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That helmet looks very cool NF09, cant wait to see it painted.

Interesting site as well never heard of it before.

If someone had some marines put aside specifically for use as a Death Co squad in a rhino transport, how could they possibly equip them? I have an urge to just give them bolters but don't want to make them a crap unit? I have unit with jump packs but they're quite expensive.

I am not up on the rules, but the jump packs where optionalfor assault squads, so you could go with Chainsword and pistols? They should be cheaper.

Well, Death Company Marines are relentless, so you can give them Bolters and they could still charge...

I think the best for them is a few bolters (3-4), a few BP & Chainsword (3-4), and a few "special weapons" (Thunder Hammer, Flamer Pistol, Melta pistol, etc...)

They should be able to handle any foe, without the huge cost of giving them Jump Packs !

that helmet is fantastic. you going to paint it?

Techmarine is done! and so is Telion even got some more Grot skin done and added some more add ons to the ZM board! PHEW! i'm in a good spot to keep going now next week, the sooner I get this latest lot done and dusted I can start on my next project which happens to be another Primarch! Fulgrim

but first lets have a look at some finished stuff eh! how's about a Techmarine! I like this guy, I wasn't sold on him at first when I finished him today, something threw him off with the backpack, so i added some hazard stripes and a yellow chipped claw and it just seemed to feel more in tune with what i wanted







And here's my scout sarge! Telion yet to be renamed although he does sort of look like Gits



The Librarian I was planning on magnetizing but ended up gluing I thought I best show you the final pose and how awesome he looks I really like the head on him and how he gets a sense of movement with the conversion, he's just got some blocked in colours so he's not boring at this stage and I decided that having a special Jump pack Libby would be more useful in a BA force



speaking of jump pack dudes I added the arms from Korvydae and a Chain Axe head from FW to get a different kind of brutal assault troop for my Vanguard Vets


What's that?.......... you want Orks? how about Grots instead? I finished the skin on them so next up it's some clothes for the little blighters



You still want more pics! really!! Oh alright then how about some add ons for the Zone? I wanted to give them a more 4d feel to them with some height and interest, so some pipes running between walls high up and some vents and wires etc. should be pretty good when painted if I can do it justice that in irslef will be a challenge as i'm used to painting mini's and not much larger!






There we go, hope that's not too much of a flood for ya! love to see what you think!

I can already tell I'm going to be immensely jealous of that ZM board.

I may have to find your place of residence and purloin it once it's down.


Also (unsurprisingly) your hazard stripes are excellent.

You're just a bloody show-off aren't you? Looking great, but the highlight for me has to be that exposed wiring, very cool.

Man, what an epic update!

I think the tech looks reall nice. The greens contrast well with the reds and the metal on the axe is really interesting.

Telion is great. Love the pose, love the painting. The face is really well done.

The skin on the grots looks really nice, the transitions look so smooth!

As for the board....well...if only you lived closer I would totally be nagging to use it!

Good work, NF.
The scout is very nicely done.
The Libby conversion is seamless.
The skin of your greenskins is still lovely.

And the added details to the board are great.

Look forward to more.

I think Telon is my favorite of the group. He looks great, real vet look to him. Everything else looks good too. Love seeing grots, they are just goofy.

The tech marine turned out fantastically. All metal and red... just the way he should be. You need some kind of writing on his purity seals though. They just stand out as kind of bare when compared with the rest. Great job on Telion. One of my favorite figures. As always, your skin and faces are among the best on the net. The librarian and assault marine show great promise. Not enough chain axes in 40k... ever.

The grots of course look wonderful and steal the show. Keep in mind they're Bad Moons so there should be splashes of yellow and black scattered throughout.

Board section looks just fantastic. Stroke of genius adding the overhead pipelines in, though it will make it a bit more difficult to play on (something to consider in the future).

Great update Nerdy! Looking forward to more.

I'm already fearful of being attacked by the grots.....well at least my ankles are fearful . Once again excellent work on those guys. The lion looks sweet, not aunt may sweet , but almost looks remorseful for not being able to unleash the old flesh eater way of battle. The hunger is still in his heart to go bite someone's head off litterally . That techmarines is stunning as well , though he better get over to that ZM board and fix the exposed wiring before the imperium finds itself in a Lawsuit for negligence.

