AshenKnight Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 "Pain is an illusion of the senses, fear an illusion of the mind, beyond these only death waits as silent judge o'er all." http://s33.postimg.org/ttdt64w1r/tumblr_static_9073434603ecf7290284e5eaa5a78b72.jpg Here will be the beginnings of my Death Guard 30 and 40k loyalist blog. I'll be updating list plans, competition plans and project updates. My goal is the achieve an 1850pt army by the end of this year, fully oiled and functional for war. I will be using a mixture of 40k and 30k parts. I am by no means a professional painter nor hobbyist. I will be doing my best to convert this army into something very unique and very mine. Please post criticism and ideas that might help me. I am starting this thread today as I had some spare time to get online, but in the following days I will do some updates of my models and we can get this project underway! For Mortarion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshenKnight Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Hardly the introductory post but here are some bases I just finished up! Trying out rust and earth pigments for the first time. Interesting stuff.. I feel like I could go completely overboard on this stuff! Any suggestions for rim color? It's black at the moment but I was considering a very dark brown might help ignite it a bit more. http://s33.postimg.org/q9wink79b/bases.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshenKnight Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Death Guard secondary color. What do you'll think look best for Death Guard? I've seen them both both a dark and a light, limish green color. According to Forgeworld they suggest a 50/50 mix of the both Casstellan Green and Elysian Green. Deciding on one or the other, or a mixture of the two. Thoughts or suggestions? http://s33.postimg.org/wdcreu79b/cass.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phatsquirre1 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 While I prefer my accents to be a nice, cool shade of bronze/brass, I think either the castellan green or a mix of 2:1 castellan green and elysian might look good. I like those bases as well- they're full of detail, but not too much so. Did you make them yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshenKnight Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 While I prefer my accents to be a nice, cool shade of bronze/brass, I think either the castellan green or a mix of 2:1 castellan green and elysian might look good. I like those bases as well- they're full of detail, but not too much so. Did you make them yourself? Ok, maybe I should rephrase "accents" to "secondary" color. The green of the Death Guard. But you're so right. I tried the castellan on it's own and it was too dark. The elysian green added to the mix will really make it pop but not too much. You're right. I'll be all the accents in tarnished bronze. The bases I did make myself, it's a mixture of some plastic bitz, cork and fine gravel. Then light dry brushed up the grey scale and weathered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infyrana Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Something to brighten my day... another Death Guard army too look forward to Wishing you well with this one. The Castellan by itself is definitely too dark in my eyes as I found out with an early test marine. Don't be afraid to try the Elysian mixed in as well as a highlight - since you can always ink-shade it back down and muddy it up with weathering (but repainting it lighter after you've already weathered will probably not be so easy). I actually tried a little darkened silver for my 'trimmings' on the same test marine, wasn't that bad, but between the dark shoulderpad and boltgun highlights it didn't stand out so well. So yep, stick to brass / bronze trimmings. Great bases btw, crisp and clean, they will compliment the DG for sure! Oh... loyalists might want to stick to shouting "For Terra!" instead of Morty :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshenKnight Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 Just a very small update of a test model progress. Waiting on the mailman to deliver some extra goods so I can begin painting this force. I am going to go for a grimy, weathered kind of look. This so far is just the basic undercoats and all the details will follow shortly. The green will be lightened up, this is only one coat of castellan green. I am trying to use grime streak and rust streaks, but it's not quite working as I had planned. It's ok though, I don't want to get too caught up in the troops being perfect because my standout models will be my terminators, HQ and my armour. Cheers. http://i65.tinypic.com/23u4w07.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infyrana Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Nice 'clean' start. Yeah you can tell the green is just that bit too dark by itself. How are the rust and grime streaks not working for you ? I'll send you a PM to one of so-many vids out there, might be useful, might not :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshenKnight Posted June 12, 2016 Author Share Posted June 12, 2016 Thanks man. Uh the stains aren't just working as I expected but that's ok they look okay. Heaps more to do. What color are the lenses and also the bolter casing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infyrana Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Eyes, whatever you like - most do red according to google. I guess white armour doesn't lend itself to doing bright OSL blues n greens. As for bolter casing, stick to black with boltgun trim etc. I tried white and wasn't impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshenKnight Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 Well here's my test marine out of the way. Really just trying to figure out how I was going to bring him all together. I'm pretty happy, I think he looks very Death Guard. I went green with the lens, I think it looks and ties in very nicely. http://i68.tinypic.com/2ro5310.jpghttp://i64.tinypic.com/2z403ex.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshenKnight Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 It seems like such a silly update but I may as well show the brown strap I've painted. I really like it a lot. Also starting to add some squad markings. Oh I wanted to mention that Forgeworld transfer sheets are just amazing and so micro set and sol. You gotta have that stuff! Next on the list is some more troops and then some tartatos pattern terminators! http://i66.tinypic.com/2r768ec.jpghttp://i68.tinypic.com/2hs3vdl.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batu Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Every progress is worth showing. Great work so far mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuskRaider Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 I do my Death Guard green as Castellan Green, wash with Agrax Earthshade, then highlight with Elysian Green. If you blend it right, it gives a nice medium color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phatsquirre1 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Beautiful work, especially on those eye lenses. Just light enough to stand out but dark enough to tie into the shoulder pads. Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshenKnight Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 More coming! Don't lose faith in me! My order should be here very soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshenKnight Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 A lot of serious kit arrived today. Fellblade. Praetors. Legion MKIII and Tartaros Terminators. So the terminator praetor looks so silly with that little sword and gun. Has anyone got an good ideas for a loadout? I was considering a thunder hammer and storm shield but I want to find a breacher shield. Hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaptermasterDemon7 Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 If you can get your hands on one, maybe one of the scythes from the Death Shroud Terminator squad, or maybe one of the Phoenix Terminator blades with a breacher shield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshenKnight Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 Yea I was considering giving all of my terminators scythes from the death shroud squad - just to help give them a unique look but also count them as thunder hammers. Seems plausible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshenKnight Posted June 28, 2016 Author Share Posted June 28, 2016 A slow and steady build coming along. I just hate the pose of the terminator praetor. It's the best I could do. I wanted to give him a storm bolter and power sword/blade. I think he will look great with all his color and transfers. :) http://i66.tinypic.com/30d8kz9.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshenKnight Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 I think I might clip the wings off that spear.. looks a bit ornate for the DG. I'll just wrap it in chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshenKnight Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 Bit more work coming along. I really love the Death Guard scheme. http://i67.tinypic.com/tao9zl.jpg http://i67.tinypic.com/apa43c.jpg http://i66.tinypic.com/2evc2tt.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infyrana Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 Looking good! That chain wrap is awesome, but makes the weapon so ornate that the mini almost screams "give me a cloak, bells and more whistles as I'm not worthy!" :D Will you count that as a combi-bolter in 30k with paragon blade ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna707 Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 I really like the subtle placement of decals, especially the numbers (I think they're numbers at least, they are pretty hard to read in the picture) on his thigh plate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshenKnight Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 The spear just isn't doing it for me. Back to the old sword. Haven't painted it yet, it was off a Grey Knight test model I did. Will paint it up tonight. http://i68.tinypic.com/20pedyx.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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