Dezartfox Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I thought I'd make a new thread as the Challenge one is now done, cluttered etc :) For images of the rest of the force visit my Site: http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/TVT/banner_350_1.png So, expanding the army still, I started painting my Metal Venerable Dread that I picked up for £16 new in box! It's not a bad model now it's been sat looking at me for a few weeks. If you don't stick all the shields and badly sculpted banners on then it's a alright model. Pain to stick together and it's so heavy.. I have a new resin base on its way so he can happily march to war with his two brothers. http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00720-20090810-0208.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00721-20090810-0208.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00722-20090810-0209.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00723-20090810-0209.jpg I've decided to take my Deathwing to the Grand Tournament in November, so I'll be playing with lists, units and tactics until then :D My first thought for changing my 1500 list; I could swap out the Lascannon dreadnought for a Grand Master, give him a Psychic Hood and "Word of the Emperor" power (if a unit wants to assault him/unit, the have to pass a Ld) which will be great against things like Orks. He has 5 attacks on the charge at S6 with a Force Weapon.. which also uses it's own rules allowing it to instant kill models with the Eternal Warrior rule.. Brilliant. I love that idea and might try it out! I could put him in the Command Squad and Belial in the Assault Squad, or both in the Command squad and have a UBER unit of death. From the games I played I seem to be edging towards getting into Close Combat where possible, this stops people shooting at me and lets me squish things ::) Though this feeling might be from playing a lot of CC bases armies.. Chaos, Daemons, Orks and Space Wolves. So I think the Grand Master might be a good move, he'll make his points back more often than the dread. Or.. I could swap out both/one of the dreads for a 6/3 man squad of Grey Knight Termies, they're quite tough models with WS5 and S6 power weapons.. I wont be losing out on any troop choices as they'll replace the dread(s) and I'll be adding a strong CC unit to the army that's also fits my pure Deathwing force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalevolentMc Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Awesome man! I absolutely loved your DW in the previous thread, i'll definitely be looking out for this one in the future. So far the Dread looks fantastic as always! - MMC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Phoenix Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 rough sex make it hurt in the garden all in the dirt... which translated means I love this rough, dirty paintjob, this guy looks like he could lay down some serious hurt and i hope that your army continues to grow :lol:. Will look SO good with the green 0.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drudge Dreadnought Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Glad to see somebody painting this model. I've always liked it and i think its pretty under-appreciated. And maybe its just me, but i much prefer painting metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillyfish Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I like the bone paint scheme. How did you get the weathered, streaked look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlagueBearer Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 The weathered bone color is simply awesome!!! I want to see some more!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dezartfox Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 Some more work on him today: http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00724-20090810-1729.jpg Now he's a pirate! Yaah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlagueBearer Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 That is amazing!!!! The light effects is great and the painting overall is breathtaking!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dezartfox Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 Cheers -_- I mentioned in yesterdays post about taking a Grand Master in my Deathwing army, well I've been sat thinking about it all day and decided to at least try to idea. So initially I was going to take him with a Psychic Hood, Word of the Emperor and a Teleport Homer. On closer inspection of the codex I realised that the Teleport Homer from the Daemon Hunters Codex is now more or less obsolete.. I went on the hunt on various forums searching for a possible work around to this, I was unsuccessful in my search BUT did find out that a Daemon Hunter Storm Shield counts as a single handed weapon and counts as an additional close combat weapon. It has a weird old rule where I can only use it against a single enemy in combat.. which is fine really. So, instead of a teleport homer I've gone for a Storm Shield (same points and looks cooler than another sword). If I put him in the Command squad with the Banner (gives +1 attack) he has a staggering 7 attacks on the charge, all with his strength 6 force weapon. Now I don't really want to dish out any more money than I have to this month and after staring at the Grey Knights on the GW site for a while it suddenly dawned on me that I could make my own Grand Master! I found an unused cyclone terminator and tore into him, here are the results so far: http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00726-20090810-2203.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00727-20090810-2203.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00728-20090810-2203.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00729-20090810-2203.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simoleo-Brother marine Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 This is awesome on so many levels! -_- Some incredible painting and modelling skills shown here -Simoleo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dezartfox Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 More progress on this guy tonight. After taking the photos in the last post I proceeded in trying to sculpt some details with Greenstuff. It went so wrong.. so so wrong. So I tore off the greenstuff and went for bits, lots of purity seals, scrolls, shields etc. I also used some of the new cabling I got from Dragon Forge Designs. These things are great, they're MUCH easier to bend than guitar wire and glue down better too! Perfect! I'd like to add some Inquisition symbols too him but don't want to dish out money on Etched Brass from Forgeworld, especially when the minimum order is £10.. and the brass etching is £9 :D Anyway, pictures! Still some work left to be done one him, like attaching the shield to his hand. http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00730-20090811-0234.