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MajorTom11 wrote:I'm just another average schmo really enjoying your work!

Your color choices are really something special, honestly. The pallete and application are ridiculously smooth, and you have blended extremely vivid color with dusky earthtones, which can be really difficult to pull off. I'm going to have to dig in and see if you have posted some tutorials and step-by-steps on your methods, if not... ah'll bee bak.

Well, the second paragraph just denies your first sentence... You have an artistic sensitiveness that allows you to analyze thoroughly what you are seeing, and I envy you for that...

As for the tutorials / step by steps, I don't have any, except maybe for the High Elf, of whom I took a lot of pics! But if you have any question, feel free to ask, I'll try my best to answer them, with my limited technical vocabulary & perception.

@monkeytroll - Thanks! It's been hard to commit to building bases, so your comment is warming!

@MajorTom11 - Wow, that's some nice French for a non-native speaker!!! And though there are indeed a few grammar / spelling mistakes, everything is perfectly understandable!!
You even used a word I haven't seen for... ages (?) : "versatilité" (same as in english lol).

As for the 'recipe' for the "white" on the SM, I suppose you're asking about the bone-ish colour on the Achlysian Reaver armour?

Actually, it's a simple Dheneb Stone basecoat on a white undercoat, with 1 or 2 thin layers of Gryphonne Sepia, highlighted with Dheneb Stone then Bleached Bone for the lightest edges. Did I eve mention I loved the GW washes?

@weetyskemian44 - Good luck with your shopping! Bring your GF/wife/loved half along, she might be of use for that endeavour!!!

@moonshine - Erh... That's very kind of you, but, ... No. I'm still galaxies away from the Golden Daemon standards, if only for my lack of art background / understanding of colour theory / etc... But I appreciate your praise, thanks!

UPDATE :

Foreword : This will probably be the last update before next year, as I'll be really busy from tomorrow, until New Year's Eve...
23-24 : Xmas at home with my GF's maternal side ;
25 : Xmas at my mum's home ;
26 : 1 day of train travel to my GF's paternal side, all the way across France (1000km...), then Xmas there ;
30 : Way back home, shopping for New Year's Eve ;
31 : New Year's Eve at home, with a few friends...
Am I the only one who's beginning to get sick of those social rituals?!? Or am I slowly descending the path to psychosocial, outcast and hermit?
[end useless rambling]

Tzeentch CSM Horror :

Here is, at last, G'chaaclethu the Ancient, Warden of the Porphyr Library.







For those who are interested in tongues (you know who you are), here's a close-up (maybe a little too close ), with small dots & stuff.

Custom Bases :

I also painted the other bases yesterday, *mostly* with washes... What do you think?





It almost makes me feel like I could go back to my Tranch renegades models... As the project had stalled more or less due to my inability to build some decent bases, I guess that time is over now...

Thanks for the support... For those of you I won't get in touch with, may you spend some nice winter holidays, enjoy your Xmas, and happy new year!!

P.S : and Happy Halodays, of course...



[edit : changed the bases from "only" to "mostly painted with washes" ha ha ha]

Yggs, have happy holidays! Your horror CSM turned out awesome. Great stuff!
I like those bases too. They look good and managed to capture your desolate, war-torn environment you were going for.

WOW that is one great looking model Ygg, the basing is really effective! Good job mate , looking forward to the rest of them!


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nice season's card too !

Lol, Happy holidays dude, and I still think I'm just an average schmo but thanks!

p.s you are not the only one who is getting sick of the rituals. As an adult, the only thing I wish I had more of was free time, and rituals, though they can be fun, suck up most of it. It's that dark moment when you get older and things that used to be fun family time turn into obligations instead lol.

"@weetyskemian44 - Good luck with your shopping! Bring your GF/wife/loved half along, she might be of use for that endeavour!!!"

HAHAHAHAHA ahahaha haha ha... Erm I'm a woman dude - people look at me funny in the GW shop but I can buy blouses without comment. Although I have been known to have GFs it would be hard to find a wife. But dont worry about it it makes me laugh.

that above post made me laugh hahahahahaha.

Happy holidays! I must say all the social engagements I get thrown into whenever I get home can be a pain. Its not only christmas but also getting back from college, so everyone needs to hang out, its hard to find time to do my own stuff. needless to say, i get almost no painting done duringthis time .

New year at least i get to myself: just the NYC streets and maybe a friend or two!

MajorTom11 wrote: As an adult, the only thing I wish I had more of was free time, and rituals, though they can be fun, suck up most of it. It's that dark moment when you get older and things that used to be fun family time turn into obligations instead lol.

