So would you recommend 'Ard Coat for say black shoulder pads to give them a bit more shine or for black blades of weapons when trying to do an Obsidian type of effect?

The next fist may not be as ornate but I bet you'll still do a bang up job and I can't wait to see it.

Hey Red!

That deathco marine looks really good

I noticed the shiny droplets: I'd look into using more than just 'ardcoat like the one in the center of your jump pack.


Have you considered doing highlights to the red crosses on top of the jump pack and chainsword?


Cheers!

Adamski Alders wrote:So would you recommend 'Ard Coat for say black shoulder pads to give them a bit more shine or for black blades of weapons when trying to do an Obsidian type of effect?

The next fist may not be as ornate but I bet you'll still do a bang up job and I can't wait to see it.

If you want the surface to look highly polished & shiny then a thin coat of 'Ard Coat would work great. I also use 'Ard Coat on all of my power weapon blades as well, gives the 'steel' of the blade that polished look to me. I hope to get some painting in tomorrow evening. First day off in 6 days where I can get some painting in.

I hope this helps and hopefully the painting is going well on your end Adamski. Merry Christmas to you also.

teban wrote:Hey Red!

That deathco marine looks really good

I noticed the shiny droplets: I'd look into using more than just 'ardcoat like the one in the center of your jump pack.

Have you considered doing highlights to the red crosses on top of the jump pack and chainsword?

Cheers!

I do use more than just 'Ard Coat on the usual gems, but I didn't want those blood drops to be gems per-se, but just polished decorative stones mounted to the top of the thruster nacelles. I have planned on getting some brighter red for some edge highlights down the road, but it's going to have to be after Christmas before I get any.

Looking forward to seeing more of your Fists in the near future Teban, and Merry Christmas to you also.

Take it easy guys.

-Red__Thirst-

Great job so far, I'm looking forward to seeing the finished piece. I've also decided to mock up my own Capt. Sendini as 5 is one of my lucky numbers, lol.

Yay more 5th Company representation! Glad to see you're working up a Captain Sendini of your own there Lestat.

Work over the last couple of weeks has stymied pretty hard. I've gotten the base of my next Death Co. marine finished up and ready, but haven't had a chance to start on the mini itself as yet beyond getting the black basecoat spraypainted onto it. I'll be hopefully getting a little work in on the mini this weekend, but likely won't be able to get any real solid painting work till next week some time once things calm down from the New Year and holidays.

I'll also be working on the next few Tactical Marines in the near future as well once I finish off a few more Death Co. Marines (goal is to get five of them painted before I move on to the Tactical Squad). Trying to paint these up in batches of five models to help prevent feeling overwhelmed by models left to paint.

More to come soon. Happy New Year folks and I'll update more in the new year soon! Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Happy New Year Red! Hope 2016 is filled with more Blood Angel goodness for you.

Can't wait to see more of your Death Company.

Hey Adamski! Happy New Year to you as well

Got a little something special in the mail today, a little Christmas Present to myself.



Lemartes, Guardian of the Lost. I have the old school Lemartes, and MUCH prefer this sculpt to the previous one. I'll be putting down a base coat in the near future, and will likely also be using a plastic Death Company jump pack in lieu of the metal one on him as well to help prevent him being any more top heavy than he already is.

Looking forward to painting him up and completing the Characters I'll be using for the time being, at least until I have a chance to convert up a Sanguinary High Priest, and also strip/re-paint my Mephiston and Dante miniatures.

Would be awesome to be able to get a full complement of Command Characters built/converted up and painted for my 5th Battle Company. Hopefully I'll make good headway on that soon enough.

More to come soon. Take it easy guys.

-Red__Thirst-

Lemartes? Very nice, I'm sure you'll do a cracking job on him.

Talking of Blood Angel characters - have you any interest in the new-ish Blood Angels Chaplain with Jump Pack? Probably not that you now have Lemartes but you got any views on the model itself?

I also treated myself to a little something from GW but can't collect it til next Saturday.

I think with your skills you could convert up a really cool Sanguinary High Priest.

 Adamski Alders wrote:
Lemartes? Very nice, I'm sure you'll do a cracking job on him.

Talking of Blood Angel characters - have you any interest in the new-ish Blood Angels Chaplain with Jump Pack? Probably not that you now have Lemartes but you got any views on the model itself?

I also treated myself to a little something from GW but can't collect it til next Saturday.

I think with your skills you could convert up a really cool Sanguinary High Priest.

Thank ya Adamski I've begun work on the powerfist Death Company marine last night, getting the first layer of black laid down on all the component parts over the black primer coat. A tedious and somewhat time consuming process, but a necessary one all the same. I'll be starting work on the legs in short order and progressing upward to the torso, head, and arms in that order.

Once this model is finished I'll decide if I want to continue to work on Death Company and get the first bank of five finished, or begin work on Lemartes.

As for the new BA specific Chaplain, I do love the model as a whole but certain parts of it leave me rather flummoxed. Specifically the wings are just strange to me, looking more like Eldar swooping hawk wings than a space marine jump pack. Also I find the way the model's foot is attached to the basing odd, as it doesn't look natural or is somehow off.. I can say I LOVE the helmet and armor overall, had this model existed before I got started on him, would have been a strong contender for the base model I used for my Captain Sendini conversion with a different weapon, jump pack, and weapons.

Glad to hear you've got a new treat to work on soon. I hope you get your hands on it next Saturday.

And yea, I'm sorely tempted to do a full blown kitbash of the Sanguinary High Priest but I LOVE the plastic version that GW came out with not too long ago. Such an excellent base model, I'd be hard pressed to do better with a kitbash honestly. We'll see, that project is a ways off at this point. I've still got to get through the following:

9 more tactical marines
2 more Death Company
Lemartes
A BA Furioso Dreadnought
5 Scouts
A Dreadnought Drop Pod
A Drop Pod for the Tactical Squad
A 5 man Assault Squad

Once I'm through that, I'll be looking at getting either a Storm Raven, or if funds allow, a Storm Eagle from Forge World to serve as a centerpiece model for my army.

That's not even getting into the second Tactical Squad & dedicated Drop Pod I need, or the second half of the Assault Squad I'll need to purchase later too.

So much to do, and buy, so little time and money.

More to come later. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Emperor help you man, 2 drop pods? I hated building mine....Good luck!

I just built my first drop pod before xmas, it was definitely not straightforward, but it is in 3 sub-assemblies now so I can paint it (fins + engine, baseplate + doors, centre console + seats/straps).

I really want a dreadnought drop pod now

Also, I have a storm eagle, and really would rather have a storm raven

War Kitten wrote:Emperor help you man, 2 drop pods? I hated building mine....Good luck!

Thanks for the luck, I'll need it. I've actually built one pod already but wound up selling it since my BA were decidedly placed on the back burner until recently. I will likely wind up having at least four to six drop pods in total once I get the full Battle Company built, not counting the Dreadnought Pod. So yea, thankfully I have several friends with airbrushes, which will help getting the major base coats laid down tremendously.

kb_lock wrote:I just built my first drop pod before xmas, it was definitely not straightforward, but it is in 3 sub-assemblies now so I can paint it (fins + engine, baseplate + doors, centre console + seats/straps).

I really want a dreadnought drop pod now

Also, I have a storm eagle, and really would rather have a storm raven

Yea you gotta paint the pod in stages to make it look right, I learned that the hard way when I put my one together a few years back. I highly recommend the dread pod also, it's beefier and MUCH easier to assemble. My buddy has one and it is a cool piece of kit.

May I ask, why do you not like the Storm Eagle as opposed to the Storm Raven? Any particular reason? Is it the rules, or the visual of the model?
Just curious, as I haven't made any purchases yet obviously but I would love to get some info on the Storm Eagle. I prefer the visual of that model over the unmodified Storm Raven. That said, I hope to get a Chapter House Storm Raven modification kit if I wind up going with the Storm Raven also, as I MUCH prefer the way it looks compared to the stock model.

Thanks for the feedback guys. I'll catch y'all soon, take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

I think it was rules and visual appeal tbh. Probably just buyers remorse though!

Gotcha.

I'm not up on most of the Storm Eagle's rules other than it can carry up to 20 models, or 10 bulky models, which is a big plus.

My main sticking point is going to be if I can get my hands on a Chapter House Storm Raven extension kit or not. Hopefully in the coming months I can find one and get it. If I can I'll likely go the Storm Raven route in lieu of the Storm Eagle. We'll see I suppose.

Thanks for the info and take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

The Storm eagle would be a great addition to your Blood Angels army... and the right step towards the 30k direction

Finally, an update!

Getting back at it in the new year this month. Been hectic for me, but things are finally starting to slow enough for me to catch my breath and get some paint on my Death Company.

Here's the progress I've made tonight:





I hope to make some more good headway tomorrow night, putting the paint brushes down for the moment though.

Take it easy and further updates will be forthcoming soon if life doesn't throw too many hurdles in the way. Thanks for looking.

-Red__Thirst-

Hey Red~!

Lovely gems and wings!

Those legs look really well so far. On his right leg, you can see a square panel with a small 'button'. I cant see from the light, but it seems as if you didnt highlight it. Usually I do a thin highlight on those panels and they look well

Regarding the purity seal, to me it looks like an old purity seal - which, considering they get those right before battle, looks a bit odd to me.

teban wrote:
Hey Red~!

Lovely gems and wings!

Those legs look really well so far. On his right leg, you can see a square panel with a small 'button'. I cant see from the light, but it seems as if you didnt highlight it. Usually I do a thin highlight on those panels and they look well

Regarding the purity seal, to me it looks like an old purity seal - which, considering they get those right before battle, looks a bit odd to me.

Hey Teban, thank you sir!

Firstly, that panel is high lighted, I just got a little heavy-handed with the follow up wash that darkened it down in that spot. I'll touch it up later when I'm highlighting other portions of the model as I continue. Appreciate the heads up sir.

Regarding the Purity Seal, some of those are given before each battle, others are given at the start of a campaign, which can last months or even years. In my mind, this particular marine received this particular Oath/Purity Seal at the start of the campaign and he then, months later, fell to the Black Rage and was inducted into the Death Company. The seal remained behind, attached where it had been placed months before.

I like my Purity Seals to be somewhat weathered, and old looking, lends a subtle sense of wear to the armor as it were.

Thanks again Teban, looking forward to seeing more updates on your Fists soon.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Those Death Company models have so much detail on them, they really are an awesome kit.

Legs are looking good Red, can't wait to see the torso and weapons.

Finally! An update!

Headway has been made, and progress on the Death Company marine is just below, take a look!









Very pleased with this mini. Next up is his jump pack, and then I begin work on the fourth, and then fifth member of the DC squad. Further updates will be forthcoming. Thanks for looking and take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

One more update to show the third member of the Death Company finished up. Had a lot of fun with this mini and modeling the pose up. I was a little iffy on the helmet at first but figured I'd give it a try, and actually really like it after painting it and getting it modeled up.

Please tell me what you guys think.









And the three finished Death Company together. Pardon the poor lighting, I'm still learning how to use this new camera. The pictures are a little yellow except for the one but hopefully the detail can be seen alright.









Two more squad members to go. About to begin cleaning and prepping the next one now. Take it easy and thanks for looking.

-Red__Thirst-

Great stuff, matey!

Thank ya sir, I'm trying to really step my painting up with this army.

I was a little offput this morning when I found my thread had been moved to P&M Blog section from the P&M. I don't mind that it was moved, but a heads up would have been nice as it took a few minutes to find it once I realized it had been moved. Thought it had been deleted at first.

