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Thanks for all the congratulations.

I have completed the first squad and the Rhino/Razorback, all ready for shipping to Whalemusic360 if he is happy. Here are the pics;

The Squad


The Rhno/Razorback

Congrats on the birth of your Reaperling! Glad to see that talented Dakkanaughts are procreating properly.

Your rhino/razorback is looking really good. Love the little splotches of rust. The brown/red color spots work nicely with the green of the tank. Be nice to see the squad with the tank.

Too late Gits, posted them so you will have to ask Whalemusic360!

I got an email from Forge World today and now I am really thrown into indecision! What should I get? I like this one,



I think this is cool but I still prefer the castigator.



My Tau could so do with this guy but I haven't built the other FW one yet!



This guy looks pretty awesome too but I haven't committed to a Mechanicum army yet.



And this looks pretty cool too,

choices choices

I'm afraid to say they all look really nice.

I'd say save your pennies til you knock out the Casti and some other things.

I am the voice of restraint. A dark day for all.

I know I know! 1st world problem!

What you should get is the Show Only Navigator and Heavy Bolter dude.

I have the bolter dude already, I will get the navigator at Demon this year.


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Oh yea.My article, painting two dreadnoughts, is up on the front page at the moment!

Well if you are dead set on something, I'd say the Questoris, purely because I want to see one built. I'm kind of on the fence for it in a non-AM paint scheme.

I fancy the questoris as my other knights are AM but I would like the Castigator as it is much bigger like the Lancer. I am sure I will end up with both eventually but I might start with the castigator.

Quick wip pic of the SOM Landraider;

Smokey really nice, strong green with lovely shading.

Thanks Graven.

Ok I have found some pics on the web of the European open day and I just had to share them! There are some sick Knights and the new Solar Auxilia infantry from Forge World, enjoy!

LR looks good. Are you going to do the squad that goes in it at the same time, or wait on them?

I am going to concentrate on the LR for now but I am happy to hold onto it until I have done the squad too.

Quick update as it is really late here. Nearly finished the landraider, just a bit more rust to do. Here are some pics;

Looks good! Will certain,y stand apart from my other grey marines to be sure.

Glad you like it Whalemusic360! The top two pics are closer to the actual colour but the photos never do it justice. I think I need to get a better lighting set up. I did a bit more with this one as I didn't have a Demon entry ready this year I thought this was nearly finished so put a bit more freehand on and see how it goes. Unfortunately it didn't make the cut but it was good to see it in the cabinet. Just got to do the little dispersed rust spots to go and it's is done.

That's an awesome looking machine Reaper. Nicely done.

Thanks Gits. Should have it finished this week and make a start on the other marine squad.

That's some very nice weathering going on on the Achilles Reaper.

Very nice.. I don't do that much weathering as I under do it or over do it. This seems to be spot on.

Well it has been a long time since my last post but a new baby will do that to your hobby! Still done the next squad and the dispersed rust spots on the LR. Here are the pics;













The marine pics look a bit blurry but zoom in closer to the actual size and they look better, I will resize them down next time. Having uploaded them I have noticed a bit more work needs doing like the Serg's gun needs weathering on the inside as well as some metal on the bolt slide. Well I hope you all like my mini update it has been too long!

Looks good all around. At first I wasnt sure on the white, but the more I looked the more I like it. I think it's a sharper look than the darker squad.

Glorious!

I'm glad you like them Whalemusic360. I must admit I painted the first guy with white shoulder pads by accident but then I thought it looked quite cool and I know different companies in marines often have different trim and as you say it looks a bit sharper. I'll just touch up the bits I have noticed after photography and then I'll box them up for you.

Thanks Gits, I was pleased with them.

Good to have you back, and good to see that you acknowledge that tanks are your baby

Well I managed to get to Salute in London this weekend, a really great show where I got to see lots of great models and games and buy more than a few bits! I took quite a few pics so I thought I would share a few that really caught my eye. I also went and visited the Maelstrom's Edge team from Dakka and had a chat to the guys and looked at the miniatures and the boxed game. I have to say it was one of the better stands there and professionally presented. Nice to put some faces to names too! I really liked the scenery pack they are hopefully going to do, I will upload some pics if anyone wants but I am sure there is a separate thread with better pics than mine on there. Anyhow it was a really fun day and it has motivated me to dosome painting of non GW stuff so lets see what I produce soon.... So now for a few pics!

Painted by Jeremie Bonamant Teboul;





Painted by Jeremie Bonamant Teboul;



I bought the pirate Ogre with the anchor in the middle of this pic. Again Jeremie for sculpt and painting.



Freebooters Fate;



Dark Lands;



Jeremie again for painting;





This was one of the Eden range (the second E the wrong way round.)



If I haven't mentioned the company or painter it is because I can't remember and it is getting late if anyone knows or it is you just chime in and I will edit the post to reflect the correct credit. All pictures are in the gallery so you can zoom in if the file is big enough, I must admit only left a couple of really big pics.

Great pics Reaper, I've seen a few others around and it looked like a great day.

From the pics above the pirates are from Freebooters Fate and the big ass Chimera (I really love that model) is from Dark Lands.