WarriorFish Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 You should keep doing the thing you did... :P Great idea and really suits the AdMech! Can't wait to see an army done up like this ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teetengee Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Ironwood forests used to be a thing. And they provided 3+ saves (the same as power armour) so it seems that forests exist within the 40k universe that could be used for this. I don't think you will find any wooden land raiders, but the armour level of most ad mech units seems to be fine. (just boost the likes of knights and such with extra force shield generators) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 YES! That's perfect. And I agree with Bats, here. I'd say your FW has come up with a method whereby they impregnate actual trees with a sort of advanced polymer that gives it incredible resilience. Since we're talking about 40K, all the sudden your FW is based on a forest planet like Endor and the forge is either buried deep underground, or (my preference) built into the forestn canopy like an amazingly counterintuitive treehouse. Talk about something unusual! That might explain their different outlook as well, as perhaps they're committed to the abundant energy sources that occur naturally on their planet: water and wind, so they don't pollute the environment nearly as much. The rich tapestry of wild creatures could account for the leather coats as well, made from the hides of megafauna that roams the few unforested plains. Man, this is just cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teetengee Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 YES! That's perfect. And I agree with Bats, here. I'd say your FW has come up with a method whereby they impregnate actual trees with a sort of advanced polymer that gives it incredible resilience. Since we're talking about 40K, all the sudden your FW is based on a forest planet like Endor and the forge is either buried deep underground, or (my preference) built into the forestn canopy like an amazingly counterintuitive treehouse. Talk about something unusual! That might explain their different outlook as well, as perhaps they're committed to the abundant energy sources that occur naturally on their planet: water and wind, so they don't pollute the environment nearly as much. The rich tapestry of wild creatures could account for the leather coats as well, made from the hides of megafauna that roams the few unforested plains. Man, this is just cool... In this case, they are almost certainly lead by a Magos Biologis, as they would probably be the only ones who care about biological resources and are capable of engineering the trees and other such creatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helterskelter Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 I've ran out of likes to administer to you all so instead I went for it and tried it out on a big panel. Enjoy :D http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz184/Lamenterkyle/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-09-08%2016.18.42_zpsncuxpahe.jpg And tree house forge sounds awesome! May have to combine a few ideas here I feel we're on a roll! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teetengee Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Also out of likes, but this is looking to be pretty darn cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkaniss Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 That looks fantastic! Certainly shaping up to be one of the most interesting Forge Worlds fluff I've read :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Yeah, that works so well. I think you'll still need to add a wash and maybe a light drybrush or edge highlight to give it some depth, but it's really working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helterskelter Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 Yeah, that works so well. I think you'll still need to add a wash and maybe a light drybrush or edge highlight to give it some depth, but it's really working. Looks like double washing is the way forward as it's already had 1 on the wood, shall do the edge with the dry brown i have. Odd that I never thought I'd enjoy painting a colour so much as I have done brown ( also have some sylvaneth on the go :p) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Yeah, I'd save the wash till after the texture has been applied. It's clearly getting buried under the layers of streaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 That's interesting. Definitely want to see an entire armoured model painted up like this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 The gold is just the right recipe to complement and bring out the wood, this gets better with every image! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Mehman Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 YES! That's perfect. And I agree with Bats, here. I'd say your FW has come up with a method whereby they impregnate actual trees with a sort of advanced polymer that gives it incredible resilience. Since we're talking about 40K, all the sudden your FW is based on a forest planet like Endor and the forge is either buried deep underground, or (my preference) built into the forestn canopy like an amazingly counterintuitive treehouse. Talk about something unusual! That might explain their different outlook as well, as perhaps they're committed to the abundant energy sources that occur naturally on their planet: water and wind, so they don't pollute the environment nearly as much. The rich tapestry of wild creatures could account for the leather coats as well, made from the hides of megafauna that roams the few unforested plains. Man, this is just cool... Funnily enough, my FW is on a forest world. They have forges in the mountains where they harvest geothermic energy. The colours are in greens and browns with black and cream for taste. Anyway, a few of the forges had a nasty spat with each other, scrap code was exchanged, and now rogue servitors run wild in the forests below with all manner of nasty beasts. Of course, the big difference here is that I wasn't a genius to come up with a heavy steampunk theme utilizing wood veneers ! Still top notch work we're all seeing ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teetengee Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I wonder if this would work on space marines too.... Some plague marines painted this way could be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vel'Cona Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 I wonder if this would work on space marines too.... Some plague marines painted this way could be fun. That's insane! I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 I wonder if this would work on space marines too.... Some plague marines painted this way could be fun. I tried this on a Defiler years ago for all the paneling, but it didn't look anywhere near as good as helterskelter's efforts! Really excited to see more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helterskelter Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 I wonder if this would work on space marines too.... Some plague marines painted this way could be fun. I tried this on a Defiler years ago for all the paneling, but it didn't look anywhere near as good as helterskelter's efforts! Really excited to see more! Can you show us a wee little link so I can have a butchers? I'd like to see that. So a verbal teaser, all the wood has been lined in, going through the process of picking which parts to do gold/iron/beige then I'll wash/edge highlight/wash all over and should be done. Also been distracted by the newest update on eternal crusade so the painting is going a little slower, should have something worth showing by either Sunday night or monday :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaeron Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 I wonder if this would work on space marines too.... Some plague marines painted this way could be fun. I tried this on a Defiler years ago for all the paneling, but it didn't look anywhere near as good as helterskelter's efforts! Really excited to see more! Can you show us a wee little link so I can have a butchers? I'd like to see that. I'll gladly have a look, but it was quite a while ago - and has just been repainted! My logic at the time was actually scoring the plastic with a hobby knife to add additional depth before painting, just to make it look more like wood or bark. I thought that was the best way to line it at the time! I'd be particularly interested to see what you do when it comes to some of the other models in the range... Ironstriders etc.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helterskelter Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz184/Lamenterkyle/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-09-11%2020.52.06_zpspd5zq5rk.jpg Just a little tease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Perils Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Just a little tease Feth, that's BEAUTIFUL ! I especially love the cream-coloured sections, very Steampunky :) Now I'm getting an incongruous idea of a contrasting malachite green that could be included into some parts for some very small details... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffTibbetts Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Bruh. Dude. Amazing. It's so tightly packed in one end of the color wheel it's almost a monochromatic scheme, but even that is working despite conventional wisdom. I'd actually be careful about a contrasting spot color because it's going to pop like sizzling bacon. Part of me wants to tell you to keep it sepia and tell people to deal with it. Talk about against the grain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battybattybats Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Glorious.Utterly glorious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkaniss Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 That is magnificent! It really does look great, I look forward to seeing a collection of models done all together that will look brilliant :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorFish Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 I love it. Next one needs a Skitarii poking out from the cupola with a pipe :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A D-B Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz184/Lamenterkyle/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-09-07%2017.07.49_zpspsii0ujc.jpg Added another agrax wash on the cost and burnished gold on the metal. In the right direction? ...man, colour scheme is everything. It changes these guys so freaking much. Stellar stuff, Helts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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