Progress has slowed, but it is still progress.

Inking and shading on a tervigon's sacs. Giggle all you want.Still have more shades to apply here but it is coming along.

And some detail work on the heads assuming I can get them to display properly.

Shaded bellies...of doooom!!!

I have tried lightening the bellies of the tervigons to give the perception of severely stretched skin. It appears that they are just glowing instead, which still kind of works ofr me. I will be adding numerous ink washes into the darker recesses to give some color and better definition. Currently you can see the effect of the first of these which used the Leviathan purple ink that GW no longer sells. Soon to have blue, green, and ogryn flesh added to the mix. Doing the armour plates is going to be tedious, and I am still not 100% happy with the teal on the body. So I will be doing some more work on those areas as well to clean them up and hopefully blend some of the shade transitions better.

Also included is a shot of the tablet of monstrous creatures with which to terrify enemies. There are still a lot more coming for this army but this is a taste of what I am wanting to get done for this force. And yes that is the slowly evolving (hah!) hierophant biotitan at the back, along with his two hierodule buddies..

Project Tervigon: the walking wombs

Just a quick update shot of the tervigons wip. Also included a family photo of my 3 hive tyrants despite the shitty lighting. 

And yet another Nid unit done! The end times approacheth...

And the Hive Guard are now table ready. Not sure why but I have had a real desire to paint recently, to the detriment of everything else unfortunately. Still another unit under the belt and a tervigon on the block. It will require some prep work first but it will be minor before I can prime it. Not sure I will leave them with the satin finish. Its a little too glossy for my liking.

The 40Kegger Beer League 2013 - 2014 Nid Edition

So plans change again. I was asked to join the xenos horde faction for the beer league so I elected to field my tyranids instead of the Eldar. The league requires a core list between 300 - 500 pts that includes one HQ and troop that will always be in you game list. I selected  a flying Hive Tyrant and a Tervigon/Termagant combo to serve as my core, requiring a flying Tyrant model. So I caved and bought one. It is the first thing off the table and has already had a successful debut against my first league opponent.

So it looks like I am committed to Nids for the foreseeable future. Now back to work.

Summer Wind Up

So I was in Portugal for three weeks and had little interest in modelling projects for the last few weeks of school. Thus a long delay between posts. But the new school year is fast approaching, another trip is scheduled for August, and I find my attention torn around my admittedly vast model collection (which is a constant theme if you have been a regular reader of my meaningless ramblings). So on to the stuff that has managed to hold my attention for more than 10 minutes:

First up, I have been building a lot of Eldar recently. Seven tank hulls in all, a wraith knight, two flyers, and numerous aspect warrior squads. These have been stored for a long time (aside from the new models naturally) and are overdue some attention. Careful viewers will see a project that has not seen the light of day since the initial posts on this blog.

Second, the base of the hierophant is more or less done. It is a bit flat for my tastes but it allows more of the model to be clearly seen. The heaviness of the forelimbs can be a bit distracting and from certain angles they block the view to portions of the model. More green stuff works continues as well but it is getting done in stages.

Hierophant Test Fit 002: Now with green stuff

Some of the preliminary sculpting work on the hierophant. I am not confident in my sculpting abilities but being committed as I am will inevitably drive the project forward. I have stuck to the easier parts of the sculpting work i.e. the foldy bits at the limb joints. However I did also get a rough shape down for the hooves of the hind limbs and the 'palms' of the forelimbs, but that was tough to try to get them to slightly appear like each other. I get the feeling that I will have to build up all of the greenstuff work a single detail ata time. I have started with the muscle bundles on the (creature's) left 'palm'.

I am happy with the posing and the base size. I have cut the base out using a powered saw and sanded the edges slightly. The model should be very useable in games, and with an upcoming Apocalypse release, this bugger might be ready to rock some really big 40K playgrounds.