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Need to do something with the base. Most characters are on 40s, so the peg foot 32 will need to be replaced. Might lean him back a little and mount him on a lifter from the old AM box, slap some extra rubble around. But done with the chaplain himself.

Got the blue down on two terminators, and grey on the triumph base. Need to paint more, build less.


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A little morning progress

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Just put together the last inceptor from the 8th ed box as a sarge for the DW squad. Just to get him off the sprue and let me field a second squad if I wanted to. With paint not meaning much anymore I could just toss a squad or two of deathwatch into an otherwise Ultramarine force. Which actually fits my headcannon on how DW would fight anything larger then what a KT could handle. Call for backup from a normal chapter and fight along side, spearheading the fight and lending specialized aid to the already flexible marines.

Kitbashed Chap/chap looks pretty dang cool. I like the addition of the fins to the pack.

That's a great looking Jump Chaplain, you thinking of giving him a "Hero Rock" to stand on/jump off?

youwashock wrote:Kitbashed Chap/chap looks pretty dang cool. I like the addition of the fins to the pack.

While a mix of firstborn and primaris parts, I wanted to try to make him match modern aethetics. Part of that is grav vanes on the jump packs. Not 100% match to modern packs, but close enough that he should not be too out of place when I do get some jump intercessors for him to lead. Or they re-do the VV kit. Either one is good.

Adamski Alders wrote:That's a great looking Jump Chaplain, you thinking of giving him a "Hero Rock" to stand on/jump off?

It might be hard to make out in the second pick, but he did get some rocks and ruins on his base to jump from. With all the leaning and swinging around I wanted to add a little bit to the base to help ground the model visually a little.

So some progress today:
With the new AoS 4.0 dropping this summer I figured I’d finish up with the 2.0 Soul Wars box. I think these are the last of the nighthaunt form there (I split the box, so that’s all I got)


And other painting progress:

Started the silvers. Did the arm cables on all of the terminators, and started on the leg tubes things, but needed a break. Also put some work on the triumph base. Not pictured, but also did a little on the spare arms from the Eldar rangers. Not that they need WYSWYG wargear options anymore. Rules don’t even have the trap/projector things anymore. I also edged the frag launchers for the agressors and glued them on.

I just had to Exalt the history of upgrades on the previous page. Congratulation on painting so much over the twelve years.

Sincerely,

CB

 Captain Brown wrote:
I just had to Exalt the history of upgrades on the previous page. Congratulation on painting so much over the twelve years.

Sincerely,

CB

At some point I need to break out the lightbox and my old WHFB armies. There are a handful of units in my gallery, but they have not received the systematic photoshoots that my Ultras and Eldar have. It’s almost entirely 5th edition era. I’ve shown some of the new stuff in the blog, AoS era, but need to get out the wayback machine.

In painting new finished the silvers on the terminators. Greys and gold next, almost done with basecoats.

Next up are drybrush and washes

Next stop: clean up the blue and ink.

Plus I should start on the loose arms.

Stomp-stomo-stomp, we stomp for Macragge!

Looking good, Nev. I am anticipating a comparison shot with the originals.

 youwashock wrote:
Stomp-stomo-stomp, we stomp for Macragge!

Looking good, Nev. I am anticipating a comparison shot with the originals.

Same. I love the before/after pics of new sculpts of old concepts.



So slow, but paint going down. Did the cleanup blue on one of the terminators. The silver pipes on the legs make it a major PITA. But we’re at the point in the month when I need to get moving and make sure at least one guy is done.

Put the Grey Seer down on the upper half of the triumph. I new the cherubs and ribbons were going to be a pain, and they are. So much flex and wobble. Luckily mostly going to be done with washes. But still need to basecoat the metalics. Cyberware in silver (which will get a black wash) bling in gold, parchments in beige (flesh wash) Skin just gets the flesh wash, wings get the apothecery white. Going to focus on getting the top completely done and then move on the the bottom. While I’ve got it on a stickytack handle, I need a firm grip so am just holding the sarcophagus. Also putting careful layers on the martyr. She’s half scupted to the bed, so it’s going to be fun to see how things like up. Should be fine.

