Out for a ride... Eldar jetbike

Here's a little something I did to match a Wave Serpent color scheme:



Back to the jetbike:

An Ironclad alibi... An Angels Solarus dreadnought

This was probably the most elaborate of all the Solarus dreadnoughts.  The weapon arms were something I had never done before, which is saying something.  I have painted 4 or 5 dozen different arms in my day :-)

Here are some more images, with a variety of arms...









Magnetizing these arms (and all of the Blood Angels dreadnought arms), present a challenge with the 'hollow' nature of the shoulder housing.  It took some engineering to get that done.

Look at the Birdie! Tomb Kings Armies on Parade

For those of you familiar with the story of the Silver Pharaoh, you have been expecting to see the two headed tropical bird carrion!  So, here are the first few just completed:









In case you have not seen the story concerning these birds, here is the paragraph describing them:

Far from restoring the glory of my kingdom, its cities fell into further ruin. Even my own Tomb City was not to be spared, though it suffered from a different manner of violation. Once a shining city of gold, almost none was to be found. These treasures had not been stolen away by looters, but instead had transformed into what looked like silver. It was not any form of silver familiar to me. Rather, it would constantly change in color and even in form, as if it were quicksilver. The braziers in the temples and tombs now glowed in strange colors of azure, green and even purple. The flames would seem to burn blue hot, yet they cast no warmth. Instead, the coldest chill I could imagine emanated from them. Even the carrion were different. Their feathers had turned the shades of exotic birds that I used to keep in my palace. Some now had a second head, mirroring the God.

Here are some WIP images of the birds:







The pillars were made from sculpey, with all the designs carved in once it had been baked.  That was some seriously hard work!  Wrapping the carving around the curve of the pillars was excruciating.

Hey! Watch where you point that thing!

Now this is something different!  Obviously, this is hot off the factory floor.  There are certain "anomalies" with these Forgeworld figures that tend to create a lot of extra work.  At least it looks kinda neat. :-)

The hardest part was getting the operator on the vehicle.







Here is the observer:



And the vehicle itself:

Look Mommy! Puppies! Can we take one home?

Ah yes, in that kinda mood tonight.  I forgot all about these doggies in the window.  I had a lot of fun painting them.  Obviously, these went with all the previous Chaos stuff of the same color scheme.  I had a blast incorporating the purples and other shades into the white, to keep it from getting too boring!

Et(Settra).... Et(Settra) and so on...

There were so many pictures of Settra (21 in total)  it took 2 posts to get them all on the blog without overwhelming folks! :-)  These cover a few different angles.







The top views let you see the cartouches and the floor...






Seeing images of the Casket and Settra together definitely make me feel better.  I will feel a lot better when they are on the army board with all the other painted units!!

A worm in your ear... a quick Grima

OK!  Today I get a chance to see what Sarumon's sidekick can do in a game.  In order to get Grima ready to go, it required a very fast, down and dirty paint job.



It was not until the last minute that I noticed he can be on horseback.  Since I had 11 points that I could not use effectively any other way, on a horse he went!  The problem is, there is no such figure, and I didn't have time even to do a Sarumon/Ringwraith conversion.

For today, I put him on a 40mm base, masde to match Sarumon's.  It is also magnetized.


So, the team is ready to go!  Palantir and Eowyn souvenir in hand. :-)