Cult of the Sweet Oblivion Project Log

I will use this space to post a log of my first 40k army

Project List:

10 scourges + Solarite painted and Based

5 Raiders, 4 done one remains to be painted (might do crews for all 5)

3 Ravagers painted and finished

2 Razorwing Jetfighters, one done but will be repainted other one built but not painted

4 Venoms painted and finished

10 Kabalite Trueborn + Duke Sliscus Conversion, Assembled, Painted and mostly based but i am not happy with the results for Sliscus so might redo them.

10 Hellions + Baron Sarthoryx Conversion, Assembly in progress

Talos Pain Engine, Assembled awaiting painting

Court of the Archon:
Lhamaean assembled
Slyth assembled
Ur-Ghuls converted and basecoated.
Medusae missing 2nd body conversion before i begin.

OOP Archon x2, One painted, one stripped and ready to paint.

30 OOP Mandrakes converted into Wracks, Re-painted (bought on ebay a while ago painted) to try to enhance the original paint job that was quite poor.


Razorwing Flocks, substitute found 3 painted, awaiting remaining 4 to finish.

Tantalus, assembled, awaiting some green stuff fixes before painting

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Lets start with my Venoms; i need some color advice, green or blue?



This is a slightly more advanced version of the green one:



I know some freehand would look great but i am uterly incapable of that level of detail.

Well let me know what you guys think

nalfen wrote:

I know some freehand would look great but i am uterly incapable of that level of detail.

Well let me know what you guys think

I think you are selling yourself short. Have you tried drawing freehand designs with a detail pen first before painting them in?

No never tried that, any specific kind of pen?

Edit: nm checked your project log and saw your tutorial. I will give it a try on some older pieces and see what i can come up with.

Thanks

I thin either color is going to be good looking, but if I had to choose, go with the green.

I like to do larger freehand detail work by using a pencil with a sharp point. much more forgiving then a detail pen, but either does the job.

I went with the green scheme as suggested. I decided against runes on the hulls; i think the models have enough details as it is.

My new Razorwing (and old one if i can find a decent paint stripper) is next and that one will need some freehand on it.

In the meantime here are the finished Venoms

Very Nice. They look really good and I like that you did all the riders as well.

Thx Gar, now because you said that i need to find the courage to finish all the ones for the Raiders (or convert them into troops).

Finished some Scourges while prepping the Razorwing and my last cheap 5th 2$ raider (thx hoards of bits).

The Scourges turned out ok but the matte varnish killed all the layering for some reason; the armor looks like single color and the wings lost a lot of their details... Last time i try an Army painter anti shine product.

Dark Eldar Tantalus - Cleanup and Assembly



Size Comparison



I am still cleaning up the model and resetting the shape as i go, the sail proved to be the hardest to get into a decent shape as its nor made from the same resin mix as the body resulting in a more flexible model but also a much softer resin.

Raiders and Ravagers:

Those were pretty much the first models i painted in my DE army.

Raiders:





Ravagers:

What i use as a proxy for Razorwing Flocks, not sure what is GW thinkings charging that much for something that should come as a Boxed set.



And some Kabalite Warriors i made from Bits, started a Sliscus Conversion but didin't like how it turned out

I thought that you were kidding about them sending a standard skimmer base rather than a flying base. That little thing looks silly! (They are sending you a replacement, right?)

Really digging the sails on the Raiders/Ravagers. Nice work!

Finished a few Hellions and Reavers, took a long break from painting RL got in the way.

Hellions




Reavers