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Hey dude, great work, very impressive, I especially like the flamer concept and paint scheme, bold is gold, especially in this case, my only question with them being: Are they supposed to be hot and melting the snow around them, or are they like all chaos-y flames and dont effect the snow unless they want to type idea?

As well, for the thousand suns, I would look up the classic tomb king models for some inspiration, everyone always makes them extremely bright, but I believe they should be almost like they are in perpetual sandstorm, very worn, I mean, they are just shells roamin' around and were burnt out from the inside? just a thought...

Ditto graypaint on how good the 'Thirster's head is. That's a WHFB boar, right? Looks much better than the original. With that head in place, I can finally appreciate the rest of the fig (well, except the giant hands). Also, those flamers look ace.

Thanks for being an inspiration to those of us who have Apocalypse-scale "to do" piles!

A real cornucopia of amazing things, I am most taken with the dp and the bloodthirster although the plaguebearers were very nice.

That mob of flamers is really something Scarab, all together on snow bases and all. And in game, damn that's a LOT of no armor template love

I'm really a fan of that 'thirster too, with the more aggressive pose, backswept wings and that GREAT boar head. I'll say it now, if I ever get around to making a 'proper' 'thirster (rocking a balrog convert and an uber-prince right now) I'll be nicking that headswap

- Salvage

Thanks for all the kind words!

graypaint wrote:Where is your thirster's head from? You must have mentioned it before but I missed it.

The head stuck on his axe is sort of comical

As Savnock noted - WHFB boar. And yeah, the head's a little OTT, but that okay now and then.

gameandwatch wrote:Are they supposed to be hot and melting the snow around them, or are they like all chaos-y flames and dont effect the snow unless they want to type idea?

As well, for the thousand suns, I would look up the classic tomb king models for some inspiration, everyone always makes them extremely bright, but I believe they should be almost like they are in perpetual sandstorm, very worn, I mean, they are just shells roamin' around and were burnt out from the inside? just a thought...

My wife said the same. I went with the "not really hot, just Chaos" approach. If I had infinite time, I'd definitely prefer to go with the melt look. Good ideas on the Thousand Sons - thanks!

Some WIPs from the Nurgle side (Mort's Reapers) today. The green will all be a lot more natural and complex (GuO tone, but more varied) when done.




And the plague marine contingent with the bases done. Still lots of detail ahead:

Flamers look great, looking forward to the final result on the 1k sons

Dittoed Shotgun'

Miss Dee wrote:Dittoed Shotgun'

how is that helpful? in any way?

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Your models look great, i have only read a few pages but do you achieve that rust look by airbrushing? it looks simple but effective.

Thanks guys!

Gutteridge wrote:

Miss Dee wrote:Dittoed Shotgun'

how is that helpful? in any way?

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Your models look great, i have only read a few pages but do you achieve that rust look by airbrushing? it looks simple but effective.

Gutteridge, I think Miss Dee's comment is just a quick way of saying she's followed the latest update and enjoyed it. Good question on the rusting: the answer is "it depends." I did do the largest amount of rusting on the Nurgle side with the airbrush. Honestly, it over-rusted them a bit compared to what I had planned. I expect to do the remaining rusting by brush. Here's the "secret": http://www.micromark.com/RUSTALL-SYSTEM,7532.html Enjoy!

I do like a knight with a shining boltgun.

Oh, thank god, you are not done with the rusty men... for some reason I had thought you were doing them just that rust color, all over. I was trying to figure out if it was just an artsy thing I didn't get, or perhaps you had gone mad... but I just kept thinking "that is WAY too much rust, no matter how awesome it looks..."

I am going to slink away with the broken husk of my reading comprehension now... these look great so far

Wow, these are insane!!

Nice work mate!

Cheers,

Jack.

Wehrkind wrote:Oh, thank god, you are not done with the rusty men... for some reason I had thought you were doing them just that rust color, all over. I was trying to figure out if it was just an artsy thing I didn't get, or perhaps you had gone mad... but I just kept thinking "that is WAY too much rust, no matter how awesome it looks..."

LOL! No worries. It'll have some details, but maybe not in time for the big game. Still a lot of the 12K points to paint!

Blightdron wrote:Wow, these are insane!!

Nice work mate!

Thanks Jack.


Time for another update. Here's what's on my airbrush table at the moment. Note the Titan has some paint now!




Here's all three sections of the table - two done and one built. It'll be arranged as two 8x4s with a 5.5x4 between then in an H-shape to facilitate reaching models to move them.




And finally, the Maelstrom of Gore contingent of the army. Sorry for the poor pic, but I think you can see the chipping effect under the base of red. Much more to come on these.



Working on some nurglings at the moment.

BLOOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!!!!!


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I can start to see alot more detail on the warhound now.

scarab wrote:Still a lot of the 12K points to paint!

I know how that is. I'm doing pretty much the same thing for next summer with some friends(most of the stuff supplied and painted by me, though).

Yours will look tons better, though.

Keep up the good work!

scarab wrote:Looking for some suggestions this time around - what to do with my Thousand Sons/Ahriman? I'll have the Iron Hydras painted in the worn green tone shown on the Land Raider at the beginning of this thread. The followers of the blood god will be in deep red with similar wear. The Nurgle guys are all rusty. I tend to like brighter looks for Tzeentch stuff, but I want it to fit in...

Hey Scarab, just did a quick scroll through your thread and I must say you have some very impressive work! As to the Tzeentch marines, I have two suggestions (sorry if I'm late).

