Bubba Ho-Tep
Mongoose
Narn
Centauri
Centauri
What Have You Painted Today??
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Bubba Ho-Tep
Mongoose
Thanks, I am diving into my other fleets as well, you can see some of tohse on the previous page.
Bubba Ho-Tep said:
Somehow I had managed to miss those, thanks for the heads up.
All mighty, mighty fine. Particularly like the excellent Drakh. need to get around to painting my own someday. As well as knocking, literally, my mothership into shape.
Nice to see a Pak in there as well. Just deciding now myself whether to go with the Mongoose colours or something else.
Bubba Ho-Tep
Mongoose
Yup, my mothership is in serious need of some greenstuff lovin'.
BraveSirRobin
Mongoose
If all of that is just a month of work for you, I'd hate to see what you could get done in a year... :shock:
I especially like the League and Centauri stuff.
I especially like the League and Centauri stuff.
nightshade
Mongoose
Very nice paint jobs, Bubba!
Also, some of those fighter bases look familiar...
Also, some of those fighter bases look familiar...
Bubba Ho-Tep
Mongoose
Thanks, I have move from space minis to figs for this month, I'll post pics when I get them done.
http://www.tneva.net/pics/wma/britons/overall3.jpg
Not exactly what I have painted TODAY but rather than what I have been painting recently ;-)
Somewhat short of 1700 pts worth of britons for warmaster ancients so more than enough for <2k games. I have enough to have variety for 1500 pts lists. Now time to start working on limited units for 2k limit(4 units of chariots, more skirmishers, more cavalry and more commanders. Will give me way over 2k points easily which is enough for now of britons).
For comparisons roman army minus skirmishers and light cavalry which are missing from picture:
http://www.tneva.net/pics/wma/romans/overall1.jpg
Not exactly what I have painted TODAY but rather than what I have been painting recently ;-)
Somewhat short of 1700 pts worth of britons for warmaster ancients so more than enough for <2k games. I have enough to have variety for 1500 pts lists. Now time to start working on limited units for 2k limit(4 units of chariots, more skirmishers, more cavalry and more commanders. Will give me way over 2k points easily which is enough for now of britons).
For comparisons roman army minus skirmishers and light cavalry which are missing from picture:
http://www.tneva.net/pics/wma/romans/overall1.jpg
Hyperion
This is the Iron Wind Metals version. The main difference is that the bridge saucer is smaller than on the Mongoose version. Judging by various screenshots, this appears to be accurate, the saucer diameter being little greater than that of the forward turret. The saucer is, however, less well detailed, but the turrets are better detailed. The Iron Wind Hyperion is otherwise similar to the older Mongoose version with angled bow and a block for mounting the stand under the bottom turrets. To square off the bow I wrapped a piece of paper round, soaked it with thin CA, then filled and sanded the joint.
This is the Iron Wind Metals version. The main difference is that the bridge saucer is smaller than on the Mongoose version. Judging by various screenshots, this appears to be accurate, the saucer diameter being little greater than that of the forward turret. The saucer is, however, less well detailed, but the turrets are better detailed. The Iron Wind Hyperion is otherwise similar to the older Mongoose version with angled bow and a block for mounting the stand under the bottom turrets. To square off the bow I wrapped a piece of paper round, soaked it with thin CA, then filled and sanded the joint.
Thanks. 
Incidental trivia: the registry number for the Hyperion, IAK-21494, is the initials and date of birth of the first son of Mark Kochinski, who was being born round about the time Mark was designing the Hyperion.
I'd like to know accurate numbers for some other Hyperions...
Incidental trivia: the registry number for the Hyperion, IAK-21494, is the initials and date of birth of the first son of Mark Kochinski, who was being born round about the time Mark was designing the Hyperion.
I'd like to know accurate numbers for some other Hyperions...
Kickaha said:
Nah. Actually 6mm is dirt easy to paint since there's no need to worry about annoying details ;-) Just put base colours in place(and no need to be insanely accurate with it either) and then quick wash(I use brown ink to dull them and make them look like army that has marched) and voila!