More updates to come. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

The new Death Company marine looks cool, the Power Fist looks quite bulky and nasty as well.

Took me a while to find this again, thought you'd got rid

Well. I've certainly missed a fair bit of stuff. The DC are looking lovely Red

Thank you both, yea I didn't realize it had been moved either. I had no notification, just had to hunt and peck for it. :(

Glad you guys found it also. Further updates will be forthcoming in the near future. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Update! No pictures yet, but some will be forthcoming soon.

Work has begun on the next Death Company Marine. I'm going to try and knock out all five members, then finish up with my Lemartes and move on to some Tactical and Scout Marines to get my troops selection fleshed out. Then, I'll try and work on a Dreadnought, or a Drop Pod, and continue to chip away at Angels slowly but surely.

At present, I've gotten the next DC marine basecoated black, and will be beginning work on the base in short order before moving on to the mini itself.

More to come soon. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

I think I've missed a boat lad of your updates.

DC are looking good, the pointy power fiat dude is ace.

EDC

Thanks for that EDC!

I really like how all these DC are turning out on their poses and with the color palate I'm using.

The current quandary I'm facing is how to paint up my scout marines. I don't know if I want to paint their armor the traditional red with khaki fatigues, or if I want to do a camoflage scheme with them. Still working that out at present.

We'll see, for now I'm working on Death Company and hope to have some forward progress on them soon. More to come shortly. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

I love the heavy flamer guy on page 10. He just looks solid!

 Fifty wrote:
I love the heavy flamer guy on page 10. He just looks solid!

Thanks for that! I wanted him to look 'sure footed' and weighty. Glad you like him. I hope I can make the rest of the squad look as good, and intend to mix in some bits from other kits to make the squad interesting & dynamic. My next step after finishing up the Death Company will be Tactical marines. I'm really looking forward to getting started on them next, as painting black is growing slowly more tedious.

Look forward to more soon. Hopefully I'll get a little work in over the next couple of days. Fingers crossed.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Finally an update!

Work has begun on the 4th Death Company marine last night. Here's the progress so far:







I got the base finished and also have the legs mostly finished as well outside of a few highlighting touchups and painting the rope on the right thigh, plus final gem detail work. Tonight I hope to get the legs finished, and then get the torso painted as well, fingers crossed.

I'll go ahead and get this one knocked out and then paint up one more DC marine, then move on to painting my Lemartes up so I have this squad finished and can move on to tactical marines I hope.

More to come soon. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Looking good. Regarding the Scouts, I went Red Armour with green khakis as a compromise.



EDC

Hey Evildrcheese,

I'm leaning toward going slate grey fatigues and mottled grey armor with some black mixed in and a splash of red on one shoulder. That way they look like they're 'camo cloaked' without having to tack a camo cloak on them.

That's what I'm leaning toward anyway. We'll see what I wind up doing.

Thanks for the suggestion, and I'll post pictures up once I get started on them.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Crop is your friend, especially when the pictures are that big. When the first picture loaded, I wondered why there was a picture of your keyboard... Then I scrolled down...

Everything has been looking great. How many points are you up to now? Its been a while, I would imagine you got quite the army going.

 Zambro wrote:
Crop is your friend, especially when the pictures are that big. When the first picture loaded, I wondered why there was a picture of your keyboard... Then I scrolled down...

Everything has been looking great. How many points are you up to now? Its been a while, I would imagine you got quite the army going.

Yea, whups.. I'll be sure to crop a little better in the near future when I post my next update. My bad on that end.

Thanks for the kudos. And sadly my points are a bit less than I'd like, as I'm really trying to take my time and paint each model to the best of my (limited) ability.

I've completed:

A Jump Pack Captain (Aedus Sendini)
A Jump Pack Librarian
Five Honor Guard
One Tactical Marine (Heavy Flamer, test mini for my tactical squads)
Three Death Company

That's it so far. I'm about 1/3 finished with the 4th Death Company Marine, and then will move on to the 5th squad member, before painting Lemartes and starting work on some Tactical Marines and Scout Marines. I also have a Drop Pod, a Dreadnought Drop Pod, and a Dreadnought to assemble and paint.

Lots to do, and I'm inching my way along slowly. The goal is to have the Death Company and Lemartes finished up by the end of February, and then hopefully have the first half of a tactical squad wrapped up by Mid march so I can knock out the Scouts in short order by April and start work on the second half of the Tactical Squad box. Obviously this is best case scenario and I doubt I will maintain that pace working two jobs at present, but I will give it the ole college try in any case.

More updates to come. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Further progress!







The spraypaint got a little grainy on the side and back of the torso, but shouldn't be too noticeable once the arms and jump pack are attached.

Next step, arms, shoulder pads, and jump pack to finish off the mini.

More to come soon, thanks for looking and take it easy everyone.

-Red__Thirst-

Shame about the spray. It isn't particularly noticable right now. Hopefully the arms/backpack will cover it up!

The new DC Marine is looking good so far! Can't wait to see how he comes out.

Thanks for that War Kitten. In theory I should have this mini mostly knocked out by the close of this weekend I hope. At least to the point of working on his jump pack I hope, so arms and shoulder pads finished up & Attached.

More updates to come. Take it easy for now guys.

-Red__Thirst-

Update! Finally!

Gotten the mini close to finished, sans one shoulder pad and the jump pack. I'll be starting work on the final shoulder pad shortly after I post this up and hope to have further progress on the mini between shifts over this weekend.

Here's the pose, and mostly finished mini:





Very happy with the pose so far. I'm really enjoying posing these minis to appear to be vaulting forward into melee. The squad as a whole is very dynamic and that's been a real treat to see come together so far. Once this minis is finished I'll have one more Death Company mini to paint up and then I'll move on to Lemartes to round out the squad.

More to come soon. Take it easy for now folks and thanks for looking.

-Red__Thirst-

Cool. Very dynamic.

EDC

The posing is great, love it!

Thank you Zambro, and EDC, I appreciate the kind words. Glad to see other folks like the posing. Hopefully the painting doesn't detract from the posing too much.

I got the shoulder pad finished up and attached last night, I'm down to painting and attaching the jump pack, and this mini will be wrapped up.

Here's the progress:







Hope to make some progress on the jump pack this weekend and get it wrapped up so I can start on the last mini of this bank of five. More to come soon. Thanks for looking and take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

That DC Marine is gorgeous! Must get off my butt and work on my Assault Marines!

Thanks for that, War Kitten, and the continued encouragement.

I'll be doing some final touch up work and then getting the Jump Pack wrapped up in short order I do expect.

Once that's finished I'll be completing one more Death Company Marine for the initial squad of 5. Slow and steady, slow and steady.

More to come soon. Take it easy for now there War Kitten.

-Red__Thirst-

"Slow and Steady". That's what I tell myself when I look at the fact that I still have to paint the entirety of the BaC set, and 10 Assault Marines, and 10 Sternguard, and 5 Scouts for my Ultramairnes. And then 20 Guardsmen for my Imperial Guard. It's how I keep my sanity

Hey man, awesome blog. A word of advice, thin your red paint down a bit, and try to do 2 layers of edge highlighting, for example, first layer of grey, followed by a mix of grey and white closer to the edges and sharpest parts of the armor. Cheers.

Thanks for the tips Marksolo, and I will mention I do thin my paints, (Using a paint palette) and some of the blemishes are a result of baubles in the black spray primer I'm using for the basecoat, though sometimes it does get a little thick without me realizing it if I've been painting for a while. So always a good thing to remind myself to keep the water ready to thin the paint I'm currently using.

I'm going for a minimal highlighting on the black, and trying to achieve a matte finish on them with washes and such.

My reasoning for this is to create a very stark contrast between the non-death company marines in the force, and their black raging brethren.

The Tactical Marines, Scouts, Command Squad, Devestators and Assault marines I intend to paint will have a lot of gold decoration and bright white details.

By contrast, the Death Company will have a darker, more sinister look to them. Dull, dingy, but still possessing the bright white to tie them to the rest of the army. The goal is to try to show, visually, that they are no longer what they once were. Taken by madness and rage, their armor painted matte black before being given their wargear and loosed upon the battlefield for one last battle, to die selling their lives as dearly as they can before they completely descend into madness.

All that being said, I'm going to be trying to knock out the jump pack for this fourth death company marine tonight and get this mini finished up so I can start the fifth and final member of this first bank of 5 Death Company models I'm working on. More updates to come.

Thanks, and take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Loving that Death Company Marine, the paintjob, the pose, the weapons all look fantastic. He looks like he could do some real damage in a berserker charge. Can't wait to see more.

Making good progress RT, keep it up.

EDC

Finally, an update. It took ENTIRELY too long to find time to paint one damn jump pack, but I've done it, and have begun progress on the fifth (and final for now) Death Company marine.

Without further ado, here's the most recent completed miniature.











I'm going to try and power through this last DC marine as quickly as I can and get started on a special project mini afterward. Going to let it be a surprise.

Thanks for looking folks, and look for more updates to come in short order.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

For me, Death Company kits are a nightmare to paint. Sooo much blood iconography to paint. Which is why they're in my "will finish, someday" pile. Great job so far though, Red.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
For me, Death Company kits are a nightmare to paint. Sooo much blood iconography to paint. Which is why they're in my "will finish, someday" pile. Great job so far though, Red.

The trick for me at least is to mix Death Company bits in with regular Assault Marine bits to get a full 10 man squads worth of models with plenty of BA iconography interspersed throughout the squad. I also will note I have a personal preference for having a model with a Jump Pack actually have the belts attaching it to the torso of the marine wearing it. This isn't in every case, of course, but I generally do prefer that aesthetic. I even converted my Sanguinary Novitiate for the command squad to have the jump pack belt torso with the narthecium vials and hoses on the waist of the model so that the Command Squad member would have everything modeled on correctly.

Thanks so much for the kudos, I'm about halfway finished with the fifth death company marine now. Going to keep plugging away at it and hopefully finish it up soon.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Nicely done on that DC marine Red.

Looking good Red Thirst. Totally agree that you need to mix the DC kit with the std assault marine kit otherwise the bling is just too much.

EDC

Thanks EDC, and you too War Kitten! I agree, you get a LOT more mileage out of the kits if you intersperse the torsos and such throughout other squads. Also spreads the bling a lot more evenly across the army as well.

That all being said I've made good progress moving forward. I'm about 1/3 finished with the fifth and final (for now) Death Co. marine WIP. I'm down to finishing up the arms, shoulder pads, and of course the jump pack.

Here's the progress:





I can't say enough good things about these bases by the way.

Very good quality and a breeze to paint up. They're also solid so they help make sure the mini isn't too top heavy.

Very impressed with them, and I just purchased a 60mm base done in the same style to put a Contemptor dread on as well. Fingers crossed it'll arrive soon.

More updates to come soon. Take it easy folks.

-Red__Thirst-

A special project you say? Hmm very interesting, I shall definitely be on the look out for that one.

Those DC and BA kits just have so much brilliant detail on them, you notice something new to look at every time.

Love the last finished one you did Red and this upcoming one looks superb but I have got a question for you - The grenades, will you be leaving them all just silver?

I agree Adamski. The Blood Angels range has some of the most amazing detail on their plastic kits. They're awesome, and really make for a unique looking force on the tabletop.

Now, at present I am planning on leaving the grenades silver for the time being. I don't have a good olive drab green shade I would like to paint them. That's the only other color I would paint them, and my green shades are very limited at present sadly.

