Attached are some pictures of my Ultramarines Army...

Just in terms of painting style, I typically use an extreme highlight vs. a blend...I think it comes out sharper on the tables, although it may look odd in the photos... Anyway questions feel free to ask

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Final Batch, I still have another squad (just need to finish the sgt. after i replaced an arm and two Rhinos for the tac squads. Once I get a chance I will buy some vanguards with Jump Packs to go with the sgt i made...Finally, working on a squad of converted sternguard...will post when they get done...

Sweet Ultraimarines, despite some of the crap they get about being GW poster boys. I also like alot of the conversion work you've done. Some subtle, some not so much, but I like it.

Could you better describe this "extreme highlight vs. blend" painting style you mentioned? It comes out very bright and crisp, and would love to hear it.

very nice models. it's good to see the whole army ready to play and lookin' great.

Wow , I am astonished ! This is very good ! Please , be all means keep up the work

I agree with Ronin , it would be great to get this extreme highlight vs. blend style on the table . You could possibly even make it a toutorial ?

Not a big fan of the Ultramarines normally but you have painted them beautifully and done them justice. It would be a pleasure to play against such a well painted army. Great stuff!

Thanks for the comments and encouragement -

in terms of extreme highlighting vs. blending:

From my understanding at least, blending is a more gradual blend up from a darker color to a lighter color, where extreme highlighting is a more abrupt transition.

E.g. in my case i use UM blue, then a mix of 2:1 UM Blue:White then a 1:2 UM Blue:White; If I were blending, i would more gradually work the color out to the final highlight by adjusting the ratios (i.e. not use so much white in the blend) a bit and not ending on such a bright one.

I actually do use blending on the red capes/loin cloths...start with Scab red base, then go over everything with red gore, leaving deepest recesses (if there); then 2:1 Red Gore:Blood Red, then 1:2 Red Gore:Blood red then a straight blood red...

In terms of faces, my friend Exocorp has a great tutorial on painting them.

I can go ahead and give a tutorial on the next model i paint up and will post...

Again, thanks everybody.

As much as I am loath to say this about Ultramarines, these are pretty damned stonking. Excellent conversions finished with a crisp and eye pleasing paint-job.

like all others I utterly disdain ultramarines, but I have have to say I love these as they honestly are well painted with some great conversions. Look forward to seeing more of them.

Slowly but surely I have been working on the army - a bit tough with work and all.... Below are: Completed Tactical Squad and 6/10 completed Stearn Guard Squad:

Re: Stearn Guard - I actually liked the idea from last addition of the tyranid hunters, so wanted to them my vanguards off of them...as such, all of these are slightly converted normal plastic marines - using some of the combi weapons from the metal minis and some from commander bits...also used tyranid bits where appropriate... Bases are not done yet, but is fine for here....

Next up will be finishing the squad, then Rhino and a Drop pod....

Clean style and simple adornments that don't overwhelm the "classic" Ultramarine visual.

Nice work.

Beautiful work!

This has inspired me to look at my Ultramarines, again.

Though a jump pack/thunder hammer combo often looks ludicrous, I think you've succeeded in making that Vanguard sergeant look awesome; he's convincingly dynamic, not to mention badass in a way only Space Marines can pull off. Your painting style is well suited to the Ultramarines, as well; the whole army is a pleasure to look at.

Great army. Particularly like those heavy flamer sternguards, were they converted from the LotD heavy flamer?

Very nice paintwork. Common army but the fact this ones well modeled and painted more than makes up for it. I particularly like the contrast the red colors provide with the blue. Breaks up the monotony without making the color scheme look too busy.

Top paint jobs, everything I wish to face when playing 40k. I appreciate the attention to the sergeants, and those Sternguard are spot on.

That's AWESOME keep up the good work

Mac Attack - The heavy flamers are from the Terminator Kits, basically cut it off the terminator arm - then cut up normal right tactical marine arm to fit - the left arm is standard and fits nicely...

Thanks everybody for the support and comments - any other questions, feel free to PM me or post...

Top shelf work! Im a fan of Ultra's and your work on the Tyranid Veterans is beautiful - and timely!

I love Ultras, and this is a gorgeous army.

nice work.

Nice, which company is this?

Holy crap.... nice work!

Absolutely gorgeous.

Sicarius and friends are my favorites, by far.

Kudos to you sir!

