The army of Spires; assembly time

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#61 Post by Jimmy »

Great work Rod, you're slowly but surely plugging away at the list.
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#62 Post by Prince of Spires »

What's this? Another update? So soon after the last one...

Yes, a few WiP shots, since I think the painting will only start somewhere half march. And suggestions about improvements etc are always welcome.

On to the work itself. After getting some funny shaped pieces of styrofoam, my imagination started working. Resulting in this latest terrain feature. A bit of water effect will be added under the bridge. And more sand after it's been painted. It should work well enough in games, with plenty of room to fit models on there. The top level and bridge can house 10 (in 2x5) the other floors a few bit more. The basement is there to offer some extra access.

It should also work nicely as a model in Lord of the Rings games or mordheim, if I ever get around to playing that. (LoTR should be fun. I love the books, the models look great and the rules from what I've read should be fun)

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And one to get an idea of the scale:
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Hope you like it. Comment are welcome.

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#63 Post by Elessehta of Yvresse »

Looks good so far Rod, looks pretty big.
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#64 Post by Prince of Spires »

I measured it during my lunchbreak. The base is about 40cm x 25 cm and 27,5 cm high. So, yeah. it's pretty big.

I was just thinking I should realy learn how to make skulls if I want to make more warhammer terrain. I don't think there are enough on there to pass the GW terrain criteria...

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Skulls do not suit high elves. ;)

Very nice work.
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#66 Post by Prince of Spires »

Minor update. When I posted the pictures of the spearmen/archers and updated the below list, I noticed that I almost had as many models finished and in progress as I still had left to do. Just 1 more model would put me on the half way mark. Not one to let such an opportunity slip, I decided to assemble my Caradryan model.

So, halfway there (if my count is correct) :)

index:
- finished
- asembled/in progress
- just owned

Characters
- Mage (elemental)
- Dragon mage
- Mounted BSB (plastic prince / bsb kit)
- GW noble (plastic prince / bsb kit)
- eagle mounted prince / bsb (secret santa)
- Caradryan (metal)
- Eltharion on Stormwing
- Dragon (half metal)
- Mage (IOB)
- Griffon (IOB)

Core
- 16 archers, FC
- 16 spearmen, FC
- 16 spearmen
- 8 archers (metal)
- 8 archers (plastic monopose)
- 8 spearmen (plastic monopose)
- 10 LSG (Island of Blood)
- 20 LSG (metal)


Special
- 10 SM, FC (latest metal)
- 10 WL, FC (latest metal)
- 5 SW, champ (latest metal)
- 1 Lion chariot
- 1 Tyranoc chariot
- 10 DPs, FC (latest metal)
- 2 SW, (previous metal)
- 5 SM (metal)
- 5 WL (metal)
- 26 PG, FC (metal)
- 10 SM (IOB)
- 5 Elyrian Reavers (IOB)
- 8 ER, FC (metal)

Rare
- RBT
- RBT
- RBT (last metal version)
- 2* GE
- 27 Maiden Guard, 2* fc

By my count 242 models, 78 done, 43 in progress and 121 left to go.

Edit: finished the 2 GE. So 80 done, 41 in progress

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#67 Post by Elessehta of Yvresse »

I wonder just how much I have left to paint, it's a lot ^_^
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At least you two have a sizeable amount already painted. :(
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#69 Post by Malossar »

Looks perfect for Lord of the Rings Rod, we have several similar pieces and its such a joy to play on beautiful terrain!

Nice work on the army so far, keep plugging away! I think i'm down to 4 bolt throwers and 15 archers and i'll have 6k painted...
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#70 Post by Prince of Spires »

After dropping a few hints etc here and there, it's time to show a few pics of my Major march event... And yes, that m deserves to be a capital in this case.

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I had loads of fun and a great day. But it does take up an awfull lot of time ;)

After this, the plog is back to warhammer of course. Almost have a pair of great eagles done. Keep an eye out on this space for pics in the next few days.

