Assembling the raiding force
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- Heartsbane
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Yup, you spotted the main parts. The heads are from wood elf archers, as they're nicely hooded, with the bare head from the dark eldar wyches. A few bits from the dark elf warriors (spears and rxb) and a trailing chain from the marauder horsemen. Oh, and green stuff to change the angle of the cloaks and make the leather horse strappings all scaly.
Quite alot of fun to do, which is handy as I need to get another 9 done by mid-February...
Oh, and bases not finished yet, I really need to get around to ordering some basing materials!
Quite alot of fun to do, which is handy as I need to get another 9 done by mid-February...
Oh, and bases not finished yet, I really need to get around to ordering some basing materials!
Finally a decent conversion of Glade Guard into Dark Riders! Every other conversion has always made me want to say "the Wood Elves called; they want their horses back...". But this is painted suitably dark and nicely converted. That is one mean looking unit that I don't think anyone is going to want to mess with! Good job!!
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Wow, you really get the conversion of a whole new level, they don't look at all like wood elves now! Gret job, looking forward to more.
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Really Love what you have done with the Dark Riders - the steed's armour is amazing! And your chariot is stunning! Nice Work!
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Thanks, that armour was a blessing in disguise; what started out as an inconvenience from using the wood elf horses turned into something that helps tie the force together! Necessity is the mother of invention and all that...
Am looking forward to my order of being supplies arriving, page bases like the chariot's are just crying out for some tufts, it should really help the look of the army.
Am looking forward to my order of being supplies arriving, page bases like the chariot's are just crying out for some tufts, it should really help the look of the army.
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very nice stuff
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- Heartsbane
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So, ive got the Christmas break to do loads of painting, but the first couple of days haven't been as productive as I'd have liked... So I've resolved to make daily updates here to try to help me stay on track.
In the last two days I've achieved this:
And this:
By the end of today I aim to have some riders on those cold ones, as well as having added the finishing touches to the cold ones themselves (just claws and highlights on the metals to go). Also, my chariot fits quite nicely as a unit filler which wasn't planned but works out well. Oh, and no painting is planned for tomorrow, before I get flayed alive before I'm even started. Other than that I will definitely show you all how much (or little) I paint each day between now and next Tuesday.
The beastie is going to be a baby sea dragon, which will count as a hydra. Lots of water effects will be added to the base, filing it up to almost the top of the tail, and a very surprised empire sentry/fisherman will be on the pier. A couple of questions though; do you think vestigial wings would look good? Any ideas for how to model the handlers?
In the last two days I've achieved this:
And this:
By the end of today I aim to have some riders on those cold ones, as well as having added the finishing touches to the cold ones themselves (just claws and highlights on the metals to go). Also, my chariot fits quite nicely as a unit filler which wasn't planned but works out well. Oh, and no painting is planned for tomorrow, before I get flayed alive before I'm even started. Other than that I will definitely show you all how much (or little) I paint each day between now and next Tuesday.
The beastie is going to be a baby sea dragon, which will count as a hydra. Lots of water effects will be added to the base, filing it up to almost the top of the tail, and a very surprised empire sentry/fisherman will be on the pier. A couple of questions though; do you think vestigial wings would look good? Any ideas for how to model the handlers?
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Wow, that dragon is made of pure awesome already, I can't wait to see it finished! It's such an original idea and goes really well with your army theme.
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So, mixed news. Having committed to daily updates proved motivational, but those riders are progressing slower than hoped...
Time spent painting today: 6 hours
Achievements: 6 riders painted to this stage:
Just a couple more layers on the armour, gold (3 layers), silver (2-3 layers), stirrups 2 layers) skin 4-5 layers), face wraps 2-3 layers, shield symbols and pennants (4 layers) and tidy up the black and they'll be finished. Sounds like the best part of another day painting new target is to have them finished and to have made a start assembling the next unit by the end of boxing day.
@Samsuin: hope you'll like the knights when they're finished too then!
@Hatred: please go ahead, but as I don't think my chariot is particularly original, I don't really think the idea's mine to borrow.
@the Tosh: I hope you're joking, the last thing I want to do is discourage fellow painters! Glad you like the plating though, I was in two minds about bothering, but figured that if I didn't I'd be forever more dissatisfied with the outcome so its nice to see someone else appreciate it.
Time spent painting today: 6 hours
Achievements: 6 riders painted to this stage:
Just a couple more layers on the armour, gold (3 layers), silver (2-3 layers), stirrups 2 layers) skin 4-5 layers), face wraps 2-3 layers, shield symbols and pennants (4 layers) and tidy up the black and they'll be finished. Sounds like the best part of another day painting new target is to have them finished and to have made a start assembling the next unit by the end of boxing day.
@Samsuin: hope you'll like the knights when they're finished too then!
@Hatred: please go ahead, but as I don't think my chariot is particularly original, I don't really think the idea's mine to borrow.
@the Tosh: I hope you're joking, the last thing I want to do is discourage fellow painters! Glad you like the plating though, I was in two minds about bothering, but figured that if I didn't I'd be forever more dissatisfied with the outcome so its nice to see someone else appreciate it.
My dark elf PLOG: http://www.druchii.net/viewtopic.php?t=71097
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Those dark riders are beautiful
And I really like the Sea Dragon idea. In regards to the finishing touches have you looked at the old man'o'war artwork and models? I imagine you have already but it may provide inspiration for fitting handlers onto the setup. Also, if it is a Sea Dragon I would avoid wings.
Cheers for the updates,
T.
And I really like the Sea Dragon idea. In regards to the finishing touches have you looked at the old man'o'war artwork and models? I imagine you have already but it may provide inspiration for fitting handlers onto the setup. Also, if it is a Sea Dragon I would avoid wings.
Cheers for the updates,
T.
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Ok, painting schedule has suffered from the horribly addictive nature of Far cry 3...
Still, made some progress today on the knights, who now all look like this:
Now just the pennants & shield symbol (same colour), silver and tidying the black to go, plus I need to come up with some freehand for the banner, but that is going to have to wait for inspiration to strike.
In other news, I've decided that by the end of Tuesday I need to have finished 9 more dark riders if I'm too stand a chance of taking my planned army to the tournament in February. It's tough, but I think doable, and psychologically the biggest hurdle to getting the army finished in time. And on the Sea dragon front, careful reading of the monster and handler rule made me realise that they don't need to be separate models, so I think chained on saddles are a win; it just so happens I have two saddles left over from making that chariot , so that all works our nicely!
Still, made some progress today on the knights, who now all look like this:
Now just the pennants & shield symbol (same colour), silver and tidying the black to go, plus I need to come up with some freehand for the banner, but that is going to have to wait for inspiration to strike.
In other news, I've decided that by the end of Tuesday I need to have finished 9 more dark riders if I'm too stand a chance of taking my planned army to the tournament in February. It's tough, but I think doable, and psychologically the biggest hurdle to getting the army finished in time. And on the Sea dragon front, careful reading of the monster and handler rule made me realise that they don't need to be separate models, so I think chained on saddles are a win; it just so happens I have two saddles left over from making that chariot , so that all works our nicely!
My dark elf PLOG: http://www.druchii.net/viewtopic.php?t=71097
My dwarf alter-ego's PLOG: http://www.bugmansbrewery.com/topic/32404-the-throng-of-thane-morgran-updated-12th-march-2012/
My dwarf alter-ego's PLOG: http://www.bugmansbrewery.com/topic/32404-the-throng-of-thane-morgran-updated-12th-march-2012/
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