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Really nice j-paint! Great use of form and color.

Looking really good, I can't wait to see the tank all built and painted!

@VIk- Fingers crossed.

@Gits - Thanks Gits, sounding very technical there, makes it sound like I'm not just making it up as I go along

@Reaper - Thank you reaper! Its proving a nightmare that tank, so many nooks and gaps. As for assembly It's all done It's just the legs are magnetic, makes it easier to store (and currently, paint.)

J-paint wrote:Can i have your thoughts on what i should do next?

My options are:

1) Buy and make a whole unit of the bird warriors.

2) Buy some more standard guys to turn into valhallans, (and turn a few into snipers whilst i'm at it.)

3) Or 3 go for something wild... either for guard, Ad mech or maybe some form of power armoured felllows? (alpha legion? raven guard? black templars?) Any ideas are very welcome, name whatever you think would make a good addition/you would like to see.

I vote (in descending order) 2, 1 or 3a (tanks for Valhallans, you're going to need more than 1 Chimera ), 3b (all the rest)

J-paint wrote:
And as for finished guys, the Crows: (they will count as stormtroopers, and I really wana do a valk for them, so they can actually fly, a whole unit may or may not be coming, depending on if i can bring myself to give more money to FW.) Comments as always massively appreciated!

Great work on these guys, especially the paintjob! I wasn't sold on the concept, but finished up they look awesome! Did I miss the fluff on these guys or is it yet to appear?

Those stormtroopers are so cool, great choice of colours.

I'd say make a whole unit of bird warriors or more admech, or admech birdwarriors.

Really liking your crows, well done!

ya skitarii...i read some book and it made me picture skitarri as minotuars.. so confused.

cormadepanda wrote:ya skitarii...i read some book and it made me picture skitarri as minotuars.. so confused.

Titanicus? Dan Abnett's description of skitarri was really weird in that one...

Rawson wrote:

cormadepanda wrote:ya skitarii...i read some book and it made me picture skitarri as minotuars.. so confused.

Titanicus? Dan Abnett's description of skitarri was really weird in that one...

Sounds right.. never cared for the combat in that book, it was to slow and off key all the time. However, Minotuar skitarii have always sounded like a fun deal for me.

Those look like real things gw would make good on ya.
Also the spider tank very clever, but my main thing is you've mastered
painting red.
Keep this up and you could join Eavy metal.

hahli87942 wrote:
Keep this up and you could join Eavy metal.

xxx

Well, you need to remember that Titanicus was written from a single perspective, and combat waaay up in those beasts would seem a bit disconnected.


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IMHO you might be disappointed in the combat because we are so used to Dan's first/third-person Infantry account of battles.

love the crows...so much!!

@Rawson - The crows havn't got any fluff yet, I wasn't sure If anyone would be interested in that sort of stuff, I'm no writer, but I'll give it some thought. As for what I've done next, More valhallans, unfortunately I did cheat a little, I used the old metal guys. I think next I will do some form of tank for these guys, your right, a chimera and guardsmen alone aren't really a force to be reckoned with.

@ Ironbars - Thanks very much! I think the crows will indeed be getting some back up at some point.

@Merlin - Thanks man =]

@Comradepanda- Lol yeah titanicus is an odd one, they are described as feral guys with warpaint, not what i imagined at all.

@hahli - Lol your too kind! really, I am nowhere near that level, can only dream. =p

@dsteingass - This is a good point, I bet it was hard for him to swap from first person gritty real life to a titans perspective.

@ Monkey - Thank you! More will be coming when I can afford it.

So tonight I give you more valhallans, these are the standard metal guys, I wanted to see how some minor conversion work and some love would shape them up, I think it's worked quite well, the sculpts haven't aged brilliantly in places, but overall I think they are of passable quality. I've got some more close up pics of these guys, because the big pics don't really show they brilliantly. Let me know what you think. I have tried to have a few with wounds, (some quite serious!) I thought as grunts they would be pretty beaten up:

All my guard so far:


The new squad:


Close ups:

Head injuries:

Those look fantastic J-paint... really nice! Great job on the faces.

Thanks gits, the faces are a nightmare! The majority of their eyes aren't level so you sort of have to paint them on blindly, ignoring the eyes in the sculpt to a certain extent.

verrrry good looking... by the way... the green spot color... what green is it exactly?

specially like the fact that not even two bases are alike... gives the air of a totally characterful battle scene too!!! i am way too lazy to attempt this^^

Great looking guard army you have so far! Love the guy somking a cigar!
But while I think the green works really well in this army, you should give some of the weapons more depth... the chainsaw for example could use a highlight or two, and some heavy weatering with the metal underneath showing through....
Oh and are you planning to paint the base-rims?

Keep up the work on this awesome army!

Loving the overall look and feel of these guys! How about a group shot of the Ad-Mech army!

I know I've already seen these but I have to say it again... I love the guy with the bloody eyepatch! xxx

Thanks Vik - The spot colour is the old snot green, but I think it has become 'warpstone glow' now. The pictures make it seem ever so slightly lighter than in real life. As for the bases, Its good fun, It's preparing me for some sort of scenery project. =] Oh whilst your here, have you had a chance to rummage around looking for those dkok? don't worry if not. =]

Cheers merlin, your totally right about the green, I've been having problems getting the green on flat to start with, so by the time I have I'm usually too sick of it to bother with a great deal of highlights, but I will defiantly go back to these and give them a bit more green loving, the chips idea is a good one too! As for the rims they will just be black, It's one of those jobs just never seems to get done even though it would take a few seconds at most

As for a group shot reaper, that's a good idea, I'll do that when I get the motivation to finish the damned walker tank.

Thank you bubble, as you well know, it wasn't overly intentional =p

Oh seeing as I'm commenting again, here is a random chaos objective I've made, for no particular reason other than as a chance to use some different colours:

BOOBIES!

hehehe! xxx

Oh whilst your here, have you had a chance to rummage around looking for those dkok? don't worry if not. =]

ouch.... *kneels in the dust* so sorry... that as totally slipped me... the last coupla days...*insert standard apologetic reason* sorry ... but i will do so tomorrow for definite... as i want to see more birdies done by you^^

and i ask thios here too... that booby damsel... isn´t she the free-mee one from ramshackle games? i always ment to get her for my own sinister needs too... by the way... did you file off those pokies???

Lol don't worry about it, I've got your bits n bobs in a bag awaiting you, but no rush at all . =] As for the woman she is indeed the free woman from ramshackle, can't complain about a free-bee. As for the pokies.....I have literally no idea what you mean, lol!

LOOOOL... well the bag won´t have to sit ther collecting dust for long will fix that my light of day^^

Dude! Your minis look freaking awesome!

that's a chaos icon
good job
as for the Valhallans one army I want on my side
keep up the good work

I have no idea how I missed this thread, 1. amazing admech! 2. best valhallans i've ever seen. period. (thanks for the hat tutorial I willl use that!) and 3. i never knew bubble had freinds! (only kidding) Im looking foward to her painting that ewok though!

Great work on those valhallans, that green is spot on, also the faces really bing them to life. Looking forward to more.

I love the servitor as part of the weapon team. That's a really nice touch.