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Cheers man!
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#72 Post by Aicanor »

Congratulations, Rod! You are luckier than the lady who was a model for that bonnet ornament. Make sure it stays so. ;)
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Awesome. Congratulations.
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I love to ask this to my nerd friends...


Did you get anything Warhammer related as a wedding present?!?!?!
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Congratulations Rod,
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Did you get anything Warhammer related as a wedding present?!?!?!
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Elessehta of Yvresse wrote:Congratulations Rod,
thelordcal wrote:I love to ask this to my nerd friends...


Did you get anything Warhammer related as a wedding present?!?!?!
This!
Nope. We got some lovely gifts, but no WH related stuff. Perhaps because my wife isn't into WH at all.

Thanks for all the congratulations... I'll pass on the message to the misses.

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#78 Post by Prince of Spires »

Managed to get some painting in too. As promissed, a pair of great eagles. Non-HE models are a lot faster to paint then HE apparently. No gems or fiddely detail bits. A nice change from the elves.

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And a shot of the two of them together:
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I tried to make them different while keeping them a bit in the same style. Didn't see a way of getting any red in there. But you can't have everything...

As always, interested in what you guys think. Let me know...

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Congratulations. :)
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#80 Post by Prince of Spires »

Small update again. I've painted the shields of the spears a few posts up (I couldn't bothered before). So now they are truely done...

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The guy in the back is one of the original spearelfs from p1 of my plog, which I used to remember how I painted them originally.

comments and thoughts are always welcome...

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Sorry for the late reply, but Congratulations on getting married!! Rolls Royce eh? Very nice touch!!
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#82 Post by Elessehta of Yvresse »

They look nice Rod, I have a unit of these guys somewhere, just one of the many units I need to finish ^_^'
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I'd look at adding a brown or a black around the rim of the base, helps break up the green
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#84 Post by Prince of Spires »

Malossar Dragonborne wrote:I'd look at adding a brown or a black around the rim of the base, helps break up the green
You mean for the eagles? Or in general?

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rdghuizing wrote:
Malossar Dragonborne wrote:I'd look at adding a brown or a black around the rim of the base, helps break up the green
You mean for the eagles? Or in general?

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In general, it just adds another color, and helps bring out the earthy tones. Plus its solid and more easily coverable
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#86 Post by Prince of Spires »

The latest addition to my list of Warhammer related toys...
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Just in time for the new release. For starters, I'll probably mainly use it for bottom layers and large areas and the like. Later I do hope I can use it for some of the fancier things you can do with them... For now, I'll first be using it on the ruined tower terrain piece that (I think) is on the previous page.

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#87 Post by Elessehta of Yvresse »

Cheeky bugger, priming and base coats until you get used to it and the right sized needles then you should be able to do most of it.
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That's the main plan indeed. Get the hang of it with priming and basing and slowly move to a bit more advanced things. Enough youtube tutorials around for ideas at least.

Thinning paint is issue #1. Paint needs to be much, much thinner then when painting by brush. Still figuring out the correct thickness. I might also look at different paints then GW ones, since they're a bit trick to apparently. All in all, good fun though.

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rdghuizing wrote:That's the main plan indeed. Get the hang of it with priming and basing and slowly move to a bit more advanced things. Enough youtube tutorials around for ideas at least.

Thinning paint is issue #1. Paint needs to be much, much thinner then when painting by brush. Still figuring out the correct thickness. I might also look at different paints then GW ones, since they're a bit trick to apparently. All in all, good fun though.

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Airbrush-ready paints are awesome. Pour it in, spray. Empty, clean a bit, pour next color in.

I use the new Minitaire series by Badger, not sure about supplies for them in the Europe though, they're a US company.
You could try Vallejo Model Air colors

Much less annoying than the thinning x;

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#90 Post by Prince of Spires »

Thanks for the link Silver. Looks pretty awsome. I have thought about the Vallejo model air colors. There's a shop near my work that sells them. They might actually have the badger ones there (pretty big place). I'll have a look.

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