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00733-20090811-0234.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00734-20090811-0234.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00735-20090811-0235.jpg Next I will be painting him! Obviously.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dezartfox Posted August 11, 2009 Author Share Posted August 11, 2009 More or less finished this guy, still one or two things I'd like to touch up on but they can wait. http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00737-20090811-1542.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00740-20090811-1542.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00738-20090811-1542.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00739-20090811-1542.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00741-20090811-1543.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dezartfox Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 Finished the Grand Master, he doesn;t look that snazzy on his own but with the sqaud he looks pretty cool http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00757-20090812-1251.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00755-20090812-1250.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00756-20090812-1250.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00754-20090812-1250.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00761-20090812-1252.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verpine Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Really really cool stuff! The only thing is that the grand master has glowy eyes which i don't like... i also think his force weapon would look cooler if it was glowy looking like the eyes on the dreadnoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dezartfox Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 I updated all the power weapons in the army, claws, swords and the Force Weapon. I feel that the models now have that "POW" factor they've been missing :P http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00764-20090813-1500.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00765-20090813-1500.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00766-20090813-1500.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00767-20090813-1500.jpg Some of the power weapons, still gotta work on those banners: http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00770-20090813-1501.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00768-20090813-1501.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00769-20090813-1501.jpg My 1500 pt GT army shot: http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00762-20090812-2336.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimrod Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00764-20090813-1500.jpg The eyes on this model look fantastic! A great way to add the special something to a psyker. Could you give a little "How to"? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dezartfox Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Sure thing :) - Light blue (I dont own a light blue so Ultra blue and white, but Ice blue will do) - lightly drybrush outwards from the eyes, this picks up all the parts around the eyes which pick up the light, also doing it away from the eyes gives the sense of direction. - Small dot of white for the actual eyes - a tiny amount of blue ink around the eye to give the definition and that powerful look. Cheers :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 these are fantastic :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dezartfox Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Cheers :( Started on a Techmarine terminator to go in the command squad, he does nothing but look cool XD Still heavily WIP http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00781-20090814-1944.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00782-20090814-1944.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Phoenix Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Not sure how crazy I am about the fingers...maybe if they ended in little welding heads or something? I'm also somehow now feeling the garden-hose green...maybe just a black or deep red would feel "more military" on the wires? edit - i should mention that the crits listed here are because it's far easier to list the things i might not like than to list the hundreds of things i love about these models...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 are the fingers supposed to be mechadendrites? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dezartfox Posted August 15, 2009 Author Share Posted August 15, 2009 are the fingers supposed to be mechadendrites? That's it. That;s what they're meant to be! Not too keen on them now, unless I can make them cool they'll be replaced by a normal fist/fist and axe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiplash Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 not a fan of the wirey fingers but the serve arm is exquisite could do with some admech iconography or yellow and black danger stripes :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dezartfox Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share Posted August 16, 2009 More on the Techpriest, lost the wire fingers, started sculpting some armour onto him, http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00790-20090816-0114.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00791-20090816-0114.jpg http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00793-20090816-0115-1.jpg Also started on 3 plastic Grey Knights! http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Dezartfox/Models/IMG00789-20090815-2229.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons of Horus Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 he looks so much better now :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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