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Title: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 11, 2016, 04:13:26 AM
Hi guys,
I've been away for a fair while (Forums and the hobby) but after circumstances changed again recently I fell headfirst back into the hobby and have done so with a vengeance!
I decided to start a new project and as much as I try to stop myself I just seem to be drawn to Eldar constantly and decided to give Corsairs a go. I loved the Forgeworld models when they were released but at the time I really didn't want to spend Forgeworld money on their models, now there is a smaller gap between Forgeworld and Games Workshop's pricing I figured what the hell!
After seeing Cavalier's models everywhere I searched and sitting and staring at them in awe for a while, I decided to really go all in and to start up a blog to help with the motivation and hopefully to keep me a bit more organised!
I have made a start already but will be posting up the rest as I go, at the moment I only have the one model finished which is a Lynx.
(https://www.40konline.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi85.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk64%2FWewantthemustard%2F12874315_10156701598250500_1656200565_o_zps9x1yswwc.jpg&hash=07cd3def9004b5d8cd355f764a326c20ca38dad4)
I am just about to start a conversion project to make a Razorwing into a Nightwing (Not a fan of the old model). It won't be anything ridiculously fancy or complicated but I will try and post up a few WIP shots as I go through it.

Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on April 11, 2016, 04:46:06 AM
That's a really impressively painted Lynx.  The way the different shades of blue flow into each other is really striking and very well executed.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: vonny on April 11, 2016, 04:54:23 AM
that's indeed a very good flow of colors. It's a very nice gradient, and the color spots are well divided over the whole thing so you get a nice balance.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 11, 2016, 05:35:14 AM
Thankyou guys,
To be honest I'm a bit of an airbrush newbie and it turned out better than I could have imagined! The colours used for it are Vallejo Model Air Storm Blue for a base and a 4:1 mix of Dead white and Storm blue for the light blue, using the airbrush to get the gradient and then I used French blue lightly in the gradient to make it flow a bit better.
 
I just need to finish the Gems etc on my Prince and Reaver squad and I'll post those up too.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on April 11, 2016, 07:09:13 AM
Wow off to a hot start! Welcome back to to the forum, super awesome to have another Corsair player in the project logs! The Lynx looks incredible man, the fade is very nice, and really helps the pulsar standout.

Its funny you mention seeing my stuff everywhere. Whenever I hop onto to google image search to try and find some new Corsair inspiration all I see is my own damn stuff. Its really frustrating!

Also love that you are converting a Razorwing to a Nightwing. I did the same thing and I'm very happy I did (although I own an actual Nightwing as well). My only warning to you is that the Razorwing model does have some issues. Getting the hull to clamp down with no gaps can be a bit of a pain. But one of my friends showed me how to fix it. So let me know if you have any issues I'd be happy to help.

Anyway congrats on starting your new army man. Make sure you keep us posted its gonna be great following another Corsair players army progress!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann\'s Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 11, 2016, 01:20:23 PM
Thanks for the kind words guys,
I've spent a few hours on the Razorwing today and managed to do mostly all the changes that I wanted to. Mainly the plan was just to make it look less Dark Eldar-y and try and keep the sleek look to the model.
My biggest issue so far has been using green stuff to fill in the holes on the rear of the wings, I'm not the best at using greenstuff and I've had two attempts fail pretty miserably. I have filled them again and am now going to leave it until tomorrow for it to set.
Otherwise fairly happy so far, not sure what else I could do at the moment.
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Another small update,
My Reaver squad is almost all finished, to be honest I was pretty happy with these guys until I took the photos, the painting definitely doesn't look as good up close! Haha
I've kept to the same palette so hopefully they fit in pretty well with the vehicles although obviously it'd be tough to do the same blending on such small models.

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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: vonny on April 12, 2016, 04:30:11 PM
hah! Yes, do I ever know that. Painting always looks worse on photos.

I don't think your models look bad though, and I really like your color choices.
Keep it up, I'd say!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on April 13, 2016, 07:00:30 AM
They look pretty damn good to me! Don't worry about it man, the photos enlarge the minis to enormous proportions and they always look better in person.

It may be the photos but the paint does look a bit thick on the helmets though. Its a real easy fix though, just prime the heads seperate and prime them white on the next batch of guys. I do that kind of stuff all the time. It may seem a pain in the beginning but it saves you grief at the end of the road. I did that with my counts-as Warp Spiders which all have white heads and boy was it a time saver.

Anyway though like I said they still look very very solid. I really like the way you patterned the colors. White helmet, wings and guns are very very striking.

Nice job on the Nightwing BTW. I went for the big honking Shuriken Cannon where there the Splinter Cannon goes, but the original Razorwing-to-Nightwing  conversion I saw looks very similar to your and I really like it.

Anyway cheers on the great progress man keep it up!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 13, 2016, 03:13:05 PM
Thanks guys, the camera definitely isn't too flattering to them!

@Cavalier- Yeah frustratingly I started off with the Helmets airbrushed but the primer obviously didn't stick too well as the white kept rubbing off while I was painting the other areas so I had to touch them up using brush. I have a few Helmets ready for a Balestrike band conversion (Similar to yours using Scourge legs). Will see how they do.
Yeah I've seen a couple similar to what I've done, to be honest there isn't a huge amount else that I can see you being able to do to it without some seriously cutting and sticking! I should hopefully get it finished building over the next week or so ready to be painted.

Here is my almost finished Corsair Prince, just need to do the Green Gems and finish painting the Space Marine on the base.
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on April 14, 2016, 07:01:53 AM
Hey bud I've been there with fuzzy primer. Just the worst. Especially on those white helmets. I acutally botched the hell out of my Warp Spider heads. I popped them off dumped them in Simple Green and started over. But mine were TOTALLY botched not just a little thick on the paint which is no worries.

But man your Prince looks incredible! GW did such an amazing job with that sculpt. The paint job is superb. The skin tone looks absolutely awesome. I love the use of the pale grey it gives a somber menace.

Awesome stuff and a worthy prince to lead your host. Keep it up!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 14, 2016, 03:38:24 PM
Hey bud I've been there with fuzzy primer. Just the worst. Especially on those white helmets. I acutally botched the hell out of my Warp Spider heads. I popped them off dumped them in Simple Green and started over. But mine were TOTALLY botched not just a little thick on the paint which is no worries.

But man your Prince looks incredible! GW did such an amazing job with that sculpt. The paint job is superb. The skin tone looks absolutely awesome. I love the use of the pale grey it gives a somber menace.

Awesome stuff and a worthy prince to lead your host. Keep it up!

Thanks Cav, got to be honest I think that the Autarch model is one of my all time favourite GW models, such a great pose and so easy to put together. Really enjoyed painting it too.
The skin colour was actually accidental! I have run out of Flesh colour and with me being impatient and not wanting to wait I used the same technique that I use for Painting wraithbone (Vallejo brown with Dead white) and it turned out really bright so I used a mixture of Red and Blue wash which has given it that kinda Sombre look, I thought it was very fitting for the model and actually works quite well with the colour scheme. Just not sure I'd be able to replicate it all that well haha
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 17, 2016, 10:17:52 AM
One more little update,
Nightwing has just finished the first couple of stages of painting. Got a little bit of tidying up to do on it and then will do the details.
I think I am happy with it so far, the blending hasn't worked quite so well but I may try and touch up a couple bits of it. I still wish that I had been able to fill those holes in the wings but every time that I did the greenstuff wouldn't stay in and just kept popping out!
Overall though I think I am fairly happy, will get the details done over the next few days hopefully and then it should hit the table on Thursday for it's first game.
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on April 17, 2016, 12:32:41 PM
Nailed it! It looks great man. Love the subtle conversion with the wings and the shuriken cannons look awesome. Paint job is very very nice as well.

How did you do with assembly? It looks super tight... share any tips you have because I've struggled with getting the top and bottom of the hull to join properly. I want to model up a second Nightwing but I'm really dreading assembly. Any tips would be appreciated.

BTW you are gonna love this thing on the tabletop. They are such aces... the formation with ignore jink must be insane.

Anyway great stuff man, super nice execution on the modeling and painting. Keep it up!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 17, 2016, 01:54:17 PM
Nailed it! It looks great man. Love the subtle conversion with the wings and the shuriken cannons look awesome. Paint job is very very nice as well.

How did you do with assembly? It looks super tight... share any tips you have because I've struggled with getting the top and bottom of the hull to join properly. I want to model up a second Nightwing but I'm really dreading assembly. Any tips would be appreciated.

BTW you are gonna love this thing on the tabletop. They are such aces... the formation with ignore jink must be insane.

Anyway great stuff man, super nice execution on the modeling and painting. Keep it up!

Cheers Cav!
To be honest with the exception of one small part of the hull it all fit quite well. I just made sure everything was completely clean of mould lines etc and did a couple of dry runs with the engine parts to make sure it went together ok. When I glued it I did the whole lot at once and made sure that I got a good coverage of glue on all contact points. I made sure that I applied a lot of pressure on all the major contact points as it set. I was sat holding it with both hands for about ten minutes haha.
I am looking forward to getting it on the tabletop, definitely going to try the formation too although in my meta there aren't actually that many flyers.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: magenb on April 17, 2016, 06:07:51 PM
Nice job on the shuriken cannons. I've seen a bunch of conversions that just look a little off. Very well done.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 26, 2016, 05:20:15 AM
So my "Nightwing" is all finished, need to convert up a base for it but I've run out of moulding putty so that'll have to wait a little while.
I'm pretty happy with the model I think, I can't work out whether to start doing some edge highlighting but I just get the feeling that it would ruin the effect of the blending if I did.
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I am also considering starting a new project but at the moment I really can't decide on what!
I've been looking at quite a few ideas (Emperors Children, Tzeentch Daemons, Raven Guard, Iron Warriors) but nothing really has me as excited as the Eldar stuff always seems to, I do want a bit of variation in my games though.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: vonny on April 26, 2016, 06:04:11 AM
That blending does look super sweet. It makes me quite jealous!

As for new projects - what are you looking for, other than a bit of variation in your gaming style? Something entirely different to paint, or something entirely different to build? Are you looking for things that you can paint quickly and off-hand, or something to throw too much time and effort in, covered in details? Are you looking at massive coversions or just a few small ones? An elite force or a great big mass of models?
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 26, 2016, 06:25:17 AM
That blending does look super sweet. It makes me quite jealous!

As for new projects - what are you looking for, other than a bit of variation in your gaming style? Something entirely different to paint, or something entirely different to build? Are you looking for things that you can paint quickly and off-hand, or something to throw too much time and effort in, covered in details? Are you looking at massive coversions or just a few small ones? An elite force or a great big mass of models?

Cheers Vonny, the blending is a lot easier than it looks. The Airbrush was one of the best choices I've made since starting the hobby!

Realistically I am probably looking for an army where I can do a fair bit of Conversion work, I'd be doing it alongside my Eldar so can't throw a huge amount of time into it but like most of my armies I'm not a fan of using standard models and like at least making some small changes. I want something pretty different to my Eldar army, probably involving some big models (I want an excuse to buy, convert and paint a knight). I'd also like something with a bit of competitiveness about it, Chaos armies always appeal but the latest book is so bad if I am getting hammered week in, week out it's gonna feel like a bit of a waste to put all that time and effort into them for less than fun games.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: vonny on April 26, 2016, 06:54:35 AM
I know how that feels mate (I own a thousand sons army... see how well that works... And a non-optimalized Tyranids army)

When it comes to the combination of an excuse to field a knight and opportunities for conversions, chaos does take the cake. With all the weird stuff they can get, and even weirder stuff you can build from that, there's no end to what you can do.

Another option (that's been going through my mind) is to build a minotaurs army (loyalist space marine, forge world has chapter tactics and even some special characters for them) from the age of sigmar stormcast guys. I'm unsure how well they'd fit with the special characters from forgeworld, but it's a neat idea that you could look into.

Both would allow for conversion work, both would easily accompany a knight, and especially the minotaurs would be a pretty good army too (because who doesn't want to have space marines with preferred enemy: Space marines?)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on April 26, 2016, 07:31:13 AM
Killer stuff Auric! I love the paint job and the conversion work was spot on! Whether or not you could edge highlight... I think you could in just key areas. You don't have to do the whole thing. A really bright blue at the tips of the wings and nose, maybe a little near the "veins" or grooves in the middle. Nothing major just some subtle edge higlights. But its totally up to you. I think it looks great and if you didn't want to push it any farther I still think it'd look great. Really love this piece. It reminds me of a sea bird or something. Great stuff.

As for a new project, Raven Guard are awesome at the moment! Plus they have INSANE Forge World models that can really help them stand out from their fellow Astartes-bros.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 28, 2016, 04:31:38 PM
Killer stuff Auric! I love the paint job and the conversion work was spot on! Whether or not you could edge highlight... I think you could in just key areas. You don't have to do the whole thing. A really bright blue at the tips of the wings and nose, maybe a little near the "veins" or grooves in the middle. Nothing major just some subtle edge higlights. But its totally up to you. I think it looks great and if you didn't want to push it any farther I still think it'd look great. Really love this piece. It reminds me of a sea bird or something. Great stuff.

As for a new project, Raven Guard are awesome at the moment! Plus they have INSANE Forge World models that can really help them stand out from their fellow Astartes-bros.

Thanks for the kind words again Cav, The Raven Guard would be a great choice but to be honest I want someone I can use my Airbrush on and straight black isn't ideal for that! haha

A small update for my Corsairs though,
Managed to get most of my Scatbikes finished, just need a couple of little touches and need to finish the bases on them but here they are:
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And then a little Family photo of what I've got done so far,
The Starweavers are my Hornet Conversions and them and the Venoms need a bit more work done on them but the Lynx, Nightwing and Corsair Reavers are all finished.
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(Excuse the mess in the background!)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on April 28, 2016, 04:37:51 PM
Absolutley awesome Auric. The bikes look fantastic, and the Hornet proxies look very nice as well. Everything has a nice smooth finish and very clean execution. Love the blue to black fade as well, very nicely done. Props on army composition as well, its the perfect place to start with Corsairs if you ask me. Fascinated to see how the Lynx performs for you. I'm VERY intrigued by them and plan on getting one ASAP.

Anyway awesome stuff and congrats on the scorching hot start to your army. Definitely inspiring stuff!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 28, 2016, 04:43:42 PM
Absolutley awesome Auric. The bikes look fantastic, and the Hornet proxies look very nice as well. Everything has a nice smooth finish and very clean execution. Love the blue to black fade as well, very nicely done. Props on army composition as well, its the perfect place to start with Corsairs if you ask me. Fascinated to see how the Lynx performs for you. I'm VERY intrigued by them and plan on getting one ASAP.

Anyway awesome stuff and congrats on the scorching hot start to your army. Definitely inspiring stuff!

Cheers!  8)
I've used the Lynx twice so far and it's been a bit of a beast to be honest.
I've not used the Blast template at all, the 3 D Shots twin linked is just pure undiluted filth. It's had a couple of whiffs but also managed to one shot a couple of Dreadnoughts and a Thanatar. The big thing for me is the sheer amount of attention it draws, I think I am probably going to invest in an Eldar looking Skyshield platform to protect it a bit as people are starting to get to know how nasty it can actually be.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on April 28, 2016, 04:49:21 PM
An excellent paint job on those Jetbikes :).  You've really got that blending and shading of the blue just right.  The white on the helmets also stands out for me, as it's difficult to achieve such a clean finish with white in my experience, but you've achieved it.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 28, 2016, 05:04:11 PM
An excellent paint job on those Jetbikes :).  You've really got that blending and shading of the blue just right.  The white on the helmets also stands out for me, as it's difficult to achieve such a clean finish with white in my experience, but you've achieved it.

Thanks!
I've got Cav to thank for the Helmets, I left these off and painted them before adding them onto the models and it definitely worked out better, the white was all done via Airbrush and I only used brush for the blue faceplate and the eyes.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: magenb on April 28, 2016, 06:12:18 PM
Lovin the shaded blues and how you've kept the colour scheme going on the infantry. Great work!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on April 29, 2016, 08:59:02 AM
@Auric- Hey thats great stuff man! Glad you're Lynx is doing so well for you. Also stoked my painting advice helped. You're army is looking great it'd be awesome to see both our armies fighting together. It'd be an awesome contrast, while the white would tie them together. Anyway great stuff bud, keep us posted!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 29, 2016, 01:05:11 PM
Thanks again guys, to be honest having this as a blog has really helped me be productive. Once I get these last couple of bits done I am in a little bit of a quandry with what to start on next. I think I might do some ebay shopping for some parts to make a Balestrike band but I think I am going to start on a new project soon. Just need to decide what!

@Cavalier- I'd love to see our armies on the table together, as long as they are allies though!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on May 6, 2016, 12:08:15 PM
Hey guys,
A little update, the Corsairs are all but finished for the moment (Until I get the bits to do the next couple of units!) and I have decided on my next project!
I'm not going to give it away at the moment but it's something I have wanted to do for quite a while now and I'm just going to throw myself into it.
The project is likely to involve quite a lot of modelling/sculpting which is something I am admittedly awful at, hopefully this will be a good learning project for me.
A large part of my afternoon has been spent attempting to sculpt some flames, after about 20 attempts and not finding a single one that I was happy with I have come to the conclusion that this could well be a very long project!
I've read pretty much every blog/forum post/youtube video that I can find on Google about this but if anyone has any secret tips/tricks they would certainly help my rapidly degrading sanity!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on May 6, 2016, 01:39:18 PM
Hey Auric. Thats great about your Corsairs. Glad you've finished them so quickly! It took me forever to get my army fully operational... in fact most of 5th edition!

Very interested in your secret project. As for scultpting flames... can't really help you. Its taken me forever to get my skills up to where I can gap fill and do basic things like hair and whatnot and even that is a bit shaky. A good source of fire bits though is from the Chariot of Tzeentch and High Elf Phoenix kit... you can the flamey bits on ebay pretty cheap.

Anyway can't wait to see what you've cooked up. Keep us posted.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on May 25, 2016, 04:18:50 AM
This morning I kept hearing some really strange noises in my room, weird scratching sounds coming from the side of my computer. Somewhere down in the shadows behind it the noises kept getting louder, it took me a while but I managed to just about get a glimpse of what was causing it, it was only a very quick glimpse but I believe I may have found my new project.......
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on May 25, 2016, 06:56:44 AM
Oh hell yeah! Man the Raven Guard are so awesome, and their rules are equally awesome! Get ready to shock people with those Vanguard Vets assaulting out of deep strike. Cheers man, well chosen!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on May 26, 2016, 05:03:08 PM
Well thanks to borrowing a few models off a friend of mine I used the Raven Guard for the first time tonight.
To say that it didn't go well may be a bit of an understatement.
My list was:

Captain- Jump Pack, Artificer Armour, Swiftstrike and Murder (Twin Lightning claws that allow an extra attack for each hit)
10 Assault Marines- Vet Sarge with Power fist
5 Tactical Marine- Melta gun, Combi Melta (In a drop pod)
5 Tactical Marines- Plasma, Combi Plasma (In a Razorback with TL Lascannon)
5 Tactical Marines- Lascannon (In a Rhino)
5 Scouts with Sniper Rifles
5 Devastators- 4x Lascannons

His list was:
Bloodthirster
3x Bloodcrushers
1x Skullcannon
3x Units of Fleshhounds
3x Units of Cultists (or the Khorne Equivalent)

I was a bit concerned already as although I had the Devastators I've never had all that much luck dealing with big stuff while using Marines.
I won the roll off for first turn and elected to go first.

Deployment:
I deployed very defensively, Scouts and Devastators deployed on a building to the right of my deployment zone, Assault Marines and the Two non pod Tac squads in the centre.
He deployed the Cultists in ruins holding 2 objectives, Hounds in ruins ready to jump out then the Bloodthirster, Blood Crushers and Skull Cannon as far as he could away from the Devastators all out of line of sight.

First Turn:
Drop pod came in and scattered a massive 11 inches! I was hoping to take out the Skullcannon but ended up taking out a single Bloodcrusher. Devastators shot the only thing they could which was some cultists and killed two. Razorback shot at the skullcannon but he passed his invulnerable save.
He charged everything forwards, Bloodthirster Hounds and Bloodcrushers all charged my Drop pod tac squad and shredded it. Skull cannon killed two of my assault marines.

Second Turn:
My assault marines jumped forward to try and tie up his units midfield, the razorback discharged it's unit so they could shoot at the Bloodthirster and the Devastators were finally able to draw line of sight. This turn I had 6 Lascannons, two rapid firing plasma cannons and half a dozen bolters manage to cause a single wound on the Bloodthirster, he made an insane amount of jink or cover saves. Assault squad multicharged the dogs and bloodcrushers, did a couple of wounds from Hammer of Wrath attacks but then whiffed pretty heavily on their attacks and fortunately drew the combat although now being down to my Captain and Two Marines thanks to the Bloodcrushers AP3 attacks.
On his turn the Bloodthirster charged my assault marines and utterly shredded the captain and two remaining marines with his 9 attacks! Remaining blood crusher and Skull cannon combined to wipe out a tac squad.

Third Turn:
Not being able to see his Bloodthirster my Devastators managed to blow up the Skullcannon, causing an explosion which caused a wound on a nearby Khorne hounds unit. Scouts plinked a couple of wounds off a Khorne hounds unit and Lascannons again failed to damage the Bloodthirster.
Using his Blood tithe points he summoned a unit of Bloodletters in my deployment zone, the Bloodthirster charged my Rhino and exploded it, killing four of the Bloodletters. The Hounds wrecked my Razorback and my scouts were charged by a unit of hounds. The scouts failed to do any damage and lost two in return but held their morale.

Fourth Turn:
Devastators and remaining tactical squad shoot at the Bloodthirster, managed to knock one more wound off it (Still had 4 left!) but after this I called it, I was one up on the Maelstrom cards but had lost my Warlord and he had first blood and Linebreaker.

Overall it was not a good debut for the Raven guard, Sadly my chapter special rules didn't really come into effect and I just couldn't deal with the Bloodthirster/Bloodcrushers. I knew it was going to be a tough game but didn't expect it to anywhere near as one-sided. Really disappointed by the lack of damage I managed to put out.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on May 27, 2016, 06:51:38 AM
Hey Auric thats a real tough go of it! The Ravenguard really struggle without their formations. Everyone was really puzzeled as to why they watered down their chapter tactics until the formations came out.

When using their formations they are as nasty as it gets... but still require a good deal of skill, because they aren't ultra resilient. Being able to assault out of deep strike with Vanguard Vets you could probably could have even taken out the Blood Thirster in combat.

I really suggest checking out those formations... they are very fluffy, require a lot of synergy with your Scouts and well planned movements but hit like a hammer when they pull off their maneuvers. Check them out cause it really makes them a top-tier army!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on May 27, 2016, 01:46:46 PM
Yeah there were definitely a fair few mistakes involved and a lot of learning points.
I think part of my problem when using Marine armies is that I tend to get stuck between attack and defense, Marines can easily get stuck in the middle ground and when coming up against either a Melee focused or total gunline (Tau) can really struggle.
I think my next game I am going to be trying a more aggressive list and go for a strong Alpha strike. At the moment I am thinking of Drop pods for the Devs and Tacticals and a Shadowstrike Formation.
Also I managed to pick up a large bag of Space Marine bits of Ebay the other day for £5 and in it was the parts to make 9 Assault Marines and a Combat squad (plus a lot of spares!) the assault marines will all have more static poses than usual but this will help differentiate them from the Vanguards when I start on them.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on May 28, 2016, 07:35:59 AM
I hear ya Auric. IMO Marines are not a great defensive army in todays game. There is just so much high volume firewpower out there that sheer number of armor saves will quickly bring them down. Marines work best as a rapid insertion force operating via drop pod, or just attacking in waves roaring up in their rhinos, swamping objectives with multiple combat squads and ob-sec rhinos. However if you want some back field objective grabbers just take a couple 5 man scout units and tuck them out of LOS on objectives in your DZ.

Yeah the Shadowstrike formation is absolutely awesome. Get some Lightning Claws, a couple Hammer and Shields and any opponent is in trouble against that. My brother has an absolutley BRUTAL Vanguard Vet squad that he just waiting to set against me. He plays Revilers (Ravenguard Successor chapter) and can't wait to obliterate my Wraithknight with his Hammer and Shield Vanguard units.

Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on June 2, 2016, 06:12:26 PM
Had my 2nd game with the Raven Guard this evening, it definitely went better than the last although was still a loss :(
My List:

Captain- Jump Pack, Swiftstrike and Murder, Artificer Armour, Melta Bombs
5 Tacs- Melta, Combi Melta
Razorback- TL Lascannon
5 Tacs- Plasma, Combi Plasma
Drop Pod
5 Tacs- Plasma Combi Plasma
Drop Pod
5 Devastators- 2x Grav Cannon
Drop Pod
10 Assault Marines- Vet Sarge w/ Eviscerator

Ravenhawk Formation-
Storm Raven- TL Assault Cannon, TL Multi Melta
5 Sternguard- 2x Combi-Grav
Dreadnought- Assault Cannon

His List:
Farseer on bike
3x Guardian Defender Squads (One in serpent)
2x Nightspinners
1x Falcon
2x Vypers
3x Shadow-weaver Platforms
4x Warlocks
3x Warwalkers- Twin Brightlance.

I can't remember the turn by turn breakdown but it didn't start well for me, my Alpha strike came in and failed to actually destroy anything! Took a few hull points off here and there but no real significant damage.
As the turns moved on I slowly managed to get myself back into the game and in the end it finished with not much left on either side and I lost by 13 Maelstrom points to 11. A result that considering the start of the game I was very happy with!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on June 3, 2016, 06:54:51 AM
Thats tough Auric. Were you running Skyhammer? Cause if not the Alpha Strike is not super hard hitting, with snap shooting Devastators and the Assault Marines having to hoof it up the field. Even so pretty unlucky with all that Plasma. I think the actual Shadowstrike formation is where the magic happens. You can really pack a wallop with those Vanguard Vets.

What does the Ravenhawk Formation do though? Not familiar with that one...

Anyway bud good luck! The Ravenguard are not an easy chapter to play but their formations really make them excellent. Always happy to workshop ideas so let us know what direction you want to take the army!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on June 3, 2016, 07:43:48 AM
I wasn't using Skyhammer but to be honest I think I am probably going to lean more that way.
Next experiment is probably going to be a minimum CAD with a Skyhammer and then possibly a Shadowstrike formation as well.

The Ravenhawk is a formation consisting of a Storm Raven, Sternguard Squad and then a Dreadnought. It all comes in together and has a special rule allowing a slight bonus to it's units against a particular target for the rest of the game. It's not bad although certainly not one of the best formations in the book. Just one that I had the models to do so wanted to give it a try!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on June 3, 2016, 08:53:07 AM
Thats sounds good. Honestly you could easily get away with just a Shadowstrike formation for casual games and then ramp it up to Skyhammer against more competitive players. Either way it'll be fun as a Ravenguard player to have those Assault squads getting into combat and causing havoc.

Just podding in with a normal CAD is not a big alpha strike, and playing Eldar as much as I have you are really feeding them units, especially short ranged dudes like Guardians. But don't get discouraged its always hard getting the hang of a new army, especially going from super fast moving Eldar with their fantatic range and firepower. I'm totally excepting a tough go of it as I get used to playing my Dark Angels.

Anyway sounds like a good plan Auric and I can't wait to see some models! 
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on June 3, 2016, 09:12:28 AM
Yeah, to be honest both Formations suit my vision and suit the fluff perfectly. I've been listening to a couple of the Horus Heresy audiobooks today and I am really glad that I made the choice of Raven guard, even if they aren't the most competitive.
Here is a little WIP of my first combat squad, I am waiting for some Forgeworld Raven Guard shoulder pads to arrive and they need basing but for the most part they are done.
The squad has taken me quite a while to paint up to this point but just looking at them it's well worth it, possibly some of my favourite models I have painted so far.
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: vonny on June 3, 2016, 11:34:14 AM
I'm always a fan of people who chose their armies more on what's cool in both background and models, rather than rules. And yes, the raven guard would be one of my more favorite ones. I'm glad you seem to be improving in how to use them already!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on June 3, 2016, 01:12:11 PM
Thanks Vonny, I love the fluff for the Raven Guard and there is something about their tactics that appeals to me. Generally I've never done well with Power Armour armies, I've tried Dark Angels, Grey Knights and Chaos Marines and never had a huge amount of luck so now I am determined to learn how they work properly and how to wield them effectively. Even after just two games I've found the games a bit more rewarding than using my Eldar, last nights game was one of the best I've played in months.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on June 4, 2016, 07:38:17 AM
Looking very nice Auric. Love the green trim... what company is that anyway? Also very happy to see you getting FW Shoulder pads. I used to think they were an "extravagance" but as soon as I decided to do my own Space Marines I had to have them no questions asked lol.

I'm also glad to see you found your last game rewarding, I think I didn't catch the tone of your last post properly. Anyway very good stuff Auric can't wait to see more. Keep us posted bud!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on June 4, 2016, 01:34:27 PM
Thanks Cav, the fluff has changed a bit with the new book. Traditionally the green trim denotes a member of a tactical squad (then Red for Assault, Yellow for Devastator, Complete white shoulder for Veteran) but it's now been changed to be a member of the 4th company. I am sticking to the old traditional way of doing it though. Will make the army a bit more colourful.
I did baulk at the price of the forgeworld ones a bit but I think it'll be worth it when I get everything painted up. I received the first 30 of them this morning so will get the first couple of squads up and running shortly.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on June 5, 2016, 02:01:20 PM
Just another small little update, decided to paint up the Razorback despite having not finished the previous squad. It's got a couple of little bits yet to do (like a couple of Logos etc) but again I am really happy with it.
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: vonny on June 5, 2016, 04:27:28 PM
I quite like that there were some deviant ways of showing company, squad and squad type back in the day, and am a bit sad they changed that. How did they denote company and squad number in the old style?
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on June 5, 2016, 05:38:43 PM
I quite like that there were some deviant ways of showing company, squad and squad type back in the day, and am a bit sad they changed that. How did they denote company and squad number in the old style?

To be honest Raven Guard have always been one where there isn't much agreement on how to do it!
If I remember rightly company number was usually painted in a circle on the left knee pad or thereabouts. This wasn't always the case as they often showed them with large White Ravens painted on the lower part of the left leg which would have covered this up.
I do remember a few people painting squad number again in a circle but within the design on the right shoulder pad (Tactical Arrow, Assault Cross etc). One of the recent Horus Heresy books seems to have changed this again too.

My plan is to stick with the colours for battlefield roles, and I am thinking company number in white on left knee. Probably not going to worry about squad number though haha
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on June 6, 2016, 01:27:25 PM
Oh wow, awesome looking Razorback Auric. Really crisp highlights, and the white blocking looks fantastic! The lights, lenses and banner all look great too. Fantastic!

About the heraldry and whatnot I feel your pain! I wish the Dark Angels had a better reference guide for their heraldry cause its all over the place. I hate having to wing it, then you run into some obscure image showing you the exact way long after you've completed a model. I'm relying on Rogue Trader, and some scant offerings from FW to do my heraldry and its not easy! Anyway I love what you've done so far. Keep it up!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on June 8, 2016, 07:11:18 AM
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Apart from the basing, these guys are all pretty much finished!
Really happy with how they've turned out, it's gonna take me a fair while to get the army painted up (Certainly longer than the Corsairs took me!)
I was however very naughty earlier, despite having 2 more Combat squads to paint, a 10 man assault squad to build and paint and 2 5 man Scout squads to build and paint I slipped and accidently bought myself some Mor Deythan models on ebay........ 5 man squad with Combi meltas, will make a perfect Sternguard squad!  ;D
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on June 8, 2016, 01:42:56 PM
Oh hell yeah! These these look fantastic. The Sarge looks absolutley killer. The combi-melta looks great. Really reminds me of Captain Tycho from the Blood Angels with the pose and the gone and all. Killer paint job as always Auric.

Also can't wait to see Mor Deythan. I tried to convince my brother to get them as Sternguard for his Revilers but he's so picky he said no. Those models are killer and I can't wait to see them. Anyway really enjoying this project so far. Keep it up!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: vonny on June 8, 2016, 07:04:50 PM
really clean highlights and great posing makes for great looking models already. Now just the bases :)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on June 16, 2016, 01:27:08 PM
Cheers guys!
Another little update although nothing particularly exciting! The first Combat squad and Razorback are finished and I've managed to get the first scout squad built and painted.
Got 2 more Combat squads, a 10 man assault squad and another Scout squad all in need of painting plus the Mor Deythan should be here over the next couple of days.
Here are the scouts:
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on June 17, 2016, 06:36:55 AM
Looking excellent Auric. Super clean, with nice details as always. Also my compliments on the choice of basing. You don't often see dark earthy basing but it looks really cool with the armor. Anyway excellent stuff my man keep it up!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on June 21, 2016, 03:42:37 PM
Cheers Cav, I may still flock the bases slightly to give a little bit more contrast up against the Black armour but will possibly do a test model to see if I like it first. Sadly I've been working loads over the last week or so and haven't actually got anything new done since the scouts! Oh well, got a holiday to pay for I suppose!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on July 1, 2016, 06:39:13 AM
Had another game with my Raven Guard last night against a Dark Eldar army and it came out as my first win with them!
We played a 2,000pt game with me using a similar list to my previous game but with the addition of Coteaz and some inquisition allies (including a Vindicare) He was using a fairly typical balanced Dark Eldar Army- Warriors in Raiders, Blasterborn in Venoms and a Deepstriking Dark Artisan formation.
I won't go into a turn by turn game report as to be honest I can't remember most of it!
There were a few learning points though:

Positive

Negative

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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on July 1, 2016, 07:14:59 AM
Thats awesome Auric, congrats on the win. Not super familiar with a couple of the formations you listed (Talon Strike, Ravenhawk) but yeah you gotta either be all out aggressive or if that isn't going to work, hang back lurk in the shadows and pounce when they get close (sort of like I run my Scorpions).

Their ignore cover mechanics are really fantastic and make them a very good matchup against Eldar, Dark Eldar and even jinking Tau drones and whatnot.

Ravenguard from what I've seen/read are a very good counter against elite xenos armies, yet struggle a bit against things like Battle Company. I know for sure that I REALLY fear things like Skyhammer and Shadowstrike team. I was listening to Signals from the Frontline (from monday of this week) and they were talking about American east-coasters loving the Shadowstrike Team rocking them with all Thunder Hammer/Storm Shields which is exactly what my brother is going to run them as. They aren't going to live the whole game but can terminate so many ultra important units and control the 1st 2 turns with their reserve manipulations its crazy.

Still very much a thinking mans army but a super fun one with great offensive output when you can put it together.

Anyway bud great stuff, I'm loving following this army. Keep it up and can't wait to see the next batch of models!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: vonny on July 1, 2016, 08:12:36 AM
Great to see how you learn stuff around your army fight by fight, battle by battle. Great to see you learn through the game :)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on July 1, 2016, 04:28:53 PM
Cheers guys!
@Cav yeah I think the formations are definitely the way forward, once I've got the models I think I'll be trying a CAD with the Skyhammer and Shadowstrike formations together. See if that works better than the Talon Strike Force (Their own Decurion style detachment) I like the idea of the Thunderhammer/ Storm Shield Vanguards but I just can't get away from the twin Lightning claws, you can't get much more fluffy than that!

On a models note I have purchased more but at the moment I am no further on the painting side.
I do however have a fever and the only cure for that fever is more drop pods!
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This will give me 4 for the moment which is enough for me to use the Talon Strike Force and add the Skyhammer in for good measure :)
I have also added my Mor Deythan (Sternguard), I need to do some cleaning up of mold lines etc but I think these guys will be the next to get painted.
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on July 2, 2016, 07:23:06 AM
Oh hell yeah! There they are... one of the most badass squads of all time. They look absolutely sick. Glad to see those pods in the mix as well.

Hmmm so you are going to go all claws? You know that means you pretty much HAVE to get the Dark Fury Assault Squad.  8) Man are the FW Ravenguard models unbelievable or what?

But in all honesty I do recommend at least a hammer or two, so if you run into a Wraithknight or something you can tag him up. But I guess there is no real rush, you could always wait and do the claws first, and a sort of specialist "monster hunter" squad at some point down the road. Either way its gonna be awesome.

Anyway can't wait to see some paint on the Mor Deythan. I'll try and share some pics of my brothers Revilers (Ravenguard successors) he just got some Sternguard himself! Anyway bud great stuff, keep it up
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on July 2, 2016, 10:05:04 AM
@Cav to be honest a big part of why I want to go lightning claws is those Dark Fury models, they are absolutely stunning!
I may look into a couple of conversion projects for the hammers, will be for the second squad though.
Thanks for the kind words again, having this thread definitely helps me with my motivation!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on August 1, 2016, 12:03:14 PM
Wow, not updated this in a month!
Unfortunately due to work and ill health I've not been able to do much at all hobby-wise. Today I have spent the vast majority of today building drop pods, I forgot how tedious it is to make them, I swear if I get any more I am gonna pay someone to do it for me! haha
The only other thing I have managed to do since my last update is to paint up for Mor Deythan (Proxy as Sternguard)
Just for Cav:
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I've got a game against an Eldar player coming up on Thursday, haven't decided on a list yet but I suspect it'll be something similar to what I used for my last game.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on August 1, 2016, 12:16:08 PM
Damn man these are looking pro! Thanks for sharing... I just love these models to absolute death. Love the color choices, the white patch going over the studs is sick! I've seen them mostly in red but the white looks far better. Love it bud.

Also yes, drop pods are the bane! I just did one on comission but they are super frustrating if they start falling apart. Had some real nightmares in the past. Yet I'm going all Pods for my Dark Angels. They are just so dang good.

Anyway great stuff man as always I love it!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: vonny on August 2, 2016, 01:55:26 PM
I don't mind the drop pod's construction, but the painting is just sooooo boring...

But yes, these marines look ace. Nice clean white, something that's not easy to do, and it contrasts so nicely with the black. And I think you got just the right amount of each, making them look perfectly Raven Guard
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on August 4, 2016, 06:03:26 PM
Cheers guys!

@Vonny- To be honest I am still really struggling with the white, no matter what I try I just can't seem to be able to get a decent flat, clean white without Airbrushing, just too many brushmarks/imperfections.


