Kabuki Gothic Knight (Raven Guard Primarch Corax)

Quick shot of the last of the series of Raven Guard I am painting.  This is the Gothic Knight under Kabuki Miniatures Knights of Legend line.  He makes for a great Raven Guard Primarch Corax model.  Most of his stuff is heavily weathered, so I made him a bit dirty with the weathering powders but didn't do the heavy shipping on the armor since I wanted him to stand out a bit more (like he won't arleady). The I painted the base with redish brown to have a rusted iron surface like the others had and finished off with the same weathering powder on the base and turbine to tie the colors together.

 

 

Sports Eye for the 40k Guy: The Kick Off

Recently GW announced the death of Specialist Games, and with it, any hope of seeing any new support for Epic 40,000. This is the final push I needed. Finally, I can get this series of articles out my head and out to the community. Ironically, this series was my original idea for a segment before I went with the Tactical Terrain idea on the 11^th Company Podcast. No worry, that segment is here to stay. I wanted to use this as a way of broaden my wings a bit.

My first GW product was Blood Bowl. The old 1^st edition with the card board players and football was a game of endless enjoyment. One of my frequent opponents (and later the guru I followed in all things terrain building) suggested I join the rest of the gaming group and play Epic. “Given your play style in Blood Bowl, I know the perfect army for you.”

Prior to this moment, I have not played a military style game in a decade. Back then is was a DBA like historical battles or Squad Leader where the scenario gave you your list. No army building required. This sounded awesome! You get to build your army, your own color scheme, your identity and go head to head with other players. Nevertheless, I need a clue about military strategy since doing a term paper on Oliver Cromwell in the 5^th grade.

Blood Bowl was nice a crutch since is a sports game, and I have had lots of sport strategy experience. Not only did I play regularly, I also played several of those sports board games that slumber in dust covered corners of your local game store. These dinosaurs are facing extinction with the rise of the machines (Xbox & Nintendo, not SkyNet). Prior to the days of fantasy sports, this was how sports nerds got their game one. You would build teams, and then actually operated as the coach in head-to-head battles with your friends. You even use dice and cards. Moreover, to imagine this: every codex, I mean team, got an update annually.

Fast forward more years than I would like to admit. My best friend & preferred 40k enemy comes to me with a question. His son is getting into more organized sports. He needs to understand more of the big picture than “run with the ball”. So I explained the major sports in 40k terms to him. It was then I realized how similar the two really are even if their fan bases are so different.

That is what brings me here today. Over the next few months, we will look at some the fundamentals of what makes winning teams and sports, and apply these pieces of sage advice to the 40k.

Hear more about this and other 40k topics on the 11th Company Podcast available from iTunes

Grey Knights Brother Captain Stern

 Here is Brother Captain Stern for the Grey Knights.  Like Sammael in the previous post I airbrushed two smaller fades on the power sword as supposed to one longer fade.  I like the effect it had on the model.

Relictors Sammael - Ravenwing Grand Master

Here is a Relictors version of Sammael paitned up to match the Relictors I have been painting up.  I kept to the scheme without adding many more colors to the fig for continuity.  I like how the robes turned out and have a little more contrast in person.  I also changed up the power sword.  Instead of on long fade I did two smaller ones to make the power seem like it it rippling along the length.  hope you all enjoy! 

 



Relictors Ravenwing Grand Master Sammael WIP

Quick WIP of the Sammael I'm working on for the Relictors Project
 

 

Grey Knights and Ravenguard

Happy Friday everyone.  Here are a couple comissions I have been hanging on to for a friend in the military stationed in South Korea.  Fortunately the North didn't go too crazy and he is coming home a bit at the end of the month.  Here are a couple pics of the finished stuff to wet his appetite for a game when he gets back.  The chappy has a Raven Guard shoulder pad and Coteaz showing good form painted up his amor to match them :) Just need to airbrush a power sword and the other two will be posted up tomorrow.