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teban wrote:Umm... I wonder If I should paint a salamander in the time you paint up that dude.. Or I should just keep painting my Warders (I need 7 more and a Dread finished by july 10th )

Your call

It's your world, I'm just living in it. I think some Sallies done up in your style would look amazing. I've got the Furioso sprues out of the box and am going to prep them for painting later. In the mean time I'm starting work on the 5th Tactical Marine's base for purpose. Get it knocked out tonight so I can start work on the actual model itself later next week. I'm kinda stymied at the moment, as it has started raining outside (MUCH to my chagrin! ) and I can't do any base-coating with the moisture in the air. It's just asking for trouble.

Here's the dreadnought sprue for your viewing pleasure also.



So many cool bits. I can't wait to get started on it soon.

War Kitten wrote:As much as I would love to hire you on to paint the stuff I'm too lazy to paint Red, I'm strapped for cash at the moment, and will be so for a while (gotta love college eh?)

Totally understand that man. I wouldn't have 'charged' ya much for one model, just enough for shipping back to ya once the mini was completed. Though I don't relish the thought of painting more black armor I will confess.

Going to get this mini's base knocked out quickly before moving on to final prep work of the model itself (Mold line scraping! Yay! )

Take it easy for now folks, updates will be forthcoming in short order!

-Red__Thirst-

Quick minor update for the weekend.

Got the Tactical Marine's base finished last night, and also got all cleanup and prep work done on the component parts (Scraped the lines, drilled out the bolter barrel, etc) before base coating the legs red this morning before bedding down for a few hours. /the rain was short lived thankfully & the humidity dropped off quickly afterward.

That said, here's the finished base:



White/unpainted spots are where the marine's feet will connect/glue to the base as usual.

Looking forward to getting this mini knocked out quickly and starting on the Librarian Dreadnought. Going to try and make it a centerpiece model if I can.

More updates to come. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Looks like a plan is brooding already .

I will continue with my warders during the week then . I need to finish those for a friendly match in Vegas this july


Cheers

Work has started on the fifth tactical marine in earnest. I've gotten the legs to ~40% completed tonight. I've got to finish the right knee pad squad emblem once I get the decal to lay flat (yay Micro Sol), then the red touch up, paint the rope on the right leg, the pouches on the left hip, as well as the left kneepad gem and gold setting. Once that's all done I'll get the purity seals last and move on to the torso.

Quick WIP picture while I let the Micro Sol finish drying:



Thanks for looking. More updates to come. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

looking forward to seeing the pose on this guy!

This marine will be in a more traditional bolter up/forward pose, held by both hands. Most of the rest of this squad will likely be similar to this pose. The next model I make, the first of the second bank of 5 models to bring the squad to full strength, will have the squad's special weapon; a flamer.

I'm going to try and paint up my Librarian Dreadnought next after this, and possibly a drop pod as well. We'll see what we see once I get to that point though.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Umm.. I've also got a drop pod. Lets do a challenge on that as well, but first lets paint up the remaning marines and dread!

One challenge at a time 'eh?

I've got 4 drop pods total (one of which is a Dreadnought Drop Pod) and a drop pod paint off sounds good here once we get our dreads (and other ancillary models) finished.

Sounds like we've got the next couple of painting competitions squared away at least!

More updates to come. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

I'm curious, what do you think of the new sector imperialis bases (now with added skulls!)

Nice work on the next Tac marine so far.

Can't wait for the dread!

EDC

War Kitten wrote:I'm curious, what do you think of the new sector imperialis bases (now with added skulls!)

I like the new bases a lot, and may get a set to try out and mix in with the existing bases I'm using for added variety. I'm going with an urban rubble theme with my army (I think the neutral grey looks good with the bright red) and using the same palette on the new bases should help tie them all together. We'll see. I'd like to see them in person before I make a final decision on it.

evildrcheese wrote:Nice work on the next Tac marine so far.

Can't wait for the dread!

EDC

Yea I'm looking forward to painting a vehicle (walker, in this instance) and hope to really make it look nice and tie in to the rest of my army nicely. Speaking of progress, I've finished up the legs and have just glued them to the finished base for the first sub-assembly. Check it out.





The right knee was MUCH easier than the last one I had to do (thank God!) and the rest of the bit was rather simple overall, just required a bit more clean up work to get finished than normal (I attribute that to painting while sleepy last night and tonight. More mistakes = more fixes that needed to be made).

I'm about to spraypaint the torso and head in short order and maybe do a little preliminary work on them before I sleep. Thanks for looking and more updates are coming soon. Till then, take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

The Tac Marine seems to be coming along nicely. Keep it up!

