Mutters Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 So my oath for the Index Astartes Forum is to paint 5 Scouts and a Dreadnought for my Soul Drinkers MotF Army. Here's the Unpainted primed-but-I-forgot-the-guns-and-feet picture: http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn164/jbeatnik/Warhammer%20stuffs/ScoutsDreadOath.png And here's the color of the rest of my army, for reference (This is all I have painted of my army so far. I'm new.) http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn164/jbeatnik/Warhammer%20stuffs/TacsDreadColor.png So, ambitiously, being a new player, I was glue happy, and after kitbashing together a bunch of Scouts for tomorrow night's Warhammer 40k night at my FLGS, I sniffed too much glue and found too many legs in my bit box. I figured, "Hey, I play Soul Drinkers, and I have wayyy too many legs here, let's kitbash Sarpedon!" So I did: http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn164/jbeatnik/Warhammer%20stuffs/SarpedonFront.png http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn164/jbeatnik/Warhammer%20stuffs/SarpedonRight.png http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn164/jbeatnik/Warhammer%20stuffs/SarpedonBack.png http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn164/jbeatnik/Warhammer%20stuffs/SarpedonSide.png So this is my WIP thread for the Librarium Painting Challenge. I'll start with my actual Oath, which is the 5 scouts and the Dread. If I have time, I'll paint up Sarpedon too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutters Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 So we have Warhammer 40k nights on Tuesdays at my FLGS here in St. Louis. I played my first game of Warhammer! I summarily lost to Orks with my MotF 5 dread list. His Army:4(?) Trukks, 2 Battlewagons, 4 ATVs with rokkit launchers. Ghazi(?) and a Mek as HQs (I don't know orks too well, but that's what he called it) My Army: 5 TLAC Dreads, 2 MotF, 2 sniper scout squads, 2 CC scout squads, 2 tac squads. (I had 3 scout bikes, but forgot them on the painting table at home) I killed his HQs, immobilized a ton of his stuff, but his lootas shot me up crazy and I couldn't blow up his vehicles worth a crap. I learned a lot about the game, though, so it wasn't a complete loss. I learned a few things: 1) 5+ cover saves suck. 2) Related to that, having no 4+ ruins to bolster sucks too. 3) I need to know more about the enemy vehicles and units. 4) Deployment matters a lot. 5) a 3+ save is a LOT better than a 4+ save. My Tacs took significantly less wounds. (also, their WS of 4 vs the Orks was better.) Overall it was nice. I'm considering dropping one of the MotF guys for Sarpedon (counts as Tigurius or Librarian/Epistolary) Also, possibly throwing in drop pods for the dreads, maybe making them ironclads, and/or adding in a squad of terminators in Elite or Dev squad in Heavy support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xscottfergox Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I like the color scheme and attempt at Sarpedon. Touch it up with some green stuff and it'll be mint ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GooseDaMoose Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I always thought he had actual arachnid legs aswell? Plus, they've been cut off in like every book, shouldn't the be all bionic? Anyway, good start getting everything primed! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Nugz Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 You might have already had it suggested but the Washes are amazing. A Badab Black wash over anything works wonders and the others can help specific colros (I use Grypphone Sepia for my Howling Griffins and my few Marines Malevolent) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutters Posted January 20, 2011 Author Share Posted January 20, 2011 Yeah, I have two washes, but can someone point me at a tutorial on how to use them? Do I use them after painting or before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubernator Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 After painting. Wait for a layer of paint to dry that you wish to apply the wash to, then apply the wash. You can water it down a bit on a palette if you feel the wash is too thick. Scheme looks ok and I swore Sarpedon had arachnid legs :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutters Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 Yeah, Sarpedon is still just a beginning conversion. It's my first, so its a bit raw. I think I'm going to lop off the feet, or find some green stuff and attempt my first green stuffing on something that isn't all that detailed (like arachnid legs and claws) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutters Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 Here's my first foray into my Oath! I give you Dreadnought Hermes! http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn164/jbeatnik/Warhammer%20stuffs/dreadoathfront.png http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn164/jbeatnik/Warhammer%20stuffs/dreadoathleft.png http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn164/jbeatnik/Warhammer%20stuffs/dreadoathback.png http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn164/jbeatnik/Warhammer%20stuffs/dreadoathright.png If you'll notice up at the top, my other Dreadnought has "DIE" written on his legplate. I put "MAIM" on Hermes. My dreadnoughts are a little murderous. Also, Hermes is the Dreadnought I always use in close combat, hence the splattered blood all over his close combat weapon and flamer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutters Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 So I put on a few movies and spent my whole Saturday painting! I got my oath done! wooo! Here's the scouts! http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn164/jbeatnik/Warhammer%20stuffs/scoutsoath.png http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn164/jbeatnik/Warhammer%20stuffs/scoutsoath2.png Camo was kind of hard. I don't think its bad for my first attempt at camo cloaks, but hey, I got plenty more scouts to paint. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Melice Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Hey, not a bad start for a new guy... so I like it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutters Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Since DnD was canceled on sunday, I was able to get Sarpedon painted as well! Pics will be incoming tonight. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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