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They're looking good, DS.

Thunder chain fist claw time, nice.

Thanks guys.


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Darkvoidof40k wrote:Hey DS, don't suppose we could get some pictures of your entire armies?

Woohoo, page 4!

I just noticed this post on the last page. I have indeedy taken those pics and have a gallery dedicated to my Blood ravens, each unit gets his own close up. Check it out, and be harsh with critism.


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Back again

Stage 3 first highlight- 3:1 Mechrite Red :Blood Red




Slow day. Going to GW so will have plenty of pics.

Back again. Lots of stuff from 2 days. Up to stage 14 or something now.
Anyway...

Stage 4 front and back- Dheneb Stone on pauldrons




Stage 5 - Gold base in Balthasar Gold (borrowed). I didn't have my calthan brown which I normally blend in a 3:1 mix of Brown: Chainmail as a base for the gold so I used thiss stuff



Stage 7- Gold in shining gold, followed by Badab Black wash



Stage 8+9 front and rear
8- Blood Red highlight
9- Bleached bone on pauldrons




Stage 10- Skull trophies- 2 thin coats skull white followed by Devlan Mud Wash





Stage 11- Burnished Gold highlight to shining gold, edge highlight only




Stage 12- Chainmail applied to all metal




Stage 13 Wash metal with Badab Black (no pics yet)





So that's what I got done in two days. And not only that I also finished my Aegis Defense Line. WIP bits of the last stages below, a link to showcase pics to follow.


Continueing with the style of writing I did when my Aegis Defense line was up. I am only doing the "Stage X" bit for Tyberos because hopefully, anyone who had been following this blog (I at least hope some have) will know my Blood Raven paint system now.

So anyway, dispite being two weeks late (One of which was spent in a place called Hell (or a cottage up North in NI), here is my final WIP picks from my Aegis defense Line

Here I have finished up all the metal, of which I was literally painting.one section every time I attenpted to paint it. And had large breaks between sections.



To make it stand out from the Aquilas on the barricades, I painted this one on the Gunbase in gold. I couldn't be assed mixing paint so I went straight Shining Gold over black undercoat.



Then, to shade the metal, dirty up the line's green panels and also to fill the dark recesses of the bulletholes, I washed EVERYTHING with Badab black, heavily, using a largish old paintef's brush from a basic artist set. It was useful as it splayed out and was quite soft, so it was good for wash. Basically I just slathered the entire kit, everywhere.

Here the gun stand. I didn't bother highlighting the Aquila with anything..I want it to look oily and dirt caked.


And a long section.


Here I finished the final details- the servo skulls. I painted the skulls themselves in white and washed with Devlan Mud, and the lights were painted in Sunburst yellow. To give it a bit more "oomph" (I.don't know how else to put it) as the yellow was really thin, I washed it with Ogryn flesh to make it a bit.more glowy. The red bits are Blood Red with Ogryn Flesh for the same reason






And that is Project 4 complete, and No. 5 almost complete. All I need to do is the eyes and base it.


Oh, and another thing. I managed to secure a part for a future. project who will end up my Shrike conversion. I swapped the guy who let me use some of his Balthasar gold, a piece from the banner in the SM command Squad, the.one that resembles a Crozius Arcanum, for a Chaplain Conversion he was on, for a Sanguinary Guard Mk IV PA.Single Thruster Jump Pack. This was intensely helpful as it means I don't need to waste money buying a pack of 5 Jump Packs for only 1 to use, and also means my JP leader has a unique, special jump pack. All I need now is a SM commander and right handed lightning claw, both.of which I can get.

Hey man, voted on some of your gallery images.

As for Tyberos - so far, so good. I look forward to seeing him finished.

Hey thanks Darko! As for Tyberos, like I said before he is almost finished. Just eyes in green and a green texture paint base. I was going to cut up some WHFB movemnet tray to use as tiles but I couldn't be assed.

I presume you're using the forge world rules for him? Would be remiss of you not to. Should whip him up a retinue of lightning claw toting assault Terminators for that ass-whooping troop choice.

