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Ace Debonair last won the day on August 4 2013

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About Ace Debonair

  • Birthday 01/28/1985

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    England, where it's probably raining
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    Reading, writing music, making stuff up about my hastily painted models to make them sound cool.
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  1. The Space Marine Heroes team had a Captain in it - so there's definitely some precedent already for proper HQ-type models in kill teams. The Necron Kill Team also had a Cryptek in it as their leader, come to think of it. So... maybe?
  2. Apologies for the double post, but here he is: Tempestor Commissar Hyatt in the middle of motivating troops executing his duty: Seraphim Sepia is such a good wash for skin tones, why didn't I buy this years ago? The sheer heartache I'd have saved myself with my battle sisters alone would have been worth it. It also goes on great over Imperial Fists Yellow contrast paint, which is The Best Yellow because it actually just goes on, in one coat, and looks good. No need to spend six hours in prayer beforehand, or apply six different undercoats in gradually yellower shades first. My Scions are slightly N7 themed, so to keep roughly in the theme, the power sword is painted to look a little bit like a Mass Effect Omni-Blade. It's just contrast orange over silver, with the edges done in the very light orange I used for my Kroot. The effect's not exactly mega accurate, but it actually looks really good at tabletop distance. More pictures in the spoilers below, including the good Commissar shooting the cameraman's leg off (he's being merciful, it's Sanguinala ) for suspected heresy.
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    Painted minis, works in progress and examples of Ace's Hobby Butterfly Syndrome
  4. Forgive my tardiness in posting, brothers, but this old dog's not out of the fight (against unpainted models) just yet. Tomorrow marks my second ever actual foray into (a heavily simplified version of) Kill Team, and to represent a Tempestor for my Scions kill team, I'm working on a Commissar with bolt pistol and power sword. Or, more formally: I, Acemund Debonair, Procrastinator Supreme of Talhon, and Speaker of Too Many Words, embark on the Twelve Months of Hobby Challenge once more! For the Month of December, beneath the hallowed sight of Him On Terra, I vow to complete one (1) Imperial Commissar assigned to [The Regiment I haven't Named Yet]. Failure to complete this vow is inexcusable, and will be punished by the withdrawal of applicable seasonal chocolate rations. Only In Painted Models Does Duty End. This picture was taken a couple of hours back, and progress - while slow - is being made - I'm going to keep looking through this thread and cracking on with the paint tonight and tomorrow. By sun-up, my Kill Team should finally have its' officer.
  5. I'm back! Sorry for the absence, everyone - work and Covid between them have kept me off the forum for the last couple of months, but they haven't kept me entirely out of the hobby! I made a start on some more Orks for Waaaagh L'Gorg, the multi-coloured, gold-loving army led by the eponymous Mad Genius Ork Painter, Sculptor and all-around Ambassador of Proppa Kultcha. All three completed Orks were started last month, in late Orktober (Of course) and finished last week or so. So far, I have three and a half new Orks complete, sans bases. I need to make all ten bases at once, however, so these green lads are going to have to wait a bit before they can stand upright in the name of Proppa Orkyness. Pic in the spoiler below; forgive the potato-cam but daylight was fading and my decent camera was on charge. The fourth Ork, in yellow, is almost definitely going to be my December vow - I'm likely to have basically zero hobby time all month, so something easy to finish off will be exactly what I need.
  6. How it started: How it's going: In other words: Vow complete! For the first time in about - what, fifteen years? A White Hawk is using the hat that came with the kit. More pics (ie -a bunch of side-by-sides) in the spoilers below: This was a lot of fun. I might have to do "remakes" for one or two of my other marines at some point.
  7. You know what, I think I'm going to do something a little out of the ordinary. A few months back I took my first ever models to my local GW for a "show off your earliest models" event. I also took along my three Assault Intercessors for my White Hawks Kill Team as a point of comparison, and - long story short - I've been thinking about remaking one of my First-Ever-Marines, modelled and painted up to my current standards. I mean, the available kits are different now, and even if I copy the colours (which involves a lot of orange), it's going to look different anyway, but the idea of seeing how far I can take my old ideas has a strong, strong appeal. It's like... a kind of vindication for my younger self, who didn't know how to make this brightly coloured mess actually look cool. Since I now happen to have a box of Intercessors, and need to paint up two or three for my White Hawks anyway... well, why not? So: For the month of October, I, Ace Debonair, vow to complete One (1) Primaris Intercessor of the White Hawks! May The Emperor never know my name should I fail. Please disregard the melta hung from this old marine's belt (by its fuel cord, no less): I was very young and determined to use every possible bit of the kit to get my money's worth out of it. Now I know sometimes less is more, and also that a bitz box can always use a spare special weapon or two.
