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Macragge

That is indeed an impressive array of stormtroopers.Looks like an old school Nork Deddog to boot. Your basework is impressive. Maybe I missed it in your earlier post, but what do you use for the primary base texture?

   
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@Brushcommando - Aye, that's the metal Nork Deddog, though with the plastic skull piece from the current Nork added to his shoulder, as I thought it looked cool. Thanks for the comments on the bases - there's a breakdown of how I build them in a spoiler on this post which goes through the basics of the process.

+ + +

We have our first completed model since I restarted this, and you're probably not surprised to hear that it is the Storm Trooper Officer - or Captain Kappa Omega, as he'll probably be known.

Since the last photo, I went in and basecoated the metallic areas, using Vallejo Model Air Steel for the, well, steel, and VMA Aluminium as a base for the gold. A small dot of Citadel Retributor Armour was used on the bionic eye as a base for the red. The face also got a second pass of P3 Midlund Flesh.

Once all that had set, and I'd tidied up a couple of red spots on the grey, it was time to go in with washes. The red fatigues were washed with Citadel Agrax Earthshade, the bedroll with Citadel Athonian Camoshade, and the areas which would be gold got two or three coats of Citadel Seraphim Sepia.

The grenades got a 2:1:1 mix of Lahmian Medium, Nuln Oil and Biel-Tan Green, while the steel got a mix in the same ratio of Lahmian Medium, Nun Oil and Drakenhof Nightshade.

With the shades dry, I could then go in with the Technical paints - the lens for the bionic eye got hit with Blood For the Blood God, the main panel on each arm with Waystone Green and the smaller lights with Soulstone Blue. The green and blue were both over VMA Aluminium, for the base shine.

The end result?



Given how long he has been either in progress or in my head for, it's good to get him finished. Of course, now I'm trying to pick up another one of these Sergeants at a... reasonable price, so I can do a second Officer, this time with a Power Fist. And at some stage, I'll no doubt need to convert up #3, though who knows what he ends up with.

Once I find the green pen I was using, I'll mark him off for the "Kitbashed Model" square of the bingo card. I think we'll move onto the Daemonhost next - going by the source image of him in this WHC article, I'm hoping he'll be fairly straightforward once I've basecoated the various metal areas in black...

2021-4 Plog - Here we go again... - my fifth attempt at a Dakka PLOG

My Pile of Potential - updates ongoing...

Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.


 Kanluwen wrote:
This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...

tneva82 wrote:
You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... 
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

Looks excellent, the spot colours really pop.

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Otiose in a Niche






Hyderabad, India

Looking really good, the grenades give it a good bit of color.

 
   
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Never Forget Isstvan!





Green Bay, Wisconson

Like that you went with red for the under garment. liking the splash of other colors.. breaks things up well composition wise

 
   
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Mad Gyrocopter Pilot





Northumberland

Really cool model! Those colours are great!

One and a half feet in the hobby


My Painting Log of various minis:
# Olthannon's Oscillating Orchard of Opportunity #

 
   
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@inmygravenimage, Kid_Kyoto, Olthannon - Thanks for the kind words. Not quite sure what went on with the levels in GIMP on the final shots, so I might redo them down the line. Still, he's in the cabinet with his 40 men and Nork now.

@Solar_Lion - I'm pretty much going with the scheme used by the Inquisitorial Stormtroopers in the ol' Daemonhunters codex (and I think were then reused in Witchhunters), so I can't take too much credit. Still, it's an effective look for these sculpts - it'd probably work on Kasrkin, too, but I'm not so sure about the modern Scions or the old-school beret Stormtroopers from 2nd edition.

+ + +

Last week gave me a bit of a nudge to move forwards, so I've made a second weekly hobby pledge on Twitter. This week, I've said that I will...
- Paint the Daemonhost
- Finish assembling the base for my Death Guard Hellbrute
- Assemble a model (though not necessarily base it)

These are things to get done by Monday, though without my Friday evening, as I'll be playing Arkham Horror LCG then instead. As we're on Thursday, where are we up to with these goals?

- I've assembled a Bloodmaster (Khorne Daemon Herald), though I've not glued him to the base yet. I may also take a look at assembling Skulltaker too, though with his cloak as a sub-assumbly if possible.
- I've dusted off the Hellbrute base. Looks like we're at the "add ballast, then sand" sort of stage in the process.