In an ideal world all of this stuff will be done by the end of the month. Not holding my breath though. My folks are flying in for The Boy’s HS graduation and will be here for a couple days. and it’s not like we have a lot of month left. Summer is always fun for scheduling. I’ll be AFK for vacation for a week in both July and August. Might need to pick easy things to paint for the monthly comps, and need to get the triumph done at the same time. Once this part is done, it’s just 6 sisters, which should be doable along side the nommal stuff.

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Forgot to mention that I finished the spare ranger bits. Not that I’m tracking spare bits anymore for my goals.

Whole squad by the end of the month is not going to happen, so pushing one guy along. Next step edges.


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And done with paint.

I dig it. Don't give up! You can get one, maybe two more of these guys done by the weekend!

I seem to have completely missed that you don't do white helmets for your 1st Company boys. Have you said why? I probably missed that, too. I choose to blame the fog of age.

 youwashock wrote:
I dig it. Don't give up! You can get one, maybe two more of these guys done by the weekend!

I seem to have completely missed that you don't do white helmets for your 1st Company boys. Have you said why? I probably missed that, too. I choose to blame the fog of age.

I’m going to keep at it. I just needed to make sure at least one was good to go. Gotta keep the streak alive!

I probably mentioned it last time I was painting vets, which may have been like half a decade ago. Or longer. My paint schemes are based back in the RT days. All this new fangled stuff like “shoulder trim” and “helmet colors” just doesn’t sit well. If you can’t say it with a helmet stripe, it doesn’t need to be said. Although I do give the vets white trim on their shoulder pads these days if they have it, which the terminators do not. I do occasionally hand out gold helmets to honor guard level guys. The only white helmets are on phobos guys to match their camo, and the bike captain, who my headcannon had him swap helmets with a WS he fought alongside in a joint campaign. Oh, and apothecaries, who like the phobos, don’t count.

From a practical POV I don’t like the look and white is a PITA to paint.

Is that what Terminators look like now? That model really has a sense of motion, especially compared to the versions I am used to, which tend to just be standing in place.

 JoshInJapan wrote:
Is that what Terminators look like now? That model really has a sense of motion, especially compared to the versions I am used to, which tend to just be standing in place.

Yup. The new terminators are actually reasonably dynamic. I mean, they are not backflipping with multilasers, but let’s not talk crazy. Compared to my old lead ones who were just milling around the battlefield, it’s nice to see some motion.

Finished that one guy, but haven’t got his formal shots in the lightbox yet. Still hope he might be joined by a few friends. Not holding my breath though.

Also in the news finished the last of the to-prime pile with a rattlecan yesterday.

Some YTD woolgathering:

1 Paint 8 members for the primaris battle company 6/8
2 Paint at least 24 Tyranids, and strive to keep them PoS neutral. 15/24
3 Paint more than I buy. 27/20
4 Paint at least 3 units that have been in the primed pile/Pile of Shame for 3+ years 1/3
5 Update my blog at least once a week, and maintain a consistent pace of work (1 mini a week).
6 Paint at least two units for 4 different factions. 4/8
7 Enter and finish an entry every month for the painting challenge. If the monthly challenge stops, enter at least one comp in the year.
8 Paint models to be able to field the SM/Nid combat patrols. 5/14

So June is basically over, so I should be halfway done with all these, right?

