Auggi (the third of his name) looks great
Also cool Librarian conversion - is it just a finecast Libby cut up and glued on top of the ravenwing legs? Looks great ^.^
Auggi (the third of his name) looks great
Also cool Librarian conversion - is it just a finecast Libby cut up and glued on top of the ravenwing legs? Looks great ^.^
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Finishing the Juggerlord and playing two 1250 Khorne Daemonkin games recently, I'm very m,otivated to work on that army for a wee while. So I've put together one of the three ten-man Khornate Chaos Space Marine squads with CC weapons and two meltaguns, using ten SoH Reaver bodies I bought cheap off eBay about two years ago.
The Reaver bodies for some reason are very small, so putting any kind of helmet on them will look incredibly wonky. I briefly considered putting Chaos Warrior helmets on them, but found out I used up all of my reserves for the Night Lords squad I painted two weeks ago. Bugger. I started looking for other small helmets, but couldn't find any. Then I though - hey, berzerkers go to battel helmetless to show bravery, why not these Khornate Space Marines? I gained some confidence in my skills of painting faces lately, so that's what I'm going to try. Prepare for bare-headed marines!
I also have some news on the hobby front: I bought these awesome, awesome storage systems for my paint pots. Seeing as I'm living alone and can work in the living room now, I decided to move my bed to the big spare room that has served as an office/hobby room, so I have a smallish room 3mx3m spare, which I will convert into a proper mancave. To treat myself, I bought four sets of these storage system - more than enought to encompass all my paints.
Thanks for looking and commenting!
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Oh, I definitely see why you would be moving away from OSL effects that are too conspicuous! Which is why I think actually doing the effect with the brush might just be the solution here: Nothing too flashy, just a careful glazing of the areas immediately surrounding the blue parts to carefully build up a subtle glow.
I'll try that! Any advice on glazing techniques/mixtures, etc?
Auggi (the third of his name) looks great
Also cool Librarian conversion - is it just a finecast Libby cut up and glued on top of the ravenwing legs? Looks great ^.^
Haha, I like that. Yeah the conversion is just as you described. Although because I needed his left hand to be at the steering bar, and the DV biker sergeant has it on the right, I had to switch the entire front wheel+steering bar+arm ensemble with one of the normal DV bikers. It's easier than you think
Helmetless berzerkers FTW! Although I could probably send you a chaos warrior helmet or two, if you need them. Some of the Wrathmonger helmets are also fairly delicae, come to think of it.
Regarding the glazing, while I am far from an expert on the matter, the one approach that has worked incredibly well for me so far is to just choose a paint, mix it with Lahmian Medium (about two thirds Medium and one third of the actual paint) and then paint several layers around the area I want to have the glow effect. The farther away areas just get one pass, while I build up the effect towards the source of the light. The effect can be seen really well on my base for Daemon-Primarch Angron
I've also used the same approach for subtly glowing buttons inside the cockpit of my Renegade Knight, though.
Edited by KrautScientist, 24 November 2016 - 11:32 AM.
That's great advice, buddy! Thanks a bunch.
Also thanks for the offer of the helmets, but keep them (for now?). I have plenty, plenty of helmets and regular sized bodies to go with them for the immediate future.
Yes it is! I got one more like that one, plus a corner piece for GW sized pots, and another one of each for Vallejo bottles.
The reavers' bodies are too small? So much for "muh FW is purfect waaa."
I like the librarian. Can't say the same for the juggerlord since I don't care for that color scheme for a juggernaught and I never found 'fisticlaws' to look good.
Also, put a seizure warning before that Spongebob "sleep is for the weak" spoilered gif. I looked at it one second five minutes ago and my eyes still hurt, I can't imagine what it'll do to someone with epilepsy or something similar.
Looking forward to seeing those Marines done, always liked the Reaver bodies, although I'm curious just how much smaller they are. Also love the paint rack, gonna have ti get myself one of those sometime.
Also, is Atia now a compliment?
Great job on the newest rendition of yourself, he looks very intimidating!
Cheers, Atia!
The reavers' bodies are too small? So much for "muh FW is purfect waaa."
I never said that.
I like the librarian.
I´m glad, thanks!
Can't say the same for the juggerlord since I don't care for that color scheme for a juggernaught and I never found 'fisticlaws' to look good.
Sorry to hear that.
Also, put a seizure warning before that Spongebob "sleep is for the weak" spoilered gif. I looked at it one second five minutes ago and my eyes still hurt, I can't imagine what it'll do to someone with epilepsy or something similar.
No.
Looking forward to seeing those Marines done, always liked the Reaver bodies, although I'm curious just how much smaller they are. Also love the paint rack, gonna have ti get myself one of those sometime.
Also, is Atia now a compliment?
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I have no excuse. Apologies!
Edited by Augustus b'Raass, 24 November 2016 - 08:22 PM.
No worries, it happens! Atia is pretty cool beans anyway, I don't mind. What are you planning for the other 2 Khorne squads? More Reaver bodies?
Thanks, Trysanna, and Atia is, which is why I mixed her up with you I only have 12 reaver bodies, so I'm not planning on more dudes.
I finished one half of the first Khornate Space Marines. I'm slowing down a bit, as my back is still killing me.
