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Deed525 said:
Looking pretty cool :)
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Thanks!

Here is the next thing I finished today:
My Morghasts, Anna and Elsa. My daughter named them. She asked me why the two "Skeleton Angels" looked the same, and I said they are sisters. Sisters... snow on the base... the name stuck. :D

I like how they turned out.
In real life they are looking quite a bit darker than under that bright lamp.

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Their wrists are magnetized so I can use them with the swords or the halberds.

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Haha ‘skeleton angles’ ;D I really need to get into magnetising - you’ve made it look seamless, interesting lol

Sooo what have you got planned for Kroak :)?
 
Deed525 said:
Haha ‘skeleton angles’ ;D I really need to get into magnetising - you’ve made it look seamless, interesting lol

Sooo what have you got planned for Kroak :)?
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I will do a standard Kroak. The thing holding me back is lack of creativity.
I have seen some nice Kroak models here on the forums and elsewhere
(some mind-bogglingly great examples here:
http://www.lustria-online.com/threads/converting-slann-kroak.20350/ )
but I don't want to copy any of them, or lack the skills to do so and make it look good. So yeah, regular, boring Kroak on his palanquin for me.
I will not glue him on though, and I will try to make him another base, probably like the one sitting on a stone in the thread linked above. But for now, nothing special.

Magnetizing is really easy. Unless you look very close you won't see the magnets or their seams on most of my models. There are ways to make it rather smooth. My main problem is that I have a LOT of magnetized interchangable parts lying around, I know I will run into problems with that one day, when I want to swap weapons but not find them. :D
 
Aginor said:
I will do a standard Kroak. The thing holding me back is lack of creativity.
I have seen some nice Kroak models here on the forums and elsewhere
(some mind-bogglingly great examples here:
http://www.lustria-online.com/threads/converting-slann-kroak.20350/ )
but I don't want to copy any of them, or lack the skills to do so and make it look good. So yeah, regular, boring Kroak on his palanquin for me.
I will not glue him on though, and I will try to make him another base, probably like the one sitting on a stone in the thread linked above. But for now, nothing special.

Magnetizing is really easy. Unless you look very close you won't see the magnets or their seams on most of my models. There are ways to make it rather smooth. My main problem is that I have a LOT of magnetized interchangable parts lying around, I know I will run into problems with that one day, when I want to swap weapons but not find them. :D
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Ha yeah that would be me ‘where the hell did I put the damn arm’ :D

Ah you can find creativity everywhere ! I implore you to try, you will amazed at what you can come up with :)
 
Hmmm.... something is missing...
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Are you serious?....
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Oh, yeah that's it. But wasn't there something else?
...
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Right!
Ok, let's test how that looks...

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I decided to not do further highlighting on the horns, to keep their look consistent with my other units.
Now only the base is missing.
I am pretty happy with him. The mask was even edge highlighted with silver, and that's not exactly my favourite technique. But worth it IMO.
 
Aginor said:
Hmmm.... something is missing...
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Are you serious?....
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Oh, yeah that's it. But wasn't there something else?
...
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Right!
Ok, let's test how that looks...

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I decided to not do further highlighting on the horns, to keep their look consistent with my other units.
Now only the base is missing.
I am pretty happy with him. The mask was even edge highlighted with silver, and that's not exactly my favourite technique. But worth it IMO.
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How about a kroxigor holding him up and a few skink wondering around ? ;P
 
Deed525 said:
How about a kroxigor holding him up and a few skink wondering around ? ;P
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I am not going to paint another Kroxigor anytime soon. Damn resin almost drove me insane last time.
Good idea though, and yours looks fantastic.

I might actually add a few Skinks to the base, I have a few unpainted Skink Handlers lying around that I don't need.


Crowsfoot said:
Looks really good, could you add a glow in the eye slots?
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I thought about that, too!
But I couldn't decide about a color yet. I would probably use blue or yellow, most likely yellow, but I am not sure whether that would be visible at all, with the mask on...
 
Haha thanks, I know what you mean about resin...hate it, great detail as long as you don’t have to carve 60% of the model apart due to mould lines :S - also super bendy which is annoying
 
Yeah the Kroxigor and the Eternity Warden were the worst ones, but all resin models I have had one or the other problem, either with those bubble holes, warped or bent parts, loads of flash, missing details etc.
Time for GW to finally get rid of it.
 
Aginor said:
And here is my second set of kitbashed Skellies.
Like the first five those were built out of spare parts from the Black Knights kit. Basically Hexwraiths on foot.
Their hilarious running pose is due to the fact that they are rider bodies with one leg rotated 90 degrees.
Their weapons are also converted from the Hexwraiths, the shields are spare Skeleton Warrior shields I think.
The banner and Horn are from a Grave Guard kit.

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And then my buddy built some Hexwraiths so I said: Gimme those spare bits!
The Black Knights parts are more difficult to convert to infantry, but it worked.
These are even more goofy, I had a lot of fun making them.

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Here they are together as one big, very crazy group of insane running skellies:

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My total number of converted (read: free) Skeleton Warriors is 15 now.
That means I have 50 GW Skeletons now, which was my goal as I want to play my Deathrattle army in the GW store and all my other Skellies are non-GW models, which of course makes them persona non grata there.
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Love the skeletons! They are so dynamically posed!

And your Lord Kroak is beautifully painted, it could have replaced the one in the army books.
 
Finally finished Kroak today.
Here are a few pics including his base.
The two Skinks are Skink handlers that I converted to.... banner guys? In fact I haven't thought about what they are actually good for, but they look cool.
Like all personal assistants of Slann in my army they have golden crests.
The rest of the base is just my usual cork rocks and some vegetation. My wife suggested adding the skull to make that rock less boring.

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Aginor said:
Finally finished Kroak today.
Here are a few pics including his base.
The two Skinks are Skink handlers that I converted to.... banner guys? In fact I haven't thought about what they are actually good for, but they look cool.
Like all personal assistants of Slann in my army they have golden crests.
The rest of the base is just my usual cork rocks and some vegetation. My wife suggested adding the skull to make that rock less boring.

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Very good job sir :)
 
Aginor said:
Thanks a lot! It was fun to do, and quicker than I thought. Perhaps I am really getting a bit better at all that painting stuff.
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You doubt yourself too much :) from what I see you paint just fine! My only criticism is I like anpupil on my skink (personal choice though) just makes them look more eerie.

I see they are suffering from wonky stick syndrome lol, so many of my models have that :/
 
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