Blog Nomis' n00b Seraphon army

[nomis]

Hi Folks,

Started collecting (and painting) back in May/June time 2018. I hadnt painted a miniature since I was 12 so there was a steep learning curve. Thought it might be nice to document my progress so here goes....

I will be updating each entry when i have some better photos too, i have just gone back through my pictures and quite a lot of my units are missing!

First up, The Start Collecting Box...


This was the first model I painted because, well, it's a T-Rex ridden by a smaller dinosaur!



This was where I established what kind of base theme I was going for, which has developed over time as you all will see..

 

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Next up were the Saurus Knights.



These were great fun to paint, I didn't (and still dont) really care for a uniformly themed monsters in my army so i painted the cold ones all different colors. This was great practice for different skin tones too.

I found a scheme that I like for my Saurus and ran with that.

 

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The warriors were fun - and a learning curve. I hadn't realized that they need to all be using the same weapons to be in a unit (I bought the kit to paint and not play with), so i bought some second hand ones off ebay to make bigger blobs for when I decided to actually play.



The orange shielded Saurus were from the original set and the purple shield were from the ebay batch which I adapted the way they were painted to match my units. I thought the purple shields and spikes allowed for a nice variance among the units.

 

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With the Start collecting box painted, I bought a box o skinks (and then about 80 more off ebay!)

These were great fun to paint but I found that painting huge batches made me inpatient and I missed loads of details which I would now be kicking myself to miss - all part of the learning process tho!



Batch painting is the WORST!

 

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Ebay is a wonderful thing! Managed to get a metal slann for about £14 however, it required some work as you can see..

I soaked it in methylated spirits and scrubbed the original paint job and began work. My local GW were kind enough to give me a flying base for it (for FREE!)



And here he is finished (on a bit of scenery I made for my D&D campaign)



After putting it together I realised I have put it on a smaller base than it comes with - again, part of the learning process!

 

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No slann is complete without an astrolith bearer....


This was where I started to really make an effort with smaller details like teeth and eyes however, I feel like I rushed this a bit too much (needed it for a game quickly!), I think at some point in the future I will come back to it and tidy it up/add more detail.

 

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I then bought a Lord Korak from a local second hand game shop which was pre painted and put my painting to shame, so of course, I had to get a balewind vortex!



this was really fun and easy to paint

 

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I LOVED painting this model. Really taught me a lot about making color gradients with a brush.

And also, its badass on the table!

(My first) starpriest.

 

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Another Ebay Bargain.

Found an EOTG for just over a tenner but it looked like this....



After a long soak in Meths again, it started to look like this...




And here he is, finished!

 

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I found a unit of 20 Saurus Guard in my local second hand shop that were again, really nicely painted. So of course I had to get an eternity warden to go with them!

 

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I wanted my Chameleon Skinks to be a different color to my other skink units so I went with a brown theme for these. I loved painting these models, aside from my bastiladon, i think they have been my favorite to paint.

 

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Another second hand restoration next, Found an old metal skink priest in my local shop.

Before...



After

 

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Also found a razrodon with a missing leg, so i hacked and greenstuffed a saurus leg onto it. I think it came out nicely!



After

 

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Ripperdactyls.

Again, these were from ebay so they didnt have a blot toad with them, so i found an interesting looking proxy online...

 

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This was my favorite model to paint, and was really adventurous for me. Inspired by some folks on the internet, i present the space dino!





Finished!

 

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I wanted to try water effects on a base and thought that the Troggie may be a good place to start! I used foam board for the rocks and poundland epoxy resin for the water effects (and some on the spit to give it strength!)



And the base...

 

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And of course, the re-cast new metal units!

 

[Warden]

That is an impressive collection! Glad you were able to get some of them for cheap. I like how you have done all your basing, and made each of your cold one saurus cavalry dudes a different color.

Love that custom blot toad

 

[Aginor]

Agree, really nice models!

 

[Crowsfoot]

Nicely done, that Bassy look very familiar @Xlanax_lot

Where do you live to keep finding models in local shops?