Sunday, 2 March 2025

2nd Edition Army Challenge IV: February

 



Hi folks,

February was a ridiculously busy month on the family front. It made it tough to build any momentum hobby-wise. For the challenge I was working on a squad of five Grey Knights and they were a bit painful to paint. Each had the detail of a character model; just the bodies alone had 17 skulls each!




Things went right down to the wire and I submitted my contribution directly on the midnight deadline. Taking photos of them was also pain, but here is a shot in the display cabinet.



I'm tempted to go back over the Nemesis Force Weapon hafts in black, but it is 2nd Ed., so bright is also usually better. I'll see how I feel when I do the next lot.

I missed old stuff day again after a pretty rough weekend. I'm hoping to take a trip down memory lane tonight and hopefully build a post out of it.

See you across the table,

Marc 


8 comments:

  1. Those are some lovely blends on the Force Weapons and a crazy amount of detail on the main bodies! I get what you say about the weapon hafts – they draw the eye away from the bodies and the blade. Maybe if they were a litte darker? I'm not sure.

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    1. I think I have to go darker. Perhaps the base colour without a highlight. If there is one part of the model I don't want to draw the eye to, it is that part!

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  2. I'm impressed, they look ace. The halberds look nice to me, but I get what you say about the colour. Anyway, I find them glorious!!

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    1. Cheers mate, I ended up going over them with the base colour and knocking it back even further with a wash. The bright poops of colour on the blade and gun are still there, but the haft doesn't draw the eye quite as badly.

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  3. Fair point on the weapon hafts - but I wouldn't obsess - total 2nd edition vibes there from a gamer that started in that edition. So nostalgic. Thank you!

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    1. Cheers, I have some good memories of using these guys back in the old days. They certainly helped against daemonworld armies, when I agreed to play against them.

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  4. These are fabulous! 17 skulls?! It's amazing to think they can fit so many on such a small model.

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    1. Some of the halberds have 4 on them! I think the biggest total on any one model is 24 skulls. That's a lot for the Skull Throne if one falls...

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