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Well what a year it has been, I finally took the plunge into 30k completing a full raven guard army with over 3k points for that alone and I almost finished my dark mechanicus army (which will be my first fully painted 40k army). I have also seen the progress that I have made and it is awesome to see the difference between models. So this year I plan on completing my dark mechanicus army (only 11 models left!), finish my blackshields army, start my GSC army and possibly start a AoS army.


In more present terms I have gotten a large chunk of the next 5 marauders done, I really like the forgeworld bare heads as they allow for more expression and I like the look of disgust that the sgts head has in it and I feel that the pale purple skintone makes it even more so.

The marauders and their apothecary are almost complete. All that is left is to seal in the transfers, bloody up the marauders and paint the rims of their bases. Up next I believe I will work on the primus medicae and finish up the landspeeder as it is almost partially done.

Awesome stuff. The marauders are looks wicked.

EDC

Thanks man! The marauders are honestly one of my favorite 30k units now, just based on fluff and coolness

Those are some great lookin' marauders! Mk 2 armor really suits them! The power sword on the apothecary was also an excellent choice. I envision him hacking through waves of enemies to save a fallen battle brother.

 JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:
Those are some great lookin' marauders! Mk 2 armor really suits them! The power sword on the apothecary was also an excellent choice. I envision him hacking through waves of enemies to save a fallen battle brother.

I do like the mk2 helmets because it is easier to paint the lenses but I prefer the mk3 bodies as they look bulkier and are easier to paint as for the apothecary I gave him the sword so the squad would have one more ap 3 weapon

Well today was a busy day, I finished the apothecary, and marauders bloodying them up matting down the transfers and painting the rims on the bases. As a treat for myself I decided to paint up the primus medicae to test out my scheme on terminators and I believe it worked out well. Better pictures will be up sometime tomorrow

Ooo pretty Apothecaries, such a shame I couldn't get down to GW to pick up one of the terminators :(

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Ooo pretty Apothecaries, such a shame I couldn't get down to GW to pick up one of the terminators :(

EDC

Yeah I think they get rid of them soon if not already. Maybe call around some store may have one or two.


Well I finally got around to taking some pictures of the primus, apothecary and marauders. So far the primus medicae is my favorite model in the entire army he is just the right amount of bulk and the rebreather head looks awesome. It turns out the batteries I had been using for my light box were a tad old so I used some fresh ones and what do you know it made the pictures look a million times better, I also just about finished the landspeeder today just waiting on the transfers to dry then I will seal and matte them in. Afterwords is the next 5 assault marines for the 15 man assault blob.

Speeder is looking wicked.

EDC

Those are some frightening medics! Really like the Primus.

evildrcheese wrote:Speeder is looking wicked.

EDC

For such a small model it does have a menacing appearance

Paradigm wrote:Those are some frightening medics! Really like the Primus.

I wouldn't want to be facing down the primus any time soon did you end up getting once? I think one would look really cool in your shattered legions army

Some excellent work here! The Primus is especially terrifying, in his massive armored "dress".

They are looking frigging awesome Ustrello. Sweet work

JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:Some excellent work here! The Primus is especially terrifying, in his massive armored "dress".

By his pretty floral bonnet he will end you

Januine wrote:They are looking frigging awesome Ustrello. Sweet work

Thanks jan! Praise coming from an amazing painter like you is always great to get. Also keep up the good job with eisenhorn and the twitch channel it was a good time to watch.


Well I finished the landspeeder today, not a lot of pictures as it is a fairly standard thing with not a whole lot of detail. I already started the next 5 assault marines getting the off black base coat down and the skin tones started for the non helmet marines. My plan is to have the last 10 assault marines and 10 reavers plus jump pack apothecary done before I leave back for college. If I do that it will leave me with the knight, laser vindicators, rhino, sicaran, out riders, jet bikes, terminators, and land raider left.

Good stuff, the speeder is very cool!

No Primus Medicae for me, I didn't have anywhere local to pick one up and I think I'm going to try and go 'Marine clean' for a month or two anyway as I painted so many of them last year! I'm not ruling out a conversion along similar lines in future, I like the idea of a Marine whose job is so messy he needs to wear stuff over his armour!

