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Many many moons ago, back when Goblins fought High Elves along side cardboard monsters and war machines I had a fun Dwarf gunline that did fairly well in our local shop. Over time, as Warhammer armies grew in scale, my interests waned as I'm a hobby butterfly. The games that retained my interest were smaller scale games like Mordheim and Warhammer Quest due to the ability to hop form one theme to another without having to make a massive commitment to one army. I've not, however, gamed in the Warhammer world for about 12 years. I'd just started to contemplate restarting when the End Times hit and the whole world went kaboom...

It wasn't until Silver Tower's release that I decided it was time to delve into the new Realms. Having spent the last few years on Dakka, my view of things was slightly skewed towards moaning... so it has been really nice to find TGA, so a big thanks to you all for being a nice place to explore :)

So. Onto the projects. 

Silver Tower is going to be the main focus of this blog, though I am tempted to start a small AoS force or two and try to get involved with the global campaign at our local store so I can start gaming again. I'll do some posts on those at a later date when the options are a bit clearer in my mind.

The first group of monsters to be completed for Silver Tower were the Scuttlings. Not my favourite models in the world, so the paintjob is... less than stellar. Definitely a "Could do better" moment

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On the plus side, there is also my first attempt at a new (to me) Sigmarite. The Knight-Questor. I decided to go for a dark turquoisey-blue with silver as I prefer darker toned models. Bright, glaring gold armour just doesn't do anything for me at all. I'm still waiting for a delivery of 32mm clear bases for the Questor, so for now you'll have to do with these WIP shots instead. there is still a bit of tidying up to do on him, but I'm much happier with him than with the scuttlings

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Welcome! I'm not the biggest fan of the Scuttlings either, and I love Night Goblins. 

I'd like to see a bit more of that gold you used for detail somewhere else in the Questor, in the head area. Really nice weathering on the shield.

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Hmmm I will have a think on the gold. I want the overall effect of this scheme to be cold and battered, so not too much gold elsewhere... But I could see the scrollwork in the halo-like headpiece working as an additional detail.

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I really like your Questor scheme - can I ask which paints you used for the blues?

While I'm sold on the cold look with the silver trim, I can't help thinking swapping the silver with gold could work really nicely too (not suggesting you should, just that I think it could also work).

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A quick check of what paints are on my table (always a sure fire way to see what I've been painting with over the last month or three), the only colour that is anywhere near is a few layers of thinned Thunderhawk Blue over a black undercoat. There would have been targetted washes of black to darken some areas as well.

You're both right, gold would work well in place of the silver. I may try that on the Celestant if I ever get around to painting up the AoS starter set in the same scheme

 

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Awesome, thanks for checking. Very tempted to try it in my own starter box when I get round to them - was thinking the other day about heather the Astra militarum tempestus scion scheme might work and here it is tested ready for me and looking good! ?

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