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Call to Arms 2023 - Closing pictures
Bouargh posted a blog entry in Bouargh´s miniatures´ closet clean-up
As the Call to Arms 2023 Challenge is getting close to its end, I will share here some family portraits of my contributions. In the Xenos Stronghold - running for Aeldari Forum - A Saim Hann War Host. Except the Wraithlord (Edit) and the red WS that have been painted prior to the Challenge but that I cannot leave away from their amtes, all the models have been painted in 2 distinct vows. Special note of the converted Venom, that is enlisted for Master of the Forge. Still in the Xenos Stronghold - running (as a proxi) for the Leagues of Votann Forum - a lone Squat trike Enlisted as a single and lonely vow In the Imperium Stronghold - running for Space Wolves SubForum - a column of Rhinos All belonging to 2 distinct vows In the Imperium Stronghold - running for Astra Militarum - some isolated SW auxilaries investing an abandoned outpost All belonging to 3 distinct vows And, finally, still in the Imperium Stronghold - running for Adeptus Mechanicus Forum - Part of an Extermination Maniple This vow was initially planned to be my main contribution to the Imperial Stronghold, but, because of shipping delays, it happened being the last one, the rest of the Imperial troops being the activated contingency plan. In total this represent a Grand Total of 201 Points: - Aeldari - 102 pts - Votann - 2 pts (but so far accounted as 2 extra points for Aeldari in the List of vows) - SW + Astra Militarum (as they are all included in SW vows) - 58 pts - AdMech - 39 pts Nota: Ruins and Scenery are inc. in the Imperium related vows.-
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Call to Arms 2023 - Countdown is now over!
Bouargh posted a blog entry in Bouargh´s miniatures´ closet clean-up
I am quite satisfied having been able to close my third vow in the Imperium Stronghold before the bbell toll of Sept. 30th. Here bellow are my last 2 pieces of enlisted units and scenery: - a barricade made of sand bags - an outpost made from proxy Munitorum container (Rescued from a old (broken) toy found in the attic of Grandpa and Grandma) With some views of the outpost: I still have some of these plastic sandbags, but I will reserve them for another project... When I will have decided what kind of project it will be. My third vow is therefore fully complete now, and, let´s be frank, I will NOT add anything more. SO no new vow in the Chaos Stronghold, as the 2 other strongholds are alredy fitted with 3 vows each... Shall I have time (to be understood spare time under day light) I will try to shoot some cleaner familly portraits of all 6 vows. But it will be another day and another post.-
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Call to Arms 2023 - Countdown to Sept 30
Bouargh posted a blog entry in Bouargh´s miniatures´ closet clean-up
A small and short update as the sand from the glasshour is slowly but surely flowing down. As of today, Sept 25th, all the Skitarii are painted, based and ready to be dispatched in their new units. Indeed this batch of 10 was meant to legalize my previous Rangers so that they may fit the new Index rules. To be understood as being closer to legality than they used to be in the past (No more pair of Transurannic arquebus in a single unit of 10, I am afraid). So I painted 2 plasma boyz and I will reorganize the diferent rangers in 2 units. Probably one on the march and one in firing position, at least in terms of majority of poses. This also makes me think that I will not use the numbers on the decals when time will come to set some. Only cogs and skulls, so that Rangers can be reorganized on demand. For example, if I want a datatether and a scanner in the same unit, as the lack of arms holding a single gun prevent you from doing it in all units: so its is not possible to get both options at the time unless getting as much rangers as vanguard units of converting some radguns with the spares left... As far as I am concerned I have prefered using a spare gun to do an Alpha pointing out a vengful finger and spending bitz in convertions, kitbashes and custom scenery during era of 9th Ed... So in terms of progress I have painted so far in my third vow: - Cawl - 10 pts - 2 Kastelans and their datasmith - 11 pts - 10 Rangers - 10 pts - one scrap pile - 2 pts Are still to be completed: - a second scrap pile - 2 pts - a proxy armoured container - 4 pts So 33oo39 pts completed. I guess it is achievable...-
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Call to Arms - Week 12 Progress Report
