Well Ultramar anyway!
For my 1000th post I wanted to do something special, so here it is. Yay 1000th post!

This is my first blog, so be kind to me. I have decided to re-do my Ultramarines. I will be using an ancient Rome/ Greek theme for my army hence the title of my blog.
I will try to update this on a weekly basis.

Here is my army list

1500pts list
Vulkan He'stan-190pts
Sternguard squad- 4 with combimeltas, melta bombs and Razorback transport TL -heavy bolter- 190pts

Sternguard squad- Sergeant with power fist and bolter, 4 with combimeltas, melta bombs and Razorback transport TL heavy bolter - 215pts

Tactical squad- 10 men, sgt with combi melta ,1 with Missile launcher, 1 with melta gun, melta bombs Rhino -225pts

Tactical squad, 10 men, sgt with combimelta, 1 with missile launcher, 1 with melta gun , Rhino-220pts

Assault Terminators-5 man TH/SS - 200pts
Land Raider Crusader-MultiMelta -260pts

Additions for 1750pts list

Predator- autocannon, lascannons- 120pts

Predator- autocannon, lascannons- 120pts

Upgrade: 1 HF for a sternguard squad 10pts

Additions for 2000pts list

Chaplain Cassius-125pts

Predator- autocannon, lascannons- 120pts

Upgrade:meltabombs for other tactical squad- 5pts


Right now I am working on my counts as Vulkan He'stan, it’s very WIP at the moment but I couldn’t wait to post some pics. I am still waiting on a couple bits for him like some Dire Avenger helmets for his helmet crest. Sorry for the REALLY bad pics at the moment. I can’t find my camera and had to use my phone. I will update them when I find my Camera.
Here he is. I might write up some fluff about him later.






Questions, C & C appreciated.
Thanks for looking!

Looking really good so far. Really like the Greco-Roman style, harkens back to the old days of the Ultramarines, when they evoked that style a lot more. Can't wait to see what else you produce.

Looking good that shield is awesome !

Thanks for your comments. The sheild is a spartan shield from scibor. Next in my production line is a squad of sternguard with the roman looking tabards from the FW Sevrin Loth Honour guard set then a TL auto-cannon Dreadnought.

I'm an ancient civ freak! Fantasic man, looking forward to seeing more of your work!

You should take a look at the Chapterhouse spartain marine heads... I think they'd fit your theme perfectly.

Chapterhouse Spartain Heads

I have a set for a special project and they are quite nice.

looks great, love the shield! So the entire army will be Roman - greek -based?
ps: pretty descent pics for a phone!


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looks great, love the shield! So the entire army will be Roman - greek -based?
ps: pretty descent pics for a phone!

@aranciatadaoc- Thanks!

@Gitsplitta- Thanks, I've already seen those I quite like them. I might use them for a few Veterans.
Here's What I'm using at the moment http://www.bolterandchainsword.cnom/index.php?autocom=ineo&mod=article&op=printable&id=504.

@specialforces88- I’m planning on converting the sergeants and veterans to make them look really Roman/Greek as for rank & file troops I might only have a couple minor conversions. And my phone is a Nokia N-8 12 megapixel. It just doesn’t take good macro photos.

Update time!
I have started work on my sternguard squad and I have finished assembling my Sergeant. I have also come up with an easy to make combi-melta conversion which is good because I have to make 8. I am still painting my counts as Vulkan; I’ll post pics when I’m finished.
I still haven’t found my camera so I will have to be apologising for some bad pics again. Without further ado here is my seargent.

A view of his bolter.

And my Combi-Melta conversion.

Questions, C & C appreciated.
Thanks for looking!

I like the melta, you might try carving off the "feul" drum from the side of the melta that you cut that barrel off of. If you use a realy sharp razor and lots o care you should be able to attatch it to the side of your bolter. I did that for combi meltas on my chaos terminator and they turned out nice. Yours looks substantially easier than what i went through though. jobs a good un so far.

@sennacherib- Thanks for the tip. I deffinatly do not have a sharp razor at the moment my current one is as blunt as a spoon. I have ordered a new one online. I might try this when it arrives.

I like your combi melta so far. A lot of homebrew combi weapons look super bulky, but yours is looking good! Is there a bolter barrel on there somewhere that I can't see? Bolter barrels are quite small, I think. You could fit it under the melta barrel maybe? You could trim the barrel off of a bolt pistol also and use that...

Let's see that He'stan!

Cheers,
Rawson

Nice! I was thinking of doing something very similar for some BA vanguard vets. Your pictures definitely attest to how well the concept looks as an end result. Very cool and sweet job, can't wait to see the rest. I'd also suggest looking into chapterhouse's spartan heads or max mini's if you want really large crests on your helmets.

@Rawson- Thanks for reminding me to put the bolter barrel on I had forgotten. I had to cut up a bolt pistol to get it. I might show mere pics of He'stan when I paint a little more of him. He's the first guy in the thread if you didn't notice.
@White wolf- I have looked into getting Chapter house and max mini heads. I think I am going to use the chapterhouse ones for my terminators and dire avenger helmet crests for the rest. I’m only putting them on veterans and sear gents.

Looking great so far man! Cant wait to see some stuff painted!

lipsdapips wrote:Looking great so far man! Cant wait to see some stuff painted!

You don't have to wait too long.

After 4 hours of nonstop painting, here is my counts as Vulkan He'stan. I am really happy with how he turned out. These pics really don't do him justice. I am still waiting on some dire avenger heads that are arriving in the mail that I will use as a helmet crest for him.







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Hmm, I don't know if it is the camera or what, but the loin cloth and cape look a bit glossy and uniformly one color (i.e. no depth). Perhaps you should try a wash with baal red and then drybrush whatever red you use over it? A sepia wash on the gold parts might help as well. Other than that it's looking good!

I agree with WhiteWolf01 in that the red looks a little glossy. Pehaps combining the wash with a very, very fine dry-brush of white would give it a more material-esque look.

EDIT: Oh, how rude of me! I forgot to say that in general it's looking really nice! Didn't mean to give just the criticism without the compliment.

I love the look of your model!!

I agree that it needs some detail work. I personally like using Baal Red to wash gold, then highlight it with your gold color then go over it with Orgyn Flesh. It gives it a nice deep color and make the gold look older.

And for the tabard, i would go over it again with the red and wet blend some orange into it for highlighting. Then a baal red wash. and Maybe if your Lucky and still have some laying around a Chesnut ink coat to keep with the shiny look you have going!

Also, try some Shadow gray for highlighting the armor. Its a subtle blue color without being as obviously bold as a white highlight or drybrush.

Looking forward to seeing more of your minis!!

Cheers,
FireCancer

Thanks for all your comments guys.
@WhiteWolf01- Thanks for your comment. It's defiantly the camera. I used baal red and chestnut ink on the cape and watered down chestnut ink followed by a devlan mud wash for the shield. I also painted the shield over an ultramarine blue basecoat so it has a slight beaten bluish tinge look to it.
@htj- Thanks. The red is a bit glossy I agree I'll give it a coat of matte varnish later maybe.
@ FireCancer- I gave the gold a watered down chestnut ink followed by a devlan mud wash I also painted the shield over an ultramarine blue basecoat so it has a slight beaten old bluish tinge look to it. I am really lucky to have some Chestnut ink don't know what I'd do without it. As for highlighting I have given it a subtle first stage ultramarine blue highlight it looks maybe a little too subtle I might do a second highlight of 1:1 ultramarines blue and skull white if I can be bothered. That's how I usually do it.

I just found my camera. YAY! I have taken better pics of my counts as Vulkan He'stan (need to five him a name anyone have any Ideas?). I have painted a lightening effect on the spear (my first wait second try).

Here are the updated pics. My camera did not pick up the red too well.






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Captain MepHestan? Erm... I dunno about a name. I've gone about it more finding which captain said named character works best as (Shrike as captain of the auxiliary assault company, or something like that), if he's serving in a captain like role. Though for yours...Captain Caecilia (referring to an arbitrary goddess of the hearth/ fire I found in a .2 second search with google. Now how's that for screwing history?) could be a pretty cool name. Otherwise Captain Hephaestus would fit with the Greek portion of what you're looking for. Or, of course, Captain Prometheus, referring directly to bringing the fire to the enemy.

I vote Captain Prometheus (even if it is a bit too used these days).

Kaesar II

Thanks Lord Kaesar. Captain Prometheus sounds great.

Definitely looks a lot better seeing it with much clearer photos! Looks great!!!

The highlights look pretty good, though as you said it is a little too subtle. For my HQ and hero models i use the 3 Inch rule. As opposed to the 3 Foot rule.

Yeah i have about a pot and half left of chesnut ink. That stuff is amazing. I am dreading the day i run out!
NO idea why GW stopped making the Inks... sad days indeed.

The red was done over with the Chesnut?

Thanks Firecancer. What is the Three Inch rule?
I only have 3/4 of a pot of chestnut ink. I have heard that Coat'd Arms' Ink Wash Chestnut is exactly the same. That's what I'm getting when I run out.
GW washes replaced the Inks, they are thinner and some say better.
Yes the red all has been done with Chestnut ink.
Link to the Coat D'arms Chestnut Ink; http://www.maelstromgames.co.uk/index.php?act=pro&pre=cda_hob_fcl_ink_137_000

THe three inch rule, is if the model looks crisp and clean, and pretty at 3 inches, its good. Its more of a Painting competition styled paint job instead of a tabletop paint job.

Hmm, I will looking into picking up some of that and see how i like it compared to the GW ink.
Yeah, i Love washes, don't get me wrong. Though i think the Inks filled a nice role. The washes don't give you as Deep and as Rich of a color. They also whatever color you went over a shade of the ink, which I liked for certain things. The washes are too thin IMHO.

Update Time

@FireCancer- The three inch rule sounds great, I'll keep that in mind when painting Characters. I’ve also never really liked the washes as much as the Inks. I haven’t tried that ink yet but I think I’ll have to when my chestnut ink runs out.

So I’ve finished putting together my other stern guard sergeant, well not really its just blu tacked together at the moment because I like to paint them partially unassembled so I can get paint everywhere. I might finish painting him by the end of today. If you’re worried he doesn’t look Roman or Spartan enough I still have some bits I need to get hold of to finish this conversion. The online store I usually get my bits from isn’t stocking them at the moment. Anyone have Dire Avenger heads or the roman type tabard from the commander kitand want to da a trade?

