Mega rate of production as ever not online!!! Love the dark mechanicum guys, the black with the orange glow works so well. As the others have said the jet bikes are stunning
Your mega-batch paint militia project inspired me to just mega-batch my way through my remaining 100 renegades too. Great work on your armies. The blue on the alpha legion is great, and those scales are fantastic. Your painting has certainly improved since the start of the blog
gobert wrote:Mega rate of production as ever not online!!! Love the dark mechanicum guys, the black with the orange glow works so well. As the others have said the jet bikes are stunning
Many thanks gobert. I do think i will need at some point some more Scimitars, not because they are good, but rather because from building to fielding they are fun. Maybee i'll even make a scimmi command and prateor squad.
Illumini wrote:Your mega-batch paint militia project inspired me to just mega-batch my way through my remaining 100 renegades too. Great work on your armies. The blue on the alpha legion is great, and those scales are fantastic. Your painting has certainly improved since the start of the blog
Ha only 100 ? joking of course, all of the old FW renegades type? I personally can't wait for WGA's full release of the damned, since my local FLGS sells them. I'd love to get some companions for my old FW Renegade command, if only for old times sake. Also, i kinda want to run a proto-bloodpact army and that would benefit from them.
Yeah, the AL are probably my pinnacle of painting skill, tbf, it's also now my most expensive army by far considering what i invested in it especially the FW side of it is... well...yeah. I do attempt to aim even higher this time though, especially on the vehicles and the charachters.
Yeah, the rest of the forgeworld renegades, and a bunch of converted ones from cultists and neophytes, 113 total. About to start highlighting the metal on all of them now. Nice to have them all done before I get reinforcements from WGA damned. Blood pact are really cool, my own are more Vraks styled
So, time to dust of my P&M blog... and what better way then to start with a bang i thought, after getting my last test done for my masters degree, with Alpharius.
Mistakes were made... i have used more time to bend it back in shape then i had to build the rest of the model....... for the price that GW asks it's a shame honestly. However endproduct looks awesome.
Illumini wrote: Yeah, the rest of the forgeworld renegades, and a bunch of converted ones from cultists and neophytes, 113 total. About to start highlighting the metal on all of them now. Nice to have them all done before I get reinforcements from WGA damned. Blood pact are really cool, my own are more Vraks styled
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This looks awesome, good luck and i am happy to have inspired you!
Olthannon wrote:Good to see you back posting! Looking forward to seeing how you paint up Alpharius!
Many thanks, firstly i am however as always going to build me pile of shame away, before i grab my brushes. You can look forward to some conversions though.
KernelTerror wrote:Congrats on passing the last test, and have fun painting Alpharius !
Sadly i don't yet know if i passed that one, not yet. And i will have fun painthing Alpharius or was it Omegon?
MeatShield wrote:Glad you're back. I missed your updates.
Ha far too nice.
Tommygun1918 wrote:Very dramatic looking mini, should paint up very well.
I will have to give my best.
Anyways, what Alpharius was a birthday gift some time ago, i personally wanted to go with a cataphractii praetor and 10 lernaens.
Because i really love Cataphractii and honestly in HH there's not one bad thing in the AL category from a looks standpoint. Rules wise though lernaens are on the more iffy side but considering my main opponent is salamanders nobody cares. Also i went with plasma blasters.
Good work getting the last exam out of the way. I remember it being such a relief to finally be done with exams all those years ago! Alpharius/Omegron is a great treat, and lookin forward to seeing you paint up his sons too!
gobert wrote:Good work getting the last exam out of the way. I remember it being such a relief to finally be done with exams all those years ago! Alpharius/Omegron is a great treat, and lookin forward to seeing you paint up his sons too!
Aye, you tell me, but first more veterans
Captain Brown wrote:I do envy those shelves Not Online!!!
Cheers,
CB
Did cost a lot for shoddy mobiliar quality. Ikea but it was customisable.
IKEA furniture is certainly a crime against sanity.
