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Great job Olthannon.

Good luck in the challenge this month.

Cheers,

CB

Meer_Cat wrote:The words "your talent" and "mediocre" do not belong in the same sentence- this is excellent work. The detail in the shadings and the highly complementary color scheme is executed to a high degree. Using so many colors runs the risk of presenting a chaotic kaleidoscope of disjointed, run-together impressions- this is a composite whole composed of painstakingly applied detail.

Rock on!

Thank you for the kind words Meer_Cat, greatly appreciated. I think staring at the model too long made me see all my imperfections so I'm glad it looks okay!

3orangewhips wrote:

Let me know what you guys think, I want to do a bit more work but to be honest this is about the extent of my mediocre painting talent

If this is mediocre, what chance have I?

Loving those Squats!

Thanks 3orangewhips! Don't let me knocking myself also knock you. I guarantee your painting skills are awesome!

PaddyMick wrote:Reckon you should call it job done and a bloody good job at that. Haven't they got a rule where the kahl points and gives someone a judgement token? that's what he's doing. He should be called The Crimson Grudge Judge.

Cheers mate! Kahl Athylric The Crimson Judge it is! I think you are right, I'll stick that as done.

usernamesareannoying wrote:nice work Olthannon.
i really like the kharadron heads on these guys.
of course now i cant find any to buy to do some of mine this way

I bought a box of Kharadron just for the heads! But I put the rest to good use.

Not Online!!! wrote:This one is awesome.
A dwarf worthy of his beard

Thanks Not Online! I like that, might use that as an official tag line

 Captain Brown wrote:
Great job Olthannon.

Good luck in the challenge this month.

Cheers,

CB

Much appreciated CB, same to you! Those ruins are looking fantastic.



Again thank yous all for the kind comments.


Although I should have really be getting on with painting the Hernkyn Pioneers, they are a right pain to paint I have one halfway finished, just needs highlights and the base.

In the meantime, I've been using the rest of the Kharadron Overlords box to make some more miners. They will count as Hearthkyn tooled up with bolters but I wanted them to have a more archaic look. The theme I have for my custom League is one of ancestor veneration, more exaggerated than other Kyn. Certainly with these miners I wanted them to have a more militia like quality, as if they are joining the main force to defend their mine workings.






A little trimming down in places to get the arms to fit on the Kharadron bodies but really a very simple bit of converting.

I'm very happy with the special weapons, using the Kharadron weapons to make an antique looking L7 missile launcher and the magna rail. I wanted both to look as if they were being used as blasting equipment. My main favourite is the gigantic periscope which is formerly a big old horn from the 7th edition Dwarf warriors kit. It is meant to be the pan-spectral scanner, because I didn't have one spare! Originally I planned to make it a giant hearing trumpet, something like a geophone maybe to listen out of enemy tunnellers or trapped miners. Unfortunately, that would have been an enormous faff. So I went for a periscope instead, I can imagine them peeking out from cave entrances with it. I'm going to greenstuff that a little to make an obvious lens, plus there's a couple of little gaps to fill.


Cheers all,


EDIT: for some reason those photos are a little blurry on this page but not in the gallery.

Kahl turned out great, I love his golden beard and the Predator blood on the genestealer is perfect. I’m impressed how well the Kharadron bodies work with the Votann arms

Great kitbashing work!

Aye, these are some very good kitbashing.

Nice conversion work Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Thankee kindly all you wonderful folk.










// Soft humans would call this a desolate, uninhabitable, planet. For the Kyn, this was a place of beauty and full to the brim with precious ores and minerals. Ulngred coasted the bike down a long gully that scored its way across the planet surface. The bike hummed quietly as it floated over large boulders and difficult terrain. The rest of his squadron blazed along behind, the red bikes bearing the Norhymbre Cooperative colours a beacon in a world of endless twilight. Piercing headlights lit up the ground and startling the strange wildlife. The scanner above his shoulder gave a soft trill and Ulngred's eyes widened as the results scrolled across the screen. "Howay lads, this way to the motherlode!" He gunned the engine and dove towards the cave entrance //


Second Hernkyn Pioneer! I actually painted this last week but I've had such a time of it with work this week so not done much more.

