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lol...used up a whole can of primer on that shrine?... bloody hell...and then some^^

What can I say, it's a beast?!

Rotate function dies again...
Going to get me another aerosol fix today, working in town so can swing by the purveyors of geek crack. Aiming to get primed by mid week, and lay down base colours before weekend. We'll see Springsteen gig tomorrow though, that's going to interfere

cool.... hope the boss is singing is old but goldies mostly... from my point of view his new stuff doesn´t cut the mustard the way his old songs did...

and have you considered colored primer? red or brown perhaps? this whole thing will take ages painting...I know what I am talking about here... a bit of cheating is in this case totally allowed I think...

Should be a fun concert! Light your lighter for me during "Born to Run" eh?

Graven that shrine is ace mate! very creative and looking much better primed up! now the fun really starts eh! details details :-) I also love the Ultramarine you desecrated! what parts did you use? he looks simply grotesque!!

Viktor von Domm wrote:cool.... hope the boss is singing is old but goldies mostly... from my point of view his new stuff doesn´t cut the mustard the way his old songs did...

and have you considered colored primer? red or brown perhaps? this whole thing will take ages painting...I know what I am talking about here... a bit of cheating is in this case totally allowed I think...

I saw him 3 yrs ago and it was a great night so pretty psyched. I really liked working on a dream, though I can take or leave wrecking ball.
I thought long and hard over coloured primer; in the end, I decided it was against my self imposed rules - admittedly I have since bought more black but it's the principle of the thing - only basic tools allowed.

Gitsplitta wrote:Should be a fun concert! Light your lighter for me during "Born to Run" eh?

I'm pretty sure there's an app for that

nerdfest09 wrote:Graven that shrine is ace mate! very creative and looking much better primed up! now the fun really starts eh! details details :-) I also love the Ultramarine you desecrated! what parts did you use? he looks simply grotesque!!

Thanks Damo! The devil is in the detail, indeed. Parts wise it's standard torso, back, legs, claws and gk bare head variously cut down and hollowed out with mantic zombie torso, old old skeleton arm one side and a csm term arm (trimmed) on the other.

Local GW staffer tried to persuade me to enter this bad boy in armies on parade.

Hmm.

Hmm.

Could be a SoB motivator, actually...

For painting it Wilkinson's sells a bunch of cheap colour sprays Plastikote is pretty good stuff and acryli might mae this monstrosity more possible. I always feel Born in the USA needs the Thunderbirds as backing vocals. Listening to that track during Air Fete on RAF Mildenhall watching an F15 display team dance was one of those seminal moments.

I think you should prime it with the dispair of your enemies, the blood of MLP's and some ground up pixie's... The do still have those in England don't they?

BftBG -- we know!

ach... what would be the world for if we hadn´t have priciples...

Hehe - you guys are basically nutters...

So, it's now all brassed up:

Just a first pass, you understand. I said to Dan (#1 son, aged 5 1/2) did it look good and he said, "Hmm. Needs red Dad. On the lumpy bits."

He's absolutely right. I'd planned to do the "shards" obsidian but a glossed-up red is a much, much better idea. I'll still do obsidian for the teeth of the idol and the pit, I think, but I reckon the kid's on to something. I'm planning on using mechrite, red wash and quickshade - yay, more experiments. Anyway, hope this gives y'all a sense of it.

Ended up getting my primer from GW, got chatting (as you do) to the blue-shirt, conversion turns to how long I've been gaming.
GW-drone: Wow. You must be much older than you look.
Me: Thanks. I have a miniature of myself in the attic.
Gw-drone: ... (pause, looks puzzled)... Um... Did you sculpt it yourself?

*Sigh*

It has been suggested, also, that I use this for an Armies on Parade display. Tempted, possibly with my GKs (let's face it, I have some painted) or future SoB.

Thoughts? Anyone care to share their experience of AoP? Not usually my thing, but I'm a sucker for flattery.

BTW, nearly end of term - one week to go - comparatively normal service will resume then,
graven

It's awesome. Never seen an "Army on Parade". No GW within 100 miles of here.

Nice brassy start. Look forward to more. Splashes of red wouldn't go amiss.

Lol graven what's it like having to put up with these uneducated savages! They don't even get obscure 19th century literary references these days. No culture. Actually I've never read any oscar wilde myself but I did read a book called Dorian by Will Self which is the totally sick and wrong 90s version. Instead of a painting it is a video art installation that gradually turns into a decrepit old junkie while Dorian just keeps on partying hard.

The giant brass thing is looking giant and brassy.

