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Your contemptor looks great ustrello. I agree with you, the brown showing through on the rhino looks good, adds character and I think it'll go great with your planned weathering effects. Can't wait to see it finished!

 Heretic Tom wrote:
Your contemptor looks great ustrello. I agree with you, the brown showing through on the rhino looks good, adds character and I think it'll go great with your planned weathering effects. Can't wait to see it finished!

Thanks man! I almost finished it just one more day


As I said above I have almost finished the rhino, most of it was spent waiting for the microset/sol to dry before I could seal the transfers in and matte them down. All I got left to do it weather it and thats it, so while I was waiting for it to dry I started painting the rapier and crew and built some terrain. All in all a good day.

Awesome. Where did you get the dozer blade for the rhino out of interest?

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Awesome. Where did you get the dozer blade for the rhino out of interest?

EDC

From the chimera kit actually, it fits perfectly and is cheap compared to the forgeworld blade

He is looking really good. Had to take a second look, first thought it didn't pop enough but double take it does pop. Nice work as always!

love rhinos and it looks great esp with the dozer blade!

Spacewolverine wrote:He is looking really good. Had to take a second look, first thought it didn't pop enough but double take it does pop. Nice work as always!

Thanks man!

Guildenstern wrote:love rhinos and it looks great esp with the dozer blade!

Thanks guild! I was glad I went with this blade instead of the spindly one.


Well I have finished the rhino but its late and I dont want to get the entire light box out and take pictures so expect pictures tomorrow. I also have built and magentized the last two leviathan weapons I needed the grav bombard (holy crap the rules for this gun are sick) and the siege drill. Not seen I have also scraped and sanded the aquillas off of the dreadnought drop pod doors because this is 30k and no aquilas for anyone besides the EC.

Rhino is looking great.

Isn't it only a certain type of Aquila used exclusively by the EC?

After all the FW jetbikes have aquilas on the front of them(?)...

EDC

From what I've read, the Aquila (double headed) is restricted to the EC, the Imperial Eagle (single headed) is more widely used, the lightning bolt/eagle links back to the Unification Wars, or at least to Terran Marines... I think, I might be a bit off on that last one.

Excited to see those arms painted up. I love the Leviathan model I just could never justify buying it just for a model I wouldn't use.

Rhino came out great, the added wearing is superb.

evildrcheese wrote:Rhino is looking great.

Isn't it only a certain type of Aquila used exclusively by the EC?

After all the FW jetbikes have aquilas on the front of them(?)...

EDC

Yes the new one used by the imperium, but the dropod had the one only the EC were allowed to use.

Paradigm wrote:From what I've read, the Aquila (double headed) is restricted to the EC, the Imperial Eagle (single headed) is more widely used, the lightning bolt/eagle links back to the Unification Wars, or at least to Terran Marines... I think, I might be a bit off on that last one.

You are correct, it was also given out during the GC to marines etc that caught the emperor's eye doing something super badass

Spacewolverine wrote:Excited to see those arms painted up. I love the Leviathan model I just could never justify buying it just for a model I wouldn't use.

Rhino came out great, the added wearing is superb.

He has 40k rules actually but they are a bit odd

Well as I said I have finished the rhino, it wasn't anything super fancy so I stuck with only four pictures. I also have completed building the dreadnought drop pod and man it is huge, I plan on at least getting the basecoat down tonight with the airbrush. I also plan on finishing the last two leviathan guns and working some more on the rapier.

It came out fantastic! I love the little touches, the weathering and such and also that you had the self control not to over do it.

Lovely job Ustrello. Rhino look primo. Especially like your metals on the front window port panels.

Do you have a comparison shot of the dreadnought drop pod with like a regular one maybe? I've never seen it so curious

Heretic Tom wrote:It came out fantastic! I love the little touches, the weathering and such and also that you had the self control not to over do it.

I thought about it, but besides the dozer blade there was not much to add where it could of gotten scraped by walls etc. Though I still kinda wanted to weather it more

Januine wrote:Lovely job Ustrello. Rhino look primo. Especially like your metals on the front window port panels.