I do indeed plan to. I just need to add it too my huge waiting list.

AnywayI finished him and his only showcase pic at

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-46864-26334_Showcase%20of%20finished%20projects.html

This gallery showcases all the projects I have done for this blog in their final, completed stage so please do vote on the images. This gallery was made with the express purpose that I disabled votes on the WIP gallery to avoid having half finished paintjobs getting low votes.


Anyway, in that showcase shot I have finished him completely. There wasn't much to do except the base eyes.


Stage 14- eyes

Goblin green base, wash with Devlan mud to darken the recesses. It was at this point I spill my only pot of Devlan Mud. Losing half the pot.

Luckily enough, later on I helped a friend carry his stuff to his car. Apparently a friend of his got one of the new Megapaint sets, so gave the guy I was helping all his old, OOP paints, and in return for helping him he gave asked if I needed any of it as a gift. So he gave me Mechrite red. I bought my first pot of that stuff back right before the switch, and between Dreadfleet Heldenhammer, Vulkan, Stormtalon, Cronos and him, I have used a huge amount. This pot is almost new.

He has also given me a pot of DM which he says he's got in the house but will find it for me. As you can imagine I was intensely grateful.


So anyway, after the wash I gave the eyes a simple glaze of Waywatcher green.


Stage 15
The base

Lustrian Undergrowth Texture, DM wash, drybrush a 2:1 mix of Goblin Green:Scorched Earth (borrowed as my snakebite leather is now completely dry).




So that is Tyberos finished, used in two games and sucked hard.in both. Need those LC Termies.

He's just a beatstick. Either use him to distract a portion of the enemy army, or just send him after something big. Land Raider or something.

Thing is, despite his rule to make lightning claw terminators troops.. and despite what I said earlier.. I would never take that squad. They die way too easily, when for the same points you can have the toughest SM close combat unit. Stick him with five TH/SS Terminators and he'll be really tough to get killed with all that 2+/3++ and look out sir on a 2+.

Taking a Land Raider.. may or may not be good. Haven't tried it out in 6th yet but I often find my Terminators footslogging it when their expensive ride dies early. Take a tac squad with a teleport homer or something like that. He's a really powerful unit, if used properly.. six attacks on the charge at either S5 or S9 and then if he eats a unit, which he damn well should, then 7 attacks.

Pretty much.. he's a distraction from the rest of your army, he can't capture objectives so he's there to get under your enemies' skin. Send him troop hunting or something.

Anyway, this isn't the place for tactics.. hopefully it helps though. I look forward to seeing pictures of him finished.

Still given the changes in 6th, normal Terminators without the stormshields are somewhat more survivable than they were.

Maybe take three with shields and two with claws, march them with the shields in front and the claws at the back for the saves against shooting. Lascannon or whatever shoots at them and it hits the shields.

Make them look a little fancy and act as his guard.

Nah, I'd say either go full LC for the troop choice or full TH/SS for the cheap deathstar. Tyberos has enough power weapon attacks, at I6 on the charge, to make up for any loss.

 Darkvoidof40k wrote:
Nah, I'd say either go full LC for the troop choice or full TH/SS for the cheap deathstar. Tyberos has enough power weapon attacks, at I6 on the charge, to make up for any loss.

Int 5, Furious Charge only effects Str.

 Deadshot wrote:

 Darkvoidof40k wrote:
Nah, I'd say either go full LC for the troop choice or full TH/SS for the cheap deathstar. Tyberos has enough power weapon attacks, at I6 on the charge, to make up for any loss.

Int 5, Furious Charge only effects Str.

Ah, there I go thinking 5th edition rules again..

Even so, I5 is more than enough.

Yep. Will give a quick battlerep on his performance below.



