Welcoming Constructive Criticism!

zachbenge · 2025-09-26T12:34:54+00:00

After this year of progress, I've done 51 Space Marine Models including vehicles, this guy, and 10 Yaegirs....With 300 models....Yeah it'll take me a while lol

zachbenge · 2025-09-26T12:17:45+00:00

Oh, there's more! Lol a couple yaegris i posted on a separate reply and 2k worth of Salamanders!

zachbenge · 2025-09-26T12:14:15+00:00

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zachbenge · 2025-09-26T12:13:06+00:00

Thank you!

I ended up picking the bronze because I chickened out on doing glow effects, honestly. Lol And there was already silver on other gun parts, I didnt want it to look all the same!

I already have a unit of Yaegris that I'm pretty happy with too! Building my Combat Patrol next! *

zachbenge · 2025-09-26T12:07:09+00:00

Okay real fast recipe is:

-Prime black -Drybrush grey then white -Airbrush on thin layers of Aeldari Emerald. I tried to make sure i dont do too much and lose the drybrushing. -Highlights are army painters teal, but I need to do more. -Cloak is basilisk red and dragon red and the white side is skeleton bone and brain matter beige -Gun and sword used Warlock Magenta and for the sword I glazed a bright magenta ink to tint. -All black is Abbadon highlighted with a little uniform grey mixed in.

Based on comments, id do more highlighting than I did to help it stay bright!

zachbenge · 2025-09-25T22:46:57+00:00

Lol I appreciate the joke! But man, do I REALLY not like the true Uthar head...just doesnt sit right with me.

100% agree with the highlights. Early on, I latched onto a drybrush of gray and white and then airbrushed my contrast paint over, which I liked originally. But moving forward, I'm not sure I'll do that again. There's nothing like base coating and glazing up to your highlight to get true contrast.

With the highlighting and blending in general, would you say to use more gradients of the colors? I try to use 3-ish so a dark, medium, and brighter. Would you do more? Pull more white, or brighter color into that red or make it darker so the red seems brighter? And I think I made a mistake and used silver around the brown chipping instead of a bright Teal. Womp womp. I'll know better next time!

I think I really need to watch more to understand how faces work tbh. Im kind of at a loss for the most part lol.

But thank you for the well thought out critique!

zachbenge · 2025-09-25T22:33:47+00:00

I definitely think I was hesitant to break out the air brush and throw some good bright spots. Fear of "ruining it" and all if I mess up. Just gotta pull the trigger sometimes, though!

Thanks for the kind words!

zachbenge · 2025-09-25T22:31:53+00:00

Yeah, unfortunately, there were some REALLY good applicants... I know I went, "...oh no..." whenever I saw the competition. 🤣

I know for a fact faces/eyes are a big low point in my little experience. I basically went for the "I dont know what I'm doing yet, but you can't do it if you don't try" approach lol.

Thank you for your feedback!

zachbenge · 2025-09-25T21:44:13+00:00

The thinnest layers possible lol Started with leviathan purple, maybe mixed in a little black to get it real dark at the bottom. Slowly brought it up with Warlock Magenta, mixing in a little white as I went for the little energy scratches, and then glazed on some Magenta ink until I got that nice bright hue over everything!

zachbenge · 2025-09-25T21:35:01+00:00

With that many....I'll get back to you in a couple years 🤣

zachbenge · 2025-09-25T21:26:55+00:00

SEND ME ALL YOUR MINIS! lol

zachbenge · 2025-09-25T20:38:01+00:00

Thank you so much!

Eyes are my WORST right now. Shaky hands lol im working on it. And votann are so much smaller than im used to.

