The World Of Twilight

Hello all!

It's really been a while since I've done much with Twilight which is a shame, and so to rectify that I'll be showcasing my efforts at painting the small lead mountain of Twilight goodness here. So far, I already had a Militia Captain and Strider done -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Captain.jpg)

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Strider2-1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Strider.jpg)

The Captain will get his armour redone to match the Knights when they're eventually done, a traditional red/brown. However, I have also managed to paint a single Grishak yesterday, as well as getting the other 15 partially done -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Grishak.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Grishakbomb.jpg)

I'm hoping to finish the Grishak in a couple of days depending on when I get the time, as which point I'll start on a couple of the Devanu to get one of the 3 factions quickly finished. Afterwards it'll be on to the Delgon, and the 15 Striders and massed soldiers!

Looking good - that's a lot of grishak! ;D

Excellent Work!

Massed ranks of Grishak would be a very scary thing to face off against!

Good work.Im waiting for mine first order(about  days now) and im looking fro the right tone fore mine funbarnii skin...Wot colours  u use for skin for them them?I think i will go for something between green- grey but i dont wont to make their skin to green as i thin i will give dark green for Delgon.HM......... ???

I plan to go for various greens, browns and tans for my Fubarnii on the Knights, representing their recruitment from various groups, but the Militia are likely to be a shade of green to offset the reddish-brown armour. As for Delgon, I'll be stciking to the usual gray.

Cheers for the comments also, should manage to get a couple more done later (quite late) tonight.

Hm...Im mixing some pint now to find right tone for skin....Im planing to go witch some blue for armour for mine Fubarnii or for Crismon but im all the time thinkig ...Hm...I like your Grishak....Look wery agrssive;) Like it should be....,...

Blargh, the basecoating of the bases took a lot longer than expected, thanks to the sand, but all 16 Grishak are finally done. Group shot -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/aLLGRISHAK.jpg)

Next I'll make a start on the Devanu leading them, which is Arak Kaitan, a Kopa, 2 Sempas and a Jenta currently.

Really GOOD WORK.The Hord aproaches  8)

With the yellow eyes and the glossy purple tongues they somehow look particularly evil! Great work!

I had a surprise game of Malifaux today, and ended up doing a bit of gap filling and resculpting on a big model, but I still managed some progress. The Devanu have had their flesh basecoated and washed, now they just need several layers. Arak's at a similar stage, but his head is finished. The darker picture of Arak shows the shading better, though he's naturally not quite as dark in person.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Devanu.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Arak1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Arak2.jpg)

Looks fantastic, GecKilian - you bulk paint method seems very successful - maybe I should try that out, as well :D

Excellent work on these so far. That's a big Devanu force you have goning on there

It also reminds me to get on with painting Arak tonight for Mike

Hmm, it's been a while. I actually managed to finish some more stuff not long after the last post, and never really got round to posting it. Noticing Ben's painted Arak, I figure I should post a pic of mine -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/arak2-1.jpg)

There's also a Sempa and Jenta done too.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/sempa2.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Jenta1.jpg)

The Delgon have also got some time, with an Engineering Priest and his 'trusty' Acolyte finished, though I should probably redo the snow.
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Priests.jpg)

Here's also a preview of a Strider Derakeer, because I find the concept enjoyable - a distinguished Derakeer who has received the honour of having new legs.
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Striderderakeer2.jpg)

Quite a few figures to go, but it's slowly getting there. The other Sempa and Kopa are mostly done with just clothing and bases to go, and a lot of Striders are awaiting paint.

Those are fun conversions! I particularly like the priest. Those goggles stand out really nicely!

Nice work on all of them

The priest/enginieer is the best of the bunch

Goos stuff

I'm afraid the Devanu purple mouths don't quite work for me, but I love the priesty stridery things.  The green on otherwise black and grey makes it really striking.

Welcome Bruce

Im sorry to hear that you are drifting away from your wife. It is sad when that happens. I hope you find some inspiration from the great group of people we have here.

Huh? Does this mean anything to anybody, or have we got a new breed of spambot?

Is bruce's wife cute? Does she need comforting?

Lol

I've posted in the wrong thread before, but on the wrong website?

:D

@Mike - Can;t see any links for spam in the text or sig... maybe it's just real subtle ???

Maybe we need to start pestering Geckilian for another update to bring this thread back on topic... I want to see that derak-wielding strider finished!  :)

I actually have 5 Derakeers and the Derakeer Strider half painted, plus a lot of stuff basecoated, a few base layers done on Knights and so forth. I've been a tad caught up doing character figures for other games, but Twilight is definitely, albeit slowly, coming along.

I'm going to buy all the artistes and chop their legs off. 

Glad to hear it!
Are you going to make it to Salute this year?

I most certainly am. I'm happy to bring along all that I've painted by that point if it's needed or you'd like to see it in person. The goal is to have all the Devanu done, most of the Delgon done, and the Empire Knights done. Fairly ambitious, but I tend to work better with deadlines.

Certainly been a while, but finally a tiny update -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Kal1.jpg)

That's the first Stormtrooper, of 5. Large photos certainly aren't kind.... Several retouches have been done thanks to it at least.

Also on the workbench is another 8 Grishak, 28 Knights, Danomar, 10 Delgon Derakeers, 13 various Striders and 2 Devanu to finish off. The aim is to get them all done by Salute. Here goes...

Looking good, even if his shield is the wrong shape  ;)
Tomorrow night I'll share ben's take on them  :)

You've got a lot of painting to do!

That is a long list of models...

Some more progress! Finished another 4 Striders, one of which is the Strider Derakeer from a while ago -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Stri1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Striderak1.jpg)

Another 4 Stormtroopers and 5 normal Derakeers are very close to being done, no more than a couple of hours I hope. Should mean there are more updates tomorrow.

After the current group, I'll be rebasing the Engineer Priest, and painting up his personal bodyguards as well as a few Grishak and some of the many Knights.

Excellent works here, GecKilian - really love you dark colour scheme. Brings out a rather suitable dark age feel to them. And like some rather nice conversions in there as well.

But like Mike said - round shields? What were you thinking of?  :P - but looking forward see the next batch, nevertheless.

Cheers for the comment. I was thinking round shields would be generally better for tunnels.

Here's the 9 other infantry that had paint slapped on -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Delgon12.jpg)

Unfortunately the matt varnish dulled them somewhat, and there was minor frosting (which cooincidentally enough was mostly on the bases) but I reckon they'll still look the part en masse. The shields for the remaining 4 Stormtroopers will be done nearer the end, when I have a clearer idea of what I want on the front.

Currently partly painted are 7 more Grishak and 6 Knights plus a Knight Captain. 2 Striders, a Strider Derakeer, 2 Strider 'characters' and the pair of Bodyguards will be close behind. Not counting Sundays due to low painting time, or Salte itself, I have only another 12 days to get everything finished. Looks like I'll be cutting it a tad fine...

Ooh, I like the look of those!

me too - not a strider amongst them!

Yeah, I understand it's a shame there isn't a Strider amongst them, but more will be coming, rest assured.

For now, here are the 2 bodyguards for the Engineer Priest -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Bodyguards.jpg)

Should have another 12 or so figures completed tomorrow, leaving about 46+ to go.

Hello yet again. With the frequency of my posts you'd assume I was under a deadline or something...

