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2015/01/09 21:50:26
Subject: Papa-Nid: Welcome to the Jungle. [Updated: 7/1/15]
alabamaheretic wrote: WELCOME BACK! Glad to see ya back man really enjoyed watching your bug progress...really dig what you did to the new ones . at any rate looking forward to the new stuff.
Thanks Bama, anything for my adoring fans
Ps. I spent an hour tonight swearing at the gw site for going down during preorders... fething trolls... Though I did manage to get ahold of a copy of Thanquol in the end ^.^
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Well Kinda jumped on the bug bandwagon myself i actually got out of chaos believe it or not.I'm doing nids and ig. Got rid of my old blog as well as well i dunno just was to scattered and disjunct with all the add i had going. But new Year and started fresh with two new armies and what not. so exciting things coming from my way sooner than you think. right now they are in baby stages so nothing yet should have pics tomorrow though. Also working on a campaign for some new players too thats still in the planning stages as well. So big things this year from me after my basically year long break. And I'm also about to be in a campaign where i think the b.e.b.g. (Big Evil Bad Guy) is supposed to be crons or nids find that out i think this sunday.
2015/01/09 23:56:03
Subject: Papa-Nid: Welcome to the Jungle. [Updated: 7/1/15]
Mad.. wrote:Wow, seeing everything you have set out like that is impressive!
Some great armies you've got there... and a lot of work ahead to paint them up
And I'll take a punt at your conversion weapon. Tyrannofex arm, barbed strangler sac with venom cannon tube, MC venom cannon, and swarmlord bone sabre as the bayonet.If your asking what model you had an older version of this on... I have no idea sorry as I haven't read all your thread...yet
You've got the parts down to a tee there, My hat is off to you on that one... I'll admit I'd forgotten and had to look at it again lol. I'll give you a gold star just for that
Heh, I was expecting to get one piece wrong... but I'll take a gold star when on offer... they are hard to come by now days
I like that homage back to second edition weapon... nice work!
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Hive Fleet Ngaro 4800 points
Cult of the Red Saviour 1700 points
Zerg Infested Terrans 2300 points
Thanks Mad, unfortunately I don't have plans to use it anymore...
So it's sitting about doing nothing :-/
Automatically Appended Next Post: I think I've made my vanguard tyranid list more disgusting...
Proto-genestealer: (counts as hive tyrant) maw claws of thyrax, lashwhip and bone sword, indescribable horror, old adversary, ymgarl factor, adrenal glands.
Proto-geneguard: (counts as tyrant guard) adrenal glands, lash whip and bone sword.
Tyrannocyte: 5x deathspitters.
Worth the hassle IMO, it looks like a brought one again
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
Knightley wrote: Worth the hassle IMO, it looks like a brought one again
You say that... but the plans I have for my second one make it even more tedious >.<
Because someone will ask I may as well say lol...
Tyrannocyte number 2 is going to be giving birth to a Tervigon... as I imagine when 'Cytes deploy their units to be like the Eggs in Alien,
only the 'Cytes do it from the bottom in amongst their tentacles and tendrils, which help in the birthing process... its going to be part diorama,
part model the way my head is envisioning it
Hello one and all, I am back from a serious hiatus of considerable time...
The reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated, I passed my Regeneration rolls
So onto the grand plan:
WARHAMMER FANTASY BATTLE:
I currently have two whfb armies on the go, one has been going a tad longer than the other, info to be found in their spoilers.
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Spoiler:
Ogres:
These are my first full fantasy army, for which I have a lot of love for them. They are the Slavetaker tribe, It's slaughter-tyrant a ruthless bugger,
cursed by a daemon during a binding ritual in a Dawi Zhar stronghold, and now is half ogre, half stone, and imbued with traces of daemonhood.
There isnt much painted or touched on these guys in quite some time tbh, as I'd either been sidetracked by 40k or on a hobby break. Hoping to
rectify that soon though!!!
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Spoiler:
Undead Legions:
Having taken me probably over a decade to decide on my second whfb army, the coming of the End Times helped me decide once and for all.