Anyway here he is.


I was bored and was not that motivated to paint. So I wrote some fluff instead. I hope you like it and you don't die from wall of text.

Julius Prometheus (my counts as He’stan) was born on Calth into a wealthy family and was trained by the best in warfare and military tactics since the day he could pick up a sword. Noticing his unique leadership skills, his combat skill and his firm grasp of military tactics he was selected and inducted into the ranks of the Ultramarines 6th Company very quickly. Under the watchful eye of sergeant Telion he served with distinction in his role as a sergeant in a scout squad. He then served flawlessly for 20 years as a tactical squad sergeant and then a stern guard sergeant. The inquisition noticed his unique talents and recruited him into the ranks of the Deathwatch. He served under the leadership of Librarian Shaidan of the Mantis Warriors for a decade. After the death of Librarian Shaidan he became the sergeant and led the squad. Serving flawlessly for another half decade he was then inducted into a special deathwatch squad created by the Ordo Hereticus to combat the heretic threat growing on the world of Protus IV. While serving in this role he gained a strong hate for heretics. He was given special equipment by the Ordo Hereticus; a master crafted Nemesis Halberd called Demon Bane and a master crafted hand flamer called Purgery. Upon his return to the 6th company he now performs the role of shadow captain of the 6th Company.

Brutis Antarro (my Sternguard Sergeant pictured above) was born into a noble family with a long line of space marine inductions. He is Julius Prometheus’ lifelong friend and has served under Julius’ leadership since induction. They have made it out of many dire situations together and Julius has come to rely on Brutis’ keen eye for shooting, sound logic and tactical advice. Brutis’ uncontrollable rage has also helped them scrape through impossible odds. He also is a fanatic who quotes the codex fervently while slaying his foes. He may make a great Chaplain one day. Upon his return to the 6th Company he was made a stern guard sergeant. His stern guard squad acts as Julius’ Honour guard.

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Looks great that veteran! A little like my Company champion >.> hehe great work, keep it up!

Thanks lipsdapips. I hope mine will look as good as yours painted.

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Another Update

I stated painting Brutis after dinner (at around 8pm) and only realised it was 1am in the morning when I had finished him. I'm really in holiday mode now . Im really happy with how he came out.

Anyway here he is.





Just realised I missed a mould line.^

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That looks great! Fantastic work. The only thing I could reccommend is if not already used is to use some of the Citadel washes, like devlan mud for the gold, or badab black for metal, it would really add some depth to these already fantastic models! Great stuff nonetheless!

LDP

Thanks LDP. I have since given him another couple of washes in the places that were lacking depth. The change is noticeably better. Thanks for your comment.


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A quick update
A whole heap of bits arrived in the post yesterday from trades that I made in the swap shop. So I have heaps of bits to do some wicked conversions with. First of all I have decided what parts I will use for my Chaplain.
Here he is my counts as Chaplain Cassis. He is blu tacked together at the moment for ease of painting.
Could someone please help name him?

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Update for today.
I have just finished assembling my Landraider Crusader. This was the old Metal kit and was a pain in the to assemble. I had bought the kit back in 2006 I assembled the hull and then got to the turrets and I thought stuff this. It has been sitting in the back of my cupboard since then. Today I finally got the nerve to finish it. 2 hours a lot of green stuff and what seemed like 2 bottles of superglue later (I think I got a little high from all of the fumes) I was finished. With the help of this awesome tutorial I was able to finish with a lesser degree of difficulty. http://www.40kforums.com/vb/content.php/139-Land-Raider-Crusader-Sponsons-Assembly. Thanks to whoever made it.

I’m thinking I will use a couple Scibor Spartan Big shields, some Ravenwing Bike Wing Banner Bits and a couple laurels to make it fit my Roman/Spartan theme. Well here it is.
Anyone have any other Ideas?

Here it is


This Multi Melta Was a hassle to assemble I had to use a massive blob of greenstuff to get it to stay there. I think I’ll cover it up with the brass etched imperial eagles from the 40k basing kit.


The Hurricane Storm bolters were even harder to do. I had to bend some of the ammo feeds into the right positions because they were way off then cover up some unsightly joins with greenstuff because they did not fit properly.


I might have some painted pics for you guys tommorow.

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I am loving the marines you have done so far, the 2 latest ones are awesome! the landraider is pretty cool as well.
Keep it up!

Great conversions man.
Looking forward to seeing some more.

Flying Pooo wrote:Could someone please help name him?

How about Virenus?

Congrats on your 1000th post! And can I say that those models look A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!

I wanted to know, those shoulder pads (the deathwatch one's) are metal or plastic?

Great job

I haven't done much today. I've been packing and getting ready for for a holiday to Queensland. Sorry this means no updates for a couple weeks.
I have just started painting my chaplain. I’m quite happy with how the black is turning out, well it isn’t really black just a really dark regal blue.
If anyone asks how I did the black it's a 1:1 Regal Blue Chaos black highlighted by adding a little bit of Fortress Grey to the previous mix.

Here's what I've done so far.



Until next time (around 2 weeks).
Bye,
FP.

That's come out very nicely, I like it. Have a good trip!

Thank you htj. Will do!

Great job! Love the spartan style!

Update Time: Here is what I've done since I have been back.

I have pimped out my Landraider a little and made it fit more with my army theme.
I'll have to buy a Tank brush or a Airbrush to paint it though as the thickest brush I have now is a standard brush.
Here it is.


I have also finished converting a Psyker for the Pimp My Sorcerer 40k P&M Contest (link below). I think I'll use him as a Librarian or something.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/378516.page
Enjoy.





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*Scrapes dust off thread*

I haven't posted here for a while. I've been really bogged down with schoolwork

Not much ultramarines stuff done latley but I have finished a Pre Hersey Emperor's Children Marine for the Pre-Heresy Legion Conclave located here > http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/120/375179.page

Here he is now


I’m quite happy with the shading on this tabard.


I had to do something with the backpack because too much purple would remind me of this...


*Shudder* I babysit my two year old cousin too much...




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Good to have you back

1111th post!

Thanks Lips!

At the moment I don't feel that motivated to work on my Ultramarines so I am doing anything and everything else. Here is a WIP of an Ork doomsday device Objective I made for Major Downer in a SwapShop trade.







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I'm just posting here to show that I'm not yet dead guys, even though I do feel like I am talking to myself sometimes.

Here is what I have been working on lately.

My WIP Ultramarine for the DakkaDakka Pre-Heresy Conclave.





And here is what has taken the most of my time lately. Here is a little preview of what possibly could be my next project.


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Flying Pooo wrote:I'm just posting here to show that I'm not yet dead guys, even though I do feel like I am talking to myself sometimes.

We're here, it's just that we, too, sometimes get caught up in real life

I'm not familiar with an Ork doomsday device. What is that about?

Cheers,
Rawson

Rawson wrote:

Flying Pooo wrote:I'm just posting here to show that I'm not yet dead guys, even though I do feel like I am talking to myself sometimes.

We're here, it's just that we, too, sometimes get caught up in real life

I'm not familiar with an Ork doomsday device. What is that about?

Cheers,
Rawson

Thanks Rawson you're right. Oh, and if you want to know what that is all about check here.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/393835.page#3263612


Update;

Here is a very WIP pic of my Librarian I made just for fun for the Pimp my Sorcerer competition. Something looked off with him and I thought of changing the colour of the robes from blue to red but I'm not sure what I will do yet. Any Ideas Guys and Girls?


Thanks for looking,

FP.

Flying Pooo wrote:

Here is a very WIP pic of my Librarian I made just for fun for the Pimp my Sorcerer competition. Something looked off with him and I thought of changing the colour of the robes from blue to red but I'm not sure what I will do yet. Any Ideas Guys and Girls?


Thanks for looking,

FP.

He more strikes me as a Chaos sorcerer than a librarian, but that's what you get when your base model is from a chaos sorcerer. I think it's the armor style, that's what's hard to make look imperial.

Good luck.

Cheers,
Rawson

i think he is a bit thin to be a spacemarine

Rawson wrote:He more strikes me as a Chaos sorcerer than a librarian, but that's what you get when your base model is from a chaos sorcerer. I think it's the armor style, that's what's hard to make look imperial.

Good luck.

Cheers,
Rawson

bigfish wrote:i think he is a bit thin to be a spacemarine

Thanks for the reply guys! If he doesn't look like a Space Marine would he work as an Imperial guard Psyker?
That's what I think I'll use him as now.

Anyway I finished him finished now, almost (just needs a matt coat). I finished him right on the deadline for the pimp my Sorcerer competition which is today.

Here he is.





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FP,

red cape looks alot better, and the face i really well done as well

Thanks bigfish the red cape does look better. I kind of cheated with the face. It's just a Vallejo Game Colour Earth (Graveyard Earth) base coat, glazed with Vallejo Game Colour Earth mixed with a little bit of Black then It's washed with Devlan Mud. After that I just added the details. It's really easy to do and looks good. I might write a tutorial about it.

please do, i can never get human skin to look right on my models

bigfish wrote:please do, i can never get human skin to look right on my models

I will see if I can do this tutorial sometime next weekend when I have more time.

UPDATE

In the meantime here is my counts as Boss Snikrot that I made. Inspired by your combat expert (choppy) bigfish. He's basically an Ork ninja.
Iv'e added and altered a couple things on him but the batteries in my camera have run out so I can't take any pics.







And here are some pics of some of my other Orks if no one has seen them before.







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your Snikrot is looking very nice although i swear he is a 40mm base character? doe'snt matter but i know quite a few people who would moan at that.
still cool, like the use of the night gogles

bigfish wrote:your Snikrot is looking very nice although i swear he is a 40mm base character? doe'snt matter but i know quite a few people who would moan at that.
still cool, like the use of the night gogles

Thanks. Snikrot is a 40mm character but I don't think it will make much difference. And if it does make a difference it would be to my disadvantage as assaulting distances are measured from the base. People will be happy when Snikrot is a few mm short of assaulting their shooty units. Then again shooting distances are measured from base to base....

