Thursday, May 4, 2017

What Lurks in the Shadows of Acheron (WiP)

Just a quick post here, trying to keep myself putting up something. Shadow War (and the teasers for 8th) has also served to rekindle my interest in Nids, which had been on the wane for a long time, and resulted in me boxing them up and putting them in storage shortly after 7th arrived. I haven't actually unpacked them, but I did pull out an unbuilt set of Warriors I had, and I've started painting them up as a HF Leviathan Kill Team for Shadow War. I chose Leviathan in large part because it's very similar to the scheme I want to use for my Keeper of Secrets, which I've stalled out on because I've been nervous of screwing the next stage up, so this way I can get some practice on Models that I'm not nearly as invested in. Anyhow, here's the first one as it stands so far:
Needs a bunch of touchup, and at least one more layer of highlights on everything (two on most parts). Also, the other side isn't nearly as far along, I've barely done any of the followup Rakarth Flesh on that side after washing the whole thing with Druchii Violet. Still, coming along nicely, and giving my some more confidence about being able to do the Keeper justice with her paint job.

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  1. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)May 5, 2017 at 12:24 AM

    Looking good. I love the Leviathan colour scheme for Nids.

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    1. WestRiderMay 5, 2017 at 9:45 AM

      Thanks! It's always been one I liked as well, but back when I first started Nids, I was in this mindset where I didn't want to use any of the common GW schemes, so I came up with my own. Which I was perfectly happy with, but it is nice to play around with the Leviathan scheme for a bit.

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  2. Spot1cusMay 7, 2017 at 7:59 AM

    I think he looks good. The red and the purple play well off of the lighter color and mix well. Better than if it was all purple or all red.

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    1. WestRiderMay 7, 2017 at 10:55 AM

      Thanks! So weit, so gut! I've got the other side up to this point, and done the first layer of highlights on the purple. Hoping to finish the purple and do some of the red today.

      I've noticed that some Models (like Chaos Marines) can look really good with just two major colours, but Nids seem to need three. I think they overdid the red a bit with the later version of the Leviathan theme, but if the talons and such go purple as well, it just doesn't really click the same way.

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    2. Spot1cusMay 18, 2017 at 4:24 AM

      I will have to look into the three color idea with my nids. Neat thought.

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    3. WestRiderMay 18, 2017 at 10:47 AM

      It's something I noticed after a few times rushing to get Armies up to three colour minimum for Tournaments. My CSM often looked fine after just a heavy drybrush of their metallic trim and then picking out the plates with the base colour, and then I'd do the eyes or something just to get a third colour in there, but they never really felt like they needed it. My Nids, on the other hand, really didn't look right until I had three colours, for base, carapace, and claws/talons/hooves.

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