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 firebat wrote:
Fantastic thread.

It is quite a nice break from the norm of general malcontent towards GW, and (at least for me) captures the essence of why so many of us enjoy this hobby after all. Keep it up!

You should watch our videos then

Where are they?

 firebat wrote:
Fantastic thread.

It is quite a nice break from the norm of general malcontent towards GW, and (at least for me) captures the essence of why so many of us enjoy this hobby after all. Keep it up!

Thank you kind sir

 karlosovic wrote:
Where are they?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmm9kHLYaZwH-2RbCsNJlUg

1500pts highlander game, an00bis's Tau vs Skimask Mohawk's Raven Guard (ultras traits). Batrep is in the oven, should be up soon. Very interesting game, raven guard also had cypher.

Super fun game and super pictures

How is the AA tank in-game?

 Andilus Greatsword wrote:
How is the AA tank in-game?

It really depends. Some games it gets killed and doesn't do much, though it will usually shred flyers. This game it immobilized a devilfish, put a hull point on a skyray and killed a piranha while driving up onto his objective; for 80 points is pretty useful.

The big kicker is av 12 on the front and sides for it

I wish the Predator and Vindicator had that side AV 12. 11 is so bloody thin.

 Eldarain wrote:
I wish the Predator and Vindicator had that side AV 12. 11 is so bloody thin.

And then you find out the whirlwind scorpius is 13 12 10...

Bunch of games, been playin a lot of practice games for a highlander tournament that coming up this weekend. An00bis's tau and skimask mohawk's raven guard. As always my deathwatch are being played as count as chaos.

Nice pics as always! Still can't get over how awesome the "spawn" are. Also, the meltabomb dispenser on the Termie is cool - did you build it, or is that an existing bit that I've never seen before?

In any case, I'm looking forward to the tournament, the complete meta-shakeup will be extremely refreshing!

 Andilus Greatsword wrote:
Nice pics as always! Still can't get over how awesome the "spawn" are. Also, the meltabomb dispenser on the Termie is cool - did you build it, or is that an existing bit that I've never seen before?

In any case, I'm looking forward to the tournament, the complete meta-shakeup will be extremely refreshing!

It's from the ravenwing box I believe, meant to go on the back of marine bikes.


Yeah, so far everyone is bringing a different codex so that right there is awesome.

good stuff, as usual. it's amazing how much better the dreadknight looks in a black paint scheme can't recall if I've asked this before, but where'd the bases for the quad gun and icarus lascannon come from?

 varl wrote:
good stuff, as usual. it's amazing how much better the dreadknight looks in a black paint scheme

I wish I had done a bit more of a conversion but black does suit it

[quote=varl 439793 7418521 b0ddf0024db3b12dfe40b1155f8e134c.jpg can't recall if I've asked this before, but where'd the bases for the quad gun and icarus lascannon come from?

ah, most excellent! something about them struck me as non-GW, but so much the better. thanks!

Highlander tournament at fdb.

First game with my guard vs an00bis's tau. 1750pts practice game for golden skull next year.

The infantry in this photo, where are all their heads from? Those are some really cool head bits.

Scion head and Valkyrie crew head.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
The infantry in this photo, where are all their heads from? Those are some really cool head bits.

Spoiler:

Yeah bob was correct, scion and valkyrie boxes. The scion box, although expensive, has a lot of fantastic bits and a lot of heads.

Such great work. Angles and perspective are a forgotten aspect of battle reports.

Getting down at eye level makes for so much more epic shots of the little soldiers. Used a lot of it for my Dark Verngernce campaign report. Wish our models were painted half as well as yours.

 Veteran Sergeant wrote:
Wish our models were painted half as well as yours.

It really comes down to the basics. An even basecoat followed by a wash and just a dry brush can really make a difference, though some models take less well to dry brushing. Crabs doesn't consider himself a great painter, but his models can come out very well and for the most part he skips line highlights on his marines (his deathwatch have the silver drybrushed followed by a wash and then a layer to make it pop again).

This is really cool!

 Skimask Mohawk wrote:

 Veteran Sergeant wrote:
Wish our models were painted half as well as yours.