I had my game against an Eldar opponent tonight and it turned out to again be a very enjoyable game. It came down to a couple of dice rolls right at the end but I just about managed a 6-5 Victory.
My list was:

Pinion Demi Battle Company
Chapter Master- Artificer Armour, Swiftstrike & Murder, Jump Pack, Melta bombs
5 Tactical Marines- Plasma, Combi Plasma (In a drop pod)
5 Tactical Marines- Plasma, Combi Plasma (In a drop pod)
5 Tactical Marines- Melta, Combi Melta (In a drop pod)
10 Assault Marines- 2x Flamers, Vet Sarge with pair of Lightning claws and Melta Bombs
5 Devastators- 4x Lascannons
5 Scouts- Camo Cloaks and Sniper Rifles
5 Scouts- Camo Cloaks and Sniper Rifles
Ravenhawk Assault Group
Stormraven- TL Assault Cannons, TL Multi Melta, Hurricane Bolters
10 Sternguard- 5x Combi Flamers, 5x Combi Meltas (In a drop pod)
Dreadnought- Assault Cannon.

Culexus assassin

I believe his list was something along the lines of:

Farseer
4 Warlocks in a falcon
10 Guardians in a wave serpent
10 Guardians in a wave serpent
10 Guadrians on foot
3 Shadow Weavers (Farseer in here) with Warlock
3 Jetbikes
3 Jetbikes
3 Jetbikes
Farseer on bike
2x Vypers (Twin shuri cannon)
2x Night spinners
3x Warwalkers (Double Bright Lance)

He tried castling up for deployment, leaving all jetbikes, Vypers, Warwalkers, Nightspinners and Falcon in reserve. My initial Alpha strike was the Sternguard (combat squadded) who came in and wrecked a Wave Serpent and roasted a full guardian squad with their flamers, and two tactical squads who destroyed another guardian squad and took a hull point off the other wave serpent. His return fire was fairly ineffective, just killed a couple of Sternguard. Another drop pod arrived for me and came down in the centre of the board, my assault marines turned up and covered an objective waiting for the rest of his army to appear. Almost all of the rest of his army then appeared and proceeded to kill most of my Sternguard and all of my Devastators. Blows were traded for the next couple of turns but by the 5th turn I was pretty clearly ahead in damage done but he still had jetbike units that could grab objectives.
In the end it came down to a Nightspinner vs two Sternguard, two wounds from the Torrent were both saved and then he rolled a 2,2,1 for the underslung Shuriken Cannon! The Sternguard not dying meant that I contested one of the objectives which gave me the 6-5 Win!
Was a really enjoyable game and I am definitely starting to get a bit more used to using this army, I need to try experimenting with some of the other formations but I need the models to do so.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on August 5, 2016, 07:21:31 AM
Nice victory Auric. Both lists seemed very cool too. Its funny my last game was a very similar setup, Sternguard alpha strike against my minimalist reserve-heavy beta strike list. Different results interesting nonetheless... the Space Marine alpha-strike is so strong... its almost like they are emulating the fluff! Lol :)

Do you have Vanguard Vets? I can't wait to see how those guys do. My brother is furiously working on his Revilers at the moment and we can't wait to see how the Vanguard Vet. formation performs.

As for the White, just a few tips from me. I use white a lot, I even brush paint medium sized sections of vehicles like my Hornets with white. The key to getting a smooth coat for me is using Celestra Grey first and getting a nice opaque base (not too thick though) and then going over that with white... one layer at a time. Really make sure the white is painted on even... let it dry out completely even if it means waiting till next day when you paint to throw down the second layer and then apply.

Another trick is instead of going pure white, go Celestra Grey and then highlight with white. I'm an enormous fan of that Celestra Grey its one of the strongest smoothest colors in the GW line and I highly recommend it.

Just some tips, I know you are no stranger to the brush with all your super nice looking armies just wanted to throw that out there is you haven't tried it that way before.

Anyway great stuff bud, and I'm glad you got a win against Eldar. Its never easy!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: vonny on August 5, 2016, 06:50:53 PM
the trick I learned when I learned painting smooth white: more water! I know it sounds counter intuitive, but then you can dabble and smooth it out a bit as you brush it on... meh, hard to explain, wish you lived closer so I could show you.

in any case: more water(though I guess the lahmia medium would work too, if not better) , try to smooth it on, and as Cav said: multiple layers :)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on August 6, 2016, 06:59:03 AM
Great point by Vonny, adding a little water helps to get a smooth layer of paint down. I usually get some white on the brush, then add a little water mix it on my pallet and then apply. Let it dry, then do it again. I can't see any problems with your models Auric they look fantastic, it must be stuff that you see when you hold it right up to your eyeball. But everyone gets stuff like that... if you check out even the most amazing models on GW flickr account (which is an incredible flickr BTW) you'll see that kinda stuff.

Anyway keep up the great work Auric everything looks killer!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on August 19, 2016, 04:58:24 AM
Cheers guys!
I am definitely massively critical of my own stuff and the white is one of those things that really annoys me!  ;D
I've just had a box arrive at my door which contains my next little addition to the Raven Guard army, fortunately I now have 2 weeks off work so loads of time to do some building and painting! Expect a few updates over the next couple of weeks!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on August 26, 2016, 07:22:10 AM
Ok guys, time for a slight update....
I've got a unit currently on the painting table which will be unveiled shortly (still a bit more work to be done!) but I am in search of some advice!
I have a game this coming thursday which could be a very interesting/challenging mission.
I will be taking on a Death Guard army in the Surprise Attack mission (I believe from the Space Marine Altar of war), on paper it very much suits the Raven Guard army as I will be coming on entirely from reserve, from any table edge. The only problem is that it's a kill points game!
Using the kill points for the mission my standard army is roughly 20 kill points, his will likely be about 6!
I am expecting to see Plague Marines, Typhus and a Chaos Knight, any tips for being able to overcome the massive discrepancy in Kill points? I am used to being on the side of small Elite army with hardly any!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on August 27, 2016, 08:25:02 AM
Hmmm thats a toughy. I'd say the best way to deal with it is keep everything which wont impact the game off the board, or out of trouble for as long possible. The only units I'd expose to danger is those units whoare going for the kill.

Keep as many of your Scouts, Landspeeders, Combat Squads off the board, or on the edges only ready to pounce on objectives at the very end.

Also keep your IC's out of squads which are going to die. Say you are running the Shadowstrike unit (the Vanguard Vet formation) if you don't need a chaplain or your Captian in that unit, just stick with a unit of scouts and keep him off the board as long as possible. You may be willing to sacrifice the Vets if it means thunder hammering his Knight to death, but don't include the Chaplain in that unit if you don't have to. It may not be thematic but it'll keep you up on KP's.

Also remember, if you table him you win, no matter the KP's. Kinda generic advice buts its the best I can offer given the vast discrepancy between KP's.

Anyway good luck Auric! I'm rooting for you!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on August 28, 2016, 07:04:07 AM
That was what I was leaning towards tbh!
I could easily change my list to suit the mission (10 man units instead of 5 etc) but to be honest I don't really want to change up too much as I'd rather work out ways to compensate with the current list.

That being said........
I have a small update, just finished the unit that had been sat on my painting table for the last week and a bit, they've taken quite a while to do but here is my new Vanguard Vets!
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Got to say they are probably the best moulded Forgeworld models that I've ever seen, very few mold lines let alone any damage/air bubbles etc. The quality of these guys was absolutely superb. Very much looking forward to using them on Thursday!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on August 28, 2016, 07:29:34 AM
Dude... holy crap! These look absolutley incredible!!! Did you mangetize them too? Wow... we are talking major league show stopper here. The posing, the color balance and the freaking airbrush lighting on the thunder hammers! Hot damn! Seriously man I absolutley love these. Gotta show this to my brother ASAP. This is glorious! In the name of Corax... Victorus Aut Mortis!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on August 28, 2016, 07:35:53 AM
Thanks Cav, means a lot coming from you!
I am really proud of how they turned out, I knew they'd likely be the focus point of my army so I really wanted to do them justice.
Sadly not Magnetised, just made them with lightning claws and 4x Thunder Hammer Storm shields. They'll probably be used in two squads of 5 with 2x TH/SS in each squad. I thought about going a bit brighter on the Claws/ Hammers with the Airbrush but in the end I decided that I really didn't want that to take away from the rest of the model and with a colour scheme so Dark I thought that if I'd gone really bright it may have garnered a bit too much attention.
If he wants any more photos then just ping me a message, happy to take some more detailed ones for him.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on August 28, 2016, 08:58:06 AM
Really nice work there Auric! I love the posing of the minis, and the fact that the only real point of light on each model is the weapon or weapons they wield? It makes for a really cinematic, striking unit.

Really strong work. Love em!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on August 30, 2016, 04:03:14 AM
Cheers Loosh,
Definitely one of my favourite units I've made/painted so far. As much as I don't like paying Forgeworld prices they do make some pretty beautiful models!

One small update as well, normally I'd wait until I've got something painted and complete before putting it up on here but to be honest I've just spent the last couple of hours making up a model to be my new Chapter Master/Captain and I'm really quite proud of it!
I'd like you all to meet Captain Corone!
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: dog_of_war on August 30, 2016, 08:43:17 AM
Very cool effects. I'm loving the subtle blue glow of the power weapons. I really think you made the right choice in keeping them subdued, so it doesn't overpower the darkness of the rest of the model. The look of those backpacks are so unique as well. Definitely makes them stand out from your traditional marine sculpt. Keep up the awesome work.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on September 1, 2016, 05:14:18 AM
Captain Corone. me like very much.

Great posing again AP. Even totally unpainted there's just a cold malice about him. Maybe it's the beaky marine helmet that accentuates it, I don't know, but t it really looks like he's finally swooping down or springing forth on the prey that he has been stalking.

Also, I hate that everyone has a Captain without a helm. So there's that.

Looking forward to seeing this guy when he's finished!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 1, 2016, 06:29:28 AM
Thanks guys!
@Dog Of War- Cheers, The power weapons I was a bit unsure of but now looking at them I definitely think it was the right choice, it was just enough.

@Looshkin- Thanks bud, It took me a few hours and a bit of swearing if I am honest. I went through about 6 pairs of Lightning claws before I was happy with a pose. The original intention was to have both claws down and the model jumping straight at you but I actually think this pose is more natural and works better. Really being Raven Guard he had to lead by example and wear a good old beaky helmet! And funnily enough........

So another update, I've been a bit busy!
In the last couple of days I've managed to paint up two more Combat squads with Plasma/Combi-Plasma and have painted up my Captain!
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I have also been asked for a couple more pictures of the Dark Furies:
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And finally here is the 2,000 pts list that I am going to be using tonight. Excuse the couple of proxies and the unpainted models!
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on September 1, 2016, 08:06:20 AM
Oh hell yeah! Damn man, this Ravenguard army is just looking better and better. It looks ultra classic, yet at the same time those bases, modeling and FW units... they give it a very modern, unique touch. Absolutely loving it. 

Also I saw you talking in that battle company threat which I found very interesting. I"m gonna hop on there later today and throw my 2 cents in as I play against freaking Battle Company almost every other game! Anyway great stuff my man. Keep it up I love this army!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 1, 2016, 06:18:44 PM
Well I had my game tonight and it was a very close affair, finishing at the end of turn 5 in a 10 to 9 Victory for the Raven Guard!
My opponent was running a Nurgle list consisting of:
Typhus
5 Terminators
Hellcult formation (Hellbrute and two units of cultists)
10 Plague Marines in Rhino
16 Plague Marines
Predator
Chaos Knight Titan
2x Vengeance turrets (with Punisher cannons)

Against my list of:
Chapter Master
10 Assault Marines
5 Man Tac squad (Melta/Combi-Melta) in Drop Pod
2x 5 Man Tac squad (Plasma/Combi-Plasma) in Drop pod
5x Devastators- 3 Missile Launchers
5 Sternguard- Combi Meltas In drop pod
Storm Raven
Dreadnought (in Ravenhawk Formation with the above Storm Raven & Sternguard)
2x 5 Man Scouts
2x Vanguard Veterans (In Shadowstrike Kill Team)


It started off pretty badly for me, I tried to keep most of my units off the board for the first turn but dropped my Sternguard and Combi Melta tac squad next to the Knight. Devastators and both Scout teams walked on from the board edge. My Sternguard completely whiffed on the Knight but the Tactical squad managed to take off 3 Hull points with a Melta gun. The Knight then turned around and stomped the poor Sternguard and their drop pod with a D strength stomp!
Turn 2 only my plasma units came down and with no locator beacons down I kept my Vanguards off the board. Took one more hull point off the knight with a lucky melta shot and killed a couple of Terminators with the plasma. At this point I was really starting to worry as I just couldn't do enough damage to get the kill points! The knight then stomps a tactical squad and the Terminators and Plague Marines near enough wipe out two others, two lone marines elect to flee to get away from the oncoming Nurgle forces.
Turn 3 and my reserves finally arrive! Storm Raven comes on looking at the rear armour of the Knight and Vanguard Veterans drop in mid table ready to charge the Plague Marines and Predator, Chapter Master and his Assault Squad come in near the Hellcult formation. Assault Squad wipes out one of the cultist units with their flamers and bolt pistols, then takes a hull point off the hellbrute with a frag grenade! Storm Raven fires Melta Gun and two Missiles into the rear of the Chaos knight and finishes it off, the explosion however went away from the Chaos forces nearby. Vanguard veterans destroy the Predator with ease but the other unit assaults the plague marines and completely whiffs with their Lightning claw attacks, the Thunder Hammers killed two marines but I lost all three Lightning claw guys and they fled, the plague marines gunned them down in the following shooting phase.
Turn 4 the Storm Raven drops off the Dreadnought, the Chapter Master and Assault squad then charge the large plague marine squad and the Chapter Master does some serious work! 6 attacks and got all hits, then got another 4 hits with his extra attacks. This then converts to 7 Wounds of which my opponent passes 2 feel no pains, with the further attacks from the rest of the Assault squad there was only 1 Plague marine left! Dreadnought assaulted Typhus and the terminators, killed two Terminators first off and then insta-killed Typhus in the following phase!
Turn 5 was uneventful as the majority of his forces were well away from what I had left and the only thing of note was the Dreadnought assaulting and destroying one of the Gun batteries.



Overall it was a very enjoyable game if not exactly a good advert for the Raven Guard! Vanguard Veterans were relatively disappointing, the ability to charge after deepstrike really helped in getting rid of the Predator but they really struggled against the Plague Marines (due to some poor rolling). MVP is either the Chapter Master who took out most of the large Plague marine unit on his own or the Dreadnought who took out 2 Terminators and Typhus in 2 assault phases!
Another pretty good learning game, looking forward to getting a couple of devastator boxes next week though.....
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on September 2, 2016, 08:06:52 AM
Awesome stuff bud. Really glad you won. Thats some brutal reserve rolls... you might want to add an Aegis Defense Line with a Comms Relay to get very reliable reserves. Just have your scouts or Devs walk up to it when they come on. I'm surprised you dont get any Reserve manipulation via the formations or whatnot.

Anyway I really liked your tactics and list. Just based on decision making I don't think I would have done anything different. My only thing would have been adding an ADL with a Comms Relay to make sure everything came on in a timely manner.

Also I wouldn't judge the Vanguard Vets to harshly. Lightning Claws against Plague Marines isn't the best matchup. Thats why I say all Hammers! But as discussed previously I know you must remain true and loyal to the teachings of Corax. lol :)

Anyway great stuff bud glad you got another solid win for you Ravenguard. Victorus Aut Mortis!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 2, 2016, 12:37:42 PM
Yeah reserves didn't really help me all that much but sadly there wasn't much I can do in that regard. Due to the fact that I am drawing from the detachment I haven't actually got a fortifications slot to be able to take an Aegis without taking a CAD as well.  :(
Other than things coming in piecemeal I think my tactics were good for the most part, with a bit more luck the Sternguard and Tacs probably should have taken the Knight out on the first turn which would have helped me a fair bit!
I'm not concerned about the Vanguard Vets, It was just poor rolling on my part and some good feel no pain rolls from my opponent! I'll wait until I use them in a proper game before really judging them too much!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 15, 2016, 06:46:08 PM
Well I had another game against my favourite Death Guard opponent again tonight. Was another 2,000pt battle this time doing Cloak and shadows (Fitting for the Raven Guard).
My list was:

Battle Demi-Company

Chapter Master- Artificer Armour, Jump Pack, Swiftstrike & Murder
5 Tactical Marines- Melta, Combi-Melta (In drop pod)
5 Tactical Marines- Plasma, Combi-Plasma (In drop pod)
5 Tactical Marines- Plasma, Combi-Plasma (on foot)
10 Assault Marines- Vet Sarge with Lightning claws, 2x Flamers
5 Devastators- 4x Grav Cannons (In drop pod)
Dreadnought- Assault Cannon (In drop pod)

Raptor Wing
Landspeeder- Multi Melta & Heavy Flamer
Storm Talon- Assault cannons & Skyhammer missiles
Storm Talon- Assault Cannons & Skyhammer Missiles

Shadowstrike Kill Team
5 Scouts- Camo Cloaks, Sniper rifles
5 Scouts- Camo cloaks, sniper rifles
5 Vanguard Veterans- 3x Lightning Claws, 2x Thunder Hammer Storm shield
5 Vanguard Veterans- 3x Lightning Claws, 2x Thunder Hammer Storm Shield

His list was roughly:

Typhus
Sorceror
20 Plague Marines- Plasma pistol, 2x Melta guns
18 Plague Marines- Plasma pistol, 2x Melta guns
Predator- TL Lascannon, Heavy Bolter
Hellbrute
Chaos Knight titan- Thermal lance, D slapping chainsword, Daemonic possession


Deployment
I won the roll to deploy first and decided to deploy first and take the first turn thinking that I could try and do some crippling damage before he gets moving.
My single Tac squad on foot and the two scout squads all deploy on objectives within ruins, the Landspeeder hides behind some line of sight blocking terrain.
His Knight is deployed directly in the centre of his lines, with a Plague Marine unit on either flank (One with Typhus, one with the sorceror) the predator set up on his right flank and the Hellbrute pushed up as high as he could looking to challenge for the objective in the middle of no-mans land.

Turn 1
He elects not to sieze so I start my first turn. I chose my Devastators and Melta gun units to come in on drop pod assault but passed the rolls for both of my other drop pods.
The Grav Devastators drop down next to his largest plague marine unit on his left flank (With typhus) and managed to kill a whole 3 Plague marines......uh oh! The melta gun unit dropped next to the Knight and managing to deploy out of the arc of his Ion cannon they both hit, both penetrated.......an d he passed both 5+ Invulnerables! My Plasma unit drop podded into midfield to claim the objective and the Dreadnought dropped behind the Hellbrute. The Plasma squad, Dreadnought and Landspeeder all lined up the Hellbrute and did no damage...... No quite an Alpha strike! Despite the poor rolling and lack of damage I managed to rack up a massive 4 Maelstrom points thanks to two D3 objective cards

In his turn Typhus's squad turned round and utterly shredded the Devastators with bolter rounds and the other Plague Marine squad did the same to my poor Melta Gunners. The Knight took out one of my Drop pods, The Hellbrute shot at my Dreadnought and missed and the Predator failed to do any damage to my Landspeeder. The hellbrute charged my Dreadnought and did a single hull point damage, The Dreadnought wrecked it with 3 Penetrating hits.

Turn 2
My Storm Talons and Vanguard Veterans arrive but the Assault Squad stays off. The Storm Talons fly straight in and Wreck the Predator. Vanguard Veterans appear on either side of the largest Plague Marine unit preparing to charge along with the Dreadnought. Land Speeder moves next to some ruins to hide from the Knight. The Vanguard Vets, and Dreadnought assault the Plague Marines and do a couple of Wounds with Hammer of wraths. The Lightning claws then fell a fair few others but Typhus then strikes back with his massive Scythe and cuts down a Veteran Sargeant and 5 other Veterans! The thunder Hammers and Dreadnought strike back and take down another couple of Plague marines leaving just Typhus and half a dozen plague marines.

His Knight now advances towards the combat just incase I manage to break free but also trying to get some cover inbetween him and the Storm Talons. He doesn't have a huge amount else to do but the Knight destroys another drop pod although didn't get the scatter onto the Dreadnought as he was hoping. In combat my Vanguard Veterans failed to do any damage! Typhus finished off the Veterans and the Dreadnought killed some more Plague Marines.

Turn 3
My Chapter Master and Assault squad again fail to turn up! My land speeder and Storm Talons all advance looking at the Knight. Scouts and Tactical Marines hold their ground knowing that there isn't much imminent danger to them and their hold on the objectives was pretty safe. Land speeder opened up at the Knight and stripped a massive 3 Hull points off it! Storm Talons managed to do another one with the Skyhammer missiles, couldn't do anything with the remaining Plasma shots. In combat the Dreadnought took out a couple of the Plague Marines and Typhus did nothing.

His sorceror led Plague Marine squad started up a Conga line across his deployment zone to try and capture two objectives, his Knight attempted a scatter ontop of the Dreadnought but this time managed it and took a hull point off the Dreadnought. In combat though the Dreadnought did get the last laugh and instant killed Typhus again! The final two Plague Marines stood their ground.

Turn 4
My Chapter Master finally arrives and not wanting to get blasted by the Knight he drops in with his unit behind a ruin and runs up to get some cover from it. The Land speeder moves up to get within Melta range of the Knight and the Storm Talons fly off the board to go into ongoing reserves. The Land speeder manages to take another hull point off the Knight but that was all the damage I managed to do in this shooting phase. The Dreadnought finished off the last of the Plague Marines and moves right next to the Knight to try and prevent being hit by a Thermal Cannon.

His remaining Plague Marine unit continues it's conga line and the Knight blew the Land speeder out of the air with his Thermal cannon. He then charges into the Dreadnought, although he didn't manage to get that glorious 6 on the D-Weapon chart he easily destroyed the Dreadnought....... The Dreadnought however did strike at the same time and registering two hits and one penetrating hit the Knight failed it's invulnerable save and went down!

Turn 5
My Storm Talons come back on and fail to really do much to the Plague Marine unit. My Chapter Master and his Assault Marines jump forwards looking for a charge. Not wanting to lengthen my charge I elect not to shoot with my remaining units and the Assault Marines make an 8" charge. Naturally I call a Challenge and my Chapter Master squares up against his Sorceror. In the challenge I make my 6 attacks and only register 1 hit! (Hitting on 3s!) this gives me an extra attack but in the end he only manages to do one unsaved wound! The sorceror then strikes back and of the 3 Artificer armour saves I have to make I failed one. My assault marines took a handful of Plague Marines out with a combination of the Veteran sergeants Lightning claws and their chainswords. They lost two of their number in return. Leaving the Sorceror and 5 Plague Marines left.

In his assault phase my Chapter Master attempts to make up for his dismal performance in the previous phase and makes his attacks. 5 Attacks registers 5 hits, another 5 attacks now registers me another 5 hits! I convert 9 of this into wounds (I love Shred!) and he only manages to pass 2 of his feel no pains. This takes out his remaining models and gives me a victory by tabling!

By the end of the game I had run away with the Maelstrom mission points and had somewhat of a stranglehold on the table as he wasn't able to get out of his deployment zone. He really struggled with a lack of speed in my opinion as he just couldn't contest the objectives that I was holding and had no real options after that.
I was concerned after my Alpha strike absolutely failed but I managed to plink away models here and there and eventually managed to rack up the damage without suffering any damage to my Scouts and Tac marines who were quietly winning me the game via the cards.
Man of the match again has to be the Dreadnought. In the last two games he has killed Typhus twice, a Hellbrute, a couple of Terminators, a Vengeance battery and finished off a Knight Titan! I definitely think he is deserving of promotion to a Contemptor pattern!

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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on September 18, 2016, 07:32:19 AM
Very nice victory Auric. Really classic match-up with just a bit of a new school twist. Really nice back and forth, but I was nervous for you when the Alpha-Strike failed. Man of the match has to be the Dreadnought! Dreadnoughts are soooo good now. I'm really happy they are because they are so classic. I don't believe I've seen your dreadnought before... can we get a pic of him?

Anyway so pumped you are continuing to have success with your Ravenguard. Keep it up bud I'm rooting for ya!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 26, 2016, 03:58:04 AM
@Cav- Cheers bud, yeah the Alpha strike failing did really worry me. I think it's one thing that I am learning with the Raven Guard. I am so used to the consistent damage output from my Eldar armies that it's a bit of a shock when I have a turn like that! Thankfully did manage to make up for it though.
The Dreadnought is actually a proxy from my real old Iron Warriors army, I needed something to fill the points and it's actually done really well for me. For all the flak they get online etc in the right situations Dreadnoughts can still be really good. You've just got to pick your battles!

@Everybody

So I have managed another battle in the last couple of weeks (Preparing for Holiday and loads of work has left me without much time!) and it was a fair bit different! A friend of mine was preparing for a Tournament and asked me to bring the cheese!
His list was an Unbound Corsair/Eldar/Dark Eldar list:
Prince- Jetbike, Void Sabre, Shadowfield
Baron- Same as above
Baron- Same as above
6 Clouddancers- Splinter Cannons
6 Clouddancers- Scatter Lasers
6 Clouddancers- Dissonance Cannons
5 Warriors in a Venom
5 Warriors in a Venom
5 Warriors in a Venom
5 Warriors in a Venom
5 Warriors in a Venom
Wraithknight- Twin Heavy Wraithcannons
Warp Hunter

my list was:
Talon Strike Force-
Chapter Master- Artificer Armour, Jump Pack, Swiftstrike and Murder
5 Tacticals- Melta, Combi-Melta in a drop pod
5 Tacticals- Plasma, Combi-Plasma in a drop pod
5 Tacticals- Plasma, Combi-Plasma
5 Assault Marines- Flamer
5 Devastators- 3x Missile Launchers

Skyhammer Annihilation Force-
5 Devastators- 4x Grav Cannons
5 Devastators- 4x Multimeltas
5 Assault Marines- Flamer
5 Assault Marines- Flamer

Shadowstrike Kill Team-
5 Scouts- Camo Cloaks, Sniper Rifles
5 Scouts- Camo Cloaks, Sniper Rifles
5 Vanguard Veterans- 3x Lightning Claws, 2x Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield
5 Vanguard Veterans- 3x Lightning Claws, 2x Thunder Hammer & Storm Shield


So I won the rolls and gave him first turn, he deployed his entire army on the board (His first mistake!) and I deployed Devastators, one tac squad and infiltrated the scouts. With the help of Shrouding on the first turn I managed to weather the storm, he whittled the Devastators down to 1 Marine, the tac squad down to 3 and killed a single scout.
Then the alpha strike hit..........
Skyhammer and Shadowstrike Kill team all came in as did the two TSF drop pods.
Grav Devastators wiped out the Wraithknight after getting 17 Wounds through! One tactical squad and the Multi Melta Devs combined to take out the Warp Hunter and then the two Skyhammer Assault Squads dealth with a Venom and Warrior squad each. One of the Shadowstrike Veteran units multicharged two Venoms and took the pair of them out. The other one epicly failed when charging The Prince and his Clouddancers, they lost 3 of their number to overwatch and then the remaining two were cut down by the Prince before they had chance to attack.
After this turn he was so far on the back foot that it was pretty much just a cleanup job for me. He suffered the pain of the Corsair Perils chart when his Void Dreamer decided to run off the table and his Prince decided to become a Daemon under my control! It ended up as a tabling on Turn 4 with me up 11-2 on Maelstrom cards as well.


Well he did ask me to bring the cheese!  :-[
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In addition to this I have done a little bit of painting this week too, got my Land Speeder all painted up and ready to go, just need to do a new base for it (Current one is one of my Eldar ones)
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on September 26, 2016, 06:59:15 AM
Damn! Your buddy needs to learn the art of the beta-strike (as you hinted)! Never, never let Skyhammer get a chance to swing at your best units. Reserves are your friend!

Anyway glad you got the win Auric, he walked right into your ambush, which is nice for the good old Ravenguard.

Dreadnoughts are freaking boss right now! I cant wait to get my Dark Angels going cause I'm gonna have one rocking in a Storm Raven.

Also that Speeder looks awesome! So classic.... I really love it. Like I said before this army has a perfect blend of classic and new-school. It'd fit in at any time in history of 40k and look totally pro. Anyway bud great stuff and keep it up. Keep on rocking with your Ravenguard!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 26, 2016, 02:50:02 PM
Definitely, I gave him a few hints and tips afterwards although he didn't face any alpha strike lists in his tournament.

I do have another small update for today, probably will be my last until I get back from my trip to the states next week.
I painted up an assault squad! Slowly getting through my table full of unpainted models!
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on September 27, 2016, 06:52:47 AM
Very nice as always Auric. I like the mixed poses like some dudes are landing, others are surging forward. Very cool. Also like the inclusion of the eviscerator and the flamer... always nice options. Is this for your Skyhammer?

Anyway great stuff and enjoy your trip to the States. Are you headed anywhere nice? Anyway take care and enjoy your trip!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 30, 2016, 09:31:22 AM
Yeah they'll be used for the Skyhammer and for the Pinion Battle Demi Company.
I am off to Vegas for 9 days! Sadly not while the LVO is on though haha

and on a more geeky note here is my latest addition:
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haha!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on September 30, 2016, 09:47:50 AM
Those dice look rather sleek in my opinion.  I certainly wouldn't see that having those is particularly geeky at all :).
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 30, 2016, 09:59:10 AM
Those dice look rather sleek in my opinion.  I certainly wouldn't see that having those is particularly geeky at all :).

Cheers Iri, not gonna lie they set me back quite a lot money wise but I just thought it would be fun!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on October 1, 2016, 09:22:25 AM
Sick! Wow they look great. Such a nice element for your collection. I think they are a great pickup even if they are expensive. I like how you assigned them to your Skyhammer/Pinion Company too. I'm the same way with that kind of stuff.

Great pickup Auric, glad to see you embracing your Ravenguard all the way

Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on October 14, 2016, 06:47:45 AM
So yesterday morning I flew back in from Vegas and after getting home I quickly threw together an army list and grabbed my case to head out for a game at my local club!
We've just changed venues and in our new one we can now manage 4 tables rather than 3 with a lot more space around and we had a really good turnout  8)
My game was against my friend Chris using his Eldar, Chris recently won our local tournament with a really nasty jetbike list but he decided that he wanted to try out something new.
I haven't got any pictures and in my jetlagged state I probably can't remember that many details so I'll just give the army lists and a very brief overview!

Raven Guard
Battle Demi Company
Chapter Master- Artificer Armour, Jump Pack, Swiftstrike and Murder
5 Tacticals- Plasma, Combi-Plasma (In Drop Pod)
5 Tacticals- Melta, Combi-Melta (In Drop Pod)
5 Tacticals- Plasma, Combi-Plasma (On Foot)
10 Assault Marines- Sergeant with Power fist, 2x Flamers
5 Devastators- 4x Grav Cannons, Amorium Cherub
Dreadnought- Assault Cannon (In Drop Pod)
Shadowstrike Kill Team
5 Scouts- Sniper Rifles, Camo Cloaks
5 Scouts- Sniper Rifles, Camo Cloaks
5 Vanguard Veterans- 3x Lightning Claws, 2x Thunder Hammer/Storm Shield
5 Vanguard Veterans- 3x Lightning Claws, 2x Thunder Hammer/Storm Shield
Raptor Wing
Landspeeder- Heavy Flamer, Multi Melta
Storm Talon- Twin linked Assault Cannons, Skyhammer Missiles
Storm Talon- Twin linked Assault Cannons, Skyhammer Missiles

Eldar
Farseer
5 Warlocks (On foot)
3x Jetbikes- Shuriken Catapults
3x Jetbikes- Shuriken Catapults
3x Jetbikes- Shuriken Catapults
2x Nightspinners
Vyper
3x Warwalkers- Scatter Lasers
3x Shining Spears- Exarch with lance
6x Scorpions- Exarch w/ Claw
6x Scorpions- Exarch w/ Claw
3x Falcons (In Cloudstrike Formation)

Dire Avenger Shrine

6x Dire Avengers
6x Dire Avengers
6x Dire Avengers

We had the deadlock mission and after winning the roll he decided to go 2nd. He deployed the Nightspinners, Farseer and Warlocks, 2 bike squads and the Vyper. He then infiltrated both Scorpion squads in places that they could make objective grabs. I deployed my lone tactical squad on an objective in my deployment zone and then infiltrated both scout squads. Everything else stayed in reserve.

Turn 1
My "Alpha" strike comes down...... Two tactical squad drop pods land and do some damage to the jetbike units, killing one entirely. Dreadnought drops in and blows up the Vyper with it's assault cannon. Assault Squad and Land Speeder also come on from my board edge and fry most of one of the Scorpion Squads.
He then reacts with the Farseer and warlocks by charging the Dreadnought and knocking two hull points off, Night Spinners shred most of the Melta gun squad and the Scorpions both claim objectives. The remaining two jetbikers turbo boost onto an objective.
Turn 2
My Storm Ravens arrive and take 2 hull points off a Night Spinner, Veterans and Devastators stay off the board for the moment. I fail to do much damage during this turn apart from wiping out a unit of Scorpions. The Seers finish off the Dreadnought and consolidate towards my Drop pods.
His Warwalkers, Shining Spears and Jetbikes arrive. Warwalkers and Jetbikes both outflank behind me and set up pressure on my home objectives. Jetbikes turbo boost over and claim another objective and between his scorpions, Seers and Nightspinners he wipes out two Drop pods and two tactical squads! His Warwalkers take out one of my Storm Ravens.
Turn 3
Devastators and Veterans arrive! The Devastators come down into a ruin right next to the Nightspinners and the Grav Cannons wreck one of them (He made a lot of Holofield saves!)
Veterans come down on a locator beacon and proceed to wipe out the Farseer & Warlocks and a Scorpion Squad. My Chapter Master and Assault Marines destroy the reserved jetbike squad and my scouts manage to kill a single Shining spear in combat.
His Cloudstrike formation stays off the board so his turn is quite a lot of trying to stay alive. He claims an objective with the 2 remaining jetbikers and the Warwalkers absolutely shred my poor Landspeeder!
Turn 4
One Veteran squad moves over to aid the Scouts in combat with the Shining spears and the other moves into cover waiting for the Cloudstrike formation to present itself. Storm Raven flies off the board. Devastators shred the last remaining Jetbikes and the Chapter Master and Assault Marines move into a ruin for cover.
His Cloudstrike formation now arrives and drops right in the middle of the board, all three units of Dire Avengers jump out and absolutely shred my poor Assault Squad leaving just the Chapter Master on two wounds and 2 Assault Marines. The Falcons then open up with Pulse lasers and Bright lances and finish them off, instant killing my poor Chapter Master!  :'( The Warwalkers annihilate the tactical squad in my deployment zone.
Turn 5
Storm Raven reappears behind the Cloudstrikes and immobilises one falcon. The Devastators annihilate one unit of Dire Avengers and the Veterans charge but fail to do any damage to the Falcons!
His remaining Dire Avengers and Falcons all attempt to pick on the Vanguard Veterans and kill all bar two (I passed 4 straight Storm Shield saves!) the Warwalkers looking for assasinate kill all of the scout squad.....apart from the sergeant!

Game ends on turn 5 and we counted up our points....... it finished 18-17 to the Eldar!
He did very well by getting two D3 points cards which both times he managed to get the full 3 points for. Overall it has to be one of the most fun games I've done in a long time! Niether army was massively competitive but it was a very enjoyable game with a lot of carnage!

Good points
Bad Points
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on October 14, 2016, 07:02:17 AM
Nice bat-rep Auric. Really liked the lists too... its games like this that I like to play. Some nice strong units and formations but nothing, too, too crazy.

I agree with your evaluations at the end too. Big fan of the Storm Talons... they can really brutalize ground units and give Imperials much needed mobility. What do you think you would add, to beef up your Alpha Strike?

Not sure what options the Ravenguard have (are the Mont'ka rules reprinted in Angels of Death?)... Its not an Alpha Strike option, but I like the Stormraven and 2x Talons formations where they escort each other on. I've played against it and found it very challenging. You could load that sucker up with a 2nd Dreadnought too. Just a thought.

Anyway bud great stuff. Can't wait to see some more Ravenguard action and pics. Keep us posted bud and hope you enjoyed your trip!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on October 18, 2016, 04:19:59 AM
Sounds like a really fun game AP. Shame you couldn't come away with the win, but it sounds like it was really cool and fun.

Game ends on turn 5 and we counted up our points....... it finished 18-17 to the Eldar!
He did very well by getting two D3 points cards which both times he managed to get the full 3 points for.

Man, I hate that a game can come down to that kind of chance! Why GW? Why??!!! Seriously though, it does bug me that we do so much dice rolling to see who lives and dies, don't let the game come done to a couple of independent dice rolls that you have no control over (by that, I mean that you always control who you shoot and with what, so there is an element of control. D3 VPs is like a slot machine. You're lucky, or you're not.).

Anyway, great stuff AP, keep it coming!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on October 28, 2016, 01:19:49 AM
Cheers guys, It was a really enjoyable game. Certainly better than the one I had last night. My opponent brought a pretty strong Dark Angels army, using a landspeeder that gives everything within 12" Stealth and Shrouded (can't remember it's name, something-shroud) and a formation of 3 Vindicators and a Land Raider. I took my Corsairs and took a pretty powerful list as I was expecting a lot of Grav Spam and an Azrael Grav-star. In his first turn the Vindicators took out a Ranger squad with their Apocalyptic ignores cover blast but then the Warp Hunter and Lynx took out the whole formation. 3 Vindicators and the Land Raider all turned to dust. The game continued with him moving forwards with the bikes but he was never particularly aggressive with them and didn't put anywhere near enough pressure on me. I mopped up everything else and he conceeded at the end of turn 3 with me still having all bar a Venom, Jetbike Baron and a Ranger squad on the board. Was a very one-sided game and not particularly enjoyable tbh.

@Cav: The Storm Talons are great, not the most overpowered units but they can put out a decent amount of hurt and really do make my army more maneuverable. It's tough to say really, a Skyhammer formation does make a big difference but maybe a little too much in some games. I think I will give the Devastators Grav Cannons as without Relentless they aren't too overpowering. I am considering making up a 1st Company Strike Force with two more Squads of Sternguard but just can't afford the Forgeworld models at the moment.
I have tried the Storm Wing formation and yeah it's pretty strong, I think I prefer the Raptor wing though, having them guaranteed on Turn 2 is really big.

@Looshkin: Haha I hear ya! I do quite like the Maelstrom missions, in our Meta people are just way too happy to sit with gunlines trading shots at each other which never really leads to all that exciting a game! The Maelstrom missions at least force them to mix it up a bit more and has lead to some much more varied lists. I do hate the D3 points objectives though, I much prefer what they do for the SN Battle Reports tournament in Gibraltar which has the D3 objectives as always 2 points.