Bouargh posted a blog entry in Bouargh´s miniatures´ closet clean-up
This week progress report will be the last one before the conclusive date of the Challenge. I am on the way of closing my third vow, even if the tick tocking of the count down is still present. Todays' issue was getting short of primer. By chance some other comitments led me close to a DIY store where I took the first can I found. It is enough to get the 2 remaining pieces of scenery painted. While it dries, I will focus on the Skitarii. So next (and last) week will probably be a quick and dirty scenery painting. The big achievement is that Cawl is done. A nightmarish model to paint even if it is worth the effort. The final result is not too bad. Or at least it is of the same level thant the rest of the Admech army of mine. Clearly I was afraid that this complex model would be too much for me and would end up being a kind of wart... But I am quite satisfied of the final result. In the background, you can guess the presence of the Rangers - bodies, back packs and heads done. weapons are WIP. Final assembly probably this WE. And as a desert, the pile of tires. What remains, beside of the 10 rangers, are therefore the Proxy container and a sand bag (large) barricade. ....tick-tock, tick-tock...-
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Call to Arms - On the road toward a third Vow
Bouargh posted a blog entry in Bouargh´s miniatures´ closet clean-up
As a third vow in the Call to Arm 2023 Challenge - Imperium Stronghold, I pledge the following stuff for the Adeptus MEchanicus Sub Forum: - Cawl - 10 pts - 2 Kastellns - 2 x 3 pts - Their Datasmith - 5 pts - 1 unit of Skitarii - 10 x 1 pt - 2 Pieces of scenery/small scrap type - 2 x 2 pts -1 Piece of Scenery/Munitorum Container type - 4 pts Total: 39 pts It´s a lot for just 2 weeks left, but I will try it. Pure Glutony. I count on the fact that the Scenery and the Kastelans can be painted quite fast and that I already defined and developped the paint scheme on previous models earlier this year.-
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Call to Arms - Imperium Stronghold Vow 2 complete
Bouargh posted a blog entry in Bouargh´s miniatures´ closet clean-up
My second vow for the Imperium Stronghold is now completed. I was missing the kit bashed Scion Unit, based on various Scouts kits plus some SW, Scions and Skitarii bitz. It complete the other enlisted stuff shown in my previous Blog entry and painted last WE - see here: With some close-ins for 3 of these: The latter has been done by repositioning a scout from the Speeder model. -
Call to Arms - Week 11 Progress Report
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If you are following the Hi-Los of my AdMech minis order, you will remember that, anticipating a larger delay than the one already registered, I started a second Vow with a contingency plan. Until part of my order appeared. So I am a little bit in the middle of a No-Mans´ Land now: trying to speed up the painting process of what is currently WIP in order to be able, eventually, to enlist a third vow with this new material, freshly received... From my second Vow, the current status is as such, at 8th of Aept (I am a little bit anticipating on the Week 11 progress report...): - 10 Kit bashed Scions - as pure as their virgin white spray coat can testify - not started starting details - 3 Rhinos Chassis - main colours applied, shades dones, starting details all completed - 1 LR Executioneer - main colours applied, shades dones, starting details completed - Scrap piles from Bitz box - all completed* Total: 28oo38 pts. 7oo38 pts. In the mean time, I Primed the sprues of the Extermination Maniple and I am preparing the scenic bases for Kataphrons and Kastellans. I also gathered even more bitz to start a fifth Scrap Pile - Tires this time**. * Apologies to offended Fists´ and Sucessors´ Players: the Banner is not meant to offend anyone. Let´s rather consider that my SW will go and recover it before devolving it in a kind and fraternal demonstration of brotherhood. Sons of Dorn will supply the ale and beer in return (don´t forget finger food too). A fair deal, don´t you think? ** All of this when light is too low to pretend painting properly. So it is not really competing with the main project, But eventually with the fourth Season of Jack Ryan that I am still pending watching.. -
Call to arms - Week 10 Progress Report
