Dantay's VI Legion. Hvarls Headtakers

[Lord Blackwood]

I would really enjoy seeing ALL of your  army when you were more pleased with it ( knights included )  just a really big shot 

One of the things that makes yer work so increadible is yer freehand but to me its more the passion thats clearly there  anyone looking at yer army can feel the fact that you put so much effort and creativity into the things you do , its wonderful to behold and thats why I constantly am checking this thread. 

Maybe one day I will be able to make my trip to play my buddy Brightstar and have the honor and privilege of playing against you as well  life is short but funny like that sometimes 

I cannot express enough how incredible a job you are doing is as 30k and 40k  fans we toss around words like artificer around a lot but thats truly the sort of hobbyist you are man. 

[Memento Of Prospero]

If you are going longboat, go all in. Plasticard the bottom of the tracks with a longship side.

[Doctor Perils]

Easily one of the best Spartans I've seen to date, and I think you capture the spirit of the world in your art. Extremely impressive.

 

I think you're right to give it a pause for the moment, and to not add too many of your ideas to it: after all, you've got to keep some for the rest of the army :P

[Dantay VI]

Bladewolf, Thanks man. That means a helluva lot. I will do n army shot. Unfortunately it'l be populated by a lot of half done models, but still.... I am incredibly lucky that my job affords me the time to enjoy my models and let the passion flow If you ever do find yourself in the UK, then you will be more than welcome to sit at my hearth play a game or 2 and share some ale

 

WLK: Thank you for your encouragement and ideas,advice etc. I need to find this Facebook thingy.. The only cleavage out here onth e rig is theguys butt-cleavage. Definitely NOT worht a like :D I enjoy seeing your stuff too, and I learn a lot from you with your battle reports

 

I think I may need to add something extra to my next FW order, some allies for the mighty 6th 

 

Wolfpack, I'd rather just do the main hull. If I tried to encase the whole thing, with its width it would look like a wooden salad bowl. Safer to know my limits and stop while the going is good

 

Lord Thorn, thank you too.

 

To everyone who has commented, liked etc.: Its not just been me though, there has been loads of input from you all too. SOme ideas make it through and some do not, but there is a little bit of all of us somewhere in Geironul... It has been a proper BnC collaboration

 

So thank you to you all.

 

SO next up is trying to finish off Herja! I have so many partially done models, it seems unfair. I should give each one it's time & get them done.

 

I haven't done too much thus far.

Changed the weapons from black to reed to match Geironuls, the mechanicum cogs and a bit of tidying here and theere. Still tons to do.

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3189.jpg

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3190.jpg

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3192.jpg

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3193.jpg

 

I want to add 2 symbols to the top hatches. one will be the legion symbol, the other will be the vehicle marking. The white stripes, I would like to keep unique to Geironul, I have been using Grey Hunter markings for the other tanks. I may go back to this and also replicate the markings on the blacked out sections at the front of Herja.

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3195.jpg

 

Geironul and Herja, side by side. Herja is a new breed of wolf, brought into the legion in the latter days of the crusade or even early heresy era. Her markings are more stylised and bold, Younger, showing the dynamic shift within the legion itself. She shows none of the markings of the old guard (th stripes on Geironul for example showing her Terran origins)

While sharing the knotwork as a common feature there are subtle differences, unifying and separating the vehicles.

 

Thoughts?

Edited March 4, 2016 by dantay_xv

[Brother Pheidias]

Stumped at how amazing these are, the knotwork is gorgeous.

Loving the distinct origin and timeframe for each vehicle, makes for a very interesting dynamic, something I'll be sure to, ahem, swipe and explore for my own Vth Legion

Edited March 6, 2016 by Brother Pheidias

[Lord Blackwood]

Dantay  is just  an artisan with a brush man D:  you think  his stuff here is nice you should see his knights  they are increadible , this is one of those threads well worth a follow. 

[Dantay VI]

Thanks Brother Pheidias. Yea, it it's kind of nice to tell a story through the models, rather than make the carbon copy grey boxes. I wouldn't say I am that great. I have just been fortunate enough to stumble on a method of painting which works for me, and having enough free time to indulge myself to try new stuff out.

