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Thanks Rogue and Rawson. I think I may have <ahem> eaten something that disagreed with me last night, feeling a tad under the weather

ref weathering, most of what I know on the subject I've gleaned from this chap;
http://sheperdpaine.com/books/index.htm
can heartily recommend him.
Okay, I'm off to a darkened room where I intend to adopt a recumbent pose and curse that pack of peanuts I had last night whilst in the pub and my baaad friend who...erm..forced me to drink too

You drank the Whiskey AFTER the beers. But congrats man!!

dsteingass wrote:You drank the Whiskey AFTER the beers. But congrats man!![/quote

Can't go wrong with a wee Goldie with your beer, t'is the Scottish way and quite pleasant right up till you go to bed and you find you can't sleep with all that alcohol in your system (though I swear it was the dry roasted peanuts, honest, your Honour!! ) and you end up writing reams of stuff on t'internet at 2AM whilst the sensible folk of the world are all a-bed!!

Well Rawson I see how you think that the Vost. keep their tanks all nice and clean, and I could agree with that, but if you want dirt and rust, there are very easy ways to get the effects down and about 1000 tutorials everwhere, including dakka which i think is worth a look

Rogue Wolves wrote:Well Rawson I see how you think that the Vost. keep their tanks all nice and clean, and I could agree with that, but if you want dirt and rust, there are very easy ways to get the effects down and about 1000 tutorials everwhere, including dakka which i think is worth a look

Yeah, I'm sure I'll get around to it someday. Right now I'm in "a little bit here, a little bit there" painting mode. i.e. I feel like I can always do more (especially on tanks and such) but the rest of the 104th needs basic paint before I enter something for a Golden Daemon

ya gotta point there rawson

hey butchey... seems this is quite a revelating thread here... childs on the way... marriages now too...!
seeing you have some tears in your eye...may i show my deepest condolence to that outcome? when will the shackle wrapping process finaly be sealed...?

and rawson... seeing how much fun and determination you showed with all those rivets... i think you know you want to weather...right? right!^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:

childs on the way when will the shackle wrapping process finaly be sealed...?

you misunderstand me, dear Viktor, I already have two children, both adults now ) as to the shackling....I mean wedding, not till Spring 2014 at least, got an Elysian Drop Troop STYLED army to build and paint plus a Space Marine army to get painted too and also I have to finish my Blood Angels army. It's all well and good becoming betrothed but one mustn't lose sight of the priorities!! (yes, rest assured people, Claire, my fiance, doesn't read this thread!! )

And Rawson, apologies, we're all getting carried away with your painting and how good those LRBT's look and forgetting the important thing, getting the Vostroyans finished and onto the battle field, there to give the enemies of Mankind a damn good kicking!! HURRAH!!

well i am not too sure about blood angles beeing on my priority list above a wedding...but when it comes to n elysian drop troop styled army... i would be in serious trouble^^ and i corss fingers for your fiance not reading here^^...sanity preserved... and... a whole year for demo mode? hmmm...well me and my missus have lived and breed for 8 years together and then finally sealed the deal... now we wonder each day why...but such is life

Hey Rawson, your turn now (and just to show you your not the only one who has been beavering away)
Comments, criticism, advise, applause, cash, beer all accepted

http://www.dakkadakka.com/core/gallery-viewimage.jsp?w=800&i=298336&r=1&m=2

Other people have posted it already but I'll share as well- agreed on the "dirtier weathering" idea. Looks too "new and clean". Paint job and detailing is awesome, just needs that bit of dirt and mud.

Bit of a long day today, gentlemen, but I have a few things to show.

The new chimera model has lots of rivets all over it, which we love. Except for the turret, which is oddly devoid. Problem solved! (well, in progress of solving)


Also, the last 4 steeds have been riveted


Vik, thanks for the eagle eyes on Petr. Got those hairs and added a highlight.


Alright. That's enough witty banter from me. I'm off to bed.

Cheers,
Rawson

i think you´ve earned your nights sleep^^

chimera riveted, horses riveted^^...

cool!

sleep well!

The one, the only, Horse Riveter!

dsteingass wrote:The one, the only, Horse Riveter!

We should make him a banner!

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:Other people have posted it already but I'll share as well- agreed on the "dirtier weathering" idea. Looks too "new and clean". Paint job and detailing is awesome, just needs that bit of dirt and mud.

Fair enough. At some point I'll need to get around to that...

dsteingass wrote:The one, the only, Horse Riveter!

I lol'd a little bit

Capitansolstice wrote:We should make him a banner!