Woot moar ultras coming sometime soon i hope.

everybody hates on the boys in blue but im pretty sure it's all jealousy.

Great job on these, leave me speechless...luckily i had a keyboard close by..

Here are some new addition(s) - Basically, I finished my Predator Tank...I had two sets of sponsons and turrets (think i bought two tanks and used the second as a Rhino) so magnetized the sponsons so I could switch the tank from an Annihilator to a Destructor (or mix however)...Since last post i also finished two more Stearnguards, but will post when i finish the last two and have my full squad...

...anyway, it has taken me far too long to paint this tank..hehe..

Wow Man, Great work.

Have to admit, for the longest time I wasn't a fan of the Ultramarines but after reading some Graham McNeil and other assorted black library books the little emperor lovers began to grow on me.

Great Paint job! And i think you really honored the clean, noble, close-combat tendencies of the
Ultramarines with your Vanguard and assault squads.

While the Ultramarines won't roar in your face and rip your throat out like a Space Wolf, they still have the grit and skill at swordplay to dice up any foe. You definitely brought this usually unmentioned character of the Ultramarines to the fore.

The scouts are great too!

For the Emperor!

-Lasfire

Wow I just got an Ultragasm! This is all so perfect! Great blues, conversions, great technique and great everything.

Pretty freaking sweet paint jobs. Some of the laid in photos are just too small though.

I had to take a break from painting my ultramarines as I needed to paint my friends Tyranid army...but started back up again...below is my recently completed Vindicator - picture may not be that good as it was taken with my phone camera (normal camera ate it).

Also including a captain i made - supposed to be 4th company captain and use Crimson Fist Special Character rules...Used Commander Legs and Torso - Left Shoulder is from Old Marneus model, storm bolter is modified from Terminator storm bolter - head is chaos champion head, wings from dark angels sprue, back back from commander...rest is green stuff - loin cloth, cape and bolt ammo chain. Will post pics when done...

I dont like UM

Grambo wrote: I dont like UM

Good for you.

This army looks superb (some of the best marines I have seen in a while; Ultramarines or not), and it's refreshing to see someone take a chapter established in the fluff and build/convert/paint a jaw-dropping army for it.

I love the vibrant 'eye poppin' colors used in this Ultramarine Army.

Awesome job!

Really is a gorgeous army. Its clear that you put in a ton of effort and its really paid off. You really capture the soul of the chapter; this is not as easy with UM as with say...dark angels or space wolves.

Great looking army.

The red contrast really grabs the eye.

I especially like the speeder fin conversions.

You not only have an awesome painting skill, you also seem to have a pretty nice phone camera

Grambo wrote: I dont like UM

Then why did you post on this thread? Anyways, I'm still loving the um on the tread!

Very nice

I must say I am enjoying painting with blues at the moment also. Might have to do an Ultramarine commander or something after seeing these (another side project!)

Keep up the good work

They're beautifully painted, can't say i like the red weapons however...looks too gaudy.a black would look better.

The red cloaks are a really vibrant colour, good work!

Great painting!

Imp. Monkey

awesome work.

Can we get a group shot?!

Can we get a group shot?!

I will see if I can't take one tonight after work and post it

Okay, here is a picture of my entire army - 2 - there is a partially finished landraider and a based drop pod in the back...will be coming soon.

What are those things on the land speeder?? They look cool.

And who is the figure bottom left, only sprayed? Is it calgar, cos id like to see him painted like this!

Imp.Monkey

And who is the figure bottom left, only sprayed? Is it calgar, cos id like to see him painted like this!

The figure on the bottom left is going to be my 4th company captain - using rules of pedro Cantor - in previous page there is a picture of him not based...

The fins on the land speeder are plasticard -

Grambo wrote: I dont like UM

Thats nice.....

To the dude who made this utterly awesome Ultramarines army dude that is some good work the lines the highlights the symmetry all works perfectly if that was arrayed against my frankly poorly painted army I would be embarassed.This has now inspired me to pick up my game.

So is this all you plan to have or are you going to expand...

Yet again good work and keep it up.

Demonslayer82 -Thanks for the compliments. The army is actually still a WIP.

My vision for the completed army - and it is big and will take a lot of time but....

