Greetings denzines of the warp and fans of the Emperor alike, today we have a dual update.

First of, I want to remind everyone there is just over a week left in the Gravis Suscipio contest, so get your entries done already! We have a lot of fine submissions in the folder so far, but as the Billy Idol song goes, I cried "More! More! More!"

Also today, we have a special guest review of the :new: Citadel Paint Range! Unless you've been living under a rock, you probably know that Games Workshop has drastically changed their paint range this friday, and presented us a whooping 145 colors in the new one. Our member and veteran painter :iconbelazikkal: gives us, given her years of experience i'll even dare say a very professional review of the paint range:





A Bela-take on the new Citadel Colours by Belazikkal


I had a chance to try them out at my local GW. The fringe benefits of being a long-time customer. Usually the painting tables are reserved for the newbies, but I got a chance to try them out.

The results from that hour or so of trying out the paints, mostly to get a handle on consistency etc. rather than hues, are what I am going to report here. I painted a Space Marine, Ultrasmurf.

I want it stated that I did not get the chance to dry out the new Glazes and the new Dry paints, but I did get a chance to look at them (as in seeing how the paint behaves) and having them explained.

Also, GW's website seems to have gone down crashing and burning due to overload.

Base: This is the successor to the Foundation series, and yet not. It is more fluid, requiring less water to be mixed into it before it being applied, and it has been expanded with metallics. They're all fairly dark/muted, though. No bright colours here. Boltgun Metal has gone the way of the dodo-bird, and is replaced with Leadbelcher. Chaos Black is now Abaddon Black and a Base colour, and Ceramite White is Skull White with a new name and better coverage. The funniest name in the new series of paints is XV-88 though, which is a Base of a dark ochre hue. Ideal for Tau, no doubt!

Layer: These are the closest to the old Citadel Paints. They are however, somewhat less covering, from what I experienced, ie more translucent. They also dry a bit fast. There is no black here, though there is a thinner white: White Scar. Easily the largest range. And there are several shades of pink now. And specific colours for you Dark Eldar in Kabalite Green and Sybarite Green. Not colour coded for your convenience but rather named for your convenience. Neat. The metallics are expanded upon, bringing back brass and copper.

Shade: Forget runny and uncomplying Washes, forcing you to liberally dunk your entire mini it for it to look decent. Shades are the new washes, really, but they are somewhat thinner (notice a theme?) and only shade and strengthen the colours. No badly looking rings when applying the paint, either. You can still wash your mini in it, and it'll come out MUCH darker for it, but it can be applied in the recesses only and look pretty good. The colour line is expanded upon and the new Badab Black is named Nuln Oil and the new Devlan Mud is named Agrax Earthshade.

Glazes: I did not get the chance to test these, sadly! But I was told they are extremely thin, and served to enrichen midtones and highlights and bring colours in blends together. Ie what I have to use the base colour for when I paint NMM now, and I have to make it manually. This, along with the shades, is a range I can imagine buying all of them just because they are VERY USEFUL! There's only 4 though. But those 4 are bright and for colours that can be hard to highlight, like green and yellow.

Dry: This is the one most speculated upon. Some though it was powder. It is not. I did not get to try it (sorry!), but it is very, very sticky. Like... uhm... it's not "goopey", but almost solid paint. It's extremely viscous, like honey. I won't pass verdict on this as I haven't had a chance to try it, but I will most likely pass these over for favour of old school drybrushing.

Texture: This I did get to try and my verdict is... meh. GW means to let people use this for basing needs. Not anything you can't do with sand and PVC glue before undercoating. Why would I want a colour pre-mixed with sand? I can see other uses for it though, in particular Blackfire Earth to create rusty bits on Orks, Skaven and Nurgle Marines. The Liquid Snow, by the name of Mourn Mountain Snow seems pretty rad, though. But overall, this is the most disappointing in the range. Nothing that you really con't do yourself with some technical knowhow and for a cheaper coin.

Finally, there's Technical, but I've tried none. They're the varnishe, the undercoat colours, the liquid greenstuff (which is harder to get your hands on than Venus' arms) and the medium. All in the, for the purpose, idiotic Citadel bottle.

My verdict?

Pretty decent stuff. They're the same price the old bottles, at least in Sweden. But they might contain less. I will NOT buy the Mega Paint set. Forget it with that price tag! Woo!

