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Post by Nick P on Jun 21, 2018 7:03:14 GMT -6
Spooky Boi test model is coming along Couldn't be easier - light grey primer, washed with 2:1 lahmian and nihilakh oxide, coelia greenshide in the deepest recesses, white scar edge highlights. Still need to do the haft of the weapon, the aged metal, and then the base (just going to do normal brown, mid-brown, bone drybrush + grass). Also used the texture paints for the first time last night to do the base of my Armiger. You gotta be careful on those larger bases - it warped under the pull of the texture paint as it dried! Probably better to use that stuff on smaller bases with less surface area, or to do it in sections rather than in one fell swoop like I did (whoops). EDIT: Its not lost on me how white this model is right now, and no I don't plan to paint this army as the inverse to my dark eldar (primer + highlight = done right???). I'm going to have to go back over this sucka with some more nihilakh to bring out the folds of the cloth a bit more I think. Also I should do something with the eyes of the skull to make them pop.
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Post by Joelercoaster on Jun 21, 2018 7:42:07 GMT -6
Dead Boi Ghost Hugs
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Post by Russell on Jun 21, 2018 13:36:58 GMT -6
Did you put the oxide all over the model or just on the recesses?
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Post by Russell on Jun 21, 2018 13:39:06 GMT -6
Also here's an idea for the eyes. Dude glued in some tiny beads, I think from a water filter.
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Post by Nick P on Jun 21, 2018 15:09:52 GMT -6
OH DANG that looks dope! If nothing else I think I'll try to make them look like they're glowing blue to offset the green of the rest of the model.
And yes Russell I put a 2:1 mix of lahmian and nihilakh all over, might even have been 3:1. I wanted to get a slight tint but not get the pooling and streaks and blotchiness of an all over wash. Might not have been strong enough though, but that's why this is a test model right? I'll go back over it tonight with more nihilakh and lahmian in a closer to 1:1 mix and get a better tint.
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Post by daniel, why on Jun 23, 2018 21:29:09 GMT -6
Knight color scheme is great, I don't feel like it's too cold in color temperature.
Build a ceiling rack for a top down camera view during games. Or, for maximum utility, get a drone camera, start filming bat reps from all angles baby.
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Post by Nick P on Jun 25, 2018 11:56:17 GMT -6
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Post by mike on Jun 25, 2018 23:00:04 GMT -6
Sharp sharp shaaaaarp
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Post by Joelercoaster on Jun 26, 2018 7:04:45 GMT -6
That's one huggable dead boi ghost hug
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Post by Nick P on Jun 26, 2018 7:35:16 GMT -6
Built 6 spirithosts last night (on par with the ghost ark for worst models ever), but trying to focus on painting my Knight Castellan this week before digging deeper into the ghosts. The base metallics are all done on the big guy, just the armor panels need to be painted now. Trying to get celestra grey to go through my airbrush well is tough, and I don't have the patience to wait for an order of the actual air paint, so that's my struggle right now. Might just have to thin it way down with lahmian and just do like 4 layers.
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Post by Nick P on Jun 28, 2018 14:00:26 GMT -6
Haven't gotten much painted this week - but been busy with building. Managed to build 6 spirit hosts (the worst kit on the planet) which will be primed tonight, and finished magnetizing my 2 questoris knights - I now have a fist, 2 chainswords, 2 battle cannons/thermal cannons, and the avenger Gatling gun magnetized for ultimate option-ness. I might grab a second fist from eBay so I can double up on the gallants in some games - they seem like a ton of fun. I've started basecoating the armor on my Dominus knight, and experimenting with masking tools. I haven't been happy with the tamiya masking tape I have for curved surfaces (though its phenomenal if you just need straight lines on flat surfaces) but I found a solution - silly putty. No joke, this stuff is a godsend. It doesn't stick to anything permanently, if you get paint on it you can knead it out with ease, and it conforms to any/every surface exactly as you need it to. I also have done more work on the fluff for my knight house, since I wanted it to have character. And now, a brief history of House Sycorax: House Sycorax was founded in the early years of man-kind's expansion and colonization of the stars, hailing from the death world Sycorax in Ultima Segmentum, a planet wracked with warp storms and psychic energy not far from Prospero, homeworld of the traitorous (boo hiss) thousand sons.
Any rumors of the great knight house working with and protecting Prospero and the Thousand Sons legion in exchange for raw materials and a repair garrison from the formerly heretical forgeworld Zhao Arkkad are, of course, complete hog wash.
*ahem*
The largest noble family of Sycorax is the Hastermere family, which has enjoyed a long and illustrious history fighting the enemies of the imperium during the great crusades, during the horus heresy, and beyond. The patriarch of the family, Mercutias Hastermere, was recently betrayed by an oathbreaker from a rival family that has long coveted the power and might that the Hastermere family wields.
