Zebulon Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 The element games bases do look good. I don’t know if they will completely gel with the sharper lines of the stones on the bases of the Harlequin models though? Worth a try though at that price, you could always use them for your allied craftworlds/drukhari? Death Jester cannon looks very Tron, I like it! :D Shadowseer looks great too. happyslugger 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyslugger Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share Posted June 6, 2020 Yes jury is still out. Managed to get a little spray out of my last chaos black spray so currently working on another troupe squad and troupe master. Zebulon 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyslugger Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 Well I managed to paint another squad of troupes and added some additional colour and details to my shadowseer. Again sorry for picture quality camera on my phone jobby. I have alternated the colours on the freshly painted models by painting different elements different colours (first five were mainly black). This way I can mix the models together and have a range of colours or keep them separate to distinguish between squads. I have a troupe master to paint up which I will start tomorrow and my daughter wants me to paint it up in the same colours as Harlequin from the movie (so red and black). And my son and I started our new terrain project yesterday: Xisor, Zebulon and Dread 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebulon Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Looking good! I am particularly taken with that Shadowseer. What are the landscape terrain made from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Looking great! Red and black will look proper, can't wait to see. Pizza doe terrain, not only will it look great but will be tasty too, haha. Can't wait to see what you do with those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyslugger Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 Thanks guys The terrain is expanding foam £4.99 from B&M lol. YouTube terrain from expanding foam and you'll see loads on there. Gonna make some red hill and some grey hills lol...well my son will make them, he's 11. Won't be professional quality but he'll have fun :-) MithrilForge and Dread 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 It'll be amazing for sure. I made terrain out of all sorts of stuff when I began so many years ago. We had vegetable cans, soda bottles, boxes of all sorts, soda straws, paper machete hills, car parts, Yada Yada. I think it's wonderful he is doing that but could be pepperoni and cheese hills from planet pizzaria, tomatoes sauce rivers and mushroom fields. Anchovies sea monsters. Imagination is a wonderful thing. Starting to sound like a Beatles song. Anyhow, I for one can't wait to see what they look like. I know they're gonna look great with your cotton candy klowns. Hmm, I'm getting hungry now. Beautiful work. happyslugger 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyslugger Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 My other troupe master....shame the kit is so limited scope wise for an alternative pose! Dwango, MithrilForge and Zebulon 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 That's amazing! Good job for sure. It really makes sense. A whole unit is gonna have a grand presence on the battlefield. happyslugger 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axineton Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Excellent stuff mate loving it all so far. happyslugger 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyslugger Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 Well I was going to keep my first two troupe squads as is (so 5-10 troupe led by troupe master) and then do another 5-10 in this scheme...but my bikes and starweavers will be the nebula scheme...so now I'm unsure. I also tried diamonds again on this model...no chance lol. I have a little OCD with things and if the lines weren't straight it was and immediate no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebulon Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Looking good Slugger! The Harley Quinn scheme is pretty killer. happyslugger 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axineton Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Well I was going to keep my first two troupe squads as is (so 5-10 troupe led by troupe master) and then do another 5-10 in this scheme...but my bikes and starweavers will be the nebula scheme...so now I'm unsure. I also tried diamonds again on this model...no chance lol. I have a little OCD with things and if the lines weren't straight it was and immediate no. Whey don’t you get a diamond stencil? Plenty of them online mate. happyslugger 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyslugger Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 (edited) Na I'm happy with how it's going to be honest. I admire the diamonds but I'm not overly worried about not having them. I also want to, at some point, play with my army lol and if I faff with painting diamonds it will be around 119th edition before they are done lol. Plus I do not have an airbrush. I tried drawing the lines on but they look wonky and my OCD just triggers.... Just need to decide if I am going to paint up 10 troupes and two starweavers in a scheme matching the colours of the above or just stick with the nebula scheme I started. Do they need to match the colour scheme of the vehicles for example? Edited June 9, 2020 by happyslugger Axineton 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwango Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 I know what you mean about getting straight lines. I must have repainted over my TM cloak 3 times before I thought sod it I'm sticking with wonky lines. Tbf they do look better once painted but diamonds aren't needed for harleys and both your schemes are great! I think you could use both troupe schemes with your vehicles no problem. Could you add a bit of red onto them so they have a colour to tie them in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyslugger Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 Well not had my order yet...almost 4 weeks now so I have just been making some progress with our house project (son and I) making some terrain. Still got to add some grass etc as it will be played on multiple battle mats so needs to fit in with about 3 of them. Also have the same number again waiting to be painted and sealed and then we shall do those covered in snow as I have a snow mat also. Like I said, not professional quality but passes the time on lock down and thus far has cost me a massive £26.79 (that's for a total of 12 pieces of terrain). One thing that I have established working with expanding foam it the massive pockets of air in the centre...when you cut this stuff there is quite a lot of filling in to do. Dwango, Axineton and MithrilForge 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 They look fantastic! Ya'll should be very proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyslugger Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 Let the fun commence :-) https://imgur.com/a/o9QtqXL Dwango 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwango Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 That'll keep you busy for a while! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyslugger Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 Ah, plan is to try and build (and paint) as much as I can before lockdown ends lol. If I can get it built and primed at least I can have a play lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebulon Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 *just worked out why GW out of stock online* :p That’s a good collection there. We all look forward to your progress! happyslugger 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyslugger Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) Cheers Zeb, I am trying to build and paint 1000 pts of clowns ready for 9e now. That way my son and I can play 1000 point games with all our armies and try and learn the new rules as we go along (no doubt altering some of them in his favour as per the norm ). I can then slowly paint up the rest as we move into say 1,250, 1,500, 1,750 and 2,000 point games. Will take a while as I am also planning to get my hands on that new box set as the models look fab and will look even better in red to go with my BA. I don't know about you folk, but I start off with all good intentions of sticking to painting one thing at a time and then boom GW brings something out and I am pulled in another direction lol. Only army I sat and painted & based in one go is my Custodes...and that's because there are only 28 models in my whole army (hope 9e helps them out a bit). Edited June 19, 2020 by happyslugger Zebulon 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyslugger Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share Posted June 21, 2020 Started work on 6 of my bikes. Ps happy fathers day to all the dads out there. Dwango and Zebulon 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyslugger Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 Bit more work done on the bikes. Will start the drivers tomorrow and the the clowns standing on the back Thursday. Still unsure if I should do the other little bumps green, what you guys think? Dwango and Zebulon 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwango Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 I really do like that scheme you've got going! For the bumps you would be fine leaving as is. I would say, if you are minded to add some more, to just do the ones on the fins and/or the one behind where the passenger stands. No idea of its official name! happyslugger 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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