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Still love your blue work dude!

Cato is looking sweet brother. The Hammer Capt looks awesome as well now he's done.

Seeing as the entirety of my blog is 2nd company ultras (With a smidge of 1st and 3rd thrown in ) I figured I owed it to Cato to paint him up, and boy am I glad I did! What fun I had! Real pleased, the model is surprisingly more intricate than I thought after having him sit alone, unpainted for so long.
Without further adieu, here he is in all his glory!

LDP

Now that's a model you can be proud of! Watching this blog makes me want to get back into space marines myself. (looks at wallet. sighs)

Very nice work indeed- crisp and clean, no caffeine!

Great work on a great mini!

Yo Yo! So I was really rockin, and I busted out this Apothecary in 2 days , first time i've done a full white apothecary instead of just the white helmet and shoulder pad

Tell me what you think!
LDP

The red is the only thing that lacks any oomph, thoughts on edge highlighting the medical sign on his shoulder?

Apart from that the white is very good

White turned out very smooth and nice! All the blue/red vials on his belt look like a bunch of health and mana pots lol

Love the captain model as well!

Hey all, made some progress on my latest veteran, I like the look on him Fluffwise i'm making him Cato's bodyguard, hence the special backpack and helmet laurels. Meaning my customised Sicarius and command squad will have (fluffwise) Sicarius, his most experienced apothecary, his personal bodyguard (Thinking of calling him Damaratus, or something of a similar ancient greek ilk), the 2nd company's most elite swordsman, the 2nd company champion (the TH marine I painted before) and the 2nd company ancient, bearing the company standard.
Tell me what you think! More to come

LDP

Awesome looking marines LDP.
Keep up the good work!
Regards
Mark

What is the highlight color your are using? Teclis blue or Lothern blue? It looks great, and I would love to adopt some of these techniques.

@ayoku Cheers Mark! Thanks for checking in, means a ton
and Firehead, I actually use neither. the entirety of my blue process is very complex, I might have to do an updated tutorial. Anyway, as far as the highlighting goes I apply Altdorf guard blue over the macragge base, the 2nd layer up to the 5th are gradual blends of altdorf guard and space wolves grey, until i apply pure dots of SW grey on the edges
Hope this helps! LDP

 lipsdapips wrote:
@ayoku Cheers Mark! Thanks for checking in, means a ton

Glad to join the painting fun ^^

 lipsdapips wrote:
Hey all, made some progress on my latest veteran, I like the look on him Fluffwise i'm making him Cato's bodyguard, hence the special backpack and helmet laurels. Meaning my customised Sicarius and command squad will have (fluffwise) Sicarius, his most experienced apothecary, his personal bodyguard (Thinking of calling him Damaratus, or something of a similar ancient greek ilk), the 2nd company's most elite swordsman, the 2nd company champion (the TH marine I painted before) and the 2nd company ancient, bearing the company standard.
Tell me what you think! More to come

LDP

So your command squad is going to be:

(Sicarius)
Apothocary, BP/CCW
Ancient, Standard, power sword (BP?)
Champion: (not built?) power weapon combat shield is basic gear
Veteran (bodyguard), Plasma pistol/power sword
Veteran, Thunderhammer

While the chapter champion has the option to swap for a thunder hammer in an honor guard squad, I don’t think company champions have the choice. Of course, you don’t need to formally buy the champion upgrade, but for the price of a power sword you get a free point of WS and a combat shield. Overall the squad is very expensive, but should kill any MEQ unit it touches. And the thunderhammer should put a dent in anything bigger.

And knowing you, it will look awesome

Yea, nah the champion is not formally a champion, say its the chapter champ going on an adventure with 2nd company or something and getting nerfed stats as a result, so there isnt actually a champ, so it'd be (gamewise):
Sicarius
Apothecary BP CCW
Ancient, BP PW
Veteran BP TH
Veteran PP PW
Veteran BP PW

Looking good dude, that pose is sick!

Hey all.
Finished up the latest vet yesterday, and got the pics this morning. This guy is sort of an assistant and bodyguard to Sicarius, and is his right hand man.
Not all please with the ultra symbols, but I don't want to mess with them more than I have out of fear of making them worse. Note to self, Its bloody hard painting inside that circle in his chestpiece!
Regardless, here he is. Happy with him for the most part, and would appreciate some feedback as always

LDP

Looks more than decent enough to me! Good work!

Really nice. Don't see much in the way of anything to point out. Liking the look of him a lot. Might have to snag the pose one day.

Wow, looks great!
The ultra symbols looks good, considering their size and awkward locations - I cant imagine trying to put one in the chest piece, I'd lose my mind!

Great work LDP
Like the little freehand tekst on the shoulderpad and on the rest of the marine.
Keep those updates comming
Regards
Mark

That dude is awesome LDP. Your painting skills continue to impress. It's always great to check in on your thread and see what you're working on.

@Paradigm thanks a bunch mate, and thanks for checking in so often, you are my impetus to keep posting dear friend! (Same applies to Nevelon, you guys are great )

@Deadmeat85 Hehe thanks buddy, take the pose by all means!

@Zambro thanks mate, I suppose you're right, and if anything it can still serve as good practice for when I want to try similar icons later

@Ayoku Thanks a ton Mark, i'll be sure to Summer holidays coming up for me so the posts'll only speed up from here, once I finish exams of course

@Radiation Dude, thanks a ton. Means a bunch mate. Thanks for checking in

Hey hey! Since this guy was already have done, I gathered the momentum off from my last mini and finished him off , only 1 veteran left now and then Sicarius and his command squad are done The only thing that makes me sad about the mini is the miscast on the helmet, but to be honest, I feel as though it doesn't take away from the mini much at all, as always, feedback would be much appreciated, thanks for all of it on the last post!
LDP

EDIT The Banner close ups made me realise that I forgot to rub the pencil out :(

The Ancient is looking awesome!

Yes I have to agree. The Ancient is looking awesome.

It looks awesome!

Do you have any WIP shots of the banner? I’ve got one on my to-do list, and am quite daunted by it. Freehand is not my forte, and it’s a huge, blank, canvas.

Marines are looking great as always.

I'm afraid I don't, however this is the reference i've used for my past 2 banners, and it's extremely helpful. http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?163718-Ultramarines-2nd-Company-Banner-Tutorial-(lots-of-images)

And again great work LDP!
Grtz
Mark