Sweet pair of trikes Olthannon! The kit works well with your colour scheme and I love the pink/purple tufts on them too! The fact that they’re Geordie kyn is even cooler!

Nice bikes Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

gobert wrote:Sweet pair of trikes Olthannon! The kit works well with your colour scheme and I love the pink/purple tufts on them too! The fact that they’re Geordie kyn is even cooler!

Captain Brown wrote:Nice bikes Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks both! I gotta have some 'lercal' representation!








Final biker finally completed, had a long slog with zero motivation so it feels great to have finished a mini! This is also the last of the Votann army box! So I'll have to try and take an army shot photo!

Up next I plan to paint my Thunderkyn, so I'll try and power through them.


Cheers for now.

Man, that demi-squadron looks good! One was terrific, but three in mass brings a whole new effect: almost more well-balanced color and detail than the eye can take in!

 Meer_Cat wrote:
Man, that demi-squadron looks good! One was terrific, but three in mass brings a whole new effect: almost more well-balanced color and detail than the eye can take in!

Thanks Meer_Cat! I really appreciate it.





Thought I'd pop up a quick shot of the completed Votann box! Glad I got them done, now I can focus on my newer purchases!


Cheers for now.

Agreed that the colors are very well coordinated, looks impressive all together.

 ph34r wrote:
Agreed that the colors are very well coordinated, looks impressive all together.

Thanks ph34r!

Little update in the form of the first of my Thunderkyn. It took me a little while to decide on their weapons but I figure the 36" heavy bolters are too fun to pass up, plus they look the coolest.






I actually finished painting the second one tonight but too late to take photos now, will do that tomorrow.

Once the Thunderkyn are done I've got a Sagitaur and 10 Hearthkyn and some Einhyr to build.


Cheers all.

Space Dwarves are looking brilliant mate. When they were first announced, I thought that they would mesh well with the KO line but before this thread I hadn't seen it in action. They are seamless and super characterful.

Loving the contrast between the large amounts of red/orange and then the pops of colour with both the blues and the basing - really pleasing to the eye.

Can't wait to see more!

Good job. Also that banner is so perfectly old school!

tzurk wrote:Space Dwarves are looking brilliant mate. When they were first announced, I thought that they would mesh well with the KO line but before this thread I hadn't seen it in action. They are seamless and super characterful.

Loving the contrast between the large amounts of red/orange and then the pops of colour with both the blues and the basing - really pleasing to the eye.

Can't wait to see more!

Hey thanks Tzurk! Really appreciate it. I was worried that the scaling would be a little off before I bought the KO box but with a little cutting and wiggling it all seemed to fit together nicely!

Not Online!!! wrote:Good job. Also that banner is so perfectly old school!

Cheers Not Online! Yeah I'm pretty happy with that banner, I think the original design is from the 6th edition army book?







Another Thunderkyn down with one to go! I was quite pleased with the lenses on this one, they are from the Thunderkyn kit so I just added them over the KO helmet.

I planned to add this squad to the Painting Challenge but I painted that first one before I remembered to add to the challenge thread

One left before it's some new minis!

Looking great Olthannon. The kitbash of Votann with AoS and Fantasy bits is definitely a win.

These two mean buisness!
Good job .

That army shot is awesome! So many cool features, but I think the OSL on the front “wheel” of one of the trikes is awesome! Can’t wait to see the expansions, especially the vehicles

muette wrote:Looking great Olthannon. The kitbash of Votann with AoS and Fantasy bits is definitely a win.

Cheers Muette, appreciate it!

gobert wrote: That army shot is awesome! So many cool features, but I think the OSL on the front “wheel” of one of the trikes is awesome! Can’t wait to see the expansions, especially the vehicles

Thanks Gobert, yes I did that on one of the bases and forgot about it for the rest maybe I will touch that up, it is meant to line up with the vents on the hover plates. I always want to tone down the headlights a bit on the trikes, they look a bit too over saturated.


