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My advice would be not to buy citadel brushes if you've got a regular hobby shop close by :p
I don't think my citadel brush was bad really, but I just found other cheaper and better brushes, so pay a little attention to other products if you want to save some money occasionally.

Your scions look awesome, the cadian colour scheme is way better than the official one
Your cadians look very clean aswell.
I do think you could easily highlight the boots of the scions, and some other leather items really, and maybe drill out the guns or paint a black hole on the barrel, but those are just details ^^ going to check out your tyranids aswell

As I said on your other threads, great stuff! Subbed for sure!

 soulcow wrote:
My advice would be not to buy citadel brushes if you've got a regular hobby shop close by :p
I don't think my citadel brush was bad really, but I just found other cheaper and better brushes, so pay a little attention to other products if you want to save some money occasionally.

IMHO, I think the citadel brushes are really not bad and they certainly will help ae1989 achieving even better results than what he already did with walmart brushes, but, in the long run consider investing some money in some like Winsor & Newton Sable brushes: They are expensive, but they will last much longer. Citadel brushes are cool, but they won't last *that* long.

Anyway, like I too said, they look pretty cool so far! Keep up the good work!

 TheDraconicLord wrote:

 soulcow wrote:
My advice would be not to buy citadel brushes if you've got a regular hobby shop close by :p
I don't think my citadel brush was bad really, but I just found other cheaper and better brushes, so pay a little attention to other products if you want to save some money occasionally.

IMHO, I think the citadel brushes are really not bad and they certainly will help ae1989 achieving even better results than what he already did with walmart brushes, but, in the long run consider investing some money in some like Winsor & Newton Sable brushes: They are expensive, but they will last much longer. Citadel brushes are cool, but they won't last *that* long.

Anyway, like I too said, they look pretty cool so far! Keep up the good work!

This is what I was working with:



I cannot wait to try out the new ones tomorrow!

Nice looking. I have not been a fan of the new storm trooper models, however, your paint job is nice and makes me review them again.

He has painted the stormtroopers to match his army, not the french blue ones that GW painted.

Finished assembling the Taurox Prime and the first 5 Scions. Five of the Scions in this picture are from my first squad of 10 Scions, they just haven't been painted yet so I figured I'd include them in the pic. The next set of Scions I'll be assembling tomorrow will have a hot-shot volley gun, meltagun, vox-caster, then two more hot-shot lasguns. There's a Officio Prefectus Commissar in there too I need to paint. I'll probably save him for last so I can work on my painting some more. Also, since I have not touched the command squad bits that come with each box of Scions I bought 5 torsos/legs/backpacks/bases for about $7 on eBay. With shipping that's a Militarum Tempestus Scions Command Squad for about $10. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on eBay for some good deals.

Finally finished assembling. It's too dark/cold to prime them right now so I'll start tomorrow. The Scion torsos/legs/backpacks/bases I bought off of eBay should be here next Tuesday so I'll also have a command squad to go along with what you see here.

Well the scions allready look cool especially with the green scheme. I will be following your progression.
Keep up the good work.

Grtz,
Remco

I like the scions a lot.

I might copy that color scheme (but maybe in darker greens) to make my own scions go with some Dark Angels. What do you think those colors would look like on the old Scion/Kasrkin models?

Subbed! I like your painting aesthetic

Wow that's quick work :p Do you think painting them with weapons attached is easy by the way? I'm painting 4 scions atm, and I have the heads/arms separately, because it seemed hard painting behind them.
Can't seem to find your tyranids you told about, do you have pictures/blog of them somewhere else maybe?

I like the look of them. I'm subscribing to this

 Talon of Anathrax wrote:
I like the scions a lot.

I might copy that color scheme (but maybe in darker greens) to make my own scions go with some Dark Angels. What do you think those colors would look like on the old Scion/Kasrkin models?

I'm currently bidding on a Kasrkin squad on eBay right now. For darker greens I think the colors GW used on their Scions weapons would look great on their armor. I think it's Incubi Darkness highlighted by Kabalite Green.





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 soulcow wrote:
Wow that's quick work :p Do you think painting them with weapons attached is easy by the way? I'm painting 4 scions atm, and I have the heads/arms separately, because it seemed hard painting behind them.
Can't seem to find your tyranids you told about, do you have pictures/blog of them somewhere else maybe?

It's probably not the easiest way but I figured if I can't see right behind the weapons nobody else can. I'll see if I can find my Tyranids pictures, or take some new ones

Standard Cadian scheme looks way better than the colours used by GW, I'd switch the gold for silver / steel tho.

Nice little Cadian force you've got going

 OneManNoodles wrote:
Standard Cadian scheme looks way better than the colours used by GW, I'd switch the gold for silver / steel tho.

Nice little Cadian force you've got going

Silver on the trim around the Scions armor instead of gold/bronze? I was actually thinking about doing that. You think that would look better?

I just wonder what they would look like, the gold/bronze works fine as it matches the green and khaki.

Give it a try on the next one you do, if you don't like it, it is not so hard to go over the steel with the bronze

 OneManNoodles wrote:
I just wonder what they would look like, the gold/bronze works fine as it matches the green and khaki.

Give it a try on the next one you do, if you don't like it, it is not so hard to go over the steel with the bronze

I'll try it on one of them, I'm also curious as to what it would look like.



