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You could give the first head some hair and paint it like a normal head, except for the face which you can keep just like a mask. That then explains it's smaller size.

Magnetize the heads and use both.

whalemusic360 wrote:Dragowing is still better than ghost knights, and you can run an 1850 list with like 21 models.

Go on........... i'm listening can we do a 1500 point list?

Camkierhi wrote:If no one wants them I would be willing, International postage mind you. But I will buy them off you.

On the masks I personally like the second one there. First one just doesn't rock my boat, don't know what it is.

If Az doesn't want them then i'll swing them your way Cam and honestly as far as the masks go, I don't like either of them I'll stick to what i know and do a bare head on him

and if anyone's even slightly interested i'm currently sitting in my underwear at a cheap hotel after driving 3 hours for nerdwench to go to a staff meeting but I did bring some models to assemble and some other things to keep me amused for 8 hours

Keep the underwear on we wouldn't want any unfortunate glue incidents, an be careful with your hobby knife as well

The no mouth deathmask helm would look better if you did away with the halo and just had the skull part of the helm.

 nerdfest09 wrote:

whalemusic360 wrote:Dragowing is still better than ghost knights, and you can run an 1850 list with like 21 models.

Go on........... i'm listening can we do a 1500 point list?

I'll make one up this weekend. Prolly like 12-16 models

 whalemusic360 wrote:

 nerdfest09 wrote:

whalemusic360 wrote:Dragowing is still better than ghost knights, and you can run an 1850 list with like 21 models.

Go on........... i'm listening can we do a 1500 point list?

I'll make one up this weekend. Prolly like 12-16 models

I'd be interested in seeing that as well, especially with the preview of the dreamforge heavy troopers.

Quick list (not going to win GPs, but it is pretty rough to play against).

Draigo

Paladin Squad:
-Apoth Halberd
-2x Paladin hammers
-4x Paladin Halberd
-2x Paladin Psycannon Halberd
-Paladin Banner

Paladin Squad
-Apoth Halberd
-Paladin Psycannon
-2x Paladin hammer
-4x Paladin halberd

19 models, 1500 points.

You can break it up into 3 squads, but you loose the Banner and a body. I can give you that list as well if you'd like. Its a bit more versatile, but less deathstar gunna kill ya.

Wait.... THAT is the whole army?

Wowee.....

I dunno man, it's a bit big pretty nice deathstar there.

I mean, you could drop to something uber low model count.

Driago, 2x 5 man squads, 2x Land Raiders. 13 models. Not very good though.

I was hoping something with multiple dread knights so I could use the 15mm leviathan from dreamforge, maybe draigo, but power armored guys is cool too. But since I don't really play it's not a huge deal. Thanks for sharing.

Palidans are terminators, if that matters. Aren't the 15mm leviathans more dreadnought sized anyways?

Sorry for he delay, I was at work. The mini leviathan is 4 3/4" tall without the smoke stacks, here's a side by side for height comparison.

Not sure what h height of a Dreadknight is, if you know can you tell me?

And just for fun size reference the mini next to the maxi an a mortis

Well, I had fun with my underwear ON! got some building and conversioning done! and then found out Nerdwench won employee of the year from the whole state! so proud of her hard work! and now we have a trophy that can go next to my golden Terminator I won in Gits comp! Oh the bookcase is filling

So what exactly did I do? I built another Baal Predator this time with a lot of Dakka! and then added my Flesh Eaters vehicle signature of bones melded into the front bits and added the same to my other 2 built Rhino's which have been languishing on a dusty shelf






Got nearly (Oh so nearly) finished some bare heads today! finished Gits Captains head which you'll see further down, but the other two I got pretty close to done the Executioner head I am a little pissed at as I never noticed until I started painting that the very point of his nose is finecast gone! so I haven't really taken much care with that one. The other head is a FW one and I like the way it's turning out so far, i'm thinking it'll suit my sternguard somewhere!

Executioner who apparently has snorted too many drugs!

and the other one coming along nice like!



