Have I mentioned how much I hate pushing projects down to the wire like this? Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy with how these last 8 figures came out on the whole. I just wish I had been painting them back in December as I should have been.
Ah well, no use crying about it now. A weekend with little to no sleep in order to have gotten these done isn't going to hurt. Besides, I can sleep when I'm dead, right?
The Paladins, and their big brother Draigo, round out the final models for my Grey Knights army I'm taking to Adepticon this week. I've mentioned in the past just how much I enjoy the Grey Knight plastics, haven't I? Well if I haven't, I'm doing so now. At least, the Terminator models. The standard power armor plastics, while very highly detailed, are a bit on the inflexible side when it comes to variances of posing options. The Terminator plastics on the other hand, are very nice in terms of being able to vary their appearance from one to the next. Heck, if I hadn't built my Draigo out if plastic parts, I wouldn't have mirrored the legs and tabard combo from the Apothecary even.
Speaking of the apothecary, I truly did enjoy painting him. I've always liked the white helmet and white arm combination for a Terminator Apothecary, so I couldn't resist doing it here either. I'm just thrilled that having bought 3 boxes of these guys gives me the bitz to build two more with these parts.
I'd like to get more done on the Brotherhood Banner, in terms of freehand, but that may wait until later, considering I leave in 3 days for the trip. I'm almost okay with it, though, as I'm thinking of selling this army at some point this year, and I could then personalize the banner to whomever buys the force.
I tried something a little different with Draigo's sword to make him stand out just a touch more. Instead of the black to red blend with effects, I went for a black to red to white blend, with white electricity effects. The jury's still out on that experiment for me. I like it, don't get me wrong, just not sure how much I like it. Overall, I'm very pleased with how he turned out though.
I won't bore you with color schemes for the armor or other bits and bobs on them, as I've gone through them all in earlier posts for the rest of the force. Though if you do have any questions on any part, don't hesitate to ask! I'm happy to share.
2 days folks...2 days. Anyone going to be losing sleep these next few nights in a mad dash for the finish before the games begin up in Chicago?
- Tim
Very cool! The Apothecary turned out brilliantly, and I definitely like the alternate sword scheme on Draigo. Good stuff, Tim - keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteI just wish I could keep up with you! I've already had to ban myself from ebay until your Thousand Sons sell :P Not that I wouldn't love em... My wife would KILL ME.
DeleteI should not be losing any sleep this time around due to painting. I was wise enough to take off Wednesday to get a full day of painting in before another 1/2 day of final touches before the drive north to Chicago! That does not mean I will not be losing sleep though. I will be running circles in my head making sure that I have everything ready. I have managed to lose one of my las cannon sponsons for my predator at the moment. I think my girlfriends cat is playing an epic game if hide and seek with it.
ReplyDeleteHAHA!!! Sorry, couldn't help it, man.
DeleteI hear you though. Tonight is the night I make sure my army lists are where I want them, double and triple check my math since I don't use Army Builder (I refuse until they put out an iOS version) and do some laundry :P
My cats get a nose thump if they get close to my figures :P
Good job Timmy! Yay!
ReplyDeletePlanning on selling it already? Good lord man, I thought these guys were going to be your competition army until you put together your Tau!
@Josh - That is pretty epic.
Team Cat 1
Team Josh 0
Seriously, this sucks. I have tossed apart my office and living room looking for my las cannon sponson. It is MIA, I am going to look like fool when I show up with 2 predators and only 3 las cannon sponsons :(
DeleteYou've got 2 days... well, a day and a half. Build and paint a new one? I may have parts if you don't...
DeleteI may be calling you then, I am going to go to the game store I last played at as soon as they open to see if got left behind. Thanks
DeleteHappy to help if I can, my friend. I'll see if I can't locate em. my only predators I've built in the past 4 years have been heavy bolter ones, so I should have em around somewhere.
DeleteMeh... you know I've never held onto something long if I don't put my heart and soul into it. I like the way they turned out, and am proud to field them, but they aren't MINE, you know? No real personal flavor to them.
ReplyDeleteI think they look great Tim and even though I am not in the GT or any 40k events, I am prepping the Death Wing to arrive at least to a table top standard as a whole, so I don't look like a chump playing pick-up games in the hallway!
ReplyDeleteI look forward to seeing these in person, man, you never know, I might make an offer, lol!
Hey OST!! If nothing else, we still owe each other a pick-up game at least, right? :) I really need to set up my other photo cube, and get proper bulbs in my lights... these latest pictures just aren't what I want them to be. Not horrible, mind you, but better in person :)
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