Watch Commander Danek
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Choosing a Horus Heresy Legion
Watch Commander Danek replied to PensacolaWarhammer's topic in + AGE OF DARKNESS +
I came terminally close to revising (retrograding?) my Night Lords Second Grand Company to represent Knightmare and his men as they were near the end of the Crusade, but a need for variety and change has guided me into another direction. I also admit a Pre Heresy Dark Angels army in Rogue Trader black with red crossed my mind briefly. If for no reason then the nostalgia factor. -
I don't know. Perhaps it's the resin textures but I can't help but feel the silver and gold really pops on the Dread. The cold sterility of the silver compliments the black perfectly, and the warmth in your gold breaks it up just so. The effect is perfect. I also love the work on the skull, and am sure i'm not the only one wanting your recipe there. This is thus far my favorite blog here, and i consider myself a harsh critic of black projects and usually despise Black Legion. Your work though and your approach is very interesting though. Do us all a favor when you can and bring us ground level with some individual shots of your oblits and troops yes? I feel there is alot of subtleties we're missing.
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That dread is amazing. Any chance for some clearer shots?
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Cheers mate. And keep raising that creative bar for others. :)
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The experiment to make stubble paid off in spades. The skin itself really captures an IW feel - they look grimy and sweaty. How exactly did you achieve the shaved look? I'm not familiar with any of these new products. Foundation Paints were new when I left the hobby. :/
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I see what you are saying completely. Truth is when I returned to the hobby one of the concepts I kicked around was a "Re-Inventing Fear" style Iron Warriors project, and loved brainstorming Berserker concepts. To me the cold, calculating brain of the Iron Warriors would look at the bretheren falling into Khorne worship as "having episodes" so to speak. Throw them into a unit and have them be the "hammer" to another units "anvil" in the trenches you know? I love the gore idea from Space Marine. Have you thought of doing it in degrees? Perhaps the newer members of the unit show disturbing habits that made putting them into the unit needed - like taking a gore covered hand and smearing the blood across their helmet, chest, a shoulderpad. Maybe also in terms of modelling converting some Black Templar arms? The ones with chainswords chained to them? Love your project and you (along with good ol' Chrono) are synonomous with Iron Warriors in my head. Figured since I'm not doing anything with these ideas I had maybe someone would take em or leave em. ^_^
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I second that. I love the chevrons on the backpack btw. Besides the right lower leg, I always felt what got chevrons from the Iron Warriors was weapons and corrosponding dangerous equipment. Question? Berserkers? Taking them and if so, any ideas yet in terms of design and painting?
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Some sexy poses and touches of individuality (is that dark tongue runes I see?! Kudos!), old friend. Your blood effects look nice and not over the top also. The years have been good to your techniques it seems. I for one would like to see some clearer pics though. I feel like alot of nifty details are getting lost. Also, what is your recipe for that brass? I would have killed for it during my Knightmare days.
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I think the blue-grey highlights will look wonderful and really compliment your motif well. I think your searchlight looks fine, although I'm not the best judge of OSL. Your gold recipe is very rich and will look almost perfect no doubt with that final highlight. Very impressive and inspiring stuff. I for one and taking notes. :)
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You have the same approach to a new project that I do. I'll be watching this one closely and anxiously :D