Complete 2nd company - with 2 dreadnoughts - almost there
Thunderhawk Gunship - will buy later on
4th Company support - will be the captain you see, plus 2 squads with melta, multi sgt with combi melta and PFin drop pod
3rd Company support - will be Captain on Bike with command squad, PF and Storm Shields (have them but not painted); 1-2 full bike squads and an attack bike squad
1st Compan - 2-3 terminator squads (have 1.5 painted); 1 assualt termis with lightning claws; 3 with thunder hammer SS; 1 vangaurd no jump packs; 1 vangaurd with jump packs 2-3 stearngaurds
Tank Support: 2 LR - (painting 1) 1 LR Crusader (have need to assemble), One prometheous (the flame storm cannon one), one Las cannon apoc LR; 3 vindicators (have all, need to paint 2), 1 Predator, 3 whirlwinds, 3 iron clads, 1-2 more dreadnoughts - Master of the forge (total of 6-9 drop pods)

@Demonslayer82

I know what you mean. I recently had a game against this army and felt truly embarressed. On the table he had a total of 2 unpainted models, whereas I had about 2/3 of my army unpainted.

@Mray

I'm looking forward to the Bat Rep. Should make for a great read.

Interesting army composition for the WIP stuff I have one piece of advice dont over extend yourself with loads of massively fancy models get your rank and file and then command elements done and then go for the massive Forgeworld pieces etc etc.

@Lukus 83 Yea man I understand that feeling entirely when I used to heavily play back in 2006-2007 I used to cringe at some of the time put into pieces on my opponents side of the table.

wheres the lighnting claw vanguard vet?

this army of beautiful... like seriously

TOO MUCH AWESOME

Seriously I love your paint scheme and they look amazing.

MOAR pleez

hey mark. sweet!

are those army pics from the gaming store in shanghai? any shots from your game? glad you are still playing

I ran into an old friend at DW... aparently they are closing the battle bunker in glen bernie for good. they are relocating to TN, memphis :(

when are you coming back?

Have been working on multiple models at one time, so it has taken me some time to complete anything. However, I have recently completed the model I am going to be using for Pedro Kantor - I will basically stand him in for the 4th Company Captain - although I play 2nd company, in the future, i will likely paint up one or 2 tac squads in 4th company colors - besides, captains from other companies may command units from other companies.

I did previously post the kantor model i made - it is the most i worked with green stuff - the bolt gun feed was the most difficult part, but i think it came out ok - if i was a professional it probably would have come out better....

Additionally, I have completed my first assault terminator squad - this one has all thunder hammers and storm shields - i still have a lot of terminators to paint and will get to them...

The camera's flash is a bit much - the effect on the models just makes them a little brighter than they would be on the table...

Damn you work fast. Can't wait to see this bad boy on the table.

U might wanna paint that drop pod i see ^^

Drop pod is in progress - just highlighting now - as is the landraider...both should be done relatively soon....

Below are some pictures of my recently completed Iron Clad...Still have a few models in progress which i will post later....

The iron clad does not have any conversions, and i even used some of the transfers - the missiles are magnetized, which was a slight pain to do, but they come off and on really easily so it was worth it. .... Will be posting more soon.

Awesome, awesome stuff in here...

It is always impressive to see a large force of any army on the table together.

Doubly so for one like yours that is so well painted!

You my friend have done the ultramarines justice. Army looks awesome. I like you style better than most with the smurfs.

Keep up the incredible work!

Great work there Sir!


Ultramarines = WIN.

Great conversion work too- your Skillz are Sweeet!

I am in awe, great work!

I have split my focus on Dark Elves and ultramarines, but i finally had a full day to sit down and paint recently, and so decided to finish my Landraider.... "GODHAMMER"...so, here it is...


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sorry about the grainy pics...they were taken with my phone..still have not replaced my last camera that was stolen......

Great army! You rarely see that many minis painted so well, I think you got a lot of character out of a supposedly 'vanilla' chapter

Keep it coming!

I love how it seems to glow, fantastic highlights.

Also, I hated Ultramarines...

Until I saw your army. Now I think they're awesome...

Dude, stop putting the rest of us to shame.

The front of the raider will get dirty easily. Will be a pain to clean the mud and dust off.

These marine are beast. Keep it up!

Smurfs were one of my first armies, I think'll always hold that special 40K place in my heart, and I must say you've done more than do them justice, you've raised the bar for what a UM force should be.

Have done some painting recently - mostly on transports, which I was lacking a bit. Below are my two New Rhinos, as well as the model I use for Vulkan. I also converted some Razorback turrets so my two rhinos can double for razorbacks as well if needed.