Time to get to work!

Very nicely done. I like your colours. I think a yellow stripe would look nice. Or even white or a red would all fit nicely with your colour scheme imo.

Always enjoy seeing some guardsmen blogs. The painting standard is great as well, all the best, mate.

What about a really light grey stripe? Like Celestra Grey? Anyway, basecoated the Taurox this evening. I think I might invest in an airbrush just for basecoating the Castellan Green on tanks.

It's not quite as bright as it looks in this picture:

Damn you're painting fast :p Do you highlight your bronze with the runefang steel aswell?

 soulcow wrote:
Damn you're painting fast :p Do you highlight your bronze with the runefang steel aswell?

I do. But I'm terrible at it. I need to start doing it neater

Got the bits I ordered today. I completely forgot to order the bases for them. I still assembled them because I couldn't resist. So I now have a Scion command squad. Also did some work on the Taurox today, just some minor shading/drybrushing.

darn this is a nice blog. Subbed

Light grey would work too similarly to white i think.

Things are coming along nicely

You really have a fast pace going there. Doing a darn good job on your scions wow.
Can't wait to see the Taurox finished. I guess it'll look awesome.

Grtz.
Remco

Looking awesome man, subbed

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Finished the Taurox Prime today. Still need to add some weathering/damage to it. And I really hate this stupid appended next post thing.

Nice work!

I am really interested in seeing somebody do a MT army.

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I'm just ramping up a stormtroopers force myself, so it's good to see someone else building one up too! I was actually thinking of doing a green armor/khaki BDU scheme like yours for my guys, but I think I'll need something that'll fit better with the winter theme I'm going for. Good work so far!

Instead of painting one or two Scions at a time I'm going to set up a production line. Got 20 more Scions, and 5 Scion command squad members to go.

I still need to get 6 painted that I've had since April. Great work though.

Got the huge pack of 25mm bases in the mail today. Here's the command squad:

Cool stuff, you say all that other stuff came in the kit apart from the bodies and legs? That's pretty awesome!

 Paradigm wrote:
Cool stuff, you say all that other stuff came in the kit apart from the bodies and legs? That's pretty awesome!

Yes sir!

There won't be very many updates for a while. I'm definitely overwhelmed with the amount of models I need to paint. No more buying anything else until I finish this stuff first. Unless I see a really good deal on eBay

Will you please give us pics of them as you paint them?

 ae1989 wrote:
There won't be very many updates for a while. I'm definitely overwhelmed with the amount of models I need to paint. No more buying anything else until I finish this stuff first. Unless I see a really good deal on eBay

We've all said that at some point in the beginning! Haha but for real though really enjoying your work so far, keep it up!

 Talon of Anathrax wrote:
Will you please give us pics of them as you paint them?

Ask and you shall receive:

This is what they look like after all washes and before the final coats/highlights. Lots of little things I need to neaten up too. Also, I need to switch the tan up by their neck to green.

You made the stormies look great. I see the rear of the Taurox and think Bank vault doors.

 shasolenzabi wrote:
You made the stormies look great. I see the rear of the Taurox and think Bank vault doors.

Except this bank is filled with hot-shot lasguns aimed at your face.


I want to start playing some games for once, but I realized that I have nothing to transport my army in. So I just ordered one of these:



I don't plan on building a HUGE IG/MT army, so this should be enough. I want to start another army once I get to around 1,500-2,000 points of IG.


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Got this in the mail today. $10 Taurox Prime bits, it's all here. Sorry GW, I'm no longer buying directly from you, these prices are too good to pass up.

New toy:

Did you buy a whole Taurox Prime model for $10?

 MrFlutterPie wrote:
Did you buy a whole Taurox Prime model for $10?

On eBay yes. Plus about $4.50 in shipping, so it came out to around $15.00. I think I got lucky on this one, I bid at the last minute and won all of the little bags you see. Each bag was up for auction individually, they usually start at $0.99. It depends on how many people bid on it I guess. If nobody is really paying attention to it, you can get some REALLY good deals.

Here's a few other items I bought on eBay a while ago, they come in these little bags. It's pretty convenient if you only need a few bits. But I saw a whole set of Taurox bits up for auction so I had to bid on them. The grenade launcher did not come with the arms, I just put it in there for later.

wow that model looks really great. can't wait to see more.
Keep up the great work. And 15 bucks is a very sweet deal.

Grtz,
Remco

RBeijers wrote:
wow that model looks really great. can't wait to see more.
Keep up the great work. And 15 bucks is a very sweet deal.

Grtz,
Remco

Thanks! I probably won't paint this Taurox until after I finish all of the troops.

Too bad ebay or secondhand selling these toys isn't really a thing where I live :/ And when it is, people want to sell full armies at once.
Still, impressed with you finding your bits at those prices. Why would anyone still bother selling those bits at these prices when there's guys like you around? :p hehe
Have you tried painting a scion with a silver trim by the way? Just asking out of curiosity (:

 soulcow wrote:
Too bad ebay or secondhand selling these toys isn't really a thing where I live :/ And when it is, people want to sell full armies at once.
Still, impressed with you finding your bits at those prices. Why would anyone still bother selling those bits at these prices when there's guys like you around? :p hehe
Have you tried painting a scion with a silver trim by the way? Just asking out of curiosity (:

I did try one and did not like it. With the the silver already on the backpack and gun it was just too much. I still want to add a stripe or something. They need something.

