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Post by Nick P on Feb 25, 2017 6:48:12 GMT -6
Why drop the Tzeentch symbols? Wasn't Magnus always a heretic and witch? TRIGGERRRRRRRRRRRRD
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Post by Nick P on Feb 25, 2017 6:53:38 GMT -6
Magnus' and the legions psychic powers were always coming from Tzeentch behind the scenes, but they just didn't know it. Magnus' hubris in thinking he was the most powerful being in the warp is what ultimately lead to his downfall.
When the wolves came to prospero, he saw his folly and originally embraced his punishment and prevented his defenses from stopping the wokves. Once he realized they weren't there to arrest him, but to slaughter them, is when he fought back.
Finally as his planet was being torn apart and his legion slaughtered to a man, in a fit of rage he fully embraced the whispers in his ear and transported his legion to the planet of the sorcerers that tzeentch had prepared for them, and plotted his revenge against an imperium that had betrayed him.
He was always a good guy, he never wanted to betray the emperor or side with horus, but he got backed into a corner and did what he had to do.
#magnusdidnothingwrong
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Post by jesse on Feb 25, 2017 8:59:22 GMT -6
You know well enough that innocence proves nothing.
But, on the actual idea of converting demon Magnus into loyal Magnus: what do you think are the odds that you'll end up buying the Forgeworld Magnus when he's released? I would guess pretty high, which means then you'll end up with two loyalist Magni and no daemon prince Magnus, in which case it might be better to wait.
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Post by Nick P on Feb 25, 2017 10:07:50 GMT -6
You're 100% right, which is why I've built him as daemon magnus. I'll have no use for him till he gets daemon rules in 30k, but he's going to be a dream to paint.
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Post by Russell on Feb 25, 2017 12:29:14 GMT -6
Yeah you don't really have an army to use him in 40k, right? Maybe use him as some proxy tree man in AoS.
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Post by Nick P on Feb 25, 2017 15:16:34 GMT -6
I figure once I'm done painting him you can just use him, I think you're the only one with 40k Thousand Sons right? Anywho, an update! Finished with my boy Ahriman, just need to paint the space wolf he's standing on
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Post by Nick P on Mar 2, 2017 9:55:44 GMT -6
I've been playing the hell out of Total War: Warhammer and Horizon: Zero Dawn (robot dinosaaaaaaaurs) this week so haven't done much painting, but hoping to change that tonight. I've been working on my army for the Horus Heresy Betrayal at Calth game, which requires a Consul (already painted), 10 veterans, 20 tacticals, and 5 terminators. Which means I only have to paint 10 veterans, 20 tacticals, and 5 terminators. Super close.
So I layed down the basecoats and washes on all the models, and am getting ready for overbrushing to bring the Mephiston Red base back up. I'll try to get at least a single veteran done today so that I can A) have a proof of concept for how I want the rest of the vets to look, and B) have something to take pictures of and post here.
Also, I received Book 7: Inferno yesterday, and holy shit. The artwork and narrative is just amazing - I already knew the storyline obviously from just being a warhammer fan and from reading A Thousand Sons and Prospero Burns, but the narrative in the HH books from FW is always interesting to read because not only does it take the form of an account from a Remembrancer, but it introduces some themes and ideas about the story that aren't biased by either Magnus' testimony or Russ' testimony.
It also puts into perspective that this event was truly the start of the Horus Heresy, that this event that - for the first time in recorded history (the censure of the II and XI legions not withstanding) that brother fought brother, and marine fought marine. It would set the precedent for the events of the horus heresy, and it is shown that not only did Horus manipulate events so that he would get Magnus and his power on his side during the civil war to follow, but ALSO so that he could witness first hand what fighting other marines looks and feels like, so that he could have a freaking scouting report on tactics against Astartes to use to his advantage in the wars to come. Holy shit is that fucking evil. And I love everything about it.
It also paints Russ not as the bloodthirsty killer and brutal savage that the Thousand Sons book paints him as, but as a real person who absolutely hated that he had to fight his brother, and that while he did his duty for the Warmaster and the Emperor, he would live to regret it for the rest of his existence after hindsight showed him to be a pawn in Horus' betrayal. After the battle of Prospero, he was never the same mentally, and it also paints this event and the battle with the sorcerers of the Thousand Sons that was the first instance of the Wulfen mutation, which is pretty neat.
