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I really like the Red armour colour you pull off, makes it look like everything has had a hard life.

Solar_lion wrote:well .. you have been busy.. I too like the dark green on the scorpions.
Terminators look awesome. You have tied them in very well to your overall scheme. Spot on!

Styrofoam04 wrote:Excellent Stuff. I love the weathering

SJM wrote:I really like the Red armour colour you pull off, makes it look like everything has had a hard life.

Cheers, guys. I'm glad you're liking them. Yeah, I'm pleased as well that I can manage to blend 'm in nicely with the rest of the marines, which have been painted a few years ago already.
Tempus fugit!

But nontheless... Almost done
I applied the decals, did some light sponge-weathering, sealed the models and gave them a wash with thinned black oil paint.
There are just some spots to clean up here and there, and then I can seal them, paint the lenzes, and base them.

Considering my usual painting rhythm, they're going pretty fast. Probably because it's only a 5-man squad.
The 20 troopers with jump packs will probably take a wee bit longer. ^_^

They are looking really nice, I really like the red you use on your Blood Angels.

Very clever use of magnets as well I had to double check as I thought you had an illegal squad at first.

Lovely termies Meph! I was thinking of putting weathering on my Blood Angels and I really like how you did yours! Mostly metal paints I presume?

And where did you get those wings from on your sergeant? Are they form a Dark Angel kit? Really like those!

GiraffeX wrote:They are looking really nice, I really like the red you use on your Blood Angels.
Very clever use of magnets as well I had to double check as I thought you had an illegal squad at first.

Gracie! Lol, yeah, it was easier to show of the weapon options like that.
Here's a link to show where they are exactly: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/311030.page#2548844

Leviathus wrote:Lovely termies Meph! I was thinking of putting weathering on my Blood Angels and I really like how you did yours! Mostly metal paints I presume?
And where did you get those wings from on your sergeant? Are they form a Dark Angel kit? Really like those!

Yup, indeed, just one go with boltgun metal, and another with Vallejo's Dark Rubber, which is basically a warm and very dark grey.
The wings are Dark Angel helmet addons, I first ordered a pair through ebay from a bitz ship, and liked them so much that I promptly bought 10 pairs to have a little stock. I plan to use them on all infantry sergeants and possible other HQ's as well. They just suit the Blood Angels so nicely I think.

Ah yeah I remember you doing that now, that was five months ago...

great stuff, Meph...
i really like the subtle outline of the Chapter badge on the power fist...
very nice...

keep up the good work...

cheers
jah

GiraffeX wrote:Ah yeah I remember you doing that now, that was five months ago...

lol, yeah, in my grand painting scheme and -rhythm, five months is a blink of an eye... Beware of time percetion, once you hit 30, it's starts accellerating...

jah-joshua wrote:great stuff, Meph...
i really like the subtle outline of the Chapter badge on the power fist...
very nice...

keep up the good work...

cheers
jah

Cheers, mate! That little outline comes straight from the FW BA decal sheet. I love that sheet...

Dun-dun-dunnnnnn!







Not all photos are fully stable. Sadly I don't have a large tripod available, the cupboard isn't deep enough to stably set my mini-tripod. :-/
Still they came out not tóo bad.

And for your enjoyment, I whipped up and imgur gallery with the full-res photos.

http://imgur.com/a/6ysJH

The army is just so impressive. There are too many things I want to comment on and praise, but if I did I'd be here all day writing an essay, Outstanding.

Wow. Just, wow. Great group shots. Really impressed with the contemptor, land raider, and the termies, meph

Thanks guys, I'm really glad you're liking them. That's the result of a snail's process of +-4 years, ahem.. :S

-Baal Predator, basecoated. I'm still trying to figure out what kind of marking to give it. I'd like to break up the red a bit and seeing as it's already sporting the FW Death Company extra plates there will already going to be a few black or copper crosses. Maybe just a broad stripe over the length of width of the vehicle., Perhaps a large chevron?

-Land Raider: I'm really blocked on this one. I have the urge to paint it in some kind of camouflage but I'm unsure as to which path to take. I did a quickie experiment during basecoating but I'm not happy with it. So I see several possibilities: -Screw the camo and go for red, perhaps with some large marking as on the rest of the vehicles. -Keep the abstract red/black camo alive and fix the pattern. Perhaps some pure clack camo bands (angular or rounded?), maybe even introduce a contrasting colour such an ochre, or maybe that khaki colour I use for the infantry cloth. -Go all-out with camo and give it a mud/rock/forest camo to stay in the style of the weathering mud I used on all vehicles. I could even do a 'washed-on' technique as they did with quick winter-camo in WW2 etc. Y'know with parts of the camouflage washed off and the original red coming through in places?


So I'd like to pick your brain on this. I feel the need to see a SM vehicle in camouflage, both as homage to the good ol' Rogue Trader days when Marines still used camouflage, and just because I think it would be interesting to see a Land Raider in some camouflage. So then there's the dilemma to go with a 'dazzle' camo with red, black, and a third calour to stay more into the sci-fi theme, or go with a realistic Cold War style forest camouflage. What are your thoughts on this?

-A normal assault squad, mostly FW MKIV marines.

-And then there's a Vanguard Squad, half of them are the failcast/finecrap ones, and the other 5 are kitbashed from the plastic vanguards and BA box.