I'm still thinking about trying yellow. It would be like the one GW does.

I could live with a Taurox for 10bucks(they are so silly looking by GW), but the ones with tires added, like the Victoria Miniatures set did, helps make them look a bit better.

I see you went with the missile rack on the back of that one.

Here's the four Scions I posted last time. They're almost done, I just need to do the eyes and wrist thing, and then base them. Also, I got the case I ordered today. It's a lot smaller than I thought it would be, but it will definitely have enough room for the size of my IG/MT army will eventually be. I may have to get another smaller one for some more IG tanks.





Comes with 3 infantry foam trays and 1 for tanks


There's room for another Taurox, Chimera, and plenty of space in the middle for turrets.

Nice case, and good painting!

Two things I would suggest, it may not seem like a lot but drilling out the barrels on the guns makes a huge difference, and secondly I would upload your pictures to the dakka gallery as they re size them and will give you the option between the original re sized or a new one that has been re sized and fixes the lighting problems if you are having any.

 Ustrello wrote:
Nice case, and good painting!

Two things I would suggest, it may not seem like a lot but drilling out the barrels on the guns makes a huge difference, and secondly I would upload your pictures to the dakka gallery as they re size them and will give you the option between the original re sized or a new one that has been re sized and fixes the lighting problems if you are having any.

I'll look into getting something to drill them out. And I have no idea how to use the gallery. These pics are pretty bright.

 ae1989 wrote:

 Ustrello wrote:
Nice case, and good painting!

Two things I would suggest, it may not seem like a lot but drilling out the barrels on the guns makes a huge difference, and secondly I would upload your pictures to the dakka gallery as they re size them and will give you the option between the original re sized or a new one that has been re sized and fixes the lighting problems if you are having any.

I'll look into getting something to drill them out. And I have no idea how to use the gallery. These pics are pretty bright.

Super simple, you go to gallery, then click upload your wargaming pictures. Then upload your pictures from your computer or from the internet ie) imgur etc.

 Ustrello wrote:

 ae1989 wrote:

 Ustrello wrote:
Nice case, and good painting!

Two things I would suggest, it may not seem like a lot but drilling out the barrels on the guns makes a huge difference, and secondly I would upload your pictures to the dakka gallery as they re size them and will give you the option between the original re sized or a new one that has been re sized and fixes the lighting problems if you are having any.

I'll look into getting something to drill them out. And I have no idea how to use the gallery. These pics are pretty bright.

Super simple, you go to gallery, then click upload your wargaming pictures. Then upload your pictures from your computer or from the internet ie) imgur etc.

Thanks! I'll use the gallery for now on

 ae1989 wrote:

 Ustrello wrote:

 ae1989 wrote:

 Ustrello wrote:
Nice case, and good painting!

Two things I would suggest, it may not seem like a lot but drilling out the barrels on the guns makes a huge difference, and secondly I would upload your pictures to the dakka gallery as they re size them and will give you the option between the original re sized or a new one that has been re sized and fixes the lighting problems if you are having any.

I'll look into getting something to drill them out. And I have no idea how to use the gallery. These pics are pretty bright.

Super simple, you go to gallery, then click upload your wargaming pictures. Then upload your pictures from your computer or from the internet ie) imgur etc.

Thanks! I'll use the gallery for now on

No problem

Not bad case for the elite army you have! if you do grow a bigger forces, I do recommend the bigger cases from Battlefoam It has basically a travel case extended hand grip and wheels.

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Not bad case for the elite army you have! if you do grow a bigger forces, I do recommend the bigger cases from Battlefoam It has basically a travel case extended hand grip and wheels.

I don't plan on building a huge army. I want to start a new one when I get to around 1500 points. I'm thinking about doing Necrons next.


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Here's a new finished Scion:





Here's what I have left to paint:



And here's my MT/IG army so far. After I finish painting the Scions I may pick up a Cadian Defense Force so I can field an IG army as well.




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Alright, first time adding damage/weathering to a vehicle. What do you guys think? Too much? Too little? I didn't want to add too much, and some of the scratches are hard to see in the pictures.

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I agree with the " Automatically Appended Next Post thing" but have to say these Scions are looking awesome!

If i were to start another 40k army, these guys would probably be it. You do them great justice!

 Joyous_Oblivion wrote:
I agree with the " Automatically Appended Next Post thing" but have to say these Scions are looking awesome!

If i were to start another 40k army, these guys would probably be it. You do them great justice!

If you do start a Scion army, make sure you look at the instructions first. The piping that connects the lasgun and backpack only matches up with certain pairs. Same with the arms. It just makes the assembly process a lot faster if you match each piece before cutting it off the sprue. I wish I knew this before I assembled my first set of Scions!

Been pretty busy lately and haven't had much time for painting. There should be a lot of updates coming in the next few days.

Spent most of today painting, and I think I got a lot done. I'm such a slow painter though! I started sort of a production line with this unit of 10 Scions. After the 2 coats of Zandri Dust, and 1 coat of Balthasar Gold I got tired of painting 10 at a time. So for now I think 5 at a time is what I'll be doing.

Here's 5 of them after a wash with Reikland Fleshshade:



Here's the other 5 I basecoated with Zandri Dust/Balthasar Gold. And the other Scions I need to start painting.




