minus_t's WIP projects thread (Finished Blackclad Wayfarer on p9)

[minus_t]

INDEX:
Page 1: General bits and bobs
Page 2: Ironclad metallics; Finished Ironclad and Apothecary
Page 3: Finished Sword Knights; Finished Centurion and Lancer
Page 5: Kromac the Ravenous
Page 6: Woldwarden; eNemo and Journeylady
Page 7: Black Dragon Tactical Squad, WIP sculpting Baldur
Page 8: Finished Woldwatcher
Page 9: WIP Blackclad Wayfarer; Finished Blackclad Wayfarer


Hello there fellas and ladies, figured it was about time I consolidate my efforts into one thread that I can try and keep track of, rather than lots of confused small ones, that all fizzle out after about a week and a half...

So, this is going to contain my various projects, ongoing or one-off, tabletop or contest, for fun or for prizes!

So, stuff on at the moment:
Slowly working though my Circle army for Hordes.
Starting a 'tale of 4 gamers only in warmachine' style thing for my local club, using Cygnar.
Plotting and planning a Chaos Mortals army, for the new release...
...And of course, showing that pesky Kuffy who is boss in our traditional, bi-annual "lets paint each other to death" contest, painting up 2k of Marines (Black Dragons again, yay!).


First port of call is that damn dwarf. The Black Dragons will see the field of battle again!
As I'm probably going to be using the new Marine codex, when it comes out (new shiny toys!), I don't really have an exact plan of my 2k yet.
I know a selection of stuff I want, and adding it up (guestimating points using the current 'dex etc) it's a fair whack over 2k, but it's what I'm going to try to do:

• Captain with either Lightning Claws or a Relic Blade
• 3-4 ten man Tactical Squads, with varying load-outs.
• 8-10 man Dragon Claw Squad (possibly vanguard veterans?)
• 8-10 man Sternguard Squad in Drop Pod
• 10 man Devastator Squad (again, not sure on load out, maybe 4 MLs, maybe using combat squads more)
• Dreadnought with flamer-y style weapons (Multi-Melta/Heavy Flamers), in Drop Pod
• 2-3 Land Speeders (unsure on weapons again)
• 8-10 man scout squad, probably with Tellion leading, as I love the mini to death.
• 5 Terminators (quite ornate, probably with 'heresy-style' armour, as I really like making it).
• ...and possibly a Land Raider Redeemer, and some more characters along the way (Librarians look awesome!).

Now, I don't want this army to be on the same bases as the old fellas.
I'm considering the same desert bases as my Tau (Khemri Brown, drybrushed bleached bone), as it is still a nice contrast, and there are some nice desert tables at WHW that I would fit onto, but outside of there and my FLGS, they are probably a little thin on the ground (desert tables, that is).
So, another option is a more traditional brown-y plus grass, which certainly fits in more, but is less cool.
Something else that gives me some nice modelling options is doing some ruins, as in a ruined city. However, this generally wouldn't contrast well with my black armour (which I think is a bit of a must, for a marine army), so I'm open to colour scheme ideas for ruins...


So then, my first question of you is thus...
Black Dragon basing, should it be:
a) Desert style (Khemri, Bleached Bone);
b) Boring style (Scorched, Khemri, Khaki, Grass); or
c) City ruins style (suggest a colour scheme!)

Ta to everyone for reading, and I'm hoping to have some pics of some (slightly converted) Black Reach Tactical Marines, plus some PP stuff for you on weds!

-t.

[Eye of Jamie]

I'd say go for B but mix it up a bit, making it look more war torn. So adding small craters, scorched grass, shell casings etc.

Also, WOO!, more -T amazing nonsense.

[danjones87]

I think you should go for a jungle/swamp themed base, with trees, roots and ferns. It would look very individualised and proper swish

Dan

[Tekore]

I'm looking forward to lurking on this thread a bit, and I personally prefer option A. Whatever you do, I'm sure it will look wonderful.

Tekore

[Deadstar_MRC]

In terms of your basing, could you use option C (the city ruins) but on a Mars-like planet?

I'm not sure if I can explain it properly, but the idea that popped into my head was that it was a city that was fairly well destroyed and a lot of the wreckage has since been covered by red sand, so you only get bits of girders and concrete sticking out of the sand.

Of course it doesn't have to be red sand, you could just use your desert scheme or something else of your choosing.

I like the vine idea as well, though.

Best of luck painting that dwarf to death!

[Lost Nemesis]

No pictures? Come on buddy, nobody wants to read these threads without pictures!

Kidding aside, I think you should try to go for something semi-original for your Black Dragon bases. The army is just superb, and I'd hate to see them looking underwhelming with simple or overdone bases. Be creative!

Put Snotlings on them!

[minus_t]

OK, well, it wasn't on weds.
And it isn't space marines.

But I do have pics!
And millions of them!

Let's start off with my newest wallet-draining passtime, Warmachine.
Cygnar, the blue dudes with lots of electricity and such like.

I thought I'd enter my Ironclad into the basing/weathered contest in the main forum, as I intend it to be a 'pre-awoken' version of the new character 'jack Ol' Rowdy...



...And here is the base, without several tons of iron standing on top of it:



The idea for this one is that it is during the Caspia Invasions, street fighting through cygnar's capital city. As the universe is pretty solidly steam-punk and iron inspired, I decided that I'd do a somewhat victorian style street, but the edge of the pavement is going to be an iron ledge, rather than some silly, easily eroded stone...

And to go with Ol' Rowdy, here is Captain Arlan Strangeways, who is also rather heavily converted from the standard 'just chilling out with my wrench' pose.
I think he's either sizing up some repairs, or deciding exactly where he's going to smack an enemy 'jack to cause maximum damage...





Next up, and sticking to PP for the moment, here is my finally finished second Woldwarden, who had to be re-posed really.
The painted version is the original, un-modified one, and the metal/GS one is the newly finished addition to the family.





Continuing the Circle vibe, here is another Wold, this time a Woldwyrd, a creation designed to hunt magic-users of all types...






And finally for some good, old fashioned GW minis.
In this case, a trio of chaos ogres, converted from Ironguts.
















...and that's me done for today.
I'm planning on painting the Assault on Black Reach tactical squad tomorrow, so hopefully I'll get some pics of them in a day or so...

Ta guys, lemme know what you reckon.

-t.

[Zarahemna]

Good job. You have some nice stuff here. I think I may have to investigate some of those PP models when I am done with the hundreds of figures I have yet to get through in the cupboard of doom.

I like the guy with the wrench, where can I find an image of the original. I want to be able to savour the alterations. At the moment it looks pretty original. Which is a good thing.

[minus_t]

The original mini looks like *this*.

There is a piece of art of him in Warmachine: Legends, which was the inspiration for the conversion, as he looks freaking bad-ass in the art, and a bit meh in the mini...

-t.

[Lost Nemesis]

Reposed Woldwarden = epic win. Looks tons better than the standard pose.