First Photo - Base/Coat Foundation + layered red capes + detailed purity seals + detailed white areas


Second Photo - Highlights + Added 2 heads + Based 2 models


Third Photo - Same as second, but without Flash


Fourth Photo - Me working on the arms and the other 2 remaining heads

Nice looking stuff!

I'd love to see a pic of your entire Ultramarine force, as I'm sure it was look great all together.

Looking forward to more!

Very good stuff. Also, thanks for pointing out to me that the Masters don't have their heads stuck, I didn't buy them because I thought they were modelled on (and I am tired of bald marines).

Subscribed!

They look great.
I'd like to see a pic of that capt you converted in the back with the iron halo.

Beautiful! Makes me wanna go out and buy the box and paint me some Ultramarines. Amazing work

You know, I usually pass over most SM armies after seeing a few thousand, but these are looking top notch thus far. Your brush work is very impressive. I like them!

nice vespid

Eisenhorn: I will take a photo of him when I get home tonight. He's a Tyranid Hunter with emporers champion sword.

Sturnreaper & Teek: Thanks...

Darkness: Although they are out of focus and not finished yet... lol, thanks

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I decided to paint the remaining 2 masters of the chapter heads and took some photos of the process:

1. I did 2-3 thin watered down layers of tanned flesh over the skin areas (Tanned flesh is not this bright, for some reason my flash made it too bright)


2. Here I washed the recesses with watered down flesh wash.. (namely under the lip, under the nose, under the eyes, ears, neck, dimples, cheek lines, metal rivets, etc)


3. Using a horizontal stroke I added the eyes and upper set of teeth to the head with his mouth open


4. Dotted eyes


5. Mixed 1:1 tanned flesh with dwarf flesh and did 1 thin layer over main skin areas, leaving a little of the foundation to show. I also cleaned up the wash during this stage so it's not so messy


6. Mixed 1:1 dwarf flesh with elf flesh to highlight areas of the face (upper lip, nose, eyebrows, forehead/brow, upper cheekbones, chin)


7. Mixed 1:1 elf flesh with skull white to add extreme highlight to previous highlights


8. Cleaned up model with chaos black and painted in metal parts, bionic eye lens, rivets on their forehead, etc)


9. Mounted to the bodies




Enjoy

I plan to finish up the arms later tonight

As for their backpacks I am waiting on my bits order of commander eagle backpacks to come in so those will have to wait

thanks for the "how to" on flesh. helpful.

I hate to be a downer when it comes to such great work, but am I the only one who finds those heads a little. . . well, creepy and unheroic? Maybe it's the eyeshadow.

I think it's the heads themselves, they're boring. The plastic Space Marine Sargeant head (you know, the one in the old tactical squad sprue) has a lot more character. Any that was done by JG do.

EDIT: I miss the "Clint Eastwood" head.

Started working on the arms when I got home today...

Here is their base coat


Several hours later........


Alternate view


Mock scenario with them in a bunker


Looking at the enemy....


Here's my converted Captain someone pointed out from my photos and wanted to look at

Nice models all around (faces aside--and I guess it probably is the sculpt). The Captain is fantastic!

what head did you use for the captain it rocks pretty impressed by tau too but where are your fire warriors?

I had left out some minor details (Gems, one master's key, leather highlights on bolter strap and the thunderhammers leather hook) and was working on them this morning...
I'm leaving for Asia for a month and a half so I won't have time to finish their commander eagle backpacks (they are still on order)

Anyway here they are

Master 1


Master 2


Master 3


Master 4


Masters of the Ultramarine Chapter!


A glimpse at my next WIP


See everyone when 5th edition comes out... time to go pack

I love em very clean.
What did you use to convert that capt
Is it a metal mini or did you go to town on the g/s

They loook amazing how long did it take (hours) to paint them?

Whats the rest of ur army like?
Bet its amazing like the rest

By the way how did you do those bases?? Is it premodelled (if so where did you get them) or did you make them urself?

Modell Collector: Thanks I plan to work on my tau fire warriors while I am in Asia. I'm bringing my stuff to paint! I have 36 painted but they were stored away in their army transport case

Eisen: Thanks... My captain is a metal model. It's a mix of the emporers champion and tyranid war veteran.

Bart: Thanks I'd say between 12-15 hours. It took me about 2-3 days painting them. The bases are from Micro Art Studio. They are resin cast and the guy has a ton of them!