  8. I just pre-ordered the Company Heroes box and the Chaplain in Terminator Armour. I just can't say no to a big box of characters, and frankly one can never have enough Chaplains. I had just enough self-control not to also buy either Sternguard or the regular Primaris Chaplain (because I can finally replace his fiddly little baton with a proper smashy crozius), which is useful because I also need to buy food and the like. Also I really need to paint more of the stuff I have before buying further new things. Unless it's kill team stuff, of course.
  9. I bought the Soulshackle terrain upgrade kit - this means I'm only missing the Shadowvaults stuff for a complete set of Space Hulk terrain, which to be honest is kind of a dream scenario for me. I'm so used to just pretending the white lines on my old Space Crusade boards are solid walls that having actual plastic walls to use for my Kill Team games has left me slightly giddy with excitement, even months after the fact. Now to be fair I probably should have waited until I'd at least started painting some of the other stuff, but at the current rate of stock coming back in it might be another year before this chance comes around again, and I shudder to think what price it'll be by this time next year.
  10. I gotta say Trokair, I really like that colour scheme. It's both straightforward and striking in all the right ways. Dyno-Mine Extra-terrestrial and Colonial Holdings Ltd reports a completion also! 8 Points secured in the name of the Ancestors: (Plus my two test dwarves from before the event) I've really enjoyed painting these guys, and while I can't fit more in before the Call to Arms ends, D-MECH is definitely going to pursue a vigorous recruitment program (as in I'm gonna buy more Dwarves) in the future.
  11. Vow Complete! That's 8 points secured in the name of the Ancestors! (Also two additional Dwarves that I'd completed prior to the vow)
  12. Early to bed, Early to rise, helps Ace Debonair complete his Vow. It's something like that anyway, and the important thing is: VOW COMPLETE! Another Bolterdwarf, a second Theyn (Loose cannon cop, anyone?), Molly the Packmule and a Gunner who looks somewhere between Jesse Ventura and Scruffy the Janitor from Futurama. More shots below! And the group shot, with all my dwarves: It's technically two squads of five so I can have Kill Team missions set on different bits of the Space Hulk, they'll be paired with 3~4 Space Marines and go about shooting orks and bugs alike. I gotta say, this thread is made up of 100% pure motivation - everyone keeps knocking out such cool models and I kept going "Man, I gotta do something with my Dwarves today", which meant I'd keep sneaking little bits of painting in here and there. Progress - of any sort - is what keeps the hobby mojo going, so thank you all for posting your cool stuff and keeping me motivated!
  13. I'm going to be honest with you brothers, and although I'm making my vow now and posting this early work-in-progress shot, I must report that I am in actuality much further along with these four dwarves than it appears. So; For the month of September, I, Ace Debonair, vow to complete Four (4) Hearthkyn Salvagers of my still-fairly-new LoV Kill Team! May my honoured ancestors throw books at me from across the room should I fail. This picture was from this morning: And as of now I've done all the brown, blue, yellow, and black hazard stripes, alongside most of the gold, most of the red, green, blue and Metallic Grey. All that remains is the bright green and bright blue blinky and glowy bits on the armour, plus a quick wash with the old Seraphim Sepia to get that Hardworking Dwarf Aesthetic just right. Oh, and all the skin tones. So I'm close to done, but there's still plenty to do. I've only stopped because it's finally too dark to keep painting (or take an updated WIP pic), but by golly I'm actually close to done with four dwarves in one month, and thus a full team of Ten Dwarves for this year's Crimbo Kill Team game. All I needed was a day off with no other distractions, but since those are vanishingly rare, well... at least this one's timing was just right.
  14. Vow Complete! I actually finished these guys a couple of days back, but didn't have time to get the photos done. More pics in the spoiler below - four more dwarves to paint and one month to paint them in, this will be quite the challenge!
  15. I'm not making the same mistake three times - here's my vow, AHEAD of completion this time. For the month of August, I, Ace Debonair, vow to complete two (2) Hearthkyn Salvagers of my still-brand-new LoV Kill Team! May my beer become water should I fail. Grabbing a Medic and a Theyn this time - let's see how long it takes to finish them off.
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