you!
I'd like to think you can fire on the move on my kettenkrads as well as you can riding a mechanical horse dog.
So pleased to have finally got this unit done. To think I had those guys in a box just waiting for so long. Let me know what you folks think.
Up next, I have to throw some paint on my various constructions so far.
I had a fun idea for an upcoming project but I still need to finalise it in my head.. (I'm thinking AoS Dryads for a xenobiologist version of the electropriests)
You may or may not remember I converted up some ambots from Necromunda because I wanted an excavator style to fit with my Explorator Fleet and their technoarchaeologist leader.
Well here the first one is finally bloody painted!
I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. I wanted this to look more like a personal creation of the Forge World which is why it is in the yellow colours. I had painted my other Kastalens very differently because I really liked the idea of them being wandering bots that just turn up unannounced from another age.
The "green and cream" on the shoulder pads was a bit of a test run for an idea I had for how to paint the Kettenkrads.
gobert wrote: Ooh tasty Ambot! The standing upright pose gives them an imposing look. Good work getting it all painted up
Thanks Gobert! You do a lovely job as a cheerleader and it is most appreciated! I'll send the pompoms and mini skirt in the post
So this is a mini that I didn't want to touch since I built it because I was very worried my painting skill wouldn't match up. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out although I suspect I might need to add some freehand designs to the robes?
I present the leader of my explorator fleet - the chief Technoarchaeologist and Grand Magos of Labrunnia IX - Xantheos Lazarin
One thing I enjoy doing is painting skin (not in a weird way), unfortunately for me, the admech reckon the flesh is proper weak. So it's rare to be able to. I had fun with the cherub at any rate (again, not in a weird way).
I debated a lot on painting liquid in the tanks on the back, but in the end I thought a frosted glass sort of look would be better, makes it more of a mystery.
Hope you folks enjoy my admech, more on the way soon!
Really nicely done with the kettenkrads! A highly overlooked vehicle from WWII that has a lot of practical applications in the far future, where there is only war...
The level of detail and color coordination on the other pieces is enviable- really like 'em.
Thanks! @Boringstuff, @Guardling, @CaptainBrown and Meer_Cat! I appreciate it.
So been fairly busy, house move coming up to finally get moved in to our new house. Been stuck in a rental property due to the housing chain and all sorts of faff. Hopefully nearly sorted.
Last week my wife and I went to Ireland to see some family and head to the Rory Gallagher festival which was fantastic.
Anyway, trying to finish a few things before it is packed away. So I managed to finish my Sicarian Infiltrators.
Not happy with how the Taser Goads look from the front, but they look much better from the reverse so I will try and tidy those up soon.
Hey all, quick update. Not at work today so I spent a couple hours making these next 5 vanguard.
Adding to the Explorator theme means I get to use a lot of the spares from the GSC kit. I love the mining vibe the GSC have so I've used a lot. I figured Vanguard would likely be using explosives so that's what I went with here. I never want my minis to look bland, so I always try to do some little kitbashes. I find the admech a little tricky because of how the models are put together. Still, complicated builds are part of the fun.
Just spent this evening reading through this entire thread. Man, you have done some amazing work over the past few years
I've never played admech in my life. But I have the same philosophy as you about making each model unique with a story. It makes seeing the army at the end so much more fun. Some of the conversions you've done have been absolutely ace. Loved the necromunda mixes as well as the ambots. Will definitely have to steal some of your ideas for my cultist army
Keep up the good work mate! Progress is progress, no matter how small or slow.
Freytag93 wrote: Just spent this evening reading through this entire thread. Man, you have done some amazing work over the past few years
I've never played admech in my life. But I have the same philosophy as you about making each model unique with a story. It makes seeing the army at the end so much more fun. Some of the conversions you've done have been absolutely ace. Loved the necromunda mixes as well as the ambots. Will definitely have to steal some of your ideas for my cultist army
Keep up the good work mate! Progress is progress, no matter how small or slow.
Heya Freytag! Thanks for checking out my wee blog, I really appreciate it!
So again not much of an update, haven't really got a painting set up sorted since the house move. Trying to get the remnants of the admech finished so I can put more focus on my other armies.
