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A bit of progress today:



Need to convert the Lascannons into Autocannons (they changed the rules after I had ordered my dread so...no FW autocannons for me...)

Base is still a WIP as well. Just a bit more sculpting work and then some sand goes down. He's not attached to the base yet either.

Looks good! I love the FW drill arm!

Impressive. The drill arm is nasty.

sA

Another bit of mundane progress:



The sergeant in front being the main feature of this group. I modeled a bionic arm from plastic tubing and guitar string. I also added a grenade pin to his teeth and a small nub where the pin should have been ^_-. This guy has a lot of energy in the pose, and I can't wait to get him painted up!

Also worked on some greencoating at work yesterday but didn't get nearly as far as I would have liked (only three marines scorpion greened...). Will continue with paint as I find some more time this week!

Hooray, always good to see progress, regardless of how mundane you may see it being. I find it pushes me to do more.

Was this the last few guys you had to get modeled?

Perseus is ready for Paint:





As to everything else:

I've been working on another set of 5 marines as well as getting base coats on everyone else. They're coming along, but somewhat slower than the first group of marines because I'm trying to get more done at once this time. Perseus was a major project that needed to be finished and now that he's built I can be more focused on painting.

Also still need to get my hands on another Razorback for my Tacticals. Should be getting one in the next two weeks to round out the army list to 1500. After that if I choose to go to 2k I'll end up purchasing another Land Raider.

I need to work out some shoulders for my Terminators as well. I picked up a set of termies for next to nothing in trades a while back and they were without shoulders. So hopefully I can work that out soon as well.

As always, stay tuned for painting progress and comments always welcome!

The autocannon conversion looks good and the pose is great. It looks as if he is scanning the horizon for targets, ready to let loose, but at the same time casual.

Thanks Met! The pose really works for the look I was going for. Glad the autocannons look as good as they do too. For such a simple conversion, they really turned out nicely.

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5 New Marines finished!





I'm up in the air on what I want to work on next. Desert Support Squad or Perseus ^_-...

I think Perseus is winning out right now as I need a bit of a break from Marines.

Here is where we stand for the army:

Finished:
12 Tactical Marines
1 Desert Support Marine

WIP:
1 Venerable Dread
1 MotF
1 Dread
5 Terminators
8 Tactical Marines
1 Razorback
1 Landraider

Still to buy:
1 Razorback

Much of that is basecoated and ready to see some paint. The squad needing the most work is the terminators. They need shoulders still before I can complete assembling them. I'll be doing 5 termies with magnetized weapons and 5 glued on. This will give me the choice of taking 5 normal or assault termies. While still keeping my core force set up glued together.

Razorback should be purchased this weekend!

Stay tuned for more!

Am I correct in being able to read "The Sons of Medusa..." on that scroll? Because that's spiffy.

And you already know that I think Perseus should be next on the docket.

These guys are looking really good, g_d. Keep up the progress, and don't get bogged down doing one type of model if you feel your interest wane.

I love the green and the overall feel. You've really done the SOM proud.

I'm not so keen on the way you do the black here. It's just too crude an effect in relation to the beautiful naturality that you use to build up the green. I'd go over the black with baback wash a few times to rein in the grey edging.

They are about as nice as it gets from that sad excuse of a marine kit

Migs, Thanks a ton for the feedback. I know it's a bit of a cop out on the black, it is rather hard of a highlight where the green has a much more gradual progression. I'm not 100% on going back now to change it, but it's on the list of things to think about.

I also hate you for making me not like the basic marine. I used to think it was such a cool kit. Then you make one of the most convincing conversions of true scaling around and I can't help but want to do the same!

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Some Perseus progress:



Just some basic color mapping right now. Much of the brown on the sarcophagus will be gold.

I also was able to get the last 8 tacticals washed with Thraka in prep to finish them off after perseus. I might even work on them intermittently while Perseus has wash drying on him!

Stay Tuned.

migsula wrote:They are about as nice as it gets from that sad excuse of a marine kit

It's not THAT bad. True, it doesn't approach what you do with your conversions, but it's a far cry from the first iteration of plug and play marines.

Judging for the contest I entered my Terminator Chaplain in has finally finished up and I have walked away the victor! And with that win I was able to procure a nice chunk of hobby stuff! This in addition to my fresh new Razorback I picked up last night!



I hope to start more scratchbuilding and sculpting in future projects!

But back on task:

I've done some more work on Perseus. He's taking a lot longer to paint than I had expected him to x.x...but much of that I believe is simply trying to figure out what colors will be going where!

Here is where I am right now:



As you can see much of it is simply base colors. But I have gotten a little further along on the sarcophagus:



Hopefully I can start to make real progress soon as more of the detail colors are worked out. I'm pretty open to suggestions still at this point so if you have em, let me know!

Persi is looking great GD, the white helmet nestled in there is really jumping already. Fantastic autocannon too, I was actually sure it was FW

The dread's little buddies are really solid too, even if wee stumpy marines compared to the true-scaler super-soldiers around these parts

- Salvage

Looks pretty sharp man I agree that the dread is just awesome. Definitely one of the most dynamic dreads I have seen.