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As a matter of fact, we are rather going to talk of resuming activity rather than progressing at anything. After a 2 weeks break, mainly because I was hoping receiving some purchases of mine (which by the way did not showed off yet...), it is time to activate a contingency plan. There are only 3 and a half weeks left and it would be too short (far too short) to pretend painting a whole AdMech extermination maniple... At least at my current rythm and considering my availability for hobby stuff in Sept. So, let´s activate the plan B. I will basically field as a second vow in the Imperium Strongold the kit bached Scions and the scrap terrain I published in my previous blog entry. And to boost point levels, I will repaint some old stuff. It will gives us: - 3 medium scrap piles at 2 pts each - sub total 6 pts - 1 small scrap pile at 1 pt - 1 unit of 10 Scions at 10 pts - 2 ooP razorbacks (on of these being a proxy) at 5 pts each - subtotal 10 pts - 1 ooP rhino at 5 pts - 1 Leman Russ Exterminator (the first kit) that I used in my SW army under 3rd Ed rules at 6 pts. So a total of 38 pts if I did not misevaluate the point costs. The old LR is a nice kit in fact; really better looking that the current one in my opinion. the turret and accessories gave it a je ne sais quoi that make him more appealing. This or it is nostalgia...-
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Call to Arms 2023 - Week 7 Progress Report
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As a progress report for this week, I report my first vow in the Imperium Stronghold is now completed: 2 Rhinos, one with Spaced Armour 1 converted Razorback, using shield from ooP Sororitas Immolator 1 proxy Predator Baal That´s all for this week. As I am waiting for some AdMech miniatures, probably at beginning of next week, I will potentially field another vow in the Imperium Stronghold. While I am waiting I will see if I can scratch build some barricades or scrap piles from the numerous bitz I have here or there. A way to spend time and increase the point value of a future vow...-
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Call to Arms 2023 - Week 6 Progress Report
Bouargh posted a blog entry in Bouargh´s miniatures´ closet clean-up
After completing my 3 vows in the Xenos´ Stronghold, it is time to focus on some more Imperium related stuff. As I still experience some delivery delays for the miniatures ordered to increase my Adeptus Mechanicus Force (my New Year/New Army Project), I went to see why I could recover from my crates of long forgotten minis... Let´s see what I found: - Lots of WFB minis - out of scope - Few Fantasy Ral Partha minis - out of scope too - 6 Spore mines - if only I had found them earlier they would have been enlisted in the Xenos Challenge... - Some old Rhino Chassis, some painted in the 90´s (beautiful splash painting in the style of my 6 y.o. daugther) and some still in their Mechanicum Grey Factory Livery (understand - raw grey plastic). - 4 of them will be perfect! One of these was built as a proxy Razorkback (Infernum Pattern) using Shield from a Battle Sister tank (same era). You can notice the metal Spaced Armour available at the time on the Rhino. Other bits from Battle Sisters tanks were used, to get these spare caterpillar sections on the Rhino of to swap Heavy Flamers from the Predator Ball. As I found the Assault gun barrels "goofies" y I also swapped them for Heavy Bolters. Some VDR rules latter, and, at the time I built it, I used to play it in my SW army as a "Black Bear" predator. Will still be a Baal Predator proxy nowadays. These 4 tanks will fit for vow Nº1 in the Imperium Stronghold, while waiting for my AdMechs that will eb shipped (I hope) when the FLGS will come back from its well deserved summer holiday break. More soon.-
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This one was not on the rooster of mine. Yet, because of an unexpected event (need to find a cardbox to ship a sold item on Wallapop), I encountered a small platic bag, full of lead and white metal scrap. Among these scraps, an SCT! By SCT I meant a never assemblied Squat Guild Trike. So, here is my third vow: assemble, paint and base this piece of hobby´s history. I guess it will be enlisted for the Leagues of Votann. The molding is quite detailled and faces are really better than anything in plastics, Only Resins models can get that close. Yet design is worth its 30-35 y.o. Respect of scale is, lets say respectfully, non existing. And the set of plastic arms on the standard sprue are anything but adapted to the model. I will have to recut I guess, just to get at least one hand on the gas throttle... It will not be as dynamic as the genuine illustration, but it can be a nice small project to spend the week-end. It will mainly be dry brushing after all.
