Login |  Register |  FAQ
   
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 4 of 21
  [ 303 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ... 21  Next

A beautiful (Hive) Mind
Otterman
 Post subject: A beautiful (Hive) Mind
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:07 pm 

(Warmaster Nice @ Feb. 02 2007,14:41)
QUOTE
Actually I was under the impression that Thomas Pope died several hundred years ago... ???

Some kind of Papal zombie?
Top
  
 
Warmaster Nice
 Post subject: A beautiful (Hive) Mind
PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:25 pm 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother

Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:15 pm
Posts: 7948
Location: Denmark
Dark powers are at work here for sure...


Anyway I got the stuff from ChaosOrc today. Based a test stand of Tyranid Warriors to test my paint scheme on which is currently drying on my workbench. It turns out I misread the label on the Vallejo ink so instead of Smoke I've bought Sepia which is pretty much the color tone I was looking for anyway.
The result loks promising although I think bone areas need touching up a bit afterwards to make the miniatures look more interesting. Still it is a very simple paint scheme so I think it sould be easy enough to do an entire army this way. I'll have some pics ready tomorrow I think.

Also the FW order arrived. By some odd packing error I got 3 bases of Rippers (The big lump of critters) instead of the individual ones I ordered. At least the FW guys have been quick to replace the order but it is still mildly annoying.

_________________
Sofa General

Nobody expects the Inquisition!!!
http://theepiclounge.wordpress.com/
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Evil and Chaos
 Post subject: A beautiful (Hive) Mind
PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:42 pm 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother
User avatar

Joined: Fri May 05, 2006 2:57 am
Posts: 20887
Location: Harrogate, Yorkshire
Did you have to send your rippers back to them?

_________________
Currently doing a plastic scenery kickstarter
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
hotwire
 Post subject: A beautiful (Hive) Mind
PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:03 pm 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother

Joined: Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:42 pm
Posts: 896
Location: Rome or London..depends on my mood
where do you find this Nid stuff on FW???

_________________
We are the Emperor's Sword! We are impenetrable! Pizza man? Sure come through. *a loud kamikaze explosion is heard*
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Vermis
 Post subject: A beautiful (Hive) Mind
PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:47 pm 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother
User avatar

Joined: Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:36 pm
Posts: 941
In the section marked 'tyranids' :;):

FW quality control is... not good.  IME.  They're good at replacing stuff from what I hear, but I think that's because they're used to it. :devil:
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
hotwire
 Post subject: A beautiful (Hive) Mind
PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:50 pm 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother

Joined: Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:42 pm
Posts: 896
Location: Rome or London..depends on my mood
aaaaaah i was looking in the Epic section...

EDIT

i have anew dream..someone put the FW huge nid biotitan Heirodule 40k scale infront of a lone EPIC SCALE space marine and take a picture...i may just buy myself one of those big bugs...




_________________
We are the Emperor's Sword! We are impenetrable! Pizza man? Sure come through. *a loud kamikaze explosion is heard*
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Warmaster Nice
 Post subject: A beautiful (Hive) Mind
PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:05 pm 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother

Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:15 pm
Posts: 7948
Location: Denmark

(Evil and Chaos @ Feb. 05 2007,19:42)
QUOTE
Did you have to send your rippers back to them?

No. I've only been asked to do so once and that was after they screwed up my order 3 times in a row. In the end I decided to keep those miscast Stormswords and save myself the shipping cost because I was just getting tired of keeping complaining. -I'm pretty sure the sales guy was getting pretty tired of my whining as well... :D
In my experience FW (as well as GW) are very nice to replace mispacked or miscast stuff. However I thik it is only fair: At their prices I'm not going to put up with a faulty product.