Also, I have a question for you guys. What color should I do my Commander's coat? Or whatever it's called. I'll be painting the berets a dark red.

Coming along nicely! I vote a deep red on the cape, or a grey-&white.

I'm partial to dark blues and blue greys myself, but I don't think they'd fit your armies color scheme.

What about dark grey for the outer part of the coat, and dark red on the inside? With gold trim.

 ae1989 wrote:
What about dark grey for the outer part of the coat, and dark red on the inside? With gold trim.

I can see that working.

Finished most of the basecoats, and put some washes on him. And I just noticed I forgot to apply a wash to his beret and I missed a few spots with green/gold. Still needs final coats of green/tan and a lot of neatening up. I'd say he's around 50% done. What do you guys think about the grey/red coat with the green armor? And I really wish I waited until after I painted him to glue his coat on!

Did some work on the other 5 Scions, and a little more on the commander. I should hopefully be finished with this squad sometime this weekend. And I guess I'll be painting the command squad next because I've already started on the commander.

That cape does work nicely, utilitarian and practical on the outside and jarringly flamboyant on the inside! That's the Imperium through and through!

 Paradigm wrote:
That cape does work nicely, utilitarian and practical on the outside and jarringly flamboyant on the inside! That's the Imperium through and through!

Thanks! Should I do the same grey/red on my Commissar?

Yeah, I think so. It would work nicely.

I can't decide if I want to paint 5 at a time or 10 or 2. So now I'm back to 10 at a time, for now. Finished painting Leadbelcher on all of the silver areas. Next up is Dryad Bark which will go on all of the boots/straps/gloves. Also, today is my birthday. Even though I said I wasn't going to buy anything else until I finish painting what I have I went to the GW store and bought a box of Shock Troops. After I finish this squad of Scions I'll probably paint them next. I need a break from the Scions, and it will be nice to paint something simple like these guys. Should I leave the piping for the hot-shot lasguns black?

Anyway, here's some more pics



I'm gonna need a lot more of these guys so I guess it does make sense to start working on them again.

I'd say the piping is a chance to add some color to the model, obviously something that is totally abrasive maybe a dark blue?

 Ustrello wrote:
I'd say the piping is a chance to add some color to the model, obviously something that is totally abrasive maybe a dark blue?

These are the blues I currently have, with a few grey and purples:

The fang is a personal favorite of mine, but I would try the xereus purple.

I'll give xereus purple a try tomorrow. My Scions do need some more color

Finished the Dryad Bark on all of the boots/straps/gloves today. Also painted the piping on one of the Scions Xereus Purple and washed it with Nuln Oil. How does it look? I like the idea of the piping being purple, but I don't want it too bright

It looks good, but I'd use the purple wash.

 ae1989 wrote:
What about dark grey for the outer part of the coat, and dark red on the inside? With gold trim.

I'd go with that

Ordered one of these today:




I'm just about finished with that squad of Scions, too tired to take any pics of it right now. Will update tomorrow

That army box will need 3 more Chimeras,,,,,,,Platoon can only fit the single 10 man squad, so another for the 2nd squad, 3rd for command team, and the last for the heavy weapons to get around the same time/speed as the rest of the platoon. But I am a bit of a "tread head" so a motorized company is appealing to me.

Been a lot busier lately than I thought I was going to be. But I did manage to finish the Runefang Steel on the silver areas and bronze. All that's left is some highlights on the green armor, eyes, wrist thing, and base them.



Finally got some stuff I needed to start playing. I think I may get the small format codex. Now I just need to convince some of my friends to get into the hobby so I don't have to drive an hour to a GW store :(




What should I paint next? I'll leave it up to you guys!

Command Squad/Commissar



Another Taurox Prime



Or should I start painting some more Guardsman?

Command squad, that way you will be able to field a small entirely painted army.

 Ustrello wrote:
Command squad, that way you will be able to field a small entirely painted army.

Ugh, I'm so tired of painting Scions! I do need to finish them though. I probably won't be getting any more for a long time because I want to focus on IG. Guardsman are so easy/quick to paint so they won't take too long.

I would say that these are really good classic cadians. keep up the good work! I appreciate that you really get in there for the small detailing

 ae1989 wrote:

 Ustrello wrote:
Command squad, that way you will be able to field a small entirely painted army.

Ugh, I'm so tired of painting Scions! I do need to finish them though. I probably won't be getting any more for a long time because I want to focus on IG. Guardsman are so easy/quick to paint so they won't take too long.

Wish I could say the same. I can't tone down my skill for models I always have to try my best, that would also explain the 120 zombies I have sitting in my case unpainted

Loving your progress, its really inspiring, Cany wait to see more!!

Loving your work and how your tempstor looks id go for a similar sorta scheme with your commissar but use more gold to make him really stand out.
I personally use the colour scheme for the 62nd Rhion Cobras which is similar to the Cadian but with green cloth where yours in tan.

Thanks guys! I need a better name for this thread. I noticed most people have a cool name for their threads lol

Really up to you, sometimes it helps sometimes it doesn't. Though you don't see many people posting about scions so your title as is will draw interest.

Worked on the command squad today. Finished the basecoats and some washes. Not sure if I like how the banner looks. What color should I do the letters on it?

