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Twisted Trueborn with Blaster






Somewhere in the Webway

Finnan, I totally see your point. As Mars2024 said, you have to choose between your beautiful xenos and 'spectrum blending' (wow I'm happy with that phrase!) or the crappy imperial GW white here and white there. So... DON'T CHOOSE DO BOTH! I think you should definately do a diorama, maybe with a Harlequin ('cause you love them ) poking a 'Kiss through a guards man, a bit like the spider splicer at the start of Bioshock. You can have the mesh exploding out, REALLY gory, so you barely have to bother with the guardsman, and you still get to weave your magic

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Furious Fire Dragon





Chicago

@Mastiff




 
   
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Screaming Shining Spear





Kent

...?
a change of direction, and I'm not entirely sure how achievable it is... Dark Eldar, meet Neo, Trinity and Morpheus.
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"Pit Crew! Take this box out back, throw in a rabid Honey Badger and SET IT ON FIRE!"

If I were an Eskimo, I'd build my igloo next to a supermarket on a tropical beach. 
   
Made in au
Chaplain with Hate to Spare






Forget GD and just keep sketching up such cool pics Fin! :-)
the matrix style leap in the first image is my favorite but i imagine more of an assassin than DE? maybe an assassin V Marine diorama like the fight (if i recall correctly) in one of the space wolf books?

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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
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Kent

I was thinking a squad of DE in the Matrix style, or maybe even DE vs DE duel...


"Pit Crew! Take this box out back, throw in a rabid Honey Badger and SET IT ON FIRE!"

If I were an Eskimo, I'd build my igloo next to a supermarket on a tropical beach. 
   
Made in au
Chaplain with Hate to Spare






DE v DE would be cool and again something you don't normally see? even for a diorama if you think you're good enough :-) perhaps an Archon on a throne with another DE trying to sneak up on him amogst pillars etc.?

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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
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Twisted Trueborn with Blaster






Somewhere in the Webway

LOVE IT.

Wych v banshee maybe? Actual DE v DE arena...

LOVE IT

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Chaplain with Hate to Spare






Wych V Banshee would be cool but the Wych models are so much more lythe and sensual than the fatty boomba Banshees it may look unbalanced?

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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
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Kent

Nerd - re: sketching. Dunno if this will work - let me know, okay?

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4524856454.9706.563551454&type=1&l=7952b53881


"Pit Crew! Take this box out back, throw in a rabid Honey Badger and SET IT ON FIRE!"

If I were an Eskimo, I'd build my igloo next to a supermarket on a tropical beach. 
   
Made in au
Chaplain with Hate to Spare






I'll have to have a squiz and let you know when i'm home :-) work blocks any social media pages :-( and youtube! damn them!

Flesh Eaters 4,500 points


" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
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Kent

damn their eyes! What do they expect you to do all day - *work*?


"Pit Crew! Take this box out back, throw in a rabid Honey Badger and SET IT ON FIRE!"

If I were an Eskimo, I'd build my igloo next to a supermarket on a tropical beach. 
   
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Ichor-Dripping Talos Monstrosity






Fin - what is your new Avatar of?

Where's it from and how do I get one? (Not necessarily in pink.)

   
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Kent

it's just a piece of artwork I got from an image-sharing site. I've had it for a while, so I it might be tricky to find again - I got it off www.ffffound.com I think


"Pit Crew! Take this box out back, throw in a rabid Honey Badger and SET IT ON FIRE!"

If I were an Eskimo, I'd build my igloo next to a supermarket on a tropical beach. 
   
Made in au
Chaplain with Hate to Spare






 finnan wrote:
damn their eyes! What do they expect you to do all Night! - *work*?


There, that's better and yes strangely they only like me to be browsing Dakka for 7 out of my 11 hours a night! scrooges! (actually it's better they don't know eh!)

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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
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Chicago

Your avatar would be a cool head for The Avatar of Khaine.

 
   
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WestCoast

 mars2024 wrote:
Your avatar would be a cool head for The Avatar of Khaine.

Since Nerdfest posted just before you, I thought you meant his avatar

The 104th Vostroyan Mechanized
Rawson's Reboot

Viktor von Domm: nope... can´t do that for the sake of all lving creatures that dwell on earth....
dsteingass: That's like saying "I forgot to tell you who your real father is"
nerdfest09: Rawson speaks the truth! 
   
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Chicago

An Avatar with glasses would be awesome!

 
   
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Chaplain with Hate to Spare






Yeah what's so silly about that? :-) isn't a grinning skull grimdark enough for you!

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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
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Shame you didn't win anything. Doesn't surprise me that it's mostly political over there. I like what you've done and those harlequins in one shot look really awesome.

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In da middle of da WAAAGH! Australia.

Hey Finnan,
Thought I'd post a link I found, where a guy lists some of his favourite stuff from Games Day.
Just scroll down a bit, and you'll see what I'm talking about.
http://theveilsedge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/uk-games-day-2012-pt-iv-golden-demon.html
- Gutsnagga

WAAAGH! Gutsnagga Mo-ork- 5000pts Kult of speed + goffs
red space marines, (almost angry enough!) 2000 points
Here's my P&M blog - http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/551978.page
And here's a thread of my completed miniatures -
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/551971.page
'You have that the wrong way around. Space Hulk teaches the inmates how large numbers of fast moving vicious hand to hand combatants can over come a small number of gun armed adversaries, in a sequence of narrow corridors.' -Orlanth
 
   
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Kent

fame at last
>weeps tears of joy<
thanks for that Gutsnagga


"Pit Crew! Take this box out back, throw in a rabid Honey Badger and SET IT ON FIRE!"