I also made that painting faces tutorial I said I would do.

Link below

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/396388.page

Here's a WIP preview check it out for the finished result


And in case you guys anyone is wondering my Ultramarines are not dead yet. In fact I am working on a chaplain right now hopefully I will have finished pics by tomorrow.

Please check out the link and leave some comments.

Until next time,
FP.

Update

Here's what I've been up to lately. I haven't done much with my Ultramarines as I was so inspired to work with my orks.

Here's the pics My converted Boss Snikrot.









And here is my converted boss Snikrot modelling a scratch built Trukk tyre I have made. The next thing I am going to scratch build is the rest of that truck so watch this space...

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Nice

So far I like what you are doing, especially the Chaplain.

Also, I like your Combi Melta conversoin very much. I was thinking about how to make one that I like and have yet to come up with one - Thanks because I think I will use the conversion you used...simple, and the result is great.

Finally an Update

bigfish wrote:Nice

Thanks man!

mray01 wrote:So far I like what you are doing, especially the Chaplain.

Also, I like your Combi Melta conversoin very much. I was thinking about how to make one that I like and have yet to come up with one - Thanks because I think I will use the conversion you used...simple, and the result is great.

Thanks, I have finished my chaplain now. And I like the Combi-Melta conversion too I'ts so easy to do. It beats buying ten commander Combi-Meltas which is what I was going to do.

Ok, here is my finally finished Chaplain.
With the best pics I could muster with my phone, here he is. (I'll update with better pics once I find my camera).







Oh, and here is a WIP of a veteran sergeant I just had to show. Before anyone asks he is the limited edition Sicarius model that was was released with the Fall of Medusa thing back in 2006. I thought that I wouldn't be able to use the double lightening claws in my list so I gave him a Bolt Pistol and a Powerfist instead. He is way too cool not to use in my army so I'll use him as a Tactical Sergeant.



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nice! gotta love this style of ultras!

Well it's kinda Update Time

I have better pics of the chappy now. I found the camera.

Asherian Command wrote:nice! gotta love this style of ultras!

Thanks Man!

Now for better pics.







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that chaplin is awesome!!!!

bigfish wrote:that chaplin is awesome!!!!

Thank you!

Update Time

I've finished my Tactical Seargent.


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Wow nicely done matey! Loving the robe and the wreath.
P.S have you tried using Asurmen blue wash before? It really helps to add depth to the cracks and crevices of your models, (eg the powerfist would look more 3d, or more realistic) and I think it would make your models that much MORE awesome!

lipsdapips wrote:Wow nicely done matey! Loving the robe and the wreath.
P.S have you tried using Asurmen blue wash before? It really helps to add depth to the cracks and crevices of your models, (eg the powerfist would look more 3d, or more realistic) and I think it would make your models that much MORE awesome!

I second what lipsdapids said and get yourself some Asurmen Blue wash. It is the shiznit! I use it for my Ultra's
I really like what you've done so far. Keep it up man, count me as subscribed!

+++Mr.M+++

lipsdapips wrote:Wow nicely done matey! Loving the robe and the wreath.
P.S have you tried using Asurmen blue wash before? It really helps to add depth to the cracks and crevices of your models, (eg the powerfist would look more 3d, or more realistic) and I think it would make your models that much MORE awesome!

Mr.Malevolent wrote:I second what lipsdapids said and get yourself some Asurmen Blue wash. It is the shiznit! I use it for my Ultra's
I really like what you've done so far. Keep it up man, count me as subscribed!

+++Mr.M+++

Thanks to you both for commenting.
I do use a couple washes on my Ultras Asurmen blue being one of them. The effect is either dulled by a double coat of Matte varnish (because I find after going crazy with washes the mini is rather shiny) Or the camera is not picking up all of the detail. Either way I did apply another Asurmen Blue wash over him and he looks better. Not too shiny or dull maybe from now on I'll double coat my minis in Matte varnish and then wash with Asurmen Blue as I am quite happy with the shade of blue on the last guy.
Thanks very much for both of your advice.

Hey no problem my friend!
See that's the problem with photographing our miniatures, sometimes the details and the effect just will not transfer to online.
Its weird.

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looking good man! Nice rich blue!

I have always loved the Tyranic war vet smurfs... almost made me want to start them ; )

bebopdrums2424 wrote:looking good man! Nice rich blue!

Thanks, the rich blue was what I was going for.

Red Corsair wrote:I have always loved the Tyranic war vet smurfs... almost made me want to start them ; )

There are no Tyranic war vet smurfs in this blog, that reminds me I do have two sitting around somewhere waiting to be painted up, they are great models. The last mini I posted may look like a Tyranic war vet smurf but it's a slightly modified limited edition Sicarius model released back in 2006 with the Fall of Medusa campaign thingy.

Mr.Malevolent wrote:Hey no problem my friend!
See that's the problem with photographing our miniatures, sometimes the details and the effect just will not transfer to online.
Its weird.

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No worries, this might be a better pic.

Slightly darker light settings on my camera will hopefully bring out more detail.

Looks better, my asurmen blue washes used to be shiny but then i tried shaking the pot and only took wash from the top part of the pot and it dries really dull and looks awesome

Dude the 'U' logo guide's up on my blog now, go check it out!

Looks great!

Long time no post. I'll solve that.

lipsdapips wrote:Looks better, my asurmen blue washes used to be shiny but then i tried shaking the pot and only took wash from the top part of the pot and it dries really dull and looks awesome

Thanks, I think I'll try that. Thanks for the tip.

lipsdapips wrote:Dude the 'U' logo guide's up on my blog now, go check it out!

I haven't tried this yet I'll use it on the next UM I paint.

Ogryn wrote:Looks great!

Thanks man!

Update Time

Ok, so Iv'e recently joined the Dakka Painting and modelling competition in an effort to get me motivarted to paint something. (The link to the competition is below).
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/403045.page

In some recent bits trades I have aquired some awesome bits for converting my Ultramarines. Including an awesome trade with nerdfest09 where I got some Awesome Heads for my UMs (thanks nerdfest ). So expect to see some nice conversions quite soon.

Ok so here's a mock up of of the mini I'll be painting for the competition. He's basically a metal kitbash. A cookie for the person who guesses all the parts. (Hint; not all of them are GW).





Thanks for looking guys and girls.
C&C is always appreciated!

Scibor Spartan head & shield, Masters of the chapter Captain, Viulkan's spear? Can't tell pic is too fuzzy, cant id the aquilla, maybe from a banner top, almost like the one from the old Leman Russ model. SM backpack.

Am I close? And btw a very gorgeous model.

dantay_xv wrote:Scibor Spartan head & shield, Masters of the chapter Captain, Viulkan's spear? Can't tell pic is too fuzzy, cant id the aquilla, maybe from a banner top, almost like the one from the old Leman Russ model. SM backpack.

Am I close? And btw a very gorgeous model.

Very close and thanks for the compliment.
you can have a cookie I've already started on. Just realised this is MASSIVE.


The correct answer is;

I like big cookies, thank you nomnomnom!!

Looking good dude! and I have stumbled across this blog before :-) just grazed it though, but now, Oh yes, i read it! bloody good stuff! love the way you paint your gold! very rich and looks excellent! the conversions are nicely done too, I like a good 'cut and paste' converter, you can achieve some amazingly good results doing it this way! looking forward to seeing you progress with these bad boys!...subbed.

Nerdfest09

Wow, I like them. I was thinking of creating an army (based around my own chapter) using the same sort of Greco-Roman style... This is a great inspiration!

*coughi'llbepostingitinthefuturecough*
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VenerableDreadnoughtKroak wrote:Wow, I like them. I was thinking of creating an army (based around my own chapter) using the same sort of Greco-Roman style... This is a great inspiration!

*coughi'llbepostingitinthefuturecough*
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Actually this idea is incredibly old hat.

Sons of Sparta Space Marines painted by Anthony Warrington won the 40k Best Squad @ Golden Demon in 1999.
Showcased in WD262 Eavy Metal Page.

Just a recylced late 90's idea, nice to see it done again though.

Only looked at page 3 and I have to now subscribe so I can find this thread again after work.

Like what I see obviously.

YAY! Exams are (almost) finally over. I will have more time work on my Ultramarines.

1-i wrote:Only looked at page 3 and I have to now subscribe so I can find this thread again after work.

Like what I see obviously.

Thanks man, I'm looking foward to your Imput.

GBDarkAngel wrote:
Actually this idea is incredibly old hat.

Sons of Sparta Space Marines painted by Anthony Warrington won the 40k Best Squad @ Golden Demon in 1999.
Showcased in WD262 Eavy Metal Page.

Just a recylced late 90's idea, nice to see it done again though.

Yeah, I'm not claiming it to be my own original idea. I got the inspiration for this theme from a Warseer thread!

VenerableDreadnoughtKroak wrote:Wow, I like them. I was thinking of creating an army (based around my own chapter) using the same sort of Greco-Roman style... This is a great inspiration!

*coughi'llbepostingitinthefuturecough*
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Thank you! Keep me posted as I would like to see this other chapter.

nerdfest09 wrote:Looking good dude! and I have stumbled across this blog before :-) just grazed it though, but now, Oh yes, i read it! bloody good stuff! love the way you paint your gold! very rich and looks excellent! the conversions are nicely done too, I like a good 'cut and paste' converter, you can achieve some amazingly good results doing it this way! looking forward to seeing you progress with these bad boys!...subbed.

Nerdfest09

Thanks for the compliments mate! I do love painting gold. It's just Vallejo Brassy Brass washed with Gryphonne Sepia, very watered down chestnut ink and Devlan (butt) Mud; it smells awuful : . Sometimes I highlight it with boltgun metal and glaze it with either Regal blue or UM Blue to give it an old worn copper look.

Now for an Update

Here's a WIP of the mini I showed last time I updated. He's almost there.





C & C is very much appreciated at this is being painted for the +++40k, Fantasy and Other Painting & Modelling Competition+++. I'm always looking to improve.

Thanks for looking!

Good theme, great execution of said theme.

Looking at this army actually makes me excited to see an ultramarine army blog in the works (sorry other guys but you gotta step up your ultras to get attention)

Hows that land raider coming along?

