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 WarbossDakka wrote:
I know what you did STG. Cannot be unseen.

Nice progress on the Marine.

Oh dear! lol, that comment was more amusing than the joke. shhhhh

Thank you for that STG! I'm working the next two nights, but should be able to get some real work in over Wednesday and Thursday I hope. In theory, I should be able to finish the model off.

I've already got the back pack and shoulder pads prepped for spraying, but can't spray them at present due to rainy weather in in central MS today.

Still, I hope to have this model knocked out in short order. Further updates will be posted as soon as I can make forward progress. Take it easy for now and thanks again STG. I appreciate the support!

-Red__Thirst-

Hey Red!

The pose is 'generic' but you need generic for other dudes to stand out .

I'm having long shifts at work due to an important project but I'm slowly building my 7 Warders. I've got 5 tacticals waiting along with a dread. The Dread.. I hope we can get that challenge before my Vegas Trip.

Keep going, lovely progress mate!

Nice work dude. Hopefully it goes to plan and you can get him finished over the next couple of days.

EDC

Got some small amount of work done last night. Far less than I'd like but progress is progress.

Here's where we sit:





Work will begin on the right shoulder in short order.

Take it easy, more updates to come.

-Red__Thirst-

Tactical Marine is looking gorgeous so far! If you spend this much time on a mere grunt than I'd love to see you do something like a Sternguard Veteran (with all that bling..)

Love that winged shoulder pad. And the excellent work as always Red.

Thank you both, I appreciate the kudos as always!

I hope to get started on the last shoulder pad tomorrow before work.

More updates to come. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Finished off the left shoulder pad and am fairly pleased with the results. Just have the back pack left to finish and I'll have another mini finished up.

Here's where we sit:







Liking the final pose. Will have the back pack done as quickly as I can (it's a fairly decorative pack, so may take a little extra time to finish) and then start preparing for Dread Bowl 2016!

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Shoulder is looking awesome as per usual though I didn't realise the scroll stuck out so much sideways.

Blood angels may not be the most competitive, but your certainly making them some of the prettiest!
Awesome as ever dude

I'm happy to report that I have another tactical marine finished up. Very pleased overall, he came out better than I expected he would.

Feedback appreciated as always. Also, I've tried a different method for taking pictures, hopefully it looks ok and doesn't bring all the flaws too far to the surface. Take a look:











Few minor touch ups have been made immediately after the pictures were taken (left knee, etc)

Hopefully folks like it. I'll be trying to use this method for pictures in the future, as it produces much crisper pictures it seems. Yay learning new things with cameras by accident.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Liking the new style of pics and the latest TAC marine looks great.

EDC

Using what steam I had left tonight, I broke out the clippers, hobby knife, bits box, and plastic glue to prepare the next project.

Behold!!



My Librarian Dreadnought, which should see a lot of action in the coming weeks once I get it finished up, especially with the boost in attacks from the recent FAQ addressing the lower attacks on all BA/SW/GK dreadnoughts. Mine will have the heavy flamer on the arm, and an alternative right arm with the meltagun as well, as I have an old school metal furioso model I'll be using as either a standard furioso or possibly a death company dread. Not sure yet.

Will be painting this thing in pieces, starting with the base as usual, then moving on to the legs and working my way up the torso.

Now to get in touch with Teban to set up Dread Bowl 2016.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

tac marine is looking niiice! also will be cool to see you paint something that isn't a marine, look forward to it

Damn! that's one crispy marine!
Awesome paint job

That Tactical Marine is gorgeous! Really nicely done.

STG wrote:tac marine is looking niiice! also will be cool to see you paint something that isn't a marine, look forward to it

I'm excited to get started on this dreadnought for sure. I'm about to begin the process of using masking tape to cover up some areas for black base coat (the metallic areas) and then others for the red base coat. The torso is going to be the main portion where I have to do any masking, as other areas/parts I can simply base coat black (Legs) or red (font of the sarcophagus, leg armor, arms) and then go in afterward with detail work. Hoping to have all base coats down by this weekend so I can get started with Teban on our competition when he's ready.

Blimy wrote:Damn! that's one crispy marine!
Awesome paint job

Much obliged! I'll take a group shot of the finished 5 man squad soon. Very happy with how this first demi squad has turned out.

War Kitten wrote:That Tactical Marine is gorgeous! Really nicely done.

Thank you War Kitten, I appreciate the continued support as always. I hope my Librarian Dreadnought looks just as nice as these marines do. Fingers crossed,

Take it easy for now folks, more updates to come.

-Red__Thirst-

Yey Librarian dread. Really looking forward to see what you do with this.

EDC

Update sans pictures.

I've gotten all the extra armor plating (leg & fore-arm armor) separated and cleaned up, as well as drilled out the heavy flamer barrel and other final modeling preparations made for base coating. I've also gotten the base washed up with soap & water, and base coated black along with the leg sub assembly spray painted at the same time.

