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 Ramos Asura wrote:
a Herald of Slaanesh (cant remember manufacturer)

Looks like an Avatars of War Archdomina of Torment to me - boob-chains are a dead give away

Nice shade on the ladies

- Salvage

 Ramos Asura wrote:
Really REALLY excited to get at the Grinder... It really is a spectacularly fun model to paint

Indeed, Soul Grinders are perhaps one of the best Daemon miniatures out there. I had a blast painting mine! Looking forward to seeing what you do with yours, especially since you're going Slaanesh with it whereas I went Khorne with mine.

That is some beautiful work on the Eldar, Ramos.

If your looking for shelves try a utensil tray turned on its end. I used a bamboo utensil organizer from Walmart and used leg hooks to mount it to the pegboard.

Gives enough space for squads of 25mm based troops and a shelf for tall things too.

 Theophony wrote:
If your looking for shelves try a utensil tray turned on its end. I used a bamboo utensil organizer from Walmart and used leg hooks to mount it to the pegboard.

Gives enough space for squads of 25mm based troops and a shelf for tall things too.

Now that's clever. I like it.

@EDC: Iiiiii see what you did there

@Boss Salvage: Boingo! That sounds about right, and looks spot on!

@Zerg: Its already sooooo nice!! Just the torso alone has been a blast. Easy to get lots of beautiful areas of contrast and gradients... Love love love it!

@YB: HEY! Good to see you're still kicking around! Hopefully things with the Fire Hawks are still going strong- We still totally gotta get you to Adepticon again one of these years.

@Theo: Oooh, yeah thats great!! If I can find some wall space, I think that'd be a perfect addition to the workshop!

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Alrighty, UPDATE TIME!

I spent most of my Friday assembling minis at a friend's house (lots of minis from Beyond the Gates of Antares), so I didnt get to painting more skin until today.

My camera is absolutely hating these Daemonettes... The skin tone is so bright it blows out the shot! From that initial purple, I've brought it back up to a mix of Underbelly Blue and White, with just a slight touch of the base purpleish color in it.
I think this is the level Im looking at for the skintone, though- Very very VERY pale, but still keeps just a little bit of a gray-purple hint to it. From this stage, its on to adding in little splashes of color to bring the ladies into focus. Its going to be an experiment to give her skin spots like what Nerdfest did, but I think thats just the thing for this scheme.

I like it, it's... Delicate. Works well.

Are these GW demonettes? Did I miss something?

they're not GW....they are made by raging heroes

Yes indeed! SL, these are from Raging Heroes- I believe they are called Mantis Demons or Mantis Ladies, or something like that. Much more delicate than the DW equivalent, and some moldline issues (like being right across the face on some of them!)
Overall though, not bad, I guess. They make for fun proxies


Today saw more details on the Daemonettes. With the armor/chitin basecoated, the skin starts to take shape. not too much longer now- Surprisingly, I think these guys arent too far from being completed. After all, the hard part (skin) is already done!





Probably the biggest difference between last night's progress and today's is the spotting. Client asked for it, and I used Nerdfest's pink Daemonettes as sort of a reference, along with another painted by James Wappel. Deceptively simple work on these- Just a fine brush and some dots of wash. As it dried, tide marks gave a soft edge to the spots, making them dark on the outside and light in the middle. Also allowed me to change the shade of dots as I went along by adding more or less matte varnish!


The Grinder also got some love, and I knocked out its skin as well. Because of its greater size, I took the highlight up a few more layers. Also applied a striated texture on the larger planes of muscle to mimic strands of sinew and muscle.







Im at a little more than 3 weeks before I leave for Adepticon, and still have a TON of work! Not only do I have these Slaaneshi Daemons to take care of, but Im also revamping my resume/cover letter and prototyping out a business venture- more details on that later! Then, I of course need to bring some more Marines Errant love into this blog, hopefully getting a decent little chunk of new stuff to bring to beat up Gits, SL, and the rest of the Wardens crew

Busy busy busyyyyyy!

Looking good Ramos. The spotting on the leg/thigh looks impressive, despite how simple you claim it was.

EDC

The Slaanesh Daemons look awesome. Such a delicate skin tone. I envy your gaming opponents. So many great armies and players.

Those spots are a really nice look. Yes I mean the spots!

3 weekend to go!

Looks beautiful Ramos. wonderful work in the skin of both critters.

Stop playing with your boobies and get back on the Titan

..... I think I remember that line from a video I saw before I got married

Thanks guys!!

