The World Of Twilight

As threatened, terrible pics of my terrible paintjobs. ;)

http://www.pbase.com/rachyr/twilight

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That was fast, so many painted.

I really like how you did the priests.  The reds really makes them stand out.

These chaps are great, not terrible at all. You have a good solid consistent paint job and unifying colours. I especially like the little bushes, where did you get them?

HN

Agree, the look to be of a great tabletop standard - and should be great playing with/against.

And Awesome bases to, really like the foliage on those bases. Really gives them a nice touch.

 

There's some nice looking minis there

I like the foliage too. Thumbs up

Thanks guys! I realized too late that I'd made the shirt colors on the soldiers and derakeers too similar to the flesh tones. And I stink at highlights. So I overcompensate on bases instead. ;)

The heather and goldenrod are both from Silflor, as are all the grass tufts. The small trees are from a company called JTT. They look a little weedy but I guess it fits the swampy motif I was going for.

I'm fleshing out my fluff for these guys as I read more of the world posts and rulebook.

Very impressed! The overall effect of the force comes across really well. I agree with the others that I like the fun random foliage - a good base can make a huge difference :)

I was thinking of having my Delgon come from a volcanic region (hence the colors I've chosen - obsidian, lava, and pumice) that abuts a swampy area of the Empire. Is that feasible?

I've never looked in great deal at the western border of Delgon. I've got some vague ideas for what the Fubarnii to the North-West are like, but a cold swampy region around there could work.

whatever you do, don't let me get settled in. I'm like a tick with the backstory stuff. Just ask Josh over at zombiesmith.  ;D

And now the pics are shopwing up bigger :) - Even better

One tip from a showing your stuff off point of view, I would crop the photo's so you get more of the fig and less of the background

Which silflor tufts are they? (size and season please)

Yes, I changed the link to go to the Large size instead of the medium. I'd thought I'd done that yesterday but apparently not. Go figure.  ???

I cropped a couple but I was under the gun to get them all processed and uploaded before my son woke up from his nap. He just doesn't understand - yet - about daddy and his little metal men. Sorry if they look a bit off kilter.

The Silflor tufts are actually a repackaged lot by The Army Painter, these in particular are the Highland Tufts and the Swamp Tufts. Before you guys yell at me I got them before I knew about the markup and reduced quantities compared to MiniNatur. They are the 6mm size.

I am not adding a volcano to the salute board!

I'm stuck on the wrong side of the big blue to appreciate it anyways! >:(

I really like how you've incorporated subtle colours into the grey flesh tones, some of the paint jobs I've seen make me think the fubarnii are made of stone (no warmth to the colours) rather than living creatures.

I dont remember seeing this thread before, and since its been resurrected now - very nice work! Good to see a delgon force with a slightly different feel to them, and the basing really sets them apart.

Nice to see the old thread resurrected! It's a nice alternate colour scheme that doesn't seem too far off the standard one, but has a unique feel. The delgon do have paler, greyer skin than their southern cousins, but these capture that well.

Very well painted and good looking force. I also like the NMM on the weapons and armour.
The only mini I'm not really a fan of is the strider. His legs don't match his torso.

I thought the legs were metal whilst the armour is usually organic (EG hardened leather), possibly painted for elite units.

True, but it doesn't enhance the way the miniature looks.
I think the strider would look a lot better if the legs were a bit darker.
Everything looks really well painted though. It's just some constructive criticism.

Agreed.
Also the weapon blade and armour DO match.
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Just spotted that the legs match the weapon's 'handle' but not the counterweight.

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I still like the figure and the overall colour palette.
Plus there's no way I could match the precision of the painting technique.

The Fubarnii use various resins for creating armour - the resins are secreted by different types of garkrid which are farmed for that very purpose (Danakan's family are wealthy Garkrid farmers, produsing resins specifically for ship building). These resins are applied to a basic structure (which may be fibrous or something like leather) or moulded to shape with some sort of additive to increase the strength.
The basic components of Strider legs and delgon armour are mass produced in several large factories across the Delgon territories and there are some differences in production method between the factories. As a rule I would suggest that the panels on the delgon legs would be resin, with some metal components.
Maccioniath's paintscheme looks good though and it's perfectly reasonable for the legs not to match the armour (although I would generally tie them together with at least some of the plates in the same colour as the armour).

Thanks for this, it will be really useful when I get to paint some striders.

Will this information be included in the new book?

I agree with Nick. I said it before in another topic as well.
There is such a rich background and so much useful information to base your own force on or simply enjoy reading.
It is a bit of a shame it isn't bundled somewhere.
If it isn't going to be in the compilation book it would be cool to see a setting book with artwork and fluff and perhaps some terrain making advise. I would definitely buy it and since the community has grown a lot since the KS I think it will be rather popular. On top of that it could be an excellent starting point if someone wants to play rpg's in the world of twilight. In whatever rules system they prefer.

Ok, a follow up question for Carcharoth.
If strider legs are made of composites (fibre reinforced natural resins) with metal reinforcement for strength in key points, could deraks be made in the same way?

If a derak were all metal it would be far too heavy to hold but I'm looking at the sculpt and the construction technique looks similar to those of a strider's legs. I'm thinking that maybe deraks are actually of composite construction like the 'leather guns' of the early 17th century http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leather_cannon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leather_cannon).

The real-world leather cannon did not work because leather is too good an insulator but maybe the fubarnii engineers have developed specially formulated resins that avoid this problem?

I remember seeing a wood pattern on the derak of Beru.
So perhaps it is resined wood.

I think of them as having resin barrels rather than being solid metal.