Mentioning that does make me think and I'll put that shade down on my list of paints to look for next time I go to my local hobby store to pick up paint. I was there last week and had to get more dawnstone grey for basing, as I've pretty much killed off my last pot painting bases.

That is a color I could get and should have for both my Guard detail work and also my marines in the future.

We'll see how quickly I can get it. The nice thing is if I choose to go in and paint these grenades that green shade down the road it won't take very long to hit all of them with that color and then go in with a Nuln Oil wash afterward to darken the recesses and give them some shading.

In other news, I've finished off the bolt pistol arm of this DC marine and started the chainsword arm now. I'll finish it in short order and start work on the shoulder pads and jump pack to finish it off soon.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

If I wasn't so deep into my Ultras and such a big fan of their lore then I would definitely think about swapping sides and joining the Sons of Sanguinius. Not that that has stopped me from picking up some Sanguinary Guard for kitbashing or maybe getting some BA Tacs and DC for more bitz for the pile lol.

I think you could quite easily leave the grenades silver on the DC marines, it actually looks good and works for me. It's a nice little way of breaking up all the black armour.

Nothing says you couldn't do a little ally force of Blood Agels there Adamski.

Sanguinary High Priest leading some Sanguinary Guard with a small tactical squad in a drop pod coming to lend aid to their Ultramarine brethren. Same thing with a Chaplain leading a squad of Death Company instead of Sanguinary High Priest + Sanguinary Guard.

Could work very well I think.

Thoughts to ponder anyway. More updates forthcoming in the next couple of days. Take it easy for now,

-Red__Thirst-

I use silver for my grenades also. I think it works quite well as I use green for cloth, lenses and laurel type bling.

RT, are you active on the Bolter and Chainsword? They're running an interfaction painting event from May for 3 months, fancy throwing some paint down with your BA brothers? Here's a link to the details:

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321146-etl-v-brief-blood-angels/page-1

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
I use silver for my grenades also. I think it works quite well as I use green for cloth, lenses and laurel type bling.

RT, are you active on the Bolter and Chainsword? They're running an interfaction painting event from May for 3 months, fancy throwing some paint down with your BA brothers? Here's a link to the details:

http://www.bolterandchainsword.com/topic/321146-etl-v-brief-blood-angels/page-1

EDC

I do have an account over on the B&C just rarely post over there. I'll go check it out though as it looks like a good way to motivate & stay motivated. Thanks for the link there EDC! Do you post under the same moniker over on B&C by the way? Just curious.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

I do indeed. Hope to see you in the event, we've got about a month to prepare (get everything built and primed).

More details in the link I posted, but it is a great motivator and the community spirit is high for the event.

EDC

Well, it seems my B&C account is no longer working (ancient old e-mail I used to create the account I can't seem to access) and I cannot create a new account either.

I'll see if I can sort it out later when I'm not at work, but I might have to forgo the option sadly, assuming I can't get my old account info reset. I'll try again later but unless they open it up to allow new accounts I may be stuck for the time being.

C'est-la-vie. More on that later. Take it easy for now EDC. If I can get access to my old e-mail I'll reset my account password and get on there.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Update! I got it to work! Will be chiming in shortly on B&C. Perseverance wins the day.

Update after a good couple of hours of painting.

I'm always shocked at how quickly the time goes and how little I have to show for it on average, painting my Blood Angels to the degree and level of detail I am. I'm literally (on most of these, anyway) painting each piece of the miniature by itself completely and then assembling the model as I go starting with the base. Some of the minis are sub-assembled, being old models that I'm re-purposing to new ends, but the vast majority have been or are going to be complete paint and assemble as I go outside of gluing the front and back of the torsos together, etc.

It's amazingly satisfying seeing the completed, or in this post's case, nearly completed miniature taking shape. That said, in two hours I basically finished painting the arm and chainsword, attached it, then painted both left and right shoulder pads and attached each as I completed them. Granted, the bits are rather detailed and required some fine minutia detail painting, but still. I've got to work out a faster method.

Now, all that's left to finish off this model is to paint, then attach the jump pack, and I'll have the first five man squad of Death Company completed and can move on to the next project.

Here's the progress:







I like how this pose has come out as well, I hope with the jump pack attached it'll look like he's leaping skyward, just about to activate his jump pack's engines.

More updates forthcoming over the next couple of days I hope. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

looking good

Nice pose. Good work for an evenings painting!

EDC

Loving the work on him so far Red. Can't wait to see more.

Another update, and a somewhat special one, as with this I have finished off the first bank of 5 Death Company.

Take a look.













I will take a group shot of all five finished Death Company tomorrow and post it as it's own update.

Next up on the chopping block will be one of a pair of different Sergeants I need to work on (will likely coin flip to decide which I work on) and then I'll delve back into painting black again and knock out my Lemartes mini I intend to run with this squad.

More to come soon. Take it easy for now folks and thanks for looking.

-Red__Thirst-


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As promised, here's a couple of pictures of the entire 5 man squad all together.



And with the flash on.



Thanks for looking, and further updates to come.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

One more brief update.

Work has begun on the next marine, a tactical squad sergeant decked out in mark IV power armor. Most bits taken from the current Blood Angels tactical squad box with a few pilfered parts from the Betrayal at Calth set (helm, and one shoulder pad).

Here's the current progress:







And the base.



Thanks for looking. More updates to come as progress is made.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

I love that group shot, to me it looks like the Sgt is simply saying "get em boys" or "Oi you! You're next" and the squad is already on the way.

Can't wait to see more of the new dude.

Thank you for that, Adamski.

The current marine is going to be my first Tactical Squad sergeant, decked out in a mostly complete set of Mk IV Astartes power armor, and armed with a combi-flamer and lightning claw.

The head and base are finished. The legs and torso will be by this weekend I expect, and then I'll get the arms and shoulder pads finished up in short order before knocking the back pack out and that'll be 2 of the first five man tactical squad completed.

Further updates to come. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Looking forward to seeing the new guy come together!

After I get out on break from college maybe I'll finally have time to get some painting done. Got some Stormcasts and BaC Ultramarines to paint still

Forward Progress!

Legs completed, now attached to the base, and moving on to the torso, a modified mark IV torso go go with the legs and helm.

Take a look:





More to come soon. Thanks for looking and take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-


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One more quick follow up. I completed the torso (Fairly easy piece to paint) and got it and the already completed helmet attached. Here's a quick dry-fit showing the planned loadout and pose.





Just spraypainted the lightning claw red and will be picking up with it shortly.

Thanks for looking folks and I'll have further updates coming soonish I hope. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Nice. I really need to get the BA tac squad, there's some cool bits in there. Those Mk4 legs, damn!

EDC

I am a big fan of the box. So many cool and interesting bits to use. Comes with an excellent heavy flamer and heavy bolter too (With the box mag, not the ammo belt).

I'm about to work on this lightning claw I base coated last night for a bit before work this afternoon. It's a Fairly basic bit compared to the other arm with the combi-flamer. Won't take too long to paint up I don't expect.

More updates pending. Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

The Sergeant seems to be coming along really well, can't wait to see him finished!

Thanks for that War Kitten. No pictures as yet (currently at work) but I will mention that I have finished off and attached the Lightning claw at present. I'm probably going to go ahead and take care of the chapter symbol left shoulder pad and get it attached before moving on to the right arm & combi-flamer.

Hopefully I'll have the Sergeant wrapped up by the end of this week and can move on to the first of the three remaining bolter marines left to paint for this demi-squad. Probably going to continue the full armor mark theme and do the next model up as a Mark VI beaky marine. We'll see.

Updated pictures to come. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Photo updates showing the completed lightning claw.







Thanks for looking. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

The lightning claw is looking quite nice. Mind if I ask how you did it? I have 5 BaC Termies with twin LC's that I still have to paint

It's fairly basic, more-so than I'd like to be honest. It's a layer of bright silver (The old Mithril Silver color) with a simple Blue Wash over it (The old Asurmen Blue wash).

I may go in and add some more details and another wash to the claw to give it an energy effect. We'll see.

I'm going to get the left shoulder pad taken care of next and then move on to the right arm & shoulder pad. After that It'll be finish the backpack and one more mini down.

Hopefully that helps you with painting your Lightning Claws there War Kitten, Take it easy,

-Red__Thirst-

Looking good so far dude.

EDC

Looks awesome so far.

The death company look great!

Now this is a very cool thread! really nice work on your models.
Who spilled the awesome sauce?

Always good to see nicely painted blood angels on here

Great job mate looking forward to seeing everything finished

Thank you all for the kind words.

I'm currently working on both shoulder pads and then will begin work on the right arm and combi-flamer once I get the shoulders buttoned up.

Each mini is an involved process with the added details but I am enjoying that process tremendously despite the added time it's taking.

Back at it here for now. Take it easy and more updates will be posted once I make some solid progress.

-Red__Thirst-

How have I been missing the blog. Awesome work! Your reds are fantastic!

Thank you for that Master Azalle. With the word Red in my name I have to make sure I can paint that color extremely well.

Quick update before sleep. I got the left shoulder pad completed and attached. Very pleased with this mini so far. Looking forward to getting the combi-flamer and right arm buttoned up shortly.

Here's the progress:



And attached:





Next update will hopefully show the right arm finished. Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

That is a beautiful and brilliant shoulder pad Red.

Ok.

I'm about cross eyed. But I'm finished with the right shoulder pad, depicting the company emblem.

For those not aware, the 5th Battle Company emblem of the Blood Angels chapter is a black blood drop on a red field, seen here:



Taking that image above which depicts the different kinds of Marines in a battle company (Tactical, Assault, Devastator, and Veteran), specifically from the 5th Battle Company, I have attempted to re-create the Sergeant's right shoulder pad. Namely, the black blood drop with a white border, outlining it so it can be seen on the Sergeant's shoulder pads, which are black on the interior with red trim.

On my Sergeant, I have obviously opted to go with the chapter symbol painted fully instead of being just yellow, as I prefer the chapter symbol to be colored properly since it's raised off of the shoulder pad.

After about an hour of toil with decals, paint, Micro-sol, the odd curse word, and about five failed attempts at getting the second decal to go into position properly without tearing, I am left with the following result:





I'm very pleased. It was exceedingly labor intensive but the labor has paid off. Now that the hard part is finished I can begin to work on the combi-flamer arm and back pack to finish off this mini in the near future I hope.

Thanks for reading and look forward to future updates soon I hope. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-


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One more last minute update before sleep.

I went ahead and got the right arm mostly done, but still have to paint the combi-flamer up from the base coat. I've started the weapon around the hand to get the detail work on the hand itself finished up, but the weapon and back pack are all I lack to finishing this mini up.

Here's where it sits, with the arm and shoulder pad attached:





I'll pick it up tomorrow and start working on getting the metallic paint on the combi-flamer, then the black casing done and highlighted before painting the flamer nozzle and jewel drop icon to finish up the mini.

Very happy with the forward progress tonight. More updates pending, take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

Well done on the shoulder pad. It looks very well done!

Is that Marine of the of the BaC marines?

That is some smooth freehand! Nice work RT

EDC

 Zambro wrote:
Well done on the shoulder pad. It looks very well done!

Is that Marine of the of the BaC marines?

It actually is not. It does use a BaC helmet and one shoulder pad from the BaC box, as well as one back pack eventually. All other parts come from the Blood Angels Tactical Squad box save for the lightning claw, which is from the plastic Captain box.