1: Stark, hard highlights probably of a blue-ish tincture. I see this a lot of WHFB chaos knights and it really seems to carry that 'otherworldly' armor look. Example:


2: Sort of along the same lines as 1, paint your marines up in a scheme close to the rest of the army but differentiate them by using blue glow effects on some or all of the cracks/gaps/spaces of their power armor. I thought this up whilst typing my first idea so unfortunately I don't have a pictorial example but I think this might be ideal for creating marines that flow with the overall force whilst still being distinctly 'Tzeentch'.

Hope it helps and in any case I look forward to seeing more of your work!

Platuan4th wrote:I'm doing pretty much the same thing for next summer with some friends(most of the stuff supplied and painted by me, though).

Yours will look tons better, though.

After painting that much, you'll be a pro.

0079 wrote:Hey Scarab, just did a quick scroll through your thread and I must say you have some very impressive work! As to the Tzeentch marines, I have two suggestions (sorry if I'm late).

Great suggestions - and nice looking reference work! I will probably be stuck being a bit more conventional due to timing, but maybe if I made the eyes a bit glowy or something? I'll think on it for sure.

person person wrote:BLOOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!!!!!

And don't forget the skulls.

Looking pretty good so far, especially that titan! 12k is just a huge amount of points to grind through; this is going to be epic when it is all said and done, before or after the big game

As a side note, that paint sprayer station is pretty impressive. I really might have to break down and pick one up one of these days... your results make an excellent advertisement for them!

Nice work, hope they go great, unfortunately i wont be able to see the rest how they turn out, because im am going to boot camp in the next couple days and ill be gone for a while

Just had a flick through, WOW!!e
The flamers are so cool, the molten lava effect is brilliant, are you going to do a group shot of everything? Because that will look REALLY GOOD!
Keep up the good work!!!

Threadomancy?
Maybe.
But this thread is WAY too epic to let die.
I'd love to know whats going on with this.

Models are looking really good! Update!

Nice to see a start on the titan, can't wait to see that bad boy all painted up. I like 0079's chaos thousand sons termi idea. Keep up the good work!

Sorry for the lack of updates - I was sprinting to get it all done! While the models mostly need more detail, etc., the basics were all there to look great on a 24,000 total-point game. The thread will live on as I continue to work on individual models, but let me first share where I got to in the adventure with the Apocalyptic battle rep over the next few days. The game took 21 hours to play over two days, so I figure the rep is better to do in pieces. Here goes:

Inquisitor Kailen had a hunch, and as her hunches had proven the salvation of the Imperium in the past, the Ultramarines under Romulus' urging, Cannoness Margarite and her annexed Guard, and portions of Inquisitor Mack's personal army traveled to Mars to meet the forces of Chaos. Other Imperial forces protected other high value targets throughout Segmentum Solar and the Sol system in particular, but Kailen was sure that the secret STC library on Mars' polar cap was the true target of the Ruinous Powers.

They found the base in good condition to defend with excellent infrastructure between the entrances to the underground complex and the only suitable landing area in the area (far end).

Surveying the battlefield, Kailen and her allies knew there would be six main objectives that would need to be considered to keep Chaos from penetrating the library. The first two were the physical entrances (near end) consisting of an armored pyramid and a simple escape hatch built into a cut-off Martian outcropping. These objectives were well guarded by two bastions and barricades. Also of strategic importance were en electrical facility and test station (mid field), which were surrounded by razorwire, but, if lost, could reveal secrets about the base and it's defenses, and finally the control tower and fueling station in the landing area (far end), which would allow the Chaos forces to quickly escalate their assault.

I really do not mean to break the stride of your post, but I LOVE your workshop/office/gaming room/gym. I am seldom envious, but I am quite envious now.

PS your Great Unclean One looks like a ball-chinian.

I dunno, 2 bastions and some barricades against 12,000 pts of Chaos? Board looks awesome though.

Turn 1A - Chaos holds their entire force in Strategic Reserve to co-ordinate their attack with the support of their Daemonic allies. (Score: Chaos 0 - Imperials 0)

Turn 1B - The Imperial forces await the onslaught of the Ruinous Powers by consolidating their defenses around the two entrances to the library complex and advancing exploratory forces into no-man's land. (Score: Chaos 0 - Imperials 0 + 4*1 = 4)

crossbonesx11 wrote:I really do not mean to break the stride of your post, but I LOVE your workshop/office/gaming room/gym. I am seldom envious, but I am quite envious now.

PS your Great Unclean One looks like a ball-chinian.

Thanks! That's my basement. We have 4 of us every other week plus some bigger gatherings from time to time and it's nice to have the space.

person person wrote:I dunno, 2 bastions and some barricades against 12,000 pts of Chaos? Board looks awesome though.

Well, they had 12,000 points too! Lots and lots of armor, as you can now see. Large parts of the Ultras and Grey Knights are still in cover at this point.

Man scarab, someones gonna have fun poundin the hell out of your army haha, SOOOO much armor....

You bet, G'n'W! And now the first half of the forces of Chaos make their entry:

Turn 2A - The Chaos vanguard strikes! Chaos takes hold of the test station in the no-man's land and refueling station near the landing pad, threatens [forgets] to capture the control tower, and sends deep-striking packs of Daemons and Obliterators behind the Imperial lines. Bye bye, Baneblade! (Score: Chaos 0 + 2*2 = 4 - Imperials 4)




Turn 2B - The first wave of Imperial reinforcements deep strike, taking possession of the control tower. Back nearer the library complex, the Guardsmen's resolve holds strong and the Daemons are largely eliminated from the Imperial backfield. (Score: Chaos 4 - Imperials 4 + 3*2 = 10)

Dang. I want a basement.

I think mine is technically a "crawlspace." I'll have to check city code.