General Science Fiction Log...

[Cpt. Drill]

Hi guys

This is a log of some general science fiction stuff (Normally I stick to fantasy). It will probably be epic scale stuff due to my inability to paint above 10mm. I hope you like it... if not dont worry I am easily distracted and the log will probably die.

Okay well I was given a bunch of epic models recently and got intro gamed and addicted. Epic is a very cool game! Well I am making a chaos army just to have something painted to put down on the field. These guys were nice and easy to paint and didnt take long at all. The tanks had minimal conversion to make them a little more chaotic.






I wanted to work on another army that I could spent a little more time on and these are some trials for Necron Obelisks. I never really liked the characterless Necron vehicles and wanted some with a little more personality and make them look a little more like sentient robots. Also I wanted them to be a little bit like the old style Tripods.

[Dangersaurus]

Love the obelisks. Reminds me of Modrons from AD&D.

[Spectrar Ghost]

Great take on the Obelisks, and well executed and painted.

[Mr Feral]

Great work on the Chaos Marines, I too am basing mine on round stands. The Obelisks are looking good too! Do you have any plans for Necron infantry and the like?

[Fredmans]

Great start, and welcome to the wonderful world of the 28mm painting impaired. It does not hurt that the Epic:A system is so much fun, too. I think your chaos marines are really well painted and the obelisk concept is beautifully thoght out and executed. Glad you started this log, and I will surely follow your progress.

/Fredmans

[Cpt. Drill]

Thanks for the warm welcome guys. I was surprised to see comment on my marines, they took maybe an hour to paint and closer scrutiny really shows them up. At first I was worried about the round bases but they really grew on me, somewhere hard coded in my mind is that fantasy is on square bases and 40k is on round bases. I just cant shake that feeling.


I was really pleased with the obelisks (I dug out my old monster manual and wow I had forgotton about the modrons they are very cool),I do have plans for other necron units the Warbarque and pylons are next on the list. I am probably going to use the Exodus wars Edenites as they are very convincing models and are reasonably cheap.

Okay so I did some painting. Presenting the trial monolith! Made out of a 2cm square block. Unfortunatly it is from a childrens infant school and has rounded corners. I tried to cover it up but it still loses a bit of the charm.






Here is the mother taking the kids out for a walk.




Okay... So I had the terrible realisation that clearly the trial Monolith is clearly too big. It stands taller than a warhound and looks like it has alot more mass to it, not to mention that the living metal super tough necron idea gets turned on its head when the behemoth is actually pretty flimsy.

So I tried a bit of dodgy photoshopping to see if I could salvage the design. So what do you guys think? I would say I am 90% sold on cutting his legs off at the knees reducing its height. Also I kind of like the very clunky look of this one. Not practical at all.

[Cpt. Drill]

Hmmm... I am prety sure every time I try and start a plog something crops up within a week and I get set back. This time I came down the the plague or flu and have been pretty enfit for painting.

Well I managed to stop whining pick up a piant brush yesterday and painted a few more little cubes. I really like these guys and have been concidering transfering them across to 40k for a bit of mindless necron action.




I also put together some infantry. They are pretty bland to be honest. I would like to add some thing extra to them but its really hard to do anything significant enough that wont make the models too confusing. I tried out black and green as the original scheme and they were very silly at least like this people can see they are necrons. I might change the lord to have a flesh cloak as the green just blends in.

[Mr Feral]

I thought this thread was awesome as it was, then you went and added some more Necrons to make it even better.

Now I want some too.

[Sclep]

I think your Necron Cubes are crazy good! I wonder how they could be realised at 28mm. I'm a fan of the longer legs, but that's based on coolness alone, not on how it matches up rulewise.

edit: They're a bit War of the Worlds, which fits the Necrons quite well.

[eltanko]

This tripods are freakily good!! They look really odd, but I love them, very unique work!
The Chaos looks great aswell, especially all the symbols on the tanks.

