http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/8.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net "Oh" I said "I thought blue was pretty cool, you know?"
"But that's not METAL!" He yells back, and they wail on their axes, a tune so heavy the paint comes out of the jars and makes a swirl of color in the air, before enveloping hte marines before me and settling. What was revealed after that ten minute guitar solo was a true heavy metal marine army, all it needs is a Lok Nar to fight.


PICS:

(Note that there is no true reflection save for a bit of true light bouncing off the model, all the reflection and dirt between the legs etc. is painted.)

Chaplain
[img]http://www.gmmstudios.com/Pictures/ModelPhotos/hm1.jpg[/img]

Tac Squads:
[img]http://www.gmmstudios.com/Pictures/ModelPhotos/hm2.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.gmmstudios.com/Pictures/ModelPhotos/hm3.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.gmmstudios.com/Pictures/ModelPhotos/hm4.jpg[/img]

Dev Squad:
[img]http://www.gmmstudios.com/Pictures/ModelPhotos/hm6.jpg[/img]

Assault Marines:
[img]http://www.gmmstudios.com/Pictures/ModelPhotos/hm5.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.gmmstudios.com/Pictures/ModelPhotos/hm7.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.gmmstudios.com/Pictures/ModelPhotos/hm8.jpg[/img]

To make it short and sweet, quoting what I wrote on my site:
"This is a 2000 point marine army fully finished and ready to go. The chapter is called the Sons of Traagyn, bearing the name of their home world, a place lost in a warp storm for many many years. The planet is much like our Venus, with purple acid rain storms and lime green seas of acid. The soil is 75% iron and rusts with what little oxygen is in the air. Due to the conditions of the planet, the Chapter had to fabricate new armor out of indiginous ore as ceramite just did not last. The armor still shows oxydation and tarnishes under the harsh conditions, but it does last. Out of pride for their homeworld they do not clean their armor save for the internals which they keep 100% functional.

The army has been painted using different aging and rust techniques and is really one of a kind when it comes to painted Marines. Each squad has different markings, and the Chapter symbol is a wing, representing the winged angel that is their homeworld that saved their chapter from doom in a warp storm millenia ago. Their bases have been painted as the rusty earth of their home planet, and the base rims are a very dark metallic color.

It contains the following:
(Note: Tac squads are 1 more than legal so you can switch options around)

Chaplain with jump pack, master crafted pistol and Rosarius

Tac Squad with 11 men including two flamers and a powerfist sarge.
Tac Squad with 11 men including Lascannon and Plasma gun and a powerfist sarge.
Tac Squad with 11 men including Lascannon and Plasma gun and a powerfist sarge.

Devastator squad with Sarge, 4 missle launchers and two bolter marines.

Assault squad with Powerfist sarge and two plasma pistols.
Assault squad with Powerfist sarge and two plasma pistols.
Assault squad with Powerfist sarge and two plasma pistols.

This equals out to around 2000 points and is a very solid list for fun or competitive play.

Tactics: assault squads and Chaplain head for objective with twin flamer unit. Two tac squads and Dev squad hang back and hold your own objective. Feel free to drop the Lascannon in each squad to make the army more assault oriented. Also twin flamers may not make it into the new codex, so there is an extra just in case. Flamers are great in 5th edition where more hits are better than single hits with AP2 or 3 because of all the cover."

If anyone has any questions on colors feel free to ask.

Thanks for looking!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358257.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358257.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358272.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358272.page GMT
Inspiration can come from the strangest places

HFN]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358282.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358282.page GMT Inspiration can come from the strangest places
[/quote]

Haha, yes it can

But I also have to do a second thank you to the people in this thread:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/216212.page

Who helped me figure out why the heck they would be dirty in the first place.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358291.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358291.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358297.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358297.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358302.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358302.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358305.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358305.page GMT I love the chaplain.

Please give a quick summary of how you paint your metal and weather it, as I'm having to do a lot of rust on my Orks and my Bro's VCs at the moment. Always want to improve and you weathering is beautiful.
]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358309.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358309.page GMT ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358327.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358327.page GMT Dev box, unless Im missing something?

Apone: I started with 50/50 Reaper Ancient Bronze and Scorched brown for a basecoat, then washed it with 50/50 enchanted blue and snot green with a little white. Then I did it again with a little darker. The browns and rusts you see like on the legs are painted on with thin layers of a Reaper orange color, dont have it handy but I can find it. Its really all in the color combinations.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358350.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358350.page GMT
Although...aigh! Aigh! I just realized you didn't drill any barrels!

Still. They look fabulous.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358356.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358356.page GMT
I wrote some fluff on that thread a few days ago, which seemed to devolve into a minor spat between fluff nazis and artistic rebels. Look what the latter has achieved!
Very, very nice models. Extra kudos for a limited pallette; it's something I'm a big fan of. Also, props for making the colours work. I struggle with painting marines due to the clinical highlights needed (I prefer more relief on my models, like nids and kroot, flowing robes, etc). If you could give us a detailed run down of the process, I'd love to try it out.

They look great, and stick a weathered finger to all the tame purists out there. All the best for the future.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358402.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358402.page GMT

Thanks for the compliments and the inspiration!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358579.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358579.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358669.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358669.page GMT
Hehe, now that you mention it that may not be what goes there hahaha.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358765.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358765.page GMT
I agree that a change of the bases is needed to make the models stand out a little more. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358780.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358780.page GMT ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358872.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/358872.page GMT WHFB Chaos Warriors would look pretty darn cool done up in verdigris like that.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/359979.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/359979.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/360030.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/360030.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/360078.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/360078.page GMT
I second the request for a tutorial. As detailed as you like, I can follow it.
]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/364725.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/364725.page GMT ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/365051.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/365051.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/365068.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/365068.page GMT ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/366909.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/366909.page GMT Apone: I started with 50/50 Reaper Ancient Bronze and Scorched brown for a basecoat, then washed it with 50/50 enchanted blue and snot green with a little white. Then I did it again with a little darker. The browns and rusts you see like on the legs are painted on with thin layers of a Reaper orange color, dont have it handy but I can find it. Its really all in the color combinations.[/quote]


So sorry for the Threadomancy and the request for info that may have passed into history, but exactly which Reaper orange were you using?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/926844.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/926844.page GMT Apone: I started with 50/50 Reaper Ancient Bronze and Scorched brown for a basecoat, then washed it with 50/50 enchanted blue and snot green with a little white. Then I did it again with a little darker. The browns and rusts you see like on the legs are painted on with thin layers of a Reaper orange color, dont have it handy but I can find it. Its really all in the color combinations.[/quote]


So sorry for the Threadomancy and the request for info that may have passed into history, but exactly which Reaper orange were you using?[/quote]

I doubt he could remember man, this is almost a year old...
in future just PM the OP

]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/927042.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/927042.page GMT War is dirty!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/927064.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/927064.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/927122.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/927122.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/927180.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/927180.page GMT Looks very messy and not enough contrasts for my taste.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/927194.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/216665/927194.page GMT