Here's 7 more Grishak. They still need an eye highlight though unfortunately both shops nearby that sell the yellow I want are closed on Mondays. They're practically finished however.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Newgrishak.jpg)

There's also 5 more Striders done - 2 normal, a gunner, and 2 'characters'. An acolyte Strider and a stormtrooper one. Or, they'd probably be called, a NuraKira'Malog and KalJoran'Malog.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Newstriders.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Striderchars.jpg)

Still quite a bit to go, which is mostly knights, so I'll be trying to get some of those finished tomorrow. I also managed to get a substantially larger figure partly done, but again the lack of yellow was vexing.

I'm loving the conversions. I take it the acolyte is going to have a back banner.

HN

I think we need a complete army shot by now :)

 ;D

Good work on the conversions - I praticularly like how you've managed to repose the legs to give variety. The pick guy works nicely as a hero.
I agree with Ben that we definitely need an army shot some time soon!

Mike

Cheers for the comments everyone.

The NuraKira'Malog will indeed be getting a banner - his banner and KalJoran shields (as well as Knight shields) will be done nearer the end. Reposing the legs was... interesting, considering the creaking sounds they made when rotated at the hips. The KalJoran'Malog should also look more imposing with the shield. I think I'll opt for the official shields, should I have enough, as they're more iconic.

I quickly took these two just now as army shots of everything Delgon painted thus far -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Army1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Army2.jpg)

With luck I should get some Knights finished today, at last!

Wow, that's quite a force you've got there!

HN

Good to see them all! No standard glaive wiedling soldiers then? Is that a gap at the moment, or are you sticking with KalJoran and Striders as your basic grunts?

I have now done a KalJoran shield sprue, so I have more of those square shields than I know what to do with! I might do you another parcel in the next few days, or you can get some at Salute.

No normal soldiers currently, since gunners, stormtroopers and the upcoming flamethrowers are all more interesting for me. I'll probably get a token unit at some point, to callously use as fodder.

I'm 5 shields short, so being able to attach them before Salute would be handy, but not essential. I thankfully have one of them from a weapon sprue, so the KalJoran'Malog can get one.

Having been painting for about 3 hours, 7 knights have the armour practically finished, and I'm halfway through basecoating Enuk flesh. This feels somewhat worrying, considering there's another 21 after this batch. I'll need to break it up by painting characters or something similar inbetween, otherwise I'm probably going to find it more of a chore...

How dare you use non approved twilight buildings with your figures !

:(

(the figures look good though!)

If you were to send me some building Brandlin, I would be more than happy to assemble, paint and then storm them with Delgon. In that area, have you any plans for Delgon dwellings currently?

Finished painting for the evening, and have an update of sorts. The 7 knights now just need cloth, straps, rider flesh and weapons doing, as well as bases. The Enuks and armour are all done.

I also spent some time finishing up the last of the Grishaks, since there were only 6, all of which were mostly done as they'd received leg swaps for more varied poses. As they look pretty similar to my other Grishak, I just took an army shot of everything I have that's painted for Devanu.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Devarmy.jpg)

That's about 1,000 points of Devanu there. There's another Kopa and Sempa to finish off painting which are in the painting queue, most likely inbetween Knight groups.

Stuff left in the current queue to paint - still 28 Knights, Danomar, 5 Derakeers, 5 Striders, the 2 Devanu and a big guy. Getting there.

Is "crap, that's a lot of Grishak" a reasonable response?  ;)

Yes.

its more polite than i was going to say!

Yes, 24 Grishak is somewhat of a lot, but they're pretty much required to balance out all the KalMalog/Joran/Derak I have on my side. They're an absolute terror....

I managed to get some painting done today also - those 7 knights have had more progress. There are now 2 that are actually finished, and 5 more than only need the Fubarnii flesh painting (and weapons on a couple, depending on arm swaps). I'll be leaving the flesh on the rest for a while, as I intend to have different coloured Enuks per painting batch, and then mix them all to batch the riders, which'll allow for variety in skin tones across all of them.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Knights1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Knightsclose.jpg)

I also managed to prepare and base another 6 figures, meaning I still have 41 figures and 33 various shields to finish by Salute, not counting the flesh on those 5 Knights.... This is getting somewhat worrying now, so it looks like some long painting sessions ahead. On the plus side, I've got more Twilight stuff painted in the last week than I have since Salute 2008.

Finally, just for something different to paint, I quickly painted the shield for the KalJoran'Malog -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/KalJoranMalog.jpg)

Wow, you have been productive. I'm liking the knights, especially the flesh tones on the two you've finished.

I take it these are for a big demo game at Salute?

HN

Cheers, I was quite undecided on the green knight's flesh, since it seemed a tad out of place after all the dark grey, brown and black Delgon.

Nothing in this thread is for a demo game that I'm aware of, but with luck they'll be viewable at Salute regardless.

Good, good. I'd like to see them up close and personal :)

Cheers, that's good to hear, if a little worrying considering up close you can see every flaw.

As I had the day off, I spent a good chunk of it painting, allowing me to get the armour finished on 4 more Knights, finish the red armour on Danomar as well as basecoat the cream armour on him as well as continue a bit more on the big guy. I also basecoated yet another figure but, more importantly, I finished off another 7!

Here's 5 more KalDerak's finished, as well as 2 prized Kalgush (one with a cut down mask so he looks a bit different) -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Morederaks.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/kalgush1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/kalgushclose.jpg)

Tomorrow I'll aim to finish off those 4 Knights after work, as well as Danomar and hopefully get a couple of others started. Down to only 7 painting days left...

These guys look good. I like the cut down mask idea, simple but effective. Something else you try if you plan on having any more is a singed bit of long grass to help make them look different.

HN

P.S. You are a painting machine!

More good work - looking forward to seeing the forces at Salute!
I'm sure we can find an excuse to play a game using one of Chris's forces during the day.

I've not really shown them before before, but if you look at the knights you can see that Chris has used the new heavier spears. They look a bit less elegant than the original versions, but have the advantage of being a lot less bendy! If anybody is buying new Knights then I'm happy to swap over the spears.

The cut-off KalGush looks kinda cute...  :)

I'll tell you a secret... that's more or less how I fell every time I take photoes of the studio stuff. And then again when I post them to Mike. Don't tell anyone tho ;)


Genius, I tells ya!

He looks like he'd fit in really well if the Quar too like that. The head that is

Heh, true, true. Oddly enough about the Quar comment, that was what I first thought of when I saw them.

I also managed to get more painting done today, though I did slack a bit - 4 more Knights have everything but spear arms and rider flesh done (to be batched later when more Enuks are painted in different shades), and Danomar is finished, finally. One of the previous knights are shown with the 4 to show the different Enuk colours.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Moreknights.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Danomar2.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Danomar1.jpg)

That leaves about 29 full figures, the flesh of 9 knights and 33 shields to go. Jeebus.

I like what you've done with danomar's armour! His helmet works well as well, and interesting to see some really dark fubarnii.

Nice

And excellent work on Danomar's armour. I initially went for the "second colour" on the filigree but the blue I had gone for didn't work so it got repainted red and highlited instead. The bone you have chosen workd much better. Good job

Cheers for the comments. I hasten to add Mike that none of those pictured riders have the flesh painted - they'll definitely not be black, heh. Only the green flesh and orange flesh knights are actually done, as is Danomar.

