++ AUGUSTUS b'RAASS ++ pre-heresy BRASS SCORPION p.247

[Kizzdougs]

Great work, dude!! Awesome to see your working getting the recognition it deserves! :tu:

[MrBear]

I was kind of wondering when your guys would show up on ADb's FB-feed...

 

The praise that you have gotten is well deserved, every one of them looks great on his own but they look simply stunning together.

[Augustus b'Raass]

Thanks everyone.

 

On to other things. I'm starting to prepare for the ETL. One of the many units I'm planning to vow is a unit of five spawn. I absolutely detest the models GW produces for spawn, and I've long wanted something that would suit my Night Lords. So I thought - why not a nostraman lion? Now, I don't think a Nostraman Lion would look exactly like a terran lion, but rather have a similar body build, and would fill a similar biological niche on Nostramo as terran lions on Earth. 

 

The Polish third party Puppetswar produces really cool models called Barghest fiends that to me fit the bill perfectly.

http://puppetswar.eu/img/p/259-972-large.jpg

I have long wanted to buy them, and as a gift to myself for getting an indefinite contract from my employer, I finally did. Yay! They're perfect counts-as spawn, and look suitably feline yet alien to be representing Nostraman Lions. The models look pretty fricking awesome. They have scars, multiple eyes, a collar with chains hanging from it, very, very cool heads, and they're sculpted -let's say- 'anatomically correct', which is cool. Seriously they have the whole male package.  Also, they're exactly the right scale to fit 40K biker bases, so this is a perfect win for me. 

 

I got them in just an hour ago and immediately got to work on them. I was a little dissapointed that there are only three different kinds of bodies (as I though from the angle of the pic above there'd be more) but there are five different heads. I'll use some trophies and chains to differentiate them. Any idea on how to paint them? I'm thinking of either pure black, or a darkened flesh tone.... What say you?

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/WP_20150321_002_zpstjbsab3f.jpg

 

Anyway, work continues. I'm hoping I can get a single Scylax Guardian-Automata from ebay for Deltrian. 

 

Hope you like! 

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@Forté: No he doesn't And his FB post has been shared 55 times now...

 

@KrautScientist: Thank you, man. I sent you a PM with the bits I would need for my idea for Setpimus. Thanks for offering to help - again.

 

@Atia: He is, truly. About the comparison: to be honest, I don't really care about the size comparison with 'normal' marines, as the idea behind the Truescale astartes of First Claw is that truescale is the 'real' scale. Humans should reach the Astartes' neck colars with the top of their heads. 

 

@Wicced: Cheers, mate

 

@Kriegsmacht: I'm not sure if I ever will do the Exalted, but when I do, it'll be with claws.

 

@ElDuderino: Thanks, and concerning your auto-vested power - you *are* El Duderino...

 

@Flint13: Thank you.

 

@kizzdougs: Promise me you'll send ADB pics of your First Claw when they're finished. 

 

@Mrbear: Well... tadaaa! Totally didn't expect this reaction from him. But it does feel great, to be perfectly honest. 

Edited March 21, 2015 by Augustus b'Raass

[Flint13]

Cool beans! I've seen those make really good warp beasts in dark eldar armies, so I'm very interested to see what you do with them.

[Dantay VI]

If it is furless, then on a nightworld the skin would be fairly pale and pasty, as there would be little light to alter the colour of the skin pigmentation. Maybe with veins showing under the surface of the skin, and using a purply red in the mouth for gums or tongue etc?  Saying that I am thinking in Terran terms hahaha....

 

However if they are going to have fur, then a dark colour would look cool as a natural camouflage, Black would give it a more panther like colouration than a lion though?

[KrautScientist]

I'll be sending you a more detailed PM later, but let me just interject - rather unhelpfully, I might add - that I don't think that AdMech model you mentioned would be such a great base for Deltrian. At the very least, it doesn't seem to bring much to the table beyond the Cairn Wraith. I've always seen Deltrian as this very delicate, almost elegant bronze skeleton in flowing robes, so I don't think he should be too ghostlike in appearance. And I've always imagined him with actual legs, instead of floating around trailing cables, or stuff like that. In fact, why not try to get hold of some Necron parts first, before going the expensive route with that FW model? Just my two cents, of course...

[Augustus b'Raass]

@Flint13: Cheers. I can't wait to start painting them. Have to wait at least five weeks though. Grrrr

 

@dantay_xv: Pale and pasty is actually not a bad idea. Although black does share it's first place. Also: who says Nostraman lions should look anything like terran lions? I just think they occupy the same biological niche, and thus naturally would share certain bodily functions. ;)

 

@KrautSCientist: that's a good point, actually. (WHY DO YOU ALWAYS MAKE SO MUCH SENSE??) I also dislike the tentacle snail look, but the rest does appeal to me. Although now that you mention it (REALLY?), without the tentacle snail stuff it really is the cairn wraith with some tech-y bits... I also think he should have legs, but I fear necron legs would make him look a little too much like General Grievous... 

