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Both the painted noble and the bsb conversion look great! Really like the feel of movement on the bsb horsie. Can't wait to see it painted!

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Here it is! Just finished painting, I still have to finish basing it.
At the risk of sounding immodest, I am quite pleased with the outcome and I really liked the sculpting aspects of this challenge too.

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Good job! Nice unique character piece

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It looks great, I think it's stunning!
I specially like the banner

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Looks great, really like the gold on his mail skirt.

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Thanks everyone, I am glad you liked it.
My favourite bit is the big red gem on the horse's chest, it's the first time I have one that is large enough for me to do all the shading.
Since I could not find a model with such a big gem, I made one myself

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Dang, that unicorn looks the biz! Nice job all around, especially those moulded legs.

That was indeed a lucky find on eBay. It was very cheap and I have another four!
I am thinking of putting an archmage on top of one, but this will have to wait.

I have learned a lot in terms of casting stuff with milliput from blue stuff moulds.
While not the best technology, it is easy, cheap and the moulds can be recycled.
I have now done several trolls and am working on a whole unit of phoenix guard (metal models).
I also got a cheap phoenix on eBay, stripped it and unglued it (a dog of a job, polystyrene cement welds the parts), plus a lot of bits, so now I am ready to start building my own flying circus.

All these projects plus my O&G new units could keep me busy for years, now I need to stop buying stuff

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Me too, it doesn't look embossed for some reason.

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Looking forward to see that.

It may take a while, but eventually any work I do will be documented here.

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That's one damn fine army so far! Looks like I've got a ways to catch up to you!

Thank you.
Painting since my last post has been a bit slower.
I have painted Teclis (not the latest version) and the IoB archmage. Both models are quite intricate for such small figures and took a while to do.
I have also painted a savage orc shaman, which I needed for my other army.
I'll try to post pictures before the weekend.

My next painting jobs are, in order:
-Arachnarok (under way, possibly the most complex and finnicky model I've ever touched)
-Trolls (8 or 9)
-Frostheart
-Savage orcs (30)
-More silver helms
-Phoenix guard (20)
-...

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Finally here are my three last characters, as mentioned in the previous post:

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And this is what I have moved on to:

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Great job.

I have the same model of Teclis. I especially like what you did with the cape. The texture looks really great. It looks like you spent a lot of time on this !
For the IoB mage the staff is wonderful. Did you freehand the rune on the orb ?

This is the first time I see this spider crab model. It kinda scares me tbh. I don't think I'll be able to sleep well with something like that in my house XD

Thank you, these miniatures took some effort. I wanted Teclis' cape to be a very deep blue, I ended up shading with neat black.
The freehand on the orb of the other mage is not runes Just streaks, I wanted to give an effect like lightning or star streaks in a night sky.

The monster thing is quite OTT, which is why I like it. Probably not that competitive for the points, but it;s a great challenge.
My wife and daughter agree with you on its freakiness. The daughter runs away screaming when I show it to her. Great way of making her clear the office

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I JUST got that Teclis model in the mail! I like your color scheme, introducing the red, really well done overall. Still no clue what I'm going to do with mine, but I think I'm saving him for one of the last models I paint, once I've got some more painting hours under my belt.

Lovely work on the various magic users! I really like those Arachnarok models, real beasts! I think the only response is to burn it with fire.

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Me too, superb.

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Cheers SA!

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It's been a while since I last posted here.
Work on the arachnarok has been progressing, but slower than usual due to holidays and then work.
Here is where we are: still a long way from the end, but it is starting to have the look I want.

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It's starting to look great. You could call it done and be happy with it. Of course, there's still a lot of room to improve it. But I like it already. The red shading on the back of the spider especially is great.

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Starting is the key word.
While technically admissible in tournaments, the result is still below my ambition by some margin.
This thing is going to make me toil some more.

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Are you planning attending any tournaments?

Definitely keep improving it (and telling us about it). It will be a great centrepiece for an army (do you have a list in mind?).

For me, the moment to stop painting such a large model is when the improvements I make mess up something else. That's a point where instead of making things better I just make them different.

Rod

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I have put a few of my army lists on SA's O&G painting blog. Never player 8th though, only 6th.
And no tournaments either. My first and last one was in 1990 in Italy.
That one was a friendly affair, but I am a bit out of my depth with the generally more competitive attitude here in the UK (nothing wrong in itself...).
Also, not sure how to find events near me as I am not on Facebook.
Anyway, tournaments are not really something I want to do these days, maybe after the coronavirus emergency.

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Yeah, that's some nice chitin, right there.


Lol, received wisdom here (at least a few years ago) was that Italian Warhammer was very competitive! I guess there must be all sorts of different events in both countries, though not right now probably.

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Holy hell, that's some good stuff! I would go crazy panting one model with that much detail (not looking forward to painting the Skaven bell or furnace that I end up building). I second the really good detail work on the carapace of that hideous beast, it contrasts pretty well with the softer under belly grossness. 8/8 spider legs from me.

Thanks, this model for sure is hard work, made worse by the fact that I bought it pre-assembled.
I have painted big monsters before, but this is another level, it is so full of small detail. I think the howdah will be the worst part.
Progress is noticeably slower lately, I have not been as dedicated to painting recently as I have been during the summer.

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Some good progress lately

The goblins and howdah still require work.

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