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Post by Russell on May 10, 2019 12:56:48 GMT -6
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jesse
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Post by jesse on May 10, 2019 14:07:56 GMT -6
There's nothing like starting a new army before the last one was finished.
The Night's Watch look good so far, Nick. I was tempted by the Free Folk, but there are simply too many other things that need doing.
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Post by Nick P on May 12, 2019 8:34:10 GMT -6
Yeah I suck - without a deadline I tend to butterfly from project to project. Sticking with the NW until finished though - 36 dudes are drybrushed and washed, just need skin leather and metallics. They'll be done by the end of the week!
Then who knows what I'll do - something quick and easy like sylvaneth? Finally go back and properly highlight my chainrasps to finish the nighthaunt? Get my necrons to 100% (only 15 models remain)? Finish my 2 wip knights for my household? More terrain for my eventual games day at the house??
Its anyone's guess?
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Post by jesse on May 12, 2019 10:35:01 GMT -6
We should start a pool for what project comes next. I think I'd wager on a project knocking you off track from finishing the Night's Watch before you finish those 36 models. Who's willing to give me 2 to 1 odds on that?
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Post by Nick P on May 13, 2019 9:43:05 GMT -6
Me: I'm going to paint a thing Everyone else:
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Post by Nick P on May 13, 2019 10:43:34 GMT -6
FYI I finished the Veteran squad and the 3 movement trays for my infantry after Game of Thrones - so I'm 24 models away from hitting my goal Jesse!
Pics incoming
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Post by Nick P on May 14, 2019 7:58:20 GMT -6
Veterans of the Night's Watch, and a group shot of what I've got completed in the last 2 weeks: I've got the 24 brothers of the night's watch set up in 4 groups of 6 to make assembly lining the leather, faces, metallics, bases, and washes easier to power through. I've used a different grey on each group (dark reaper, dawnstone, mechanicus standard, and skavenblight dinge) and plan to use different browns and tans for each group for their hair as well (dryad bark, rhinox hide, zandri dust, steel legion drab).
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Post by Nick P on May 22, 2019 7:34:13 GMT -6
Spent the weekend with Jen out of town playing RDR2 instead of painting when I had down time, so haven't finished the Night's Watch yet - but we are close! Here's the progress as of Sunday night on the last 2 units: At this stage I still needed to do the metallics, hair colors, and leather straps on the unit to the left. Still had to do the leather, washes and highlights on the hair, and finish the gold metallics on the sword hilts on the unit on the right (tackling one at a time rather than trying to do all 24 assembly line style like I did with the cloaks and skin). After Monday and yesterday, here is where the unit on the right sits now. All they really need at this point are fur highlights and basing (out of dryad bark - picking some up today): Torn on what to do with the fur. On the veterans I went a little lighter with the grey, I was going to use it almost to help show their "rank" within the order. But I think these brothers are too dark overall, and some of that grey fur would really help make them pop on the table. Thoughts? Should I keep the light grey going or stick to darker greys, or even browns, for the sword brothers?
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Post by Russell on May 22, 2019 9:34:35 GMT -6
The important question is how far into RDR 2 are you?
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Post by Nick P on May 22, 2019 11:49:55 GMT -6
Chapter 3 babyyyyy - taking my sweet time! 32% completion
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Post by Russell on May 22, 2019 12:50:47 GMT -6
nice nice nice
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Post by Nick P on May 28, 2019 9:21:32 GMT -6
Finished the first unit of sworn brothers on Friday: Very happy with how these came out - not as good as the veterans imho, and very happy with how these look especially when placed next to the rest of the army. One more unit to go - and they're I'd say 95% done. Basecoated the hair, metals, leather, fur, and bases yesterday and applied washes. Tonight I should finish them - just need to drybrush the base, apply snow and static grass, do a light drybrush on the fur, and highlight the hair. Then on to some 40k to finish my last 2 knights (saving my sylvaneth for when Contrast Paint is released).
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Post by Nick P on May 29, 2019 7:50:56 GMT -6
**Hip Hop Airhorn Noises** And that's that! Night's Watch army is now complete - 40 points in 4 weeks, pretty excited about that. Here's the final unit of sworn brothers, and then a hasty group shot of the full force. Excited to be able to get some games in with these sometime soon! I'm going to be building Alarielle and the rest of my loon curse sylvaneth over the next couple of days before diving back into the paint. Not sure what I'm going to be working on next - I want to keep the theme of "finishing projects" alive, rather than starting something new, so likely going to be focusing on finishing my last 2 knights or finishing the details on my remaining nighthaunt infantry.
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Post by geofflloyd on Jun 3, 2019 7:20:24 GMT -6
Awesome! Figures wearing nothing but black are tough but you nailed it. These guys look great up close and at tabletop range with all of the highlights.
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Post by Nick P on Jun 3, 2019 7:47:33 GMT -6
Thanks for the kind words!
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