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Also they kinda look like Baal Preditor nipples........

Hahha fair enough.
Well, I like them, and they are there to stay, as they ae bonded onto the tank using plastic to plastic glue.

I guess it is really a you like or dont like them, thing.

I feel they make the Predators look are mean, and menacing. I'll try and pull it off with the paint job

I wanted a way to make them look very different to my Blood Ravens.

And also since the Blood Angels are a much older chapter, I wanted them look like Heresy era relics.

Appreciate the comments as always!

I also use it to represent the 'heavy army' upgrade.

whalemusic360 wrote:Also they kinda look like Baal Preditor nipples........

If BA can have nipples on their armours, why can't they put nipples on their tanks as well? xD

I like the rivets. They look a whole lot more sturdy than standard Predators. They're like iron studds in leather armor.

Nipple tanks to go with your Sanguinary Guard army.. lol.

the rivets look quite gothic just as 40k is meant to look cant wait to see it painted, ive got high expectations that it will turn out amazing
cant wait to see an up to date blood ravens army picture

I agree, although MAYBE a few too many, I think the rivets look good and really suit the 40K universe. Good Job RolePlayer!

I think they look fine.

Ooh, yeah, that's kinda unfortunate. Good that you like the rivets, though. Too bad that there are so many and I'm sure they were hard to attach, and would be also hard to remove. In some places, they just don't make any sense. Rivets are supposed to accomplish the same thing as welding. You can see how many of them wouldn't make sense.

Still, if you like them, more power to you.

I gotta say I'm actually digging the rivets too. Give a studded armour effect. I think it also adds an element of age to the appearance, tell me though did you make them or buy them?

Hey all.

Roleplayer checking back in. I have a few photos for you today!.

First up, something for you Alpharius.

Spent the last 2 days building up some of my Alpha Legion once again.

I have added this Land Raider to the Black Crusade.







And a new Lord emerges, to challenge fate, and lead his brethern into battle!



Here is the rest of my /OLD/ Alpha Legion models, I painted in 2006 and won Perth conflict with.

My Raptors.



And two of my old Chosen.





Now the rest of these models were painted in early 2007, just before I left for Japan.

Some Guardians lead by a warlock.





And some Howling Banshees, lead by an Exarch.



Finally, 2 Grey Knights i painted just before leaving.





Thanks for reading

Cool any Iron Warriors in there as well?

Banshees look good! An... Interesting Land Raider...

vent wrote:Banshees look good! An... Interesting Land Raider...

That it is.

That Land Raider is really a piece of work... wow. Nice balance between adding characterful extra bits without making it look too busy. Nice to see your old models, they look great!

Who knew you were a fan of the Legion?!?

Looking forward to this, though I plan on fielding my upcoming force as still loyal, albeit their own definition of the term... "For the Emperor!" and all that!

Alpharius wrote:Who knew you were a fan of the Legion?!?

Looking forward to this, though I plan on fielding my upcoming force as still loyal, albeit their own definition of the term... "For the Emperor!" and all that!

I play with the ambiguity too, Alpharius.

I imagine however that some parts of the legion have simply become more corrupt and touched by chaos than others. My Lord, while stille loyal to the legion as whole, is a servant of Chaos.


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I thought people would find this interesting.

From the oldest model I could find I own, to the latest one I have finished.

Standard Troop

1993 Blood Angel 2nd Edition model -> Sanguinary Guard, 2010.


Characters
1994(?) Corbulo -> Marneus Calgar 2010.


Tanks

Alpha Legion predator 2006-> Blood Raven Predator, 2009.


(Sorry, all my old old old tanks are in deep storage in a storage facilty, i'll see if I can find them sometime)

Thanks Roleplayer... that gives me hope for MY future as a painter & modeler!

That's a nice job on the Calgar fig BTW... I wish I'd have taken a good look at that one before trying to help my son paint his... it would have given us a better strategy to approach his figure with that what we tried on our own.

The progress you've made in what is a relatively short span of time...


...amazing!

RP did have a hand with the Blood Ravens symbol.

Cool looking miniatures Calgar and that sanguinary guard are stunning

Man you give me Geat Hope to become a good painter inn time Roleplayer. i love seing your work and you inspire me to improve my works to

I have been given hope for my future as a painter.

wows man this stuff is amazing going to be keeping a close eye on this thread

Thanks for the kind words all.

I have almost finished all my assembly.

Just 3 squads of sanguinary guard left to assemble, then I can get back to painting

cool to see the progress question though(not trying to start anything so no one start in on this) didn't you say early on in this plog that the blood ravens were your first time out at painting? Either way all good stuff not so much a fan of the gk but hey not everything is going to be liked by everyone.

Empchild wrote:cool to see the progress question though(not trying to start anything so no one start in on this) didn't you say early on in this plog that the blood ravens were your first time out at painting? Either way all good stuff not so much a fan of the gk but hey not everything is going to be liked by everyone.

Well, firstly, theres a page dedicated to that some pages back. (The first army thing).

Secondly, I painted that grey knight before I knew a anything about shading, or washes (the GW washes didnt exist at the time, either).

If I go back to fix them up, i'll wash them with badab black, and highlight him

dude stuff looks awesome , awesome to see how much your stuff improved from when you first started posting here . Where your art right now with a creative idea you can get a Golden daemon IMO . like i said though it would need to be a creative idea which you have a lot of .

Looking Great as ever RolePlayer, I think the Land Raider looks nice so far, as someone has said, characterful but not too busy. And I love the Alpha Legion so I'll be a fan either way!

I love the time-line, you can see how it's inspired others and how massively you've improved!

Completely agree with Slann, enter Golden Daemon!

Hey all.

I am about halfway through assembling the last 3 squads of my sanguinary guard.

Since I will be fielding 6 squads, that is all 30 the codex says exists in the Blood Angels.

Thus, one will have to be Sepharan, the leader of the Sanguinary Guard (although rules wise he is no different.)

How is this for a model that stands out a bit from the rest? Suggestions, thoughts?

Sepharan, Exalted Herald of Sanguinius, Bane of Khorne.

I think it looks really nice! Obviously, your models aren't quite the same without some stupidly good painting however!

But yes, I think it looks really nice, although maybe a Bezerker head would work better?
Also, I don't know what you intended for his base, but obviously a more detailed one would help him stand out IMHO.

Makes me wonder what you're going to do with Dante tbh...