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 Nevelon wrote:
Have you thought about doing some sort of OSL or modeling some lighting/fire coming off it it? Something to say "I’m not just holding this at an awkward angle, I just spent a warp charge, and you are going to die"

Well, you've done it again my friend, I'm on it now. Will do some osl as I'm not a big fan of muzzle flash/fire etc...


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Day off today and I intend to spend most of it painting and modelling.

What I would LIKE to achieve is....

2 librarians
Chaplain
Highlights on Fire Raptor
Final detail on Storm Ravens
Fire Raptor base
Progress on thunderhawk base


Seems like a lot to do but with some good music and no distraction I should get a lot done....I'll update throughout the day

Here we go

Oooo, nice!

I just did the final exam before my 3 week easter break, so I'll be having a hobby filled day too

Well, I'll be honest. I've hit a wall. Done as much as I can on the bike and have applied the varnish which needs a good few hours to dry. Finished the raptor and ravens other than transfers and weathering and am just not in the mood fir the bases.

On that note I'm gonna go to my FLGS and have a game and buy a few bits. Fancy them new craters for some scenic bases and nay get a knight. Not sure yet. I'll post a photo of the raptor later.


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So I got some of the quake craters and they are pretty cool. May see one on my thunderhawk stand. Picked up dome plague bearers and also got confirmation of my spartan assault tank from FW so with all that I decided not to buy a knight.

Will try and get the base blue on the Libby's arms tonight and the washes now that the varnish is dry. Should be able to finish the bikes too.

Not looking forward to highlighting the chaplain though as I've never done black before. Do I use a dark grey and then a lighter one for extreme highlights?

Had a complete re think of the raptor base this afternoon so will try and work something out with that.

Played ultra marines and grey knights this afternoon. Good win against the boys in blue but got my butt handed to me by the knights. (They literally get to re roll everything)

Big night tomorrow though as it's scars vs scars. The guy I'm playing has a lot of grav and a couple of thunderfire cannons plus a few drop pods. We've been given a 500 (anything goes) increase so no idea what he'll bring. Could be more bikes and pods or even a macro cannon???

For blacks I use black + fortress grey (1:1) for an edge highlight. Then black : fortress grey (1:2) for an extreme highlight on prominent areas. It looks alright to me

Fortress grey is a VGC paint, not sure what the current equivalent is.

Scars on Scars...? Sounds... interesting
Considering you can pretty much guess what he has, will you counter it? If you aren't locked into a certain list, i'd suggest meching up

Got to stay within the realms of my own fluff (personal rule) so have decide what to go with. Will reveal tomorrow (in case he's reading this haha) but the fire raptor is obvious.

Thanks fir the tip on the grey. I use Vallejo air plus some GW paint so will probs go with dark sea grey first.

So I played the Scars v Scars last night......what a game....

For his extra 500 points he brought an inquisitor with 3 servo skulls and an extra 3 (yes 3) Thunderfire Cannons. That meant in total he had 2 las dev squads, 5 TFC;s, 3 MM plus melta units and 2 grav units with Khan as warlord.Plus 3 DP's with 2 sterngaurd units.

For my extra 500 I took the fire raptor and 3 libby's on bikes (one at lvl2). I got first turn but couldn't scout forward as the skull were stopping me. Even my scouts had to sit back in my DZ. Took FB and used 4 Physic Shrieks that caused a few wounds. His turn 1 I couldn't make an armour or jink to save my life. He took all 4 libby's and most of my melta. All 4 flyer of mine came on in turn 2 but he was on form for his saving throws and I could'nt manage to hit and run from some combats so had less targets available. Slowly started picking away at the TFC's and in turn four cleared the table.

Really enjoyable game and after it he went on to play an Eldar list that was an even more epic game. Came down to needing to kill his wraithseer and avatar or draw as he would claim line breaker. The wraithseer lived......

On a more P&M note I intend to finish the libby's and Chaplain this week and then am going to focus some love on the Thunderhawk. That thing needs to be done as it's too much money sat there at the moment.

Ah, dice. Those fickle, temperamental little chunks of plastic. Sounds like a fun day out though. You have to be careful with those White Scars players, they are a shifty lot.

As always, looking forward to seeing what you end up painting.

AAARRRRGGGHHHHHH........

Damn shiny box syndrome....

I went and bought 2 knights yesterday afternoon so have even more in the 'to do pile'

I seriously need to get some models built and GW need to stop making new stuff.....

Alomg with the Spartan assault tank the knights are going to fit with my Chaos army rather than my sacrs.

Gonna have myself 2 Nurgle knights as bodygaurds for my reaver....

You could try setting limits, like only buy something new once you check something off your to-do list. But that’s not nearly as much fun.

I was going to comment that you should keep the piles even between your scars and chaos, but then remembered the amount of air power the loyalists have. Should be fine.

One of my friends impulse bought a pair himself, so I need to start thinking about my anti-knight tactics. I’m thinking some drop melta and a tri-las pred. Make him coose what side to put the shield, and then light him up. More and more of my TAC lists is heading towards anti tank.

Yeah, the fun would be gone if I di that.

Definatley changing to AT in the game at the moment. I have enough melta and las to deal with most things but 4 Knights is a challenge.

I thought about doing half and half as a hobby but each time I try I get into the wring half. I can see light at the end of the White Scar tunnel so am gonnna focus more on that but just tickle along with some building of chaos.