Now, before i forget, while i was wandering the mean streets of Hobart town last night (with pants on I may add!) I stumbled across a hobby store and went in like my life depended on it hoping to score a bargain. And I found a box with books in it! a whole bunch of marked down White Dwarves and Warhammer Monthly! which is awesome as I have seen them advertised in magazines and online but I've never ever got my hands on one before and now i had the chance to buy some back issues cheap so $25 later I had some reading material! (I think that was a good price )





and now for a model I'm really happy with! the mantis Captain for Gits! he just looks bad ass! his face turned out well and suits the green with the pale skin! I hope you guys like him






So, now I've done that stuff I can hopefully get onto the Ork Characters next week!

Oh daaamn... Not a bad haul for 25 dollarydoos.

Mantis warrior captain is coming along swimmingly. He's got a really expressive shouty face.

Nice pile of reading material you scored there Nerdy. Good deal indeed!

I love the way the captain came out. So dynamic and bold... just the way he should be. A real show-piece!

Congratulations to the Nerdwench.

Good to see the bone additions to some tanks again.
Good work on the heads and the mantis captain is very nice, top job.

Wow that captain looks so freaking great man. So bright o_O. Just the way i like it!!! Gits has got quite the collection going. In fact, so much so, that yours and his models makes me want to start a mantis warriors army >_<

And nothing beats those older white dwarfs. Especially the 2002 era, when most of the content was user generated. The magazine is absolute crap now. Poorly designed, ugly photos, and is essentially a huge catalog every month for 10$. No fluff, no strategy....gah...i could go on and on. For shame:(.

Mate, the captain looks stunning. Those blends must have taken ages, and the work On the face is superb. How are you going to base him?

Grats on the white dwarfs!

My executioner had the same problem with the tip of his nose missing. It is quite annoying!

Working backwards:

The Mantis is looking damn good! And congrats to Kirsty as well. Of course, since we don;'t know what she does, it brings this little quote to mind:



Nice haul of WD and WHM for $25 bucks as well. Looks like you're going to be reeeeeeallly busy reading old issues of White Dwarf for some time now!


The heads are looking good. I particularly like the one with the bionic eye as the purpled flesh around the implant looks like a "realistic" discolouration and bruising around the area. What is that particular head from, by the way? Forge world Rhino marine looks good, well, except for his head - I'm just not a fan of that noggin, but perhaps your paint can change my mind? I do like what you've done with the decorations on the tanks? Where did you get the skeletons/bone parts? PM me if discretion is needed.

Looks like you might need some terminator CC weapons. Good thing they're available from the bits merchants at least, so I'll be looking forward to your take on them. Will you be painting them as Grey Knights, or as something else and just using their list? I can definitely use those arms, when I made my 500-pt 'nid list years ago, I went for entirely close combat weapons with no ranged at all - which was rather challenging. I ended up putting the actual Warrior models aside and using some Alien 3 models instead on oversized (60mm) bases. When I return to them to 6th edition-them up, I'll definitely be trying to keep them interesting, though I'll get some pics up of them in the next week or two. Not that exciting, though - just an aliens-inspired force, dipped and desert-based.

Cheers guys, and yes i have been reading a few choice older magazines I'd never seen the WHM ones before and was really happy they were a comic so many nice illustrations.

I am really happy with the Mantis Captain and I hope Gits likes him just as much when he gets him! I haven't painted eyeballs on him as it's just not my thang! but I've shaded the sockets and under the eyebrows so it looks like deep shadows like I usually do

Az, Nerdwench is the manager of a Gym that is quickly getting a great rep and good customer base, it's growing rapidly and she is destined for bigger roles within the company! yay for her!

