Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Good job on Drac'. He looks good.

I've fallen foul of attempting to use metallics in novel ways (trying to get a metallic flesh effect on the Helbrute), You seem to have fixed it well.

Look good as a group, patiently await full army shot.
And also, great work getting it all done in a month.

Gits, you are often your toughest critic... Drac looks amazing! I'm reading the book now and he truly fits the history... cruel, romanian general. Very good work.

Here is the army pic I promised you. It's still Halloween (here in the Central time zone anyway) so I made my deadline. Even got in a game with them!

Play this while viewing...




If you like it, please comment & vote.


Heart-felt thanks to my wonderful wife who's idea this was & who has always been supportive of my hobby. Also to RiTides for solving the "unbound" issue and all of you who contributed ideas and support during this rather grueling month. I'm very happy.

Happy Halloween my friends!


p.s. - More to come. 30 skeletons, headless horseman & a "blob" great unclean one!

Like it? Those words dont describe how I feel about this army, great stuff Gitz. Bravo!

It is a really spectacular result. How did they perform in the battle?

Well, we only got two turns in so most of it didn't really see battle. The parts that did didn't fare so well. My opponent had a gargantuan demon creature which wiped out anything it got near... and the chaos hounds and the werewolf were just pathetic. Gods that hound character costs double what he's worth... at best... 10 khorne hounds and the HQ hit 3 chaos marine bikers and tied combat with them (1 wound each). Pathetic!

However... I think it'll be a fun army to play once I get the hang of it.

Absolutely stunning work Gits - cracking stuff

I think its a masterpiece. Truly awesome looking army, thank you Mrs Gits.

You see this is what this is supposed to be about, FUN! None of this serious argumentative stuff, FUN! And this army is that personified.

Bravo.

I'm happy to hear that there's more on the way!

Great themed army, it really does look spectacular.

D

Some pics from their first battle Halloween night. We only got two turns in but I think my opponent Brian was in a commanding position both in maelstrom points and in kill points.

Zombies wander about...


Werewolves race across the battlefield...


Grizelda Greenbottom & Thanatos provide spell suport...


Brian's cool looking Slaanesh champion...


Slaaneshi forces crash my left flank...


Before & after of the battle with an uber-demonette...


The second battle with the uber-demonette...


Wonderfully fun game even though we only got a couple of turns in. Have a TON of things to learn... man what a complicated army!

Love the action shots! Since he plays daemons too, maybe he can give you some tips! I thought most things could deepstrike in or something... (cursed lack of knowledge!)

Really pleased by how the army came out, and looking forward to seeing a few more additions at a Much more reasonable pace

Well, Brian plays chaos marines, so he doesn't really know the ins & outs of the demon list. We weren't sure how demons deployed and I couldn't find it in the dex, so I just put everything on the table. No question some of these units could benefit greatly from being able to deep strike.

On the next topic, I started working on putting together my skeletons. The good news is they look great. The bad news is it took me all afternoon to assemble 3 skeletons. Yes... that's 3 skeletons. No way I'm going to be able to whip these babies out quickly. Glad they weren't part of the original challenge. My goal for this evening is to finish a total of 5 skeletons and work on all 30 bases (the skels are a little small, so I'm going to mount them on top of the flocking rather than have it around their feet like usual). At least the painting should go quickly.

omg! Love the frankingstein!

I believe daemon deployment changed in the latest codex so you can deploy all upfront or deepstrike in some units if you wish.

I could be totally wrong though.

Its great to see your army on the table, Grizelda kicks ass.

That was a lot of models for just one month! Congratulations finishing them all, they look great. My favorites are Dracula and Frankenstein. Two great models and executed perfectly.

Camkierhi wrote:I think its a masterpiece. Truly awesome looking army, thank you Mrs Gits. You see this is what this is supposed to be about, FUN! None of this serious argumentative stuff, FUN! And this army is that personified. Bravo.

Thank you Cam. Praise like that from you is a real feather in my cap.

evildrcheese wrote:I'm happy to hear that there's more on the way! Great themed army, it really does look spectacular.
D

Thanks D. Appreciate it!

RiTides wrote:Love the action shots! Since he plays daemons too, maybe he can give you some tips! I thought most things could deepstrike in or something... (cursed lack of knowledge!) Really pleased by how the army came out, and looking forward to seeing a few more additions at a Much more reasonable pace

Well RiTides, your part in making this army happen can't be overstated. I'm really glad you like the end result. A couple of key pieces to go, then it'll just be things that fit the theme when the whim strikes me. I still want to do a Great Unclean One of some sort (expanding foam is my current idea) and I would like to do a dragon (modified Hell Drake).

lindsay40k wrote:omg! Love the frankingstein!

