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Alright finally an update! A decent one at that too. I have for you my immortals and my Destroyer lord and an army update photo. Comments and criticism welcome and appreciated.

No criticism here! You've done a great job and they're looking good. Well done!

Ooh, I love what you have done with the Destroyer Lord! I think I may have to steal that particular idea see what I can do to snazz up my stuff in the near future. Anyways, looks pretty good so far, how many points is that total?

Cosmic wrote:No criticism here! You've done a great job and they're looking good. Well done!

Thanks cosmic. I am now working on my 5 man lychguard, with SNS.

Dr. Temujin wrote:Ooh, I love what you have done with the Destroyer Lord! I think I may have to steal that particular idea see what I can do to snazz up my stuff in the near future. Anyways, looks pretty good so far, how many points is that total?

That is approximately 500+ points.

Very nice! Thank you for sharing!

Anpu-adom wrote:Very nice! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for your input! is there anything in particular you like? or perhaps see something I could alter or improve on?

Hey guys I am currently working my test model for my lychguard I am thinking another night and it will be up to snuff and I can post a photo of the completed model!!! Can not wait to finish them as they are my second favorite model in the new range.

I really like the conversion work you've done on the Destroyer Lord, and I'm planning on doing something similar with mine. I particularly like the extra spines on the shoulders, and how clean the conversion is. Also, your painting is much cleaner than mine (I'm here to learn, after all).

There is something that you need to look at, color balance and contrast.
An example where you are using it well is your tesla immortal. The colors you use are repeated throughout the model... green in the guts, green on the end hose on the gun. Blue low in the gun hoses, blue high on the head. The warmth that you create with the corrosion on the shoulders balances the coolness of the blue. They balance. They create harmony.
An example where you don't have harmony is the scarab swarms. They are washed out, and they aren't menacing. They really need a darker color (the darker blue, perhaps right around the eye). It doesn't have to be a lot, but the contrast needs to be there.

Petty thing here, really... I don't like the white in the eye... to me, a glowing eye is much more menacing. Just my opinion, and like I said... a petty thing.

Overall, your skill at painting and converting is impressive and inspiring.

Anpu-adom wrote:I really like the conversion work you've done on the Destroyer Lord, and I'm planning on doing something similar with mine. I particularly like the extra spines on the shoulders, and how clean the conversion is. Also, your painting is much cleaner than mine (I'm here to learn, after all).

There is something that you need to look at, color balance and contrast.
An example where you are using it well is your tesla immortal. The colors you use are repeated throughout the model... green in the guts, green on the end hose on the gun. Blue low in the gun hoses, blue high on the head. The warmth that you create with the corrosion on the shoulders balances the coolness of the blue. They balance. They create harmony.
An example where you don't have harmony is the scarab swarms. They are washed out, and they aren't menacing. They really need a darker color (the darker blue, perhaps right around the eye). It doesn't have to be a lot, but the contrast needs to be there.

Petty thing here, really... I don't like the white in the eye... to me, a glowing eye is much more menacing. Just my opinion, and like I said... a petty thing.

Overall, your skill at painting and converting is impressive and inspiring.

I understand what you are saying about the scarabs though the decision for that is based on diversifying the different units in the game such as the canoptek: scarabs, spyders, wraiths, will somewhat have their own scheme that still ties in with the whole army while the troops have their scheme (Simple base scheme) whilst lets say the elites will have darker shoulder pads and glowing eyes (as an example). The idea is to create a complete composition when looking at the army as a whole. When you look at the vehicle you see a higher concentration of blue and darker shades, when you look at the foot soldiers you see a balanced scheme and when you look at the canoptek you see grey in a brighter more clean scheme. I toyed around with making they eyes glow but I realized I may rip my own hair out trying to do X amount of warriors and immortals with glowing eyes so I am reserving that for Elites and lords. You will see the glowing eyes on my Lychgaurd that I am currently working on. As well I would like to blame the camera and myself for poor picture taking in regards to units looking washed out.

Looking good mate. I really like what you're doing, particularly with the gauss rods. Keep it up.

Hey everyone a little update on the squad I am currently working on. My lychguard I just finished up one of the test models for the unit. Here it is.

Wow... I really like that. The pose is great, the detailing on the sword is amazing! Wow.

Anpu-adom wrote:Wow... I really like that. The pose is great, the detailing on the sword is amazing! Wow.

Thank you, after completing the D.lors power weapon I feel I should carry it throughout the army.

Nice Lychguard! I really like the shield so far.

Dr. Temujin wrote:Nice Lychguard! I really like the shield so far.

Thanks again the shield is my favorite.

Hey everyone just a quick update so you know I have not disappeared. I Have some photos of my lychguard that are sooo close to being done.

Let me know how you think there coming along!

Very classy-looking army you got there. The glow isn't obnoxious, the whites have depth, tasteful metallics that look suitably grim and aged.

