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Hi folks!
Tought I'd present you my finished works in an extra thread.
I'll start off with my personal favourite, Captain Hodenkinn:


And here's Reaper's Drys.
I painted her for a local competition - although I fear I won't stand a chance against a certain SisterofChaos. :-(
But I hope you'll like that God of War-Kratos-style tattoo anyway. :-)


Hope you like the stuff - more to come soon.
Why, as soon as I find the right bases for my army.

Honest C&C appreciated!

Lovely work on all fronts. Excellent basing and near perfect painting. My only complaint is that I'm not a fan of the nails on the Drys.


...although it would suck for the little lady to get a splinter...

Great job!

@ Fafnir: Yeah, I've had issues with the nails, too. But I couldn't think of any other colour fitting it more. If only these were claws rather than fingers with nails, that would've made it a lot easier...
Thanks a lot for your comment. :-)

@ Theofilos:
Thank you!

I really like the God of War Dryad, almost a perfect Drow skin colour on her.

The Marine is pretty nice as well.

Very well painted. I'm not sure I approve of her lack of clothing however...Don't want the honourable captain up there getting tempted...
Good stuff, I like the straps on the back of the storm shield. The face is painted very well also.

Imp. Monkey

Awesome looking captain! The face is well done with great detail. The golds look absolutely awesome. Did you paint on the Ultramarine icon or use a decal?

@ Morathi's Darkest Sin:
And what a lovely Drow she'd be!
Deadly, naked and pretty. The only thing she lacks (beside the obvious nipples, that is) are feet. Oo
Thanks a lot ^^

@ Imperial Monkey:
Now that's an interesting nickname ^^
How did you come up with that? Wanted to ask before, but I felt hijacking other people's thread to ask such a question would be considered rude.

My thanks, and I don't think she'll manage to seduce Mr. Captain. You know, he's really into fighting and stuff, and not so much into passing on his gene-seed. ^^
Concerning the straps: that's one thing I absolutely wanted to include in this miniature. As a live roleplayer, I'm simply used to have straps on shields, and anything else looks just weird. Even in the 41st millenium, shields are heavy and surely can't float ^^
And the face took me almost an eternity to paint - but I think it was worth the time.

@ AresX8:
Thank you!
It's a freehand, I don't remember any decals to have ever not been torn apart by my clumsy hands. :-D
What really surprises me is that you actually liked the gold! Most people tell me this is the part I've messed up the most - due to its lacking highlights and depth.
Thanks again!

Love the Space Marine and the work you've done on his face especially.

Y'know I'm not sure how I came up with the nickname. It just came to me when I signed up. I was very into guard at the time and I just thought of "monkey" in place of "lackey" so Imperial Monkey" replaced "Imperial Lackey".
It has a ring to it that I rather like. Just a moment of genius. I just hope I have it again tomorrow and every other exam this year...
Definitely worth the time, it looks great!

Imp. Monkey

F^*k'n sweet

@ kevlar'o:
Language, my friend :-D
Just kidding. Thanks a lot!

@ Imperial Monkey:
It's a little late for that now, but still I wish you good luck (or rather I would have wished you good luck) - hope it somewhat helped.
And thanks again. :-)

@ Natorum:
Thank you!
The face is something I like a lot, too. My latest miniature (a scout) rather has a messed-up face... Kinda smooth, isn't it?

Hi folks!
Time for an update.
First, I'd like to "show off" with a Heavy Bolter marine.
He's been given the name "Severus" because there generally seems to be an abundance of Severi in the Imperium - which means that no army is complete without a Severus. :-)
In case that you'd like to vote for this chap on CMON, just click on the link - it ought to become active soon.



Second, I've been thinking about painting an Imperial Guard army at my girlfriend's. Got a lot of "spare" models and thought I could spend my time at her place better than with talking about unicorns and how much I like roses and stuff. ^^
They're going to be called "Moorsoldaten von x", mainly due to the fact that I have no idea what name their homeworld will get. "Moorsoldaten" is a reference to... Wow. Just looked it up on Wikipedia and think that I should... consider giving them a different name, like "Moorratten", "moor rats".
Why, the most important thing is what you guys think about the paint scheme. I'm not sure yet... wanted to keep them as civilian as possible, while still having a somewhat unique look. And yes, they wear Dockers. ^^

I really like it. Looks really neat like they've been dragged into a conflict from civilian ranks...