The leadership of House Sycorax, and the Hastermere family, has fallen to Mercutias' eldest offspring - the Duchess Gwendolane. She has inherited her fathers lands and titles, as well as his prized dominus chassis, the Knight Castellan which she has renamed "Obstinatus Vindicta" - Unyielding Vengeance. She has vowed to crusade the galaxy in search for her father's killer, taking an oath not to return home until vengeance has been achieved.
She is accompanied in battle by her uncle, Archduke Silas Hastermere, her fathers favorite brother - so heartbroken at Mercutias' death is Silas, that he has exchanged the armament of his legendary knight chassis, "Aurum Messorem" (The Gilded Reaper) for that of a gallant, charging headlong into the enemy seeking either a warriors death in battle or redemption for what he sees as his failure to protect his brother.
Gwendolane and Silas are joined by several other nobles and warriors from their homeworld on their crusade:
- Mercutias' closest friend and confidant, Duke Gideon Drake, pilots the legendary Crusader chassis "Adamus Furore", Adamant Fury.
- Gwendolane's youngest brother, Sir Dorian Hestermere, takes to the field in his Armiger Warglaive "Ultrix Interfectorem", The Vengeful Slayer. He sees this crusade as equal parts family duty and opportunity to increase his own standing within his house.
- Dorian's long-time rival, Sir Lucius Hex, pilots one of his family's own Armiger Warglaives "Vermiculo Venandi", the Crimson Hunter...and makes no small matter of competing with Dorian for kills on the battlefield, in an attempt to pitch woo at Gwendolane, who's hand he has long sought in marriage.
- Lady Lauraine Olander, Gwendolane's personal handmaiden, accompanies her charge in battle piloting "Ferrum Redemptio", the Blade of Redemption. This Armiger Helverin chassis of the Sycorax Household has always been piloted by a member of the Olander family, who have long served the Hastermere's as servants and bodyguards due to a broken oath of fealty centuries ago.
Thoughts? I'm basically making my knight army a mega-robot sized "inquisitorial warband" type of deal - each knight and pilot having their own character and quirks, which I can play to on the battlefield (like throwing the knight gallant at the closest most dangerous enemy every game to either kill it or explode fantastically). As I swap out the wargear for knight Wardens, Paladins, Errants, etc I will add characters and personalities. And when/if GW ever releases the Knight Preceptor kit, I'll add one of those so I can create a more inspiring leader - or perhaps Lucius or Dorian will have been promoted???
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Post by daniel, why on Jun 30, 2018 16:40:22 GMT -6
Oh yeah, gimme dat fluff! I lost count--how many Knights are you planning on painting?!
Did you use the Knight name generator the WarCom team posted? It had some solid suggestions in there, I have to say.
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Post by Nick P on Jul 2, 2018 7:09:54 GMT -6
I got a lot of my inspiration from that article yeah - I didn't randomize everything, but I did a couple of d66 rolls to jog my creative juices! It was a huge help - but in the end once I rolled up Duchess Gwendolane Hastermere, it clicked and I just cherry picked the rest from that list from there.
I'm going to have 7 knights in total - 2 helverins, 2 warglaives, 2 questoris knights and the dominus castellan. I can fit 6 of the 7 into a 2000 point list, so I'm always going to be leaving 1 of the small guys at home, and I've magnetized the weapons so I can create characters as well for a Knight Paladin, Errant, and Warden to boot!
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Post by Nick P on Jul 2, 2018 7:24:19 GMT -6
Productive weekend - managed to get my spirit hosts all finished, pushing me to a WHOPPING 300 points of painted nighthaunt (look out!): Family Foto: Also been cracking away on my Knight Castellan - I really wanted to finish this guy by the end of the week last week, but hobby time was limited. He's SO CLOSE now - all I need to finish is the bronze trim on all the armor panels, then I just need to decide where I want the teal/green spot color stripes and accents to go and what her personal heraldry should look like. Also debating on adding the same big stripe down the top of the carapace that I did with the armiger, I kinda like the cleaner look of the grey and black. Thoughts?
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Post by Joelercoaster on Jul 2, 2018 8:28:36 GMT -6
Dood those ghostpals are ridic amounts of awesome. Love the models, love the scheme.
I'm a fan of the stripe on the armiger as it breaks up the "monotony" of the "black and white space marine on a black and white bike", so to speak. I think "an accent" is a good move, but a stripe isn't the only option... depending on the heraldry, or maybe some extra brassy pieces, or a flamboyant (in a good way) face plate, or... *something*
In any case, it's looking amazing so far. My only wish is that Nids had some proper Knight-equivalents so a proper Pacific Rim could be done. Although, a Supreme Command detachment of a Heirophant and a few support HQ's (read, Mally and a couple Neurothropes) vs 7 knights would be an interesting Godzilla matchup...
Anyway. Keep the bot-monsters coming!
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