@Everyone: Not got much to update on at the moment! Just had a set of nights at work so either been at work or asleep and unfortunately have also been fending off a bit of the Man-flu. I have decided that I am going to try and resist buying anything much over the next few months while I finish off the Raven Guard bits that need painting, I was chatting with a friend last night at the local club and next year I may be looking at some tournaments! Going to do a bit more work on the Corsairs to get them up to scratch and to give me options with what I want to take.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on October 28, 2016, 07:05:07 AM
Bummer on the lack luster game. Yeah I"m not a fan of that Vindicator formation, nor the inclusion of the Land Raider especially considering he was going up against d-slinging Corsairs. But hey I can understand him wanting to make it work. My lists are sub-optimal too a lot of the time but disappointing when you are all hyped for a tense game and it doesnt work out.

Also yeah I like the Raptor Wing too. I forgot about that little gem. Yeah I know what you are talking about with the Skyhammer. For awhile I was all pumped up to play against all the bad-dudes in the galaxy, but for the most part people are pretty casual with their lists, so it stinks blowing them out of the water. Since toning down my list about 4 months ago I've found my games to be much better.

I've also played against 1st Company Task Force and while it didn't do great against my Beta-Strike (it did blow up my VSG, take down a Wave Serpent and kill 3 Spiders though) I do rate it highly. I've seen it featured on Winter SEO many times and it certainly can brutal against opponents (but not skyhammer brutal).

Anyway good stuff Auric. Keep us posted!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on November 2, 2016, 02:18:56 PM
One tiny little update for today, I am on nights at work again at the moment so time has been very limited sadly!
Been doing a little bit of kitbashing again over the last few days and have put together these two guys:
Firstly I made a Jumppack Librarian, although I can't take a Librarian using the Raven Guard formation should I choose to use a CAD this guy could come in pretty handy. The model is a mix of Forgeworld Raven Guard upgrade parts, Vanguard Veteran parts and a couple of Grey Knight bits.
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Secondly I made my own version of the Forgeworld Raptor (Raven guard successor) Chapter Master Lias Issodon. This guy is a character that really fits well with the Raven Guard fluff and will come in handy for a couple of bits that I am planning for early next year!
Again he is mostly Forgeworld Raven Guard upgrade parts but with Devastator legs and a power sword from a kit that I can't remember!
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on November 3, 2016, 07:49:11 AM
Absolutley sick Auric! I didn't know Librarians could take jump packs. Love it! He should really be helpful... if only to dish out Prescience on your Vanguard Vets or the like. Really great modeling and I love his bolter. So old school. Yes Lias Issodon is such an awesome character and he kills it on the tabletop. Played against him a long while back, rocking around with 10 Sternguard in a Land Raider. It sounds wacky but he was murdering me! I got rocked in that game. It was really one to remember and partially inspired me to really get an Imperial army going. These look fantastic... Can't wait to here how they perform for you in a bat-rep. Great stuff bud keep it up
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on November 5, 2016, 05:44:34 AM
Awesome modelling AP. I really wish that I had the creative flair for converting and posing minis that you constantly demonstrate.

The Librarian looks absolutely badass. I love the fact that he's charging the enemy, taking the fight forward. Most Libby models are fairly static in their pose, so I think that this is definitely a change for the good.

The Chapter Master is superb. Something about him just reminds me of Rogue Trader era stuff. I don't know why - most of the models from back then had largely terrible poses, but I think he really reflects the artwork of the time.

Cracking stuff Auric, I can't wait to see how great these guys look when painted.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on November 6, 2016, 12:42:40 PM
Cheers guys!

@Cav- Yeah Librarians are allowed to pick out of the special issue wargear which includes jump packs, the plan is to run him with an assault squad at the moment. Either taking Divination for prescience or possibly telepathy looking for Invisibility or Shrouding.

@Looshkin- Thanks bud, means a lot! I love kitbashing models and rarely use anything straight out of the box unless it's a vehicle. I just wish I was as creative with my painting than my converting! To be honest I did actually have some of the old marine artwork in mind when I made the Chapter master, I wanted something that looked dynamic but for a character that is just a "stand and shoot" guy that was pretty difficult.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann\'s Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on November 7, 2016, 03:20:57 PM
Hey guys,
Looking for a bit of advice/criticism.
I am thinking about repainting my Harlequins and wanted to go for something pretty different.
I've done a bit of a test on a shadowseer of what I was thinking of but I really can't decide on the colour scheme. What do you guys think? Feel free to be brutal, you won't hurt any feelings as I don't even know what I feel about it! Haha
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Obviously no detail work has been done, just base colours.

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As a point of reference, here is my current painting scheme that I did a couple of years ago.
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I really liked the black and white scheme with varying spot colours but I just don't know whether the white really works that well, the painting on the checkerboard isn't particularly good and could certainly be done better.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on November 8, 2016, 07:22:55 AM
Oooh tough decisions. I think the old paint jobs look very nice and are quite clean. My only thing is the black and white are sort of swallowed up by all the spot colors. It doesnt have a sort of unified look as the spot colors are a bit too dominant.

However the test paint on the Shadowseer looks very very promising. I think Dark Purple and black white white (or celestra grey) as your spot color (and perhaps something for the gems) would be fantastic! As I'm sure you and the others know, I kind of like minimalist paint jobs where only 1 or 2 colors really define the model with very minimal use of additional colors. Of course thats purely a matter of preference and to some my approach is a bit boring. 

However if you like the very colorful look, where each guy is a bit more individual (like many Harlie fans do) I wouldn't change anything.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on November 8, 2016, 11:28:23 AM
It depends what sort of look you're after.  If you want the traditional multi-coloured Harlequin approach, stick with what you have.  If you want something darker, which suggests that your faction of Harlequins is somewhat different in some way, the test colour scheme looks very promising.  Black, purple, and white suggests something linked to dark happenings or even the dead, a bit like Amethyst magic from the days of Warhammer, so this may influence your decision.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann\'s Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on November 8, 2016, 12:57:23 PM
Cheers guys!
I do love the discordant look of the Harlies at the moment. I agree with Irisado though, it's almost as if the black and white is the spot colour. Maybe I'll finish off the Shadowseer and see how I feel about it, if all else fails then I can do a little work and get him to fit in with the current scheme easy enough.
I may use the purple in the future for another project though as I really like the scheme and it works beautifully when airbrushed onto Eldar/Dark Eldar vehicles.

EDIT

Another slight little update,
Did some more work on the Shadowseer today and got it to a decent tabletop standard in the new colour scheme idea.
I am really liking the look of it, there is something almost sinister but not quite evil about it and it certainly works well on the Shadowseer.
Included in the photo is a test of the colour scheme on a Starweaver that's been waiting to be painted up, I rather like it on this too.
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I think I am probably going to go with the change of colour scheme but it is going to be a fair amount of work to do it. I want to get my Raven Guard bits finished before I start it as I only have a few more bits to do before I am finished for the moment (Until I start adding Forgeworld fun)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on November 9, 2016, 02:08:24 PM
Sick!!! Love it man.... Damn did you stencil that pattern on the Starweaver? It looks fantastic. This totally suits the Twilight Path (or whatever its called) for Warlord traits and such. Fantastic work man, truly a fan of this approach.

Also agreed on completing your Ravenguard. You want that army totally set for long term playing before you get caught up in a new army. Great stuff man keep it up.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on November 11, 2016, 03:41:05 AM
Cheers Cav, yeah it's the HD stencils from Anarchy Models. Pretty good although quite expensive! I've got one of their reusable HS stencils as well although that is limited in size (probably jetbikes and smaller)

Well I had an interesting game last night.
I took my Harlequins and took quite a fun list:
Masque Detachment
10x Harlequins- 4x Kiss, 2x Caress Troupe Master (Warlord) with Storied Sword and Haywire Grenades
5 Harlequins- 4x Kiss, Troupe Master with Caress & Haywire Grenades
5 Harlequins0 4x Kiss, Troupe Master with Caress & Haywire Grenades
Starweaver
Starweaver
Inriams Spectre
Shadowseer- ML2, Haywire Grenades (Took Phantasmancy and got Shards of Light, Dance of shadows and Veil of tears)
Voidweaver
Faolchu's blade
4x Skyweavers- Zephyrglaives
4x Skyweavers- Haywire Cannons
Voidweaver
Heroes Path
Shadowseer- ML2, Mask of secrets, Haywire Grenades
Solitaire- Haywire Grenades
Death Jester- Haywire Grenades
Craftworld Allies
Farseer- Jetbike
3x Scatbikes
3x Scatbikes

I was up against someone who I had no idea what he was taking, he usually takes Imperial Guard although does have Chaos as well.
He turned up with an artillery train!
A Deathstrike, Manticore and Medusa then 6 Squads in Chimeras supported by Outflanking Rough Riders and a Vulture. I was rather worried!
I won't do a turn by turn breakdown as my memory is definitely not working very well today but we didn't quite finish the game, got to the end of turn 3 and I was up by 11-10 and certainly able to manage a tabling within 2 turns (He had the Vulture, one Command squad, Deathstrike and a Squad in the Chimera left)
Good
Bad
A good game for the Harlequins though, better than my previous forays with them!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on November 11, 2016, 07:05:35 AM
Wow... so jealous of your Harlie collection man. Damn what a nice little force! Glad you had the win in hand buddy! Especially against THAT list... Harlie's worst nightmare. Trust me I've tangled with the Vulture many times and its not pretty. That thing is white hot screaming death on wings. Nasty business.

Yeah I hear you on the goods and bads. The anti-air is very tough when you come up against any flyers. I heard a while back that FW was gonna errata the Elder vehicles they've released to be accessible to the Harlies. Meaning Hornets, Nightwings, Phoenix and possibly even the Firestorm but it never happened. The general FW FAQ is years past due and Frontline gaming mentions it often.

But yeah if you need a flyer I'd heartily recommend the Nightwing. Mine's been an absolute ace. Only died 3 times in probably nearly to 50 or 60 games. Even outnumbered 3-1 by enemy flyers its taken them all down on a number of occasions.

You are certainly playing the game on hard-mode with Harlies but its like the Ultimate Eldar Challenge. Props to you for answering the call! Great stuff man keep us posted. Can't wait for more Harlie info. I'm dying to start an army myself!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on November 11, 2016, 09:45:14 AM
Cheers Cav!
Gotta be honest, I do love my Harlequins, from probably 3rd edition I had been dying to have official rules for them again. Having their own codex was absolutely awesome, even if it is possibly the weakest in the game. At least the Tempestus one has that nice "Get started" box formation haha.
Anti-air is always a big issue with them unfortunately, going to have to look at using allies to get my Nightwing in, might even get a bit of use out of this old thing:
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I'd definitely advise trying Harlequins, as you say it's playing on hard mode for sure but it does make some enjoyable if very tough games!
I've got a game this coming Thursday against a friend who I am expecting to use either Dark Eldar or Corsairs. Might bust the Raven Guard out again for this one.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on November 11, 2016, 09:54:04 AM
That's a very well painted model, and I particularly like the slight nod to Harlequin patterns on the right nose section and engine cover.  That would make it even more suitable as an allied piece of Eldar or Corsair air support.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on November 11, 2016, 11:59:03 AM
Oh hell yeah! That flyer looks sick! Is it a counts-as Nightwing (I see the lances, but not sure if you've got a shuriken cannon in the nose) Wow... right on cue. Perfect!

Good luck at your game too. Make sure to keep us posted!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on November 11, 2016, 12:39:23 PM
Cheers guys!
It was actually done as a Razorwing, prior to the Harlequin Codex being released I was actually using the Dark Eldar and Eldar books to make my Harlequin army. I had Wyches painted up to match the colour scheme, A Razorwing and a Wraithlord. I also used my old Alaitoc models.
I am probably going to do a little conversion work to make it into a Nightwing and then repaint it. That'll be a little while away yet though!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Dread on November 13, 2016, 03:20:48 PM
Nice flavor. I'm having to start mixing my armies to get a good chance to be competeive.I can rock a table with my eldar, get my butt kicked all over the place with my DE and harli's and carry my own with my corsairs, so going against my "pure" lists I will be mixing 'em up a bit in the future. Keep up the good work.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on November 28, 2016, 09:24:11 AM
Nice flavor. I'm having to start mixing my armies to get a good chance to be competeive.I can rock a table with my eldar, get my butt kicked all over the place with my DE and harli's and carry my own with my corsairs, so going against my "pure" lists I will be mixing 'em up a bit in the future. Keep up the good work.

Yeah to be honest I've found that a little mixing can really help, I've been weakening my Eldar army by adding Harlies and strengthening my Harlies by adding Eldar/ Corsairs.

As an update for the projects, I have a campaign starting next year (Feb time) and I was stuck on what to take, I didn't want to use my Corsairs/Eldar as they often feel just a bit too cheesy so I was leaning towards my Ravens......Until my ebay finger slipped!
Got a big selection of models on their way to me shortly which should be a very different army to anything that I have used before! Going to have to really learn a new playing style. Pictures will follow as soon as I get some bits painted!  ;D
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on November 28, 2016, 03:48:01 PM
Oh this sounds intriguing. Can't wait to see what you are gonna cook up. Especially considering you picked up stuff on ebay... can't wait! Especially considering how you get your armies up and running pretty dang quick. Though I hope it doesnt mean the end of Ravenguard updates though. Either way I can't wait to see what you are gonna pick up next. Ravenguard and Corsairs are very niche... so I wonder what direction you are going next. Can't wait!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on November 29, 2016, 12:25:03 PM
Oh don't worry Cav, the Raven Guard updates won't stop. I've still got some bits to paint up but my next purchase costs more than the 1,000pt army I just bought on Ebay! haha
Well, here is a teaser......
All I can say is so far I have taken great Pleasure in painting this model!
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on November 30, 2016, 07:03:15 AM
Looks fantastic! Oh so stoked. Chaos/Daemons projects are always so fantastic to follow. Wow so pumped you went down this road. The paint job is fantastic... Is that Slaanesh Grey you went with for flesh tone? If so I love it.... one of my favorite colors to work with. I like the basing too, nice and simple but gives a little bit of interest.

Can't wait to see what direction this is gonna go. Do give some details on what you intend to collect. Perfect timing with the Traitor Legions book and whatnot. Great stuff as always Auric keep us posted!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on November 30, 2016, 07:49:04 AM
Cheers Cav!
The paintjob is actually a bit more complicated and is a base coat of Vallejo Hexed Lichen (Airbrushed) then a proper layer of a mix of Hexed Lichen and Dead white (again airbrushed). A fairly deep wash of Druchii violet is then added all over the model and then a light drybrushing of dead white on all of the skin areas to bring it back up to the purpley-grey look. I'd actually started this guy a few hours before GW put out a video on how to paint Daemonette flesh! haha.
My plan so far is to go Mono-Slaanesh. I had an Emperors Children army a lot of years ago which I loved but sold off piecemeal to fund more Eldar (Oh the irony!). I have a new campaign starting in my club in February and I thought it would be a good chance to do something that I've wanted to do for quite some time. It's looking like we'll likely have a Death Guard and a Thousand Sons player with a possible KDK player too so it would also be pretty cool to have all 4 gods represented!

The models I picked up off ebay were 60x Daemonettes, 25x Seekers, A Keeper of secrets and 2x Heralds. This model will likely be a Belakor proxy for a little while and after adding in a few more Seekers (And possibly some Chariots) I am going to add in some allied Noise Marines and maybe even go as far as to convert myself a Chaos Titan......
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on December 1, 2016, 07:03:14 AM
Wow sounds like you have an awesome collection planned. I really love the idea of it... having played against those units before I think you'll have a good strong force in addition to a strong visual presentation. I highly rate the Seekers... the models are fantastic... some of my favorites in the Daemon range... and they are great on the tabletop. Haven't mixed it up with a Keeper of Secrets sadly. I hope you get the old Baphomet style one... that one has the SERIOUS creep out factor going... always loved that old pic from 2nd ed of a Grey Knight battling one.

This is gonna be so awesome. I love the Slaanesh models... they look so unique in that pinkish grey. Can't wait to see where this goes. Make sure you keep us posted. I'm totally stoked
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on December 2, 2016, 10:35:44 AM
I know the Slaanesh army is far from being a top tier list, especially if I am going Mono-Slaanesh. It's gonna be tough to compete with Tzeentch lists (Especially the new ones) but in my meta you don't really see many Horde lists and I am hoping that it's going to be something that my opponents aren't used to fighting against! I am a little worried about just how soft the army is, low toughness with a moderate invulnerable save doesn't really lend itself to longevity!
It's certainly going to keep me busy over the festive period though, this is my painting table at the moment!
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In addition to this I have 10 Seekers waiting to be built (Waiting for the bases) and another 10 that I am going to be buying off a friend.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on December 3, 2016, 08:06:04 AM
Oh man... sick collection AP! Love it!  Yeah they are super fragile though... will be a definite challenge to be sure. But remember they are super fast... and if you have good terrain on the board (ruins, or 4+ rocky terrain like I play) it will really help.

Also not sure if you've seen the Traitor Legion rumors... but Emperor's Children look freaking SERIOUS! Woooo those new Traitor Legion rules if true are so sweet and I'm really glad I've got a baby Khorne Force waiting in the wings....

If you are looking to supplement this force with some Chaos Space Marine toughness I think it'll be very viable especially with the rumored leadership changes to some of the Traitor Legions most especially with World Eaters, Plague Marines and Emperor's Children. You could do some heavy summoning shenanigans and bring in a good chunk of this force for free! lol

Just an idea. But I actually think as is, with some good terrain on the board this list is totally viable. Just use that speed to get in cover, and lean hard on Belakor to buff your most important dudes/dudettes. Anyway great stuff AP so stoked to see these models!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on December 4, 2016, 04:57:35 AM
AP, that Daemon Prince is brilliant. Loving the colours, and you've achieved a really nice finish. If that's the benchmark for what is to come, you're going to end up with a lovely force. That deal that you got off Ebay is really sweet by the way, always nice to pick up a whole new army that is at least somewhat viable, and to do it fairly cheaply as well is the icing on the cake. It's unpainted too! You really struck gold on that one!!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on December 4, 2016, 01:45:41 PM
Cheers guys!

@Cav- Yeah I think the list will work with a bit of luck. I am thinking that against most armies I should be near enough guaranteed to get into combat turn 2 even if it's just my Seekers, there aren't many armies that can do enough damage turn 1 to wipe out this army and I can start summoning straight away with my two Heralds.
I really like the look of the rumour for the Kakophani, loved the Noise marines before and I've just finished the Fulgrim Horus Heresy book and they feature pretty big right at the end. I am going to grab some Marines for sure as allies to give myself a bit of a variation otherwise as I go through the campaign people are going to be able to tailor their lists pretty easily to face this army.

@Looshkin- Thanks bud, I really did luck out a lot with that ebay auction. It was as a buy it now for a great price and I think I bought it about 30 minutes after it was put up! haha
The only model out of the whole lot that I wasn't actually planning on buying was The Masque (Due to the fact she sucks). My only annoyance is that most of the Seekers are on oval bases and it's really hard to get hold of Bike bases to replace them with!

I've been doing a spot of painting earlier, almost finished the Daemon Prince and I made a good start on the Keeper of Secrets. This colour scheme is working pretty well as although not amazingly tidy (I like to think that it's showing the immaterial nature of the beings!) it's really quick to paint and that should really help when I make a start on the 60 Daemonettes!
Cav, is this guy creepy enough for you?
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on December 4, 2016, 02:50:09 PM
Absolutely fantastic AP! Fave Slaanesh model and sickening paint job already. Love the pink to purple fade you've got going.... Could you share details on how you did that? Colors, mixing, air pressure? As usual you are killing it in the painting department my friend. So pumped you got this guy for your collection he looks great already

Also I did my homework and those Chaos Space Marine rumors are CONFIRMED! Emperor's Children are absolutely nasty now... so if/when you need a little resilience bump the Sons of Fulgrim await.

I totally agree with you on your assessment of the learning curve, both playing with and against this army. Thats interesting didn't realize you were going on campaign with these guys... Any details you can share with us?

Anyway great stuff AP can't wait to see this army develope its gonna be awesome. Thanks bud!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on December 5, 2016, 10:56:11 AM
Sure thing Cav, the Keeper didn't actually go exactly to plan but I'll explain how it should be!

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Very interested in Emperors Children! Need to work out what paint I can use for them though, been having some issues with the Vallejo Warlock Purple which keeps coming out too thin to get decent coats and loses it's vibrancy very easily.

The Campaign is going to start February, unsure on the amount of players at the moment but it'll be a tile based campaign and will be played over quite a few months. It'll be a varied points level (from Kill team up to Apocalypse) campaign with most games using the Maelstrom missions and is going to be more narrative based rather than full on competitive. In addition to there being an individual winner there will also be a "Faction victory" where the faction with the most combined tiles are crowned victors, should allow for a lot of allying and scheming!
I am expecting there to be a Nurgle player (Deathguard) at least one if not two Thousand Sons players, A Tyranid, Ork, Corsair, Tau, Astra Miliatarum and then a few more unknowns.
I will probably be the only Chaos Daemons player but I am hoping there should be armies from each Chaos god represented!

Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on December 5, 2016, 11:22:05 AM
The Keeper of Secrets has turned out extremely well.  Just the right blend of colours in my opinion and those fearsome claws stand out very well without dominating the model.  Great work :).
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on December 5, 2016, 01:14:26 PM
Thankyou Iri, Like Cav I think it's probably one of my favourite Slaanesh models. There is something very creepy about it and I am hoping that my paint job on it has encapsulated that.
I've spent most of my day today painting and have finished the Keeper Of Secrets and my Daemon Prince.
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Now to build another 10 Seekers and then to start the painting of the horde of Daemonettes!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on December 5, 2016, 02:10:06 PM
They both look great.  The Keeper of Secrets is my favourite though, there is just something more subtle about the model and it's definitely creepy enough.  The shades of purple on both models have turned out very well.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on December 6, 2016, 06:52:47 AM
Legendary. Such nice subtle paint jobs... with great eye-catching color choices on the details. Love the yellow and gold, especially on the Keeper's eyes. Nice job on the pupils BTW! And while its very basic, I like the basing too... just love that Terminator blasted wasteland look with a couple of spikes, skulls etc. Perfect!

Anyway great stuff AP, love it! Can't wait to see those Seekers fantastic sculpts on those. Keep it up bud you are rolling!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on December 6, 2016, 09:09:49 AM
Great work on those Daemons AP. I really like the colour transitions, and the fact that you haven't gone too OTT with the painting. The details are really nicely picked out, but not painting to overwhelm.

The skin though, is lovely. Really creepy and unsettling, just fantastically done.

Great stuff!!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on December 7, 2016, 02:40:14 PM
Thanks guys!
I am afraid you may have to wait a little while for the Seekers Cav, I've made a start on the Daemonettes and remembered why I've never really done a Horde army!
So far I have managed to Basecoat and ink wash 60 Daemonettes, now doing the Drybrushing stage! These definitely aren't going to be to the quality of the Keeper of Secrets but if I am honest with this many models I want to get them done and on the board!
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on December 7, 2016, 05:31:43 PM
Looking good so far AP.

I think one of the best paint jobs I've ever seen on Daemonettes was where the guy used the (then new) citadel washes. Nothing else, just washes, blended into each other. It was lush. That's the beautiful thing about those minis; they really take well to a fairly simple colour palette and scheme.

What you have done really brings out the details so far, highlighting the qualities of the miniatures. I can imagine that once you've picked out 1 or 2 details per mini, they'll really pop.

Looking forward to seeing these girls when they're finished!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on December 8, 2016, 07:27:56 AM
Oh hell yeah! Get out of this man's way he's doing work! lol  ;D

Damn man you are flying through this stuff. Wow these gals look fantastic! Killer work my friend. So ghostly and eerie I really love it. What great sculpts too. So jealous of your army... I gotta do a Chaos army!

Keep it up bud you are killing it!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on December 8, 2016, 09:19:41 AM
Thanks guys!
Agreed on these sculpts, they are really good and although detailed they don't really need a huge amount for them to look good.
To be honest Cav the reason that I am flying through this stuff at the moment is that I am currently off work for the week (Rest days from a week of nights) and have been blitzing them!
I want the army to be ready for the campaign at the start of the year but I am also considering a couple of tournaments in the new year, including one that is organised by SS82's local club (Which is run by his brother I believe). I've never done competitive play previously but I think that either this army or my Raven Guard may be a good one to take with me. Will need to get a lot of practice games in!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on December 8, 2016, 09:35:18 AM
You lucky dog!!! Scorp's club is insane! The terrain is just ridiculous. Plus getting to play with Luke or James would be incredible! I got an invite from James before but living in the states and with limited funds its just impossible.... at present  ;)

You gotta let us know how that goes (keep us posted on practice games as well)! Make sure you take lots of pics cause I'm sure your army will look amazing on those boards.

Sorry to place all these demands but it must be done! Jeez I am kinda bossy with all you guys demanding pics, updates etc. lol Anyway thats fantatic info bud. I hope you have a great time and I hope you reap untold glory.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on December 8, 2016, 09:36:45 AM
The Daemonettes are incredible.  The softer more ethereal look that you seem to be opting for really does give them even more of an out of this world appearance.  I can just imagine them shimmering into battle out of the warp or being summoned.  Really impressive work.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on December 8, 2016, 10:05:02 AM
Thankyou guys,
The kind words really do help my motivation to get stuff done and with the amount of models I've got to paint here the help is welcomed!

@Cav- Yeah I really like his battle reports and they do such a good job with the terrain! I'm only about 80 miles away from them so it's not too bad a journey to get down there.
I'll make sure that there'll be plenty of pictures of the army once it's all painted up. If I do go for the tournament then I shall try and get in plenty of practice games.

@Irisado- Cheers! That's the sort of effect that I was going for, gotta make sure they have their black leather corsets on but apart from that the claws etc should all blend in with the rest of the model.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on December 9, 2016, 02:38:44 PM
One more little update,
I've been working on the Daemonettes over the last couple of days and they are sending me slowly insane (Or more insane.....) so I took a bit of a break this afternoon and have painted up my model of The Masque of Slaanesh. Due to her rules being pretty awful I doubt that I'll get much use out of the model except maybe using it as a Herald but it's a pretty nice model and it gave me chance to test out the Daemonette colour scheme. The Daemonettes will mostly be the same as this but with Silver instead of Gold (They aren't as important!)
Would be interested to know what you guys think  8)
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It's not perfect, the highlights on the corset were drybrushed (Hence no definition to them) and I have relied on ink washes for the hair/weapons/robes. But it was a fairly quick job and I wanted to test the highlights and washes ready for the Daemonettes.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on December 9, 2016, 03:52:08 PM
You're being way too critical of the highlighting technique you've opted for.  The Masque has turned out superbly.  I think that all the colours and shading are spot on.  You've done an excellent job.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Dread on December 10, 2016, 03:58:39 AM
I second Irisado. Beautiful job..colors pop. Can't wait to see the rest.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on December 10, 2016, 04:21:10 AM
It's not perfect, the highlights on the corset were drybrushed (Hence no definition to them) and I have relied on ink washes for the hair/weapons/robes. But it was a fairly quick job and I wanted to test the highlights and washes ready for the Daemonettes.

The model looks good and despite your concerns, I think the robes look fine.

I personally would consider having a different colour for the robes. A contrast, or even complimentary colour would help make the skin tones pop even more. Maybe a black to tie in with the corset, or a really deep blue might work.

Also, paint her ruff. Not many minis out there with a ruff, so you should really give it some TLC!

Overall, it's looking really good AP and I think that the effect over 60 daemonettes will be striking!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on December 10, 2016, 08:11:03 AM
I think the model looks great. What an awesome sculpt and your paint job really does it justice. I would definitley use her as a Herald. Wow this project log is approaching epic proportions my friend. Truly legendary work going on here and at a lighting pace as well! Keep up all the great work, I really love the paint job on this gal, so don't worry! I think its coming out great :)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on December 10, 2016, 10:08:43 AM
Thankyou guys!
I had a few concerns but I feel better about it now! I am definitely going to touch up a few little bits (like the ruff)
I did think about using Warlock purple for the cloak but I wasn't sure whether that would be too much, I also have concerns about using the purple as it's quite a thin paint and I have issues getting a good finish with it using an airbrush let alone a normal brush! Maybe I'll give it a shot and see how it turns out.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on December 12, 2016, 04:13:32 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen.... It is with great pleasure (and no small amount of relief!) that I post up this update.
Tonight I made the finishing touches on the last of the 60 Daemonettes!
The Daemonettes have taken me roughly a week of intensive painting, a lot of hours have gone into them and although they aren't of the highest quality that I can do they are certainly tabletop quality and will be a good start to the army!
Seekers next!
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on December 12, 2016, 04:45:05 PM
They look outstanding to me.  The standard is superb, in particular.  Congratulations on completing them all :).
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on December 12, 2016, 06:08:25 PM
Tonight I made the finishing touches on the last of the 60 Daemonettes!

The Daemonettes have taken me roughly a week of intensive painting, a lot of hours have gone into them and although they aren't of the highest quality that I can do they are certainly tabletop quality and will be a good start to the army!

You are a monster. You are of the lowest base human qualities. Seriously, how dare you produce so much in so little time and at such a high quality? Doing that kind of thing makes the rest of us want to sell our paintbrushes.

Seriously, they look amazing. I can only imagine what the whole force will look like on a fully decked out gaming table. Truly inspiring stuff.

Seriously though, you're an rather unsavoury chap, what-ho old bean?.  ;)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on December 13, 2016, 07:14:15 AM
Good lord! Get out of this man's way he's doing work! Wow what a feat bud. Seriously, seriously impressed. They came out fantastic. I would say far above tabletop quality my friend, you are far too modest! I love how many shades of purple you've got going and the other color choices, from the corsets, to the banner to the basing (again LOVE that brown basing) it all just looks so great man. Subtle, but eye-catching... really draws you in. Love the black eyes too! Super creepy.

Seriously glorious work my friend... I'd love to throw down against this army. Especially with all my assault stuff, it'd be a crazy slaughter-fest.

Keep it up bud I'm seriously blown away. You are a true hobby-warrior  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann\'s Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on December 13, 2016, 09:41:35 AM
Thankyou guys really means a lot!

@Irisado- Thankyou, I really wasn't sure about the standard as the shading was only done with a wash (Like most of the rest of the models) but I wanted something simple so as not to detract from the rest of the model.

@Looshkin- Haha! It's taken a lot of work tbh, several 7/8 hour days painting. Fortunately I've had the week off after doing a set of nights so had the time to do it! Progress will slow down considerably again now that I am back at work :(

@Cav- As always Cav, your approval means a lot! The GW washes have a lot to do with it to be honest, the Druchii Violet really is superb, one of the best washes I've ever used! I wasn't sure on the eyes, I wanted them to look creepy. The black eyes do seem to give them an almost soulless effect. Kinda like my ex-girlfriend, beautiful to look at just nothing behind the eyes! haha
Well if you ever find yourself in the UK just drop me a message and I'll get a table booked at Warhammer world, would be more than happy to take you on  ;D

Post Merge: December 14, 2016, 02:26:54 AM
In the future, please use the modify button. Double posting is against the forum rules, and for that reason, the system merged your posts.

One more little update.....
So I slipped slightly with my paypal account and may have treated myself  8)
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Got a big conversion project coming up now!  ;D
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on December 14, 2016, 09:36:17 AM
The plot thickens! Can't wait to see where this project goes next! I'm so jealous... this army is growing by leaps and bounds daily! The Knight is gonna be the business... gonna add so much resilience to your force bud. Can't wait to see this stuff hit the hobby table!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on December 17, 2016, 03:01:25 AM
Morning guys!
So Thursday night my Daemons had their first outing......Against a War Convocation army  :-X

My list:
Daemonic Incursion Detachment
Flayer Troupe
Herald of Slaanesh- Level 2 Psyker, Exalted Locus of Beguilement, Greater Reward (Hellfire Gaze), Lesser Reward (Etherblade)- Summoning, Possession, Sacrifice
20 Daemonettes- Icon, Alluress with Lesser Reward (Etherblade)
10 Daemonettes- Alluress
10 Daemonettes- Alluress
10 Daemonettes- Alluress
10 Daemonettes- Alluress
3 Fiends of Slaanesh
Grand Cavalcade
Herald of Slaanesh- Level 2 Psyker, Exalted Locus of Beguilement, Greater Reward (Hellfire Gaze), Lesser Reward (Etherblade)- Summoning, Infernal Gaze, Cursed Earth
5 Seekers- Heartseeker
5 Seekers- Heartseeker
5 Seekers- Heartseeker
5 Seekers- Heartseeker
5 Seekers- Heartseeker
5 Seekers- Heartseeker

Keeper of Secrets- Lvl 3 Psyker, Soulstealer, Greater Reward (Resilience), Greater Reward (Lash of Despair)- Invisibility (Woohoo!), Shrouding, Dominate, Psychic Shriek

Daemonprince- Mark of Slaanesh, Lvl 3 Psyker, Wings, Warp Forged Armour, Greater Reward (Touch of uncreation), Greater Reward (Lash of Despair)- Endurance, Iron Arm, Warp Speed, Smite

I did pretty well on my rolls for Psychic powers, particularly with the two Monstrous creatures, the rewards weren't too bad although I was hoping for the Armour or the re-roll invulnerable saves on the Keeper of Secrets.
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I don't unfortunately know the Cult mech armies well enough to provide a breakdown of his list but it was something like:
Imperial Knight Crusader- Rapid fire battle cannon, Gatling cannon, Missile Pods
3x Dunecrawlers- Neutron Lasers
1x Dunecrawler- Icarus array
Rust Stalkers
Infiltrators
Vanguard
Rangers
Dragoons (With the snipers)
2x Destroyers with the Plasma

I was not hopeful as I had next to nothing that could actually damage the knight from range and due to being a walker even the majority of my rending wouldn't actually be able to hurt the AV13 front. The Dunecrawlers were also a big worry.

Our mission was cloak and Shadows and we were on the long deployment (Oh, Joy!)

Deployment
I deployed as far up the board as I possibly could, there was a nice large piece of line of sight blocking terrain right in the centre of the board which I deployed my Daemonprince and Keeper of Secrets near. He deployed throughout his deployment zone but kept the Dunecrawlers right at the back of the board..... He also deployed the Knight right towards the front.
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Turn 1
My opponent fails to sieze the initiative and I get to go first, fortunately for me we are using night fight. I advance as quickly as I can towards my opponents lines, Daemon Prince jumps behind the LOS blocking terrain rather than flying but the Keeper of Secrets doesn't quite get far enough to join him. Psychic phase goes well and I get all of my protection up, Cursed earth and Shrouding to protect my Daemonettes and then Invisibility on my Keeper of Secrets. Attempted a Summoning but failed. Keeper of Secrets took a wound to a perils result on the casting of Invisibility.
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On his turn he advanced the knight (really?!?) and then stood back and shot with absolutely everything. Pushing my seekers into his face seemed to work as they took the brunt of the shooting and did die pretty quickly, I lost 2 units and part of another but due to some good rolling and some insane cover saves (2+) due to night fight and Shrouding my Daemonettes were largely unscathed. Keeper of Secrets did take another unlucky wound to a scattering Battle Cannon shot. He had set up to charge his infiltrators into a unit of seekers but due to wiping them out in the shooting phase they were now stood right in the open approx 6" from my large unit of Daemonettes. His unit of Ruststalkers assaults a 10man unit of Daemonettes with a massive 12" charge but loses 7 wounds to my attacks, he manages to kill a couple of Daemonettes back and combat continues.


Turn 2
My Daemon prince jumps forwards over the terrain and is sat 2" away from his Knight, all the Daemonettes and remaining Seekers advanced and got ready for Charges. Keeper of Secrets moved towards the ongoing combat to free the Daemonettes. In my Psychic phase I manage to get Iron arm off on the Daemonprince (Really needed this!), Cursed Earth and Shrouding, though failed on Invisibility. The Daemonprince used his Lash on the Knight and did a single Hull Point (He made 5 Freaking Ion Shield saves in a row!). The Daemonprince then charged the Knight, and due to Iron Arm and His Touch of Uncreation he destroyed it in a single turn! Managed to get 5 Penetrating his through and two of them rolled 6s. The apocalyptic explosion then took a hull point off one of the Dunecrawlers, a wound off my Daemonprince and killed 5 Daemonettes. My Large unit of Daemonettes charged his Infiltrators and brutally wiped them out. The Keeper of Secrets charged into the ongoing combat and wiped out the remaining Ruststalkers, gaining back the two wounds he had lost earlier in the battle. A small unit of Daemonettes managed a 11" charge into a unit of Rangers (Long charges were a common theme in this battle) and managed to chase them down after killing 4 of them.
This turn he really struggled with his target priority, he had my Daemonprince right in his lines staring at the Dunecrawlers and then had 3 units of Daemonettes, a unit of Fiends and a Keeper of Secrets all ready to make charges the following turn. He threw a lot of Firepower into the Daemonprince who having made some pretty stellar saves managed to come out of the turn with just a single wound remaining. He then targeted a unit of Daemonettes and Fiends on the right hand flank and managed to thin them down before assaulting. I lost a couple of Daemonettes on this flank through their special rule (I10 hits from Radiation) and lost a couple of Fiends but both combats managed to continue.
Turn 3
My remaining 2 Units of Seekers come in from Outflank and head towards his Dunecrawlers, as does the Daemon Prince. My large blob of Daemonettes skirts round the outside of a ruin heading towards his Warlord (in a unit of Destroyers) as does the remnants of the Squad that took out the Rangers. Keeper of Secrets and a unit of Daemonettes advance towards the Destroyers on the right flank. This turn again I just about manage to get Iron arm and invisibility although fail on Cursed earth and Shrouding. I do however manage to summon a unit of 10 Daemonettes right in the middle of his deployment zone. The Daemon Prince uses his Lash on the Squad of Dunecrawlers and managed to get 2 Penetrating hits through, ripping the Heavy Stubber and Stunning one of them. I then use my remnants squads of Daemonettes to draw the overwatch fire out of the Destroyers before charging in the Herald's squad and the Keeper of Secrets. The Keeper of Secrets despite not rolling particularly well to hit managed to wipe out his unit without really breaking a sweat. The Herald challenged his Warlord (Who couldn't refuse) and managed to do a single wound for nothing in return, the Daemonettes then tore apart two of the Destroyers who fled and were run down. The Daemonprince made it into combat with the Dunecrawlers and Destroyed two of them, leaving the last one on a single hull point.
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At this point my opponent conceeded as all he had left was the Skyfire Dunecrawler, 2x Dragoons and two very heavily damaged squads who were locked in combat.