Part of my job as a returning son this Christmas was building a table for my mom. She'd "started it" by which I mean put together half the parts backwards and given up.
tzurk wrote:Bob is a freakin' unit, don't mess with Bob!
Veterans look good - the crest helmets are a great visual aesthetic.
Soooo much hobby progress! Great stuff.
many thanks Bob now got a friend.
Olthannon wrote:Good bit o' building! As Tzurk says, the crested vets look ace. Bob looks mean and tough.
It's a deredeo, it's the dakka.
Kid_Kyoto wrote:IKEA furniture is certainly a crime against sanity.
Part of my job as a returning son this Christmas was building a table for my mom. She'd "started it" by which I mean put together half the parts backwards and given up.
mmph, devastatingly designed i say, best is when you have those customisable ones with plans for that specific part but god forbid a competent plan.
The sigil came out far better than 'okay-ish'- that's terrific!
And diggin' that metallic blue also- I did some Knights of Celedon (RAMF figures, I think?) in a similar shade but with a lesser quality paint. That metallic is good on the figures, but awesome on the vehicle.
Meer_Cat wrote: The sigil came out far better than 'okay-ish'- that's terrific!
And diggin' that metallic blue also- I did some Knights of Celedon (RAMF figures, I think?) in a similar shade but with a lesser quality paint. That metallic is good on the figures, but awesome on the vehicle.
Rock on!
Oh there will be some more vehicular goodness afterall my favourite unit is the Landraider Proteus. But first, i want to hand more specific AL units to your eyes.
30 Veterans with Banestrike bolters and fancy hoplite helmet crests.
And 20 Seekers in MK 6 which i am currently also painting.
AMAZING progress NotOnline!!! The fancy Legionnaires are super cool. Bob and his mate are really packing some firepower. Loving the black legs that some of them got as well. Can’t wait for Alpharius to join them
Syro_ wrote:Wow that's a lot of Alpha Legion. What paint(s) do you use for their main armor color?
Leadbelcher spray.
ironbreaker layer over.
Matt black from army painter for the rubber.
Akhelian green contrast paint with contrast technical 1:1
Runefang for scratches.
Captain Brown wrote:Nice work Not Online!!!
Cheers,
CB
Many thanks.
gobert wrote:AMAZING progress NotOnline!!! The fancy Legionnaires are super cool. Bob and his mate are really packing some firepower. Loving the black legs that some of them got as well. Can’t wait for Alpharius to join them
Many thanks. I am quite happy how they turned out. But honestly i am more looking forward to the lerna then to alpharius.
Syro_ wrote:Wow that's a lot of Alpha Legion. What paint(s) do you use for their main armor color?
Leadbelcher spray.
ironbreaker layer over.
Matt black from army painter for the rubber.
Akhelian green contrast paint with contrast technical 1:1
Runefang for scratches.
Thanks, I'll make not of that, I like the look of your Alpha Legion.
gobert wrote:AMAZING progress NotOnline!!! The fancy Legionnaires are super cool. Bob and his mate are really packing some firepower. Loving the black legs that some of them got as well. Can’t wait for Alpharius to join them
Are you sure Alpharius hasn't joined them already without us noticing?
Yeeeah buddy, marines are looking great. The orange crests were the perfect choice against the blue armour. Nice freehand work with the helmet, doubly impressive if you were dealing with DOMS from the work out!
tzurk wrote: Yeeeah buddy, marines are looking great. The orange crests were the perfect choice against the blue armour. Nice freehand work with the helmet, doubly impressive if you were dealing with DOMS from the work out!
Ha. Many thanks.
Here, a helmet, another hoplon and some scales on a rhino.
Fast assault: Seekers and jetbikes. Jetbikes are fully magnetised, meaning i can switch as i please.
Heavy infantry support: Rotor and Calviers. Nothing special, just like the look of volkite.
The actual Heavy support: preds got a magnetised turret. Also they are probably still my best scaling work next to the jetbike.
The Elites Veterans 30 pieces, with banestrikes and 2 x 2 melta in multi melta rhinos and 1 x 2 plasma guns.
Also behind the veterans are 30 tacs 2 x with rhino and bayonett once with nothing beyond a power sword.