Really nice painting! My only "slight" criticism is that, as Ultramarine Chapter Masters, they would follow Index Astartes color doctrines. Each of these minis should (fluffwise) have their shoulder trim and insignia match the company that they head. The use of the gold shoulder trim would only be appropriate for the second company (yellow, either as yellow, or represented with gold).

If these guys are Ultras, they would be pretty strict about the insignia.

Here are some shots of my UM Army, as requested

Dreadnaughts



Tyranid War Vets and Scouts



Line Breaker Squadron



Predator Assassin Squad



Bike Squad and Attack Bikes



Inquistor Lord with Vet Guardsmen



Tigirius and Sicarius



Marneus Calgar and Full Honor Guard



The "Legion"



First Company Terminators



Devastators



Masters of the Chapter



HQ



There they all are

Clap, Clap, Clap. Bravo.

That is truely an inspiration. Can't wait to see the thunderhawk.

Very nice. Truly an army that would shine as an Army
Profile. Are you up for it?

What's an army profile? I am sort of new to Dakkadakka

You sir, are not screwin around. Nice work on all accounts.

One day I hope they run into my black legion (all painted large battles make me very happy).

You are afflicted. And in good company!

Great work all around. A nice clean standard from model to model.

As for army profiles, check them out here.

very crisp and nice work there.

Very very cool indeed. Interestingly enough, in the nearly 20 years of playing 40K, I've not seen an Ultramarine army built in such size and quality. Thank you for posting pics of a fantastic looking army.

Wow.


Just wow.


Amazing.


Really, at a loss for what else to say... Lots of people think the Ultramarines are cool, but you sir, you LOVE them. It's rare to see someone really get into a hobby with that kind of fervent energy, and you've done an amazing job. GW may have created the SMurfs, but you've made this batch truly your own. Wow.

There is only one word to describe them -AMAZING-
You should put some up for golden demons.

A Thunderhawk would complete that, Amazing

Thanks for telling me where the bases where from.

a.) I love the Storm Shield front plate on that Dreadnaught. I'm stealing that.

b.) The `Nid war vet serge looks like he's compensating for something.

c.) You clearly do not have enough marines yet. Go buy more. I mean NOW!!

Very impressive, as a new painter (me) this gives me something to look forward to, at least gives me something to strive towards, very impressive army!

Freaka

That Linebreaker squadron is amazing. The dozer blades look like they would cause enemy to tremble.

I now have something to inspire me. As I'm working on Ultramarine battle company, also.

Beautiful job!

Damn fine looking army there, bro!

are you going to continue painting Usmurfs? or are you going to move on to something else?

God, how do you people get the paint so smooth!? I know you are supposed to water them down, but how do you do that and get that awesome coverage?

Nice thats amazing keep up the great work.

Thanks for all the positive comments.

I am still painting more UM as I brought my models and paints with me to China. (also plan to paint up the new marine models when they come out...the new um special characters look awesome, captain sicarius, um scout model, um tank commander, etc)

Here is a pic of the latest squad I just finished.

I'm working on a Tau firewarrior squad next

heres a little bigger pic

I am inspired to finish my blood angel painting now

WOW, those assault marines are amazing, how many hours did it take you to paint them?

This thread is a month old...

Yes this is an old thread, but I thought I'd update it a little

I'm back from my vacation in China and Vietnam and I was able to get my 10 man assault squad properly based.

Enjoy!

Hey dude,

I like the look of the new bases. Are you going to do that for the rest of your army...I still have that set of cork you gave me, I think I may use it for my next assault squad...

Good job!

Oh yeah...

And this thread IS really old...why don't you start a new one

Just saw this post - man you have one incredibly fine UM army. Job's a Gud 'Un!

No, dont start a new thread! Keep this beauty alive!

And that "how to paint a face" on page 1 should be turned into an article.

i hope mine look that nice when there done.

holy balls thats a badass army/paint job

Puts my Ultramarines to shame. Awesome job!

Aduro wrote:a.) I love the Storm Shield front plate on that Dreadnaught. I'm stealing that.

Definately considering it for my Venerable.

Well, I'm pretty damned impressed, well done sir

Beautiful work throughout. If I had to pick 1 thing, it'd be one of those vindicators. So crisp, so blue, so hazard stripey.

- Salvage

WOW!

You sir, have one seriously impressive smurf collection. I was looking at your Masters of the Chapter and they reminded me of Egyptians with the pseudo-eye shadow and so forth.