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This WE overall progress for my second Vow is reflecting important progress - weathe rhas been bad so I had time to kill...: - 10 Storm Guardians - 10 pts - on-going - 10 Dire Avengers - 10 pts - done - 1 Skyrunner Farseer - 5 pts - 2 Vypers - 6 pts - done - 1 Falcon - 6 pts - done - 2 Warlocks - 10 pts - done - 1 Autarch - 5 pts - done - 3 Shining spears - 6pts - Full repaint job - done - 1 converted Venom - 3pts to be placed into the list of contestants for the Master of the Forge sub challenge - done The Warlocks are not strictly compeletd as basing is missing but they will receive their rocks and snow at the same time as the Guardians. The latter have already received most of the base colours and shading, time to go the detailing accesories and gems. I will optimize to get the retouches on the Warlock where some paint spots may require being corrected The StarWeaver/Venom.... or whatever it is, used to be my first convertion 20 years ago. It remained almost untouched ever since and received finally some love under an Harlie paint scheme that required a lot of time and patience for all these free hand losanges. Result is not perfect, but Okish, or enough for me, let´s say it liek that, Trying to improve will ruin the result achieved so, one in one, let´ssay it is done and satisfying for my own painting standard: Overall Vow 2 progress has superceeded the imitial plannig - I was thinking into completing it by end of August but I will probably end for 15th of August. Next models are Guarrdians (you can see them uin the background with their burgundy livery) and the Skyrunner Farseer (converted).
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Call to Arms 2023 - Stronghold Xenos - Shining Spears
Bouargh posted a blog entry in Bouargh´s miniatures´ closet clean-up
This unit underwent a total repaint, except the Eagle pet of the Exarch that remained as it was when I painted in in the early 2000´s. We went from this initially : ... To that now: The exarch bears a converted Bright Lance (When I bought this unit it was a popular tooling as mobility and sheer lethality used when hitting rear armour of tanks). There are a couple of green stuff extra gems and an eagle pet from the ooP Warmaster Range. Chevrons remind of the belonging to Saim Hann Craftworld although the temple colours indicate the shared alligeance beyond the Clan. I still haven´t receive my red paint, but I encountered a pot forgotten in my modelling supply crate, sorry, Shoebox. I will resume with guardians and keep on paint Warlocks robe this week End. Vows 2 looks like bieng quite well on track! -
Today Photo Log includes the latest completed minis, under the form of 2 vypers. The paint scheme ihas been inspired by the VOid Dragons schemes from IA: Doom of Mymeara. The Vyper with personnalized gunner is inspired from a head swap published in WD (I guess it was a Golden Daemon Entry) and in Codex Eldar for 3rd Ed. It comes from an Escher Gunner. Some more pics can be found in my Gallery for Call-To-Arms Challenge: Do not hesitate getting a tour and commenting either in the Blog or in the Album. At the moment my overall progress for this second Vow is he following: - 10 Storm Guardians - 10 pts - 10 Dire Avengers - 10 pts - done - 1 Skyrunner Farseer - 5 pts - 2 Vypers - 6 pts - done - 1 Falcon - 6 pts - done - 2 Warlocks - 10 pts - on-going - 1 Autarch - 5 pts - done - 3 Shining spears - 6pts - Full repaint job - 1 converted Venom - 3pts to be placed into the list of contestants for the Master of the Forge sub challenge I will have to slow down a little bit for lack of Mephiston Red, hoping it will come soon. Next step will therefore be either the repainting of the Shinning Spears - this requires mainly white and blue - plus getting a hand on the Venom - which will be modified to become a proxy StarWeaver instead Now, back to the workbench!
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Thought I'd make a quick post to share my Call to Arms progress after 23 days. Everything but the webway gate is undercoated, and the current colours things are are in the list below: 1x Neurotyrant (5pts) 2x neurospore things (2pts) 11x Neurogaunts (11pts) 5x Barbgaunts (5pts) 3x VRL's (3pts) 1x Screamer Killer (5pts?) 1x Winged Tyranid Prime (5pts) 1x Psychophage (5pts) 5x Wraithguard (5pts) 1x Spiritseer (5pts) 1x Webway gate (6pts) Completion 15/59pts The Barbgaunts were conpleted on Friday, and the Wraithguard finished also. I quite enjoyed painting these, the wraithguard in particular went quickly with contrasts!