I'm going to get the red parts sprayed next before getting started on the masking for the main torso assembly sections that will get both black and red spray paint (red on top, where the armor is black everywhere else).

Should be fun. I'm looking forward to getting this started in earnest and hopefully getting solid forward progress on preparations over the weekend.

More to come soon. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Oh damn. I've got an undergoing challenge locally and im swamped with work. Lets find a good schedule for our dreadnaughts challenge!

Meanwhile.. why dont you build another tactical :p?

Dude, Libby Dreads are awesome! Can't wait to see him painted!

 Red__Thirst wrote:
Update sans pictures.

I've gotten all the extra armor plating (leg & fore-arm armor) separated and cleaned up, as well as drilled out the heavy flamer barrel and other final modeling preparations made for base coating. I've also gotten the base washed up with soap & water, and base coated black along with the leg sub assembly spray painted at the same time.

I'm going to get the red parts sprayed next before getting started on the masking for the main torso assembly sections that will get both black and red spray paint (red on top, where the armor is black everywhere else).

Should be fun. I'm looking forward to getting this started in earnest and hopefully getting solid forward progress on preparations over the weekend.

More to come soon. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

How dare you deny us our daily dose of BA goodness? I need my boys in red to help motivate me to paint my boys in blue.

teban wrote:Oh damn. I've got an undergoing challenge locally and im swamped with work. Lets find a good schedule for our dreadnaughts challenge!

Meanwhile.. why dont you build another tactical :p?

Well I have an alternate idea for Dread Bowl, since life is kicking you in the pants. The goal is to see who can finish first, or fastest, so I propose that I start at Midnight one night and keep a running tab of hours/days it takes me to finish the model. I'll post that up once the dreadnought is finished and when you can get ready, declare what day your time starts (at midnight once again) and see if you can paint your dread up faster than I painted mine. Let me know if this sounds agreeable.

JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:Dude, Libby Dreads are awesome! Can't wait to see him painted!

I'm really looking forward to seeing how it works on the field too. I've got a FW drop pod as well for him to ride in. Going to work on that as my next vehicle once I finish the dread off and make more progress on the infantry.

War Kitten wrote:How dare you deny us our daily dose of BA goodness? I need my boys in red to help motivate me to paint my boys in blue.

Gotta love working 2 jobs man, I'll work on it as much as I can and get ya some WIP pictures soon, rest assured. Appreciate the continued support as always!

More to come soon. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

I say we do it like the other day, would you say - any ideas for an starting date?

I'm really excited to see your progress on that librarian dread.

teban wrote:I say we do it like the other day, would you say - any ideas for an starting date?

I'll, in theory, be able to get the rest of the dreadnought base coated in preparation for starting work in short order, by the end of the weekend I expect. I'll try and find something else to keep me busy while I wait on you to get ready. Just let me know when you want to fire the starting gun as it were. I'll be ready by Sunday.

Might go ahead and do the prep work on my dreadnought drop pod.

Heretic Tom wrote:I'm really excited to see your progress on that librarian dread.

Thanks! I'm very much looking forward to getting started on it also I will admit. Going to get it ready to start for Dread Bowl 2016 versus the illustrious Teban here. He won our last paint-off, so I hope to vindicate myself. if I can.

More to come soon. take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

I'm psyched to see how the libby dread comes out. I kind of wish my boys in blue could get access to them, but such is 40k.

So, weekend kinda fell apart on me and I got zero work done sadly. Back at work tonight and tomorrow night as well, so odds are slim I'll be able to do much beyond hopefully getting some spray painting done between shifts.

That said, I did happen upon something kind of fun. I found my old metal Furioso Dreadnought that I stripped years ago and will be re purposing this model into a Death Company Dreadnought. Specifically, Cassor the Damned from the Shield of Baal: Deathstorm game supplement. The classic metal Furioso has the Melta Gun and Storm Bolter underslung arms, and I have the Magna Grapple and Blood Talons left over, still on sprue from my Librarian Dreadnought build. This perfectly allows me to match Cassor's weapons and equipment load out and not really have many unused bits from the Librarian/Death Company/Furioso kit.

This old model was usually fielded as Moriar the Chosen back in 3rd edition, and the thought of a Character Dreadnought I can field as a troops choice is pretty awesome as well. Should be a cool project to help keep me busy with preparing until Teban is ready to start Dread Bowl 2016.

I've got to try and find a suitable base, get the last little bit of ancient stuck on paint picked off the model, attach the magna grapple to the torso and blood talons to the arms, and I'll be ready to start work I hope.

More updates to come later. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Mr. Red, I'm ready to start the DreadBowl 2016 . I will upload my first stages in my blog.

Cheers