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I got ya covered Yggs


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Great use of the spoilers, Alf !

As I haven't read Unremembered Empire yet, I had thought it could (almost) be the only source for such a piece of knowledge...

Now I'm intrigued !

Whoops forgot my closing tag. Everything should look good now.

Unremembered Empire was a good read, and featured the most primarchs in a single place since the fourth HH novel.

 Yggdrasil wrote:


He'd look like that :


What do you guys think of that ?

Wow, this guy looks awesome!
The pose is super cool and the helmet/face mask is simply GREAT!
Super work.Cheers
Klaus

 Yggdrasil wrote:

Dr H wrote:Liking the Kroot. The colourful crests are nice.

Thanks ! I was pretty glad with the crests, but had to put a lot of efforts without the proper airbrushing paints... Now that I've found some, it's way easier !

monkeytroll wrote:Like where you're going with the daemon - you could have a proboscis extending from the bottom of the mask between the two canisters - like graven I think that could have a very nurgle feel.

I like the first set of kroots with the cloaks

Nah, they look good man, as if that's any shock to us

Ah ok, I get the proboscis thing now... That's an idea, but I'm not sure I could make it look good... Not confident enough with my skills, not to mention the GS sculpting I'd have to do to make it work !

As for the cloaks... Actually, that could be a great idea !

Q0rbin wrote:Lovely model that DP. Which god will it be?

The GreatFather of Life & Decay, of course !

Camkierhi wrote:Those Kroot look brilliant, but that DP is awesome.

Thanks for those kind words Cam... I'll try and refrain from disappointing the audience !

On a side note, the WD from last week had an interesting bit of fluff that I cannot remember from anywhere else... I don't have my iPad with me, so cannot quote it thoroughly, but it was really surprising.

Spoiler:

It mentioned the fact that the Ultramarines could be somewhat responsible for the fall of Sotha, the Emperor's Scythes Fortress World, due to a "scheme that dated back from the Horus Heresy" (or something along those lines).

I'm not a fluff specialist, but how could something the UM did in M30 cause the Tyranids, a threat emerging on the verge of M41, to target a specific world ?!? #puzzled

Of course.

Alfndrate wrote:Whoops forgot my closing tag. Everything should look good now.

Unremembered Empire was a good read, and featured the most primarchs in a single place since the fourth HH novel.

Lol, I'm eager for it !

Klaus, not Santa wrote:
Wow, this guy looks awesome!
The pose is super cool and the helmet/face mask is simply GREAT!
Super work.Cheers
Klaus

Damn you Klaus, I wish you had commented earlier... This one was my favourite too, but people seemed to prefer the rebreather version.... So I went with that one lol !

If only you had supported me

Thanks though, this is an idea not completely forsaken

Q0rbin wrote:Of course.

Hey,

I haven't worked much on my models lately, wasting too much time on building the Daemon Princes...

Only progress is on my first CoD building ! Still WIP of course, have to add a lot of rubble & details



Another side project, due on next wednesday, has me busy... I'll try and post a pic later !

Cheers,

Yggs.

Looking good man, scenery makes such a difference

Hmmmm....I think my wife would divorce me for just showing her pics of your gaming table....I wouldnt even have to say a word LOL

Really tho, wonderful table!

San76 wrote:Looking good man, scenery makes such a difference

Yeah indeed !
It's just, I almost never found the courage to get myself into it... The AAD & Bastion, as well as the AoParade board were pretty much my first experiments !

GamesEtc wrote:Hmmmm....I think my wife would divorce me for just showing her pics of your gaming table....I wouldnt even have to say a word LOL

Really tho, wonderful table!

If you're talking about that one :



Then it's my buddy's Apoc table, not mine ! Yeah he's crazy

 Yggdrasil wrote:

GamesEtc wrote:Hmmmm....I think my wife would divorce me for just showing her pics of your gaming table....I wouldnt even have to say a word LOL

Really tho, wonderful table!

If you're talking about that one :



Then it's my buddy's Apoc table, not mine ! Yeah he's crazy

...not that crazy... I should take a closer look

Hey Hyena... Anytime !

On with the side project : I made a custom gift for one of my subordinates, my company sergeant ! One of his role is to carry the company flag, so I thought it might a nice gift to turn him into an AM model !

I just hope the gift will please him, even though he's not a hobbyist !

Here are the pics :









What do you think ?

That's beautiful work chief, magnifique!

Amazing, I should think he will like it. Looks awesome.

Yeah he looks really cool, I'm sure he will like it.

Fantastic work Ygg! Love the vibrant blue on the flag and how that contrasts with the ochre on the base. And those camo's!

Really Awesome! He should like it! Let us know his reaction.

Really nice work there!

Extremely well done Yggs. I'm sure he'll like it!

inmygravenimage wrote:That's beautiful work chief, magnifique!