It really comes down to the basics. An even basecoat followed by a wash and just a dry brush can really make a difference, though some models take less well to dry brushing. Crabs doesn't consider himself a great painter, but his models can come out very well and for the most part he skips line highlights on his marines (his deathwatch have the silver drybrushed followed by a wash and then a layer to make it pop again).

Discovering washes was the day I became a man. Joking aside, they really do make a major difference to even a mediocre paintjob when you get the hang of them, and they don't require hours upon hours of effort either. Look at the difference below to see how even a good paintjob gets vastly improved when washes are thrown in the mix:

 Skimask Mohawk wrote:

 Veteran Sergeant wrote:
Wish our models were painted half as well as yours.

It really comes down to the basics. An even basecoat followed by a wash and just a dry brush can really make a difference, though some models take less well to dry brushing. Crabs doesn't consider himself a great painter, but his models can come out very well and for the most part he skips line highlights on his marines (his deathwatch have the silver drybrushed followed by a wash and then a layer to make it pop again).

Oh, mine aren't painted because I'm lazy. I like building models. Painting them is less fun, lol. If I'm going to spend long periods of time hunched over tiny plastic dudes and tempting back pain, it probably won't be painting. Converting the models to evoke movement and personality is what inspires me in the hobby.

But the pictures would be a lot cooler if they were painted, lol.

Get skimask to paint stuff for ya


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 Andilus Greatsword wrote:

 Skimask Mohawk wrote:

 Veteran Sergeant wrote:
Wish our models were painted half as well as yours.

It really comes down to the basics. An even basecoat followed by a wash and just a dry brush can really make a difference, though some models take less well to dry brushing. Crabs doesn't consider himself a great painter, but his models can come out very well and for the most part he skips line highlights on his marines (his deathwatch have the silver drybrushed followed by a wash and then a layer to make it pop again).

Discovering washes was the day I became a man. Joking aside, they really do make a major difference to even a mediocre paintjob when you get the hang of them, and they don't require hours upon hours of effort either. Look at the difference below to see how even a good paintjob gets vastly improved when washes are thrown in the mix:

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Agreed, black wash is like frank's red hot sauce, I put that gak on everything.

 Veteran Sergeant wrote:

 Skimask Mohawk wrote:

 Veteran Sergeant wrote:
Wish our models were painted half as well as yours.

It really comes down to the basics. An even basecoat followed by a wash and just a dry brush can really make a difference, though some models take less well to dry brushing. Crabs doesn't consider himself a great painter, but his models can come out very well and for the most part he skips line highlights on his marines (his deathwatch have the silver drybrushed followed by a wash and then a layer to make it pop again).

Oh, mine aren't painted because I'm lazy. I like building models. Painting them is less fun, lol. If I'm going to spend long periods of time hunched over tiny plastic dudes and tempting back pain, it probably won't be painting. Converting the models to evoke movement and personality is what inspires me in the hobby.

But the pictures would be a lot cooler if they were painted, lol.

Personally I love painting individual models over building (either an army or one thing in particular). The most inspired I'll get is a really cool kitbash, but painting that same model is still so much better for me. Maybe if I had your skills when it came to converting it would be different

9000pts big 40k game

3 1500pt nid lists vs 2 1500pt guard lists and 1 1500pts space marine list. Chimera's nids, skimask mohawk's marines (ultras traits) and mine and an00bis's guard. I believe this is only about half of the nids chimera has painted, he's a painting machine. Beautiful army, really great colour scheme. An00bis's guard are based on the command and conquer games's "brotherhood of nod" faction. The level of detail and conversion is crazy, he's free hand painted every nod scorpion symbol, the cyborg count as bullgryns are pretty badass.skimaks mohawk's raven guard are getting scarier, he's added a couple more pods to his army, he's also got some anvil industries dudes as sternguard.I managed to get a vendetta painted up for my guard.

Very bloody battle, the first few turns were incredibly tense. there's really nothing like a living wall of green and purple to help test the old sphincter muscles. We rolled for deployment and ended up with hammer and anvil. Hammer and anvil on an 8x4 was interesting, big backfields to drop into. Don't wanna give too much away, first batrep of 2015's in the oven.

Killing the swarmlord on turn one was pretty fun

 Skimask Mohawk wrote:
Killing the swarmlord on turn one was pretty fun

Killing isn't the right word, it was more of an assassination