One of my most recently completed Angels Infernus and the first memeber of the Devastator Squad to be painted up I present my Devastator Sergeant for comments and critisism, its also the fire set of Decals I've used on my marines so the shine is pretty glaring, but will be dulled with varnish hopefully.



C&C welcome

Solid piece, I really like the banner!

Thanks, I was pretty happy with how the banner turned out, unfortunately the lettering on it is the smallest transfer lettering I have to hand, so the rest of the squads shoulder pads would have to be done freehand (scary)

Very, very nice model, but I hope for your sake that you aren't using him in a non-fun game...

I realised midway through painting him that I had no room in my 500 point list (semi competitive) for Devastators much less a more expensive Sarge in a Devastator unit. Right now he's demoted to a flavour piece rather than a competitive choice.

makes sense, still a very nice job.

The top-knot kind of kills it for me. I would advise a little thinning of the paints, for example on his fore-head the paint could be a little smoother.

Nice mini though!

Cheers guys. I agree the forehead wasn't my finest work, but oddly I like the top knot, not sure why.

As always I'll strive to make the next one better

He looks really crisp and clean! Great work there.
I love the scheme and he's a great mix of bits.

Cool mini love the dark angel robes in a red color

Thanks guys, I know he's not perfect but he really works well in my schemes colours and came out far better than I had hoped. Despite the fact he may never see a game on the battlefield, unless I get giddy with power and decide a tooled up Dev sarge isnt a waste of point, but for now he makes a nice showy piece.

I'll do my best to improve my skin texturing on the next barehead.

I like it. I can't see why in heaven or hell you'd upgrade a dev sergeant like that, but I like the piece.

TheAngrySquig wrote:I like it. I can't see why in heaven or hell you'd upgrade a dev sergeant like that, but I like the piece.

Cheers, sadly I should not be left alone with a bits box and no planned list late at night, else I end up with a model that I feel looks awesomely cool but the reality of having a ranged squads sergeant waving a power weapon is less than optimal. Even switching him out to a tactical Sarge wouldn't make the build all that useful. Still he's cool.

Nice, the banner is really nicely done. the face is very well done

I have also painted up an 8 man tactical squad, whilst not currently game legal due to being missing 2 more bolter marines I am quite happy with those that have been done and based. Two of the marines were more of a chore to paint than others but as a squad they work.

I understand that some people are very picky with wanting to have gun barrels drilled out, however I have ruined a few guns in the past by doing so and am content to lose the realism of undrilled barrels on these guys if it means keeping my models intact.

C&C welcome.

The squad is really cohesive. Nice job.

Squad looks fantastic.

Re barrels, we all been there, you will go back because it will bug you, just drill a tiny bit, take drill off, then drill in a bit more, that way you will know exactly where the hole will be. You can get consistently where you want it that way.

Cheers guys, I doubtless will eventually revisit the bolters when I feel the unit begins to look incomplete or they stare at me for too long, for now I'm quite happy with the unit and moving onto more devastator painting.

The colorscheme seems like a bit off the ol' Grey Knights....but it still looks original enough. The skin tones look great on the face. No criticism needed, its an above average table top marine....nice work

Element206 wrote:The colorscheme seems like a bit off the ol' Grey Knights....but it still looks original enough. The skin tones look great on the face. No criticism needed, its an above average table top marine....nice work

Thanks, I couldn't help thinking of Grey Knights when the scheme progressed, Silver and red seems to be pretty much their signature colour scheme, though hopefully with a more beaten metal look instead of pristine knights there is enough of a difference to be OK. And given that apparent rarity of the grey knights in the 40K universe I figure that another chapter is bound to have similar colours.

I am a huge fan of the paint scheme and the modelling you've done. Great work!

Cheers, I've having alot of fun with the project, I also completed a second member of the Devastator squad though I'm not sure how comfortable I am with this one. He will be counting as a missile launcher devastator, however the appearance just seems a little off to me, cant quite put my finger on it.

Really great stuff you have here. Will be bookmarking this page for some ideas I like the red paint around the base it works really well.

Maybe it seems a little off because it is uncharacteristic for the missile launcher to be affixed to a marines backpack. It is definitely different and the heigth of the model standing next to other marines is probably throwing you off. Looks like these missiles would be more ordinance/barrage type....which wouldnt be a thing. As before, nice looking model

Another one bites the dust, one more issile launcher Devastator finished and sitting pretty in the squad, not much room for decals in the model but I might be able to slip them in at some point.

C&C welcome as always.

Nice painting, I especially like the 1st missile guy (you can never have too much dakka) but you can imagine the fun you'd have trying to reload it.

