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There will be highlighting... then chipping and some weathering... this is just defining where the yellow will go.

Man... the more I look at it, the more I want to make the beam of the bumper yellow and the pads either black or perhaps boltgun metal so they match the projections on the front of the hood. The original idea was to make a "hazard stripe like appearance" while using only the molded on detail. It works... but it might not be the best option. It does look just fine on the tabletop though... so while we can merrily nitpick away from the giant blow-up photo... no one will know one way or the other when I"m playing.

I also want to make secondary foot plates to cover where the rods bend for the existing foot plates, but I don't have any plastic sheet in anything close to the right size or pattern. Will have to head down to my FLGS and see if I can order some.

Okay, well, just to awkward, I say repaint the bumper - because you're never going to be happy otherwise. Alternatively, do the reverse on the other Typhoon, and then you can distinguish between them readily.

Yes do what works for you Gits!

R

They look fantastic with the added yellow, I was thinking where you wanted additional yellow hazard stripes might work.

I think the reversed pattern as is works on the bumper...but graven has a good point about switching on one of them.....

Nooo! Leave the green doors!

Wow! The yellow really pops. I like it a lot. As to other places to put it, I agree with Blackhand that the MLs could use a bit. Maybe also on the driver's blast shield, the little rectangle around the eye slit?

I think I nailed it... my own little space marine X-wing.



Thanks everyone for your thoughtful comments... they played a very big role in my final decisions (even if it doesn't look like it). I still may do the yellow bit on the roll-bar because it'll echo the pads on the bumper... But other than that, the placement of the yellow is done. My short term fix for the bumper was to eliminate the black. There wasn't any other black on the model and it seemed very out of place, so I went with the more neutral boltgun metal which seems to tie things together better and is already well represented on the model. I added some detail here and there including the underneath section which I hadn't really done anything with. The yellow of my insignia "decals" was too light, so I had to go over part of it with golden yellow to make it blend in better. Worked fine, just nothing I've ever had to do before.

What A Beaut! Loving it Gits, so happy another one is coming

R

love love love love love!

Oh yeah!

That looks great Gits..roll cage would fit with bumper and add a touch of yellow to the centre line....

Good job

Yep, now that's good choice! looks excellent Gits well done mate! :-)

That's a lovely looking speeder. Nice work man

That's lovely, Gits. Nice work.

I agree with all of them ^ Good job.

Very nice work Mr.Splitta

Very good indeed. Actually the mw logo on the doors is the icing, in my mind.

Yes, you nailed it

That looks super sexy Git's

That looks awesome

I'm glad you guys like it! I'm also glad I'm getting into the home stretch. I'm finding my enthusiasm waning for these two. Just been looking at them for too long. I'll soldier on though. I did fiddle around with a devastator sergeant build for a bit of a break today. I think it's going to be a winner.

Gits, I forgot to comment lol... I don't think you should change anything on it. I think it has just enough yellow on it

Sometimes... a build just works. This is my devastator sergeant and the last figure I'll do for my Adepticon army. I needed a bit of recreation before the final push on the land speeders and this fit the bill nicely.



Why a storm bolter? Well, I had a few extra points and it's a lot sexier than a melta bomb. Besides... no one gives there characters storm bolters any more... I figure a Dev sergeant would be happier with the best, longest range, shootiest weapon he could get than a grenade he'd have to go charging things to use. He still needs the little mantis bits and it wasn't possible to put my usual badge roundel on his right should pad... so will have to paint that on (oh joy). I like him though. Just what I'd envisioned.

One more day off work. Hope to get the second speeder all yellowed up before I go back to work tomorrow.

Cheers!

Lovely assemblage of parts there!

Looking good gits! Really like the RTBo1 shoulder pads! The guy reminds me of my dev sarge. THB I prefer not to give any sarges upgrades as the heavy weapons are often expensive enough!

Dude that looks great!

I'd add the yellow on the trim of the missile pods, since they are the only large areas of green that don't have yellow on them. I think if you pick them out it'll stop them being drowned out and balance the model. Go with what feels right though, I'm sure you'll get it right.

Like the metal Dev. sarge.

The LS are awesome!.. I like the multi-colored look.. Don't addmore yellow . You don't want to over " yellow" it !

And i missed a whole page...

Dev Sgt is looking cool I always gave my Dev Sgts Storm Bolters as whats the point in being in a unit of reanged specialists if you have to moved forward to use your weapon Can't wait to see him painted

Like that kitbash a lot Gits! Stormbolter is just the right choice, at least from a component aestetich (sp?) point of view

R