 War Kitten wrote:
I'm curious, what do you think of the new sector imperialis bases (now with added skulls!)

I know or at least assume you're being sarcastic with the "now with added skulls" but that is exactly what I'm expecting to pop up somewhere on the box/packaging

Red - what did you do to that yellow ammo pouch on the thigh/leg? Also is that one of those snazzy Resin bases that you've used on the rest of the guys?

A Dread-off is something I wouldn't mind seeing, might inspire me to build and paint my new Ven Dread that I got in the Start Collecting Space Marines box.

 Adamski Alders wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:
I'm curious, what do you think of the new sector imperialis bases (now with added skulls!)

I know or at least assume you're being sarcastic with the "now with added skulls" but that is exactly what I'm expecting to pop up somewhere on the box/packaging

Red - what did you do to that yellow ammo pouch on the thigh/leg? Also is that one of those snazzy Resin bases that you've used on the rest of the guys?

A Dread-off is something I wouldn't mind seeing, might inspire me to build and paint my new Ven Dread that I got in the Start Collecting Space Marines box.

Go take a look at them, they legitimately are putting extra skulls in there for basing.

 War Kitten wrote:

 Adamski Alders wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:
I'm curious, what do you think of the new sector imperialis bases (now with added skulls!)

I know or at least assume you're being sarcastic with the "now with added skulls" but that is exactly what I'm expecting to pop up somewhere on the box/packaging

Red - what did you do to that yellow ammo pouch on the thigh/leg? Also is that one of those snazzy Resin bases that you've used on the rest of the guys?

A Dread-off is something I wouldn't mind seeing, might inspire me to build and paint my new Ven Dread that I got in the Start Collecting Space Marines box.

Go take a look at them, they legitimately are putting extra skulls in there for basing.

Damn, those 25mm and 40mm are drowning in tonnes of skulls, I only really paid attention to the 32mm but thought there was too much building rubble on the bases to bother buying for my "currently being ugraded/updated" Ultras 5th Company. I take it back and apologise lol

 Adamski Alders wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:

 Adamski Alders wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:
I'm curious, what do you think of the new sector imperialis bases (now with added skulls!)

I know or at least assume you're being sarcastic with the "now with added skulls" but that is exactly what I'm expecting to pop up somewhere on the box/packaging

Red - what did you do to that yellow ammo pouch on the thigh/leg? Also is that one of those snazzy Resin bases that you've used on the rest of the guys?

A Dread-off is something I wouldn't mind seeing, might inspire me to build and paint my new Ven Dread that I got in the Start Collecting Space Marines box.

Go take a look at them, they legitimately are putting extra skulls in there for basing.

Damn, those 25mm and 40mm are drowning in tonnes of skulls, I only really paid attention to the 32mm but thought there was too much building rubble on the bases to bother buying for my "currently being ugraded/updated" Ultras 5th Company. I take it back and apologise lol

It gets worse when you realize that they included those extra skulls with the bases on purpose. GW sales design is to slap as many skulls on it as humanly possible

 Adamski Alders wrote:
Red - what did you do to that yellow ammo pouch on the thigh/leg? Also is that one of those snazzy Resin bases that you've used on the rest of the guys?

A Dread-off is something I wouldn't mind seeing, might inspire me to build and paint my new Ven Dread that I got in the Start Collecting Space Marines box.

Yes, the base is one of the resin ones I've gotten from Rusty Nickel miniatures (Fantastic bases, as I've said.) Their 10 pack of 32mm bases is excellent. I intend to buy more and base my whole army with them.

As for the pouches, I used a coat of undiluted old GW Flesh Wash ink over the base coat of Zamesi Desert yellow. Once that was dry I went over it with a Seraphim Sepia wash to help dull it back down. Produces a good leather finish. I learned this trick painting my Vostroyans. Very quick & efficient.

The Dread-bowl 2016 should be a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to it. I would love to see your Venerable Dreadnought looks like once you paint it up. I very much like the new Ven Dread kit.

As for the new GW bases, I may yet get some of the 32mm, as more urban rubble bases are always helpful for variety if nothing else.

Hope to have more updates coming this weekend. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

You do realise calling it Dread-Bowl 2016 and saying you'd love to see what my Ven Dread would look like means I'll actually be forced to knuckle down and do some hobbying? For shame lol. Between that and Para's mighty heroes painting challenge it could just be the kick up the jacksie I need.