Thanks Linds!

GiraffeX wrote:I believe daemon deployment changed in the latest codex so you can deploy all upfront or deepstrike in some units if you wish. I could be totally wrong though. Its great to see your army on the table, Grizelda kicks ass.

I need to take some time and just casually read through the codecii... I'm sure that'll solve a lot of problems. And yes... she does. I imagine you'll see more photos of her from the backside that any other view.

Ruberu wrote:That was a lot of models for just one month! Congratulations finishing them all, they look great. My favorites are Dracula and Frankenstein. Two great models and executed perfectly.

Thank you sir!




Automatically Appended Next Post:

Link to voting for Halloween Dakka Comp. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/669017.page

Magnificent stuff you glorious old git

Thanks graven!

Next challenge is to finish building all 30 skeletons by Sunday. Not a small task. I think I might be able to build 5 per night... maybe...

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Thanks graven!

Next challenge is to finish building all 30 skeletons by Sunday. Not a small task. I think I might be able to build 5 per night... maybe...

So does that mean you sourced some WGF skellies then? Who finally had them?

How many parts are those skeletons in that they take that long to assemble? Is it just a bag of 28mm scale bones you need to assemble yourself? I know in general skeletons can be fiddly to put together, just curious how bad these are to be causing you problems.

I actually got them from a bits dealer who had everything except the weapons and heads. Luckily, I was able to get some weapons from a *different* bits dealer and had enough random skulls of the right size lying around to finish the unit. Unfortunately I can't really post a pic as the finished builds are just lying around in a pile. They're a little small, so I'm going to add grit & paint the bases separately (which I never do) in order to give them a little extra height, then add the painted skeletons to the top of the base. This will complicate the painting process for the skeletons but should still be something I can do fairly efficiently.

Each skeleton involves 8 different pieces, all very tiny and needing to be assembled and allowed to dry completely one step at a time before they're sturdy enough to move on to the next step. Currently, I do a pre-assembly of head to body, weapon to arm, shield to arm, legs to feet. Once all that's dry I attach the shield arm, then when that's dry I attach the sword arm. It's quite the undertaking. They really do look like proper skeletons though so I think in the end all the work will be worth it.

*singing*
Shin bone connected to the.... knee bone
The knee bone connected to the... thigh bone
The thigh bone connected to the... hip bone
Dem bones, dem bones gonna walk around

Great looking army and, as pointed out by Cam', fun (being the whole point of why we are here).

Good choice of music also, but you could have used this:



The world needs more projects like this.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
A Witch

First Thought: Hmmm, we can totally do better than that for her name ...

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Grizelda Greenbottom

*golf clap*

Great looking army dude, awesome army shot and fun to see it flung into battle already

Frankendread particularly looks the business shambling about the field

- Salvage

I had the same thought about the name

The army looks absolutely ace on the table! Just need to find a daemon player and learn what you can deepstrike in!

The skeletons sounds like a real pain to assemble - good thing they weren't in the Halloween push. Looking forward to seeing them together

Once the skeletons and headless horseman are done (and I think I've got a mummy priest coming to act as a character for that group), I'll set this aside for a while. (Not playing-wise but painting-wise. Have four other limited-scope projects that I really want to get to so everything will get it's day (or month) in the sun.

Awesome army. Glad I checked out the whole thing after seeing the contest entries. Well done!

Your army looks great Gits.

What makes it even better was that it was done in a month.

If you are looking at expanding the army you should create some vehicles for them based off the Munster Koach.

@TP: Thanks man, glad you stopped by! It's been fun for sure.

@Lost Soul: That definitely occurred to me. Unfortunately I'm not sure that any elements of the army can actually use a transport.


Automatically Appended Next Post:


Thought I'd post just in case anyone was interested... this is why making the skeletons takes so long.

Assembly needs to take place in 4 different stages.

Stage 1:
- file & clean everything
- pin heads to bodies & super-glue
- super-glue one leg to one of the feet (the two feet are attached to a central bar that will be eventually removed... but I need it for painting so it stays for the moment)
- plastic glue one arm to shield
- plastic glue one arm to sword

Stage 2:
- plastic glue second leg to second foot
- plastic glue shield arm to body

Stage 3:
plastic glue sword arm to body

Stage 4:
Plastic glue body to legs

The pieces are so small that I feel plastic weld-type glue is necessary to ultimately keep them together. They're also so fragile that the glue softens the little bits to the point where they're ridiculously easy to deform, so once things are glued, they must rest immobile until the glue is absolutely set. It's a very long and tedious process, but one I hope will pay off in the end.

This project is insane. It's silly. It's brilliant.
Man you're crazy.

I love the photo with all the characters, it would be a nice cast for a Tim Burton movie. ^^