A small addemdum - just to wind down from painting today I painted and attached a single knight shield, on the Captain -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Shield1.jpg)

I reckon the newer shields give the knights more visual impact than the original ones. Painting them all then removing them from the sprue to then touch up the bottom is going to be fun though...

The knights are coming along well. Danomar is looking good, he's really going to stand out with the colour of his Enuk.

HN

Cheers. He'll be the only one with a green/turquoise(ish) Enuk, so it should look fairly unique.

I painted for a fairly lengthly amount of time today, and finally finished. 2 more Striders were half completed, but more importantly I finished, aside from the rider's flesh and spear arms, the next batch of 7 knights, as well as the Elder. There's also yet another comparison shot showing the 3 normal Enuk colours thus far. The photo shows the Enuks as fairly dark, but they're a bit lighter in person.The last batch will be some kind of green.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/evenmoreknights.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/knightcomparison.jpg)

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/elderfront.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/elderback.jpg)

Tomorrow's a long work day so I'll not have much time to paint, but with luck I'll at least finish the 2 Striders. I now have 16 figures left basecoated, 5 non-knights to finish off, the fubarnii flesh of 16 knights, 32 shields and 24 knight arms left to paint. The end is within sight!

Another day and more painting done. According to plan, I finished the 2 Strider, one of whom is a bodyguard for the Acolyte Strider -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/striderguard.jpg)

Since not much got done today, I figured I'd take a group shot of how the painted knights are shaping up. Aside from the missing arms and unpainted flesh, I think they're starting to look impressive as a whole -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/massknights.jpg)

A triple post? Ye gods.

Managed to stay on target today, getting 3 more knights to the same stage as those previous, as well as half finishing 10 spear arms, and the pair of Devanu. I also managed to finish one other.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/greenknights.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/moredevanu.jpg)

The 'one other' is in fact, Roban! I really like this figure, and his pose suggested pointing, maybe commanding his retinue of Striders forwards, so I reposed the arm after a bit of sawing and trimming, resculpted the join, bent the fingers and presto, pointing Roban.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Robanfront.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Robanback.jpg)

4 more days of painting left, and I have 13 figures, the 32 shields and 24 spear arms to go. Tomorrow I aim to get Another 3 knights, knight of Relan and maybe a couple of Striders finished up, as well as some spear arms.

I think we are all just overwhelmed by how much you've been painting!
I like the repose on Roban. Very neatly done!

A good subtle conversion on Roban. Keeping going your nearly there!

HN

Yep, on both points but the repose is absolutelty brilliant

This is some army you've got now! Starts to dwarf Mikes personal stock  ;)

Cheers for the comments everyone! Glad to see Roban's conversion is liked.

Didn't quite stick to plan today, decided to leave the Knight of Relan for tomorrow and instead finish off the Striders. I also painted more on a measly 5 spear arms, leaving just the tips and actual knight arm left. As such, 3 more knights to previous standard, and all the Delgon in the current painting queue are finished -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/penknights.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/finalstriders.jpg)

Here's a shot of all the knights thus far, nearly all of whom need flesh and spear arms, only 4 more and 2 Knights of Relan to go -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/totalknightspen.jpg)

That leaves just 7 figures, those mentioned above and the new Devanu spear Jenta. Then of course all the spear arms, shield and knight flesh etc. I'll do a 'final' Delgon army shot after I paint up the remaining 5 KalJoran shields, which are next in line.

That must be half the knights in the Empire!!

HN

Well, it certainly feels like a lot when painting them...

Only a verbal update for today. Due to needing to convert up and paint an rp character for tonight's session, and tonight's session taking time in itself, I've not got as much done today as together that loses me 6 to 7 hours of painting. 7 Knights have had flesh and spears done, 2 more knights are almost at the non-flesh standard with just cream to go, and the 2 Knights of Relan are about half done, as are 3 shields. The Devanu Jenta's vaguely started.

As there's only tomorrow and Friday to go, and tomorrow I'm utterly free, I should be finishing the Knights of Relan, Jenta, 2 Knights and all the flesh and shields for the currently waiting Knights and KalJoran. This'll leave me just 2 complete Knights for Friday, so should be manageable to finish in time...

Been painting for a couple of hours so far today and in between knight flesh I painted the 5 KalJoran shields. So, here's the army shot!

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Delgonarmy.jpg)

The list stands at -

Engineer Priest with 2 Bodyguards.
Acolyte.
Acolyte Strider with Bodyguard Strider.
3 Deraleer Striders with 10 Derakeers.
2 Gushrakeers.
Stormtrooper Strider with 5 Stormtroopers.
Roban with 9 Striders.

In terms of points, and assuming the Stormtrooper, Bodyguard, Derakeer and Acolyte Striders are in the region of 70, 70, 50 (due to reduced stats) and 50 respectively, the horde costs roughly 1430 points not counting Gushraks. Not too shabby.

Not counting upcoming Salute purchases, all I now own for the Delgon that isn't painted are 4 Yirnaks, 7 Bodyguards, a Priest and a last Acolyte. At any rate, the Delgon contingent for Salute is finished!

Now, back to Knights...

That is a mean looking force you have there Geckilian!

I hope you manage to get everything painted in time.

HN

I'm fast approaching the idea that "Geckilian" is actually some elder dialect for "mental"

Great looking forces coming along there. Really good

Cheers for the comments, though I'm pretty sure I'm not mental, just deadline challenged.

Today continued to be productive - yes, I've pretty much been painting with only a few 5 minute breaks since the last post. 20 of the 28 Knights are completely finished now, as are both Knights of Relan! The remaining 8 shields are all done, and the last 8 spear arms only need flesh and spear tips. 2 Knights are still forlornly only slightly past basecoated however, and the poor Jenta got absolutely no love, as he's still only vaguely started. On to the pics!

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Relan1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Relan2.jpg)

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Knightsthusfar.jpg)

It should be reasonably clear that one of the Knights of Relan has had his head repositioned - a little bit of quick saw work, pinning and gap filling.

This means I now only have - flesh and spear tips on 6 Knights, 2 Knights and the Devanu Jenta left. I'm so close I can practically taste the end.

That looks impressive.  Do all the knights have the new thicker spears?  I might need to rip the arms off of my 4 knights and switch them out for the thicker spears ones.

Also, any particular reason you paint the spear arm separate?

Thank you. They indeed all have the newer thicker spears, which I find much better - they barely bend, and even then only when I'm trying.

I painted the spear arms separately as I was changing them anyway, and it allowed me to easily reach the chest plate etc.

Impressive sight!

Well done!
I need to get my backside back into Twilight.........  :(

Great work with the painting!
Make sure you get that spear thrower done - he'll be the only one there  :)

Welcome back dt, it's been a while! Are you going to drop by the stand tomorrow?

Cheers for the comments everyone, and welcome back DT.

No worries Mike, last night after I posted I went and painted the Jenta's skin and basecoated everything else, so he's actually half done already. About to start painting now I've been back from work for about half an hour.

Fantastic sight. And a impressive looking force. Would like trying out Twilight at such a large scale, some day. But will take me years having something like this painted :)

Big Twilight games are certainly fun, and with mass activations remarkably quick. A 900 point game doesn't usually take me longer than 30 minutes.

