cj
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Post by cj on Sept 12, 2018 11:19:08 GMT -6
Voidravens look sharp! The Stark stuff looks very good, nicely done on the grey. The only critique I would have is the use of metallics on the Lannister cloth. It doesn't look bad by any stretch, I personally just don't like using metallic paint on what is supposed to be a fabric. I completely agree, I would have done yellow but I don't seem to own any darker/mid yellows, and got impatient. I'll have to run out and get some averland sunset tonight and give it another go - I don't think it looks bad in gold, I just think it would look better in yellow probably. Usually when I do something like cloth of gold I use skrag brown, averland sunset, and flash gitz. Agrax is awesome for smoothing the transition and giving it a smidge of depth.
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Post by Nick P on Sept 12, 2018 11:42:56 GMT -6
That's awesome advice thanks CJ, I actually have some skrag brown so I'll start there - the yellow I have is Yriel yellow, so a bit too bright and pastel, but maybe as a final highlight in some spots it could work.
Edit: Though if anyone in Westeros is rich enough to adorn their banners with actual woven gold thread, it would be the lannisters, so I might end up keeping it and giving it a matte coat to dull it a little bit compared to the golden trim.
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Post by Nick P on Sept 13, 2018 10:15:25 GMT -6
Went ahead with the suggestion to use gloss varnish on the armor panels of the lannister armor to make them distinct from the red fabric, and I think it works - great idea Jesse! I was trying to get through all 24 of my stark sworn swords last night with detail painting so I could hit them with a wash and leave them overnight, but its actually a lot more fiddly to pick out the details than I thought it would be at the start. I think in hindsight I should have sprayed these guys with silver, and then painted in the fabric areas over the top, since having the fabric done but needing to neatly and carefully paint in the silver details in and around the cloth is more tedious than painting the cloth would have been. I managed to get through like 8 of the dudes before calling it a night, I'll aim to push through the remaining 15 tonight while I watch my Bengals trounce the Ravens (or vice versa), and get them to the wash stage.
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Post by Nick P on Sept 20, 2018 7:21:19 GMT -6
After checking out the reviews for the new Beasts of Chaos battletome, I was struck with inspiration for how to use the sister of the thorns box set that's been in my pile of shame for almost 2 years - centigor conversions: I was surprised how well the width of the neck of the deer matched up with the width of the torsos I am using (marauders of chaos, or maybe marauder horsemen, one or the other). I'll need to do a little greenstuff to get the fur looking right and to add some fur to the backs, and possibly to add some to the deer body as well to cover up where I had to carve the saddle off, but it looks surprisingly clean for just being hacked apart and glued together, more so than I thought it would!
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Post by Nick P on Sept 25, 2018 7:55:38 GMT -6
Centigor 2/5: Standard bearer is next up! I also decided to kitbash a beastlord instead of buying the finecast one - mostly bestigor and marauder parts, I like him: And my tuskgor chariot kitbashes - awaiting the bases in the mail, then I'll prime and paint them and the riders (converted bestigors from extra gors I had on hand) separate before gluing them together.
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Post by jesse on Sept 25, 2018 13:25:30 GMT -6
The conversions are looking awesome, Nick.
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Post by Russell on Sept 25, 2018 15:03:32 GMT -6
I have one of those chariot kits, do you think you could get away with something as simple as a head / weapon swap?
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Post by Nick P on Sept 26, 2018 7:47:36 GMT -6
I have one of those chariot kits, do you think you could get away with something as simple as a head / weapon swap? Oh yeah - slap a beastman head on the armored dude with the axe and you've got yourself a bestigor, throw a gor head on the shirtless dude and bam, tuskgor chariot!
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Post by Nick P on Sept 26, 2018 10:01:21 GMT -6
Finished another Centigor conversion, here's all 3 so far - 2 more to go Also working on my herdstone, and trying to get better at OSL while I'm at it - what do you think of this so far? Better pic of the fire:
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Post by Russell on Sept 26, 2018 10:36:07 GMT -6
I CANT WAIT TO HAVE GOATFIGHTS
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Post by Russell on Sept 26, 2018 10:41:40 GMT -6
Oh yeah - slap a beastman head on the armored dude with the axe and you've got yourself a bestigor, throw a gor head on the shirtless dude and bam, tuskgor chariot! N O I C E I'm thinking chariots would be great if summoned. They're only three points, which you could easily get in a turn. Just summon them up, and ram them into something and if it dies, who cares just summon it again.
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Post by Nick P on Sept 26, 2018 11:14:40 GMT -6
I'm thinking the same for these centigors - cheap to summon, can potentially get enough to summon them on the first turn with the right command trait on your general, and go cap objectives on the outskirts of the board or charge some artillery or just harass some stuff and rinse, repeat, every turn forever.
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Post by Nick P on Sept 26, 2018 11:15:33 GMT -6
I CANT WAIT TO HAVE GOATFIGHTS What's amazing for goatfights is that by like turn 3 the entire board is basically immune to battleshock thanks to competing herdstones. A T T R I T I O N
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Post by Nick P on Oct 15, 2018 9:15:24 GMT -6
Haven't been doing much hobby lately since AC:Odyssey came out, but did finish up 2 of my stark characters for ASOIAF, as well as a bannerman for the Stark Sworn Swords unit: The Greatjon - Jon Umber, of House Umber: And his enormous greatblade: An optional Captain attachment for the Starks: And the banner for the Sworn Swords unit: I really really need to find a faster way to paint these dudes - I think I made a mistake by airbrushing the grey cloth as the first step, since its taking a lot longer to go in and paint the leather and chainmail around the cloth without getting paint everywhere. At least there's only 24 of them (only 20 to go), I'm hoping to power through this week.
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Post by geofflloyd on Oct 15, 2018 13:52:40 GMT -6
Finished another Centigor conversion, here's all 3 so far - 2 more to goAlso working on my herdstone, and trying to get better at OSL while I'm at it - what do you think of this so far? Oh dude, I love the look of the herdstone. I've seen so many of these and seriously this is my favorite look so far. I really love the commitment to the "black and white" look of it.
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