I would recommend giving them a shot if ancient wargaming appeals at all(and heck you can get 6mm for any period as well). Baccus6mm prices aren't that expensive so it wouldn't even be expensive attempt ;-)
BTW maybe rather illogically don't go for smallest brushes. I use size _2_ for 99% of the painting on these models. I use GW's large tank brush(yes that's right. Large TANK brush) to drybrush metal on romans(obviously as first step!!!) and to ink them as last stage. Plus size 4(kolinsky brushes) for bases. I tried size 0 but it was actually harder and _took longer_. Very, very tiny brush was used to paint those legionary shields though(they were painted post-wash btw).
My Army of Light fleet.
It's been painted for a while now, the most recent addition being the Hyperion shown earlier, but I finally got round to putting the whole fleet out for a group shot. It's actually slightly faked; the Hyperion came with a small base for the stand, which wouldn't be stable, so it borrowed a stand from one of the Sunhawks. After taking the shot with the Hyperion in place, I removed the Hyperion, put the stand back on the Sunhawk, and took the shot again. A quick bit of Photoshopping put the Sunhawk in its place in the shot with the Hyperion.
It's not exactly a lie, though. I have a Tinashi under construction which was supplied with a large base but will probably be stable on a small one, meaning its large base can go onto the Hyperion. Besides, the Tinashi isn't legal for the Army of Light, so it will never need the large stand at the same time as the Hyperion and the Sunhawk. One way or another, I can actually field the fleet as shown.
It's been painted for a while now, the most recent addition being the Hyperion shown earlier, but I finally got round to putting the whole fleet out for a group shot. It's actually slightly faked; the Hyperion came with a small base for the stand, which wouldn't be stable, so it borrowed a stand from one of the Sunhawks. After taking the shot with the Hyperion in place, I removed the Hyperion, put the stand back on the Sunhawk, and took the shot again. A quick bit of Photoshopping put the Sunhawk in its place in the shot with the Hyperion.
It's not exactly a lie, though. I have a Tinashi under construction which was supplied with a large base but will probably be stable on a small one, meaning its large base can go onto the Hyperion. Besides, the Tinashi isn't legal for the Army of Light, so it will never need the large stand at the same time as the Hyperion and the Sunhawk. One way or another, I can actually field the fleet as shown.
The nice thing about the Army of Light, for me at least, is that it is almost exclusively ships which appeared on screen. I started off playing ACTA with the Shadows boxed set, then began collecting models of ships from the TV series, originally just for display. When P&P came out, the Army of Light fleet list gave me the chance to use that collection as a fleet. That, by the way, is why the single largest contributor to my fleet is the Earth Alliance - they had more ship types on screen than anyone else.
The Army of Light is a real mixed bag but once you work out what everyone's job is, it's a lot of fun. The rule is that there have to be ships from at least two different fleets; unless it's a very small battle, I usually have at least three, and would do so even if that rule wasn't there.
That, by the way, is why the single largest contributor to my fleet is the Earth Alliance - they had more ship types on screen than anyone else.The Army of Light is a real mixed bag but once you work out what everyone's job is, it's a lot of fun. The rule is that there have to be ships from at least two different fleets; unless it's a very small battle, I usually have at least three, and would do so even if that rule wasn't there.
AdrianH said:The nice thing about the Army of Light, for me at least, is that it is almost exclusively ships which appeared on screen. I started off playing ACTA with the Shadows boxed set, then began collecting models of ships from the TV series, originally just for display. When P&P came out, the Army of Light fleet list gave me the chance to use that collection as a fleet.
The Army of Light is a real mixed bag but once you work out what everyone's job is, it's a lot of fun. The rule is that there have to be ships from at least two different fleets; unless it's a very small battle, I usually have at least three, and would do so even if that rule wasn't there.
All ships from the TV series eh, maybe thats why they look good together, subliminal familiarity, (great name for a band). I've never tried the army of light in a game however you make it sound a worthy challenge AdrianH.
Iain McGhee
Mongoose
I can attest to that :evil: :wink:
