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Once the bone and gold were laid in they definitely started to feel a bit more Thousand Sons-y. Some hieroglyphs and the nova legion symbol helps drive it home!
Of course, nearly all that legion goodness will be obscured when they're actually in play. On the other hand, a couple more spot colors do give them a bit more visual interest.
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Leaving the two sections separate for painting really paid off in the final stages. Getting the hazard stripes and control pylons done would have been a nightmare otherwise!
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Ended up taking a crack at making a little stencil to help with the hazard stripes, which worked fairly well, though even with the lower section loose it was still challenging to get the stencil in place. Blu-tack to the rescue!
At this point I'm closing in on the last of the models earmarked for NOVA later on this year - All that remains are a trio of Javelin Land Speeders and the Storm Eagle. Then more test games, discover my army list is rubbish, and then some frantic painting to get some unplanned new stuff finished!
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on the template....brilliant! I love the pods, but the template....oh that must have been satisfying.
ReplyDeletewith the doors down it could pass for a blood ravens drop pod, but that would be crazy - who would mistake that for...uh, some people are here. i have to go. everything is normal.
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Good job getting them over the finish line, they look well.
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Cracking job dude. Can't believe you managed to paint 3 all at once. That is some achievement! Nearly killed me doing 2 at once. Didn't paint anything for months afterwards. Yours look fab, love the cream against the red, and the sysmbols finish it all off lovely
ReplyDelete@John Stiening: Hah! Indeed, worked reasonably well - definitely better than trying to freehand them, or pencil them in first. Overall saved a ton of time and frustration!
ReplyDelete@Zab: Haha! I do have a bit of a twinge to do some Bloody Magpies for 40k with the resurgence of 8th edition. These pods may see double duty... HERESY!
@Rory Priest: Thanks man! Indeed, quite looking forward to the next part of the project!
@NafNaf: Absolutely, these three nearly broke me. These will be the last drop pods I do for quite some time I think!
Thanks for the kind words, everyone!
Superb freehand, specially dat eye
ReplyDeleteBlimey, what took you so long? ;0)
ReplyDeleteVery nice color combos man .. and I like the icons on each of the pods... 8) nice that your are getting close man.. I'd like to get some test games in but it's looking like my first 30K game will be at Nova haha
ReplyDelete@Francesc: Thanks very much!
ReplyDelete@Riot: Haha! The painting servitor is slowing down in its old age...
@Todd Sherman: I appreciate it! I'm hoping to get in a test game of the 2500 point force over the 4th of July weekend, fingers crossed!
Great looking pods Mate, love the colours.
ReplyDelete@Jamie Farrar: Thanks very much!
ReplyDeleteGreat work on them and that stencil is brilliant. It's funny that drop pods should be this hard, but is all those repetitive doors...
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