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Post by Nick P on Sept 15, 2017 7:52:48 GMT -6
Don't get me wrong, the sculpts GW are making these days are out of control good, the level of detail is unheard of and the types of joins they're able to get for their large models (and their ability to hide said joins) is better than ever. We never would have seen something as amazing as an imperial knight, daemon primarchs, or the large AoS models like Archaon without this step forward with the technology. But man, why on earth do they insist on having some of the weakest contact points imaginable to secure these things to bases? Putting together Archaon last night (finished the main sub assembly), and I get to the part where I stick Drogar to the base: There's 2 small ball/sockets that connect his tail to the small ruins on the base...and a piece of flat plastic smaller than the area that attaches a space marine to his base for the tail to make direct contact to the base as well. Huh?? Literally the largest single model Games Workshop makes, and one that despite being plastic is extremely top heavy...and they give you about the same area as a space marine's feet to secure it to the base lol come on now, with CAD being as good as it is, there's no way they couldn't have found a better way to stick him to the base - or even use a flying stand or something similar, or even a peg/slot that fits into the base. I'm probably going to have to go in and pin it just to be safe. /rant. Overall this model is DOPE but that just stuck out as a super strange design decision.
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Post by Nick P on Sept 21, 2017 14:05:12 GMT -6
Picked up a couple of projects on ebay today - didn't realize GW had released a 4-pack for the old empire wizard kit: These models are great, and have so many options - just picked one up for $30 (when the original 2-pack was like $25 or something!) and plan to convert them into 1-2 additional genestealer magus for my Nids, a life wizard for my sylvaneth army, and possible a cryptek for my Necrons. Versatile!
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Post by Nick P on Sept 27, 2017 8:05:36 GMT -6
BEHOLD! The Magii of the Cult of the Tempest are almost ready for paint! Need to add something to the tip of his staff - might do a genestealer skull or try to make a greenstuff copy of the official Magus staff, or do like a big gem or something. Thoughts? Nidly Bible to read from! Thinking about swapping the crystal ball for a genestealer skull. Thoughts? Also holy shit, SO many mold lines. These need some serious clean up.
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Post by Russell on Sept 27, 2017 8:26:08 GMT -6
Oh wow, those bits swaps are pretty effective. I personally like the crystal ball on the last dudeman. What colors are you going with for your cults?
Also good lord those mold lines. It's really crazy how much they have been diminished with the newer kits.
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Post by Nick P on Sept 27, 2017 10:56:58 GMT -6
Yeah dude those freaking mold lines are crazy, lot of the old kits were like that and I had totally forgotten about it. Will be cleaning those up tonight and filing down some rough spots where the plastic glue got a little rough while drying on the staff tips and cloaks etc.
I kinda like the crystal ball I just don't know how I'll paint it to loop in with the GSC theme lol maybe paint it to look like a galaxy, like he's plotting out the path of the hive fleet that is coming to "save" them?
I'm going to tie them in with my tyranids, so dark greys, greens, purple for weapon details. Might make the green a little more muted and the grey a much lighter grey, so they're different but still within the same general palette. Oh and then obviously a whole bunch of hazard stripes.
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Post by OneEyeRob on Sept 28, 2017 12:37:52 GMT -6
Oho! Looking Good!!!!
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Post by Nick P on Dec 11, 2017 14:15:23 GMT -6
Getting Magnus finished this week for...a thing in March...
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Post by Nick P on Dec 11, 2017 22:42:19 GMT -6
Finished the wings, and golden armor pieces. I'll finish the base, cloth, and weapons before gluing it on so I don't risk splattering paint. Loved doing the transition on the wings - used too large of a drybrush, so the initial layer looks less "red with blue highlights" and more "purple", but I got the hang of it in the end and used glazes to help clean up any mistakes and to bring the colors together. I didn't have the blues GW uses so used the colors I had for all the turquoise gems on 30k magnus. This will help tie them both together (also why I chose golden armor instead of silver armor), and still gives the same effect.
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Post by cj on Dec 12, 2017 7:58:56 GMT -6
Are you going off the painting tutorial GW put out, a different video, or figuring it out for yourself?
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Post by jefferestinpeace on Dec 12, 2017 8:11:51 GMT -6
Wowie
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Post by Nick P on Dec 12, 2017 8:25:55 GMT -6
Are you going off the painting tutorial GW put out, a different video, or figuring it out for yourself? Yup I'm going off of Duncan's tutorial, but using some substitutions just based on the fact that I am missing like 3 of the colors they use - I used a more orangey red than they do for the skin, but then I glazed it purple to give it a less "demon of khorne" appearance, and then used more turquoise than blue for the wings, but the overall effect looks pretty much the same
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Post by Nick P on Dec 12, 2017 8:26:48 GMT -6
Trying out this new technique called drai-barushing
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Post by daniel, why on Dec 13, 2017 20:09:15 GMT -6
double like
He's a mean looking dude! Mighty fine work, sir. Mighty fine.
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Post by Nick P on Dec 13, 2017 22:57:52 GMT -6
Final leg! He's mostly finished now, need to so the base, the magic on his weapon, and then do his horns/fingernails/talons and his crown to bring it all together. But he looks damn cool with the cloth and his runes all painted up! Ready to candidly speak with the emperor to explain why he was right all along and the emperor should apologize!
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Post by Nick P on Jan 23, 2018 12:35:14 GMT -6
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