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Call to Arms 2023 - Stronghold Xenos - Converted Autarch
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This is the top militia warrior that leads my Saim Hann Cadre. A former Banshee Temple adept that now guide the Guardians in agressive warffare tactics. In the right line of fierce and brutal clans from the most savage Craftworld! This conversion is done with the old Drazzar body (White metl) with a Banshee Exarch head and executioneer. Plus details and stuffs fron the Guardian´s sprue. The week end has been very productive. But I will have to slow down - I am out of Mephiston red paint and the reference is currently unavailable in most sites. Let see how long it takes to get it.-
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This conversion comes from the bottom of my Minature Closet. It had been designed and preassemblied a long long time ago, when rules for Harlies were only available in the Citadel Journal. A time with almost no internet but instead Xerox machine and a very popular lad in the club that owned copies of this Journal´s issues. I xeroxed the pages, lost them and though that it could instead be a steed for a converted Nuadhu Firehearth mini (That I never completed) when rules were available in this Codex: Past is in the past and I feel like it is a good thing. No excess of nostalgy here. But I regret Nuadhu never got a model. I will start painting the model soon, but now that the Venom is part of the Drukhari arsenal and that the comparable model in Harlies is the Starweaver, I wonder if I should not try a more "acrobatic" paint scheme. As you see the model has been left in its juice up to now. Here are some pics of its main parts: Some might recognize that main parts for extended tail and large fins/wings are coming from a BattleFleet model. some small green stuff here or there, mainly for additional waystones, and a modified hull weapon supposed to be a fusion gun (the optin was available to Harlies´ Venom at the time) I will try to reach to a decision between Starweaver and Venom. So that I might take a potential turn to Ynnari or get to think about adding a pair of Shuriken cannons to the machine before starting the paint job...
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Call to Arms 2023 - Stronghold Xenos - The Falcon
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The Falcon was the last eldar, perdon, Aeldari, Tank chassis I had left in my Xenos´ Pile of Shame. I have always liked this model was was the first one issued by GW that was not a bulky shoe box, Something with elegant lines and curves. The model aged quite well IMO for such a venerable sculpt. Yet there is something that always left me a little bit uneasy: don´t you think it is a little bit squt? it looks like the balance of the scuulpt is missing something. At the rear. The Wav Serpent´s extended passengers´ compartment does not left the same impression. Anyway, time to paint. Nor something too fancy. I will stick to the main red hull I used for the test WS. Some stripes to stick to the common Saim Hann iconography, and that´s it. Here is the result, painted in parallel to the Dire Avengers of my second vow. Truth is that painting such a tank took me less time than painting an infantery squad... As for other models of the challenge, decals willcome in extra latter on, awaiting for the whole bunch to be completed... The turret of this model really needs something on its flat panel.-
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Call to Arms 2023 - The Dire Avengers
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I made this leap of faith/Gambit that I would be able to paint and repaint all the rest of my Aeldari´s Pile of Shame before closing date of the Challenge. I bet that the high painting yield I had over the past 3 weeks could be maintained up to the end of Sept. We will see if it proves to be a reasonable assumption or a fools game. Anyway, from the list of units set in my second Vow, I decided to treat in priority the Dire Avengers. Wishing to shift from red/burgundy to blue for more variety... I also made some extra trials wish Slap Chop. Previous attempt was a deception. Let´s see if this time it goes better. Comparatively the test results are giving very contrasted results: Base case is NO Slap Chop and Thalassar Blue on white primed model - to flashy - Talassar blue is a very bright and vivid colour. Too bright to migh taste, needs to go darker Standard Slap Chop - Black primed model, dry brushed in grey (administratum) and white plus Thalassar Blue - too dark to my taste. I rpobably did not insist suficiently on the dry brushing Intermediate Slap Chop - Grey (administratum) primed model, dry brushed in white plus Thalassar Blue - not too bad but still dark. Administratum grey is cnaceling most of the nuances that a Contrast paint can bring "Reverse" Slap Chop - My very own añmost genuine denomination - Grey (dawnstone) primed model, dry bruched in Gery (administratum) plus Thalassar Blue - interestingly this one is the one I like best. Do not ask why. So, conclusion? Let´s go with the fourth one. The resulting paint scheme I define is the following: - The blue recipe Nº4 - The helmets in red with white peanant - more or less like Asurmen model, with the red doing the natural link with the rest of the army - Some Wraithbone coloured weapons - Some touches of white on back pack, paultrons and chest plates, to adjust visual impact. I was not decided initially between the white and black, but it ended being white, which is more visualy contrasting than the black. What is the result? Well see by yourself:-
