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That's looking more and more badass by the day Theo!

@king cracker, I think I'm going to go with just eyes and smokestacks for now, tested the gut, but just didn't look right.
@dr. H, tried the purple, but just didn't feel right.
@dsteingass, I'm loving how its turning out. Was afraid to start on it, glad you goaded me into using an airbrush, because it got me motivated.

Here's current glowy standard.

Thinking it will get the devastator chevron on the upper arm, the arm has a pointy part to it the will fit it nicely.
Also thinking the yellow stripe on the shoulders should disappear as well.
Still undecided on the chest shield, thinking yellow again instead of red or black.

Almost done with the blocking in. Next will be testing a lighter yellow on my stripper pole marine to see if that helps. Also thinking of blue edge highlights on the black.

I would recommend a blue gray up to a light blue for highlights on the black.

^That or turquoise, which will also pick up the yellow tones.

Dont get rid of the shoulder strips, they look very cool... Will join you all later on in full swing again...

Just didnt look right?!? Pff.... excuses

That foundation yellow covers black!.>And it looks damn good too!

@dave, yes the averland sunset covers the black pretty well. I picked up a couple more of it to make sure I'd have enough for the project, but the first one was really thick (clumpy), one is regular and one is runny. Yeah GW quality control.
@kc, well I think all black would tie in better with the troops.
@really not enjoying the stripe, give me good ideas as to what to put on the two sides and I'll think about it.
@graven I don have any turquoise to try, I'll think about it though.
@ill see what I can find and try it on some victims

Got an idea while painting the second big gun. What about doing a counts as inquisitor force with a big Titan for back up. Nah, I'll just paint some of the dream forge eisenkern troopers if I ever have storm trooper allies. O maybe Hesse guys can be my scouts.

Abbadon black, averland sunset base, yriel yellow on top with a wash of gryphon sephia.what o you think?

Edit: this scheme just reminds me of Batman. One issue talks about him having the bright yellow bat symbol on his chest because he wants his opponents to shoot where he has the most armor. Maybe the trick works, maybe not, but my guys'll find out.

Dear Theophony

If I may offer a humble opinion...
The shoulder stripe, may I suggest adding in a pinstipe of black, just one each side, perhaps 2 millimetres into the existing stripe.

Also if I may ask a question; does your user name refer to the Christian radio station? Or perhaps it is a reference to theophany - the act of divine revelation? Or perhaps it's a literal translation? theo being god and phone being sounds.... so perhaps the voice or word of god?

I hope neither the suggestion nor the question are intrusive.

With Kind Regards

The Guern

@the guern, thanks for stopping by, and don't worry about offending me. The pinstripes is a good idea, I'll have to think it out. Might even become a rank insignia of sorts. As for the user name, it was the name of my marine chapter that I was building, which will get repainted as the Scythes of the Emperor. They were called Theophony, which is the physical manifestation of God. In the ld testament when God would come down "in person" it would be a Theophony, or Avatar if you will. My chapter was based on a terrible idea that hey were the 2nd chapter the emperor made, one of the two lost chapters. The primarch came to their planet and was seen as a savior. The people he raised up to marines become likenesses of him his Theophony. They were annihilated because they spoke of religion and the coming of the "Father"(emperor) who would bring them all into his new kingdom. The Emperor gave he primarch a chance to change his ways, but he wouldn't, and was "cast out"/ excommunicated out of he emperors light. Ten thousand years later he returned with his army to terra, and the high lords have reinstated the marines as the Theophony, but the primarch is held at terra until his father awakes and forgives him. None of the other chapters know of heir heritage, just think hey are a penitent chapter that has returned from their exile. I had 20+ pages written out, but that's the gist of it. Now with he new dex coming out I decided to scrap it and go another route.

Yes, a bit Football-jersey-ish... the Shoulders...

Do it!

Oooh, that Leviathan is a beauty Theo and Dave's idea for the shoulder pad is a winner in my books...

@dave, maybe on the next one, this one might get a little hazard stripping here and there, but nothing like that.

The Mortis leviathan should be out soon with its clawed fist. With the articulation of these I could make a football for them and they could pose in place.

Edit:
@ruglud, the fact that I can get 20 dreamforge troopers for LESS than 5 stern guard or the same as 10 tactical and the leviathans are cheaper than GW super heavies should push people In The right direction. Mark just needs to get his game out there, or use someone else's to proxy.

 Theophony wrote:
@dave, maybe on the next one, this one might get a little hazard stripping here and there, but nothing like that.

The Mortis leviathan should be out soon with its clawed fist. With the articulation of these I could make a football for them and they could pose in place.