Battle 1 vs CSM

Chainfist/Heavy Flamer Termies in LRR with Cronos. T1 assualt a Chaos Raider and explode. Get shot up so bad only Tyby left by assault phase with 2 wounds. Assaulted by 7 Berserkers and Sorceror of Slaanesh with the regular stuff. 3 LC attacks on Zerks, 2 attacks on Sorcy with Chainfist. Sorcy goes first, nothing, fluffs 3 attacks on Zerkers, gets massecred. Won by linebreaker at the end of turn 5 due to that Land Raider though

Battel 2 vs Different CSM

Same set up, assaulted Plaguemarine rhino with Termies, leave Tibs.kn Raider. They get shot to pieces by the other rhino who had a plasmagunner, and Oblits
Tibs gets out, aiming to chop down his warlord, a Nurgle Prince. My Warlord trait is that I gain 1 VP for each Character slain in a challenge. Never got the chance as I could reach (snake eyes!).

That game was embarrassing. 2 VPs for 2 rhinos, and hjs plasmagunner killed himself. By end of the 6 I was tabled.


So, yeah, I think a Crusader Raider with Cronos, 5 LC Ternies and Tyberos should be a sufficient slaughterer.

Or a Stormraven with the Termies and Tyberos. Especially with Locator Beacon to avoid Skies of Blood Scatter.

Definitely pin the arms on the assault Terminators then.

Cheers.

Tyberos looks great! I am in love with this model suddenly! The Aegis line as well.

Thanks a lot Dr.

Just a quick notice, with all my projects being set into a waiting list, I am now booked up to almost a year in advance for my projects.

Aha, so this is the P+M thread you were telling me about on saturday...
JP

Yes it is. Quite proud I made it this far actually.

Hey Deadshot!
Love your stuff man! The Vulkan and Tank guy (forgot name soz) look really nice! Congrats on winning the mini young bloods, I'm hoping to enter young bloods too this year as well!!!! The gaint bug is pretty nice also!!!! Love it! Cant wait to see triobous the red wake finished too!!!!! Hey could you check out my bloog too??? (Link is in the signutre).

HAZZER.

Thanks very much Hazzer, I will check there in a minute. Tyberos is indeed finished, but I don't post finished pics up, just a link to the gallery he is in (the idea is that if I put them here then people don't vote as they just look at them in this thread.). Will get you a.link as soon as I can but if you want to see before then, go to my galleries and its the "P&M Showcase" at the bottom.



Anyway, now that I am back here to this thread, I will announce, what will hopefully be my September project- Dark Vengeance Chaos! This month I hope to paint up the Lord, Chosen and maybe Hellbrute (depends on how long the cleanup is). Next month is cultists and then, depending on whether or not I get the LE version (as I would be having the chaplain as I pay the extra cost (£4 more than the guy I am splitting with but still) and then either Chaplain Palmarius (Blood Ravens) or the Hellbrute in December. I still need to ask my parents to allow me to buy it but I will have confirmation before the day is out.


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Confirmation recieved, I will indeed be purchasing Dark Vengeance tomorrow (hopefully a limited edition).


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Well guys, its official! I am now completely BOOKED SOLID for painting for the next year! My waiting list extends to Aug 2013!

Thanks for checking out my therd Deadsot!!!! Looks like you have alot of painting ahead of you. It was my bday not that long ago and am going to GD uk this year as well so its either DV ltd ed or GD and FW minis for selling and my arny... May just split the box anyway tho with a frind or but the chaos guys off ebay...

No problem Hazzer, anytime.

Ok, so today, after a rather long and strange arguement over the cultists with my buisness partner I finally got it sorted and purchased DARK VENGEANCE! And have clipped and cleaned up the parts of the Chosen and Lord.

Now, the first thing that struck me was the sheer amount in the kit! The models are so tightly packed, its epic! Niether Battle For Maccrage nor AOBR had this level of detail and value for money.
The second thing struck me as I began to clean them. I took out my knife and some wet&dry paper to file with. And I literally said this line.

"Where are the fething mouldlines?! Where are they? Oh wait..., no. Oh wait yes, there's one!"


Overall the 7 models took 10min to clean and I aslo put some parts together. Backpacks , the Bolterchosen and Champion and lord are unattached as putting any of these on would prevent me reaching some detail but other than that I have them built.