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11113/111135808/3448649-2382786-general_grievous.jpg

(imagine techy stuff instead of the lightsabers)

[Kizzdougs]

Those hounds look perfect for the Night Lords. I'd also suggest the pail skin approach. It would allow you to properly show off all of the muscle definition and detail on the minis. Also they probably wouldn't be 'original' Nostraman Lions, but more likely vat-grown replicas or warped hybrids.

 

Can't wait to see what you do with them :)

 

 

Ps. do spawn use bike bases in 40K? I would have thought that they would be on 40mm bases. Not that it really matters.

[Veteran Sergeant]

Excellent work man. Well worthy of the praise being heaped upon them.

[SalvationOfReason]

You may want to hold off on Deltrian. Because the new AdMech stuff is gorgeous

[Augustus b'Raass]

Alright, after much deliberation (and spending $$$ on alternates - the Raging Heroes Irina Vega mini being too big and the Escher Juves being slightly too small) I finally think I found the ideal miniature to represent Octavia.

 

Say hello to Sascha Dubois, Time Chaser of Reaper miniatures:

 

 http://www.reapermini.com/graphics/gallery/4/50001_p_Haley_1.jpg

 

http://www.reapermini.com/graphics/gallery/4/50001_p_haley_2.jpg

 

I think she's perfect: wearing clothes that are both feminine, practical, and befitting her station as the ship's new Navigator. I also like the implied nod to the Rogue Trader style of both the original RT game, and the fact that she actually was employed by one before her capture by Talos. 

 

I also made some objective markers. We had a doubles tournament the weekend before last at my local GW and I realized I really needed them.

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Showcase%20Night%20Lords/2015-03-26%2011.17.37_zps2fcu6d2o.jpg

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Showcase%20Night%20Lords/2015-03-26%2011.18.01_zpsezaf0wow.jpg

 

It was an awesome tourny actually, with two 500 points armies, built using the Allied Detachment force organization charts, combining to fight two other armies. My and my Ggerman buddy slaughtered everyone with our massive cheese lists: I had a Vindicator, a bare bones cultist squad, a Baledrake, and a Tzeentch Sorcerer on a Disc with a SoC, while he had four lvl 3 Tzeentch Heralds as an HQ and 13 pink horrors - for a total of 15 warp charges per turn in a 100 pts force.   My vindi popped two shots and soaked more, while his daemons hid behind walls and summoned others to grab objectives along my cultists. The sorcerer on disc was great fun too, as his disc had him coming out of cover, shooting his Tzeentch shooty powerz in the Psychic phase, and then turboboosting back behind cover in the shooting phase. Total cheese, but great fun!

 

We both won a WD and couple of paint pots, the  Nihilakh Oxide I used in the markers. Interesting paint, but I still prefer my oil wash made from Turpentine and Van Gogh Turquoise Blue - if only because the gw paint dries way to fast.

http://www.games-workshop.com/resources/catalog/product/230x238/99189956006_NihilakhOxide.jpg

 

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@kizzdougs: Pale skin it is! I also love your idea of them being vat-grown clones. Also, thanks on the base heads up. I checked and you're absolutely right. I'm basing them on 50mm centurion bases.

 

@veteran sergeant: cheers mate! It's been a humbling eperience.

 

@SalvationOfReason: Copy that, thanks. I heard some good things about the upcoming skitarii.

Edited March 26, 2015 by Augustus b'Raass

[Atia]

wooooooooow, that model is awesome  i may use her as rouge trader if she is in scale to "normal" Marines/Solar Auxilia °_°

 

oh, and the markers are cool too :P Nihilakh Oxide isn't bad, but i prefere Vallejo's 72.135 Verdigris :P

Edited March 26, 2015 by Atia

[KrautScientist]

I own the Sascha Dubois model as well, and she's a wonderful piece! Almost looks like a mid-to-late 90s GW model, too. She should make for a pretty cool base model for Octavia alright!

 

Those markers are excellent! It's always the little things that really sell an army, and these are just as cool as the rest of your work. As for verdigris, for me it's a hevaily watered down mix of white and Vallejo Milenario Turquoise all the way ;)

[Chandrian]

Perhaps you could use one for the new Skitarii for Deltrian?  He came to mind when i saw this model:

 

http://i.imgur.com/PXB5AB5.jpg

[Teetengee]

I wouldn't exactly call that "practical" unless you paint it as a body suit rather than skin, which might work much better.

