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It’s always good when the old degree comes in handy!

As mentioned, I forgot to post pictures of the finished Chaplain. I am very pleased with him. I like the technique for painting black, even though I did it quite roughly. I much prefer how it looks compared to edge-lining. Also pictured is my first 25PL. I still need to touch up those Crusaders though.

The second drop-pod is half-painted too, and then it will just be two more Crusader squads to touch up and it will be 50PL done. The next 25PL will be three Land Speeder Typhoons (already base-coated) and some veterans (not even built!)




I was also in an odd mood this evening, so I felt like getting my next army out for a preview. I have waaaay more Astral Claws than this, but it will be my first 100PL Astral Claws army. I'll have to use Legends rules for it. That doesn't bother me as I don't play competitively. Three tac squads, a full bike squad, a biker command squad containing two veterans, a company champion, an apothecary and an ancient. On top of the laptop are my Captain, Chaplain and Librarian. Off to one side are a box of bits for future units, potentially a techmarine, for example.

Those are some knobby tires! And grats on the first 25 points - that storm is particularly legit covered in all them scouts!

That's a whole lot of thrill power right there . And chaplain looks the business!

The Chaplain is sweet. Like if Darth Vader was a Conan villain. Army shot is cool. Both of them, actually.

Nice work man. All those marines... oy!

Nice work Fifty and good luck on that next project to shrink the pile of the unpainted.

Cheers,

CB

Boss Salvage wrote:Those are some knobby tires! And grats on the first 25 points - that storm is particularly legit covered in all them scouts!

The tyres are all from Zinge Industries. I hate the GW ones! I have another storm also covered in five more scouts.

inmygravenimage wrote:That's a whole lot of thrill power right there . And chaplain looks the business!

Cheers. I put a lot of effort into him.

youwashock wrote:The Chaplain is sweet. Like if Darth Vader was a Conan villain. Army shot is cool. Both of them, actually.

My three chaplains are called Thoth Khotan, Amon Kull and Amra Thune, third disciple.

My Chaplain Dreadnought does not yet have a name, but I might just call him Thulsa Kane!

Gitsplitta wrote:Nice work man. All those marines... oy!

It will be another big batch, like the Mantis Warriors, but again, they'll be easy individually.

Captain Brown wrote:Nice work Fifty and good luck on that next project to shrink the pile of the unpainted.

Cheers,

CB

There will be a big old pile still left!

Love the giant book strapped to the front of the Libby's bike. I just think it's funny that he took off the bolters and added a bookshelf. Then he found the right page, (presumably the one that emits high powered explosive psy-energy on command) and strapped it open with the business end da if the enemy. But imagine the accidents that the rookie psykers encountering that book in the library and reading that spell on that page for the first time must have!
And I hope he's notified his insurance company about those modifications!

Executioners look fantastic, and the Chappy looks suitably grimdark to be leading them in to battle. His helmet is really cool, is it 3rd party?

I’m loving the look of your Astral Claws, so many bikes!

I was going to reposition the book to allow bolters to be fitted, but I think now I will do it your way, the Crowe!

As for the helmet, it is just Ivanus Enkomi from Forgeworld with some modifications to de-Minotaurise him and Executionerise him.

Okay, 25PL is complete. Along with the scout snipers and the scouts riding one of the land speeder storms, that is 25PL done.

Another drop pod is almost finished, along with the chaplain you've seen and two more Crusader squads. They will give 50PL. Maybe even today.

Oooh. Retro. Loving the visors. All looks dark and crisp.

They look great Fifty! Excellent treatment of the dark shades.

I fear they may not look as good as you think, and they just look good because they were lit better from above than in front...

Great work, the heads really make those minis, love the helmet on the leader combined with the old armour.

Congrats on hitting Power Level 25 Fifty.

Cheers,

CB

Hi all,

I decided I needed a break from the relentless grind of bashing out marines. I spent a little bit of time doing some modelling work converting some Dreadblade Harrows to make Hexwraiths. Still not done yet, as I intend to add some chains and so on, and there are another nine to go, but here is the first. I have four more partway through for a squad of five. The scythes come from Grimghast Reapers, so I'll be using the swords from the Dreadblade Harrows to create some Bladegheist Revenants.



Today though, I really put in some work to paint something nicely. I want to get my Sepulchral Guard finished, as I started them aaaaages ago now. Today's model was my least favourite of the set, and I really didn't like the dark grey I had done on his hood, so I switched it up for a leather finish like that on my chaplain. I spent a bit longer and used a few more shades this time (Rhinox Hide, Mournfang Brown, Skrag Brow, Balor Brown and Ushabti Bone, with a little Abaddon Black for shaded areas.) I also wanted to do a good job on the handle of his scythe, and struggled to find some colours I liked for it. In the end, I went for a paler shade than the hood by using Vallejo USA Olive Drab, Flat Earth and English Uniform, with a little Agrax Earthshade to darken. I might put in one more set of very fine lighter lines too. The blade did not turn out as well as I hoped, and I might still go back to it. I started with Leadbelcher, two coats of Agrax, some Typhus Corrosion, but not all over, then Mournfang, Skrag, Ryza Rust for the rusty shades, annd Ironbreaker for the edge. I think the edge is too smooth, so I might roughen it up and add some more Agrax, but not today!

Having finished this model, I now actually really like it. There are some great angles to view it from. Still not my favourite, but I am happy with how it looks. Of course, there are things about it I wish looked better, but overall, I am happy...

That skellington looks cools, lots of nice highlights. The leather looks good, it’ll look great on the horse riders too

Lovely paintjob, and snazzy wee conversion there

Almost finished another. Done for the weekend though, so posting now.

After months of blitzing models, it feels odd to have worked on only one model for an entire day.

The main rust patch on the sword is a very thin bit of half-dry paint and thickly layered paint on top as I've broken that blade at least four times and am trying to reinforce it!

Great looking rust!

Ha, the blob of paint even enhances the rust look! These guys are looking great fifty

Brilliant rust. Outstanding.

Nice looking Sepulchral Guard, really like the worn leather bits and the bright red contrasts really well of the muted colours of the rest of the mini.

Love the look of those skeletons!

Thanks everyone. I'm glad people like the rust, as it is something I have thought about a lot over the years and I feel I am approaching an outcome I am happy with!

I'm also glad someone commented on the warm/cold colours as it is something I give a lot more thought now, ever since I did it by accident on my Eldar.

Today I am meant to be writing, but I am writing a Nighthaunt short story, and it has me thinking about Grimghast Reapers. Specifically, i am thinking about whether I want to go back and paint the weapons differently to he ghostly parts of the model.

One option would be to do what Mengel does and gradually fade the weapon into the hands with highlighting. I quite like this look...



Another look I am considering though is a much harsher transition at various different locations on the weapon for every model in the unit, trying to show that the weapons are sometimes ethereal, sometimes corporeal.

I just painted a test on some cardboard for using Coelia Greenshade and Abaddon black to create a harsh boundary between the spectral Nihilakh Oxide colours and the rusty blade. What do people think? Which option do you think will look better? Ultimately, I think I am happy enough with the test on card that I might need to do it on some test models...

I really like the harsh boundary, that looks excellent - almost geological.

Yeah I honestly thought that that was some mineral sample in the last photo, or like one of those "mineral pools from above" photos. Super cool effect.

Really quick test, but I might have just given myself a lot more work to do...

Though perhaps by only doing some of the weapons, and always doing it at a different point on the weapon, I can save myself a chunk of time...

Would that give the impression that the weapons phase in and out of an ethereal plane, perhaps?