Ok, so it seems I'm not the only one lol... Or is it really that funny?!?

weetyskemian44 wrote:HAHAHAHAHA ahahaha haha ha... Erm I'm a woman dude - people look at me funny in the GW shop but I can buy blouses without comment. Although I have been known to have GFs it would be hard to find a wife. But dont worry about it it makes me laugh.

Erh...

...

Funny thing is, when I wrote that answer & trying to figure out how to form the sentence, I honestly thought "hey, could weetyskemian be a she?"... And yes, I guess I was right... But too dumb to have it correctly lol...

No offense, I hope, I'm glad to see women involved in the Hobby!!! (though I may have to check your Plog and see if I ever wrote some "machismo" posts )

SO, I guess you don't need anyone for the shopping then.. (or was that machist?)

Sageheart wrote:New year at least i get to myself: just the NYC streets and maybe a friend or two!

Dude, this would be a really nice New Year's Eve!! NYC, a friend & myself, just the 3 (?) of us!!!!


[edit : I forgot to answer to some people, sorry...]

Moltar wrote:Yggs, have happy holidays! Your horror CSM turned out awesome. Great stuff!
I like those bases too. They look good and managed to capture your desolate, war-torn environment you were going for.

Thanks for the praise on the bases, I really had a hard time going for them... But if you have any suggestions, feel free to contribute!!!

inmygravenimage wrote:J'aime beaucoup la langue mon frere!
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I also like the ironic dakka interpretation of mon...

Sorry Graven, I was writing the last update when you wrote those posts, hence the lack of answer...

I'm pleased to see some of you out there know a few words in French, it's quite unusual!! (And not that helpful to be honest, for French is spoken... in France (who wants to go there? There are French over there!), in Canada (who wants to go there? It's freezing all year long over there!) and in some African countries (who wants to go there? It's too hot all year long!))

The "MoN" feature's quite nice indeed...

Lol. J'adore le lulz. Je mange une elephante Grande et Grosse. But seriously I will ferme la bouche. Thats as much french as I can manage and I got an A grade...

Yggs, finished guy is ace, and great job on those bases. Only washes you say?

Have a good time, whatever rituals/obligations you have to put up with

@ weety : well, I guess you English people think that when you master 5 or 6 words in French [including "shut up"], that's about all there is to know of that poor language, hence the A grade

@ monkeytroll : Yeah, ok, the trim is in Graveyard Earth (non-wash) of course, but the rest is all with washes... Devlan on all the base, then multiple washes of :
- Gryphonne Sepia for the sand (adds a yellowish hue) ;
- Badab Black for the stones (makes them grayish) ;
- Erh... ah, thanks for pointing that out, the grass is painted with regular colours as well (why did I have to brag about with my washes, uh?!? Now you're making me feel bad!), ie. Catachan Green, then Camo Green, then Bubonic Brown. Usually I use Snot Green / Scorpion Green / Sunburst Yellow, but I wanted to try and show grass burnt by noxious gases...

So I guess I should've said "two thirds of the base (sand, stone) are painted with washes only, the other half (trim, grass) with regular paints".

[edit : when looking again at the bases, it seems I forgot about the rusted thingies as well...

Sorry, DakkaDakka, please accept my apologies for that wrong previous statement, as well as this act of self-chastisement : ]

Sorry, wasn't trying to make you feel bad, I was actually impressed that you'd done it all with washes. I'm not always being a sarcastic bugger (only 90-odd % of the time), seems that when I am peeps think I'm not and vice-versa. Oh well, c'est la vie.

edit: Umm, that was just me being me then with the French, wasn't trying to jump on the bandwagon or anything - I can only add a few more words to that and that's my total vocabulary - you pretty much hit the nail on the head with your comment about English and other languages - we're pretty crap at being anything other than mono-lingual.

Well, Quebec is barely really french. God knows the accent and speech style is more like texas than paris lol. I should practice my writing more, but honestly I never really need it professionally or socially, but speaking of course is pretty much a regular part of life here.

As to why people go to French countries anyways -

C'est evident non? Les filles! Puis les fromages. Mais pour la plupart, les filles!

The finished Horror/CSM looks great! The bases are awesome too!

Did he say people go to france for cheese and girls? See I can read french... No I think i got an A in french because at that time they used to let you take a french dictionary into the exam. Cant wait to see you use those buttons

monkeytroll wrote:Sorry, wasn't trying to make you feel bad, I was actually impressed that you'd done it all with washes. I'm not always being a sarcastic bugger (only 90-odd % of the time), seems that when I am peeps think I'm not and vice-versa. Oh well, c'est la vie.

monkeytroll wrote:
edit: Umm, that was just me being me then with the French, wasn't trying to jump on the bandwagon or anything - I can only add a few more words to that and that's my total vocabulary - you pretty much hit the nail on the head with your comment about English and other languages - we're pretty crap at being anything other than mono-lingual.