Almost done, Almost done! No time to lose now, as this officially marks less than 3 weeks remaining-- By this time on the 30th, I'll be sitting in Chicagoland!



Now its just a case of figuring out what to put on that banner... Always trouble with the triangular slaaneshi banners. The icon doesnt quiiiite fit right die to its aspect ratio, and Ive no idea what else to put on it! (thoughts?)

Im also pondering how to paint the bases. Half of these are on the same style of Secret Weapon base as the rest of the army, so will be getting sandstone and pinkish-red creep. The others are on the "Steel Invasion" bases, which have a more starship plating look to them:



Now my first thought is to paint them as really really rusted out metals, then doing the creep in the same colors. This should work with the rest of the army color-wise. What do you guys think?


Oh, and a final note- KD Monster expansions dropped today! Much more stuff for Alf and me to kill


Now if only I had time to paint it!

 Theophony wrote:
Stop playing with your boobies and get back on the Titan

..... I think I remember that line from a video I saw before I got married

Nevaaaaar! *jiggle jiggle*

Paint the banner like a thong, have a cheek on each side of it, it is Slaaneshi after all.

How about just a portion of the 8 pointed star on the banner?

EDC

I'd suggest painting the bases metal & then rust the areas near the tendrils, as if the metal is being degraded by the incursion.

Thong idea is funny.

evildrcheese wrote:How about just a portion of the 8 pointed star on the banner?

EDC

Gitsplitta wrote:I'd suggest painting the bases metal & then rust the areas near the tendrils, as if the metal is being degraded by the incursion.

Thong idea is funny.

OR....best of both worlds and do a thong with a tattoo of the 8 pointed star on one of the cheeks (sorry I'm devolving this thread into a nerdfest thread )

Perhaps an asymmetrical seeker head pointing down?

Theo, you're terrible!


No, no... The only butts on these models will be the ones on the daemonettes.

I like Gits' idea for basing, though.... I think that'll work just nicely!


Not a Daemonette update (just need to varnish them now), but one concerning Marines Errant! Yes, SL, you heard that right. Im actually doing some stuff for myself

I'm going to try and get a few quick minis up and running so that I can play in a larger game against the Wardens. Here I have an Ironclad Dread (CCW and Seismic Hammer), and an Autocannon/Missile Deredo.

Ran into some problems on the Deredo, though. The cannons have mold release impregnated into the barrels, so they wont paint up. Sent in the order for replacements to FW, but they wont arrive in time. Ill still paint up everything else, though. Was going to magnetize the weapons anyways so that I can swap it for the plasmas. Unfortunate, but nothing can be done :/



Bit of an equipment question for you guys- How to arm the Ironclad? I have the options of Twin Heavy Flamers, Melta/Heavy Flamer, or Heavy Flamer/ Heavy Bolter. Im leaning towards one of the first two options- Twin flamer has reliability vs hordes, but having the melta in there gives it a little bit of anti armor at range... Thoughts?

the inside of the barrels? if you drill then out that should get rid of the mould release agent no?

No, unfortunately the outside. Nearly the whole thing is glossy- Check this out:




Its like I dipped the whole front of the things in gloss varnish! No way to remove this either... Tried several soapy warm baths, even an engine degreaser. Nothing! :/

You could probably fabricate those barrels. ..

- Could-, sure, but with how much I paid for the things, I shouldnt have to.

I'll have to see where Im at once the Chaos stuff is finished and how I am time-wise...

Ah, you're a master Ramos! I'm sure you could crank something out!

Thanks, Gits!
Yeah, im just annoyed FW let something like this through on BOTH guns. Mind you that you buy the guns separately from the body- essentially what I got was a totally unsuitable product. I could have built the guns myself for nearly free if I wanted to go that route-
The principle of the thing, ya know.


Daemonettes are finished!!
Really liked Gits' idea for the rust, and I think I managed to capture it. Followed some of Nerd's style and used thinned Vermin Brown and Blazing Orange. Washed around the fleshy bits and boom! Rusty!




Close-up on some of the girls:





The instrument bearer was sculpted with a violin, so I immediately went Golden Fiddle- Looking for a soul to steal!





The standard I had fun with- Chaos star just didnt feel right, and I couldn't fit a Slaanesh Icon no matter how I tried. So then I thought to Wehr's seeker head idea... A quick sketch on a notepad later and I got this... Actually really proud of it







And lastly, the Herald:






Now for the Grinder and Dreads! 18 days to go!

Those are just kickin' Ramos! Beautiful, beautiful job! Wow!

Creepy. Pretty. Disconcertingly sexy. Yup, that works