So as I was unwrapping them and getting them out the moving box to check any damage I thought I'd line up what I have painted for a little army shot. The quality is pretty dire because as with all my photos, it is just on my phone. Anyway, it's nice to see them all together.
Oh yeah! Great army shot, the yellow works well on all of the minis and vehicles. Glad to hear the move went well, hopefully the unpacking doesn’t take forever. Good work getting the hobby box unpacked.
gobert wrote:Oh yeah! Great army shot, the yellow works well on all of the minis and vehicles. Glad to hear the move went well, hopefully the unpacking doesn’t take forever. Good work getting the hobby box unpacked.
Thanks Gobert! We are getting there, bit of a faff on with a few things (ordered a dishwasher and had to fit that in the cabinet and it was a bloody nightmare thanks to how the previous owners had mucked about) but most of the vital stuff is out of boxes and just need a permanent hobby space!
Boringstuff wrote:I can't remember if I've posted this already, but I love the tracked conversions of the vehicles.
Thanks Boringstuff! I enjoyed putting together the Skorpio Disintegrator but the Dunertreader APC was a nightmare
So here's my first painted Serberys Kettenkrad. Painted it up over the weekend. Took a little while to pin down the colours but I'm glad it worked out in the end. Working on a little palette cleanser next then right back to the admech.
I fancied a little palate cleanser so I decided to paint up some of my Indomitus marines.
This is a continuation of my homebrew chapter: The Knights of Fey.
I've not considered much background for the Knights of Fey. I'm going for an early medieval- Saxon vibe to them, their homeworld being a backward and rather esoteric feudal world. I'd like them to be Librarian heavy, hopefully will expand them in time with one of the battleforces. It took me a while to think up what to do with the base, but I like the end result. When I was working as an archaeologist, I was working on a Saxon cemetery and the surrounding soil was this wonderfully red, iron rich natural.
In other news, my Squat box arrived today! The kit is absolutely fantastic, the size is spot on, they're stout and short and very dwarfy. I'm really excited for the Votanni on the horizon.
Just a quick conversion, giving him an overflowing tankard from the old Dwarf warriors kit from WHFB.
More Squats on the horizon, I've got some fun ideas planned.
Not Online!!! wrote:That admech leader. Simply awesome.
Also i don't understand how people can paint gold this well, even on SM.
But then again i can't paint
Nice squat models, certainly looking better than league of meh.
Thanks Not Online! I promise the gold is dead easy because my painting skills are naff. It's retributor bronze or something similar and then a brown wash (in this case I've found the GW earth one far superior to my old army painter wash) and then in some of the crevasses I do a bit of black wash. Finally for highlighting I quickly drybrush a mix of the gold and silver and call it at that.
Dysartes wrote:You didn't fancy them being the Byker Grove Lads, Olthannon?
I've been asked this a lot and so clearly the folk song is not as famous as I thought, probably not outside the North East these days. So Byker Hill was a colliery in the east end of Newcastle during the 19th century and there's a famous song called Byker Hill which is what the name of the gang is based on. Byker Grove is set in the same area! It's also the basis of Dave Van Ronk's song Luang Prabang.
That's my personal favourite rendition, although I'd wager the Martin Carthy version is probably the most heard version.
That's the whole gang built, I'm really looking forward to painting them. Think I've got the colour scheme ready to rumble.
Just a quick update for the test scheme for the Byker Hill Lads. Although they can't be seen in the photo, the cloth is a cream colour.
EDIT: I should say that although this seems to like quite teal in this photo, the base colour is dark angels green!
Originally I had planned a dull grey for the base, but I thought that looked too dark so I went for the same style as my admech. There's plenty of sulphur on Necromunda after all
I'm actually canny pleased with how this turned out, let me know if you have any pointers/ C&C. I hope to get the whole gang painted up by this week.
Guardling wrote:Squat looks great as is!
Look forward to seeing the rest
Thanks Guardling!
Captain Brown wrote:Looks fine in the photo Olthannon.
Do you use any auto filter on your photos that might change the color?
Cheers,
CB
Cheers CB, only the thing in the gallery that autotunes your photos!
gobert wrote:The first byker hill lad is looking great! Perhaps he could do with a bit of yellow dusting over him to show he’s fresh out of the sulphur pits?
