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Maharg wrote:Olynder is coming on very nicely indeed. As others have said, really good job on that hourglass. I've heard this model can be a pain to paint - very wobbly due to few and thin attachment points. How have you found it?


The thin attachment points are definitely a problem, and she's on a bit of a spring. I broke off, as you can see in my WIP images, the vine that is "inside" her body, and I HIGHLY recommend anyone painting this model to paint it in sub-assemblies. Do the handmaidens separately. Do each layer of vines-veil-hair-body separately. Ultimately my style of painting minimized the issue with the wobble. I paint and finish each "section" before moving on to the next, which allows me to handle the miniature itself rather than hold the base. If you do all the base coats then all the layers then all the washes or in whichever order, then yeah it'd be a pain to do like that.

inmygravenimage wrote:Really stunning, superb work and very inspiring (to me and the boy).


I'm glad that my work can inspire, I think your (and your boy's, his Mourngul work was very cool!) work is inspiring myself so your words mean a lot!

Viterbi wrote:Great work so far on Olynder, gotta echo the others, the hourglass is amazing. And I never realized before, how she lifts her dress, that doesn't even touches the ground. A proper lady all around


Yes she's quite proper, isn't she! Very elegant and ceremonial!

Not Online!!! wrote:Very well done i'd say.
Especially the bridal wear.


Bloodal wear.

Tyranid Horde wrote:That praise for the hourglass keeps echoing, as I'll add to the chorus! Blood effects look awesome too, the glossy shine adds a really nice visual interest.


Thanks so much! I noticed that there appears to be a bit of "reflection" in it. It's honestly a fumbled brush-stroke that just happens to look like a reflection of the handmaiden's, well, hand. Fortune favoured me with this mini!

And she's done too!

"Even spoken in a whisper, it crept into the ears of everyone in the observatory. 'The crypt-court of Lady Olynder.'" - excerpt from Lady of Sorrows by C L Werner.

At a human's eye-level, she does not even deign to look down upon the mortals, gliding eerily above the wall of fog. Her handmaiden's have no such compunctions; beware their freezing touch!


Behind her, her tattered veil of bloody flesh floats suspended in the windless air. Her raven hair is flung behind her, underneath it, caught in a wind that no other feels.


Her handmaidens carry the arcane Grave-sand Hourglass; the sands of the lives of bold heroes silently fall away before her.
Spoiler:


Tears of blood well through the flesh-veil that covers her mysterious face. None who have seen whence the tears flow and lived, and her ghostly entourage will not tell her secrets.
Spoiler:


She leads the Nighthaunts, an unending nation of spirits, against any who would oppose Nagash.





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All those flesh veils look awesome together. What a ghastly force.

   
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Very spooky, good job. Even the holes on the back side of Olynder's veil now look like pulled off from screaming faces *shudder*

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Mostly, on my phone.

Very cool indeed. The mourngul was a fun project, worth trying to do. Love the basing... And the rogue necron!

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Northern Ireland

That is a great looking force, Gwyn! The extra ghostly fog on the bases really works and adds to the impact. My money is still on the Necron though
   
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Northumberland

Love it, the paint job is great and manky flesh veils are gross but awesome! The model terrifies me, but more that I'd be afraid of dropping it!

One and a half feet in the hobby


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Really well done.
I think your whole ghost army did turn out well but that bride...

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GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units."
Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?"
Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?"
GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!"
Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.  
   
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Thanks so much everyone! I'm still waiting on primer so we're gonna stick on theme for the next bunch of minis!


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Yeah, the vines on some of those Nighthaunt minis are super brittle, I broke the one on the Underworld's warband leader without even trying. Love Lady Olynder, such a unique take on her. From black at the bottom of the dress to pure extreme white highlights is a really brave colour choice and you did really well with it.

Is the primer on the way? Some varieties of spray can primer are proving very elusive.

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ListenToMeWarriors wrote:
Yeah, the vines on some of those Nighthaunt minis are super brittle, I broke the one on the Underworld's warband leader without even trying. Love Lady Olynder, such a unique take on her. From black at the bottom of the dress to pure extreme white highlights is a really brave colour choice and you did really well with it.