Also, just to give some background: I know many people play ultramarines as their "first" army; this is in fact my 7th or 8th...going from BA, to Eldar, to Crimson Fists, Tau, Grey Knights, Tyranids Necrons. I chose Ultramarines primarily for how they look after painted - i basically painted a test model and liked it so much i wanted to play the army - Also, "vanilla" marines in my opinion have some thigh highest variance in terms of playability - a bike army, speeder army, foot slogging army, jump packs, etc. etc. - you can use almost any play style - this gives a lot of variance to the owner of the army - I always tend to get bored with army play style, so being able to always switch is really something that attracts me to Vanilla marines.

Anyway, here are the most recent additions

Three Tactical Squads with Rhinos (Tactical Squads were already added before, but nice to see them together)

Great looking minis! The freehand on the rinos is amazing.

Wow those are exceptional Ultramarines. What color blue did you use?

Cardinal Xaphan -

Base coat is Black, followed with Ultramarines Blue; Highlights are 2:1 UM Blue: White; Followed by Highlight of 1:2 UM Blue: White. The highlights give them a brighter appearance than just using UM Blue or darker colors.

How did you make Squad Tertius segerants sword? THAT IS AWESOME!
Me want like 6 of them! And the helmet is perfect on the bolter marine!

Why is everyone five times the painter I will ever be?

Sword for the Tertius Sgt is from the Tomb Kings Fantasy set. I think it is the Inubus Sword (could be wrong) - it was a while ago and i forgot.

@Vasarto - I would say all you really need to be a painter for 40k is patience and the paints (and brushes). I wouldn't say it takes a lot of skill, although some people on here really are "Painters" - and there stuff is amazing. But each guy of mine takes about 5-6 hours to paint... just because it takes time, and I have a lot of different paints...once you learn the sequence for painting the end color, it is simply just applying them onto the models.

hmmm...it ussually takes me about a half an hour to an hour to finish painting a guy... :(

Awesome! The only critism I have is for the banner. It seems kind of dark and looks as if it was rushed. It may just be the pic though.

Awesome work! Always makes me smile to see a beautiful army - especially Ultras.

Munch Munch! wrote:Awesome! The only critism I have is for the banner. It seems kind of dark and looks as if it was rushed. It may just be the pic though.

Having seen this army in play multiple times I can say there is nothing rushed. Gotta be the pic.

Looking forward to facing off against your new mech list soon. Got a new list I'm planning on running, and amazingly I'm gonna crack on with some painting this week.

Subscribed!
Your army is simply awesome.

@ Luke & Munch Munch -

I think he is referring tot he Vulkan banner - I actually agree - it didn't turn out the way i wanted, not really that it was "rushed" per se, but as I mentioned a few times, I am not artist and do what i can maybe just get lucky on some of the other things - if time permits may try and re-paint it.

Aww, i just subscribed all over your models, sorry about that

these models are awesome

Ahh I was looking at the tac squads.

mray01 wrote: But each guy of mine takes about 5-6 hours to paint... just because it takes time, and I have a lot of different paints...once you learn the sequence for painting the end color, it is simply just applying them onto the models.

Thanks for helping me with my painting except I can't really do that with 350 marines....

Love your style.

Love your stuff!

Very neat and nice the way Ultra Marines should be!

Good god this stuff is amazing.

Wow, fantastic work. Everything is very impressive. I love the librarians, the chaplain with the mantle on his back and the sgt with the white helm. This army is going to look stunning on the battlefield...your small conversions will not go unnoticed! Great job!

I like the way you used the Vulkan model with out it being obviously Vulkan except for the polearm! Can't wait to see more!

Never the fan of Spacemarines, however I respect the amount of work and skill shown, well done you must be pleased on how these have turned out.

Awesome looking army!! ...... for spacemarines

Cool there mate, Im going to be getting some ultras as a commision soon.

No techmarine ?

How are there so many power weapons in the 2nd tactical squad?

I am completely in awe.

You have inspired lowly smurf players such as myself to create such a beautifull army.

Jaw officialy dropped.

Just finished two guys, which will eventually be a squad of 10. These will be my vanguard veterans with jump packs. Not much conversions, here

Am using the new Blood Angels Honor Guard (??) models. I think they are great and look much more "Heroic" than the GW vanguard vet models. + they are plastic which is nicer and cheaper than the GW vanguard vet models. Just had to shave off most of the blood angels iconography, some of the generic ones are okay. In any case, i think these models are very fitting of the "Angels of Death" nickname space marines get. I hope you all like them as much as I like painting them...will probably take me a while to finish the 10, so will post again when done with the squad.

