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Glad you like them. I was torn between an earthen, toned-down scheme and something bright and alien. I decided on the latter and I couldn't be happier. It is simple to paint so I should be updating this army pretty fast on the blog. Just started a bunch of 'stealers and broodlords. All these psychers are going to be nasty as hell now that I can use Biomancy, Telepathy, and Telekinesis. Some brutal powers and my broodlords will be taking them. Healthy buff considering how lame the old BL powers were.

Biomancy has the potential to be a game-breaker w/ the Broodlord and I love that.

Paint scheme is solid and absolutely horrible (in the good way, you've achieved a disturbing and unsettling look here, it's fantastic!)

Finally got tired of cruddy looking photos and I decided to make myself a light box. Cost me under $40 and I think it looks great so far. Still fiddling with it but I have high hopes.

Here is the light box

And a few test photos

Compared to my old photos of the same mini.


Wish I would have done this sooner...
The mini in the new photos look exactly like it looks in person, while the old one looks washed out. Glad to have this new tool in my kit!

I love white nurgle schemes! Absolutely what I look for in plague boys, and your light box has worked a treat!

Light box is a huge improvement. Do need to experiment a bit w/ the lighting, the torso seems a bit dark in a couple pics. But great job. I am really going to have to do this myself. I've posted over 1,600 pics since joining Dakka and I still do nto have a decent light box. I have a good setup, but the lighting is always harsh and the focus is often just a bit blurry.

Your work is excellent as ever. Looking forward to seeing what comes next.

Ok,

Working on some terrain for my urban board. Got a Zuzzy gaming mat on the way... taking forever and a day to get here, as usual I hear. Anywho, this was just a style test for some urban ruins. Looks pretty good and I have some ideas about other pieces including a refinery, toxic waste dump, sewers, arbites precinct and more.

Just a taste so far. Was a blast. I forgot how much fun making terrain is.





Any other ideas for fun terrain pieces?

I would say go take a look at any of the League's threads. There's a LOT of terrain-push going on in them.

More shots of my Tyranid swarm in progress. Two genestealer broods with broodlords that just got nastier due to better psychic powers.. same about no charge from outflank though.

Terrain looking great! Could you give a full 'report' on the Zuzzy mat? I've heard fantastic and horrible things about them.

Liking your Genestealers as well!

I really cant see very much difference from the two photo's. The lighting is a little better with your box. Its a good looking model either way.

Largish update this time.

Broke out the airbrush to do some work on my Trygons when I realized I could do some fun stuff with my Rhino's as well. For the Trygons I started by base coating the carapaces and claws with Mournfang. I then did the gradient coloring on the talons. still very WIP but I see the potential. I think I am still going to use feathering for the carapace but I now have a nice base to work from.

As for the Rhinos... I wanted to keep with the light color I have started with the Death Guard. I decided to do some layering using the colors I used for the Trygons and as I experimented I came up with this wicked bruised look for the tanks. Again they are WIP but I am liking the base color.

Also, primer mishap on my Forgeworld Death Guard marines... DAMN IT!!!! To hot and humid and my Army Painter Skeleton Bone came out chalky and powdery. Soo into the dip they go until I get the motivation to scrub them with a toothbrush and start over. I am going to just go with a white undercoat and then use the airbrush next time. no chance of messing that up!

Mmmmm Nurgley! - And oh yes, they ARE holding plague knifes and bolters in one-hand. Homage to the old USR True Grit!


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Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Terrain looking great! Could you give a full 'report' on the Zuzzy mat? I've heard fantastic and horrible things about them.

Liking your Genestealers as well!

Thank's Skalk. Sure thing on the mat. Bloody thing was supposed to arrive today. It did not. I will give a full report when it arrives. Ordered it in April BTW.


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Deathshead420 wrote:I really cant see very much difference from the two photo's. The lighting is a little better with your box. Its a good looking model either way.