Edit:
@ruglud, the fact that I can get 20 dreamforge troopers for LESS than 5 stern guard or the same as 10 tactical and the leviathans are cheaper than GW super heavies should push people In The right direction. Mark just needs to get his game out there, or use someone else's to proxy.

Indeed. also publicize what his bases will look like...

The levithan is a model i tried several times to get a hold of, and couldnt.. :(

Your paint looks great Theo.

 cormadepanda wrote:
The levithan is a model i tried several times to get a hold of, and couldnt.. :(

Your paint looks great Theo.

@comradepanda, thewarstore.com carries them, had them in stock last week. Since Neil price matches I'd see if he'd match miniature market who are out of them for their $90.00 instead of $120rrp. Thanks
@Galorn, were you needing pics of the bases, or I could send you some of his. Leviathan base is a 6" space inside the lip, the regular troops base is a 1"internal, the support weapon base is same internal as top of a GW and same footprint, the bike/beast handler base is the same width inside the lip as the base of a GW 25mm base, and its length is 2 5/32"(really strange). You can see the base design on the back for the company logo.





Got a supply drop last night. Ordered when I was torn between doing iron hands, salamanders, or scythes. But I should be able to still use them whatever. They are watch bits, all sorts of gears, and cogs. It was a few dollars, but the sizes are great for necromunda machinery.

One of these days I need to visit a clockmaker to ask if I can get some used cogs there. I bet that could work...or am I too blue eyed?

You can get those bags from ebay pretty cheap in different sizes.

@vik, listen to dave
@dave, right where mine came from
Tried a glowing paint scheme on the back of the shield. It has circuitry like the sword does, and less noticeable, I'm going to have to YouTube something because it looks bad.

Also a few years back I bought a large paper punch which had a tactical arrow and one that was the devastator chevron. I used it to punch out plastic card. The chevron one broke quickly and the manufacturer doesn't make them anymore, but I had a few left over so I could use it as a template for this on the arm.

First coat down, it will eventually be white, but off to the grandparents I go.

That chevron look very good...will it stay on grey? Or will it become yellow? And I would visit the cockmakers only to get cogs for free

Nice use of a chevron template. Be happy to see what you do with that sword.

@vik, the tactical symbols on the scythes of the emperor are all white, so the grey is just a base to build up on. See below.
@comradepanda, tried a few effects, I'm not good at any of them, but I think I got one that will work. See below.

Got back from grandparents and threw some paint. Here's the final chevron, and the plasma effect. Let me know what you think, if you have a better idea please say so.

That IS a nice chevron!

Plasma Glow is badass! That color needs a dark armor contrast, that works very well!

 dsteingass wrote:
That IS a nice chevron!

Plasma Glow is badass! That color needs a dark armor contrast, that works very well!

Thanks dave, all the metals still need to be hit with bottled awesomeness.

Edit: wanted to do a pic with cotton ball smoke and the lights, but we don't have any cotton balls. All we have are the pads, and I have no clue where the steel wool is hiding. So you get a pic with wadded up paper towels shoved in the stack, you get the general idea of the storm headed your way.

Well before I screw up the Titan by changing the yellow to a brighter color I figured I should test it on other models first.

Painted up a rhino, still in base colors, but liberally dry brushed yriel yellow over the averland sunset. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.

Now I'm dreading doing it to the Titan. For now I think he can stay the color he is. After or king at the grandparents yesterday I realized why the color looked so familiar together and no I wasn't scythes of h emperor. It was caterpillar heavy equipment. Makes me think about keeping the color and writing "Big Cat" on the Titan.

Call that Leviathan,,,,,"Bumblebee"
Love the LED glows of the eyes and the stacks

Yellow is looking nice Theo.

You may want to add a bit of shading (an orange/red wash perhaps?) before thinking too seriously about highlights...
Unless you're doing the thing with highlights, wash and more highlights...
Or just ignore me as my paints work differently...

But it's a nice yellow you have there.

@ Shaso, well it doesn't talk much, so......
@ Dr. H. Just blocked in so far, no washes or highlights yet. will consider those next, but want to get the base colors right first.

Updates might get more space in between as school has started back up. I have an appointment with a counselor on Monday to review where i'm at and what classes I need to complete the bachelors degree. I really need it to get done, most jobs around me require that level education to make any sort of a decent salary.

Cool. Got ya. Carry on. Nice yellow.

What degree are you going for? Just out of curiosity. Have you mentioned it before and I've missed it?

Im working on my BS in business administration. Nothing major.

But as soon as I typed my last I realized I had some time......

In for a penny, in for a pounding