I've made slightly more progress with the Daemonhost, though it might not look that impressive:


- Painted the horns on his head with two coats of Army Painter Dark Tone, to try out the method described by Insectum7 for his Tyranids. I might do a third, as I'm not sure I'd shaken the bottle enough the first time.
- Painted the skulls on chains with Gorthor Brown, as a base for their bone coat
- Picked out all the metal areas with Warcolours Black, over three sittings, ready to start using metallics on them.

I'm using this image as a reference, and that looks to include three or four difference metallics in there, so we should get some variety. Not entirely sure about skin tone yet, but I imagine "Pallid Wych Flesh" may appear as a base - after I've touched up the undercoat with the metallics done, anyway.

2021-4 Plog - Here we go again... - my fifth attempt at a Dakka PLOG

My Pile of Potential - updates ongoing...

Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.


 Kanluwen wrote:
This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...

tneva82 wrote:
You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... 
   
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Fixture of Dakka





Surrey, BC - Canada

Always nice to see another metal army being built.

Cheers,

CB

   
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@Captain Brown - Thanks, Captain. Mainly picked this up for in case I ever use Eisenhorn, rather than to run him solo, but options are options

+ + +

Carried on working on the Daemonhost - after all, there are four different metallics needing to get added to the model.

The large bindings got a basecoat of Citadel Warplock Bronze, the chains got Vallejo Model Air Gungrey, the padlocks had Citadel Retributor Armour, and the... Inquisition charms(?) VMA Aluminium.

Once all the metallics had set, I went back in and washed the chains with Nuln Oil, the padlocks with Reikland Fleshshade, and the Inquisition charms with a couple of passes of Seraphim Sepia. The large bindings got a little Warplock touch-up, then were washed with Agrax Earthshade.

Around this point, the skulls near the Daemonhost's feet were painted with P3 Jack Bone, in the same way as the ones on the base. Once that had enough time to set, they were washed with Agrax Earthshade as well.

Here's how the Daemonhost looked at this point:


Next step was to go back over the Bronze areas with Sycorax Bronze for a bit more shine, as Agrax tends to do a really good job of matte-ing down the shine of Warplock Bronze. This seemed to e a good moment to pause the metallics, and look at the skin.

The skin on my reference picture looks pretty pale, with some shading to help add definition. Looking at it, the painter may actually have started with a black undercoat. I went with my initial thought, and basecoated the skin with GW Pallid Wych Flesh.

2021-4 Plog - Here we go again... - my fifth attempt at a Dakka PLOG

My Pile of Potential - updates ongoing...

Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.


 Kanluwen wrote:
This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...

tneva82 wrote:
You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... 
   
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Ultramarine Land Raider Pilot on Cruise Control





Macragge

Looking good and suitably wierd. When this force is complete are you going to round it out with some grey knights or SoB allies?

   
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Northern Virginia

Looking great! I always enjoyed the old SAS style stormtroopers, they always looked the part for "Inquisitorial stormtroopers". If you're looking for sourcing parts to convert some officers/sgts, the metal catachan officers have matching boots/pants as the Stormtroopers and the Stormtrooper's hands are the same as space marines, if you gives any help.

Impressive collection, I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work!
   
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@brushcommando - I do have some Sisters and Knights to do at some stage. I was working on putting together a metal Terminator squad together, as well as a plastic Purifier one, but they're further down the pipeline.

@ValhallanWinter - Good to know about those parts, chief. Elements from the Scions set seem to work with them, too, as that Officer shows. I have picked up another one of those Sergeants up from eBay, but converting him can wait till next year.

+ + +

Having basecoated the skin with Pallid Wych Flesh last time out, I applied a wash to all the skin - a 3:2:1 mix of Lahmian Medium, Reikland Fleshshade & Agrax Earthshade. Some spot washes with a 1:1 mix of Lahmium Medium and Carroburg Crimson was added to some spots. Neat Drakenhof Nightshade was also added to the eyes, to give a sense of the Warp-y stuff going on inside.

As he's a little top-heavy, and his centre of gravity is a little front of centre, I also took the opportunity to superglue & baking soda some small lead fishing weights to the inside back edge of his base. We may have had a couple of faceplant moments recently, so hopefully that'll help with that.