Had a bit of progress with the last Thunderkyn, applied some washes and so just need to do the highlights and finish up the base.

In the meantime, I forgot I never took a photo of the Sagitaur I built a couple of weeks ago.



I wanted to add a few Dwarfy bits but didn't want to go overboard, actually quite difficult to add much to the design without it looking off. I think the limited design add ons were enough.


I also spent a little bit of time making a design for The Norhymbre Cooperative.





Only made it in Paint so it really needs a little updating to make it a bit cleaner but that's the gist.

My plan is to buy some transfer paper and then print off some designs to add on my minis.


Cheers for now.

Just saw the money shot of them all together - very impressive. Looking forward to seeing what you do on the bigger vehicles - and reading some fluff for your custom co-op?

Some more lovely work Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Oh more flags.
That vehicle is cute.

The sagitaur is quite a cute little buggy, the dwarf details look spot on too. With a bit of practice I reckon you could freehand the logo well enough. It also gives me some Angel of the North vibes with the cross on the right

PaddyMick wrote:Just saw the money shot of them all together - very impressive. Looking forward to seeing what you do on the bigger vehicles - and reading some fluff for your custom co-op?

Thankee kindly PaddyMick, ask and ye shall receive a tiny bit of fluff. If I had genuine free time I would love to write up a proper short background story.. perhaps one fine day.

Captain Brown wrote:Some more lovely work Olthannon.

Cheers,

CB

Not Online!!! wrote:Oh more flags.
That vehicle is cute.

Cheers both!

gobert wrote:The sagitaur is quite a cute little buggy, the dwarf details look spot on too. With a bit of practice I reckon you could freehand the logo well enough. It also gives me some Angel of the North vibes with the cross on the right

I reckon I could freehand it too but I pity my wrists I hadn't thought of that actually but I might have to make it look more angelic! It's just the Saxon letters for N and C (Norhymbre Cooperative).

EDIT: oops forgot to add the new photos!







Yes, the last Thunderkyn is complete and I'm pretty pleased with how they look together.

++ In a bizarre twist of fate, the Kin of the Norhymbre Cooperative laid siege to their own mine holdings. Bolt rounds ripped into their targets, bright green ichor fountaining from wounds that tore into the hideous, chitinous horde that scuttled towards their lines. As soon as they had answered the distress horns, the monstrous new inhabitants had boiled out of the ground in an unending tide. Byrthrund's optical array honed in on a new target, something large and ominous seemed to be orchestrating the alien beasts. "By the beards of Gytha, look at the size of that big bugger. Keep firing!" ++

Now to decide whether I paint the Sagitaur or my Hernkyn Miners..

With the 10th edition box hurtling towards my wallet I realised I should probably paint the rest of my Indomitus marines before that turns up..

Cheers for now!

With bank holiday comes motivation and free time.
So I managed to paint my Judiciar in no time at all.




And so The Knights of Fey have themselves some spiritual succour and a welcome addition to their forces. The Knights of Fey are Dark Angels Successors and up until their near destruction, were hunters of many ancient relics and tech. Bolstered by Primaris reinforcements, they have returned to their homeworld to rebuild and redeploy.

judicar is bangin!
reeks of darkangel succussor chapter if I do say so...

Nice triumvirate of hearthkyn, I like how they have a bit of northern dialect in their fluff too!

I know the feeling of temptation by the new terminators but still not started on the Indomitus Marines (I finished the Necrons at least!). The knights of fey sound intriguing, will they be a bit bretonnian themed (didn’t they have a Lady of the Fay?) or something else entirely? The Judiciary is a cracking start, can’t wait to see what the main scheme (schemes?) is like

I am never quite sure if that is meant to be a loyalist or not !

Definatly a good take on it. And the hearthkyn look superb as always