Another update! The Jenta is done to placate Mike (and the Knights are getting there too). I'm aware my previous devanu have a very strong contrast in the skin whilst the official figures don't, so as this is going on show at Salute I tried a different approach to at least get it vaguely closer to the official Devanu scheme.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Jenta1-1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Jenta2.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Jenta3.jpg)

Also, since that's the last of the Devanu faction for Salute, here's an army shot -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Devanuhorde.jpg)

It has -
Arak Katain.
Kopa.
Sempa Matriarch and Sempa Beast Handler (technically).
Jenta Hunter and Jenta Spear.
24 Grishak.

So that's a nice 1350 points - 80 short of the Delgon, but I'm pretty sure it'd give them a darn good run for their money.

Those knights beckon once more, so another update should appear in several hours.

That's the first jenta spear I've seen - Thank you Chris!  :)

No problem Mike.

Finally, FINALLY finished everything. The flesh and small details on the last 8 knights seemed to take a long, long time. However, it's a great feeling to have it all done. Since the only thing new about the knights is another 2 flesh tones, instead I just took an overall shot of the force as it stands -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Knightstotal.jpg)

This one has -
Danomar with 2 Knights of Relan.
4 Knight 'captains' with 24 Knights.
Elder.

Not counting the Elder, that's 1230 points of Knights. The smallest faction of the three, but hey, it's a cavalry force.

That makes a total of 4020 points marching off to Salute to generally look alright en masse! To finish off this blitz of painting, here's a mass army shot from above -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Megaforce.jpg)

Phew.... Already looking forward to next year!

Awesome - and what a fantastic job, GecKilian.

Happy gaming.

No don't you drop them ;)

That's an immense force. I can only wonder where do you go from here...

HN

Great stuff mate!

After seeing the cavalry force at Salute....I want one too  :P

Thanks everyone, glad they're well received. The cavalry force is certainly going to expand somewhat, there's another 6 Knights of Relan to paint at some point.

The next project however is going to be my trader faction, comprised of Herders and Traders, with Baruks, Enuks and a Belan. Should be interesting!

Over a week since the last painted figs, blimey. That went by quicker than expected.

I figured I'd get back in to painting with something simpler than 3 large armies, so I went ahead and painted the 3 Skirrats and 2 Graku -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Skirrats.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Graku.jpg)

Reasonably pleased with the patterning on both - the Graku stand out nicely. Not overly sure on what to paint next, but probably herders of some kind.

That Is a massive set of knights you have there! Kudos to you for having the stamina to finish the whole lot off!
I painted one engineer and was knocked out!
I look forward to seeing more of your work :D

looking great as always mate :)

Those are the first painted graku ive seen. Completely different to how the 'official' paint scheme should be, but they do look cool :)
Skerrats look good as well.

What colour did you envision them being Mike?

Wondering how to paint mine, they do look lizard like.....

I figured they're be quite different from the norm. When I spent a few minutes looking at the Graku properly, they reminded me of salamanders, so I figured I'd paint them up as such. It'll certainly mark them as threat, when their rules come out (hint, hint).

Good question on colour. I'm really not certain, but almost certainly not as bright as Chris'  ;)
I'd naturally tend to greens or earthy tones, drawing inspiration from larger earth lizards. They are Mark's babies though, so I'd be interested to hear his thoughts...

As for Graku rules... don't expect anything too nasty (although Chris' probably need some sort of poisonous bite in addition to any standard rules), but they'll have good synergy with the Hunter. I'll have to post some test rules if people would like to try them out, but as with the KalGush they'll be very early stage rules.

Been a while since I posted here... At any rate, here's a wip of the hunter, part of my upcoming painting competition entry. The base is somewhat of a placeholder. Still have hooves, spear and little details to paint, etc etc.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/compwip.jpg)

I've just sat and read through this thread for the first time.

I'm now late for my Friday night out, but it was certainly time well spent - truly inspirational on all levels. THe quality and quantity are equally inspiring - Keep it up!

Ooo I like the look of that hunter! first time I've  seen one painted :D

I'm liking the soft tones Geckilian, good job so far.

HN

Nice choice of tones :)

Blimey, has it really been this long? Nearly a year since the last post... Oh well, an impending Salute kicks off the painting frenzy once more!

It took a day of painting, admittedly with a 5 hour break, but I managed to get a NuraSen, NuraLehn, 7 KalDreman and 5 KalJoran (minus shields) finished sans snow. I also started on 3 KalGush.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Bodyguards-1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Morestormtroopers.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Flammenwerfer.jpg)

Later today after work with any luck I'll finish off the Kal'Gush and shields, add snow to all the bases and varnish at which point I'll have a proper group shot with their respective sections of my Delgon army.

With 7 days of painting left till Salute, the hope is to paint up just 3 more Delgon, 3 Grisgak, a Devanu, 6 more Knights of Relan, 4 Dhogu, 2 Yirnak Riders and a couple of Yirnak and repaint 2 Skerrat to go with the Dhogu! 23 or so models this year, a far more manageable prospect.

Of course, the only hitch is I need to try and convert up and paint a 500 point Eldar army for next Wednesday consisting of 9 Jetbikes and 4 war Walkers, and I have 29 Chaos Marines pending on comission. Busy busy busy...

Grim lot, but quite a few indeed. Gosh I really need to finish my Engineer - been so distracted on artwork inspired by Twlight of late.

Wow, you are productive. I think you have more models to paint in the week or so before Salute than I am likely to paint this year! :D

HN

Looking good - suitably dark and grimm!
You do manage impressive painting blitzes :)

Impressive speed indeed! Salute is providing a painting goal for myself, but I'll never match your output - inspiring!

Cheers for the comments everyone! As is probably clear, the only reason I paint fast is I tend to aim for tabletop gaming level. I wouldn't be winning any awards with these guys unless it's due to a game!

At any rate I've just got home from work, so once I've finished assembling a War Walker it's time for Twilight painting.

It's that magical time for an update!

Finished the 3 KalGush and the 5 KalJoran shields, and went back and added all the stitching to the legs , which I noticed I'd forgotten to do yesterday. So, here are some group shots.

The new priests -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Newpriests.jpg)

Two of the newly painted bodyguards either side of an older goggled conversion -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Newguards.jpg)

All my footslogging clergy with bodyguards -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Priestlyentourage.jpg)

The new KalJoran -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Newtroopers.jpg)

All of my KalJoran as a nifty shield wall -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/alltroopers.jpg)

The 3 new KalGush with the 2 older ones -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/allgushrak.jpg)

The might of the Delgon gunnery korps -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/gunnersmax.jpg)

Not too bad going there I reckon. Tomorrow I'll finally get around to painting the NuraLehn'Malog banner, as well as hopefully painting up the 2 Skerrat, 2 Dhogu, a Yirnak rider and a pair of Yirnak.

Thats a lot of Deraks and gushraks...  ;D
Very nice paint jobs as always - certainly worth a couple of twilight points!

your definition of gaming standard is a lot higher than many others' definitions! We're painting to the same standards, so I still dont have an excuse  :'(

Looking forward to seeing these at salute, and whilst I dont think my forces would stand a chance in a force on force battle, I'm willing to try just for the spectacle of it! :D

Cheers again guys. Thanks to a Star Wars operation (raid) and a game of Twilight against my other half, I didn't get as much painting done as I'd hoped.

