DarkVen Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 Thank you for your replies guys! Noctem Cultor Many thanks! :) It turned out to be simple yet very effective. Soon I will post a tutorial on how to paint the armor this way. The Psycho Actually these tubes don't require much plasticard skills, just plain cutting and glueing pieces together. I would've chosen the stangard rocket launchers if I had the bits in my reach... but I will eagerly wait for your turn ;) Olis Because nothing is quite as efficient as knocking an opponent on his head with a giant chained rocket pipe I think :) Nelzon Yes, that is exactly what I'm going to do for them next: cabling and wiring. And some gs for the sake of it. As for painting, I don't know when I'll get to them - I still have my metal raptors, terminators, a predator to paint... but I hope that maybe next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelzon Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Solid traditional paintjobs on two of my favorite characters :D Great choice of colors! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherJim Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Really enjoyed the update Ven! That's nice work. The raptor is looking superb and the clawed foot solution works so great. Looks like you had fun with your kit-bash and blowout a little on the havocs - they are awesome! That's an idea worth exploring. Looking forward to what else you have in store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaver Lord Soul Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Loving the rocket launcher with bayonet on :D I can just imagine someone stabbing a guardsman with it and then firing the rocket.... I really should be a night lord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorn Lysander Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 This is an awesome collection of miniatures, i've just had a quick breeze through and everything is awesome! Can't wait to see more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicMan Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Insane talent on display as always Ven. That Raptor is beautiful, and your Havoc squad is incredibly clever... Must've felt weird building ''just'' an out of the box squad. Much quicker though too i bet. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkVen Posted September 28, 2016 Author Share Posted September 28, 2016 Thank you for your replies guys! Well, it's time for the weekly update. AVE... well, wait a bit. You do remember these guys, right? After some consideration of what legion should I collect next and revising my bits box I turned them into this: Yeah... so Death Guard will be my second legion. There was a few resons I came up with that decision - first of all, I got my hand on the awesome FW kit for them. Second, I already have about 14 DG models in my possession (including Typhus), not to mention a semi-prepared Rhino for them, a herald of Nurgle and 20 plague bearers which are semi-painted - combined these models can be fielded as a force of somewhat 1k points already. Third, I could not choose between the undivided legions since all of them have their pros and cons. Fourth, I heard NLs and DGs were battle bros during the HH? And finally, DG (and Nurgle worshipers in general) have they own unique look and are kind of easy to convert (I might even come up with a Great Unclean One one of those days). Well, onto the squad - and again, nothing to look at in particular at the mo :( so I did a few shots of those which I like the most at this stage of assembly, plus a champion (which was assembled from scrap because I could not find a body for him) and a melta-gunner as a try to feel the Death Guard flavour. And fortunate enough, while BaC was down (I hope it'll be ok now) I managed to paint his armor (the rest is not finished): Honestly, to me this test mini looks now like it made of basalt. I think I'll wash it one more time and work on battle damage a bit more. Ideally I want to make my DG look the most similar to the original plague marines painted by GW back in the day, but I couldn't wind any nice painting tutorial which would be quick enough and not use the air brush (so any limks and/or advices would be welcomed here). In other news. AVE DOMINUS NOX, ladies and gents! :lol: Actually there wasn't that much of activity with my Night Lords last week. But still I could make a tiny status update on my sorcerer: Status: Being built :lol: I hope I will please you with some new stuff in a few days though. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soldier of Dorn Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Damn, that meltagunner is pretty. Nice work on the Plague Marines overall, Ven, they look a lot more characterful than they did before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkVen Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 The PsychoThank you! They still need much more work though, pretty much like me first NL squad. I have finished the plague marine! Please tell me what you think about the result. And tomorrow I will revisit one of my old squads... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subtle Discord Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 *Subtle vomits, just a little bit, into the back of his throat... in a good way* Yup, that there is... I mean really, it's... There's just so many little... Yup, please carry on. The secondary hose leading to the Melta is such a small touch, but I really like it; too many other little things that are spot on to pick them all out. Put simply, that's a Death Guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkVen Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 Haha thank you Subtle! My intention for DG is a bit devious from what they are usually built like. Instead of rotten meat balls I want my DG to look heavy damaged, with some hand-crafted quick fixes to their armor and equipment and decaying right on the battlefield. Given your impression I've somewhat managed to get that feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindhamster Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 I must see that sorcerer finished, really