Not shiney enough. Khorne wants you to make 11 more passes of brass

KHORNE DEMANDS MORE BLOOD RED.

ALSO, NOT ENOUGH SKULLS AT ALL FOR KHORNE.

KHORNE THOUGHT HE WAS FAIRLY CLEAR ON THIS REQUIREMENT OVER THE PAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, AND IS DISAPPOINTED IN YOUR LACK OF VISION.

 inmygravenimage wrote:

GW-drone: Wow. You must be much older than you look.
Me: Thanks. I have a miniature of myself in the attic.
Gw-drone: ... (pause, looks puzzled)... Um... Did you sculpt it yourself?

*Sigh*

Oh, man! Next project, I want to see you make your own graven image! That would be fantastic! Aged beyond years, plenty of opportunity for weathering and open wound... The attic base would be really cool, too.


The Khorne temple is really coming along, btw. Better than I expected, tbh, though I'm surprised that I didn't simply trust your vision! Keep up the great work, my friend. Looking forward to the bloody red.

Gitsplitta wrote:It's awesome. Never seen an "Army on Parade". No GW within 100 miles of here.

Thanks mate. It's a nice premise - army on a scenic base of equivalent size to rob tile, voted by store punters. Winner gets trophy and represents store at gd, and the store winners vote for their favourite. Although I do think it's amusing that according to the rules "no purchase is necessary"

Dr H wrote:Nice brassy start. Look forward to more. Splashes of red wouldn't go amiss.

I think so too. See below!

weetyskemian44 wrote:Lol graven what's it like having to put up with these uneducated savages! They don't even get obscure 19th century literary references these days. No culture. Actually I've never read any oscar wilde myself but I did read a book called Dorian by Will Self which is the totally sick and wrong 90s version. Instead of a painting it is a video art installation that gradually turns into a decrepit old junkie while Dorian just keeps on partying hard.

The giant brass thing is looking giant and brassy.

If Will Self isn't being massively narcissistic there's something terribly wrong. Also ta!

cormadepanda wrote:Not shiney enough. Khorne wants you to make 11 more passes of brass

I wanted it to be grim and/or dark...

Briancj wrote:KHORNE DEMANDS MORE BLOOD RED.

ALSO, NOT ENOUGH SKULLS AT ALL FOR KHORNE.

KHORNE THOUGHT HE WAS FAIRLY CLEAR ON THIS REQUIREMENT OVER THE PAST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, AND IS DISAPPOINTED IN YOUR LACK OF VISION.

(Ducks) sorry master it could perhaps do with more skulls.

Yellowbeard wrote:
Oh, man! Next project, I want to see you make your own graven image! That would be fantastic! Aged beyond years, plenty of opportunity for weathering and open wound... The attic base would be really cool, too.


The Khorne temple is really coming along, btw. Better than I expected, tbh, though I'm surprised that I didn't simply trust your vision! Keep up the great work, my friend. Looking forward to the bloody red.

Well I did make a (not very good) Ork version of myself. I do like the idea of a Graven image.
Anyway, here you go, oh ye of miniscule faith:

Bit rough around the edges, and rubbishy phone camera pic cos main one out of batteries. Still. I like the red very much, I think. Those banners are going to be the death of me - and that's when they're not falling off.

Hey ho, thanks for c&c y'all! I'm hoping for a good haul of birthday loot Monday, or at least an immolator to use as the basis for the next modular sob tank. Might treat myself to a chaos razorback or something too to make #4 (Not sure how to do exorcist #2, maybe haboc launchers in a razorback turret).
merrily we roll along,
Graven

Oh yeah. Liking those red touches.

Happy Birthday Mate!

Yes, that looks waaay better!

Yeah... that did it graven. Looking at it gives me a headache, perfect for a chaos temple.

Loving It, nice suggestion for the red, It looks perfect.

That red really pops. Nice work.

I'm going cross eyed trying to focus on that shrine! talk about chaos eh!

What shrine? All I see is Blonde, Brunette and Redhead

Well I did make a (not very good) Ork version of myself. I do like the idea of a Graven image.

also... nice paintwork there

Thanks guys, appreciated. Small boy also approves
Here's a quick test of concept for 2nd exorcist.

Cause that's what I need to be concentrating on just now.

now that's what I call some mean missile launchers^^

What can I say, I had a flash of inspiration from a crazy man who makes stuff out of carpet tiles.

I flashed you?... er.... what was exactly so inspirational then?... did I make a rocket launcher yet that I have all forgotten about?