And unpainted I still have a FW librarian to convert to Blood Angel, as I realized I do not have a HQ character painted new (I do have quite a bit of choices of older, painted models but I want something new and in tune with these units). And I also have more than enough stuff to kitbash a kickass captain, but then I need to decide on a loadout. Any ideas on that? Also for the libby's equipment. I'm a bit out-of-tune with the two last editions of WH40 so I'm not sure on how to best equip them.

Oh, and there's a Storm Talon hiding in a box somewhere. Sometimes I like to freak it out by tapping a hacksaw on the box, or rattling some plasticard. He knows what's coming...

Stunning army shots Meph. What style of basing are you going to give them?

In regards to the vehicles. Have you thought about doing murals or frescos on them? It's the sort of thing space marine vehicles are perfect for with their large flat surfaces. Land Raiders always look good with some art work on them.

 Meph wrote:
He knows what's coming...

We all know what's coming.

For basing, I'm thinking something relatively basic, like a muddy ground with some small pieces of rock and some hint of flocking. I want to keep it dark and simple to stay in theme with the mud weathering on the vehicles. Nothing too elaborate, to easily seal and protect the bases for storage and transport.

Yeah, I though about some artwork. But honestly, I don't feel like freehanding a gazillion hours on it, and for a huge home-made decal the plating is not that optimal.

I come here every time I need motivation to paint my Blood Angels, that last slew of pictures may hold me over until the apocalypse. Well done, truly awesome stuff here!

My eyes were really drawn to the racing strips on the rhino and landspeeders, such a good idea!

 Meph wrote:
Dun-dun-dunnnnnn!

SNIP

They're soo beautiful! *snif* *looks at her unfinished red mess* Soon, my Blood Angels... soon!

*breaks into broadway routine twirling top hat and walking stick*

"There's noooo pressure, like peeer pressure... like noooo pressure at alllll*

*Jazzhandzzz*

Wow, really great army. If I may give my opinion, camo the Land Raider. You got the skills to pull it off. Maybe use gray to match up with the bases. Also I really like the stripes on the Land Speeders, it really adds to them.

Your army shots look Beautiful, Just beautiful. The ammount of detail you put in is astounding. I can't wait till My army fits together like this. (It would be nice if most of my guys had heads or arms lol)

40kFSU wrote:Wow, really great army. If I may give my opinion, camo the Land Raider. You got the skills to pull it off. Maybe use gray to match up with the bases. Also I really like the stripes on the Land Speeders, it really adds to them.

Cheers, mate! Yeah, the racing stripes were originally just done on a whim, but I like the look so much I decided to use them to designate unit numbers on the Land Speeders. It gives them a nice and subtle individual look.

Styrofoam04 wrote:Your army shots look Beautiful, Just beautiful. The ammount of detail you put in is astounding. I can't wait till My army fits together like this. (It would be nice if most of my guys had heads or arms lol)

Thanks, Styro! I don't know if you noticed, but a lot of the unified and detalied look comes weirdly from the omission of details. Meaning, I didn't paint very little blood drop red, nor every little bone or scroll in beige bone, etc.
I figured since even the most basic power armour can be considered old or even ancient, and incredibly tough, that I wanted to give them a really solid look, strong and massive.

Meanwhile, slowly getting there... Over the past few days I've been basing 40 marines, as well doing some more weathering on the Storm Raven, as well as (finally) finished painting the front weapons and magnetized hurricane bolters.
Obviously, one of the heavy bolters dropped down while I was focusing on the lenzes, but they're just manually stuck in so I can switch between the missile launcher, heavy bolters, and multi-meltas.

The bases are not finished yet, this is just bare flint and flock. I'll go over them with weathering powders to make them more brown and tie them in better with the vehicle weathering.

Whaddayathink?

You need to do up the base for that big bird, seems like a waste not to finish such a monster.

I just cannot stress how much I hate your beautifully painted BA, an inspiration and curse. Your damage/weathering is some of the best.

whalemusic360 wrote:You need to do up the base for that big bird, seems like a waste not to finish such a monster.

How right you are! I completely and utterly have been ignoring that... I promptly ordered a Wraithknight's arm with shield off of ebay. The base for that Storm Raven nééds something riddled with bullet holes, doesn't it?

jabbakahut wrote:I just cannot stress how much I hate your beautifully painted BA, an inspiration and curse. Your damage/weathering is some of the best.

Cheers, mate! Humbling words to hear!

Wow! Just found your blog, and as a fellow Blood Angels player, it's great to see such a large, formidable, and cohesive force. Awesome army shots--those are all too rare and are much appreciated.

I like how your troops look weathered and tough, but the red is clearly there, too.

Thanks for sharing!

Fantastic work. The weathering and attention to detail throughout each and every model is exceptional. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks, guys! The comments are fuel to the engine.

Here's the result of the first round o' powders. I didn't apply a decadent amount, but the little application brush (looks almost like small, flat make-up brush) was pretty loaded. in places, it feels a bit too uniform. The little rocks I'l give brushing of light grey powder, and on the now brown parts, I'll add some lighter brown and/or maybe a tiny amount of original flocking?

You have been busy Meph. Wow, that big flyer is amazing and looks just spectacular with the rest of the army. Bravo!

This army is made of pure win. I especially like the weathering. Top notch.

Cheers guys!
Currently I'm stiill struggling with the bases, i went just a tad overboard with lighter weathering powders and it's looking a bit too sandy at the moment. I'm going to give the rocks a light drybrushing and have one final go with some dark earthy weathering powders again...