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The Might of Heracles:

lol You are full of surprises. I didnt see that coming.
Cool stuff tho. Like I said before, Im a huge fan of the green and it works well on the cruiser. And you detailed it rather nicely.

Just a minor update, wanted to let folks know work is still happening on these guys ^_^. Just nothing finished!

The Army Thus Far:

I really liked how the finished Marine ended up! Key lime space marines

I can't wait to see more.

Looking forward to seeing some more, can't wait till the next update.

i love the colour mate
stands out alot.


done a test colour for a friend on a marine, maybe we can form a chapter alliance?

Starting the first in my Desert Support Squad marines.



These should be a cool fun break ^_^.

You are doing them in rogue trader style camoflage TOO now?!

This just captured my interest on a much higher level.

This thread is becoming increasingly more in interesting, but then how can i expect any less from grey_death.

Desert? Looking good. Do you play a lot of BFG?

Arran

Paul, I am indeed doing the camo scheme ^_^. This will be the only full unit camo'd out, but I'm thinking a few marines here and there might get the treatment as well, we'll see though, it takes much longer than the normal scheme x.x..

Arran, I don't do much BFG as I've just gotten into the game. That is my only ship so far. Hopefully I can flesh that out in the future.

little, thanks for the praise, I try and keep my projects interesting and varied as much as possible!

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More progress:



One more stage of highlight I think and maybe a little bit of orange/brown wash for some color variation. Then camo stripping goes on.

Lookin good Grey!

!? wrote:Lookin good Grey!

Thanks!

I'm hoping to find some time today to do the final highlights and get started on the stripes. I'll try and take another photo today with my phone and see if I can get it uploaded. Work today, so I don't have the best options for uploading the pics!

Stay tuned!

What's the color steps for the desert marines? Very few people use brown in their Marines these days, so it's good to see it!

I like the desert scheme. You going to use them withe you Sons of Medusa?

Arran

tzeentchling - click on the photos and there are some color descriptions in the gallery pages.

Arran235 - They themselves are Sons of Medusa. The scheme is a throw back to the Rogue Trader days.

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More Progress, sorry for the pic quality, but it's not too shabby for a phone!



Better photos, hopefully finished photos sometime tomorrow!

Holy hell that looks good. I'm jealous again.

Amazing you have in spired me.

That is way beyond what I had expected... as always.

Should not all stripes run parallel though? Just wondering, really.

Paul, The stripes are running roughly vertical. I wanted to update the camo look as I didn't want to just straight copy from the book a VERY dated color scheme. This new striping gives them a modern look while still keeping the same feel and colors from the original camo idea. The new camo is also FAR more aggressive looking ^_-.

Final photos of this marine incoming today sometime. Stay tuned.

My first Desert Support Marine is finished!



All except chapter marking of course, but that's not happening until the very end I suspect.

This was a very nice break from the green, and I'm very happy with the final product. It does take a while to get the colors where I want them, but the effort is worth it. Plus, I only NEED to do 5 of these guys. I suspect a few more than that will end up in this scheme now though >.>....

And a quick comparison shot:



You can see the tie ins very easily. The weapon colors are identical, and the black shoulder pad rim and chest eagles. Basing is the same as well. A more subtle tie in is the battle damage. They are both done with the exact same colors, Catachan Green for the initial damage marking and bleached bone to highlight.

Hope to do more SoMs this fast in the future.

Some modeling and such done tonight.

Behold my exploded magnetized Rhino/Razorback/Predator:



Three new additions for the SoMs as well.

The middle guy is the result of having kit bashed Dev Marines and Sternguard together for my Desert Support Squad. The additional guys might come in handy in the future.

The Techmarine will be run as a Master of the Forge and will be running with my Dreads keeping them in tip top condition, not to mention joining in on the slaughter should the enemy get close enough.



And here you can see my newly added static grass. I really think the bases look much much better with this little addition. If I had the time I'd even think about sculpting a few little cactus plants and casting them up! But this project is already WAY behind where I'd like it to be. So sacrifices must be made x.x...

Nothing major here, but I don't want folks to think I've forgotten about the SoMs! I'm hoping to get a 1k game in with them soon, and once my chaplain is finished getting a few more of them painted up. Or at least get further along with basecoats.

More as I finish more!

Shouldn't the desert support have some sand on its base instead of grass?

Anywho, awesome models! Can't wait to see more.

ramzca wrote:Shouldn't the desert support have some sand on its base instead of grass?

Anywho, awesome models! Can't wait to see more.

No, not all deserts are entirely full of sand. See the deserts in the North-American Southwest for example. Lots of rocks, scrub brush, sparse vegetation, etc - even some trees.

I think the grass added a really nice touch. I apologize if this has been covered before by you, but will you be keeping the rims of the bases black?

Lagduf wrote:I think the grass added a really nice touch. I apologize if this has been covered before by you, but will you be keeping the rims of the bases black?

I will indeed be keeping the rims black on these guys.

Forgive me for my red/green deficiency but what color are the desert marines compared to the normal marines? Also how did you paint both? My brother would kill me for starting another green army (Sallies, DA, Orks, Nurgle CSM) but these guys are spectacular... any chance you can tell us how you did the white? I always end up getting streaky white.

Thanks

Absolutely loving the sons of medusa marine. Simple & effective colour scheme, seems quite manageable with the washes too.

Your phone takes better pictures than my camera... and for that I hate you.

WOW, how did you paint the dessert, (mmmm cake) marines?

Arran

Shadow Nugz, The Desert Marines are done in a yellow ochre color. For more on colors check out the corresponding gallery, some of the photos have some more information about what colors were used. As to how I paint my white, I've done a small write up for my site here that might help you some.

- Human, Thanks for the comments, it's not super easy, but some of the steps I have in place make it a bit less difficult. And I'm extremely impressed with the camera on my phone. It definitely works wonderfully for when I'm at work without a camera!

Arran235, I also have to refer you to the Corresponding Gallery.