Wrap up
Overall this game went dramatically better than I expected it would, as soon as I saw that he was taking War Convocation rather than his normal standard Skitarii I was seriously worried, it dawned on me that I really don't have much that can deal with high armour vehicles and had it not been for some lucky rolls on the Daemon princes rewards and Psychic powers I would have been in serious trouble dealing with that knight. I was lucky to get out of the first turn without losing a huge amount of models as he was bringing a lot of firepower to bear on me, fortunately the cover saves mostly saved me. I think the sight of such a high model count bearing down on him so quickly forced him into a few mistakes, he admitted that he was panicking when he saw that I was almost in his deployment zone at the end of turn one.

Good
Bad

Man of the Match
Without a doubt it has to be the Daemonprince, racking up a Knight and two Dunecrawlers for kills he really was my Saviour. I was lucky to roll the Rewards and powers that I did but he really came through for me. I am glad that I did choose to take him instead of Be'lakor!

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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on December 17, 2016, 04:56:45 AM
Good stuff AP. It really does seem like your opponent panicked badly after seeing you close the gap and never really got over that. With such a squishy opponent like Daemonettes, if he had just concentrated fire in the right places (Not your daemon prince for example!), he could have seriously blunted your assault and made it a much more even contest.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on December 17, 2016, 08:13:40 AM
What is with these Imperial players rushing their units forward!? lol Great stuff AP. So glad you got the win with your Slaanesh on their first outing. Glorious! Wow was really sweating for you, when you told me you were going up against War Convocation. That can be a hobby crusher!

I think you played an excellent game. Loved your moves in the movement phase... and you chose well on the psychic disciplines. So happy your guys really got to crush in the assault phase. Great stuff!

Yeah the rending is so useful. I had a unit of Seekers tear apart my Wraithlord in combat effortlessly. It was nuts! Also yeah the Warp Storm table is huge! Its so frustrating to deal with as an opponent, I had it torturing me all game last time I played against Daemons, really wreaking havoc on my smaller units like Warp Spiders.

Anyway great stuff AP. Again congrats on a fantastic first outing. I can't wait to see how you do going forward. Good luck my friend I will be rooting for you!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on December 17, 2016, 11:35:11 AM
I really enjoyed seeing your Daemons in action, and congratulations on your victory.  It looked bad initially when the deployment was over, but thankfully night fighting helped a lot, as did the strange decision to advance the Imperial Knight towards your army (what is it about Imperial players moving their Knights forward, is it an ego thing?), given that it was only ever going to be vulnerable in an assault.

Your army may be fragile, but it dishes out plenty of damage, so providing you can get enough models into close combat sufficiently quickly, I think that this will be a force to be reckoned with.

Thanks for posting the report :).
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on December 19, 2016, 07:06:25 AM
Thanks guys!
Although fairly one-sided in the end it was an enjoyable game. My opponent isn't particularly experienced although he is well read. He knows his army pretty well but is still getting used to the tactics etc involved and needs to learn a bit more about other armies. (As do most of us I am sure!)
I definitely had a lot of learning points coming out of that game and to be honest I think most of them are just mechanics bits that the Daemons have that my previous armies don't (Warp Storm table etc).
Hobby wise I fear that the festive period won't be particularly productive for me. Between family commitments and work commitments I won't have a huge amount of free time so I shall try and get what I can done in the free time that I do have.
I have started work on my Seekers (They were just basecoated in the above report) I should have the first bit of inking done by the end of the day today. I have also started acruing bits for my Knight conversion. Ebay has so far been pretty helpful to me although I am trying to find something good to use for the head, I am not sure my spare daemon prince heads are going to be quite big enough.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on December 23, 2016, 10:58:50 AM
Just dropping in to say that I really like your Corsairs. The gradient on the jetbikes is very nice :)

Also, your Raven Guard jetpacks are kickass too. Is that a conversion or the standard model?
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on December 24, 2016, 04:01:23 AM
Thanks Ynnead!
Although I have done a lot of work on my Raven Guard and Slaanesh recently the Eldar are definitely still my first love!
The Raven Guard Jetpacks are actually the Forge World Dark Fury models from the Horus Heresy line. Beautiful sculpts aren't they?
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on December 24, 2016, 05:54:06 AM
Yeah they're really distinctive :)

Love the Slaanesh army too. Props for going mono-Slaanesh. Quite the 'pink tide'! :)

Must get around to making a small one myself as a counter to my Eldar forces :) that and a 'Yngir' Necron force :)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on December 28, 2016, 12:04:01 PM
So I am back with another update although I have been working so much that the painting and modelling haven't had much progress.
I did manage to get in my second game with the Slaanesh Daemons against a good friend of mine. I've played quite a few games against him with various armies and I don't think I have ever actually beaten him! Managed a few draws but no wins. He is a very good player but does like to use fluffy lists.

The game was Slaanesh Daemons against Khorne Daemonkin. Definitely a nice fluffy battle but one that was absolutely crazy!
If I am honest it was so brutal I've forgotten a lot of what happened so I am going to provide highlights rather than a proper Battle report.

My list:

Flayer Troupe
Herald of Slaanesh- ML1 Psyker, Lesser Locus, Lesser Reward
10x Daemonettes
10x Daemonettes
10x Daemonettes
10x Daemonettes
10x Daemonettes
10x Daemonettes
Grand Cavalcade
Herald of Slaanesh- ML1 Psyker, Lesser Locus, Lesser Reward, Steed
5x Seekers
5x Seekers
5x Seekers
5x Seekers
5x Seekers
5x Seekers

Keeper of Secrets- ML3, 2x Greater Rewards, Soul Stealer

Daemon Prince- Wings, 2x Greater Rewards, Mark of Slaanesh, ML3 Psyker

Daemon Prince- Wings, 2x Greater Rewards, Mark of Slaanesh, ML3 Psyker

I'm not entirely sure what he used for his list but it consisted of:

30x Khorne Hounds (In a Gorepack formation)
3x Chaos Bikers with 2 flamers
3x Chaos Bikers with 2 flamers
Daemon Prince
Bloodthirster
10x Bloodletters
10x Bloodletters
Skullcannon
3x Bloodcrushers
3x Spawn
3x Spawn
3x Spawn
Hellbrute


Deployment
I won the roll for choosing deployment zones and won the roll for first turn, we were doing the annoying angled zones and I deployed at the front edge of my deployment zone. Leaving one unit of Seekers in reserve. He mirrors my deployment but leaves both units of Bloodletters in deep strike reserve.

Turn 1
My opponent fails to steal the iniative and I advance across the board. Seekers push forward to try and distract him, trying to draw out his hounds and it works although sadly for the most part I left too much of a gap between the Seekers and the Daemonettes behind. His hounds and Spawn make short work of 3 of my Seeker units. I summoned some Flamers (only other models I had!) infront of his lines and killed a couple of hounds, A lash from a Daemon prince killed a Bloodcrusher. He didn't do any damage to my Daemonettes or to my Daemon Princes/ Keeper of Secrets. The Warp storm table got me the Nurgle results and killed a few models. I came out of the turn with 4 points thanks to a good roll on the Supremacy table, my opponent only managed 1.

Turn 2
Both my Daemon Princes push into his lines and use their Lashes to great effect. The first guy got Iron Arm off and managed 5 wounds on the Bloodthirster, The other exploded the Skull cannon. The Keeper of secrets took out one of the units of bikers with a Psychic shriek and then failed his charge on a unit of Hounds, two other Daemonette units failed charges but a couple of others succeeded although most were assaulting into Cover and things didn't go amazingly well. Warp Storm table gave all Daemon units +1 Inv save.
His Hounds and Spawn did a lot of damage this turn, nearly wiping out a unit of Daemonettes and completely destroying another. His Daemon Prince, Hounds, Spawn and Bloodcrushers looked like they were going to completely take over my right flank. One of his units of Bloodletters appears in the rear of my lines. The Bloodthirster flies off the table.

Turn 3
I advance where I can and try and tie up the Hounds he has left, Both Daemon Princes land but fail to take out the Blood crushers with their lashes. Keeper of Secrets moves forward and following another Psychic Shriek to take out the remaining Bikers he charges a unit of Spawn. Remaining Seekers outflank into my own zone, ready to help in one of the combats next turn. Daemonettes charge forward and run into Combat with the Daemon Prince and another with a unit of hounds, they took a wound off the Daemon Prince and kill a few hounds but lose quite a few of their number. I managed to Summon a unit of Daemonettes but there had been a lot of Death so far and I had 4 Units of Daemonettes (Only 1 at full strength, three damaged) two Units of Seekers and my MCs left on the board.
He charged his Spawn and Hounds into more of my Daemonettes and freed the Daemon Prince but my Daemonettes managed to drop him down to 1 wound before succumbing to the Spawn's attacks. His other unit of Bloodletters appears in amongst my lines but his first unit gets wiped out by my Seekers & Herald. His Bloodthirster flies back on and kills 3 Seekers with his Flamer attack.

Turn 4
One Daemon Prince takes to the Skies and heads towards his Bloodthirster, after getting Iron arm off the lash managed to put 7 Wounds onto his Bloodthirster only 1 of them getting through his Invulnerable save but that was enough to finish him off. My other Daemon Prince then finishes off his Daemon Prince with a Smite attack and then kills one of the Spawn in combat. Daemonettes and Seekers shred a lot of hounds this turn and gain complete control of my left flank. Seekers take out the Bloodletters in one turn of combat.
At this point he had very little left so he took his turn, his remaining unit of Spawn killed a couple of Daemonettes and the Hellbrute managed a wound on the Keeper of Secrets. He then conceded the game as he had very little left that could do enough damage.

At the end of Turn 4 I was 13-7 up on the Maelstrom points but I had all of my MCs still alive, about 20 Daemonettes, Both Heralds and some Seekers.
I was shocked to win by so much, although the sheer scale of the carnage was pretty expected! This was definitely the sort of game that this army would excel at as in most of the combats I was striking first and he had no real shooting to take advantage of my T3 and low armour saves. I am definitely going to have to find a way of giving this army some more survivability against shooting armies.

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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on December 29, 2016, 06:16:07 AM
The photos of all those imposing Greater Daemons are suitably impressive.

Thanks for the summarised report.  The carnage of two assault oriented armies clashing is usually very lively to read and this report was no exception to that.  Congratulations on your victory.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on December 29, 2016, 07:24:05 AM
Legendary! Off to a wicked hot start with these guys AP! Congrats man... always nice to get on a good roll with new minis... nevermind an entire army. Wow what a damn slaughter! You really taught these dogs of Khorne how its done  ;D Against shooting armies it will be tough, but if you get a small wing of Traitor Astartes and a Renegade Knight it should go a super long way. With pure Daemons it'll be a challenge....

Like I mentioned before a converted Dameonic Voidshield Generator would be very clutch... it could be some kind of hellish shrine... Just an idea.

Anyway bud love all the pics and the bat-rep. The models looked great! Keep it up bud can't wait for the next bat-rep
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 5, 2017, 10:50:12 AM
So I've not really achieved much recently!
Sadly for the last month I've been swamped at work (Going for a promotion) and had my hands full with the Knight conversion (Which has it's own thread).
I have managed to get a couple of games in with the Daemons, both were victories but unfortunately I have no photos and very little memories of the games to post!
The first game was against a Dark Angel player who had built his army to go against the small elite armies that I usually play and as soon as I deployed the Horde he got rather salty! He concentrated massively on the Knight and my Daemonettes and Seekers just swamped him. Ended being a fairly clear cut victory that would have resulted in a tabling end of turn 5 if he hadn't have conceeded.
The second game was a big game (2500pts) against a local Space Marine player who had designed his list to face up against the Daemons, lots of Flamers and Heavy Bolters with 3 Squads of Terminators and a Librarius Conclave. We used the new empyric cards for this one which were fun but all a bit ridiculous. In his first shooting phase he managed to kill 36 models and strip a hull point off the knight but as soon as I made it into combat the game swung massively the other way and again it finished end of turn 4 with only a handful of Imperial units on the board. The highlight of the game was probably when we drew the Empyric card which made all 1s into 6s and all 6s into 1s. His Dreadnought assaulted my knight who was sat on 1 hull point remaining and destroyed it by rolling three straight 1s!

Other than these games I haven't really been very good! I have continued getting some paint onto the Seekers but really struggling with what I want to do afterwards. I don't think that I really want to grow the Daemon army much more than it already is (Can do 2500pts) and there isn't really anything taking my fancy at the moment.
I am thinking that with the new eldar stuff landing I might start to look back at my corsairs but I am starting to think that I rushed some of the units a bit, there are a lot of flat colour patches on the vehicles and the infantry are devoid of highlights but edge highlighting seems to ruin the feel of the colour scheme  :(
Any ideas as to how I can improve on this? I am thinking it might be a case of busting the airbrush out again and doing some very subtle highlights.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on February 5, 2017, 11:58:58 AM
Hey thats great Auric. Congrats on some super solid wins. I'm puzzled by that Dark Angel player's reaction to your army though... why did he get salty right off the bat? Your playing mono-Slaanesh for gods sake. ??? I dont get it...

Anyway I feel you on wrapping up your army. 2500pts is a great place to take a rest and perhaps wait to see if anything cool comes out for Slaanesh in the future rather than just add stuff for the sake of it.

I try to do that with my Eldar... build up the force, let it rest till another idea strikes me.

As for going back to your Corsairs, I think that'd be great! You could totally edge highlight the infantry... and I think if you wanted to to... you could selectivley edge-highlight some of the vehicles... perhaps on the brightest blue parts just add a nice single edge highlight to cap off the paint jobs. I've gone back and added extra layers of highlighting before and its quite fun. It feels like you are finishing a brand new mini as you take it up to to a whole new level... For example on the tips of your vehicles forward "wings" you could just add a super light blue highlight and just fade it as the gradient changes and then drop the highlight all together. Might want to test it on something first but I think it'd look great. I've seen the more airbrushed style eldar vehicles edge higlighted before and think it looks good.

But if you like the style just where it is, thats a totally good call. Your Corsairs look really great as-is.

Anyway bud great stuff! Keep up the success and do try and explain that DA players attitude. I dont get it!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 5, 2017, 12:45:58 PM
Thanks Cav, I am assuming that it's because he had drawn up a list that really was built to kill small elite forces. Multiple units with Plasma Talons, a Vindicator, a Las-Pred and Devastators with Lascannons. As soon as he saw the Horde army he knew he was going to struggle to kill enough before they hit his lines. I think he was just salty because rather than taking an all-comers list he used an engineered one and it failed.
The Seekers probably will take me a little while yet, got 20 of them ready for Detail work and another 10 yet to do. I am always looking ahead towards new projects though. We have a new league starting up at my local club soon and I am very much unsure what to use for that. I thought the Daemons would be a lot lower in power level but so far I am 4/4 and have had a few people moaning that they are too powerful!
My true love is always Eldar and I only really stopped playing with them because of so many cries of cheese. I am thinking about trying to build as friendly a Corsair list as possible (Balestrikes instead of Warp Hunters/Lynx etc) and see how that goes.

As for the painting I really am unsure, I have tried edge highlighting a few units but it just seems to take away some of the Contrast from the colour scheme. It's mainly the fuselage areas of the Nightwing and Lynx that are bugging me. My painting skills have definitely progressed beyond lots of areas of flat colour but inspiration is lacking on how to solve it!
I have a couple of Vypers and some old Falcons that I could probably use as test dummies when I have a bit more time to sit down with them.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 14, 2017, 12:20:05 PM
Hey guys, just a small update!
I figured that since it was Valentines day I should show some love to my first true love......... My Eldar!
After looking back at my Corsairs I really wasn't happy with some of the painting so having a day off today I figured I could change some.
I chose to give my Lynx an almost complete repaint........ To say I was nervous was an understatement!
I am much happier with how it has turned out though, now to continue and do the Hornets and Nightwing and maybe even add some more bits in the future!
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on February 14, 2017, 12:35:35 PM
A stunning sheen to that turquoise, which is highlighted by the darkness around that Lynx.  It is almost as though it is in deep space.  Either way, the red gem stones make for an excellent contrast with the main colour scheme.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on February 14, 2017, 05:49:46 PM
Holy amphetamine parrotballs I love that AP! The blending is so smooth and the colours are amazing. Seriously love this work!

Also, that top photo is simply amazing. The fact that you can't really see the base really makes it look as though it's gliding through the void.

Beautiful work man!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 14, 2017, 05:56:28 PM
Thanks guys! I really am a lot happier with it now!

Irisado- Thanks, the blending on the turquoise colour was something I really wanted to improve on. I tried it on a converted Hornet and was happier so went big and did it on here!

Looshkin- Thanks bud! Big praise coming from someone with the painting skills of you! I just wish I was as good with the details as you are! I just don't have a steady enough hand!
One of my other hobbies is actually photography so these project logs are a great way for me to combine the two!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on February 14, 2017, 08:25:55 PM
Wow that's stunning! Really, really nice work there :) not often I'm blown away by vehicles...
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: dog_of_war on February 14, 2017, 10:22:43 PM
Looks gorgeous AP! I love that you went really dark with the scheme. It looks so stealthy. It's paint jobs like these that make me want to so desperately learn how to air brush. Keep up the awesome work.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on February 15, 2017, 07:02:58 AM
What an absolute SLAYING you did on this model. Holy crap!!!!!! This thing is absolutely deadly awesome looking. Holy crap... the fade is beyond sick. With the pure white accent this is one of my favorite paint jobs I've ever see on a Lynx. Bro you absolutely killed this thing... you've officially gone Super Saiyan.

Deadly, dark, beautiful I love it!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 15, 2017, 03:07:03 PM
Thanks guys!

@YnneadWraith- Cheers bud, to be honest the Eldar vehicles are probably the only ones that get me really excited, The Imperial ones are just too boxy and the Tau ones are just mostly a bit meh (Apart from the Forgeworld ones). There is just something beautiful about the Eldar and Dark Eldar Vehicles though.

@Dog of War- Thankyou! I would definitely suggest that you learn to airbrush, it's completely changed the way that I hobby now. From Basecoating things to doing stuff like this it's just so much quicker and I find that I get such better results. It really is rewarding and not nearly as difficult as it looks. I think it looks darker due to the highlights giving it a lot more depth and due to the exposure on the photo, certainly it's more effective than the last job I did on it.

@Cav- As always Cav your words mean a hell of a lot to me! I did think that you'd appreciate this paint job in particular and I think I need to do some more eldar stuff!


Not really an update but a cool bit of news, on Friday evening I am going up to Warhammer World to have a game of 40k against a good friend of mine. While we are up there the Tabletop Tactics guys are also going to be filming a battle for Warhammer Live! I'll make sure I say hello to them, might even try and challenge one to a game at some point!
I also have a little bit of money stashed away for a trip to the Forgeworld store.......
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on February 15, 2017, 03:20:36 PM
No problem bud. I went nuts when I saw the update... showed it to my brother too, he loved it! So jealous you are going to Warhammer World... playing against one the TTT guys would be sick too! Make sure you take some photos. Also... you are picking up some FW stuff??? I'm dying of jealousy! Make sure you pick up some more Eldar stuff lol  8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on February 15, 2017, 03:59:02 PM
Not really an update but a cool bit of news, on Friday evening I am going up to Warhammer World to have a game of 40k against a good friend of mine.

I'll go right by there on my way home from work.

Make sure that you take pictures of the battle.  Has someone booked the table incidentally?  It can get quite busy in there on a Friday evening.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 15, 2017, 04:11:14 PM
@Cav- Yeah, I've got an idea of what I want but to be honest they may well not have it in stock and I can be slightly impulsive when I see pretty models..... haha!

@Irisado- I wish I lived that close tbh, It's about an hour and a half drive for me. Yeah I booked a table on Tuesday as I assumed it probably would get quite busy, especially with the TTT guys announcing that they'll be there.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 16, 2017, 04:13:06 PM
Ok guys, I have a question for those of you who are following this thread.......
I have a campaign (Planetary Empires Style) and a Tournament coming up soon.
The Campaign will be more relaxed and will generally be slightly fluffier armies though is competitive. The Tournament is pretty much anything goes.
My problem is that I have no idea what I want to use! I've tried breaking each army down into Pros/Cons but it's not helped. Any input from you guys would be awesome!

Eldar Corsairs
Pros:
My main love
Very Powerful
Cool Looking Units
Cons:
At least 3 other Eldar players (out of about 10)
Games can often tend to be quite one-sided
Everyone else in the meta moans about Eldar constantly......

Raven Guard
Pros:
Some cool looking units
Good Alpha Strike
Well painted (or at least I think so!)
Cons:
Very one dimensional- I only have the units for an alpha strike sort of list
No Anti-air
Easy to counter

Slaanesh Daemons
Pros:
Very different to my usual armies
Very cool looking
I get to use my Knight!
Cons:
Again very one dimensional and very easy to counter
Limited Model choice
No anti-air!

I really can't make my mind up over what I am wanting to use, I'm even considering starting up something new and to try and get stuff built within the next few weeks to be ready!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on February 16, 2017, 05:12:43 PM
Hmmm, while my gut instinct is to say Corsairs just because Corsairs are cool, if you're facing 3 Eldar players maybe Slaaneshi Daemons would be a very fluffy antagonist ;)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: dog_of_war on February 16, 2017, 05:57:32 PM
I second the daemons. Extra fluffy against eldar. If you have the time and money, you could add a flying daemon prince or two to round out your lack of air superiority.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on February 16, 2017, 06:09:01 PM
I'm going for either Daemons or the Raven Guard. No body wants to be part of a 40% Eldar tournament. Also, those armies look lush...although judging by your latest airbrush work, I think your Eldar are probably quite beautiful too!

Whichever army you pick, best of luck!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on February 17, 2017, 06:52:22 AM
I say Ravenguard! I think you'll shred lots of laserbikes and warp spiders with them with your deepstrike+assault Vanguard Vets. Go for it!!!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Alienscar on February 17, 2017, 09:37:18 AM

Raven Guard
Pros:
Some cool looking units
Good Alpha Strike
Well painted (or at least I think so!)
Cons:
Very one dimensional- I only have the units for an alpha strike sort of list
No Anti-air
Easy to counter

I really can't make my mind up over what I am wanting to use, I'm even considering starting up something new and to try and get stuff built within the next few weeks to be ready!

No ant-air! Don't your Stormtalon's count as anti-air? Nobody put's Captain Corone in a corner so get him on a table.

Also if you are seriously thinking of spending money why not buy something for your Raven Guard. Your Vanguard Vets are too good looking to not be used
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 17, 2017, 10:57:37 AM
Thanks for all the replies guys!
Looks like the voting is going towards the Raven Guard and I think that is how I am looking at leaning at the moment.
Looking at what I have I can do probably almost 3,000 pts worth of Raven Guard so although almost everything is built for Alpha strike tactics I do at least have a little bit of variation plus with Allies rules I can throw in some Assassins and a little bit of my Old Inquisition stuff if needed!

Looking at the armies that I am fairly sure I'll be facing:
Eldar Corsairs
Eldar Ynnari
Eldar Craftworlds
Nurgle Chaos Space Marines
Khorne Daemonkin
Thousand Sons (possibly x2)
Blood Angels
Tyranids
Dark Angels
Dark Eldar
Tau
Cult Mechanicus (Usually War Convocation)
Astra Miliatarum
There will probably be a couple more participants as well, not sure on armies though.
Looking at that list the Raven Guard will probably be the better choice.

@Alienscar- To be honest with how my Storm Talons have (Not) worked for me I don't tend to rely on them for anything! haha
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on February 17, 2017, 11:48:01 AM
Now that's a varied selection :) I don't see many Marines or Daemons, so either of those would add even more variety ;)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 17, 2017, 07:02:35 PM
Now that's a varied selection :) I don't see many Marines or Daemons, so either of those would add even more variety ;)

Yeah, we do have a really good mix of players at my local club!


So....... I've just got back from my trip to Warhammer World!
Had an absolute blast doing a Daemons vs Death Guard game which was a total slaughterfest!
We did one of the Altar of War missions which allowed a very strange deployment, I was deploying units 1" away ready for first turn charges!
I had brought a fairly friendly list, no Daemonic incursion and weakened Psychic, just threw the Knight in to boost the points up. He went for his usual list.
I won't go into a full battle report as I am tired and can't remember most of it! Just trust me that it was carnage and enjoy some pictures!

1) Our very strange deployment, split into Triangles and you had to roll which one you deployed in!
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2) His Knight seems to have set it's targets on mine!
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3) Seekers got the charge on his Plague Bearers and Great Unclean One
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4) My knight trying to find a bit of cover:
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5) Daemon Prince just about to take to the air!
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6) Assaulting the Rhino
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7) Approx 30 seconds after this a Thermal Cannon caused there to be no more Daemonettes here.......
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8) My Knight assaulting another Rhino, the next turn two Melta Guns destroyed her!  :'(
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9) Revenge for the Knight!
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10) These guys were there too! Got a chance to have a good chat with Lawrence from Tabletop Tactics about his Narrative campaign and future plans. Really nice guy! (also really tall!)
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And finally......... I tripped and fell into the Forgeworld store......My Debit Card also accidently fell out of my wallet and into the machine.......
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If anyone can guess what they are then I'll tell you, otherwise I'm gonna wait until they are all built and painted!  8)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Dread on February 18, 2017, 12:58:37 AM
I think a thunder hawk  or one of the storm raven varients.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on February 18, 2017, 02:53:39 AM
Looks like you had a great day AP!

Have you played at Warhammer World before? Me and my bro try to get up there about once per year for a game (although have struggled over the past 18 months, what with having 3 kids between us in that time!). It's a great experience up there. The Hall of Miniatures, after the revamp, is just stunning.

I know how dangerous the FW shop up there can be. I went in to pick up some transfers last year and ended up with an Avatar and 2 Hornets, none of which have come out of their packets!

My guess is either a Fire Raptor or Storm Eagle on the left (I'd go with the Fire Raptor, guessing that it's more Air to Air than the other). Definitely an aircraft though.

The other is way more difficult. I think it may be a tank, judging by all the straight edges, but the only one that I think matches is the Scarab Battle Tank. But it looks a bit small for that.

Dunno, but I'm looking forward to finding out!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 18, 2017, 04:28:24 AM
@Dread- Thankfully I didn't slip so far as to get a Thunderhawk...... Maybe one day though!

@Looshkin- We have a partial Winner! The Flyer is indeed a Fire Raptor, I love the look of the model and have wanted one for a while now. That and they are pretty nasty!

I've never actually played at Warhammer world before, I visited the exhibitions probably about 10 years ago but never actually played a game there. It was a really good atmosphere and more like how I remember the old Games Workshop shops to be. I think we are going to try and get up there a bit more often as it's about an hour and a half to two hours drive which isn't too bad if I can get a good game and a bit of Forgeworld out of it.....
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on February 18, 2017, 04:42:41 AM
Your models look great on that table.  You managed to get a decent table, based on the pictures, and it seems as though you had a lot of fun.  Thanks for the summary of the evening.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on February 18, 2017, 07:36:04 AM
Fantastic! Wow look at the lighting... so freaking dramatic. I love it... great photos AP thanks for taking them. Soooooo jealous....

Thats awesome you got to chat with Lawrence from TTT everyone raves about how nice a guy he is. Thats cool considering how great a player he is and his rising popularity. Thats awesome.

Also... Fire Raptor! Knew it before I saw Looshkin's post. Also... that second bag has some beefy resin in there. I want to say a Mastodon... but I don't think there's enough stuff in there. A Knight upgrade?

Anyway legendary man. So glad you got to go to Warhammer World. Someday I will make it there. Great stuff and again thanks for the photos!

Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 20, 2017, 10:36:53 AM
Cheers guys!

@Irisado- It was a really good evening, there is definitely something about playing up there. Great atmosphere!

@Cav- Yeah Lawrence was a really great guy, very passionate about his gaming and very down to earth! Would have liked to have more time to chat to the others as well. The Pastry Chef, Beard and B-Bone were all there too.
Haha the second bag isn't a Mastodon, nothing quite so big/expensive as that!

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One update for today,
I have spent most of the weekend painting and have near enough finished my Devastators for my Raven Guard Army. I am currently undecided whether to try some OSL style effects on the Grav Cannons but I can't decide whether it would be too much.
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I also have a couple of WIP pictures for you, here is my conversion for Lias Issodon (Raptors chapter master) as a Raven Guard character:
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And my Raven Guard Jump Pack Librarian:
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on February 20, 2017, 10:48:35 AM
Oh man, I've missed seeing Raven Guard updates! Looking phenomenal as always... I just love your painting style with these guys. I love how totally dark they are... if you put them next to Black Templars or Pre-Heresy DA you'd still absolutely know which guys were which.

Love the shoulder rims and that red is popping like there is no tomorrow. I think the OSL on the Grav-Cannons could be a good call. I always like to know at a glance which heavy weapons are which, but... it may break up the really uniform look you have to these guys. I like how the red of their eye lenses and stuff is the spot color... it really appeals to my minimalist approach to paint schemes.  Tough call, perhaps Looshkin will have some advice as he's more adventurous than I am as a painter.

Lias Issodon looks awesome. I have had this guy kick my butt up and down before with a unit of Sternguard in a freaking Land Raider of all things, back in 6th. Total respect for the man.

Also I love your approach to the Librarian... I always thought the all blue was a bit much (which is why I didn't do any blue on my DA Librarian... also the DA never go along with the program lol). Sickening... can't wait for some more Ravenguard bat-reps... really enjoyed following your learning process with them.

Great stuff as always Auric. Super jealous of your collection of armies... so unique and awesome looking. Keep it up!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on February 20, 2017, 11:15:55 AM
Yeah I'm a fan of the near-jet-black look of them as well :) fits very nicely into their role as forward scouts and covert operatives.

Something that I feel would be blown slightly if they've got big glowy bits on their guns illuminating them for all to see, but I'm also thinking that rule-of-cool might win out on that one ;)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on February 20, 2017, 05:58:56 PM
I think I've already said it, by I love the pose on your Lias. It really reminds me of early lead figure poses, but not limited by the crappy sculpts that were rife back in the day.

The blue on that Libby is lush. A really striking colour and totally out of the norm. It looks like it is centred more towards Aqua than anything. I love how you've done that, I think it looks tremendous?

The Devastators are really nice too. Those lenses look absolutely brilliant. Uniformly clean, bright and totally convincing. Super job on the Devs.

As for the OSL, I say give it a go on 1 mini. It may overwhelm it, but I think it more likely that it'll make the minis pop a lot more. Most of your models so far have a light characteristic about them, such as helmets or jump pack wings. I think that the Devs would benefit in the same way. If you aren't a fan on how it turns out, at least you've only tried it on one and it's not such a reclamation project.

Be brave. Give it ago. Blame me if it doesn't work for you 😁

Epic work AP. Keep it up!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Alienscar on February 21, 2017, 11:25:28 AM
I am currently undecided whether to try some OSL style effects on the Grav Cannons but I can't decide whether it would be too much.

OSL can look brilliant but personally I find that even when done by Eavy Metal painters I still look at a model and think "what are you playing at" there's is no way the light would reach that far". Or, "no way the light would get underneath something". What I am saying is that whilst OSL can look really good it can also distract.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 21, 2017, 01:45:15 PM
Cheers guys! I really enjoyed painting up these devastators. I'm slowly getting through my backlog of painting stuff for my Raven Guard, I am so bad at starting to paint stuff and then not finishing it and buying more! So far I have to finish 2 Storm Talons, 2 Drop Pods, 5 Assault Marines, 5 Scouts and then these two characters. That's before I even start the Forgeworld fun!

@Cav- Cheers bud, as always your comments mean a lot! To be honest I should probably spend a bit more time doing edge highlighting etc with these guys if I want them to look more professional but with the Drybrush and Wash it gives them a bit of an old and slightly more worn looking effect.
The all blue Librarians have never sat well with me, particularly with Raven Guard as it's not exactly subtle!

@Ynnead- Thanks bud, yeah that was pretty much my exact thinking on it. I've seen a few OSL effects that have just been too bright and definitely not good for a sneaky unit!

@Looshkin- Thankyou! To be honest I had a couple of doubts over the Lias Issodon model but now he has some paint on him I am much happier, he'll probably be the next one to be finished.
I may take your advice and do a test model but I think I am going to find an old model to do it on rather than one of these.

@Alienscar- Pretty much the same opinion as me, I'd like the Grav to really stand out but yeah a lot of the OSL I see is too in your face and overpowering for most models. I think a test will be the best idea atm.

@Everybody- Not much of an update as sadly I have just started a set of nightshifts at work so progress this week will likely be fairly slow but in a few spare minutes I've just painted up these Armorium Cherubs to go with the Devastator units (Twin linked Grav.....Woooo!)

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Excuse the poor phone pictures! Was doing it in too much of a hurry to get my proper camera out! haha
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Alienscar on February 21, 2017, 02:07:09 PM
I also have a couple of WIP pictures for you, here is my conversion for Lias Issodon (Raptors chapter master) as a Raven Guard character:

Your conversion looks brilliant is there any chance you could list the items that you have used. I found the more detail that is provided the easier it is to steal understand the conversion.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 21, 2017, 02:13:48 PM
I also have a couple of WIP pictures for you, here is my conversion for Lias Issodon (Raptors chapter master) as a Raven Guard character:

Your conversion looks brilliant is there any chance you could list the items that you have used. I found the more detail that is provided the easier it is to steal understand the conversion.

haha certainly!
It's fairly simple to be honest, the Legs are from the Space Marine Devastators box (As I think the sword was too) and the Chest, left Shoulder Pad, Bolter and Backpack were all from the Forge World Raven Guard upgrade pack. If I remember rightly the right arm was from the Space Marine Assault Squad box (Previously had a Plasma pistol in the hand) All other bits were from the Tactical squad box.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Alienscar on February 21, 2017, 02:48:08 PM
Awesome stuff Aurics thanks very much.

I like the way you have painted the skin on the Cherubs but they represent one of the 40k aesthetics that I really do not like.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 23, 2017, 01:35:22 PM
Awesome stuff Aurics thanks very much.

I like the way you have painted the skin on the Cherubs but they represent one of the 40k aesthetics that I really do not like.

To be honest I agree, it's one of the reasons that I never really got into Sisters of Battle etc. I wanted these guys for tabletop play though and had no better ideas for conversions at the moment!

@Everybody-
A bit of an update for today!
I have near enough finished my Lias Issodon model and my Jump Pack Librarian (Needs a name!) I will have a good look around the model and see if there is anything I have missed or anything that needs tidying up but I think they are ready!
I've also painted up another Jump Pack Assault Squad, this will allow me to field the Pinion Battle Demi Company and a Skyhammer Annihilation Force.

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I also had a sit down while at work last night and totalled up my Raven Guard collection, I am currently sat at about 3500pts painted and about 4200 including unpainted miniatures!
During the process of this I did however realise that I have as many Assault Marines as I do tactical marines and in my 4200pts I only actually own 15 Tactical Marines.......
This will soon be rectified and after pay day I may order a couple of the new Skyhammer deals which will put me up to 35 Marines and 6 Drop Pods!  ;D
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on February 23, 2017, 02:00:26 PM
Looking very solid Auric. Just love the way you do the black armor... also love the aquilla/ravenskull looks suitably dark and weathered... lets the various splash colors really pop.

What a monster collection! Damn I'm jealous... I wish my Dark Angels were in fighting shape. Dang did this collection grow quick... Did you have a headstart on these guys before you did your Corsairs? Or did you just go all in after you started? Either way they look great man. Just love this army. Keep it up!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Alienscar on February 23, 2017, 02:59:04 PM
Lias is simply stunning and I agree with Cavalier that the black you have painted is brilliant. The best thing though is the highlight on the sword and hammer. It is that good that when I first saw it I couldn't decide if it was paint or the flash being reflected. Still not sure to be honest. Awesome stuff.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 24, 2017, 02:57:54 AM
Thanks guys!
@Cav- The only model I had painted up before my Corsair's was the Shrike model which I had done years ago because I thought it looked cool. Everything else has been done recent, I can be quite a quick painter when I get into it! haha

@Alienscar- I'd love to say that is my painting skills but a lot of it will be flash reflecting off Gloss varnish! I will get a decent picture without flash at some point to show how it actually looks haha!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on February 24, 2017, 06:04:37 AM
Yeah I'm loving these guys :) very stealthy, and the splashes of colour on the HQ units really help set them apart. Love the posing on Lias as well :)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on February 24, 2017, 05:10:24 PM
I'll say it again now that he's finished; that Lias model is sick and I love the paint job that you've done.

Your Raven Guard are looking uniformly brilliant. Pretty please can we get a group shot one day? Pleeeeeaaasssseeee!!!!!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 26, 2017, 01:04:05 PM
Thanks again for the kind words guys!

@Ynnead- Cheers bud, I always find it a little tough to decide how to really bring out the Characters but with the Raven Guard forgeworld upgrade packs it makes it a lot easier!

@Looshkin- Thankyou bud, I am really happy with the Lias model, I think I might try and use him in a battle on Thursday, see how he does!
I've got a bit of a backlog to clear (Drop pods, Scouts, Storm Talon) but as soon as I catch up and find somewhere that I can properly lay out the army then definitely!  8)

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So I do have a little update,
Work has started on the Forgeworld kit. Spent 2 hours yesterday tidying up the Resin for the Fireraptor kit but have noticed that some of the pieces are going to need some straightening so I am waiting until I have a bit more time to sit down and concentrate on it.
In the meantime.......
I did say that I was going to wait for this but since you guys like WIP posts here is the other item that I bought:
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This is something that I've wanted for quite a while and to be honest with the Raven Guard army being almost all Drop Pod Mounted or with Jump Packs I wanted something a bit more static.
The model has been basecoated but in true resin fashion I'm not sure how well the primer has stuck as I've had to touch up a couple of bits already, going to leave it to dry overnight and then have another look at it in the morning.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on February 26, 2017, 01:40:00 PM
My guess is either a Fire Raptor or Storm Eagle on the left (I'd go with the Fire Raptor, guessing that it's more Air to Air than the other). Definitely an aircraft though.

The other is way more difficult. I think it may be a tank, judging by all the straight edges, but the only one that I think matches is the Scarab Battle Tank. But it looks a bit small for that.

Totally called it! Legion Sicaran Battle Tank. Of course, as you can see from my quote, my computer laughs at the concept of a 'Sicaran' Tank and totally auto corrects to Scarab.

