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Very nice, the different colours give them some nice tonal variation.

EDC

Very nice stone treatment. The details show up nicely with this technique. I think they need a eye color.

Granite treatment looks good and Solar, I think he will be adding a few detail colors - I think (red?) eyes, and a few other red glowing bits would fit in very nicely.

Thanks guys. They are by no means done. I still need to add glowing effects for the two melta gunners (glowing red palms on one hand), lightening claw sergeant (the guy shown in the close-up) and indeed... glowing eyes all-round. I am confident now that these gents will be ready to go by Saturday, which was a big worry as they're pretty important to giving the new-and-improved Dracula a chance to do his thing. I am a bit worried that the wings for the last guy haven't shown up yet. I do have other (very old-style) wings I can use in the interim, but I'd rather not waste painting time on a stop-gap measure if I can avoid it.

Had a game Monday night vs. a very competitive White Scars list. Got curb-stomped... but I think this was principally due to the fact that I allowed his list to intimidate me & made some bad decisions early that cost me dearly. If I'd made better decisions in turn 1 (basically... trust my army) I might have made a pretty good go of it.

What was the WS list ?

Gargoyles look rock solid!

@SL: 3 units of podding grav cents with librarius conclave in support & 4 units of podding marines.

@Nev: I see what you did there...

Love the cracked effect Gits!

Thanks Azalle!


Well, if anyone is interested, here is my current "competitive" 1850 list.

Chaos Demon CAD
HQ: GUO, L3 psycher, 2 greater rewards, 1 lesser
HQ: Skulltaker
HQ: Herald of Tzeench, L3 psycher
HQ: Exalted flamer of Tzeench
EL(?): 3 flamers of Tzeench
TP: 3x 3 nurglings
TP: 18 plague bearers w/ plague banner
FA: 9 hounds of Khorne
HV: demon prince, L3 psycher, 2 greater rewards, 1 lesser

Chaos SM Allies
HQ: champion, jump pack, demon axe, gift of mutation, melta bombs
TP: 10 cultists
FA: 5 raptors, 2 melta, Srg w/ lightening claws & MB

Summoning List
10 plague bearers
10 pink horrors
3 flamers of Tzeench
Herald of Tzeench
Herald of Khorne
GUO (at the moment will use Frankenstein's Dreadnought to represent this)

I clearly need more things to summon in. Often I can use casualties (hounds, nurglings, plague bearers, etc.). I have two more heralds and a bloodthirster that need painting and of course the giant bats (screamers) and killer tomatoes (juggernauts) which haven't arrived or been built yet. Once I get those painted up I think I'll be set! I also have my chaos spawn which can serve as alternate escorts for the chaos champion (or just an extra unit) & 20 more cultists.

As designed, I have 4 beat sticks... two with escort, 4 units of good objective campers & a summoning group that also has a bit of punch. I just need to learn how to use it better & under a variety of different circumstances.

I love the list . Those zombies (especially the one with the sign!) worked out perfect as plague bearers.

Summoning was kind of genius on GW's part... means you have to build and paint MOAR . It's neat for this list too, though, because it lets you bring things that might not otherwise make it into the list!

What model did you end up deciding on for the juggers, I don't know if I saw that anywhere?

I'm going to try and scratch-build some killer tomatoes. It's that fails... I'll beg Cam for help.

My friend that is one of local architects of this list suggested a greater demon of Slaanesh as a summoning option. In thinking about the model for this, I think I can get a really nice medusa model that would be appropriately sized. The whole "beauty corrupted" thing really works for me as far as Slannesh is concerned. GW makes a "bloodwrack medusa" for fantasy that looks like it might do the trick.

Raptor-gargoyles are coming along great, good job there! Cracks are a good addition too.

Isn´t there a joke about so many shades of grey around them somewhere?

And absolutely yes to a Medusa! (Modelling/painting only, can't say from the gaming PoV).

I think using a medusa as a greater daemon of slaanesh is an inspired idea.

The Gargoyle/Raptors have come together really well. The cracks are a very good addition.

Gargoyles/Raptors WIP4. Really starting to sweat the fact that the last set of wings hasn't shown up yet. You can see the sergeant w/ lightning claws and two "meltas" pretty clearly I think.

Looking good Gitz, they will make a great addition to Dracula's CC power and can pop open vehicles so he can eat the tasty morsels inside.

I hope so. They're just assault marines when it gets down to it, so they aren't very durable... but I'm hoping They'll be flexible enough, mobile enough and easy enough to hide that they're able to have some impact (beyond just absorbing wounds for Dracula).

I'll post close-ups of each figure tonight after they're done.

Love the use of color to show upgrades, while keeping the squad's look intact.

Wow, those are look really great! Will fit in with the army really well imo, your painting has done a fantastic job of tying them in

If the last set of wings don't show up, I think you could just use the model without them for now. Were they shipping from the east coast / in the path of the blizzard?

Also, will you occasionally be running Dracula with the Spawn, since they're more durable? This unit is perfect for him but just curious from a gameplay standpoint.

Thanks guys.

@RiTides: Yeah, the wings are coming from a US-based bits dealer that I've dealt with off e-bay many times before. Perhaps I'm just getting antsy. The one guy will be fine wingless for the tournament this weekend & I'll just make him the first casualty.

It's been an interesting internal conversation as I've debated what to do for Dracula's escort... especially now that I've invested the points in "The Axe of Blind Fury" which just makes him a beast. The Things are an excellent unit to be sure, but they are rather one-dimensional (and they aren't cheap). I wanted something with a little ranged anti-vehicle punch, as well as something that could operate independently. The raptors are a little stronger considering these factors with the inclusion of the two melta guns and the lightening claw sergeant. I really like the way Dracula looks with the raptors too. They (by design) visually go together well.

I'm certainly NOT giving up on The Things. In fact I've built two more that I'll be sending to Ramos for painting. That will allow me to either use them as a Dracula escort, or give them enough depth to operate on their own. Fast, assault threats are the name of the game with this army, and being able to add another unit of same would be very helpful.

You going to do the same fall pumpkin baseing with those guys as the rest of the army? Looking at those clawed toes, I can see one impaling a jack-o-lantern with an “Oh No!” look on his face.

Good lighting effect on the eyes and as " guns". Well done!

Sorry to shoot this idea out of nowhere, but how about some leprechauns . Scary little blighters. Either that or little dolls (Chuckie, bride of chuckie, all of chuckies cousins .

@Nev: Yes, though the pumpkins are usually reserved for the unit commanders or ICs. We'll see.

@SL: I'm reasonably happy with them. I brightened up the glow on the melta one on the left last night before going to bed. I also applied the flock this morning so finishing them tonight should be a simple wash & applying foliage, etc.

@Theo: As what? (Meaning what would they represent?)

 Gitsplitta wrote:

@Theo: As what? (Meaning what would they represent?)

No idea, they just popped into my head as scary monster types.

Agreed on the glowing effects, they're awesome . Sounds like it's basically just basing to go!

Finally done!



Sergeant:


Meltas:



Stock:




And a surprise... quickie paint job on some giant bats to be my screamers!


Wouldn't be a proper tournament if I wasn't getting ready for it at 2 AM...

Nice idea for the 'meltas' on the gargoyles.

EDC

Nice new bats and pink hand melta (First guy) is amazing!

Good luck at the tournament!

Good luck at the tournament, and those gargoyles' eyes are beautiful!