Thank you for the kind words also to you and EDC both I'm quite pleased with how this mini is shaping up.

More to come later. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Looks great!

Glad to say, the hard work has definitely paid off with the shoulder pad

That shoulder pad is some amazing work Red.

That Sergeant looks amazing.... I need to go work harder on my last Tactical Squad Sergeant then.

Thank you all for the kind words & comments.

I've gotten a little more work done today, tough sadly I didn't have time to snap any pictures. I'll take more later once I'm home from work & able to do so.

I've all but finished the combi-flamer at this point. All that remains to be painted are the flamer nozzle at the end of the weapon & the decorative blood drop gem beneat the bolter muzzle. Once those two small details are finished I'll paint up the back pack & attach it, finishing the Sergeant.

Next after that will be a trio of Bolter Marines to complete this demi-squad. I'll figure out the next project after that. Maybe a vehicle or just keep plugging away at infantry. Haven't thought too hard on it yet.

More to come soon. Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-


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And after a long night of work I got home and powered through the last little bit I needed to do to finish off the combi-flamer this morning. Take a look.







Some very minor touch up/finishing work to do on the mini but except for the backpack it's mostly finished.

More updates to come. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

That Sergeant is coming along nicely.

Now go paint the other 50+ Marines and you'll have yourself the Tac Marine portion of a Battle Company!

Yea I have this tactical squad box to finish painting, plus the scout squad and then vehicles & transports a plenty, before tackling a second tactical squad box later. Lots to do still for sure.

I've touched up what I needed to on the Sergeant and have the back back base coated. I'll be starting work on the backpack when I get home this evening and should have the mini finished up in short order I do expect. I'll be continuing to work through tactical marines in short order, with the next mini being in a set of Mark VI power armor. Should be a lot of fun to paint up. Going to keep moving in banks of 5 minis, or one vehicle, so I don't stagnate on one kind of squad or unit.

More pictures coming soon. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

 Red__Thirst wrote:
Yea I have this tactical squad box to finish painting, plus the scout squad and then vehicles & transports a plenty, before tackling a second tactical squad box later. Lots to do still for sure.

I've touched up what I needed to on the Sergeant and have the back back base coated. I'll be starting work on the backpack when I get home this evening and should have the mini finished up in short order I do expect. I'll be continuing to work through tactical marines in short order, with the next mini being in a set of Mark VI power armor. Should be a lot of fun to paint up. Going to keep moving in banks of 5 minis, or one vehicle, so I don't stagnate on one kind of squad or unit.

More pictures coming soon. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

I think it'll be worth it in the end though. You may paint slowly, but each guy is coming out as a masterpiece, which is something to be proud of. I don't have the patience for that (I have mountains upon mountains of stuff to paint still). Just keep plugging away!

Finally, the Sergeant is finished up. Very pleased with the final result here. Please take a look and tell me what y'all think.











And the two completed tactical squad members together:



Thanks for looking and take it easy for now folks. Next mini is in the queue and work has already begun on prepping the base. Updates pending, see y'all then.

-Red__Thirst-

Love the look of those two together. The heat distress on the barrels of the flamers looks brilliant. Did you add that company blood drop to the combi-flamer or was it already there and I just didn't notice it?

Thanks Adamski

It was part of the Combi-flamer already. Another excellent bit in the Blood Angels Tactical Squad box if I may say.

The bolter bit has the gem hanging from the end and the different combi parts slot into it. They're all cool, but the combi-flamer is probably my favorite. I just painted it up to match the company color, much like the gem on the sergeant's front-right hip.

Further updates to come soon. Take it easy and thanks for the reply Adamski.

-Red__Thirst-

That Blood Angels Tactical Squad box really does have everything doesn't it.

My only desire in this box would be a power mace or power axe in a similar style to the power sword in the box (used on my Company Champion in this thread).

Beyond that it really does have a plethora of bits and cool parts to make a truly unique looking tactical squad.

I can't wait to get home from work and go hit up the paint desk for more forward progress on this squad. I'm really feeling the groove now on the painting. Hoping to make some solid progress soon.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Update! Solid progress made on the first of three bolter marines. This one in Mark VI armor. The base, legs and torso are completed, and I'm about to start work on the helmet soon before moving on to the arms + shoulder pads and backpack.

Take a look:







Very happy with the squad logos on this squad so far on the right knee area of the power armor. Next squad will likely be the black kneepad with red blood drop emblem on it, though time will tell.

More updates to come. Take it easy for now and thanks for looking.

-Red__Thirst-

Do you freehand your logos? if you do i'm very impressed!
nice work bruh

Thanks for that, STG.

I do some freehand, such as on the sergeant's right knee above. That said, though, I will freely admit I 'cheat' by way of putting a decal in place and then painting over it, using it as a guide and allowing me to get the freehand look with only a fraction of the talent . By the time I'm finished with the mini there is no, or very little, decal actually still showing as I've painted over it. That's what I did on the kneepad on this tactical marine that's in progress, as well as the Sergeant's shoulder pad above.

I hope to have a bit more progress on this tactical marine in short order. More updates to come. Thanks for looking STG and take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Progress! I've gotten the helmet finished up, and also completed the left arm and shoulder pad. Quite happy with how this mini is shaping up.

Take a look:







Next up, the other arm and shoulder pad, including the bolter, and back pack.

More updates to come as soon as I can make some good forward progress. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Please don't tell me that you didn't add that jewel on the helm, it looks bloody amazing. Let me guess - BA Tac Squad? Also love the studded pad, not a big fan personally but that looks seriously well done.

Yes that helm came with the gem sculpted on there, another joy of the BA tactical box. I just added paint, carrying the Onyx gem theme through with it.

I hope to have this mini finished up by the end of the weekend. Fingers crossed, anyway.

More updates to come. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Quick question - will you be doing the blood drops on the belt and hand onyx as well?

Most likely not. I'm going to leave them gold as they don't appear to be a gem set into a setting such as the gem on the helmet and front of the lower left leg.

If it looks like a gem in a setting, it gets the gem treatment, otherwise I'll paint it up as a solid block of color, likely gold more often than not. Obviously this won't go 100% of the time, but the vast majority will follow this logic I expect.

Thanks for looking and more updates are pending. I have the right arm and hand completely finished and am now working on the Bolter. Once it's finished up I'll get the right shoulder pad painted and begin work on the backpack to finish up the mini.

I'll power on to the next marine after that. More updates to come, stay tuned & take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Looking great so far! I've just noticed that you seem to forgo primer - do you paint your bases directly on plastic?


That guy with the clip is perhaps the best model you've done from the last 5 - lovely red and details. Also the bases are coming out really cool

Keep it going. Build your legion, kill the traitors

Thanks for the kudos there Teban I appreciate it!

I do use primer, but it's red primer (Army Painter brand spray primers, Dragon Red color). One solid coat of it on bare plastic covers like magic and then one to two thinned coats of Mephiston Red is all it takes to get a nice, even, vibrant red color on the models. It's worth its weight in gold for painting red.
Alternatively, I use plain black spray paint for the death company and black armored models such as Chaplains.

That said, here's the progress from tonight:









All I lack now is finishing up the back pack and I'll be on to the next marine. Plugging along slowly but surely.

I'm very happy with how this model turned out. More to come, take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

The Sergeant looks great, as does the new Tac Marine. Excellent work on the freehand.

EDC

hey man how long does it take you to paint one man? bc that marine looks awesome!

Thanks for that EDC! I'm really trying to step up and really improve with each mini and squad, at least to the best of my meager abilities.

I woke up early and decided to finish off this tactical marine's backpack and button the mini up this morning. Check out the finished product.













Three tactical marines down, two more to go for the current squad goal before moving to the next bank of five, or solo project. I spent a good 45 minutes this morning scrubbing all the old paint off of my metal mephiston mini, I think after this squad is completed, I may go ahead and work on him, and my Lemartes mini as well.

More updates to come. Thanks for following along folks. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Some updated army shots of what's been finished so far.

The offering is meager, but each and every model is painted to the best of my abilities. I'm pretty proud of the small force I've amassed so far, and looking at what has yet to be finished, there's a lot more to go and to add to this army. I'm excited to keep pushing forward and working on things. Hopefully keep up the pace and get the tactical squad finished up so I can shift focus over to some scouts and then more tactical marines, perhaps mixing a dreadnought into the fray soon. We'll see.

That all being said, here's some individual unit shots with a group shot at the end. Not the best pictures or lighting, but hopefully they look decent.

First, the Death Company:



Next, Captain Aedus himself, along with my Librarian and Command Squad:



The three completed tactical marines of the first tactical squad, two more in progress and eventually another 5 marines to finish this squad off.



Lastly, the whole gang together:



Not much to look at, yet, but it's slowly getting there. Had a good outing this afternoon and managed a win versus some 30k Emperor's Children, though we had to call the game earlier than both liked sadly. Still, good times had and more games to come I do expect.

Thanks for looking and take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

It's a small force, but every little bit counts. Give it time and you'll have a force that you can be proud of for years to come!

You should save Meph and Lemartes for the ETL, they provide good point/model ratio

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
You should save Meph and Lemartes for the ETL, they provide good point/model ratio

EDC

That is actually my plan I do believe there EDC Those two, plus possibly a Librarian Dreadnought as well, depending.

I've got to stay steady at it and try to get this tactical squad finished up ASAP so I can move on to the next project, whichever of the above I choose to start on next (Likely Lemartes, truth be told, I want to get him knocked out in short order).

More to come soon, I just finished up scraping the mold lines and laying out the bits for the next marine, as well as base coating the base with black spraypaint and getting everything ready to begin the painting. Check it out:



Looking forward to this one, he's going to be a lot of fun to paint up I think. Going for a defensive pose, may use a different right arm, but going to blue-tack him together later and see what works best.

More updates pending. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Though they are few in number, they are ALL stunning! all the hard work payed off they look awesome

Thanks for that STG I hope to keep this quality throughout the entire force. Slowly but surely.

Progress made, I've managed to finish the fourth tactical marine's base off. Take a look:





The little white spots are where the feet will glue down. I've just basecoated the legs red and will begin working on them slowly before moving on to the torso and helmet, then arms and shoulder pads and finish with the back pack.

More to come. Thanks for looking and take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

And chipping away, got the legs finished up finally & attached to the base.

Take a look:







Very pleased overall, Few places were more troublesome than they needed to be, specifically the right knee pad which I had to completely scrape the paint from and re-paint to get looking correct.

Moving on to the torso and head next. More updates to come. take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

The legs on the new guy are looking great so far! Keep up the good work and you'll have an army you can be proud of

Thanks so much for the kind words there War Kitten.

I've continued with steady progress tonight, completing both the torso and helmet. Check 'em out.



(The eye lenses have been touched up immediately after this picture, just noting that I saw it needed a touch or two more light green in there.)





Work soon to start on the arms and weapons, as well as the shoulder pads and backpack to finish up the mini in short order I hope. More updates to come, thanks guys.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Current tac marine is looking grand.

You may want to consider getting your vow in for the ETL, as these's a cut off for new participants (I.e those making there first vow) but then you can make subsequent vows after completion.

You could could vow lemmy as Vow 1 and Meph with the Libby dread in subsequent vows.

Plus it helps out participation numbers.

EDC

Noted EDC, I'm putting my Lemartes Vow up now on B&C. Also update pictures on the marine are pending, I've gotten a little more work finished up tonight thank goodness.