Despite that, I totally think I deserve a prize.  ;D
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on February 26, 2017, 02:29:28 PM
Sickening... wow I wish I had a Sicaran for my DA... very powerful upgrade to your collection Auric. I'm sure it'll do work for you... especially against pesky Jetbikes and the like.

Hmmm surprised you had issues with the resin... haven't had that occur to me ever... even working with a Revenant Titan... but I guess those bits are pretty slender and a standard soapy water scrubbing usually gets the mold release out... Good luck though I hope it was just a blip on the radar.

Anyway great addition to the force... with an incoming Skyhammer, Fire Raptor AND a Sicaran this Ravenguard army went from good to nasty. Can't wait for it to get in a game. Good luck and keep us posted on the paint job!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 28, 2017, 02:28:31 AM
@Looshkin- Haha I did wonder what you meant by Scarab! You are indeed correct though!

@Cav- It's the usage against Jetbikes and Eldar tanks which I wanted it for!
To be honest I think I attribute it more to the primer I was using (An oldish can of GW Skull white) it was chipping off very easily, seems to be better now though!

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So yeah, I like painting......
I did rush this guy somewhat as I do want to get on and get the Fireraptor built, plus if I am honest I don't really like painting Imperial tanks as much as Eldar ones!
I changed my techniques slightly (Due to my hatred for edge highlighting) and actually used a similar technique to my infantry.
I airbrushed a grey highlight on to all the edges of the armour etc and then gave the entire vehicle a Nuln oil wash, this softens all the highlights and much like the infantry gives all the armour plates a Matte finish, I like to think much like a Stealth bomber! It also helps with giving this model an aged feel which is fairly fitting for a relic of the armoury!
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And here it is joined by Lias and his Devastators:
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Dread on February 28, 2017, 02:42:57 AM
Nice and clean, has a prominent look for the battle field. Great work!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on February 28, 2017, 05:47:21 AM
Very nice :) the blacked out stealth look is very fitting for Raven Guard.

Your Fire Raptor is going to look like an F-117 Nighthawk! Awesome :)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on February 28, 2017, 07:01:37 AM
Love it. The simple but super effective highlights totally work... I think the best 30k armies I've seen in black adopt your approach. I actually went back and did a lot of dry brushing then washed over the highlight with Nuln Oil on my Dark Angels after I found out how you did it. I love it man...

What a beast... I hope helps do you well against Eldar and I'm sure it will. Love where you chose to put white panelling/plates on the tank... just the right amount of ... and it helps to sort of reveal the shape of the black plates which is cool.

Anyway love it man. Can't wait to see that Fire Raptor take flight! Keep it up bud, you're rolling as usual
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on February 28, 2017, 07:58:39 AM
That's a helluva cool tank AP. The addition of a few plates of white really helps to break up the shape of the tank and actually adds more depth to the black by way of contrast. The subtle edge highlights are working really well for you on this piece and it fits in with the rest of your army extremely well.

Great work AP, your Raven Guard force is shaping up incredibly well!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 28, 2017, 11:55:03 AM
Thanks guys!

@Dread- Cheers bud, Was only really wanting to get it to tabletop standard but I think it works well.

@Ynnead- Haha that's what I am going for! Really hoping the method works as well on the Raptor.

@Cav- How did you like the technique? Your normal style is much cleaner than what it produces, would be interested in hearing how you got on with it!

@Looshkin- Thanks bud, I wasn't too sure on the placement of the white but to be honest with that model there isn't really much choice! haha. Glad you like it though!

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So an interesting update.........

If anyone reading this has ever looked through the Forgeworld site and thought "Oooooh That Fire Raptor looks like a great kit!"........... Don't, just don't.

After approx 6 Hours work, a trip to A&E and Actual Blood, Sweat and almost tears. The kit has been built.
I've got a lot of work to do in filling gaps and smoothing a couple of areas out but I am just really relieved to get it together.
I knew when I bought it that they had a reputation for being pretty tough but I thought that my experience in modelling was going to be enough, I seriously struggled though.
Quite of a few of the pieces came out of the packet significantly warped and were in need of straightening, the actual fuselage required dry-fitting probably about 6 times and was still a nightmare to put together (And I am pretty sure it's still not straight) and quite a few of the pieces needed some serious cutting and clipping...... Which is where the trip to A&E comes in. When trying to trim down part of the Wing support to get it to fit in where it is supposed to my craft knife hit a bubble in the resin and came out of where I was cutting, sadly it went from the resin to burying itself into my middle finger. Deep enough to see muscle in my finger and deep enough to need a trip to A&E to get repaired!
Saying that, it is a very pretty model, I am expecting it to be a beast for me now though!
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Alienscar on February 28, 2017, 12:22:39 PM
Quite of a few of the pieces came out of the packet significantly warped and were in need of straightening, the actual fuselage required dry-fitting probably about 6 times and was still a nightmare to put together (And I am pretty sure it's still not straight) and quite a few of the pieces needed some serious cutting and clipping

I have heard many a time that FW's customer service is as good as GW's. Could you not have phoned to complain or is this sort of trouble deemed acceptable for resin models?

I have got to say that your picture of the Sicaran isn't up to your normal standard any chance you could post a better picture?

From a WIP point of view I would have really liked to have seen a few pictures of the warped items just to see how bad they were.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on February 28, 2017, 02:05:04 PM

When trying to trim down part of the Wing support to get it to fit in where it is supposed to my craft knife hit a bubble in the resin and came out of where I was cutting, sadly it went from the resin to burying itself into my middle finger. Deep enough to see muscle in my finger and deep enough to need a trip to A&E to get repaired

amphetamine parrot! Sounds painful! Then again, bleeding for the hobby really is something that everyone should do at some stage. To prove themselves. Like ritual tattoos or something.

My best moment came a few years ago. Similar type story, but I distinctly remember the craft knife spinning out of my hand, at which point time slowed down. It spun through a perfect 360 degrees, so it was 'blade down'. I then watched in mounting horror as it arced gracefully down, slicing open about 4 inches of my calf. Fortunately for me, it wasn't as deep as yours and the only thing I had to do was bandage it and get some carpet cleaner.

I hope your wound doesn't affect your hobbyimg in any way. And if it's any consolation, the Fire Raptor looks beslubbering cool.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on February 28, 2017, 03:56:07 PM
Ouch! Finger wounds hurt! Provided you're relatively gentle with it after a couple of days you should be able to use it.

Something odd too, if it's a deep cut it'll get pretty cold while it's healing. A combination of you not moving it cos it hurts, and reduced circulation due to the healing process. Might get a little uncomfortable so worth keeping it warm :)

Oh, and if it's quite a long cut it's good to keep wiggling your finger around as soon as it's not too painful to do. Helps it to heal in a way that's still flexible and not tight :)

Veteran of quite a few moronic decisions, in case you hadn't noticed ;)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Dread on February 28, 2017, 05:08:28 PM
I've been building models since I was 8 and wearing bandages just as long. Hahaha, it is a big part. The funniest part is when you're cutting or trimming a part and you know you're doing it wrong and do it anyway. My right thumb finally healed up after my Celestine build.

That FR looks great, after some putty and sanding will be smooth as a baby's bottom. Looking forward to the finished product.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on March 1, 2017, 11:07:05 AM
Cheers guys!
I've got to be honest I've cut myself no end of times in the last god knows how many years but this is the first time that I've ever sent myself to hospital! It's all sealed up and hopefully healing now though.

@Alienscar- Some amount of warping etc is kinda expected with Resin models, resin bends way too easily but it is relatively easy to pull back into shape. Forgeworld's customer service is however absolutely superb!

@Everyone-
I've been pretty productive again over the last couple of days, the Fire Raptor is glued and basecoated (Although this was also a pain in the butt!) while basecoating the Fireraptor I decided that it would be best for my sanity to do a couple of other bits!
I finished off painting up my Storm Talons (Converted from Nephilim jet fighters)
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I also went rooting through my old model boxes and found this old Techmarine I had when I was looking at doing a Relictors army a few years back! Some quick painting and now I can field both the Sicaran and Fireraptor in one game!
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I've got a game tomorrow and at the moment my list is going to be:

Raptors CAD
Lias Issodon
Techmarine
5x Tactical Marines- Melta, Combi Melta
Drop pod
5x Tactical Marines- Plasma, Combi Plasma
Drop Pod
5x Tactical Marines- Plasma, Combi Plasma
Sicaran Battle Tank
Fireraptor

Skyhammer Annihilation Force
5x Devastators- 4x Grav Cannons, Armorium Cherub
Drop Pod
5x Devastators- 4x Multi Meltas, Armorium Cherub
5x Assault Marines- Jump Packs, Flamer
5x Assault Marines- Jump Packs, Flamer

Raptor Wing
Stormtalon- Skyhammer Missiles
Stormtalon- Skyhammer Missiles
Landspeeder- Heavy Flamer & Multimelta

Allies
Culexus Assassin


I am going to be fighting against someone who is using Thousand Sons, he claims that he isn't going to be using Magnus but I'm not convinced! haha
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on March 1, 2017, 11:53:16 AM
Those Storm Talons look great AP. I especially like the really smooth transition of the canopies. You've achieved a really clean finish. They'll look great on the table.

Good balance of colours on that Techmarine too. Although being able to field a Fire Raptor and Sicaran is frankly sick! That army list you put together looks brutal and fluffy. Good luck with the game.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on March 1, 2017, 01:56:47 PM
Wow! What amazing progress Auric... I'm blown away... Phenomenal work on the Fire Raptor... very intimidating. Very nervous about going in that direction in the future... yikes.

But wow the Talons look great! I've seen that conversion before but never have I seen it look so clean. The gradient on the windshields is excellent. Great work as always...The Tech Priest looks good too!

Also dang! Bringing out the big guns for that upcoming game. You gotta give us a bat-rep! I feel for your opponent, its gonna be a tough one, but I'm still rooting for you. Good luck bud and thanks for the phenomenal updates! Sick!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: magenb on March 1, 2017, 02:45:43 PM
Quite of a few of the pieces came out of the packet significantly warped and were in need of straightening, the actual fuselage required dry-fitting probably about 6 times and was still a nightmare to put together (And I am pretty sure it's still not straight) and quite a few of the pieces needed some serious cutting and clipping

I have heard many a time that FW's customer service is as good as GW's. Could you not have phoned to complain or is this sort of trouble deemed acceptable for resin models?

Welcome to the wonderful world of resin.. Forgeworld stuff is not really like GW kits, even if you are lucky enough to get everything straight you'll still find things that don't line up correctly such as havingps here and there, parts that are too heavy to use glue alone, basically FW kits are where you put your hobby skills to the test :)




Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on March 1, 2017, 04:45:52 PM
Absolutely love those Storm Talons! They look brilliant :)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on March 2, 2017, 03:47:22 AM
@Looshkin- Cheers bud, the technique for the Canopies is the same as what I used for my Corsairs and what I use for power weapons, I should really start to learn some more techniques! haha
To be fair the list is a lot more brutal than I'd usually go, I am expecting a tough game though. In the last game my opponent ran Magnus and 3 Flying Daemon Princes!

@Cav- Cheers bud! To be honest I've never liked the Storm Talon model (Looks like a flying potato) but the Nephilim looks a lot more streamlined and like it would actually fly! They were started a while back so that's why they've been edge highlighted rather than using the technique that I did for the Sicaran.
Haha it is a pretty tough list! I want to give the Raptors CAD and the new stuff a good try out so just threw it all together in a list. In the future I likely won't be throwing it all in together though! I shall endeavor to provide a Bat-Rep and some pictures, with me not having to worry about rolling for a million Psychic powers I should be able to concentrate a bit more! haha

@Magenb- Preach! I love some of the forgeworld models but sadly it is the price you pay for them! The stuff I have made previously was a lot better than the Fire Raptor though, the molding on this model generally wasn't particularly good and it was a bit of a fight to get it all done.

@Ynnead- Cheers bud, glad you like them!

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So not an update but a little WIP that I found kinda funny, while not able to sleep properly this morning I stuck the Splintermind podcast on and got the Fireraptor all prepped for some airbrushing! This is the model masked and ready to go, it has now since been sprayed but I'll provide those pictures shortly when I've finished it  ;)
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Even further update!
Fire Raptor is now completed, it wasn't an easy kit to make/paint and I am still concerned about paint chipping. I'll be using it in my game tonight but I've just ordered some spray matt varnish for it.
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Since I had my Camera out I've also taken a couple more shots of the Sicaran and Techmarine:
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Oh, and I got a few "Family Portrait" shots as well......
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Got another Scout unit built and undercoated and I need to finish two of the Drop pods plus I have a few ideas to be added as well but I'm pretty dang happy with how the army is looking right now!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on March 2, 2017, 06:55:01 AM
Absolutely glorious! Damn... what a righteous looking army AP. The Storm Eagle looks ace too! Wow love the soft edged higlighting... the green cables are a great spot color and I love the white paneling. Killer! What a beast the Fire Raptor looks. Love it!

Also hope the podcast kept you company. Good luck in your game, looking forward to hearing how it went!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on March 2, 2017, 09:04:20 AM
Super cool AP. I'm amazed at how quickly you can bang out models to such a high standard. Speed painting has never been my thing...I tend to consider a model a week to be 'speed painting'! I love the spot colours, the white panels tie everything together nicely and there are just enough other little bits that stop the model from being too dark.

Love the family portrait as well...although I'd love to see it on a lighter backdrop, as I think a little of the detail gets washed out by blending in with the surroundings. You can tell though that it is a brilliant, cohesive force that will look amazing on the table top.

Great work AP, this project really is one of the highlights of this board.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on March 2, 2017, 10:45:52 AM
Awesome work dude :) looks every bit as 'stealth plane' as I'd imagined :)

Love the army shot as well. Proper Raven Guard mechanised assault force :) the close-ups look like they were taken during a night-fight raid as well ;)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Alienscar on March 2, 2017, 01:16:51 PM
I finished off painting up my Storm Talons (Converted from Nephilim jet fighters)
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Please excuse my hobby ignorance but to my untrained eye it looks just like a normal Nephilim Jet Fighter would you mind pointing out the converted parts.

Thanks for posting a better picture of the Sicaran it looks brilliant now that more of the detail can be seen.

Looks like warped parts isn't just a FW problem as the axe on the Techmarine looks like it is slightly bent.

I am loving the WIP shot, more of the same please.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on March 2, 2017, 06:44:56 PM
@Cav- Thanks bud, really does mean a lot coming from you! I really enjoyed the podcast, agreed with a lot of the points that you guys made about the Ynarri. Just gutted that I am working on Sunday otherwise I'd be all over the Google Hangout!

@Looshkin- Cheers Loosh! To be honest I work shift work and have a tendency of really sitting down and spending hours painting at one time. I've just done a set of Night shifts (7 Night on, 7 Days off) so I managed to get a bit done during the week of nights and have been able to get loads done over the last couple of days! I've probably spent a good 12 hours a day building and painting over the last 3 days.
I will try and get a better picture on a lighter background at some point but sadly I am limited to a black sheet that I use as a photography background at the moment.

@Ynnead- Yeah it definitely looks like a cross between a Stealth Fighter and an A-10 Warhog! (With the nose mounted cannons)
Thanks for the comments on the photos, with me being limited to the dark Background I thought I better make the most of it!

@Alienscar- Haha it's easily missed! The only conversion on those Stormtalons is a missile launcher from the Landspeeders on the nose instead of the Lascannons/Avenger and Assault Cannons placed where the Lights would normally be. Otherwise I'd just filed off the Dark Angels markings on it.
Yeah sadly the Techmarine is a Finecast one and does suffer from bendy weapon syndrome!

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@Everybody-

So I got in my game tonight, I'm not going to provide a battle report though as I really had to concentrate during the game due to my opponent pulling some shenanigans with his psychic powers (Sorcerors mysteriously gaining powers and gifts halfway through the battle and Warp charge dice suddenly falling back into the pool....).

I got a couple of pictures though and I'll give a little write up.

He used:
Ahriman's exiles- Ahriman and 3 Exalted Sorcerors all on Disks
War Cabal- 5 Terminators with Exalted Sorceror (Though claimed benefits from the exiles formation)
10 Rubrics in a Rhino
2 Predators

I used my list printed above.
The mission was Deadlock and I won the first turn.
My Skyhammer deep struck in and between the Multi Meltas and Assault Marines destroyed both predators. The Grav hit the Sorcerors on discs and killed one and did two wounds to Ahriman (he rolled a lot of invulnerable saves!)
Sicaran wrecked the Rhino and the the Storm Talons coming in on the following turn shredded the Rubrics that came out of it.
For the next 4 Turns I tried to take down the Terminators and Ahrimans unit but in the process of dealing with the Skyhammer he managed to heal almost all of the wounds that I did (With Life Leech) and shrugged off most of my firepower with 3+ Invulnerables and Feel No Pains. (I have some concerns over his rolling for powers as he had basically everything he needed, he did the rolling for them away from my vision)
Eventually thanks to the Culexus assassin and massed firepower I managed to kill off the Terminators but Ahriman and his two remaining Sorcerors shrugged off near enough everything thrown at them.
He conceded at the end of Turn 5 as I was 11 points to 7 up on the Maelstrom and still had all three Flyers, My Sicaran, Techmarine, Warlord, 1 Tactical Squad and 3 Drop Pods alive and spread out round the board. He only had Ahriman's unit and a single spawn.
It was a fairly close game but it was very frustrating as the units were shrugging off a huge amount of firepower.
I am going to try and arrange another game soon against a different opponent but using the same list as the Fireraptor and Sicaran didn't really do much in the way of damage, I'd like to get a proper look at them again.
I enjoyed the game but definitely had to be on my toes and to be honest for such a small model count army with the right powers the Thousand Sons are so resilient.
................... ....... Next time I need strength D!

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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on March 3, 2017, 07:03:55 AM
Very cool. Lucky to play against Thousand Sons... as you know... I'm DYING to get in a game against Magnus and his lads. Wow... pretty shady dude you were playing though huh? Never quite encountered that before.... did you know this guy well? Crazy... I'm just glad you won. Good thing you brought Skyhammer... this guy deserved the Hammer!

The Fire Raptor is the business! I'm sure it'll reward you in future games. Its tricky with flyers some times. But I've seen enough bat-reps to know that thing can be blisteringly brutal.

Anyway great stuff AP. No worries on the Google-Hangout. Hopefully we'll do some more in the future too!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on March 3, 2017, 07:28:48 AM
I do know the guy pretty well and to be honest I normally refuse to play against him, he is one of those guys that really skim reads the rules and seems to read what he wants to read rather than what is actually on the page.... I only agreed to the game as I wanted to get more games in.

Please drop me a message if you are planning any more hangouts, definitely interested!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on March 8, 2017, 11:27:09 AM
Hey guys,
One little update for today.
I've been prepping for a Job Interview over the last couple of weeks (and have been acting up into a higher role as well) so I've not had a huge amount of painting/forum time!  :'(
To calm my nerves before my interview this afternoon I did do a bit of building though!
I built myself another Captain, this one called Captain Corvin and he'll be armed with the Burning Blade relic out of the Space Marine Codex:
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A Veteran Sergeant with Eviscerator for my Assault Squads
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and then a Sergeant with a Combi-Grav and a Marine with a Grav Gun. These should give me a bit of variety in weapons to use.
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Also well timed with my acceptance into the Eldar PoC I've just purchased the Triumvirate of Ynnead box! Although I probably won't really use them in game I couldn't not buy the models just to build and paint them! Not sure which one I am going to start with or even how I am going to paint them but they'll likely be the next job after I finish my Scouts/Drop Pods and another Tactical Squad!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on March 8, 2017, 02:20:25 PM
Great stuff Auric. I LOVE that captain... love the Sanguinary Priest wings and the relic blade... perfect choices. The FW upgrades really put it over the top. Fantastic! Space Marine characters are so fun to build... the Sternguard and Vanguard Vet kits are so awesome... you've really implemented them well without going to far. Love it

Good luck at your interview man. We'll be rooting for you and congrats on the forum award, you are killing it!  8) 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Alienscar on March 8, 2017, 03:00:34 PM
love the Sanguinary Priest wings and the relic blade... perfect choices. The FW upgrades really put it over the top..the Sternguard and Vanguard Vet kits are so awesome... you've really implemented them well without going to far.

I wish I had your eye for these things Cavalier it would make conversions a lot easier to appreciate. This is why I wish bloggers would list the parts that they use in their models.

Like Cavalier I like your Captain with the wings but the two Sergeants are my favourite. Their poses are simply awesome.

When you get the job you are applying for I hope it doesn't take up too much of your time.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on March 8, 2017, 03:15:48 PM
@Alienscar- Yeah... being a commission painter you get to see a LOT of kits. Plus my brother plays Revilers, so a lot of the kits AP uses I've seen a lot of too. The Sternguard/Vanguard Vet kits are legendary. I cannot believe how much stuff they give you in those kits... each one is like a mini-bits box. Their is like 5 different load outs for each guy. Its nuts
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on March 8, 2017, 03:56:00 PM
Cheers guys!
The job is a promotion from my current job, hopefully should mean slightly better hours and possibly more time for the hobby, or at least more money for new toys! haha

@Alienscar- Cav is worringly good at recognizing bits of model!
If you ever want to know what bits I have used please feel free, I always have quite a big bits box (have ordered kits before just to fill up the bits box haha)
Of those models above I used:
Captain- Vanguard Veteran Legs, Forgeworld Raven Guard Upgrade pack Chest, Shoulders and Head, Bolt pistol from the Devastator box, Sword from the Vanguard Veterans box (may have been assault marines one) and the Jump Pack was from the Sanguinary Guard box

Eviscerator Sergeant- Vanguard Veteran Legs, Chest and Jump Pack, Eviscerator from the Assault Marine Box and Head and Shoulders (haha!) from the Forgeworld Upgrade pack

Sergeant with Combi Grav- Legs, Combi Grav and Head from Devastator box, Chest and Chainsword from Assault Marines (I think.) Shoulders from Forge World

Grav Gunner- Legs and Chest from Tactical Squad box, Grav gun is just a combi grav cut down slightly, head and Backpack are from the Assault Marine box, Bolt pistol is from Vanguard Veterans box
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on March 9, 2017, 05:34:05 AM
Very nice Auric! I love the new captain, especially the Sang Guard wings, and the dude with the Eviscerator is perfect :)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Alienscar on March 9, 2017, 12:41:14 PM
Captain- Vanguard Veteran Legs, Forgeworld Raven Guard Upgrade pack Chest, Shoulders and Head, Bolt pistol from the Devastator box, Sword from the Vanguard Veterans box (may have been assault marines one) and the Jump Pack was from the Sanguinary Guard box

Eviscerator Sergeant- Vanguard Veteran Legs, Chest and Jump Pack, Eviscerator from the Assault Marine Box and Head and Shoulders (haha!) from the Forgeworld Upgrade pack

Sergeant with Combi Grav- Legs, Combi Grav and Head from Devastator box, Chest and Chainsword from Assault Marines (I think.) Shoulders from Forge World

Grav Gunner- Legs and Chest from Tactical Squad box, Grav gun is just a combi grav cut down slightly, head and Backpack are from the Assault Marine box, Bolt pistol is from Vanguard Veterans box

Wow I would never have guessed that you had used so many bits from so many different models. Thanks for the information.

I would love to see you and Yneeadwraith take part in some sort of online scrapyard challenge.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on March 10, 2017, 05:04:13 AM
Now that's an awesome idea! 40k Bitzbox Challenge :)

Get a random heap of bits (standardised so it's the same for each person) and see what each person comes up with :)

Brilliant idea for a youtube podcast methinks...
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on March 11, 2017, 04:57:33 AM
Love the work AP. Captain Corvin is brilliant. I love his pose and the bits that you've used to put him together give a really unique feel. Lovely stuff.

I like the other guys as well, just not as much as the Captain. As a side note though, how ridiculous are Eviscerators? Seriously, it'd be like me trying to swing a telephone pole at someone!

How did the interview go by the way? Find anything out yet?
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on March 15, 2017, 12:35:34 PM
Thanks guys!

@Ynnead- I absolutely love the Sanguinary Guard wings, need to get on ebay and get some more!

@Alienscar- Yeah I do have a fairly comprehensive bits box, I'll try and post up a photo at some point. I'd love to do a scrapyard challenge! That's a great idea. Could always set a theme and then let people use whatever is in their bits box to achieve it, would love to see what comes out of it!

@Looshki- Cheers bud! I don't think Captain Corvin will get a huge amount of use but I did really enjoy making the conversion. You definitely need a Space Marine's enhanced strength to be able to use an Eviscerator, that must be why they are so awesome in game!
The interview went alright thanks, I didn't get the job but have been given a Temporary promotion (and a bit more money) and have been merit listed should another one crop up!

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@Everybody-
One little update, spent the last couple of days throwing some paint on some more tactical marines. This will give me the option of using Combat Squads with Flamer, Melta, Plasma or Grav now. Got some more to make when I get some more Forgeworld shoulder pads!
(https://www.40konline.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi85.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk64%2FWewantthemustard%2F20170315_161804_zpsfhugqa7d.jpg&hash=5cb1bae8f5cd7beea34c94970bc083982434d95c)

I've also partially built and primed my Yncarne model, I have absolutely no idea how I want to paint it though! I've been doing a bit of research and can't really come up with an idea that I am completely sold on.
At the moment it's inbetween using the same method that I did for my Slaanesh Knight (The purple) or trying to paint it up to match my Corsair army (and possibly Craftworld if I expand using the same colour scheme)
Any suggestions are warmly welcomed!!
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on March 15, 2017, 12:41:47 PM
Congrats on the temporary promotion and nudging towards a real one :) it's a bit of a bummer you didn't get the job, but it seems to have had a positive effect which is great :)

'Setting a theme and making whatever we can out of our bitzbox for it' sounds like a phenomenal idea for a monthly bitzbox/scrapyard challenge :) I'd be well up for that :) I wonder how many takers we'd have...

Raven Guard's looking kickass btw :)

Alas not a clue on the Yncarne front, although it would definitely look sweet in your Corsair colours :)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on March 15, 2017, 01:43:33 PM
Super nice work as always Auric. I just love the look of your Ravenguard. The lenses... super dark green trim and purity seals just look so awesome on them. The ultra dark highlights look fantastic. As you know I'm a huge fan of your highlighting approach with these guys. Without even seeing their chapter badge you know they are Ravenguard as soon as you look at them.

Way to go having all the special weapon options painted up. I think that is a HUGE upgrade to your collection overall and really cements your dedication to the army. Nice job.

Hmmmm I think the purple on the Yncarne would look fantastic. It'd fit into your Corsairs but still stand out. I vote purple!

Also congrats on the temp. promotion. Stinks you didn't get the big one, but hey more money? Gotta be happy about that!  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on March 15, 2017, 02:12:19 PM
Really nice work on the Raven Guard AP. Totally looking forward to seeing the work that you do on the Yncarne too. Do you think you'll be using the airbrush on her/him/it, or just brush work? Either way, post when you have something!

Sorry to hear you didn't get the job, but at least you got some recognition and a bit more cash. Hopefully you'll be a shoe in for the next job that comes up.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on March 18, 2017, 04:09:26 AM
Thanks guys!
I am pretty chuffed about getting the temp promotion and being 2nd on the merit list is no issue as I will stay on it for a year, probably going to have spots open up in that time.

@Ynnead- Maybe we'll have to start something up? Maybe a theme per month and everyone builds and paints then votes at the end of the month? Would be interesting!

@Cav- Cheers bud, as always means a lot coming from you! I am starting to really get the techniques dialled in for the Raven Guard, can paint up a unit fairly quickly now.
I am leaning towards the purple for the Yncarne, tough to decide though!

@Looshkin- pretty sure it'll be a combination of Airbrush and Normal brushwork, if I go purple then it'll probably be using the same techniques that I used for the Slaaneshi Knight
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on March 20, 2017, 01:24:21 PM
Afternoon all!
Since I know you guys love a few WIP shots, I have started painting the Yncarne.....

Decided on going with the purple and blue scheme that is fairly prevalent, it does seem to work very well with the almost Slaaneshi feel of the model.

So far it's looking something like this:
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(https://www.40konline.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi85.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk64%2FWewantthemustard%2F20170320_171240_zpsth0gpfhb.jpg&hash=2a4492bc074fdb0758856cfc02ac1345e7e35d2d)

I'm not happy with the hair as it meets the models head as the drybrushing is too obvious so I am going to need to work out how to touch that up but otherwise all going good so far.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on March 20, 2017, 03:54:06 PM
That's looking amazing so far AP!. Just wow! The graduation of colour across the swirl is lovely. I really think it adds an amazing supernatural feel to the model. Brilliant colour transitions and a wonderful colour scheme.

Pat yourself on the back good Sir!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Alienscar on March 20, 2017, 05:13:05 PM
Is there any difference other than the light source between the two pictures? I ask because I really prefer the darker look of the colours in the first picture.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on March 20, 2017, 05:33:37 PM
@Looshkin- Cheers bud, I wanted to do it a little different so went for the multi-coloured swirls rather than just many shades of one colour.

@Alienscar- The first photo was taken outside in natural light and the second one was taken with a normal desk lamp. I agree that it looks better in natural light.

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So also not so much WIP, I've been a tad more productive than I expected......
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(https://www.40konline.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi85.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk64%2FWewantthemustard%2FDSC_1247_zpsnreqncmp.jpg&hash=4eeddb4d5ae3e169b71e7346d6ef5cdcb9f15e7c)
(https://www.40konline.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi85.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk64%2FWewantthemustard%2FDSC_1252_zpszxdijccd.jpg&hash=5e6989b3e47f0313f8806eb0cf8549d1994ad8c0)

Link to larger size image as for some reason the forum won't let me expand them (http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k64/Wewantthemustard/DSC_1247_zpsnreqncmp.jpg)

Got a few little bits to tidy up and that I might want to change but it's near enough finished!  ;D
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on March 20, 2017, 05:49:53 PM
Stunning. That is all.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Alienscar on March 20, 2017, 05:57:41 PM
Agreed, stunning sums this up very nicely.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on March 20, 2017, 06:08:03 PM
Damn that looks good, and I'm someone who doesn't really like the official scheme (less the Slaaneshi purple as I think that's a neat fluff reference, but that the whole thing look busy).

I think the fact that you've made it quite a bit darker than the AoS-neon of the official scheme is really nice :) plus, the way it's got the purple interspersed in with the bluee makes the whole thing look more cohesive rather than just 'here's a guy surrounded by blue gak'. It actually looks like one could be made out of the other :)

Well done!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Dread on March 21, 2017, 12:12:59 AM
Looking good so far can't wait to see the finished product.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on March 21, 2017, 07:01:18 AM
Wow... looking awesome AP! I love the color scheme... the patterning of the colors really makes it look like its coalescing or materializing in realspace. Fantastic job!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: dog_of_war on March 21, 2017, 08:01:51 AM
Looking superb! Love the colour choices. I was also wondering about the colour change in the first two photos, as I totally thought the paint scheme changed. Just goes to show you how much lighting can mess around with a photo.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: magenb on March 21, 2017, 03:54:01 PM
very nice, but the blade is stunning.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 7, 2017, 07:49:16 AM
Thanks for all the comments guys!
I really enjoyed painting the Yncarne, it's a very nice if slightly fiddly model!

I feel bad for not providing much of an update recently although if I am honest I've not really done much painting or building recently. I think a lot of the rumours for 8th have got me very wary in buying/building anything atm.
I have been painting up some of my old Wraithguard though so here is a WIP shot from my D-Scythe unit that I've been working on this morning.

(https://www.40konline.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi85.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk64%2FWewantthemustard%2F20170407_124407_zpspsa0zt6z.jpg&hash=96b0ba04defc0774c0d081aaf5a6c2298be43cc8)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on April 8, 2017, 07:19:17 AM
WOW! Incredible paint job Ynnead. I totally love it... So freaking ghostly... Totally captures the haunting ethereal, space wandering vibe of the Craftworld.... Totally love it man. I wouldn't change anything. Nailed it 100%

Also I hear you on buying new units... I'm pretty sure Chaos is gonna kick off 8th edition with some new CSM's and Berserkers... so I'm holding off for now too.

Just gonna finish what I Have and see what the new edition brings...

Anyway great work on the Wraithguard man. They look sick
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann\'s Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on April 8, 2017, 10:03:54 AM
They all look Micky Mouse, Aurics Pride. For a beginner on the airbrush, mate, you wield it extremely well. Your colour choices are spot on. Looking forward to seeing the squadrons completed and on display. Are you using the same colours for the aspects and such or sticking to their original scheme?

Looked into the Corsairs a few years ago, but figured I could buy more craftworld Eldar with the money that would be spent on the Corsair up grade packs. Can't deny though they are amazing looking models and you and Cavalier do them justice... See you in the threads, pointy ears! 

Post Merge: April  8, 2017, 10:11:26 AM
In the future, please use the modify button. Double posting is against the forum rules, and for that reason, the system merged your posts.

The last post was written only after looking at the first page. Then noticed there were more. Wow! they look magic all together.   
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 10, 2017, 02:44:01 PM
Thanks guys! Got a bit more work to do on them but they were shelved temporarily while I spent most of the day doing this:

(https://www.40konline.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi85.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk64%2FWewantthemustard%2F20170410_190030_zpsmpmbcmnb.jpg&hash=db965ea6dfdaebaf2ffbc88fce3a0d55fc5101b5)

So I wanted a bit less of a Dark Eldar feel to my Visarch, I think I managed to achieve this with a really simple head swap (From the Guardian sprue).
I did however make a silly mistake..... The two things that I really can't do when painting is painting white and painting cloaks...... So why I decided to do a white cloak I have no idea!!
Also tried out a new technique on the sword using the airbrush, I think it went fairly well although the picture doesn't really show it all that well.
Apologies for the mobile phone picture, my Camera is unavailable at the moment.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on April 11, 2017, 09:32:18 AM
Fantastic work dude :) i really love the wraithguard, and congrats on finding a really nice use for that Guardian head! I've never liked it so i've got boatloads of them, but it really works with black hair on the Visarch :)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on April 11, 2017, 01:11:25 PM
Wow! I LOVE what you did here AP. Killer, killer paint job and I love the simple little kitbash. In fact you beat me to it! I wanted to do the same thing, but give him longer hair. Wow.. soooo nice man. Really enthused to see you painting Eldar again. Good prep for 8th edition I'd say! Fantastic stuff AP. Just killed it with the paint job, the red sword, the white cloak and the black hair are all standout details. Perfect execution. I demand more Eldar NOW!!!  ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on April 11, 2017, 02:04:57 PM
I think the paint work is brilliant AP. The armour looks superb, the cloak (whatever you may think) is well executed and I'm a big fan of the sword as well.

Overall, the balance of the model is terrific. The colour palette is well balanced; I love the counterpoint of the red sword and Soul Stones contrasting with the cool armour and cloak tones. Just really well executed.

I am, however, unsure about the head. It may just be that I really like the Visarch head. I'm normally all for head swaps to add character to an army. In this case however, I don't think that the model screams 'Visarch, protecter of Yvraine, sword of Ynnead.' I think it just takes it a little down the road of 'Gary, Collector of Vintage Maps, Part time Barrista at Costa'...maybe I just hate that particular head. I dunno. For me, I'm just not sure it works.

But that said, it's still a terrific model and (I don't think I've seen enough of your Eldar army to make this judgement) it probably fits the aesthetic of your Eldar perfectly.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 11, 2017, 04:34:51 PM
Cheers guys!

Ynnead- Yeah I'm not the biggest fan but there are so few decent un-helmeted Eldar heads available!

Cav- Cheers bud, as always you have inspired it somewhat! I did have a good look through my bitz box but this one was the best one, I did toy with a bit of greenstuff work but figured I probably won't use this model so much so less important! You may well get some more Eldar, I am however in such a "New army" mood at the moment.....

Loosh- Cheers bud! To be honest I agree a little on the head, it's certainly not my favourite but I wanted the model to fit in with my Corsairs and none of my Corsair models are particularly Dark Eldar looking. It's certainly not the best head available but there aren't many Eldar ones to choose from at the moment  :(
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: magenb on April 11, 2017, 05:05:14 PM

So I wanted a bit less of a Dark Eldar feel to my Visarch, I think I managed to achieve this with a really simple head swap (From the Guardian sprue).
I did however make a silly mistake..... The two things that I really can't do when painting is painting white and painting cloaks...... So why I decided to do a white cloak I have no idea!!


nah it looks great. The lighter blue for the highlight was a good move too, nice work on the sword as well.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on April 11, 2017, 07:07:19 PM
looks Micky Mouse to me, Aurics Pride. We are our own worst critiques. I agree with you and the others; there's no real decent Eldar heads. All mine ware their helmets just for that reason. The painting of the sword is just magic and the piece ties in with your army perfectly. Thank you for sharing, mate. All you fellas inspire a bloke to keep painting, (Have Dory from Finding Nemo in my head,"Just keep painting, just keep painting)... Cheers pointy ears!   
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on April 12, 2017, 06:48:28 AM
I personally love that head choice. I love the sculpting on the face and its real easy to sculpt on some longer locks of hair, or just paint it various colors to get a different look. to me it always has felt really noble... Had to jump in there and defend the choice. Corsair bros style!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on April 12, 2017, 09:03:21 AM
Yeah i'll defend it too. Usually i have a strong dislike for that head (it's not gritty enough for my vision of 40k), but in this instance it works nicely :)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Dread on April 12, 2017, 11:39:41 PM
Usually I prefer the helmets but I really like how this one turned out, 2 thumbs up!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 13, 2017, 06:48:20 AM
Thanks for the kind words guys! As always if I'm not sure about something I always want to run it past you lot!

So I've got my Camera back and have been taking a few shots, firstly I got a couple of better shots of the Visarch, hopefully this shows the effect on the sword a bit better and shows better the contrast in the colours on the model. I'm not sure what it is but there is something sinister about the way the model is posed.
(https://www.40konline.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi85.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk64%2FWewantthemustard%2FDSC_1260_zpshbq7wdzk.jpg&hash=1094cc958f79c4f5d681e987002c503023dacc0c)
(https://www.40konline.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi85.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk64%2FWewantthemustard%2FDSC_1261_zpsbm5z363s.jpg&hash=7f55d9baec7d88fbbeac92aec253b0e250fd5669)

I also got a shot of him with my newly finished Wraithguard.....
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These guys were my first real foray into using OSL effects and I'm pretty happy with how it's come out so far. I'm not much of a fan of the light bouncing back onto the body of the model but when nice and simple like this I really like the effect.
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Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on April 13, 2017, 07:10:26 AM
WOW! This is sickening! Absolutley brilliant, beautiful paint jobs. I can't believe how SICK that Wraithguard came out. Those edge highlights tho... Did you paint the shine on their helmets too? The gradient, the edge highlights, the color choices (the red cable is SOOO old school, such a nice touch on a modern paint job) just superb! One of my favorite units you've ever done... maybe my most favorite. The Visarch looks SO badass with these dudes... actually thats a really nice pairing in games... Get him that increased toughness, fearless etc. Autarch Soulshrive+WWP Agonizer Archon+Wraithguard was my 6th edition jam....