If you make me a banner, I will fly it proudly

Not a lot of work done tonight, but the 104th have racked up their first victories!

Two 1000pt games against Blood Angels, two resounding victories! To be fair, my opponent was just switching to Blood Angels, so he wasn't so familiar yet. On the other hand, these were my second and third games running IG, so...

Highlight Reel:
Game 1:
Sentinels Immobilize BA landraider on turn 1 (in Nightfight, no less) and make 5 CC Termies and their Chaplain footslog
LRBT make messes of Marines all night long.
FRFSRF guns down 3 footslogging termies
Roughriders get charged by assault marines, but the ogryn and Priest jump in and rescue them.
Blood Angels - Tabled, 104th - One sentinel and 4 Roughriders lost.
Game 2:
Land Raider NOT immobilized and disgorges CC termies right in front of my gunline. Troopers die by the thousands.
Petr Ychenko gets hit in the chest with a thunderhammer and lives to tell about it
Lone Assault Marine with melta jumps behind a LRBT and immobilizes it.
LRBT traverses turret and shoots Lone Assault Marine at point blank range with the Battle Cannon.
Priest leaps out of immobilized chimera and jacks up a land raider with his eviscerator
Sentinels stomp CC terminators to death, preventing them from contesting the objective held by the PCC

Here's a pic of the glorious 104th


Cheers,
Rawson

Nice!

ah the famous connonfodder horses with no riders^^

congratz for you stomping the angels of bloody hell^^

show them who wears the REAL red in this world!


Automatically Appended Next Post:
"Blood Dosent count as RED!!!"

Capitansolstice wrote:Nice!

I thought so...

Viktor von Domm wrote:ah the famous connonfodder horses with no riders^^

Yeah, the Roughriders aren't exactly finished, but their loyal steeds made an appearance

Viktor von Domm wrote:congratz for you stomping the angels of bloody hell^^

Why, thank you!

Rogue Wolves wrote:show them who wears the REAL red in this world!
"Blood Dosent count as RED!!!"

Huzzah! What is that quote from?

From what I see they look pretty good. Good to see a Vostroyan player, not too many out there.

@Rawson, its from nothing, i just made it up! although im sure it has been said before

also blood turns to an ugly brown when it dries... so it really doesn´t count^^

very true!

How did you get the horses to sit still when you were Riveting them?


Those two matches sound amazing. You should post a full Batrep if you can remember it well enough.

Your Infantry looks awsome, and you paint them so well!! the normal cadian scheme i have gets boring sometimes

Iur_tae_mont wrote:How did you get the horses to sit still when you were Riveting them?

Trade secrets

Iur_tae_mont wrote:Those two matches sound amazing. You should post a full Batrep if you can remember it well enough.

I'm not really a huge fan of full battle reports. Just like sporting events, they have their boring parts and the highlights are just as good in less time.

dakka farta wrote:Your Infantry looks awsome, and you paint them so well!! the normal cadian scheme i have gets boring sometimes

Thanks, Farta! I started collecting Vostroyans because I thought they were so un-boring

I had another game at the FLGS. 1000pts vs. Grey Knights. It was a really good game, though kind of one sided.

Highlights:
4 Rouighriders charged an inquisitor and his retinue (including death cult assassins). All 4 died before even getting to attack. That's the last time I try that...
2 LRBTs decimated tactical squads. I could really get used to watching Marines scramble for cover
Priest with Eviscerator killed a Nemesis Dreadknight and sloughs of marines before being felled by the GK Librarian. What a champ!

Game ended with one objective occupied by the 104th, one objective contested, and one free (which I would have occupied if the game had not ended on turn 5)

So far the 104th is 3-1-0! Not bad, I say

i am seriously amazed that a priest can go toe to toe with a dreadknight....wow... and i bet that is a grand feeling to see the fleeing marines before your cool LRBT... true poeer of the rivets i suspect here at work^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:i am seriously amazed that a priest can go toe to toe with a dreadknight....wow...

Well, to be fair he had some Ogryn bodyguards to soak up some wounds. But he did all the damage...

Viktor von Domm wrote:and i bet that is a grand feeling to see the fleeing marines before your cool LRBT... true poeer of the rivets i suspect here at work^^

Oh so grand

*widest grin*

somehow one can really get into the mood to bash those powergeeks...if i wasn´t into IG already... now would be a perfect moment to^^

also i think i need priests and Eviscerators...and ogryns too... still the old issue for me...argh... need to get that GS monster rolling again...