Warhammer 40,000

lol. But seriously, Body Horror on wheels.

Not sure if this is the right topic, but I just listened to The Butcher's Nails Horus Heresy audio book, and I really liked it. Decent story, ADB's writing always manages to to feel active yet detailed.

Also had some good lines.

"You should just paint your armor red!"

"This... This looks like Kurtz's bed-chamber."*

I keep hearing about how Warpsmiths are kickass. Then I actually look at the model.

HOW THE FUCK AM I GOING TO PAINT THAT?!

edited 6th Oct '12 12:23:52 PM by Neo_Crimson

With the exceptionally-crafted $55.70 Citadel Brush Set, an array of $3.70 Citadel washes, bases, glazes, and textured paints, and guided by the $49.50 How to Paint Citadel Miniatures, of course!

Assemble, spray it black, drybrush with Boltgun Metal or whatever wonky equivalent they're using these days. There, you're 75% done, now go back and paint the non-metal bits to match the rest of your army.

I can see needing extra care around the mess of cables and metal tentacles that is his 'cloak', but it doesn't seem like it'd be too complex. Time-consuming as hell though.

"Ah, what a glorious day to work for Tzeentch. Now to take care of that broken Defil-whoops!" *trips over cloak*

Drybrushing. Lots of drybrushing, then wash it down and you're 75% done. As previously mentioned, take your time and have fun with the coloured bits. Take a break, come back to it later. That's what I do.

Just as Planned.

My question is why he's wearing twenty to thirty cables? Does he need that many to interface with whatever twisted metal monster he's working on? Are they trophies from machines he's "slain?" Or is his battlefield role to stand under an umbrella and power the TV, X Box, speaker system, mini-fridge, lava lamp, and other sinister implements his dark lord brings on campaigns?

edited 6th Oct '12 10:46:11 PM by Tacitus

He's wearing that many cables for the same reason that the Dark Apostle is stepping on a pile of books.

Because I don't know.

"I sure do love my new book-shoes! Now I'll never have to dirty my feet on a dead cultist again!"

"Hmm, copies of The Fountainhead. I shall put these to the obvious logical use and never have a problem reaching high shelves ever again."

edited 7th Oct '12 12:50:47 AM by CountDorku

Did a bit of reading on Lords of Change, and what creeped me out is that they seem to be more prone to holding grudges than any other Greater Daemon of Chaos. If you miraculously manage to defeat/banish one, they apparently take it VERY personal and swear to exclusively take revenge on you once they manifest again.

Well of course, you managed to beat them despite what's probably several centuries or millennia of "just in case" planning. I'd be ticked off too.

Great Unclean Ones? Swell guys, good sports, a little disappointed you rejected Father Nurgle but nice enough to respect your difference of opinion. Keepers of Secrets? Probably enjoying getting killed and banished, no reason to hate you. Bloodthirsters? Equal opportunity hatred, just as likely to tear you apart as they are anyone else. I'd argue that Lords of Change are the Greater Daemons closest to a "normal" state of mind that would allow them to keep a grudge.

The Dark Apostole is pretty weird, especially considering those are not even his own books, but Imperial tomes. Was there a pile of book laying on the battlefield, or does he haul around Imperial holy texts just so he can throw them to the ground and stomp on them during the battle? "See this, loyalists? This is what I think of you False Emperor! I stomp on you holy texts! STOMP ON THEM!"

Maybe the model captures him in the midst of looting and desecrating an Imperial shrine?

Didn't you hear? All Dark Apostles carry around Imperial tomes on the battlefield. Their sermons consist of picking up an Imperial holy book and sarcastically reading it aloud. Sometimes they grab a crayon and draw some genitalia on the pages, just for variety's sake.

It also comes in handy if they need a mid-battle snack.

edited 7th Oct '12 12:51:10 PM by CountDorku

According to White Dwarf, he's supposed to be giving a sermon to cultists (or soon-to-be cultists). So yeah, either he's currently ranting in an imperial cathedral or he brought the books to stomp on them.

Now I'm imagining a hipster Dark Apostle who collects Imperial holy books to be ironic.

It is possible this is related to having started an Archive Binge of Homestuck.

x4: Stop making sense, they all seem to be enjoying themselves!

You sure those are Imperial texts and not multiple volumes of the Book of Lorgar?

That's what WD says.

Alright.

Hey, paint them up as the Book of Lorgar and we can have heresies on top of heresies from a heretic to the heretic.

edited 7th Oct '12 3:48:11 PM by Night