No worries, your French came well lol... As for the languages, I can understand why English people (in general) aren't that skilled with foreign languages : you don't need it, as yours is the most spoken one (besides chinese, well, but the matter's different). Whereas we French usually suck at other languages as well, but we don't have the excuse of our language being spoken by 70% of the world... Even though, for an odd reason, French is supposedly the official language in the UN.

MajorTom11 wrote:As to why people go to French countries anyways -

C'est evident non? Les filles! Puis les fromages. Mais pour la plupart, les filles!

What? Girls, cheese?!? Did I hear the rear rows screaming WINE?!?

The Good Green wrote:The finished Horror/CSM looks great! The bases are awesome too!

Thanks GGGW...

weetyskemian44 wrote:Did he say people go to france for cheese and girls? See I can read french... No I think i got an A in french because at that time they used to let you take a french dictionary into the exam. Cant wait to see you use those buttons

I guess that's easier with a dictionary, but the main difficulties in learning languages is often the grammar, so I guess you had a bit of that to get your A...

As for the buttons... Well, maybe next year!?

Bof.

Yeah, merry season one and all - joyeux noel and all that. My once-fluent French is now sadly degraded (went to an international school, spent holidays in France), but stood me in good stead when visiting Montreal ten (argh! ten!) years ago. Keep up the great work Yggs!

can you still smoke in bars in france? Thats something I would go to france for. i sort of miss it over here

@ graven : well, if you ever want to practice French again, just let me know!!

@ weety : Nah, sorry... It's been a few years since smoking has been banned from all public places : railway stations, restaurants, town halls, AND bars...
I'm not a smoker myself, but when the law was argued upon, I had thought it'd be sad to see all those places smokeless... But now it's well-accepted, people just smoke outside (and get to know other smokers they'd have never talked with otherwise), bartenders bought some electrical, outside heater, and most of all, our clothes don't stink like ashtrays for days!!!

yes I dont totally miss it either as beer gardens are common and I'm not a heavy smoker. But I would love to do it again sometime, just for old times sake.

Maybe in the Netherlands? They smoke all sorts of things after all, I guess they wouldn't be too hard on where to smoke them...

@Yggs: Love your idea of using buttons as Disks... brilliant!.

Also the painting and building on your guys is just tremendous. Really like the parchment design on the pads and leg plates... that's really inspired.

OH, and Happy Holidays! Stay safe on New Year's.

Wow - Great work on those Tzeentchian marines. I didn't like the new horrors at first, but I see now they can be used for a lot! And the green stuffed eye sure is top.

Great job with the sculpted fire.

But for those of us who cannot have the cheese, and do not drink I guess there will not be any reason for me to visit unless I really wanted to see Normandy or something of that nature.

Yggdrasil wrote:

Sageheart wrote:New year at least i get to myself: just the NYC streets and maybe a friend or two!

Dude, this would be a really nice New Year's Eve!! NYC, a friend & myself, just the 3 (?) of us!!!!

Yes it is!

Yggdrasil wrote:

inmygravenimage wrote:J'aime beaucoup la langue mon frere!
...
I also like the ironic dakka interpretation of mon...

I'm pleased to see some of you out there know a few words in French, it's quite unusual!! (And not that helpful to be honest, for French is spoken... in France (who wants to go there? There are French over there!), in Canada (who wants to go there? It's freezing all year long over there!) and in some African countries (who wants to go there? It's too hot all year long!))

The "MoN" feature's quite nice indeed...

I've noticed the same thing. I know a few of my dad's friends known bits of french, but I don't know really anyone who speaks french who is of my generation save my thai girlfriend who for some reason can speak french extremely well!

I miss some of the idea of smoking indoors. A bunch of bars I used to go too when i was younger, way too young to really understand smoking, but ilike the idea of it. The only thing I don't miss is the smoking on the subway cars, that was always nasty!

I'm just coming back from holidays and what do I see? The horror marine fully painted?

Great paintjob Yggs, as usual, and I notice that you've done very well with the basing kit, those bases are great (nice use of plastic card as well, I should use it more often myself)

I hope you're all enjoying your holidays (and that you're not among the poor chaps trapped by the snow!)

