yarrickson Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 As soon as I saw the KO teaser trailer I knew I'd be going in big and starting a force. To encourage myself to get on with them I've sold off my Khorne army and have a tournament in 5 weeks. And my wife has just had a baby. Wish me luck. So this is going to be a journey of speed but hopefully with a decent end result. Initial week 1 purchase was 12 boxes of arkanauts, book, cards. I've skipped week 2 as the Grundstock stuff seemed like it was going to be a pain in the bum to get right in game. Week 3 and I've ordered an Ironclad and Brokk. Next week should be the Aether Khemists, Endrinmaster and balloon boys. I knew from the start that I wanted to go orange/gold/cream on these guys. A scheme I'd tried previously on the "white dwarf in space suit" model many years ago, and that I tested out on some spare aelves I had lying around (see profile pic) with modern GW paints. Waiting for pre-orders I was able to pre-paint up a load of shattered dominion bases so at least they are all done (apart from ships bases, and Brokks annoyingly random 50mm). Pics attached are: Bases Bare plastic arkanauts with skyhooks Sprayed Arkanauts Test arkanaut Given the time frames involved I'm hoping for pretty frequent updates. Much more so than my old fyreslayer plog. Got a rough 2k idea in my head, but going to take a few weeks to get the code/sky port/items etc all worked out. Really don't want to end up with p6k mortars or the zilfin bomb, but will have to see what I end up with. My basis looks like Iron Sky Command so that I have a 1 drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dez Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Impressive task sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feerful Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Ya good luck to you! For Profit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynamicCalories Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 12 boxes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarrickson Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 9 minutes ago, DynamicCalories said: 12 boxes! Wanted 12 light skyhooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidero Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Crikey, that is some serious batch painting right there, good luck. Are you planning on drilling out the barrels for the pistols? I'm really liking the barrel ends for the special weapons, shame they didn't include them for the pistols too, would make life so much easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarrickson Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 4 minutes ago, spidero said: Crikey, that is some serious batch painting right there, good luck. Are you planning on drilling out the barrels for the pistols? I'm really liking the barrel ends for the special weapons, shame they didn't include them for the pistols too, would make life so much easier. Sigh, I wasn't going to, but now you've said it I have to :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidero Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 2 minutes ago, yarrickson said: Sigh, I wasn't going to, but now you've said it I have to :-p Haha, sorry dude. Just pretend I was never here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarrickson Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 10 minutes ago, spidero said: Haha, sorry dude. Just pretend I was never here. If I don't do it now its all I'll see when I look at the pistols though. I just recently did 50 bolters on Marines as well so my poor fingers won't thank me for it. :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidslv Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 I really like the bases, do they come like that in the box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dez Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Hilarious that I was just looking at the guns last night realizing I'd have to drill all the barrels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarrickson Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 2 hours ago, davidslv said: I really like the bases, do they come like that in the box? All I've done is apply paint to the bases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarrickson Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 Really been struggling to get time to paint. My son has decided to go through a phase of wanting to sleep on Daddy and who am I to say no Did manage some time with my clippers and poly-cement tonight though. Got my basic characters built. Can now build an aether-khemist in less than 4 minutes. Grey plastic update attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 11 hours ago, yarrickson said: Really been struggling to get time to paint. My son has decided to go through a phase of wanting to sleep on Daddy and who am I to say no Did manage some time with my clippers and poly-cement tonight though. Got my basic characters built. Can now build an aether-khemist in less than 4 minutes. Grey plastic update attached. 5 chemists? oh my Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarrickson Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 1 hour ago, April said: 5 chemists? oh my Yeah, stopped short of the full 6. Figure I'll always use at least two and might use all 5 in an infantry heavy list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 1 hour ago, yarrickson said: Yeah, stopped short of the full 6. Figure I'll always use at least two and might use all 5 in an infantry heavy list. whats your minimum point game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarrickson Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 46 minutes ago, April said: whats your minimum point game? I pretty much only play 2k. But I've a fun 2k and a not-fun 2k. The not fun 2k has the 5 khemists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramer Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Did you ever finish this project before your tournament? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynamicCalories Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I think it took me 7 or 8 hours to paint my Khemyst and that was me painting as quick as I could! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarrickson Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Kramer said: Did you ever finish this project before your tournament? No I didn't quite get there. Ended up buying a painted Mooclan army at the last minute. Came 2nd with that out of 30 so can't complain. Plenty progress made and now hopeful I'll get to use them at EGGS at the end of the month instead. 1 hour ago, Kramer said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarrickson Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 Barrel drilling and any detail work past three colours minimum has fallen by the wayside though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNotebookGM Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Sorry for my ignorance but what is the utility of "barrel drilling?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynamicCalories Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Just makes the guns look nicer I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valenswift Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 On 02/05/2017 at 2:08 PM, yarrickson said: All I've done is apply paint to the bases. They look really good, which colours did you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarrickson Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 38 minutes ago, valenswift said: They look really good, which colours did you use? Thanks! The bases are a basecoat of thousand sons blue, with a heavy drybrush of temple guard blue and a light drybrush of baharroth blue. Then just nice thick blood for the blood god into the cracks and pallid wych flesh on the skulls. Going to get back on this army for GH2 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.