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Call to Arms 2023 - Stronghold Xenos - Week 3 progress
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Week 3 is on-going and I have some substantial progess to report. A. HQ My vow includes a Farseerand a Skyrunner Warlock that have been completed Here are those two boyz. While the Farseer is a clasic model, the Skyrunner is a converted one based on the ooP jetbike, a torso from a metal warlock, backbanner from ooP Shining Spear and executioneer from olf Jain-Zahr model. I have been inspired by the colour scheme from Void Dragons as per the IA book (Doom of Mymeara) even if I revisited it to fit to the Saim-Hann cannon B. Jetbikes All seven jet bikes are painted too. Also based on oop model with some accesorization with haed swaps and CC weapons from the Storm/Black Guardian metal sprue of Eye of Terror Campaign. Bikes weapons and number account is not aligned anymore with the Index trends (too few Shuriken cannons, odd number count...). I will have to look for 2 more models on Ebay to reach the account of 9, ideally both with Shuriken cannon. I aslo have some scatter laser parts somewhere so maybe converting something is a ay to go? Logo is from the Dark ELves ooP shield sprue. I do not know if I still have some in my bitz box in case of fielding 2 more bikes in the future. But, WAIT! It means that my first vow is now COMPLETE!-
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After a small attempt with slap chop technique on the Guardians I finally made a step back and used a more basic and standard painting approach using the recioppe of colours previously tested. I must confess that painting these models has been a kind of revelation: it is refreshing not having to paint purity seals.... Anyway, the Guardian plastic mini (the previous kit now ooP) is not necesary the smoothest surface and arms tend not to stay glued properly. some repairs jobs were needed on the run. The second revelation of this paint job is my deficience in maths. apparently i am not able to count furtehr than 10. I listed in the challenge 10 guardinas and the platform but in fact they are 12 plus the platform... Anyway I will try to correct or use them into a second vow if I go this way. Here are some pics of the chaps, WIP, but almost on the finish line (basing in progress): The squad leader is a convertion made out of the bottom of white metal Banshee Exarch and upper torso of a plastic guardian. Head is from the ooP metal conversion kit for Storm/Black guardians from 13th Black Crusade Campaign era. A tad blurry, but you get the idea. Once gravel sealing will be dry, I will complete the base to give the frozen aspect and the Snow. As for other models of the vow, decals will wait for a final session with all the models together.
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Call to Arms 2023 - Stronghold Xenos - The Wave Serpent
Bouargh posted a blog entry in Bouargh´s miniatures´ closet clean-up
My first post on B&C started with this sentence: "long time lurker, first time poster". As far as painting models is concerned I could be considered as a lurker too. Indeed I barely demonstrate creativity for my paint schemes. What I like above all is being guided with some suggested colour pallets and paint schemes. I suppose it comes from long long time ago, when I was passing hours reading on books about liveries or camos & unit paint schemes of WWII troops. Anyway, as far as my Saim Hann stuff is concerned, the seed for inspiration for the Wave Serpent included in my forst vow came from here: A pic of a a half painted WS put on Ebay. The kind of stuff screaming out "SAVE ME PLEASE". Yet it brought me into thinking that it might fit quite well with the Night/Day theme I wanted to apply for the my two starchildren´s chariots. The initial idea raised when I saw these two badges of the Falcon Decal sheet - one with a sun and one with a moon: OK, it is may be not so obvious, that the concept might match when you look at the Ebay pic, I may agree. Yet I though that a darker tone (to be understood as a WS model painted with a sufficient amount of black) WS pairing with the other one I painted to test paint schemes (the red mono colour, fitted with bright lances from a previous Blog entry) was a good idea. Aditionnaly, up to now, I have been used into applying for all my armies some very uniformed / standardized paint schemes - uniforms and armours a very similar from one unit to another and the distinctive features are limited (except eventually on personalized vehicles). I am a little bit feded up wit it. I feel refreshing fielding an army that may align units of various colours and schemes into a single force such as Aeldar can offer through ASpect Warriors, Harlies and Corsairs... If I complete my first vow I will expand the challenge with some aspect warriors as a second vow, just to align Dire Avengers painted into a blue/with dominant scheme... Anyway, here is the result for the "night" WS: And a close up on the blue gems of the field projectors with their touch of glossy varnish. Next step will be setting the decals. But for this one i will have a batch session with all the rest of the models once the vow will be fully painted and based. -