Maybe a charcoal like skavenblight dinge

Try the same colour as your tempestors coat ?

Like what you got going on here man. I can tell that you are putting some effort into your models, they are looking good.

What are your plans next now?

Charky wrote:
Like what you got going on here man. I can tell that you are putting some effort into your models, they are looking good.

What are your plans next now?

Thanks! Taking a break from the command squad and working on my second Taurox. Finished the basecoat of Castellan Green and am now applying some Agrax Earthshade. After I finish the command squad and Taurox I have a commissar and a few more Scions that need to be painted. Then I'll be done collecting Scions for a while and will go back to working on my Imperial Guard force. I should be getting a Cadian Defense Force box set in the mail soon. That'll keep me busy for a while!

Second Taurox so far:

Command squad looks really good allready. Can't wait to see it finished. When that Cadian Box comes in we'll be in for a treat. good luck and keep it coming.

grtz,
Remco

Just finished with Agrax Earthshade and drybrushed Loren Forest across the entire model. Next up is Leadbelcher on all of the silver areas.

Try doing the letters in blood, for grimdark
Or if you want them to contrast a lot, try ochre, sand, or even black!

Finished Leadbelcher/Nuln Oil on all of the silver areas. Next colors will be Balthasar Gold/Khorne Red, but I'm going to go back to working on the command squad now.

I still see that and think "The armed and armor car is here for the excess vault cash!"

Ended up working on the Taurox some more. Finished the Balthasar Gold and also worked on the Autocannons. Next up is Khorne Red.

Late Christmas present

What set are you going to use for your HWS?

Finished assembling the Cadian Defense Force. I've seen a lot of people paint the tracks separately so I figured I'd give it a try. None of the Leman Russ's weapons are glued to it because they all fit into their slots pretty tightly. Now that these guys are assembled, time to get back to work on my Scions.

Worked on the Command Squad/Taurox this evening. Didn't do too much, started on their faces and did some highlighting. Also painted Khorne Red on the Taurox and Averland Sunset on the missiles/lights.

Ive been lurking about your thread for a while. Its really great to see a whole Tempestus army put together and painted up nicely. Well done sir.

Looking good mate.

All that's left on the Taurox is some weathering/damage. Other than that I think it's pretty much finished. I'll be working on adding some weathering/damage in between periods of a hockey game I'm watching tonight. So it should be finished later tonight. The Command Squad is just about done. I just need to finish the banner and a few more things on the Commander.

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I've gotten a few PM's asking how I did the mud. It's really easy and only took me a few minutes. I used GW's Stirland Mud texture paint:

Probably one of the best texture paints put out by GW, its all I use for my krieg's basing

Command Squad is pretty much finished. I still need to work on the banner. This is my first time painting eyes and I have no idea what I'm doing. I'd appreciate any tips on doing faces/eyes. I have 30 Guardsmen to practice on! Next unit I'll painting is my Commissar.

Hey there!
I've taken inspiration from your beautiful Scions army to paint some of mine I had lying around for years.
They're the old models , which I think are quite good (what do you think about them?)
I'm putting a few of them here from the gallery, if you don't mind me hogging your thread (if you do, PM me and I'll edit them out):




Rate them if you can pls, feedback of any kind always welcome!

Looks good! I love the Kasrkin models and plan on having at least one squad of them eventually.


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Finished most of the basecoats/washes on my Commissar:

Looks good, i wish i could paint to the same level as detail as you can.

agdog91 wrote:
Looks good, i wish i could paint to the same level as detail as you can.

Thanks! I've only been painting for about 3 months now and believe it or not, the GW painting videos are what really helped me the most. I've found that watering your paints down and applying multiple thin coats, and using really nice brushes helps the most.

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Kool thats a really nice finish youv got too your MT force, Have you thought about getting a valkyrie?

agdog91 wrote:
Kool thats a really nice finish youv got too your MT force, Have you thought about getting a valkyrie?

I do plan on getting at least two eventually. These guys are next though:

Edit: Also have another 10 unpainted Guardsmen not pictured here

Nice are you gonna be using the same colour scheme or something different to make the MT stand out ?

Worked on a squad of Guardsmen today. I'm such a systematic painter and have to paint everything in the same order. I put the assembled Cadian Defense Force away so it's not as intimidating and am only going to work on one unit at a time. I'm going to try and finish all of my Guardsmen first, one squad at a time. Then I'll treat myself to the Leman Russ, which is what I REALLY want to paint! I might give green/tan camo striping another try.

Almost finished with the first of three squads of Guardsmen. I just need to do some edge highlighting on the armor, finish their skin, and base them. I ordered a drill today so I can finally start drilling out their barrels.

Very nice work on the regular guard troops

Decided not to do any edge highlighting on my Guardsmen. I think they look just fine without it. Primed the Cadian Defense Force today, gonna start working on some more Guardsmen this weekend.

Looking good cant wait to see your complete finished force.

Been really busy lately with school starting back up. And I ran out of Zandri Dust/Castellan Green and a few other paints. And the GW store by me is in the process of relocating and won't be open until this Saturday at its new location, so I haven't been able to restock my paints. I did get another Squad of Guardsmen. I know I have plenty to paint but I can't pass up a good deal on Ebay when I see one. And I know you guys are just dying to see some more Guardsmen! I noticed the images on the first page have been taken down, that's because I removed them from my imgur account and completely forgot I was originally using them for this thread. I'll probably fix it one of these days. Anyway, I should be getting back to work sometime next week on my IG army.