Having tested it, he does seem more stable now, so that's a bonus.

The purity seals on the back of his leg needed some attention, so I basecoated the parchment element with Citadel Rakarth Flesh, followed by shading them with Agrax Earthshade. I also took this opportunity to go hunting for rogue white spots in the shadows, and hitting them with Earthshade too. The wax seal at the top I painted with Citadel Altdorf Guard Blue, before hitting it with Drakenhof Nightshade.

A few finishing touches with some Nihilakh Oxide later, and we end up with the following:



With the Daemonhost finished, we get the following updated bingo card:


In terms of the other stuff I said I'd do, here's the assembled Bloodmaster and updated base for the Hellbrute:



Need to figure out the next pledge today... we'll see.

2021-4 Plog - Here we go again... - my fifth attempt at a Dakka PLOG

My Pile of Potential - updates ongoing...

Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.


 Kanluwen wrote:
This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...

tneva82 wrote:
You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... 
   
Made in gb
Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

Great demonhost, but I'm really excited for your Hellbrute Where's your bingo card from? I maybe should do something like that to break the hobby ADHD...

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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@inmygravenimage - Thanks, graven. That was the 2021 Hobby Bingo card that was being used in White Dwarf. The 2022 version features in White Dwarf 471. While it's on cardstock, I've produced another replica to stick to the bookcase for this year. Kinda wish they did a PDF download version so you could print it off as and when needed, but we're not that lucky

Spoiler:


Counting what makes up the squares, we get the following as required to complete it:
- Hero or Character (4)
- Fortification or Scenery (2)
- Kitbashed Model (2)
- Lord of War (or Behemoth) (2)
- Unit of 2+ Models (3)
- Unit of 5+ Models (3)
- Unit of 10+ Models (4)
- Vehicle or Monster (4)
- Any Model

Fortification/scenery and Lord of War are probably the two boxes I'm least confident about, but in theory one card is doable. I'm going to only be counting GW models for this, and primarily 40k - not doing the "Expert" mode, given that requires AOS stuff.

I think I'll be working down each column, from left to right, and stopping as I fill out appropriate boxes. I won't be deliberately picking things to fill our rows, columns or diagonals, though.

I have put together a few bits since I last posted, though, and soem of those are on the bench to paint next, I think:


Here we have Caramac (or Karanak, Hound of Vengeance, currently minus his third head, which was undercoated on a stick), as well as a unit of five Flesh Hounds. Got them assembled and based last year, and they're now undercoated.

I've also popped three figures in some Dettol this week to remove paint on them - the original Eversor Assassin sculpt, another =][= ST Sergeant (as the base for a second =][= STO), and an Inquisitorial Acolyte. While I was tidying things off my desk and bagging models up, I found two other Acolyte sculpts from the Daemonhunters/Witchhunters days, so I guess I'll be painting some of them up at some stage.

In terms of Necrons, I picked up the Worldscour Legion box up via my FLGS before Christmas, and I think my Pile of Potential list is up-to-date as it pertains to Necrons. In terms of scheme, I'm suspecting a Leadbelcher undercoat, drybrushed with a brighter silver, then hit with Contrast is likely to be the starting point. I'm thinking Akhelian Green or Aethermatic Blue as the starting point, but I need to test this out. This may mean finding where I left the sacrificial Mantic Elves, as well as picking up the appropriate Contrast paints to test this.

If it works on an Elf, then I think the Royal Warden I built last year will be the true test subject.

Oh, and that's post 7,000...

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2022/01/09 16:53:21


2021-4 Plog - Here we go again... - my fifth attempt at a Dakka PLOG

My Pile of Potential - updates ongoing...

Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.


 Kanluwen wrote:
This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...

tneva82 wrote:
You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... 
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

Nice job dude. Grats on 7k!

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Junior Officer with Laspistol





The Shire(s)

Those stormtroopers look great. Inspired me to dig up my old ones and start thinking about some renovation.

You use Dettol for stripping? I've never done any model stripping before, but a lot of my old Guard is terribly painted. Does Dettol work for plastic too?

The bingo is also a great idea, I agree it would be great as a PDF.

