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  1. Warden
    Slann

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    ... and as a bonus to my army photos, here is the cockpit of my Archaeoraptor!

    warden20201004_ryza archaeoraptor cockpit 1.jpg

    warden20201004_ryza archaeoraptor cockpit 2.jpg

    :vulcan: :D
     
  2. Imrahil
    Slann

    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    :woot::woot: awesome.

    That cockpit is an amazing touch to a great army:artist::artist:

    Great work!

    Grrr, Imrahil
     
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    Slann

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    I appreciate the compliments!


    Onto my next project.

    I purchased this lot of Cryx from Warmachine well over a year ago for $90:

    warden20201010_cryx haul.jpg

    It was in the clearance section of a local game store, they were getting rid of their on-the-shelf warmachine stock, probably due to mark III removing a lot of their player base :(
    • Starter Battle Box (Agathia Caster, Reaper and Slayer heavy warjacks, deathripper light warjack)
    • 2x Deathripper light warjacks
    • 2x Ripjaw light warjacks
    • 1x Corruptor/Malice/Reaper warjack
    • 15x Blackmane Ghost pirates
    • Kraken colossal warjack

    Regardless, I always wanted to give Cryx a try, as not only is green my favorite color (and therefore they would have to be the faction I try to paint first) but I really like the piratey-zombie-mechanical theme they had going on. Plus there warjacks were the coolest.

    Sadly a lot of the game meta seems to be focused on infantry, but I want to give a bunch of warjacks a go too.

    Here is the battle box contents:

    warden20201010_cryx battle box.jpg

    My plan is to start with the battle box, and the unit of Blackbane's Ghost Pirates, and begin testing out colors.

    warden20201010_cryx WIP 1.jpg

    To go along with the piratey feel of the army, I wanted to make some wood-floored bases for all the models too.

    warden20201010_cryx WIP 2.jpg

    I liked the warcaster (Bane Witch Agathia) but had to do a little conversion work :cool:

    warden20201010_cryx WIP 3 agathia.jpg

    She has a few leftover adeptus mechanicus bits to give her a few extra mechanical arms, and I added more of a "spider helmet" look with a bit from the van-saar necromunda gang I have yet to paint.

    Looking forward to experimenting with the paint scheme for these guys. Most of the armor will be green, with the bone or skin planning to be a gray/light purple color.
     
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    Slann

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    Second haul of cryx models showed up yesterday, I unboxed them all today.

    warden20201011_cryx haul 2.jpg

    This batch cost roughly $75, and all were second hand models, to include one missing a base (easily replaced).
    • Erebus heavy warjack
    • Nightwretch light warjack
    • Defiler light warjack
    • Aiakos solo
    • 10x Bile Thralls
    Also added the list of my cryx models to my previous post.

    The bile thralls are first on the chopping box to get their paint stripped off. Fortunately i was able to save all but two of their bases when I took them off.

    warden20201011_cryx bile thralls paint strip 1.jpg
    Going to let these sit for a day.

    warden20201011_cryx bile thralls paint strip 2.jpg

    warden20201011_cryx bile thralls paint strip 3.jpg
     
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    Slann

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    The ghost pirates are well on their way to being complete:

    warden20201010_cryx ghost skeletons WIP 1.jpg
    warden20201010_cryx ghost skeletons WIP 2.jpg

    warden20201010_cryx ghost skeletons WIP 3.jpg

    Final stuff that needs to be done is highlights for the purple-white bone/skin and the bright parakeet green for the flames. The dude on the right is mostly done, except for the eyes:

    warden20201010_cryx ghost skeletons WIP 4.jpg

    Considering doing a matt wash for these guys, never tried it before but I think that will help cut down on the sliminess, especially for the wood on the base.
     
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    I love this level of detail. That's a steady painting hand you've got there!
     
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    Totally like these, big fan of the wooden deck on the bases.
    Purple-ish green is a great combination ;)

    Grrr, Imrahil
     
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    Slann

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    Thanks! Most of the work on the admech flyer's control panel was done with a toothpick. That's how I do basically all the eyes on miniatures now.

    Got about half of the ghost pirates complete:

    warden20201014_cryx ghost skeletons WIP 5.jpg
     
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    Slann

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    Finished my cryx ghost pirates!

    warden20201016_cryx ghost pirates 11.jpg

    The ghostly-looking ones:

    warden20201016_cryx ghost pirates 06.jpg

    The piratey-ones:

    warden20201016_cryx ghost pirates 05.jpg

    The genie-ones:

    warden20201016_cryx ghost pirates 03.jpg

    And the Jared-Leto-Joker-looking-ones:

    warden20201016_cryx ghost pirates 02.jpg

    For some reason one of them was missing a leg. Never had something like this happen for a metal model before, but in this case it works great considering most of them have swirling gas for legs anyway.

