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I'm happy to say that your landspeeder conversion on page one was the reason I ended up looking at dakka for my WH40K fix, while I havent got around to converting a landspeeder yet I plan on "using" your side shields for the ones I will make.

Can't wait to see what you can do with a GK force as well.

I'm surprised I am just now discovering this thread. Some stellar work here. One comment though, the freehand on Vulcan appears a bit more sloppy than your other work. Any plans to touch that up?

Will likely touch up Vulkan when I get the time (his banner yeah?). It didn't come out how i wanted it, but I am not actually all that good at freehand...many more people on Dakka are very talented at it.

Will try to get to him when I have time...thanks all for looking, will try and post next steps on the terminators tomorrow or friday

It has been about 3 months plus since I updated this - Sorry all, I had a baby recently and he has taken up a lot of my time - wife and child are back in her home town for the last few weeks so I have had some time to paint...

I changed the format a bit - adding text etc into the picture...i think that is easier to follow. If anybody has problems viewing the pics and would like to see a better version, please PM me your email and i can email you a pdf.

I did not take a photo of each step, but i think the pictures do a good job at explaining what i have done since the last bit photo...it is mostly a lot of small areas to be painted so it is faster this way. Also note that I am painting 8 terminators at a time (normally i don't do this, i normally paint one at a time)


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One note: Just as I hope that this blog can help others paint their models, I would like to say that each day I am also learning.

I would like to thank Smurfmaster for putting up on his blog how he paints the Ultramarines Chapter Symbol, I used his technique on these terminators.

His thread is here

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/357704.page

Thanks again and I hope everybody enjoys and I hope the blog helps.

I am basically on the highlighting stage, which actually takes a lot of time, especially the blue...

Next steps:
- highlight red on sgt. and other red areas (e.g, shoulder shield on one guy
- add text to purity seals, wash them
- add grey to cables, back of knees etc
- highlight metal parts (the ones that are BG Metal Black mix
- 1st blue highlight
- 2nd blue highlight
- any details missed

Then do all of their shields (7 of them - one guy has attached already)

Then the sgts. Banner

Nice update. It's been a while and I expect a lot of people have been waiting for it.

Look cool

Wish the forkers had made a few more saves when I used them. They were pretty though.

As an Ultra player this is amazing! You should put some of your painting tips up on youtube.

Like the sgts. and landspeeder

This is really inspiring stuff. It's always nice to see someone who can keep at it and build a large and beautiful army.

So, Finally finished the 8 Thunderhammer terminators. Sorry for the break from before...

Generally, I would say my painting style is quite slow...it takes about 8 hours for one guy...plus breaks etc. I could probably have done them all in a couple weeks if i spent a few hours on them each night.

Regardless, hope you enjoyed the tutorial. If there are any questions about these guys or any other of my models just send me a PM or post on this thread...


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One final note - the red (e.g. sgt. helmet) has a 2 stage highlight as well - 1:1 Blazing orange and Blood Red and then Blazing Orange...

I think that covers it all Cheers guys...

Next project - 2 more vindicators, Land Raider Crusader and Whirlwind. I will also try and get a picture of the entire army up here within a week or so...

Those are some well painted Termies you have there. Great job!
I like your shade of blue it's very original. It's not as dark as most other Ultramarines but it looks great.

Been working on my Second Stearnguard squad. Currently Sgt is done, 5 guys with combi meltas and 1 with a combi flamer. In the end there will be 10 guys, 5 combi meltas, 4 combi flamers and 1 bolter....

Most of the squad are the Forgeworld Resin model - I must say I am very impressed with them. I hope the pictures and painting do them justice.

Right now the base on half are finished - waiting for glue to dry but will finish up tomorrow - I couldn't wait to post the pics.

Hey, I ended up with about 18 of the Ultramarines metal raised 'U' shoulder pads. If you want them, PM me with an address!

--Brian

Great job, man!

Too light blue for me but looks awesome!

Excellent work, i'm new to dakka and this is my first comment, absolutely great stuff, really enjoying reading through it. Makes me wanna get out my smurfs!

You have been busy Mark...Looking forward to seeing these bad boys in action tonight.

Like these Ultras. What head is on the Sgt? It looks great with the Vet stripe

Thanks All -

One point about the blue - it is just Ultra Marines blue highlighted out...I think they are slightly darker (although not too much) in real life.

Regarding the head on the sgt - assuming you mean the most recent one - I am actually not sure which head that is. It likely came from either the black templar set or the dark angels set.

Cheers all...

I really like your Sternguard, your combi-meltas are great. I also like the addition of the FW armour it makes them really look like veterans. The paint job is really good too.

@Briancj- If mray01 is not interested in the shoulder pads I might be interested in them. I'll send you a PM.

WOW, I love your smerfs! They are a whole lot better than mine, Love this thred (I've read through it allready). May take your tips for painting man great ideas there! They are really effective and I love the use of black lining (That I have yet to do on my guys with washes).: thoses termies are really good same with sircaus (Both old and new). I will be following this thred trust me! Hey how about you check out my blog too?(Link is in signutre).Btw I love the marnous conversion to make him a termie sarge! Its very efective, the older MK III suits are exerlant too man!

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Masterpiece well done

Fantastic work! Woo! Ultras!

A couple of updates -

- I finished my second stearnguard squad using mostly forgeworld models.
- Refinished some of my tactical marines, changing sholder pads out and trying to make their weapons more in line with current codex -= no photo
- replaced shoulder pads on the 2nd devestator squad to chevron pads - the HB's still have the old explosion pad pained on but will repaint them later - i never use the HBs anyway - no photo
- Some tactical marines finished, including a melta gunner and missile launcher. - no photo (yet)

Will be working on some more vehicles and finishing up the tac squadsas soon as i can.

closer view of combi flamer

Those Sternguard are looking good!

The sternguard look good man! Keep it up!

I love MK4 armor!

These are really awesome. Very nice conversions and the painting is spot on. Good to see the Ultramarine get some love.

So, one of the things I always wanted to do was create a heavily converted Marneus Calgar Land Raider. Attached are some photos:

- I want to thank all of those before me who have done this similar project as there were some inspiring ideas
- Unfortunately my skills with plasticard are quite limited and I am not 100% happy with the way some areas turned out.... hopefully painting the model will help cover up some of the bad areas

- not sure about the top front hatch...not sure if you all can see it - If any ideas regarding the top of the front hatch please let me know
- I figure the model is about 85% done. I have been working on her for about 2 weeks now

Would really appreciate any potential ideas...was thinking of using a Havoc Launcher as a Hunter Killer Missile. Will likely add a multi melta as well.

and yes, Suicide Door Pattern - I just like the way the regular land raider looks with the Lascannons mounted in the rear...