Don't stop here! This is bat country.

[benvoliothefirst]

Really awesome work all around. I agree with everyone who said you've got an eye for detail. Both your sculpting/conversion and painting look painstakingly done and the results speak for themselves. Waitin' on a terrorgheist!

 

[Zhatan]

Great work. I really like the conversions done with the BSB and the necromancer.

 

[Theerteen]

Damn, nice ideas, i might steal this Book-work for one of my Necros. And agreed, no idea what kemmler is carrying around in this skull. A unique fabergé-egg?

 

[corgan]

May I ask how did you made the green armour?
Which technic you used?

Thanks a lot. This colour scheme is amazing

 

[Von Calyptra]

Guys, thankyou so much for the kind words. You've totally given me the warm & fuzzies.

I also have to ask at the very last picture, how much detail did you actually put into the tomes pages? Or did it come with it already? I can't imagine what tiny tools you needed for that.

It's all freehand brush work. Right now I'm using a Windsor & Newton Series 7. I picked up my fine detail brush to check the size for you, but apparently all the lettering has been rubbed off the handle. I think it's a 000 or some such. But the thing about line work is that you're only using the very tip of the brush, so you can get a reasonably thin line even with a more standard size. I try not to go too small, or I end up with a brush that won't hold a charge. (Also, you need a good brush to reliably hold a point.)

Waitin' on a terrorgheist!

Sure! Probably some time three years from now, which is how long I'm estimating it will take me to finish assembling this freaking Mortis Engine.

May I ask how did you made the green armour?
Which technic you used?

I used GW's old Brazen Brass, and when that ran out, I switched to Vallejo's Brassy Brass. I washed it with a mix of blue and brown ink (mostly because it's how I'm shading everything on all my VC models, so another wash mixture could work just as well), then highlighted three steps or so with incrementally more Mithril Silver (current equivalents are GW Runefang Steel or Vallejo Silver) ). Be careful with this, because you don't want the silver color to overwhelm the brass color, except at the point highlights on the tips and edges of things. Once I had the armor nice and brassy, I gave it a very, very thin wash of Dark Angels Green (GW Caliban Green or Vallejo Dark Green), let it dry, and then painted a thin wash of P3 Arcane Blue only into the armor's crevasses. (P3's colors don't really correlate, but GW's Sotek Green, or Vallejo's Falcon Turqoise or Jade Green ought to work.)

I hope that helps!

 

[Theerteen]

They look very, very awesome! I think I said something like this before..but it can't be said often enough

 

[corgan]

It helps a lot!! Thanks!!!! Your army looks really awsome and unique!!

 

[Von Calyptra]

I do not like assembling ghouls.
I do not like it in a box.
I do not like it with a fox.
I do not like it on a train.
I think it is a giant pain.
I do not like it in a bank.
I do not like it in a tank.
They are impossible to rank.
My enthusiasm drowned and sank.
I do not like it on a fjord.
I do not like it with a sword.
Why did I think I need a horde?
I do not like assembling ghouls.
I do not like these plastic fools.

 

[Theerteen]

Buahahaahahahaha i demand this for a random quote, for it is awesome, funny, and fu***** true

 

[con-fusion]

It's been forever since I had the chance to scan through this plog. Holy crap there's some awesome stuff in here.

The necromancers are absolutely malevolent. Kemmler's eyes are particularly intense. The paint and conversion work on the necromancer with the book are great. Too much to comment on.

Your banners are... well, I'm at a loss for words. Let's just say that I wish I could do that.

Keeep up the work. Inspiring.

 

[Von Calyptra]

So ghouls, and some elaboration on my little rant in verse.
I'm sure you are all familiar with the difficulties with the plastic ghouls kit. They're fiddly, they require a lot of putty in their hips and shoulders, and their limbs protrude all over the place, making it particularly frustrating to put them together in such a way that they'll actually rank up. Also, their faces end up in the butts of the models in the rank in front of them. (Has anybody converted a ghoul centipede yet?)

I have another complaint on top of all of that. Rather than containing ten ghouls, the box contains parts for nine ghouls and a ghast. So after your first box, you're only getting nine ghouls per kit.

Most of you just scattered ghast bits through the unit. Most of you are smarter than I am.

No, my solution was to come up with some elaborate conversions to go on some of the regiment bases in the unit. (Rather than just sticking three ghouls on the regiment bases instead of four. Because, you know, that would also have been easy.)

So here's the conversions I made for my ghouls horde.