1 - Doing good here. Pretty low goal though, I’d like to push past it.
2 - Over halfway, so on track. I really should arrange things so just push bodies across the bench and dig out of the primed pile. So many gaunts there these days.
3 - This goal is a moving target. There are always more things to buy, but nothing really demanding the hobby budget right now. Still, you never know when a new box set will drop that I must have. Not going to get the AoS 4.0 box, but am seriously considering picking up the non-mini part of the box on ebay, and maybe working up some spearheads.
4 - I think the Lib counts for this, Still need to work this one better
5 - Still blogging, still painting. Volume is technically on track for 52 minis, but I know I can do much better then that,
6 - I’ve got Ultras and Nids. That’s it. Again, technically on track. But those were always the low hanging fruit for the goal.
7 - Still entering, still getting at least something across the line. Although just one mini this month and not the squad.
8 - This looks worse then it is. Once I finish the other 4 terminators this will be solid. Just the barbgaunts left.

Overall looking good, but the numbers are a bit deceptive. Volume and diversity are both low.

This could just be a perception thing, but it seems like this year isn't real good for productivity for a lot of people. There's a general feeling of fatigue. Except graven, of course. I know I feel it, so maybe I'm projecting.

Anyways, keep up the struggle. One more Terminator!

Despair not Nev, the quality is there and the quantity ain't too shabby all things considered either.

Love your snow bases, too. They really stand out as stellar in the group shot.

Here's to a just as (even more!?) productive next 6 months.

youwashock wrote:This could just be a perception thing, but it seems like this year isn't real good for productivity for a lot of people. There's a general feeling of fatigue. Except graven, of course. I know I feel it, so maybe I'm projecting.

Anyways, keep up the struggle. One more Terminator!

tzurk wrote:Despair not Nev, the quality is there and the quantity ain't too shabby all things considered either.

Love your snow bases, too. They really stand out as stellar in the group shot.

Here's to a just as (even more!?) productive next 6 months.

So done with one guy. Need to get to work on the other 4. And the Triumph. And figure out what to do for “Footslogger” next month. I’m leaning towards the intercessors I’ve had kicking around for a bit now. But I don’t think I’m going to move all 5 down. I think one or two at a time. Do that while I finish the terminators. Work some ganuts across at the same time. Next two months are going to be short, as I’ll have a week out of each for vacations AFK.

I do enjoy the snow bases. Sets off the deep blue armor rather well IMHO. And they are easy, which is a perk. I am pretty proud of the quality this year so far. A lot of it is just executing my scheme, but it’s fun and I’m pretty consistent. Might not be Golden Demon level stuff, but solid table-top, mini after mini. Something to be said for that.

Anyway, enjoy your weekends all.

Stay the course, Nev. Sometimes that's all we can do. I hear you on the woes.

He's turned out swell. I like the reference to the old fluff you mentioned in the challenge thread. I think I remember that story. Maybe it is just a symptom of age, but things sure seemed simpler then.

Hey, keep on keeping on. You're doing better than me so far. I've gone and let myself get a little bit burned out, and also distracted by various new shinies (details in my blog whenever I get around to it). You may only be getting the one Terminator done for the comp, but it does look good, and I'm sure his squad buddies will too.

youwashock wrote:Stay the course, Nev. Sometimes that's all we can do. I hear you on the woes.

He's turned out swell. I like the reference to the old fluff you mentioned in the challenge thread. I think I remember that story. Maybe it is just a symptom of age, but things sure seemed simpler then.

Not to be cynical, but it was simpler. Back at the start, 40k was run by hobbyists, and things were set up more like a sandbox. The offered a framework, with snippets of the world and kits to let you fill out what you wanted. These days it’s more corporate and sanitized, with the goal to sell you the product which is the alpha and omega of what you need. Less sandbox, more railroad. More fleshed out with all the details given to you. Less options to customize. But still amazing minis and world.

ZergSmasher wrote:Hey, keep on keeping on. You're doing better than me so far. I've gone and let myself get a little bit burned out, and also distracted by various new shinies (details in my blog whenever I get around to it). You may only be getting the one Terminator done for the comp, but it does look good, and I'm sure his squad buddies will too.

Need to keep painting. Going to try to keep a lid on goals for this month to help catch up.

Doing the KT intercessors squad this month. Or at least one or two of them. Not going to push for the whole batch. One or two at a time, finish the terminator. Maybe some gaunts. Chip away at the Triumph.

