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Sweet work on the Onager. Really is an awesome model

Dune Crawler looks great. I think mechanicus armies are really sharp in alternate color schemes.

Looks great. I like the way the fold in your cloth makes it look like smoke's coming out the stack too

I love the crimson fist champion!
Really nice control on hush
The extra effort you put into you pictures with the border and text is a really cool touch!

Thanks guys!

Finished up my Mantis Maker entry, swapping out the Scout who didn't really fit for a Star Phantom Marine as the victim of the Mantis's treachery. With this scene, I wanted to convey the moment at which this Mantis fully embraces his role as the traitor his brothers have already branded him as. There's a short fluff piece attached to add context.



The Star Phantom's offer was clear as he approached. An honourable fight, a good death, and at the last absolution. Galen readied his blade, shifted his weight, and stared in silence at the approaching warrior. A split second to think...

No. No, he would not die like this. Not at the hands of his brothers, not at the hands of the ones who would leave him nameless, call him faithless, let him fade away into nothingness. Fate had made him a warrior. Fate had made him a traitor. Now, as he raised his bolter and unflinchingly, hatefully pulled the trigger, fate would make him a survivor...



Also references a film somewhat obliquely, let's see if anyone can work out which one!

That's all for now on the painting front, and I can't see myself getting through much until my first batch of AoS stuff gets here. I had a demo game in the local GW the other day with a couple of my regular 40k opponents, really enjoyed it despite the beating my borrowed Stormcast army took... It's going to take a while to wrap my head around the new way of playing, I was a bit careless and didn't pay attention to how fast the Elves I was facing could get the hell out of dodge and leave my battle line in the middle of nowhere for my Skaven 'ally' (we were playing 1v1v1, but the Elf army gave us both a beating early on so we teamed up to take it on) to stab in the back! Definitely sold on the game, though, it was great fun and played very quickly and smoothly. So I'll definitely be Sigmaring it up over the summer, the idea being that I can come back to uni and the gaming group in September with a fully painted army.

Anyway, enough rambling! Cheers for looking, any thoughts on the minis welcome and if you could take a moment to vote on it in the gallery, that'd be much appreciated too!

Beautifully done Paradigm. Love the story.

Very nice!

Cheers for the link to those minis. They look nice.

Thanks guys!

@spyguyyoday: I'll post up a review when they get here, the Not-Empire stuff only came out last month and so far there don't seem to be any reviews online.

Really nice work - and I like the fluff too, really fits well.

And I might be completely off-base here, but is the reference to Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the lost ark?

We have a winner! Thought the nod might be a little too subtle, but yeah, that was the scene that inspired this piece.

Oh, yeah that was subtle. I don't do subtle.

Poor beakie helmet dude

Woah, I was going to guess that but thought it was to much of a stretch. Guess not, must be something to it if 2 of us could see it.

Excellent diorama!

Sweet work Para!!! Really nice atmosphere and dio. Another beakie out of circulation - great job all round

That dio is awesome! Now, maybe I missed it, but which army are you thinking you will do for AoS? If I could recommend one that would fit your painting style, it would be the Khorne Bloodbound. They have a nice gritty feel that you could capture very well.

Nicely done Para! Also, I wouldn't have been able to guess the reference either sadly.

Wow. Lots of excellent work since I last dropped by. The diorama looks great and I really like the Hawk Lord characters.

EDC

Thanks guys!

It did pain me to take what may have been my last spare beakie out of commission, I actually really like those but it suited this mini so it got used!

@ZS: I outlined my AoS plans on the last page, I think. Basically a mix and match of Order forces starting with Freeguilders (Empire), Wanderers (Wood Elves)and Dispossessed (Dwarfs). In all honesty, the Bloodbound do nothing for me, aside from a couple of the characters. Not sure what it is, about them, I just couldn't get inspired to paint them, I reckon.

Cracking stuff as per Para

 Azazelx wrote:
You're tearing through the Fists and Marvel models as usual. I can't keep up with all of the stuff you manage to produce. Every time I've got time to check the thread there's another three pages and another dozen models done!

You essentially just took the words out of my mouth lol

I swear there's easily been another three four pages since I last looked at this thread

@paradigm absolutely love the look of your onager beautiful job! lovely model.

great stuff paradigm. you have a definite knack for channeling the grimdark!

No idea how I missed the Onager and diorama, both are looking really good. The Onager is a great kit and you have really done it justice, quite a Skitarii force you have already...any plans for Dune/Ironstriders in the future?

Ta folks!

Working on my entry into this month's challenge at the moment, pics tomorrow if all goes according to plan.

@Thraxas: Probably no Striders for the time being, they're nice enough models but I don't like the fact I'd have to pay £27 or whatever it is for a 45-75 point model that needs to be in multiples to really be effective. I'm more likely to get another Start Collecting box, the only trouble is I don't necessarily need another Archmagos.

Couple of quick bits today, just to keep things ticking over.

First off, what was going to be my challenge entry but isn't now (I don't think he's good enough), a Space Wolf Grey Hunter. There's some up-scaling going on here, not a lot just extended legs, bulked out torso and Terminator arms, it doesn't go as far as some but just gives him a bit more bulk. Not something I'm likely to do more of in future, as the effect isn't that dramatic for how much effort it takes, but it's one of those things that is good to know I can do.


And I also painted up a couple of Honour Guard for the Crimson Fists, though the pics aren't great so I'll have to retake them at some point. They do look good in the flesh, and should be fine accompanying Kantor into battle... Two more to do at some point, and when I get home another with the 25th anniversary CF banner.



That's all for now, hopefully by the end of the week I should have some AoS stuff to start showing. Heading into exam season for the next few weeks so there might be a bit of a lull in here, we'll see... revising makes anything else seem fun, so maybe that'll give me a kick up the backside to knock out some more Skit and CF troopers...

Thanks for looking, any thoughts welcome, and cheers to those voting on my pics, I had 6 on the gallery front page at one point yesterday! By the way, I'd appreciate it if anyone could take a moment to vote on the Mantis Warrior diorama, it's one of those pieces I'd really like to put a number on.

Isn't good enough. You make me laugh Para!

Lovely Fists also, though I don't know if I like the Kantor conversion. Maybe I'm just used to the normal model

Will look forward to the AOS stuff, will be good to see what you'll do with those models.

Looking good there Para.

Like the tone you've taken with the Crimson Fists.

And... more beautiful stuff. Shoot me now.

Loving the CFs Para, and I must say I cannot wait to see your AoS army come together. Are you still going for a ragtag group?

Cheers guys.

@Bottle: yep, the plan hasn't changed, still working toward 'a little bit of everything', mulling over a few more fluff ideas... Starting out with Freeguild/Empire and High Elves, planning Dwarves and Undead down the line... First stuff should be in by the end of the week. Since it looks like most of my play will end up being at the local GW, I maybe can't go quite as 'out there' in terms of models/manufacturers as I'd like, but there are still a few bits and pieces that I can probably get away with, especially with some GW stuff in there as well...

The MOM Miniatures Empire stuff looks close enough to the regular Empire minis that they should pass muster, likewise I'm hoping some Mantic skellies will slip under the radar, though it might be a while before I buy any as I kind of want to get the initial forces up and running before I go for any weirder elements that'll need a bit more explaining. The fluff concepts behind the alliance are there, but it's much easier to quickly explain why my Men and Elves are fighting alongside one another than it is to explain how these skeletons dressed suspiciously like Old World Bretonnians are hanging around as well...