Inanimate wrote:Very classy-looking army you got there. The glow isn't obnoxious, the whites have depth, tasteful metallics that look suitably grim and aged.

Thank you Inanimate! I appreciate that you took the time to view and comment. There will be plenty more in the future.

Time for an exciting update. After all my hardships regarding work I have finally finished that lychguard squad and here they are. Photographed in all their glory out of my brand new, well as in just mashed together out of cardboard and wax paper, light box. Enjoy and always C&C appreciated

I think 3 and 2 are my favorites. 4 has an interesting pose, never thought Lychguard would try to sweep from above. 5 looks a bit awkward, but maybe that's because of the angle of his shot.
Anywhos, fantastic work as usual.

Dr. Temujin wrote:I think 3 and 2 are my favorites. 4 has an interesting pose, never thought Lychguard would try to sweep from above. 5 looks a bit awkward, but maybe that's because of the angle of his shot.
Anywhos, fantastic work as usual.

Thanks Doc, I think I need to work on my light box-fu and yeah the angle I think is what does in the last one. Im just glad they are done, Its been a trip with them, I am gonna take a short cron break and paint up my Trygon Prime

Hey guys, not dead, just super busy with Military taskings and other stuff messing up my paint time. I do have updates soon as I find my camera, and it will be glorious.

Alright so here are a few photos of things I've been acquiring/working on. Anyone know what I could use to strip those models? Also I am looking for a Different primer to go with instead of GW's

Look at that lovely Nightbringer just waiting to be repainted! Not sure why, but I want to see what you do with that model the most.

Ill get to stripping him as soon as I can. I may have a neat idea.

Alright guys got some flyer Updates, no idea what happened but I had some super motivation to get some work done.

Wow, only just tuned in but these necrons look great! The mix of colours are awesome and really bring the best out of these models, and the detail looks brill! Really liked the lych guard's shields, they were sublime. Really looking forward to seeing some more!

Budda 09 wrote:Wow, only just tuned in but these necrons look great! The mix of colours are awesome and really bring the best out of these models, and the detail looks brill! Really liked the lych guard's shields, they were sublime. Really looking forward to seeing some more!

Thank you, I look forward to painting more eventually. I would like to see your blog and models if you have one.

Currently working on a blood angels, Knights of blood army, will be a little while before I put up pictures (Around September when I go back to uni) And the basing still needs to be done, but I will keep it in mind and get some pics up as soon as possible, my painting skills are far below yours but I would be happy to share anyway

GaussGuy wrote:Hey everyone a little update on the squad I am currently working on. My lychguard I just finished up one of the test models for the unit. Here it is.

I really like your scheme - but the Lychguard are particularly nice. It's hard to figure out which parts to paint in the color palette one chooses for one's Necrons. I'm going with a (slightly altered) "Nihilakh Dynasty" scheme (GW's turquoise and gold scheme, as seen in WD and the codex). Some of the units haven't been shown painted in this scheme, or I am not entirely satisfied with GW's version, so I'm tweaking it slightly. But even then, when GW's already produced a scheme I like, and even been nice enough to publish short pieces on how to paint this scheme, I still am deciding on how to paint some of the more complex figs.

Your Lychguard, though done in a different color scheme of course, are very helpful in this regard. I think I will borrow some of how you've chosen to paint the different parts (the thigh, for example, with the plate, the thigh itself, and then the thin resecessed designs, I think is very effective)

Keep up the good work! I'll be keeping a closer eye on your progress

-C6

catharsix wrote:

GaussGuy wrote:Hey everyone a little update on the squad I am currently working on. My lychguard I just finished up one of the test models for the unit. Here it is.

I really like your scheme - but the Lychguard are particularly nice. It's hard to figure out which parts to paint in the color palette one chooses for one's Necrons. I'm going with a (slightly altered) "Nihilakh Dynasty" scheme (GW's turquoise and gold scheme, as seen in WD and the codex). Some of the units haven't been shown painted in this scheme, or I am not entirely satisfied with GW's version, so I'm tweaking it slightly. But even then, when GW's already produced a scheme I like, and even been nice enough to publish short pieces on how to paint this scheme, I still am deciding on how to paint some of the more complex figs.

Your Lychguard, though done in a different color scheme of course, are very helpful in this regard. I think I will borrow some of how you've chosen to paint the different parts (the thigh, for example, with the plate, the thigh itself, and then the thin resecessed designs, I think is very effective)

Keep up the good work! I'll be keeping a closer eye on your progress

-C6

Thanks cath I saw your crons and I really enjoy how you are coming along with them. I love the lychgaurd more than any unit and I love in this edition how they can be a very effective shock troop to deliver your lord, or obyron right into the thickest battle. Do keep a close eye as my flyer may be revealed in all its glory

Hey guys, I know it has been a long time but I have been bitten by the cron bug again and I have an update for you I give you Imhotek in my personal patented color scheme. Here you go