Progress on the left arm:



More to come. Work has begun on the arm and bolter, assembling them together in preparation for initial painting, hopefully will have some time to get more work done over the weekend. We'll see.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

that combat knife looks badass!

Thank you for that STG. I'm quite pleased with the blade so far.

It's been a busy work weekend here, zero progress on the current tactical marine, however I hope to make some small headway on the right arm next before getting both Shoulder pads started.

Updates pending, look forward to what I hope will be a very cool finished pose on this particular marine.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Awesome work, loving the base.

That dude looks really good Red! your colours seem very crisp and well diluted.

The gems, they look realistic enough and the armour joints, I love how well done they've been painted. Did you paint that red drop on his knee or is that a decal?.

Also - Ive been wondering: Do you wash your entire model or just the recesses? It looks very clean


Anyways, I hope you can finish this guy soon because we've got an arrangement!


Cheers!

Keep up the good work Red! You only have like 55 more to go to round out the Tactical Marine portion of the 5th Company! It's not so bad....

Adamski Alders wrote:Awesome work, loving the base.

Thank you Adamski as always. These bases have been a joy to paint up. They're all made by Rusty Nickel Miniatures, and are awesome products. HIGHLY recommended.
Hope to chat at you soon also Adamski, hope your Ultramarines are progressing well!

teban wrote:That dude looks really good Red! your colours seem very crisp and well diluted.

The gems, they look realistic enough and the armour joints, I love how well done they've been painted. Did you paint that red drop on his knee or is that a decal?.

Also - Ive been wondering: Do you wash your entire model or just the recesses? It looks very clean

Anyways, I hope you can finish this guy soon because we've got an arrangement!

Cheers!

Thank you kindly Teban. To answer your questions, yes I painted the red drop on the knee, though it was a decal that I placed, then painted over carefully. Took two tries to get it to look correct but I'm pleased with the result.
Secondly, I just apply washes into the recesses and clean up any messiness red touch up where needed. I'm glad it looks clean, as that's what I'm shooting for

I'm working on getting him knocked out for Saturday, if all goes as I hope it will I'll be ready to start up Friday night/Saturday morning at midnight. Good luck!

War Kitten wrote:Keep up the good work Red! You only have like 55 more to go to round out the Tactical Marine portion of the 5th Company! It's not so bad....

It's actually 56, as there's one more bolter marine left to be painted for this 5 man demi-squad. Yay goals! haha

Pictures coming soon, work has now started on the right arm, and bolter. Once that's done I can get the shoulder pads and back pack started up.

Thanks all for the kind words and encouragement! I appreciate it greatly! Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

Looking good RT. I like the posing with the knife arm.

EDC

Thank you EDC! I appreciate it, and am excited to share this update. I've finally got the pose ready to share, and am pleased with it.

Currently working on the decal on the right shoulder to denote company, but while I wait on the Micro Sol to dry, here's the progress so far tonight:





I'm going for a 'ready to repel' pose, basically the marine is preparing to parry a blow, his blade held at the ready while he sends shells into the charging foes, firing the bolter one handed in controlled bursts.

I'm very pleased with the pose, and can't wait to wrap this one up in short order.

More updates to come. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

+Drilled barrels
+Kewl looking gems
+Overall tidy paintjob.

Great work

Thank you CragHack

I'm trying to leave no detail untouched on my marines here, which can be tough considering the level of bling on even the basic tactical marines

Regarding the current marine, I've finished off the shoulder pads and gotten them attached to the model, and have only the back pack to finish painting and attach. Should be finished with it tonight, and will post pictures in short order once I get it wrapped up.

More to come soon, take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-


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Final pictures pending. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-


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And finished another one! Check it out













Super happy with this squad so far. One more tactical marine to go and I'll be finished with the first half of this squad. Going to pause the red and take a quick detour to paint up a character model for a little competition between myself, and Teban. I'll be painting Lemartes, Guardian of the Lost up as quickly as I can to the standard you've all seen here. I hope to be able to knock him out over the course of this weekend, as the contest is set to start at midnight on Friday night/Saturday morning. This will also knock out my first vow for the ETL competition currently ongoing over on the Bolter & Chainsword forums.

Once Lemartes is complete, I'll work on knocking out the last member of this squad before moving on to the next unit to paint, which will likely be some Blood Angels Scouts.

More updates to come. Thanks for looking, and following along so far. I'll chat at y'all soon. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

How many models is it so far? any chance of a group shot??
when you've finished your army will be stunning!!

Lovely model mate!

I think I asked you this once before - you do not highlight your models with brighter reds, do you? even so, they look awesome!

STG wrote:How many models is it so far? any chance of a group shot??
when you've finished your army will be stunning!!

Here's the 'army' (and I use the term army loosely as it's fairly small still) as it sits so far, with 1 more tactical marine now finished:



That's a Captain, a Librarian, a 5 man Blood Angels Command Squad, 5 Death Company, and now four Tactical Marines, so 16 models. I'm 6 models away from being able to field a minimal troops Battleforged list.

Here's where the tactical squad sits at present:



Work will begin on the fifth member of the squad, another Bolter toting marine, in short order. I'm about to try and quickly paint up the base, as I got it basecoated last night and ready for paint.

teban wrote:Lovely model mate!

I think I asked you this once before - you do not highlight your models with brighter reds, do you? even so, they look awesome!

Thanks for that Teban! I don't currently have a brighter red than Mephiston Red (The next step up would be Wazdakka Red I think), and I don't want to use orange as I've tried that before and it just, at least to my eyes, makes the model just look orange instead of red. It's how my eyes see red I guess, I don't know. I hope to be able to get my hands on some brighter red and do some limited edge highlighting in the future to the helmets and other top portions of the armor, but we'll see.

Once I get our contest finished up, and get this last tactical marine finished as well, I'm going to move on to a 5 man Scout Squad before possibly churning out a Librarian Dreadnought. We'll see. I've got a bunch of drop pods I need to start on as well, so I may detour into some armor before coming back to the infantry.

More updates to come. Thanks so much for the replies and good luck to you in our coming contest there Teban. Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

I'll apply Wazdakka red on my captain so you can see how it looks . I think It would help pop up the details even more. But to be honest, I'm not sure your models would need them.

Sounds good! Looking forward to seeing how it looks for sure! I'm itching to get started on my Chaplain Lemartes

Take it easy for now Teban

-Red__Thirst-

Finished Knife dude looks ace. Can't wait to see what you do with Lemmy.

EDC

Epic work as always Red, can't wait to see Lemartes

Go!

That Captain (I think it's a Captain at least...) is looking really good Teban.

He's the captain for red's and i challenge . I want him to look as good as my sigismund. I even made him an awesome base!

Shots fired!!

I'll see your mini progress and raise you my own!



Base is nearing completion, then it's on to the mini itself.

Good luck, and the mini is looking awesome so far Teban Can't wait to see the finished product!

Take it easy. Back to furiously painting!

-Red__Thirst-


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Progress update! I've made some headway:







Thanks for looking, and take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Lemartes is looking like he's going to be awesome. Will you be sticking to the DC way of painting him so he matches the others?

Nice progress on Lemmy!

EDC

I'm getting my butt kicked!

Today I will push a big development

Adamski Alders wrote:Lemartes is looking like he's going to be awesome. Will you be sticking to the DC way of painting him so he matches the others?

Hey Adamski, yes I'm going to stick with the same color palette as the Death Company so he matches. My reasoning for this is he cannot join any other squad beyond Death Company, being fallen to the Black Rage himself. However, he is maintaining his sanity through sheer force of will alone. I'm going to be incorporating some brighter silver to help parts of him stand out, such as the chalice on the front of his jump pack harness, and crozius arcanum. I'm presently getting started on the left arm and crozius now.

evildrcheese wrote:Nice progress on Lemmy!

EDC

Danke! I'm hoping to get at least some work done today, however I have two 12 hour shifts to look forward to tonight and tomorrow so Teban may just catch me and/or beat me depending on how much time he has to paint

teban wrote: I'm getting my butt kicked!

Today I will push a big development

I look forward to seeing more of your Captain there Teban! Best of luck and keep plugging away. I imagine you'll make up the difference today and tomorrow while I have work.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-


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Progress update!

The left arm is finished and attached. Going to get some preliminary work in on the right arm before I have to head to work tonight.

Updated pictures:







After the right arm is finished, I'll work on knocking out the jump pack to finish off the mini. Been a lot of fun to paint him up, but as usual black is a pain to paint, on top of being dripping with details that I'm trying my best to not overlook or miss.

The lion's share of the work is finished now. Moving on to the arm before I start the last leg with the jump pack.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

I'm getting murdered here

This is my progress so far (I should be finished in 1 or 2 more days, but I think I'm way behind Red now!):

I need highlightsin general, weathering powders / technical paints, and the parchments on the back.

I like it so far man! Love the pose and parts choices. Very dynamic!

I really like it! Can't wait to see it finished. I hope to have the right arm finished tomorrow, then the jump pack and in theory will have the model finished. We'll see. I'm at work tonight and tomorrow so it may come down to the wire!

Hope to see more soon and I'll post up progress as soon as I make more. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Awesome work both of you. It seems a little friendly competition is a great motivator!

EDC

Certainly has me motivated to hopefully get ahead and stay ahead on the painting. I'm optimistic to hopefully get the right arm (Bolt Pistol arm) knocked out today and then maybe finish the jump pack off Wednesday I hope.

It'll be down to the wire I expect as Teban is making solid progress as well and will be finishing his Captain up by Wednesday at the latest.

We'll see.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

I think I Win

That is a fantastic and gorgeous piece of work there @teban

Thank you! I was inspired by Red's work to build a BA Captain!

Sweet looking mini there Teban! Congrats on the win! Curse my having to adult and go to this silly thing called work! Two 12 hour long night shift did not assist in my being able to get more painting finished.

That said, I've all bit finished the right arm this afternoon before coming back in to work. I have the shoulder pad wrapped up and the arm mostly done except for the purity seals, and also have the bolt pistol left to paint. Once that's finished I'll just have to paint up and attach the jump pack.

I totally would have finished the mini off completely yesterday had work not intruded. C'est la vie!

I love your Captain also Teban, awesome base and choice of parts and the paint work is superb as well. I would have loved to have seen him with a Mk IV jump pack in lieu of the standard power pack, but I do like that particular back pack a whole lot of course. Your red is very crisp and vibrant and your gold color is very good as well. Top class mini just like all of your Imperial Fists!

If you paint up more Blood Angels stuff be sure to share it please, and congrats once again!

I'll have more updates in short order here. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Thanks Red!

Just so you know, I also work - But I must say that I'm working from home at the moment and I did have an edge on you. When I saw the progress you had made, I had no choice but to pump it!

Thank you for your critique as well, I strive for my best results with projects like this one and I'll make sure to include you when I work on more Blood Angels! (I plan on working a very small force, something that could be an ally for my Fists - they held the gates together!)

Keep it up and finish your mini, I cant wait to see it finished!


...and If you're up to small challenges from here on, lets have 1 per month, what do you say? At least you'll be getting one mmore mini per month !

For sure! I'm going to be painting up my Mephiston mini I recently stripped of old paint in the near future as well as a Librarian Dreadnought and some other vehicles also. (Drop pods & Rhinos/Razorbacks)

Let me know if any of that sparks your interest for another head to head painting competition or two this month.

Back to work here, take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Nice work on your Captain Teban.

Looking forward to seeing what antics you two get up to in these monthly challenges.