BTW - The way I do my power weapons are as seen in the sword here (so usually no confusion in the game with models carrying hand weapons). The Relic Blad the sgt is carrying is "turned off" - I just didn't know how to give it a "power weapon" type look as the blade area is quite small.

Thanks btw for all the positive comments.


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BTW - weapons layout on the vanguard is Sgt with Relic blade and storm shield, power weapon and pistol on veteran (X3 - although 1 also with storm shield) and Thunder Hammer storm shield. The other 5 guys have not decided, but will likely be more standard as all power weapons is too expensive in a squad.

Shield on sgt is from Spacewolves

I like the Ultra symbols on their left shoulder pads - nice outlining!

Wow vert nice i like the s guard in ultramarine sheme.

cheers jelle

these are great ultramarines, great work with the sang guard conversions as well!

They do look lighter than the average Ultramarine, more like the classic ones with the yellow trim. But either way they look amazing! Good work.

Nice job with sangunius squad. Love what you did with the blue!

I like everything except the big candles on the one Chaplain's backpack

Awesome paint job I like the predator! Are you going to do a land raider? Keep up the good work.
oops LOL skipped a page very nice land raider!

Your army looks fantastic, great work sir.

I liked how you made otherwise common army with uncommon artwork, great paint job man! keep it up.

Cryonicleech wrote:Absolutely gorgeous.

Sicarius and friends are my favorites, by far.

Kudos to you sir!

Yeah! Go Sicarius!


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Apart from the ing awesome paintjob on them, what an awesome way to use some of the sanguinius lot . As I was already thinking about getting a squad of those beauties, I am now definate. I hope you don't mind but I think I night copy that design. Well Done !

Newest Update Shrike model...converted from Sanguanary guard and terminator lightning claws...overall very simple...

although besides this model, which i finished a few weeks ago, i have put together a second stearn guard squad and started painting - hopefull will have the squad done in a few weeks...also still have to finish the vanguard squad from before

Thanks to you i now respect the ultras, Not a easy task my friend but you did it!

I have to know, where did you get the helmet for the Kantor equiv?

All and All this army looks amazing. Glad to see more people painting up Gulliman's finest!

@ Titanbravo - the helmet i used for Kantor is the Chaos Champion helmet from Chaos space marine sprue. Cut off the horns and added the wings from the dark angels sprue (I think it can all be ordered from battle wagon bits - that is where i got the DA wings)

It has been about two months since i posted; it isn't that i haven't been painting, but i am working on many different squads and assembling so just haven't really finished anything until last night; I finished the 5 man squad of Vanguard Veterans.

Overall, very happy with the way they came out and although they are not the best in terms of playability - although i have had hit&miss success with them - the Sanguinary Guard models converted up to Vanguard are probably my favorite looking models in my army...

So, here is the squad - Sgt with Relic Blade & Storm Shield, Thunder Hammer Storm Shield, 2x power weapon BP, 1 chain sword and Storm Shield... I am working on a five man stearnguard using the FW resin MK II armor and will post when done...

Pics

Very nice...looking forward to slaughtering them some time soon.

How did you make the cheap chap (like where did you get the helmet, backpack, scrolls and what not)?

The Converted Chaplain (the one I am assuming you are referring to) is as follows:

Standard marine legs & body - CSM head and backback (2 heads come in the CSM box set)

Candles are from the Cauldron of Blood (back when bitz ordering was okay); Banner is from sisters of battle banner bearer - chopped off...front is green stuff and plastic card.


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Oh, and crozius is from GreyKnight terminators

Cool thank you

beautiful work, love it! I think they look better in blue than in gold!

Your work is phenominal. Keep it up, and don't let anyone give you crap about the Ultramarines.

Hey All - I have not been completing much lately as the wife is pregnant - and i am restarting my Grey Knight army now that the new codex has come out. I know some people ask "how" i paint the army - therefore, i wanted to give a step-by-step of how i paint them, as well as timing and any tips i can give along the way...

Below are the first couple of steps for me painting my terminators - i am doing 8 at once (I don't normally do this many models at one time) - so it should be a bit slow...