Some updates...

With 5th edition coming out, learning how to play warhammer fantasy, painting my tau, and moving... I've managed to spend some time working on the Thunderhawk as well as a side project. Here they are:

Voila

Wow, that looks awesome.

I added some worn effects on his CCCW and added some more written litanies on his back powerplant... also fixed a few missing highlights

I thought I was gonna be able to resist a FW chaplain DN..............you suck.

That is soooo cool, a great centerpiece character/vehicle that will really stand out on the battlefield. I think the glowing green looks good although it would probably reflect off the main body as well in reality. I have no idea how you could do that tho. Your ultras are incredible looking BTW, looks like you have a whole company about plus support assets. The thunderhawk will be amazing, keep us updated!

Great all-around work on the Chaplain Dread; the details and depth of shading really give the impression of a towering machine.

Dude,

You forgot to put the Storm Bolter under his torso...

Also, I think the green effect on the Plasma gun is interesting...

Great job dude

The FW Kit didn't give me the sensor or the stormbolter.... I'm a little pissed now

This was my first time at trying ambient light effects and doing worn/scarred armour

if FW didnt give you that stuff i would call them up ASAP.

Very nice job otherwise.

Yeah, they're pretty responsive about replacing missing pieces like that.

I put him up in coolmini.com

coolmini.com (slash) 196489

surprisingly there is only 1 other chaplain dread there if you search for it

Thats a fine looking chaplain, and good luck with that thunderhawk, i created one for a friend, he didn't like modelling he just painted them, well that took me 3 weeks of continuse work. lol

After many days later, the Thunderhawk is finally finished.........

Pretty slick man.

It all looks awesome. Very well done.

great work there - the whole army is a tour de force.
my only neg is that there is no blue on the chaplian dread and it's base doesn't link as well as it could to the other dreads you have - may adding the static grass to the others' bases would help? NOTE this is a really minor gripe so ignore me with absolutely no hard feelings.

i also love the step-by-steps you've added - really handy for the rest of us.

Also we need a piccy of the whole army on the table now.



to every one else - are we allowed to ban certain members so we all feel better about our own stuff?

Your Ultramarines are quite awesome, top to bottom.

WOW!

your army is bad ass. big time.

Love the TH....nice work man

Been working on a few models recently... 2 are finished

Fantastic


HFN

As an Ultramarine player myself - I found your work truly inspirational (I spent money on more Ultras after seeing your work and started painting again). Thank you for sharing. Awesome.

I am quite honestly in love with your ship Exo.

Finished another honorguard today...I have 8 honorguard models painted up now, including a champion and chapter banner.

Can't wait until these bad boys become relic bladed +str 6...

I'm pretty sure they only come with arms
mine did'nt have em either

Nice paint job ! Ultramarines are kick ass , in the new codex they are meant to be even more kick ass , i see more and more people paintng up Ultramarine force's until the new Spacewolves codex comes out lol , me .. i'l stick with my own chapter whilst still keeping and loving eye on the Ultramarines lol

I think your paint job on that powerfist sergeant says a lot about that mini - that even a beautiful paint job can't make his ugly, awkwardly sculpted neck look better. And you really did do a great job on it - it's just an ugly sculpt.

Dude, you make me feel lazy, stop it. In all seriousness though that is an awesome army and you should be damn proud of yourself.

Today's painted model

Friday's model finished Yes it's the gang sign throwing marine sgt...

Painted up an Eversor this weekend

His brother is finished

My friend joked about having 30 of these come out charging from the thunderhawk haha

Latest model painted

its all stunning dude, If I can have 1 small critisizm.... I would never include an assassin with an astartes force - especially Ultras, I just dont see them using one.


other than that its all good!

hehe I have 2 vindicares, 1 callidus, and now 2 eversors...

assassins are fun to bring out in apoc games when there is no limit/no cap

realy nice

any tips for essembeling a chaplain dread ordert me one to

love your ultra mariens

Todays

Gorgeous. 'Nuff said.