1-i wrote:Good theme, great execution of said theme.

Looking at this army actually makes me excited to see an ultramarine army blog in the works (sorry other guys but you gotta step up your ultras to get attention)

Hows that land raider coming along?

Thanks, the aim of this army is to turn around all the Ultramarine hate. To make people excited to see Ultramarines.
The land raider is actually base coated atm, I'll get around to painting it sometime...



...But that's not today.
No Ultramarine work today.

But I did do this...

I had an epiphany today while watching vampires suck. That Segway scene made me LOL.
So I looked in my bits box, and deciding that I had sufferance parts, I made a Segway rough rider.
I tried to give him the most vampire looking head my bits box could supply (a dire avenger head) but he ended up looking like Spock. Come to think of it I could have used my left over Chaos sorcerer's head.
I just went along with it.

And this is what I came up with.


I still have a bit of work to do on the hood and the segway itself.
I hope you all like him so far!

Thanks for looking!

Just a quick Update.

A Sternguard w/ Heavy Flamer.







I have 3 more Sternguard on the assembly line so expect more updates soon.

Thanks for looking!

Nice flamer, how did ya do it?

I love the Chapterhouse heads! I was planning on using them, but then I bough Space Wolves.

1-i wrote:Nice flamer, how did ya do it?

The Flamer is a Grey Knights Incinerator with the tubing cut off the back and a melta bomb stuck on the other side to cover the gap. then I just cut off the hand and most of the forearm and glued the flamer on.

Chowderhead wrote:I love the Chapterhouse heads! I was planning on using them, but then I bough Space Wolves.

I like them too. I'm still contemplating whether I want to start a Space Wolves army now or if I should wait until I've finished this one but I know I defiantly want one.

Flying Pooo wrote:I like them too. I'm still contemplating whether I want to start a Space Wolves army now or if I should wait until I've finished this one but I know I defiantly want one.

You wanting to start one from scratch or pick up one used for a bit cheaper? I've got a SW army I've been thinking about unloading to make room for the Vostroyan 104th PM me if you're interested.

Cheers,
Rawson

Rawson wrote:

Flying Pooo wrote:I like them too. I'm still contemplating whether I want to start a Space Wolves army now or if I should wait until I've finished this one but I know I defiantly want one.

You wanting to start one from scratch or pick up one used for a bit cheaper? I've got a SW army I've been thinking about unloading to make room for the Vostroyan 104th PM me if you're interested.

Cheers,
Rawson

Thanks for the offer, a PM has been sent.

Update Time

3 Stern guard Marines









You can find out how I made the Combi-Meltas in the link below!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/408559.page

Thanks for looking!

Just a quick update.

I have finished one of my Sternguard squads now. Here is the most recent member.
Hope fully I'll have time for a massive painting session on the weekend because I feel this army is moving too slowly. I am starting IG now (watch this space) and still have some Orks I want to finish. I don't want too many projects going on at once.

Enough of me talking to myself!

Here's the mini.




I know barrels aren't drilled yet and there are a few mould lines, The glue is still drying in the pic!

Thanks for looking!

Where did the additional chest plate come from?

1-i wrote:Where did the additional chest plate come from?

The one on the last Stern guard?
That's from a normal SM torso with a Terminator COD piece glued right in the middle.
The other Stern Guard torsos are from FW Severin Loth's honour guard and one has a BA torso.

Update Time.

Here's a Rhino I slogged away painting for 4 hours today. I'm quite Happy with it but I still need to make it look more Spartan like.

I put a lot of effort into weathering this. Who said Ultramarines always wash their Rhinos.

There is a lot of Zoom on the pics if you click on them!

Sorry no detailed interior. The hatches are glued shut.







I'm thinking of using any of these to pimp out my Rhino!






Any other Ideas?

Thanks for looking!


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Small Update
I have since freehanded the Ultramarines symbol on my Rhino.
I used LDP's guide, thanks man!

I'm not 100% happy but it's ok.

Here it is!



Thanks for looking!

Update

Here is a small tutorial.

I have stumbled upon a new technique.
I was idly drawing a Spartan helmet and I thought i could use it on my Ultramarines. So I made my own Spartan "Decal".

-I drew my decal. I copied it from a picture on the Internet so alternately you could just print a design out.
-I used a glue stick to glue it to a thin cardboard backing. (I used the cardboard from the box my command squad came in).
-I trimmed the cardboard to fit the "decal".
-Then I used some cheap home brand super glue and spread it evenly on the back my "decal" and let the glue seap evenly into the cardboard. I wasn't too liberal with the glue so that I would wreck the other side.
-I painted the top of the "decal" with a few thin layers of PVA. It was set hard now so that it couldn't warp.
-Then I painted it.
-After that I gave it a couple sealing coats of PVA.

Here it is.



Here it is blue-tacked on a Rhino.


I think I've found a way to customise my vehicles!

Thanks for looking!

UPDATE

Here are some pics of one my entries for the ++40k, Fantasy and Other Painting & Modelling Competition++
I had my birthday During this week! YAY! It was on the 15th. I can drive now .
I have my L's (I got 100% on the test)! That's right everyone I'm on the roads now, watch out .

... Anyway here is my almost finished mini.

The pics are quite bad, (looks nothing like IRL), but they will give you all a rough idea of what he looks like.
A few touch ups here and there and It's finished. I'll update with better pics then.







C & C would be great!

Thanks for Looking!

Flying Pooo wrote: I had my birthday During this week! YAY! It was on the 15th. I can drive now .
I have my L's (I got 100% on the test)! That's right everyone I'm on the roads now, watch out .

Well, Happy Birthday to Pooo! Happy Birthday to Pooo! Happy Birthday, Dear... well, you get the point

Flying Pooo wrote:... Anyway here is my almost finished mini.

The pics are quite bad, (looks nothing like IRL), but they will give you all a rough idea of what he looks like.
A few touch ups here and there and It's finished. I'll update with better pics then.







C & C would be great!

Thanks for Looking!

Coming along nicely, Pooo! I think the conversions that you have done here are really good! The body you picked goes well with your spartan theme. Any chance we could see a pic of the spearhead? It looks like you have a nice energy effect there!

And the CC you requested, sir:
I'd like to see that gold broken up a bit. It's kind of overwhelming the model to have the Helm, shield, pauldron, and eagle all gold. Maybe pick out some of the detailing in silver, and maybe do the inner two rings of the shield in blue and white.
Hit the red of the crest and cloak with another highlight. Then it will really pop!
I don't know how your GS-fu is, but I'd like to see that shield with an on it, instead of that Scibor symbol.

Great work so far! If you're anything like me, it's the last 5% of a model that gets me. Finish strong, my friend!

Cheers,
Rawson

Great work, Poo, your concept is very cool. I wish I could paint that well.

Rawson wrote:Well, Happy Birthday to Pooo! Happy Birthday to Pooo! Happy Birthday, Dear... well, you get the point Rawson

Thank You very much. I got lots of hobby stuff as presents! I have so many new hobby toys to play with. Mad conversions are upcoming.

Rawson wrote:
Coming along nicely, Pooo! I think the conversions that you have done here are really good! The body you picked goes well with your spartan theme. Any chance we could see a pic of the spearhead? It looks like you have a nice energy effect there!

And the CC you requested, sir:
I'd like to see that gold broken up a bit. It's kind of overwhelming the model to have the Helm, shield, pauldron, and eagle all gold. Maybe pick out some of the detailing in silver, and maybe do the inner two rings of the shield in blue and white.
Hit the red of the crest and cloak with another highlight. Then it will really pop!

I don't know how your GS-fu is, but I'd like to see that shield with an on it, instead of that Scibor symbol.

Great work so far! If you're anything like me, it's the last 5% of a model that gets me. Finish strong, my friend!

Cheers,
Rawson

Thank you so much for this. This helped me a lot. I followed your advice and it was just what I needed to make that mini pop.
Thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much! I'm really happy with him now.

mxwllmdr wrote:Great work, Poo, your concept is very cool. I wish I could paint that well.

Thank you. I wish I could build titans as well as you can.

Ok now, time for an Update quite a big one too.

Thank you very much Rawson!
Here is the Captain now.

Close up on the face. His eyes are meant to look unpainted, gives him a mysterious look. (their not unpainted just a really dark red).






close up on the shield.


Back


Close up on the cloak.


Not a very good pic of the spear tip,


Weathering on his back pack mount thing that I'm quite proud of.


I was going to sculpt the Ultramarine icon on the shield. Lucky I tried it on a few scrap pieces first as I wasn't happy with the result. Even with a great tutorial; http://www.thepainteddragon.co.uk/?page_id=347 I still only managed this.

Oh and here is another chaplain I threw together today.


Chaplain's Crozius Arcanum


I also made this tutorial for this base.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/412037.page


That's all for now folks,
Thanks for looking!

Awesome job!

It's been a while since my last update. Here is a small one.

UPDATE

MY Deathstar unit is starting to take form. These are two of my TH SS Temrinators made using the GK Terminator kit. I used all scibor stuff for them ; Spartan Heads, Big Spartan Shields and the Big Spartan Shoulder pads.







That's all for now!

Thanks for looking!

Those are quite possibly the coolest termies ever right there!

They look kick ass!!!!!!!!!! i think the spears suit them perfectly as do the shields and faces. cant wait to see more

Time for an update I think

Brother-Captain Scotti wrote:Those are quite possibly the coolest termies ever right there!

Thank you kind sir!

bigfish wrote:They look kick ass!!!!!!!!!! i think the spears suit them perfectly as do the shields and faces. cant wait to see more

Thabks bigfish, I was going to use a normal CC terminator squad and use the Thunder Hammers but I'm so Happy I got the GK Terminator squad. It's so detailed and the spears fit my theme more.

PROGRESS

WIP of my Chaplain. VERY WIP at the moment.


AND ALSO

I've finally finished my Segway Rough Rider for the ++40k, Fantasy and Other Painting & Modelling Competition++ .

The Deadline is tommorow (for me anyway).

