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The consistency of overall tone across the bases between the two units really ties them together! That the cavalry bases are so much less obscured by the lumpy objects above them is a big plus too. Not to mention the excellently random-but-not-too-random placement of static grass!
Are you sure that you and MongooseMatt aren't actually painting machines created to inspire the rest of us to try harder?
Inspire? My paint brushes hide and cower after I see their work.
Agies Grimm:The "Learn to play, bro" mentality is mostly just a way for someone to try to shame you by implying that their metaphorical nerd-wiener is bigger than yours. Which, ironically, I think nerds do even more vehemently than jocks.
Everything is made up and the points don't matter. 40K or Who's Line is it Anyway?
Auticus wrote: Or in summation: its ok to exploit shoddy points because those are rules and gamers exist to find rules loopholes (they are still "legal"), but if the same force can be composed without structure, it emotionally feels "wrong".
Bottle wrote: I'm doing a MongooseMatt at the moment, but here is another upload!
Lore of life Wizard (using a Bretonnian Damsel) and her Waywatcher Guardian.
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And with this my tournament prep is finished! I love hitting deadlines
That damsel is very inspiring! Great colour scheme and execution!
Thanks man! I usually don't deviate much from official schemes so it was nice to come up with one myself. I think the ginger hair works well with the green, and green is my weakest colour so it was good to try and improve that too (I highly recommend the Waywatcher green glaze to get a rich colour).
Bye bye Dakkadakka, happy hobbying! I really enjoyed my time on here. Opinions were always my own :-)
Well, so i ended up finding the starter box set for a pretty good price, and I love deals, so i have stormcast guys now. And khorne guys too i guess, except i never liked khorne. Or corn, for that matter.
So now I've got a pretty good sized project ahead of me!
Three guys on new test bases with a new test paint scheme!
There's some work to do yet. And i mean there is a lot of work to do yet. and i'm not actually sure if i want to strip the old ones or just leave them as is. i painted them when i was like 12!
Oh, got a few of those archers, they're excellent!
Sounds like you got alot of fun ahead of you with making them battle worthy. Certainly look great compared to my early painting attempts, Legos were less shiny!
Also, you said something earlier about getting Stormcasts? Well here's a vid to maybe help inspire a Bret theme to go along with your valiant men-at-arms:
Dr Cohen wrote: This has been a great thread, so I thought I'd stop lurking and post some of my stuff. My most recent is I finished my first Realmgate.
That's a really great job! You nailed the ancient structure look.
NinthMusketeer wrote: Great work Bottle! It's too bad so much of the excellently detailed base is obscured by that chariot-whatever hovering on the top. Even the wizard needs a crystal ball just to marvel at how wonderfully painted the ground beneath him is!
Haha, I don't even think the base is anything to rave about on the hurricanum though. I need to work on my bigger bases....
Anyway, I finished off the second part of this set. A unit of mercenary knights to guard my Alchemist in battle. All in matching blue!
That's outstanding!
Not a model but thought I'd share this funny sketch I did.
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@Baron Klatz: I love that little sketch! And thanks for the compliment and the video.
i'm currently still doing some rebasing. most of the archers are done! (huzzah) but I can't do too much about the knights because I don't have any oval bases. I do really like how the archers look on the round ones though, nice and skirmishy.
I'm coming up with a vague backstory as I always like to do, these Brets aren't going to be quite Brets, less peasant conscripts and more a citizen militia, if that makes sense.
Finally got some done. This has been one slow build for me, but I am liking I am not rushing. I am liking the job I am doing. Slow but surely I am improving ever so slowly.
Here is the latest I got from Icewind Assault. A thanks to Bottle for suggesting I paint the rim. It looks so much better now painted. Now just need to base and make the Orgers for the other Frostusken. (sorry forget the proper name.)
Agies Grimm:The "Learn to play, bro" mentality is mostly just a way for someone to try to shame you by implying that their metaphorical nerd-wiener is bigger than yours. Which, ironically, I think nerds do even more vehemently than jocks.
Everything is made up and the points don't matter. 40K or Who's Line is it Anyway?
Auticus wrote: Or in summation: its ok to exploit shoddy points because those are rules and gamers exist to find rules loopholes (they are still "legal"), but if the same force can be composed without structure, it emotionally feels "wrong".
Looks fantastic Davor! Not long till the set is finished then I imagine? :-)
Have you considered painting the rim black? Personally I think black rims are by far the best. If you look at this website you'll notice a trend on base rim colour https://golden-demon.com :-p
Can't wait to see the rest!
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Bye bye Dakkadakka, happy hobbying! I really enjoyed my time on here. Opinions were always my own :-)
Oh wow, they are amazing Bottle. I will have to consider them in the future.
Ah you might see them sooner if you and Matt stop posting your awesome work so my brushes don't go into hiding.
Kidding there, don't stop posting, it is what got me back to painting again after being miserable in the last few months.
Agies Grimm:The "Learn to play, bro" mentality is mostly just a way for someone to try to shame you by implying that their metaphorical nerd-wiener is bigger than yours. Which, ironically, I think nerds do even more vehemently than jocks.
Everything is made up and the points don't matter. 40K or Who's Line is it Anyway?
Auticus wrote: Or in summation: its ok to exploit shoddy points because those are rules and gamers exist to find rules loopholes (they are still "legal"), but if the same force can be composed without structure, it emotionally feels "wrong".
Starting AoS in the near future but already may have bitten off more than I can chew, found one of the old Skaven Battalion boxes on last chance to buy in my local GW and just ordered the Spire of Dawn box as well, so I think I've worked it out at about 120ish figures to assemble and paint... Only just started Warhammer 40k in August with Necrons.... So going to have to learn a lot of new painting techniques.... My great ideas always end up backfiring...
I would be already happy if I manage to get a single point of that list (--> intended to paint some Dropfleet Commander ships but Hawk is too incompetent to deliver my Kickstarter pledge... So either I will continue on my Genestealers or the Sylvaneth damn Battleboxes that I couldn't resist
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Shaxx wrote: My current project, once i finish Alarielle i will start getting my entire Sylvaneth force painted
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Looking gorgeous (especially the skin)... Maybe a tad grainy on the tabard (but whom am I to critizise).
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Have a look, I guarantee you will not see greyer armies, EVER! Now with at least 4 shades of grey
I would be already happy if I manage to get a single point of that list (--> intended to paint some Dropfleet Commander ships but Hawk is too incompetent to deliver my Kickstarter pledge... So either I will continue on my Genestealers or the Sylvaneth 
damn Battleboxes that I couldn't resist 