An "Evil?" project log. 6/21 Don't call it a comeback!

I'm seriously in awe of your painting ESE. Your models all look amazing.

^Makes me sick, haha! I was quite proud of my own reavers till i saw the beginnings of these, grrr!

Thanks guys!
I finished up the Reavers. I don't know if it was the end of the can of Dullcote or the humidity (fog came in tonight), but the markings on the hulls blurred and have this whitish haze to them after they were sealed tonight. I'm going to repaint the markings when I do the markings on the next three Reavers that I started today.



[edit] I just updated the master list of painted stuff using Army Builder. 2,868 pts painted!!! 3 more Reavers have been started and I do have a Talos that simply needs it's carapace highlighted and a base. After that: Fully painted Apocalypse force (albeit a less than ideal one comp wise ) Looks like I'll need to scrap together an Apoc game next month for the photo op.

After a quick audit, I realized that I forgot Urien in my master list. 3058 pts!!! I'm shooting for 3300 by the end of August (3 more Reavers, finish the Talos, a Succubus to celebrate?)

Man you're fast...

3000+ points? An overview picture, perhaps? Great respect!

Those bikes are excellent, well done (again)!

For the purple, do you use three layers (base, layer,edges) or four (base, layer1, layer2, edges)?

Your Reavers look really good, great looking patterns on their sides.

And... wow, you have one huge army! This really calls for an overview picture of all those 3000 points of painted spiky goodness!

@ Setomidor: I'll post a pic later of the colors that I use. I use a mix of black and Murderous Magenta from the P3 line, Murderous Magenta, 50/50 Murderous Magenta/Fortress Gray, and a final top edge highlight of Fortress Grey. I use a little bit of black wash hear and there for the shading if needed to add depth.

I just did a recount and realized that two of the transports that I counted in the total are not finished I'm actually at 2,923 pts painted, BUT-I have three more Reavers with a heatlance that will be finished tonight. That will put the army at 3,001pts

I'll take a army shot tonight or tomorrow morning after these Reavers are done. The picture will have to be taken on a table that I have with TERRIBLE lighting, but should give an idea of how they look together. I'm debating whether I should paint Incubi next or the last 3 Reavers that I plan on doing for the army...leaning towards the Incubi...or a Succubus?

Succubus!
You've not done any Sslyth yet have you? Give me at least a week before you out-do mine yeah?

The_Burning_Eye wrote:

Succubus!

This might happen...

On a completely different note, the next three Reavers are done, putting me at 3,001pts completely painted!!!

Still debating whether I want to do the last three or the Succubus. Neither of those options are all that likely to make my current army lists, but would be fun to paint

Gorgeous as ever, the bikes are really well suited for your colour scheme with all the nice pointy edges

My Haemonculi will be calling upon you shortly ESE in order to remove your hands and eyes as I find myself in need of more artistic ones than my own.

seethes with jealousy

Well I was going to ask where/how you achieved the cloak for your baron/helliarch, but saw it was posted a lil later within your blog.

I happen to love your sparkly razorwing. Its deceptive that it can sparkle and yet rain down that much terror upon one's enemies. Just personally a fan. While you were absolutely right, you did loose quite abit of you're excellent highlighting and shading but live/learn.

Also sidenote.. do u keep the ballstem on the hellions or do u magnetize them. Just lookingfor other's opinions b/c I am personally a lil fed up with arguiing with those bases everytime that I start a game and @ least one decides its naptime and not time for a raid. Grrr!!! Just looking for other's opinions on the topic. Thanks for the tutorial on the runes. Looking fwd to utilizing them.

The Hellions are are glued at the ball joint. I'm glad the tutorial on the runes helped!

@Count Adhemar- I think that you gave me an idea for a conversion

Painted 3 Wyches to finish off a unit.

I have been bagging and boxing up stuff that I will be selling at the LFGS swap meet this Saturday. I revised the painting list of things that I want to paint before calling the army done.(The list is still VERY long ) I am very close to having all of my Wyche cult models painted. This, combined with an upcoming Apocalypse event at the LFGS, made me realize that I have a almost completely painted Dark Olympiad ready. I only need to paint up a unit of Bloodbrides, a succubus, and a beast pack. I own all of the models with the exception of the beast pack, which I will buy as a reward for finishing off all of the Wyche models in my army. The plan is to move on the last of the coven models after that, followed by Kabalites/Court of the Archon. I'm shooting for a late winter/early spring completion date.
Next up:

My goal by Monday night: Bloodbrides/grooms and Succubus

Seriously cool looking Reavers! I must admit it, I am rather envious at the moment. Not that I'd ever dream of stealing your painting hands...

Very nicely modelled Bloodbrides/grooms, and very nice looking Succubus.
I like the scheme that you are using on the Wyches and I know that you will make the other Cult units look just as spectacular. Also, just because I haven't got this across, I really love your Reavers.

Keep up the great work.

Saturday night's hockey game left me with a back tweak that wouldn't allow for painting, but I managed to get these done today:



the lighting in the pics really washes out the details(I used hawk turquoise as a spot color on the succubus aggie, eyeshadow, and glow on the halberd rune thingy). I'll try to take a better pic after I finish the other 3 Bllodbrides (hopefully) this week. 3 RHB's after that, and I'll get to buy a beast unit to complete the Dark Olympiad for next month's Apocalypse game!
[edit] I do promise a formation pic when it is completed.
Following that: Finish my coven units

Yay! Updates make me happy!

I like having all the bloodbrides/grooms with the face enclosing helm and the Succubus is awesome.
It will be good to see them in better lighting, as at the moment the colours do look faded. I'm sure that it will be better with more adequate lighting, however.

Great work.

Looking really good! The crackling lightning on the agonisers looks particularly great.

Excellent!

thanks guys!
The chiropractor appointment went well yesterday and I was able to paint up the "last" three Bloodbrides. ( I say "last" only because I doubt that I'm really done painting any more of these.)
Sorry again, fuzzy picture:


I have three more RJB's to paint up before I buy a beast unit to complete the Dark Olympiad formation for next month's Apocalypse event at the LFGS. I'm leaving town for the weekend, but should be able to finish up the last three RJB's by early next week. After that , all of my Wyche units will be done for the army It will be on the coven units after that.

Looking really good. The helmets are especially awesome.

can we get a group/army shot? just want to see what 3000+ pts looks like.