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And the answer is Resident Evil (though don't remember which 1 or 2). I am offended that Twilight would be spoken in the same sentence as it.

btemple0 wrote:Nevermind I type too slow

Lol...

Rotting undead, toothy undead, hairy undead, toilet paper wrapped undead.... it's all "Twilight" to me...

Thanks, WM360... that was the first one, and it was quite a revolution back in the days...

I feel pity for you, though, Git, for your daring to mention Twilight in my presence...

On a side note, I'm glad my little diversion with Biohazard / Resident Evil helped us reach the 100-pages threshold quicker... It'll force Git to act quicker in finishing his Dread, and then he'll have to focus on my Marine Swap!

Hey now! Be nice!

I have been on a *very* disciplined schedule with him... one goal each night and so far I've met each one. Goal for tonight is having the base coat done... problem is I still haven't decided which way I want to go with it. Guess it'll be a "game time decision" (as they say in American football).

Have you considered asking your sons? I'm sure they would love to have some input. =-)

*bangs head on desk*

Gits, although it is probably too late, might I offer you an interesting idea? If you want an epic CCW, try out this baby

If I (and by that I mean when I) get around to making my uber dread, I will probably get one because it looks epic, and the idea of a dread using that on a human....
frightening.

Yes, its' too late. But you're right, that is an epic CCW. That's why it's on *this* dreadnought!

Gits shouldn't you be working on his unpainted lil brother? Two pages left sir!

I knew I saw it somewhere in here
I was just thinking about it b/c of this guy from the badab war

Gitsplitta wrote:Those are very good ideas John. I'll come up with an outline for the fist post that will work like a index, then go from there. Thank you!

There are a couple "obvious" ways to do it:

Models organized by FOC slot

HQ
Elite
...


Updates by date
2/3
2/1
...

As it's just re-pasting the URL, you could always do both.

Gitsplitta wrote:Given the flaw in my logic then, I think what I'll do is paint it as a normal tranquility vet, then really beat the heck out of it in order to represent the fact that it's been in constant hand-to-hand combat during it's deployment and due to the nature of the Badab War... fixing the superficial things is probably not a high priority for the chapter OR the dreadnought operator.

I like this idea! Are you going to put the tall grass on his base too? or no?

this is my first time post after reading your entire blog and lurking for a bit. maybe make the dread flamer/ melta burned,kind of like what people do on exhaust pipes of tanks. Maybe he was lost in a fight where he protected his support squad from a onrush of a flamer squad. he held them off but some internal thing got messed up from the heat. (im not sure how he gets lost but i think that would be a cool uber-weathering thing to paint)

@Ice: Yes.

@samius: Thanks for dropping by! That's a good idea samius, I'll try and remember that. I thought of a cool thing to do to him by way of a bit of a diorama on his base and some green stuffed effects on the dread. Should be fun to try anyway.

Both children said to go for "old and creaky", so now I'm really torn as that's what I really wanted to do all along... but it doesn't sound like folks like that idea (and I've learned to trust the collective wisdom of dakka).

Maybe I'll work on battle damage tonight so I can put the painting decision off for another night..





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Keeping on task... I got the battle damage done. Leave to me to take a perfectly decent, expensive model and then file, cut and drill the heck out of it!

Damage is marked with red arrows.

Nicely done. I'd consider adding slightly more damge to the seismic hammer as well, since I figure that would see some wear and tear!

Gitsplitta wrote:Remember... this army is supposed to be a Badab War era army. So no space sharks yet, no crusade.

Conversely, I could just paint him normally and battle scar the living hell out of him... As a full assault Iron Clad in a pod he'd be "stuck in" to the heart of the fighting every single battle.

Now I'm confused... earlier you've said this was a post BW/post Crusade era army... or is that just for the GMS marines? Or do you mean that the dread is from the Badab war era in a post war force? *CONFUSED!*

Joske De Veteraan wrote:

IceAngel wrote:Maybe the dreadnought was actually left behind on Tranquility and wasn't awoken until after the Mantis Warrior crusade, hidden in some long forgotten part of their home world until rediscovered when the Mantis Warriors returned.

you don't just "forget" the site of a sacred and blessed artefact as a dread..

Actually, there is fluff to support this type of thing happening. In the Soul Drinkers nini series that's happening in Hammer and Bolter a dread is discovered that was long thought lost. It's not a great stretch to think that whatever underground facility was housing the dread was bombed, collapsing the entrance. Everyone assumed that the facility had gone too as all contact was lost, but a couple of rooms and a backup generator survived, providing just enough power to sustain the dread's slumber through the ages. o I say go for the long lost dread idea. It's cool and there's existing fluff to back you up on it

The battle damage looks great, though I do agree, the front of the seismic hammer needs some damage to it. Maybe heat it up a slightly and squash the nose of it a bit to look as if it's really been used? Also, lots of dust and oil coating the front of the hammer as well as almost bare metal on any paintwork as that's where it will take most damage

Love the battle damage, also the fact that you didn't hold back because it is expensive

@Khain & endtrans: Agree completely about the sizemic hammer, will adjust.

