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You have some very demanding standards Zam, these look great. Am loving the work on the bone especially. And glad to see a plasma cannon, many bemoan its effectiveness but IMO it is the coolest looking heavy weapon.

So the GameZone Dark Elves are on sprues? Never knew that.

As Thraxas said, they're looking great. I'm jealous of your skill

Thanks a lot guys!

@Thraxas: I was referring to the Doomfire Warlocks and Cold One Knights I was looking at. The GameZone models came loose in bags.

The LotD are finished! Today was rather dismal. I hope tomorrow is much brighter for the pictures.

So will you be cracking on with the DE straight away, or finishing off what's left of the Fists first? Looking forward to reading your thoughts on the Gamezone stuff, the designs are great but I'm interested in what the material's like to work with. They say plastic resin (ie. Restic) but that can range from great to crap as a material depending on the makeup of the mix.

Afternoon guys, lots of pictures today...

To start, the LotD.













A couple more pictures of them in my Gallery, but they didn't come out too great.

And now, the end of the month army picture:



I know the bases on the LSs dont fit... but I wanted them in the pictures.

And some pictures of the models that had their bases finished this past week.

























There we go! ...I told you I had a lot of pictures... lol.
So there you have it. You've got pictures of every army unit, so far.
Current count puts me at 1448 points completed. (1588 including LSs - which need to be based before I count them )

I'm going to put my Dark Elves in here, and make this my hobby blog (instead of just Imperial Fists). I've had so many projects in here (Fists, WS, IG, Eldar...), might as well continue the trend Although, I still have some Fists to work on. At current count, I have an Ironclad Dreadnought, the other 5 terminators and 2 bikes. Plus Lysander, which I plan to buy for November's painting comp. So enough to carry me into December, maybe even to Christmas. Which should be around about the time I get my next IF supply drop.
@Para: The GameZone stuff looks great. The sculpts are awesome. But they look brittle. There is no flash, and very few mould lines. But the spears are slightly bent - which is to be expected when they are packed in bags. We'll see just how brittle it is when I try and straighten them out. Expect a bit more of a write up in a few days when I sit down and look at them properly.

That's all for now,
Z

Looks good! I can't believe you paint that fast. How much do you paint a day?

Splendid stuff!

A tip for the Elves, if they're resin plastic like it says then submerging them in a hot water for a few seconds will allow you to bend the spears back into shape, then hit them with cold water to fix them in the new position.

Great looking army Zambro, in a very quick time as well. Glad to hear that the Dark Elves will be in here as well.

That is a fantastic closer look at your IF. Can't wait to see your take and skills on Dark Elves

Really cool. The LotD look great and the army all together looks superb.

D

Nice looking LotD. My favorite models.

Great looking Fists as well. Gritty looking force.

Hey guys!

@Matthew: Thanks dude! I didn't paint all of that in a day... Some of those models that I have just based (Assault Marines, for example) were finished back in January, lol. Last week, I was painting for about 4 hours a day(ish). I work in a school, and it was half term, so I had the week off. Maining rushing through the LotD for the comp.
@Para: Thanks for the tip! Really worried about breaking it :( It'd be a pita to fix if I snap the spear shafts.
@Thraxas: I wouldn't say quick... Like I said, some of those units were finished in January. But I guess getting 1500 points fully painting in 10 months (with a 4 month break) is 'quick' for some people
@Adamski: Yeah, I cant wait to get stuck into the Dark Elves. Looking forward to starting some test models.
@Evildrcheese: Thanks man!
@SickSix: Thanks! I'm loving the gritty look, too.

I've been working on my Dark Elves (or should I call them Dread Elves?). Some exciting stuff has happened with regards to The Ninth Age. They have released the BETA rules! Army books for each army, new magic and a complete rule book. And, there is a Ninth Age tournament in Feburary in my LGS. Which I think I will be attending.

I think I mentioned before, but I'm using GameZone's Dark Elf infantry as the core of my army. They have a unit of 30 spearmen, for 25 euros. Which is a great deal. I've been cracking on with them, cleaning and getting ready to rank up. Here is a picture of a few in progress.