If I were an Eskimo, I'd build my igloo next to a supermarket on a tropical beach. 
   
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Kent

so... back in the hobby saddle after the slight fall. Still very much a working piece - Battle Wizard. Not a whole lot of work done so far, but just getting ready for assemblage. I found that when I got the bits off the sprue, the arms were really quite close and tight to the body, so I've opened out his left arm somewhat, and I'll probably do the same to his right arm, although maybe not as much as in the shot. I can already foresee that he's going to be a pig to paint because of the hunched posture - I think it's going to be hard getting into certain areas.
I did a hand swap so he could have the book, and I did a blade swap on his staff for the scythe from the Mortis Engine (because I thought that the roses on the supplied scythe were just far too cheesy). Also a skull from the Mortis Engine has been whacked onto the gravestone.
He'll be going on a 25mm base, and he'll be standing on a grave... the semi-plan is to have a zombie's arm bursting out of the grave as if he's being summoned, but I'm not so sure about that any more. The other plan is to have a banshee being summoned out of the book... not so sure about that at the moment - either I have it with all it's flowy goodness, but that might be a bit much and it might not be obvious that i's coming out of the book... or, have her truncated somewhat, just to hammer home the point that she's coming out of the book.
Also, there's a raven to go on top of the staff-blade.
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"Pit Crew! Take this box out back, throw in a rabid Honey Badger and SET IT ON FIRE!"

If I were an Eskimo, I'd build my igloo next to a supermarket on a tropical beach. 
   
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WestCoast

 finnan wrote:
The other plan is to have a banshee being summoned out of the book... not so sure about that at the moment - either I have it with all it's flowy goodness, but that might be a bit much and it might not be obvious that i's coming out of the book... or, have her truncated somewhat, just to hammer home the point that she's coming out of the book.

This plan has my vote! I think the banshee via spellbook is much more original than zombie out of the ground. I think the truncated banshee is a good idea, just to be clear than she's being summoned. A few bits of CC if you're interested: 1) I think the scythe, while super cool, is going to make the whole scene too crowded. Maybe save it for another project instead 2) I forsee problems with his head alignment. I would seem more natural for him to be looking at the banshee that he's just summoned than down and past the book, which is what he looks like now. Anyway, my $0.02.

Glad to see you "back in the saddle"
Rawson

The 104th Vostroyan Mechanized
Rawson's Reboot

Viktor von Domm: nope... can´t do that for the sake of all lving creatures that dwell on earth....
dsteingass: That's like saying "I forgot to tell you who your real father is"
nerdfest09: Rawson speaks the truth! 
   
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Chaplain with Hate to Spare






Whoo Fin, love it! I for one actually like the summoning of the corpse from the grave, it suits the image of the necromancer but i'd steer away from anything materializing from the pages of the book, but what i can imagine is mist or fog falling like the smoke from dry ice, you could use some bitz from the limited edition chaplain from DV's backpack or some smaller bits from one of the numerous Fantasy models recently released? it would strengthen the bond between him and the earth and the corpse rising!

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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
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WestCoast

 nerdfest09 wrote:
i'd steer away from anything materializing from the pages of the book,


The 104th Vostroyan Mechanized
Rawson's Reboot

Viktor von Domm: nope... can´t do that for the sake of all lving creatures that dwell on earth....
dsteingass: That's like saying "I forgot to tell you who your real father is"
nerdfest09: Rawson speaks the truth! 
   
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Chaplain with Hate to Spare






 Rawson wrote:
 nerdfest09 wrote:
i'd steer away from anything materializing from the pages of the book,



yourself rawson! lol

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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
Made in gb
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Kent

argh! Conflicting (good) advice!! What's a poor Fin to do?!

When in doubt, more skullz!!

(rubbish shots, he's going to be a bugger to photograph; but you get the idea)
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"Pit Crew! Take this box out back, throw in a rabid Honey Badger and SET IT ON FIRE!"

If I were an Eskimo, I'd build my igloo next to a supermarket on a tropical beach. 
   
Made in au
Chaplain with Hate to Spare






 finnan wrote:
argh! Conflicting (good) advice!! What's a poor Fin to do?!


Umm, obviously listen to me and ignore Rawson *chant fades into background* ignore....ignore,...ignore

serious face again I like the spirits Fin, they look good and now i can see him atop a stone but the undead hands are emerging from the ground only in parts directly under the spirits? something to lead your eyes along the model.

or, you can have him on the gravestone kicking a ghoul off the stone in a 'this is GRAVEYARD' pose? ...... No?...... whataya mean No!

Flesh Eaters 4,500 points


" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
Made in gb
Screaming Shining Spear





Kent

I think I'll stick with the grave for the base

... although I was tempted with "Come on Bob, we have work to do"
(although, technically, this would be Harry with Bob and Evil Bob)


"Pit Crew! Take this box out back, throw in a rabid Honey Badger and SET IT ON FIRE!"

If I were an Eskimo, I'd build my igloo next to a supermarket on a tropical beach. 
   
Made in au
Chaplain with Hate to Spare






 finnan wrote:
I think I'll stick with the grave for the base

... although I was tempted with "Come on Bob, we have work to do"
(although, technically, this would be Harry with Bob and Evil Bob)



Not.... understanding.......... joke...... ..... feeling stupid.............now........

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" I will constantly have those in my head telling me how lazy and ugly and whorish I am. You sir, are a true friend " - KingCracker

"Nah, I'm just way too lazy to stand up so I keep sitting and paint" - Sigur

"I think the NMM technique with metals is just MNMM. Same sound I make while eating a good pizza" - Whalemusic360 
   
 
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