Anyway sick paint job man. Really nailed it... congrats bro on finishing such a legendary unit
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on April 13, 2017, 08:51:32 AM
I am not a fan of the Visarch model at all (note I'm referring to the original model, not your conversion work).  It looks like a High Elf noble who has been exposed to (Chaos) Space Marine gene seed, with mutagen added for good measure.   I am very much a fan, however, of your paint work on that model and the Wraithguard.  The Visarch's crimson sword is particularly well done in my opinion, while the Wraithguard look so sleek and ghostly.  The Wraithguard heads, in particular, are amazing.  Incredibly good work all round :).
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: dog_of_war on April 13, 2017, 09:10:35 AM
Such incredible work! I'm just in awe of your highlighting, especially your object source lighting. Simply masterful.

Keep them coming. I'd love for you to post a tutorial on some of your air brushing techniques.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 13, 2017, 06:22:52 PM
Thanks guys!

@Cav- I suspected you'd like these guys! My plan is to use the Visarch model as an Archon with Webway portal. Join him in the unit, that way I get more use out of the model!

@Irisado- Thanks Iri, to be honest I wasn't a huge fan of it either. It is a bit better when you get it in your hands though. Thanks for the kind words on the painting, I tried a couple of new techniques which have seemed to work well  8)

@Dog of War- Cheers bud, to be honest when using a brush my highlighting is probably the weak point of my painting, never really been able to get the hang of freehand highlighting.
Are there any techniques in particular? More than happy to run some tutorials, been thinking of what to do for further articles!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on April 13, 2017, 07:02:18 PM
Niiiiice! Times my last comments on these boys by ten. Amazing painting and photography. Nice choice with the black background too, Auric. Yo must be very proud.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on April 14, 2017, 08:11:45 AM
Wowzers AP. Tremendous work! The new photos really do help to highlight the sword effect - it's really well finished and I'm very jealous that you've achieved something so good!

The Wraithguard are just next level awesome sauce. The finish is so clean, and the airbrushing is top shelf. Awesome highlights on top of that...and then you go and throw in some frankly stunning OSL? Hands down, this is your best work to date. I think anyone would be proud to have that unit in their army.

Amazing.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on April 14, 2017, 10:46:50 AM
Wow those guys look good :) they really seem to glow against the black background
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: magenb on April 15, 2017, 07:06:14 AM
the black back ground make them really pop. The sword just looks amazing with it.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on August 29, 2017, 05:36:06 AM
Hey Guys!
So I've been away for a while, the changes to 8th edition really killed my momentum and a lot of my desire to play. I really don't get on with AoS and I was just finding 8th edition to be way too close to it in playstyle. I have started to come around to it as unfortunately I don't have much choice!
Over the last couple of weeks I have decided on a new project (Cav inspired) and started work by re-purposing an old Inquisitorial Land Raider to suit new purposes!
More has been purchased and quite a lot more is on the way, got a tournament in November that I am hoping to put together 2000pts of these guys for, need a lot of practice first though!
With no further ado, here is my new Emperor's Children Land Raider! On this model I attempted my first real try at freehand iconography and an attempt at OSL for headlights (not sure how I feel about it though)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4385/36718294052_e45f5946a1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XWERzo)DSC_2907 (https://flic.kr/p/XWERzo) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4353/36718294302_1fe94123a1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XWERDG)DSC_2900 (https://flic.kr/p/XWERDG) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4400/36718294852_74276b146f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XWERPb)DSC_2895 (https://flic.kr/p/XWERPb) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4431/36718294542_b153d1b4dc_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XWERHQ)DSC_2897 (https://flic.kr/p/XWERHQ) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on August 29, 2017, 05:59:09 AM
That's fantastic work.  The shades of purple are excellent and the gold is a superb contrast.  It's going to look great on the table.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on August 29, 2017, 08:11:03 AM
Hey AP! Like I said on my own p-log so glad to see you back on the boards my friend. I love this Land Raider... the conversions, the colors and the free hand is insane! Did you hand paint the Emperor's Children legion badge? If so thats insane work... soooo nice.

As for 8th edition I've found its really grown on me the more I played. I hope it grows on you too. Really looking forward to updates again from you my friend, its been too long. Keep us posted and share your thoughts going forward. Hobby on good sir and good luck!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: dog_of_war on August 29, 2017, 08:14:45 AM
Looking great AP. Nice to see some Slaanesh love on the boards. Always an underrated chaos god. I'm really digging the warp effects you've done where the daemonettes are coming out of the raider.

I can't wait to see what you do with the rest of the army.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on August 29, 2017, 09:15:35 AM
Cheers guys!

@Irisado- Thanks bud, a lot of people were very complimentary on the purple when I used it on my Knight so stuck to a similar recipe!

@Cav- Cheers bud, it's good to be back! I've got a game organised for this Thursday so hopefully I can start getting back into the swing of things again. Yeah the Emperor's Children Logo was painted freehand, definitely something I want to work on more in the future.

@Dog_of_war- Thanks! I love Slaanesh, by far my favourite of the chaos gods, just so much more characterful! I have some fairly big plans coming up for the rest of the army, got Approx £300 worth of Forgeworld stuff on it's way and just started building a couple of non-forgeworld items.  8)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on August 30, 2017, 01:39:16 AM
AP! Thank beslubber you're back! I was as genuinely worried about you as I have ever been for someone on an Internet forum (In case you were wondering, the other guy was in his 70s and died from Cancer...so to see you back is something of a massive relief!).

What a way to come back as well! That Land Raider is helluva cool! The purples are really nice. Nice and deep. The Gold is excellent too.

The freehand is brilliant as well. Your first time at freehand? You can't tell, it's great...to the point where I had to re-read your post 3 times to make sure it was freehand and not a painted over transfer.

As for the OSL. The principle looks solid and well executed...but I'm just wondering whether the colour is a little too strong or the shade too deep. I think something looks ever so slightly off, but can't tell what from the photos. That said, I'm a complete OSL noob so I have nothing else to offer on the subject I'm afraid.  ???

All in all, I'm glad you're back and I'm really impressed that you're leaping in with both feet into a system that you're not totally sold on. I hope that your mojo is well and truly restored. Great work AP, well done!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on August 30, 2017, 06:28:48 PM
Good to have you back! ;)

If that was my first attempt at freehand I'd be dead pleased :) also, love the daemonette portal out of the access hatch, and again props for picking Slaanesh. Agreed that She is by far the most compelling of the Gods...
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 2, 2017, 04:18:48 AM
Cheers guys!

@Loosh- Thankyou, always nice to know you were missed! Haha. Thanks for the kind words on the Land Raider, yeah that was my first real attempt at freehand, I've done some shoulder pads before but nothing anywhere near as intricate, really happy with how it came out.
I think you may be right with the OSL, I think the colour is too 'solid'. Needs to be more translucent.

@Ynnaed- Cheers bud, the daemonette portal I had planned for a while on the vehicle but came out a bit better than I expected. I was trying to go for more Daemonic than Chaotic, I want these guys to represent the Emperor's Children in the very late days of the Heresy (Hence the original colouring)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on September 2, 2017, 05:15:20 AM
Yeah it's worked really nicely :)

I've always been a fan of doing Traitor Legions in Heresy-era colours (or at least homages to them). Struck me as odd that the first thing they did after fleeing the Siege of Terra was find a daemon planet consisting entirely of Citadel paint pots and sit down for a good old painting session ;) always found that hard to square with my realism drive...

I've found explanations for Death Guard (the change from tan to green is less paint and more a thick covering of mold and grime that grew all over them, impossible to remove) and World Eaters (it's not paint, it's layers and layers of blood that have turned their white armour red). Black Legion i can see repainting to overcome their shame and grief at Horus being defeated. The rest i haven't come up with a decent explanation yet!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on September 2, 2017, 06:20:25 AM
G'day Aurics pride!
What a beast. The detailing and the painting are both superb. The daemon exiting the portal could not have been easy. The purple and gold are a perfect match also. Good call and you're freehand? Niiiiice!

Looking forward to hearing the results of your up coming match, mate. Good paint work is always intimidating on the table... Pointy ears forever!!
 
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 3, 2017, 04:19:33 PM
Hey Guys,
So I have had my first game of 8th edition!
It didn't go entirely to plan, some dodgy dice and some not so great list building choices set me back a bit!
My list was:

Daemon Prince With Wings- Mark of Slaanesh, Hellforged Sword
Sorceror- Jump Pack, Plasma Pistol
10 Noise Marines- 2x Blastmasters, 7x Sonic Blasters, Icon of Excess, Champion with Sonic blaster, Power Sword and Doom Siren
10 Noise Marines- 2x Blastmasters, 7x Sonic Blasters, Icon of Excess, Champion with Sonic blaster, Power Sword and Doom Siren
10x Daemonettes
2x Rhinos
Helldrake- Baleflamer
5x Warp Talons
5x Raptors- 1 Plasma Gun, Champion with Lightning Claws

His Drukhari list was:
Drazhar
Archon
Incubi in a Raider
10 Kabalites in a Raider
10 Kabalites in a Raider
10 Kabalites in a Raider
Beastmaster with 5 Beasts
Reaper
Voidraven Bomber

He finished his drops before I did so had first turn and I failed to seize the initiative.

1st Turn
He advances with everything, throws Dark Lance shots from all of the Raiders and shots from the Reaper at the Hellturkey and Rhino, takes 4 wounds of a Rhino and a single wound off of the Helldrake. 10 of his Kabalites then open fire at the Helldrake and take 3 wounds off it! (3x failed 3+ saves!) Kills all bar one of the Daemonettes
My Helldrake then advances with my Daemon Prince and one Squad of Noise marines gets out of it's Rhino. Warp Talons and Raptors deep strike behind enemy lines. Sorceror casts Warp time on the Talons and the Raptors drop a couple of wounds off the Reaper (plasma gun didn't get hot....Woooo!). Daemon Prince charges the Incubi and massively whiffs, the Incubi, Drazhar and Archon take him down to 1 wound! Helldrake fails a 5" charge on the Void Raven and takes another wound to overwatch. Noise Marines take a few wounds off a couple of Raiders but fail to destroy any. Warp Talons also pop a couple of wounds off a raider but he passes 3 out of 4 6+ Saves!

2nd Turn
Drazhar & Co are locked up with the Daemon prince so can't move, Raiders push forwards as does the Reaper. Beastmaster and Beasts move to engage the Warp Talons. Void Raven flies over the Noise Marine squad and drops it's bomb....... 8 Mortal wounds and 8 dead Noise Marines who then shoot it out of the air!. Reaper then shoots the Hellturkey and blows it up, the explosion then deals 2x Mortal Wounds to the Archon, 1x Mortal Wound to Drazhar and kills the Daemon Prince! Beastmaster loses all bar one of his beasts to the Warp Talons and takes 2 wounds himself.
My sorcerer jumps up to join the Warp Talons and Raptors move to engage the Incubi. Remaining Noise Marine squad jumps out and using the double shooting stratagem they still fail to destroy any raiders..... The sorcerer uses Smite to kill off the Beastmaster (rolling an 11). Warp Talons shred the last beast.
3rd Turn
Drazhar, the Incubi and Archon move to charge the Raptors in his deployment zone, Raiders advance on my last Noise Marine Squad. The Raiders and Reaper finally destroy one of the Rhinos and I had to use a command point to stop it from exploding. Drazhar and Incubi assault the Raptors but the Archon fails. Between Drazhar and the incubi they kill 3 Raptors but I pass my morale.
The Warp Talons surround the Archon and the Sorceror jumps towards Drazhar. My remaining Noise Marine squad takes some shots and finally downs a Raider killing a few of the Kabalites as well. Sorceror uses smite and I rolled a 5 and a 2. Seeing a chance of downing Drazhar and getting Warlord I used a command point and got myself a 6! 4 Mortal wounds follow and the warlord is dead..... The sorcerer charges the Incubi and loses 2 wounds! Raptors take out one leaving the Klaivex and one other. Warp Talons take a couple of wounds off the Archon, my opponent failed his very first Shadowfield save but command pointed it, failed another shortly after but it was enough to keep him alive.
Turn 4
Not much left on the table at this point! The Kabalites, Reaper and Raiders shred most of the remaining Noise Marines a failed Morale check wipes out the last remnants of the squad. Warp Talons finish off the Archon and the Sorceror dies to the Klaivex! Raptors finish off the Incubi and advance.
Turn 5
At this point there is only 1 Raider, 10 Kabalites and a Reaper left on my opponents side and just the Warp Talons, Raptors and a heavily damaged Rhino on mine. The Rhino gets finished off and the Warp Talons manage to pass 3 out of 3 5+ Invulnerable saves from the Reaper.
The Raptors advance towards the Reaper and manage to take two wounds off with a bolt pistol and a grenade! Warp Talons jump onto the remaining Raider and tear it apart.

The game then finished and my opponent took the victory by 13 points to 11.
Very little was left on the board at the end of the game and there were some major learning points!


It wasn't the best first game of 8th but at the moment gonna use it as a learning experience.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on September 3, 2017, 07:26:13 PM
You did well, Aurics Pride!
You still had models on the table at the end of the game. Have only had two games of 8th so far and have been routed both times. As long as we learn from our losses, as you say.

In 7th, my Eldar lost the first eight games till the fine tuning had been done. They were undefeated for the rest of the edition after that.

Thanks for the heads up about the DE. Have been on the fence with including them in the pointy ears ranks.Your report has won me over. Keep on gaming, Auric. Am sure with the right tweaking you'll come up with the winning formula... Be well!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on September 4, 2017, 07:42:12 AM
Niiiiiice. Great bat-rep AP. So glad to see you throwing down on the tabletop again. Sounds like a great game. Yeah DE are no joke anymore. They are a lot more resilient and their standard tools like the Dark Lance are fantastic now. Yeah AT is a huge deal in the game now. Lascannons are ace. I like your list a lot though. Great mix of shooting and assault. I wouldn't give up on the Helldrake yet though. Its really a super fast assault unit now with good shooting... as opposed to the aerial flame train it used to be. I still like them though. Anyway fantastic stuff bud keep it up! Can't wait to see more models too
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on September 4, 2017, 08:00:23 PM
Nice batrep and great learning from it by the sounds of things :) although by the sounds of things quite a significant proportion of your army didn't even get a look in so it's hard to say what they're capable of...
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 5, 2017, 09:08:42 AM
Thanks for the kind words guys!
I have a good idea of how I want the army to play but it's just getting it optimised. I should hopefully have another report again in a week or so and will try and provide some pictures this time!

So I'm not normally one for work in progress photos but I've always dropped a couple of hints in the battle report and I am guessing that they are going to take some time to complete so here we are.........

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4362/36235510563_93f3b66734_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Xd1sS8)20170905_140124 (https://flic.kr/p/Xd1sS8) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4353/36872294572_ef95f07996_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Ybh9yL)20170905_140230 (https://flic.kr/p/Ybh9yL) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr

Absolutely love these models although they certainly aren't the easiest to paint! so far I've airbrushed the base colour onto them and am just starting with the details on the first. Really looking forward to getting them finished and on the table!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on September 5, 2017, 01:45:46 PM
WOW! They look awesome AP. Those colors are just so awesome looking. I really dig the purple fade too. So striking... I love the Helldrake model so glad you doubled down. Off to a great start. Can't wait to see them finished bud. Keep rocking!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on September 6, 2017, 06:29:45 AM
Niiiiice!
That blending is Micky Mouse, mate. People think because a model is airbrushed, that the blending is easy. Easier, but definitely not easy. If this is just the base coat, then I can't wait to see the final product. Hats off, Aurics Pride... Be well!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: dog_of_war on September 6, 2017, 08:16:16 AM
Outstanding work. I love the colour scheme you chose. It's actually the exact same scheme I'm doing my dark kin in and I hope I can do the scheme justice. I'm also truly impressed with your air brush technique. As Sain-dann stated, your blending is fantastic.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on September 6, 2017, 11:57:55 AM
Man these are sweet! Can only echo what everyone else has said about the quality of the blend :)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on September 9, 2017, 08:09:49 AM
Dear Auric's Pride,

Please come round to my house and do all my airbrushing for me.

Yours,

Everyone on 40konline



p.s Serious offer. I have beer and cake.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on September 11, 2017, 10:46:20 AM
I have beer and cake also, and a Raider i'm (not) painting with detail brushes...
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 11, 2017, 02:05:20 PM
Thanks for the kind words guys! To be honest my airbrush technique really is nothing special, compared to some of the guys out there I am very much a toddler learning to walk! It is much appreciated though!

@Cav- Thanks bud, I really love the Heldrake model and I think that they just look better in pairs! I feel like they fit the Emperor's children's tactics quite well, very shock and awe!

@Saim Dann- Thankyou! To be honest I probably rely on my airbrush a bit much but it does allow you to get a great finish much easier than with a brush!

@Dog Of War- Cheers bud, I have to be honest I love a bit of purple! I would love to see your Drukhari in this colour scheme, I've thought before that it would work well.

@Ynnead- Cheers bud, much appreciated!

@Looshkin- I don't drink but if you have cake then I am in!

To be honest the work that I do with an airbrush is really nothing special but I am happy to post up a bit of a guide next time I do a large model if people want?



@Everybody
Because you have all been so complimentary here is a little present, I had to take a bit of a break from painting the Heldrakes as all the silver piping is really quite mentally tiring!
In my break time I painted up some Warp Talons, they need a bit more detail work and I need to paint up the basing but here is a little work in progress shot of them.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4337/36356457533_2685ff0f8c_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XoGmbH)DSC_2929 (https://flic.kr/p/XoGmbH) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4436/36356457183_daec266715_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XoGm5F)DSC_2932 (https://flic.kr/p/XoGm5F) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4354/36981201776_45b8858959_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YkUjTb)DSC_2933 (https://flic.kr/p/YkUjTb) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr

Hope you enjoy!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on September 11, 2017, 04:49:46 PM
Good lord! These are amazing! Are you trying to challenge me for Warp Talon supremacy!??!?! lol All joking aside these came out sooo nice AP. The claws are incredible. Bro if we are ever in the same general area we'd have to throw down World Eaters vs. Emperor's Children just to have our Warp Talons claw each others faces off. Absolutley sick dude. Keep on rocking! So glad to have you back on the boards!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on September 12, 2017, 07:02:25 PM
Master class, Auric!
The splattered effect on the talons is unique and so nice. Pull the lever back to let the paint through first, then press down for the air? They are going to look amazing when they're finished... Pointy ears forever!!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 13, 2017, 03:17:00 PM
Thanks guys!

@Cav- Cheers bro, as always your kind words mean a lot! Funnily enough I did have that thought when reading through the new Lucius book and there is a section where the Emperor's Children are fighting against some World Eaters and your World Eaters were the first that came to my mind! Shame you are on the wrong continent, that would be ace!

@Saim-Dann- I've got to be honest, I'd love to claim credit but that splattered effect is what you get when you don't clean your airbrush correctly and the needle gets clogged! I don't think I thinned my paint down correctly when doing the blue and unfortunately it ended up like that! I thought I'd just own it and stick with it but I don't really like it so I am thinking that I may just respray them when I get some time, saying that...... You can barely see it in the flesh, it's only under the light of a flash bulb that it's so obvious! haha

Unfortunately I am expecting to have a really busy next few days so the updates are going to be at a minimum, I really want to get these bits completed by the end of the month for when I am expecting to get my big Forgeworld order!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on September 13, 2017, 05:30:47 PM
Hi, Aurics Pride!
I think the splattered effect looks mean as. Find a race in the 40K universe that has blue blood and glue some of their body parts onto the bases. Even if it was an accident, mate, now you know how to create that effect if needed. Bricks, blood splattered walls and white paint onto a black surface for that star clustered space look... Be well!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on September 14, 2017, 07:57:26 AM
I am on the wrong dang continent. I'd love to make the sacred journey to mother Europe sometime in the future. If I do you can be sure I'll hit you up
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 14, 2017, 12:55:24 PM
I am on the wrong dang continent. I'd love to make the sacred journey to mother Europe sometime in the future. If I do you can be sure I'll hit you up

Cav, if you ever manage to get over here I'll book us a table at Warhammer world! Make it a truly epic game!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 21, 2017, 07:56:29 AM
Hey Guys!
So I finally got some new photography toys so have been able to get a few proper photos again.
Here is my finished Warp Talons:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4393/37222724321_b7f3e414a1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YHfc7Z)DSC_3233 (https://flic.kr/p/YHfc7Z) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4393/37222723921_c8026460f6_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YHfc16)DSC_3234 (https://flic.kr/p/YHfc16) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
I'm still not happy with the paint splatter on the claws but I have decided to leave it for the moment as it'll take some work to re-do them and I have just had notification of a large quantity of toys inbound that I am going to be needing to convert and paint!  ;D
I've also done a test model for a standard Chaos Marine (and a bit more airbrush practice)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4432/37222723611_b43f4d8e61_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YHfbUK)DSC_3252 (https://flic.kr/p/YHfbUK) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4392/37222723421_483b1a13ec_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YHfbRt)DSC_3253 (https://flic.kr/p/YHfbRt) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr

I am hoping for some pretty big updates over the course of the next few weeks as long as I am able to get some painting done! Hopefully will try and get a few more games in, will need the practice ready for the tournament in November which I think I am going to be taking my Emperor's Children for!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: dog_of_war on September 21, 2017, 08:27:40 AM
Nice work. I love the skull over the gun barrel. Are you planning on taking the gold over to the backpack as well? I think it would help make the model more cohesive.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on September 21, 2017, 12:46:10 PM
Yeah these guys are a great foil to Cav's World Eaters :) really nice work!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on September 21, 2017, 01:57:32 PM
Fantastic stuff my friend. I just love the look of these dudes. I love all your color choices my friend. The test-Marine is look great too. My only advice would be to give a dry brush over the hair to knock the color up again. I'm working on purple hair on my Ynnari commission at the moment and I think it really helps. (though maybe you did and its just not showing in the photo). Also the photo setup is SICK too. Love the ruins and the black background. KILLER! Your posts are killing it at the moment brother. Keep rocking!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 24, 2017, 05:39:48 AM
Cheers guys!
@Dog_Of_War- Cheers bud, the model is from my old Iron Warriors army and the Melta Gun was one of the bits from their upgrade kit. I'm not sure on the Backpack at the moment, For most of the Noise Marines I am going to be using the Kakophani from Forgeworld so not the Chaos Backpacks. Once I have the Kakophani built I am probably going to do a test and see what I think.

@Ynnead- Cheers bud, I wanted to try and get them pretty different to Cav's guys. Hopefully one day we can get a picture of them together!

@Cav- Thanks bud, as always your comments mean a lot! I think going a bit brighter on the hair is a good idea, I used a similar technique and colours to what I have used for the Daemonettes and the tentacles etc on my Knight/Land Raider.

@Everybody
I was going to provide a Bat-rep for my most recent Emperor's Children test game but to be honest it was an absolute slaughter so it wouldn't have made for great reading. I faced off against a mostly Primaris marine army and only lost a Daemon Prince, 5x Warp Talons and a handful of Cultists out of my 2000pt list...... I tabled my opponent. Twin Heldrakes did a huge amount of work and the Noise Marines managed to do a decent amount of damage this time. I kept Lucius with my Noise Marine units and that re-rolling 1s makes such a huge difference.

I have received my Kakophani now so will be building and converting these guys over the next couple of weeks. I will of course be providing some WIP updates as I go through them.

I also bought something that I've wanted to paint for quite some time. It won't be used for gaming purposes but mainly as a challenge for my painting abilities and something to sit on my shelf!
I thought that rather than doing a full WIP for it I'd suggest a little game.........

Everytime I post an update for my other stuff I will post up a sneak peak (like the GW rumour mill) and everyone commenting on the post gets a single guess as to what it is, if anyone gets it right then I will start doing a full WIP for it following that post......
Here is the first one:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4348/36611466393_5192d0cb60_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XMekrc)20170924_103800 (https://flic.kr/p/XMekrc) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(I didn't say that they'd be easy......)

Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on September 24, 2017, 07:54:09 AM
Great work AP! Loving those Warp Talons and it seems you're putting together a very impressive Emperor's Children force. I would, however, agree with Cav that in 1 or 2 places, such as the hair, an extra highlight would do wonders for the model.

Also, it's Fulgrim. Give me my WiPs!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on September 24, 2017, 08:14:11 AM
G'day Auric!
A very well hung marine.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on September 24, 2017, 08:39:47 AM
Awwww yeah. Nice victor AP. A slaughter is always good to add to your list of wins. Glad the Helldrakes pulled their weight. Was it in combat or with shooting? Anyway congrats my man! As for the sneak peak... I shall remain silent! But make sure to keep us posted!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 24, 2017, 09:20:24 AM
Haha I definitely thought it would last longer than that!
Nicely done Loosh, I've gotta ask.... How did you guess it from just that?!?!

@Cav- It was both shooting and combat to be honest, they didn't do huge damage (not like they used to) but I think he was just so worried about them that he poured a lot of fire into them. They did manage to take out a unit of Lascannon centurions on the first turn though which was pretty clutch.

Well since Loosh has managed to guess it first guess here he is (in all his currently headless glory)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4382/37426617545_b9f4dd79c2_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Z2gctp)2017-09-24_02-15-32 (https://flic.kr/p/Z2gctp) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
I am going to take my time on this model (for once....) and will be painting up inbetween doing my Noise Marines ready for the tournament in November.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on September 24, 2017, 09:29:25 AM
Sorry to spoil the fun AP, but I'm too stoked to see some work on this guy! It's a terrific model and I'm sure you'll do it justice.

As for how I guessed...well you're on a massive Slaanesh bent at the moment, there are marine legs on the base and I figured that if you were only painting it for display purposes and not gaming...well, the Horus Heresy character range is about the most display-worthy set of pieces that I've seen. It genuinely took only about 5 seconds of joining the dots mentally and then 15 seconds to check my working over on the Forge World site!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Orange on September 26, 2017, 04:06:03 AM
Really nice work, I never really thought of purple and blue as a colour combination, but it works really well. I'm looking forward to seeing the big guy painted.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on October 2, 2017, 12:26:27 PM
Haha fair play Loosh, I guess it wasn't too much of a shocking choice!

Thanks Orange, I did it as a bit of a test and wasn't sure at first but once I had finished I was a much bigger fan.


@Everybody-
A bit more of an update for today. I have finished my Helturkeys, there may be a couple of little touch ups if I decide to but currently happy with sticking these down on the table.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4513/37197875530_253b8f9472_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YF3Qry)DSC_4059 (https://flic.kr/p/YF3Qry) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr

I also painted up Lucius The Eternal today (did some intensive painting on this guy!)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4410/37455532371_60042194cf_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Z4PoQT)DSC_4063 (https://flic.kr/p/Z4PoQT) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4441/37197875210_2fdab5d2e2_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YF3Qm3)DSC_4064 (https://flic.kr/p/YF3Qm3) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr

And made a start on Fulgrim! as you can see I've attempted some Zenithal highlighting on this model, It's what I have been doing on my recent infantry but hoping for a bit more of a stark contrast.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4505/37197875080_efdcc80430_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YF3QiN)DSC_4066 (https://flic.kr/p/YF3QiN) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4460/37197874800_3e7b29bf19_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YF3QdY)DSC_4067 (https://flic.kr/p/YF3QdY) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr

For future plans I have received the bulk of my conversion pieces for my Noise Marines but unfortunately there was a mistake with my order and I am missing a couple of very important pieces! Work has been delayed on these but in the mean time I will be painting up Fulgrim and also hopefully making a start on some Obliterator conversions using a box of Primaris Aggressors that I picked up last week!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on October 2, 2017, 02:44:15 PM
Looking super awesome AP. Those Helldrakes are a thing of beauty. The silver trim was the CLUTCH choice. Really gives them a majestic look and those blue tongues... love it! Lucius is look phenomenal too, at least as far as the model goes. You really did upgrade the look of it to a huge extent. With that paint job its definitley worthy visually to be leading the force. Also Fulgrim is off to a very good start. Can't wait to see the finished product my friend. You are killing this project thus far. Keep it up bud you are doing great!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Orange on October 2, 2017, 11:04:10 PM
+1 to the trim on the Helldrake, looks stunning and must have been really time consuming and fiddly. Well worth it I think!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Dread on October 5, 2017, 02:03:36 AM
As the Kool-aid guy says, Oh yeah!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on October 5, 2017, 06:16:48 PM
I can only echo Dread and Mr Kool-Aid Guy ;)

Also, apparently I'm in a minority but I quite like Lucius' model. Perhaps it's because I love the fluff so much. Great idea behind his character :)

Either way you've done a great job on him :)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on October 6, 2017, 02:30:29 AM
Thanks guys!
@Cav- Cheers bud, I'm not a huge fan of the Lucius model but to be honest it really has grown on me.

@Orange- Thankyou, the trim is very time consuming and I can completely see why people use Sharpies on it instead of painting it!

@Dread- I think Slaanesh would definitely be approving of Kool-Aid, especially in excess!  ;D

@Ynnead- Cheers bud! I love the fluff for Lucius, the model does fit the fluff really well but there are just a few weird bits on the sculpt that I'm not a massive fan of. The face isn't sculpted particularly great and it's actually really hard to get a decent paint job on the eyes, looks great from one angle and then move it round and he looks crossed eyed or lazy eyed! I'm also not a fan of the almost Hoof like feet either, very strange for a marine model.

@Everybody-
So last night I got in another game with these guys and did a combined force of Emperor's Children and Slaanesh Daemons against a Death Guard army.
My list was:

Lucius
Sorceror- Prescience, Delightful Agonies
5 Noise Marines- Sonic Blasters, 1x Blastmaster
5 Noise Marines- Sonic Blasters, 1x Blastmaster
5 Noise Marines- Sonic Blasters, 1x Blastmaster
5 Noise Marines- Sonic Blasters, 1x Blastmaster
3x Obliterators
5x Havocs- 4x Lascannons

Masque of Slaanesh
Herald of Slaanesh
10 Daemonettes
10 Daemonettes
10 Daemonettes
5 Seekers

I'm not sure on his list but I believe it was something like:
Lord of Contagion
Blightcaster
10x Plague Marines
10x Plague Marines
10x Cultists
Rhino
Predator
Foetid Bloat Drone

Great Unclean one
10x Plague Bearers
10x Plague Bearers

We were playing the Scouring mission with the night fight battlezone (Already screwing me over.....)
The superior objective landed in his deployment zone, the inferior in mine (not getting any better)

Turn 1
I got turn one and managed to do 2 Wounds on the Drone and strip all bar two Wounds from the Predator. No more damage is caused due to a lot of missed shots (Thanks to -3 to hit) and lots of Disgustingly resilient save being made.
He advances with the Drone, Great Unclean one and Drone. With the exception of the Blight caster later on these are the only models that venture out of his deployment zone all game.

Turn 2
I move my Daemonettes forwards to engage the Drone and Plague Bearers, massed Noise Marine shooting knocks all bar two wounds from the Drone and the Havocs finish off the Predator. Daemonettes and Masque charge the Drone and Plague Bearers managing to only kill 2 Plague Bearers and fail to take down the Drone (Disgustingly resilient again!)
He advances with his Great Unclean one and fires a handful of shots/Psychics out. My opponent falls back with his drone out of combat but not far enough to be able to take out my Herald so loses his shots. Due to one of his mysterious objectives he manages to knock 3 Mortal Wounds off Lucius (I want to check the wording of this!)

Turn 3
My Obliterators fail to arrive again despite wasting two command points this turn and the last meaning that they now won't arrive at all. My remaining unit of Daemonettes manages to get into combat with the Plague Bearers holding the Superior objective but don't really achieve much! Psychic and shooting manages to down the bloat drone and the Masque having fallen back then charges into combat with the Blightcaster and puts two wounds on him, suffering two herself.
His turn was much the same as the last, a little bit of minor movement but everything hiding out of sight or out of range. Great Unclean one advances down my flank and fails to kill anything with a psychic attack. Both of the Daemonette combats continue with a couple of losses on each side. The Masque falls to a smite attack.

Turn 4
This turn was very uneventful, my Havocs completely fail to do much of anything to the Rhino and my Noise Marines fail to do much damage to the Great Unclean one, knocking off just two wounds. Daemonette combats continue......
On his turn 4 the Great Unclean One advances around to within charge range of my Noise Marines, kills a couple with a shooting attack and through psychic and combat he manages to finish off my Daemonettes, his Blightcaster charged my Herald but failed to do any damage.

Turn 5
My Herald fell back out of combat and using Smite finished off the Blightcaster, the Noise Marines and Havocs destroyed the Great Unclean one and the Plaguebearers leaving my opponent with both Plague Marine Squads, Rhino,  Cultists and a unit of Plaguebearers hiding in his deployment zone.
On his turn he consolidates some of his movement to make sure he is firmly on the objectives but at this point I'm not going to be getting close to these objectives let alone be able to kill the units on them.
I threw in the towel after his mysterious objective did another 3 Mortal Wounds to Lucius, finishing him off.
In the end the game my opponent finished with 9 points (3x Objectives- One worth 4, two worth 2, Warlord) and I finished with 6 Points (3x Objectives- One worth 1 Point, Two worth 2, First Blood)
It was a very frustrating game, not only because he was passing an obscene amount of disgustingly resilient rolls but the mission really had me on the back foot right from the off. -3 to hit at long range meant that he could quite happily sit back and hide behind line of sight blocking terrain in his deployment zone and capture the 3 objectives that had been placed in there. I had to advance and take the 2 objectives that were in no-mans land but due to the weight of the objectives that was never going to be enough.
I do love the Slaanesh army and it has been very fun to paint but I think that deep down I really am an Eldar player and the frustration of this game has kinda reinforced that, I'm not suited to gun line armies!  ;D
Here are a few pre-game photos-
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4491/37494717642_d4f6a096e6_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Z8heg1)20171005_193808 (https://flic.kr/p/Z8heg1) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4477/37477993966_20d8b5f36b_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Z6NvTL)20171005_193816 (https://flic.kr/p/Z6NvTL) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4467/36856749343_344d2f6b52_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Y9Utvz)20171005_193826 (https://flic.kr/p/Y9Utvz) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4480/37267673360_171ae9ae64_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YMdyUq)20171005_193839 (https://flic.kr/p/YMdyUq) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(Yes.... there are a few proxies and unpainted models in there!)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on October 6, 2017, 07:25:27 AM
G'day Auric!
Sounds like an Eldar plot, having two Chaos armies facing each other. The game that I lost last week was to Death Guard and I agree with you. Thier blessed resilient reroll is very frustrating.

Did your opponent place the three objectives in his deployment zone, or did they land there randomly? We learn more and become better players from our losses more than our wins, mate. Thanks for sharing... Be well! 
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on October 6, 2017, 08:28:45 AM
Dang it sounds frustrating. Those really resilient armies are maddening to play against. It reminds me of last edition playing Necrons where I'd just be tearing my hair out. Sounds like you played really well, but the mission pretty much screwed you.

Never seen that business about the mysterious objectives throwing out all those mortal wounds and whatnot. I would have been enraged by that. I absolutely HATE stuff like that.

Even with all those Daemonettes though it still feels like a gunline type army? I guess with all the Noise Marines and Oblits it would. Is there any way you'd want to change that? Aren't Emperor's Children pretty solid in combat? Like Termies or some such would seem good. Not sure myself just asking really.

Anyway better luck next time bud. And like I said I think you played really well, it was just a weird mission IMO.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on October 6, 2017, 02:50:16 PM
Ugh. I'm not going to lie, that sounded like a crap game to be a part of. To be able to win by hiding and not really engaging at all...well, it just doesn't make for a fun game in the slightest. It sounds like it was all an exercise in watching paint dry.

Great to see your army on the board though, it really looks excellent laid out like that. Thanks for the update.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on October 7, 2017, 09:01:39 AM
@Saim-damm- Haha I think Tzeentch may have had a hand in the two armies facing off, obviously he wanted me to weaken them as I know that my opponent is playing against a Tzeentch army on Thursday!
The objectives were placed before deployment zones were decided upon and were placed by an independent club member.

@Cav- Yeah, I had similar frustrations against Necrons when they just wouldn't die! It was a truly frustrating game and by far my worst game of 8th edition so far. Unfortunately most of my most hated parts of 8th were present in this game.
The Mysterious objective was basically that at the end of your shooting phase you roll a dice and if you roll above a certain set value you get to do D3 mortal wounds to anything within 36". I did query whether you could pick out characters that you are not normally able to target but it doesn't appear to specify. I was pretty frustrated by it to be honest, it just added to the overall rubbish feeling of the game.
Yeah, to be honest the Daemonettes were utterly awful, they are really poor compared to what they used to be. Charging into Plaguebearers they were just bouncing off and always strikes first provided no real benefit as they couldn't kill anything! I am going to have a look at a few more combat options but to be honest once I finish what I have that'll put me at about 3500pts of combined Marines and Daemons so may move onto another project.

@Loosh- It really was, I can understand why my opponent did it. He was a bit of a whipping boy in 7th edition, he won very few games at all and under 8th with the Death Guard he has had a lot more success. It was not a fun game in the slightest and to be honest felt like a bit of a waste of time. If anything it's just another thing that's souring me on 8th edition.
Thankyou, I'll try and get a decent game in when it's all painted up and get some decent photos of it!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on October 7, 2017, 12:27:22 PM

@Loosh- It really was, I can understand why my opponent did it. He was a bit of a whipping boy in 7th edition, he won very few games at all and under 8th with the Death Guard he has had a lot more success. It was not a fun game in the slightest and to be honest felt like a bit of a waste of time. If anything it's just another thing that's souring me on 8th edition.
Thankyou, I'll try and get a decent game in when it's all painted up and get some decent photos of it!

Then again, what do they say? Hate the Game not the Player. Or is it the other way around?

