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 Solar_lion wrote:
Tough Break......ok..bad pun.

Like the pose able legs. I be tempted to get another knight just so I can do something unique.

Looking forward to a Cawl paint up. Definitely an amazing sculpt.

Likely won't be painting up Cawl anytime soon. Going to have to wait until 8th before I commit. Got burned on my Ogres, not repeating that with 8th Ed 40k.

That being said, he is ridiculous looking and very hard to find a good way to do sub-assemblies. I figure ...upper and lower? That is as good as I can get I guess. Going to airbrush in the white and red for his cloak and hand paint in the rest, which sounds kinda laborious.

On an aside, on one of the AT preview documents, they showed my beloved House Vyronii and the leader of that group of Knights had THIS head. Losing my mind now, because that is epic and I wish FW would make it (they likely won't... hell, they haven't made their decals yet!).

Also on another aside, I ordered myself a damn Titan. That should be a fun project!

Welcome to the Titan Club.

Warlord?

 Solar_lion wrote:
Welcome to the Titan Club.

Warlord?

HAH! I am insane, but not THAT insane.

No, I scored a Lucius Warhound. The only "practical" Titan I can get for gaming. Going to be a Legio Astorum "Warp Runners" and paired with my Questoris Knight household for 30k (House Vyronii).

Basically, building/painting this Titan gives me something to work on until my decals come out... which feels like it will be never.

NIB?

 Solar_lion wrote:
NIB?

No, second-hand (sadly). I will post pics when it gets here.

I made this because I am a freakin' nerd!

Ahh.. big tank love..

 Solar_lion wrote:
Ahh.. big tank love..

I did this at work, too, which I think makes it better. Thank the Emperor for free, knock-off Flash-based Photoshop!

Some updates. BB bases done! Working on the Hawkshroud Knights. Cherub statues primed and the frame for my Kill Team display board is painted. WIP Knight bases.

looks like the knight all broke apart .. : )

Good job on the stripes~

 Solar_lion wrote:
looks like the knight all broke apart .. : )

Good job on the stripes~

HAH! Yea, it does! But no no, I just always paint them in far too many pieces and slowly assemble it to avoid any potential overspray because I am way too lazy to mask everything.

Thanks! Which stripes? The BB bases surprised me, because I just masked them off and hit them with the airbrush and I think it worked pretty well.

Yeah the bases. very realistic..

 Solar_lion wrote:
Yeah the bases. very realistic..

Thanks!

Finally committed to a Legion! After much deliberation and hand-wringing and crying/screaming into my pillow, I am going evil...pure evil. MURDEROUSLY Evil.

8th Legion baby! NIGHT LORDS! HYEEEEEEAHHHHH! *guitar riffs and blast beats*

SO! I took that plunge, finally. Ordered some third party bits recently because I am a damn snowflake (dammit).

(Back)Ordered these sweet shoulderpads just now:


Figured I can use these for variety.

Also, got all sorts of gnarly trophies and stuff from KFStudio because holy crap, they look cool!

I got just about one of everything!






Not crazy about all of these, but I wanted to magnetize Curze to have a helmet option!


These backpacks!

Lots of good stuff there, on top of the Terror Squad kits and Night Raptor kits I will be ordering in a little while to start building up my army. This is going to take me a while, because Heresy is NOT cheap and I have two builds I want to field. Drop Assault Vanguard and Terror Assault.

Sweet.

That's some cool stuff. Maybe not the 2nd group of helmets so much (the one on the far right isnt bad), but looking forward to seeing what you do regardless.

What's you basic plan for building everything? Plastics with add-ons, or full resin?

 whalemusic360 wrote:
That's some cool stuff. Maybe not the 2nd group of helmets so much (the one on the far right isnt bad), but looking forward to seeing what you do regardless.

What's you basic plan for building everything? Plastics with add-ons, or full resin?

The one on the far right is the one I was going to use for Curze! I think the others I may attempt modelling on or cutting up or something. Not sure yet, but I really wanted some unique options for my Primarch, since his normal head is a bit... bad? Not great. Not my fav. Love the model otherwise.

The other stuff is perfect for trophies and stuff. And marking out squad leaders and whatnot. I fell in love with that stuff the moment I saw it, because I am rubbish at sculpting and it gives me that gnarly, grisly grimdark I simply must have for me Legion.

Anyhow, resin is my go-to. The plastic kits are nice, but all I really need is stuff that isn't plastic now anyhow! I have basic dudes, but need a slew of Assault Marines (40 more or so!). That DAV list is killer... killer expensive, at least.

