Shield of Ghrond question

Dilvish · Post by **Dilvish** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 5:58 pm

What do you guys use for the Shield of Ghrond? I have a noble on a Cold One with a unit of COKs. His shield is blank (unlike the other COK models in the unit). I painted the trim in bright gold but the background in a Sky Blue finished with Sky Blue Ink. The result is an icy "cool" color that looks kind of "wintery." The Shield of Ghrond is described in our manual as being shaped into the face of an ice demon. Is my shield good enough or do I have to actually make a shield into a face, somehow? What do you guys do? My normal opponents are very relaxed and don't mind what I use, but I don't want to encounter any wysiwyg problems later.

Binky · Post by **Binky** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 6:02 pm

This is the wrong forum...Try the new Rules Questions forum

Dilvish · Post by **Dilvish** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 6:22 pm

I am sorry for posting in the wrong forum. For the longest time, this was the right place for such inquiries. I would be happy to delete this post "Death & Binky" but your reply is effectively preventing me from doing so! If a moderator sees this, please delete this post. i will then ask this question in the appropriate forum. Thank you.

Post by **Grogsnotpowwabomba** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 6:49 pm

Death & Binky wrote:This is the wrong forum...Try the new Rules Questions forum

This has nothing to do with rules at all.

It actually should be in the Painting and Modeling section.

Dilvish · Post by **Dilvish** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 6:55 pm

I just posted this in the forum "Death & Binky" told me too and someone there told me it wasn't the correct forum but was instead for RPG questions. Aargh! All I want is an answer to my question. It is a valid question, not a slur or spam or some such nonsense!

Post by **Grogsnotpowwabomba** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 7:00 pm

I use the old Chaos Lord shield. It has the picture of a demon's face already on it.

I can try to post a link for you later.

Binky · Post by **Binky** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 7:05 pm

ARGH! Sorry about that! I'm going blind and I'm jumping to conclusions :oops:

I thought that it was a question about the rules of the Shield of Ghrond.... Must kill self...

:idea:

Self flagellation - that's the key :roll:

Binky · Post by **Binky** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 7:13 pm

Oh yes, also please note: Anything the user "Death & Binky" may say is subject to utmost suspicion and must be taken with a pinch of salt. Furthermore the defendant wishes it to be known that he may be suffering from temporary delusions that he is a small round piece of Wrigley's chewing-gum who worships a polkadot spoon. That is all

:roll:

Dilvish · Post by **Dilvish** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 7:27 pm

Still waiting on an answer here... What do you guys do for the Shield of Ghrond? It is a popular magic item, right? Okay, how do you guys field it? PLEASE. :!:

Post by **Grogsnotpowwabomba** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 7:35 pm

Uhh... I already posted above. I use the Chaos Lord Shield /w the Deamon face on it.

Metallurgist · Post by **Metallurgist** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 7:54 pm

The differently painted shield is perfectly alright.

I think the main issue with wysiwyg is that the model has to have the right weaponry, ie if he carries a lance, the model should have a lance; he carries a great weapon? The model must have a great weapon.

Magic items do not need to be perfectly represented, if your model has 'a' shield it's alright. You already went one step further by painting his shield differently.

About the forums confusion: I really don't like that many forums, and it's not really necessary either. A separate forum for army lists, and one for general warhammer topics (non-druchii) should be enough IMO.

-Metallurgist

Dilvish · Post by **Dilvish** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 8:05 pm

Thank you "GrogsnotPowwabomba" and "Metallurgist." These are the kinds of replies I am looking for.

Thank you VERRRRY much :!:

Wed Nov 06, 2002 8:52 pm

either use the old chaos lord shield or just paint it up to look liek a face is top marks.

also good is to paint it differently to make ti clear it isn't an ordinary shield.

acceptebale is to just use a shield.

the above is my views on the subject at hand

Post by **Thanee** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 8:59 pm

GrogsnotPowwabomba wrote:It actually should be in the Painting and Modeling section.

Indeed!

Don't worry Dilvish, the thread got moved into the correct place now, but it'll still be accessible from the Discussion forum, just try to post on the correct forums in future! Thanks!

Bye
Thanee

Binky · Post by **Binky** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 9:03 pm

Paint it in a way that makes it recognisable from a normal shield, I would say that a blue paint job would be enough. The old Chaos lord shield is really great for this purpose however. (He's mounted, I think he's still available in a blister pack his horse is rearing and he has a huge axe so he's easily recognisable). Alternatively you could just get that shield through your store Mail Order point.

The Dark elf player at my store just uses a normal shield painted with a swirling blue colour scheme which looks really great and no-one has a problem with him using it.

Dragnipur · Post by **Dragnipur** » Wed Nov 06, 2002 10:57 pm

I used one of the banner tops from the boxed set (the facething), painted it dark blue, glued it to a shield, and painted the shield itself in space wolves grey. Looks kind of icy, and is original...

Quasekomiki · Post by **Quasekomiki** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 7:27 am

For me, as long as the guy has got a shield, you can pay for making it the shield of Ghrond.

Now, it can only be encouraged if you want to make yours special, so I had this idea :

You know anyone that plays Chaos?
In the Marauder plastic box there is a shield with a face stretched out over it... You could use that shield or cut away the shield around the face and glue the face to the shield of your choice.

Shield of Ghrond question

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you are preventing me from deleting this post!

Okay, now I am getting annoyed

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