Carnelian Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 I thought if I kept a record here it would help me to keep motivated! I'm not aiming for golden demon, just to get my bag log of models painted so I can start buying new stuff again! Finding myself with an unexpected Friday evening, I put on some bbc nature documentaries about wales and dolphins and achieved the attached skeletons. They are very old models I painted very badly a long time ago and have a lot of mould lines. I thought I'd re-spray right over the top of the last paint job and give them a quick drying brush job as a test for my first foray into Death (so far all I have painted for AoS are my Hallowed Knights). Hopefully I'll get another unit finished by next week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ademo Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 This takes me back to 5th/6th edition undead/vampire counts (if that us indeed where these guys are from?) They look just excellent on round bases and really give the minis a new lease of life (or should that be unlife?) What's next for your 'Death' army? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 These models must all be from about 2000. What's next you ask? More of the same. Turning what is in this box into an army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ademo Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Awesome! Are you stripping these at all? Recently discovered the joys of dettol! Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted July 31, 2016 Author Share Posted July 31, 2016 I'm too lazy to strip them as they are so fiddly already. Sprayed zandri dust directly over previous paint job and they turned out alright in the first picture. Just found this guy. No memor of painting him. What was I thinking? Were psychedelic empire skeletons the craze in the 2000s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiftmus Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 That is one funky skeleton! I love those old skeleton models so much if I ever did a death army again (I played vampires back in 7th for a bit) I'd definitely try to get hold of a bag load of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 OK, so it's taken me almost 3 weeks to get round to finishing another 10 skeletons but at least now I've finished one of the units in my anticipated 1k army list. Woohoo! Here they are in all their glory, now with full command. My Champion has a bright hat still but has been somewhat toned down compared to the above! I do want another 20 man skeleton unit (with spears) for my 1k but I might paint something else first...Hopefully it won't take me another 3 weeks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 Those pics were a bit dark so here is some with better light including the whole family so far!! Plus final shot is a sneak preview of what's next... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lokhe Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 That disco skellie looks pretty sweet if you ask me ^^ Have to agree with ademo though, looking really good on round bases. Makes me wanna take a look in my own drawers! Love the teaser at the end too. What's in the box!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 You'll just have to wait and see! Hoping to get them done in next few weeks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb_rex Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Damn these skellies have brushed up well, great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 So it's shamefully over two months since I last posted on this blog but I actually have some progress to share with everyone now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 Also the pictures posted in my previous comments in this thread seem to have disappeared? Is there any way I can get them back? or can other people still see them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changer Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 18 minutes ago, Carnelian said: Also the pictures posted in my previous comments in this thread seem to have disappeared? Is there any way I can get them back? or can other people still see them? Ben is working on that; seems to have happened to everyone's blogs when using the upload function on the site. Anyway, those models are awesome. You've done a great job with them - the blue specifically looks great against the gold. I'm looking forward to seeing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulsmith Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Your red and blue are really rich and eygptian looking, nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 Unbelievable news guys - i have more hobby progress to report and its not even been two months! My second unit of 20 skeletons, this time with spears is complete. this means i now have 40 skeletons to go with the three necropolis knights - a solid base of 480 points. now to finish my tomb king amd tomb guard and I can throw in a pre existing vampire and necromancer and call this army done for the time being! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 OK so here's the latest update! This is my 1k force now completed: 1 Tomb King 10 Tomb Guard 3 Necropolis Knights 20 skeletons with spears 20 skeletons with swords And throw in an old Vampire and Necromancer model and there you have it! So what's next for me? well I'm painting a few tyranids and wood elves and I hope to get them all finished by January! Will post again soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 Having finished a flyrant and fex for 40k, hopefully I'll find time over the Christmas holiday to paint 15 waywatchers and a waywatcher Lord. The models are old metal and the mould lines are painful but they still look totally awesome imo. I've decided how to paint the cloaks (going with the tone from the guy in the middle of the pic) which was the main thing. Everything else quite simple. Not completely sure about the red leaves as it stands but I think it's a good idea to have a rich red tone against the green and then brighter bows. Kind comments always welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 So I stopped need to paint hair and some bits and bobs and decide how to paint the leaves but this is nearly 500 points of Wanderers completed! I've also been painting tyranids and bloodbowl so I'm chuffed with the progress I've made! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ademo Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 These guys are coming together v nicely! What bloodbowl team you running? A group of us have got into it big time - it's a bladt! Had a chance to play much?Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 3 hours ago, Ademo said: These guys are coming together v nicely! What bloodbowl team you running? A group of us have got into it big time - it's a bladt! Had a chance to play much? Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Thanks mate. After much deliberation I got bloodbowl for christmas (it was that or silvertower). I'm running a human team in the HATE club (hackney area tabletop enthusiasts) Stench Bowl league. I'm super excited but I might be awful at it! I'll share a pic of my team when they're finished but I'm not putting nearly as much effort in to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 Pretty much finished. Still need to paint the bows and highlights the pouches and skin and wash the metals....but u think I can say that's 500 points done for January! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 So this month I've been working on my hive tyrant and bloodbowl human team and I hope you don't mind me sharing those photos here even though it's not strictly AoS. I've only done the highlights on a single bloodbowl player but will do a few more before my next league match in March. Hopefully I will also have an Ogre by then too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 I've also pledged to paint 500 points of AoS in February too which is basically just these two! In progress as we speak. I dropped Orion when picking him up to take the photo and now I need to superglue his horn back on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnelian Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 So I finished my February painting contract which was Alarielle (old version) and Orion. I had good fun painting them and manged to do it in only a few hours really. I did break and then lose a bit or Orion's antlers when I dropped him which is super annoying but I plan to find some other antler and add it to him. This might involve purchasing a box of wild riders. I have loved those models for a long time and they look like they have antlers to spare. Any other suggestions for models with spare antlers would be much appreciated. My plan for March is fairly limited for AoS: the Errant-Questor (which I am hoping to get from Warhammer World shortly) and the free White Dwarf slaughterpriest (if I can find the damn thing). I'm also I'm planning to go for a very pale Slaughterpriest, not the usual red but more a ghoulish pale skin and black cloth (with perhaps Golden/reddish trim). The Errant-Questor will be painted to go with my Hallowed Knights army, pictures of which were above bt disappeared. I might add them in again at some point later. As well as those two I'll be painting a bloodbowl ogre, a mawloc and 4 genestealer cult aberrants. Should be quite a varied March! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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