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i started my first 40k army about 3 months ago and these were the first models i painted and i just gave in and based them i didn't sooner because i was unsure if i was going to get the effect i wanted but I'm happy with how they came out for tabletop at least.

Looks good! Keep it up.

Fantastic first squad!

Much better than my first finish mini's.

They look great. Good news/bad news, you probably have between thirty to sixty or so to go for 2k pts, not including tanks, so they will probably get even better by the time you're done. Eventually this will eat your soul and you'll strip the old ones to bring them up to the standard of the rest. It's a vicious cycle, but you'll love it.

Really good job! especially for a first time fully painting a squad!

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Holy crap they are amazing. And the bases are wonderful. So simple but they add so much to the models.

Pretty sweet looking for a “first” … keep up the great work.

Looks great! How did you paint their combats? Also the tufts of grass look awesome. I was thinking about picking some up myself but then I never did. Mistake :(

thanks everyone! and as for the uniforms i just painted the armor castellan green and the pants/shirt karak stone and then did a wash on both with reikland fleshshade.

Right on, it turned out very well! I feel like those are the new line of paints? I haven't had much (barely) experience with them as I'm still using my old ones. Looks like the wash worked very well. In any case, I really like how they turned out. Can't wait to see the rest of your army!

thanks man ill be sure to post updates I'm actually just about done with a lord commissar which i will post as soon as i can.

These are pretty killer. You put my first minis to shame.

These are great for first minis painted! This makes me look back to my unwashed, unprimed Skaven with shivers. Keep it up!
IG FTW!

 Sharkvictim wrote:
They look great. Good news/bad news, you probably have between thirty to sixty or so to go for 2k pts, not including tanks, so they will probably get even better by the time you're done. Eventually this will eat your soul and you'll strip the old ones to bring them up to the standard of the rest. It's a vicious cycle, but you'll love it.

This....a thousand times this...I have about 50 or 60 marines and only 20 of them are up to my current standard of painting

They look A LOT better than my first squad of cadians!

Very impressed. I hate to nitpick, but was the guy in the back (3rd from the right) supposed to turn out with purply flesh?

Looking at the others I think it was...there seems to be slight variation between each guys skin tone.

Very impressive for your first models

Is that an Asian Cadian 2nd from the right? His skin tone looks a little yellow. If so, that is awesome!

the reason they are like that is because when i painted them i didn't have any flesh like color so i just tried to make my own with the colors i had and thats why they aren't very consistent lol

Double thumbs up, great bases!

thanks! yeah i wasn't sure how they were going to turn out so i just winged it but i like how they did.

They look great. You have done skin better than me on even after years of painting!! keep it up and give us more pics.

Fantastic job. I especially like how you actually varied the models' paint scheme a bit. Now all you need to do is paint 100 more and you will have filled out a single troop choice . I'm sure many people will be having nerdgasms once the army is fully painted and on the board. Hope you keep up the great painting.