It’s fairly late so I’m not going to say much, figured it was about time for a painting update of some description, photos are ok, not sure you can make out the PVC tops on the girls but it’s a touch I am fond of.
I may paint something Else before I do another batch just to break things up, 15 of these is like 25? single figs (damn boards)
Anyway I hope you all leik them.
TTFN
Looking sexy as always Matt
Awesome stuff, those look amazing. I hate to admit I’m too much of a coward to actually start mine, they are going to be a challenge time/talentwise!
Any hints/tips for painting them?
I was surprised with how long these actually took, not quite like the Reavers ,which might be the most time consuming unit i have ever painted ….
Ravagers are stupidly time-consuming too…..
Hints/tips, hmmm well I broke the painting up over a week or so, partially because I’m still recovering from hobby burnout, I think choosing an element or block of colour, doing it all then walking away seems to help get me through.
If its only quite quick 1-2 hours per stage per squad I may even do several stages this way in a day, it also means if you are tight for time say in the evenings after work whatever you can aim to simply get a section done, this way you can see constant progress and always finish having ‘completed’ something.
Hellions are punky and wild, you should go for cyberpunk and tribal/gang references , I think battering and weathering works well for them too, they can be pretty diverse and colourful if you want , my original idea for mine was riffing on the original red barons flying circus.
http://www.starduststudios.com/Manfred_von_Richthofen-w.jpg
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdgeschwader_1_(World_War_I)
I’ll have to give it a try, I found the reavers fun, but my paint schemes are much more simple and I try and use washes to get contours on the front armour.
I’ve actually started to fall to the dark side, trying to decide for a second project on whether to build a slightly converted blood angels army, or a stand in/proxy eldar as blood angels army. (ASM = Scorpions with hawk wings – all WYSIWYG)
Really sick of mech, its never really interested me, and DoA is a cool concept.
Awesome work and as always the paint work really capture the feel for the models for me. And Tantalus next please, lol 🙂
Heh , Kinda struggling with the Tantalus at the moment, its just not good, at all , in any way, its a useless transport, its anti infantry ability is weak and its anti tank ability is laughable, its pretty much the epitome of “All mouth, no trousers”
I may have to ‘politely’ discuss this with FW at the open day …..
I’m glad you liek the scheme, I put alot of time into making the army as ‘DE’ as possible (at least the way I see them ) I wanted people to be able to feel everything DE stand for without ever having read the fluff.
You looked at the IA11 Corsairs list ? I’m half tempted myself…
Already started my corsairs warband “Tigers Blood” led by Prince Sh’een
He’s Bi- Winning ? 😛
ho la fortuna di avere mia madre (quasi) sempre dalla mia parte… la nonna italica è mia suocera… e purtroppo riesce sempre a farmi sentire .. un verme.. inutile.. incapace… quando c'è lei… il mio non ha occhi che per lei… e se lui (3 anni) tira troppo la corda..lei &qruu;goatda che la tua mamma si arrabbia se fai così!" :°( S.O.S !!!
The problem is getting in games, using something your opponent has to agree on is just so annoying. FW rules are so bad for all the races which need stuff anyway that they should just make their releases official.
I’ve liked the BA rules for a while, and they would nicely replace my GK in either form. I really liked GK as the underdogs, now however…..
Bleh our club has done away with that rubbish, no one is a tool with the FW stuff anyway, it runs to being over-pointed anyway, we are running FW Friendly tourneys too so depending on your environment its not an issue, also If push comes to shove you can do a corsair list/ models that can also be count-as with CWE dex for the Douchebags.
People that insist on the codex’s is laughable, if GW made even a shred of effort to balance their dex’s or they were even all for the same edition at the same time it might be a valid arguement.
What little passion I have for 40k is slowly dwindling.
I might look into the FW stuff, but then the Eldar guardians are a poor sculpt at the moment anyway, especially compared to DE.
Getting friends to start an escalation league with me to try and get the passion back, so hopefully that helps.
can mix and match DE models into a corsair list (can even feild some stuff), I was just going to use a load of my existing eldar and DE stuff together and mash in the things I need which I don’t have (Warp Hunters)
Really I should not have to buy a whole lot to run the list.
We are just about to start an escalation campaign too, I’m using it to get my paint on !
Very good Hellions, you are showing the skill as always. In game terms I think they are only playable in Duke- Baron lists, ’cause they need good drugs, and the Duke knows how to get them. I like them mostly, but T3 and 6+ Sv makes me feel bad for their survavibility, even in combat. So how do you plan to use them and how many models? 16 points is a bit pricey pricey me, I think.
They work well enough with the Baron, not sure the yare particularly worthwhile without …. 16 points for a t3 model with a 5+ is a bit steep.
I dont personally think you need the Duke especially, the drugs are still random after all, there has been no real difference when I run them without him.
Personaly I think they could do with a price drop, 14 seems reasonable I suppose.
They are actually ok, with propper terrain and stealth they can be quite hard for people to deal with , especially with FNP in there,
Remember , if you get the drop (lets assume a 15 man unit including baron) thats 30 splinter shots followed by a bucket of str 4 + attacks if you assault afterwards, they dish out torrent brilliantly, picking the right targets for them helps.
Due to their speed and hit-and -run it can be pretty easy to surround a tank and hit it lots ro make it wreck/explode, chances are everything inside will auto die.
Lovely as always.
Those bases are creepy evil, btw…
Hewwow Mr.Synn
It’s weird you should mention them, someone this weeks said they liked everything except the bases.
Can’t please everyone I suppose….
I get it, your flying bases seems a bit like a tree trunks to some people. I think, on the game table they are less noticeable.
About blowing the transports in close combat – I suffered a LOT of casualties after blowing the rhino with my wyches (magic fearsome grenades, remember?), 1/3 of the squad dies from explosion (if they don’t have paytoken already though).
Yeah, from the top down you cant see them, in fact the black stem is less noticable than leaving it transparent.
It’s the risk you ‘have’ to take alot of the time, DE AT is to shit to just rely on DL’s to do the work, my Wyches ALWAYS start with a pain point , no exeptions.
Generally I have got my hellions a point before they do anything At’ish …