Anyway: I've touched up the bone areas on the Warrior and the end result looks suspiciously like Mark Logues Nids. However that's not really a bad thing so I think I'll stick to this scheme. :D

_________________
Sofa General

Nobody expects the Inquisition!!!
http://theepiclounge.wordpress.com/
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Chroma
 Post subject: A beautiful (Hive) Mind
PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:39 pm 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother
User avatar

Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2005 3:06 pm
Posts: 9684
Location: Montréal, QC, Canada

(Warmaster Nice @ Feb. 05 2007,20:05)
QUOTE
Anyway: I've touched up the bone areas on the Warrior and the end result looks suspiciously like Mark Logues Nids. However that's not really a bad thing so I think I'll stick to this scheme. :D

Any "teaser" pics?   :alien:

_________________
"EPIC: Total War" Lead Developer

Now living in Boston... any EPIC players want to meet up?
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Charad
 Post subject: A beautiful (Hive) Mind
PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:03 pm 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother
User avatar

Joined: Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:59 pm
Posts: 1212
Location: Finland
Pics please.. We are all waiting! :p

_________________
Rats Keep Running...

Dark Eldar Dracon
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Warmaster Nice
 Post subject: A beautiful (Hive) Mind
PostPosted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:56 pm 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother

Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:15 pm
Posts: 7948
Location: Denmark
I will I will :D

...But not untill tomorrow. However as compensation I'll snap a few pic of another little surprise...not Tyranid though.

_________________
Sofa General

Nobody expects the Inquisition!!!
http://theepiclounge.wordpress.com/
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Warmaster Nice
 Post subject: A beautiful (Hive) Mind
PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:47 am 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother

Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:15 pm
Posts: 7948
Location: Denmark
Here's the nid stand (without proper basing though).

I think it looks a bit too brown in the cold light of day so I might have to dillute the ink slightly in the future.

_________________
Sofa General

Nobody expects the Inquisition!!!
http://theepiclounge.wordpress.com/
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Vermis
 Post subject: A beautiful (Hive) Mind
PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:08 pm 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother
User avatar

Joined: Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:36 pm
Posts: 941
Looking good, anyway. ?Naturalistic. :)
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Markconz
 Post subject: A beautiful (Hive) Mind
PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:17 pm 
Purestrain
Purestrain
User avatar

Joined: Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:43 pm
Posts: 7925
Location: New Zealand
It looks good, but remember that things look duller from a distance on the tabletop - colours effectively become much darker than if you are looking at them close up. At least you have the white there to bring it out though.

Is that a coin you have them based on? That could get expensive :D

_________________
http://hordesofthings.blogspot.co.nz/
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Warmaster Nice
 Post subject: A beautiful (Hive) Mind
PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 4:25 pm 
Brood Brother
Brood Brother

Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:15 pm
Posts: 7948
Location: Denmark

(Markconz @ Feb. 06 2007,12:17)
QUOTE
It looks good, but remember that things look duller from a distance on the tabletop - colours effectively become much darker than if you are looking at them close up. At least you have the white there to bring it out though.

Is that a coin you have them based on? That could get expensive :D

I agree. I hope a thinner ink will help because there's not enough contrast between the fleshy bitz and the bone ATM. It is mainly the infantry I'm concerned about. The larger critters should be fine since there's more room for adding details.


As for the coin base: Hmmm... did you se the prices GW are charging for bases these days?  :devil:  :confuse:  :p

_________________
Sofa General

Nobody expects the Inquisition!!!
http://theepiclounge.wordpress.com/
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Markconz
 Post subject: A beautiful (Hive) Mind
PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:30 pm 
Purestrain
Purestrain
User avatar

Joined: Mon Jul 28, 2003 10:43 pm
Posts: 7925
Location: New Zealand

(Warmaster Nice @ Feb. 06 2007,14:25)
QUOTE

(Markconz @ Feb. 06 2007,12:17)
QUOTE

Is that a coin you have them based on? That could get expensive :D

As for the coin base: Hmmm... did you se the prices GW are charging for bases these days? ?:devil: ?:confuse: ?:p

Lol!! Yeah dumb comment by me!  :blush:  :D

_________________
http://hordesofthings.blogspot.co.nz/
Top
 Profile Send private message  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
  Print view Previous topic | Next topic 
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 4 of 21
  [ 303 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ... 21  Next


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 14 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  


Powered by phpBB ® Forum Software © phpBB Group
CoDFaction Style by Daniel St. Jules of Gamexe.net