I managed to finish 2 Yirnak sans snow, and 2 alpha Grishak are nearly finished too, just ridges and base to go. The third alpha Grishak is now half done, as is a Yirnak rider and both priests. The 4 Dhogu have been started, but aren't even a quarter done currently.

Though it's a long work day today I'm hoping to finish up all 3 Kopa, the 2 priests and paint the 2 Skerrat since they're small. I'll probably try to get a bit more done on the Dhogu, but they'd just be a bonus.

Pictures of all the new stuff later today in the evening, so bases are finished etc.

Aha, managed to get these guys done today (kinda) as per the plan! I didn't finish the 3rd Alpha Grishak, but still it's another 8 completed since the last photo update.

The pair of Yirnak and Skirrat -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Yirnaks.jpg)

A NuraKira and NuraSen Gohral himself -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Gohraletc.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Gohraletcback.jpg)

Two mighty Alpha Grishak (the pic wasn't brightened as it's the closest to the actual colour this way) -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Alphagrishak.jpg)

Compared to a normal Grishak affectionately nicknamed 'Gimpy' due to his lower jaw -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Grishaksize.jpg)

The grishak horde!
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Grishakhorde2.jpg)

This just leaves the 6 Knights of Relan, 4 Dhogu, 2 Yirnak riders, the Devanu Jenta beast handler and the last Alpha Grishak. So down to 14 models with 5 days left available to paint. Certainly doable.

ok, its getting sickening now, but in the best possible way. The mere fact you mention 6 knights of Relan in passing sets me a challenge. I was just wondering if I'll be able to finish my 3. They're the last 3 combat figures I have to paint for my Fubarnii and they're 50% done. I'm certainly not backing out on them now!

That's a fearsome pack of Grishak. Loving the Yirnak & Skerrats...looking forward to picking some up myself.

HN

Those are great, as usual. My nurakira and Gohral are painted very similarly to yours!
I like the tones on the yirnak and skerrats!

I look forward to seeing the finished 3 Knights of Relan at Salute TuffSkull! I've not actually seen any pics of your priests Mike, are they posted up anywhere?

Currently I'm taking a painting break, as I can only paint so much before I feel somewhat like clawing my eyes out. On the plus side, as there's only the flesh to go, I should have 4 Dhogu and a Yirnak rider posted up within the hour.

Here we go, 4 finished Dhogu and a finished Yirnak rider -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/dhoguline.jpg)
(Bigger version of the above pic with clearer detail here (http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/dhogulinebig.jpg))

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/yirnakrider1.jpg)

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Dhogugroup.jpg)

9 models to go, none of which are small. Doh...

Damnit that makes me want my Dhogu even more. I really love these models and your paint job does them justice, thumbs up mate!

HN

Those are really really nice. Good use of the spare knife on the hunter. Maybe that cloaked head is salvageable (wasn't too sure of it, but a few have made their way into some sets).

I still really like that cloth-wrapped head - makes me think the trapper/skinner is daring enough to go to places where exposure is a serious problem and he simply wraps his face up and gets the job done. Sorted.

Also, glad you like them. I tried to stick relatively close to Taelan's bio page on them, though I opted for a paler more pastel green for a 'pop' colour without it being too jarring. I also had your pic up as reference to compare whilst painting them, good stuff there.

If you decide against the cloaked heads then I will happily liberate them from you. ;)

Those Dhogu look great (like everything in your thread)!  I wasn't too sure about the fully wrapped head when I first got my Dhogu either, but I think you pulled it off well so I'll be looking for a way to use it on a future model.  Seems like it might be especially fitting for a Yirnak rider, who would be awfully exposed to the wind sitting up that high.

Great job, keep up the good work!

more impressive work. I particularly like the green detail colour your using - great muted shades.

Once again cheers everyone!

Only finished 1 model thus far today. Even though I have several hours of painting to go, I figure I'll post it up now as it's unlikely I'll actually finish the 6 Knights of Relan. Thus, 'The Great White' -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/whitegrishak.jpg)

A comparison with another alpha -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/grishakwhitecomp.jpg)

Surely he should have a small Fubarnii hunter with a peg leg tangled up with him on his back ;)

Scary! He looks cool - I like the distinctiveness of him  :)

2 more twilight points heading your way. :)

Fantastic stuff as usual mate!

I've got some purchases to make at Salute to catch up on the new mini's..... ;D

A one legged hunter eh..? Interesting concept... Hmm. Cheers Mike, much appreciated!

Yeah, quite a few new minis! I had a break from Twilight for a while, and when I came back was quite surprised as to how much more there was, blimey. Won't be long now till a third rulebook.

As for painting, currently working on the rider's flesh for the 6 Knights of Relan. These guys are taking me far longer than I expected, though I'm guess it's as they have more fiddly detail per mini compared to, say, a Grishak. Thankfully I only have 4 left to go, but my motivation is starting to ebb.

On the plus side, I was able to assemble the Farseer on jetbike conversion, as well as 8 more jetbikes and a rider whilst at my gaming group today, and I got in a 500 point game of 40k and trounced my supremely unlucky opponent. He couldn't make saves at all, Plague Marines were dropping to shuriken...

Blarg. Eventually got there, procrastination aside. These knights seemed to drag on an on, so I'm glad they're now finished.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/newrelans.jpg)

Danomar leading his Knights of Relan -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/relangroup.jpg)

The full phalanx of Fubarnii knights -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/allknights.jpg)

Though I only have 2 models left on my original list for this Salute, a Devanu and a Yirnak rider, I've added my last 2 Yirnak to the list, as well as another 2 Skerrat and a very last Devanu. With today and tomorrow left, having just 2 would have been too easy right? The Skerrat are pretty small at least, and the 3 Yirnak are half done, though the rider isn't started.

Ho hum, not long now...

Wow that is a lot of knights!  :o Very impressive and scary on the table top I'm sure.

Must be a hell of a lot of points.

HN

Wow, that's a LOT of knights... Impressive!

Cheers! 4 Knight Captains, 400 points. 24 Knights, 600 points. 8 Knights of Relan, 320 points. Danomar, 150 points. The knight army overall - 1,470 points. The look on your opponent's face when they realise they're facing 1.5 thousand points of Knights? Priceless.

For everything else, there's Fubarniicard.

I think the largest game I've played was 850ish points. 1500 is HUGE!!!!!!

Would be impressive to play that though, and you have plenty of command models to keep them fighting until the bitter end.

 :o :o :o I cant say more than that.... stunning!

I'm looking forward to the day I can play 2,000 points really. I have another 36 militia, a couple of captains, Brenar, slingers, herders etc etc so I likely have well over that for the Empire, but it's not all painted unfortunately. Painting 36 militia is going to be rough...

Anyway, here's the next batch, the remaining 2 Yirnak and 3 more Skerrat -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/yirnaks2.jpg)

The group shot of all of them now -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/yirnaktotals.jpg)

That just leaves the rider and gear on the last Yirnak rider, as the Yirnak itself and base are finished, and 2 Devanu who so far haven't had that much work done on them aside from a few base coats. With luck I'll manage to finish before Salute, though as I work all day tomorrow it may involve a slight lack of sleep...

great painting 

Those Yirnak are well protected :D

HN

Thanks guys. The Yirnak will certainly be protected - after Salute I'll have another 4 Skerrat and 2 more Trappers, putting me at 9 and 4 respectively.. They should be good.