I love that they are a mix of male and female models. But the one gripe I have is that they have tags on their feet, but come with regular bases not slot bases. Cutting it off isn't that big a deal, so all in all its a really good unit. And the two on the right haven't been cleaned. So you can see just how much flash and mould lines you need to deal with. There are literally two things to cut off (below each hand), and maybe a mould line down the side and that is it. So a really good buy, all in all.

As for the colour scheme, my Elves will be somewhat cliché. I'm going for the dark purple look. With some dark red in there, with gold and silver. Green as a spot colour, and for the raptors. But I haven't started painting yet, so nothing has been decided.

More soon,
Z

Those dark elves are lovely. They give me a few ideas for an incubi conversion for dark eldar

Oooh!
Excited to see your work on the dark elves! I've been eye-ing up the gamezone minis for a while so waiting excitedly to see what you do with them =D

Hey guys,

Been making progress on my Elves the past few days. Got the spearmen built up, except for the shields, will leave them off for painting purposes. Just thought I'd show a picture of the command group:

Really friggin cool, imo!

Still waiting for a bunch of my stuff to arrive. Dont buy things through FB trade groups... Not having a good experiance with it right now.
Although something did arrive today... My November entry for Paradigm's competition.


He'll get some attention over the weekend. And I washed and put decals on my Ironclad Dreadnought. So slowly marching forward with him.

As ever, more soon
Z

I do like those DE! Do the command minis come with the regiment, or did you have to buy them separately?

The command minis did come with the unit.

Just dropping a picture of my army. Had the Knights and Warlock riders for a couple of days now. But the executioners and battalion came today from a trade on Facebook. Had a few issues with the trade, but finally after 17 days they arrived



Those blisters packs contain a GW sorceress on Raptor and a Mantic foot sorceress.
Just have to find myself a BSB (I think i'll bash one together from spares), and I've got my desired 2400 list. Just have to put it together before I start playing.

Cut and cleaned Lysander, too. Fairly good sculpt. No warping, moderate flash, and I didn't notice any bubbles. Will check again for bubbles before I glue.

Z

It's been a slog to get them all built, but it's done.
Not had a game with them yet. I'm working the next 3 sundays, and not a lot of Fantasy happens outside of a sunday. So plenty of time for the glue to dry...

I had a game with my Fists today (for the first time in a while). Lost. But it was very close!
I played a tournament space wolves list. He had 450ish points tied up in a Typhon super heavy (and didn't give me a 'heads up I have a super heavy' before hand, either). Plus 2 nasty SW fliers and 2 squads of 5 jump pack infantry, and 2 squads of 5 grey hunters w/ his warlord. Nice enough guy, but nasty list. I had no skyfire, and no real answer to the Typhon. Will spoiler my list below.

I basically hugged LoS blocking terrain to deny the Typhon's 7" blast shots, and targetted his infantry first.
Anyway... I cleared all of his infantry and had is warlord to 1 wound by turn 2 or 3. He made a comment about my list being 'really stong' (which made me chuckle). I was handling his army like a pro, lol. Anyway, I got a really, really lucky shot off on my Devastator around turn 4 or 5. Lone Lascannon snap shooting his flier. Rolls to hit: 6. Rolls to pen: 6. Immobalised. He rolls for the flier immobalised: Falls out of the sky. It was the luckiest, most helpful shot ever. I loved it. It finished with him being 2 points up. We were playing the scouring, so it came down to him having a slight advantage due to the distribution of the points on the objectives. But all he had was his Warlord on 1 wound, Typhon and a hovering flier.

First time ever playing with LotD. They folded to small arms fire, and were finished off by combat with his warlord. But they took 5 grey hunters and all but one wound off his warlord on the turn they came in. Definately looking to play these again! The ICD also hit the table, part painted. Fed him to the typhon on turn 1 :(
It's given me quite a bit of incentive to paint some more Fists. I got 6 days to finish off Lysander for the Monthly painting comp. He's next up.