Thanks Gobert. Great tip, I'll add that today while I paint the next few.
Not Online!!! wrote:he is adorable and awesome.
Cheers Not Online!!! He is adorable even though he reckons he is 'ard as nails
So! I've been dreadful at doing much painting beyond getting the basecoats down on the Squats. Little update here which is a bit was a touch unplanned. Couldn't get an ounce of sleep last night. The other day a mate of mine were having a chat and decided to organise a game of 6th edition fantasy. So as I was coming up with a 500 point list I decided to touch up my High Elves and take a photo.
So here's the Border Patrol of Tor Velen, led by the esteemed Olthannon.
A little difficult to fit them all in the light box, but Border Patrol is a thankfully low model count
This will be my first game of Warhammer in well over a decade and I'm proper excited.
gobert wrote: Olthannon looks great leading his lads. The white on burgundy shields look great (reminds me I need to cast some up!)
Thanks Gobert! Yeah bit of a mishmash in that unit. I have a lot of the new 6th edition spearmen but only those 4 of the old. My other unit of spears have the burgundy shields, rather than white, to differentiate them. Most of my archers are the old plastic armoured ones. I can't wait for the upcoming border patrol, this will be our first game of Warhammer in nearly 15 years!
The first half of the Byker Hill lads are ready to rock and roll. A couple of juves (or wee lads in this case) plus a pair of tougher pitmen.
The rest are yet to come babe and won't that be fine?
Not Online!!! wrote:Nice high elfs, also the bikers are just adorable!
Thanks!
gobert wrote:Wee lads! they look awesome, ready to rumble! make sure they wear their n my asks when playing paintball sorry I couldn’t resist
I’m envious of the Warhammer Fantasy game, I hope it lives up to the nostalgia expectations. Playing with painted armies will be awesome!
Which one is Frank?
I really need to play up more of the Byker Grove influence than the Byker Hill song. Clearly the song is not popular outside the NE
Guardling wrote:Squats are looking great!
Looking forward to the other half
Cheers Guardling, you don't have long to wait!
So that's the Byker Hill gang all done, very pleased with the result. I like the minis a lot, I might buy the big looking bugger but the fact it is FW and resin is a bit of a pain. The yellow on Radgie Johnson's helmet is using the new Imperial Fist contrast colour, which turned out canny nice. I'm looking forward to trying that out on my admech. This is my first time using contrast colours, needed a couple of goes to understand how the paint medium works.
Not sure what I'm going to work on next, might be High Elves, might be Marines, might be admech...?
Olthannon wrote: So that's the Byker Hill gang all done, very pleased with the result. I like the minis a lot, I might buy the big looking bugger but the fact it is FW and resin is a bit of a pain. The yellow on Radgie Johnson's helmet is using the new Imperial Fist contrast colour, which turned out canny nice. I'm looking forward to trying that out on my admech. This is my first time using contrast colours, needed a couple of goes to understand how the paint medium works.
Congratulations on getting the Byker Hill gang finished.
Congratulations on getting the Byker Hill gang finished.
Cheers,
CB
Thanks CB, it's always nice to finish a project. Looking forward to using them in a Necromunda game one day.
PaddyMick wrote:Just seen the admech stuff. I love everything about the army; the fluff, colour scheme and conversions. Really inspirational stuff mate well done.
And yay squats!
Cheers PaddyMick! I appreciate it as your work as bloody excellent. Glad you like 'em!
gobert wrote:The wee lads turned out great! And yes, I have no clue on the song!
cheers Gobert! Worry not, I don't think anyone does who isn't lercal like ya na?
Hey there Admech fans get ready for a little update.
+++ Emerging out the howling winds, Skitarii cohort XIV advanced on the enemy. The buzzing crack of radium carbines firing into the ranks of the ancient dead. Alpha Haidranus ducked behind a gour, as crackling energy immolated two vanguard beside him. He cursed a stream of archaic binharic code as several large spider like constructs leapt into the ranks of the cohort. His power maul crackling, he emerged from cover and dove into combat.+++
I had my first ever game of 9th edition (and first ever game of 40k since 3rd edition) against some Necrons and I won! Admittedly it was a learner game at my local store but even still
Buoyed by that, I found some motivation to finish painting the last few bits and bobs of my admech. I also tidied up the other vanguard as my painting has improved since I first started.