It's a miracle that I finished him today as this morning I had only just done the blue and boltgun metal basecoats. I only painted him in two hours (the base took longer than the mini). He is not painted to my best standard but I think he will do. I had to forgo some highlighting. About a quarter of that time was spent painting my first NMM. I decided I would try it out. The Imperial Eagle is NMM, and I'm quite happy with my first shot. Now I just have to write Up some Fluff, for both my entries.

I've Updated with Better pics.


















That's all for now. Comments are always appreciated.

Thanks for looking!

well FP now i had to take a look at your work... never did i realize that you did the amazing tut for the eggshell basing methode...that is so inventive... will be trying that shortly too...

your models look very dark and cool...in the best sense of the way... and i really like the spartan take on the ultras. that suits them pretty well! atitude and look making a perfect match. the use of FW (?) like on chour first chaplian is so cool looking... i started with SM but since then went on to IG... but i see now how SM can still be fascinating... i will now follow your stuff very closley... [das war dann die letze warnung^^]

cheers, vik

@Viktor von Domm
Danke! Ich jetzt werde auch eng folgen deine Threads.
I'm also starting an IG army. Still Deciding on a scheme though. I have bought some minis for it. Now I just have to put in some time.

will they be winterbased as your segway sarge? that would be interresting....like an eskimo army...


mind if i from time to time make a few suggestions for german corrections? the order of the sentece is slightly wrong... or you will sound like yoda^^

so:
ich werde jetzt auch deinen threads eng folgen...

slightly better but still not there^^

@Viktor

My IG will have winter bases but not the full Eskimo suits that the rough rider had. Although that might be an idea for an army as it was not too hard to do. However it did take a while waiting for 1 layer of GS to dry before applying another.
Although YES this army will have segway Rough Riders.

I knew I had something wrong with sentance order there.

The sentence order as I was thought is; Subject, verb, time, object, manner then place.

Or as my German Teacher says

SvTOMP Basically it is the word stomp with a v in between the S and the T. Or was it between the T and the O?

Now that I look at it I probably do sound yodaish. Sometimes it is hard to determine what the parts of sentences are. Thanks for the correction

I am Painting up a test model for my IG now actually.

I think I have decided on this scheme I made on DOW Soulstorm.



I should have the test model finished soon. I'll update this Blog or start a new one for my IG.

if you start a new one be sure to give me a nudge^^

that scheme doesn´t look too bad^^ reminds me a bit of the praetorian scheme... but this one is more urban and orangy^^

never heard of that SvTOMP rule...but then again i am a martyr to grammar... take any language you want... punctuation and spelling is too bad in my german too... did my diplas work with the big helping of my wife... otherwise i would have been not qualified for the dimploma because of such things as structure and the many typos i created^^

I'm not that great with grammar either. Hell I needed Google Crome's spell check to even spell the word correctly. Before I post anything on here. I literally check it for 5 minutes for any mistakes that I have made in grammar and spelling. I find many. For this post I found around 10 mistakes. Make that 13. Wait, 14 I didn't put a capital letter on the word make in that last sentence. Yeah, I also spelt sentence wrong thrice. In this sentence and the last two so. All up that's around 17 mistaks.

well....you are still young my friend so much will be learned and refined in the years to come...my techers always told me as a fresh schoolboy that i had a wrinting hand like a doc...they tend to scribble rather illegible...and for some reason i still write that way^^ in school i was the guy that never had to read his notes as even i had difficulties to do so^^

Well my writing is always illegible unless I take an age to write it. If I try to take notes quickly I cant read it later and if I try to write neatly I miss half of what I have to take notes for because I write too slowly. So basically I lose either way.

In essays, SACS and exams I lose most of my marks in the spelling and grammar sections as I am pushed for time. I also have lost some marks in the past because my writing is just plain illegible, although some teachers are better at reading my writing than others. I prefer taking my time, rather than working to a time constraint. That way my work is always better.

are you describing atm my school carrer or yours... fits as i recall^^ well digital writing sure helps... but only so much^^...now i am almost totally out of handwriting and when i have to...i really feel like to chisel the words into the paper^^

^Same. I take every opportunity to type something up instead of writing it, even when it can be an inconvenience. Writing too much hurts your wrists. Especially after a whole day of writing essays. After typing for twice as long as that I bet my wrists would not hurt as much. Hopefully with new technology we will never have to write again. Maybe we can attach wires and stuff to our brains so machines can write for us. It would be awesome before they start plotting revenge and take over.

lol...wetwire writing...is that waht www stands for? lol

Viktor von Domm wrote:lol...wetwire writing...is that waht www stands for? lol

I had to Google Wetwire LOL maybe it is one of the things that www stands for, it could stand for anything like even Wicked Walrus Waffles.

Ich bin ein bisschen seltsam. Richtig?

This is Kind of an Update


If your're thinking eeeww yucky blood you are not a wargamer but a wuss. If your're thinking what is that beautiful monstrosity in the background you can call yourself a wargamer. I was waiting for a layer of GS to dry on one of the bits for that Orky dread and I went outside for a break to throw a ball for my dog and punch my speed ball. As you do. With one of my punches I swung too hard and hit the metal casing on the top of the Speed Ball. I cut myself pretty deep. It's the second time I have done it this month actually, the other time was on my birthday. And what is the first thing you do when you cut yourself? You take a picture of it to show off your battle wounds.

Anyway this is the only WIP shot of my Dread for some reason. If you want to see the Whole thing go to my new thread titled: Scratch Built Speed Freaks- The Kult of Segway.
I am aiming to scratch build a whole speed freak force. And yes the bikers will have Segways.
Link below!
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/414696.page#3641110

Finished pics.


Aufwiedersehen!

Yeesh. I remember this one time I was cutting a penny (part of a demonstration I regularly do for work) with some shears and cut a chunk of flesh from the old index finger. After driving home with a bandaged finger in the air, I made very sure to get some pictures of it and post on Facebook. Well, with a bandage on, though. Now there is a little reddish dent on my finger from that. The Segway fella is rather interesting, besides that he looks like Spock's dad and Segways never quite had the whole "quick" look to me. Each to his own, though, and creating a whole squad of them should be cool.

Kaesar II

^Oh that sounds so painful.
I was originally trying to make Spock on a segway as a one off figure for a painting competition (just for LOLs), but I failed to GS his 'live long and prosper' hand sign and sculpted gloves instead. Then i passed him off as an IG segway Rough Rider. It was just for LOLS and there will be a segway rough rider squad in my new IG army. Again just for LOLs. Also I am starting a speed freaks force with segway bikers. So basically I love segways. They will make my opponents laugh at me and then when his army is decimated under the tread of my segways he/she/it will stop his/her/it's laughter. That's the idea anyway!

Long time no post!

Here is an update!

Ultramarine Chaplan.

Looks better IRL!









Playing around with my new camera that I am not too impressed with so far.


That's all for now!

C U L8er!

He looks fantasticly pissed off!

the chaplain is looking fine to me!

as for the cam... the filter you used i think works good... the other pic just lack from the proper lighting... the main issue with taking pics in my opinion...


hope you had a lovley christmas...^^

vik

Thanks LDP.

@ Vik- Thanks man!

The last picture was taken using a light tunnel effect. I am just getting used to playing around with all the settings. Now I know how to change lighting settings and shutter exposure time, stuff like that. It's actually taking some great pics now!

And thank you I had a Great Christmas! I hope you had a lovely Christmas too!

yeah... christmas was quite good i guess... got a graphic tablet i know have to get comfy with...

the cam sounds as if it has lots of feratures...a slr camera? cool!

^Gtraphic Tablet? Sounds nice! I just got a heap of money.

With part of that I bought the camera. It was very cheap, I managed to get it for $83 with a RRP of approx $200. Got to love boxing day sales! It's not a slr camera exactly. It just has a setting that changes those settings. I bought it because it was cheap and reliable. I also wanted more money to spend on minis!

ah... understood^^...well the hobby for me a good or better a reliable cam is a must... sometimes i can only see the glitches of my work through the lense of my cam^^

well the tablet i wanted for a long time but i need to learn how to use it... that could take a while...^^

I have seen many a glitch through a camera lens, and yes a good camera is a must!

Graphics tablet? I didn't even know what it was until I googled it. Looks very cool though!

well there is just so many ways you could draw or photoshop something with the use of a mouse... the pen would make that so much simpler...

So then should I expect some awesome concept drawings and other such scribbling for your IG force then!

i hope i can manage that in time...^^ but that in essence was the plan^^

Well I cant wait to see what you and that graphics tablet can come up with!

Update Time.

Twin-Linked Auto Cannons for my Dreadnought!









That's all for now.

Thanks for looking!

? whered you get those bad boys from ?

Those are looking massive! Where are the autocannons from? Aegis defence line?

for the rifleman!

love that look!

and a happy new year to ye down under^^

Not to be harsh, but the Blood Angels icons and the Inquisition shoulder pads look out of place.

I like the concept behind army.

@Old Man Ultramarine- Thanks for commenting. I am too lazy to shave some of the Icons off. My new Sternguard squad has Red scorpion Icons on them. I tend to make up some fluff to counter my laziness. My excuse for the Inquisition Icons is that some of my Ultras have served within the Inquisition hence the Deathwatch Shoulder pads, and as for the BA icons, the only ones I see are the small gem like tear drops which I think just looks like ornate armour on Ultramarines. I'm still coming up for an excuse for the Red Scorpion Shoulder pads on my Stern guard!

@Vik-Thank ye! And Happy New Year to ye too!

@CommissarKhaine & bigfish - Yes They are from the Aegis defence line. And I used a LR turret covering thingy cut in half for the casing!.

Love the TLAC. It's always nice to see someone who's as obsessive about converting everything.

Loving the Twin-Linked Auto Cannons on the rifleman dread man!

Not seen them done with covers before it really works!

Although its making me want to convert some for my self haha , I'll have to write one in to the next 750 points I do.


Keep up the good work

@CommissarKhaine & bigfish - Yes They are from the Aegis defence line. And I used a LR turret covering thingy cut in half for the casing!.

Interesting - stored away for future use, thanks!

Hey man, can you tell ne where you got the torso and shoulder pads from for your chaplain please?

Thanks for all your comments guys!

@kitch102- Which Chaplain? I'm assuming the first one; if so I got those from the FW Sevrin Loth Honour Guard set! The other Chaplain was based of the LOTD sergeant.