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The way the ghoul is hunched over his meal makes it difficult to photograph the sculpting work I did on the victim's torso, organs, etc, but the positioning was too natural for me to want to avoid it. I think the intestine he's holding is too big at the end, but I haven't decided if I care enough to redo it yet. I got really burned out working on this thing, but I know that in time that will fade, and I'll still have a unique little diorama unit filler, so I do think it was worth it.

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These ghouls brought a box lunch with them. I built the coffin out of balsa wood. Actually, I built four coffins out of balsa wood before I got one I was happy with. Ah, learning curve. I might make more at some point for baggage train/objective purposes. I like the idea of piles of ramshackle coffins, but each coffin takes an afternoon or more to build.

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And this guy. This model was my first attempt at repositioning the legs for the crouched ghoul holding the guy's arms down in the eating scene, and it didn't fit the way I wanted it to. So I did some quick research on Morr's imagery and slapped together a grave stone for him to stand on. (I want to avoid using the same grave stones over and over again.) As much as I'm bitching and moaning about assembling my ghouls, this model was a lot of fun to make. Also, because he's so elevated, I didn't have to worry about him ranking up.

 

[Adam_Barrow]

Those are all so excellent. The results were I think worth the effort.

 

[Raven Torrid]

Not a fan of GW ghouls usually, but this looks excellent. Very natural looking. Perfect unit fillers that will greatly contribute to the overall look of the unit.

 

[Theerteen]

Ok this lunchbox will DEFINITELY make an appearance in my army, it's just too awesome to not do it! very nice work, and great conversion ideas!

 

[Kassill]

Brilliant brilliant work here! I like the muted gray tones prevalent throughout the army, and the conversions are top notch! Keep it up!

 

[Jerek]

Great work all round. The conversions are amazing, as is your attention to detail.

 

[Corien Sumatris]

Absolutely love it! Awesome work

 

[Wight Lord]

love those ghoul dioramas they have so much character, makes me wanna do a few myself

 

[Corien Sumatris]

Yeah, and they probably rank up!!

 

[Von Calyptra]

Thanks for all the compliments and encouragement, guys!
Happily, it turns out that ghouls are easy and fun to paint. I've finished three so far without spending much time on them.
Unfortunately, I don't have much time right now. I've been getting booked for almost more shows than I can keep up with without quitting my day job (I would if I thought it would be like this year round), so my indie fire circus responsibilities have been keeping me tired, sleep-deprived, and happy, but with pretty much no time for Warhammer. (I had to quit my weekly tabletop RPG as well in order to have more rehearsal time.)

Here's a picture someone took of us during one of our shows that I think you guys might appreciate.

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But ghouls are being painted, and I promise I'll have pictures up of them... eventually.

 

[Corien Sumatris]

Hey,

Life happens! have fun with the army! Yes, everyone is excited to see them done, I know I am. But don't stress about getting them done! Have fun with the shows buddy

 

[Theerteen]

Ok, now i want a Video of whatever you are doing on your show!

 

[Von Calyptra]

Here's a video of a different performance of that show, in its entirety. (It's three acts and close to 9 minutes long. If you don't have time for all that, the final act, which is the partner routine, starts at 4:52.) This particular performance was for a fire performer training camp/retreat called "Wildfire," so we were performing for 300 other fire spinners, which was a bit intimidating.

Overall, it's a show I'm quite happy with. Generally speaking, people don't want performances with complicated narratives, intentional ambiguity, and not really happy endings. People want luaus and art that matches their sofas. We lucked out a bit with this routine, in that we've been able to sell it to a number of different events. The ease with which it fits into Halloween events doesn't hurt.(The photo was taken when we were performing for a European society Halloween party. At an automobile museum. Located in a castle. Seriously.)

Here's another narrative routine we put together. It may be the single thing we've done that I am most proud of. We're lucky we got such an excellent video of it: this was the one time we ever performed it, which is awful considering how much work has to go into putting together a routine like this. My only complaint about the video is that it zooms in on the one point in the choreography where we had to shift our focus from each other to the spinning, because what we were doing was so difficult.

Finally, here's a brand-new video, which is kind of neat in that it takes you all the way through one of our 20-minute shows (in this case at a private party):

If you're interested in more of this, you can find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cirquedelight
or go to our website at
http://www.cirquedelight.com/

 

[Duke Danse Macabre]

That coffin filler really does bring allot of character to the unit, even the hand coming out the side is a great touch.
Well done sir!

 

[Klenval]

Awesome ghouls unit filler. The "lunch box" is a great idea

And nice Fire performance, BTW. I'm not familiar with this but I enjoyed the videos.