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Post by twogunsblazing on Oct 10, 2012 5:28:07 GMT -5
I'm a massive Aliens fan. I love the first two movies in this series, they were brilliant, I thought the third was good but was fairly disappointed in the fourth. I did like Prometheus, however I also think it could've been done a little better...and I hope there will be another...but out of all of them, Aliens is by far the movie I like the most.! I couldn't pass up the opportunity to utilise Khurasan's very cool 'Space Demons', so now that my Terran Commando force is big enough to get onto the tabletop, I've started up my second force. I'm going to take a very similar approach to this force to what Xantige has, and use the 'Space Demons' as the basic gruntz for my Aliens force and then supplement these with GW Tyranid models to form the tank/mecha/transport equivalent units. Anyway, the first pic is of 100 Aliens all ready for undercoating. Not sure what colour scheme I'm going to go with yet. I'm doing a few test models with different colours to see what I like the most.
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Oct 10, 2012 7:40:10 GMT -5
Post by RuneCaster_Aris on Oct 10, 2012 7:40:10 GMT -5
I love non-human armies, you have a massive force there. How many points are you planning?
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Oct 10, 2012 7:54:40 GMT -5
Post by twogunsblazing on Oct 10, 2012 7:54:40 GMT -5
Probably around the 600-700 point mark for this force initially.
The Aliens will be in 10 squads of 10 and at 30 points per squad that'll be 300 points.
I'll have 6 x Tyranid Warriors to serve as medium tank/mech types...that'll probably work out to around 180-200 points
I'll have 2 x Carnifex that'll serve as assault size APC type transports...they'll be gunned up as well so they'll probably come out at around 100+ points in total
I'll also have a Hive Tyrant (the FW one) and that'll serve as some sort of assault tank/mecha and will probably come in at around 50-60+ points maybe...
That's a rough idea of what I'm aiming for and may change as I progress through the building of the force...
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Oct 10, 2012 7:59:14 GMT -5
Post by Mr. Harold on Oct 10, 2012 7:59:14 GMT -5
That looks like a scary army! I like the idea of using the tyranid models as heavy units. I've always liked the Tyranid army... i'm looking forward to seeing how it looks all set up!
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Oct 10, 2012 8:07:03 GMT -5
Post by twogunsblazing on Oct 10, 2012 8:07:03 GMT -5
I got the idea of using the Tyranid models from Xantige. She has a force on here that she is in the progress of making/painting and it looks so cool I decided to use the Tyranid models to supplement the Aliens as well
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Oct 12, 2012 7:34:06 GMT -5
Post by twogunsblazing on Oct 12, 2012 7:34:06 GMT -5
So I did up 5 test colour schemes to see what I would like the most. My main priority here is to get these smaller guys on the board ASAP so I can start on the bigger units. For the smaller guys, I'm just spraying a single colour, brushing white on their teeth and dunking them in a dip. I'll put a lot more effort into the bigger units. In the end, I chose black as the colour scheme. It's the one with the least detail showing due to the dark colour, however the mental imagery in my mind of aliens being black, or near black, from the movies is just too strong...
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Oct 12, 2012 10:27:38 GMT -5
Post by inrepose on Oct 12, 2012 10:27:38 GMT -5
I like them all! Actually the red is great, perhaps for an elite unit. I also think the middle darker grey is a nice result. I can see the pull to black but I also think you would make a nicer looking army with lighter colours. What about the odd albino? I would like to see pink or purple extending jaws and possible white teeth. That would make them pop.
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Oct 12, 2012 10:34:51 GMT -5
Post by twogunsblazing on Oct 12, 2012 10:34:51 GMT -5
I liked the red too. I remember reading one of the Aliens novels ages ago where some scientists had to go to a planet and on the planet were two species of Aliens, one of which was red.
Once I've got the big guys done I may revisit these smaller guys and add details to get them looking a bit more special...
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Oct 12, 2012 11:13:11 GMT -5
Post by Mr. Harold on Oct 12, 2012 11:13:11 GMT -5
Those are great! I think if I had to choose, i'd choose the second (lighter grey) one... but they all look cool!
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Oct 12, 2012 12:49:19 GMT -5
Post by jeffw75 on Oct 12, 2012 12:49:19 GMT -5
There's a thread on TMP (maybe two threads) where the space demons were sprayed with a metallic and then washed- they looked pretty good.