When buying new guard it makes a whole lot of sense to get the Cadian Armoured Fist rather than just buying squads. But yeah cant wait to see how its coming along.

Worked on another squad of Guardsmen today, and my Leman Russ. I'm going to win the award for the most boring looking army!

WIP pics:









After this squad of Guardsmen, Heavy Weapon Team, and Leman Russ, I'll have a Chimera, 20 more Guardsmen, 2 more Heavy Weapon Teams, and a Command Squad left to paint. I really want to finish them soon because I think I found my next project:

That sounds an awful lot like heretic talk. On a different note what sponsons are you gonna use?

Looking good so far. Though while the color scheme may be fairly normal, you painted it well and not many people do that. Otherwise I too will be doing necrons sometime in the near future (probably a few months lol)

agdog91 wrote:That sounds an awful lot like heretic talk. On a different note what sponsons are you gonna use?

I didn't glue any of them in, same with the Battle Cannon. They all fit into their slots pretty tightly. So I'm going to paint all of them, including both cannons.

Ustrello wrote:Looking good so far. Though while the color scheme may be fairly normal, you painted it well and not many people do that. Otherwise I too will be doing necrons sometime in the near future (probably a few months lol)

I've always liked Necrons, and with the new codex coming out soon it's a good time to start an army. I'm hoping the Necron Warriors will come with the new 32mm bases, I hate how their feet hang off the edge

Finished another squad of Guardsmen today. Still need to base them, and the other 10 I finished previously. So that's 30 Guardsmen down, 20 to go. Also finished the Leman Russ today, really not much to it. Still need to finish painting the other sponson weapons. Also started working on the Command Squad. I ordered a drill a few days ago so I'll start drilling out my barrels when that gets here.

Nice how do you plan to do the banner of the CS?

agdog91 wrote:
Nice how do you plan to do the banner of the CS?

The same way it looks like on GW's site. I'm trying to finish the rest of my IG army by the weekend, I'll be playing my first games with them. And I'm pretty sure you're the only person who follows my thread lol

Nope!

I still follow this faithfully, hoping for more awesome Scions or some cool Necrons.

Anyway, your painting is worth the false hopes every time I see guard

 Talon of Anathrax wrote:
Nope!

I still follow this faithfully, hoping for more awesome Scions or some cool Necrons.

Anyway, your painting is worth the false hopes every time I see guard

You might be seeing some more Scions soon. I'm thinking about selling my current Scion force because I thought of a much better color scheme.

A better color scheme? I tought yours was pretty ace already. Standard Cadian, but definitely better than GW's.

Do you prefer playing or building/painting by the way? Like Ustrello said, though your scheme might not be that original, you paint everything very neat.

Whats the new colour scheme idea do tell.

soulcow wrote:A better color scheme? I tought yours was pretty ace already. Standard Cadian, but definitely better than GW's.

Do you prefer playing or building/painting by the way? Like Ustrello said, though your scheme might not be that original, you paint everything very neat.

I'm only changing my Scions color scheme. I like how they look, but I don't like how they match my Cadians. Which is sort of ironic because that's what my original plan was. I prefer painting, I rarely get to play a game because there's nobody in my area who plays. And I can't convince any of my friends to get into the hobby because it's too expensive. That's one reason I want to start another army, so I'll have one for a buddy to try out.

agdog91 wrote:Whats the new colour scheme idea do tell.

It's a secret!

 ae1989 wrote:

soulcow wrote:A better color scheme? I tought yours was pretty ace already. Standard Cadian, but definitely better than GW's.

Do you prefer playing or building/painting by the way? Like Ustrello said, though your scheme might not be that original, you paint everything very neat.

I'm only changing my Scions color scheme. I like how they look, but I don't like how they match my Cadians. Which is sort of ironic because that's what my original plan was. I prefer painting, I rarely get to play a game because there's nobody in my area who plays. And I can't convince any of my friends to get into the hobby because it's too expensive. That's one reason I want to start another army, so I'll have one for a buddy to try out.

Where abouts are you in virginia? I know there are some gaming clubs that operate out around there.

 Ustrello wrote:

 ae1989 wrote:

soulcow wrote:A better color scheme? I tought yours was pretty ace already. Standard Cadian, but definitely better than GW's.

Do you prefer playing or building/painting by the way? Like Ustrello said, though your scheme might not be that original, you paint everything very neat.

I'm only changing my Scions color scheme. I like how they look, but I don't like how they match my Cadians. Which is sort of ironic because that's what my original plan was. I prefer painting, I rarely get to play a game because there's nobody in my area who plays. And I can't convince any of my friends to get into the hobby because it's too expensive. That's one reason I want to start another army, so I'll have one for a buddy to try out.

Where abouts are you in virginia? I know there are some gaming clubs that operate out around there.

Northern VA. There are plenty of groups closer to DC, but I don't feel like driving an hour+ to play. I may be moving up that way sometime this year.

Who wants to come base all of my Guardsmen? :(

Haha aint nobody got time for basing guardsmen. The quickest way i found was pva glue then either sand or there grass effect thing.

agdog91 wrote:
Haha aint nobody got time for basing guardsmen. The quickest way i found was pva glue then either sand or there grass effect thing.

