NL's 8th [upd: 22.8.2014]

[death given form]

Bloody hell, man. Those oblits are awesome, and I don't even have the words to describe your witch-kin.

[deathspectersgt7]

They're beasts .The Witch-kin sweet.

[-Brutus-]

Your army is excellent. I just looked through every page and it's quite cool how your skills are improving, seemingly, with every model. The obliterators are just awesome and the warlock is probably my personal favorite. The legs and feet (claws) are so well sculpted.

However, I demand you tell me your recipe for your blue armour highlights and the recipe for your bone colour. It's just awesome! =)

[DarkVen]

Many thanks for your comments guys :) still I beg your pardon for that I have not so much to present to you this time. But I promise that soon you'll see much more.

 

-Brutus-

No problemo :) here it is:

 

Armor and highlights:

Base - Abaddon black

Highlight edges with layer of Vallejo MC Dark Prussia Blue, leaving center black.

Then again highlight edges with layer of Vallejo GC Imperial blue, leaving previous layer visible, so that there is smooth transit black->blue.

Highlight with Citadel Enchanted Blue.

Highlight the very corners with Citadel Ice Blue.

 

Bones:

Base - Kommando Khaki (or, probably, Rakarth Flesh - don't know, haven't tried this yet).

Heavy wash with Gryphone Sepia.

Light drybrush with Kommando Khaki.

Light drybrush with Bleached Bone, then highlight edges with it.

Highlight the very edges with Skull White.

[-Brutus-]

Excellent! Thanks a lot for that. I quite like vallejos colours and I will probably paint some Night Lords in the near future =)

[RazakelXIII]

This army is stunning, can't believe I've missed it until now. Cannot wait to see those Oblits painted to your standard, should be amazing.

[Kizzdougs]

Amazing work as always DarkVen! Those Obliterators are incredible and the Sorcerer's art looks promising :)

[lokkorex]

the obliterators are jaw-dropping good!

[Noctus Cornix]

Thanks for the paint recipe... I'll be sure to give this a try when I paint my Night Lord allies. ;)

[Biaz]

Damn the VIII Legion has some talented bastards! Incredible stuff. 

[DarkVen]

Thanks for all your comments guys! I really appreciate it,

AVE DOMINUS NOX, ladies and gentlemen!

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/5/2hg.jpg

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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4evO1Nh3PnE/UcICB8TSjzI/AAAAAAAAAKA/8VYm5y_3LVM/s1600/Obliterator_2.jpg

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They took a bit more time than I inticipated.

I guess I need to prepare for my exam this Friday rather than paint them oh well.

Still, I hope you enjoy.

DV

[death given form]

Holy awesome, man. They look even scarier with some paint on them. Thumbs up all the way, they're amazing. I'm guessing we'll have to wait until after exams to see your sorcerer finished up?

[DarkVen]

death given form

I hope the look scary in a good sense

Well, I'd say 'no': The last exam is on 5th or 6th, and I'm starting playing campaign 6th or 7th July, and I need at least one 'character' for the first battle. Nevertheless, he'll be painted not sooner than a week. Though I am able to paint warlock in a day, he has tricky base that will include some water effects. I have no experience with modeling water so it'll take me a while to finish him.

I hope though that I'll paint him along with the first captain.

[Alpha PTP]

Brilliant work as always, Ven. I can't wait to see more, mate. 

Be careful with that modeling water. It can be a disaster if you don't do it right. At my local shop they poured some on a few pieces of terrain that we had and they goofed the mixture so it never dried. 

[DarkVen]

Alpha PTP

Sorry to hear about that accident. Nevertheless, thanks for the suggestion. I'll try to be careful.

[Brother Ambroz]

Too bad GW doesn't have you or Guitarasimus on their sculpting team, they'd make tons of money that way. These oblits are awesome as usual. Hulking but not over-the-top with weapons like GW versions.

[mateus of ultramar]

those oblits are insane, I absolutely love them man, anychance I could get a partslist? I dont play chaos but those are just too damn sweet

[DarkVen]

Tanith Ghost

Many thanks, brother! :) Although I picked some really cool ideas when I discussed them in my Russian forum, of how I could keep them closer to the original and make even more badass. I guess when I'm going to make another oblit or possessed squad, I will add some kind of muscles to the armor, like Mephiston or Astorath have. What do you think?

 

mateus of ultramar

Thanks for the comment, man :) well, about the partlist... it's a bit tough, because I can't remember where is the half of the bits from. I can still say that I used GK terminators as a base, added Def's face masks to their backs, heads are from various chaos kits (the helmet is from new chaos raptor kit), random plasma cannons. Daemonic face on the first PC is from FB chaos knights kit; the flamer on the second one is from cadian IG kit. Sorry, that's all what I can remember so far :(

[MagicMan]

Sweet zombie jesus.

 

GW take note, those are Obliterators. ^

[mateus of ultramar]

mateus of ultramar

Thanks for the comment, man well, about the partlist... it's a bit tough, because I can't remember where is the half of the bits from. I can still say that I used GK terminators as a base, added Def's face masks to their backs, heads are from various chaos kits (the helmet is from new chaos raptor kit), random plasma cannons. Daemonic face on the first PC is from FB chaos knights kit; the flamer on the second one is from cadian IG kit. Sorry, that's all what I can remember so far

Hey its appriciated, I may utilize some ideas from these, they look incredible

[theheartcollector]

Wow! Simply amazing models. Night Lord's are my favorite legion and you've done them perfectly. 

[lokkorex]

jaw-dropping.

[Firepower]

Delicious conversions :)  I've never even thought of using the Defiler heads like that.  You've got a lot of ingenuity here.

[DarkVen]

Thanks guys :)

 

Small update on progress: I just started campaign with the friend of mine. Since previous update I kinda painted warlock and another Rhino transport. Though they were painted in hurry (in the night before the game, lol), so I'd like to correct some of mistakes I made. And also I need to paint lots of stuff before the next game (which goes this Saturday), so it'll be a bit tight with updates. But I assure you guys, as soon as I'll be able to make a proper full update - I will show you all the progress I'll make by that moment. Hopefully that'll happen this weekend.

 

Stay tuned!

[DarkVen]

meanwhile, AVE DOMINUS NOX, ladies and gentlemen!

I recently finished my Land Raider:

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8538/rcmo.jpg

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/332/qnu1.jpg

Nothing breathtaking though, I think. I actually wanted to turn this into a cathedral on tracks (lol), but then, LR is a combat vehicle in the first line. Some nice little decoration is always possible and adds originality to the vehicle, but I feel there is an amount of ornaments and such, exceeding of which means turning tank into a :cuss wagon.

And a bit more models. A small ally-expansion of my force, if you will.

Additional plague marines:

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/110/a5z8.jpg

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/3756/3ovo.jpg

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/1552/ej94.jpg

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2603/fbz4.jpg

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/6995/k3y9.jpg

nota bene: I already improved them (but just a little bit, nothing special to show).

Well, why only 4? I actually already have about 10 plague marines that were painted back when I just was starting my first csm-army. Yet, the war calls, and I needed a magnetized champion with a fist, 2 meltas and 1 regular plague marine. So, here they are.

What do you think guys?

Stay tuned,

DV