So last week was quite the typing (and work) adventure, so in the interest of balance and fair play, I shall be offering a slightly lesser portion of hobby fare today because <managing expectations> .
Our group has decided to kick off the Badab campaign from Forgeworld's Imperial Armor #9 and #10. If you are in any way interested in the subject, FW did an excellent job with both of those books and those two volumes are still among my favorites from all that they've produced so far.
The good news from a task perspective is that I really don't have anything that I "have" to paint as I'll be using my Templars as stand-ins for the various loyalist chapters. As it stands now, I'll be representing Minotaurs, Red Scorpions and possibly the Fire Angels and Star Phantoms, depending on the scenario. Others will be doing the same and it appears that we have around 8 people able to participate.
Our group has decided to kick off the Badab campaign from Forgeworld's Imperial Armor #9 and #10. If you are in any way interested in the subject, FW did an excellent job with both of those books and those two volumes are still among my favorites from all that they've produced so far.
The good news from a task perspective is that I really don't have anything that I "have" to paint as I'll be using my Templars as stand-ins for the various loyalist chapters. As it stands now, I'll be representing Minotaurs, Red Scorpions and possibly the Fire Angels and Star Phantoms, depending on the scenario. Others will be doing the same and it appears that we have around 8 people able to participate.
If you recall, we were going to launch ourselves immediately into Shield of Baal after the conclusion of our Pathos IV narrative, but since Gar and I each put together around 4500 points of Eldar in around 6 months, we felt like we needed a break, or at least a reduced intensity painting campaign.
In the mean time I need something to do. That's just how I'm wired.
So I started looking at my genestealers, not directly per se, but more from a peripheral vision perspective. They needed something.
What "that" was seemed to be out there somewhere on the edge of my consciousness, just beyond the reach of the right side of my brain, which if you've ever been there, can be rather frustrating. Why you would be hanging around the edge of my consciousness should probably be saved for another discussion.
Eventually, it came to me. I wanted the genestealers to look fiercer, more dangerous...scary.
While I was picking up the latest WD last week, I got some of the "Blood for the Blood god" technical paint. (I love GW's technical paints! -G)
Blood.
Blood freaks people out.
That is what the genestealers needed. It wasn't enough that they are capable of ripping people to shreds, they needed to provide a visual reminder of what they do.
Let's face it, blood is distinctive.
So this happened.
In the mean time I need something to do. That's just how I'm wired.
So I started looking at my genestealers, not directly per se, but more from a peripheral vision perspective. They needed something.
What "that" was seemed to be out there somewhere on the edge of my consciousness, just beyond the reach of the right side of my brain, which if you've ever been there, can be rather frustrating. Why you would be hanging around the edge of my consciousness should probably be saved for another discussion.
Eventually, it came to me. I wanted the genestealers to look fiercer, more dangerous...scary.
While I was picking up the latest WD last week, I got some of the "Blood for the Blood god" technical paint. (I love GW's technical paints! -G)
Blood.
Blood freaks people out.
That is what the genestealers needed. It wasn't enough that they are capable of ripping people to shreds, they needed to provide a visual reminder of what they do.
Let's face it, blood is distinctive.
So this happened.
I think the blood adds a nice touch, in a scary sort of way. Also, I really like how the GW paint went on and its final appearance. Very slick and glossy...which I admit is weird. I still like how it looks, but admittedly it's weird.
Now imagine 100 genestealers painted this way and they are all heading in your direction.
That's scary.
Having settled on that, now I'm even more excited to be painting up this guy:
Now imagine 100 genestealers painted this way and they are all heading in your direction.
That's scary.
Having settled on that, now I'm even more excited to be painting up this guy:
He's just a beast and now he'll also be a bloody beast.
Ok, I think that's it for this time.
Wait, one last thing, all you Freudalians and Jungaloes, the blood and the beast stuff, yeah, there's nothing to that. Please don't bother trying to read anything into the above, there's nothing there.
We're just talking about playing with toys.
Cheers,
Ok, I think that's it for this time.
Wait, one last thing, all you Freudalians and Jungaloes, the blood and the beast stuff, yeah, there's nothing to that. Please don't bother trying to read anything into the above, there's nothing there.
We're just talking about playing with toys.
Cheers,