EDC

It should be a lot of fun for sure! Current plan is to finish off Lemartes (Completing my first Vow for the ETL on B&C Forums) as quickly as possible, then start working on a few more Tactical Marines. May go ahead and power through the rest of my Tactical Squad box, mixing in the odd Death Company marine, or character such as Mepiston, or vehicle/Dreadnough as I can to keep from getting tired of the same thing over and over.

I'm considering trying to build a Sanguinary High Priest, however I don't know if I want to make a jump pack priest or depart from that a bit and do a biker priest instead.

Long term plan at this point. I've got enough of a back log to worry with at present.

More updates to come soon. I'm off work the next 3 days, so I hope to get some good work in if possible.

Take it easy for now guys.

-Red__Thirst-

What about a dreadnaught? I have 2 that need painting and 1 that is lacking arms. I can paint 1 up and a set of arms. What do you say?

Well the simple answer is obviously - do both Red, a bike and jump high priest, simples

That last guy is looking real sharp! Golds are very ornate and compliment the cold red very nicely imo. Just had a pleasant flick through the blog and its cool to see your progress Looking forward to the next update

LDP

teban wrote:What about a dreadnaught? I have 2 that need painting and 1 that is lacking arms. I can paint 1 up and a set of arms. What do you say?

I'm down for a dreadnought competition! Let's set up a day in a couple of weeks to get that started, as I need to finish Lemartes off and ideally get started on this 5th tactical marine. I'll do my Librarian Dreadnought up and you can work on one of your dreads there. Sound like a plan?

Adamski Alders wrote:Well the simple answer is obviously - do both Red, a bike and jump high priest, simples

See, I thought about doing that, but I don't like having multiples of the same character in my army. I'm not above it of course. I am also, despite the fact that they're inferior, predisposed to enjoying jump packs more for their aesthetic. Still it is something to consider in the future. I do plan on having a bike squad in my army at some point as well, so having a biker Priest to give them feel no pain would not suck at all.

We'll see what we can see. I've got a plethora of other things to paint up first in the mean time.

Updates on Lemartes will be forthcoming in the near future, I'm going to knock this right arm out and get it attached in short order now that I'm awake.

Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

And the right arm is finished up and attached!

The white Blood Angels emblem on the inside of the bolt pistol was a stone cold b!tch to get painted correctly! However, I think at this point I'm going to be happy with it and move on to the Jump Pack.

Take a look:







Jump pack shouldn't take too long I expect. I'm using a plastic one from the Death Company box as using the metal one for him would make him top heavy to the extreme, more-so than he even is already, and prone to tipping over. It's suitably detailed and ought to look good I expect.

More to come soon. Final update on this mini in short order. Stay tuned & take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Nice. Have you considered a further highlight on his mask, he's looking more tan-fastic than bone at the moment. Other top stuff, as ever.

EDC

I did hit it with a highlight earlier but didn't like it. I want his wargear to look old, and the mask to be aged bone. Also I want to make sure it's differentiated from the parchment paper a bit by making it look more 'red-brown' shaded versus just sepia shaded like the parchment is.

I went a little lighter on the shading on the right shoulder pad as it's a much larger area and I wanted it to stand out a bit more, but still have the same shading effects as the helmet.

Work is now starting on the jump pack. If I can make good headway I'll attach it tonight, otherwise I'll finish it up tomorrow and move on to the fifth tactical marine waiting in the wings to finish that squad off. After that, I have a hankering for a Librarian Dreadnought in the near future.

More to come soon. Thanks for the reply and I'll be sure to post up finished pictures of Lemartes over on B&C forums to show my finished Vow.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-


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And he is finally complete. For now anyway.

I feel like I could do more clean up and possibly a bit more work on a few areas, but I'm putting the paint brushes down and calling him finished for the time being. Very pleased overall.

Please tell me what you guys think. Hopefully the pictures aren't too awful.









Thanks for looking as always. On to the next marine, which will be the fifth and final tactical marine for the first demi-squad.

More to come. Take it easy for now guys.

-Red__Thirst-

Good work! looks pretty rad!

Hey Red,

That looks fantastic now that it's finally been put together! The bolt Pistol looks great - it paid off in the end

There are some 'clear' paints from FW that might interest you for the Gems mate, They're called 'Pyroclast orange' and 'Angron Red'. I used the Pyroclast Orange on my gems and I think they look fantastic mate. You also avoid the 'ardcoat coat

All in all, Lemartes came out great and he will surely lead your DeathCo.


I'm considering painting up a Salamander to test colours. What do you think?

Cheers mate!

Lemartes came out great!

I need you to come paint my TDA Chaplain...

lipsdapips wrote:That last guy is looking real sharp! Golds are very ornate and compliment the cold red very nicely imo. Just had a pleasant flick through the blog and its cool to see your progress Looking forward to the next update

LDP

Holy carp, I totally missed your reply Lips! My bad.

Your Ultras have been a constant source of inspiration for my Blood Angels. I'm trying to emulate your style of painting with my Blood Angels to some degree, so your comment means a lot sir. Thank you!

STG wrote:Good work! looks pretty rad!

Thanks STG! I'm gonna keep plugging away here Appreciate the kind words as always

teban wrote:Hey Red,

That looks fantastic now that it's finally been put together! The bolt Pistol looks great - it paid off in the end

There are some 'clear' paints from FW that might interest you for the Gems mate, They're called 'Pyroclast orange' and 'Angron Red'. I used the Pyroclast Orange on my gems and I think they look fantastic mate. You also avoid the 'ardcoat coat

All in all, Lemartes came out great and he will surely lead your DeathCo.


I'm considering painting up a Salamander to test colours. What do you think?

Cheers mate!

Oooo.. Salamanders are fun. My second favorite chapter after Blood Angels to be honest. I'd LOVE to see your take on a Salamanders scheme!

I've never used the FW paints, and am tempted to pick up the new GW gem paints to try out and see how they look in a limited fashion, just have never used them obviously and don't want to screw up a finished paint job. Still, I'm all for trying new stuff.

I appreciate the kind words also, your Captain came out brilliantly as well. Looking forward to seeing your take on Salamanders.

War Kitten wrote:Lemartes came out great!

I need you to come paint my TDA Chaplain...

If you'd like some help painting it, just let me know! I'll be happy to offer some painting services for a single mini if you'd like me to help ya with it. Just shoot me a PM later if interested.

I'll have a components picture up later tonight of the fifth tactical marine in short order folks. Look forward to that in the near future and take it easy for now in the mean time.

-Red__Thirst-

Umm... I wonder If I should paint a salamander in the time you paint up that dude.. Or I should just keep painting my Warders (I need 7 more and a Dread finished by july 10th )

Your call

As much as I would love to hire you on to paint the stuff I'm too lazy to paint Red, I'm strapped for cash at the moment, and will be so for a while (gotta love college eh?)

teban wrote:Umm... I wonder If I should paint a salamander in the time you paint up that dude.. Or I should just keep painting my Warders (I need 7 more and a Dread finished by july 10th )

Your call

It's your world, I'm just living in it. I think some Sallies done up in your style would look amazing. I've got the Furioso sprues out of the box and am going to prep them for painting later. In the mean time I'm starting work on the 5th Tactical Marine's base for purpose. Get it knocked out tonight so I can start work on the actual model itself later next week. I'm kinda stymied at the moment, as it has started raining outside (MUCH to my chagrin! ) and I can't do any base-coating with the moisture in the air. It's just asking for trouble.

Here's the dreadnought sprue for your viewing pleasure also.



So many cool bits. I can't wait to get started on it soon.

War Kitten wrote:As much as I would love to hire you on to paint the stuff I'm too lazy to paint Red, I'm strapped for cash at the moment, and will be so for a while (gotta love college eh?)

Totally understand that man. I wouldn't have 'charged' ya much for one model, just enough for shipping back to ya once the mini was completed. Though I don't relish the thought of painting more black armor I will confess.

Going to get this mini's base knocked out quickly before moving on to final prep work of the model itself (Mold line scraping! Yay! )

Take it easy for now folks, updates will be forthcoming in short order!

-Red__Thirst-

Quick minor update for the weekend.

Got the Tactical Marine's base finished last night, and also got all cleanup and prep work done on the component parts (Scraped the lines, drilled out the bolter barrel, etc) before base coating the legs red this morning before bedding down for a few hours. /the rain was short lived thankfully & the humidity dropped off quickly afterward.

That said, here's the finished base:



White/unpainted spots are where the marine's feet will connect/glue to the base as usual.

Looking forward to getting this mini knocked out quickly and starting on the Librarian Dreadnought. Going to try and make it a centerpiece model if I can.

More updates to come. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Looks like a plan is brooding already .

I will continue with my warders during the week then . I need to finish those for a friendly match in Vegas this july


Cheers

Work has started on the fifth tactical marine in earnest. I've gotten the legs to ~40% completed tonight. I've got to finish the right knee pad squad emblem once I get the decal to lay flat (yay Micro Sol), then the red touch up, paint the rope on the right leg, the pouches on the left hip, as well as the left kneepad gem and gold setting. Once that's all done I'll get the purity seals last and move on to the torso.

Quick WIP picture while I let the Micro Sol finish drying:



Thanks for looking. More updates to come. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

looking forward to seeing the pose on this guy!

This marine will be in a more traditional bolter up/forward pose, held by both hands. Most of the rest of this squad will likely be similar to this pose. The next model I make, the first of the second bank of 5 models to bring the squad to full strength, will have the squad's special weapon; a flamer.

I'm going to try and paint up my Librarian Dreadnought next after this, and possibly a drop pod as well. We'll see what we see once I get to that point though.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Umm.. I've also got a drop pod. Lets do a challenge on that as well, but first lets paint up the remaning marines and dread!

One challenge at a time 'eh?

I've got 4 drop pods total (one of which is a Dreadnought Drop Pod) and a drop pod paint off sounds good here once we get our dreads (and other ancillary models) finished.

Sounds like we've got the next couple of painting competitions squared away at least!

More updates to come. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

I'm curious, what do you think of the new sector imperialis bases (now with added skulls!)

Nice work on the next Tac marine so far.

Can't wait for the dread!

EDC

War Kitten wrote:I'm curious, what do you think of the new sector imperialis bases (now with added skulls!)

I like the new bases a lot, and may get a set to try out and mix in with the existing bases I'm using for added variety. I'm going with an urban rubble theme with my army (I think the neutral grey looks good with the bright red) and using the same palette on the new bases should help tie them all together. We'll see. I'd like to see them in person before I make a final decision on it.

evildrcheese wrote:Nice work on the next Tac marine so far.

Can't wait for the dread!

EDC

Yea I'm looking forward to painting a vehicle (walker, in this instance) and hope to really make it look nice and tie in to the rest of my army nicely. Speaking of progress, I've finished up the legs and have just glued them to the finished base for the first sub-assembly. Check it out.





The right knee was MUCH easier than the last one I had to do (thank God!) and the rest of the bit was rather simple overall, just required a bit more clean up work to get finished than normal (I attribute that to painting while sleepy last night and tonight. More mistakes = more fixes that needed to be made).

I'm about to spraypaint the torso and head in short order and maybe do a little preliminary work on them before I sleep. Thanks for looking and more updates are coming soon. Till then, take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

The Tac Marine seems to be coming along nicely. Keep it up!

 War Kitten wrote:
I'm curious, what do you think of the new sector imperialis bases (now with added skulls!)

