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Thanks mates, I appreciate your patience. I try and run a level ship... and I don't think I'm anyone's fanboi. Too old & too cynical for that.

Frustrating when I make such slow progress like this as I have so many projects I *really* want to do and I just never seem to make much headway. I've got two really special squads sitting around *waiting* for me to get to them... God only knows when that will be. At least I'm finally getting the scouts bikes done, that's been on the docket a long time.

And... this'll get caught in page roll-over so no one will see it anyway. *sigh*

i didnt say you were, i was sayin most threads were just fanboi vs the world.

on a side note: i really like the alpha legion helmet in your orks mouth, those guys are spreading like wildfire

The page rollover must be fought.

Gitsplitta wrote:I wanted to do that, but my teammates don't want to start until 5 months before. Heck, I can hardly paint a squad in that time!

Not totally true. I'm slower than you and would benefit from having a theme early. I remember we discussed this in the car ride home.

If were going to do Marines ( or any new army ) I'll need to sharpen my list so I can direct my energy to the things I will need!

SL

I wanna team up with gits... but I'd have the worst painted army in the bunch.

Also, we did see your post gits

dajobe wrote:i didnt say you were, i was sayin most threads were just fanboi vs the world.

I didn't think you were dajobe... I was speaking metaphorically.

on a side note: i really like the alpha legion helmet in your orks mouth, those guys are spreading like wildfire

Another DCM plot to subjugate the masses. It's my way of resisting the pull of Alpharius mob.

DarkStarSabre wrote:The page rollover must be fought.

Power to the people! *terrorist fist bump*

Solar_lion wrote:Not totally true. I'm slower than you and would benefit from having a theme early. I remember we discussed this in the car ride home.

If were going to do Marines ( or any new army ) I'll need to sharpen my list so I can direct my energy to the things I will need!

SL

Well, yeah, but you and I are in the minority. I'm just trying to cover my bases by getting a more complete Mantis Warrior army painted and sending off some of my orks to Iffy for painting. Neither might be used at Adepticon (though I'm pretty sure I'm going to enter my MW's into the 1850 championship), but at least I'm ahead of the game a bit.

Alfndrate wrote:I wanna team up with gits... but I'd have the worst painted army in the bunch.

We've actually discussed the fact that the "Wardens of the Maelstrom" might morph into a broader group. Kind of an amalgamation of friends who wear the "Warden" colors and fight along a unified general theme but are not limited to a single entry of four players in the team tournament. Jury is still out on that... but it has been kicked around.

Hey Git, keep an ear open for me. If anyone around us needs another member for Adepticon next year, our team has kind of gone all different ways so i'm free, even if it means painting and making a whole new army versus playing my Bloodhounds

Gits, this is just me musing and has no bearing on your army, other than its about the Mantis Warriors.

According to some fluff that I read, Mantis Warriors fall into a battle haze, I wonder how a MW army using the BA codex might work, using the Red Thirst and Black Rage as this idea of the battle haze.. (would be cool to see on the table)

@Goterdamrung: I'll let you know if we come to any decision on it... no problem. We're a friendly bunch. No brilliant strategists among us but we have fun!

@Alf: Yeah, we went round-and-round on that point months ago. That bit you're referring to is, I believe... originally from a short story by C.S. Goto. Need I say more?? Besides, IA-10 lists the Mantis Warriors as a White Scars successor chapter (not that I necessarily care what IA says... but I like what they did with my MWs), so using a BA dex would be too much like dex shopping for my tastes.

My Tyranids "counts as" Grey Knights list rebukes you.

My Bad Moon "count's as" Space Wolves laugh at your pittiful attempt at self-improvement.

Touche

Gitsplitta wrote:originally from a short story by C.S. Goto.

And suddenly I feel ill :(

Got quite a bit done tonight... pics tomorrow.

Gits



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Finally got around to properly finishing off the scouts. They now have properly gold shoulder pads, the other sergeant has his melta bomb and they have squad markings on one shoulder. I decided not to change their bases to match the rest as the current bases set them apart from the main nicely, adding to the illusion that they're "out scouting" somewhere away from the main force.

This is a great thread
I've looked at it plenty of times, not sure if i've commented before (probably have). But your painting is great,and your obviously very dedicated.
I'm hoping to start adding too my own P&M thread i started ages ago tomorrow, and hopefully keep going like you have.

Oh, and i really like those Scouts. They are models that i often find i don't really like unless converted up well, but they are simple yet really nice.

Hey rodgers37, welcome (back) to the blog! I agree with you on the scouts. I didn't build these, bought them used & just did a bit of re-painting to get them to look right... but the builder did an excellent job in my opinion. Frankly I think they're more convincing scouts than the official ones are as they really look like they're heading out on an expedition.

Good luck with your blog! It's a lot of work but very rewarding.

Great stuff Gits!

Ive little experience with SM models, especially scouts... Are the backpacks custom? They suit the models really really well!

Scouts look better and better, Gits! I like the added squad symbol. I whole heartedly approve of simple scout markings and nothing too fancy for them. Ramos, those backpacks are added on. SM scouts don't usually have backpacks, but you're right, they do suit them quite well.

Have a great 4th of July Gits and all those reading that celebrate!

Love the scouts and the Vanguard with counts as claws you posted on the Madison site. Both look awesome bud...

Thank you all and Happy 4th to all my fellow Americans out there! We're spending today at the ball park followed by fireworks and a movie (all at the ball part because there will be so many people gathered around that they won't let us leave until after midnight!)

@Goterdamrung: Thanks... that's actually why I was fishing for a bump.


Well, here's the pic that Goter was talking about... finally finished vent's Vanguard (Brother Hiroto). Hope you like it!


And to top if off, WarOne wrote this cool story about him!

