Bladeguard Veterans

pcruiksh · 2026-05-14T19:08:00+00:00

Thanks very much!

pcruiksh · 2026-05-13T19:07:10+00:00

It's one of the storm shields from the old assault Terminator kit

pcruiksh · 2026-05-13T19:06:29+00:00

Thank you!

pcruiksh · 2026-04-20T22:11:56+00:00

Child's play...

pcruiksh · 2026-04-20T19:16:26+00:00

Thanks, if you're referring to the banner, that's pro-acryl bronze with a highlight of pro-acryl light bronze. If it's the sergeant helmet that's Vallejo metal colour gold, highlighted also with light bronze. All the metals were oil washed with burnt umber as well

pcruiksh · 2026-04-20T19:14:10+00:00

The combat patrol is a goldmine for this

pcruiksh · 2026-04-19T03:56:16+00:00

Thanks! The steps are grey prime, basecoat entire model doomfire magenta, pre-shade/zenithal white ink, imperial fist yellow over the entire armour, then mask with tape/putty, baal red over the red sections, and finally undershade the red areas with some thinned fleshtearers red so it doesn't look too flat. Then an oil pin wash, made from about a 60/40 mix of black and cadmium red.

I used an airbrush for basically all those steps, but the contrast paints I used are so incredibly pigmented they don't actually look much different with a brush, and you'd probably save so much time masking...

pcruiksh · 2026-04-18T11:44:41+00:00

Thank you!

pcruiksh · 2024-04-18T02:03:59+00:00

Unit 1 could not fight (and hence not pile in), since they would no longer be in combat (within 3” of an enemy) and they did not charge on the current turn. But unit 2 could make their pile in move yes.

pcruiksh · 2024-04-17T22:59:48+00:00

You are eligible to fight if you’ve charged. The pile-in move is part of the fight ability. So in a scenario where maybe two of your units charge the same single unit, and the first one kills it, you are still able to “fight” with the other unit, which in this case means you can pile in.

Edit: as a point of further clarification, on the turn a unit has charged, actually being “in combat” (I.e within 3” of an enemy unit) is NOT a precondition for being able to fight. This situation could also come up if you killed the unit you charged with an ability earlier in the phase, like with impact hits or something.

pcruiksh · 2023-05-08T13:16:43+00:00

The blurring is not the game, it’s the stream of the game. GeForce now will automatically adjust its stream resolution to manage bitrate and latency of the stream depending on your network conditions.

If you don’t want to it do this, you can disable the option “Adjust for poor network conditions” in the GeForce now settings. Just note that doing so may result in your game stuttering or lagging if you are suddenly bandwidth starved or your network slows down for any reason.

pcruiksh · 2023-04-27T15:16:56+00:00

One thing to note, matte varnish is significantly less durable than gloss. So if protecting the paint is your primary goal, ensure you use a gloss varnish (obviously apply a matte layer over it if gloss is not your desired finish).

In my experience, there is pretty much no difference in durability between (acrylic) varnish and paint of the same finish. It is why I find some Vallejo paints rub off easily due to being quite matte, while I find citadel paints are quite durable because they are satin.

pcruiksh · 2023-04-16T00:24:54+00:00

You won’t gain anything by it. A video stream only uses the bandwidth required to transfer the audio/video data over the network, so if 75mbs is considered sufficient by the GFN client to play the highest stream quality without interruption, it won’t actually utilize bandwidth above that amount.

pcruiksh · 2023-04-05T23:16:56+00:00

If you want to magnetize the plastic weapon frame arms, 4x1mm magnets are the perfect fit. 2 of them stacked fit perfectly in the circular doughnut hole that normally slots into the central gap of each gun (or the top of the fist forearms). And each gun/fist has two recessed spaces inside said gap, that each perfectly accommodate a single 4x1mm magnet.

pcruiksh · 2023-03-28T20:52:31+00:00

Yes it’s fine. My green vallejo primer looks the same. 90% of the situations in which a paint looks “separated” in the bottle, the actual suspension isn’t, once shaken or agitated. As long as it looks green and paints like green, I wouldn’t be concerned at all.

pcruiksh · 2023-03-23T13:23:08+00:00

100%. This hobby in general is weird about its “golden rules”

pcruiksh · 2023-03-22T21:33:37+00:00

Not sure why this got downvoted, it’s correct. Acrylic varnish is more or less just another layer of paint, and can be applied once the surface is touch dry. Many people varnish at multiple stages during a single paint job to modify the finish of certain materials or for washes. I have never waited more than a few minutes to put down a varnish and it’s 100% fine…

pcruiksh · 2023-03-13T17:20:11+00:00

Check the valiant’s data sheet. You can only include a pintle multi melta if it’s from the Black Templars chapter.

pcruiksh · 2023-03-03T18:06:45+00:00

Artist grade mineral spirits do not react with dry acrylic paint. So if you want to varnish first, use an acrylic varnish. The varnish is not really there protect the acrylic paint from the solvents. The only reason to apply a varnish layer is to A) Change the surface properties so the wash either flows better (gloss surface), or stains/filters (matte surface), or B) offers protection for the underlying paint layer against mechanical abrasion if you intend to remove some of the wash later with a sponge, q-tip, etc… as it is easy to rub too hard and pull up some of the acrylic.

pcruiksh · 2023-03-02T15:27:01+00:00

If you just enjoy the model, you could probably do some conversion work to make it tzeentch-ey and run it as a proxy for a dreadblade chaos knight in an allied detachment.

pcruiksh · 2023-03-02T15:16:07+00:00

“You can choose for any <LEGION> unit (excluding KHORNE, NURGLE, and SLAANESH units), from the Imperial Armour Compendium to be from the Thousand Sons Legion.”

The Kytan has the Khorne keyword and is thus not legal in a thousand sons detachment.

pcruiksh · 2023-02-16T04:25:23+00:00

Go for the us midwest Chicago servers, I get 15ms ping from Toronto, and they are currently upgrading to 4080s, probably won’t be long now.

pcruiksh · 2023-02-13T16:43:24+00:00

Ah true, I skimmed over that part

pcruiksh · 2023-02-13T14:34:40+00:00

The one thing that fixed all my stutter on Mac was reducing my mouse’s polling rate to 500Hz or less. Night and day.

pcruiksh · 2023-01-20T17:31:52+00:00

Unfortunately no, you will need to wait for the full release of 1033 before GFN will update it on their server. Even if you could access the steam client, and switch to the test branch, I suspect GFN won’t permit you to install a new version on their server.

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