So much awesomeness in this thread...

You're making me jealous ! Your reds are as beautiful as ever, the faces are right on spot... The orkish skin is, again, close to perfect...

And the Mortalis Zone is about to feel "real", with the added details !!

Congrats on all that... Like, really.

Damo, you are so damn prolific it makes me want to cry. Just fantastic work by one of my fav painters around. You were made to paint grots. No doubt. And the sniper mini is actually my favorite SM sculpt they've done. Your interpetation of it is fantastic and Ill have to paint one up myself one of these days. Inspiring. Always.

BB

Can't really add more, amazing work as always. That board is going to be epic.

Now then "son" , Tellion's head is pretty damn well executed , I'll paint you a tank if you paint some heads for me ! ? !

Nearly 2 and a half hours and 139 pages later...


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Why didn't you just use the filter function Payne?

It would have knocked it down to 37 pages.

 Snrub wrote:
Why didn't you just use the filter function Payne?

It would have knocked it down to 37 pages.

Ah Well at least it's interesting to see what people have to say


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Where is this filter function anyhow?

You're right, it is nice to see what people have to say. Plus there is also a whole lot of thread related content you miss. Whether it's discussion on a piece or such.

The filter thread button is below your details on the left. Goes like this...

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Ah sweet cheers.

Snrub wrote:I can already tell I'm going to be immensely jealous of that ZM board.

I may have to find your place of residence and purloin it once it's down.


Also (unsurprisingly) your hazard stripes are excellent.

Thanks snrub, how about once it's done we organize you a trip down to Tassie for a game? I'd like to get San76 and Azazelx here as well at some stage! not to wear anyone's skin or anyhting, just a game and Nerd talk

inmygravenimage wrote:You're just a bloody show-off aren't you? Looking great, but the highlight for me has to be that exposed wiring, very cool.

Ha, thanks Graven, I thought you'd like the wiring, it's something I can tell you'd be into! lets hope it looks good when i finally get paint on them all, I wanted to give the board some cinematic feel without going too overboard, I think pipes and wiring work

San76 wrote:Man, what an epic update!

I think the tech looks reall nice. The greens contrast well with the reds and the metal on the axe is really interesting.

Telion is great. Love the pose, love the painting. The face is really well done.

The skin on the grots looks really nice, the transitions look so smooth!

As for the board....well...if only you lived closer I would totally be nagging to use it!

Thank you San! I do like the Tech myself now I changed him that little bit with his servo harness I was going to add sort of verdigris to the axe but didn't think it needed that on it when i got to that stage and I like the metal look!

Dr H wrote:Good work, NF.
The scout is very nicely done.
The Libby conversion is seamless.
The skin of your greenskins is still lovely.

And the added details to the board are great.

Look forward to more.

DrH cheers! and more there shall be my friend!

whalemusic360 wrote:I think Telon is my favorite of the group. He looks great, real vet look to him. Everything else looks good too. Love seeing grots, they are just goofy.

Thank you WM! I have to agree with you about Telion, he does look very 'Vet-y' it's not my smoothest or neatest job but he looks cool enough for me to use

Gitsplitta wrote:The tech marine turned out fantastically. All metal and red... just the way he should be. You need some kind of writing on his purity seals though. They just stand out as kind of bare when compared with the rest. Great job on Telion. One of my favorite figures. As always, your skin and faces are among the best on the net. The librarian and assault marine show great promise. Not enough chain axes in 40k... ever.

The grots of course look wonderful and steal the show. Keep in mind they're Bad Moons so there should be splashes of yellow and black scattered throughout.

Board section looks just fantastic. Stroke of genius adding the overhead pipelines in, though it will make it a bit more difficult to play on (something to consider in the future).

Great update Nerdy! Looking forward to more.

Hey Gits, thanks mate! I have to say those Grots are very cute! remind me a lot of cheeky Gremlins or Critters or something! I will indeed BadMoon them up a bit for you, did you want me to re do the striped pant leg on the Herder to be black/yellow? the ZM boards shouldn't get too cluttered with what I'm adding, I want to make sure they're still usable so the pipes etc. don't extend back far enough to get your hand stuck and the purity seals on the Tech? I am not a big one for adding squiggles as I am never happy with them although I can agree with you it might need them, at this stage lets say they're written on in infared binary code?.....

