15 Shades of Grey, A new start.... with Primaris,

[Dantay VI]

So I got a brief break while my son does some Chinese homework.

 

On to the next wee side project for my Wolves allies.

 

The knight Lancer.

 

My fevered brain has been working on an idea and I want to incorporate a rock I found in my garden.

 

This is my idea:

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/20160326_101610.jpg

 

And this is the rock :)

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/20160324_170930.jpg

 

Am I going mad, is it too dynamic a pose for the Knight, or is it something which will work and look cool?

[Amarog]

i think it could look awesome for sure. gonna be one heavy model with that base though lol. At least the rock will allow for a good lean on the knight to make it more dynamic and keep it balanced.

[Fytharin]

I got a good laugh out of this. I dunno is this dynamic enough for you?! *mother friggin boulder*

 

I like it, will definitely be heavy, but if you're going to go with a rock that big....why not go to some place that cuts counter tops and see if you can't get a piece of granite or marble from their scrap pile? Make it really cool looking....

[Dantay VI]

Amarog: The model will certainly be heavy. The stone will be around 1.5 times heavier than the model itself, so balance shouldn't be too much of an issue.

 

To give the model more strength I will double pin the leg joints etc, as glue alone may not be a good idea. This model is going to be 90% display, as I only get to play a few times per year and I doubt I will get the chance to put everything on the table at once :) 

 

I am wondering if something like an 8mm masonry drill bit would do the job, fill the hole with milliputt/green stuff wit something like a 2-3mm rod running through the foot and into the leg itself.

 

Fytharin, glad it gave you a laugh, I just always imagine these engines of war as being quite big & clunky rather than dynamically mobile.

A nice chunk of granite would be cool, but I may end up apinting the stone, especially if any drilling is totally obvious. This one does have some really nice quartz shiny bits through it though. 

 

I like the stone on the bas as-is because the chips etc will make for fun & interesting painting, plus I can match the stone to the other models bases.However I took the stone off the base and turned it over.

 

The other side is much smoother and has a nice drop off, a bit like a cliff

 

So, like this:

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/20160326_180118.jpg

Front

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/20160326_180137.jpg

Back

 

Or as before:

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/20160324_170930.jpg

[Jarl Kjaran Coldheart]

That is impressively awesome, and I look forward to the finished results

[Rune Priest Jbickb]

I like the new side of the rock a bit better. And I suspect a masonry drill bit will work, but sometimes, if it a harder rock, you need to use a hammer drill not just a regular drill

[Dantay VI]

JBickB, you are right about needing the hammer drill.

 

That rock is tough!! I just knackered, the smallest masonry drill bit, so will need to butter up the old man to see if I can borrow his hammer action drill :(

 

If not will have to buy one, so looking like the construction of the knight will go on hold while I am offshore... I could take the stone with me, but I would risk odd looks from security when my bags get checked.

 

In other news I got over the fear of using the airbrush, gave it a good clean and Oh man am I about to have some fun. Dual action is a bit fiddly to get used to, plus the gravity feed goes into the side of the brush, not the top lol.

 

If I can get enough grey then this could be the year of the wolf as far as painting goes :D

[Vykryl]

Don't you already get odd looks with all the toys you take with you?

[Fytharin]

Don't you already get odd looks with all the toys you take with you?

Are you saying you don't get weird looks whenever you take your toys to battle?

[DanPesci]

 

Don't you already get odd looks with all the toys you take with you?

Are you saying you don't get weird looks whenever you take your toys to battle?

 

 

I carry most of my army about in an old xbox 360 box, which gets me funny looks both outside the gaming store, and also when i turn up with it ("I think you have the wrong kind of gaming there mate") ;)

[Fytharin]

I'd be afraid of getting mugged walking around with that....sheesh

[Dantay VI]

Must be a rough neighbourhood if pregnant women get mugged.

The rock will travel

However I cannot get some of my tools glue and filler offshore so the knight will stay home.

To keep things going should I take 15 terminators who are 80% done or do the Glaive?

Neither is eligible for ETL.

Oh for odd looks try transporting your army in 5 litre ice cream tubs

Edited March 29, 2016 by dantay_xv

[Fytharin]

Lets just say my FLGS has been broken into 4 times, had 4 seperate attempts that failed, my army was stolen out of the back of my truck, cars get stolen all the time, and I hate to say that I'm no longer surprised when I see that another 80+ year old veteran downtown was beaten up in the papers so that they could take the money/jewelry from his house. (This has happened three times in the last year, they even took the mans medals one time. Found out these were 11, 14 and 15 year old boys) Property crime is extremely high here...or I should say it's easy. Migrant workers are in and out all the time so there's really no way to track them.

Edited March 28, 2016 by Fytharin

[Vykryl]

I normally play at home or my cousin's house. Sometimes we invade my Grandma's garage or our shared Grandparents garage. Only one we get looks from is my Aunt. She may think I'm a little for toy soldiers. My cousin and his friends are around 15 years younger than me :D

[Dantay VI]

Sounds like small-town life is idyllic, compared to some of you guys!!

You should come over and give it a try :)

Hope your pregnancy is going smoothly Fyth.

 

Anyways back offshore and trying to get my half-done Wolves finished. They got pretty banged up, so while waiting for glue to arrive, I made a quick start on this bad boy!!