Merci mon ami

Camkierhi wrote:Amazing, I should think he will like it. Looks awesome.

GiraffeX wrote:Yeah he looks really cool, I'm sure he will like it.

Sageheart wrote:Really Awesome! He should like it! Let us know his reaction.

Solar_lion wrote:Really nice work there!

Gitsplitta wrote:Extremely well done Yggs. I'm sure he'll like it!

Indeed he liked it ! Funny thing is, they did offer me the COMPLETE company flag today, with its haft & everything !
He seemed genuinely surprised & pleased, almost as much as I was !
Great day today !

San76 wrote:Fantastic work Ygg! Love the vibrant blue on the flag and how that contrasts with the ochre on the base. And those camo's!

Thanks San !
I like the result of the feathering on the blue of the flag as well ! As for the camo, TBH I didn't think it would look that good ! I started with a green basecoat, with quite large khaki & brown patches, then smaller black ones, topped up with a layer of Sepia Wash... And tadaaaa !

Another fun fact of the day : my second-in-command had asked my friend Denis to custom-build a miniature as a gift for this special day !!!

Here's what I got :


On the tombstone are the dates of my time in the regiment, a Nurgling & Tau to represent the Armies I'm building !

As for the Marine :
- He's a Captain, coz', hey, I'm a captain !
- He's blue because the traditional colour of my company (1st) is blue !
- And he's got wings because my first name is Raphaël, an (arch-)angel !

So psyched, humbled & thankful for their nice words & gifts !

Next up : on holiday for 10 days, so expect buildings, Daemon Princes, and Kroots !

That's fantastic Yggs, congratulations!

Wow! That is really a great gift, full of thoughtfulness. It's really good you have comrades who appreciate you this much.'

If you don't mind me asking, what made you paint up that beautiful model for your sergeant, and them to get you such a personal figure?

Gitsplitta wrote:That's fantastic Yggs, congratulations!

Thanks mate !

Sageheart wrote:Wow! That is really a great gift, full of thoughtfulness. It's really good you have comrades who appreciate you this much.'

If you don't mind me asking, what made you paint up that beautiful model for your sergeant, and them to get you such a personal figure?

No worries

In the French Army, the company commanders change every two years, and so every two years, the company gets a new captain to lead it... And it's always a special occasion both for the new commander, the former, and their men...

So there's always a military ceremony, a "party", and some gifts from the company to their former commander... So, among other things, I got that awesome SM captain !

And because I'm not a traditionalist, I also had some gifts for my "inner circle" : platoon leaders, company sergeant, second-in-command, etc... Hence the flag-bearing sergeant !

[edit : my FLGWS is setting up a painting comp' due on the 19th of July, with 3 categories : Orks, Astra Militarum, Wood Elves... What do you think I should go for ? As I bought some Flashgitz & a Painboy yesterday, I'm tempted by the Orks... ]

Sounds good Yggs, now, where is the progress on that Daemonprince eh? *taps foot*

Man there's some good stuff here Like the little gift you made and the one you received. Really awesome

What not all 3?

I'd say your most suited for the AM, but Orks would be cool too.

I'd say Wood Elves. I think you'd be able to do some amazing things with those new Treeman kits AND it would be something completely new for you. AND everyone else is going to do orks.

Orks.

STC_LogisEngine wrote:Sounds good Yggs, now, where is the progress on that Daemonprince eh? *taps foot*

Hey, I have worked *a bit* on them, but not enough to show a pic...

Main progress is the latest one will have 3 arms ! Not sure it'll look good while done, but for now it just looks suitably grotesque

Nashbashem wrote:Man there's some good stuff here Like the little gift you made and the one you received. Really awesome

Thanks for stopping by, & for the kind words !

whalemusic360 wrote:What not all 3?

I'd say your most suited for the AM, but Orks would be cool too.

Well, why not going for something unusual ?!?

IceAngel wrote:I'd say Wood Elves. I think you'd be able to do some amazing things with those new Treeman kits AND it would be something completely new for you. AND everyone else is going to do orks.

Yeah, the "new" argument is quite valid, PLUS I've also bought some Dryads & a Treeman for my "Garden of Nurgle" army... So that would be doable, if not for the time : a Treeman in 3 weeks ? That's out of my league !!

As for "Orks", agreed too...

Gitsplitta wrote:Orks.

Hey Gits, I knew you'd say this...

Another side project : yeah, I know it's not right, but my imagination went awry again, and tonight I built a... Night Stalkers Dread !!!

Here he is :



Based on an AoBR dread I had in my bitz box, from a long-forgotten ebay lot... With quite a lot of DA icons & bitz... What do you think ? Is he darkangelized enough ?

Slightly (OK, a lot!) off topic:

You ever play YGGDRASIL the board game?

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/71671/yggdrasil

It is a fun co-op board game with a great theme!