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    Strength_Hammer

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    Good article. 

    I'm as guilty as others for not rebasing my old armies. I have rebased bits and pieces of my empire army (this was a serious force of will as the basing was some of the best I've done), parts of my wood elves/wanderers, and some of my slaves to darkness and some of my High Elves. I find that I have rebased the models that might be useful, and then older or compendium stuff has stayed on squares. What I actually think is that I should sell some of the models on squares as I think there will be people who will get a lot more use from the models than me. I can't see empire knights ever being used and I have two big units of ten so these might as well go to some one who will actually use them. 

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    Dave Fraser

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    I like your honesty in this Dave. I could do with some of that! I have brettonian and dwarf armies that are complete but could just be sold off. I also have a bunch of Models that are still on squares that could be sold or rebased. 

    I like the sounds of your challenges. Be good to see another seraphon army out and about, and I'm sure the Deathlords will be cool. Painting big monsters is always the most fun! 

    Stevewren

    Posted

    On 15/12/2017 at 8:54 PM, SuperHappyTime said:

    Those are some very nice models there!

    I'll be the first to point out the score: Need 4; Want 0. That is to say, you said you 'needed' to work on those models, not you 'wanted' to work on those models. This may seem like a crazy opinion, but since this is a hobby and not a job, you need to find something you want to work on. Burnout happens, and back to back projects don't help.

    My advice: Don't start another 'Need' project after you finish this one. Push yourself to get it done, finish it, bask in it's awe, gain those Achievement Points of life. Then sit down with something fun. Something you have wanted to do (Like that one army you wanted to start last year, but couldn't because you were building terrain). If you get bored, or a different 'Need' Project shows up, you can quit halfway and it not feel too nagging in the back of your mind.

    Good Luck!

    Thanks

    I like your thinking on 'need vs want'

    I'll have to think about how I phrase things! I certainly 'needed' to do the warhammer achievements terrain, but you're right about everything else. I could easily have done other things. I certainly didn't want to work on anything for a little while, but when I got back into painting I didn't really have anything that really inspired me. However the new Nurgle models that have been shown on the Warhammer Community blog have certainly got me wanting to drop some of my Tzeentch plans and get cracking on some of the Nurgle models I have assembled but not painted yet. 

    We'll see how 2018progresses :)

     

    Stevewren

    Posted

    11 hours ago, smucreo said:

    Hey, I was browsing your gallery and came across this mini. Great job first of all, but what colours did you use to accomplish that warm tone on the skull on the head of the shaman? It looks really nice and I may want to try it out! Keep up the amazing work, your minis are fantastic!

    It was based with Zandri dust and then washed with sepia. Almost all my highlighting is done with Palyd Wych flesh, but I tend to keep it very watered down so that it stays fairly transparent. You can layer it all up easily though. 

    wanderingrogue

    Posted

    My Fatesworn Warband is a little different: 

    Allegiance: Tzeentch

    Leaders

    Archaon (700) - General

    Units

    30 x Chaos Warriors (480) -Hand Weapons - Mark of Chaos : Tzeentch

    5 x Chaos Knights (160) -Ensorcelled Weapons - Mark of Chaos : Tzeentch

    10 x Chaos Marauders (60) -Axes - Damned Icon - Mark of Chaos : Tzeentch

    10 x Chaos Marauders (60) -Axes - Damned Icon - Mark of Chaos : Tzeentch

    1 x Chaos Gorebeast Chariots (100) -War Flail - Mark of Chaos : Tzeentch

    1 x Chaos Gorebeast Chariots (100) -War Flail - Mark of Chaos : Tzeentch

    1 x Chaos Chariots (80) -War flails - Mark of Chaos : Tzeentch

    1 x Chaos Chariots (80) -War flails - Mark of Chaos : Tzeentch

    1 x Chaos Chariots (80) -War flails - Mark of Chaos : Tzeentch

    Battalions

    Fatesworn Warband (100)

    Total: 2000/ 2000 Points

    I'm going to try it out tomorrow night against the evil Bonesplittererz. See how it goes :)

    I'm expecting it not to be great! 

    Strength_Hammer

    Posted

    I was fortunate enough to pick up Gold when I entered at Warhammer World a couple of years ago so I know what a challenge it can be to get an army and display done, especially if you are defending an award you won last year! Best of luck. Do you have any photos of the army that you did last year? 

    I can't believe you are giving yourself only a month to do it though! I'm annoyed I can't enter again this year, but all my scenery will be at Blood and Glory so I can't even drop a display off for the weekend. 

    someone2040

    Posted

    Having a Freeguild Army myself with a lot o the units you have talked about I found this nice and informative. I should really get mine all rebased so that I can play> I'm looking forward to using the General on Griffon as I never got to use him in during the End Times of 8th Edition Warhammer. Its a shame the Demigryph Knights don't do much - I have nine of these that I would really like to use again. Good luck in your tournament. 

    SlyRebirth

    Posted

    These are great - my only critique is the basing - its very much in the Games Workshop style, but on such large models I think there is so much more you could do to add interest, particularly now with the creeping vines and skull packs, as well as all of the different tufts and grasses that are available. 

    In terms of the painting I think that you have clearly got the hang of highlighting and blending effectively, but now you need to consider colour choice and position more. For example on the Treelord you can create a much more effective composition by repetition of the spot colours in more areas. As an example above you could use the ice blue from the loin cloth on the claws, head dress and ends of the spirals on the staff. Hopefully this will give you some ideas for your next army :)

     

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    Nico

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    This is a great write up Nico. I'm also very impressed with the army. Its looking extremely Tzeentchian with all the colours! Do you have some photos of Kairos on the clock? 

    I've been considering a Fatesworn Warband army for Sheffield next year, although I suspect that it won't be quite up to the standard of yours - I'm hoping to have Archaon lead it as he hasn't had a run out for a while. 

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