Thanks jan! I actually got the idea from my local GW manager and it has served me well so far

Guildenstern wrote:Do you have a comparison shot of the dreadnought drop pod with like a regular one maybe? I've never seen it so curious

ask and ye shall receive

wow that sucker is massive o.O

so cool!

 Guildenstern wrote:
wow that sucker is massive o.O

so cool!

Thankfully it doesn't have as much to paint as the normal drop pods so even though its bigger it'll be easier to paint .

Well I have completed the leviathan arms (grav bombard and siege drill) minus sealing and matting one transfer. I have almost finished the rapier with only sealing matting and a bit of weathering to go. Up next should be the dark furies and starting to gap fill and fix the fire raptor.

You got a FW dreadnought drop pod for your Leviathan? Well played sir, well played. Oh, and the doser blade works perfectly on the rhino.

 40kFSU wrote:
You got a FW dreadnought drop pod for your Leviathan? Well played sir, well played. Oh, and the doser blade works perfectly on the rhino.

The coolest model needed to coolest ride and thanks! I was happy that the blade worked out myself because there was no taking it off of the model at this point


Well as promised I have finished the rapier and finally took pictures of it. Up next is the dark furies which I am painting up as I am writing this.

Looking quite well weathered! The heat on the quad-laser also appeals to me, keep it up compadre!

That rapier looks great. Nice heat effect on the barrels.

Love that rapier platform matey. Great stuff.

Looks fearsome!

JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:Looking quite well weathered! The heat on the quad-laser also appeals to me, keep it up compadre!

Thanks man! I didnt want to go super heavy on the weathering for some reason on this guy but I like it all the same

Heretic Tom wrote:That rapier looks great. Nice heat effect on the barrels.

I actually got the idea from para when he gave some advice on how to weather the kheres assault cannon.

angelofvengeance wrote:Love that rapier platform matey. Great stuff.

Thanks!

Paradigm wrote:Looks fearsome!

Rhinos and other low AV targets beware!


Well as promised I have started the dark furies (only 10 of them and the fire raptor to go and only 12 days left crunch time) and they are about half done. I expect they will be done by wednesday at the latest because I will be gone most of tomorrow and today so I don't expect much painting to be done .

Rapier turned out excellent and the Dark Furies are such beautiful models, excited to see them done.

 Spacewolverine wrote:
Rapier turned out excellent and the Dark Furies are such beautiful models, excited to see them done.

They are one of my favorites, the only think that I don't like is how fragile the claws are.


Well it was a good 4th so that means I did not get a whole lot of painting done. But I almost finished the first 5 dark furies and with 9 more days til I leave I have 5 more furies left and one fire raptor (that I still have to gap fill, sand, prime and paint )

You can do it!

Furies look ace, nice and choppy!

Am loving the Leviathan and Furies, such cool designs. Good luck hitting your target, the prep alone for the Fire Raptor would intimidate me. Onwards Ustrello!

Paradigm wrote:You can do it!

Furies look ace, nice and choppy!

Who doesn't love some 4 attack rending master crafted I5 S5 lightning claws? But thanks for the encouragement the grind is starting to get to me lol

Thraxas Of Turai wrote:Am loving the Leviathan and Furies, such cool designs. Good luck hitting your target, the prep alone for the Fire Raptor would intimidate me. Onwards Ustrello!

The leviathan is hands down my favorite model in the army, and after playing a game with it it is my favorite rules wise too. But the prep is what has been holding me off on starting it for so long but I have to start it by friday at the latest so I can give the green stuff a day to dry then I can sand it and start on painting.


Well as promised here are the first 5 dark furies, nice models both sculpt and rule wise. But the lightning claws are fragile so I glossed them and then matted them down to protect them, so hopefully they don't get chipped or worn.

That white is beautiful, not my cup of tea but they look great. Claws came out beautifully. Nice work as always Ustello!