Really, it's a failure in game design when one player can put a handful of objectives in their deployment zone and then deny you a game. At least if it was straight kill points he may have had to move those Death Guard forward to engage your force.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on October 18, 2017, 09:27:44 AM
Hey guys,
So it's been a while but I've actually be working on some Eldar!
So after a lot of thinking I've decided to stick with my current Harlequin colour scheme, but I will be needing to go back and repaint a few bits (once I've learnt to paint white.....). I did purchase one of the fallout hobbies airbrush stencils to help with the vehicles although to be honest I've actually  been a little bit disappointed with it. In all the videos I've seen and from the write ups they are supposed to be very easy to manipulate and to mould around curved edges but I've found that things didn't go quite to plan!
Here are my Starweavers and Skyweavers (and a Voidweaver sneaking in there). Obviously a lot more to do to these guys and I'm not sure I'm all that happy with the finish on the diamonds but I think I am going to continue with them and see how they look when they are finished!
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4470/37064535594_6f573f035f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Ytgr89)20171018_141416 (https://flic.kr/p/Ytgr89) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4451/37064535784_32c49ebf74_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Ytgrbq)20171018_141429 (https://flic.kr/p/Ytgrbq) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4496/23920737768_250e941c85_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CrN2Xf)20171018_141423 (https://flic.kr/p/CrN2Xf) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on October 18, 2017, 09:49:45 AM
DUDE! I think these look AMAZING!!! I'm so thrilled you are doing Harlies... I want to too. Holy crap those stencils look awesome! Not sure what the problem is...

My buddy Brian from splintermind is airbrush wiz and I'm almost positive he's used these stencils (I know for a fact he owns them), so let me know any questions you have and I'll try to help! Do make sure to hit me up because I'd love to help you sort any issues you may be having.

But IMO these look incredible! I'm a total clod when it comes to precision type stuff like this with stencils and all that, so I'd like to know as much as possible. Especially with the problems because airbrushing is the weakest part of my game and I want to improve.

But IMO these look fantastic my man! I can't wait to see where this project goes!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on October 18, 2017, 10:00:29 AM
@Cav- That would be very interesting. I would be very interested as to whether he had used them on any Venoms or Raiders? If he has it would be good to know how he had managed to get the stencil to wrap around the surface.
From a distance they look ok but to be honest on a close inspection due to the fact the stencil hasn't wrapped tightly there is no real definition in a lot of the diamonds. Unfortunately a lot of overshooting. I am going to pick up a black pen and try and use that to outline the diamonds to see if that works well enough for my liking.
I wouldn't get too excited over this project, I am only really planning on getting them up to a tabletop standard as I don't really think my painting skills are good enough to really do them justice yet.
I also still have a lot of Emperor's Children work left to do!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on October 19, 2017, 09:56:42 AM
I don't know, perhaps it's my general bent towards gritty and hazy looks but I like the idea of diamonds where the edges blend into the darker area. Kind of a continuation of the fade you've got going on towards the non-diamond area :)

Just say it was intentional amd run with it as a theme ;)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on October 19, 2017, 07:01:25 PM
G'day Aurics Pride!
You're doing great work there, mate. Is it the lighting or have you put a bronze blend to the black. If you have, it looks amazing. If it's the lighting, then I'm stealing it for a painting project.

As for the diamond design, haven't approached my harlequins or seen the stencils. However, Have you tried using the stencils for your black pen and hand paint the diamonds? From scratch I mean. Mind you if you hadn't said anything, I would have thought it was intentional weathering... Pointy ears forever!!     
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on October 24, 2017, 06:23:56 AM
@Ynnaed- I think I may be just a little bit too critical on them, I can definitely see what you mean about the hazy fade of the diamonds. Almost as if they are a projection on there rather than painted.

@Saim-Dann- Cheers bud! It is just the lighting sadly, I have quite a yellowish bulb in that room so it's not really very much like natural light!
I've not tried the stencils for free-hand yet, I may well give it a shot though!

@Everyone-
So I got my first game in with my Harlequins against a friend of mine running a Stygies Ad-Mech list.
My List:
Troupe Master- Embrace, Fusion
Troupe Master- Embrace, Fusion
Shadowseer
Solitaire
3x Harlequin troupes (5 man) in Starweavers with 3x Embraces and 3x Fusion
1x Harlequin Troupe (5 Man) in Starweaver with 4x Fusion, 3x Embrace
4x Skyweavers with Zephyrglaives

His list: (Roughly)
Techpriest Dominus
Techpriest Engineseer
Vanguard Squad (2x Snipers)
Vanguard Squad (w/Plasma)
Ranger squad
2x Dragoons with Taser lances
1x Dunecrawler with Neutron Laser
1x Dunecrawler with the anti-air setup
Electropriests
Sicaran Infiltrators
Imperial Knight with Thermal Cannon and Chainsword

We just played a standard mission and ended up with corner to corner deployment, he chose the deployment zone and started deploying first. Naturally I finished first by a long way!
My deployment was both Troupe Masters and Shadowseer joining Troupes in Starweavers and then those Starweavers and Skyweavers deployed as far forward as I could. He set up quite defensively hiding a few units behind some line of sight blocking terrain (Which would end up helping me much more) he left the Infiltrators in reserve and infiltrated his Electro priests onto a skyshield landing pad right by my deployment zone using a stratagem.

First Turn
I had first turn and the Skyweavers and three of the Starweavers pushed forwards, Solitaire advances up behind the Starweavers on my right flank. One troupe and my Warlord jump out of their ride and move up to engage the Electropriests up on the skyshield. I throw some firepower into the Electropriests and he makes a huge amount of Invulnerable/Feel no pain saves and I only managed to kill two! Skyweavers shred some of the first Vanguard squad. The Warlord and Troupe make the charge on the electro priests and kill all bar one who then fails his morale. Skyweavers shred the Vanguard with ease and then I made the mistake of consolidating into the Dragoons who with a stratagem burnt hit them hard and kill a pair of them.
He advanced his knight aggressively to engage my Starweavers and the infiltrators deepstruck onto an objective and hid in a ruin. His snipers then pick out my Warlord and take him down to just one wound! D3 wound sniper rifles are insane! Combined firepower takes a few wounds off one of my Starweavers and then the Knight charges in and whiffs on one in combat! The Dragoons then wipe out my poor Skyweavers.

Turn 2
Everyone jumps out of their rides and looks to engage various targets. The Solitaire gets a massive 21" blitz and looks to assault his Warlord. Troupe Master and his Troupe jump down towards the Dragoons and the Shadowseers unit run around looking at the Dragoons and Dunecrawlers. Shadowseer uses Twilight Pathways on the Warlord's Troupe who now get to within pistol and assault range of the Dragoons and then Smites the Dragoons doing a single Mortal wound. 3 Troupes jump out around the Knight ready to Fusion pistol and possibly assault him and the nearby rangers. In the shooting phase my opponent has a run of insane luck with his invulnerable saves and my fusion pistols only manage a couple of wounds off the knight and then a couple of a Dragoon! They do however manage to take out one of the Dunecrawlers. Assault phase saw a couple of more wounds coming off the Knight and after he burnt two command points to interrupt with the Dragoons and killed off 4 Harlequins from the two Troupes engaged with the Dragoons I managed to take out one of the Dragoons and wiped out the Rangers. My Solitaire brought his Warlord down to a single wound

In his turn he managed to heal his Warlord back up to full wounds! He then continued with the shooting that he could although there wasn't much that he could do, his Dragoon managed to kill off my Shadowseer (booo!) and his Knight whiffed pretty bad after forgetting to fallback from combat. Solitaire did a couple more wounds on the Warlord and the Knight didn't do a huge deal of much else. I finished off the last Dragoon and consolidated towards the Rangers in the backfield.

Turn 3
I continued with my assault across the board, I left a unit in with the Knight but advanced the rest of my Army. One unit engaging the last Dunecrawler and the remnants of the Dragoon combat getting into position on the Rangers and his Warlord. My fusion pistols still don't do a huge deal on his knight but we are starting to get to it and drop it down a bracket. I fusion pistol the Dunecrawler and take it down to just a handful of wounds left. I also then wipe out his Warlord, Techpriest and Ranger unit. All of that from just 5 Harlequins and a Solitaire!
He doesn't have much left at this point but the Knight is definitely feeling angry and wants a bit of revenge! He shoots up a Starweaver and then stomps out both of my Troupe Masters and 3 out of 5 of my Troupe in combat with it! Dunecrawler fails to do any damage to the Troupe unit nearby. Infiltrators advance to go for an objective but just weren't fast enough!

Turn 4
So this turn I threw everything I had left at the Knight and Dunecrawler! 6 Fusion pistols pointed at the Knight and I left it with just a single wound remaining! The Dunecrawler wasn't as lucky and got turned into a wreck by further fusion fire. I assaulted the Knight with a Starweaver (To draw the overwatch) and then the remnants of two Troupe units that could actually get to him. I didn't have my Troupe masters anymore so I wasn't as hopeful but I managed to get a single wound through with Harlequins embraces and after what seemed like an eternity of spinning the dice landed on a 3 and the Knight collapsed into a heap!
After this my opponent conceded the game with me up 11-5 on Maelstrom points.


I have to say that this was by far my most enjoyable game of 8th edition yet. I loved how aggressive and fast the Harlequins are, they hit like a tonne of bricks and the increased invulnerable save really is huge for them. I definitely had a lot of luck in the last few turns with my invulnerable saves but my opponent had played a pretty good game of trying to spread my units out.
I am definitely leaning towards the Harlequins rather than my Emperor's children for my upcoming Tournament in November but it does mean I am going to have to do some serious painting! The only thing that may change this is the upcoming Eldar codex.......
I have got most of my Corsair and painted Craftworlds stuff out of storage and am just assessing what I want to repaint/ change. I've also just treated myself to some pretty models in a Warp Hunter, 2x Hornets and some Shadow Spectres!
My painting pile is growing larger and larger at the moment but I am hoping to try and find some time over the winter months to catch up with myself. I may however also be getting involved in a Narrative Horus Heresy campaign........

Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on October 24, 2017, 08:22:00 AM
Nice win AP! Yeah Harlies are super good and you played them really, really well. Ad-Mech is actually a tough match-up for them but I think you were really bold with them and it served you well. I think with some better dice rolls against the Knight with your Fusion Pistols it would have been a different story. I'm super looking forward to getting some Harlies. I just want 3x Troupes in Starweavers as a little allied detachment. I think that'd be a really cool to have. Great win man stoked you had a good outing with them!

Also what a haul from FW! I've actually been considering using the Warp Hunter again with Alaitoc rules. -1 to hit, keeping out of LOS as much as possible would be really, really helpful. The Hornets are solid too. They are nowhere near what they were, but they are my go-to Bright Lance platform and they are actually really tough. They tend to get ignored and just rack up the wounds at a steady rate. Plus they are easy to hide out of LOS. Their should be some interesting interactions with the new strategms as well.

Anyway great stuff AP. Congrats on the win and can't wait to see some more Eldar stuff. Its been awhile since we saw them!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on October 27, 2017, 08:17:36 AM
G'day Auric!
That was an awesome read, mate. Harlies are bad ass and you wield them well... Pointy ears forever! 
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on November 3, 2017, 09:52:00 AM
Cheers guys! I've not had a great deal of time to do much recently with other hobbies slightly taking over.
I did however take delivery of a pretty ridiculous camera lens (massively treated myself) so just had to try it out!
Here is a couple of works in progress at the moment:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4531/24286402208_8d0fa09d80_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/D17afy)DSC_5993 (https://flic.kr/p/D17afy) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4569/38138844831_20eec1ccd3_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/217cxQc)DSC_6000 (https://flic.kr/p/217cxQc) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4533/38138844741_ea38ff82a2_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/217cxND)DSC_6004 (https://flic.kr/p/217cxND) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Dread on November 3, 2017, 02:15:41 PM
Exquisite! That's it, just Exquisite.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: dog_of_war on November 3, 2017, 02:19:13 PM
I simply love the gradation of colour on the robes. Your colour palette is fantastic as well. I can't wait to see the finished product.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on November 3, 2017, 02:50:04 PM
Looking so good AP. I think the Seer is my fave between the two (maybe I'm just sick of seeing Yvraine... I've painted 5 of them). Just love the color choices and super clean as always. Man the Farseer just looks so good with that spear too. Any idea how you are gonna paint Yvraine's sword? Its a venom blade in the lore if I remember correctly... Anyway great stuff AP both are gonna look killer with your force. And Y'vraine is just auto-include on the tabletop with Ynnari. She is soooo good. Anyway great stuff my man, keep it up!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on November 3, 2017, 07:26:18 PM
G'day Auric!
Very very nice, mate. The robes, the colour choices, the tattoo on her eye? All amazing work. Good call with the new lens as well, Auric. The photos are Micky Mouse.

Thanks for sharing/inspiring... Be well! 
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: magenb on November 4, 2017, 02:24:19 AM
that's an great colour scheme, the blue work really well.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on November 4, 2017, 03:46:56 AM
Those robes are a lovely colour. Really rich and deep. What was the base colour for that please AP?

The work on these looks great so far. I think that both Yvraine and the Farseer look fantastic. Really good attention to detail and a very nice, balanced colour palette. I'm loving the look of these guys. Nice stuff!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on November 4, 2017, 05:54:19 AM
Wow, thanks guys!

@Dread- I'm not sure anyone has used the word Exquisite in reference to my work before, thankyou!

@Dog_of_War- Cheers bud, if I am honest the white robes I am really not happy with but sadly there isn't much else I can do with them now. The blue robes were a bit of a test which came out a lot better than I had expected.

@Cav- Thanks bud! Agreed on the seer, I really like the pose of the model and tbh it was fairly easy to paint! I'm undecided on Yvraine's sword at the moment. I did the Yncarne's sword Green and the Visarch's in Red so was thinking something different. I may possibly try a Purple (Like the Emp's children Armour) any ideas?

@Saim-Dann- Cheers bud, the tattoo was a lot tougher than I had expected! Took a couple of attempts and may still need a little bit of tidying up before I am happy with it though. Yeah the lens is mostly designed for sports stuff but seems to work really well with this stuff! Although for the price of 16 Forge World Spartan Tanks it should be!

@Magenb- Thanks bud, they fit in pretty well with my Corsair army....... What's left of it anyway.

@Loosh- Cheers Loosh! So for the blue robes it was all from the Vallejo Model Air range. I basecoated with steel blue and then did zenithal highlights adding just small amounts of white each time. For these I didn't really pay a huge amount of attention to the mixing (usually I have a formula when it comes to vehicles etc). I think mixed up the same colours to do the edge highlighting and that was a colour not too dissimilar to the Citadel Lothern blue. Sorry I can't be more precise, I should have some more bits arriving in a few weeks so if you remind me I will do a tutorial on it.

So I still have a lot of work left in my painting pile and unfortunately not much in the way of time! I am continuing with the Eldar stuff as painting up these two models has been really rewarding (Eldar models are just more fun to paint!) Expect to see a few more updates over the next few weeks as I try and play catch up before the really fun stuff arrives!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on November 4, 2017, 06:53:45 AM
Hey bud yeah purple could totally work. Only thing is might blend in a bit with the blue and not standout. You could give her the bone sword with a hint of green like on the box art, but if you want all energy type blades I'd go with a purple... sort of dark purple but with areas of Genestealer Purple to make it pop... OR! -just had a brain wave- an old school Warlock Purple/Pink Horror type energy blade... going black to pink. A sort of black/rose combination which would look SICK. Thats what I've been wanting to do on all the Yvraine models I've done on commission... but just didn't think the clients would go for it. So yeah...pink or purple if you want energy but bone with the poisoned green tinge if you wanted to go straight fluff.

Also yeah great work on getting that eye tattoo. You really did a great job on that my man. You've got stones for even attempting that never mind executing it. I wimped out on all 5 Y'vraines I painted! lol  ;D ;D ;D

Anyway keep up the great work my man, I always look forward to seeing my blue battle-brothers get reinforcements.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Irisado on November 4, 2017, 08:08:49 AM
I also really like the blue paint work on the Farseer.  It has a very regal feel to it and the whole colour scheme reminds me very much of a High Elf (Royal Eldar) aesthetic.  Great work.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on November 4, 2017, 05:03:09 PM
@Cav- Cheers bud! I attempted the purple but I'm not entirely sold, may need to tweak it a little.

@Irisado- Thanks, that's actually the exact look I was going for! I always loved the old High Elf range and loved painting them. Thankfully I am a bit better now than I was back then!

Here is the sword on Yvraine and a picture from behind....

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4445/38115083046_12c813529d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2156Lhf)DSC_6064 (https://flic.kr/p/2156Lhf) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4527/38115083386_d3512d988d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2156Lo7)DSC_6055 (https://flic.kr/p/2156Lo7) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on November 4, 2017, 05:53:40 PM
Those robes really do look tremendous when seen from behind.  The model is looking terrific generally.

When you said you were going to do the sword purple, I thought 'Yeah! Wow! That'll tie the red and blue together. That'll look great!'...but somehow, I think you're right...it's just not quite right at the moment. I think it's because the blue has a slight green tone to it...it's closer to teal than navy in the pictures. As such, the purple isn't really in-between the blue and red on the colour wheel. I think it could work...but I'm just not sold at the moment (Although that isn't to say that the execution isn't brilliant).

Have you thought about maybe going with he same cool-blue of the head dress? It reduces the number of colours on the model, it's different from the Visarch and Yncarne and it should tie in with another part of the model. Might be worth a shot...
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on November 4, 2017, 10:09:58 PM
Niiiiice!
Hats off, mate. You must be very proud.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on November 5, 2017, 05:50:16 AM
I think it looks really great AP. But yes! I see the problem with the sword... but fear not because you didn't push it so far you can't tweak the look and thats all it needs IMO. I think if you give it some of those "gleams" like GW does on their witchblades (and which I tried to replicate) with Pink Horror or old Warlock Purple it'd look great.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4514/26406937409_2cbc856548_c.jpg)

I actually think I could have made the "gleams" a bit wider like I did on the Visarch's sword below

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4452/26406978789_4e7379f472_c.jpg)

So if you gave the blade pink horror "gleams" in the same spots I did on Yvraine's sword, but made them "wider" or longer like I did on the Visarch's sword I think you'd be good to go!

I totally understand if you dont want to replicate my style though and want to do something unique. But you have that awesome super dark pink/purple base PERFECT, so if you did want to try my suggestion you'd be in a perfect place to do so.

Anyway just my 2 cents bud! Its look fantastic so far I'm sure you'll execute brilliantly whichever direction you go.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Dread on November 5, 2017, 01:06:22 PM
*thunk* i, uh, well as David Lee Roth said, ""she's beautiful"!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on November 9, 2017, 07:07:03 PM
...I need to get me one of those lenses. Those pictures are just pristine :)

Absolutely love the paintwork too. Can only echo the compliments of the richness of the blue and the freehand on Yvraine's tattoo.

I suppose I'm probably not qualified to comment on the purple sword thing given that I've always had a slight difficulty parsing blue and purple as a colour combination. For some reason I tend to have to fight the urge to feel it as a mismatch (although again, that's something peculiar to me so don't go changing anything just on that basis!).

If it was me painting her I'd probably keep the blade in black to tie it into her undersuit thing, and then do a sharp edge-highlight along the blade's edge and maybe the spine with a bright but rich red (Wazdakka or something similar). Then gloss-coat the whole lot ;)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on November 17, 2017, 04:07:29 PM
Thanks guys!

@Loosh- Thanks bud, I liked the purple but it just didn't seem to work so well! I did look at blue but I thought it might be a bit overwhelming.

@Saim-Dann- Cheers dude, I am thought it could definitely be better!

@Cav- I love that blue blade, looks so good! I may try that on something else fairly soon actually, may work well with my colour scheme actually.

@Dread- Haha thanks bud!

@Ynnead- Haha cheers bud! The lens is amazing, to be expected for £1780 though! Thanks for the comments though, considering I probably won't use this model all that much I put a bit of time into it.

So I did a bit more work on Yvraine's sword, carried on with the purple but took some of Cav's suggestions and although I'm not 100% sold on it I am much happier than I was. Certainly happy enough to finish off the model when I get chance.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4544/37772501554_44a4fb5a6b_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ZxPWJN)DSC_7254 (https://flic.kr/p/ZxPWJN) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr

I have also spent most of the last two days at home sick from work so not being able to venture too far from my bedroom I spent quite a lot of time on hobby stuff!
I have done a bit of work on a project which I shall share when it's completed (waiting for some paint to be delivered!) but inbetween work on that I have been painting up this guy!
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4583/37772501904_aa95eb62c6_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ZxPWQQ)DSC_7250 (https://flic.kr/p/ZxPWQQ) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4553/37772502264_1ac64251d6_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ZxPWX3)DSC_7249 (https://flic.kr/p/ZxPWX3) by Richard Mcmanus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/158127298@N08/), on Flickr
So it felt a little weird not painting Eldrad in Ulthwe colours but I've got to say I absolutely love this model so may well use it as my usual Farseer in the future!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Dread on November 18, 2017, 01:31:34 AM
Sweet! He looks good in those colors. Your cloak painting is amazing. Perfect flow
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on November 18, 2017, 01:50:10 AM
Oh, my!
The cloaks, gems, edging and colour choices are all just magic, mate. Really liking where your Eldar is heading... Be well!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Ynneadwraith on November 18, 2017, 05:57:29 AM
Oof! That's not far from the combined initial purchase price of my fleet of junker vehicles! Worth it though :)

Still loving the blues and golds on your eldar :) great colour combo with the white.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on November 18, 2017, 09:46:16 AM
WOW! Killer update AP. Damn Eldrad looks SO good... my first Eldar army was a blue Ulthwe themed army led by Eldrad... so this taking me down that 2nd edition nostalgia highway... Man that sculpt looks soooo good in the blue. It really shows off the robes so much more and you did a great job painting them.

Also Yvraine looks awesome... I think the blade looks really great. The only thing I might have done different is just use a Nuln GLOSS wash. After you paint the highlights over it, those isolated dark swaths look really cool... but I know some people avoid anything glossy like the plague so its just a personal taste thing. But damn I think it looks excellent. Also love the gold filigree on the back of her dress. Looks really awesome bringing a lot of interest to that area.

Damn man just killer update. The brush skills are at full blast with these minis brother. Keep on rocking this stuff is ace
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on November 19, 2017, 03:57:21 PM
Cheers guys!

@Dread- Thanks bud, the cloak is nothing particularly great tbh. I do Zenithal Highlighting on the model using my airbrush which picks out some of the raised areas and then it's just a little bit of extra attention, a wash and then just a bit of edge highlighting and it's all done! I just wish that I could paint white and get a decent gradient without getting brush strokes all over it!

@Saim Dann- Cheers bro, glad you like the colour choices, it always feels a little bit blasphemous when painting up a model with such history in an alternate colour scheme. I had to have him match the rest of my force though.

@Ynnead- Definitely worth it! Photography is a pretty big hobby of mine (hopefully with a view to earning me some money in the future too!) so it was definitely worth it. Thanks for the kind words, I got a little bored of the colour scheme previously but after working on the airbrush highlighting it looks much better to my eyes. Much more depth.

@Cav- Thanks bud! Funnily enough I actually had a similar thought! I think I might use a Druchii violet wash and then a gloss Varnish over the top of the blade just to give it a bit more contrast and a bit of a sheen. Keep your eyes out for my next couple of updates, you'll definitely like them!  ;)
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on November 22, 2017, 08:22:45 AM
That sword is looking way better AP. Really top results on your Yvraine.

Also, what kind of photography are you into? I've got a decent camera setup (That I never use for minis because iPhone=easy), but I'm more of a Carpet Bombing photographer. You know...take 1000 photos and maybe 1 hits the target...
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on January 26, 2018, 07:18:31 AM
@Loosh- I do a variety to be honest. Mostly Pet and Music photography but also a spot of Wedding and Portraits.

@Everyone-
So I've been away for a while! My motivation has been severely lacking recently. I've been struggling to really get into the 8th edition ruleset and with work and other hobbies being so busy recently even the modelling and painting side has really suffered!
In my hiatus I have however managed a few little bits:

I started with a bit of Necromunda.....I loved the old rules and had to pick up the new edition, I absolutely love the new models and started off an Escher gang which my local gaming buddies have named "The Soviet Strippers"
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4698/39873671762_1d3bfde6dd_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23KuZrm)20180126_095539 (https://flic.kr/p/23KuZrm)

I have also continued working on the Raven Guard a bit and finished off my Characters, here is my version of Shrike (Captain Corone) and then another Captain (Two Swords- Based on Nykona Sharrowkyn) and a pair of Leiutenants.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4697/39906427951_a188ace722_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23NoSHe)20180126_095435 (https://flic.kr/p/23NoSHe)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4653/39195852734_bbd2fe1463_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/22HAZso)20180126_095405 (https://flic.kr/p/22HAZso)

I also have a large amount of stuff on the workbench! Currently:
20x Noise Marines
3x Converted Obliterators
A table worth of Sector Mechanicus Terrain
5 Tactical Marines
4 Assault Marines

and then I have a couple of very fun little toys on their way from Forgeworld to futher bulk out my Raven Guard forces!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on January 26, 2018, 07:30:09 AM
Fan, blessed, tastic, AP!
Above all your painting, really like the power swords. Super fine detail there, mate. You must have eyes like a swooping hawk... Please be well!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Alienscar on January 26, 2018, 11:20:10 AM
Man I don't know if it is your photography or the way you paint but I really like seeing your Raven Guard.

I also like the colour scheme you have chosen for your Escher. I particularly like the colours you have used on the models hair.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on January 26, 2018, 02:40:10 PM
Man just absolutley killer work AP! The posing on the models is soooo good as are the bits (love those Sanguinary Guard wings!). The guy with the crossed swords is such an all-star... reminds me of something you might see in WintersSEO's Space Marine army which I love! Also the paint jobs are of course fantastic. The power swords look really great.

The Necromunda stuff looks awesome too. I've never been into Necromunda the whole Cyber Punk thing is not my thing, but the paint jobs are sick and the name is hilarious! Epic post man... keep them coming! I want to see some Eldar Corsairs!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on January 28, 2018, 04:52:39 AM
AP, nice work buddy! I particularly love those Necromunda minis, they look fantastic and you've really done justice to what are some of the best sculpts that GW have produced.

The Raven Guard are great too. Moody. Dark. Imposing. Characterful. Really top notch work!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 7, 2018, 06:03:37 PM
Cheers guys!
@Saim-Dann- Sadly my eyes aren't as good as they used to be but I am starting to get my steady hand back again. Just need a bit more practice!

@Alienscar- Thanks man! To be honest the Eldar are definitely my first love but the Raven Guard are starting to feel a bit like my true love! Considering I've never really enjoyed Space Marine armies too much I have really enjoyed building and painting this army!

@Cav- As always bud your comments mean a lot! I haven't really got anything Corsair related planned for the moment (not since Forge World took them away from me!) but you may see an odd bit here or there and I may have a project coming which will be of interest to you!

@Loosh- Cheers Loosh! That's absolutely what I was going for with the Raven Guard models. I absolutely love the Necromunda sculpts and plan on doing some more bits in the future, waiting to see what the Delaque and Van Saar gangs look like when they drop later in this year.

@Everybody-
So I don't have an update for the moment but I do have something in the pipeline for the next couple of days. I have a few more Raven Guard bits almost finished and actually have a couple of Eldar bits that just need some finishing touches!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 15, 2018, 04:52:04 AM
Hey guys!
One little update from me today. Over the last couple of weeks I've been doing some speed painting on these guys to get them done before I have some new toys arriving. I really love these new models, I was very dubious about the Primaris stuff when it first started dropping and I've got to be honest I really loved putting this kit together. I may add some more at a later date!
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4625/40278371491_cdfa11e3e2_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24ngbyT)DSC_9628 (https://flic.kr/p/24ngbyT)

I am also at the moment trying to plan out ideas for what I do next, although I love my current Eldar I don't really feel like the colour scheme/models really feel enough like pirates to be proper Corsairs. With the announcement of the new Drukhari codex on the way I am considering building up a Dark Eldar Pirate themed army as part of a "Tale of 4 Gamers" style thing that has been suggested by a friend of mine.
Need to start planning out some colour schemes!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on February 15, 2018, 05:19:40 AM
G'day Aurics Pride!
This is speed painting in your house? Crikey Moses, mate, they look amazing... and your right. The Primaris range is pretty cool... Be well! 
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on February 15, 2018, 06:32:20 AM
Wow, these look amazing AP. Absolutley sinister... super dark but with just enough color picked out. I think you made an excellent call on using the skull faces (which are the best parts of these models IMO), the red shoulder pads and the green grenades. Really draws the eye in. Just fantastic execution as always.

Also hell yeah! So stoked to hear that you are gonna take the plunge with DE. You are gonna love those models. IMO the best overall range in Warhammer. So many different types of units and the designs are just so strong. Any idea on a paint scheme or a theme? I hope you go homebrew on your scheme cause I'm really intrigued to see what you cook up.

About your Corsairs though, I think they definitley look/feel right to me. There are some more sinister Corsairs like the Void Dragons, but then there are some of the brighter/bolder dudes like the Sky Hunters or Sun Blitz Brotherhood. Plus your paint jobs are just outstanding... which is why I'm so stoked to see you tackle Dark Eldar... you are gonna love it and you can save some of the bits for your Corsairs should you return to them.

Great update bud can't wait for more.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Looshkin on February 16, 2018, 05:02:29 PM
Sweet Reavers AP. I love those models, especially the skull helms. I think that your colour choices have really accentuated what is a dark and moody unit, whilst picking out the skull mask...I really think enemies would end up seeing only the skull mask and they would be crapping themselves by the time the unit actually hit their lines.

Cool unit and a cooler paint job. Excellent work AP.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 21, 2018, 09:59:13 AM
@Saim-Dann- Cheers bud, to be honest with a unit like that I do take quite a few shortcuts! Drybrushing and Nuln Oil to give shading and Highlights rather than doing it properly. A bit lazy but it does give the look that I like for my Raven Guard.

@Cav- Thanks man! Yeah I really love this kit, they were easy to put together and have such a unique look to them. They actually aren't half bad on the table as well. They were the MVPs in the only game I've used them in so far!
On my Corsairs I know what you mean but I just feel like they look too clean cut to be proper pirates! My plans at the moment are to keep my Current Corsair colour scheme for Craftworld Eldar and then I am considering starting up a very heavily themed Dark Eldar Corsair army. Lots of spikes, chains etc. Really evil!

@Loosh- Cheers Loosh, that's the exact look I was going for. They fit in so well with the Raven Guard theme, I can just imagine the skull masks emerging from the shadows before they charge into their enemies.

@Everybody-
So I have one little update for today, I've been working on a couple more bits for the Raven Guard over the last few days but the main bit of work I've done is a test model for my possible Dark Eldar.
I kitbashed the model last night and then painted up over 3 ish hours this morning. I definitely agree with what people say that these are some of the best models in the 40k range.
Again it's a bit of a speed paint and there are a few bits that I am touching up prior to it actually hitting the tabletop. I am feeling that this is possibly my favourite colour scheme so far, nice and sinister!
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4665/39690279024_4fcc953b34_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23ti4aA)20180221_142842 (https://flic.kr/p/23ti4aA)

Now if I decide to keep going with these then I am going to have to ask for input in regards army names and some fluff ideas!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Cavalier on February 21, 2018, 11:44:16 AM
Hey AP. Love this dude. Love the scheme from top to bottom. I'm a MONSTER fan of DE in purple schemes... and its cool to see you do the purple edge highlight on black, like GW did for the initial roll out of the revamped DE line. I love the green accent colors and the way you painted the casing on the blaster pistol. I'm 100% on board with this approach and will make for quick turn around time on getting the army on the tabletop. I think you crushed it bud. It'll mesh well with your blue Corsairs too. So all in all I love it... now I just need MORE!!!! lol Keep rocking bud I want this army on the tabletop!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Saim-Dann on February 21, 2018, 04:55:25 PM
G'day, Aurics Pride!
Lovely work on this piece, mate. Even blurred, the blade to his weapon looks really nice. The work done on his pistol has paid off as well, Auric. It looks blended so if it was only highlighted ... Niiiiice!

Well done on the helmet lenses as well, mate. ties in nicely with the overall feel of the character. Your DE is moving leaps and bounds, Auric. Keen to see them in a group shot... Pointy ears forever!!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Alienscar on February 22, 2018, 11:03:20 AM
I am feeling that this is possibly my favourite colour scheme so far, nice and sinister!

I must say I have to agree with you Aurics Pride this colour scheme is brilliant. I really like the way the purple highlighting defines the shape of the armour as it lends a different look to the model as a whole.

I kitbashed the model last night

What bits have you used to make this Aurics?
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 22, 2018, 03:24:12 PM
Cheers guys!
@Cav- Thanks bud! You were quite crucial with the inspiration for the colour scheme. I am trying to slow myself down a little bit on my painting in the hope that the quality improves. There will be more soon, don't you worry about that!

@Saim-dann- Cheers man! I really enjoyed this model and wanted to do something a bit different on the blade. Thde casing on the pistol was actually delicately drybrushed! I have more on the way so it won't be too long!

@Alienscar- Cheers! With the right highlighting the armour on these models looks great!
The pieces were Scourge legs and body & blade from the Raider kit. The pistol I think was from a Wych box and I'm not sure on the helmet!
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Dread on February 25, 2018, 07:17:58 PM
Just have to say, Wow! Perfect combo of emerald and amethyst. Name wise, maybe the Soul Mourners or Midnight Mauraders. Stay with these colors, the army is brilliant.
Title: Re: Prince Finniatann's Warband (Also known as another Corsair thread...)
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 26, 2018, 03:30:21 PM
Boris grasped his lasgun tight, he had never felt so scared in his life. In the 3 weeks that he had served on Boralis III he had seen sights that he could never have imagined, half of his squad had been wiped out and he had been lucky to escape with his life on multiple occasions. Yet he had never even laid eyes on his enemy, not once had he even been able to catch a glimpse of one of the Dark Eldar pirates that had been laying waste to the 83rd Cadian Regiment at every turn.
He heard a crackle of static coming through the vox-net, followed by a piercing high pitched shriek….
Explosions erupted around him and lances of dark light burnt holes in nearby bunkers. The return fire was erratic, the imperial guns firing wildly into the haze unable to find a target.
Boris steadied himself against the side of the trench and brought the sight of his lasrifle up to his eye. He suddenly found himself thrown against the far wall of the trench by a huge explosion, completely stunned he tried to regain his senses. As his eyesight returned he saw a blurry figure infront of him. After a couple of seconds the figure came into focus, clad in black and purple armour and standing a good foot taller than Boris himself. The figure looked down at Boris, his eyes were as black as the depths of space but he could see the hatred that radiated from within. Before Boris could move or even utter a word he felt his neck snap
And then it all went black………….


Archon Bal’thair
“The Tainted Prince”

Although True Born Bal’thair had a far from privileged start to life. The offspring of an Archon and an unknown slave girl, from birth he lived as an orphan on a Corsair fleet. Learning to fight from a young age he quickly became one of the most feared duellists in the fleet and regularly led boarding actions and slave raids. He rose in prominence within the fleet, proving his martial prowess again and again.
An expert with Blade and with Agoniser his lightning quick reflexes and impressive strength allowed him to overwhelm almost any opponent. During the years that he spent serving under the Corsair Prince Tla’keth he was bested only once in single combat, by the prince himself.
His return to Commorragh was not a welcome one, in a raid on an Eldar Exodite world Bal’thair’s forces were ambushed by Forces from Craftworld Biel Tan. Almost the entire Corsair fleet had been wiped out and Bal’thair and what was left of his raiding party had to flee through an open Webway gate. After weeks spent searching, Bal’thair was approached by a Troupe of Harlequins under the name of The Masque of the Silent Sun. Fearing for the safety of his forces he challenged the Troupe Master to single combat. The fight raged for over an hour but Bal’thair gained the upper hand, using his Agoniser to tie up the Troupe Master’s power sword he stepped in with his blade for the killing blow. Stopping the blade millimeters from the Troupe Master’s neck Bal’thair requested that the Harlequins provide passage for them back to Commorragh. Bal’thair returned to Commorragh with only a dozen of his soldiers left, no ships and no slaves.
Bal’thair saw only one way to get his life back, fighting in the fighting pits of Commorragh he began to build up his status again. Through the strength of his blade he began to draw more followers to him and slowly he began to build up his prestige. It was not long before Bal’thair was able to step away from the fighting pits and set sail at the head of his very own Corsair fleet.
Bal’thair’s Corsairs “The Midnight Marauders” quickly gained a reputation, word of their lightning fast and brutal attacks against Imperial worlds around the eye of terror quickly spread and Bal’thair soon became known as a cruel and ruthless leader.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4767/40500502181_03b4763261_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24GTEhn)
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Cavalier on February 27, 2018, 06:42:03 AM
Oh hell yeah. Love the background, very nice piece of writing. Really reminds me of that classic 3rd ed fluff about an DE raid on an Imperial compound. The model itself is freaking awesome. It just screams classic DE which I love. I don't know if I've mentioned it before... but my Corsairs are themed after the original G1 Autobots from Transformers (specifically Hot Rod) so I always love seeing DE in Decepticon purple. Just great scheme... I love the red gems by the way just feel super sinister... Great paint job Auric I love it.

Also about that whip.... its inspired a theme song for your Archon  ;D

Castlevania - Bloody Tears Meets Metal - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3QYhciTkOk)
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: dog_of_war on February 27, 2018, 08:11:28 AM
Simply incredible. Love the back story and I love the model. I can't wait to see how your force is going to start shaping up. I envision some definite gladatorial links with some wyches and some incubi for his history as a duelist. I like how you kitted him out as well. I do see a shoulder strapped husk blade, was that intentional to allow him to swap his melee weapons? Keep 'em coming. Seeing another dark kin project really helps motivate me as well.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Saim-Dann on February 27, 2018, 08:55:44 AM
Very nice!
What a great read and such a badass. Would love to hear the story as to who belongs to the skin he uses as a cape. A beautifully painted piece as well, Auric!... Be well! 
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Aurics Pride on February 27, 2018, 01:16:49 PM
Cheers guys!

@Cav- Thanks Bro! That's really what I wanted out of these models so far, I want them to look as sinister as possible, I think the purple works really well for this and the red feels like a nice spot colour to help. I'm not massively happy about the whip to be honest, I feel like I could have done so much more with it but I just wasn't sure what!
Also I love that tune!
To be honest weirdly when I think of Dark Eldar I really think of the weird J-Rock bands like Versailles. Strange as hell but they seem to fit well:

Versailles- The Revenant Choir- Live (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyCMOVsSe68)- Particularly wait for the guitar solos.

@Dog_of_War- Thanks man, I really find that it helps to have a idea of backstory etc to plan out my painting colour choices etc. I've got to be honest your project thread had a bit of input into my choices too! That blade is actually part of his shoulder pad but now you've given me the idea I might have a look to see if I can mount a blade on him. I will be ordering another start collecting box (or two) soon so will have another couple of Archon models for converting so will be making one with a Huskblade as well.