I'm not a smoker, but I also miss the days when my friends weren't obliged to get out of the bar every 10 min, and the mixed smell of spilled beer and cold smoke...all my youth.
I agree that for an unexplainable reason, most of the French really suck at other languages. (Part of being the center of the world I guess; we don't need to learn the awful languages of the lower cultures -or a fantasy of this kind )

Nicely done, I'm going to have to borrow that with the Horror.

The bases are very cool.

@ Git : Thanks!! I just hope the New Year will bring a new Astartes brother under your command, and that both French & US mails didn't lost him in the warp...

@ Saintspirit : Actually, I didn't like the Horrors much as well, but hey, they're plastic, they have some nice arms & a great icon for conversions, so why not give it a go, if only for mutated CSMs???

@ btemple0 : Well, you know, there are other things worth visiting in France, some US monuments are scattered all over the territory...

Some for WWI, for instance "La butte de Montsec" (or the "Drymount Hill"?), which is a magnificent monument :

http://www.linternaute.com/sortir/magazine/photo/les-departements-francais-vus-du-ciel/image/meuse-234444.jpg

But most stand for WWII, I have to admit...

Nevertheless, there are a lot to see in addition to war monuments, you know? I guess it'd be as if we limited the US to the Grand Canyon & the Washington Monument; that'd be a bit narrow, don't you think?

@ Sageheart : yeah, smokers will have to make do, uh... Anyway, when I see the price of a pack, I'm just glad I avoiding this bane...

@ Hyenajoe : Ha ha, my GF was still working on the week before Xmas, so I had a bit of time to finish him / it indeed!!! I'm glad you like the base, your praise of the Basing Kit is one of the things that helped me get some motivation, so I thank you!!!

@ PPC : thanks for the support... Go ahead with stealing the idea, it's quite hard to mix the two kits (hence the massive amount of GSed flames to cover everything up, but it's doable!!!)

UPDATES :

Hey, I guess this one will be my 1000th post... Things have gone faster lately, probably due to the massive amount of holidays I had these last two months... Still, tomorrow will be my last day, so I'll have to enjoy every moment!!!

Marine Swap :

I have begun painting TiB's flamer Astartes... I think he'll be a bit darker than Git's one, for I thought it was Devlan Mud I had used as a wash, whereas it was probably Gryphonne Sepia instead... Well, we'll see...


TiB's PIP Marine

How does it look?

Skavens :

In the 12-ish hours I spent in trains lately, I've had some time to build a few Skaven slaves, and try to get creative with some Night Runners...

- Some random Slaves, out of IoB kits :


Slave unit - First four slaves

- The unit leader, who required a bit more work : I managed to cut off his head without damaging anything, and swapped it for a Plague Monk head, which I hope will help tie the unit with my Pestilen-affiliated army. I also fitted him with a barbed whip, to show his status as the enforcer (though its stats don't show, only +1A, but still CC2 / Cd2 lol...):


Slave unit - Leader


- As part of this army is unpredictable, I also wanted to emphasize this by modelling a disguised Assassin in every unit that is allowed to contain one... Of course, he'll be recognizable for those who pay attention, and for those who don't, I'll be sure to show them beforehands : "See that guy over there with a slightly darker robe? Yeah, he's got a stabbing knife, pouches, gear... He could be an Assassin!" That's what I call psychological warfare in WHFB!! (He also got a head swap for a Plague Monk head ha ha)


Slave unit - Disguised Assassin

- The first four ninjas for Night Runner units : based on Plague Monk bodies for coherency, most of them with Night Runner weapons / heads / gear for visual reference to the Eshin warriors, and some other, fancy weapons to show their "special ops-capable" status (my GF said : "Ninja Turtles" ) :


From left to right : Dual claws / Sword & "Pickaxe" (is that how it's called? In French it's "Bec-de-Corbin" / Long blade / Claw & Shuriken.

Last guy of the 5 will get a doubled-whip & knife, and all of them will soon get some more gear, grapple, whips, knives, pouches, etc...
Has anyone got a suggestion? Do they look like Night Runners enough, or am I completely on the wrong way?

That's about all for today...

I'd like to thank those of you Dakkaites who managed to stand my ramblings for those 1000 posts, and wish you a happy year 2011, filled with modelling, painting & gaming!

Cheers,

Yggdrasil

Ooh, that Assassin is playing dirty! I like it!

Really wanna see 'em painted!

_Tim?

Thanks _Tim?!!

Maybe they'll see some paint when I base them, that is... next weekend? I'm still hesitating between a swampy area for the slaves, or my run-of-the-mill sand + grass...

love all the updates.

that marine is lookking amazing!! I love how you paint your marines!
yes and cigs are way too much money, its why im quitting! spend that money on warhammer instead!