Also, managed to finish this guy -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Yirnakrider2.jpg)

Both of them -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Yirnakriderspair.jpg)

So, just 2 Devanu and a load of sculpting (;)) to go. So very close.

Sculpting?

Yirnak riders are looking good.

HN

     Wow thats allot of Knights ( P-9 ) , I much prefer the winter motif than the green but then i guess you are getting much better at painting all the time.

     If you ever need some one to play against give me a shout !

Cheers guys. I do like the winter bases, but I started the Fubarnii with normal greenery, so figure I may as well have them match.

This is the final painting update before Salute, the 2 Devanu Jenta!

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/newjenta.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/newjenta2.jpg)

A group shot of all 800 points of Devanu -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/devanufinalgroup.jpg)

With each Devanu I've painted them lighter and lighter, and used gentler shading in order to get closer to the official models. I may still tone the newest 3 Jenta down slightly, as well as re-doing the original Devanu's flesh, but that's for another year, heh.

That's 45 models painted since the 13th - not bad for a week!

It was good to see some of my units used on the bring and play table - not quite as nice to see my poor defenseless Grishak get butchered, but ah well.

At any rate, as mentioned to Mike and in another thread, I quite liked the scheme of his priests in green, so I've quickly changed an Acolyte to the same, but with red. I reckon it works quite well. Not sure if Purple would work - probably not, unless all the robes were purple and the hoods bone/white, but that'd be somewhat against the norm.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/newacol3.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/newacol2.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/newacol1.jpg)

In a day or two I'll have pictures of what I was sculpting up - some of you may recognize it. I'll be taking a short break from it before refining it. It'll be good to have a break from it.

Having seen them in person, I'm still arguing your description of speed painting, the red on this being a point of note. Very nice!

Oh, and I'll put it in writing here too - very nice work on the sculpting too. For a first shot it was amazing to me at least.

That looks good! Amazed you are managing anything at all this evening...
Steve's Delgon have purple cowls, and that works well.
I'm also impressed with the sculpting - you should share pics here!

Thanks again for all the figures today - they were amazingly useful! As well as looking rather good.

It's definitely speed painting. ;) Cheers though on the red, tried to copy yours. Not as much depth, but I only had a devlan mud wash to hand.

I've not seen any pics of purple cowled Delgon, are they around anywhere?

As for the comments about the sculpting, thank you both! Someone of a motivation boost to hear that, as when I get near finishing something it rapidly becomes frustrating.

Since the camera is still out, here -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/grakukan2.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/grakukan1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/grakukan3.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/rider.jpg)

Bo blutack for the rider unfortunately, but for those who've followed the Clan background logs, yes - it's a Graku'kan from Clan Orel'an!

I need to refine the back thighs and forelegs, adding more muscle definition, as well as reshape the crest slightly so it goes further back, and is a smooth curve at the front rather than the slight bump it had currently. I'll also add a bit more baggage as per Mike's suggestion, and I'll be trying to reduce undercuts, for general practice. There are one or two understadably around the knees that'd wreck a mould I reckon.

For those of you with sharp eyes, yes, the back end is a slightly trimmed down and re-bulked up Grishak Kopa. Such a useful model!

Looking good Geckilian; a fearsome beast.

Moulds? So how many of this guy are you planning on casting?

HN

Thanks HN. As far as I know he's not getting definitely cast - avoiding undercuts is mainly practice for me should I make anything destined for casting really. Of course this guy could end up popular, no idea really.

nice figure look forward to seeing the finished figure

I'd take a unit

There was a chap like this in the display case at Salute? is it the same thing?

No, this guy wasn't in the case - this one's something based on a concept sketch Mike did for me based on a unit description in my Clan thread. The one in the case was another gribbly Mike's worked on.

I think that was a Grimblar from Naralon Forest...he came a long way for Salute ;)

HN

Yup, HN is right, that was a veeeery old sculpt of a Grimblar that snuck into the cabinet... I might redo him at some point!

Right, an update on the Graku'kan. I've filled in all the gaps I could see that I figured would be a harsh undercut for a mould. I've also reshaped the front and back of the crest and smoothed it more, as well as bulking up the baggage and adding a couple of new bits, holder, etc.

All 4 upper legs now have added musculature, so they look more natural - I used an bare Enuk thighs for reference, so the muscle groups look similar. The underside joins for the legs (not shown) are also smoothed out so it looks more natural.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/grakside1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/grakside2.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/grakback.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/grakfront.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/graktop.jpg)

To show that it does indeed fit on a 40mm base -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/grakbase.jpg)

The only overlap on the base is 2 claws, by a tiny amount. Not bad!

For the rider I'll likely possibly remove the right arm and resculpt a different one that doesn't come as close to the crest - the hand will probably be resting on the small metal pouch I added. Overall then this thing is practically done. The only task left on the Graku'kan itself is to smooth out the lower forelegs.

So, thoughts everyone?

Gorgeous beast, superbly crafted. It was great playing catch up on the thread too.

The muscle work really brings the detail up, and I can see the leg remodelling being inspired by Enuk legs. Really added more than just extra GS to the model :)

Very well done. There are details that could be neatened up, but you've created a creature that looks like it fits in Twilight. You've also created him astonishingly quickly, without the usual softness that new sculptors have. We'll have to chat offline about if we can get him cast up.

Looking good. Any chance of a pic with the rider and a model for scale?

HN

Cheers everyone, the comments are very much appreciated.

As for a scale shot, sure!

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/scale1.jpg)

There you go, that's a 15mm Ground Zero Games UNSC trooper next to the Graku'kan. ;)

Oh right, you meant against an appropriately scaled Twilight figure!

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/scale2.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/scale3.jpg)

There we go, a slinger and Yirnak Rider.

It looks awesome. The details and additions really add tot he piece. Nice use of some of the salute bits too. I've barely started to put my purchases together and you're finishing off a sculpt!

If I may be super picky however, the newly bulked up front left leg runs strangely into the neck harness. The harness looks like it cuts the muscle off a bit. That is however having looked at teh pictures for ages without having noticed anything!

Looking even better with the rider in place! :) Though glad to see the Yirnak is still the daddy in the cavalry stakes :D

HN

Nice to see the size comparison - its good that he's around the same size as the yirnak. I had been thinking he was a bit bigger, but he's probably more useful at that size :)
We should be able to get him cast up in the new future, either as part of the range or as a limited edition run. Looking forward to it!

Yeah, I aimed to keep him at a 40mm base, as honestly you'd probably not use too many 50mm base models in a typical game. At least this way people can get normal units of 5+ ;)

I must admit, I'm also immensely looking forward to getting this guy cast up, after some refinements of course. It'll be a huge incentive to get my entire trader faction painted up, hunters etc etc since they're all Clan Orel'an! Just image 5 of these guys protecting a couple of Belan, several Baruk, loads of Enuks...

Bah! No match for my Dhogu...once I've built them...and painted them...