Is the primer on the way? Some varieties of spray can primer are proving very elusive.


Thanks ListenToMe! Yeah the Underworlds Briar Queen is also terrifying because the vines *stretch out*. Just nerve-wracking.

Unfortunately it's not, I intended to go get one from in-store, but when I went last week to check if the store was open, I discovered a) it was, but b) it closed super early. And now we're on a quote-unquote "lockdown" in Ontario. I mean, technically I can still go into a store to buy spray paint, the only restriction is 25% capacity, so *insert politics here*, but I intend to treat it as if it's something a bit closer to the actual lockdown it should be.

I have 10 Necron Warriors who are going to jump to the front of the queue once I get the primer, and I also have 10 Necron Warriors in the background there that I'm cutting off old-style guns and replacing them with Gauss Reapers. I haven't figured out quite HOW I'm doing that yet, but that's what's happening.

In the meantime, I did the wood and stone on the second batch of Chainrasps



If I want to expand this army, I'm gonna need another 10 Chainrasps at least, and some other troop choices. Though I do love painting Chainrasps.

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Great job on the lady. She really is a serenely terrifying character. The bloody skin veil works wonderfully, with the screaming faces in the back. She looks fabulous ruling over the rest of the ghostly host

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Good luck on getting the primer, hobby supplies here have taken a hit, can't get my regular army painter brushes anywhere and have to try a new brand... the horror!

Love the group shot of the Nighthaunt, great and unusual color scheme all around and can imagine the Necron asking, what this is all about: "Do you also want to kill all humans?"
   
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Mostly, on my phone.

Something to consider for primer, if you can get them, is Kobra sprays. They're graffiti acrylic sprays, and give excellent coverage, and are much less expensive than a lot of hobby paint. I get mine through Amazon to

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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gobert wrote:Great job on the lady. She really is a serenely terrifying character. The bloody skin veil works wonderfully, with the screaming faces in the back. She looks fabulous ruling over the rest of the ghostly host


Thanks gobert!

Viterbi wrote:Good luck on getting the primer, hobby supplies here have taken a hit, can't get my regular army painter brushes anywhere and have to try a new brand... the horror!

Love the group shot of the Nighthaunt, great and unusual color scheme all around and can imagine the Necron asking, what this is all about: "Do you also want to kill all humans?"


Lol yeah I need to get some extra shelves so I can spread out my minis a bit! I have an overflow shelf rn too for minis that I don't mind getting dusty b/c I have to clean them before priming or stripping anways.

inmygravenimage wrote:Something to consider for primer, if you can get them, is Kobra sprays. They're graffiti acrylic sprays, and give excellent coverage, and are much less expensive than a lot of hobby paint. I get mine through Amazon to


I was gonna go for the Krylon satin finish, I heard that the satin finish works with contrast paints.

Finished the metallics! Just purple, then blood then basing.

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Purple down!



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Surrey, BC - Canada

Gywn,

Lady Olynder was very well done with loads of great detail. She also has more color like the rest of your host, which I think is more attractive than the traditional almost monochrome hosts you often see.

Cheers,

CB

   
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I second captain brown.
Also the new ghosts do seem to come along nicely aswell.

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GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units."
Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?"
Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?"
GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!"
Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.  
   
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Captain Brown wrote:Gywn,

Lady Olynder was very well done with loads of great detail. She also has more color like the rest of your host, which I think is more attractive than the traditional almost monochrome hosts you often see.

Cheers,

CB


Not Online!!! wrote:I second captain brown.
Also the new ghosts do seem to come along nicely aswell.

Thanks for your always kind words, Captain Brown and Not Online!!!

I finished off the last of the Chainrasps. Gonna have to find myself some more Nighthaunt Battleline if I want this army to be playable! Photos aren't that great, I had REALY trouble getting not blurry pics with these guys.

Eye-level view - actually quite scary viewed like this!
Spoiler:


A more usual view to see in a game.
Spoiler:


An even MORE usual view for ME to see in a game - the unit's backside!
Spoiler:


And lastly, the Court so far. Only Nighthaunt I have left are the various Characters, and the weird half-unit of scythe ghosts.
Spoiler:

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Ohh what a snazy collection of swamplurkers ready to snag you

Well done gwyn

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A Mostly Renegades and Heretics blog.
GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units."
Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?"
Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?"
GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!"
Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.  
   
