#MESBG Middle Earth Army of the Dead - TO DONE!

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer on Scott's Middle Earth Army of the Dead. I did not realise just how rewarding I would find this. All of the gaming crew has done something to advance Scott's armies. I wasn't really aware it was a thing, Ben had been quietly beavering away with a newfound love for Contrast paints making him both really productive and achieving amazing results. Liam had also got stuff done but they felt I should 're-base' and fix all these ghosts.

Naturally, finishing off the army for Scott was going to feel satisfying but it's compounded by me getting 50 models painted in around 10 days. Yes 10 had been almost finished by Liam when Scott was with us but they've all had attention in varying degrees put on them. Not to mention they've all been varnished.

Some even had to be finished building. But you know me the fundamental hit I'm searching for is the serotonin high of finishing a project.

And I don't think I have EVER finished so many models in one go, nor so quickly.

Even if I hadn't been doing it for Scott I'd be proud of the achievement but the fact I got to finish it for him makes it that much more special.

I queried whether the additional highlights were needed, Contrast does do such a fantastic job with these ethereal beings.

But it has indeed added to the overall look and feel of the army.

Just enough of what Scott did initially, enhanced with some glow on the ground and highlights up top.

I don't know how consistent the bases are. Whether it's obvious that some were done by Liam, who has a much finer grain of basing material.

And the newer ones don't have any grass tufts as the only tufts I can find at the moment have flowers on from my Halfling Blood Bowl Team.

I do have some brown tufts somewhere, for when I started my Turnip28 models, but for the life of me the packet has gone AWOL.

As you can see Liam and Scott had used different colours, so some dead brown tufts would have added a third dimension.

Then again, some without would equally have helped in differentiating sub-warband groups.

I was amazed how rich the turquoise shading on the lower half became from my Craft Acrylic. This is one of the ones I've used on my Tyranid striations. It never looks this vibrant, but I think it really works. 

The question we have now is that I do have a sizeable Night Haunt army that is unbuilt. I've not intention of making them now or painting them anytime soon.

But having done these so quickly do I go with this [standard] approach. It's so quick and productive, although I like the idea of rusty metallics on the weapons. Or do I do something else a little more bloody and disgusting...

And another bunch of  Great Big Wooden Stamps of Approval.

'nids part 377 - Leviathan Tyranids - WHITE BACKGROUND PICS ⚪

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer and after the red background pics come the white background pics. Although this is somewhat cream, maybe I had the wrong settings 😣

Nevermind, they still look pretty cool and the colours are vibrant enough.

I love the Neurolids so much. Almost completely useless but so cool!

Winged Prime

Von Ryan's Leapers

Barbgaunts

'nids part 376 - Leviathan Tyranids - TO DONE! 🔴

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've been #PaintingWarhammer on my Leviathan Tyranids and they are TO DONE! There's a couple of reasons for these - they're on my list, they make up most of a combat patrol an I hope the bulk of Leviathan will be this year's Armies On Parade in-store.

But I do love the Neurotyrant and Neurolids and I'm still utterly convinced they look the right scale for Adeptus Titanicus/Legions Imperialis. Some home brew rules would make them playable I think.

I love them against the red background - the orange glowing brain works so much better.

It's not perfect in real life but these pics look pretty cool to me.

I'd love to have loads of these. I now they're practically spore mines but they're so much cooler looking and look great next to a Warlord Titan I have on my painting table. 

There's just something about a lot of these sculpts that makes the scale seem subtly different compared to older Tyranids.

Sadly he's not actually in the Combat Patrol but I have seen him used in a few battle reports and he has such an impact for Shadows in the Warp. I quite fancy using him at some point, if we ever player 'big' 40k.

Of course that means I need to buy a codex and that might just get one use before the next edition renders it obsolete! 😂

Anyway, the Winged Prime. I was never convinced of the pose.

Luckily I have 2 more from the introductory Combat Patrol magazine to play around with the pose and try to do something more 'airborne'.

Obviously we're talking about something that will happen within the next 5 years, if I'm lucky!

Von Ryan's Leapers are next.

Cool little fellas, they could be in Titanicus, just short of a Warhound in height.

They have so much detail to paint though, so I'm not looking forward to the next 3, but we'll see.

The Barbgaunts too were hard work and then additional 5 will be yet more of a challenge.

But they look so much better than I expected they would.

I love the 'rainbow' of colours these guys create.

I will be really excited to see 10 of these though, and 6 Leapers. They'll all look so impressive with the Screamer Killers, Norn Emissary, my VSG and a few of the more recent monsters and the Warriors too, they've never seen a parade in their new finery.

There are a few things to include alongside just the Leviathan models, so it should be a fun display. 

And another bunch of Great Big Wooden Stamps of Approval.