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cultofkhaine
Chief Cultist
Joined: Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:45 am Posts: 1935 Location: Being tempted by the Cult of Pleasure!
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Sun Jan 21, 2018 1:50 am |
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Lord Drakon
Malekith's Best Friend
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:25 pm Posts: 1003 Location: Delft
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I made the challenge some harder by changing the list to its final version:
Dragon Manticore 20 Corsairs 10 Corsairs 5 Dark Raiders (done) 5 Dark Raiders (done) 5 Raven Cloaks (done) 28 Executioners 5 Acolytes 5 Acolytes (done) Kraken (done)
I was doubting to forget NMM for now as just finish it, but I am convinced I will be able to paint good NMM eventually I find it a waste to not try to learn as soon as I am back.
So I will first finish the 20 corsairs, their cloaks are great to paint and don't need wet pallete. On their armour and swords I can practice my NMM. Same for the second unit of Corsairs, although they don't have much metal.
Then Dark Acolytes, again not much armour but can practice wet blending cloth more.
Then start with Executioners, a lot of metal so lots of practice. I should not be too perfectionist here as I will need practice to master it and can't be too slow. Because I can paint in batches of 5 models and then in between reward myself with:
5 Executioners Other half Dragon 5 Executioners Manticore 5 Executioners Banner BSB 5 Executioners Banner Executioners 5 Executioners BSB himself 3 Executioner Command Lord Drakon other half, possibly repainting other half with learned NMM technigue if time allows.
I will try to use the following time table: Week 1: Corsairs (holiday) Week 2: Acolytes Week 3: 5 Executioners, Dragon Week 4: 5 Executioners, Manticore Week 5: 5 Executioners, Banner BSB Week 6: 5 Executioners, BSB himself Week 7: 8 Executioners, finish Lord Drakon
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Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:56 am |
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Errdrigar
Highborn
Joined: Sat Jul 12, 2003 12:25 pm Posts: 731 Location: Poland
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Your whole army on the photos looks great! Lets just hope that the upcomming hotfix for 9th Age armybooks won't mess up your further plans too much.
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Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:07 am |
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Lord Drakon
Malekith's Best Friend
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:25 pm Posts: 1003 Location: Delft
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So I have set my limits incredibly high, especially because I believe I have it in me to develop my painting to a high standard. Especially the work of Druchii member (look at the PLOG summary) GeOrc have really inspired me to reach the same standards. However I also see back in his posts that his models take a lot of time, 10-20 hours per model. If I want to field the army of my dreams end of April (7 weeks) while also paint it to standards I was currently not able to, this is not realistic and will probably result into disaster and failure. Still I would love to bring a beautiful army with impressive models. So I came up with the idea to speed paint the models that will take most time (24 executioners and 18 witch elves). Speed painting is very satisfying because you colour different parts in industrial patches and progress fast. It makes it tabletop standard but will ofcourse not bring you to the standard of GeOrc. Ofcourse I should do a test model for both the Witch Elves and the Executioners so I know which primary colours I want to use. These should be painted to my highest standard and can take a lot of time. Also the centerpieces (Dragon, Manticore, Altar) deserve a lot of time and effort. This could also give me nice balance between simple applying prime colours at different areas (flesh, cloth, silver, gold, wood, leather, hair) and working in industrial batches and finishing models to my highest standard but taking 10-20 hours and will need a lot of patience and determination. It will become the (old style) Executioner themed army I always dreamed about painting, however without the most thematic unit, the mounted Executioners. I also got a lot of inspiration for how to paint the newest Witch Elves and I think they will be very striking between all the fully armoured emotionless Executioners. I have 10 painted Witches, 10 more that I modelled as Dancers (big mistake and hope I did not use superglue although I fear the worst), and absolutely no money. So I got some neat ideas for two unit fillers (40*40 base) so get the unit to 28. I have more than enough Witch Elf models from different editions, but I prefer to make them all of the newest version which I think look best. A horde of them besides an impressive Divine Altar will represent the Witch Elves in my army. Two chariots mounted by Executioners, a Hydra (Kraken) with two Executioner beastmasters, a Executioner BSB on Manticore and 24 'normal' Executioners will represent the largest part of my Legion and give this Executioner theme. I can make them look good with metallic paints, but I can make them look incredible with NMM I think. As I fly home next wednesday I promise that this is the last post without pictures  Also note to myself: upgrade the weapon of Lord Drakon on dragon to a magical version.
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Sun Mar 04, 2018 9:44 am |
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cultofkhaine
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Joined: Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:45 am Posts: 1935 Location: Being tempted by the Cult of Pleasure!
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GeOrc's Dark Elf army is some of my most favorite work on this site - his painting skill an conversion work (especially his Hag Queen) is simply stunning. It's a shame he is not longer posting here.
I look forward to seeing your work progress and plenty of photos to come.
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Sun Mar 04, 2018 10:51 am |
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Lord Drakon
Malekith's Best Friend
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:25 pm Posts: 1003 Location: Delft
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Thu Mar 22, 2018 11:31 pm |
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cultofkhaine
Chief Cultist
Joined: Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:45 am Posts: 1935 Location: Being tempted by the Cult of Pleasure!
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They look great!
I especially like the champion - that is a favorite sculpt of mine.
What are you working on next?
