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Alot of great looking stuff Zambro! I love those imperial fists further up the page!! Keep on working it out!! Cheers

BB

Nice bit of history, thanks for sharing. And I think you are being a little hard on yourself, those older minis look fine. Not as good as what you are doing these days, but that’s your experience (and better tools) showing.

As for the desire for a large army, etc, there are a number of ways to achieve those goals. The easy one is patience. Not selling your White Scars to fund the next big thing is a solid start. If you have the space, and don’t need the money for food/rent, keep everything. Then add to it. The slow build approach is not only wallet friendly, but it prevents the daunting wall of unpainted plastic. And if you mix it up with other projects, keeps the paintbench from getting monotonous.

The getting games in is something I have trouble with myself. My biggest tip is to give yourself a kick in the pants and get out of your comfort zone. Head to the store, ask for a game. If you want an apoc game, you might need to be a little proactive, and set one up yourself.

Time, drive, and money all come and go. And while you might need to replace paints that have dried up, the hobby will be there. But if you are patient and wait, you can pick up where you left off.

Assuming you haven’t e-bayed another one of your fantastic armies.

Your Fists are absolutely STUNNING. The highlighting on the scouts and weathering on your marines are making me so GD jealous. Very excited to see how the Venerable winds up looking!

Thanks a bunch, guys!

I got out to the LGS today. Got an old fashioned beating. 4 losses at conquest and a 40k loss. (Yes, I played a 40k game!). 500 pts of IF vs. Orks... Tabled, the top of turn 2. Slightly embarrassing... Probably shouldn't have infiltrated my Scouts so close knowing he had turn 1. I had 20 orks in my face on turn 1, and there wasn't much I could do save die with dignity in a pile of corpses (Charge!!!). It was a fun 40 mins, going to try again with the Fists next week

Ouch, sounds like the force wasn't with you there!

As for your last post, it's always great to see where people have come from in the hobby and where they are going (and unlike some of us, you seem to have a clear enough idea where you are going ).

You got some game time in, and had fun (hopefully)

Tabled at the top of 2? Ouch. The answer to that is to paint more marines! And get a re-match. What do you have painted at the moment? I didn’t think you were up to 500 points.

Your hitescars are nice but those Imperial Fists and damn nice. Pretty clode to perfect. Its cool to see how well your skills have developed.

Your White Scars and Imperial Fists are both awesome looking armies and quite inspirational. Just one question about the IF Scouts, are they all Ginger or is that just my dodgy eyesight?

@40kFSU: Thanks matey!
@Adamski: Thanks a lot! And Yes, all the scouts are gingers (I promise more variation when I do more bare heads, lol!)

Good morning, gents.

With the submission of my Dissertation, I got some well deserved hobby time the past day or two
Managed to crank this guy out.
Hope you like him








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He isn't quite finished.
I dont know what to put in the black shield on his front left panel?
I was thinking maybe a while skull transfer, but I dont think it'll fit. Maybe white writing? Other suggestions?

Since the start of the year, I've been keeping track of all the hobby related purchases I've made.
I've given myself a monthly budget, which I want to stick to. I currently average to just over my budget...
Which means, basing will come next month. It's unfortunate, because I cant make my urban bases for Para's comp :(
I think I'll just do the Dreadnought base, that way atleast I can enter him.

I'm sure you'll be seeing the Librarian before the end of the weekend.
Z

Maybe a crux terminatus on the black shield? white on black is a nice contrast.

Exceptional work! The weathering is great!

mathaius90 wrote:Maybe a crux terminatus on the black shield? white on black is a nice contrast.

This is a good idea. Another thought would be to use it to add a splash of color, and put some personal heraldry in there.

Paradigm wrote:Exceptional work! The weathering is great!

The weathering is great, but the guns are clean. While they are lightly scratched up, they show no evidence of being used. The HF in particular struck me as a place to try some heat-distressed metal techniques.

But overall a great looking walking coffin you have there.

Hope this helps with your flamer/plasma heat distress effect

I'm liking that dread! Keep it up

So with the name change on this thread I totally lost it for awhile. Looking really good there still, somehow you have managed to nail clean crisp bright colours. Looking forward to seeing where this goes in the future, oh and what bases you chose

Young Logan

@Mathaius: Thanks for the suggestion! Not sure I can paint a crux terminatus, white on black, on such a small area would need some practise before I did that!
@Para: Thanks mate! I'm a little jelous of the pace you crank models out... I'll just have to settle for a few minis a week
@Nev: You gave me the idea that I went with for the shield. A simple little red stripe. It breaks the black up, and gives it a splash of colour. Also went back and reworked some of the weapons...
@Angelofvengance: Thanks for those pictures! They gave me some great inspiration! Instead of using a blue glaze, I used purple. It's hard to see on the flamer and on the plasma cannon (but it's there!)..
@Leviathus: Thanks a lot, mate!
@Young_Logan: Welcome back I went with a simple base for the dread, just to get it done for para's comp. It'll get rebased in the near future.

