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We aren't from Aberdeen

They are done, in a week no less. No pics though - mrs g Andi getting a night out and I have had much Bavarian craft beer... Tomorrow. MIT das hang uber


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Very drunk

lol.... sober up!

and its a "Kater" ... or even better Katzenjammer"

Believe me it was/is awful... Climbing in shower after midnight awful...

yup... each drink always comes with a price tag^^

Indeed. The liver is evil and must be punished.

Actually, it was a great night out, mate's 40th, a few folk from work that I really get on with, fantastic (if lethal) beer, awesome food (they hired out the bar of one our fave restaurants) - and best of all my sister-in-law took the boys overnight. Hence gone midday and I have only just got up. Fried egg chilli chutney sandwich, nothing more glorious in the world after a night on the lash.

The quickshade experiment was, I feel, a great success. I'll get the bases flocked today, hopefully, which will mean that I've completely done an army (assembly notwithstanding) in literally 1 week. Astonishing. Blocking colours with a bit of variation worked well to keep me relatively sane, too.

Now the $64,000 question is: would I use it for 40k? And, if so where?

I think so. Cautiously. Anything that's going to get heavy use, for instance - terrain being a prime example. I may well hit up my Bastion. Longer term I can see it as a really good tool for the boys when they start being sucked in to this whilst I don't think I'd use it on sm but could be good for IG, csm, nids etc.
Hey ho, graven

Make sure to eat it quickly, before the bread dissolves...

sounds like a nourishing meal!... eat one for me too^^

i´ve seen the quickshade effects aound from time to time... and to get almost the same effect if you use awesome sauce devlan mud...but with the benefit of having a good protective coat... yes...that is a most reasonable decision!

and with that in mind... perfect reason to have the kids one future day armies done that way!... baby steps...but with protection

looking forward to some pics of your welsh then

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Hence gone midday and I have only just got up. Fried egg chilli chutney sandwich, nothing more glorious in the world after a night on the lash.

I thought this was something they made up for Red Dwarf! You mean this is actually a *real* sandwich??

It is indeed a Dave Lister Special. I actually forgot to add extra cholula hot sauce, just went with madras chutney and jalapeños. And it was on brown bread, which is not quite as authentic but dissolves less than white!
Quickshade is very Devlan muddy. Really works for muddy Welshmen! Not based yet, been doing lego (some kind of sith fighter). Hard life eh?!

I want an exact recipe and a photo of the finished sandwich.

Don't know about that. Secrets
Nah, fry egg, add hot sauce over the top while it's cooking. Spread bread with chutney of choice and some chopped jalapeños. Put egg on bread. Eat. Make mess.

Also, Welshmen done!

So, a week and complete. Astounding.

So this quickshade stuff. What is it? Is it like a wash, how is it different?

Good job btw.

A record setting performance!

Dr H wrote:So this quickshade stuff. What is it? Is it like a wash, how is it different?

Good job btw.

Ta! It's a combination of varnish and wash. Pigment is suspended in the varnish, giving the effect of shading. Ironically, I notice that after all that dithering the sample pic on the back of the tin of dark tone is... a Warlord celt, exactly as I'm using for warriors

Gitsplitta wrote:A record setting performance!

Indeed

And here they are:


May have got side-tracked building lego with #1


Later dudes,
graven

*chuckle* Love that smile... Proper mad genius there...

Is that Gravenspawn #1?

Gets his grin from his old man...

That grin from you probably resulted in him in the first place!

Not far from that tree

rather decent looking army... congratz mate... the only downside is the shininess of the lot... did you already dullcoat them?

and is your offspring assembling or disassembling that sith infiltrator? ^^ ... this is the new model, eh? i...er...we^^ have the first model... newer looks of course better^^... but eh, it counts to have one?

Haven't dullcoated yet, so perhaps indeed not really done. And the infiltrator's entirely homemade from the boy's bitzbox opening roof and back too. Good project for us!
I've started the brotherhood of the sword, but the camera's dead. Bah. I'd like to give you a sense of each build so I'll try to get proper snaps tomorrow. Off to the zoo with family, hoping to trade the kids for a tapir or something.

Right, so here we are. Sorry if I repeat myself!
The Justicar, first of all -

Majority of the conversion work here is the hands and left arm. Switching for classic gk sword, loading out a SB. Test of whether the build design would work. Has been slightly tweaked from the original design, some brass on shoulders etc.

Brother (Shepherd?) Book -

I really don't know where these awesome books and scrolls originated, but these guys seemed perfect for them. Added some etched brass as a bookmark etc.

Classic GK -

New arm/hand and gs cloak added so that he fits the brotherhood aesthetic. Again, it's about combining variety with cohesion.

Warder -

A much more elaborate conversion, although not necessarily obviously so: it's the TLC sword brother. Major gs cloak reconstruction occurred here, and I'm very pleased that you can't tell (I don't think). Also, he bridges the BT figs with the "real" GKs nicely, I think.

Hammerer(erererer)

Speaking of bridging designs, this is an all-plastic build (apart from the =I= on his hood), though aiming for the more BT end. And hey, if BT sword brethren can have TLC, mine can have a hammer.

More beards!

Far and away the simplest conversion, hand swaps and brass etch again; possibly my fave pose.

Not Ezekiel...

Lots of fun here. I think he really fits with the others, especially with that honking great scibor daemon head.

Another very DA build:

I love the metal gk sword on this guy, it really ties the pose together. He, again, has been reposed from the original build; like all of the not-BTs, has had waist chain added, for instance.

Big gun!

I do love the sheer ridiculousness of this. Big gun, big scroll, all kinds of death.

And what would a brotherhood be without a brotherhood banner?

Of course, you can't take brotherhood banners with Interceptors, I hear you cry.
Tough.
They're a brotherhood, they get a banner.
And added so he's particularly useful.
I am in two minds about this pose. The balance and weight of it are right, with him striking the banner down, the incinerator at hand, foot climbing upon rock - but arguably, he looks like he's toppling. Hmm.

Anyway, that's where we are so far. Red for our Carnelian cloaks, white for brotherhood tabards, and then on to all the tricky details! I'm going to try to really ramp it up a notch with these guys, wish me luck!

books and scrolls are in my view from the old upgrade sprue of the DA....


good looking bunch by the way...

Very nice looking group. Now PAINT monkey-boy!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Very nice looking group. Now PAINT monkey-boy!

... what is this 'paint' you speak of?

Viktor von Domm wrote:books and scrolls are in my view from the old upgrade sprue of the DA....


good looking bunch by the way...

Ah, there was an old OLD da sprue? Interesting... and, thanks.

Gitsplitta wrote:Very nice looking group. Now PAINT monkey-boy!

Yes masser

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Very nice looking group. Now PAINT monkey-boy!

... what is this 'paint' you speak of?

Shaddup

First set of reds blocked in:


I think I'll be doing the brotherhood banner and cowls white. I also think that "Cowl" is the Justicar (sword, not hammer one).

They look mighty fine together! Can't wait for progress

red, white and black...a combination i always fall for

Thanks guys!
Not a huge amount of progress between kids' holidays and mrs g's birthday.
However, whites done:

So now the fun starts! Very hectic 6/7 weeks coming up at work. This will hopefully help me stay sane, although I imagine my posting will be a bit erratic.


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Oh, did get the welsh varnished. Also, may be the owner of a decent sized sob force by the end of the month

That's exciting!

good looking bunch...

and my congratz to mrs graven... !