I'd always loved Vampire Counts, but when their army book stopped allowing the bloodlines, I lost a bit of interest for them. Then with the Tomb
Kings return, I became more interested again, but never fully in either army. The End Times: Nagash book amalgamated all I loved of both books
into a single amazing army, and now I'm hooked well and truly.
Gotta love a skellybob afterall! (blame Harryhausen)
I've always loved Nagash's story, along with that of Arkhan the Black's and Krell, whose loyalty to him have always been unwavering. With that, my
list has become based upon that relationship within the fluff. I've also keyed my list towards the sections of the End Times: Nagash story that I loved most.
None is currently painted, mainly as I've been focusing on collecting enough of a force to do the list justice, but again, hope to change that soon.
WARHAMMER: 40,000:
As for 40k, I have expanded... a lot...
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Spoiler:
Tyranids:
These guys are a labor of love... since roughly 2nd ed I've loved these guys, during the heady era of red, and the bucktoothed tyranid warriors
(might by why I dated my ex lol). I started this army during 5th ed and haven't looked back. I know what your all saying, "why on earth did I start them
in 5th?", well it was on purpose tbh, as I knew the list was gak. But we got some of the coolest mini's I'd seen in a while, and so it began...
The fluff for my Hive Fleet is one of them pursuing Biomass from a Imperial Ordos Xenos planet, which catalogues and stocks samples of Xenos
genetic data from all over the cosmos. Set during the time of Leviathan, my fleet has specialised its genetic talents towards a shared vision through
blindness, being able to see the battlefield as one entity by using a highly developed hive sense, the fleet also specifically camouflages its creations
for each prey world, gaining the data from vanguard organisms ahead of planetfall.
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Spoiler:
The Eldar:
Firstly I'll point out that I only see the Eldar race as a whole, not its constituent parts, as such, what follows is the plans for my beloved Eldar.
I've loved eldar since I first saw a gw miniature, which as it happens was an eldar model! Its taken me some time to getting around to starting them,
but during my hiatus I did just that, and have acquired a sizeable collection as well. It's a craftworld of my own design and making, called Yggdrannithar.
They were one of the last to leave the core systems during the Fall, and bore a sizeable portion of the backlash of she who thirsts birth. This
wiped out nearly all of their aspect warrior hosts, and as they were reeling from this, further more of their number fled into the void as the remaining
members succumbed to a torpor like plague, which forced the host into being trapped in their own bodies with no chance of escape other than the
infinity circuits of the craftworld. If matters weren't bad enough, the vast ship spiralled out to the very edges of the galaxy uncontrolled. Now, with their
ship moored forever on the edge of the universal void, they have recovered enough to wage war on the galaxy which almost forgot them. They
descend on worlds wreathed in shadow and mist, the dead reborn in Wraithbone constructs, while their living kin play on the natural fear of all races.
My dark eldar are much the same, being the wych cult of strife, they strike from the webway on unsuspecting worlds to hone their deadly skills, lead
by their mistress, Lelith Hesperax. A chance encounter between Yggdrannithar and the Cult of Strife has led them to fight along side one another on
many an occasion. Neither the Triumverate council of Yggdrannithar or Lelith see that the differences of their divergent lines should split their race
any longer, it has been over 10,000 years after all. Together the council and Lelith see the galaxy needs reminding of its place in the grand scheme
of things.
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Spoiler:
Miscalaneous:
As for the rest of my armies, Necrons, Iron Warriors, Protectorate of Calliope etc. Well they are all on deep sleep and pretty much retired for now.
Sorry... Like James Bond, they will return however
alabamaheretic wrote: very nice childe looks and sounds good man that cyte looks like a pita to put together
Tbh, as far as assemblies go, it's pretty good. I see what gw were attempting with it, ie a seamless assembly without gaps etc, but it just had some issues with where it touched. It's a lovely kit, and is about an inch or two shy of the same height as my Knight Lancer, which is BIG.
Though it is converted like much of my monstrous bugs...