Really good painting - I like the colour scheme

Legion of Damnation wrote:Nice painting, I especially like the 1st missile guy (you can never have too much dakka) but you can imagine the fun you'd have trying to reload it.

The Launcher represents a proto-type automated launcher currently undergoing rigerous testing on the field, its not really designed to be reloaded in a hurry. The field limitation on single missile fire is only during prototyping, the final model would have the restriction lifted and the Wall Breaker class launcher would be designed to level a wall/building/task force with no survivors, thus negating the need to reload

WOW i really love these Guys ! And i really love that Devastator with huge rack of missiles on his back instantly reminded me of Terminators. but you know what i would do. i would have put that Dev. on a 40mm base and made a Imperial gaurdsman who serves that chapter as a servant . putting his hands on the back pack like he was tweeking it or something.

-FrostTooth

Melcavuk wrote:Cheers, I've having alot of fun with the project, I also completed a second member of the Devastator squad though I'm not sure how comfortable I am with this one. He will be counting as a missile launcher devastator, however the appearance just seems a little off to me, cant quite put my finger on it.

Proof that there is such a thing as too much dakka

While the enemies of the Imperium swell in number we will continue with unfaltering resolve to strap increasing numbers of missiles to our battle brothers.

Blur on this picture is less than stellar and it does the model little justice but I appear to be having photographic issues of late. I have now however painted all of my models barring on Dev.

Yeah, not really sold on the ballistic missile launchers. Excellent paint work, the DA upgrade kit is awesome and sometimes a challenge to paint.

The on-the-back-missile-pack thing was really a kitbash that I carried on a little way further when I ran out of actual missile launchersand lacked the funds to purchase a spare kit off of ebay. I'll admit it isnt exactly pretty nor does it resemble the actual kit but it did say missile launcher to me and seemed to line up OK with WYSIWYG if questionable in the whole LOS of the weapon. The Dev's likely wont see a game however until they receive a serious boost.

They were mainly used as a test for my colour scheme across full armour as opposed to the half cover utilisted in the tacticals.

Fortunately I have my new kits on order for a techmarine and some snipers that will make their way here in due course and will actually feature in a usable list! (yay for army planning). I hope to have a patrol force ready for just after 6th hits.

Melcavuk wrote: He will be counting as a missile launcher devastator, however the appearance just seems a little off to me, cant quite put my finger on it.

What bugs me most about it is the horizontal skull on the front. Just doesn't look right.
The way the launcher sticks out above the wearer is a bit disconcerting too. Maybe if you lowered it slightly, maybe incorporate the backpack into the launcher?

If the barrels bug you but you don't want to drill them, just apply a dab of black to the front of the muzzle. That goes a long way

Let me finish by saying the overall quality of the paintwork and modelling is excellent!

Sgt Rinehart wrote:

Melcavuk wrote: He will be counting as a missile launcher devastator, however the appearance just seems a little off to me, cant quite put my finger on it.

What bugs me most about it is the horizontal skull on the front. Just doesn't look right.
The way the launcher sticks out above the wearer is a bit disconcerting too. Maybe if you lowered it slightly, maybe incorporate the backpack into the launcher?

If the barrels bug you but you don't want to drill them, just apply a dab of black to the front of the muzzle. That goes a long way

Let me finish by saying the overall quality of the paintwork and modelling is excellent!

I agree the back missile launcher is probably not as good as it could have been, but as with everything its something to learn from, and since he isn't an overly hideous model he wont be banished to the bitz box just yet, merely positioned somewhere near the back of the display cabinet until he redeems himself.

As for more recent projects, I have now completed my Master of the Forge models for my patrol force, he took a while and at times I regretted committing to painting the servo harness due to all of its nooks and crannies but the end result is something I am proud of. It has been pointed out that he blends too well with the rest of the army to be a stand out HQ, but I enjoy the colour scheme on him. I opted just to go metal/gold on the harness, making it look allot more beat up than the rest of him armour as it is something perhaps harder to pull together and maintain in the field.

Anyway C&C welcome:

Master of the Forge has now been joined by his two completed Servitors:

Custom Scout Sergeant:




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So, which is the joker in the Scout squad that's balanced the Genestealer skull on the other guy's shoulders?

Good stuff.

Heh, initially it was sat there with the intention of "strapping" it to his back as a trophy, when I put it together both the scout and the skull seemed to be eyeing down the same way so the skull took up residence there. The neon green however draws perhaps a little too much attention to the scout if he's trying to stealth it >_>

Cheers for the comment.

And now the Squad is done:

All very nice to look at, pleasing to the eye nice details and well thought out colour scheme!!

