The Bloodspray Corsairs - Plastikente's Project Log

The Yak wrote:

I don't think I am the only forum member going "Thhhhhhhiiiiiiiiioooooowwwwwhhooooosshhhhhh!!!!" as I look at them.

you might be....

Hahah! Indeed!

Crazy_Irish wrote:

The_Burning_Eye wrote:

That's perfect, really emphasises the extra size of the voidraven too i think.

Indeed! Nice paint job and a very nice pattern, on both the top- and the underside;-)

Thanks; I'm really pleased with how it turned out.  Glad I had a spare little box of about the right size.

Cavalier wrote:

BTW you had to have some freakin stones to freehand those designs man... wanted to mention that.

Also don't you wish you could vectorstrike other flyers with those wings?

Thanks.  I really like painting freehand on my models - it's something to set them apart.  This pattern was not actually too tricky.  It's nice and large, and I was copying something else rather than designing my own.  The biggest challenge was keeping the right sort of flow across the curved surfaces.  I actually find trying to do small and intricate freehand much harder.

And yes, I do wish I could vector strike other flyers.  There used to be an Apoc formation of 3 Razorwings that could Vector Strike (only ground targets, I think).  It should definitely be in the rules.  They are Reaver pilots, after all.

Crazy_Irish wrote:

I always think that a well painted model always performs well, otherwise it will not get a place in the glass cabinet....

And @everyone who told me not to be too pessimistic about the Voidraven - it absolutely kicked butt tonight!  I decided to tool it up fully (night shields, implosion missiles, dark scythes) just to see what happened.  And I happened to get the perfect opponent for it - Blood Angels who hadn't brought any anti-flyer.  Turned up Turn 2 and took out 4 of 5 Sanguinary Guard with the bomb, before wiping out 10 Tac Marines with missiles and scythes - the poor fools were stood in the open, trusting their power armour
Not sure I will generally field it like that (*so* many points) but it was vicious with the right victim.

Always nice when that happens!

Hey mate, did you use a brush to paint the designs on the bomber?

I'm liking how its looking. I haven't done any snow theme bases on any of my fantasy, so I am with Dark Eldar. I like your theme

Plastikente wrote:

Crazy_Irish wrote:

I always think that a well painted model always performs well, otherwise it will not get a place in the glass cabinet....

And @everyone who told me not to be too pessimistic about the Voidraven - it absolutely kicked butt tonight!  I decided to tool it up fully (night shields, implosion missiles, dark scythes) just to see what happened.  And I happened to get the perfect opponent for it - Blood Angels who hadn't brought any anti-flyer.  Turned up Turn 2 and took out 4 of 5 Sanguinary Guard with the bomb, before wiping out 10 Tac Marines with missiles and scythes - the poor fools were stood in the open, trusting their power armour
Not sure I will generally field it like that (*so* many points) but it was vicious with the right victim.

See, that is what happens when you have an AWESOME paint job ;-)
But like you described, it was the perfect matchup but do not let that weaken your trust in the Voidraven!

nexs wrote:

Hey mate, did you use a brush to paint the designs on the bomber?

Yes. I do the decorations last, after the whole thing has been base coated, shaded and highlighted. I paint the basic shapes in blood red, and then go over with the orange (sometimes 2 coats, for a consistent finish). In a number of places I also need to neaten the edges afterwards with the dark red armour colour, because my hand isn't perfectly stead, especially for the pointy bits.

I do the white ones the same way, with a mid-gray undercoat.

impressive! where did you get the ideas for the designs? (i will be doing some on my vehicles but not sure what designs to do)

They are a mixture:
-Some are copied directly from what 'Eavy Metal do, if I really like them (eg top of the Voidraven);
-Some are me trying to imitate the same general style by just painting freehard (eg my Reavers);
-Sometimes I doodle with pencil and paper until I find a design I like, then reproduce it on the models (my kabal symbol).

Ah, excellent! Thanks
I just wasn't sure on the fluff of how things are supposed to be (because, you know... space elves are real)

It's also just occurred to me that there is a fourth sort of design:
-Some are GW transfers (often painted over to weather them or change colour) or freehand copies of transfers. Eg. the Prophets of Flesh hand on my Haemoncumistress's dress.

Ah, I see... To be honest, I've never been a fan of using transfers. But you've done well with it!

Latest update, some Beastmasters!


I've probably missed the boat a bit with these.  I had the idea about a year ago, when Beastmasters were still aweome, but they have suffered a bit under the new codex.  I don't have any beasts yet for them to master, but I could potentially try just field small unit with agonisers all round and no pets.

The best thing is, these were all converted out of bits I already had, so I didn't have to spend any money on them

Love the beastmasters and the fact you made them out of spare bits is even better!

They are pretty impressive