    ...and the leader of the group, Captain Blackbane himself:

    warden20201016_cryx ghost pirates 07.jpg

    warden20201016_cryx ghost pirates 08.jpg

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    Slann

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    A couple moar pics because I took a ton:

    warden20201016_cryx ghost pirates 22.jpg

    Top-down view of the wooden bases:

    warden20201016_cryx ghost pirates 19.jpg

    I think the matte-varnish I used on these guys helped a lot. Never done that before, really cut down on the excessive shine after all the washes I used.

    warden20201016_cryx ghost pirates 12.jpg
    warden20201016_cryx ghost pirates 13.jpg

    warden20201016_cryx ghost pirates 14.jpg

    warden20201016_cryx ghost pirates 16.jpg

    warden20201016_cryx ghost pirates 18.jpg

    Last picture of the full photo-terrain setup!

    warden20201016_cryx ghost pirates 20.jpg

    This brings me up to 200 completed models since June of this year!!!
     
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    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    very nice work on those, and quickly done. Good work on your backlog ;)

    Grrr, Imrahil
     
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    Slann

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    Next up, some WIPs of the cryx battlebox warjacks and caster. The deathripper is the furthest on its way to completion, and is my test model for the warjack scheme.

    warden20201018_cryx WIP 07.jpg

    Painting the bigger jacks is going to be a fun challenge.

    How the deathripper looked in the initial stages of its progress (see: ugly :confused:)

    warden20201016_cryx WIP 01.jpg

    warden20201016_cryx WIP 02.jpg

    The big jacks:

    warden20201016_cryx WIP 03.jpg

    Slayer's leg broke off :hurting:

    warden20201016_cryx WIP 04.jpg

    Agathia with her base coats done:

    warden20201016_cryx WIP 05.jpg

    Bile thralls are also all stripped and re-base-coated, ready for painting. Will start them soon, but don't plan to finish any of the rest of the cryx on my workbench until the battlebox is done first. That way I can at least have a minimum-sized Cryx army to use on the fields of warmachine!

    warden20201016_cryx WIP 06.jpg
     
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    Slann

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    Great paint jobs!
    What game are the models for?
     
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    Slann

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    Thanks!

    These are for the game Warmachine from company Privateer Press. Fantasy/steampunk game, where magic and science are basically the same thing, and armies fight each other with infantry, wizards, and also giant magical construct-golem-warmachines called warjacks.

    I like the ascetic of the game, especially the Cryx faction (undead steampunk pirates). They also have a more "primal" version of the game called Hordes, that is interchangable and can play against Warmachine in the rules just fine, but instead of warjacks it has giant beasties and monsters instead. Same company that made my gatormen.

    From the reviews I have seen it plays more like a skirmish game than WHF, with no huge units except for some infantry. Also plays a bit like chess, where your king and queen is combined into one character (warcaster, super powerful wizard/warrior who if they die, you loose), and all your pieces have different rules.
     
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    Calling my deathripper bonejack done, great test model. The matte varnish on the metallic parts helped even out the model.

    warden20201021_cryx WIP 10.jpg

    warden20201021_cryx WIP 11.jpg

    Just got to paint brown around the base edge.
    Also some shots of my painting table. I had to move around some stuff so my samurai cavalry are on my desk now too, along with some still-to-be-assembled warjacks:

    warden20201021_cryx WIP 09.jpg

    Also making a new rubber mold, along with the rest of my cryx forces:

    warden20201021_cryx WIP 08.jpg

    But Warden, you ask... is that a grasshopper on your desk while you are painting?

    Why yes! Yes it is :pompus::joyful:
     
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    Nicely fits the paintscheme of the Cryx you did ;)

    Good work!

    Grrr, Imrahil
     
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    :D Thanks!

    Current status of the rest of the box set:
    The warjacks:

    warden20201021_cryx WIP 12.jpg

    The warcaster:

    warden20201021_cryx WIP 13.jpg
     
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    Slann

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    Moar cryx on the table, I assembled my heavy warjack Corruptor and Malice from pieces from the same kit, as well as some parts cast and bits purchased from Hoard-o-Bits:

    warden20201023_cryx WIP 14.jpg
    Corruptor:

    warden20201023_cryx WIP 15 corruptor.jpg

    Malice:

    warden20201023_cryx WIP 16 malice.jpg

    And in a fast painting left-turn, I was inspired to paint up some samurai cavalry that have been sitting on my painting table since over a year ago, and I didn't get around to finishing over the summer when I finished a large batch of my samurai project.

    warden20201023_samurai cavalry 01.jpg

    Seven more cavalry members complete, to include the two on the left with bows. Just gotta add some plants to the bases and they will be done!

    warden20201023_samurai cavalry 02.jpg
     
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    Nice models.

    GW should bring back Nippon in TOW in my opinion. I've had so many great ideas for samurai rules.
     
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    Imrahil Thirtheenth Spawning

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    I like the colors on those Samurai:artist:

    Grrr, Imrahil
     

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