Dude! Flying Poo your work here is great! I'm only sorry I didn't stop in sooner.

Those combi-meltas are sweet.

I would have flipped the shields so the ^ was more V for the ultramarines, but they look great as is.

Your conversions and paint schemes are very impressive. Thanks for sharing!

Mr poo hows it going? I love this thread It makes me want to do spartans also.
You nearly finished your terminators?
Them heads fit perfect on the bodys.
peace spudkins

Awesome work mate. The TLAC Dreadnaught is something else!

Bash

The new Forgeworld email I got today showed a preview of a neat new model that looks like it would fit right in with your Spartan force!

My local GW store put it up on their facebook page! Here is a linky:
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/387959_284807231566926_180007935380190_688024_1618878956_n.jpg

With all of these comments I feel I have to do something, so I will work on the remaining three Terminators in my squad. I have all the bits laid out now. Thanks for all your comments helping be divert some attention away from my Orks!

@Hmelrose- That looks AMAZING, I have to buy it! I just checked my I checked my email from FW right now. Too bad it's just a sneak peak!

that head would be so wicked for your army! if possible that should be on your chaplains....

That head looks WICKED, I may actually buy that model!!

Finally an Update

Thanks for all the comments that convinced me to do some more work on my Ultras.

Here is my whole Terminator Squad, the guy on the left is a little camera shy .


Here are the three I finished today.


Single photos.


"I don't like photos".


I don't think the pose of the legs worked well with all the bits I was putting this guy but I'm hoping the "cheer leader effect" will make him look good with his peers.


I mean seriously what is with this leg pose? I might just buy anther set of more static terminator legs and replace these, because to me they're just ugly.


Anyway that's it for now.

Thanks for looking everyone!

Flying Pooo wrote:Finally an Update

I mean seriously what is with this leg pose? I might just buy anther set of more static terminator legs and replace these, because to me they're just ugly.


Anyway that's it for now.

Thanks for looking everyone!

I like what I'm seeing!

For that Termie I'd consider cutting his legs at the knees and then repositioning them as you want them, possible use of GS would be included.

If anything I want to reposition his toes. It looks as if he is going to fall over, but repositioning the legs may make his pose more convincing. Thanks for the suggestion Hmelrose! It might save me a few bucks buying new terminator legs. It's at least worth a try. If it does not work I'll just buy some more legs!

Flying Pooo wrote:Finally an Update

I mean seriously what is with this leg pose? I might just buy anther set of more static terminator legs and replace these, because to me they're just ugly.


Anyway that's it for now.

Thanks for looking everyone!

I think the legs could work well if you went with a more dynamic pose. For example, torso twisted slightly to the right, left arm fully extented to the front (stabby like), shield arm tucked, head following the stab. Maybe that would look better than a static Michael Jackson "up on toes" look

LOL at the staticMichael Jackson pose.
I have already broken off all of the limbs and re-positioned the torso. He is looking better now, I will update when he is done.

Niiiiice! Where are the arms legs and torsos from btw?
DDDD hehehehehehhehehehe

Flying Pooo wrote:If anything I want to reposition his toes. It looks as if he is going to fall over, but repositioning the legs may make his pose more convincing. Thanks for the suggestion Hmelrose! It might save me a few bucks buying new terminator legs. It's at least worth a try. If it does not work I'll just buy some more legs!

I see what you're saying, its his toes that are the issue. cutting the legs might help a bit, but you might also have to fix his toes. Or do some creative basing.

I see you're already working on the model, so I'll wait patiently for the update!

Like the termies! Easy solution: have him stepping down/up a piece of scenery, that should fix the leg issue.

Where are those heads and shields from Mr poo?

Another Update

Thanks for everyone suggestions and help I think it helped a lot!

spudkins wrote:Where are those heads and shields from Mr poo?

Scibor Big Spartan shields!

lipsdapips wrote:Niiiiice! Where are the arms legs and torsos from btw?
DDDD hehehehehehhehehehe

Hmmm I don't actually know!

Ok so before he was looking like this; as Rawson put quite nicely.




Anyway...

I fixed the toe stand problem with a bit of milliput, and here he is now...









Thanks again for all your help guys!

Creative basing saves the day! Woo hoo!!

Wait... did you cut the leg?

No cutting here! Just a tiny bit of milliput under the leg to stabilise it and then gluing the other foot flat. So easy I can't believe I didn't think of it earlier!

Flying Pooo wrote:No cutting here! Just a tiny bit of milliput under the leg to stabilise it and then gluing the other foot flat. So easy I can't believe I didn't think of it earlier!

Awesome!

Easy fix. Nice work!

wow...cool termies...like how all the minis turned out at least...tho i have to ask you...will the faces be made metal or skin? for metal look they seem a bit too small, but then...is it allowed to have a full squad of termies with no full helmet armor? well of course rule of cool is totally on your side with these!

great work!

I really like those Termis!

Paint updates????
Peace

Ok everyone, I'm not dead I've just really distracted.

Thank you everyone for your last comments.

Viktor von Domm wrote:wow...cool termies...like how all the minis turned out at least...tho i have to ask you...will the faces be made metal or skin? for metal look they seem a bit too small, but then...is it allowed to have a full squad of termies with no full helmet armor? well of course rule of cool is totally on your side with these!

great work!

Thanks man, The helmets will be painted exactly like this. Except on Ultramarines not Lego.


Ok now for a small update!

The Sternguard Squad is around 60-75% painted. I tried assembly line painting with these guys but it didn't work.
I found myself spending more time on the details of one model and getting that model ahead of the others.

Anyway here they are.



I'll try to get them finished soon, but knowing all the holiday homework that I haven't even made a dent in these won't be finished any time near soon. I have less than a week of holiday left to do 2 weeks worth of home work. YAY!

Wish me luck!
I think I may have many sleepless nights ahead...

good to see you again mate! and ouch... well this seems to be a crapload of work ahead of ye... i cross my fingers for you to get that stuff sorted through!

so fully pinky faces then... i look forward to some tough looking termies!

cheers, vik

Thanks mate, I have already done my German homework which was actually quite easy. Now I have another 6 subjects to complete the homework for. Damn, I should have done it all earlier.

And no, the Termies will have not pinky faces but a darker tanned skin tone but yes I get what you meant

hehe^^

how big was your german homework? and what about?
and the rest of your homeowrks? how much work is there needed?

Hey man, awesome work!
Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but it would be pretty cool to see a troop transport type vehicle in the form of a trojan horse... just to continue the theme

rowenamosgallant wrote:Hey man, awesome work!
Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but it would be pretty cool to see a troop transport type vehicle in the form of a trojan horse... just to continue the theme

Hmmm... interesting! I might make a super heavy like that. but as of now I haven't got too much planned for my vehicles!

Viktor von Domm wrote:hehe^^

how big was your german homework? and what about?
and the rest of your homeowrks? how much work is there needed?

The German HW was nothing, just a 4 paged basic comprehension booklet. Which had stuff like Verb endings, Nouns and their genders, Different cases and causes.. Sentence types.. Stuff like that.

As for the rest of my Homework.

I have:
Three (YES THREE) Physics projects. All of which require around 1000 words worth of wrighting.
I had to read three 400 or so page books for English. I have read all of them twice within the first two weeks of getting them which was the easy part, but now I have to answer about 50 long answer questions for all of them.
I have to complete two different Maths booklets (about 20 pages each). I'm doing Specialist Maths and Maths Methods and my teachers weren't much help so it's confusing as crap.
And I wasn't given any history homework but I have assigned myself to read the whole text book.

Actually seeing this now it is not as much as I thought it was.

Maybe I actually can get some painting done...............NO IT"S STILL TOO MUCH COMPLETE DO IN 4 DAYS!


I'm Going to Bed now..

OMG... i can see why you had to use a kevin...i pitty you...

but you have to say... that trojan horse hasa a really nice ring to it...maybe use it rather as a dreadnought idea...

Just found this thread, love the whole spartan look of these, cant wait for an update on that terminator, lovely stuff!

Loving the Spartaaaaaans

I am back!

@Viktor von Domm- That trojan horse dreadnought idea does sound great.. Watch this space.

@J-paint & spudkins- Thanks for tuning in.

@Hmelrose- to you too!

Ok so I somehow managed to finish that home work, but as a reward I got even more Homework! YAY!

School has been killing me lately and I've hardly had any spare time. Which is sad considering I just bought a new airbrush.

Sorry for bury pics!

This bury pic makes for great NMM inspiration.


I have only just tested this out on a few bits and pieces but I can already see it is worth every cent.

Most of the work on the warhound below is done with an airbrush. I have just touched it up in a few places with a brush. Bear in mind it's still WIP.


Hopefully I'll have some more free time soon to experiment more with my airbrush.

Until then.

Ooh Diorama! Nice! What did you use for the rock? I know you've got the egg shells, but what are the larger pieces?

^Thanks Hmelrose! The larger rocks are pieces of Bark.

Really love the conversion work going on with your marines, and the diorama is going to be great from the looks of things.

Just a Quick Update

I'm finally starting to use the Spartan crests I bought from secret weapon a while ago.

I've added one to this Sternguard Sergeant. Sorry for the bad pics! I had to set up the camera really quickly.







That's all for now, I'm still bogged down by homework so don't expect an update soon.

Thanks for looking!

Oh, and If you haven't already checked this out please do.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/430978.page

Just a quick update...

I made a Counts as Pedro Kantor today.









I'm not 100% happy with the cape but I'll see how it looks painted up.

As you can see in the pics below he is slightly biggerised.


WIP pic.


Also today I picked up an item I won on ebay for $12.50.
A bargain?
I prettied him up a little too.


Hope you guys and gals like them.