Now I'm doing the same with the rangers. Then the Serberys Kettenkrads and a few others to go.
So not had a lot of motivation at all these past weeks. Just one of those things, but did a lot of scenery for a D&D game at the end of August.
Most recently, I started on a Mordheim warband. These bits are all very old so excuse the occasional bits of paint. These are very WiP. Looking forward to getting some paint on them, probably paint them as Talabeclanders, my favourite province.
In other news, finally managed to have a game of 6th edition with my good friend and his Orcs and Gobbos!
Unfortunately I was betrayed by the dice gods at every turn and by my own foolishness
This was our first game of 6th edition in over a decade, so it was a lot of checking things out with the rules.
Played a 500 point Border Patrol using the Capture scenario. Both armies sought a magical repository hidden in a ruined tower somewhere in the Badlands. I will do a follow up with a little narrative soon!
My army consisted of:
A commander embedded in 14 spearmen, 10 archers and 5 shadow warriors.
They faced off against a Shaman, 15 orc boyz, 10 arrer boyz, 5 wolf riders and a doom diver catapult.
The lack of magic and the dice sought to defeat me at every turn. The doom diver landed square on the spears and took out 6, severely ruining their effectiveness.
My only real luck was a failed animosity which led to the orcs 'aving a scrap! Which led to the orc boyz charging and battering their comrades.
The Shadow Warriors killed 2 wolf riders and 2 orc boyz the entire game, the shadow walker hit every time but never managed to finish the job. I kept rolling 4s and 5s to hit and 1s and 2s to wound!
I need a much better army for next time!
Definitely led by a mage, maybe with a bolt thrower.
Oh yes, some awesome Oldhammer there! I loved the crazy Orc stuff, doom divers and scraps between the ladz. Sounds like you had fun despite the defeat though. I like the sound of a mage and bolt thrower joining the mix too.
The Mordheim gang should be fun, and it’d be cool to see your terrain too
Cheers Gobert, yes lots of fun all the same. I'll get those Greenskin gits next time!
So inspired by that game I did some work finishing off my remaining High Elf project. First purchased between... 1999-2003 I believe.
Fair old age to them now but still mighty soldiers
This is the original unit of spears, glad they are finally getting a new lick of paint.
Now for something a little different, I wonder how many people are converting old High Elves in 2022?
You can still see the remenants of the goblin green bases that survived the simple green treatment back in 2019!
What are they you ask? Well my High Elf army hails from Chrace and I wanted to add some "Lothern Sea Guard" only these instead hail from neighbouring Cothique.
Cothique Elves are always described as more akin to corsairs who sail the seas and prefer raiding attacks rather than open warfare. So I mixed in a few bits and bobs from some of the old Wood Elf kit. I took inspiration from the 6th edition army book that had a Lothern Sea Guard made of a mixture of Archers, Spearmen and Silver Helms.
I do love the red and white combo you’ve gone for. There really isn’t much better sight than ranks of painted elves!
The Sea Guard look great, and will look better with some more paint! I reckon you must be a rare breed that’s converting Elves, though there’s a few that are painting them still
gobert wrote:I do love the red and white combo you’ve gone for. There really isn’t much better sight than ranks of painted elves!
The Sea Guard look great, and will look better with some more paint! I reckon you must be a rare breed that’s converting Elves, though there’s a few that are painting them still
Yes one of the few things I have enjoyed about using Instagram, really seen some excellent High Elf stuff, very cool scenery out there.
Captain Brown wrote:Nice revival Olthannon.
Cheers,
CB
Thanks CB, I'm afraid I've immediately knackered the revival by pivoting to yet another project
Yes I got myself the Leagues of Votann set. And I am so glad I did. Very impressed with the kit, I did originally plan for them to be all wearing helmets but the detail on the faces is supoib. I did a few simple Dwarfy extras, just to see what they would look like. Including a new creation "the brew-kyn" to complement the Ironkin. More on that shortly.
