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I vote for a cut out on the facia of the bike if you can make some kind of plastic windshield for him

Painting update: Almost done with the tac squad ... Just need to add some static grass, finish highlighting a few colors and finish the banner and the eye of tzeentch on the multi melta.

The banner is going to be covered in magical symbols, circles, etc.

Once I finish it's on to painting the terminators, or one of the vehicles. If
I decide its time fro a break from the infantry I have a land raider/crusader/redeemer to convert and paint, or a rhino/razorback/predator/Whirlwind that is almost finished converting. I'lll add up pics of that next time I have my camera out.

they look fantastic!

Personnally I liked the other version of the bike than the wone you went with, and I would ask where did you find the the top part for it?

Thanks AlIi B!

Ratbarf: Dark eldar bike fusalage with a little wing of plasticard gs'd to hide the seam and the spike holes. I like this look as well, and I was going to do them this way, but I decided having to come up with something to replace the parts on 5 DE bikes wasn't worth it(just to add parts to 10 marine bikes), and since I was in a creative mood I decided to sculpt my own.

Meph

They are looking sweeet. keep em up

Those look great! Nothing better than one of the most devout units in the game being swayed to the ruinous powers....

*cough cough** Ehem..I mean blasphemy!!! Die you heretic scum!!!

Update time again:

Pics of the finished tac squad below. I am rather happy with the banner .. it's not perfect, and the lines could have been a little cleaner ... but overall I like it.

In progress shots of the terminators and the term champion .. erm sergeant... yeah...not used to the anti-heretical terminology here. Everything is magnetized, and Thunder hammer and storm shield arms will follow when I finish up this batch. The fleshy brown will be the base for all of the scriptures and scrollwork, which will get a wash, then a layer or two of tan/white. The layering could still use some work, but I am pretty pleased with it so far as it is better than what I have done before and this is still a new technique for me.

Meph

Love the banner!

Love the fading blue scheme!

I didn't think I was going to like them because people like to get crazy with the chaos color schemes, but wow! very clean and vibrant. WELL DONE!

side note:
The purples and reds on the tac squad kinda threw me off. If you grey/black the tubes on the weapons and made the gloves gery/black/white or the fleshy/ cream color would bring more attention to the awesome work on the armor..

Really like the paint work, and the chaos sisters are something different that i haven't seen before. All you need now is a demonic penitent engine.

Great banner on the corrupted sisters!
And I agree: nice fading scheme on the Thousand Sons.

great scheme, great painting, what isnt great, i especially like the banner

all there is to say is WOW
i take back anything i said abou... WOW ... sorry about the gs.

First, thanks again to those who posted earlier. I have been busy with work and have had very little time to work on this project until just recently. I had thought about the color clash from the reds and purples, but those same colors tie these models in with the rest of the units and From my fantasy upbringing I just don't think a figure feels right without some bright colors.

Way overdue update: Terms are finished! Well, I still have a little tiny bit of work on the rocket I added to the cyclone, and I still have to paint up the THaSSh (Thunder Hammer Storm Shield ... hopefully I can coin this term and call it mine bwa ha ha) arms, as well as power weapon arms when they fill double duty as choas terms. Oh and icons that can use the same magnet that keeps the cyclone launcher in place.

I still think these could have been better but I already have 3+ weeks spent on them, and there is a point where you have to let go and move on. This whole army is a bunch of new techniques for me, and I am happy with the progress I have made so far.

The pics!

Wow I'm very impressed. I like the conversions and painting a lot. Only thing that kills me is the base trim. I really think they would look a lot better dark brown. Black is especially sharp.

Ach! I was finally hit by the Double post!

Triple post! My computer was acting up last night.

they turned out brilliantly! the flaming power fists are hot. everything from the eyes to the bases are awesome. wheres the whole army shot though?

wow! loving the purple power axe and the shardy effect you painted on it.. very clean!

How did you paint that purple axe I do love it.

Ork: I'll think about the base trim. I have never liked brown as a base trim, but I might t oa test model with black. If I decide to change it it would be a pretty monumental task as it would mean redoing the base trim for my sisters, chaos, guard, and This Tzentchy SM army. I use all four interchangeably( i.e. I have seven rhino chasis tanks. 3 of them are straight up rhinos, while the other four can become whirlwinds, exorcists, predators, immolators, etc. ) so a change to one army is pretty big. Still, I will try a model and see what I think.

LBursley/Yenom: Thanks! I liked the axe as well. It was based off the power weapon the salamanders sarge has in the new dex(pg 111). It was fairly simple to achieve, though it did take several layers and washes. Lich purple, a mix of lich purple and tentacle pink, tenticle pink, whitehighlights, a very watered down purple wash(from the oh... 10 year old line of paints LOL), and then straight purple wash to fill back in some of the darkest spots. Finally a skull white highlight on the sharp edges.