 ChargerIIC wrote:
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@Graven - Cheers, chief! Nowhere near your post total, of course, but still trucking along

@Haighus - Thanks Haighus. I've used Dettol on plastic before, and it hasn't had any negative side effects that I've seen. Definitely safe to leave models in for a while, too.

+ + +

A little progress this week. I've finished stripping the paint from one batch of models, as well as moving a second batch on to the final stage of the process - should get those cleaned up this week, then I'll get a shot of the group.

Ordered a metal Callidus Assassin off eBay over the weekend, as well as picking up the Khorne Blood Bowl team. Need to decide if I want to pick up any of the associated FW figures.

In terms of actual model work, I've built and done an initial undercoat pass on these three:


Need to review them in the cold light of day, and see if a touch-up spray is required. I think the central "core" cylinder will be starting from Dark Reaper, with the direction on the metal sections to be decided following the test I'm doing below. Not currently sure what colour I'll be doing the stonework, though.

I've also prepared a couple of sacrificial Mantic Elves to test a couple of approaches to my theoretical Necron scheme. Having said that, I'm now rethinking whether I should've undercoated the Convergence already.


Elf on the left has been sprayed with Leadbelcher, Elf on the right with Chaos Black - the latter will be getting a coat of Vallejo Model Air Steel today, and once that has set I'll give them a top-down drybrush of VMA Aluminium or Chrome as a highlight. This probably means that tomorrow I'll give them a pass with Aethermatic Blue Contrast over the silver, and see which finish I prefer.

With the work on the Convergence on Fri & Sat, and preparing these Elves yesterday - along with playing Arkham Horror LCG for about eight hours - that puts me on a three day hobby streak. Let's see how that continues...

2021-4 Plog - Here we go again... - my fifth attempt at a Dakka PLOG

My Pile of Potential - updates ongoing...

Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.


 Kanluwen wrote:
This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...

tneva82 wrote:
You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... 
   
Made in gb
Fixture of Dakka







Ended up using VMA Gungrey rather than Steel on the Elf that had been undercoated with Chaos Black, before both got their drybrush of Chrome.

A later of Aethermatic Blue was applied yesterday, and here are the results:


I wouldn't say there's enough of a difference to be noticeable, though I am wondering if a post-Contrast drybrush of Chrome (or Aluminium) might be a good move. In a way, this is good news, as it means I can undercoat 'Crons with either colour without affecting the end result too much.

Think it might be time to prep the Royal Warden from my Recruit Edition box for an undercoat, probably with Leadbelcher. I don't want all the Necron Exoskeleton to me a single tone, especially on characters, so it may be a case of using the Aethermatic Blue on panels, with Nuln Oil or Nuln Oil Gloss in the recesses. I'm thinking Wyldwood over Leadbelcher for the scarab-half-cloak thing, but we'll see how that pans out...

I will want to prepare and paint his base separately in this case, as I'll want to work over a Chaos Black undercoat. Should probably mark out where he stands and build that first, thinking about it.

2021-4 Plog - Here we go again... - my fifth attempt at a Dakka PLOG

My Pile of Potential - updates ongoing...

Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.


 Kanluwen wrote:
This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...

tneva82 wrote:
You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... 
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

That blue is lovely and will ride shiny and eternal.

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Mad Gyrocopter Pilot





Northumberland

Really nice work, that blue is awesome. The whole thing looks very HR Giger.

That is going to look insanely cool on some necrons. Looking forward to seeing how they turn out.

One and a half feet in the hobby


My Painting Log of various minis:
# Olthannon's Oscillating Orchard of Opportunity #

 
   
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought






Cool tests, I prefer the right hand sacrificial elf. The darker undertones will look great on the Necrons, really nice and cold too

Goberts Gubbins - P&M Blog, started with Oldhammer, often Blackstone Fortress and Void Panther Marines, with side projects along the way 
   
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The Shire(s)

Thanks for the advice

I agree that the subtly darker test model on the right looks better, but there isn't much in it.

Lovely oily blue colour though. Will be a good looking necron force.

 ChargerIIC wrote:
If algae farm paste with a little bit of your grandfather in it isn't Grimdark I don't know what is.
 
   
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Surrey, BC - Canada

Will your Necrons be pristine or will they have the weathering of a millennium?