The painted lad is still WiP, need to touch up a few areas and think up something for the base. I had a lot of fun with the "Demiurg" face. I wanted them to look as alien as possible to make it match up with the old lore.
Ooh I wondered when we’d start seeing space dwarfs on dakka. The red and orange look cool on them. I’m intrigued to see what the brew-kyn turn out to be
gobert wrote:Ooh I wondered when we’d start seeing space dwarfs on dakka. The red and orange look cool on them. I’m intrigued to see what the brew-kyn turn out to be
Guardling wrote:Haha love the brew-kyn, all they need now is a teaspoon and a tin mug...
Cheers both! My thoughts for the Brewkyn is that they function much as Ironkyn do. Except in my custom league (whatever I end up naming it ) I see them as older generational Ironkyn. That have in a way become Ancestor-like and they carry out more important functions within the Hold. I thought it would be an interesting way to create a slightly more spiritual aspect to the Ironkyn. Perhaps they don't necessarily see themselves that way, but maybe other Kyn do and revere them for the age and closeness to the ancestors.
That's the gist anyway. I'll put more of it down sometime soon.
In terms of painting updates, I based my test model and touched up the face and the gun. Originally I planned on some Dwarf runic patterns on the bolter but it looked a little naff so I went for hazard stripes instead. I think I need to touch them up, make the black lines a little thicker.
The base is about 90% finished, I might add a bit of snow as well.
Not pictured I have basecoated another four and done the basic washes and started the highlights.
ph34r wrote: I like the basing tuft choice, it feels like it's some totally random new alien world they've decided to strip mine.
Cheers me ph34rs!
I've seen people use those wee tufts before online and I really like the look and I'd been wanting to try it out for a while. I think I will do so with my Eldar as well when I eventually get back round to them. I popped down to my FLGS on a whim and there was a couple of packs. By the way if anyone is interested in Fantasy minis I humbly suggest you check out their miniature range here . Lovely comic characters, very Pratchett esque.
Anyways on with the show..
I was away on holiday for a few days so I've only got the next 5 painted. Still bumbling along figuring out the lore but when I have a bit of brain time to spare I'll actually focus on that.
Trying my damnedest to take better photos, at some point I'll bite the bullet and just buy a proper camera instead of using my phone. I'm rather happy with the stubble effect I got on the otherwise baldie lad with the HYLas rifle. I decided against continuing the hazard stripes on their bolters but I figured I'd keep what I already did. You can see the Brewkyn a little better now and I'll do a side by side with his Iron cousin when I paint them up.
As I was taking the photos, my cat came to sniff out what I was up to. So here is Misty doing her best Medieval cat painting impersonation.
She's about halfway done, still need to pick out the details, do the highlights and finish off the base, going to take a lot of time over the scanner to get something cool.
I truly love this admech color scheme. Captivating and very, Dune. nice work.
osjclatchford wrote: You know what, theres some outstanding minis in this thread and I'm sorry to have not commented till now.
the admech delaques, the tracked bikes, the classic whf and now the votan with the awesomely neon radioactive grass! wonderful stuff throughout!
Thanks a lot mate, really appreciate it.
Bit of a proper update: the first squad is finished and I came up with a name! (I hate doing that, takes me ages on any RPG game, I can get stuck thinking up a name for hours )
Welcome to the stage - The Norhymbre Cooperative. Hailing from their hold of Yvearik on the planet of Iscagimm. A small league known for it's extremely devoted ancestral worship as well as the extreme heat of their Hearthforge. They have begun to vigorously expand outwards into new space since the Rift opened. More to claim for the Cooperative!
Happy to get the Thegn done, had them basecoated for a while but haven't had much time spare for a few days. I might build one of the Pioneers next, rather than painting another squad. But we shall see what happens.
Squats are looking good mate, reckon the scheme suits the retro sci-fi vibe of the models.
+1 on what previous posters have said about the bases, and them admech. Also, there's a cat.
Cracking work getting the first squad done! They look spot on, especially the added OSL. The Einhyr looks amazing with the WHFB dwarf head, well worth the effort to carve down. One tool I’ve recently been playing with is a jewellers saw, makes cutting up lead much easier and plastic is a doddle.