Theophony wrote:I'm already fearful of being attacked by the grots.....well at least my ankles are fearful . Once again excellent work on those guys. The lion looks sweet, not aunt may sweet , but almost looks remorseful for not being able to unleash the old flesh eater way of battle. The hunger is still in his heart to go bite someone's head off litterally . That techmarines is stunning as well , though he better get over to that ZM board and fix the exposed wiring before the imperium finds itself in a Lawsuit for negligence.

Theoooooo! man, when i'm done with those Grots you'll see the conniving little duded just about jump through the monitor to create havoc! don't be too harsh on the exposed wires, it's a big ship i'm sure there's going to be more areas of maintenance!

Yggdrasil wrote: So much awesomeness in this thread...

You're making me jealous ! Your reds are as beautiful as ever, the faces are right on spot... The orkish skin is, again, close to perfect...

And the Mortalis Zone is about to feel "real", with the added details !!

Congrats on all that... Like, really.

Pretty much everything I was aiming for thanks Yggs!

bebopdrums2424 wrote:Damo, you are so damn prolific it makes me want to cry. Just fantastic work by one of my fav painters around. You were made to paint grots. No doubt. And the sniper mini is actually my favorite SM sculpt they've done. Your interpetation of it is fantastic and Ill have to paint one up myself one of these days. Inspiring. Always.

BB

Bebop thanks mate, means a lot coming from you dude! I'd love to see what you did with a Telion model actually!

Camkierhi wrote:Can't really add more, amazing work as always. That board is going to be epic.

Thanks Cam, epic board is epic? remember any ideas you think would look cool as we go, just let me know!

Big H wrote:Now then "son" , Tellion's head is pretty damn well executed , I'll paint you a tank if you paint some heads for me ! ? !

Hey Dad! how about I just paint you some heads for fun and send them to you? let me know if you want anything in particular and I'll see if it's in my inventory!

Brother Payne wrote:Nearly 2 and a half hours and 139 pages later...


.....Nice stuff!

Ha, welcome aboard the bad ship Nerdy-pop! thanks for the compliment, if you did indeed trudge through that many pages you would have seen a lot of jumping around and progress with things, i'm a lot more settled now thanks to all the mates who regularly harass me on here but there's still going to be a lot of different things being painted!

Thanks everyone!

 nerdfest09 wrote:
Hey Gits, thanks mate! I have to say those Grots are very cute! remind me a lot of cheeky Gremlins or Critters or something! I will indeed BadMoon them up a bit for you, did you want me to re do the striped pant leg on the Herder to be black/yellow? the ZM boards shouldn't get too cluttered with what I'm adding, I want to make sure they're still usable so the pipes etc. don't extend back far enough to get your hand stuck and the purity seals on the Tech? I am not a big one for adding squiggles as I am never happy with them although I can agree with you it might need them, at this stage lets say they're written on in infared binary code?.....

You don't need to change anything Nerdy, just toss some black and yellow bits into the grots and all will be well.

Binary idea is neat, but a little too machine-god for a purity seal. However... a design of some sort might work just fine. No need for squiggles (leave that to Knightley). Perhaps something resembling a wiring diagram??

I've seen people do those blue/white engineering blueprints for purity seals and banners... somewhere. Probably here as I don't roam much. They looked pretty neat.

Wiring or Necron esque line things would look cool! :-)

Dude! The ZM is increasing in badassery all the time! Excellent Grot skin too!

Don't forget me Damo I want to play on your ZM board as well

 GiraffeX wrote:
Don't forget me Damo I want to play on your ZM board as well

Oh yeah, so do I !!!

New stuff is looking great, Damo. Your ability to paint so quickly inspires, encourages and depresses me. Techmarine and Telion both look great, and both converted marines are coming along beautifully (though the huge skull on Assault-dude's shoulder pad might be a little big!) Maybe press-mould something smaller with instant mould and greenstuff?