And finish this guy:


OK, not much to look at, but done. One of the free minis of the month, used mostly as a testbed for the blue..

Also put the beige down on the parchment for the triumph this morning.

Hope everyone has a good 4th!

--Nev

Your gold recipe is really working on that shield. Not bad for a tester mini!

Happy 4th, Nev!

Switched the marine for footslogger to one of the guys with both his arms on and put a layer down. Just blue the clean up blue on another terminator over lunch. Some progress for the Triumph. Getting along.

Came for the Ultramarines, but I must say your gold is fantastic. When I painted some Ultramarines back when Charlemagne was alive I did something similar to what you mentioned about the helmet colors, in my color scheme veterans and sergeants had a colored stripe in middle of the helmet as opposed to the full helmet colored. I like your blue a lot and hey, not everything needs to be Golden Demon level to look good (and most of the times is better to have a full army painted good, than 4 minis master painted and the rest grey, we dont have time for everything), and your Termi does look very good. Keep it up, I really like full blue Termi

Welcome aboard!

So I was AFK last week, just got back. So no painting progress (but hopefully make some inroads this weekend) but waiting for my on my return were some boxes:


3 new 4L boxes and a 9L XL. Plus some extras. (bringing me to 6x4L, 1x9L, 1x9XL)

First off, the 9XL is not just a 9L with a new extra space lid. It has a slightly different footprint (same width, but about an inch longer) and does not stack perfectly with the other 4/9L boxes due to this. It’s firm left/right, but slides front/back do the the extra length. Minor disapointment. Can probably serve, but not a perfect fix for tall models like the winged hive tyrant.



I placed this order straight from the source (https://www.reallyusefulproducts.co.uk), and not Amazon resellers for the extra bits. Main thing is the lipped trays 2 plain and one segmented. Shipping is rough ($26 for <$100, which was me. Next bracket was $40 for 100-200). They say you can also get them from Office Max/Office Depot/Staples, but like Amazon, they might not have the full range. This is in the USA. It might be better over the pond on their native soil.



Plus an insert that adds some dividers.

The lipped trays are exactly what I had hopped for. They are deep enough I can put another layer of gaunts into the same box, basically doubling the space. Even the new, slightly taller ones. Now this is without the later of steel on the top. That thickness might make a difference. If it does I can just use the top layer for ripper swarms, spore mines, and other very low minis.

The thickness of the bottom divided tray makes it too shallow for most minis. I was thinking maybe I could pad it and use it for gargoyles, but the slots don’t quite fit.

Overall a mixed lot. The lipped trays are a major win, and the 4Ls were needed. I’ll line them with sheets when I have a chance.

So I ordered some of the spearhead bits and bobs from e-bay. Book/map/cards/terrain. So I spent some time this morning looking death in the face.



So this is where my nighthaunt are at right now. Just under 1,000 points usable. Some of that is unit size. The stalkers come in blocks of 4, so I have an extra. The 4 Grimghast reapers need to hit the table in blocks of 10, so need to warm the shelf for now.

I do have some old metals that could be pulled into service (like a pair of banshees) but they would need to be rebased and do not match the look of the rest of the “modern” spooks. Metal Nagash would require a ton of work to get up to speed with the new world.

10 more chainrasps are in the primed pile, and would add another 100 points. I’ve got another 5 mounted hexwraiths on sprue, but they could also be built as black knights on the soulblight side. It would be another 160 points if they went etherial and joined the haunt.