The skeleton parts are from the Wargames Factory Skeleton box set, I just cut them up and filed them down to fit a bit flatter the head is the Iron Hands MKIII one and I do agree about the tank pilot head too, it's not my favorite but it's different to others and i wanted to try and Damo-ify it

The GK's I will do as GK's but with a little flair they'll still be silver but with a gold blend on parts of the armour and the tabards and details will be greens instead of reds, should look good together I hope? and do you want all the nid bits and the spider? anything you don't need I'll send to Cam for his kitbashing needs so you have first dibs if you want it all and he gets the dregs! Bwahahahahahah! *ahem*

please pop your pics up here if you like!? i'd love to see more of your rather eclectic and large collections!

Sounds like the Nerdwench is truly exceptional... never doubted it for a minute! Congrats to her, I'm sure she really worked hard for her accolades.

I didn't comment earlier but I really like the conversion your working on for the rhino hulls. The GS'd bones are very clever and give a nasty, gruesome tone to those vehicles.

Calling those who want to see W.I.P? I woke this morning (good start to the day!) and had a plethora of different medications thought about having some toast for breakfast then decided I couldn't be bothered; so I had a Gweneth Paltrow and made my way to the Nerd Lair. pressing the books in the right order to enable the case to swing inwards lit by torches held aloft in iron sconces I followed the winding stair seeing creatures of the night in the flickering torch light following me dancing across the walls! after what seemed an age I emerged into the Lair and took down my brush from the wall held with it's partner behind a comical skull.... and got painting.


these two models again amazed me at how much character they have! only thing I didn't like was the tiny little metal tags I don't see until I start painting quite a few which i fixed as best I could and continued on my way with the skin and blocking in colours, first one I'll show you is Gitsplitta's Captain Badrukk what a beast and really cool details like the chest of teef and teef as decoration on the collar of his Pirate coat! I did his skin the same as before except I didn't wash it with green, just Agrax and I need to also correct information i gave Theo a few days ago! I actually use CAMO GREEN for the skin and not The Army Painter one I said! sorry about that that aside I hope he's coming along nicely!

Captain Badrukk!:




The other model was Snikrot so so cool! I again followed the same recipe for his skin although as he's got more bare Ork flesh and is a Commando I imagined he either would be skulking through bushes and tight spaces or spending time hiding in a warzone for a time so I gave his shoulders and back some pinkish tinge as if he's either slightly sun burned or been wedged somewhere tight (a tank would be tight for this monster too!) next up will be more details like the face plate, not sure whether to go with lenses? or gently glowing from the inside? and colours? the other thing you may not notice is Mork's Teeth? I have done them black so they don't glint when he's sneakin' but I used Vallejo's Metallic Black paint Oh hell it's nice guys, perfect for Templars etc when I learn how to use it and highlight more again hope you like him too! I decided to delete his big ass backpack about half way through so my apologies if it's a bit rough.

Boss Snikrot:




Should have them both finished tomorrow and a couple other works in progress for my FleshEaters!

YES. solid win man. That ork skin is looking fantastic. Love the pinks...i want to do that...That pirate ork looks fun to paint too. Great stuff man!

Looking good man. Also major Kudos to your lady.

Nerdy, you are moving up to the next tier of awesome with these. Love the palette, the skin/faces look amazing, making the tabard a map - outstanding! Also love the slight purple tinge to the nails.

As for the faceplate- I think a green or blue glow would look awesome...but I think Gits often paints lenses? Do you need it to fit with his boyz?

Finally, fantastic photography!

Just lovely... though you've got a rather obvious mold line running across the back of Snickrot's shoulders.

That momma do must be really good at his job to sneak up on people wearing lowing pants the clothes are awesome , it really is the suite that makes the man.....errrrrr Ork.

Thanks everyone for the compliments on the Orkses and to my lady :-) very appreciated by both of us! I'm not here for long as I've got to finish or try to finish the Orks! so updates later today! it's hard to reign in my urge to paint him like a pimp instead of a pirate!

Gits yeah I can see the line, I tried to scrape it down without too much damage after I took the backpack off partway through *facepalm* but I'm thinking of turning it into a raised scar for practice! :-) and he's only for me to play with so no huge problem as no one will see him after I stop taking photos lol! :-)