Maybe if you dropped the missile pack down a bit, like the ammo pack for the heavy bolter.

The start of a second scout squad:

I've completed a Scout sergeant for my Bolter based scout squad, and another silenced bolter scout. C&C appreciated:

Having completed the scouts now I have happily painted all of the marines I currently own, until my forgeworld delivery arrives this is the painted army:

Wow, they just keep getting better!

I'm loving the scout sergeants here.They definitely stand out as something above and beyond the guys they lead. Great conversions.

Cheers, I'm really enjoying the project and thus far my completion rate is nearing 100% (only one assembled model who isnt painted, and he's likely not going to be used anyway).

Something a little different to add to the party now, anyone who saw my P&M Belial would have known this was coming soon. I've finished painting him up as Angels Infernus now and am really happy with how he turned out, terminators are in the post now so I had a good couple of days to just focus on my Belial.

The shield isnt my best work, and has already been painted and repainted (I tried red originally and it failed massively). The green lines are necron decals designed to look like exposed circuitry and the storm shield, though they do tend to look a little toobusy when photographed. He is completed now, however should I ever procure a decal suitable for his banner that will be added.



C&C welcome, I'll be adding a gallery of Veterans of the Chapter soon to get some close ups of the Sergeants and special characters I have completed so far.

The more of these infernus angels I see, the more I like them. Your doing an amazing job sticking with the project. The colors are great, not a huge fan of the base color though. Really like the pose of the terminator. Looking foward to seeing the vehicles for this army.

I like Belial. I think the shield looks fine. I would prefer the hammer to look a bit different from the armour but maybe not.

Hopefully the new book will have Belial with an Iron Halo so your model would be WYSIWYG .

Oh wow.. I love that Belial - especially what you've done with the stormshield. Often when you put red & green on the same model it ends up looking like Christmas, but here the colours are sufficiently desaturated and detached from each other that you managed to avoid that. It's a great model.

Cheers guys, I'm really thrilled with how he came together, often I'll end up spending alot of time (or money) working out how to make a model and then trash it when it comes to the paint job.

leohart wrote:I like Belial. I think the shield looks fine. I would prefer the hammer to look a bit different from the armour but maybe not.

Hopefully the new book will have Belial with an Iron Halo so your model would be WYSIWYG .

The Halo is remarkably flimsy, if push comes to shove and he doesnt work with it I can prise it off with ease (though I'd rather not). Local guys are alright with anything mildly off so it shouldnt call me issues there, however for tourney play I may have to prise it off.

Melcavuk wrote:Local guys are alright with anything mildly off so it shouldnt call me issues there, however for tourney play I may have to prise it off.

It really shouldnt cause ANY issues locally. If it does, maybe those players should go back to their parents basements and rethink their perspective on the game and why they play it! I had no idea tournaments were that anal about an iron halo.....ridiculous.

I'm hoping I dont get any stress for the Iron Halo, if I do its really just a learning experience.

Having recieved my Forgeworld order I'm currently working my way through some Tartorus Terminators and a Contemptor. However out of my spares I've completed my power armoured Captain.

C&C welcome.

Melcavuk wrote:Cheers, I've having alot of fun with the project, I also completed a second member of the Devastator squad though I'm not sure how comfortable I am with this one. He will be counting as a missile launcher devastator, however the appearance just seems a little off to me, cant quite put my finger on it.

If I may criticize, the skull sideways is a bit of a flaw. The painting is superb and the modelling is good, but the skull being filed off would improve this immensely.

I like them a lot but are you aware how close they are to the Guardians of the Covenant? not to criticize because anything dark angel is a win with me i was just asking as to the origins of your scheme

wolf.

I had been informed of the similarities to the Guardians scheme in the past, it was purely coincidental but having come from various armies predviously red and metals were my most experienced colours and so combining them into a scheme was my best bet at a reasonable looking army. Not that I am opposed to resembling another chapter (especially a dark angels one). I have had people remark of similarities between both the guardians and grey knight schemes.

By trying to introduce more variations into gold and bone aswell as the red and silver I'm trying to vary the scheme a little.

New captain is sweet. I love the combi-bolter option of tartaros.

Took a while and I got distracted by my Deathwatch marine but I have finally completed my Contemptor Dreadnought. Great kit and a pleasure to work with, I hope the paint job does it justice.

I think the dread looks great. Since you don't use any red on him except around the base, he will stand out from the rest of the guys.

Cheers, he stands out enough to be unique without breaking the scheme excessively I hope.

Also fresh off the paint brush, Terminator Sergeant:

Great work here. Your banners are particularly impressive!

