SONS of ORAR's WIP

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**SONS of ORAR**

well it was a bit crap... i got in the top 10 for vehicle and partly due to bad placement in the cabinets nothing else finalised..

Gamesday was rather bad as i said in on my GD thread...

SONS of ORAR wrote:In all honesty the day was rubbish! it was less than half the size of past gamesdays, horrendously crowded!

the lack of bargain stand really Pi**ed me off! i queued for 1hour 40mins at forgeworld to get my reservation and was then told to join an even bigger queue to the one till to pay! there was one till for a couple of hundred people! then there was the lack of nice boards, warhammer historical etc!

and it wasn't just forgeworld, every single stand had a scrum at least 3 people deep making it all rather claustrophobic as to the space in hall 1 in past years!

i paid GW £50 for a rather disappointing day! all they seem to do these days is screw you for money!

and to add to that my models were in appalling places in the cabinets and therefore only had one that finalised (i am pleased with that) even though they were all a lot better than my finalising piece last year!

anyway that's the end of my rant...

i may even start to move away from GW figures...

as to those of you i met... twas nice seeing you all and sorry i was a bit dopey... i was unbelievably tired :/

Chris

that's the bad stuff... i'll try and think of some good things later...

**Listrel**

You did seam a bit annoyed when I saw you picking up your sentinel at the end of the day, so how come your duel had to go in the diorama category? I looked for it in the duel section but obviously missed it with it not being there the diorama cabinets were crowded every time I came past so I never got to have a look.

**SONS of ORAR**

the base was not the right size :(

the best bits were:

the new forgeworld and warhammer forge stuff

and

i have MK V and VI forgeworld SM armour, a Lugft Huron model and a free ork fighter pilot

the huron model will be up soon

**Vitruvian XVII**

Ah hard luck Chris.

Sorry i didnt meet up with you again afterwards, i ran out of credit!

You did seem zoned out though! And FW/WF definitely was the best bit. If only GW proper was more liike them...

**blackclaw1**

Thats a real shame chris , btw whats the huron model like m, i'm planning on getting one soon ?

**Gitsplitta**

They are beautiful pieces SoO... and your work on them gained you the respect & admiration of many dakkaites. As some famous person once said... "Don't let the b-stards get you down!"

**Empchild**

I know it's disapointing in the end, but remember I am sure you are taking a lot away from it. My friend Jakob Rune Neilson didn't even take a demon and he has several swords, and his inquisitor hand scultped blood angles death company is WOWZA!! The cabinet placing doesn't have much to do with it in the end as well they take them all out level by level. In the end you did some great work and be proud. Next year will be even better I am sure as you are constantly developing your skills. Best of luck to you in the future and be happy that you at least earned a pin

as that is still an acomplishment.

**Miss Dee**

If the cue to pay was long you should of walked away with the minis.

**Newt-Of-Death**

GW B4ST4RDS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Typical.

Typical..

When you think about it tho, youve got thousands of people taking interest in your work on here. If GW were organised and had an ounce of sense they would have made a lot more effort to look at everything thoroughly rather than set it all up in a pointless cluster, and smile unconvincingly as they recieve your money.

If you got onto the website thats good tho!

**Miss Dee**

Bar stuards

**Trilobite**

Im really looking forward to this huron model. If its half as pretty as it looks on the website, then It should be a real treat seeing how you'l paint it.

**Miss Dee**

I would love to see him done up as a SoO

**DarkAngelsRK**

Well that sucks, but don't let it get you down. You have talent, much more than most could ask for, and at 17 you have plenty of time to progress.

**SONS of ORAR**

Empchild wrote:I know it's disapointing in the end, but remember I am sure you are taking a lot away from it. My friend Jakob Rune Neilson didn't even take a demon and he has several swords, and his inquisitor hand scultped blood angles death company is WOWZA!! The cabinet placing doesn't have much to do with it in the end as well they take them all out level by level. In the end you did some great work and be proud. Next year will be even better I am sure as you are constantly developing your skills. Best of luck to you in the future and be happy that you at least earned a pin as that is still an acomplishment.

it is a lovely model but in truth i'm not at all suprise being in the open category against the whole Eavy metal team and the likes of Martin Footit. though well done to him all the same! it is a lovely model

**Miss Dee**

90% i reckon of the young bloods are painted by a pro.