nice work on the plague marines too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherJim Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 *high five You cheeky devil I did not see that coming at all! The Plague Marine is brilliant mate; lots of awesome little solutions - too many to note - too many to steal! Looking forward to seeing more - the colours are great and they will look sexcellent next to your Night Lords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnightmare Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Your work is beautiful, man. Everything you do. EVERYTHING!! (My favourite is the Raptor on the previous page, oh wow) Great work, as ever, on the Plagues; so much detail to take in :tu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkVen Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 Thank you for your replies guys! Blindhamster You will see him soon actually this particular sorc shall be a campaign-hero for an event me and my friend are going to play in the coming month, so I need to build him asap. BrotherJim Was this pun intended? Well, I think DG is a good change of pace from my Night Lords, they are bleaker and painting them involve technics which are different to what I usually use for my Night Lords, so they will deffinitely be interesting to assemble and to paint. Midnight Runner Haha, thanks for the praise, but I think there are quite a few boring miniatures I've made and I'm still a learner. It's an interesting learning process though. And if you liked my raptor, I think you'll also like the following ... AVE DOMINUS NOX, ladies and gentlemen! ---AЯCHIVE ACCESS: granted--- + ---IИITIALIИG AЯCHIVE EИTЯY: 1--- + Today I launch a series of irregular updates dedicated to my old works. This nostalgic series shall focus on the miniatures first intoduced in my previous blog, but not avalaible now due to broken image links. The main purpose of such an update is to give an opportunity to look at my old works one more time, now with better pictures. This way those who haven't seen my previous works shall have an opportunity to search for additional ideas and inspiration, while those who have might just get the same nostalgic feel as I do. For starters a have a true Night-Lordesque unit: Chaos Raptors, along with the new meltagunner for them. Why the third meltagunner I hear you asking? That is because I play 3.5 dex right now and back then raptors could get 3 meltas in a single squad. After about 3 years these guys have aged not so bad I believe. Honestly, differences between the first one assembled and painted and the latest one aren't that much remarkable when we put them in comparision: These guys were also the first ones to be converted and painted after a long break. And it were they who have kickstarted my collection from two humble csm-squads and an apothecary to my current force of 5.000 points. I decided to finish them right after I saw the latest raptor kit - back then I got so frustrated with the new mutated design which abandoned the core idea of raptors as ultimate volturesque predators and moved closer to Great Crusade style that I tried to create a unit of my own raptors which would pay honor to the old ones. Now I see that the new design may work for some units and I calmed down, but still I don't recognize the new box as true raptors. I wouldn't lie and say that they were quick and easy to finish, especially comparing to the sixth raptor or the test plague marine. Yet raptors were truly a good change of quality level for me. These models have also pointed out the direction that I've come to work in and also the Night Lordish vibe and their possible detailing. Given the fact that I've painted them back aroung 2013 they've played a fair share of missions, pretty much as a drop-squad, so they have a story or two up their sleeves. Funny and the most remarkable one is: they've been having accidents with deep strike rule in every game. Literaly, 3 years in a row, at least one game in two weeks. So being in places anywhere but expected is their natural choice of deployment. Other options include but are not limited to: being gone with the wind, descending on the heads of opponent's models and getting killed by landing on a friendly Land Raider. One time they've even played epic slowpokes and were delayed until the end of the game which lasted 7 turns. Yet some of them did have moments of honor. As an example, the one with a chainsword and a bolt-pistol stood his ground alone against overwhelming hordes of blue and pink horrors for 3 subsequent turns (7 close combat phases to be exact) and killed 7 daemons in total. And the first meltagunner (the one standing on a track) destroyed a Land Raider on the second turn of the game. Now that I'm playing 4th edition with my friends they finally get the honor they always deserved: with 3 meltas, infiltration, daemonic visage and hit'n'run even a squad of these mean gentlemens can change the tide of battle. And I'm still painting their original cousins, the old metal raptors, so that I have two squads of scary jump infantry with 6 meltas in total for ridiculously expensive 380 points! I hope you injoyed revisiting this old squad as much as I did telling you my thoughts on it after 3 years of gaming. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkVen Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 AVE DOMINUS NOX, ladies and gents! A bit overwhelmed with my study and work on projects, sorry there was no weekly update. As an excuse here's a little teaser for you for what is coming closer to next Monday... DV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vairocanum Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 I really like how organic the legs look from behind, the amount of detail you pack into every model is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrautScientist Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Man, I should have commented on those Raptors far earlier, because they are crazy good! I generally like the 3.5 Raptors' basic design template (moreso after reading the Night Lords trilogy, actually), but I always thought GW didn't quite do enough with the models, ending up with models that were less cool than the sum of their parts. But your Raptors are basically the perfect missing link between the 3.5 Raptors and the new plastics: The bird of prey look is still there, but it seems better realised and far more badass! I also really love the Predator-ish helmets and cables/dreadlocks! Really looking forward to seeing that Obliterator from the last sketch in model form as well! And are there any news about a certain Chosen with a Glasgow smile, by the way? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stilgar the flayer Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 man i love your raptors the look miles better then what GW is putting out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkVen Posted October 14, 2016 Author Share Posted October 14, 2016 Vairocanum Thank you! My intention with this concept was to keep that flesh-y parts on oblits, to stay close to the core concept yet to rework it and to give it a bit less messy look. KrautScientist Many thanks Kraut! Hopefully one day I will get to the point when I assemble a 10-men squad of old style raptors. And this might be the answer to your next question: right after oblits I will work on that squad of chosen you are talking about ;) they're coming along, but need much more attention than they're getting right now. stilgar the flayer Thanks! Although I believe they are far from perfect. Still they were quite a milestone for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkVen Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 AVE DOMINUS NOX, ladies and gentlemen! So, you've already seen this guys, right? Well here are two other oblits I came up with. The concepts are still WIPs though, I need to add more detailing before I can start sculpting, but the core idea is there so I thought I could share the early concepts with you: This would also be a great opportunity for all of you to submit any criticism and suggestions before I start to work on miniatures themselves. So if you have any particular ideas you think would suit these gentlemen - I am all ears! Yet I have done some work on them - prepared bases, gathered bits and started early assembly and parts modifications in particular. So here are shots of bases for my new obliterator cult and a pic of bits pile ready to be mutated by techno-virus and dark heretech I'm really sorry for poor picture quality, but it's the best I can get In other news, I thought you would be upset because I haven't posted any finished thing considering my obliterators. So, considering this is a weekly update and you might be interested in what I've been doing this week in terms of my hobby, I'll show you how my metal raptors are coming along: No close-ups for them yet, I've done only blue armor parts and metal. They still need much attention to detailing and I haven't done some lightning effects for them really... oh well, I think I can share close-ups of one of them with you - the one which is by far the closest to "finished one" status: I'm not entirely sure about the glowing effect on his backpack, so I'd like to hear your impressions. Should I paint the others the same way or should I paint the glow with other colors? Finally, one of my old unfinished projects is a Predator tank: Not much to look at really, the only reason why it's here is because I've finished the detailing on him this week. I might add some details to it later on but for now it's just another project (like raptors were) waiting its turn on my list of "Need to finish before new stuff". Anyways, thank you for checking out my thread! C&C are welcomed! Cheers! DV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Drakzilla~ Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 God, I love the way you do your concept sketches. The predator also looks like it's coming along really well. Awesome stuff all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherJim Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Good to see the thread ticking over Ven. Those Raptors look amazing, I like the bronze greaves. I also really like the concept sketches you do. It's interesting that you sketch them out before you sculpt them; it sounds really obvious but it would have never occurred to me. I cannot seem to settle into a rhythm with greenstuff at all. Everyday brings us closer to seeing these glorious Obiltoraters of yours. Number two looks like he will be my favourite :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkVen Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 Thank you guys! I try to keep the pace, yet now it is rather diffucult because of my study and side projects. Hopefully I shall introduce some progress before the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkVen Posted November 9, 2016 Author Share Posted November 9, 2016 Hi guys. I wasn't posting for two weeks now. I'm sorry, I really am. But I thought you would like to see something completed this time... so just to remind you that I exist and that I work - here's a little teaser for you, what's coming this weekend. "The ones born to kill can not be truly tamed. Yet the hunt is their best venture". - Sabar "Tarantula" Nackim, the Warsmith. The VIIIth legion is infamous for their swift and brutal battles. The ones to fly into the hearth of fight for the lifes of weak are the elite of the Night Lords. Raptors to be called, them seek to devour those preys that broke herd. They might sell their skill to others, but only in return for the joy of the hunt. As the Warsmith rose from the ashes of Sasharim step by step, his army grew rapid and unrelenting. Among the first ranks of the wicked pact were they - the old ones dragged from dust and ash, awaken and empowered by the tome of heretech. They aided the Warsmith to break and to conquer those opposing his will to reforge the company. Cruel and ruthless were they, for the chosen ones were incorruptible in their lust for carnage. None could stand before them as they stroke from the shadows that haunted the damned world. Yet their loyalty to Nackim remained unyielding for he alone might satiate their hunger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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