ALI B: Thanks I really liked the idea of flaming power fists, and they turned out ok. I will put up a group shot of what is painted so far as soon as I finish the Rhino I am working on.

Speaking of which, on to the pics! I am getting pretty far on the first rhino for the army, and I finally took pics of my first two thousand sons(aka Sternguard). THe flaming skulls will be the combi weapons. Two skulls with purple fire will be plasma, one skull with red fire will be melta, and (not pictured) a yellow fireball for flamers. They are all magnetized behind the boks/scrolls so they can be taken off when used during the game. In the GrimDark there are only Flaming Skulls!

that model looks great. my only concern is with the termies and their backpacks. they're painted really well (great job on the purple btw didn't notice how good the power weapons were!) and look great from the front, but they look a bit clumsy from behind. i do like the green trim though, makes me remember when gw had all the bases of the 'eavy metal models green...

wow wat is the blue??

fantastic! Ive always wanted to do a thousand sons army & really take my time with some blends. You dont often see Tzeentch armies, & theyre the coolest, fluff-wise, in my opinion.

Can I just ask, how are you magnetising the arms & things. Its a technique Ive not heard of being used before, but it makes a lot of sense to me. Can you recommend magnets to use, & how to go about attaching them to models?

Beautiful! even those i dont play chaos any more I do still like the models many Tzeench. Good job keep it up.

mephi! you need to give yourself more credit then this.
this is seriousely one of the best color choice i have seen.
i can tell its original as no one ever attempt mixing these different contrasts together and have it look SO NATURAL and right. are you by any chance an art major or professional painter ? the sisters of battle color choices are just amazing.

the sisters banner is just amazing, the color choice is as professional as you would expect to see on ad campaign for a product.

ALIi B: Thanks! I developed a lot of my minature habits from the GW of the 90's so that is indeed where my green base bias comes from. The backpacks did not end up as cool and awesome as I originally thought they would, but to me I still think it was worth it to pull the model away from the neat and clean look of regualr marine termies.

Typhus: For the vehicles the blue is Midnight Blue, Enchanted Blue, and Ice Blue highlights and drybrush across the flat surfaces, and then hard white highlights .

For the terms I used multi layers:
Midnight blue base
2 parts midnight 1 part enchanted
1 part midnight 2 parts enchanted
enchanted bue
Asurman blue wash to tie things together
2 parts enchanted 1 part ice
1 part enchanted 2 parts ice
ice blue
1 part ice blue, 1 part white
white
final watered down asurman blue wash to tie and soften the layers.

SomecallmeJack: Thanks for the props! Magnetizing weapon arms, upgrade options, etc is fairily cheap and easy. Buy magnets from a cheap but reputable source. I use kandjmagnetics.com. They are cheaper than most online vendors, have a great selection and often throw in a few extra magnets with every purchae. I just recently bought about 1,000 small magnets for just over $50. to get started a small order of 100 -200 is fine and less than $20 including shipping. I try to get a couple of people to pithc in and make one order together to save on shipping.

I either drill a hole and glue the magnet in the hole of the arm, upgrade etc, or I superglue the magnet on a flat surface of the arm/upgrade and use greenstuff around it to give it some strength. Any but the smallest of these magnets have a great deal of force and without the greenstuff I have had the magnets break off the minature rather than seperate. This allows for models to have multipele options for a fraction of the cost(instead of buying two models and arming them differently).

Flaming Gaunt: Thanks!

LunaHound: Thanks! I like the colors myself and happliy chose them. I do appreicate everyones feedback though, as I have lost numerous painting compettions because of my use of bright colors did not fit in with the crowd that favors darker more realistic models. Neither view is more correct than the other, and I try to see my models from both sides before I decide which appraoch I like better. I am not a professional in any aspect of art, I do dabble in many forms of art though, from pencil drawings, to computer drawing and coloring, and obviously modeling and painting. I often find it hilarious that I can paint minatures fairly well but canvas paint as well as a 3 year old with ADD.

Thanks for your opinions, I am spending a great deal of time upping my standards for this army and it's good to see that it is generating the desired result!

Meph

I was playing with a AoBR dreadnought and decided to cut it up and try for a more dynamic pose. I am still fiddling with the arms ... I will still be adding some pieces so they are not so ... separate... from the main body, as wll as some sorcerous Tzeentch gubbins. THe arms wil lbe magnetized in the end as well. The blue tac is just for testing the overall look of different poses.

Meph

Beautiful banners on the Sisters.

sweet