Appreciate it. Less of a headache to get a good photo at least. Much less tweaking in PS to get things looking natural.

I have unboxed my Zuzzy "The Wounded City" mat and I am going to review it a bit as I work on it.

First of all, it feels like a quality product. It was very well packed in a long square mailing box and rolled up with packing wrap around a cardboard tube to give it form. The mat itself is latex with a VERY strong latex smell. I actually like the smell but if you do not like the smell of latex it is overpowering.

The mat itself is a thin sheet, about the thickness of a Halloween mask and it has a bunch of details packed in from cracked concrete to exposed bricks (which makes more sense than exposed skulls GW...) there is a lot to look at. I washed the mat off with a damp towel and stretched it out on my table. Originally I was going to spray the mat but everything I have heard has said to not prime it. Instead I will use the company's recommended method of 'scumbling' on the paint. I plan on dropping by my local craft store and picking up some artist's acrylic paints to use on the mat. I will be making a black wash for it as well to bring out the details.

One thing to note is the mat took a VERY long time to arrive. Ordered May 18th but arrived August 2nd. It is a great product but a heck of a wait. More to come as I start to paint this beast!

Wow and I thought waiting 1-2 months for FW was long

Yeah... It was pure agony waiting for it. Poor communication on their part too. Thankfully their product quality and design is light years better than their business sense.

That is awesome! You've already confirmed a few things that I've heard about them, such as it takes a very long time for the item to arrive and has a very strong chemical odor when it arrives. Have also heard they are completely worth the wait. I'll be watching yours evolve. I'm still a potential customer for a 4X6.

PM me and I will send you the small sample they gave me.

Love the transitions on the trygons, very unusual.

Quick WIP post of my Tervigon's gribbly egg sacs. I am painting these with the Airbrush and using Screamer Pink, Emperor's Children and Vallejo Game Color White.

Basecoat is Screamer Pink 4:1 with Windex
First highlight is Screamer Pink, Emperor's Children 1:1:3 with Windex
Second highlight is Emperor's Children 1:3 with Windex
Third Highlight is Vallejo Game Color White, Emperor's Children 1:1:3 with WIndex
Final Highlight is Vallejo Game Color White, Emperor's Children 2:1:3 with WIndex

Got a nice gradient effect. Going to do some washes and detail work on the veins and whatnot, and cleanup overspray with Xerus Purple.



Whatcha think?

I think it's really gross. In a good way

Thanks! Looking for a suitably nasty mix to represent the fluid spilling out...

Played a 2000pt game with my Nids today against Marines. He was using the FW chapter master that gives stealth.

I Used

2x Tervigons - 1 HQ 1 Troop w/ sacs and adrenals, Dominion and Catalyst
2x Broods of 26 Temagaunts
2x Broods of 7 Genestealers with Broodlords w/ Scything Talons and Biomancy (Rolled Warp Speed and Enfeeble had one witchfire each that are useless)
3x Broods of 2 Hive Guard
2x Trygons w/ Adrenal Glands
1x Tyranofex with Rupture Cannon

I came in with this list pre-written as a take all comers list.

He took

1 Storm Eagle
1 Storm Talon
1 FW Chapter Master (Forgot his name..) he gives army stealth instead of Combat Tactics.
9 TH/SS Terminators with Lysander (In the Eagle)
1 Aegis Defence Line w/ Quad Gun
2x 10 scouts with Sniper Rifles
1x Tactical Squad with ML and MG w/ Razerback TL LC
1 Thunderfire Cannon

He wrote this list after I made mine using flyers (I had little to deal with flyers) and scouts for the 4+ to wound MC's.

Deployment was Vanguard
Mission was The Scouring

Ended up winning 13-1
Held All 6 Objectives, got first blood and linebreaker
His only VP was for a Warlord Kill

New Tyranid Swarm is now 1-0-0... Like a boss!

Posted a question to YMDC too about this game.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/472338.page
If I am correct it should have been a 13-0 Victory.