...I've placed my order for a second Tyrannocyte now, along with a Tervigon kit, because ordering a full one was cheaper than buying it's parts weirdly enough. I've also ordered a ton of gs too, so hopefully I can get on with this idea I've got for a 'cyte giving birth to a Tervigon...
Very impressive Eldar force, must have cost a pretty penny to assemble it!
IceAngel wrote:I must say Knightley, I am very envious of your squiggle ability. I mean, if squiggles were a tactical squad, you'd be the sergeant. If squiggles were an HQ, you'd be the special character. If squiggles were a way of life, you'd be Doctor Phil...
cormadepanda wrote:That spore makes me really happy. Well done.
Many thanks comrade friend sir!
Mad.. wrote:Based on what I have seen you produce so far I am definitely looking forward to a Tyrannocyte with a Tervigon emerging from it...
Yeah... my head isnt a safe place for the sane tbh... if most people could see inside it, they'd be so broken from the experience, that they'd end up in a rest home for the insane...
Knightley wrote:Very impressive Eldar force, must have cost a pretty penny to assemble it!
Yeah, I never want to count the pennies on that one... luckily the plastics was all purchased at discount thanks to indies, the forgeworld however, was another story
Good work on the 'cyte, and I look forward to one giving birth.
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2015/01/14 00:03:01
Subject: Papa-Nid: Welcome to the Jungle. [Updated: 12/1/15.]
Scientists: Always some of the first to die from strange, yet interesting, things.
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The army- ~2295 points (built).
* -=]_,=-eague Spruemeister General. * A (sprue) Hut tutorial * Dsteingass - Dr. H..You are a role model for Internet Morality! // inmygravenimage - Dr H is a model to us all Theophony - Sprue for the spruemeister, plastic for his plastic throne! // Shasolenzabi - Toilets, more complex than folks take time to think about!
2015/01/14 00:20:37
Subject: Papa-Nid: Welcome to the Jungle. [Updated: 12/1/15. See Front Page]
Only if they were not in the 'main area' before the incident. Like, off in a bar, or got fired yesterday, or in the bathroom.
Falling down is the same as being hit by a planet — "I paint to the 20 foot rule, it saves a lot of time." -- Me
ddogwood wrote:People who feel the need to cheat at Warhammer deserve pity, not anger. I mean, how pathetic does your life have to be to make you feel like you need to cheat at your toy army soldiers game?
2015/01/14 02:30:06
Subject: Papa-Nid: Welcome to the Jungle. [Updated: 12/1/15. See Front Page]
Note to self... must send lictors to the location of all scientists for accurate smooshing...
Automatically Appended Next Post: Well folks, I got a supply drop this morning, and quickly started the talked about project...
...here's some wip so far!
Turns out its cheaper to buy the full tervigon kit than to buy just the parts I needed... Who knew?
I wanted a closed mouth on this one, didn't think It'd have it open in a giant egg sac that I imagine the tyrannocyte to be... not unless it likes gargling amniotic fluid
Need to back fill the head with gs and do other work on it tbh, but I'm happy with the position.
So Far I've assembled half the Tyrannocyte, and capped It with plasticard, then glued on the torso of the Tervigon
I'm thinking I may need to sheer off some of the belly sac on the Tervigon too, for when I do the gs opening on the 'cyte. nothing majr tbh.
Overall so far so good.
Enjoy peeps
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Mad.. wrote:Good start. I like the closed mouth idea, makes a lot of sense.
I'm very interested to see how you pull off the tyrannocyte around the tervigon in that bottom section...
Hard to describe, but I'll try lol...
The hull of the 'cyte is made of five sections. Where the bottom of it is and the emerging tervigon is, will be the five sections peeled back and opening like petels of a flower, still with all the tentacles either supporting the models weight, or helping in the birthing procress.
cormadepanda wrote:O.o woah. Neat project. would it play as a pod or as a tervigon?
It's only going to be a 'cyte rbh, just wanted it giving birth lol.
. at any rate looking forward to the new stuff.
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