Cheers, the banners were alot of trial and error to get right on the first one. The writing is decals broken down into single letters.

I like the paint job. Do these Tartaros Terminator suits come with those shoulder pads?

Yup they're the stock pads, one blank and the other one cast as it is. Lovely model to paint.

You might have an issue running that terminator sergeant in games. DW terminator sergeants are standard equipped with a power sword and stormbolter, which can be swapped for LC or TH/SS, or upgraded for 5 pts to a chainfist.


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BTW, where did you get that axe from? I really like the look of it, and was wondering if it is something you made, or something that you picked up from a different kit/bits site?

I was under the impression that power swords were now replaced with the option for power weapons (axe included) and modelled as such? (I am however inexperienced with the new powerr weapon rules) The axe is from the terminator upgrade pack from forgeworld. £14 for the kit but I needed the hammer/shield for my bellial and the combi weapons will be surfacing on other models.

You are correct. The new rule allows you to model a "Power Weapon" option in the codex as either

Power Sword
Power Axe
Power Maul
Power Lance

In this case, your terminator captain will have a Power Axe (Str +1, AP2).

The problem is the Dark Angel codex is so old, the Army List entry actually tells you that the Sergent has a "Power Sword". I wouldn't sweat it though. Dark Angel should come out by next April. Until then, you just tell you opponent that it is a Sword.

Yes, normally you can use any form of power weapon, but only if it states "power weapon" in the entry. For DW terminator sergeants, it states power sword specifically.

This was intense, great work. Particular your Contemtor dread

leohart wrote:You are correct. The new rule allows you to model a "Power Weapon" option in the codex as either

Power Sword
Power Axe
Power Maul
Power Lance

In this case, your terminator captain will have a Power Axe (Str +1, AP2).

The problem is the Dark Angel codex is so old, the Army List entry actually tells you that the Sergent has a "Power Sword". I wouldn't sweat it though. Dark Angel should come out by next April. Until then, you just tell you opponent that it is a Sword.

Cheers, I'd read the breakdown in the rulebook and hadnt looked at my old DA codex to see it specified as sword and not weapon, annoyingly it didnt get errata'd to weapon.

nolzur wrote:Yes, normally you can use any form of power weapon, but only if it states "power weapon" in the entry. For DW terminator sergeants, it states power sword specifically.

I'll just be hoping that the next codex changes it to the more adaptive power weapon instead of sword.

Trondheim wrote:This was intense, great work. Particular your Contemtor dread

Cheers, I'm really enjoying painting up the forgeworld models, its making me want to invest in some of the snazzy heresy era power armoured models.

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The second member of my Terminator Squad has been completed








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I've now ran out of primer so my final 3 terminators for the current squad will be sat unfinished until the new can arrives. This however gives me a great opportunity to show case everyone finished to date.

Without further ado:

HQ

Captain -



Belial -



ELITES

Terminators (so far) -



Dreadnought -



Techmarine and Servitors -



TROOPS -

Tactical Squad -



Bolter Storm Scout Squad -



Eagle Eye Scout Squad -



HEAVY SUPPORT

Devastator Squad -

Been a while since I checked out your thread, great progress. Everything is really nice.

Outstanding work. Clever, and really great sense of cohesion.

I love all your conversions, and your paint scheme has excellent contrast. When you're ready for freehanding lettering, you might want to try using a black micron pen. More control than a brush, and as long as you go lightly the lines are very thin.

Cheers guys, I'm really enjoying working through my marines.

Currently I have completed a set of 5 crested helmets for use on my tactical marines. When the models are done they'll be up but sadly due to delays it could take a couple of weeks.

Got a chance to head to London today and picked up another couple of squads for my growing army. Anticipating the rumoured contents of the 40K starter set rounding out my Dark Angels esque homebrew chapter I have looked to fielding a plasma centred imperial guard attached force targetted at eliminating highly armoured opponents in precise strikes across the battlefield. Whilst the tank is still in progress I have completed my Company Commander:



The paint scheme is still in its infancy but I feel it meshes quite well with the marines.

Looking super sweet. I love the pose a lot.

Cheers, I've also finished one of the accompanying plasma gunners:

Completed and Based Tactical Sergeant. He will be the standard template for my tactical marines (colour scheme and crests) from here on out. To differentiate between the new Black Guard (elite fully fleged tacticals) and the Recon Tactical Marines shown earlier (Half Plate).

Lots of little mods just the way an army should be.

Thanks, I like to personalise the models but strive to maintain uniformity.

One more plasma vet, and then an allies group shot thus far:

Very nice indeed. The silver is very sharp and great contrast to the rich red.