I know or at least assume you're being sarcastic with the "now with added skulls" but that is exactly what I'm expecting to pop up somewhere on the box/packaging

Red - what did you do to that yellow ammo pouch on the thigh/leg? Also is that one of those snazzy Resin bases that you've used on the rest of the guys?

A Dread-off is something I wouldn't mind seeing, might inspire me to build and paint my new Ven Dread that I got in the Start Collecting Space Marines box.

 Adamski Alders wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:
I'm curious, what do you think of the new sector imperialis bases (now with added skulls!)

I know or at least assume you're being sarcastic with the "now with added skulls" but that is exactly what I'm expecting to pop up somewhere on the box/packaging

Red - what did you do to that yellow ammo pouch on the thigh/leg? Also is that one of those snazzy Resin bases that you've used on the rest of the guys?

A Dread-off is something I wouldn't mind seeing, might inspire me to build and paint my new Ven Dread that I got in the Start Collecting Space Marines box.

Go take a look at them, they legitimately are putting extra skulls in there for basing.

 War Kitten wrote:

 Adamski Alders wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:
I'm curious, what do you think of the new sector imperialis bases (now with added skulls!)

I know or at least assume you're being sarcastic with the "now with added skulls" but that is exactly what I'm expecting to pop up somewhere on the box/packaging

Red - what did you do to that yellow ammo pouch on the thigh/leg? Also is that one of those snazzy Resin bases that you've used on the rest of the guys?

A Dread-off is something I wouldn't mind seeing, might inspire me to build and paint my new Ven Dread that I got in the Start Collecting Space Marines box.

Go take a look at them, they legitimately are putting extra skulls in there for basing.

Damn, those 25mm and 40mm are drowning in tonnes of skulls, I only really paid attention to the 32mm but thought there was too much building rubble on the bases to bother buying for my "currently being ugraded/updated" Ultras 5th Company. I take it back and apologise lol

 Adamski Alders wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:

 Adamski Alders wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:
I'm curious, what do you think of the new sector imperialis bases (now with added skulls!)

I know or at least assume you're being sarcastic with the "now with added skulls" but that is exactly what I'm expecting to pop up somewhere on the box/packaging

Red - what did you do to that yellow ammo pouch on the thigh/leg? Also is that one of those snazzy Resin bases that you've used on the rest of the guys?

A Dread-off is something I wouldn't mind seeing, might inspire me to build and paint my new Ven Dread that I got in the Start Collecting Space Marines box.

Go take a look at them, they legitimately are putting extra skulls in there for basing.

Damn, those 25mm and 40mm are drowning in tonnes of skulls, I only really paid attention to the 32mm but thought there was too much building rubble on the bases to bother buying for my "currently being ugraded/updated" Ultras 5th Company. I take it back and apologise lol

It gets worse when you realize that they included those extra skulls with the bases on purpose. GW sales design is to slap as many skulls on it as humanly possible

 Adamski Alders wrote:
Red - what did you do to that yellow ammo pouch on the thigh/leg? Also is that one of those snazzy Resin bases that you've used on the rest of the guys?

A Dread-off is something I wouldn't mind seeing, might inspire me to build and paint my new Ven Dread that I got in the Start Collecting Space Marines box.

Yes, the base is one of the resin ones I've gotten from Rusty Nickel miniatures (Fantastic bases, as I've said.) Their 10 pack of 32mm bases is excellent. I intend to buy more and base my whole army with them.

As for the pouches, I used a coat of undiluted old GW Flesh Wash ink over the base coat of Zamesi Desert yellow. Once that was dry I went over it with a Seraphim Sepia wash to help dull it back down. Produces a good leather finish. I learned this trick painting my Vostroyans. Very quick & efficient.

The Dread-bowl 2016 should be a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to it. I would love to see your Venerable Dreadnought looks like once you paint it up. I very much like the new Ven Dread kit.

As for the new GW bases, I may yet get some of the 32mm, as more urban rubble bases are always helpful for variety if nothing else.

Hope to have more updates coming this weekend. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

You do realise calling it Dread-Bowl 2016 and saying you'd love to see what my Ven Dread would look like means I'll actually be forced to knuckle down and do some hobbying? For shame lol. Between that and Para's mighty heroes painting challenge it could just be the kick up the jacksie I need.

 Adamski Alders wrote:
You do realise calling it Dread-Bowl 2016 and saying you'd love to see what my Ven Dread would look like means I'll actually be forced to knuckle down and do some hobbying? For shame lol. Between that and Para's mighty heroes painting challenge it could just be the kick up the jacksie I need.

Yes, how dare he try to inspire us to do actual work.

 War Kitten wrote:

 Adamski Alders wrote:
You do realise calling it Dread-Bowl 2016 and saying you'd love to see what my Ven Dread would look like means I'll actually be forced to knuckle down and do some hobbying? For shame lol. Between that and Para's mighty heroes painting challenge it could just be the kick up the jacksie I need.

Yes, how dare he try to inspire us to do actual work.

I know right, I'd much prefer to sit here and procrastinate royally while intermittently sobbing quietly to myself cursing that my painting skills will never be that good lol.

Cheers Red, I'm always after a nice leather effect for all those Bikes I love to include in my army so I'll have to bear that in mind for future reference.

 Adamski Alders wrote:

 War Kitten wrote:

 Adamski Alders wrote:
You do realise calling it Dread-Bowl 2016 and saying you'd love to see what my Ven Dread would look like means I'll actually be forced to knuckle down and do some hobbying? For shame lol. Between that and Para's mighty heroes painting challenge it could just be the kick up the jacksie I need.

Yes, how dare he try to inspire us to do actual work.

I know right, I'd much prefer to sit here and procrastinate royally while intermittently sobbing quietly to myself cursing that my painting skills will never be that good lol.

Cheers Red, I'm always after a nice leather effect for all those Bikes I love to include in my army so I'll have to bear that in mind for future reference.

And I'd rather sit and stare at my unpainted Contemptor Dread and muse about how I'll get around to paitning it at some point.

Solid progress on the legs. Arms or torso next?

EDC

Torso and head are next on the paint desk. hope to make solid progress over the weekend if I can, fingers crossed.

After the torso and helmet are finished I'll move on to the arms & shoulder pads, then the backpack last. If I can get some extra time this weekend I may be able to finish this mini off. We'll see what kind of progress I can make.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Quick update before I try and sleep. Got the torso and head both finished and sub-assembled to the legs and base. Here's the progress.



Pretty pleased so far. Will be updating more tomorrow once I get started on the arms and make more forward progress. Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

Looking good - a nice, vibrant lad. Good job making the details pop. Can't really tell from the photo, but what colour are his pouches? They look almost metallic to me which seems a bit off.

Touch ups have been made to the eye lenses, as I see a few mistakes not readily apparent to my eyes in the picture. Both arms have been base coated now, and I'll be starting them up in the near future.

Take it easy and always, updates to follow.

-Red__Thirst-


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 lipsdapips wrote:
Looking good - a nice, vibrant lad. Good job making the details pop. Can't really tell from the photo, but what colour are his pouches? They look almost metallic to me which seems a bit off.

Thank ya kindly Lips!

The pouches are Zamesi Desert with a coat of the old GW flesh wash and then another coat of Seraphim Sepia on top of that to dull them back down. It's the angle of the light relative to the mini making it look metalic. They're a nice matte brown shade in person.



There's a better look at them with proper lighting.

Thanks again for the comment and feedback! Looking forward to getting this guy wrapped up in short order.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Ah yes, I see sorry for any confusion

Not a worry sir! The lighting did make it look very metallic after all. I appreciate the critique, especially coming from someone I've followed along and tried to emulate here. As I've said in the past, I'm drawing a LOT of inspiration from your Ultramarine blog and the attention to detail, both in the modeling/kitbashing aspect and painting element of my army as well here. My goal is to have as close to a 'master class' army as I can, visually speaking. If I can make my force look as cool as your Ultras do, then I'll be beyond pleased!

All that said, I've made some progress over the weekend here. I managed to finish up the chest and helmet last night, and have just finished the arms and bolter as well. Take a look:

First, the chest immediately after sub assembly with the legs/base (I forgot to post this picture in my last update, throwing it in here now):



And the finished arms and bolter both attached and in place:







Very happy with the pose, though it is somewhat 'generic' by comparison, I'm pleased with the execution of it. I'll be making 4 more bolter marines and 1 flamer marine in the future for this squad to flesh it to 10 man strong and will try to keep them as close to the same quality as this guy (and the other squad members) as possible.

Next up is the shoulder pads and back pack to finish the mini off. More updates to come. take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

Good work as always!
this thread needs a bit more recognition Ngl. #
EDIT: removed a terrible joke for cringe purposes.

I know what you did STG. Cannot be unseen.

Nice progress on the Marine.

 WarbossDakka wrote:
I know what you did STG. Cannot be unseen.

Nice progress on the Marine.

Oh dear! lol, that comment was more amusing than the joke. shhhhh

Thank you for that STG! I'm working the next two nights, but should be able to get some real work in over Wednesday and Thursday I hope. In theory, I should be able to finish the model off.

I've already got the back pack and shoulder pads prepped for spraying, but can't spray them at present due to rainy weather in in central MS today.

Still, I hope to have this model knocked out in short order. Further updates will be posted as soon as I can make forward progress. Take it easy for now and thanks again STG. I appreciate the support!

-Red__Thirst-

Hey Red!

The pose is 'generic' but you need generic for other dudes to stand out .

I'm having long shifts at work due to an important project but I'm slowly building my 7 Warders. I've got 5 tacticals waiting along with a dread. The Dread.. I hope we can get that challenge before my Vegas Trip.

Keep going, lovely progress mate!

Nice work dude. Hopefully it goes to plan and you can get him finished over the next couple of days.

EDC

Got some small amount of work done last night. Far less than I'd like but progress is progress.

Here's where we sit:





Work will begin on the right shoulder in short order.

Take it easy, more updates to come.

-Red__Thirst-

Tactical Marine is looking gorgeous so far! If you spend this much time on a mere grunt than I'd love to see you do something like a Sternguard Veteran (with all that bling..)

Love that winged shoulder pad. And the excellent work as always Red.

Thank you both, I appreciate the kudos as always!

I hope to get started on the last shoulder pad tomorrow before work.

More updates to come. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Finished off the left shoulder pad and am fairly pleased with the results. Just have the back pack left to finish and I'll have another mini finished up.

Here's where we sit:







Liking the final pose. Will have the back pack done as quickly as I can (it's a fairly decorative pack, so may take a little extra time to finish) and then start preparing for Dread Bowl 2016!

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Shoulder is looking awesome as per usual though I didn't realise the scroll stuck out so much sideways.

Blood angels may not be the most competitive, but your certainly making them some of the prettiest!
Awesome as ever dude

I'm happy to report that I have another tactical marine finished up. Very pleased overall, he came out better than I expected he would.

Feedback appreciated as always. Also, I've tried a different method for taking pictures, hopefully it looks ok and doesn't bring all the flaws too far to the surface. Take a look:











Few minor touch ups have been made immediately after the pictures were taken (left knee, etc)

Hopefully folks like it. I'll be trying to use this method for pictures in the future, as it produces much crisper pictures it seems. Yay learning new things with cameras by accident.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Liking the new style of pics and the latest TAC marine looks great.

EDC

Using what steam I had left tonight, I broke out the clippers, hobby knife, bits box, and plastic glue to prepare the next project.

Behold!!