Yeah, I know how to base them. I just don't feel like doing it lol.

Just use some stirland mud, throw a shade on it and a dry brush. Very simple and it works well

 Ustrello wrote:
Just use some stirland mud, throw a shade on it and a dry brush. Very simple and it works well

That does sound very simple, but at this point I don't want to change my bases. I've already based well over half of my force. For my Necron army I'll be doing them a lot simpler

Finished painting the rest of my army. I still have to base them, which I'll do tomorrow. I also ordered a few Sentinels this evening. And FINALLY found a gaming club that's close by. Will post pics when I finish basing tomorrow.

 ae1989 wrote:
Finished painting the rest of my army. I still have to base them, which I'll do tomorrow. I also ordered a few Sentinels this evening. And FINALLY found a gaming club that's close by. Will post pics when I finish basing tomorrow.

Glad to hear you found a club. Any idea on the armies in the group?

 Ustrello wrote:

 ae1989 wrote:
Finished painting the rest of my army. I still have to base them, which I'll do tomorrow. I also ordered a few Sentinels this evening. And FINALLY found a gaming club that's close by. Will post pics when I finish basing tomorrow.

Glad to hear you found a club. Any idea on the armies in the group?

Tyranids, Dark Eldar, and Necrons. Those are the only three I know of. There's a few more guys I haven't met yet, not sure what they have. But I think I have the only IG army.

Finished basing what I have painted. Command Squad's banner still needs work, and one of my Chimeras needs a few details painted.











Completely forgot I had an entire squad of Guardsmen and another Heavy Weapon Team to paint.

Looking good!

These look awesome. Subbed!

Just got a a few Sentinels in the mail today. And I decided to start a Tyranid army. Bought a Tyranid Codex off of a friend and about 30ish unpainted Hormagaunts.

Very nice, any idea on the paint scheme for the nids?

What weapons you going to use on the Sent's ?

Ustrello wrote:Very nice, any idea on the paint scheme for the nids?

Probably Hive Fleet Leviathan

agdog91 wrote:What weapons you going to use on the Sent's ?

I need some Lascannons in my army, so I might go with those. Not 100% sure yet. I might try and magnetize them.

Any tips on magnetizing the sentinels weapons? I can't seem to find any decent guides online.

DIY stores for different size magnets and then what i found works best is to file down the weapon slot by the amount of the size of the width of both the magnet your going to put in the slot and the one being attached to the weapon, and use super glue to attach the magnets.

Nice you manage to Mag them?

agdog91 wrote:
Nice you manage to Mag them?

Nope, just decided to go with the lascannon

Still a solid choice. You managed to get some games in with them?

agdog91 wrote:
Still a solid choice. You managed to get some games in with them?

Playing a few 1000 point games this afternoon. I'll try and take some pics

Played Necrons for the first time yesterday. And I learned that they are really good destroying tanks. This was a 1000 point game.

Nice and grouped up for me. I lost count of how many dead 'crons this guy piled up:


Two Chimeras with heavy flamers did some work on these two squads of warriors. Also the vet squads inside had flamers. I need to get some better weapons for my vets.


Command squad barking orders:


His tomb blades learned what First rank fire second rank fire was. Plus a few Autocannons:


His warriors/immortals managed to wreck my Chimeras. I think it was turn 5 in this pic so I just decided to charge him. It's ok, they have bayonets!

Sweet!
Who won?
It's nice seeing your nicely painted models in an actual game. Did you play your scions? I'm curious how they'd fare against 'cons.
What kind of list was he playing? Not wraith spam I hope?

 Talon of Anathrax wrote:
Sweet!
Who won?
It's nice seeing your nicely painted models in an actual game. Did you play your scions? I'm curious how they'd fare against 'cons.
What kind of list was he playing? Not wraith spam I hope?

He barely won. I did play my Scions, I used them to deep strike behind him and took out an entire squad of immortals, then died the next turn. He didn't have any wraiths, mostly warriors and immortals. His damn Warriors glanced my Chimeras to death. My Russ survived the whole game and amassed a huge body count.

Finished my last squad of Guardsmen today, and another Sentinel. That brings me up to 50 painted/based Guardsmen now. I should be getting a package tomorrow with some new toys. Let's just say my IG army is going to have a lot more firepower in the next week or so!

BANEBLADE has to be.

Sorry guys, been busy lately. Here's what I'll be working on this weekend:



Halfway into assembling the first Leman Russ I ran out of glue. I didn't realize I was this low. And it's snowing here so everything is closed.

Are you gonna have demolishers or something else?

agdog91 wrote:
Are you gonna have demolishers or something else?

One Demolisher and one Punisher. And I'll be buying some extra turrets online for all of the other weapons.

Hey mate, nice work

Pro tip for the leman russ demolisher kit, DON'T GLUE THE TURRET WEAPON; it slots in and out without any magnets, so you can have all 3 different variants from the same kit

Other than that, they're looking awesome

Nice looking army! I've always liked the classic guard look and yours are looking great.

I picked up one of the Demolisher kits and mix of guns sit fairly well without glue. I added in some magnets to help improve the hold but really you could get by without gluing them in. Magnetizing them was also fairly simple. I just pushed some greenstuff into the gaps and then pushed the magnets into the greenstuff. For the life of me though, I can't remember the magnet sizes I used.