My lone contemptor. He does look a bit sad. Probably need another one or 2.
And the actual meat of the army. 4 proteus and a spartan filled with terminators. 10 lerna 4 command squad cataphractii with a primus cataphracti centurion protecting my new cataphractii terminator. 10 Tartarus built in a way that i can field 2 identical equipped squads for when i want to switch contents around and a norma squad of cataphractii terminators.
KernelTerror wrote:So many land raiders ! That is a glorious sight, congrats !
muette wrote:They look fantastic all together, always good to see love for the Alpha Legion. Great job!
Many thanks.
Anyway, a bit of a review of the solar auxilia.
The good. The models are amazing. They look great.
The bad, yeah.
what gw doesn't tell you is that the sepearate for some reason shoulder armor has to slot in into a very small notch that is created oout of the two piece chest. For reference: The main body without the chestplate, yea the small bit that is indentented above the arm space. yeah in there you have to fit the shoulder pad.
Also the body is slightly poseable BUUUT, there's cableing kinda forcing you to fix the torso on the legs. Basically, be carefull with applying the glue, be aware of torso having an actual correct position on the leg bits. And work on the shoulderpads when you are awake and have good lighting.
Also really fragile guns, NVM the bayonetts. Basically Amazing models amazing content per sprue, but considering that there are quite the ammount of pitfalls like the shoulderpads, like the 3 point fixed guns on the sprue. AND you will see that there is severe plastic shortage because the arms are not fully flat but rather hollow, which leads to the inclination of requiring more glue which then inevitably will drip into the notch which then will make it annoying to see which in turn feths with the shooulderpad.. Yeah... Also considering it's one of the few decent options for the Solar aux armies to be fielded AND is required... and is worth 5.5 pts... you do the maths. Oh and ignore the buildplan for the pouches on the back...fix the torso first then add the pouches.,
Those men you can't turn by money or the promise of power, those are the most difficult. They are men of principle. And that is the angle you will play to make them do your wishes. Turn the principle into a tool. And watch as the principle will get washed away, perverted, turned on it's head.
Two more to go.
Also there was a sign. I once again cut myself during construction of the dracosan. Khorne it is.
Gotta tell ya: lookin' at 'em from above, the tanks remind me of the profile for the M88 armored vehicle recovery vehicle- you throw boom on the back of one of 'em and you can swap power plants under field conditions!
Gotta tell ya: lookin' at 'em from above, the tanks remind me of the profile for the M88 armored vehicle recovery vehicle- you throw boom on the back of one of 'em and you can swap power plants under field conditions!
KernelTerror wrote:These transports look so nice !
Many thanks.
Now for something diffrent the Malcador.
For one, it's a plastic malcador that makes it imo an autobuy for all those that like imperial tank design regardless of 40 or 30k. Also it's my favourite tank overall, even before the proteus from a looks standpoint. (hence why i own a resin malcador that cost me literally my 3 plastic malcadors in Money.)
HOWEVER: 3 of the same side guns? NOPE you get 2 and ONLY two. So if you want like me 3 autocannons? Better keep the bits from the lemans around. An absolute dick move imo on GW's part. Then there's the turret...
I get that it is difficult to translate the glorious Resin malcador turret into plastic... But this... This is nutjobery.
Your Alpha Legion are a sight to behold! Fantastic work not online, your best looking army yet i think! Solar auxilia are coming along at your usual pace too!
gobert wrote:Your Alpha Legion are a sight to behold! Fantastic work not online, your best looking army yet i think! Solar auxilia are coming along at your usual pace too!
Not the Militia? Many thanks, money and time well spent in that case
Captain Brown wrote:Not Online!!!,
Sorry, been a way a bit.
Every time I see you paint another army, your painting is improving. That last army is definitely above just table top level now.
Cheers,
CB
Many thanks. That means a lot from a painter such as you !
Many thanks. I am now progressing further on the infantry, the metal will get blackened and the copper will just get washed.I am thinking about darkwood for the body of the weapon
far too nice.