@endtrans: I suppose it is confusing... there are actually two different Mantis Warrior armies that I'm working on, separated by 100 years of time, the Badab War, and the Excile (crusade). The Badab era army is the 1000 points that I'm cramming to get done by Adepticon (April 1st). They still have their tanks available (razorbacks in this case).

The second army (and the one I really started at the beginning of this blog) is post-crusade. They are a chapter that's been brought to the brink of destruction by their crusade and are in a major rebuilding process. They have new equipment (Mk 7/8 armor, blackhand's helms and packs, etc) but have developed a new style of fighting that does not rely on tracked or wheeled vehicles.

I actually think I'm going to pursue both armies, and make an 1850 pt army that is Badab Era, and largely mechanized (but sticking with Mk-1 vehicles). My main Mantis Warrior army, probably reaching 3000ish points eventually, will be a post crusade army based around pods, dreads and scouts. Though the new flying thingies would be very fluffy if they ever become generally available.

@tipios: Well, once I got going there wasn't much point in holding back...

They should be compatible as soon as the DH codex is available Gits. You should be able to run it as counts-as but still have it painted in a mantis warrior scheme.

Besides as a 100 other people have said

"there is no way that GW will limit the kit to only one army, it doesn't make sense to restrict their sales in such a way."

DH?

You are wise, oh Lennysmash.

Can't say I'm a big fan of the models... but especially for my post-crusade (i.e. "modern") army they are just too fluffy and would give me desperately needed Heavy slots in a tankless army.

Gitsplitta wrote:DH?

You are wise, oh Lennysmash.

Can't say I'm a big fan of the models... but especially for my post-crusade (i.e. "modern") army they are just too fluffy and would give me desperately needed Heavy slots in a tankless army.

DH = Deamonhunters

Damge to the nose of the seismic hammer should be similar to the damage from regular use of a sec of bolt cottuers. The paint should be scratched and there should be a decent sized impression on the front of the hammer itself, as well as a decent amount of paint scratching along the arm itself, as for when it may have penetrated lighter armor or broke through walls.

Nice damage representation. Particually the lightning claws shoulder damage is well done. I'd like to see a tut on how you did the specifics damage types.

Lol, when i saw the title, i thought "hes actually finished it before 100!" then i realised you hadnt painted it yet Still, good progress and looks awesome!!

If you dont like the stock GW StormRaven, check out MajorTom's thread here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/60/342328.page#2407219

@Solar_lion: files, gravers and small, round rotary tool grinding bits used very gently... Kind of thing that would be much more easily conveyed on a you tube video than a bunch of still shots.

@Vit: Yeah... I've seen MT's Stormraven... sweetness itself. But working with plasticard is not my bag. I can barely assemble one of GW's kits without screwing it up... much less scratch build something myself.


I'm spraying the base coat on the dread right now, so I can guarantee that it WILL be "painted" before page 100. I hope to have the yellowing/gradients done today. That's my goal anyway. I won't do zenithal lighting on this one as I don't want it to clash stylistically with the other one, but I will do my best to blend the shades wit the airbrush in the same fashion as on the venerable. I hope my small needle come in today or tomorrow... I'm going to need it with this project.

Gitsplitta wrote:Hey now! Be nice!

I have been on a *very* disciplined schedule with him... one goal each night and so far I've met each one. Goal for tonight is having the base coat done... problem is I still haven't decided which way I want to go with it. Guess it'll be a "game time decision" (as they say in American football).

please dont remeber me the pain of the saints losing there first and only play off game.

nice battle damage there Git really like too see a tut on that

Thanks fatty!

Forgot to say, before base coating I did add a considerable amount of damage to the seismic hammer and in a few more spots around the model. I found my push graver which facilitated this quite a bit. I'm just about to do the sepia wash over the base coat, then I'll start working the shading back up through the gold tones to the yellow. If I can accomplish that much today, it'll be a day well spent.

To All:
I guess I'll mention that I am in the market for Mk-1 vehicles... specifically rhinos/razorbacks, predators and land raiders. Paint job does not matter but condition of the model does. There's no rush, but if you know someone interested in modernizing their force, please send them my way.

Gits I'm currently winning a job lot of 7 MK-1's at them moment but I just want the two vindicators. If I win them I'll let you know mate and we'll work out something.

^ now thats awesome