the games workshop thread - Page 5

self biased · August 18, 2004, 20:50

the devastators have been finished... i'll take pictures tomorrow, when i have better lighting available.

self biased · August 19, 2004, 11:57

for thses guys, i had stripped the metal weapons, and used some assault marine plastics i had laying around, half painted. the paint was a little thick in some areas, but i think they came out well enough considering. i also experimented with a new way of doing bone using graveyard earth as a basecoat, then bleached bone, then skull white. i am immensely pleased with the outcome. i just have to remember to keep my paints thin to keep the smooth coat.

[heavy bolters]

[plasma cannon]

[lascannon]

[caption: "I GOT ONE! I GOT ONE!"]

my next erm... interim project is some battlefleet gothic imperial cruisers, a chaos battleship, and hopefully finishing up the four dozen chaos or so i've got laying around, half completed.

self biased · September 10, 2004, 18:13

eldar revenant scout titan.

self biased · September 17, 2004, 11:32

[revanent scout titan]

looks like i've got another reason to start an eldar force.

self biased · October 7, 2004, 21:52

some old figs, some new. enjoy.

miscelaneous veteran sergeant. hands and power sword are from the asmodai model.

brother falling-leaf. nothing special, really, but i do like the scope on the the backpack.

miscelaneous veteran sergeant two. sheild, and BFG antenna added.

veteran sergeant hamlet. took terminator lightning claws, and sergeant body #010111201. did a little sculpting and added guitar strings as power couplings. plastic skull used from skeleton regiment.

razorback. chaos spikey bit used as halo for lascannons.

hyperios whirlwind variant: £16.00
extra armor: £12.00
rhino chassis: £15.00
the look on your opponent's face when you put a $75.00 vehichle into play: priceless.

self biased · October 9, 2004, 13:31

grey knights with psycannon.

self biased · October 14, 2004, 14:49

dark angels grand master.

dark angels dreadnought.

self biased · December 5, 2004, 17:49

one down, two to go. my hardlining's getting better, though.

Barinthus · December 5, 2004, 23:53

Nice nice

Even although I don't do those stuff, I enjoy your updates and resulting discussions.

self biased · December 6, 2004, 11:51

thanks. i figure with all my plus one-ing in this thread someone else might join in... anyway, the heads aren't stock. i added the hose and sculpted arount it to give it a more flight school style look.

self biased · January 31, 2005, 01:38

i've recieved my forgeworld dreanought. the ball is rolling again.

self biased · March 29, 2005, 14:22

it looks like tyranids might be in my future.

self biased · April 8, 2005, 14:58

yeah, i know i know... i've not been around in a while. but i'm getting back into schedule, so we'll have regular updates from me.

swooping hawk, doing a squad for a friend for christmas. deadline is may first. his birthday.

venerable dreadnought.

Jamski · April 8, 2005, 15:22

Once again, you are the AWESOME.

Now, a question. Do you have the album "Oblivion" released by Warhammer Records about 12 years ago? It featured Brian May, IIRC.

-Jam

self biased · April 9, 2005, 02:39

can't say that i do.

Jamski · April 9, 2005, 08:18

Darn, its really really rare

-Jam

MORON · April 10, 2005, 10:11

damn u rich folks with too much time......

General Ludd · April 10, 2005, 12:32

I just dug out my old space marines, and they are alot smaller than I remember... about an inch tall at the most. Is that the standard size?

How big are those dreadnaughts?

self biased · April 12, 2005, 17:28

the dreadnought is on a sixty millimeter base.

self biased · June 30, 2005, 22:49

engineseer techpreist. the guard have been started.

self biased · July 28, 2005, 11:39

the guard have once again been postponed.

self biased · September 7, 2005, 13:07

yeah, so how about some of those pictures i've been promising for ages...

[missile launchers] two of three shown

[multimelta] i'm rather proud of the way the cables came out. which reminds me to pick up some genuine snakebite leather, rather than mixing it every time i need it.

[command squad] yeah, these guys. i still need to add static grass to everyone, but they've seen action since being "finished"

Agathon · September 8, 2005, 01:54

Nice job SB. I was a slightly worse painter than you, but my brother was top notch (he had an orc army).

I used to love this game when it first came out, but the 2nd edition rules ruined it IMHO. The army lists I hated and the miniatures, while cool looking, lost the minimalist aesthetic of the original ones. I kept my first edition rules for years and my brother and I would still play the odd game against each other.

When they changed the Eldar to include the silly and overpowered Aspect Warriors, I gave up playing in the community. That's about the same time that White Dwarf became a load of ****.

Nevertheless, on the subject of GW I still think that the original Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay is the best roleplaying game ever created. It was simple, yet incredibly flexible and didn't lend itself to power gaming in the way that AD&D did.

self biased · December 9, 2005, 14:57

eldar guardian. i think i may end up scrapping my daemonhunters altogether in favor of eldar. they get a revamp next summer.

Footie Mad · December 10, 2005, 10:38

I always found chaos space marines the coolest faction, you haven't done any of those?

self biased · December 11, 2005, 16:15

heretic! i am loyal to the beneficent emperor.

self biased · February 23, 2006, 11:12

[deathwing terminator sergeant]

the fabled new plastic terminators, with a little help from forgeworld. they're a little harder to put together than i thought it would be. cleaning up the mold lines was an express pain in the ass. also, the heads were attatched to the sprues in a rather curious spot as well. thank goodness a halfway decent paint job does well to cover those up.

self biased · February 25, 2006, 13:39

huzzah!

Agathon · February 25, 2006, 19:09

Those are excellent.

When I was living in England the local GW branch had some stuff from the Golden Demon awards, and your work is very close to that standard.

You ever try some of their LOTR miniatures? They used to have some really good ones back in the 80s, but the new ones aren't too bad.

I miss the 80s Citadel stuff. They had many amusing miniature. My favourite was the scrollbearer. This poor wizard's apprentice whose face was obscured by the huge pile of scrolls he was carrying.

self biased · February 26, 2006, 01:19

thanks for the flattery, agathon, but my painting is nowhere near GD standards. what was nice about the early citadel era was that there was a lot of creativity. what was bad was that most armies weren't as unified as they are now with their imagery.