*giggles*
Just as planned. Confusion in the name of Tzeentch!
Ehm .... back to topic! The reavers look great buddy ^.^
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Sword on left dude looks brutal. Is that out of the box?
Yep - the raptors/warp talons box is full of really savage looking bits like that.
Oh, I never meant to say you said Forge World was perfect, it was a comment about those who do find them flawless.
This is one of the finecast khornate standards, right? Looks good.
The World Eaters are looking excellent -- I am particularly fond of the guy on the right. At the same time, I really dislike the BA head on the leftmost guy (that hairstyle just seems like a terrible choice for a World Eater), but that's just me.
I am curious about your experiences with the Forgeworld decals on the shoulder pads: Was it easy to get them to conform to the rounded shape? How did you go about it? I have the earlier generation of that WE decal sheet, and getting the legion symbols on the pauldrons has been a veritable nightmare so far, so any help would be appreciated.
Thanks for the replies and comments, guys and gals.
I'll be using this post to answer KrautScientist's post about my method of applying FW World Eater decals - or any decals actually - on shoulder pads.
The curved surface doesn't really jive with the flatness of the decals, no? My method deals with it, though, as evidenced by my Imperial Fists and lately the Khornate marines.
You'll need these tools:
Preparation:
OK, now that you're set up, here's how I apply transfers to shoulder pads.
Hey presto! You're done! It looks quite involved, but it's quite easy once you get the ritual down. I hope this helps.
@ Atia: Sure, sure.
Thanks!
@ Race Bannon: It's from the raptors kit
@ Sgt. Blank: You're right!
@ Knight of the Raven: Aha. Then perhaps it would have been better if you would have commented it on the threads of those who find them flawless, then, no? It is indeed one of the finecast banners
Edited by Augustus b'Raass, 01 December 2016 - 11:46 PM.
Finished the Librarian on Bike.
I went for a ghostly feel of the 'force' elements, namely the runes on his Force axe and coming from his Psychic Hood surrounding his face, and on his eye. It was achieved with a thinned-down wash of Nihalak Oxide. I really like the effect, and plan on using it on all librarians from now on.
Edit: BTW I realized after posting this, that I haven't had this guy named! So if anyone has suggestions, they're more than welcome.
Edited by Augustus b'Raass, 02 December 2016 - 11:57 AM.
One word: Awesome!
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That psychic force effect is brilliant.
Awesome librarian, the force axe looks so nice!
Hobby Butterfly Achievement: UNLOCKED
Good god. With GW releasing Traitor's Hate, the Burning of Prospero, Blood Bowl, and Traitor Legions, coupled with my new Khorne Daemonkin infatuation, and the Imperial Fists Expansion, Call of Chaos, and the Tale of 20 Hobbyists B&C events, my mind and hobby engine has been in overdrive. Oh, I forgot that I also got a Fallout Zone battle mat and have been very inspired to make some terrain. All of this has not improved my focus, however.
So here's what I'm working on a the moment.
Here´s the five-man assault squad. This will be part of a complete ten-man suad, hence the lack of sergeant proper. The entire squad will be equiped with two eviscerators and two flamers, which I intent to combat squad in the game. I chose to not use running legs, after seenig some awesome Night Lords raptors from AlanOfAngels (check out his thread). They´re all going to be equipped with MkV Jump packs, which I saved from my previous (and failed, because I couldn´t get the red right) Word Bearers project. I like those jump packs.
Vexillarius - Aldrik Zol'tara - Trysanna (with fluff)
This is quite an involved kitbash. It has a black templar torso, a templar brethren head, the vexilla from the recent limited edition ultramarine store vexillarius, and MkIII legs from the BoP box.
Weapon Specialist (Flamer) - Garic Westrat - Biohazard
Weapon Specialist (Eviscarator) - Hannes Kirchberg - Lord Thorn
Brother - Rainad Folker - kizzdougs
Battle Brother - NEEDS A NAME
Incidentally, there´s two more battle brothers in the other five man assault squad that need names. So if any of you have suggestions, I´m open to them!
And then finally, there's my Leviathan. I've had this bugger since it came out, and couldn't decide whether to do him in Imperial Fists or Iron Warriors colours. But since I already painted my dreadnought drop pod in Imperial Fists colours and he needs one of those to be effective, I finally decided to get him that. Since then, I also bought him a Cyclonic Melta lance - which is an awesome weapon! Duuuuude! Mind you, btw, the red is just the colour fo the putty I used. It's not going to be any different than my standard bases.
I hope you like! Feedback welcome!
Cheers
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@ Atia: Thanks!
@ PaulJam: Those are actually mostly standard on the base DV biker sergeant model
@ Race Bannon: Go for it. it's such an easy conversion. Beware though: you have to switch the sergeant biker front with a normal DV biker front in order to make it work arms-wise.
@ Psykic_scribe: thanks buddy! I'm quite pleased with the idea myself
@ Viacorum: Cheers, buddy!
@ Kurama: Hmmm, Not entirely down with 'Jehovah' as a first name. Also, I tend to stay away from more than three syllables per name... Can you come up with something else?
Edited by Augustus b'Raass, 08 December 2016 - 02:20 PM.
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