WestRider Posted August 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 Every one of my new 40K projects starts out with a determination that this time it's going to be different, and I'm going to do careful highlights, with layering and lining and thinned paints and all that jazz, and then eventually hits a point where I have to (to pick just one example not quite at random) paint 15 Blood Claws, 3 Vehicles, 3 Grey Hunters, and a TWC for a Tournament in less than a week, and I just say "F*** it", and start drybrushing again ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted August 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Still just with the cellphone pics, and they need a couple more colours (not looking forward to doing the yellow. One more reason I avoided Blood Claws), plus some touch-up to fix the spots where I messed other things up when I touched up the black, but here are the Blood Claws who are going in this thing, along with a couple more Grey Hunters (because I didn't have a painted pack with Meltas), and another TWC, now that they're cheap enough I can fit him in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 We need to get you a better cellphone... I totally picked up Logan last night too. Muahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted August 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Nah, I just need to find time to clear off my table at home and/or remember bring my real camera in to work. I deliberately chose this phone as the one with the fewest features I could find. I was kind of amazed that there didn't seem to even be an option for one without a camera :P 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Are you going to be up at OFCC on Friday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted August 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 I'm still trying to figure out how I'm getting down, but I should be around for a while Friday afternoon/evening. Couldn't get enough time off to come down Thurs and make the Open as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Damn. Should be able to hang out for a bit either way though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Here's my Logan so far. Did an arm swap to get rid of all the cables. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Gah. I'll try to fix the pics tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted August 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Looks pretty cool. I'm glad I have one of the old version, tho, I really do like both sculpts. I can use the new one on the chariot and the old one on foot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Looks pretty cool. I'm glad I have one of the old version, tho, I really do like both sculpts. I can use the new one on the chariot and the old one on foot. I like the new one so much better. Plus I am magnetizing (surprise!) him to the chariot. He comes stock with a little peg that holds him in, which is cool, so you can swap him., Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted August 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Better pictures! Too many projects on my table at once, but I've got better light and a better camera here. The whole gang! Still not done with the shoulder pads. Yellow is a major PitA :( A better angle on the StormWolf itself, but my hands were all shaky because I really should have been in bed an hour ago: The Wolf Guard Pack Leader for the Blood Claws and my scratch-built Ulrik the Slayer: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 MUCH Better! Thanks, Dude. Are you whiting your yellow spots before yellowing? And I was totally just thinking about making my own Ulrik... I was trying to figure out what to use for a Crozius and going to use Krom as a base. I have a painted Ulrik but my wife was poo-pooing it even though she painted it (like 10 years ago) because she doesn't like anything about it now. lol. I offered to strip it and let her repaint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted August 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Yeah, I'm laying down white first. You can see I've got that stage done on all of them. As much as anything, it's trying to freehand straight lines on curved surfaces. The fact that I'm doing it with red and yellow, the two colours with worst coverage, is just extra obnoxiousness. I'll get a better picture of his Crozius when I get back. It's made from a total of three Thunder Hammers :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Oh yeah, duh, I can see the white. I thought about that, but I'm running low on TH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 So Logan... Stormwolf and Ven Dread were awesome kits and easy to assemble. Logan is also an awesome kit but a lot more touchy to assemble... Ugh. Here he is all put together. I still need to magnetize his foot to the chariot and do something about his face/head. I put a Krakenbeard head in there for now because I haven't decided if I'm going with Logan or Krakenbeard for him. Also, the axe came out pretty well so I'm happy with that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted August 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 I've been thinking about what I want to do with him when I get one, and I can't come up with a head that really fits for what I want. All the ones with beards that I like are bald, and all the ones with good hair have no beard or scraggly beards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Krakenbeard ain't bald! Beard and decent hair. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestRider Posted August 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 I don't want a braided beard, tho. I'm looking for a full, bushy one. If you read Sandman, think along the lines of how they drew Thor in that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 You could totally trim off the braids and it'd still be a big bushy beard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Marauder head? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 TWC Head with Beard? Maybe chop the braid? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Oooh, have you seen these Spellcrow heads? NM, the bushy beard is bald. Dammit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 There's a couple good flagellant bearded heads too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretre Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 I have some of the ones I posted f you decide you like one. Also considering using Krom to make a new Ulrik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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