Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

not heroic - epic.

Heroic pose, epic paintjob

I like the idea a lot, especially that you're facing down the Demon's preference for Imperial models, and bracing yourself by deciding to work on what you need to do to increase your chances of winning yet still give yourself a canvas you will be happy to work on. It's a Very smart and measured response to your frustrations but it shows that you have friends who give great advice and ,better yet, that you're willing to listen and follow that advice. Hat's off to you.

Regarding the idea of getting big flat areas on a Terminator so you have room for freehand, Master of the Forge posted a great tutorial on how to make Artscale Termies which is right up your alley.

Another thing to keep in mind, for a piece to be entered in the duel category, both models need to be portrayed as having an equal chance of winning the fight, so if the Bloodletter's head is chopped off, well, needless to say he isn't winning.

That being said, a Bloodletter on a Juggernaut charging towards a Paladin that's leaping into the air just in time to dodge the charge and hopefully bring down the full fury of a gleaming blue power lance, which you excel at painting, would be a very dynamic scene and add even more contrasting red to the dio as well.

Whatever you decide, keep the ideas flowing, pick your direction, let the paint fly and only look forward. We, your little online painting support group, will be there when you need us.

We, your little online painting support group, will be there when you need us.

We totally need stickers and T-shirts....

Let's coffee cups, for cleaning our paint brushes...

Oh yeah, now you're talking my language! :-) with Fin's old avatar pic on it.... so cool!

It's amazing to hear two people say almost exactly the same thing Dark_Gear and Nerd
/blubbers a little (but still in a tough, manly way - grrr!)

(I'm not fooling anyone)

Anyway... with great respect M'Lud:
Duel - "... dynamic pairing of two well-matched opponents in some kind of combat or other dramatic situation." I'd call having your head lopped off dramatic
You're still only restricted to a 50mm base for duel, and while I'm embracing the Imperium temporarily, I'm not sure about the athletic grace of a man in a trash can... er, I mean, supreme defender of humanity, flipping about in a suit of power armour - I'll leave that to the Harlequins... er... >looks nervous< Xeno heretics that they are!



I'll try and do a neater sketch, but the concept has developed a little. Still Grey Knight (and I was thinking the normal guys, not a Terminator - I'm just not sold on the Terminators, while I think the normal ones look really quite elegant, but that tutorial is great! Definitley not convinced of y Greenstuff abilities to even try it though! lol), but instead of lopping off the head, cutting the daemon in half with a wide sword swing, with dribbly bits in a wide arc describing the path of the sword. I'm leaning a little bit towards a Plauguebearer as this would allow me to be extra-dribbly, and the Knight could be squashing a Nurgling as well, for extra comedic effect.
I think I could fit them both on a 50mm base (especially if the daemon is leaning backwards off the base due to the impact of the swing), and still maybe have daemon bits on the base as well.
However, one of the staffers at GW today suggested a cool thing: that if I used a Bloodletter, I could have him turning to ash where the sword's hit him, and have fire instead of blood coming out of him.

I've also had an idea for Warhammer Fantasy figure... Empire Battle wizard, with the book, make him an Amethyst Wizard, and have a spirit being summoned and coming out of the pages of the book (and use one of the banshees from the Mortis engine as the summoned spirit)... ?

A Nurgle themed dio would be good because then you could model a lot of mushrooms into the project. And as everyone knows, he who models the most mushrooms always wins a Golden Demon. hehe

here's the idea:

Your work is fantastic with that smooth blending. I am interested to see though what your space marines color scheme is for this. Nice sketch by the way.

Ha, i lol'd at the eldar :-)

Yep, that's the sort of idea i had in mind with the pose, but I kinda saw the GK as the raindrop in the centre of a splash of water (if you get my drift?) with the foes forming the higher sides as they fall slashed open from the blade?

or on the other side of the coin, a pose or imagery akin to the cover art for the 'fire warrior' game?

... I do like the Fire Warrior idea... would I have enough room on a 25mm base to do that though? I definitely would on a 50mm, and that would give him the height to lop off the head?
It's the sodding base size that's killing me!

I would say go with a 50, gives more room for it and allows for a nice basing and extra effect of battle.

I concur good sir! you need that 50 for the scene to be set properly, can the models overhang much or is that not allowed?

I'm not sure Nerd - this is where the criteria gets a bit vague. You're supposed to have it on appropriate gaming bases, but I've seen entries (and winners) on bases that are much bigger, so I don't really know what the go is... I think overhang would be okay, and if the daemon is kind of falling off the base, it'd technically still be ON it...

This is sounding really good, would the plague bearers blood be corrosive? It would make it interesting with a semi dissolved floor where blood drops have landed, think Aliens.

Or even corroding some of that super polished armour?....

lol it wouldn't be too hard to do a Bloodletter a very dark red and shiny, remove the horns and give it a tail and Xenomorph it up a little ; )

just imagine the GK as the centre of this drop with the plague bearers or Bloodletters as the spatter?

hmm...
... if I could make it look like he's done a spin/twist and hit each one, that might be interesting. Too crowded?
(I like the Matrix-ness of it though!)

Yes, that's the ticket! sort of matrix-ish almost stop motion so the closest to his front face are still more upright than those behind him as he's swung around?

more ideas... I like the one where he's kicking the daemon in the face


Automatically Appended Next Post:
it does say "... a dynamic pairing of TWO well-matched opponents..." ...could I get way with multiple daemons?

I will buy your sketch book when you're done fin :-)

kicking him in the face is diferent and not oft seen! perhaps even kicking him in the face while a backhand sweep disembowels another?

I did wonder about having him kick the daemon in the nuts...

this is a rubbish sketchbook! Some of my others are much better!

Awesome, it's great to see such motivation from you Fin.

I'll be watching this closely!

D

this is the part of any design job that I like the most - I love trying to figure stuff out and finding the right solution

I love trying to prise your good sketchbooks from your grasp! :-)

but, yes, this is the best bit, also the hardest part too, once we find a solution to our idea dilemma's it's all exciting and paintbrushes and rainbows and unicorns....

ooh, rainbows and unicorns - pretty!
(thoughts turn to Hive Fleet Kylie and My Little Chaos Pony...)

You could have one in front on his knees with the grey knight about to finish him off with an overhead chop but actually impaling a daemon through the head behind him if that makes sense.

Grey Knight slapstick ; ) liking it