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/20160331_090844.jpg

 

He has been intimidating me for ages and I keep promising to buy the FW paints, but never getting to it. 

 

I have 3 weeks on this tub, so thought, why not make a start?

 

Every Horus I have seen is pale grey of the Luna Wolves or Black because he has turned. I thought I would try something different. In False Gods, when Horus is considered to be arond the zenith of his powers, he goes to Davin to put down the insurrection there. He presents himself in the sea green plate of his legion with a regal purple cloak.

So that is what I am shooting for. Hopefully I can do the model justice.

My idea is that if I he can be both loyalist Horus or traitor Horus (early heresy, before putting on the black terminator suit gifted to him by the dark mechanicum).

 

Lets consider this Primarch practice for Russ' release ;)

[Dantay VI]

Well, its been a stupid long time since I posted up in here hasn't it?

 

I have ben posting in the ETL thread, but I figured I should bring some of the madness back to here as well, rather than jam up the ETL with random madness :D

 

So where am I at?

 

Well Horus is finished and done!!

 

The Knight is on hold until I can figure out how to pose him n that rock!

 

And then there is the ETL

 

Vow 1 was completed

 

5 Wulfen

 

Ulrik

 

Ragnar

 

Wolf Lord, who is a counts as Bran

 

Wolf Lord

 

Wolf Lord

Wolf Lord who used to be Krom

 

Wolf Lord who is/was Erik Morkai

 

Njal Storm Caller

 

Next up came vow 2:

 

And this is where I am up to... The airbrush did really well for me here

 

Typhon

Predator with conversion beamer and lascannon sponsons

Whirlwind Scorpius

2 drop pods

5 Land Raiders of different types

Caestus Assault Ram

 

Mow the Ram is particularly interesting as I have had a few ideas for it and they are slightly mad!

 

As it is

 

Idea1: Paint lower section brown like the hull of a long ship and run some knot work across it

 

Idea 2: Upper sections red, the colour of the murdermake and again there will be some knot work

 

Or idea 3: Creamy top I can ten do the legion/ chapter symbols on the top sectiom and again some knot work down the sides

 

 

Am I barking mad?

 

Your thoughts please?

[SW1]

It's a toss up between the brown longship idea and the cream. I'm thinking the cream would be best, though the brown has got me intrigued.

[Dantay VI]

I quite like the cream too, but I was thinking that with knot work on the sides AND a wolf head on the top.

The front section would get busy really quickly.

So I would drop the Wolf head and maybe do this instead in a dark brown or black:

 

Maybe rotate the dragon neck and have the design cover both top and side of the front sections

 

If I went with the deep red, ten maybe this design:

 

Again with the loops and swirls going over the top and side, the head would go on the side. The design for the cream could work too.

 

In both designs, I would do a wolf head on the small vertical fins, with a cream/ white horizontal stripe through it.

Akin to the white stripes on the Spartan

 

With the brown, I would use the shield boss design and keep it purely in the brown section, leaving the top and side free for a simple legion wolf design.

 

 

Edited June 22, 2016 by dantay_xv

[NightHowler]

Mad like a wolf, I say. I prefer ideas 2 and 3 - my 2 cents worth.

[muggs]

I vote 2&3 too

[Vykryl]

Im not much help this time around. I like the 2nd dragon. Ofcourse red is the color I'd go with :D

 

The blocks of color I'm having a bit of trouble with though. The lone block of color doesn't feels like it fits. Are you going to splash tge cgosen color elsewhere on the Assault Ram?

[Nadir]

Bloovd Red!

[Dantay VI]

Thanks guys.

 

Seems it is pretty unanimous to go with the red.

 

I did a quick mock up of the dragon designs. I apologise in advance for my totally crappy  skills.

Hopefully you can visualise where I want to take this.

 

I added the cream stripes for an idea of where I want to put them. I am hoping it will help to visually tie this in with the Spartan.

The red dot is where the Chapter/ Legion symbol will go (maybe)

 

However after mocking these up I found 2 other designs I really like.

 

Let me know what you think on these.

 

Next up is ideas for the Typhon

 

I was thinking this for the front shield.

I can adapt it and add a Rune name.

 

 

I was also considering these designs to go down the sides.

 

This one is similar in style with the Spartan, and can be done in line form to match, or maybe go for an inverse look, such as here.

 

 

 

This one is an adaptation of what is on the Spartan, so they would look very similar. Maybe too similar?

 

 

Then there is this, which I like, but with text removed

 

 

After that I have to consider the Land Raiders of which there are 5.

 

1 has FW doors on it, so problem solved, right?

 

From here I have already used 1 of these 3 designs, so I am thinking to use the other 2

 

 

And then use this for another.

 

 

4 Land Raiders down

 

Another design I am considering for the fifth Land Raider is this:

 

 

That just leaves me with 2 drop pods and  in reality, 1 is glued into a crater so no door detailing is required.

I am also thinking to do a very simple design as it will need to be repeated 5 times, so what about this knot work dragon head?

 

 

That just leaves the Scorpius and the predator. I will come back to those another time.

 

Let me know what you think (apart rom this guy is completely loco!)

 

[lovesmuffins]

This makes me want to paint up my rhinos and razorbacks!

 

Vehicles always give me the most fuss

[SW1]

All look good and given enough vehicles they should all find a place. ;)