And for reference, my list:



Thanks for reading,
Z

Hey guys,

Left my monthly painting comp entry too late (again).
Looks like another last week rush to finish. And I'm working the next 4 days... Going to be a push to finish

Here is the man himself:


Got most of the base colours in, and the wash done. Time to put the decal on, add battle damage then go from there.

Z

Good progress. You should be able to finish him for the deadline, assuming you can get brush time in.

Your list looks pretty solid. I’m sure as you get more games in you will work out the kinks.

LotD do seem to have a weakness to small arms. They are, after all, just T4 guys who save on a 3. Now they get that 3+ vs everything, so can shrug off plasma just as well as lasguns. But those ones and twos are going to come up. Good to hear the plasma worked for you. I built mine that way, but was debating if a melta load would be better. Got to have something to deal with the superheavies.

Lysander is looking gorgeous so far. Nicely done!

Great stuff on Lysander so far. The white looks fantastic! Blent very well, his hammer from the picture looks just sublime I don't even know if its finished, or just primed and washed haha but regardless it looks really lovely to me
You can reach that deadline mate! We believe in you churn out a solid session or two and he'll be looking dashing and complete before you know it.

Lysander is looking good.

The Typhoon is a tough nut, but sounds like you had the right idea in hiding from it, force it to move so it's range is reduced. Drop dreads would probably do all against it too...

EDC

Here he is, the man himself.

Missed the Monthly comp by a day, unfortunately :(



Got a few touch ups, and I need to actually finish the Crux Terminatus. Maybe I should revisit the hair? Doesn't look quite right.
But probably just an hour worth of work left on him. Then I'll glue him for final pictures.
LDP - You're right about the hammer. I love how it looks, and so simple for a layer and wash

I stripped my (White Scars) ICD a while ago to repurpose as an IF. He's going to get some attention tonight and tomorrow.

Getting quite close to finishing all of my unpainted Imperial fists.
I'm going back and forth on what I want to buy next (Payday is a week before Xmas), but on the cards are; Vindicators, Drop Pods or another tactical squad (for a demi company).
Also entertaining the idea of veterans...
So much potential!

Hopefully another update tomorrow or the day after with Lysander and the status of the Iron clad.
Z

I think the hair is a bit too close to the armor. I’d try to differentiate it a bit, either with a wash to change the tone, or a totally different color. Looking quite nice overall.

Do you just have the one pod? If so you need more. They are painful and boring, but a sad necessity for play. If you are going to get another tac squad, it might be worth looking into if people are breaking up the new HH box. You don’t need 30 of the guys, but it might be fun to have a squad of Mk. IV in your army. Either as tacs, or as sternguard.

Lysander is looking great, a shame that you just missed the deadline...it must have been a very close run thing.

As for payday treats, would love to see you tackle a Vindicator or two.

And when do you plan to start on the Delves?

Lysander is looking great so far. I agree that perhaps a more contrasting colour for the hair might be appropriate?

EDC

Hey guys,
Got Lysander all done now!

@Nev: You're right about the hair. I dyed his hair to a colour that clashed less. Not too sure on the HH tacticals. Might save them for intermixing with Sternguard vets... But then again, it wouldn't hurt to have some MK IV tacticals... Got a couple of weeks to decide...
@Thraxas: Thanks mate. Skimming through the Codex, I think I've owned every option at some point or another excluding Cents (as they were introduced this codex) and Vindis. ...Just saying... Who knows what could happen. No set start time on the Delves. It was a long slog to cut, clean and assemble them all, and I'm still waiting for things to arrive (coming from Canada and hopefully it'll arrive this or next week). I wouldn't expect anything until around the new year.
@EDC: Yepp! Changed the hair colour, and it looks more reasonable now.

Ok, so I was taking photo's of my minis and half way through I realised I can use my old man's fancy looking camera (I think it's a bridge camera). And with the exception of one slightly blurry pic, they look better than my compact digital camera.

Here they are:





I got a few details left on the Ironclad Dreadnought and then he'll be done, too.

Then it's onto the 5 Terminators and 2 bikes.

Z

Lovely work man - nice job

Looks great. Love the chipping effect on the yellow!