**Empchild**

Miss Dee wrote:90% i reckon of the young bloods are painted by a pro.

I totally disagree on that. Alot of people have natural talent, and more oftenthen not most of those youngbloods have a "pro" nearbye them where they can learn lessons from. Some people activly try and learn to paint better and advance very quickly.

**Yggdrasil**

Agreed w/ Empchild... Some younglings sometimes make me want to give up painting when I see the pace they're improving...

Phewww... But, hopefully for Mankind, some people are more gifted in a way, that's the way it goes... And how our species adapts & survives!

@ SONS of ORAR : I understand you must feel disappointed, especially for the duel base size issue... Still, I hope you'll get over it; for, as some mentioned before me, you really have some skill & you managed to light some passion in many Dakkaites' hearts!!

And you should be proud that your Terminator Chaplain was selected among all those minis... That's a victory in itself, a dream most of us will never get to know!!

So, I have to send you my congratulations for your beautiful works of art.

Cheers,
Yggdrasil.

**weetyskemian44**

Are you going to continue the thread now or start another? I'm looking forward to seeing more, but I wouldn't blame you for taking a break if you did.

**neil101**

edit great work , will hopefully learn some new painting techniques from your blog . cheers

**king88mob**

Just to add to the youngbloods having talent. 2 examples:

1) in Ottawa, there was a speed painting contest at the local battle bunker. 1.5 hours to paint up the best fig you could (it was already primed). Taken by a 15 year old who painted a space wolf to a calibre i have yet to match with unlimited time

2) here in NZ, to of the top players, Jack and Tom Dunn, both won most of their tournaments and painting awards under 18. In particular, try and find pictures of Jack's Kharandras themed eldar, still one of the most fetching armies I've seen.

**weetyskemian44**

http://little-horus.blogspot.com/2009/04/shadow-host-of-karandras.html
found it!
nice work - not too fond of the dark olive green but it is well enough done that I don't mind

**Disjointed Entity**

Glad your Chaplain made it at least, and it was a pleasure meeting you!

**Munch Munch!**

Gitsplitta wrote:They are beautiful pieces SoO... and your work on them gained you the respect & admiration of many dakkaites. As some famous person once said... "Don't let the b-stards get you down!"

Do you happen to be talking about Billy Joe Armstrong?

@Sons Of Orar: I'm sure that if you had a better spot in the cabinet, you would have gotten what you deserved. Oh lady luck why have you forsaken him?

**fatty**

i would blame the outrider who recorded your piece

too bad this year it wasnt me. but personally i wouldnt blame your place in th cabinet or any other little thing. it really is putting your hard work too shame. soo you didnt win this year but what have you learned from it? what are you going too do next GD. Germany is just a few days away try it there if you can. the winning vehicle is a fellow dakadite and his piece is great maybe you can get some pointers from him? he goes too a lot of painting competitions so why wouldnt you ask him for help? your a great painter SoO and maybe next time it's your time but keep evolving our self (omg SoO is evolving into psyduck) (sorry about the pokemon refrence my post was getting too serious)

greets Fatty

**SONS of ORAR**

twas nice seeing you there Disjointed Entity sorry i was a bit spaced out and grumpy lol. sorry to hear about the costume. that really sucks, especially all the other people dressed up in camo there!

in all honesty i think it may just have been that my painting standards weren't high enough. anyway here is the part finished face of lufgt huron. painted with some new techniques i'm playing around with

the blending could be a little smoother and the left eye needs sorting but i'm quite pleased

just for a sense of scale

what do you think?

Chris

**DarkAngelsRK**

Like the beard, but he seems a bit too rough if you know what I mean.

**Tim the Biovore**

Wow. And that's just the head.

**SONS of ORAR**

DarkAngelsRK wrote:Like the beard, but he seems a bit too rough if you know what I mean.

hence why i said the blending needs smoothing

**Inquisitive Inquisitor**

Wow if thats just the head,I cant wait to see what you do with the armour

**DarkAngelsRK**

SONS of ORAR wrote:
DarkAngelsRK wrote:Like the beard, but he seems a bit too rough if you know what I mean.

hence why i said the blending needs smoothing

Sounds good