CB

   
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@inmygravenimage - Thanks, graven. Not quite gotten there on the Warden yet, but the moment is approaching...

@Olthannon - Thanks, dude. Given that's literally one coat of Contrast over the silver, it should be pretty straightforward, too.

@gobert - I'm not sure how much of any colour variation between the two is due to GIMP. Bear in mind that the elves are mounted on the same coffee stirrer, and were sat within the same photo booth, about the same distance from the camera, then look at the difference in the background...

@Haighus - No worries, dude. I've just finished bagging the models from my last two batches of stripping, though a few have needed to go back in. I think that's more because they ended up in positions where the paint wasn't exposed, or it was in awkward recesses, though.

@Captain Brown - Not sure yet, Cap'n. Need to get the unweathered version in place first, and then see what I think.

+ + +

OK, time for a quick catch-up on the Warden...

19/01 - Marked out feet position on Royal Warden base, then removed him from the base. Undercoated with Leadbelcher after masking underside of feet with Blu-Tack.

Marked the base so I knew where to be careful with basing material, to avoid issues when popping the Warden back in place. Filled the dent with superglue and baking soda


Who's a shiny boy, then? And, no, I have no idea why his thigh appears to be blue...

20/01 - Started building Royal Warden base. Touched up the undercoat on the Convergence.

21/01 - Finished building Royal Warden base, sealed it, and undercoated it. Played Arkham Horror LCG in the evening.

22/01 - Used Abaddon Black on the rock/skull on Warden's feet.

23/01 - Found Scion parts for Storm Trooper Officer conversion. Basecoated base & rock with P3 Cryx Bane Highlight. Played Arkham Horror LCG in the evening.

24/01 - Got most of the base painted, aside from the wash & tidying up the rim. Followed usual method (see earlier in thread).

Camera had odd focus idea, which I only noticed when processing the image today. Still, you can get an idea on the base progress.

25/01 - Washed base with Agrax Earthshade, tidied up the rim with Abaddon Black.

If we avoid the gun, we can even focus on the base! Note tha the Warden isn't glued in place yet, so I can rotate on any axis to try to get paint in the right spot...

26/01 - De-tabbed Vindicare Assassin & filed underside of feet smooth.

27/01 - Corrected Vindicare Assassin "lean". Added lead weights to Royal Warden base using superglue and baking soda to seal.

28/01 - Drybrushed outside of Royal Warden with VMA Chrome. Started shading in some detail areas with Nuln Oil - some parts may require a second coat, or a pass with Black Templar Contrast in addition. Played Arkham Horror LCG in the evening.

29/01 - More Nuln Oil. Used Seraphim Sepia as a first coat on the torc. Probably also using it on the scarab half-cape, but need to figure out interior detail first. Used Black Templar on the spinal column - need to determine where else it will be used.

And here's where he is as of this evening.

Progress is being made. Not necessarily fast progress, admittedly, but he's starting to take shape. The Nuln Oil is probably not the most obvious on these pictures, but it is helping me in person. Technically on day 15 of a hobby streak, for varying values of how much hobby was done on a given day.

I think that some of the plates next to pistons - such as on the shins - will get some Black Templar, and I may use it for the main chassis of the gun. I think the fast approach to the inside of the scarab cloak thing is do hit the cylinders with Black Templar, then do two coats of Seraphim Sepia on the outside and remaining inside. The really fast route would've included it not being in place at this stage...

The barrel cylinders will be basecoated with Incubi Darkness (at a guess), with the domes and edges near them being re-chromed ahead of Tesseract Glow being used.

I'm not sure yet if the big shoulder plates will be the same blue as the rest of the armour, and whether I'll do the face with the same approach as the starter model, with a Chrome face but the armour colour on the sides/cheeks. Any thoughts on those?

2021-4 Plog - Here we go again... - my fifth attempt at a Dakka PLOG

My Pile of Potential - updates ongoing...

Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.


 Kanluwen wrote:
This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...

tneva82 wrote:
You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... 
   
Made in ca
Fixture of Dakka





Surrey, BC - Canada

Quite the process for your Necron pilot model.

My suggestion on the shoulder plates is to leave them the same as the rest of the model...basically any patina would have worn off the Necron over the millennium.