Cool looking minis, the captain looks really sharp.

@ Imperial Monkey:
Might be part of their fluff - as soon as I have some. As of now, I can only tell that they are from a swamp-covered world and fight rather gangwise than in organized platoons and companies. My Sumpfratten ("swamp rats") will mainly consist of light infantery, little tanks (save for some artillery) a flyer or two and a bunch of sentinels. But it'll take me a while to get that far. Next up will be a soldier with a GL and a sniper (which may not necessarily be used as such - a lasgun is a lasgun is a lasgun, even with a longer barrel ^^).

@ tom_gledhill7:
Thanks a lot!
Took me quite a while to complete the good sir. ^^

your ultramarines look fantastic. Im most impressed with your skin tones and details to the face. Amazing work!

@ Element206:

Thanks a lot! The faces are inspired by Matt Parkes' skin tutorial from an older White Dwarf, so it's not fully to my credit. :-)

Here's my army - or rather what I have so far. Time to get away from regular marines and do something different. Next up: Landspeeder and Assault squad!

NIcly done with the ultramariens and the guardsman!

Pfff great job!!

Du nennst ihn tatsächlich Captain Hodenkinn?

Enzephalon wrote:Du nennst ihn tatsächlich Captain Hodenkinn?

I wanted to ask the same. Hodenkinn means "testiclechin" in German.

edit: But it's true, it kinda looks like it. Still, the mini looks great!

@ Jordankeeps:
Thanks a lot, but to be honest, I'm not so sure about the guardsman any more. I think I might need to build an antagonist to my ultras... Something chaos-y.

@ Theofilos:
Thanks, I hope!
So... what's the matter with this "pff" sound? Hope this doesn't express disagreement oO

@ Enzephalon:
Na klar - was ist denn das Problem mit "Hodenkinn"? Meine Freundin hat ihn so getauft.
Vielleicht ein wenig unglücklich gewählt, aber... was soll's ^^

Sure, what's wrong with "Hodenkinn"? My girlfriend gave that name to him.
Perhaps it's somewhat unfortunate, but... whatever ^^

@ Mit Gas:
It's a great name, isn't it? ^^
His actual name will be "Valerian Gratus", named after my favourite terminator veteran sergeant from Chaos Gate.
I took the time to write some fluff for them myself, but I'd have to translate it before I may upload it here. Y'know, it's somewhat impolite to post things only a small amount of people can understand, isn't it? ^^

Your ultramarines army is looking good man, keep up the good work.

Rogan wrote:@ Jordankeeps:
Thanks a lot, but to be honest, I'm not so sure about the guardsman any more. I think I might need to build an antagonist to my ultras... Something chaos-y.

@ Theofilos:
Thanks, I hope!
So... what's the matter with this "pff" sound? Hope this doesn't express disagreement oO

@ Enzephalon:
Na klar - was ist denn das Problem mit "Hodenkinn"? Meine Freundin hat ihn so getauft.
Vielleicht ein wenig unglücklich gewählt, aber... was soll's ^^

Sure, what's wrong with "Hodenkinn"? My girlfriend gave that name to him.
Perhaps it's somewhat unfortunate, but... whatever ^^

@ Mit Gas:
It's a great name, isn't it? ^^
His actual name will be "Valerian Gratus", named after my favourite terminator veteran sergeant from Chaos Gate.
I took the time to write some fluff for them myself, but I'd have to translate it before I may upload it here. Y'know, it's somewhat impolite to post things only a small amount of people can understand, isn't it? ^^

Chaos Gate war einfach nur genial, sogar die vorgeschlagenen Namen waren nett. Mein Liebling hieß Horus. Recht unpassend für nen loyalen Ultramarine.

looking lovely!

brilliant work on all the mini's,i love the scripture on parts of the armour and the kratos tatoo rocks on your dryad.

@ all: thanks for your kind words - doing my best here ;-)

So here's the latest addition to my army; terminator sergeant Carinus.
Seems that I won't give my lads snow bases - they ruined some of my stuff, so... no chance. If somebody's interested, I could post a pic of those damages later on. :-)

But first, here's Carinus:

Wow man, those are amazing !!!