@Saim-Dann- Cheers bud! I am sure I can certainly write a little something out! I want to flesh out the background for this army as I really think that there is so much scope for the Dark Eldar. Such a fluffy (and yet spikey and scary!) race!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Looshkin on February 27, 2018, 03:08:16 PM
Love that first DE model AP. The posing is great and the paint job really makes him pop. I don't like the posing of the 2nd DE nearly as much, but the paint is even better I think.

I hear what you're saying with the whip. Maybe a blend towards one of the colours already present in the model? Not sure what to suggest. Even so, if you do nothing to the miniature, the paint work already looks superb.

Great updates AP, nice to have you back on here a little more regularly!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Ynneadwraith on February 27, 2018, 04:48:24 PM
Those DEldar are sweet as :) cracking paint scheme, and solid modelling.

I'm liking the fluff too. I love it when people build characterisation behind their models. Really brings them to life for me :)
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Aurics Pride on March 7, 2018, 07:21:16 AM
Thanks guys!
@Loosh- As always bud, thankyou! I think I am going to stick with the Agoniser as it is for the moment, possibly try a couple of other tricks on different models in the future.

@Ynnead- Thanks man! To be honest the fluff was inspired by your project thread, I too love when you've got a bit of story behind your models, it really helps to make them a bit more real. I am going to try and provide something for every update I do for my Dark Eldar.

And as if by magic, here is a little more. As requested by Saim-Dann:

As the Dais rose Bal’thair felt the warm air rush over him. He couldn’t work out whether it was adrenaline or the combat drugs flowing through his veins but he felt a sense of apprehension. Since returning to Commoragh he had nothing and there was no shortage of Archons who wanted to keep him down. He had found his way into the fighting pits and in this situation, his first fight with no idea what to expect….
The light above him was getting closer and he could now hear the chanting and cheering of the thousands of Eldar surrounding the arena above. Bal’thair powered up his agoniser as the platform reached ground level, the noise was now deafening.
Bal’thair immediately saw his opponent no more than 10 yards from him. A hulking figure in bright red, heavily damaged armour. From his experience in the raiding parties Bal’Thair knew this to be a human, a member of the Space Marines.
Noticing that his opponent was still struggling to come to his senses from the noise and the light he sprung into action. Using a nearby rock Bal’thair threw himself into the air and with a slash of his Huskblade he took the sword clean out of the Space Marine’s hands. The hulking figure reacted, spinning on his heel he aimed a blow towards Bal’thair’s head.
The punch was clumsy and slow, Bal’thair had plenty of time to react and he ducked under the Marine’s defenses and slashed at his torso with his Huskblade. Sparks flew as the attack landed and a large chunk of the Space Marine’s armour broke free.
The human warrior was far from defeated however and in Bal’thair’s follow through he managed to land an elbow to the back of his head. Stunned and off balance Bal’thair stumbled, another blow connected between his shoulder blades and knocked him to the floor. The Space Marine picked up a nearby blade and stepped forward to administer the killing blow. He leant over the fallen Eldar warrior looking into his eyes before he swung.
These couple of seconds was all that Bal’thair needed to regain his senses and in one swift movement he had managed to get back to his feet and parry the Space Marine’s attack.
As the Human stumbled Bal’thair struck out with his Agoniser, the spiked whip took the Marine’s helmet off with a spray of sparks. Sensing his chance Bal’thair flung himself towards the Space Marine and drove his Huskblade through the gap in his armour and straight into his torso.
The Space Marine fell to his knees, blood was pouring out of his armour and Bal’thair could see his life force draining out of him. All it took was a flick of the wrist and Bal’thair decapitated the dying human.
Bal’thair took a breath and he was then again suddenly aware of his surroundings. The noise from the crowd was utterly deafening. He looked up and saw his personal Venom circling the arena. As it swooped down next to him he threw the body of the Space Marine onto the back. He wanted a trophy…...


I've managed to finish off my first Kabalite Warriors, got the Raider and Reaver Jetbikes from the start collecting box to go and then I am just about to take delivery of some more toys! Also currently planning a fairly interesting kitbash/conversion, just looking for a few important pieces.
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Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: dog_of_war on March 7, 2018, 08:34:41 AM
Hot damn those warriors are cool! They're made even cooler from the narrative. Love the sword effects and the glow on the blaster and dark lance. Have you come up with a Kabal name yet? I have to apologize to Cav and Loosh because this is by far my new favourite project log now.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Saim-Dann on March 7, 2018, 09:43:41 AM
Thank you, Auric!
That was an epic read, matched only by your latest unit. It must make your gaming much more interesting with this kind of backstory to your pieces. Also like the darker, looming feel the black carpet gives to your DE. Well done, mate!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Alienscar on March 7, 2018, 10:08:19 AM
What a beautiful looking unit that is Aurics Pride and as dog_of_war has already said the Dark Lance and sword are particularly striking. I love the way the use of a dark background has made some of the models look like they are emerging from the shadows in true Dark Eldar style.

Out of interest are the models just standard models that you can buy or have you converted them all.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Cavalier on March 7, 2018, 02:53:53 PM
Oh hell yeah! Looking awesome AP.... damn such an awesome scheme and great paint jobs. I love the green accents and bone tabards. They are just so classic but have a great new school twist with the aibrushed glow effects on the darklight (very nice!). I just love it man.

If you need any help or advice on kitbash bits let me know. Always happy to help. So glad you are starting a DE army... and trust me you've chosen the right time!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Aurics Pride on March 7, 2018, 03:46:23 PM
Cheers guys!
@Dog_of_War- Thanks man! That's some seriously high praise! I wouldn't class myself in the same league as Cav and Loosh! I've decided to go with Dread's suggestion of Midnight Marauders, it's definitely good a good Corsair theme to it and seems to fit the colour scheme pretty well.

@Saim-Dann- Cheers bud and you are welcome! I am definitely going to try and provide some more fluff as I go on, if you have any suggestions then please let me know!

@Alienscar- Thankyou! The models for the most part are just standard models, the Archon had an arm and head swap and a couple of the Kabalites are made from the Raider kit but otherwise all standard for the moment.

@Cav- Cheers man! The glow effects aren't actually airbrushed, they are highlighted and drybrushed. I think this will definitely be a theme going forward. I am definitely going to raid your brain, I have a rough idea on what I want to do but need to find a few bits!

@Everybody- So I've done a lot of work today on my Raider (not too far from being finished) and have had another delivery today of another Start collecting box (Another Archon, Raider, Unit of Kabalites and 3x Reavers) and 4 boxes of Scourges!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Looshkin on March 11, 2018, 06:53:00 AM
Another simply brilliant update AP! How the hell do you churn out such great results so quickly? It really is a wonder.

The armour looks brilliant and clean...the colours really add so much menace to the models. The spot colours are terrific and as a whole, the unit just looks perfect. This is shaping up to be your best project so far.

Hot damn those warriors are cool! They're made even cooler from the narrative. Love the sword effects and the glow on the blaster and dark lance. Have you come up with a Kabal name yet? I have to apologize to Cav and Loosh because this is by far my new favourite project log now.

You are dead to me.  ;)
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Aurics Pride on March 13, 2018, 05:11:58 PM
Thanks Loosh!
To be honest a lot of it comes from the fact that I work weekends so have days off during the week where I'm not bothered by anyone! Means I can spend quite a lot of time painting/building. Thanks for your kind words!

Ok guys, another update!!

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Bal’thair took a deep breath, it had been quite some time since he had managed to get off Comorragh, he had spent years in the fighting pits. Building his strength and gathering followers, he had now finally been able to head out of the webway and go back to what he does best…….Raiding.
The air on this Maiden world was unlike anything he had ever experienced, so clean….fresh….untainted. He filled his lungs as his Raider soared across the grassland.
He had been hunting a group of Exodites for a couple of days now, a small band of uncivilized savages but they had managed to avoid capture on multiple occasions through their knowledge of their planet.
Bal’thair smiled however as this time he knew he had them cornered…..


So I've managed to complete My Archon's command Raider! Rattled through this model in about a day, a couple of bits that I'm not amazingly happy with but I think the overall feel of the model matches what I've done so far!
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I've also rushed together a couple of Venoms (old models, repainted). I am currently looking at putting together a list for a tournament in June so wanting some options!
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Also............... .
I've had a little bit of a kick up the butt (you'll soon find out what....) to finish a couple of Corsair bits!
Obviously the Lynx was painted beforehand but I've finally managed to finish my two Hornets and my Warphunter! They had been put on the shelf with the new edition but I am considering getting some more table time in with these now!
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4774/40084528374_147c94b95d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2458FLb)DSC_0295 (https://flic.kr/p/2458FLb)
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A bit of a big update, I promise that I'll slow down a little bit (keep being berated by my local club friends for making them look bad!) I have quite a bit of photo stuff coming up so won't have so much painting time but I have a few more toys ready to get some colours on them!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Saim-Dann on March 13, 2018, 11:12:44 PM
A-ma-zing, Auric!
Great read, again. Fantastic painting, again. You beat me to the punch with the black raider with the red sails. Haven't got one myself yet, however, this colour scheme is on the drawing board to match the Saim-Dann clan.

Your writing, painting, and photography are all tying together for a top-tier blog, mate... Pointy ears forever!!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Cavalier on March 14, 2018, 06:58:21 AM
Hot damn do I love your Corsairs. So glad to see an update and always glad to see a picture of that Lynx. They all look great. That fade, the dark blue with the white accents and red gems looks just fantastic! They remind of a darker version of the Skyhunters Corsairs who I love. Just fantastic stuff AP.

Also the DE updates are coming along very nicely too. Super strong color choices and nice smooth paint jobs as always. The red banners and sails are one of my favorite aspects. Just awesome. Your Eldar collection is gonna be sick when all is said and done.

Just fantastic stuff AP. Fantastic progress and everything looks awesome! Keep rocking bud. Talk soon!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 6, 2018, 09:16:17 AM
Cheers guys!
@Saim-Dann- THanks man, The Raider kit is a lovely one to put together. Was a lot of fun to paint too!

@Cav- As always bud, your comments mean a lot! I am going to try and do a bit more with my Corsairs but at the moment it's so hard to not get carried away with my Dark Eldar!

@Everybody
So I've not provided an update for a while but I have been busy!
With the new Codex about to drop (and has been pre-ordered) and with plenty of motivation I've been going great guns with my Drukhari. Over the last few weeks I've managed to get some Scourges, Reavers and a Razorwing all built and painted! I am getting closer to getting a cohesive force on the table and have a few more bits built and ready to be painted that I am quite excited about! With the changes to the codex I've had to change my plans somewhat.
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Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: dog_of_war on April 6, 2018, 09:42:28 AM
Looks great AP! My scourges are next on the docket too and I'm totally considering removing their current load out and going all dark lances such as you've done.

What changes have you made to your list with the expectation of the codex?

I'd be interested to see how the teasers have swayed your thought process.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Cavalier on April 7, 2018, 02:25:00 PM
Looking absolutley killer AP! What a great collection of units you've got going thus far. I think you've built up a fantastic foundation. Couldn't have done it any better myself... and I've known what was coming for awhile now! lol

Perfect collection to get a solid detachment of Wyches and Warriors (sounds like an awesome Nintendo game).

As for the modeling and painting, it all looks as awesome as ever. Just love the classic paint jobs. The highlights are ultra freaking clean and the color choices are just beyond classic. I love it!

Great stuff all around my friend. Can't wait to see you hit 2k points. Keep on rocking bud this force looks awesome!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Looshkin on April 7, 2018, 03:20:43 PM
Your DE are coming along brilliantly AP. They look really striking and will present a superb, cohesive force.

I won't lie, I love your airbrush work so much that I had hoped to see you attacking the Raiders/Venoms etc with the airbrush, but the results are still really good.

Amazing updates AP, keep making everyone look bad!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Dread on April 7, 2018, 06:53:06 PM
I really love the colors you've chosen. They really bring out the details and give a great presence feel. Bet they look great on a full blown table.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Aurics Pride on April 8, 2018, 01:07:24 PM
Cheers guys!

@Dog_Of_War- Thanks man, I absolutely love the Scourge models and they were always going to be a big part of the army whichever way the codex went. I've got another unit built that have 4x Blasters and tbh with the change I am considering throwing together another unit with Haywire too!
I was looking at mostly Kabalite stuff prior to the Codex dropping but to be honest now I am definitely looking at getting Kabalite, Cults and Covens all involved! To be honest now it really seems like every unit in the codex has a use now and is actually worthwhile.

@Cavalier- Cheers bud! To be honest once I've got the bits that I have painted up I probably won't be far from 2,000 points! Got at least 600 points sat waiting for paint.....

@Looshkin- As always bud, thankyou! I did really think about the Airbrush for the vehicles but to be honest I just couldn't decide on anything that I was happy with. I may investigate some stencils and stuff in the future but if you look closely you will be able to see some subtle airbrushing on the Razorwing.....
Haha Definitely not making you guys look bad, just got lots of motivation and some momentum at the moment!

@Dread- Cheers bud, they've actually not seen the tabletop yet as I set my mind that I am not allowing myself to use any non-painted models for the rest of this edition and I was holding off getting any games in until the new codex arrived.

As always guys, I have a pile of painting and constructing to do! Got some fun conversions that are in line to be painted shortly which I think you guys will like.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Looshkin on April 16, 2018, 09:44:30 AM
@Looshkin- As always bud, thankyou! I did really think about the Airbrush for the vehicles but to be honest I just couldn't decide on anything that I was happy with. I may investigate some stencils and stuff in the future but if you look closely you will be able to see some subtle airbrushing on the Razorwing.....

I thought that there was a little airbrushing going on.

I just want moar! Your airbrushing skills a sick and I just love seeing the results when you break them out. It inspires me to be more brave with mine!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Ynneadwraith on April 16, 2018, 01:29:53 PM
Yeah these are dead striking dude :) personal favourite is the cowls on the Reavers.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Aurics Pride on May 12, 2018, 06:12:22 AM
Thanks Ynnead!

Sorry for the lack of updates guys! I have a couple more fun bits to add in on the Dark Eldar but haven't had chance to get some decent photos of them!
I have however got a little update just for Loosh!
I have started a "Tale of 4 gamers" style thing recently and my pledge for May was to build and paint a Harlequin Troupe.
Obviously since I am just doing the one Troupe I can spend a bit more time on them so I cracked out the airbrush!
Just for you Loosh.............
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/943/41334942564_3cd10e2a51_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25YCokw)20180511_095349 (https://flic.kr/p/25YCokw)
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Cavalier on May 12, 2018, 07:06:51 AM
They look absolutely sick. I just love the starfield, I think you nailed it. Love the purple and blue... nice in-between for your Corsairs and DE. Can't wait to see where this goes. Fantastic stuff AP, love it!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: dog_of_war on May 12, 2018, 09:15:02 AM
Blown away dude. Those cloaks look absolutely fantastic.

Super jealous of your airbrushing skills.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Grizzlykin on May 12, 2018, 03:00:07 PM
OK. I still had some doubts if I was needing an airbrush but with this thread I am convinced. The moment I can I am buying one! This way, way way way too good! Love this whole thread style but the cape, they just take the cake!

Loving it! Keep it up!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Looshkin on May 12, 2018, 03:05:23 PM
I have started a "Tale of 4 gamers" style thing recently and my pledge for May was to build and paint a Harlequin Troupe.
Obviously since I am just doing the one Troupe I can spend a bit more time on them so I cracked out the airbrush!
Just for you Loosh.............

Holy Moly!

Blown away AP! These are looking beautiful already. Such a well executed technique...I think between you and SeekingOne, you really are the kings of Air Brushing.

What are you planning on doing with the rest of the models? Personally, I would keep it really simple so you can let the Cloaks do the talking.

I love these AP; you have really nailed it.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Aurics Pride on May 12, 2018, 04:36:42 PM
Thanks guys!

@Cav- Cheers bud, exactly what I was aiming for! It's a very similar colour palette used although the pinks are more pink than the purple used for the Dark Eldar.

@Dog_of_war- Thanks man, I really love Airbrushing. It's super rewarding when it goes well!

@Grizzlykin- I honestly cannot suggest an airbrush enough! It made a world of difference to my painting, If you look back at things like my Slaaneshi Knight I could not have even thought about hand painting anything like that to the standard that I was able to get it to. Probably the best hobby purchase I've ever made!

@Loosh- I'm really glad you like it bud! Current plan is to do some Purple and Blue Diamonds to compliment the cape colours and to give the non-caped models the same theming and then just black for the gloves etc. Metalwork will likely be Silver or Gold (I am thinking probably silver at the moment) and then White for Masks etc. Weapons I am currently undecided but happy to listen to suggestions!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Grizzlykin on May 12, 2018, 05:29:42 PM

@Loosh- I'm really glad you like it bud! Current plan is to do some Purple and Blue Diamonds to compliment the cape colours and to give the non-caped models the same theming and then just black for the gloves etc. Metalwork will likely be Silver or Gold (I am thinking probably silver at the moment) and then White for Masks etc. Weapons I am currently undecided but happy to listen to suggestions!


A friend of mine pointed a website to me where they sell stencils, this might be usefull for you if you don't already have them, the name of the company was fallout hobbies.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Myen'Tal on May 13, 2018, 01:51:44 AM
I'm not sure if I've visited this thread yet. I always love galaxy-pattern cloaks and your style makes it look quite amazing, Auric! The subtle splashes of purple and blue amidst the void-black of the cloak make it really stand out once it is paired together with the stars.

Also loving your Drukhari! Is that scheme the Kabal of the Last Hatred? It looks great on the infantry, but when the same scheme is applied to vehicles it makes it look super sleek! Hope I can paint Dark Eldar to this standard when I give them a try ;D.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Aurics Pride on May 15, 2018, 11:02:56 AM
@Grizzlykin- Thanks bud, I've actually got a couple of the Fallout Hobbies stencils but haven't really had much luck with them. I actually do need to collar Brian from the Splintermind podcast at some point as I've heard he has had some success with some of their stencils. I would like to use the Diamonds ones for the Vehicles when I come to it.

@Myental- Thanks bud, I'm the same in that I've always loved galaxy pattern stuff but never had the guts to try it until now!
The colour scheme is actually one that I've wanted to try for a while but not based on any that I had previously seen before. I just think that Purples and Pinks suit the Drukhari so well.

@Everybody

So I've been pretty busy recently........... .
Not managed to post these up as I've not been able to get any decent photos but finally here they are!
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/831/41409064234_376b3844f4_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/266bh8m)DSC_4090 (https://flic.kr/p/266bh8m)
Blaster armed Scourges
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/947/41409062214_a4e140d9fe_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/266bgww)DSC_4094 (https://flic.kr/p/266bgww)
My custom kitbashed Incubi (thankyou to Cav for some inspiration here!)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/976/41228345815_acff2d8f3d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25Pd3Qx)DSC_4096 (https://flic.kr/p/25Pd3Qx)
Kitbashing Succubus!

And then.......
A couple of WIP shots of my Harlequins that I posted up the other day. Spent a long time today trying to paint these guys.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/963/42128962111_f5b11b7083_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27bMWFH)DSC_4099 (https://flic.kr/p/27bMWFH)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/978/42128960361_60f2739f70_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27bMWax)DSC_4101 (https://flic.kr/p/27bMWax)

Hope you like them!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: dog_of_war on May 15, 2018, 02:38:03 PM
Just beautiful! Love the dark, shadowy paint jobs. Really gives everything a truly sinister look.

Those kitbashes are brilliant too. I think somebody has an affinity to scourge legs I'm thinking.  ::)

The harlie masks look great as incubi. I'm really going to have to get some of those of a bit site someday, as they just work so well with the dark eldar line.

Keep them coming. Your force is shaping up really nicely.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: magenb on May 15, 2018, 05:38:16 PM
great colour scheme and great job on the tiny diamonds, but those coats...

(https://i.imgur.com/L6M8vU2.gif)
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Dread on May 15, 2018, 10:36:55 PM
Holy black light! Just fantastic! Excellent paint and conversion work! Blown away everytime I look here .
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Grizzlykin on May 16, 2018, 08:47:17 AM
Omfg... This is just awesome! This color scheme is such a hit! It look even better on the dark background! That's insane quality! Glorious style! I'm loving it!


And for the harlequins! The gold is such good contrast. It's insanely good I love it!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Cavalier on May 16, 2018, 03:57:34 PM
Yhwh-condemned! Absolutley crushed it man. The Incubi are freaking amazing... the modelling is just insanely awesome. Total props on the posing, the use of bits... just fantastic. The paint jobs are awesome as well.

The Harlies are also totally incredible. You absolutley killed the checkers, can't believe how awesome they look.

Just fantastic work man, totally blown away. Can't wait to see how the Harlies shape up into a fighting force. Keep up the great work man you are rolling!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Looshkin on May 17, 2018, 05:49:07 AM
Wow AP, you are totally killing it with these clowns! The cloaks still look fantastic, but the diamonds really accentuate what you’ve already done. Nothing gets drowned out and that’s a fantastically difficult trick to pull with Harlequins.

Really pleased that you decided to test yourself with Harlequins and even more impressed with what you’re producing. These are shaping. Up to be your best work by a margin...and your previous work was already excellent.

Well done mate, looking forward to seeing more of these guys.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Aurics Pride on May 19, 2018, 03:42:36 AM
Wow, thanks guys!

@Dog of war- haha I really do love the scourge legs, so dynamic! For the Harlie masks just find a nearby Harlequin player, you get so many spares!!

@Magenb- haha thanks bud! I thought you'd like them!

@Dread- cheers bud! Keep coming back then, there is plenty more to come!!

@Grizzlykin- thankyou! As you can tell I quite like my dark and sinister! Works especially well with these kits.
I actually wasn't sure about the gold at first but then as soon as I tested it I knew it was a winner!

@Cav- You deserve some of the credit for the Incubi! The suggestion of the executioners weapons was genius!
Thanks for the comments on the Harlies, I have had so much fun painting them so far!

@Loosh- Cheers bud! As always your praise means a hell of a lot! I worked really hard to get the colour balance right and to make them feel Harlequin like but also properly dark and sinister!

@Everbody-
So my Harlequin troupe and Troupe Master have been completed which has finished my pledge for May.
I did think that they deserved a nice ride however so made a start on a Starweaver as a bonus pledge!
Better pics to follow!
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/827/42159256472_ff1a16fa19_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27etd9h)20180518_183755 (https://flic.kr/p/27etd9h)
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Cavalier on May 19, 2018, 03:44:27 PM
Absolutely brilliant stuff man. The blend of the starfield and the checkers is freaking sick. I love it! So stoked to join you on the journey!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Myen'Tal on May 19, 2018, 04:01:12 PM
Beautiful Harlequins, Aurics Pride, I can only dream of having a hand steady enough to paint all of those diamonds :P ;).
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Dread on May 19, 2018, 08:12:40 PM
DUDE! Simply fantastic! Great effects.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Looshkin on May 20, 2018, 04:55:44 AM
Quite simply amazing AP. This clown force is going to look stunning when you put it all together. The airbrushing is so smooth and well executed, whilst the addition of the diamonds on the Starweaver just really add to the overall effect.

Well done buddy. Simply amazing.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: magenb on May 20, 2018, 05:00:09 PM
Nice work all around, but the fading diamonds is a really nice touch.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Grizzlykin on May 21, 2018, 02:27:33 AM
God weaver looks insane...

These diamonds I nearly did not noticed them with how well they were integrated!!

You are a freaking madman! Keep them coming!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Aurics Pride on May 21, 2018, 07:16:23 AM
Thanks guys!

@Cav- Haha thanks bud, well after listening to the latest Splintermind podcast you will be joining the journey!

@Myental- You'd be surprised at how easy the diamonds can be, you just need to get a good system going and use techniques like steadying your hands against your tabletop etc.

@Dread- Cheers bud!

@Loosh- Thanks man, I really am loving these models for painting and it's been so rewarding actually taking some time to paint them up.

@MagenB- Cheers bud, god bless the airbrush! haha

@Grizzlykin- Thanks bud! I always try and be quite careful with my colour choices and limiting my palette for a kit.

@Everybody-
So I've finished my pledge for May and have got a couple of pictures for you all!
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/972/41530896884_69e7cf8838_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26gWGJh)DSC_4118 (https://flic.kr/p/26gWGJh)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/947/41530895924_fcb55c5364_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26gWGrJ)DSC_4119 (https://flic.kr/p/26gWGrJ)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/968/41530894844_0a8f277ea5_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/26gWG87)DSC_4121 (https://flic.kr/p/26gWG87)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/911/41351020845_7dbbedf17a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2613MRg)DSC_4123 (https://flic.kr/p/2613MRg)
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Ynneadwraith on June 8, 2018, 12:50:18 PM
...I need an airbrush.

Absolutely stunning work dude :)
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Looshkin on June 8, 2018, 02:51:31 PM
Stunning AP. This is easily your best work; and that's saying something because you've put out great stuff before now. These, though, are simply on another level.

I love how the colour scheme of the players is mirrored in the Starweaver without it being forced. The star fields are just another sublime touch that shows off your obvious airbrush skills.

That isn't to say that your brush work isn't excellent too, it's just that everything you touch with an airbrush turns to gold at the moment.

Beautiful...and very hard to top with your June pledge.

What is your June pledge, by the way?
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Grizzlykin on June 8, 2018, 05:26:22 PM
This is just so freakin cool !!! I gotta say, you absolutly nailed it!

...I need an airbrush.

Absolutely stunning work dude :)

Yep the same. This sold me on airbrush so much !


On a side note :

What is your June pledge, by the way?

Can I ask what you mean by that?  I know I'm not the target of the question but ??? Oo
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Looshkin on June 8, 2018, 06:22:47 PM
What is your June pledge, by the way?

Can I ask what you mean by that?  I know I'm not the target of the question but ??? Oo


AP is doing a Tale of 4 Gamers type thing. He pledges what he’ll paint each month, and then goes and does it.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Cavalier on June 8, 2018, 06:53:38 PM
@Auric's Pride- Damn AP this is just fantastic work man. You've really outdone yourself here.... as much as I love your other stuff... this is handsdown the best work you've done. Its just so, so, so well done man. You are gonna crush this contest bro. This is gonna be MIGHTY tough to beat. I know I just keep saying it... but Starfield + Checkers... damn. :o This is just fantastic work all around man. Killing it.

@Everybody- Myself, Brian and Thor are running a Harlequin painting challenge through our podcast (Splintermind). You guys are all welcome to join in just for the challenge and fun of it, but since AP is a Patreon he's battling for supreme bragging rights and a prize. I'll be posting my progress here as well as on Facebook, so feel free to join in. A thousand points by the end of September (and a mandatory 250pts a month) are the rules. Feel free to hop on board the clown car!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: dog_of_war on June 8, 2018, 09:53:53 PM
I'm loving the purple and blues Auric. That bronze/gold is just superb and so clean. What metallics are you using? I've been trying Hashut Copper, but its just so clumpy. Nothing in consistency like old school mithril. I need to know your secret!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Dread on June 9, 2018, 12:44:43 AM
Oh my! I just love the level of skill you have reached. It humbles me to see how far you've come thru the years. Very great use of color and so clean. I just want to hang up my brushes when I see what you, Cav, Loosh, etc. Are putting out there. Keep it up.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Aurics Pride on June 12, 2018, 06:07:12 AM
Thanks guys!

@Ynnead- You definitely need an airbrush, mine massively improved my painting.

@Loosh- Thanks man! I'm really glad that you like them! They've been super fun to paint! My June pledge is partially complete. It's gonna be a Heroes path formation (Solitaire, Death Jester, Shadowseer) and then 4x Skyweavers. Got everything at least partially done but may be struggling to get the details done by the end of the month.

@Grizzlykin- Thanks bud! Honestly, I wholeheartedly recommend getting an airbrush. They are an absolute game changer!
As Loosh and Cav have mentioned I started a "Tale of Gamers" thing with some friends in May where I pledge to build and paint at least 1 unit per month. It also really conveniently fell in line with the Splintermind competition to paint up 1,000pts of Harlequins by September in similar fashion. These have really pushed me to spend more time in the painting and really motivate me to get stuff done.

@Cav- Cheers Cav! To be honest the Harlequins are probably my favourite thing in the 40k universe so it's really been a labour of love. Oh and I want that prize!  ;)

@Dog_of_war- Cheers bud! There is no real secret to the golds to be honest! Retributor armour with a Reikland flesh wash over the top. Simple but so effective!

@Dread- Thanks Dread, Honestly I always used to feel the same when looking at some of the stuff posted on here but now I just use it to motivate myself to get better!

___________________ ___________________ _____

@Everybody-
A little update to the Harlequins, part of my June Pledge has been completed in the Solitaire and Death Jester. I've kept to the same colour scheme for these models so that I can build up a nice cohesive look across the army. Really enjoying how these are coming out now!
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1746/40938301540_a9708c3688_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25nzuMb)DSC_4619 (https://flic.kr/p/25nzuMb)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/899/40938300430_a5881479d5_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25nzus3)DSC_4621 (https://flic.kr/p/25nzus3)

I also shot a real quick video of my Harlequins so far, Unfortunately the quality isn't nearly as good as I had hoped for. I struggled somewhat with focus (due to light) and the stabiliser was misbehaving but hopefully it'll still look cool.
Harlequins - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sumQwYRllh8&feature=youtu.be)

I shall try and do a better quality one in the future!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Cavalier on June 12, 2018, 11:09:24 AM
Absolutley sick man. These guys are just coming out so phenomenally good. Come to think of it I dont think I've ever seen the starfield/checker combo before... and you are just nailing it. I'm loving the gold accent on the weapons too, gives some nice distinctness amid the nebulous mystery of all the other colors. Crushing it bro
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Myen'Tal on June 17, 2018, 01:46:33 AM
Is it me or does the galaxy pattern on that Death Jester and Solitaire seemed like it's reached the pique of epic proportions!?  :) I think it's because it's been combined so well with the diamond patterns, great stuff all around Auric, cannot wait to see what you churn out next!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Looshkin on June 18, 2018, 05:45:16 PM
More really cool work AP. Those guys will look excellent leading your Harlequin force.

If I were to be hyper critical (and it would be nitpicking to the nth degree), I feel that the star fields are a little too dense on the cloaks of the new characters. That's just an opinion though and one that you should probably ignore, because those minis still look utterly terrific.

Great work, I'm looking forward to the next instalment!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Aurics Pride on July 20, 2018, 02:44:20 PM
Cheers guys,
Sorry there hasn't been an update in ages! Unfortunately I have been suffering a bit from Nurgles rot and from not enough hours in the day recently.
I've got some  more bits done on the Harlequins but will be updating them soon, once the current pieces are completed.


@ Cav- Cheers bud, it's something I hadn't thought I had seen. I like being original but it did mean that I didn't have anyone to steal inspiration off!

@Myental- Haha thanks man! I've got to be honest I think I can do better than I did on these guys, I am constantly working on it to try and improve it and I've picked up a few ideas that I think may make it better.

@Looshkin- Thanks bud! To be honest I actually agree with you on that point, I think I was putting too much effort into making the colours 'pop' on the cloaks that they ended up a bit strong. It's always tough in smaller spaces as well, much easier on the large surfaces of the vehicles!


So I am continuing with my pledge for the Splintermind Harlequin Challenge but once I have cleared what is on my progress pile that will give me a solid Battallion and I am thinking I want to add a bit of a centrepiece model. The problem is that I have no idea what I want to add! Unfortunately the Harlequins don't really have anything Wraithknight/ Knight/ Primarch sized that they can take. Suggestions would definitely be welcomed!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Aurics Pride on August 31, 2018, 10:29:58 AM
Hey Guys!
So I've not really been around very much recently but I have been continuing with the hobby progress!
The Splintermind Harlequin challenge officially finishes today and after a lot of work (much of it over the last two days!) I've finished my Harlequin army! I may add in some more characters in the coming weeks but I have now finished roughly 2k points worth of Harlequins!

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1882/29448689727_1b38a154d5_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LShetM)DSC00760 (https://flic.kr/p/LShetM)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1864/29448687317_a4605d2819_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LShdLe)DSC00773 (https://flic.kr/p/LShdLe)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1890/29448682827_e3705476e2_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LShcqP)DSC00780 (https://flic.kr/p/LShcqP)

And I am now going to go sit down in a dark room.....
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Looshkin on August 31, 2018, 07:18:58 PM
Wow.

Not much else I can say other than wow. This project has seen you produce your best work by far...and it's not even close. That's not to say what you painted before wasn't good...but this is serious, next level stuff.

It's tremendous and everything works so well together. It looks amazing.

So yeah.

Wow.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Dread on September 1, 2018, 01:14:26 PM
Simply amazing! I'm glad you carried the design on to the WK. That's my intention too, if I get to paint on them again. I just love the dark ominous look, groovy!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Myen'Tal on September 1, 2018, 03:20:14 PM
Now are those are some cosmic beauties, Auric, and gorgeous to behold in all of their splendor! Amazing work, you must have put an obscene amount of effort into making this force and every second of care shows in the result. I love the diamond patterns the most, but the galaxy effect is top notch man :). Love that you managed to tie in your wraithknight with the same scheme, he looks so cool!

You should feel proud of a great task completed. I cannot wait to see what your next project might be ;D!
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: magenb on September 2, 2018, 05:02:34 PM
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuude that looks awesome :) The maks and mirage launchers on the wraithknight are really nice touches.
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Grizzlykin on September 3, 2018, 12:11:23 PM
The insanity you bring me with this level of painting is absurd!


I've shown that to a bunch of friend and they were all flagbestered, you really did a pretty awesome job!

Really great stuff I love it :D
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Aurics Pride on September 10, 2018, 01:22:18 PM
Wow, thanks guys!

@Looshkin- As always bud, if you are complimenting me on painting it means a lot! These were a lot of fun to paint, such great sculpts and once I had decided what I wanted to do with them I just got rolling and it felt quite easy to keep going. The next project is going to be very different and to be honest probably a bit tougher!

@Dread- Thanks bud! The Wraithknight was possibly the easiest bit of the army to paint, it was just time consuming with so many damn gems on it! It felt like a real natural centrepiece to the army though.

@Myen'tal- Thanks man! I am really glad you like them! When you put so much time and energy into painting up an army it's one thing for you to be happy with them but having others comment makes it much better! There'll be a little teaser to the next project shortly....

@Magenb- Cheers bud! The Wraithknight was a fun conversion, I just raided a few spares off my Starweaver sprues and it seemed to work quite well. The Greenstuff Diamonds on the mask were probably the toughest part but it was a fun project for sure!

@Grizzlykin- Haha now you know how I feel when I see Cav and Loosh's work! Thanks for your words though bud, this army definitely seems to have gone down pretty well!

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@Everyone-
So Cav has been badgering me upon other social media channels to provide some better pictures of my Harlequins so I have taken a few more shots today. Looking back I can't believe that I painted so much so quickly for these guys and as a few of you have said I do very much think this is my best work so far.
I am hopeful going forwards though, I took my Harlequins too a recent tournament and managed to bag 2nd place for the best army (After an incredible Dark Eldar army that I was fully in love with). I've also recently discovered that we have a previous Golden Daemon winner living in the same town as me who has offered to help me with my painting so I am hoping to learn a few new techniques!
Anyway, Here is the Harlie porn!

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1895/42788120760_43c3b4c3ea_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28c3iA1)DSC_8541 (https://flic.kr/p/28c3iA1)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1854/42788117920_0f9dfb542d_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/28c3hK3)DSC_8545 (https://flic.kr/p/28c3hK3)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1897/29660511357_b8baac08e5_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MbZSER)DSC_8552 (https://flic.kr/p/MbZSER)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1868/29660506877_a6733ffc7a_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MbZRkB)DSC_8553 (https://flic.kr/p/MbZRkB)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1869/29660502307_678105f7bb_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MbZPYP)DSC_8558 (https://flic.kr/p/MbZPYP)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1841/29660500277_c01fbcf5cd_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MbZPnP)DSC_8565 (https://flic.kr/p/MbZPnP)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1857/29660498637_5812579975_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MbZNTx)DSC_8569 (https://flic.kr/p/MbZNTx)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1895/29660495317_f67511f899_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MbZMUi)DSC_8576 (https://flic.kr/p/MbZMUi)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1870/29660492977_90feb865af_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MbZMcX)DSC_8582 (https://flic.kr/p/MbZMcX)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1888/43879557154_fbf8bdc019_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29RucAS)DSC_8583 (https://flic.kr/p/29RucAS)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1859/44598427711_04e54efc2f_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2aX1ALP)DSC_8585 (https://flic.kr/p/2aX1ALP)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1876/44598426101_fcd2617553_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2aX1Ai4)DSC_8587 (https://flic.kr/p/2aX1Ai4)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1843/44598424191_7b89fbc872_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2aX1zJ8)DSC_8593 (https://flic.kr/p/2aX1zJ8)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1883/44598419831_52a4e87ed1_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2aX1yqX)DSC_8598 (https://flic.kr/p/2aX1yqX)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1881/44598415651_83f3524409_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2aX1xbT)DSC_8600 (https://flic.kr/p/2aX1xbT)
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1889/44598411691_3da4a58273_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2aX1w1B)DSC_8601 (https://flic.kr/p/2aX1w1B)

and finally....... here is a little tease of my next project......

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1898/44598408471_bd839930f6_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2aX1v46)DSC_8604 (https://flic.kr/p/2aX1v46)

Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: SeekingOne on September 13, 2018, 02:36:20 AM
That's absolutely awesome army! thumbs up. Really great stuff. This is a lot coming from me, because I saw many implementations of this "stars & nebulas" decoration style and the absolute majority of them were meh at best. Yours however is spot on, it looks 100% appropriate and harmonious. The way how smoothly and naturally your 'cosmic' patterns blend into the 'diamonds' patterns is mind-blowing. Love it :)
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Calamity on September 15, 2018, 08:47:43 AM
Those Harlequins look absolutely amazing Auric!  And together on the board, the presentation is outstanding. :)
Title: Re: Aurics Pride's Projects- Corsairs, Raven Guard, Daemons and now Dark Eldar!
Post by: Ynneadwraith on September 17, 2018, 06:15:01 AM
Oh man those are gorgeous. Hands-down best starfield scheme I've seen. I think a lot of people go for starfields from long-exposure pictures that really bring the colours out, but if you actually look at the milky way and such with the naked eye it looks...mostly empty. Which is awesome in a 'we're really tiny compared to the universe' way.

Yours seem to capture a bit of that which I really like :)