Have you thought about the CSM raptors to add some flavor to the FW ones? Only a few minor details that are overtly chaos mutated.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Have you thought about the CSM raptors to add some flavor to the FW ones? Only a few minor details that are overtly chaos mutated.

I am not actually running Raptors. I am getting them for visual variety in my Assault squads and to help further define squad leaders. See what I mean about being a snowflake? I basically don't want any single model to look stock, because this is a Legion that prides itself in wearing the flesh and bones of conquered foes, as well as the most baroque and grimdark armor stylings ever. I am going full-on Thramas with them.

Still keeping tabs on this thread. Lovely stuff.

I have to ask, how did you do the blood bowl bases? They are friggin sweet and really realistic. I love them. I wanna go buy BB so I can copy them

 Zambro wrote:
Still keeping tabs on this thread. Lovely stuff.

I have to ask, how did you do the blood bowl bases? They are friggin sweet and really realistic. I love them. I wanna go buy BB so I can copy them

Thanks!

They were very easy, actually. I used Liquitex Black Lava paste as my base layer. This stuff is about as amazing a basing material as you can get. I love it. It can turn out like such a wide variety of ground types depending on what you add to it, how you paint it, etc.

Once I put that down, I primed them and painted a few layers of dark brown with a middle-tone brown as the highlight. I didn't want the ground too bright. After that dried, I added a mix of three static grasses. Light and Medium Green Grass and Burnt Grass. I just sprinkled down medium, then dabbed down light and burnt randomly to make it look a bit more natural. All this was done with PVA glue.

And after it cured, I just used a simple bit of masking tape to form a stripe and hit it with my airbrush. I kept it splotchy and didn't go over onto the non-grass areas, so it looked like it had been roughed up by players.

Hope that helps! You should get BB just for the miniatures! Really awesome stuff.

I hate dealing with water effects sometimes. I built these bases with the idea that they would contain standing water. This was the plan!!

Yet... of course they leak like a sieve in ways I couldn't fathom. I tried one run without clay... failed. The pictured run with clay... failed a bit. I have since poured a less brown layer in to tone it down a bit (it was just too dark, imo).

I will know by 8PM tonight if it sets, but might give it 48 hours (so tomorrow at 8PM) just in case.

After it firms up, I am going to probably go in with gel medium and make ripples... if possible. Knights stomping like a T-Rex, amirite?

Finished the Hawkshroud Knights!

Very nice. Love the glow on the gauntlet.

 Solar_lion wrote:
Very nice. Love the glow on the gauntlet.

Thanks! Glad you like.

Folks... don't laugh, ok? I had some downtime at work and I really only have MSPaint there...

But I couldn't get this idea out of my head for my VIIIth Legion Vigilator...

BE KIND!

The idea is to transform Cypher into my Vigilator... the Camo pattern would be heavily darkened, which I conveyed very poorly! Chainglaive in in the upward position and a Raptor jump pack. Would need to cut/trim some stuff and add some trophies, but that is the jist of it.

Thoughts?

That is the best concept for a conversion I've ever seen.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
That is the best concept for a conversion I've ever seen.

Thank you for your kindness! My only hangup is that... I do kinda suck at conversions. I will give it a valiant effort. If I mess him up I will be SO SAD THOUGH!

Nice idea on the conversion. One word of (pobably unnecessary) advice: cut off cypher's hands and change the angle at which the new hands will be attached to the wrists to make it look natural. At the very least that is, repositioning at the elbows may be necessary as well. Love the idea though, excellent eye for how the parts would come together!

 CommissarKhaine wrote:
Nice idea on the conversion. One word of (pobably unnecessary) advice: cut off cypher's hands and change the angle at which the new hands will be attached to the wrists to make it look natural. At the very least that is, repositioning at the elbows may be necessary as well. Love the idea though, excellent eye for how the parts would come together!

Oh yea. Likely cutting the hand off entirely and using the one on the Chainglaive itself... though you are right, that may take some elbow finagling. I will have to get my hands on the model to see if it will work at all!

Thanks. It just hit me when I was talking with my bud about the new Triumvirate and I was going to use the MkIV Command dude as a base, but that is so boring! This will be way more Night Lord-y.

What are thoughts on the face/head? I was debating on slicing back the hood and sculpting it down and using one of the specialty helmets I got (see prior posts). Probably one without wings. Or maybe just a helm under the existing hood.