:P

I'll also have a load of Dhogu allies. ;)

Damn...where are the Eragu when you need them...cough...cough...

looks great, very Twilight-esque :D

Also glad the Dhogu still have the biggest, furriest mount :)

They're on the list. I just need to stop distracting taelan so he can finish sketching one...

wow, that's a great creature!  very impressed

For the sake of keeping this log complete, here's what I managed today - 3 Grishak Kopa, 2 Dhogu Captains, 2 Dhogu Trappers and the last 4 Skerrat.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Newkopa.jpg)

A group shot as the new ones look pretty much the same -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/completekopa.jpg)

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/newdhogu1.jpg)

Looking good mate. I like the brooch you've picked out...I think its a brooch.

HN

It certainly looks like a brooch - probably to keep the fur cloak on. I've done some batch painting today for the Tale, but wanted a break from the monotony, so picked this tiny critter to paint. Behold, the mighty (12 combat stones) Pree Pree!

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Preepree1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Preepree2.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Preepree3.jpg)

It's good to get another model done, even if it is tiny. I think this is the first painted one on the forum oddly enough. Now I just need a trader or several to accompany the little guy.

The first one painted at all as far as I know... Well done  :)

Nuts how do i get one of these guys?
Great paint job btw :D

Paint stuff/build scenery/write up game reports/whatever -> gain points -> get 12 points and you can spend 1 on a pree pree.
Speaking of points I guess Chris would like some more...

Sweet thanks mike

Points would certainly be appreciated, as points mean prizes! ;)

For completeness, managed these for the Tale -
2 Dhogu spears and 2 Dhogu bows.
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/yetmoredhogu.jpg)

Quite pleased with the pose on this one -
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/bestpose1.jpg)(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/bestpose2.jpg)

I like her, she looks like she's wading through the snow.

HN

I love the way you've assembled those - did you bend the bodies forward on the spears? Good painting as well.
Thanks for sharing them  :)

Bent the bodies a tiny bit forward, and on a couple cut the right foot from the tab and bent it back so it looks like they're in a fighting stance or walking.

Finished these off today, a Dhogu Soothsayer (will count as a Captan for now) and 2 more Dhogu Spears.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/soothsayergroup.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/soothsayer1-1.jpg)(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/soothsayer2-1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/soothsayertop.jpg)

In fluff terms, the Soothsayer is the 'engineer' of the Dhogu. Usually more manipulative and a lot more scheming, these individuals are wholly embraced by the Dhogu. Though their nature occasionally makes them clash with others of the clan, the Dhogu see it as a reasonable trade off to have a Dhogu of such insight amidst them.

Nice conversion mate on the Soothsayer. :D

HN

You just keep churning them out mate! Great work, and a really characterful addition with the Soothsayer. The Devanu skin Cap works really well on that figure & is perfectly painted to match. great work!

Finished up 3 fairly rough Slingers. Thanks to the photo I noticed the dark splodge on one of the slings, so that's already fixed. Slowly getting there for the Tale...

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/slingers1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/slingers2.jpg)

Slowly getting there...I think you have already painted more minis than I plan to do for the entire thing! :D:D:D

HN

I like the cream on the leggings!

Cheers, though the camera flash is murderous. One of these days I'll make a proper light setup either than 'a piece of paper'.

Commander Brenar is also done -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Brenar1.jpg)(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Brenar2.jpg)

I'm loving the blue spot colour, good work mate.

Does anyone know what that beast on the shield is?

HN

Really solid! Good stuff. I think mike sculpted that animal? I saw something that looks like it on his blog

It's the white feyrenuk. A rare, possibly mythical beast that is said to live deep within the Naralon forests. Legend tells of a young fubarnii who saw the beast drinking at a waterhole on the edge of the forest. He was hunting and this beast would bring him great recognition. But something stayed his hand and he could not bring himself to kill it. The feyrenuk looked up from the waterhole, held his gaze and fled.
The fubarnii lived his life, forever regretting that he could not make the kill. He went into the forests many times hunting the beast, occasionally glimpsing a flash of white amongst the trees, but he never saw the creature for more than a second. He grew old and had children, who themselves played in the woods. One time a huge grimblar fell upon the children, killing the hunter who was meant to protect them. All looked doomed until a white shape leapt from the forests. The grimblar and the feyrenuk fought viciously, but in the end they both perished. The children rushed home to tell their father, only to find him cold and dead on the floor, his old eyes fixed on a distant and beautiful memory.

That's quite sad...also what's a grimblar?

Ooo a lovely tale Mike, I like it.

Megatron, a Grimblar is the other beast on the knight shields...I think Mike had one in the cabinet at Salute. Basically a vicious predator in Naralon Forest.

HN

A grimblar is a large ambush-predator. A bit like a crocodile in some respects. It might even have visible teeth...
I sculpted one a loooong time ago (twilight v0.1 circa summer 2000), but haven't revisited it yet. I'm nervous whether I can get it looking right!

Yeah...coarse ya can! :D

Cheers guys, and a good tale there Mike.

Finally got around to finishing these guys. It felt like they dragged on a bit, but my Twilight painting motivation is beginning to ebb slightly, I may need to take a break for a few days.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Kosok1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Kosoktop.jpg)

You clearly just need to give someone a good schooling on the battlefield to re-enthuse yourself. My forces are always ready to die if you want a road trip! :P

I like what you've done with those - the slight wing tweak works well and it's great to see a proper flock of them!

The reposing was remarkably easy, and it really does help them look like a flock rather than clones.

I actually painted these 2 days ago, but only just got round to taking a picture -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/newdelgon.jpg)

Still getting stuff done, albeit slower.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/empireupdate.jpg)

Your version of slower is still mighty impressive. Great work Chris.

Cheers Paul!

Last day of month 1 for the AiA, and Malog's finally built/converted/sculpted! This means I essentially have this afternoon and evening to paint the 2 Kosok and Malog, once he's cured in 3 hours.

Here's his finished unpainted form -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Malogwipfin1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Malogwipfin2.jpg)

He's truly huge - a new base size for Twilight it seems! Here's a few scale shots -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Malogscale1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Malogscale2.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Malogscale3.jpg)

Yes, he makes a laden Belan seem small, and his weapon is over 3 and a half Furbarnii heights long... He is truly a mechanical monster. I'm looking forward to painting him!

Wow he is impressive mate. I think the term dreadnought fits him well.

HN

Wow. He is monstrously huge! I think my version of him will be a tad less impressive  ;)
Well done ;D

Yours will be better sculpted though, so impressive in it's own way. ;)

The Kosok are done too, and Malog's armour, base and metals are finished. Just flesh, leathers and details to go...

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Kosoktale.jpg)

Managed to finish Malog, so that's month 1 out of the way. Guess I should start on month 2 now!

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Malogfin1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Malogfin2.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Malogfin3.jpg)

I'll probably end up painting more dwarves for the first week though, poor guys are neglected.

Thats a really nice deep bronze colour you have there, and a mighty fine beast its painted on! Very scary prospect to see him on the field. Still, Invincible Brenar to the Rescue! ::)

That is quite an amazing creation, as well as being well painted! I still can't get over how huge he is!

Right, I have indeed been painting! Lots of rebasing from a previous comp entry, plus a few more Enuk and a Mason.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/empireupdatenew.jpg)

Very good as usual. Any chance of a close-up on the mason? Looks like you've done a neat job with posing.