Until next time...

very nice update! seems you have some time after all these homeworks again...

one thing i only now came to see on your earlier update... the spartan crest... when using that i would file off the default crest the marine comes with... now in the very close up version you see a spot where it looks a bit fishy...

the new minis look very good... the across crest looks good with the helm as is...

the scope of yon pedro is a bit much on the stormbolter for my liking, but that´s just personal preferrence i guess... the added armor and the sculpted cape look very cool!

your new aquired mini tho i have only one problem... maybe it is the angle but the boltpistol looks a bit to flimsy for this guy...i suspect it is an IG boltpistol?

anyways...welcome back^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:very nice update! seems you have some time after all these homeworks again...

one thing i only now came to see on your earlier update... the spartan crest... when using that i would file off the default crest the marine comes with... now in the very close up version you see a spot where it looks a bit fishy...

the new minis look very good... the across crest looks good with the helm as is...

the scope of yon pedro is a bit much on the stormbolter for my liking, but that´s just personal preferrence i guess... the added armor and the sculpted cape look very cool!

your new aquired mini tho i have only one problem... maybe it is the angle but the boltpistol looks a bit to flimsy for this guy...i suspect it is an IG boltpistol?

anyways...welcome back^^

Thanks for the comments as always Vik.

You have no idea how little time I get for the hobby with homework and all my other commitments it's probably Max 4 hours a week.

I see what you are saying with that crest. I will try shaving off the original crests next time.

As for the scope... I like it! But thanks for the other compliments.

and as for the bolt pistol (it's a scout one BTW). I wanted something different, I know it is a little small BUT I LIKE IT!

I have also just added a scope to it too...









LOL!

Anyway...

DO YOU LIKE IT?

LOL...me likes...^^ actually on the scout *cough still looks like an IG boltpistol cough* gun the scope does not look out of place!

and i call that a healthy dose of sefesteem in your work!!!^^ even if your perspective is of course false...as it is not mine...but since you are still young...you have lots of time to learn the ways^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:LOL...me likes...^^ actually on the scout *cough still looks like an IG boltpistol cough* gun the scope does not look out of place!

and i call that a healthy dose of sefesteem in your work!!!^^ even if your perspective is of course false...as it is not mine...but since you are still young...you have lots of time to learn the ways^^

*cough* http://eurobitz.com/en/classic-scouts/891-bolt-pistol-scout.html *cough*
Scout Bolt Pistol

While I am proud of my work, I'm still open to criticism, I know there are plenty of people out there who are emphatically better than me. I can accept that sometimes my perspective can be wrong...because it is not yours.

see...you learned something useful today...^^

me to...*harumph*

Update time.

So there is this tournament coming up on the 28th of April. I have to field a 1750pts force if I want to come along (fully painted and all).
The problem is that I don't have that much painted to the standard that I want. The good thing is that I'm on holidays and pretty much all of the next week I have nothing else to do.
I have got all my Homework out of the way. I learnt from last time.
After that I also have a couple weeks to finish it. 23 Days in total!
So can I finish the army in time?
I Intend to!

Here is the list I'm taking.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/432103.page

Red = Not Stated
Orange = In Progress
Green = Finished

1750pts

(HQ)Pedro Kantor-175pts (Built + Basecoat)

(Elite) Sternguard squad- 5 men, 4 with combimeltas, Melta bombs -160pts (Built and about 85% PAinted)

(Troop)Scout Squad- 4 with sniper rifles, 1 with missile launcher, Melta bombs - 90pts (Finished but needs some retouching).

(Troop)Tactical squad- 10 men, 1 with Missile launcher, 1 with flamer, Melta bombs, -175pts (Not Started)

(Heavy Support) Devastator Squad- 5 men, 4 Missile launchers 150pts (Sarge finished, 4 squad members Built + Basecoated)

(Heavy Support) Predator- autocannon, lascannons- 120pts (Not Started yet)

(Heavy Support) Predator- autocannon, lascannons- 120pts (Not Started yet)

(Troop) Tactical squad- 10 men, 1 with Missile launcher, 1 with flamer Rhino -205pts (Not Started yet) (Finished)

(Dedicated Transport) Razorback with TL-Heavy bolters (Sternguard Squad)- 40pts (Not Started yet)

(Elite) Sternguard squad- 5 men, 4 with combi-meltas, Razorback with TL- Assault Cannon, ,-220pts (Not Started yet)

Rhino for (tactical squad)-35pts (Finished)

(Elite) Dreadnought- Twin Linked Auto cannons, Extra Armour- 140pts (Built and about 80% Painted)

(Fast Attack) Land Speeder Tornado- Multi-Melta -60pts (Haven't even bought yet)

(Fast Attack) Land Speeder Tornado- Multi-Melta -60pts (Haven't even bought yet)

There is a lot of Red on there but I think that will soon start changing.
I have an Air Brush so the tanks shouldn't take too long and I can employ assembly line painting on the rank and file miniatures.

Here is my progress so far...

Last Saturday I stripped a whole lot of minis. I used full strength Dettol if anyone is interested.
I also find that dipping metal minis in mineral turpentine after a dettol dunk helps get rid of all the sludgy mess you usually get when using dettol. DON'T USE THIS ON PLASTIC MINIS THOUGH.


I was almost tempted to paint some of my brothers old Eldar he gave me...but I was determined to remain on task,.
Most Important of all those minis were the two Missile launcher marines and the missile one launcher bit.


I needed them to make this.
My new Devastator Squad.


Individual pics.


After an Airbrush Prime. (WAY BETTER THAN ANY OTHER PRIMING TECHNIQUE IMHO).


Airbrushed all the armour VGC Imperial Blue. (BAD PICS) The blue is much lighter IRL.


I was going to go assembly line painting from there but I took a liking to the Sergeant and (wasting precious time) I decided to give him some more attention.
He took about 1.5 Hours painting time. Record breaking time for me but I need to move faster. And he is still not really at the standard I want.
He was originally going to have a converted bolter but I thought It didn't really work. Just in case you notice he has a different bolter in some of the pics.







WIPS


Expect many more updates up until the deadline....

Unless I get...

Hey look! It's a pretty bird.

Good luck brother! Great so far, I also suffer from shiny distractions.

well... it seems you are back in full swing! qite a list of to do´s... i cross my fingers!

nice looking sarge there...

oh...and what a nice robbin^^

looking good so far, i love the way the only thing that is "finished" is the rihno, its always the transports that get done first. anyway looking good and i hope you reach your goal

Time for an Update

inmygravenimage wrote:Good luck brother! Great so far, I also suffer from shiny distractions.

Thanks man! Wait, shiny thing? Where?

Viktor von Domm wrote:well... it seems you are back in full swing! qite a list of to do´s... i cross my fingers!

nice looking sarge there...

oh...and what a nice robbin^^

Thanks Vik! It's great not having to worry about Homework.

bigfish wrote:looking good so far, i love the way the only thing that is "finished" is the rihno, its always the transports that get done first. anyway looking good and i hope you reach your goal

Thanks bigfish. It's funny you should say that because That's the only thing I managed to finish today. My second Rhino.


Before I show my Rhino here is a picture of my Devastator Sergeant with better lighting and a touch of Photoshop.


I didn't get too much done today. I spent the whole day cleaning Today.
I only had 2 hours to finish the rhino and do some more work on my Sternguard which are almost done.

Here is the Rhino I did today (left) next to the other finished Rhino(right). They've swapped sides in the second pic.




New Rhino Alone.






Not happy with the U but I'll have to touch it up later.




So I can tick another Rhino of the list.

I'm off to do some more painting.

Love the weathering on the front, and clever use of back plate as a grill. Kudos.

Update

inmygravenimage wrote:Love the weathering on the front, and clever use of back plate as a grill. Kudos.

Thanks Graven, the Weathering is first a Drybrush of a 4:1:1 VGC Cold Grey, VGC Charred Brown and VGC Black followed by a second successive Dry brush with 1 extra part of VGC Cold Grey and 1 extra part VGC Charred Brown added to the previous mix.
I know you didn't ask, but I needed to write that down somewhere so i wont forget.
And as for the clever use of back plate as a grill; I wouldn't say it's that clever.
On my first Razorback I ever did I glued the back hatch the wrong way around I was going to fix it but then I realised that I actually preferred that look, I've been doing it ever since.





Meet Distraction Number One: Isn't he cute.
I call Him Rover.


I was just inspired to create this today but he took way longer that I thought he would.
Then just after I finished him and was about to get stuck into painting my Sternguard and Devastators I has 'forced' to go on a family outing.


Anyway here are some more pics.






He does have a functional use. this guy can now be a WYSIWYG Vulkan counts as.


and...

This Chaplain can now pass as Cassius.


So today was a loss, I didn't really get anything done at all.

Unless....

Red = Not Stated
Orange = In Progress
Green = Finished

(HQ) Pedro Kantor-175pts (75% Done)

(Elite) Sternguard squad- 5 men, 4 with Combi-Meltas, Melta bombs -150pts (90% Done)

(Troop)Scout Squad- 4 with sniper rifles, 1 with missile launcher, Melta bombs - 90pts (Finished but needs retouching)

(Troop)Tactical squad- 10, 1 with Missile launcher, 1 with Meltagun, Melta bombs -180pts (Not Started Yet)

(Heavy Support) Devastator Squad- 5 men, 4 Missile launchers 150pts (60% Done)

(Heavy Support) Predator- autocannon, lascannons- 120pts (Not Started Yet)

(Heavy Support) Predator- autocannon, lascannons- 120pts (Not Started Yet)

(Troop) Tactical squad- 10 men, 1 with Missile launcher, 1 with Meltagun, Melta Bombs- Rhino -215pts (Not Started Yet) (Finished)

(Dedicated Transport) Razorback with TL-Heavy bolters (Sternguard Squad)- 40pts (Built)

(Elite) Sternguard squad- 5 men, Sergeant with Power Fist 4 with Combi-Meltas, Melta bombs,-Razorback with TL Heavy Bolters- 215pts (Not Started Yet) (Built)

(Dedicated Transport) Rhino for (tactical squad)-35pts (Finished)

(Elite) Dreadnought- Twin Linked Auto cannons-125pts (80% Done)

(HQ) Chaplain Cassius- 125pts (Finished)

(Upgrade) Hunter Killer Missile on one of the Razorbacks- 10pts (built)

This will decrease my army's effectiveness but it will help me get finished in time.

So I did two Speeders Today.
I also got a few things closer to being finished. So not a total loss today.

I'm going to get some more painting in before I go to bed!

I didn't get too much done over the Easter period.
Too much Chocolate made me fat and lazy!

Only these two Sternguard were completed.

Bad pic, I had to Photoshop it and it still looks bad! I'll get better pics when I show the whole squad. (which is almost done).


