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Relic Blade/Storm Shield captain gets my vote.

Tiny rules aside: RB's a two-handed weapon. Will SS still confer a save when swinging the RB?

lindsay40k wrote:Relic Blade/Storm Shield captain gets my vote.

Tiny rules aside: RB's a two-handed weapon. Will SS still confer a save when swinging the RB?

Apparantly it does. I think the only thing 2-handed weapons do now is negate the +1 attack from pistols or additional ccws.

I think the actual handed-ness matters very little now. (As can be demonstrated by a Dark Angel Captain with Twin Lightning Claws, a plasma pistol and a bolt pistol - this is a legal build )

Ok guys, so i'm going to enter into the Golden Daemon competition (whenever it is):
-the Captain
-the Veteran
I think its fair to do one model from both the followers and the painter - the paintjob of the veteran is fantastic in real life, sometimes pics take away the glory
thanks guys,

LDP

I'm hearing you lips! I did my powersword and it looks pretty damn good actually and in the photo it looks rubbish :-( good luck with your entries too! if you hear when it is I may try and actually do a decent paint on something and enter just for the hell of it :-)

Thanks Nerdfest!
hope to see you enter something, heck maybe we'll get luck and make the austrilasian finals and I could meet you in the Sydney battle bunker XD highly unlikely though hehe, although my models did go to australia last year (goodness knows how, some of the stuff out there is much better!)

Well even if we don't meet at the bunker maybe one day we can meet up and have a game! and talk painting for hours over a cold drink....Ahhhhh! :-)

hehehehehehehehe would that drink be alchaholic

Sounds like you've already indulged yourself :-) but yep, probably lol!

this amuses me.

Re photography. If you don't have access to a pro studio and equip, try snapping your models outdoors in a grey overcast day, with no flash, and preferably with a mini tripod. Much less of an issue with glare and colour balance.

Thanks for the advice lindsay!

Hey lads, been a few days since I last updated, sorry about that.
Today I basecoated and washed all remaining parts for the command squad.
I also basecoated all their details black, which took a long time, and was VERY tidious!
as well as this, I 'sanded' (glued the sand on) the marines bases.
tomorrow (if I have time) I should have all the squad finished (except the apothecary, I really wish I kept him up with the batch coats of the rest, he fells behind, which is why he is unfinished - but I can use Aeven in the squad, he'll just look a little different.

pics below,

LDP

Top tips for photography...

1. Use a piece of A4 and curve it upwards. E.g weight the bottom corners then place a bottle or something behind it.
2. Use macro mode on Digital Camera, don't use the flash and use a long exposure time, use a tripod or books stacked up and use the timer function.
3. Use a Desk lamp, with a Daylight bulb if possible, otherwise just as many lights as practicable and adjust the yellow light to white light in Photoshop.

i just realised how demorialising it will be when i fight you

Why prototype?

cause its so well painted and that up againd my unpainted orks would make me cry...

*Some of it is "so well painted"
I dont think i've ever fully painted a squad
but soon my command squad will be done.

Looking good Lipsda,

I see you've entered entered your Kit bashed Apothecary into the Silvia Park GW model comp Best of luck with it!

I might have to head out to Silvia Park and take a real life nosey! Nice dude.

And now I'm wishing you luck and wishing I wasn't stuck on another continent!

And now that I think about it...

Derp. Forgot my camera. There will be no pictures of the Extinction Angels in action tonight.

Hehe thanks DSS! And jirc, the pic was taken from home, hes not in the store :|, thanks knightly! and honour to have you read the blog!

FINALLLY AN UPDATE GUYS!
Did feel inspired for like, a week.. until...!
I saw the space marine battle company on eBay for sale for a mere $377 (NZ - $305 USD) - THATS A BARGAIN! $1008 off RRP!
so as you could imagine I started to bid, but being located where I am, the bid finished at 5:20am, and I woke up just minutes late, and my autobid thingy got outbid too (which was set at $400)
So, as you could imagine I was greatly dissapointed. But then I remembered my local GW had a SM strike force on their shelves, and i'm going to endevour to give them a ring and ask them to put it aside (all I know is that they had one a week and a half ago, hopefully they still do or else i'll be dissapointed again D
But the home prep has been going on too, last night I moved my army away from next to where I paint to a table on the other side of the room and am going to open up the space where they were for my 'strike fofce WIP (hopefully!)' to begin, which will keep you guys entertained for probably the next couple of months
So heres a few pics and stuff of whats been happening -

P.S Nerdfest09 here's what the DA power sword looks like, there also a storm bolter and some legs that go with it I think if you want.

thanks for all your patience,

LDP

Nerdfest09, your sword:

Heya LDP! thanks dude that's a great sword arm I think i can use it! :-) what was i giving you in return? I can't remember :-/ a combi bolter and??

workspace looking good too! more mini's soon?

Nerdfest09

I can't remember either :\ and yep! More models on the way! Got the go ahead with the Strike Force! I'll have to update yall on Saturday at the earliest though i'm afraid, but I think it'll be worth it, because this is big!

now your inspired,


GUARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I did a brief and I mean BRIEF check of what guard I had, 5 assembled command squad dudes somewhere, 1 sentinel, 5 assembled and painted command squad guys, and 5 or 6 on sprue cadian troops, theres probably 5 or 6 more somewhere.

HAPPY?!?!

HEY LADS!
HURRAH!
It's finally done! finally! (except the apothecary still ) but apart from that, my command squad is DONE!
I'll get straight on to the pics, I am most certainly happy with the results!! yay!
I also did more work on the model i'm testnig to see if I can assemble more of a marine and paint it to the same standard without detailed being obscured/screwed up

cheers for the support guys,

LDP
Pics below.

Looking good Matt! well done! I really like the eye lenses on the captain in the command squad! that's good work right there, they all look bloody good man! can't wait to see your updates on sat!

Nerdfest09

Hehe thanks man! I can't wait until Saturday either!

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED TO KNOW FROM THE COMMUNITY!

What do you guys think the best captain weapon loadout is for anti-infantry?

sorry but im not happy

how much for the lot, still tring to strip the rhino.

also, are the heavy weapont teams around