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Thu Mar 22, 2018 11:52 pm |
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Lord Drakon
Malekith's Best Friend
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:25 pm Posts: 1003 Location: Delft
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Thanks Cult! I will be working on the rest of the Corsairs, after that the Manticore!
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Thu Mar 22, 2018 11:58 pm |
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Lord Drakon
Malekith's Best Friend
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:25 pm Posts: 1003 Location: Delft
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Some progress on the Corsair champion, trying out some NMM. Also most red is done on the unit. After the Corsairs I will paint some nice stuff (manticore BSB and fleet commander on pegasus)  What do you think?
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Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:04 pm |
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Lord Drakon
Malekith's Best Friend
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:25 pm Posts: 1003 Location: Delft
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Finished champion  Test Corsair 
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Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:13 pm |
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cultofkhaine
Chief Cultist
Joined: Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:45 am Posts: 1935 Location: Being tempted by the Cult of Pleasure!
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Nice work - looking good!
How long did it take to paint the test model?
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Wed Apr 04, 2018 11:25 pm |
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Lord Drakon
Malekith's Best Friend
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:25 pm Posts: 1003 Location: Delft
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Thanks a lot Cult! I think in total (including cloak) 3 hours
While these Corsairs are very nice to paint, they are also perfect for trying out new colour schemes. I have tried different schemes for almost all my areas besides the cloaks which I already liked.
The leather boots, I need to become more neat here but you get the idea.
The fiery red coth, I am especially interested in how you find it working out. The test corsair cloth is a bit messy but I think the champion cloth has turned out great.
The NMM armour. Inspired by GeOrc I want to become a master of light and become able to paint working NMM. I am learning to use wet blending but so far it goes very slow and frustrating. However I do find the use of only white, grey and black already giving the effect that I desire - from tabletop standard. Now it will be lots of practice. While I think the NMM gold on the helmet works, the other parts not yet.
Finally the skin is now based on grey instead of dwarven skin and gives it a bit colder look, this I also stole from GeOrc.
Most importantly to work on is the red and the metal, as those two colours will be the most defining colours of my Dark Alf army (and later on my Bretonnia knights) so I hope to get the basics right as soon as possible and than can slowly start to master it over the years.
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Fri Apr 06, 2018 9:14 am |
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Lord Drakon
Malekith's Best Friend
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:25 pm Posts: 1003 Location: Delft
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I started working on the Pegasus Master Zlatan  and Fury protecting her baby  I am not sure about the red manes, maybe brown manes as well?
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Mon Apr 09, 2018 7:33 pm |
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cultofkhaine
Chief Cultist
Joined: Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:45 am Posts: 1935 Location: Being tempted by the Cult of Pleasure!
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They look good - any chance of a close up of the baby?
Also your NMM is coming along nicely - I have never attempted that technique myself, but Georc is the master and a good example to model yourself on.
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Mon Apr 09, 2018 11:41 pm |
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Lord Drakon
Malekith's Best Friend
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:25 pm Posts: 1003 Location: Delft
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Here you go Cult! Baby  Close-up Mama 'Fury'  Got to work a bit on Zlatan   I am progressing faster than I had expected on the characters, hope to finish them the coming days.
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Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:07 am |
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cultofkhaine
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The baby looks sweet!
Also like your NMM on the peg master
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Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:24 am |
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Lord Drakon
Malekith's Best Friend
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:25 pm Posts: 1003 Location: Delft
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I nearly finished the [lexicon]Manticore[/lexicon], only to do are the highlights left on the right wing. Unfortunately the deep red glaze is different in the pictures than with normal eye, and I am curious for your feedback on the wings and how I could improve them.  
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Wed Apr 18, 2018 9:38 pm |
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Sabious
Executioner
Joined: Fri Oct 02, 2015 10:12 am Posts: 196
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Really like your wings though, Drakon.
With just a glance I thought maybe some bright yellow dots in the red parts might enhance it. I think it would play well with the mane hair on the manticore head. Little dots like stars on the night sky or mini stripes, a few strokes of the brush.
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Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:47 pm |
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cultofkhaine
Chief Cultist
Joined: Sat Sep 27, 2008 6:45 am Posts: 1935 Location: Being tempted by the Cult of Pleasure!
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they look good to me!
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Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:04 pm |
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Lord Drakon
Malekith's Best Friend
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:25 pm Posts: 1003 Location: Delft
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Thanks a lot for the feedback! I will try the yellow dots this weekend, looking forward to finding out what effect it will give. Update on the Battle Standard, what do you think?  Still so much to do, but I want at least my three flyers (dragon, manticore and pegasus) to be able to steal the show.
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Fri Apr 20, 2018 11:15 pm |
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Sabious
Executioner
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I think you should paint my empty standards. Enough said 
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Sat Apr 21, 2018 7:21 am |
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Lord Drakon
Malekith's Best Friend
Joined: Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:25 pm Posts: 1003 Location: Delft
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Thanks a lot Sabious!! Painting Khaled the Collector himself! Doing the final touches on the BSB, Manticore and Battle Standard I could not resist assembling together  
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Sun Apr 22, 2018 11:12 am |
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cultofkhaine
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Woah - that looks sweet!
Nice job on the banner and good to see it all together.
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Sun Apr 22, 2018 11:19 am |
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