 

I really look forward to seeing how your White Scars come out, feel free to add a link to your WIP in here, so I can keep a track of what you are working on.

Have you had any thoughts or ideas in which direction design-wise that you want to take them?

 

Bladewolf: Seriously man, you flatter me. Thank you. You are pretty handy with a brush too. We are all artisans, we just have different styles

 

I have gotten Herja about 95% done. I overdid it a wee bit, much against the advice of Fytharin, who said that there was already enough going on, paint wise.

I'll post up pictures tonight, although that entirely depends how things go with watching the first 2 episodes of Vikings season 4 I am pretty jazzed to see what Ragnar, Rollo, Bjorn, Lagaetha & Floki get up to.

 

Something else to ask you guys about.

 

I was thinking to freshen up the opening post of this thread to try and make it more inviting to those who happen across it. Any suggestions?

 

I am not sure how to do links o certain pages for the wee stories and finished pictures etc, so maybe do a summary of 1 picture from each painted vehicle/ unit or something? I was tempted at one point to bin the thread and start a new one, but I think that was a silly idea.

 

So yeah thoughts on revamping the first post.

Edited March 7, 2016 by dantay_xv

[Dantay VI]

Well Fytharin, was right.

I did start to over complicate things, so I dialled it back a bit.

 

Herja is pretty much finished now

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/20160307_220708.jpg

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/20160307_220826.jpg

 

The symbol below the wolfs head is the Futhark rune Hraethigaldur. It means Put fear in the enemy. Thought it was quite appropriate.

I did do the wolf head in red & yellow, but it didn't work, i darkened the yellow and it was worse, so I took it back to grey. The added complication with the grey is tat it was a custom mix, as at the time I didn't have any standard mech grey, so getting the colours to match has been a pain.

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/20160307_220717.jpg

 

Top shot, this yellow wolf worked okay though, so I decided to keep it, kept the other hatch blank as per Fyths advice.

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/20160307_220736.jpg

 

Herja, Meaning to devastate. Seeing this valkyries armament, I am sure you can agree. She is capable of living up to her name

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/20160307_220813.jpg

 

Nice rear huh?

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/20160307_220839.jpg

 

 

Any thoughts or critiques?

 

Something else to ask you guys about.

 

I was thinking to freshen up the opening post of this thread to try and make it more inviting to those who happen across it. Any suggestions?

 

I am not sure how to do links o certain pages for the wee stories and finished pictures etc, so maybe do a summary of 1 picture from each painted vehicle/ unit or something? I was tempted at one point to bin the thread and start a new one, but I think that was a silly idea.

 

So yeah thoughts on revamping the first post.

Edited March 7, 2016 by dantay_xv

[Soldier of Dorn]

Something else to ask you guys about.

 

I was thinking to freshen up the opening post of this thread to try and make it more inviting to those who happen across it. Any suggestions?

 

I am not sure how to do links o certain pages for the wee stories and finished pictures etc, so maybe do a summary of 1 picture from each painted vehicle/ unit or something? I was tempted at one point to bin the thread and start a new one, but I think that was a silly idea.

 

So yeah thoughts on revamping the first post.

 

To link to a specific post, if you're using the default browser theme, all you have to do is find the post you want to link to, and click on the symbol in the top righthand corner (circled in red):

 

http://i.imgur.com/76duZeM.png

 

Then you'll get this:

 

http://i.imgur.com/E3eNk44.png

 

If you copy and paste that URL, it should be a direct link to that post.

 

Herja's looking good, mate. Wish I could do freehand like that.

[Rayray]

Holy jeebis, these land raiders are amazing! I have a lot of patience, but that is beyond my level with the freehand

[Lord Blackwood]

Its not too late Ray Squared  you can still turn back to the Emperors Light  

[Rayray]

Its not too late Ray Squared  you can still turn back to the Emperors Light  

Emperors light? Even Dantay here is a step away from falling from that dimming light. A templar lecturing a Word bearer about Emperor's light.......

