So, I have finally managed to wrap up the last of my Tyranid projects (thanks, 'Ard Boyz) and have gotten started on my newest army. I'll be making a counts-as Blood Angels force called the Creatures of Prometheus and hopefully taking them to TSHFT at the beginning of next month. I've managed to get together almost everything I need (I'm still one Meltagun and five Terminators short) and get it all trimmed down, so now it's time to start on the real work.
(Apologies for crappy pictures, my camera is trash.)
Oh... oh god. That is a lot of mans. That is altogether too many mans.
Lord, what have I gotten myself into?
THEY DON'T END! THEY NEVER END!!
AIEEEEEEEEEEE!!
Ha ha, no, it's all cool. I got this under control. I just need to build... er... two Marines every single day for the rest of the month and I'll be fine. Oh and I promised myself that this would be a 100% conversion army- that is, every single guy is somehow changed, reposed, scratch-built, or otherwise altered from the generic model. So, um, yes. Yes, that will clearly work out.
You may have noticed the Space Hulk Terminators there in the above pictures, which I am cheating with slightly and pretending that hacking them off their bases and doing slight leg re-jointings "counts" for my promise. Some of you may also be weeping tears of bitter fury at my abuse of said beautiful figures, because seriously, they are. However, all the blood drop iconography has been removed to make room for other stuff.
My color scheme is mostly hammered out, but I'm still working on a couple details.
Off-white with gold trim is the basic pattern, but I would like to get appropriate squad/company markings in there somehow. However, I'm not sure if the usual red/yellow/blue will look decent when juxtaposed with the scheme- thoughts and opinions on that?
(These are some reference pics I used and will be the sort of whites, if not necessarily overall schemes, I will be aiming for.)
I'm also giving these guys purity scrolls out the wazoo (casting 2-4 per day here), and I'd like to break up the color from "more off-white" a little with those. Any suggestions on what colors to make the parchment would be useful- just a dark tan or light brown, maybe? Red and green for the seal itself seems workable.
As I finish the squads there will be a whole lot more posts coming up, and hopefully with the weekend off here (aside from 'Ard Boyz) I'll be able to get up my fluff post on the overview/history/etc of the chapter. Yeah, I know, fluff here on 3++, who would've thought?
My list, as I will be using it, for those that missed it last time around and care:
2000pts(This post is a couple days in the works thanks to other stuff, so expect another post with a completed squad pretty soon.)
Librarian (Terminator; Fear, Unleash)
10 Terminators (2 Cyclone, 2 Chainfist)
10 Terminators (2 Cyclone, 2 Chainfist)
3 Sang Priest (2 Terminator, 1 JP+PW)
10 ASM (2 Flamer, Hand Flamer)
10 ASM (2 Melta, PF)
10 ASM (2 Melta, PF)
Sethis · 700 weeks ago
abusepuppy 121p · 700 weeks ago
Drake_263 · 700 weeks ago
Looking forwards to seeing these guys finished, either way :)
Volcatus 31p · 700 weeks ago
Puppy, are you going to reverse the shoulder pad colours for sergeants as well? If not, you might look at using that as a distinction for any Veterans you use in the future.
abusepuppy 121p · 700 weeks ago
Volcatus 31p · 700 weeks ago
abusepuppy 121p · 699 weeks ago
OZ! · 700 weeks ago
abusepuppy 121p · 700 weeks ago
Kirby 118p · 700 weeks ago
Here's a tip with mass pictures - centre them all. I.e. don't touch them after you insert them. It makes for long scrolling but the pictures and text don't go wtf.
abusepuppy 121p · 700 weeks ago
Purgatus · 700 weeks ago
No, seriously though, you can't build this army. You're in the Northwest and will be at TSHFT. If our armies ever meet in person they will annihilate one another in a cataclysmic explosion which will separate the Western seaboard from the continental U.S.
http://bestoverall.blogspot.com/2011/08/uh-oh-pur...
Kirby 118p · 700 weeks ago
*irony*
abusepuppy 121p · 700 weeks ago
I have you beat by a year and three days, my friend. I'm afraid it is you who must give up the army. :P
Also there's no way I'll actually have this thing painted to any significant degree by TSHFT, so no one will know this time around. As for next time, I suggest we just pretend to be the same person and act confused if anyone points out differences. Also, they are going to be very different armies on the tabletop, since I (to start out, at least) won't be running any transports.
Purgatus · 700 weeks ago
Matais Yohansen · 700 weeks ago
tzeentchling 76p · 700 weeks ago
abusepuppy 121p · 700 weeks ago
I might try it on some of the HQs, though.
tzeentchling 76p · 700 weeks ago
abusepuppy 121p · 700 weeks ago
Daboarder · 700 weeks ago
Digilante · 700 weeks ago
http://i.imgur.com/zVG8s.jpg
The tan is Dheneb Stone with highlights in Reaper Leather White and washed with Gryphonne Sepia. Of course, you shouldn't copy me either - and I've got photographic evidence of having thought of it first.
abusepuppy 121p · 700 weeks ago
I really dig the lightning effect on those guys. I'm guessing you worked your way up from a really dark purple through to white on them?
Digilante · 700 weeks ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0amfUYFImBM
Of course, the other five are still sitting on my table, so I guess I better get going.
Digilante · 700 weeks ago
Also, it looks like the official site for TSHFT is now its facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tshft/1174075849797...
abusepuppy 121p · 699 weeks ago
Appreciate the link, though.
Digilante · 699 weeks ago
Behemothh 48p · 700 weeks ago
Volcatus 31p · 700 weeks ago
abusepuppy 121p · 700 weeks ago