[Augustus b'Raass]

Man, compared to the whole First Claw month, my recent updates are kinda bad. Sorry about that, I'm just a little swamped in work ATM, so didn't have much hobby time. All I could manage this week up to now was putting my Chaos Hell Blade on a stick:

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/WP_20150330_0011_zps0nxqx0fc.jpg

 

That's basically all I had time for. So I had to find some other way, which is usually to spend $£€.... And I did. Oh yesss. I did. I bought myself a Brass Scorpion. The most awesome vehicle in the entire 40K franchise. And totally dedicated to the blood god. Pretty soon this will be my hobby room:

 

http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr03/2013/1/14/18/anigif_enhanced-buzz-25221-1358206191-4.gif

 

Also, I traded a trygon tail, eight defiler legs, three terminators, and a soul grinder for a Typhon Heavy Siege tank. That'll be the first 1000 points for the upcoming ETL... 

 

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@Atia: Thanks! Yes, she is pretty badass :)

 

@KrautScienist: You do? Pictures or it didn't happen, buddy. I still prefer a Van Gogh Bluegreen Oil Paint with White Spirit for verdigris...

 

@Lord Haelim Lev: I'm not sure about that model for Deltrian, mate. I read up on Deltrian and I imagine him to be a lot taller, thinner, and less human than that Skitarri sergeant.  ;)

 

@Teetengee: I will, for sure. The belly will have the same colour as her boobs. 

[Dragonlover]

You got a Scorpion? Oh man this is gonna be good. Bit of advice: just glue the legs on, don't faff around trying to make them removable for storage or anything like that. All it did was cost me time.

 

Dragonlover

[Kriegsmacht]

Already can't wait to see your work on the Scorpion. :)

[Wicced]

Also, I traded a trygon tail, eight defiler legs, three terminators, and a soul grinder for a Typhon Heavy Siege tank. That'll be the first 1000 points for the upcoming ETL... 

 

i wonder how much points that trygon tail counts as

 

looking forward to the scorpion and hellblade :tu: what colour scheme did you plan for the flyer?

[Augustus b'Raass]

@Dragonlover: Thanks for the tip mate. Not to worry: I'm going to pin the living crap out of the legs. ;)

 

@Kriegsmacht: Cheers! I'm looking forward to building and painting the beast.

 

@Wicced: Hehe not too much, they're generally available for around $10 I think? The Helblade will be just my regular Night Lords. Why? :)

 

 

[SalvationOfReason]

For Deltrian, the new Ruststalker set looks amazing (not this week's releases but next week). Especially the legs on those guys. Very cool looking. Enough parts in there to even make his acolyte.

[sockwithaticket]

Brass Scorpion, eh? How are you going to do it, NL or typically Khornate? Looking forward to it either way.

[Wicced]

@Wicced: Hehe not too much, they're generally available for around $10 I think? The Helblade will be just my regular Night Lords. Why?

 

just checking if you're drifting from midnight torture tours towards the crimson path.

 

looking forward to the midnight clad Hellblade :tu:

[Midnightmare]

Your First Claw look awesome together mate, you have really knocked them out of the park individually, but they tie really well together as a squad too. Massive kudos matey! 

 

Loving the fiends too, I am so tempted by them and have flirted with them a couple of times as Flesh Hounds, I look forward to seeing where you go with them.

 

Equally, I look forward to the Hell Blade and the Big Brass Bad Bwwwwoy 

[Augustus b'Raass]

With only two weeks to go for the final deadline of the Augustus' Arena event, I'd better get a move on with my Hell Blade, the second unit I was challenged to build, paint and base. 

 

I'm still waiting for a package of ruins to arrive via mail, so I can start working on the base, but I already started on the base colours. 

 

Tonight I did the blue, the lighting and the gold. I ran out of Army Painter Strong Tone, so I have to call it quits for now...

 

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d185/mkruijff/Night%20Lords%20WIP/2015-04-06%2021.42.08_zpsjxskize1.jpg

 

Hope you like.

 

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@SalvationOfReason: Yeah mate, those miniatures are amazing. Although I'm definitely not going to use the robed guy, as his robes look way too much like the Harlequin's to me. I might hae to sculpt them myself... :tu:

 

@sockwithaticket: The Brass Scorpion will be Khornate, for sure. There's pictures of a Night Lords Brass Scorpion to be found on the web, and to me it just looks wrong. Not that it doesn't look cool, but the scorpion is just too much of a daemon engine for me to be fluffy for the Night Lords. They're chaotic (at least mine are), for sure, but they're not that far fown the rabbit hole. ;)

 

@Wicced: Well, I'm kinda building a World Eaters force. Fluff wise, I'm just incorporating them by thinking of a Khornate Warband joining the 47th Armada in hopes of slaughter. The 47th allows them because their daemonic engines are perfect for sowing fear during sieges. :)

 

@Midnight Runner: Cheers mate, yeah they came together nicely indeed! Thanks! I hope to finish the scorpion in the ETL