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winterdyne wrote:I'm cheaper than you might rhink, especially if the concept grabs me. But I am rather booked at the mo...

I just might have to take you up on that!

Finished these up this week:

PLASMA WEAPONS! Because they are worth it.

I love humourous conversions like that plasma gunner.

Lol the guy with the plasma gun is totally doing a dance!

I like the army! Especially since you choose yellow instead of gold.

Nice work here, will have to keep an eye on this thread. If you don't mind me asking, how much do you charge for a 5 man squad? painted to the standard shown here?

Varies, depending on scheme. Assuming 10-man 'blocks', it works out at between £8.50 and £15 per basic 28mm infantry for assembly and painting, with conversion work being extra.

Ah, the "Not the face!" plasma gun trooper - still a classic.

Lovely paint job, winterdyne.

Finished this today. The camo net could do with some tweaking... but pretty happy with it:

very nice paint job on the figs. i especially like the little extras on the rhino like the camo tarp.

This is the last finished in this chunk of commission. The next few days will be manic varnishing and taking big group photos before sending them off to New Zealand.

That squad is awesome! I love the canteen drinking dude.

Very nice work Winterdyne, the conversions are outstanding. well done!

Hahahaha!!! The guy with the rulebook is awesome!!! Can you get a pic with just him and his buddy you think?


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Some awesome conversions there, I think I like the guy holding his arm armour best, though the canteen and the rulebook are fantastic.

Lovely work! I am in awe!

Living proof that the Smurfs don't have to be boring. I'm challenged to revisit my own now!

Can you share your recipe for yellow with us?

Outstanding work btw.

I've just spent the day varnishing the whole lot, which has changed the colour slightly (for the better! Wooot!). As my packaging foam hasn't arrived yet, I'll be taking all new photos all day tomorrow.

The yellow is iyanden darksun, highlighted with a spot of VMC ivory, and shaded with sepia. On larger areas it's blended down with a little VMC leather brown.

is the sergeant smoking contrabnad.

Those are actually first ultramarines ever i quite like. Plasma gunner rocks... and.. Uh.. are those combatsquads legal because every 5man has a special/heavy weapon AND a sarge... i wonder if you missed some photos out cuz only 10 man squads can get spec/hvy weapons... still if those are combatsquads what are those two sarges doing there??

These are just awesome. Keep up the great work!

w0chtulka wrote:Those are actually first ultramarines ever i quite like. Plasma gunner rocks... and.. Uh.. are those combatsquads legal because every 5man has a special/heavy weapon AND a sarge... i wonder if you missed some photos out cuz only 10 man squads can get spec/hvy weapons... still if those are combatsquads what are those two sarges doing there??

They're 5 man squads drawn from 4 different units. It's a game-legal force, in terms of models used - theyre just painted split like this by client request.



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A summary of the Ultrmarines Commission, all varnished and ready for packing. You'll notice the Sternguard haven't been shown here before, as they had to be rebased after I'd originally taken photos (the client changing his mind, heh). The purity seal really made a difference, the army's now very uniform. As is usual, I spend a day revisiting the highlights on everything, just making sure it was all consistent and sharp. Very happy with the result:

Very solid work.

There are a few things and details that don't work for me: the overly bright grass, the silly plasma gunner and the Eldar made of so solid matter, it can take the weight of the dread without significant flattening, SO MOSTLY NITPICKING.

Great looking force! Lovely freehand detail, nice darker scheme and good basing! I bet the client will be happy!!

Will there be any more of them??

Not for a month at least. I have a Deathwing commission to finish in the interim, but then will do another Rhino, a Predator, a 'speeder Storm with scout contingent, and a 'fun' assault squad for this army.

Remarkable work. The last group is my favorite, for sure. All that character, and I like it when two or more models are interacting from different bases. That marine throwing the grenade is excellent, too - Just after the release. Is the grenade glued to his thumb as well, or just his fingers? And the "Gets Hot" marine is classic.

The grenade is just glued to the finger tips. After talking it over with the client, he said he'd like one of the 'gets hot' conversions included. It is a bit silly, but so is a pot smoking squad leader and a drunk heavy weapons specialist. Thanks for all the positive comments guys. :-)

Hehe, love the humouristic theme in hte army.. can't go wrong with a drunk heavy weapon specialist!
"Oww, look! I have an enemy tank in my sight!.. No, wait.. I've got TWO enemy tanks in my sight!"
And the rulebook-wielding marine, I love him as well!
"Sarge, we are out of range! the rulebook states bolters have a 24" maximum range!"

VERY good job, Winterdyne! Your client is one lucky costumer!

Will you make another thread about your deathwing commission?

Yeah, there'll be a thread put up.