[Dantay VI]

I am what?? How did you figure that one out?

 

Looks like I may need to dust off the old frost axe.

 

Psycho, thanks, I'll look into sorting something out tonight with the front post.

Edited March 8, 2016 by dantay_xv

[Rayray]

I am what?? How did you figure that one out?

 

Hey man....wolves.....berserkers of khorne..... baby steps away from each other. 

[Dantay VI]

Wolves = controlled aggression.

 

Although sometimes a few of us do go rabid... So I'll concede the point.

 

But not me... Yet :p

[Dantay VI]

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3207.jpg

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3209.jpg

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3205.jpg

 

Experimenting with different skintones. After all when recruiting from Terra, not all Wolves were of Norse origin!

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3210.jpg

 

This is my work desk, when away from home. I advise you to get a magnifier like this. They are awesome and make painting so much easier.

[Jarl Kjaran Coldheart]

Well the new Curse of the Wulfen supplement provides evidence of Wolves with different skin tones. Fenris apparently "aint all honky"

[Lord Blackwood]

Well the new Curse of the Wulfen supplement provides evidence of Wolves with different skin tones. Fenris apparently "aint all honky"

Victory is mine 

 

 

 

[Jarl Kjaran Coldheart]

 

Well the new Curse of the Wulfen supplement provides evidence of Wolves with different skin tones. Fenris apparently "aint all honky"

Victory is mine 

 

 

 

 

 

how so?

[Lord Blackwood]

oh Im not gonna derail our brothers thread with all that  nonsense  lets just say  that  variance in skintone  is important to me when it comes to marines  since they are my chosen army 

[Jarl Kjaran Coldheart]

oh Im not gonna derail our brothers thread with all that  nonsense  lets just say  that  variance in skintone  is important to me when it comes to marines  since they are my chosen army 

 

but it's okay to derail my thread?

 

so thats how it is then...

 

[Dantay VI]

Thanks for not de-railing.

 

Torghun Khan of the White Scars is an example of a legion recruiting from more than one ethnic type. He was from Skandmark, rather than Asiatic, as per stereotype.

 

I figure they are not the only Legion to do so. 

 

You choose the warriors who best suit your legion.

 

IRL, it was a fun experiment for trying out new skintones for my friend, Wolfblade & I see no reason why I should paint over something which we both like.

 

As in all places there will be some degree of diversity. Just as there are more than one type of wolf, to be found in the wild :)

 

End of..

Edited March 9, 2016 by dantay_xv

[Brother Pheidias]

Ah, looking good!

And I am in complete agreement, the Legions of old in particular would be very diverse, as even after re-discovery of the Primarchs, exploratory fleets would still need to replenish when and where they could. All the talk of only Fenrisians being able to bear the Progenoids of Russ is hyperbole if you ask me :D

[Dantay VI]

Not too much progress been made of late.

 

Started working on helmets and weapons

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3211.jpg

Obligatory group shot

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3213.jpg

Using Khorne Red as a glaze over a Khorne Red, & Drakenhof Nightshade base. Final highlight was adding some evil suns scarlet to the mix.

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3214.jpg

HIghlighting on the helmet looks a little lop-sided, will go back to fix that.

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3215.jpg

Need to drill the melta barrels when I get home

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3216.jpg

Getting there

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3217.jpg

Want to do him as if smashing through a wall or a glass window or something....

 

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3218.jpg

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3219.jpg

http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb456/dantay_xv/SAM_3220.jpg

Hate trying to do power weapon effects.

 

I am thinking the fists are too yellow, should I tone them back o, I was thinking to paint them black?

Also, each one has a shield which will go on te fore-arm of the combi weapon. Do I stick to doing the shields. If not I had an idea to put the design on the left leg of each terminator.

 

Thoughts?

[Lord Blackwood]

BLACKHAND  D:  


I like the idea of painting the power fists black though it would darken the models a bit   

I reckon Tartoros armor is fairly bare so maybe a design would be a good idea just to give it a bit more character