To field the spearhead I need a knight of shrouds (on foot), 3 spirit hosts, 10 grimghast reapers, and 20 chainrasps. I’ve got 4 reapers and the 20 rasps. And could probably substitute a foot hero for the knight. Worth picking up the box? 40 chainrasps seem like a lot of useless chaff. Not sure how they actually plat in the new edition. Or prior editions for that mater. I only need 6 reapers to bring up my unit to a valid size. The spares might be useful to kitbash some cairn wraiths. Might just be a paintjob away (red robes instead of black?) It’s $145 for the spearhead box. I could get a box of spirit hosts ($35) and Reapers ($58) for $93 together (before discounts) and just fake the HQ. The question is if I want to field a full AoS nighthaunt army do I need the foot HQ and 20 more rasps? Knight not sold separately, and the rasps are $45 each for 10. Which seems like robbery for push fit chaff units.

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I didn’t break out the soulblight as it would be a lot more work. The only modern models I have painted for them are Manfred and the trio of parkour vampires. On spure I have a lot kicking around. All of the Cursed City stuff, which is a bunch of HQ/support characters, and some skeletons and zombies. I also have 10 more skeletons to build (for a total of 20 modern ones) And the black knights if they don’t end up as hexwraiths. I also have a LOT more legacy stuff for this side of the undead. Mounted and foot wights/vamps/necromancers, roughly 100 skeletons.

Now the spearhead has rules/content, but no box at this time. It’s a vamp lord on foot, 5 blood knights, 20 skeletons, and 3 vargheists. That’s about $225 which hopefully will be at the $145 as the rest of them. Unlike the nighthaunt side, this is more appealing to me. I don’t know why I think having 40 skeletons is “a good start” while 40 chainrasps is “excessive” It might be from my time playing old school WHFB where all etherial units were high cost elites. Love the mounted vamps, the beastial flying ones seem useful, and like marine captains, you can never have too many vampire lords.

Between Manfred, Cursed City, the spearhead, and the BKs and skeletons I’ve got kicking around that should make for a solid well-ballanced AoS army at a reasonable size.

So no rush to go out and buy things, but I think I’m going to invest a little in AoS.
Spirit host
Grimghast reapers
Soulblight Spearhead (when it drops)

EDIT: Soulblight is out, but still branded as a Vanguard box, and not Spearhead, and not showing on GW’s site. But can be found on Amazon. Passing for now. I did pull the trigger on the nighthaunt, and used my rewards points to take a chunk out of the price.

I should focus on building the CC stuff I have so it’s good to go, especially the skeletons which will be used for the spearhead.

And get my lazy anti-social self down to the FLGS and get in on the ground floor where everyone is learning how to play.

Man Nev, you have a lot of painted models.

Cheers,

CB

 Captain Brown wrote:
Man Nev, you have a lot of painted models.

Cheers,

CB

Collect and paint for a decade or four-ish without selling off bits and they add up. Even at the pace I paint. And this is the trimmed down fantasy stuff. I culled a lot of stuff off the shelves and left them in boxes due to needing more space to display more active armies. It would be a herculean task to get everything out for a pic. And it would be such a wide shot it would be useless, except for the panoramic splendor. The closest I have is this shot from back in early 2017 after the divorce as I was packing things up. That’s the stuff I wasn’t able to fit in foam/cases/boxes and needed to take in multiple trips. And I’ve been painting 50-100ish models a year since then. My full Ultramarine pic is 4 years out of date at this point.

For my active armies I’ve got unit shots for everything, and the occasional group shot, which are mostly out of date. When a new set of rules drops I try to do a “state of the <blank>” report. But that’s only for the active armies. I’ve got a lot of lead and plastic hiding in the dark...

There are some classics in that last pic. Really good stuff.

Let old Nagashes lie. Some things are best forgotten.

 youwashock wrote:
There are some classics in that last pic. Really good stuff.

Let old Nagashes lie. Some things are best forgotten.

No love for the death clown? He was goofy back in the day, still is now. The new version still has some goof on him, but is a much better centerpiece.



And just to show I’m still painting. Marine still waiting for his clean up blue. Washes going down on the triumph. Although I keep noticing things I’ve missed. Going to be a lot of cleanup.

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Some ghosts showed up in the mail today. In theory spearhead rules and such tomorrow. Might try the FLGS sat, we’ll see.