 Adamski Alders wrote:
You do realise calling it Dread-Bowl 2016 and saying you'd love to see what my Ven Dread would look like means I'll actually be forced to knuckle down and do some hobbying? For shame lol. Between that and Para's mighty heroes painting challenge it could just be the kick up the jacksie I need.

Yes, how dare he try to inspire us to do actual work.

 War Kitten wrote:

 Adamski Alders wrote:
You do realise calling it Dread-Bowl 2016 and saying you'd love to see what my Ven Dread would look like means I'll actually be forced to knuckle down and do some hobbying? For shame lol. Between that and Para's mighty heroes painting challenge it could just be the kick up the jacksie I need.

Yes, how dare he try to inspire us to do actual work.

I know right, I'd much prefer to sit here and procrastinate royally while intermittently sobbing quietly to myself cursing that my painting skills will never be that good lol.

Cheers Red, I'm always after a nice leather effect for all those Bikes I love to include in my army so I'll have to bear that in mind for future reference.

 Adamski Alders wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:

 Adamski Alders wrote:
You do realise calling it Dread-Bowl 2016 and saying you'd love to see what my Ven Dread would look like means I'll actually be forced to knuckle down and do some hobbying? For shame lol. Between that and Para's mighty heroes painting challenge it could just be the kick up the jacksie I need.

Yes, how dare he try to inspire us to do actual work.

I know right, I'd much prefer to sit here and procrastinate royally while intermittently sobbing quietly to myself cursing that my painting skills will never be that good lol.

Cheers Red, I'm always after a nice leather effect for all those Bikes I love to include in my army so I'll have to bear that in mind for future reference.

And I'd rather sit and stare at my unpainted Contemptor Dread and muse about how I'll get around to paitning it at some point.

Solid progress on the legs. Arms or torso next?

EDC

Torso and head are next on the paint desk. hope to make solid progress over the weekend if I can, fingers crossed.

After the torso and helmet are finished I'll move on to the arms & shoulder pads, then the backpack last. If I can get some extra time this weekend I may be able to finish this mini off. We'll see what kind of progress I can make.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Quick update before I try and sleep. Got the torso and head both finished and sub-assembled to the legs and base. Here's the progress.



Pretty pleased so far. Will be updating more tomorrow once I get started on the arms and make more forward progress. Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

Looking good - a nice, vibrant lad. Good job making the details pop. Can't really tell from the photo, but what colour are his pouches? They look almost metallic to me which seems a bit off.

Touch ups have been made to the eye lenses, as I see a few mistakes not readily apparent to my eyes in the picture. Both arms have been base coated now, and I'll be starting them up in the near future.

Take it easy and always, updates to follow.

-Red__Thirst-


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 lipsdapips wrote:
Looking good - a nice, vibrant lad. Good job making the details pop. Can't really tell from the photo, but what colour are his pouches? They look almost metallic to me which seems a bit off.

Thank ya kindly Lips!

The pouches are Zamesi Desert with a coat of the old GW flesh wash and then another coat of Seraphim Sepia on top of that to dull them back down. It's the angle of the light relative to the mini making it look metalic. They're a nice matte brown shade in person.



There's a better look at them with proper lighting.

Thanks again for the comment and feedback! Looking forward to getting this guy wrapped up in short order.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Ah yes, I see sorry for any confusion

Not a worry sir! The lighting did make it look very metallic after all. I appreciate the critique, especially coming from someone I've followed along and tried to emulate here. As I've said in the past, I'm drawing a LOT of inspiration from your Ultramarine blog and the attention to detail, both in the modeling/kitbashing aspect and painting element of my army as well here. My goal is to have as close to a 'master class' army as I can, visually speaking. If I can make my force look as cool as your Ultras do, then I'll be beyond pleased!

All that said, I've made some progress over the weekend here. I managed to finish up the chest and helmet last night, and have just finished the arms and bolter as well. Take a look:

First, the chest immediately after sub assembly with the legs/base (I forgot to post this picture in my last update, throwing it in here now):



And the finished arms and bolter both attached and in place:







Very happy with the pose, though it is somewhat 'generic' by comparison, I'm pleased with the execution of it. I'll be making 4 more bolter marines and 1 flamer marine in the future for this squad to flesh it to 10 man strong and will try to keep them as close to the same quality as this guy (and the other squad members) as possible.

Next up is the shoulder pads and back pack to finish the mini off. More updates to come. take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

Good work as always!
this thread needs a bit more recognition Ngl. #
EDIT: removed a terrible joke for cringe purposes.

I know what you did STG. Cannot be unseen.

Nice progress on the Marine.