I cannot begin to...scratch that.

THANK YOU for kicking the out of some guy who WROTE A LIST TO TAKE YOU OUT.

Justice? SERVED

Rabid Ferret wrote:Played a 2000pt game with my Nids today against Marines. He was using the FW chapter master that gives stealth.

I Used

(pretty standard, Nid list)

I came in with this list pre-written as a take all comers list.

He took

(tailored jerkface)

He wrote this list after I made mine using flyers (I had little to deal with flyers) and scouts for the 4+ to wound MC's.

(words)

New Tyranid Swarm is now 1-0-0... Like a boss!

Posted a question to YMDC too about this game.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/472338.page
If I am correct it should have been a 13-0 Victory.

Kudos to you for beating the jerk. Read the YMDC thread and there may have been other shinanigans...

Briancj wrote:I cannot begin to...scratch that.

THANK YOU for kicking the out of some guy who WROTE A LIST TO TAKE YOU OUT.

Justice? SERVED

Hear hear.

 Briancj wrote:
I cannot begin to...scratch that.

THANK YOU for kicking the out of some guy who WROTE A LIST TO TAKE YOU OUT.

Justice? SERVED

Gotta love moments like these!

Briancj wrote:I cannot begin to...scratch that.

THANK YOU for kicking the out of some guy who WROTE A LIST TO TAKE YOU OUT.

Justice? SERVED

Galorn wrote:

Rabid Ferret wrote:Played a 2000pt game with my Nids today against Marines. He was using the FW chapter master that gives stealth.

I Used

(pretty standard, Nid list)

I came in with this list pre-written as a take all comers list.

He took

(tailored jerkface)

He wrote this list after I made mine using flyers (I had little to deal with flyers) and scouts for the 4+ to wound MC's.

(words)

New Tyranid Swarm is now 1-0-0... Like a boss!

Posted a question to YMDC too about this game.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/472338.page
If I am correct it should have been a 13-0 Victory.

Kudos to you for beating the jerk. Read the YMDC thread and there may have been other shinanigans...

Briancj wrote:I cannot begin to...scratch that.

THANK YOU for kicking the out of some guy who WROTE A LIST TO TAKE YOU OUT.

Justice? SERVED

Hear hear.

Rogue Wolves wrote:

 Briancj wrote:
I cannot begin to...scratch that.

THANK YOU for kicking the out of some guy who WROTE A LIST TO TAKE YOU OUT.

Justice? SERVED

Gotta love moments like these!

Yeah it was a brutal beatdown. I was scared of the sniper scouts picking on my MC's but he wasted their shots on some FNP Termagants and my 'Stealers. The stealers then ate their face anyway and the other squad got ripped up in an avalanch of big bugs. The Storm Eagle got popped by a rupture cannon that I plopped at it on a whim because I did not have a lot of target saturation to worry about. I figured with 2 shots each with a 16.66% chance of getting that lucky 6 it was worth it. Str 10 is nothing to sneeze at.

Tyrannofex paid for itself in spades. 265pts took out a 300pt vehicle and by all rights should have toasted a 560pt deathstar.

860pts that can get popped out of the sky? Can you say all your eggs in one basket?

Wow, that's a bag well and truly douched. Kudos, amigo!

I got productive this week.

Finished my Nurgle Dreadnaught. He is bloody and oozy disgusting. I am very happy with him. I think the blood turned out great. Yes it IS dry.

I figured anything worth doing is worth overdoing!

Poor S.O.B.



Also I am further along on the Tervigon. Not taking long really but I have only worked on it in short spurts. What do you think?

Nurgle Dread looks excellent! Really like the vibrant colors and stark distinction.

Teasing some progress on my Tervigon. Really fun to paint. Listening to audio dramas has been helping too!

I know I have said it before, but I *really* like the colors you are using. Bright and vibrant with that "we don't need no stinking camouflage!" attitude. Well done.