Some inventory I did today:

55 x Space Marines w/ bolters
5 x Space Marines w/ flamers
5 x Space Marines w/ plasma guns
4 x Space Marines w/ melta guns
8 x Space Marine Sgts w/ power fists
(77 Marines)

3 x Scouts w/ sniper rifles
2 x Scouts w/ bolters
1 x Scout w/ missile launcher
(6 total Scouts)

2 x Assault Marines w/ flamers
6 x Assault Marines w/ plasma pistols
4 x Assault Marine Sgts w/ power fists
19 x Assault Marines w/ bolt pistols
1 x Assault Marine Sgt w/ lightning claw
1 x Assault Marine Sgt w/ thunder hammer
(33 total Assault Marines)

1 x Terminator Sgt w/ power weapon
2 x Terminator w/ assault cannons
3 x Terminators w/ storm bolters
8 x Terminators w/ lightning claws
2 x Terminators w/ thunder hammers
(16 total Terminators)

4 x Devastators w/ plasma cannons
5 x Devastators w/ lascannons
7 x Devastators w/ heavy bolters
8 x Devastators w/ missile launchers
(24 total Devastators)

1 x Chaplain Dreadnaught w/ plasma cannon
1 x Dreadnaught w/ lascannons + missile launcher
1 x Dreadnaught w/ inferno cannon + powerfist + flamer
2 x Dreadnaughts w/ assault cannons + powerfists + flamers
(5 total Dreadnaughts)

4 x Honor Guards w/ relic blades
1 x Ancient w/ Chapter Banner
1 x Company Banner
1 x Command Apothecary
3 x Command marines w/ axes
1 x Command Sgt w/ powerfist
1 x Chapter Champion
1 x Company Champion
1 x Command marine w/ plasma gun
(14 x Command Squad)

2 x Vanguard Vets w/ melta guns
1 x Vanguard Vet w/ lightning claws
2 x Vanguard Vets w/ powerfists
1 x Vanguard Vet w/ relic blade
8 x Vanguard Vets w/ bolters
(14 x Veterans Marines)

1 x Sircarius
1 x Tigirius
1 x Cassius
1 x Shrike
1 x Marneus Calgar
4 x Masters of the Chapter
1 x Captain w/ power weapon + plasma pistol
1 x Terminator Chaplain w/ powerfist
1 x Assault Captain w/ lightning claws
1 x Assault Chaplain w/ powerfist
1 x Assault Chaplain w/ plasma pistol
1 x Terminator Librarian
1 x Assault Librarian w/ powerfist
1 x Captain w/ powerfist + storm bolter
(17 x Commanders)

1 x Thunderhawk Gunship

3 x Predator Annihilators

3 x Vindicators

6 x Rhinos

3 x Whirlwinds

2 x Razorbacks

1 x Landraider
1 x Landraider Crusader

3 x Landspeeder Tornados

2 x Attack Bikes w/ meltas or heavy bolters

1 x Bikers w/ 2 plasma guns
1 x Biker Sgt w/ power fist
1 x Biker Chaplain w/ power fist

And just for a moment I forgot to hate the Ultramarines.

sweet did you have any problems with the thunder hawk canopy i had to fix mine all the frames were missing in places cool stuff though

Wow. we should have been friends a few years back, i had a blood angels force a little larger than yours here, and I think that would have made for a pretty nice imperial sided apoc battle.

your force, plus, 1 thunderhawk, 1 titan, 4 LRs, 10 Rhinos, 6 razorbacks, 2 vindy, 2, whirlwinds, 9 speeders, 2 tempests, 100 assault marines, 30 death company 40 terminators, 30 vet assault marines 3 baal preds, 3 lascannon preds, 20 devastators, 6 dreads, 30 scouts, 10 sniper scouts, all the characters... COMPLETELY PAINTED!



that would have been impressive indeed... a field of blue and red.



now i am starting fresh with my blood angels, since i had to part with them due to a cross country move.

Lovely stuff, Can I ask how you went about weathering the Thunderhawk?, Im in the middle of 3 valkyries and am trying to acheive the same effect

HOLY MOLY! What a force you have! and such great work! very jealous!

Beautiful army, truly a inspiring piece.


I hope that I can achieve those same results with my painting. I am a new player well old but new to 5th I have never been good at painting.


How long have you been painting models?

papa smurf would be proud j/k

This is by far one of the most impressive armies I have seen. The whole army is awesome especially painted at such a high standard. wowzers.

Just one word - HURR!

(as I look at the pics I can actually hear all 150+ marines shouting it together!)

inspirational army - thank you so much for sharing it.

So... Many... Smurfs. Im sure you get that all the time.

Seriously, do you do anything but paint? All of them are done, and so well.

You have my admiration.