Topic: Tarnell's plog - Army complete :::cheers:::

[Tarnell]

Back after a little break. Should be updating this regularly again from now on. Broke myself back in with an engineer:

[Playonwords]

Looks really good - although his coat doesnt have the more vibrant blue tones that the helblaster crew have (which i liked a lot btw - i gotta get me one of those powder monkeys - they are just too cool!). Maybe the engineer gets more soot on him than regular crewman though.

[Broke n English]

Love the different blues on him, and can't wait to see the Handgunners done ^^ Cheers

[Shadowlord]

Another excellent Empire blog.

[The Yacovitch]

Hi tarnell. Really love the army. I was just wandering how you got the blue/ turquoise armor on your knights and demi gryphs. Been trying to do something simular on mine but it keeps just turning out awful. Love the army and keep it up !

[Tarnell]

Love the different blues on him, and can't wait to see the Handgunners done ^^ Cheers

The handgunners didn't make the list I'm afraid. At 9pts each they're a bit pricey for 24" range move or fire. If I did ever use them I think I'd swap the handguns for xbows for the extra range. Now I feel silly putting 2 packs worth of xbows in the bin

Still to come though: 15 knights with lances (the white wolves didn't make the list either), BSB on foot, Warrior priest, Captain on Pegasus, and a War Altar.

[Tarnell]

Hi tarnell. Really love the army. I was just wandering how you got the blue/ turquoise armor on your knights and demi gryphs. Been trying to do something simular on mine but it keeps just turning out awful. Love the army and keep it up !

Yea sure, I started with this:
Base: incubi darkness
Layer 1: incubi darkness + sotek green mix
Layer 2: sotek green
Highlight: temple guard blue

Then I started using this as it was a lot quicker but had similar results:
Base: sotek green
Wash: nuln oil (black)
Layer: sotek green
Highlight: temple guard blue

Hope this helps

[Tarnell]

Looks really good - although his coat doesnt have the more vibrant blue tones that the helblaster crew have (which i liked a lot btw - i gotta get me one of those powder monkeys - they are just too cool!). Maybe the engineer gets more soot on him than regular crewman though.

I wanted to differentiate him from the normal crew so it's meant to be a dark leather coat. I was going to keep it black but I thought I'd give it a hint of turquoise to tie it in.

[The Ol Perfesser]

Nice work on the engineer's monocle.   

[The Yacovitch]

Thanks, Helps a lot. Keep up the good work
 

[Tarnell]

Caught the Warhammer bug again (how did i lose it?), and I'm making a push to finish painting a 2500 point list and then I can paint other units at a steady pace for further options afterwords.

The handgunners I assembled sadly didn't make the list as 24" move or fire for 9 points isn't worth it imo. Will use bases and unit fillers for archers later down the line though.

First off I re painted the turquoise on the Engineer to match the Hellblaster crew based on feedback.



Here's what I've painted so far this year.



4 down, 4 to go.



Weapons are magnetised for my lance or more pricey sword of might build. The base is from Scibor if anyone was wondering   

[Krudenwald]

I just read through your entire blog again. What can I say? Love that Turquoise!

Amazing. Thanks for the inspiration (and more importantly, the motivation).

Keep it up!

[lt dougheim]

Truly amazing painting. Look forward to seeing more.

[Fandir Nightshade]

Oh how nice a Bretonnian Pegasus.

[Midaski]

Oh how nice a Bretonnian Pegasus.

That's a bit harsh - he could have used the pegasus from the Bretonnian set.

[Tarnell]

Oh how nice a Bretonnian Pegasus.

Oh how nice a Bretonnian Pegasus.

It was the best fit for the army I could find at the time. It's good enough for me anyway.

Not that I need to justify it. You took the time to post on my plog stating that it's boring you. That's pretty rude, and pretty sad.

[Darknight]

Oh how nice a Bretonnian Pegasus.

Oh how nice a Bretonnian Pegasus.

It was the best fit for the army I could find at the time. It's good enough for me anyway.

Not that I need to justify it. You took the time to post on my plog stating that it's boring you. That's pretty rude, and pretty sad.

It's a long-standing insider joke, Tarnell - unfortunately, like all insider jokes it is both incomprehensible to those outside and not all that funny when explained. The joke is simply that people use a Bretonnian Pegasus for Empire armies, that this is the only practical choice, but that people never acknowledge this and act as if the Bretonnian Pegasus is both innovative and has never been suggested before.

[Tarnell]

Ah I see, haha. It was only slightly rude and sad then 

[Midaski]

Ah I see, haha. It was only slightly rude and sad then 

Sorry - it is a longstanding running joke on this site, and when I saw your post count I assumed you would have seen it before.
Fandir wouldn't ever criticise anyone's painting and conversions - have you seen his work    or mine for that matter.

[Warhammer-Weib]

Love the colour scheme! Keep up your good work! 

[Kalrath]

Oh how nice a Bretonnian Pegasus.

Said Empire Captain before confiscating the Knight's ride for speeding on the Emperor's Road.

Very cool stuff mate. It's coming along fast!

[Tarnell]

Ah I see, haha. It was only slightly rude and sad then 

Sorry - it is a longstanding running joke on this site, and when I saw your post count I assumed you would have seen it before.
Fandir wouldn't ever criticise anyone's painting and conversions - have you seen his work    or mine for that matter.

No worries, I haven't got 'Insider' status yet but I was aware it was a common kit bash so I took it as sarcasm.

[Midaski]

No worries, I haven't got 'Insider' status yet but I was aware it was a common kit bash so I took it as sarcasm.

   Now you're being silly - Fandir is german, so he doesn't understand basic humour, let alone sophisticated stuff like sarcasm. 

[KiTe]

Very nice blog - I should follow it for more inspiration 

[Tarnell]

No worries, I haven't got 'Insider' status yet but I was aware it was a common kit bash so I took it as sarcasm.

   Now you're being silly - Fandir is german, so he doesn't understand basic humour, let alone sophisticated stuff like sarcasm. 

I work with Germans. I totally understand now!