Kierdale
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The Phoenix Guard are done.
Not my best work but I may add to their paintwork when I’m doing their display board for AoP2021.
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On 1/17/2021 at 9:09 AM, Kyriakin said:
Banners are obviously incredible (duh...)
On the dudes, while the colour fades are well executed, I just feel the creep too far into an almost creamy or greenish-yellow at the bottom, which detracts from the intended "firey phoenix " feeling a bit.
Maybe you didn't want the overal miniature to be too overwhelmingly bright, but I feel bright yellow would sell the feeling of heat more. Then maybe directly to a tiny bit of white if you want to cap it off with "white hot" at the very bottom edge. No white/yellow mixtures...Note: When I look at my laptop screen from below, it looks much brighter. So , if it's just a photo/screen issue, feel free to ignore the above. Or just ignore it anyway!
Thanks for the comment. I’ve painted their leggings and shoes in more natural colours which should help. Only their outer clothes are now ‘phoenix’ish, and hopefully just a nice yellow at the bottom. I’ve nearly finished the unit and will post images soon.
3 hours ago, PainfullyMediocre said:This whole army is so well done, i'm blown away by the amount of work that has gone into all of it.
Thank you too!
Once the Phoenix Guard are done, the army’s done. For now. Anvilgard will have to Endure without me for a while! (I’ll be over on the Bolter&Chainsword making my Snakebites)
Hopefully I can do some army pics this weekend.
And I’m sure I’ll add to the army in the future. Another Start Collecting Anvilgard would be perfect...and that new vampire with two swords would be a great black ark Fleetmaster...
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I just have a unit of Phoenix Guard - made from a box of Bretonian men at arms I got years ago before they went out of production, with forge world Cawdor heads - to do and then the army is finished.
For now.
Here are some work in progress shots:
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And the beast master:
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And two Scourgerunner chariots!
One is converted to be a beast master. I’ll have to get a third chariot in the future.
Here’s the first:
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Here’s all three together:
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Here’s the third and final ‘demigryph knight’ Scourge privateer beast master: the standard bearer.
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It seems I forgot to post the images of the completed Celestar Ballista and standard bearer:
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13 hours ago, Tommy said:
The magmacrocs turned out great! 🙂 Stolen from beneath the Fyreslayers’ noses perhaps?! 😁
Most definitely.
Pirates, after all 😉
Next up: the unit champion and her croc’.
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Merry Christmas!
I hoped to get this army done by the end of the year but that doesn’t look likely. I still have two chariots and 16 counts-as Phoenix Guard to do...but should be able to finish them in the first months of 2021.
I have completed by Scourge privateer beast masters and their magmacrocs.
First is the musician:
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I couldn’t decide whether to do the metal bits on the back of the magmacrocs as corroded copper or as iron so painted up one of each quickly...
the iron contrasts better with their skin so I’ll go with that.
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I’m still working on the two chariots but also a unit of three counts-as demigryph knights: three beast-master scourge privateers (made from Dark Elf Blood Bowl minis - very dynamic - with polearms from Scourgerunner chariots and shields from dreadspears) driving before them lava beasts (three Necromunda Sumpcrocs painted up HOT).
Here’s some WIPs:
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And I sprayed the beast-hide parts of crew for my two scourgerunner chariots last night. I’ll get a third ASAP. Christmas, perhaps.
One will be modelled as a high beast master (champion chariot, basically) so gave that one a bigger banner (must add a top decoration, perhaps a severed hydra head); a hooded, bow-wielding driver; and a fancier, cloaked gunner to represent the boss-elf.
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I’m now working on the second crew member for the ballista. Same body as his partner but I hope he looks sufficiently different. Basing will help.
Ballista crews don’t have flags but I like flags so he’s got one.
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And the Anvilgard celestar ballista is done!
I’ll give it a second crew member once I’ve got a second chariot (which should be soon. I’ll also work on the two chariots together). I might give the second crew member a flag. I do like flags.
I changed the over-barrel decoration to some Scourge Privateer bits to tie it in to the rest of the army a bit more. And made the barrels and ammo bits glow like my dark shards.
I didn’t fix either to their bases so that, if I want in the future, I can put them on a ship’s deck in a diorama.
Next up is a pair of Scourge Runner chariots, and 16 counts-as Phoenix Guard...
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Thanks for the compliment, but honestly it isn’t. Just patience and a reasonable brush.
I did each step quite slowly. Maybe one colour a day, and had the original art in front of me as I was painting. I also read about it, which helped me notice extra things - like the white at the edge of the waves is like hooked claws - which I tried to incorporate.But it’s just a matter of patience.And now I’m working on my Anvilgard-ified Celestar Ballista. Only got one crew but will add a second in the future.should be finished in a day or two.
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On 9/14/2020 at 10:45 PM, Grungir said:
thanks man!
i have my first 10 minitures (old school chaos dwarf plastic) that are paint horribly, i was 8 at time and games workshop wasn't so spread in my country back then, so nobody helped me and i painted them with kids colors with brush.
so uses them like "ancestral guardian" for my new restored dawi
Nice! I love the old Chaos Dwarf range. Do you have a modelling/painting thread? I’d love to see them.
