moonpie's P&M bl0rg-Stormcast Occasional Dalliance

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**Gitsplitta**

I love the wolves moonpie. They look fantastic individually and even better as a group.

You were born to do harlequins, so it's no surprise they shine in your care.

**Solar_lion**

Though I don't play SW, I do paint them ( for someone named Yellowbeard ) and I find them to be very fun to paint. Their unique character and sculpts are different from my normal marines which helps with motivation. ( besides it puts painted figs on the table instead of grey plastic - always a better game that way)

I have yet to see anyone here play Harlies. If you guys do come to AC you should bring them and teach us primitives the error of our ways.

**Knightley**

Yeah if I were to think what army Moonie would play/paint, Harlequins would be the only one that comes to mind. I like the conversion work mate, nice stuff.

Also, How do you do it?

**IceAngel**

Knightley wrote:

Also, How do you do it?

I think it starts with lots of drugs.....

I will second Gitsplittas comments from earlier. I think Moonpie has really out done himself with the Harlequins. I'd love to see him complete the bunch and have a playable force. I think the bases should be white, but I am very biased in that as you can imagine. One problem having an Ice Board, so few people base their models accordingly.

But seriously, lots of drugs.

**moonpie**

The only drugs I do these days are caffeine and nicotine, and that's how the harlequins were painted. The Space Wolves, particularly that Wolf Priest, though...

**moonpie**

Hobby progress tonight: Opened 14 boxes trying to find plastic glue clippers and knife.

Found: Decade old PVA glue, bone saw, busted clippers.

I am considering using the file from my nail clippers to file down mold lines.

I just want to put together BaC tactical marines!!!!

**evildrcheese**

Damn, your Harlequins look amazing.

EDC

**whalemusic360**

You know they sell those things on the internet, and then deliver them to your house?

**moonpie**

Thanks, EDC. To be continued on those.

@whale: Or I could travel 10 blocks south and pick some up at Hobbytown. And get MCL...

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So, the girl got me Betrayal at Calth. Yay!

My plans with it so far is to split it in thirds. 10 marines or so as Fools squad. 10 or so for Space Wolves btzbashing. And 10 as test models or fool arounds for Legions.

What 10 legions should I give painting a go?

I want to attempt a Blood Angel, a World Eater, a Death Guard, a Space Wolf, an Imperial Fist and a Night Lord for sure. What other legions should I make a painting attempt at?

Also, the Contemptor I have plans for as well. We may finally see a model for a certain fan favorite character from Ice's monster fluff thread...

**Solar_lion**

Alpha Legion! Salamanders?

What are you looking at for the Termies? Fools ....hint!

**moonpie**

I'll give an Alpha Legion a try. Salamaders I guess, but I always find them the least appealing legion both in aesthetics and fluff.

I think the termies will have to be fools as well.

**Solar_lion**

Excellent choices! .. now Paint like your life depended on it!

**Paradigm**

I think Sons of Horus in the pale green would suit your quite pastelly style well. Or to go the other way, if you want to change your style up and go for something grittier, Iron Hands with metallic armour are great fun to paint.

**moonpie**

So, I painted. Yay. First time since October.

I had some weather to prime and realized that I had loaned my last black primer to Ice, so I used my Corax White to prime some assassins. FLGS was selling the box at 25% off and the individual models had just come out costing more than the whole box so I got it while I could.

Pics are incoming as soon as Ice gets them to me I will post them.

I went a little unconventional. There was a certain movie I watched recently I used as inspiration. Right now the Callidus and Eversor are done. The Vindicaire and Cululex I will still have to do.

I also can only find about half my paints. That's still a whole lot of paint, but it sucks.

**Knightley**

Yay, Has it really been that long, October? Really? That's one heck of a hiatus

**Ramos Asura**

Excited to see what you did with the assassins... Theyre such gorgeous minis...

**evildrcheese**

Ooo Assassins incoming? Should be good, I like the sound of unconventional.

EDC

**moonpie**

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Not 100% happy with the auto adjust, so here they are as Ice sent them to me - albeit cropped.

**Gitsplitta**

Nice. The auto adjust just cranks the crap out of the contrast. You'd be better off adjusting the white balance on the background.

Excellent work though... thanks for posting.

**moonpie**

Thanks Git. For 10 minutes work under the working conditions, I am happy enough. I just appreciate Ice helping out.

**evildrcheese**

Very nice. Deadpool inspired?

EDC

**moonpie**

Lil' bit.

The scheme works even as not a gimmick though, so I went for it.

**Zambro**

If you had said 'red assassins', I would have been skeptical of the scheme working. But you have proved me wrong - they look great!

**Solar_lion**

It works, currently popular and well done.

**angelofvengeance**

Looks great! Nice work! Looks almost like he's illuminated by the emergency lighting as he tears through an enemy base.
Here's mine- Eversor assassin, Johann Schmidt...

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**moonpie**

Thanks, guys. I have the other 2 washed. Given I didn't have black primer, I have been throwing a wash of Nuln Oil on them first. They must be ruing the decision to name it that, given that Nuln was sunk into hole and demolished before being zapped into a speck of oblivion...

**moonpie**

Ok, so long time no Dakka.

3 months to the day apparently...

Git rule applies. See above.

Ice said he would help with this project.

Topic of conversation is: Darkoath Champion comes with choice of axe hand or dead Tzaangor head. Which to go with?

Discuss.

**Theophony**

Axe hand is good for all occassions, tzaanagor head only for formal events

**whalemusic360**

Lol Theo. Can't fault the logic.

I'm looking forward to seeing your review of it. The models looked pretty cool, I just don't want to make the Fantasy jump.

**Gitsplitta**

I've heard the models are really great looking. They just need bolters...