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Post by cj on Mar 2, 2017 10:11:34 GMT -6
What colors are you using to get the white look on Ahriman's cape? It's very smooth, and I have found if I ever try to paint white, it either takes forever or the paint is clumpy.
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Post by Nick P on Mar 2, 2017 11:23:39 GMT -6
Its Celestra Grey, then Ulthuan Gray, then Corax White (or whatever the layer paint is, I forget which "white" but its not the Base paint one). Just real thin, and like 3-4 coats covering a successively smaller area to create the transition.
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Post by Nick P on Mar 13, 2017 6:50:18 GMT -6
Adepticon time crunch! Nothing like a 10 day deadline to force you to get 37 models painted! I sat down and primed everything last night (after an 8 hour birthing class and hospital tour...woof), and managed to get the mephiston red basecoat down on about half the models, with 5 of them getting the first highlight and wash just to start getting the stages down. My plan is to paint 5 models to completion per day, so that I finish a couple days early and/or have some wiggle room if things get bogged down.
Also since I started painting the characters with line highlighting, I am nervous to start batch painting the rank and file with airbrush highlighting, since I want them to have a cohesive look. But at the end of the day, I might need the speed, and frankly there are 35 non-characters and only 2 characters, so who would even notice.
To paint for Thousand Sons 30k:
5 cataphractii terminators 10 Veterans in MKIV armor 10 Tacticals in MKIII armor 10 Tacticals in MKIII armor 1 Rhino
To paint for Necrons:
1 Destroyer (cake walk)
Oh and PS - I started using the Vallejo light grey airbrush primer that OPN uses on his videos, and it goes down super smooth but gunks up my airbrush like crazy - anybody else use that and have any issues/fixes? It got to the point I was thinning it by about half in order to get consistent spray, but then it was too thin to actually get coverage. Super weird, maybe its just that I bought a cheapo airbrush and need to step my game up finally.
I'll be updating this daily to keep me on track - plan for tonight: finish the 5 cataphractii terminators to join my Lord Centurion!
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Post by Russell on Mar 13, 2017 7:24:21 GMT -6
Maybe up the PSI of your compressor? That might solve your clogging issues.
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Post by Russell on Mar 13, 2017 7:29:39 GMT -6
Also, To paint for Thousand Sons 30k: 5 cataphractii terminators 10 Veterans in MKIV armor 10 Tacticals in MKIII armor 10 Tacticals in MKIII armor 1 Rhino holy shit dude
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Post by Nick P on Mar 13, 2017 7:30:55 GMT -6
Maybe up the PSI of your compressor? That might solve your clogging issues. First thing I tried, didn't really have an impact. And at a certain point my brush was losing air pressure even though the compressor was at like 30psi, so I think its just my shitty airbrush from amazon. Might have to up my game and grab an iwata or badger.
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Post by Asyrean on Mar 13, 2017 9:27:38 GMT -6
Maybe up the PSI of your compressor? That might solve your clogging issues. First thing I tried, didn't really have an impact. And at a certain point my brush was losing air pressure even though the compressor was at like 30psi, so I think its just my shitty airbrush from amazon. Might have to up my game and grab an iwata or badger. I use the same Vallejo primer with my airbrush. Actually, both the light grey/white and black. Anyway, I was having trouble with it gunking up my airbrush as well. So, I had luck by A.) watering it down with airbrush medium. Didn't use that much, really. Just one drop of medium to 4 drops of primer. and B.) with my set up it worked way better when I turned DOWN the PSI. I was running between 15 and 20 PSI and found that it worked much better then when I was up at 30PSI or higher. (And when I say 15 to 20 PSI, I really mean closer to the 15PSI side than the 20PSI) Anyway, hopefully that helps.
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Post by Nick P on Mar 13, 2017 9:50:45 GMT -6
I normally airbrush around 20PSI, so that's what I started with, and turned it up thinking it might force the paint out and clear the blockage. Next time I prime I'll turn it down lower and see if that helps - everything is primed now, so its just about basecoating and highlighting and washing, which I've had no issues with.
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