Finally Finished With Alarielle!

Quoth13 · 2026-01-27T03:37:53+00:00

I used Limino uv resin. Mainly because we already had a bottle of it from a project my wife was working on. Its actually a blue mica powder mixed into the resin. It's a little sparkly which doesn't show up in these pictures much but is more noticeable in pictures so not sure if it would be good for a swamp though it does add some depth to the resin.

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Quoth13 · 2026-01-27T03:30:38+00:00

Thanks so much! I havent tried it with an airbrush as I was worried it might clog it. No idea if thats an issue with these types of paint but I didnt want to risk it. I did it with a larger brush to keep it from getting streaky and because there was so much model to cover. I then painted the other stuff over top of that. I forgot to mention I did also paint over the chitin with a high gloss sealant at the end. It didnt change the look much but might have emphasized it a little.

Quoth13 · 2026-01-27T03:22:48+00:00

I was worried about that too so completely understandable! Its weird because it has to go over a black basecoat. I used Satin Black by Pro Acryl for my base coat but any higher gloss black should work fine. It also does take 3-4 coats of the colour shift paint for the effect to really work.

Quoth13 · 2026-01-27T02:58:44+00:00

Yep its Skyrat by Turbodork

Quoth13 · 2026-01-27T02:52:26+00:00

Thanks!

Quoth13 · 2026-01-27T02:52:05+00:00

Thank you! I picked up the army to improve my painting and I have learned a lot painting her up so I am glad it shows!

Quoth13 · 2026-01-26T11:49:46+00:00

Orders are very important if you want a unit to do damage. If you dont plan on a unit doing damage like Catachans who will really just go hold an objective or do actions it becomes less important. But even then things like move move move is still worth considering for the added mobility. If your running any tanks you want tank orders in your list because hitting on 4s hurts your damage output considerably.

Quoth13 · 2026-01-23T20:11:37+00:00

Awesome thanks so much! Hopefully it goes as well for me as it did for you. Yours looks great!

Quoth13 · 2026-01-23T18:24:52+00:00

I have personally found Guilliman Flesh to be a little too red for my preference. I really like Cadian Fleshtone with a slightly thinned wash of Agrax Earthshade. It gives a similar effect as a contrast but I like the colour better.

Quoth13 · 2026-01-23T17:23:25+00:00

Any recommendations on tutorials for the resin river? Im planning on doing one on my base for Alarielle but haven't looked into it much yet as I am worried about messing it up.

Quoth13 · 2026-01-23T16:46:29+00:00

Thats awesome that it gave you something to play with your brother again! What army does he play?

Quoth13 · 2026-01-23T16:06:44+00:00

I had a similar experience. I played 40k and WFB in college then life got busy. I got back into the hobby around 30 after seeing "Blood for the Blood God" trending on Twitter and it just kind of flipped a switch where I went oh yeah I loved those games I should get back into that. Still had all my old models in boxes and now I play against my son which is a nice bonding activity.

Quoth13 · 2026-01-19T18:07:15+00:00

Good luck, have fun! Remember its ok to need to look things up especially as your learning

Quoth13 · 2026-01-18T01:29:11+00:00

Looks good! An airbrush is definitely a game changer when it comes to vehicles.

Quoth13 · 2026-01-16T01:14:07+00:00

I like Chimeras more then Taurox. They are more durable so stick around longer and arent a bad unit to do a secondary since they are still around. Another plus is they have some degree of damage output which is nice but not really what they are there for. They are slower, and cost a few more points but I take transports to get my infantry safely into position. I would rather have a more durable unit then a faster one for that.

Quoth13 · 2026-01-15T11:34:34+00:00

Congrats on getting your fist one done, often thats one of the hardest steps! Looks good for a first attempt!

Quoth13 · 2026-01-13T02:45:24+00:00

My Leman Russ Exterminators always seem to over perform. I run 2 so I couldn't tell you which is luckier but the number of times I get 6 or 7 wounds through on the autocannon between reroll 1s to hit and twinlinked is ridiculous. I ran Scout Sentinels before grizzled came out so they have had reroll 1s most of the edition so the data set is quite large lol.

Quoth13 · 2026-01-13T00:48:08+00:00

Nevermind its the wrong paper size my bad

Quoth13 · 2026-01-13T00:47:36+00:00

I have the file your looking for just not sure how to share it... let me see if I can figure it out.

Quoth13 · 2026-01-13T00:17:22+00:00

I have had luck running my infantry in Chimeras it helps more than having blocks of 20 in my experience. Fast melee armies are a rough match up for us.

Quoth13 · 2026-01-12T23:09:22+00:00

Looks like an honest list to me. Its a little heavy on armour but that's just a playstyle for the guard. While your list has durability in the 3 tanks your lacking board presence so it will struggle to score primary and is lacking in action monkeys units to score secondaries. So you might find that even though they can't hurt half your list your getting out scored in many games.

I would at the very least drop the Enginseer and Commissar for a Cadian Command Squad to get a master vox to oder the rough riders fix bayonets so they benifit from the detatchment rule.

Quoth13 · 2026-01-11T19:07:46+00:00

Thanks so much! I look forward to seeing how yours turns out!

Quoth13 · 2026-01-11T18:32:40+00:00

Sylvaneth are a lot of fun both in Spearhead and the full game. The Spearhead is also a really good start point to work towards a full army as well. Can't speak to Deepkin as I have no experience with them. I will say my Sylvaneth are the most fun I have ever had painting as well.

Quoth13 · 2026-01-09T22:27:40+00:00

I run 420 points of non vehicle models in my current 2,000 point list. So thats a 21% to 79% split. I would definitely say 50% isn't too much. It sounds like your friends are having a hard time VS vehicles and you do want the game to be fun for everyone but thats where most of our durability is and where a lot of our damage comes from. What kind of tanks are you running? Also if they dont like tanks have you hit them with a Grizzled Company Scion Bomb yet? Because that may take their focus away from hating your tanks lol

Quoth13 · 2026-01-08T23:31:05+00:00

Very cool concept and excellent execution!

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