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oops my iPad made me type this comment twice xD

 

Its all good! I look at stuff I painted even a week or two ago and notice things I wish I did differently. Its a good thing, it means you're improving!

 

Thanks, I defiantly see what you mean about the paint on the stegadon and skink arms, I painted the stegadon when I was newer to the hobby. It’s not to much of an issue though as I planned to come back to the stegadon and do a wash and maybe a highlight on the places were it’s necessary, I also want to add a small hexoatl symbol on its back ( as all my models have a faction symbol, stegadon=hexoatl,bastiladon=itza,skinks=Itza) and do a bit of clean up where the wash has pooled on his horns. The main reason the skinks coat is quite thick Is due to the fact I am painting over a layer I did when I didn’t have as much experience this won’t be a problem for the other half of the skinks as they weren’t done.

 

:O I'm a Saurus :l I will have to change my occupation and location now

 

- Really love this model from the skink astrolith bearer thread, you guys might see one of these later on to accompany my 45 skinks, skink star priest (not done yet ) and skink chief

 

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since I started becoming more active on lustria online I have seen so many cool models and ideas I NEED to have in my army xD

this is one of my word documents, I'm struggling to keep all the ideas in my head
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Ideas:

chameleon skinks. 3 green, 1 brown, one changing from green to brown

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cockatrice could be a quetzal conversion

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MAZDAMUNDI-

magnetized slann, magnets connect to stegadon

pieces:

engine of the gods back plate

sun blood mace

headdresss (already owned)

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dread maw conversion for the or cult of sotek

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skink astrolith bearer

 

Hopefully I can get the skink chief finished today

 

Alrighty, I have finished the green scales on the shield, although I'm still not sure about the Itza symbol :

 

hypothetically speaking, Imagine of all the second generation slann got together and brought like 500 revefication crystals with them to some holy site such a Gwakmol crater and had some kroxigors bring lord kroaks remains to the center and all of them enacted a great ritual bring him back to life, that would be pretty cool.

Or. if a lone skink was in the vault of itza and under some weird circumstances found himself lost and at a vault door. as he manages to figure out the code and it opens revealing loads of unexplored passages and in a small chamber at the end of the corridor lies a first generation slann in a deathly state of meditation and he is like the sole reason the great vortex is still going. - either of these stories would be the back story for the slann/lord kroak leading my army

 

I imagine the vault to look something like this: (a picture I found on the web)

 

The shield is complete:

 

I have 15 pounds to spend what do you guys reckon I get out of these,
My current army, 1 EOTG, 45 skinks, 2 saurus scar vets, 1 skink chief, 1 skink star priest, 1 slann, 1 salamander, 2 bastiladons that are going to be magnetized for both types.

option 1 - chameleon skinks x 5
option 2 - saurus astrolith bearer
option 3 - razerdon/salamander x 1
option 4 - skink priest
option 5 - eternity wardern

 

' If you must die, take as many of the enemies servants with you as you can, do not sell your essence short for the time of inaction is over, prepare to face the enemies, today we march, we march to War. I Mazdamundi of the second generation has spoken, enact my will and see it done. COMMENCE THE PURGE'

 

or don't commence the purge just enjoy the model xD

 

Already got the next two skinks planned this these two will get me up to 8
I'm going to experiment with the water effects a bit more on the first one, although I might not even get these guys done until Sunday as the bases I ordered are coming tomorrow and I might want to do some of them. ->( see what I mean about some already having a base coat that I go over)

 

Thanks Paradoxical pacifism I unlocked a trophy since i have 50 likes or something xD

 

The way I did my water effects was to paint it blue and then give it several coats of varnish so it has a ‘sheen’ to it. I don’t know if that will work for yours?

 

A nice technique but I Ordered this swampy water effects thing its kinda like a gel that drys nice and clean. talking
about orders my stuff just arrived! I got some mushrooms which will add a lot of variation to the swamp bases and it also means I don't have to use as many ferns