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Northern Ireland

Those look great. A spooky looking force and they seem to have killed the Necron as well!
   
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Mostly, on my phone.

Fabulous collection of spooky bastards!

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Cool, that mini-eye-level shot really is spooky. I think it’s the mist that adds to the creepiness of the flesh cloaks the group shot is fantastic, a really ravenous horde you’re putting together Gwyn

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Love the eye-level shot. And I'm sure, they just wanna play and be loved, nothing spooky at all
   
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Vienna, Austria

 Captain Brown wrote:
Gywn,

Lady Olynder was very well done with loads of great detail. She also has more color like the rest of your host, which I think is more attractive than the traditional almost monochrome hosts you often see.

Cheers,

CB



Agreed. I like all the colour in there. Makes the figures way more impressive and spooky.

   
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Helsinki

Lovely Nightahaunt fellows you've got there! That cotton wool for the bases is an awesome touch.

   
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Not Online!!! wrote:Ohh what a snazy collection of swamplurkers ready to snag you

Well done gwyn


I'm really excited to paint some more of the character, Nighthaunt units are ok, but their characters are especially gorgeous!

RobertsMinis wrote:Those look great. A spooky looking force and they seem to have killed the Necron as well!


Lol, I took down the Terminators to strip them so they can join the Flesh Tearers later, which meant a reshuffle of models on my display cabinet.

inmygravenimage wrote:Fabulous collection of spooky bastards!


Thanks graven!

gobert wrote:Cool, that mini-eye-level shot really is spooky. I think it’s the mist that adds to the creepiness of the flesh cloaks the group shot is fantastic, a really ravenous horde you’re putting together Gwyn


Thanks gobert! I've been really enjoying them.

Viterbi wrote:Love the eye-level shot. And I'm sure, they just wanna play and be loved, nothing spooky at all


Yeah, the chain-rattling cursed souls of the dead are really just misunderstood!

Sigur wrote:

Agreed. I like all the colour in there. Makes the figures way more impressive and spooky.


Thanks Sigur! That was 100% my intention. The traditional "ghostly" nighthaunt are effective and WAY easier to paint, but I'm a fan of painting intricate details. Sometimes too much, I need to cut down on my palette on some other projects!

Speaking of cutting down on palette, I basically painted this guy in a single day.

introducing Deputy Taylor, a 10th Anniversary exclusive for Last Night on Earth. He starts the game with a shotgun, and is extra good at searching for new items. I painted him entirely monotone browns-and-khakis, which honestly was a lot of fun to come up with different ways to shade different parts.




Edit: I also updated the first post to have an index to all "completed" minis!

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Mostly, on my phone.

Very cool indeed, like a bit of the apocalypse I do!

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
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Next up: a pile of scarabs!



Trying a new carapace technique here, gonna try and stipple it. I think it worked for some scarabs, but some look more... polkadotted. Gotta see if I can fix that

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I don't see the polka dots? But my eyesight never was particulary great.
Still i think they look cute.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/766717.page
A Mostly Renegades and Heretics blog.
GW:"Space marines got too many options to balance, therefore we decided to legends HH units."
Players: "why?!? Now we finally got decent plastic kits and you cut them?"
Chaos marines players: "Since when are Daemonengines 30k models and why do i have NO droppods now?"
GW" MONEY.... erm i meant TOO MANY OPTIONS (to resell your army to you again by disalowing former units)! Do you want specific tyranid fighiting Primaris? Even a new sabotage lieutnant!"
Chaos players: Guess i stop playing or go to HH.  
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Mostly, on my phone.

I like the stippling, I think it works well

Theophony"... and there's strippers in terminator armor and lovecraftian shenanigans afoot."
Solar_Lion: "Man this sums up your blog nicely."

Anpu-adom: "being Geek is about Love. Some love broadly. Some love deeply. And then there are people like Graven.  
   
 
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