My Librarian Dreadnought, which should see a lot of action in the coming weeks once I get it finished up, especially with the boost in attacks from the recent FAQ addressing the lower attacks on all BA/SW/GK dreadnoughts. Mine will have the heavy flamer on the arm, and an alternative right arm with the meltagun as well, as I have an old school metal furioso model I'll be using as either a standard furioso or possibly a death company dread. Not sure yet.

Will be painting this thing in pieces, starting with the base as usual, then moving on to the legs and working my way up the torso.

Now to get in touch with Teban to set up Dread Bowl 2016.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

tac marine is looking niiice! also will be cool to see you paint something that isn't a marine, look forward to it

Damn! that's one crispy marine!
Awesome paint job

That Tactical Marine is gorgeous! Really nicely done.

STG wrote:tac marine is looking niiice! also will be cool to see you paint something that isn't a marine, look forward to it

I'm excited to get started on this dreadnought for sure. I'm about to begin the process of using masking tape to cover up some areas for black base coat (the metallic areas) and then others for the red base coat. The torso is going to be the main portion where I have to do any masking, as other areas/parts I can simply base coat black (Legs) or red (font of the sarcophagus, leg armor, arms) and then go in afterward with detail work. Hoping to have all base coats down by this weekend so I can get started with Teban on our competition when he's ready.

Blimy wrote:Damn! that's one crispy marine!
Awesome paint job

Much obliged! I'll take a group shot of the finished 5 man squad soon. Very happy with how this first demi squad has turned out.

War Kitten wrote:That Tactical Marine is gorgeous! Really nicely done.

Thank you War Kitten, I appreciate the continued support as always. I hope my Librarian Dreadnought looks just as nice as these marines do. Fingers crossed,

Take it easy for now folks, more updates to come.

-Red__Thirst-

Yey Librarian dread. Really looking forward to see what you do with this.

EDC

Update sans pictures.

I've gotten all the extra armor plating (leg & fore-arm armor) separated and cleaned up, as well as drilled out the heavy flamer barrel and other final modeling preparations made for base coating. I've also gotten the base washed up with soap & water, and base coated black along with the leg sub assembly spray painted at the same time.

I'm going to get the red parts sprayed next before getting started on the masking for the main torso assembly sections that will get both black and red spray paint (red on top, where the armor is black everywhere else).

Should be fun. I'm looking forward to getting this started in earnest and hopefully getting solid forward progress on preparations over the weekend.

More to come soon. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Oh damn. I've got an undergoing challenge locally and im swamped with work. Lets find a good schedule for our dreadnaughts challenge!

Meanwhile.. why dont you build another tactical :p?

Dude, Libby Dreads are awesome! Can't wait to see him painted!

 Red__Thirst wrote:
Update sans pictures.

I've gotten all the extra armor plating (leg & fore-arm armor) separated and cleaned up, as well as drilled out the heavy flamer barrel and other final modeling preparations made for base coating. I've also gotten the base washed up with soap & water, and base coated black along with the leg sub assembly spray painted at the same time.

I'm going to get the red parts sprayed next before getting started on the masking for the main torso assembly sections that will get both black and red spray paint (red on top, where the armor is black everywhere else).

Should be fun. I'm looking forward to getting this started in earnest and hopefully getting solid forward progress on preparations over the weekend.

More to come soon. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

How dare you deny us our daily dose of BA goodness? I need my boys in red to help motivate me to paint my boys in blue.

teban wrote:Oh damn. I've got an undergoing challenge locally and im swamped with work. Lets find a good schedule for our dreadnaughts challenge!

Meanwhile.. why dont you build another tactical :p?

Well I have an alternate idea for Dread Bowl, since life is kicking you in the pants. The goal is to see who can finish first, or fastest, so I propose that I start at Midnight one night and keep a running tab of hours/days it takes me to finish the model. I'll post that up once the dreadnought is finished and when you can get ready, declare what day your time starts (at midnight once again) and see if you can paint your dread up faster than I painted mine. Let me know if this sounds agreeable.

JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:Dude, Libby Dreads are awesome! Can't wait to see him painted!

I'm really looking forward to seeing how it works on the field too. I've got a FW drop pod as well for him to ride in. Going to work on that as my next vehicle once I finish the dread off and make more progress on the infantry.

War Kitten wrote:How dare you deny us our daily dose of BA goodness? I need my boys in red to help motivate me to paint my boys in blue.

Gotta love working 2 jobs man, I'll work on it as much as I can and get ya some WIP pictures soon, rest assured. Appreciate the continued support as always!

More to come soon. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

I say we do it like the other day, would you say - any ideas for an starting date?

I'm really excited to see your progress on that librarian dread.

teban wrote:I say we do it like the other day, would you say - any ideas for an starting date?

I'll, in theory, be able to get the rest of the dreadnought base coated in preparation for starting work in short order, by the end of the weekend I expect. I'll try and find something else to keep me busy while I wait on you to get ready. Just let me know when you want to fire the starting gun as it were. I'll be ready by Sunday.

Might go ahead and do the prep work on my dreadnought drop pod.

Heretic Tom wrote:I'm really excited to see your progress on that librarian dread.

Thanks! I'm very much looking forward to getting started on it also I will admit. Going to get it ready to start for Dread Bowl 2016 versus the illustrious Teban here. He won our last paint-off, so I hope to vindicate myself. if I can.

More to come soon. take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

I'm psyched to see how the libby dread comes out. I kind of wish my boys in blue could get access to them, but such is 40k.

So, weekend kinda fell apart on me and I got zero work done sadly. Back at work tonight and tomorrow night as well, so odds are slim I'll be able to do much beyond hopefully getting some spray painting done between shifts.

That said, I did happen upon something kind of fun. I found my old metal Furioso Dreadnought that I stripped years ago and will be re purposing this model into a Death Company Dreadnought. Specifically, Cassor the Damned from the Shield of Baal: Deathstorm game supplement. The classic metal Furioso has the Melta Gun and Storm Bolter underslung arms, and I have the Magna Grapple and Blood Talons left over, still on sprue from my Librarian Dreadnought build. This perfectly allows me to match Cassor's weapons and equipment load out and not really have many unused bits from the Librarian/Death Company/Furioso kit.

This old model was usually fielded as Moriar the Chosen back in 3rd edition, and the thought of a Character Dreadnought I can field as a troops choice is pretty awesome as well. Should be a cool project to help keep me busy with preparing until Teban is ready to start Dread Bowl 2016.

I've got to try and find a suitable base, get the last little bit of ancient stuck on paint picked off the model, attach the magna grapple to the torso and blood talons to the arms, and I'll be ready to start work I hope.

More updates to come later. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Mr. Red, I'm ready to start the DreadBowl 2016 . I will upload my first stages in my blog.

Cheers

That is awesome news/a great idea! Now I have two dreads to anticipate.

I shall be posting my progress on my blog feel free to visit!

Dreadnought fight!

EDC

Right on Teban! Shall we officially start it tonight then? Or, July 1st, 2016?

I'll get started on my dread tonight if so.

Best of luck and I look forward to seeing your progress!

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

I'd say we should start at Friday's midnight (to wake up on saturday!)

Thoughts?

I'm down with that if you are . So Friday, the 8th of July as it rolls over into Saturday, the 9th of July at midnight?

I'm good to go if you are. Just got done laying down spray paint base coats on the component parts of the Dreadnought. Looking forward to getting started on it in short order I hope.

Take it easy, and best of luck!

-Red__Thirst-

I meant this very friday 2nd . Is that doable?

Oh yes! Derp! I misunderstood.

This friday I'm starting my long (3x 12 hour shifts back to back) weekend of work. I'll certainly start it then with you but I won't actually have time to work on the model till the 4th here, my first day off of work after the weekend.

You'll be at a bit of an advantage which I don't mind I'll add. It'll add to the challenge.

More to come soon. Good luck and lets kick it off on the 2nd at midnight.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Worry not, I still have a bunch of work to do . I will do my base paint and ready most of my bits for the challenge!

Sounds good. I got all the component parts spray painted with base coats today while the weather was conducive for it. I'm happy to report that I'm ready to begin. I'll make a little head way when I get home from shift in the morning and try not to lag too far behind over the weekend

In other news, I got the first of my Scouts started last night. The squad Sergeant, which will be fairly bare bones with the exception of an added Meltabomb for heavy vehicle/big target cracking. Now that the BA scouts are back to being on par with the standard SM scouts (Yay Errata!), they're certainly a worthy addition to the troops section of my army. I'm looking forward to knocking them out in short order after finishing up my Librarian Dreadnought. I've come up with a fun way to convert camo cloaks onto them while making them suitably CQC/choppy still. Look forward to that update soon.

After that, I'll be more tactical squad members I hope, starting with the squad's special weapon marine, carrying a Flamer.

Good luck in the mean time Teban. Once we both finish our Dreadnoughts let's have them do battle here on Dakka. The winner of the painting competition will get the chance to move/shoot/charge first.

We each get to move, then use psychic powers (if any), then shoot, then charge. We can have a third party roll the dice and see who the final winner of the battle is.

Take it easy Teban. Looking forward to seeing updates.

-Red__Thirst-

That is one interesting idea, mate

My contemptor will destroy you! For Dorn, for Glory!

Busy weekend is busy. I managed to make headway on the base, and am happy to report is's hovering at about 70% completed. Just a little more ink work, some highlighting, final detail, and finishing clean up are all that's left on it. After that ,I'll get the legs worked on and attached to the base once finished.

Hopefully I'll have pictures to share tomorrow afternoon or evening if all goes as I hope it will. Fingers crossed.

In closing, my Librarian Dreadnought is going to rip your Contemptor to pieces! For the Emperor, and for Sanguinius!



Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Oooo shots fired!

Looking forward to seeing what both of you produce.

EDC

Well, since i want some traffic to my own thread as well.. I'm just going to point out and say that I've done some progress to my own dreadnaught

And progress!

I'm way, way, WAY behind Teban at this point, but I'm still getting progress all the same.

Just completed the base, and had a lot of fun with it I'll add. Take a look:







Now begins the actual miniature itself. I'll be starting with the legs, then main torso, back/power plant section, front armored section, then each arm to ultimately complete the mini.

More progress will be posted soon. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

man, i like those bases.

I know how you work... and I;m pretty sure you;ll be ahead of me tomorrow

I'm wondering what I should put under my dread's feet...

Looking good!

Nice work on the base.

EDC

Quick picture-less update.

It seems this week that it it can go wrong, it will go wrong.

I've made zero progress since the evening of the 4th and likely won't have time to paint at all till next week. I've got an impromptu trip to Tennessee starting Friday and won't be home till at least Sunday night. Nothing bad, thank goodness, but still something that'll keep me from my paint desk for several days after working two shifts tonight and tomorrow (Wednesday & Thursday) night.

Hopefully I'll make some progress before the weekend, but will wait and see. Next week I'll be on vacation so I should have a good deal of downtime to paint, I hope. We'll see.

Take it easy for now guys. More updates to come as soon as I can make forward progress.

-Red__Thirst-

I'm sorry to hear that mate. I've made some progress and since I have a trip next tuesday I've got no option but to continue if I want to play a second dreadnaught in Vegas :S


Side by side comparison between the 2 dreads I've painted up so far.


For the new dreadnaught: What do you think, Chainfist with built-in melta or graviton cannon? and for the other arm... would you say claw with plasma or heavy flamer?

The old dread, I want to give him an assault cannon and a fist with a grarviton cannon or a heavy flamer... options... options.

thoughts?