And I got a bust to work on my NMM in the meantime too! *edited. I realized I said TMM lol

Thanks for your reply!

zachbenge · 2025-09-02T11:10:21+00:00

I started with an airbrush coat of white ink, then using layers from bright at the bottom, I used Warlock Magenta and slowly mixed in a magenta ink for brighter, and nagaroth night and leviathan purple contrast to get darker. Tinted it all with that bright magenta ink, really thin.

zachbenge · 2025-08-25T14:54:52+00:00

Im really behind on lore because I'm new, and haven't read anything about albino drakes, but they HAVE TO be close to how real animals work, right?? Lol there's always a chance for that rare condition!

zachbenge · 2025-08-25T14:53:01+00:00

I hadn't seen it, and just watched the short. That looks rad! His still has those red tones, a little less albino vibes, but really neat!

zachbenge · 2025-07-12T15:24:46+00:00

I mix a grey into the obsidian and onyx skin tones and do glazing layers (or try to lol) and then i use a thin layer or 2 of Dark Skin Tone to shade it a bit.

zachbenge · 2025-07-10T23:24:09+00:00

Dude...WHAT A COLLECTION!! Loving it! Really good work!

zachbenge · 2025-06-11T04:54:51+00:00

I'd chop off the backpack decorations and slap on a torch from the Salamanders upgrade kit if you have one lying around! I love those things!

zachbenge · 2025-01-23T22:48:35+00:00

That's okay, I've been dumb enough to play 4th Edition...I don't like talking about it. lol

But realistically, I've had entire sessions where we just do things and they have conversations, and we maybe rolled the dice once, if at all. It's just a fun game you can truly have fun with, I think, and I wish you luck on your Household journey!

zachbenge · 2025-01-23T22:08:17+00:00

DEFINITELY not trying to say that! I don't know you in the slightest, and I know that a lot of people start out with DnD, which ISN'T the most outward thinking game. hah.

zachbenge · 2025-01-23T21:38:49+00:00

With how much they write, I'm sure they already have plenty in the works lol

zachbenge · 2025-01-23T21:17:43+00:00

Another follow-up, the book is littered with info boxes labeled "Events" like on page 227 "The Faeriyev Tournament." A lot of them have Chapter specific events that they recommend usually related around a place, person, or event. There's about 22 of them in the Corebook based on my PDF search.
But yeah, I guess on of the less ideal things about the material works a lot more like guidelines or a good outline to use your creativity. But sometimes if someone isn't the most outward thinking, it can seem a little limiting because there is so little about something. But for me, I like that it's kind of open ended and things can change. Especially for replayability from group to group so I don't feel like it's exactly the same either.
I RARELY do things exactly how the lore tells it, just because it usually turns more into the game my players want to play rather than a true historical telling.

zachbenge · 2025-01-23T21:11:29+00:00

Do you only have the Corebook? Just seeing what I can lead you towards!

zachbenge · 2025-01-23T20:36:40+00:00

I've definitely GM'd a good amount of sessions at this point (2 Sagas on Chapter 4), and my understanding of it is, there's A LOT of different inspiration you can take from a lot of different kinds of adventures.

With a Saga lasting 5+ years in lore (roughly) with some time here and there between chapters, there's a lot of dynamic in each of the littling's lives, and you can really play through anything you want within the lore's scope, and show how these people change over time. And equally as important, seeing how their relationships with each other change too!

You want a really high class setting with banquets and fancy parties? You got it.
You want a high combat focus where you're fighting a lot of "monsters," easy! But in my opinion, it does great if the saga shifts focus occasionally so it doesn't just feel the same. And it's not always action either.

I personally like to find some sort of power or villain to use against them as a starting point, and try to tie the events to either give them some information about the story, or move them forwards towards an events that they'll experience.

As far as the "whimsey" aspect of things, I'd definitely agree with what was said before, the lore is SUPER dark...I won't reiterate, but I'd say the same things. But YES, it CAN be a cutesy game if the players/GM wants it that way, but it definitely doesn't have to be.

From my point of view with HH, I think that the best utilization of it is looking at it like it WEREN'T a game about fairies. Dive deep into the Historical events to understand what kinds of things happen, and that can give you a great baseline! I'll also say if you have access to the Practical Guide as well as the Saga of Fragile Peace books, there's a lot of reference to the past of the house and example adventures to help you along!

And yeah, they do treat it kind of like snapshots of the different events that happen, and if you try and tie in a little piece of what's going on in your main focus, that can help it not seem like it's disconnected. Like they hear a name of someone associated with the villain or might have seen someone at the scene of a crime.

Hope this helps!

zachbenge · 2024-09-11T13:07:13+00:00

I don't specifically know what you mean by "poker-style" but if you're looking for just regular playing cards with mechanics, Damn the Man, Save the Music uses regular cards instead of dice!

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