Games Workshop, An Appreciation Thread

[Captain Kelsten]

Prophets of Flesh. 

[Davros sock drawer]

 

Nothing under that name on the GW store, but a Google via Prophets of Flesh>Drukhari tells me it's actually a Cronos Parasite Engine/Talos Pain Engine:

 

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Dark-Eldar-Cronos-Parasite-Engine-2018

 

The GW website is an absolute steaming turd.

[Captain Kelsten]

Yeah I just put your image into a Google image search and went from there  

[Davros sock drawer]

49 minutes ago, Captain Kelsten said:

Yeah I just put your image into a Google image search and went from there  

 

I...forgot that was a thing...

[feltmonkey]

I could have told you that straight away from the image, but for some reason I haven't looked at this part of the forum all weekend, sorry. Dark Eldar are very much my bag.

 

I've been painting something pretty cool over the last couple of weeks.  

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CjBX4g5t0CI/

 

I didn't do the conversion/sculpting work.  I think the guy who did might actually be a genius.

[moosegrinder]

Those green stuff conversions and sculpting are fucking nuts. Like legitimately bonkers.

[Davros sock drawer]

Yeah, that's really cool. What blows my mind even more though is that (I think) every mini used to be hand sculpted in greenstuff, back in the metal mini days.

 

 

[Davros sock drawer]

I’m redoubling my efforts to clear my frankly ridiculous backlog of accumulated Stormcast. I nearly considered just selling them partially painted, but once I started these three a couple of nights ago I found myself having a reasonably relaxing time, as they’re quite simple sculpts really.

 

 

I also finally finished the first mini I bought when I started painting again (well, one of three that came with Mortal Realms mag). 

 

 

[feltmonkey]

2 hours ago, moosegrinder said:

Those green stuff conversions and sculpting are fucking nuts. Like legitimately bonkers.

 

You should see it in the hand. It's actually mad to me to look at pictures of the unpainted mini and realise that parts I thought were just part of the original GW sculpt are actually bits that the guy made out of green stuff. Things like the knee-pads, the ropes and tassels and the detailing on the upper leg armour.

 

It puts the pressure on you as a painter, I can tell you. If you cock it up, there's not a second copy of the miniature you can work on instead. I don't even know if you can strip paint off green stuff.

[Aluco]

On 24/10/2022 at 16:45, Davros sock drawer said:

Yeah, that's really cool. What blows my mind even more though is that (I think) every mini used to be hand sculpted in greenstuff, back in the metal mini days.

 

 

 

Some still are.

My favourite dwarf miniatures come from Scibor. https://www.sciborminiatures.com/

Check out their wonderfully characterful miners.

 

They still sculpt like this, you can see it in some of their photos. And the detail they achieve is just as good as GW stuff. It boggles my mind how anyone can do it.

[Mikes]

Getting there with this Isengard army.

 

 

Although it has reminded me why I hate doing an entire army in one go. I'm now working myself through 70+ bases in one go.

 

Also, from this project and the three Necromunda gangs I've just gone through I've learned that contrast paints rubs off really easily. Deinetaly something to keep in mind.

[Captain Kelsten]

Which Necromunda gangs have you got again? I think I’ll just get a set of all of them and paint them all up at this rate, I keep going between them over which I want

[Mikes]

Van Saar, Orlock and Goliath. I reckon Goliath are the most fun to.paint and play.

[Captain Kelsten]

Nice. I want corpse grinder cult, Cawdor, Goliath, Escher, ash waste nomads, palanite, delaque

 

 

[Mikes]

Necromunda is one of those games where I'd happily buy and paint every faction. Also if you go second hand on Troll Trader that's financially viable too.

[Mikes]

Isengard done!

 

 

That's two full MESBG forces, three Necromunda gangs, and change painted this year. Not bad.

[ChewMagma]

By contrast all I've done this year is paint 3 Plague Marines that I started last year 😆.

 

I've had a lot on and nowhere proper to paint until about a month ago though. That is my excuse and I am sticking to it.

[Mikes]

Eveyones different. I've had a shit year, physical and emotional health wise, and painting has been my coping mechanism. I hope I don't paint as much next year.

[Captain Kelsten]

So yeah. I like Necromunda. 
 

[Mikes]

So have you suddenly come into money or have you always been wealthy?

[Captain Kelsten]

Tax refund + adhd + impulsiveness, thanks. 

[ScouserInExile]

23 hours ago, ChewMagma said:

By contrast all I've done this year is paint 3 Plague Marines that I started last year 😆.

 

I've had a lot on and nowhere proper to paint until about a month ago though. That is my excuse and I am sticking to it.

And I haven't painted anything, do you're winning there.

 

Comparison is the thief of joy. You do you, babe. All that kind of thing.

[Aluco]

 

Reasonably pleased with this one. I have brightened up those mandibles since I took the photo.

 

[Aluco]

 

The other side.

[Captain Kelsten]

They look great! I have about 8 of those ghostie types from a starter set I bought a couple of years ago but never painted, they looked fiddly as hell, but you’ve done a cracking job with them there! 

[Davros sock drawer]

2 hours ago, Aluco said:

 

The other side.

Nice work! 

[Mikes]

Last chance to throw some dice before the silly season hits, so I took my Rivendell against some Isengard.

 

 

Note Glorfindel hold the centre on his own, as is his way. Like Leroy Jenkins but, you know, it works.

[Aluco]

Guardian of Souls done:

 

That mini is stupidly delicate.

I broke its sword arm off and had to use a chopped off pin and superglue to splint it from behind.

You cannot see the pin easily, which is good, but you can still see where it broke.

 

 

[Davros sock drawer]

3 hours ago, Aluco said:

Guardian of Souls done:

 

That mini is stupidly delicate.

I broke its sword arm off and had to use a chopped off pin and superglue to splint it from behind.

You cannot see the pin easily, which is good, but you can still see where it broke.

 

 

Yeah, I had an absolute nightmare with that sword arm too:

 

[Captain Kelsten]

I’ve been having a few similar issues with a few of my models, notably my kill team kroot leader whose arm snapped off, and three of my house Cawdor gangers from necromunda. I tried reattaching it a few times with the citadel plastic glue but it’s not working and basically just melting the already thin joint. Would it be better to switch to super glue for repairing that?