All your models look so cool.
Wish i could paint like that!!!!!!

Cheers guys, my painting is nothing fantastic and truth be told half of the painting techniques people reference leave me bemused and unable to work for a while. But since I largely paint for my own satisfaction its a labour of love.

Finally finished after being worked on for about a week:

I saw a change in the title of this thread, so I figured I would revisit it. Looks like you have been really busy. Obviously someone has been spending their hard earned money at the forge-world online store . Everything looks great. I love the different model variation in your army....the IG, the forgeworld stuff, the conversions on your SM.....its all looking awesome. I really like your contemptor though, an excellent paint job!

 Element206 wrote:
I saw a change in the title of this thread, so I figured I would revisit it. Looks like you have been really busy. Obviously someone has been spending their hard earned money at the forge-world online store . Everything looks great. I love the different model variation in your army....the IG, the forgeworld stuff, the conversions on your SM.....its all looking awesome. I really like your contemptor though, an excellent paint job!

Cheers, the name of the thread shifts a little bit every time the project evolves, forgeworld did indeed eat a significant chunk of my paypacket for a couple of months just to get the models I wanted. Usually I opt for the cheapest option for running an army but with my marines I felt the need to spend a little extra where neccesary to make it a truly unique army.

One more for the day:

Communications Officer Richards

Command Squad finally finished:

Well someone's been busy! Lots of lovely touches, particularly the green strapping on the bandaged arm of the comms officer.

I think this is one of the best threads of seen on here love the scout tacticals and all the small detail really looks good

Thanks very much, I'm back at work now so progress is gonna become suddenly slowed, especially when I get my hands on the new starter kit (DA bits 100% Angels Infernus compatible!)

Crested Tactical Marine w/ Bolter sorted:

Nice use of the DA shoulder pad, and the helmet looks great.

Its been a while since I had a chance to update, mostly due to work but also a lack of paint/brushes can do that. I've picked up a fairly hefty mount of Dark Angels through Dark Vengeance's release that has upped me to 2000 points of marines to get painted so its become a little bit of a daunting task.

Still slow progress is being made and I now have my first 5 crested tactical marines sorted:



Will be working on more soon, taking the time out to go to games day this year.

Very unique and splendid models! Love the color synergy of the silver and red.

Its been a while since I updated due to DV boxed set distracting me, but after games day I decided I needed to get more of marines painted up and ready to field. I've been picking up the pace on painting at the sacrafice of a small level of details however in doing so has allowed me to finish two out of my three tactical squads.

Firstly the Dark Vengeance squad who had their own thread for speed painting but can join the rest of the army here:



And then the finally completed 10 man tactical squad with head crests:




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To add to my growing army I finished off my Dark Vengeance Librarian this morning, I'm not a huge fan of painting my librarians blue so he ended up in a deathwing scheme:

Lovely. I like the green you did on the sword and hand .

Great work as always. I have a question though are you going to do more with the plasma?? The flat red and green on the coils looks like it could use a little more (personal opinion). keep up the great painting

 FirePainter wrote:
Great work as always. I have a question though are you going to do more with the plasma?? The flat red and green on the coils looks like it could use a little more (personal opinion). keep up the great painting

I'm looking at adding in some OSL into some of the latter models, its a work in progress with some of the guard allies I have sat on my painting station at the moment but they're being done slowly so may not see completion this side of christmas.

As for recent work I have finished two landspeeders that I'm not overly thrilled with but here they are:



And the second one:



I also have a Landspeeder Storm in progress but ran out of paint :(

Excellent work!

Captain OTB wrote:
Excellent work!

Cheers, always nice to hear something motivational!

Progress has been slow but since I like a distraction I've been working more on my counts-as space wolf allied faction (The IG have taken a backseat again for more marine goodness)

I now have a 5 man grey hunter pack (melta) and 8 man (flamer) pack sorted along with the two original wolfguard (combiflamer, combi melta) and my runepriest.

Here's the allies thus far:







I'm considering my next wolf purchase now, right now its looking like another small grey hunter pack with the forgeworld boarding shields, along with a heavy bolter longfang pack using the new forgeworld heavy bolters (wish I could field those auto cannons). Aswell as my third wolfguard to join the third grey hunters.

Well its been a while due to distractions from my HH Blood Angels slowing things down, but due to a game coming up next week I hastily assembled and painted up some fenrisian wolves with my spare hobby time. Unfortunately the haste has left an annoying seam on a couple of the wolves heads that I should normally have picked up in prep time. Anyway here we are:

I absolutley love all of the models on this thread!!! Keep up the Great work!!

Nice to see you back in the (wolf) saddle!