Thanks for all the tips guys, I really appreciate them. Unfortunately I ran out of glue this afternoon and couldn't assemble everything. I did manage to assemble one of the command squads and the bullgryns. Currently painting the bullgryns and I'm really liking the way they're looking so far.

I'm pretty happy with the color scheme for my Bullgryns. I'm missing a few paints to complete it but I'll have them tomorrow.

Nice bullgryns, have you thought about how your doing your tank turret tops ie with stubbers or commanders siting out the top or just having the commander hatch closed?

Bullgryns finished, just need to base them. Pics coming soon. Starting on my two Leman Russ/Sentinels soon.

Gotta few more toys:

The facial hair on the new Ogryn models really freak me out.

I'd love if you gave us a painting guide on the Valkyrie (and whether or not you needed a paint gun/airbrush). If it's like any of your other stuff, I'd like to learn...

I have an unpainted one, and don't dare to "just try it". I'm too scared to try without an airbrush, because I often have trouble getting a smooth paintcoat on vehicles with paintbrushes.

 Talon of Anathrax wrote:
I'd love if you gave us a painting guide on the Valkyrie (and whether or not you needed a paint gun/airbrush). If it's like any of your other stuff, I'd like to learn...

I have an unpainted one, and don't dare to "just try it". I'm too scared to try without an airbrush, because I often have trouble getting a smooth paintcoat on vehicles with paintbrushes.

Normally I paint the green on with a brush, with lots of thin coats. But since the Valkyrie is so damn big I'm having a friend airbrush the Castellan Green on for me.

Few guys at the GW store I go to asked me to paint some of their models, here's the first one I completed:

It's also the fist Space Marine I've ever painted.











And here's what's next:

Astoroth the Grim is for a friend and Commissar Yarrick is for me.

Those look good man!! Nice Consolidated colors and crisp! Great models

Extremely crisp painting. Just went through from start to finish and I'm very impressed! I don't think that in the 8 years I've been painting I've managed to get anywhere close to this quality. One day maybe.... I'll definitely be following your progress!

That aside I was curious, about 3 or 4 pages back you mentioned you'd want a squad of the old Kasrkin models for your army. If I'm remembering correctly I have a chunk of them that are just sitting around collecting dust. I could let them go for a fair price on the condition I got to see them painted up finally! Let me know if you're interested.

 orkboy232 wrote:
Extremely crisp painting. Just went through from start to finish and I'm very impressed! I don't think that in the 8 years I've been painting I've managed to get anywhere close to this quality. One day maybe.... I'll definitely be following your progress!

That aside I was curious, about 3 or 4 pages back you mentioned you'd want a squad of the old Kasrkin models for your army. If I'm remembering correctly I have a chunk of them that are just sitting around collecting dust. I could let them go for a fair price on the condition I got to see them painted up finally! Let me know if you're interested.

I'd love to paint a squad of Kasrkin! Could you post a pic of them for me?

Not a problem! I'll dig them out when I get home after work.

Got some more toys today.

Colonel Straken, Ratlings, and some Wyrdvane Psykers.




Knight Commander Pask should be here next week.

WIP pics of an Ork Big Mek I'm painting for a friend:

Some WIP pics of Colonel Straken, some Psykers, and a few Leman Russ's:

Big Mek is coming along nicely, just will need some grime in spots.

Psykers look like they mean business

Col is just mean looking!

Leman Russ tanks look crisp

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Big Mek is coming along nicely, just will need some grime in spots.

Psykers look like they mean business

Col is just mean looking!

Leman Russ tanks look crisp

Thanks! I'll be posting lots of pics this weekend. Including Commissar Yarrick and my Valkyrie.

 ae1989 wrote:

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Big Mek is coming along nicely, just will need some grime in spots.

Psykers look like they mean business

Col is just mean looking!

Leman Russ tanks look crisp

Thanks! I'll be posting lots of pics this weekend. Including Commissar Yarrick and my Valkyrie.

Cool beans! Looking forwards to it!

Looking good man, good job on straken.

Yarrick is pretty much finished, still need to finish a few things:







Finished basecoats/washes on the Ratlings:

Painting a squad of Dark Eldar Wracks for a painting competition thing at my local GW store. Here's a WIP pic:



Didn't realize until now that I chose 4 identical legs, I have a some more Wracks I can choose from so I may swap a few out.

I've been really busy lately and am finally getting back into painting so expect a lot more frequent updates.

Good job on the skin man.

Got the new Citadel Crusade case early. Pretty happy with it so far.


50 Guardsmen, with room to spare:

Yeah I kinda want to get one of those for my krieg and space marines, but I am afraid the foam will rub the paint away.

 Ustrello wrote:
Yeah I kinda want to get one of those for my krieg and space marines, but I am afraid the foam will rub the paint away.

the foam is very soft

 Ustrello wrote:
Yeah I kinda want to get one of those for my krieg and space marines, but I am afraid the foam will rub the paint away.

That's why you gotta seal your models... Besides, the nice thing about this foam is that you push it open to get the models. There should be minimum friction between the model and the foam, whereas pluck-fill foam will leave room for the models to rattle around, or will be too tight and will cause friction.

You should do a little review on the case.