Cheers - here's a few quick shots. Not too far from finishing 270 points of Dhogu, maybe an hour or two left. 2 Yirnak Captains, a Captain and 2 Dhogu bows incoming soon...

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/mason1.jpg)(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/mason2.jpg)(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/mason3.jpg)

Good weather allowed me to affix the snow, so 270 points of Dhogu done! Just 2 models left for this faction, though I'll probably blitz the 2 Devanu next, before finishing off the Dhogu and wading back in to the Empire.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Dhogumonth2.jpg)

Yet another update - the pair of Devanu.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/devanumonth2.jpg)

The last 2 Dhogu for this month are also half done, so I should get those finished tonight after work as long as I can stay awake.

Blarg, so tired.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/moredhogu.jpg)

Managed another batch - 2 Graku, 2 mounted Herders, Engineer Beru and a Belan.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Empiremonth2sofar.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/belan1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/belan2.jpg)

Also for the Delgon, 3 Belderak (mortar-deraks).

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Belderak1.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Belderak3.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Belderak2.jpg)

The unladen Belan has some wonderful texture, it practically painted itself in half an hour. As for the Belderaks, I had originally intended for them to only have 2 wheels and a lower profile, closer to a medieval bombard. However I didn't really have any convenient bits to make that with, but has lots of other spares which resulted in the above. They'll certainly fulfill their roles, once they have refined rules.

Mike, I reckon you'll need to do some etched wooden circular templates soon. ;)

Good job as always Geck.

Once this tale is over I think you should post pics of all the models you have painted for each faction, must be quite a sight.

HN

So... How did you do the belderaks?

Cheers HN. I'll be posting up shots of what's been painted cumulatively each month, just need to get everything out!

As for making the Belderaks, here's a tutorial -

You'll need part of an Imperial Guard dozer blade, barrel, small track guard and towing hook (all from the Imperial Guard tank accessory sprue), a spare plate and lasgun from the Imp Guard Chimera kit, and a cart from the GW dwarf miners set. A 50mm ds base is also handy.
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/parts.jpg)

First, take the dozer blade mount and trim off the end (keep it handy!) and cut the side prongs on the bottom and semi-circles flat. Remove mould lines.
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/chassis1.jpg)

Then remove the cart from the cart base and trim that flat too, and cut off the little connecting pin on the inside edge. Also remove the studs on the track guard (since the Delgon don't seem to use rivets much) and cut the wide plate from the back of the tow hook.
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/chassis2.jpg)

Stick them together with the cut-circles side towards the raised part of the cart platform, and attach the tow hook in one of the grooves on the dozer mount.
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/chassiswip.jpg)

Trim the spare plate down to fit on the raise parts on the back - the bend in the plate fits very nicely on the curve. Also take the other half of the dozer mount you put aside and slice the end off.
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/chassisbulk.jpg)

Stick on the platform and then attach the slim part of the dozer mount at a rough 45% angle - there's no real flat connecting area, but I found superglue was more than adequate to hold it.
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/chassiswip2.jpg)

Trim off the ends of the barrel with the raised stud. I chose to trim them at one of the band lines.
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/cannonwip.jpg)

Stick them together and place with the retangular prong downwards on the chassis. Again no real flat contact points - I added superglue from the underneath. In terms of positioning Have the front of the barrel just over the inner prongs on the front of the chassis.
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/almostdone.jpg)

Stick on the track guard and swivel the barrel up till it's flat - I again added superglue from the bottom on the contact points. Also, at this point you can plonk it on a base.
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/finished.jpg)

Ta daa, one Belderak. The lasgun can be trimmed off the ball for an instant mortar sphere if you like. For those without lots of GW components, the barrel could just as easily be plastic tubing, the plate could be plasticard bent or cut to shape, and the spheres can be made with spare modelling putty of choice.

If you wanted to have the thing loaded from the top rather than the front, any piece of relevant size tubing can be used and stuck to the track guard, but it's not really necessary.

Oh, and that Hunter is finished, with a rather bright skin tone to stand out from all the other browns -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/hunter2.jpg)

Now I just need to do group shots....

Still soldiering on. Some time was lost this month to a pre-wedding honeymoon and then my wedding, but by the 21st I'm hoping to have Dhogu, Devanu and Delgon done, with the last quarter of the month dedicated to blitzing as much Empire as I possibly can. Tomorrow I should have some Delgon finished up with any luck, and photos too should the weather be good enough to attach snow.

Edit: Here we go.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/newskerratsmon3.jpg)

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Delgonmonth3wip.jpg)

Good to see some more progress! My orelan are slowly getting there do I'm fairly certain I'll have something to show as well  :)

Cheers, I'm looking forward to seeing them!

Unfortunately for me getting 30+ infantry painted is a long lost dream, so I'll be mainly concentrating on the Captains. That said, Delgon and Devanu are done, the Dhogu are just 2 models away from done and the Empire only need 5 models really.

So, 7 models to sculpt/paint in 6 days. Not too bad really.

A bunch of stuff's been finished up -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/finaldelgon.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/finalempire.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/commander.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/lastgrishak.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/finaldevanu.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/finaldhogu.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/dhoguenariiside.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/dhoguenariiback.jpg)

Still got a load to paint, but those'll be for another time.

Blimey it's been a while, gotta dust this log off.

Inspired by the wip sculpt shots Mike put up, I (literally) dusted off a Twilight figure and began slapping paint on it. I should have a picture up later today, as there's only the armour on the rider to go, so 4 or 5 layers at most. Soon I'll have my not-Danomar Grakukan rider finished, at long last!

aaaand here we go, a couple of quick shots of the finished not-Danomar with a Commander and Graku, both from Clan Orelan.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Grakukan1_zpsa8072899.jpg)
(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/Grakukan2_zps9d9518b7.jpg)

Just a silly number of models to go, a huge chunk of which I'll try to blitz in the 3 weeks lead up to Salute, as usual.

Really like that piece & just been back through the thread yet again. I'll be bracing my jaw in april ready for it to drop again!

Cheers! I was quite pleased with how it turned out, as I converted the jaws of both the rider and mount.

Here's hoping you manage to make it to salute this year! I'm also trying to wrangle it off work.

Trust you not resist converting the model, even the bits that you sculpted  :D

Good work as usual! Now what about the other four?

Well the other 4 will probably get done in the lead up to Salute. This guy took just under 2 hours, but now I know what steps to do the rest should be faster, probably 2 and a half to three hours tops if I batch them.

Nice job, that not-Danomar is a really stunning model!  Looks bulky, he must be quite intimidating on the battlefield.  I especially like the crest added to his helmet, which kind of matches the crest on his steed.

I should have mentioned that the Grakukan will be released in time for salute, possibly with a clan orelan conversion kit so you can do your own orelan militia/knights etc.

It's been... 'a while'. Whilst digging through all my Twilight figures I noticed I'd not taken a full Grishak groupshot, consider Grishak and Striders seem to be what I'm known for.

As such, the Grishak Horde, led by Moby Dick himself -

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/thehorde_zpsd48e8fd9.png)

Plus what a Fubarnii scout may see...

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll176/Geckilian/grishakfaceon_zps2a2e29ba.png)

*runs and hides*

Nice, I like the white colour scheme on the alpha.

I imagine a trail of devastation left in the wake of all those mouths :D