I play Iron Warriors. And I have a Dark Eldar army planned. I will most likely buy paint as I need it. I will stick with Vallejo Game Colour instead of Layers, keep my old Washes and Foundation close until they die or run out and then replace them with new Shades and Bases. That being said, I recommend Shades, Bases and Layers wholeheartedly!

This is daring by GW. They haven't done something this major to their paint set since the late 90s, when they switched to the last bottle design, a move during which they removed the old washes and glazes, as well as coloured metallics in favour of the not-fondly-remembered Inks line (ever tried manually varnishing a model with Citadel Ink applied? Yeah, then you know why they aren't fondly remembered, at least not by me).


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After this fine review, i would just like to add that GW has posted a Color conversion chart between their old and their new paint lines. Here's the link to the PDF:
www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_C…

Enjoy the weekend, this is :iconOlovni: signing off.
Greetings to yet another Eye of Terror contest, this time entitled Gravis Suscipio. This month we will honor the heavy duty ones, the lumbering behemonts that provide support to the regualr troops. This months contest theme are the Heavy Support units.

Rules:
-Any new deviation submitted to the group during the month of March is eligible for the contest.
-The deviation must be of a Heavy Support unit of any codex or race (even IA units that occupy a heavy support slot are allowed).
-You can submit either a painted mini, a drawing/sketch/painting or a short story desgribing the actions of a heavy support unit. In short - any medium of art is allowed.
-There will be a new folder for the contest opened up during saturday so that you can submit into it - as usual. Any deviation submitted there is considered an entry.
-You may submit multiple entries.
-Top 3 of each category will be chosen by the admins. The best will then be voted out by the members.

PRIZES:
As of this moment, the only prizes we can offer are features in our journal and the journals of the moderators. The motivation for this contest is fun and self-improvement, so that should be your greatest award... untill one of us admins gets a job and starts giving you moneyz, that is.

Contest lenght:
the contest lasts untill March 31st. Plenty of time for each and everyone to make something good.

Good luck and have fun.
Greetings all, this is :iconOlovni: typing on behalf of the moderation team. We have a few new submission rule additions, namely regarding crossovers with other fandoms. You can check them out on our rules page (link to it is located on our main page).

Also, we're premaring a new contest in march, something relaxed this time, not to burden you too much but to still motivate you to work some more. The theme will be disclosed on march 1st when the contest starts, and it will last for the entire month, so no rush.

The previous winners of the endurance competition still have a feature on my personal journal, and that will get periodically updated so that people get views. Some other prizes *cough*mebeinglatewith*cough are also in the works, you know who you are to whom i owe a drawing, you'll get it, as soon as i'm done with my birthday, no worries.


Stay tuned for contest details ;)

P.S.
Anyone wishing to chip in points for prizes, or feature for prizes, just send us a note.
Dear members of :iconeye-of-terror: and other fellow gaming and art enthusiasts, I am proud to present the Endurance Marahton Winners


:icongirot:
Blood Gears Chapter Master by Girot Blood Gears Terminator Honour Guard by Girot EoT Week 3 - Raveners et Lictors by Girot EoT Week 4 - Tyranid Warriors by Girot

:iconnoveros:
immortal by Noveros Necron Lords by Noveros Overlord and Crypteks by Noveros Scarab swarm by Noveros Anrakyr The Traveller by Noveros

:iconultimate-bebi:
Fallen Aurora Deathwatch by Ultimate-Bebi Endurance Round 2 by Ultimate-Bebi Legio Eternus by Ultimate-Bebi Endurance Round 4 by Ultimate-Bebi Eternal Legion Standard Bearer by Ultimate-Bebi


:iconevilgermantier:
Children of War                                                       Children of War
'It is my firm belief that the use of child-soldiers be instated in all of the Guard's armies. This shows the enemy not only that our entire populace is determined to die rather than surrender, it also shows them we turn usual victims of war into able bodied soldiers, that can fight  for the defense of their world, their families, their livelihood.'
                                                