PaddyMick wrote:Squats are looking good mate, reckon the scheme suits the retro sci-fi vibe of the models.
+1 on what previous posters have said about the bases, and them admech. Also, there's a cat.
Not Online!!! wrote:Now this i like more
Good job Olthannon
gobert wrote:Cracking work getting the first squad done! They look spot on, especially the added OSL. The Einhyr looks amazing with the WHFB dwarf head, well worth the effort to carve down. One tool I’ve recently been playing with is a jewellers saw, makes cutting up lead much easier and plastic is a doddle.
Cheers everyone, appreciate it. Good idea Gobert, I do have a jewellers saw somewhere in my toolbox. Wish I had the idea at the time!
Next squad stands ready for the Norhymbre Cooperative. This time armed with ion guns. I like doing little conversions like this, nothing too major but just a little few extras.
DoctorDanny wrote: I like the space-midgets. But I really like the old-school high elves. Makes me want to do an oldschool WHFB army myself...
I hope I can resist
Thanks DoctorDanny! Unfortunately, resistance is futile! So if you do start a Fantasy army, I'd be dead keen to see it!
I've almost finished building everything in the box now, with just the Kahl to go. I'm leaving that for a little while while my brain ticks over and I consider what kind of converting I want to do.
For now here's some photos of my Hernkyn Pioneers.
Really nice little kit to put together and you gotta love a duster. It's like a jacket, only longer and thicker and far more bad ass. Makes you look like Lorenzo Lamas.
Meer_Cat wrote: Nice pieces- the bases are particularly striking. The colors work given the armor schemes and the general 'unearthly' figures.
Cheers Meer_Cat! Given that the Votann inhabit the galactic core, I wanted the bases to look clearly unnatural and a little unusual. Hence the blue rock and the neon grass. For the character bases I plan some more whackier bits and bobs.
So another update here for you all. Feeling a lot more motivated which is great. It sucks when poor mental health impacts your hobby. But my brain has refilled with a touch of vim and I seem to contain more vigour of late. So on with the show
I had a fun time picking through some ideas for the banner. In the end I went for some classic Dwarf designs. The forge under the mountains represents the Hearth of the Norhymbre Cooperative that they hold so dear to their hearts.
Banner looks great. Simple designs like that work really well I reckon. Very dorfy. Every squad should have a banner. Unless they are a stealth squad. Or jump packs. Think it was Nigel Stillman who said 'raise the banner first, and you can raise the regiment around it' . Glad you're feeling better and lookin forward to seeing more.
PaddyMick wrote: Banner looks great. Simple designs like that work really well I reckon. Very dorfy. Every squad should have a banner. Unless they are a stealth squad. Or jump packs. Think it was Nigel Stillman who said 'raise the banner first, and you can raise the regiment around it' . Glad you're feeling better and lookin forward to seeing more.
Thanks PaddyMick! I really appreciate it. I'm always an advocate of Stillman, his narrative focus is what I aspire to when creating an army.
So been focused on the Einhyr Champion and I'm pretty pleased with the result. I think a couple of areas to touch up here and there but that's the gist.
NAVARRO wrote: Its so cold that greenstuff takes ages to dry!
Looking great and the OSL looks pretty cool too
Cheers Navarro, much appreciated!
Quick update here just to show the full squad.
Pretty pleased with how they've turned out. I figure I need to maybe change over the special weapons between the two squads though. But I'll figure that out later.
Got the bikers on the go currently, then I need to think about the Kahl. I've got a good idea planned in my head for the base, but I need to get sculpting!
Happy New Year everyone, hope you've all had a good time!
Thanks all for the kind words, glad you all liked it. I was particularly pleased with my Hogfather, he had pride of place on the tree.
So new update for the new year, Father Christmas brought me some Kharadron Overlords and converting them up to a new squad of Hearthkyn. I think of them as a unit of Kyn defending a small mine, more like a militia like the Fantasy dwarf warriors. I really like some of the bits from the Kharadron Overlords kit but I just hate them in Fantasy the comparison to them and the old Dwarf kits is awful. Great for this though!