As you can probably tell by the thread title, the dreadnought is done:


I'm happy with it.
Like I said before, I had to do a simple basing scheme to get it finished for Para's comp.

I've been working on the Librarian, too. I didn't get pictures (boo!), but I will have finished ones up before the end of the month. Just waiting to do the decals, face and edge highlights.

More soon!
Z

Fantastic work man! I expect this to do well in the challenge as well.

Dreadnought is looking really nice, the weathering looks spot on.

I liked your hobby recap, its nice to put it into words sometimes to share with others into the same hobby.

Hey man, i really like your Fists. Could you make any short tutorial how you do the yellow and how you chip&weather it?
Thanks in advance

Hey guys,

The main aim for this post is to update my Army picture.
For those that haven't noticed, on the front page, I have a spoiler tag with pictures of my army at the end of each month.
I think its nice to go back and see the monthly progress of the Fists.
Without further ado, here is March's army picture:



Coming along quite nicely! And its 648 points, for those interested

Note the Libby pictured. He is finished. He should have gotten a few WiP updates here - that's my bad.
I noticed as I was getting him out I forgot to do his decal, so once that is done, he'll get a finished shot.

That's all the Space Marines I have painted. Need to buy more.
And now that its a new month, I can use April's hobby budget for stuff
I just have to figure out what... Initially, I was aiming for devastators and another 5 assault marines. But I want to get a 'Veteran' for Para's painting comp.

Anyway, expect the finished Libby in a few days.
Z

HQ, 2xTroops, Elite, FA. You need a HS pick. Get the devs. If you pick up the assault marines, paint one as a vet sarge for the competition. Or, if the budget has room, get a box of vanguard vets, rather then assault marines.

Army is coming together nicely. I like the idea for the monthly pics, gives a good sense of progress.

Yeah, I send Devs; they fit the IF theme and will give you a bunch of extra Heavy Weapons for future Tac squads. In SM terms, anything can be made to look the part of Veteran anyway!

Nice progress shot!

That's a really great looking group shot. I agree with Nevelon and Paradigm in saying some Devs would be a pretty good addition and also fits the IF theme.

Afternoon guys!

Here are the promised Libby Pictures:







Painting this libby was great! Lots of fun painting something that isn't yellow. I think I finally found the 'best' blue. It's a mix of Magic Blue and Stormy Blue 1:1 (VGC).
It was also nice to play around with edge highlights. Something I dont do on my Fists.
I hope you like it!

I'm meeting a friend for some games on Monday (it's a Bank Holiday, so we can spend all day playing ), and hopefully I'll be able to pick some stuff up from the LGS Probably Devastators!

Have a nice Easter Weekend!
Z

You going to weather the librarian? After all the gritty, beaten up Fists, he looks way too crisp and clean. It’s not that he’s bad, but almost like he belongs in the 2nd edition. Just very bright and happy.

“He must be a HQ”
“How can you tell?”
“He’s not covered in muck like the rest of us"

 Nevelon wrote:
You going to weather the librarian?

No, I'm not.
His psychic powers keep him well protected, and immune from damage. Atleast, thats what I keep telling myself. The BRB tells me a different story with the powers that are actually available to me
Also, Conquest has a card called "Honoured Librarian", and it cant be damaged while there are other cards at that particular planet. So I'm taking my cues from Conquest, too.

Hey everyone!
Hope you all had a good weekend

I did; I found 9 terminators in my Warhammer closet I had previously forgotten about
I got them ages ago, in a trade for some Warhammer Fantasy things. And not wanting to add them to my White Scars, I retired them to the closet.
Now they're back and ready to wage war as Imperial Fists.



Once I get rid of the minotaur's paint job I did on a few...

I'm revising my entry to Para's comp. From my Fantasy BSB to these Termies.


I'll update you with their progress in a few days or so!
Z

Do you have enough guys there to make two legal squads? It looks like you do, but armless and the two-tone guy would need to be another assault and the tac sarge. Hard to tell what they are now.

I like the older mark of TDA. He the sarge?

Yeah, Nev, I have 2 squads. The Cataphractii is sarg of the CC squad. And the 2 tone guy is the sarge for the shooty squad. He has a converted power weapon, and the sarg for the tactical termies is suppose to have PW+SB.

The [h]armless guy has will get LCs, and join the CC termies.

So what kind of LR are you going to get for them to ride in? Any HQs to accompany them? Some of the better looking sculpts are sporting TDA. You know you want that chaplain. Lysander? Another librarian? Ohh, I know, one of the FW guys!

(I’m terrible, I know)