Sorry people. Google canceled this service for all non-blogger sites starting March 1st of this year.
It’s a shame as I really liked that widget. I’ll be damned if I’m going to let Google force me into moving over to blogger as I like the flexibility of WordPress and because I’m lazy.
I hope those who follow use my RSS feed to get announcements when I post something new.
That crap aside, there will be more ‘Crons posted today!
Shawn G. (Soi)
Tomb Kings in Space – Thokt Necron Army
When the Necron codex dropped 4th quarter last year, I drooled over the new rules and models, but couldn’t dedicate any real time to them as I had 2 commissions to grind through before I could allow any goodies for myself. With my commissions done (on the most part), it’s time to break ground and paint myself a 40K army!
I found a paint scheme in the new codex that I thought was pretty damn smexy. I broke it down to its component colors and drafted a scheme that was easy to replicate:
Since then, I’ve tested the scheme on some different/larger kits with impressive results:
Now it’s time to draft an army!
Some of you may be familiar with my Army of Arkhan the Black project for Tomb Kings last year, so you should find my methodology recognizable. If you are not, I’ll make it simple: I’m quite compulsive…
Army List:
Details below.
Color Scheme:
Body Primary – Flat Black highlighted with VMC Basalt Grey (70869) and VMC Sky Grey (70989).
Body Secondary – GW Foundation Dheneb Stone highlighted with VMC Ivory (70918).
Glowing Bits – VGC Magic Blue (72021) highlighted with white.
Notes – Notice there are no metals in this scheme. Why would a culture as old as the Necrotyr rely on metallic compounds instead of synthesized alloys? GW’s metal scheme is completely uninspired! Is my nerd side showing?
Current Model Range Concerns
Warriors – Not a fan of these guys. Won’t be using too many.
Spiders – I have a conversion idea for these. Give me a few days…
Scarabs – I’m not a fan of warriors so I’ll be getting these elsewhere.
Crypteks – Converted from the Praetorian kit.
Notes – Other then waiting on the remaining kits to be released (Night Scythes), I’ll have plenty to work on till GW decides my money is worth taking.
Army List
Normally I build an army out of the stuff I thought was cool to paint. This ‘technique’ has gotten me in trouble more then once so this time I’m doing it right!
My last commission was a FW Librarian for resident gaming guru Tony Kopach. My payment was for him to craft me an army list and kick my ass until I learned to use it correctly. Fair trade in my eyes.
Until the Night Scythe is released I’ll be building a modified “Death by Scarab” list with the Traveler, foot-slogging Immortals with Crypteks, and one metric arse-load of spiders & scarabs.
I’ll also be adding in some fun stuff along the way.
Shawn G. (SoI)
I did this Librarian for Springfield’s resident 40K guru Tony Kopach for his Astral Claws army. Loth was crawling with detail, but really didn’t take too long to complete (3 days).
I wanted to try my hand at some NMM techniques and they came out pretty good. NMM is not a strong point for me so took this opportunity to get some practice in. The base was left plain as I have no idea how the rest of his army looks.
The only problem I had was with the power axe they designed for him. It’s too small and rather uninspired compared to the rest of the miniature. I recommended Tony do a little kit-bashing and find a suitable replacement. He would look pretty damn bad-ass with a halberd or force staff.
All in all, great mini that was loads of fun to paint. My he rain death upon the heads of Tony’s foes.
Shawn G. (SoI)
This mini kind of painted itself. I wanted to see if my Thokt paint scheme would work on a different type of model and I was surprised at how well it turned out!
This beauty will represent a C’Tan in my Necron army if I can get it off the ground. I don’t mind the old Deceiver/Nightbringer minis, but I wanted to try something new and with all the new Tomb King’s kit’s I have knocking about, I thought I should give one a try.
He’s not quite perfect to represent Thoth (no ibis head), but he’s close enough!
I’m not a fan of the static resin cryptek GW provides so I used a Immortal/Praetorian kit-bash to make my own. And they look pretty damn good.
I think I’m growing quite fond of this scheme.
Shawn G. (SoI)
Here’s what I’ve done so far. I’m not sold on the bases, but the theme is solid! The 2 extra immortals I finished just before starting Dave’s project.
I’ve 4 more models to do for Dave before I can dedicate any real time to this army, but when I’m clear I will return to them.
So after a few months painting Grey Knights I needed to do something different to break up the monotony. I’ve had this thing sitting on my desk teasing me for far too long and I had to see what would look like completed.
This thing looks pretty damn cool! I may have overdone it with the line highlights but I don’t care. It’s sweet. These bastards may end up being my army for 40K!
Shawn G. (SoI)
I grinded on these bastards for about 11 hours between Wednesday and Thursday of last week to get them finished. And finally they are done and delivered to Dave. I’ve still 4 models to complete for him but this project is just about done.
When I get the last four done, should be next week sometime, I’ll take a few group shots of all the units together.
More coming soon.
Shawn G. (SoI)
I’ve been grinding through this army trying to make up for lost time in December and January. I still have quite a few models to complete, but my goal is to have this army completed and ready for delivery on Sunday the 5th. That will put me 5 days behind. I’m not pleased with missing my schedule, but life happens and you just have to deal sometimes.
Anyway, I’ve knocked out all the marine variants of this force. All that’s left are Coteaz, a pile of termies, and Karamazov. I’m saving him for last as he should be a real treat!
Here are some group shots of what’s done so far:
Here’s the mockup of the Terminators I have to complete next. While it works fine on marines, this style breaks down on larger models. He needs more. I may have to do something special with that text. I’m going to hate it, but they need more detail!
Lastly here’s a WiP of Coteaz. Pleased with the armor so far. Where I’m not a fan of this codex, I am a huge fan of this model. That, and how could you not be someone awesome with Torquemada for a name?
Time to get ready for class tonight.
Shawn G. (SoI)
My thumb’s fine now and so I’ve been back to painting.
Here’s Crowe and the Tech Marine I started a while back.
Still lots to do and Crowe could use a little more polish. That mandolin really forked my deadline!
Shawn G (SoI)