Nice choice with the dread -- sons of medusa really need the FW style dread so you can paint a white helmet.

I think a small back banner would be a sweet addition to this guy. details like that really sell an army to a judge or passer by.

As I said before mate, the metal is looking really good. What was the process? Could do with improving my metallics.

Cheers,

Dante

Really gorgeous stuff. Sons of Medusa have always captured my imagination, and you're doing 'em justice!

Boss, Thanks for the compliments ^_^. Especially the one about the autocannon. It's one of my more ambitious conversions as I delve further into the converting and sculpting world ^_-. Expect more along that front with future projects!

Wehr, Thanks! I worked for a while figuring out the best pose for him and I am glad it's paid off!

winterman, I'm pretty much 100% opposed to banners on my personal marines x.x...I dig it when others do them, but I just can't bring myself to model my guys with them! Just FAR too UN-tactical for me x.x...

Dante, I used my gryphonne sepia method for the bronzed look.

Arkion, I have been getting that a lot! People really love the SoMs and I'm glad I could breath some life into the chapter!

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Perseus Progress Report:





I'm a LOT happier with the green now that I've gotten the weathering on it. It wasn't working for me and now it is.

However I'm somewhat uncertain about the litany plates on the sarcophagus. I was thinking of regular parchment but couldn't help but wonder if they would be easier and look a bit better in the bronze/gold. Any thoughts?

Also might need to tone down the autocannon metal some with a light badab wash.

Expect a few damage spots on the sarcophagus plates as well. I will have to use a regular brush for those spots. The big damage spots were done with a big gnarly brush I use for terrain drybrushing ^_-... Still done in the same manner as my marines only without the sponge.

If I get some good feedback to help solidify my ideas some, I should be able to knock out the rest of the details tomorrow night sometime!

C&C welcome and wanted as always!! Stay tuned ^_-.

Loving it as always man, i know your not up too this part but are you planning to do any extra detail to the base? (dunno why but your bases for your marines are the best)

grey_death wrote:I was thinking of regular parchment but couldn't help but wonder if they would be easier and look a bit better in the bronze/gold. Any thoughts?

I think the gold/ bronze would work better as it would make the front simpler in the way of different finishes and it would at the same time calm the front which is going to be busy.

Try some brown wash on the autocannon to give it some tie in to the bronze metals.

It's looking good and colors/ scheme is working really well.

The weathering on the green really ties it back to the metals, looking very nice mate!

I love the way you have done the green, it has that "same colour as the marines but on much bigger armour" look, i.e. nice broad pale highlight type effect. One of the benefits of doing it over a white undercoat I suspect!

Cheers,

Dante

This is really looking awesome, and I have got to agree with a lot thats been said already. For example, the awesome autocannon. It looks PERFECT!

And I also agree on the banner issue. I like seeing em, but I wouldnt do it myself.
"Quickly through the pipe" CLUNK "I dont fit, my frakking banner is to big".

Yeah, no. Leave it the way it is! It will catch your eye, even without a banner.

Do you have a shot with some of the marines next to it?

Can you tell me how you paint your white helmets?

I'm going to be painting a lot of Ravenguard soon, so that will come in handy!

I'm so very happy you are getting a propa army for yourself to use!!!

Dread is looking great already!

Gutter, glad you're liking the results for the dread ^_^. The base is going to have the normal drybrushing and static grasses I've used on all the other models so far. I don't have any other details planned just yet, but if something jumps out at me as an much needed addition, I'll run with it!

Metsuri, I think the bronze/gold litany plates is the consensus. I'll be going with that as I move forward ^_-. The autocannon might just get a bit of the brown wash to help tone it down a bit. Hopefully as I finish more of the model, more of these little spots will start tying together more.

Dante, the green effect I've achieved is really just using bleached bone as my highlighting color. The white undercoat helped keep the green night and bright, but the real star is that wonderful muted ivory color...

Flachzange, Thanks for the compliment, I hope to continue with great subtle conversion work like this in future projects ^_^. I haven't taken any photos yet with marines, but when he's finished, I'll definitely have family photo time with the little brothers.

Alpharius, It's my same simple recipe from my Grey Death Marines. I'd love to have a Ravenguard army myself... The scratches, like the one on the dreads helmet are done with a soft(er) lead pencil! I'll be doing a little write up on that in the near future ^_-...

Migs, It's going to be a happy happy happy day when I get these guys to a playable painted state!

He is Finished:













It took about a week longer than I had hoped it would, but I'm finally done with him. I'm happy with the results. Now I'm free to work on the last of the tacticals! Once they're finished I can finally get to grips with the Desert Support Marines!

C&C Welcome and Wanted as always!

I must ask, how do you get that beautiful green gradient style color consistent on the armor. Extremely thinned paints? ink washes? or possibly just the way the picture was taken?

They looks absolutely stunning.

I have to say, Im a bit surprised.
In the progress pictures, the green looked way lighter compared to your marines. Now, with these group shots up, I cant really see a difference at all.

Very nice work. He fits right in.

Simply marvelous!!!