Having to do a little cutting and chopping to get the arms at the right length but I love this part of the hobby. I couldn't resist making a "relic" L7 missile launcher out of the steam powered chaingun.
Just because it’s been done before, doesn’t mean it’s not a good thing! The head swaps are really cool, and yea the overlords are a bit of an odd fantasy army, but perfect bits for the votann. Can’t wait to see them blessed by your brush
osjclatchford wrote:those heads ont he thunderkin add so much more credibility to those models!
they look like they should now...
Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:Yeah those are way more believable as heavy elite infantry with those heads!
Cheers both, I'm a fan of the new Votann and I the kits are pretty easy to convert up. They just needed a little extra Dwarfy.
Captain Brown wrote:Olthannon,
I have a little space marine ornament...but Mrs. Captain Brown makes certain it is always way up high and on the backside so it is not seen.
Cheers,
CB
Haha that's a shame she's not a fan, you'll have to sneakily move the marine round the front next year!
gobert wrote:Just because it’s been done before, doesn’t mean it’s not a good thing! The head swaps are really cool, and yea the overlords are a bit of an odd fantasy army, but perfect bits for the votann. Can’t wait to see them blessed by your brush
Cheers Gobert, glad you like 'em. Hopefully get them painted soon.
ph34r wrote:I love the space dwarves with bright alien shrubs look.
Thanks Ph34r! You reminded me I missed some shrubbery off my latest update!
So finally got some time yesterday to really do some painting. Started a new job and I have a rough commute at the minute so I've been much too knackered to do any hobby stuff. I've been trying to plug away at the Pioneers but it's a fiddly model to paint which isn't conducive to my motivation!
Think there's a few areas I want to touch up but happy enough for now!
PaddyMick wrote:Looks good. Like the things that make it float, using two different colours on them makes them stand out. Are his eyes just white? spooky.
Cheers PaddyMick! Yes, I've been trying to add strange little things to them just to make them look as inhuman as possible.. Purple hair and creepy eyes. I figure they are strange cloning things that fit into the lore.
Not Online!!! wrote:Great job on the biker.
And most definitivly your thunderkin get blessed by your brush
gobert wrote:Sweet work on the trike! Hopefully the commute settles down and you can find some
Motivation for the pioneers.
Captain Brown wrote:Nice work Olthannon.
Cheers,
CB
Thanks all! Work and the commute is still all go, although I think I'm getting into a rhythm where I'm less tired. I need to find an alternative to coffee because otherwise that's all I'm living on!
I know I've got the Thunderkyn and the bikes and the other squad to be doing but hey, I go where the brain takes me.
I've spent a little time this morning going through some plogs and I'm so impressed with how much amazing work is out there. Everyone is rocking some amazing talent and it's given me some inspiration to get off my arse. So with that in mind I've joined the monthly painting challenge with my Kahl!
Took me a long time to decide what I wanted to do for the Kahl. He's the high heidyin (low?) so I wanted something special. Originally I was going to sculpt a dead Ork to the base but I was rummaging around in my bitz and found a mysterious genestraler. Not entirely sure where it came from but I chopped it to bits and recut it to fit on the base.
I'm pretty happy with it so I better get it sprayed and painted!
So I'm almost finished with the Kahl, he just needs a name really. I'm pretty happy with how the base turned out. I had to pop to my local GW last weekend to buy that neon paint because I wanted Predator blood for the genestealer!
I went for that colour scheme because I wanted something similar to the old blue and pink Tyranid scheme from a while ago. Plus it contrasted very nicely with the red of the Norhymbre Cooperative colours.
Let me know what you guys think, I want to do a bit more work but to be honest this is about the extent of my mediocre painting talent
The words "your talent" and "mediocre" do not belong in the same sentence- this is excellent work. The detail in the shadings and the highly complementary color scheme is executed to a high degree. Using so many colors runs the risk of presenting a chaotic kaleidoscope of disjointed, run-together impressions- this is a composite whole composed of painstakingly applied detail.
Reckon you should call it job done and a bloody good job at that. Haven't they got a rule where the kahl points and gives someone a judgement token? that's what he's doing. He should be called The Crimson Grudge Judge.