Nikos army log

[witchking1980]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 17-06-10)

he is humongous compared to the grave guard model :Vampire1:
maybe that's why he should be the BSB after all

oh and be careful when using dheneb stone, try to water it down a bit more. In the skulls upon the armour looks like there is more color

 

[Nikos]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 17-06-10)

Here is an update on my battle standard bearer work in progress

I say work in progress because apart from a few highlights, last night I thought it was nearly done. Until I reevaluated it this morning and am now having second thoughts about the banner. I think it looks too clean/cartoony and I dont like the the way the paper hangs. Shame as it took me ages, but hey ho, thats life! Anyways any feedback or comments are welcomed. Thanks for looking

 

[Santawraith]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

Its a very beautiful peice, It does look some cartoonish but if you look at some old tapastries from the middle ages they also did. So depends on what your going for really. It would fit with ancient times and the way they made things. I would assume banners would be woven cloth's. But the model itself is just a pure work of art. The artwork on the banner is good in my opionon.

 

[Nikos]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

Thanks for the kind words, I think I'll just put it to one side for the moment and come back to it later when I have time to think about it. I've just been doing this for ages waiting for tale of X gamers to start. It will be fun to do something else a bit more fun. Can wait!

 

[The Dark Lord Mr Fluffy]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

Amazing army! Those are some damn fine units and those characters just blew me away
Hehe your BSB has such big shoulder pads he could pass off as a space marine

 

[Soren]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

Would you do WIP pics of a banner or seven? I need to make some and they seem very intimidating. Any yours are sweet.

 

[Nikos]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

Cheers guys! Soren, I dont have anymore banner designs than this once but If you want me to draw one for you I gladly will, just let me know. Painting the colour in is annoying though!

 

[Soren]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

The painting was the bit I was interested in seeing. Watching people make mistakes and correcting them gives me hope.

 

[logan054]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

Looks pretty damn good from what i can see, do you have some bigger pictures?

 

[Nikos]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

Looks pretty damn good from what i can see, do you have some bigger pictures?

thankyou. Sadly I cropped them down in Photobucket and I cant seem to enlarge them. I will take them again soon.

And Soren, I can pretty much describe the process for you, imagine a grown man crying like a baby and throwing a paint brush across the room when he makes a mistake every 5 minutes! Nesxt time i will take some work in process pictures.

 

[nicklegit]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

dude epic win on all your paintings

 

[Soren]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

LOL, thank you.

 

[logan054]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

Looks pretty damn good from what i can see, do you have some bigger pictures?

thankyou. Sadly I cropped them down in Photobucket and I cant seem to enlarge them. I will take them again soon.

Hurry hurry

 

[Nikos]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

Looks pretty damn good from what i can see, do you have some bigger pictures?

thankyou. Sadly I cropped them down in Photobucket and I cant seem to enlarge them. I will take them again soon.

Hurry hurry

I'll do it by the weekend

In the meantime here is something I have been working on, and if it turns out any good, and thats a big if, I may enter the golden bat. I have gone a bit witch hunter crazy lately and the idea is for a three figure zombie command of cursed Witch hunters. This is the test one, I made the others last night and I will do the photo later.

Im going to have a go at at non mm on the blades for them, which I have never tried before. How hard can it be?....... Oh hang on :slapface:
Any feedback welcomed, Cheers!

 

[Boo]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

Well it looks like I am arriving late to the party, but man, you've got some mad paintinskills!

Anyway, on your latest subject, it looks good from the front, but from the side the skull looks too small for the body. Just my opinion.

 

[Mr Saturday]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

I like the floating skull idea.

 

[logan054]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

Well its looking pretty good so far mate, keep it up

 

[Nikos]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

Cheers all! Here is the the gang of dead Witch hunters, Huey, Louey and
Dewey

Im going to finish the green stuff of and undercoat them in a bit.

Well it looks like I am arriving late to the party, but man, you've got some mad paintinskills!

Anyway, on your latest subject, it looks good from the front, but from the side the skull looks too small for the body. Just my opinion.

Totally agree that the skull is a bit anatomically small but I dont know what else to do :'( I guess the old skeletons were bigger and maybe better suited but they lack the hair and expressions and I dont have any anyway. I'll try and pass them of as ghost rider floaty skulls instead

Here is the BSB a bit bigger

Thanks!

 

[logan054]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

That is a very impressive looking wight king, hmm now i dont know if i want a mounted one or just steal this idea from you

 

[Santawraith]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

A impressive warband, and serves them witch hunters right for killing our breathren. I used wilhelm as a necromancer in my army as well as johan. I felt it was justice myself. for some larger skulls check out reapers websight they sell a skull set that is skulls of many races they are almost the same size as the old skeleton skulls

 

[Nikos]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

Sadly, I live in fear of my local GW opinion of other model ranges. They dont mix well with others.

 

[Santawraith]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

The basic rule everyone fallows is offically 50 percent or more of the model must be gw, so if your only using the skulls its a good help. If not pic up some of the tomb kings skulls from other players who are not using them perhaps.

 

[Mr Saturday]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

The basic rule everyone fallows is offically 50 percent or more of the model must be gw

Really? That's the official line? I always thought it was 100% or find somewhere else to play.

 

[Nikos]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

In my neck of the woods its 110% and you better bloody like it!

 

[Santawraith]

RE: Nikos army log (updated 05-07-10)

Nope officailly according to the judge we have in the area the model must be based on the gw original and be at 50 percent or more gw but not the lord of the rings line for lord of the rings is not allowed to be subsatuted for warhammer some copyright law.. so basically where ya live no one is allowed custom sculpts even. . its supprising how many places force u to buy stricly gw for there games. But where I am they would allow skull swaping.