ElTanko

[Ancre]

Oy those necrons are awesome ! I positively love the vehicles, and I would like to do the same once I'll work on an epic necron force (another project on the long long long line of projects I have ).

About the necrons miniatures, are they from GW or another company ? Are they out of production ? I want some ! x)

Keep up the good work, I love to follow all of your threads

[Cpt. Drill]

Thanks alot guys

Feral - I like necrons too... Space undead rock!

Sclep - I am a big fan of the long legs and have put off deciding to cut them off just yet.

eltanko - The chaos were speed painted pretty much and up close the tanks symbols look a little dodgey I was expecting them to get ignored on here.

Ancre - Thanks for the kind words you are always welcome on my threads (As my only regular viewer I count on you coming back unless no one would!)
The Necrons are from a company called Exodus wars and fall in their army the 'Edenites' I heard that they were sculpted by an ex forgeworld designer and forge world didnt want to make them so they were realsed indipendantly. They are awesome models and incredibly cheap. Although I would say about 10% of the models I recieved are miscast with arms missing or deformities. That being said at this scale you cant really notice.

http://www.exoduswars.com/store/eden...uad-p-305.html

The company makes alot of the necron infantry Pariahs, Lords, Warriors and destroyers. THere are also some 'Infiltration infantry' coming which I guess are going to be flayed ones? They also make ar army that are clearly Squats and an Imperial Gaurd alternative. There Sales pitch over.

Okay in my illness I have done little painting, luckily epic is fast to paint so I managed to get a bit done. So here we go WARRIORS ATTACK!!

The Lords now have flesh cloaks as they look cool and stand out a little next to all the green and silver.





To prove I have painted more and not just shuffled them around have a horde of warriors.




Overall a pretty dull update as its more of the same. Stay tuned next week there will be new robots!

[infelix]

Very nice Necron army you have there. Is it possible to get a tutorial on how you make your tripods?

[Cpt. Drill]

I will do a tutorial some time soon, I am missing a couple of key components for making new ones but when they arrive I will show you how to put one together.

My next update is a chaos objective. I use chaos squats to represent my Forlorne Hope who always get butchered each game. So in a heroic fashion this is meant to be the last chaos squat left alive after another massicar... Gotta get him home to Momma.

[eltanko]

Thats a very cool looking objective marker. Even on such a tiny scale you have managed to add some lovely gore!! Nice work

ElTanko

[Fredmans]

I agree. Chaos Squats as Forlorn Hope has a certain ring to it. Lovely objective. Keep it up.

/Fredmans

[Cpt. Drill]

Thanks guys I am a bit fan of Chaos Squats.

Next to add to the army is some Destroyers. They look a little funny but they came out nicely enough. I would have liked to have a couple per stand but I just dont have enough scarabs and as im itching to finish the army singles will have to do.

Enjoy

[Mr Feral]

The Destroyers are looking fab, what miniatures were used for the torsos? (I'm guessing more from the Exodus Wars range.)

Is it supposed to be just one Destroyer per stand or more?

I'd also thought I would tell you that your Necrons have made me start my own for Epic, I hope you're happy now!

[Cpt. Drill]

Hey Mr. Feral The torsos are the Exodus Wars 'Edenite Heavy Infantry', there is no set amount of how many destroyers you should have to a base but only having six in a formation seems a little low (Maybe?).


I am extremely happy to hear that your starting your own army. They are super quick to paint and look pretty cool I have enjoyed putting the army together.

Just some minor updates.

A destroyer lord, enjoy the flesh cloak and his melancholy expression.



This is a shot of what the backs of the destroyers look like as you cant really tell from the front. Each one is a little different but this sort of idea.



I also got around to painting up my Pariahs. Very speedy to do but I had to give them the white shoulder pads as they just blend in so much with the rest of the Warriors.

[can't_decide]

Nice 'Crons. I like the Monoliths.