This is how I paint my Elites Backpacks.


Something cool did happen yesterday though. My Brother T-bone came up to me yesterday and told me he wanted to get into 40k again. Everyone be nice to him he's only little (and pretty young too). He started with an Ork army about a year ago, but he never was really interested. Now I said If he wanted to start again he had to choose an army he wouldn't loose interest in as easily. I started to tell him all the basic Fluff so he could have a better idea of which army to choose, we got stuck when I told him about how Space Marines ate their own recycled poo in paste form (I was trying to get him to start Necrons) but he was adamant. He wanted some Salamanders! He really liked their scheme. He liked CSM for a while but he got scared when he saw the daemons.

So I gave him one of my Space Marines and he got building, under my watchful eye. I let him choose any bits he wanted (except for the ones I really needed).

Here it is.


I even thought him to drill out the barrels.


Not so bad if I say so myself!

We're going to paint it today. Let's see if he has what it takes!

And Today I'm hoping to get more of my tanks done. I'm getting bored of painting Infantry!

oh...those decoy thingies look really nice...and i bet you choped up a small toy car for that...looks like matchbox tieres^^

Viktor von Domm wrote:oh...those decoy thingies look really nice...and i bet you choped up a small toy car for that...looks like matchbox tieres^^

Hotwheels actually! ... I think?




Didn't get too much done Today.

I only built both Razorbacks and am halfway through the predators.
Not much by way of painting anyway...

I'm going to 'Realm of Legends' Tomorrow to buy some more paints and bits. I also feel like buying something special! I'm tired of painting so much blue power armour.

I also feel like buying something special!

something orky maybe? will look forwardto that extra something special you get for your needed disatraction^^

Announcement

I want to my FLGS 'Realm of Legends' yesterday and... sadly it's closing down. Half their stock was gone so I didn't buy anything.
What is even more sad is that this store was hosting the tournament I was going to go to.
I had only just found the place too, I'd just been to it twice before. It was a really nice store...
They said they had their lease pulled out from under them, they were told they just had a week to leave.
They might reopen but chances are slim.
Very Sad. So does anyone know any good FLGS around the South Eastern Suburbs of melbourne?

And I was looking forward to that Tournament...

Well, I'm free. I don't have to finish the army... I will but just not as quickly.

I'm going to work on my Orks and finish all my Orky terrain or maybe try out some schemes on those Eldar I stripped, or I can start that IG army I wanted...

Watch this space...

Wow, sad to hear it buddy. I would have thought they would have more time to move out.

Although im glad to hear that you may be working on your orks!!

Mortalitas wrote:Wow, sad to hear it buddy. I would have thought they would have more time to move out.

Although im glad to hear that you may be working on your orks!!

It was all very sudden!

And yes some more work on the Orks is in order...

Just out interest, where in Australia are you situated? If it is in VIC, Do you know any good FLGS around here?

you might try http://www1.realmoflegends.com.au/

oh...that is sad news...

i hope you find a new gaming group...

Im sad to say that I live in Sydney.

I use a local gaming store; http://www.gamesempire.com.au/index.php

Although its based in Sydney, im sure you could get a good deal with 30% of most of the GW stuff.

Man that sucks :( I read through the entire blog and was getting really excited with what you were doing. Sorry to here about the store, the only shop that sold GW products around my area closed down about a year ago so I know how you feel :(
Dont lose hope though mate, when all else fails, turn to the internet

Marine_With_Heart wrote:Man that sucks :( I read through the entire blog and was getting really excited with what you were doing. Sorry to here about the store, the only shop that sold GW products around my area closed down about a year ago so I know how you feel :(
Dont lose hope though mate, when all else fails, turn to the internet

It does suck, but hey welcome to this thread.

Mortalitas wrote:Im sad to say that I live in Sydney.

I use a local gaming store; http://www.gamesempire.com.au/index.php

Although its based in Sydney, im sure you could get a good deal with 30% of most of the GW stuff.

That's a actually great... The current webstore I'm using does not sell LOTR minis...

Viktor von Domm wrote:oh...that is sad news...

i hope you find a new gaming group...

Me too. I'd only just found that too...

Galorn wrote:you might try http://www1.realmoflegends.com.au/

Sadly that was the store that closed down...


Firstly...I must say.

This is AWESOME (I MUST HAVE) putting my chaplain count to 4. Too bad I'm low on cash atm...



This guy is really cool too.


http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/New_Stuff/ASTERION_MOLOC_AND_IVANUS_ENKOMI_OF_THE_MINOTAURS.html

And secondly..since there is no longer a tournament to inspire me I will set myself another painting goal.
Golden Daemon...which is in September here.
I'm in young bloods so the competition will not be as tough as it could be, but that does not mean wont have some really tough competition.
I have never actually spent more then 5-7 hours painting one mini.. I usually just like to paint things as quickly as I can.
So it will be interesting to see what happens when I pull out all stops on a mini.
Actually I plan on entering three minis, one from 40k one from Warhammer and one from LOTR.
I will practice new techniques I will be planning to use on the minis on some practice figs.
This is more about learning new techniques than actually winning, so I'll have won even before I send out the mini.

I'm planning on using these three minis.

For 40K.


For Warhammer.


For LOTR


I'm all in planning mode at the moment, I'm getting together awesome pics of these minis. Trying to think how I'll put my on spin on it....

And I'll soon be testing out some new techniques on some practice minis...

I'll see you all hopefully soon. Can't say how much free time I'll have in the coming days. Forecast now doesn't look that great.

well...i think it is a good idea to keep yourself busy... these well-assorted minis of each range are some very good examples and will be interesting to see your new talents you will test and that will bring you forward...

the FW minis look very good... the first one is a must for your army... you can´t get any more badass than that one i think....

Viktor von Domm wrote:well...i think it is a good idea to keep yourself busy... these well-assorted minis of each range are some very good examples and will be interesting to see your new talents you will test and that will bring you forward...

the FW minis look very good... the first one is a must for your army... you can´t get any more badass than that one i think....

I really liked the all of the minis I chose, I always wanted to own them but I never had a good excuse...Until now.
And I know I HAVE to have that FW mini, it fits exactly with my army style, and just looks plain awesome.

couldn´t have put that last post any better^^

I really want those FW models, but there nearly $50 Aus dollars. I was thinking of entering Golden Deamon aswell as Armies on Parade.

Good luck to you sir with your painting and don't screw it up, You've got a lot of time!

Those models are amazing... that first one is very badass indeed, good choice

Mortalitas wrote:...and don't screw it up

^Nice

THREAD NECROMANCY!!!!

Oh, thread how I have neglected thee...

Oh, how the strains of homework and exams have impeded any possible progress hobbywise.
Why did I select all of the difficult subjects!

It's all better for now though.
I have no school for 2 weeks. Holidays, YEAH!
Also, surprisingly, I've not much holiday homework to do.
Therefore we should see at least a couple updates on here in that time.

I'll start by posting a small update now.

Pics first!









I love this mini! He's posed as if he's about to Backhand someone.
Yeah, I know mould lines and un-drilled barrel...I will see to it later.
I've wanted to do that for ages with a Powerfist!

I imagine it'd leave a mark a little bit worse than this.


He'll be part of a Deathwatch team I'm making just for a little variety.
I don't care what fluff dictates I'll be painting them in full chapter colours except for the pad.
I just want a little break from the norm.




Now, as for my proposed Golden Daemon entries, time and my wallet say that I can not buy and paint all the minis I originally planned.
Also I just realised I am no longer considered a Young Blood it's only under 14s now or something crazy like that. Used to be under 18s.
I now plan on focusing all my energy on just one mini. a A mini I already own...twice (in metal). The big man himself Marneus Calgar.
I will paint one of them as many times as I can until I feel confident (stripping it after each completed stage), then I will paint the other for real using all the knowledge I've gained from painting the first one.
I will post my progress routinely on this blog and hopefully all of you Dakkanoughts can help me progress my painting skills.
It might take a while to get up to a level that I think is Golden Daemon worthy but even if I have to enter Calgar into a Golden Daemon 3 years down the track I will still be happy.
It's a brilliant brilliant plan!


I shall start tommorow...Time permitting.


That's all for now!
Thanks for looking

Flying Pooo wrote:


I love this mini! He's posed as if he's about to Backhand someone.
Yeah, I know mould lines and un-drilled barrel...I will see to it later.
I've wanted to do that for ages with a Powerfist!

He'll be part of a Deathwatch team I'm making just for a little variety.
I don't care what fluff dictates I'll be painting them in full chapter colours except for the pad.
I just want a little break from the norm.

fist off, that pic in the spoiler isnt working for me... tried to copy the link but still didnt show up.

second.... epic thread!! really love that backhand marine sergeant
btw... fluff says that every marine IN the deathwatch will have black armor... BUT they also have the deathwatch pauldron on the left shoulder and their original chapter's pauldron on their right shoulder...
when they return from the deathwatch and join their own chapters ranks again, they will take on their original colors, put their chapters pauldron back on the left shoulder, where it belongs, and place the Deathwatch shoulderpad on the right shoulder as a trophy/reminder/symbol of their service in the deathwatch.

so with your plans your spot-on fluff wise

Flying Pooo wrote:
I love this mini! He's posed as if he's about to Backhand someone.

Great start! I really like this guy so far! Loving the PF backhand A little CC: I'd say you should...

Flying Pooo wrote:Yeah, I know mould lines and un-drilled barrel...I will see to it later.

Oh, so you saw those already, hmm?

On a serious note, I think you need to move up the bolt pistol drum mag. It looks a bit disconnected down there.

Good to have you back!
Rawson

Loving the new marine and his pose, looks like he is about to back had some stupid ork or somthing. very nice

So are you in the under-14s competition then? Because i'm 15 (believe it or not -YES MY AGE HAS BEEN REVEEEEALED) and I cant seem to find the 18- one any more? PLEASE tell me they didn't take it out just as im too old for 14u D; I got top 5 last year but I wont stand a chance against adults! ):
I love those minotaur minis too, theyre fantastic

Hi poo,
just coomenting on here as I'm not sure that i'm subbed or sumhow un subed. Anyway love the backhanding marine!