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D'awww gak! Love me some MkVIII power armour .

Plenty of chapters to go at with those shoulder pads.

Also, will you be keeping the dreadnought as a Blackshield per the box set fluff, or making him chapter specific?

Love the fact that they are putting so many chapters in the boxes. With the blackshields you can do some fun stuff like chipping away at the shoulder pad to reveal a color of the former chapter or chapter symbol

Hot damn those Deathwatch minis are cool.

EDC

@AOV: Had not even considered a chapter for the Dread...I will rustle through my bits box and see what suitable chapter icons I have knocking around.

@Ustrello: I really like your chipping away idea, just a hint of colour could suggest any number of chapters.

I really have to pick up my game and get to some painting, but not today me and the Missus are off to a nice hotel to mark our 10 year anniversary (not marriage, that is not our kind of thing), then onto a meal and a gig. But the plan is currently Shattered Dominion board/ Stormcasts and something from Death Masque.

I have got the last of the Deathwatch made up though:









I love those mauls and storm shields, add in the shotguns from the Kill Team and you have a great Arbites feel to the miniatures.

Ouch, those Vanguard should kick some ass with that array of large blunt instruments at their disposal! Cool stuff!

Love those maces . Look forward to hearing about some violent battles with those fellas.

Nice builds T. Love those tower shields and the godhammers are awesome. The power mauls from the kit.......bother me. Not sure why. The flanges (?) just look a little plain I think. Makes me think of some cooking implement. May convert mine of engrave a design into them when I do them. I watched an unbxing on YouTube last night- sprrruueees!!!! So much sprueage!!!!!

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Nice builds T. Love those tower shields and the godhammers are awesome. The power mauls from the kit.......bother me. Not sure why. The flanges (?) just look a little plain I think. Makes me think of some cooking implement. May convert mine of engrave a design into them when I do them. I watched an unbxing on YouTube last night- sprrruueees!!!! So much sprueage!!!!!

I think they're more concerned with hitting something til it dies, than decor, Jan .

No way!!!! I think they're actually the deathwatch house cooks!!! All the other stuff has so much nice detail and shiny, I think the mauls just miss that. It really is an awesome box though eh. So. Much. Shiny!!!!

A year after buying the thing I have finally completed the AOS Starter set. I did this by painting the 3 Prosecutors with Celestial Hammers:



So here is the Stormcast Eternal Faction:



And the Khorne Bloodbound:



And altogether:









Am really happy with them overall, to add to my Stormcasts I have the Start collecting set, a Lord Castellant and Knight Venator. Bloodbound wise I have some mighty skullcrushers, dragon ogres and a Slaughterpriest.

As for the rest of the day I will be painting a further two Realm of Battle boards up. Thanks for looking.

Wowzers, you've done some really fancy stuff lately, really excited for the deathwatch stuff

Aye, good stuff, well done on getting the full set painted! They look awesome!

Lovely Stormhost there, Thraxas I should really finish mine...

Damn fine job there!

Cheers gents, what with anniversaries and holidays it feels like August has not been a productive month so I need to pick up the pace soon. I got my first Death Masque miniature done, a Kill Team sergeant with combi-melta and Xenophase blade. I really enjoyed painting him but the fine (well not so fine with my clunky brush work) edge highlights with fenris grey are a bit labour intensive. But he is done, and thankfully they are a small and elite army...or at least they are meant to be.










Who wore it better?



I have also got most of the work on the Arcanabulum ROB tile as well, a sepia wash was my friend when going the metals. Just a few drybrushes and flocking to go.



Thanks for looking.

The highlights might have taken a while, but they're worth it, he looks awesome! That board section is epic too.

Hm I like the blue edge highlights and welcome to the black armor club it is a gakky one to be apart of I can tell you that

That board section looking fantastic!! Really epic stuff. Great work on the DW too. Still waiting on my box ><

Awesome work on those Deathwatch dudes. Such great models, I love the mauls they have.

EDC

Thank you very much gents, it really is quiet on the forum at the moment, was shocked that this thread was still on the first page.

@Ustrello: How many black marines have you painted in this year alone? Enough to give any sane person a nervous twitch!

Have got the Venerable Dread done, I love my dreads so this one was a joy to do. I still have the Lascannon and assault cannon alternative armaments to paint but the plasma cannon is done. Any naming suggestions? My Marine names are always awful.









Like all of my miniatures he looks better from a distance:



With his Deathwatch brethren (on a wip board)



And a little work to do over the next few days:



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Thank you for looking.

Great work T. you're tearing through the DW and they're looking very tasty indeed

How about Edaar Stonehand for your dreadnought?

Thought I'd commented on the Dread yesterday, but apparently not. He looks fantastic, the silver arm really pops with the blue tint and ties into the CF pad nicely.

Are you painting these DW from a silver undercoat?

Nice work on the dreary, he looks ace.

EDC

Great job on the AoS set, and Death Masque seems to be going the same awesome way

Also forgot to mention- that Arcanubulum looks pretty fantastic!

Thanks gents, Edarr Stonehand it is AOV, a really cool name. For those that play 40k more than me are we seeing more Dreads as a result of the extra attack they got in the Vanilla codex and then the various FAQs? I do hope so.

@Para. My lazy way is black basecoat, silver and gold in relevant places then a black wash. Thereafter I fill in the gaps. Now that I think about it it is probably an odd way of going about it.

@EDC: Do you have a blog? you are a welcome commentator on the blogs but I do not recall seeing any of your work.

@Oddball: Thank you, assuming your geo locator is correct may I applaud you on being based in an awesome country.

I have made further progress today but autumn seems to be drawing in already and the light is fading earlier and earlier, so pictures tomorrow if time allows.

Also I was asked today to participate in my local gw's Armies on parade..but forgot to ask what it involved. Any ideas???

So far as I know, AoP is simply an up-to 2x2" board on which a collection of minis (usually an army, but I've seen it done with 2 as a kind of large diorama) so in theory you could enter just by taking one of your RoB sections and sticking some terrain and minis on it... Or go all out and make a custom terrain set themed around one of your armies.

Or use it as an excuse to start working on a new one... I mean, a Harlequin-themed board could be all kinds of awesome!

I am possibly going to sell on my Harlequins, with the exception of the Death Jester as I just have too much unpainted stuff. But thanks for the armies on parade info Para.

Got my Kill Team today, apologies for the dank photos but it is a very overcast day today:





Iron Hand/Black Consul: (The Minotaur and Novamarine came out a bit blurry)



Kill Team Vincet:

They're looking cracking, the armour really pops!