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Post by Nick P on Jul 2, 2018 9:50:03 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! Only problem is that Chapter Approved changed the Heirophant points cost to 2000 so its basically unusable outside of Apoc games and Power Level games. Womp womp And thanks man for the compliments! I appreciate it! I think the vertical stripe on the top carapace as a common theme for all my knights is a good idea, and then the shin plates and shoulder plates and face masks are where I can switch things up to do chevrons or crosses or stripes or whatever to add more unique character to each model. After that pic was taken, I actually did one of the quarter panels on the face mask in the teal, and did the shield on the groin armor half teal/half black. I might do diamond patterns in teal on one of the shoulders, or checks on one of the shin plates, both are common themes for Knight armies that I want to try.
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Post by Joelercoaster on Jul 2, 2018 11:55:42 GMT -6
Harlequin knight.
And yeah, battlescribe has the phant at 2060 pointwise, and I think 90 PL? Not as big a difference as a lot of Titans got, but it would only work at maybe 2250 or an awkward 105 pl or something to fit in the hq's.
Step one, though, get the big boi painted. Actually, step one is glue the arms on.
Yes to stripes, yes to other accent patterns. Gonna be siiiiiiikkk
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Post by Nick P on Jul 2, 2018 13:38:15 GMT -6
Arms are on, armor plates are going on tonight. Face mask is done and glued on, groin plate is done and glued on. Next up are thighs (thicc) and humerous pads, then shins, with the piece to resistance being the top carapace.
But I also just found out I got soul wars delivered today soooooo more ghosts are on the menu. I have to convince myself to finish the castellan before getting stuck in (it won't work). I also want to finish my Myrmourn banshees tonight, the ghosts are super quick to paint up so that might be possible while I wait for washes to dry on the big lady.
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Post by daniel, why on Jul 2, 2018 18:13:48 GMT -6
That is the cleanest working area I've ever seen. Must be a fresh setup... no one is that organized with their hobby desk. Right?
I'm excited to see how the new Nighthaunt look with your scheme, dude!
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Post by Nick P on Jul 3, 2018 6:52:40 GMT -6
Haha it is a fresh set up, it also helps that now I have a full basement dedicated to gaming, my "hobby desk" is just a big 3x6 folding table that we used to use for parties - and it has all my airbrushing stuff set up on one half, and then my paints and hobby tools and work area on the other half. Tonight I'll take a picture of my gaming table, which currently is COVERED in all of my unpainted models as they await their turn in my painting queue. Talk about messy. More nighthaunt coming up - finished a Myrmourn Banshee last night, I really like how they look with the white scheme I'm using, however part of me likes that in the "true" GW scheme these girls contrast so well with the rest of the army - part of me feels I should have swapped the color palette, making these girls black like they're wearing funeral shawls, rather than white like they're wearing wedding veils. I may do another one in black and see how it feels tonight. Regardless, the sculpted bases on these things are fun to paint, but kind fiddly with the amount of detail - I kind of would have preferred that they come on blank bases so I can make them my own, but these will be a cool change of pace when the army is on the board. I tried to tie it in with some light drybrushing of my mid brown along the edges of the stonework, and by adding a grass tuft as well.
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Post by Nick P on Jul 9, 2018 6:57:30 GMT -6
I wasn't sure how the white on the banshee was going to look next to my mostly white ghosts, so I did up another quick banshee in black with some drybrushing just to see. I kinda like how in the GW scheme, the ghosts are mostly black and green while the banshees and Lady Olynder are white, but since my ghosts are greenish white, I wasn't sure if there was going to be enough contrast - what do you guys think? I personally think the white fits the model itself better, but if I stick with white I need to find a way to make it stand out against the rest of my army. Maybe add more nihilakh oxide to the ends of the robes to make them more green? Also finished my Castellan Knight - I need ideas on what else to do to the armor panels to make them interesting, too much wasted space in my opinion, but I don't want to just slap the same Hawkshroud logo all over every panel - he's already got 3 of them on him, which I think is enough? What do you guys think? And here he is next to my baby knight (pre-decals/base drybrushing), after I chose to extend the top stripe on the armiger all the way to the back for consistency. I like it a lot better! I also managed to get some shelves up in the basement on Thursday when I had the day off, so I could put my collection on display! Still have to unpack my imperium and eldar stuff, and make sure my knights fit on that bottom shelf as well, so I may need to get a third smaller shelf for my nighthaunt and idoneth deepkin to chill. Goals for this week before I go on vacation the 14th-21st: paint up the nighthaunt characters from the soul wars box. They've already got their coat of primer and the first wash of nihilakh, so now its time to break out the drybrushes!
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Post by cj on Jul 9, 2018 8:28:38 GMT -6
How about kill counts on the panels? One side for monsters and the other for war machines, with a mural on the each side denoting which it is for.
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Post by Nick P on Jul 9, 2018 9:50:23 GMT -6
That's an amazing idea - and the decal sheets come with tons of little kill markers, I could do heroes, war machines, monsters etc etc. Very cool - and a reason for me to get this thing in battle ASAP.
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Post by Joelercoaster on Jul 9, 2018 10:45:04 GMT -6
You realize it now has to be a live running total, though, right? I'm gonna just throw a bunch of MC's into it so you can hulk-smash them and earn some marks
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Post by daniel, why on Jul 9, 2018 20:12:23 GMT -6
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Post by Nick P on Jul 11, 2018 8:17:12 GMT -6
Finished up my first Guardian of Souls: This dude's weapon arm has snapped like 3 times, its absurd. These models are actually really sturdy as far as their connection to the base, which I was worried about - its the detail bits like arms and weapons that you need to be careful of. Knocked this sucker's arm off with a drybrush and had to re-glue it several times after. Up next, finishing my Myrmourn banshees - I decided to stick with the white scheme, I just think it fits the models better. Here's all my painted NightHaunt so far - big happy (dead) family!
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Post by ocotako7 on Jul 11, 2018 8:35:09 GMT -6
When are these spooky bois coming to Good Games?
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Post by Nick P on Jul 11, 2018 9:38:52 GMT -6
Probably never, I'm in Glenview now
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Post by Russell on Jul 11, 2018 11:08:40 GMT -6
Probably never, I'm in Glenview now
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Post by Nick P on Jul 11, 2018 11:21:55 GMT -6
What I should say is, never on a weekday. But I can probably start putting dedicated days on the calendar to come hit up the dojo or good games on a saturday or sunday.
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