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Post by Nick P on May 24, 2018 10:24:05 GMT -6
Been trucking along on some conversions I've had in the backlog - had some bags full of bits that I'd ordered back in March or April that never got attention due to Adepticon and then the move into the new house. Knocked out the 2 dark eldar characters, have a WiP plastic incubi conversion I'm working on that I'll have more pics of tonight, and had 5 of these guys made up: Plastic flayed ones! Super easy conversion. Just took some standard necron warrior legs and torsos, cut the legs at the knees to repose them and make them a little more dynamic, glued on spare arms from immortal and lychguard kits, hacked the hands and wrists off, and then glued on some blades from leftover hyperphase swords (which are really good apparently, I just never used them - warscythes 4 lyfe). And threw on some extra heads from the deathmark/immortals kit to make them stand out a little more. I'm going to carve into them a little bit more to make them look like they're scratching at each other and themselves in their craziness, and then I'm going to take some of the GW texture paint and apply it on various areas to make them crusty and chunky, which will then get painted like gore and viscera with blood for the blood god. I'm also debating not painting their heads/shoulder guards red like the rest of my army, and just splattering them with blood for the blood god. I figure they're crazy robots bent on murder, they aren't painting their armor in the tradition of their dynasty, they're just appearing from pocket dimensions randomly, slicing dudes up, eating their skin, then peacing out. So they should be SUPER easy to paint (nice).
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Post by Nick P on May 24, 2018 10:27:21 GMT -6
I haven't painted anything in two months either, but that's because I've been having really bad hobby ennui. Yeah I get that. I think the best thing to do in those situations is just not to push it. Eventually you'll get the inspiration back to paint or play, it goes in cycles for me too personally. Plus you went nuts and painted up a ton of khorne right before Adepticon (and it looks amazing), so its understandable you'd need a break for a bit.
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Post by Nick P on May 31, 2018 7:49:40 GMT -6
Oh hey its me again with another random hobby project: BOOM! Table baby! The mdf pieces I made the top out of overhang on the right by about an inch, so I need to cut that off with my circular saw and then sand it smooth (MDF dust is a nightmare PS, thank god for my airbrush mask). Then I need to get some more MDF to make the bottom shelf to store my terrain and army cases, random terrain materials and tools etc. I think I'm going to finish it by putting a 1x6 trim around the table top to give it a bit of a lip, so dice won't just roll off.
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Post by Dougtrio on May 31, 2018 7:50:48 GMT -6
Nick slow down, you're making us underacheivers look bad.
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Post by cj on May 31, 2018 8:04:46 GMT -6
Have you considered putting a no slip coating on the table so terrain pieces/board tiles/play mats don't move around? I've thought about doing that if I ever build a table, especially as I think it would cut down on splinters.
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Post by Nick P on May 31, 2018 9:44:28 GMT -6
Have you considered putting a no slip coating on the table so terrain pieces/board tiles/play mats don't move around? I've thought about doing that if I ever build a table, especially as I think it would cut down on splinters. I haven't thought of that - I laid out my frontline battlemat on the table last night to see how it looked/that everything was the right size and I didn't blow it - and it seems like it will stick pretty well. I think especially when the 1x6s are nailed to the sides to give the table a bit of a lip, things like the battlemat and game tiles if I ever go that route should be nice and snug. What kind of non slip coating do people use typically, do you know? Is there something formulated for this, like a car wax or similar perhaps?
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Post by Nick P on May 31, 2018 9:45:14 GMT -6
Nick slow down, you're making us underacheivers look bad. Well I haven't painted anything in like 4 months so there's that - just been building building building. And now that the new knights are coming out...that trend should continue.
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Post by cj on May 31, 2018 14:26:40 GMT -6
I was thinking something along the lines of an epoxy garage floor paint, but I see it's a bit excessive for a gaming table.
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Post by Andy on Jun 1, 2018 0:17:13 GMT -6
Pool deck paint or stair strips are both easy non-slip options.
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Post by Nick P on Jun 11, 2018 12:39:55 GMT -6
More random hobbiness - got a test model done for my Imperial Knights - and not sure how I feel about it. Here is how it looks right now: But I don't like the look of the stripe up top. I think it needs to be drawn into the model more - or the color needs to be swapped to something warmer given the overall cold feel of the model with the black and light grey. Here's what I threw together in photoshop for what I'm thinking: Adding a stripe on the shoulder, extending the main stripe downward towards the head, and adding a 45 degree stripe on the ankle(s). What do you think? Stick with the blue and add those features, leave it as is, change the spot color to something warmer (like orange), or change the color AND add more?
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Post by kingwalnut on Jun 11, 2018 12:55:15 GMT -6
Have you considered putting a no slip coating on the table so terrain pieces/board tiles/play mats don't move around? I've thought about doing that if I ever build a table, especially as I think it would cut down on splinters. I haven't thought of that - I laid out my frontline battlemat on the table last night to see how it looked/that everything was the right size and I didn't blow it - and it seems like it will stick pretty well. I think especially when the 1x6s are nailed to the sides to give the table a bit of a lip, things like the battlemat and game tiles if I ever go that route should be nice and snug. What kind of non slip coating do people use typically, do you know? Is there something formulated for this, like a car wax or similar perhaps? I have been DREAMING of the day I have the space to build one of these for myself
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Post by Nick P on Jun 12, 2018 7:06:13 GMT -6
Oh hey I finished it Dat Decal Shot
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Post by Russell on Jun 12, 2018 9:38:15 GMT -6
He looks ready to chop some venoms
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Post by Nick P on Jun 12, 2018 9:57:22 GMT -6
I've named him Vehiculum Circumdatos
Also what do you guys think about House Maleficus as a name? Since I'm trying to tie them into the thousand sons themed imperial stuff I've got, Maleficus meaning sorcery/magic etc seems appropriate.
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Post by cj on Jun 12, 2018 11:28:03 GMT -6
How about House Sycorax? Sycorax is the mother of the servant of Prospero in Shakespeare's the Tempest.
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