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that colour scheme is gorgeous, if only i hadn't over-used purple recently on my space marines. to the point of being fed up with it!

Finally! I can see an Archon!
Looking forward to seeing that one painted.

red_head wrote:: Finally! I can see an Archon!
Looking forward to seeing that one painted.

HA! I didn't end up stealing your idea for the PGL/banner combo(I'm lazy)He's on the way, just a few things in between(like a Wrack, a Raider for the 2nd squad of Wracks, and an Aberation Mad

)
Just wrapped up the Raider for the Wyches:
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I'll whip out the airbrush tonight to get the Raider for the Wracks started tonight. If I can get that painted up by tomorrow night I should be in decent shape for getting this all done before next Saturday's tournament. cheers

Thats a stunning looking raider there. I highly approve.

I wish I had you motivation to alway keep it up- and the skill to do it on this standard.

^Thanks guys^ Not much of an update, but while taking a break from highlighting the hull of the Wrack Raider I checked my calender and noticed a HUGE mistake: the tournament is on the 18th, NOT the 11th! It will still be tight, but my list will definitely get painted by then. After I get my list for the tournament painted I think that I will paint another Haemonculus for fun.

Slave Posts : 9 Join date : 2012-01-05

I'm soooooooo stealing that coven raider idea, plus it'll go so well with the coven bit of my army. This means getting about 15 talos tails, too many talos kits in one though so i'll build them up in time

KabalInvidiousRequiem wrote:: I'm soooooooo stealing that coven raider idea, plus it'll go so well with the coven bit of my army. This means getting about 15 talos tails, too many talos kits in one though so i'll build them up in time

Do it! It seemed like such an obvious idea that I couldn't believe that I hadn't seen one before. There is a tutorial on how I did this in the painting section. Click on the tutorials link at the top. I think that it is listed under "Coven Raider conversion" or something along those lines.

Slave Posts : 9 Join date : 2012-01-05

ok then i will

Slave Posts : 9 Join date : 2012-01-05

Oh by the way I thought to ask do you think I could either mount a dark lance on the talos tails or even twin link two of them?

Dread Pirate Posts : 910 Join date : 2011-05-19

I have got to tell ya ESE, that this army has progressed and it keeps getting better and better.

It's almost liking watching my kids grow up, well except your not one of my kids and your already grown up, but you get my meaning. Fascinating and real pleasure to follow.

GAR wrote:: IIt's almost liking watching my kids grow up, well except your not one of my kids and your already grown up, but you get my meaning. Fascinating and real pleasure to follow.

I am available for adoption if you are willing to take on my students loans Razz

Thanks for the kind words GAR. I've never done a project log before, but have found it to be a wonderful motivator. I have painted a dozen or so armies in the past, but hadn't completed one in years after getting burnt on painting(I painted 5 armies for friends and really came to hate painting in the process!) This log has really renewed my love of the hobby and has me even playing games now and then! Thank you also for the Archon's Challenge. I know that I never would have gotten around to doing that Baron conversion without it(Or the 15 or so Hellions that I plan on doing for Round II Twisted Evil

!)

Got some work done on my Aberation tonight:
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It's not perfect, but it's a start. I plan on running some hoses to the blade arm to represent the venom blade. A little extra green stuff around the shoulders, a couple of extra little Talos arms coming out of the back and I'll call it good. Getting close to having my tournament list painted for the 18th...

Updated to-do list for the tournament on the 18th:
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-Convert Wrack pilot of Raider
-Finish painting Raider for Wracks
-Prime and paint Aberation and finish painting Wrack with liquifier
-Finish paint on Archon
Finished Aberation conversion:
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I figured that the Aberation is about a step away from becoming a Talos or Cronos and added a lot of Talos parts to set him apart. I still can't believe that I bought the stupid GW single-pose Grotesque models... Mad

Did you convert them all with Talos parts or something else?

Was it easy?

Azdrubael wrote:: Did you convert them all with Talos parts or something else?

Was it easy?

All leftover Talos parts. It was easy enough, but kind of annoying. Once I figured out what I was trying to do it went okay. I'm going to try to paint him up after work tonight.

That is one good looking Abberation Evil, nicely done! It's such a pity they are mono-posed, because it is a good model and a few different arm and leg pieces would make the world of difference.

Thanks Gobs! I decided to post a picture at the end of each night this week as a countdown to the 18th when my army makes its fully-painted debut(without any of my old 3rd edition DE) at a tournament. Today I managed to squeak a little bit in on the Raider pilot, Wrack, Aberation, and unexpectedly-my Archon!
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Not sure on where I'm going for the cape/fur cloak colors. I'm leaning towards a black cape with teal runes/orange fur with white and black leopard spots? Any suggestions welcomed.

On a side note-I was playing around on Army Builder and opened the Corsairs list for the Hell of it-Holy Schnikey! That list can out-DE DE armies with all of the mobility and firepower! If I can sneak a peak at the official list somewhere I might have to start a project after I get these DE done...

Dark Blue maybe? I have reverse color scheme ,dark blue for armor , purple for cloaks and cloth details.
Looking allright, close to the first GW presentation on DE.

Slave Posts : 9 Join date : 2012-01-05

Hi guys do you think that I could mount the armor plate of a dark lance/ disintergrator turret on top one of the talos tail turrets of my coven raider

Dread Pirate Posts : 910 Join date : 2011-05-19

HOLY moly, I am diggin the aberration. Your right in that it does look a little off, but I kind of like that its not "perfect". In this case, the parts and pieces that don't fit make it look like several things have gone wrong with it and it feels disturbed. I like it very much.

The contrast color for purple is yellow, red is a complement.

My thinking for the cape is go with a muted orange, like Solor Macharius oange, the GW color, and then highlight the very tips with a brighter yellow.

The muted orange will not (hopefully) overpower the purple you have going, but will make it stand out.

Alternatively, you could go black, and put a trim or border treatment on the black cape in orange. All of this is to make the purple stand out even more.

My 2 pain tokens.

GAR wrote:: HOLY moly, I am diggin the aberration. Your right in that it does look a little off, but I kind of like that its not "perfect". In this case, the parts and pieces that don't fit make it look like several things have gone wrong with it and it feels disturbed. I like it very much.

Alternatively, you could go black, and put a trim or border treatment on the black cape in orange. All of this is to make the purple stand out even more.

My 2 pain tokens.

thanks for the input GAR. I was going for the stitched together look on the aberation Twisted Evil

I was thinking of going black for the cape with teal runes bordering the edges....I might consider going with orange-ish runes? The black and teal ties in with other units, though it seems that many of the units, while colro-wise tie together well, start all looking the same with the limited palette. I honestly can't bring myself to paint the cape orange, but could give it a shot with the runes on the cape/fur on the shoulders. What say you?

A different liner color for the inside of the cape? Grey with teal runes inside/ black with orange outside?

Nice work on the Grotesque there, those arm swaps make it look ten times better than the original!

About colors - here is good photoshop based website that help to get a good color matchings.
Kuler

Azdrubael wrote:: About colors - here is good photoshop based website that help to get a good color matchings.
Kuler

I'll check that out. I really am clueless when it comes to color theory.
I'm am woefully behind due to teaching duties, but I did finish the pilot and Wrack with liquifier:
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The new to-do list for this Saturday:
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Oh my....this week is going to suck Evil or Very Mad

» Kabal Of something very evil
» Fareers, I just dont see it
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» Reavers, close combat, dont get the charge. Worth it?
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