Skies above Cadia                                                 Skies above Cadia  
'Cadian landscape is shaped by war just as Cadia's people are marked by the history of her wars. In every household you'll find ten lasguns, one for each baby. That says a lot about the Cadian way of life. To secure the past, you have to have a future.
This is why Cadian families are always numerous. One in two Cadians has been wounded in battle. There are no untouched inhabitants. As they are no unscathed zones. This should be a constant reminder for the daring young geologist: never stray too far from the armoured column. The hills have eyes, you know.'
          - Excerpts from 'Geology of the Planets, Volume Nine:
Heretic Dawn                                      HERETIC DAWN
                                      Chapter I
                                     Remembrance
'Tell me, was your God-Emperor willing to prevent evil but felt unable to do so? Then he was not omnipotent. Was he capable yet unwilling to save Mankind? Then he was malevolent. Was he both capable and willing? Then why does chaos exists still? Was he neither of these things? Then why call
Endwar Part I                                        ENDWAR
                                      PROLOGUE
I am born on a Daemon-World, inside the Eye of Terror. My rite of passage ends with me killing the last remnants of an enemy Clan. The blood of the fallen was strong and the boy's God was pleased by this.
                                         *
I survived the games in the arenas, making my ancestors proud.
Endwar Part 2                                            Chapter IV
                                        Sleeping with Heretics
                          'You will not need eyes where you're going.'
                                           


:iconthe-feral-gentleman:
:thumb277708329: :thumb279333920: :thumb280942962: :thumb282324808:


:iconbelazikkal:

Mature Content

The Colonel ::EoT endurance comp:: by Belazikkal
The Aides ::EoT endurance comp pt. 2:: by Belazikkal The Enginseers ::EoT endurance comp pt. 3:: by Belazikkal The Council ::EoT endurance comp pt. 4:: by Belazikkal

:iconskycat:
Stern by skycat Captain Akil Amari, Thousand Sons by skycat Hit and Run by skycat Payload by skycat Strange Allies by skycat Squad Sergeants by skycat

:iconblazbaros:
MAIM, KILL, BURN by Blazbaros Fall of Xerxes by Blazbaros Xerxes by Blazbaros

:iconcarcaneloce:
Sanguinius by Carcaneloce The Prophecy by Carcaneloce Watching Over by Carcaneloce The Glorious Return by Carcaneloce Blood Angel by Carcaneloce

:iconodditiesbyernie:
The Young Commissar by OdditiesByErnie Sighting in by OdditiesByErnie The Burden of Leadership by OdditiesByErnie The Demonstration by OdditiesByErnie The Final Advance by OdditiesByErnie

:iconnicklausofkrieg:
Fleur De Lis by NicklausofKrieg The Spy Who Stabbed Me by NicklausofKrieg EyeBallin' by NicklausofKrieg L O O K by NicklausofKrieg Spess Hewlk by NicklausofKrieg STEEL REHN by NicklausofKrieg Kilgore! by NicklausofKrieg Then Suddenly A Carnifex... by NicklausofKrieg DOT BONSHOO by NicklausofKrieg Orders And Faith by NicklausofKrieg





As well as the the runner ups:


:iconOlovni:
:thumb278437103: :thumb279653047: :thumb280988036:

:iconstorykillinger:
Child of War by StoryKillinger Wolfaz Stormson Concept by StoryKillinger Suspendise Militem by StoryKillinger

:iconazraelskyle:
:thumb278170994: :thumb279626685:

:iconolivier2302:
Grot orderly by Olivier2302





Congratulations to all, I thank ye all for participating, and given the fun and mayhem we had with this endurance contest, there might be another one in a few months. The rest of you who didn't participate, try to do so next time, and for now on go and see the works of these fine men and women, drool over their art, eyegoogle at their minis, fav them, love them, praise them, for they have the stamina to take it!
Another contest has come to an end, and it was a fun and tough contest. We had many interesting entries and many contestants working their behinds off in their field of art to provide the best possible work.

We're cooking up something special for all the contestants, wheter they endured to the end or not, because you're all winners. Because you challenged yourself to do more and make more.

Features of the work will be made in a separate journal on friday, posted both here and on my home page (and in the news, if i manage to figure out how to post that >.<) All of your endurance work will be featured, along with choises from your gallery. So a huge feature, yes.

And now, the endurance winners:

Miniature painters:
:icongirot:
:iconnoveros:
:iconultimate-bebi:

Canvas Painters:
:iconnicklausofkrieg:
:iconodditiesbyernie:
:iconcarcaneloce:
:iconblazbaros:
:iconskycat:
:iconbelazikkal:

Writers:
:iconevilgermantier:
:iconthe-feral-gentleman:


And the runner-ups:
endured up to week 4 -> :iconOlovni:
endured up to week 3 -> :iconstorykillinger: :iconazraelskyle:
endured just the first week -> :iconolivier2302:

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