How balanced are your forces? Is your sig still accurate with 10k vs. 6.5k? That’s a big point discrepancy, but points aren’t everything. I know your Scars are a lean, mean, competitive machine, backed with some serious air power. I don’t know what percent of your nurgle army would be considered “efficient” or just “fun"

Probs got about 7500 scars tbh and only 10k nurgle as I haven't got the warhound (yet!!)

Little teaser for things to come later. Thanks to hazzardsyndrome on youtube for the idea. #stolen

Does anybody have any idea what

A a cluster bomb looks like??

And

B any suggestions as to what I could use for one??

You could look at air force pictures for ideas, but IIRC most bombs look the same. A basic streamlined lozenge shape, maybe fins on the back. Cluster bombs are basically shells that hold a bunch of smaller bomblets.

I’m not sure how orky the ones on their bomber are, might be worth a look. There are bombs and fuel tanks on FW’s site, no idea on their scale. Or try to find a modern bomber kit at the right scale. Another option would be to search for a found object that’s close. Maby a fishing lure/bobber?

At this point I’m just tossing out ideas hoping one sticks. Good luck.

So, a quick WIP of the Thunderhawk base so far. The building has a lot of gaps to fill and much much more debris to add.

I am painting the downed talon in White Scar colours to represent the apoc formation that lets TH's pass off hits to talons.

From a scenario point of view I have got am imperial guard heavy weapons set so will have some traitor guard on top level having shot down the talon whilst the TH flies over dropping a cluster bomb. There will be other traitor guard and cultists running out of the building away from the impending doom of the bomb.

I have sent the wing/engine crashing through the building towards the where the gunners are gonna be but not sure if this will look right. (Needs some modelling fir damage and cables etc.

I am not fully set with this idea and will happily listen to any suggestions. The engine and talon are not glued into place yet as they will be painted separately.

Thoughts please people


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Thanks for the tip on the bomb btw Nev. Will probs make one out of GS to fit the scale of the TH.

It looks epic!

Cheers bud, I've just had to order a longer Perspex today as the other one is too shirt now that I've built the base up. I'm sure I'll figure out something else to use it on though

I like the spinning engine smashing into the building. It is a very dynamic image. The one problem I can see is capturing such a brief snapshot is a static miniature. This is not a post-crash diorama. This is the moment that the engine is passing though the wall. Some ideas to help bring it to life:

Smoke trailing from the engine. This will help define how it is moving. You can see where it is at, but by trailing stuff, you show where it’s been, and by extension where it is going. It is obviously not hitting straight on, but corkscrewing in. A twisted line of exhaust will show that.

Shrapnel. The hole in the ruins that the engine is passing though was not there a second ago. It is being made as we watch. There should be bricks and chunks of wall airborne. Dust, smoke, and cultists flying around would not be out of place. You could string bricks together to suspend them, or use twisted bits of rebar, bent back but still attached.

Think of the slow-mo shots in an action or disaster movies.

Basecoat and wash on base and another level if white olus wings are pinned.

Starting to come together

Quick wip pic of thunderhawk base. Done tge detail on building now. Still got to add the cultists etc but getting there now.

Also a huge jigsaw pile of bits that equals 4 stormtalons. Gonna tidy build and prime this afternoon.

What is everyone else doing this easter weekend??

That base is looking cool, should be very dynamic once done, and will be awesome with the cultists on it as well.

Also, very cool guitar in the background of that first shot.

 McManiak wrote:
Quick wip pic of thunderhawk base. Done tge detail on building now. Still got to add the cultists etc but getting there now.

Also a huge jigsaw pile of bits that equals 4 stormtalons. Gonna tidy build and prime this afternoon.

What is everyone else doing this easter weekend??

Nice WIP shot. This is going to be epic when you are done. The clean white is a little jarring on the crashed flyer, but I assume some weathering will take place at some point,

I can’t believe you mixed up 4 kits into one big pile. Madness! For vehicles I normally cut, clean, dry-fit, and then glue each step before removing the next stage from the sprue. So seeing a big jumble of parts boggles my mind.

My Easter was very low-key. We just got back from a half week vacation over in Boston. Hope you and yours had a nice one.

wow. Those STs piles up looks crazy. I've never cut and cleaned more than 2 vehicles at a time (too mind-numbingly boring).

The TH base is coming along nicely. Agreed with Nev on the weathing.

My Easter weekend has been hobby sparse. However, i'm making up for that today. I should be updating my blog later / tomorrow.

Thanks, The talon will be given lots of damage and weathring plus covered in debris.

As for the pile, I am doing the 4 because I am painting in sectionss as I build so this way I can prime and whiten them all tigether. They are all cleaned and assembled to relevant stages with magnets applied and ready for priming tonight.

It means I get through the project quicker this way too (although there are a lot of bikes still to do.) And was a nice break from tge th base.

Only just noticed your comment sorry paradigm. I wish I could get back into playing my guitars but with a little one in the house I had to take up a quieter hobby. She's 20 months now tho and like 'daddy's guitars' so who knows maybe I can start rocking out again.

So that's 4 stormtalons built to painting level, primed and brought to white. Will alow 24 hours to dry then do the reds and metalics.

Going to take the opportunity to head down to my lgs and get a game in.

Lots of games this week to. Lgs today, some practice games of my 1500pts tomorrow in club and then a few more in Friday at warhammer world with my cousin.

Gonna try my tourney list out and also a tourney list with Thunderhawk.

Sounds like a busy week. Best of luck with the games, and a tourney list with a T-hawk? I'd be interested to see what else you'd fit in that one.