"The Mantis"

They were Necrons, and they were harvesting.

Hiroto clenched his fists, keeping them from stabbing down into his holsters to bring forth his twin swords. Once released, none of the Necron below would survive their fury.
But he held his hiding place, carefully concealed by the darkness and the absolute stillness he executed with great restraint.

From his position high in the bell tower, he observed the hundreds of mindless automatons herding the entire village to their doom. The villagers came out of each house under guard, and carried not one scrap of possessions with them save for children who could not walk on their own. Under the grim guard, none of the people even cried out in fear or wept in sorrow. All their faces were blank, as if their souls no longer inhabited their mortal coil. They casually shuffled into green vortexes of power that Hiroto assumed acted like portals.

This struck Hiroto with great concern, as he had seen before in reports and some firsthand experience the depravations of the Necron host once they started culling. Many would die until their resistance was broken. Their flaying weapons tearing the skin and then flesh from desiccated bones was an unearthly sight that cowed even the mightiest human warrior. The survivors were then taken away, kicking and screaming into eerie green portals that bled with arcane power and high technology.

The entire populace of this condemned community didn’t even blink. They simply wanted into the light that appeared in the darkness of the night, and were swallowed whole without complaint. With his enhanced vision, the space marine vanguard made out the individual Necron warriors as they simply ambled along, ensuring the humans trudged along unerringly into the portals. Their green glowing eyes numbered in the hundreds. With this complacent populace, Hiroto didn’t even think the Necrons would need more than a single sentinel to oversee the harvest.

But it was that laxity in the Necron guards that allowed Hiroto to stay hidden. None of the Necrons even bothered to break in or enter into any of the homes or shops of the people here. They simply came out of the green portals that winked into existence from nowhere, and the victims obliged them by coming out almost as soon as the metallic invaders appeared. All the Necrons had to do was simply stand there and wait for the cattle to go to the slaughter willingly.

But Hiroto was not too sure the human populace was so readily compliant. There had to be some reason the Necrons were able to execute this whole operation with some sort of trick. Perhaps hypnoindoctrination or a drugged water supply was to blame. Given the advanced technological state of the enemy, it could be a neural control device that projects a blanketing signal that dazes or confuses the human mind, forcing them to be docile.

But it wouldn’t account for Hiroto being unaffected. He would at least know there was something attempting to brainwash him. So what could it be he mused.

His answer came almost instantly. One of the humans Hiroto was casually watching suddenly jerked. His head erupted with visible electrical surges as they came out his mouth, nostrils, and ears. He brought his arms to his head, and attempted a stammering scream. He stumbled out of the shuffling line of other humans and dropped to his knees, clutching his enervated skull.
Two of the closer Necron guards swiveled their eyes toward the collapsed human. They began to lurch from their stationary positions and advance on the disturbance.

The Mantis Warrior could not allow this chance to escape him. Hiroto leaped from the belltower, unfurling his jetpack’s wings as he glided down, swooping from his high perch to intercept the Necrons. They were barely twenty feet away from their victim, and Hiroto easily 200 or more. But they did not know that death was stalking them.

With one of his swords unsheathed, Hiroto activated it, causing the weapon to scintillate with murderous energy. The glow and hum of his sword alerted the other Necron sentries to his presence as he landed, his feet touching down less than ten paces from the two Necron warriors about to lay their hands on the curled up human.

Dozens of the mechanical constructs raised their weapons, gauss flayers glowing with arcane energy that could kill with ease. Hiroto pounded his legs hard, raising his sword as the two Necrons grabbed the human and began pulling him up into their cold embrace.

Hiroto sliced with his sword, lopping off both of the Necron heads as he shouldered between the pair of headless bodies, and scooped up the shivering body of the man. Green bolts of energy pierced the air.

All of them missed or struck the bodies of their vanquished brethren, burning into mechanical bodies or smacking into the morass of humans surrounding Hiroto and the man tucked under one arm.

Hiroto wasted no time. He activated his jet pack, and leaped into the air, ascending skyward as fast as the rocket would take him.

More of the green bolts of arcane fury lit up the sky, but the Necrons were firing blindly into the night, unable to catch the Mantis Warrior as he quickly escaped the maximum range of their weapons.

Have a good time at Warner Park Git, I would say you would have plenty of time to paint while there waiting to leave but the random moments of light in the darkness probably wouldn't provide enough light, but could give a really strange highlight effect

Gitsplitta wrote:finally finished vent's Vanguard. Hope you like it!

Brilliant! Love the pose, looks real fluid. +1 Awesomepants.

Disjointed Entity wrote:

Gitsplitta wrote:finally finished vent's Vanguard. Hope you like it!

Brilliant! Love the pose, looks real fluid. +1 Awesomepants.

+1. Absolutely stunning, Gits! Excellent Job!

Great mini mate, love the dynamic stance.

Awesome stuff Gits! Nice touch with the veins on the wings.

Love the vanguard its truly excellent. can we get a shot of the right arm as I dont think I've seen what you've done on that shoulder pad.

That is beautiful Gits

Great job Gits!
The scouts really 'pop' with the yellow Shoulderpads!
And the Vanguard is just covered with awesomesauce

Thanks lads! He was a fun conversion... and a direct prototype for my own vanguard so I'm pretty stoked about the way he turned out. Hope vent likes him.

I'll take a pic of the mon tomorrow... we got back a bit early from our night out... but I'm still pretty tired. Lots of food, beer and fireworks... then an hour's drive home = sleepy gits. Our team won the game in the 11th inning! Very exciting!

I took a couple pics of the day, will get them up on photobucket and link them from here. Best fourth I've had in a long, long time.

Cheers all!

Im confused... Why are you celebrating the 4th on the 2nd/3rd!??