19 hours ago, Kramer said:I have that picture on the wall! its such a great painting! Great to see it on the flag. Amazing how you managed to that.
Thanks!
I’ll post the step by step photos I took:
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2 hours ago, Grungir said:
hey mate, outstanding works!
can i ask how you do the "stone effects" on models? is that drybrush on contrast?
Thank you!
I haven’t experimented much with Contrast actually. I’m sure you could do a fair bit of my process quicker with it. What I did do was:
1. dark grey spray all over.
2. light grey zenithal spray.
2. Drybrush Ulthuan Grey with a big makeup brush (a tip I got from Darcy Bono. Gives a good, soft Drybrush effect).
3. Over all shade of Nuln Oil. You could leave it here and be happy but I wanted to do a bit more.
4. Another Ulthuan Grey Drybrush.
5. Shade over all but this time Agrax Earthshade and Athenian Camoshade. A bit of one here, a bit of the other there, mix a bit of both in another place. Got that idea from the Warhammer TV video on painting these ‘living statue’ style minis.
And that was that. Very quick work. I hope to do another ten dark shards sometime, and ten or twenty dreadspears soon.
I hope that helped.
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Corsairs.
For looks :(
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I finished a unit of dark shards for the army. Like the gargoyles I made some time ago, these are magically animated statues. Did my sorceress have the carved from igneous rock from the mountains beyond Anvilgard, or have once-living minions petrified so that they might serve her eternally?
Must get another ten sometime.
The guardmaster:
Standard bearer. I remounted the standard (and that of my black guard) to blow to the side so it matches those of my corsairs. It was bugging me that their standards were affected by any wind at all. Brass rod and a spear as a topper. I used my dremel to grind off the bit of shaft that was attached to the back of the flag.Flag has the kraken over the sigil of Aqshy.
The piper
All the unit have damage (Martian Ironearth on stumps and in areas where I cut into the models, then sprayed over). These are some of the most ‘injured’.
The one who lost a hand is inspired by the T-1000 when his hand snapped off.
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This is the final 10 Corsairs I have, bringing the total to 40.
...until I get some more. I really love these models. I started doing some more kit bashing and conversions (rotating elbows so arms pointed out rather than in, etc.) on the latter 20 and want to do more.
I realise that I forgot to repaint the base rims black. Must fix that.
Here they are:
The reaver. The only one with pinkish hair? The ****** son of a Khainite, perhaps...Uses two crossbows to compensate for his lack of depth perception. 😉
The standards bearer. I tried to recreate Hokusai’s famous “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”...with an Aqshy/corsairs twist.
The piper.
my favourite of the unit (after the standard bearer):
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Thanks, Ahriman.
I finished my black ark fleet master, Khirdail, and am rather happy with the cloth and SETMM I tried on it. I kept the blade subdued rather than making it really bright and fiery as I didn’t want it to draw attention from the rest of the mini.
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I forgot a couple more units I have to make:
ten darkshards - these will be done as animated statues, like the Gargoyles. The miniatures all being so similarly posed should help the image.
sixteen Phoenix guard - I have a box of Bretonnian Men At Arms, and intend to give them FW Cawdor heads (cleaned up a little), making them into Phlogiston Guard (pyro cult).
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And here’s Corsairs 21 to 30! A squad with crossbows and daggers, making their way onto the beach.
Here’s the Reaver (squad leader):
The standard is a witch elf one, with the Corsair top added back on. As the sail ‘Wolfships’ and are pirates but I hadn’t done a particularly ‘pirates’ flag yet I did this one black and used a wolf-skull and cross-bones decal from a Space Wolf sheet. I also used some Alpha Legion hydra decals as it goes with the beast-hunters theme. Perhaps they’re battle honours, perhaps beasts captured.
Like all the standards in the army, I repositioned them so that they’re flowing front-left, as are the Corsairs’ cloaks.
The unit’s piper, wading her way through the shallows. Another ex-Wanderer.
I modelled this one with a set of brass knuckles (knuckle duster, to some), winding up a punch.
Double daggers.
Another couple of ex-Wanderers. Didn’t take the ‘Eternal Guard’ title literally, I guess.
And the last two.
Corsairs 31-40 are on the painting table now.After that I’ve got:
- a scourge runner chariot
- a dark elf-crewed and converted a bit celestar ballista
- a light wizard
- my black ark fleetmaster
...and that’s the army done for now.
Rumour is that Armies On Parade 2020 might not be happening. If so then I’ll enter next year instead, which gives me time to add more units 😉
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Anvilgard (Army completed)
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Posted · Edited by Kierdale
ANVILGARD ENDURES!
the army is done.
I’ll be back on this project when I’m making their display board.
It’s been great fun making this army and I’m proud of it. I hope it’s provided some ideas and/or inspiration.
Now I need a break from AoS.