I hope that this helps - for other great ideas please see Exocorps (faces) posts as well as Smurfmaster (UM Symbol on shoulders)

Colors I have used so far: Black; Ultramarines Blue; Scorched Brown; Codex Grey (you will see in Tips that these are the base colors so far)

I tend to put all the base colors on first - that way i can kind of see how the model will look in terms of colors...the order in which i do things can be changed based on preference
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Tips/ Methods:

You will notice that i "black line" the models where there are joints, or recesses. There are multiple methods of doing this, including using a wash/ink, or one that i would like to do but just can't is to use an ink pen from Michaels and go back over the model literally filling all the spaces. The method i use is the slowest

For White: Not seen yet, but I paint white no my models in two ways
1) Codex Grey, Fortress Grey (or mix down with white), 50:50 Fortress Grey White, White - this is how my terminator head and elite heads are done if you look at previous pictures
2) Shadow Grey, Space Wolves Grey, White - this gives the white a bluish tint - this is used on eagles, and wings of my vanguard vets

For gold: Bronze; Devlin mud wash, Gold (but keep recesses or 'dark' areas with wash, 50:50 gold with mithril silver for highlights

Blue: Ultramiarines Blue - Highlighted with 66:33 UM Blue white, 33:66 UM Blue:white

Leather (not on this model): 50:50 Scorched Brown: Black, Scorched Brown (leave recesses dark), highlight with Bestial Brown

Base - Scorched Brown, bestial Brown, Snakebite Leather.



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I will be working on these for the next few weeks and will try and update every day or so...again, hope it helps

Beautiful paint jobs, and awesome conversions, thanks for the tutorial as well, will have to try those techniques next time I paint.

I'm happy to say that your landspeeder conversion on page one was the reason I ended up looking at dakka for my WH40K fix, while I havent got around to converting a landspeeder yet I plan on "using" your side shields for the ones I will make.

Can't wait to see what you can do with a GK force as well.

I'm surprised I am just now discovering this thread. Some stellar work here. One comment though, the freehand on Vulcan appears a bit more sloppy than your other work. Any plans to touch that up?

Will likely touch up Vulkan when I get the time (his banner yeah?). It didn't come out how i wanted it, but I am not actually all that good at freehand...many more people on Dakka are very talented at it.

Will try to get to him when I have time...thanks all for looking, will try and post next steps on the terminators tomorrow or friday

It has been about 3 months plus since I updated this - Sorry all, I had a baby recently and he has taken up a lot of my time - wife and child are back in her home town for the last few weeks so I have had some time to paint...

I changed the format a bit - adding text etc into the picture...i think that is easier to follow. If anybody has problems viewing the pics and would like to see a better version, please PM me your email and i can email you a pdf.

I did not take a photo of each step, but i think the pictures do a good job at explaining what i have done since the last bit photo...it is mostly a lot of small areas to be painted so it is faster this way. Also note that I am painting 8 terminators at a time (normally i don't do this, i normally paint one at a time)


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One note: Just as I hope that this blog can help others paint their models, I would like to say that each day I am also learning.

I would like to thank Smurfmaster for putting up on his blog how he paints the Ultramarines Chapter Symbol, I used his technique on these terminators.

His thread is here

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/357704.page

Thanks again and I hope everybody enjoys and I hope the blog helps.

I am basically on the highlighting stage, which actually takes a lot of time, especially the blue...

Next steps:
- highlight red on sgt. and other red areas (e.g, shoulder shield on one guy
- add text to purity seals, wash them
- add grey to cables, back of knees etc
- highlight metal parts (the ones that are BG Metal Black mix
- 1st blue highlight
- 2nd blue highlight
- any details missed

Then do all of their shields (7 of them - one guy has attached already)

Then the sgts. Banner

Nice update. It's been a while and I expect a lot of people have been waiting for it.

Look cool

Wish the forkers had made a few more saves when I used them. They were pretty though.

As an Ultra player this is amazing! You should put some of your painting tips up on youtube.

Like the sgts. and landspeeder

This is really inspiring stuff. It's always nice to see someone who can keep at it and build a large and beautiful army.

So, Finally finished the 8 Thunderhammer terminators. Sorry for the break from before...

Generally, I would say my painting style is quite slow...it takes about 8 hours for one guy...plus breaks etc. I could probably have done them all in a couple weeks if i spent a few hours on them each night.

Regardless, hope you enjoyed the tutorial. If there are any questions about these guys or any other of my models just send me a PM or post on this thread...