No pics for the time being but I will head to GW this Saturday to get a spray priming so I can begin painting


The Crimson Slaughter

Firstly, your business partner sounds like Cap'n Chod of the SS Watadouche. Secondly, can't wait to see your Chaos!

 TheAngrySquig wrote:
Firstly, your business partner sounds like Cap'n Chod of the SS Watadouche. Secondly, can't wait to see your Chaos!

Thank you. Niether can I! The amount of detail is astounding!

Especially that hell brute has to be one of the more interesting models in that box. Interesting to see how it'll come out.

As am I. I am actually a little intimidated. I hadn't expect this level of detailing on a miniature, especially a snap-fit starter setter. However I am spray prime this very moment and hope to get painting either tonight or tomorrow.

Hey guys! Yes I'm back! Back again!



So anyway guys, here's the deal. Seeing as I essentially doing 2 projects at once, the Lord and Chosen, to save and waste time, I will be doing more regular, dual updates. When I say dual, I mean that I will do one update for the Chosen and 1 for the Lord, seperate, but they will go up within 24hrs of each other as I paint in batches.

Now, they reason I am actually doing these simultaneously, as I mentioned before, both saves and wastes time. It saves time in that I can get more done within a month and not extend my ENORMOUS waiting list even further, and wastes it in that if I were to paint my Lord solo, I would finish in a few weeks max.

So anyway, Here is the start of a new project and new army! Hip, hip...





Project No. 6-A, Khorne Chosen of the Crimson Slaughter

So, this is a very special occassion in that this project marks the first time I have tried to paint more than 1 model (I don't count the defense line) to a high quality, as anyone who has viewed my Blood Raven complete Gallery can attest to. However, it also marks the 1st Squad for my blog and I am proud to say nothing makes me happier than a beautiful looking Khorne squad. Hopefully I can get it half-decent and work my way up over the years.


So anyway, I will begin as always with the start, and work towards the end. All these models, due to having parts that can't be painted if fully assembled (such as behind the Bolters and capes) are unbilt and just clipped together, with the exception of the PF, LC and Power Axe Chosen (not including backpacks) who don't have this problem.

Anyway, here we go! First up is unbuilt, freshly clipped pieces








And like I said some are partly asembled




Next up is Primer shots! (Don't try these, you et poisoned, not drunk!)








So then I tested my basecoat. Since I was "swimming in open water", ie, doing this without a test model, I just stuck with a formula I know. Mechrite red with a little black. Nice Dark red like blood.

Lighting is crap here but hopefully you can see the tone.








Next I washed with Devlan Mud but mysteriously all those photoes have vanished. :(



Any, that took me to the end of my work at GW on Saturday (I went to try my first game with GK in 6th and spent 4 hours basecoating Chosen)

So today I managed to highlight the armour and I have gone for Mechrite red. I was going to leave it the dark red, amybe a slight highlight, maybe, untill someone beside me said "They look brown." I argued they weren't untill several minutes later the manager asked, "Nurgle?"
Me-"No, just angry red spikey Khorne marines.""
Him-"Sorry, I just saw brown and thought they were Nurgle."

So I highlighted it but am now not happy. Too bright for my liking, too close to my BR scheme. So once they're all highlighted another wash or two of DM will be in order.







So that is me. Apologiesd for less than Stellar pics. One of my lightbulbs has blown and the sun through the window now oversaturates the model slightly, and the pics from GW suck because of simple bad lighting.



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Porject 6-B, Khorne Lord with Daemon Weapon and Plasma Pistol or the Crimson Slaughter


So, same method as above but I just wanted to sperate the Lord out for the blog.


So, pieces and primer-






Next the basecoat.






And the highlight






And that's all my work so far.





Now, I have a quick question for you guys. I feel my basecoat is in fact red, but as its other's opinions that matter to me, I ask if it looks red or brown?


Seconds, I feel my CSM look a little too Word Bearers with the Darker red, but I want a second opinion.




And that's really all I haveto say for now, so enjoy these two updates 9that;'s an order!) and keep subscribed (or do so if you're not. Pwease?)

Red!