For my thought, I think even painting the smooth head plate a different color would be a nice touch. I think your palest gray with a black head would look nice, especially in you were to gloss the black afterwards.
Jeff
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Oct 12, 2012 13:28:00 GMT -5
Post by comstar on Oct 12, 2012 13:28:00 GMT -5
Why not use all of them nice and easy to see what squad they are then as they all look good
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Oct 12, 2012 15:54:59 GMT -5
Post by lordnth on Oct 12, 2012 15:54:59 GMT -5
I've been thinking Aliens. I may stick with another Alien force of Bugs. I would go with a flat base color. A Dark Grey or that Black you have. Transparent paint (Tayama makes a smoke color) will make that glossy effect without having to drybrush the effect on. Not sure if you would still have to do a wash then. Maybe paint a few different colors (bands or spots like dogs or insects do) to identify groups or squads.
I must ask. Why Tyranids? When Khurasan has those lovely Pred-Aliens with weapons, hammerhead Aliens, Space Queens, large warriors and the Alien King model? To me, they speak more Alien than the 'Nids do. The 'Nids always speak Alien ripoff to me. But then I know that's me and a minority of others. I know there is lots of choices and variety with the GW 'Nids but I would use them sparingly to fill gaps that the Space Demons don't have.
BTW for a flying force, that pose you showed all the sample color schemes, wouldn't some shimmer plastic cut like insect or fairy wings look great on them? Jump Troop Aliens. Yeah!
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Oct 12, 2012 23:17:29 GMT -5
Post by twogunsblazing on Oct 12, 2012 23:17:29 GMT -5
Thanks for all the suggestions guys, much appreciated. I'm nearly finished them now...once I decided on the black I went full nutso and hooked right into getting them done. I'm just finishing the bases today...should have some pics up tonight and hopefully the first game with them tomorrow afternoon with my sons. lordnth - I'm hearing you on the Tyranids mate, and I agree they are a total rip from Aliens...Space Hulk is the perfect example of that (one of my most favourite games though and I've owned all editions and still play it every now and then). I still really like the Tyranid models though and to be honest, the bigger 'Space Demons' from Khurasan didn't really fit in with what I had in mind for this force. I really wanted to have the classic Aliens as the gruntz, but I also wanted to have aliens that are the equivalent of tanks, IFV's and mechs on the battlefield. The Tyranid models are better suited to this in my opinion. I've got two Carnifex that will serve in a similar role as an IFV...running full tilt toward the enemies battle line blazing away with it's arm mounted bio cannons whilst two squads of Aliens cling to it's rear and underneath...dropping off directly into the thick of close combat once they reach the enemy battle lines. I've got 6 Tyranid Warriors who will serve in a similar role to that of a light or medium mech...shooting and assaulting armoured vehicles and mechs. I'm also going to get the Forge World Hive Tyrant, which will serve as the Queen Alien, able to support the Aliens troops as well as being able to go toe to toe with the biggest of mechs.... That's a brilliant idea using the Alien sculpt pictured above as the base for a conversion of flying Aliens. I've got quite a few of those spare so expect to see some in the not too distant future...thanks for that suggestion...I might even remove them from the base and place them on a metal rod attached to a larger base so they are higher in the air
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Oct 13, 2012 0:16:08 GMT -5
Post by twogunsblazing on Oct 13, 2012 0:16:08 GMT -5
Why not use all of them nice and easy to see what squad they are then as they all look good Yeah, that's also a good point, comstar. I can imagine in big games when I have heaps of these guys, the likelihood of using more than a single squad to assault an enemy unit is high and the following confusion of the squads being mixed and which model belongs to which squad could get a little annoying...especially if I run two of the yet-to-be-named carnifex beasts up to unload 4 squads on the same hard target. Hmmm, maybe I could paint coloured stripes on the front of each base so the models unit could be easily identifiable.
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Oct 13, 2012 0:33:33 GMT -5
Post by RuneCaster_Aris on Oct 13, 2012 0:33:33 GMT -5
The Red ones are pretty awesome and really remind me of one of the Aliens comic book series from the 90's. I think it was called "Hive War"? You had Red aliens vs. Blue aliens for hive dominance.
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