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One final note - the red (e.g. sgt. helmet) has a 2 stage highlight as well - 1:1 Blazing orange and Blood Red and then Blazing Orange...

I think that covers it all Cheers guys...

Next project - 2 more vindicators, Land Raider Crusader and Whirlwind. I will also try and get a picture of the entire army up here within a week or so...

Those are some well painted Termies you have there. Great job!
I like your shade of blue it's very original. It's not as dark as most other Ultramarines but it looks great.

Been working on my Second Stearnguard squad. Currently Sgt is done, 5 guys with combi meltas and 1 with a combi flamer. In the end there will be 10 guys, 5 combi meltas, 4 combi flamers and 1 bolter....

Most of the squad are the Forgeworld Resin model - I must say I am very impressed with them. I hope the pictures and painting do them justice.

Right now the base on half are finished - waiting for glue to dry but will finish up tomorrow - I couldn't wait to post the pics.

Hey, I ended up with about 18 of the Ultramarines metal raised 'U' shoulder pads. If you want them, PM me with an address!

--Brian

Great job, man!

Too light blue for me but looks awesome!

Excellent work, i'm new to dakka and this is my first comment, absolutely great stuff, really enjoying reading through it. Makes me wanna get out my smurfs!

You have been busy Mark...Looking forward to seeing these bad boys in action tonight.

Like these Ultras. What head is on the Sgt? It looks great with the Vet stripe

Thanks All -

One point about the blue - it is just Ultra Marines blue highlighted out...I think they are slightly darker (although not too much) in real life.

Regarding the head on the sgt - assuming you mean the most recent one - I am actually not sure which head that is. It likely came from either the black templar set or the dark angels set.

Cheers all...

I really like your Sternguard, your combi-meltas are great. I also like the addition of the FW armour it makes them really look like veterans. The paint job is really good too.

@Briancj- If mray01 is not interested in the shoulder pads I might be interested in them. I'll send you a PM.

WOW, I love your smerfs! They are a whole lot better than mine, Love this thred (I've read through it allready). May take your tips for painting man great ideas there! They are really effective and I love the use of black lining (That I have yet to do on my guys with washes).: thoses termies are really good same with sircaus (Both old and new). I will be following this thred trust me! Hey how about you check out my blog too?(Link is in signutre).Btw I love the marnous conversion to make him a termie sarge! Its very efective, the older MK III suits are exerlant too man!

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Masterpiece well done

Fantastic work! Woo! Ultras!

A couple of updates -

- I finished my second stearnguard squad using mostly forgeworld models.
- Refinished some of my tactical marines, changing sholder pads out and trying to make their weapons more in line with current codex -= no photo
- replaced shoulder pads on the 2nd devestator squad to chevron pads - the HB's still have the old explosion pad pained on but will repaint them later - i never use the HBs anyway - no photo
- Some tactical marines finished, including a melta gunner and missile launcher. - no photo (yet)

Will be working on some more vehicles and finishing up the tac squadsas soon as i can.

closer view of combi flamer

Those Sternguard are looking good!

The sternguard look good man! Keep it up!

I love MK4 armor!

These are really awesome. Very nice conversions and the painting is spot on. Good to see the Ultramarine get some love.

So, one of the things I always wanted to do was create a heavily converted Marneus Calgar Land Raider. Attached are some photos:

- I want to thank all of those before me who have done this similar project as there were some inspiring ideas
- Unfortunately my skills with plasticard are quite limited and I am not 100% happy with the way some areas turned out.... hopefully painting the model will help cover up some of the bad areas

- not sure about the top front hatch...not sure if you all can see it - If any ideas regarding the top of the front hatch please let me know
- I figure the model is about 85% done. I have been working on her for about 2 weeks now

Would really appreciate any potential ideas...was thinking of using a Havoc Launcher as a Hunter Killer Missile. Will likely add a multi melta as well.

and yes, Suicide Door Pattern - I just like the way the regular land raider looks with the Lascannons mounted in the rear...

That Land Raider is looking pretty EPIC!

sir, your blog is absolute win! keep up the great work!

Quick update on the landraider...Currently still WIP,but i have most of the base colors done. I figure about halfway done, with mostly the details left...

Yay! Excellent progress!

Looking pretty sweet dude. You do realize though that we are now expecting you to pull out Marneus Calgar in games where the Landraider is present...

Awesome raider-keep it up!!!