After a well deserved rest of 1 week in a cabin in the woods, I finally started working on my first vow. Progress has been relatively satisfying with two of the units pledged at a completion stage of 75%: 1. The first unit I focussed on is the Wave serpent, for which I had great expectations. Indeed it is the first time I try a bicolor scheme (black/red) on a model so curvy. So a kind of new challenge for me. I worked with masking tap which in the end was globally satisfying even if it might be tricky positionning it in some places. Highlighting and shadding proves to be be quite critical to ensure a good outlook for panel transition even if it is not so obvious on the pic. Here bellow a WIP pic of the stripped hull 2. The second unit is the Defender squad. Although I initially tried a painting recipe (see previous Blog entry), before starting, I decided to give a chance to the Slap Chop technique. Yet the results were not very convincing. In fact comparing the guardians obtained by direct Contrast applied on Grey Seer base vs. Slap Chopped model the difference did not justified the extra time needed by the latter technique vs. the former one. It might be a theme related to the covering grade of Flesh Tearer Red? Is it too opaque to allow a good resolucion of the speed Shading/High Lightning that Slap Chop is supposed to bring? So decision is to stick to the initial painting recipe of Blood Angel Mephiston Red base, washed with Flesh Tearer Red and high lighted with Wazzdakka Red.
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Preparing to Call to Arms 2023 - Basing tests
Bouargh posted a blog entry in Bouargh´s miniatures´ closet clean-up
As a new blog entry into the road to Call to Arms 2023, here are some tests for prospective basing. As I am a little bit feed up by tanned earth and plascrete type of basing, I wanted to try something else. My attempt to swampy bases as not been to my taste, but as my Wraithlord was getting quite a good contrats on its white primed base, I wondered: Why not stay like that? Huh. "Stay like that?", really? Well, not really: I will try a Iced World basing. Maintaining the red to white contrast. A. First step - or rather before first step B. Second step - Adding texture with some sand and stones - they will be mostly covered with snow and are here to give relief C. Third step - Painting it with splashes of whites and greys plus some frosthearth. If snow flakes do not cover everything, I expect that what will remauin visible, by somekind of see-through/transparency effects will enhance the snow/ice effect. This here we see a small issue: I used Vallejo paints and the GW Contrast do not wet well - resulting into a Frostearth doing puzzeling effect and not giving the rending expected in the texturized areas. For plain areas I corrected the pearling effect by spalshing some GW grey seer before applying the hearthfrost. I will have to revise this by selecting over undercoats if I want to maintain the icy blue... D. Fourth step - PVA and snow flakes I use Army painter snow. This mico plastic is quite fine but it may sometimes stick everywhere by electrostatic effect. Once PVA glue is dry a smooth cleaning is required to remove what is staying were not desired... I decided not to cover every thing but keep working by splashes of flock. One of the benefits of Vallejo paints (especially the well named gloss white) is that they they give this gloss that is fine for mimicks of light reflections o icy substrate... Or at least it is what I want to believe. And here is the final result - an old school Wraithlord ready to join a Saim Hann war party: I think I have the basing I want for this army...-
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Call to Arms 2023 - Stronghold Xenos - 1st Vow
Bouargh posted a blog entry in Bouargh´s miniatures´ closet clean-up
And here is my first vow for the Xenos Stronghold. The equivalent of a Patrol box, changing the Wraithlord for a skyrunner Warlock. Primed and assemblied, except the Wave Serpent that will be painted hulls and chassis separatly before being glued together. But where did I put the canopy??? All minis are ooP ans have seen for some of them conversions or modifications/swaps: - Wild Riders logo from Dark Elf shield sprue (WFB) - A Dark Elf (?) pole as icon on a Wild rider bike - Some weapons swap and heads from the 13th black crusade storm guardian kit - Skyrunner warlock from a jet bike, warlock torso and weapon from old Jain-Zarrh model The Wave Serpent is a genuine Forgeworld model with twin linked Elder missile launcher. So here we are at day 1. With something like 41 pledged points to be painted.-
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