My two cents,

CB

   
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Thanks, Captain - made some significant progress yesterday, too. Have left the big shoulder plates alone for now, but I do think they're gonna need something on there...

+ + +

30/01 - Used Black Templar on the inside of the scarab cloak, as well as the gun casing (twice) and part of the shins. Washed the scarab cloak with Seraphim Sepia (twice). Painted the gun barrel cylinders with Incubi Darkness. Added lead weights to underside of three bases of Scarabs. Aerthermatic Blue'd the endoskeleton, aside from the huge shoulder pads (for now).



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 Kanluwen wrote:
This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...

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That's a really nice, low key scheme. Excellent job.

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 Dysartes wrote:
Have left the big shoulder plates alone for now, but I do think they're gonna need something on there...


Maybe some pitting of the metal with the odd small black dot...gives flexibility if you decide later to do something else.

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Looking great, nice range of contrasting metals to break up the model.

You maybe try a really light green wash for the shoulder pads that would tie into the blue but still give it a slightly different feel?

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@inmygravenimage - Thanks graven. Any thoughts on colours for those shoulder pads?

@Captain Brown - I could certainly target any marks ont he sculpt with Nuln Oil, for example.

@Olthannon - A light green might be an interesting option. I took a look at a colour wheel, and it was suggesting a red/orange, but that might be a bit too much. I may need to break out the sacrificial Elves again...

+ + +

31/01 - Started basing 3 Scarab bases - added bricks and medium ballast.

01/02 - Added sand to Scarab bases. Sealed them with watered down PVA. Undercoated the Scarab bases. Finished cleaning up the Scarabs themselves. Undercoated the Scarabs with Leadbelcher. Basecoated Scarab bases with Cryx Bane Highlight. Drybrushed bases with Trollblood Highlight.

Bases built


After the first drybrush

02/02 - Drybrushed Scarab bases with Sickly Skin. Picked out bricks with Skorne Red. Drybrushed Scarabs with VMA Chrome. Washed bases with Agrax Earthshade. Tidied up the base rims with Abaddon Black - bases complete. Painted rear rectangular sections on Scarabs (and any filled gaps between them with Black Templar - gaps got two coats. Hit the Scarab claws with Nuln Oil (might just do them with Black Templar in future). Painted the remaining upper hull of the Scarabs with Aethermatic Blue. Shaded the underside of the Scarabs with Black Templar. Picked out the upper side of the pegs for the Scarab base that doesn't have rocks with Abaddon Black.

Bases done

At this point, I wanted to run a test of how to use the Tesseract Glow would work over various colours on models. I also think Scarabs are a safe choice as a testbed for this. I've picked out three options for paints I think it should work reasonably nicely, without using a flat white. For this test, I'm going to try Citadel Wraithbone, VMA Chrome, and P3 Sickly Skin.

The test!

Before Tesseract Glow:


After Tesseract Glow:


In the above picture, there's barely any difference between the three Scarabs - in person, there's a visible difference between the Chrome one and the other two, due to there being a metallic sheen beneath the Glow, but the other two are basically indistinguishable, as far as I can see.

"To sheen, or not to sheen; that is the question..."

...and it is a question I don't really have an answer to just yet.

3/2 - Painted upper pegs on the other two Scarabs with Abaddon Black. Glued all three into their bases.

And with that, we hit an important little marker - the first unit of the Dynasty is complete, as (for those counting at home) is bingo square A4. By my count, I've got another 12 bases of Scarabs to paint across the three big boxes (Indomitus, Command Edition, Worldscour Legion), so we'll see how they get broken down for the purposes of the bingo.


Even alien swarms want a beauty shot...

These do give me a bit of direction on what to do next on the Royal Warden - the domes on the gun, his eyes, and the cables, so I guess I'll deal with them today as well.

#hobbystreak day 20, too, I guess.

2021-4 Plog - Here we go again... - my fifth attempt at a Dakka PLOG

My Pile of Potential - updates ongoing...

Gamgee on Tau Players wrote:we all kill cats and sell our own families to the devil and eat live puppies.


 Kanluwen wrote:
This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...

tneva82 wrote:
You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
- No reason to keep this here, unless people want to use it for something... 
   
 
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