How long does this leave you to do the last Assault Marines and Reavers?

 Paradigm wrote:
Good stuff, the speeder is very cool!

No Primus Medicae for me, I didn't have anywhere local to pick one up and I think I'm going to try and go 'Marine clean' for a month or two anyway as I painted so many of them last year! I'm not ruling out a conversion along similar lines in future, I like the idea of a Marine whose job is so messy he needs to wear stuff over his armour!

How long does this leave you to do the last Assault Marines and Reavers?

Fair enough, the model also made him seem menacing but almost tired at the same time so I thought it would fit the shattered legion army well . As for the assault marines and the marauders (idk why I keep on calling them reavers probably because they remind me of reavers from firefly ) I have ten days before I head back so I should at least get the ten assault marines done.

It was a pretty low key day today, so not a whole lot done. I was able to airbrush the base coats onto all of my remaining vehicles and I was able to quarter the silver onto the knight. Sadly even after washing twice and using testors dullcote spray on the bare resin it is still flaking primer in some areas. So my last resort will be to sand those areas and then put down some more primer with my airbrush as I don't want to disturb the silver.

A bit more work done today, I got about 50ish percent of the next 5 assault marines done. Just got to do highlighting a bit of layering and transfers and they should be done, after that is the next 5 assault marines and then their apothecary

Well as promised I am almost done with the 5 assault marines! All that is left is to seal in the transfers matte them down and finally paint the rims of the bases. I also ordered some airbrush primer as my knight armor plates are chipping primer after two scrubs and coating it with dullcote, the plan is to sand the areas then airbrush prime it as I have already started to quarter the armor plates and I don't want to ruin what progress I have made. Also I got some air brush paints coming in for the reds for my vehicles so sometime next week expect to see some work done on the vehicles beyond the basecoating.

Looking awesome. Shame about the Knight primer, but I think you're doing it right by making sure the primer is down. What do you use to varnish your minis?

 WarbossDakka wrote:
Looking awesome. Shame about the Knight primer, but I think you're doing it right by making sure the primer is down. What do you use to varnish your minis?

For transfers I just use vallejo gloss to seal them in but for really stubborn greasy resin bits I use testors dull cote spray

Mighty well done, primer is a tricky thing, isn't it? I have to paint mine on these days.

 JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:
Mighty well done, primer is a tricky thing, isn't it? I have to paint mine on these days.

When the resin is the greasiest you have ever seen yeah the primer stuff is tricky


Well another day another update, I finished another 5 assault marines and got to work on the last 5 and the apothecary. I didn't get much done as I went to see rouge one and it took up a large portion of my painting time. I also went in with sandpaper and sanded down the stubborn areas that have been flaking primer so hopefully that remedies the situation.

Well not a whole lot done today just getting the metals and reds down on the assault marines + apothecary. I also almost finished up their bases, and I should have them all done by tomorrow. After that I come to a dilemma, I can either get started on the next 10 man marauder squad or I can do something fun and start part of the cataphratchii terminator squad since whichever one I pick will most likely be the last thing I paint before I head back to college. So what do you all think, slog through the last bit of the foot soldiers or do something new before I leave. Granted the next time I will be able to paint might be a month or more away.

Looking good Ustrello, the finished speeder and assault marines are looking swell.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Looking good Ustrello, the finished speeder and assault marines are looking swell.

EDC

Thanks man! I really enjoy the speeder even though it is only a 60ish point unit

I'd do the cataphractii, Finish the break with a bang! Besides, fun units are fun.

 JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:
I'd do the cataphractii, Finish the break with a bang! Besides, fun units are fun.

Good idea, I will be doing that

Well I planned on getting these guys done today, but life got in the way. But they are mostly done, just need to seal and matte the transfers on the assault marines and paint the rims of the bases. And for the apothecary I need to finish the sword and the vials on his hip.

Not a whole lot done today got distracted by little chores that needed to be done before I leave back to college. But I did get some paint down on the terminators and my local gw was selling individual realms of battle sector imperialis boards for armies on parade last year and they still had two left. So I picked on up as a future display board for my blackshields.

Nice catch. Perfect for a display board, looking forward to seeing what you do with it.

EDC