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Any chance you could give me some measurements from one of those Deredeo Dreads? Looking at scratching something up as a counts-as since I'm broke at the moment.

It's me! Yes, it's 8 years later - but I have returned.

If this is thread necromancy; I apologise sincerely, but I thought as it is my P&M blog it might be permitted. If not; lock, nuke from orbit or whatever is applicable.

So, it's been a chunk of time since I posted. The 4th Company was continued a little while longer (the photo below shows you most (but not all of what was achieved)), but was eventually shelved. I did some more armies, mostly Tau.



But to be honest, I've been busy with life. I started teaching Physics, I got married and had a little one.


I am back though! 8 years is a long enough time for me to restart the project. I've long since sold the original 4th, so I'm back to square one!

Got a stormtalon WIP at the moment, but I look forward to sharing updates soon!

Well this thread is a blast from the past! Back when Space Marines were just Space Marines, Guilliman was still dead and the word Primaris hadn't even occurred to anyone!

That final army short of the 4th Co. is truly impressive, but it seems you've not lost your talent in the years since, as that Stormtalon is looking sharp already!

Welcome back, and congratulations on the job and family!

The Stormtalon is complete. Took a gamble on enhancing my skills on painting glass effects, which I think have been reasonable on the canopy.
I dry fitted the flight stand piece in the under-carriage so well, that it's err... never coming off.

Vindicator next.


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Well this thread is a blast from the past! Back when Space Marines were just Space Marines, Guilliman was still dead and the word Primaris hadn't even occurred to anyone!

That final army short of the 4th Co. is truly impressive, but it seems you've not lost your talent in the years since, as that Stormtalon is looking sharp already!

Welcome back, and congratulations on the job and family!

Yeah, 40k is a different beast entirely. 4 editions later
I'd completely forgotten about Dakka, having drifted off into the mainstream social media and not having a proper project to speak of.

I've been hobbying still, but flitting continually between projects. Picked up a few more skills lately, which I think translate into a better painting. For one thing, I'm much quicker now, as adulting time restraints mean I can't mess around forever on projects.

Thanks for the welcome back mate, good to see you're still a prolific poster!

Being a new teacher with a new grot will certainly eat up most of your hobby time. I know, I've done both.

The canopy turned out great. Keep up the great work!

That canopy is fantastic!

Alrighty, so I've got my Vindicator painted. I've not really gone over the top on 4th Company colours this time as I don't think the paint job would benefit from it.
Started a pair of intercessors and a pair of new terminators to dip a toe back into infantry.

I have a habit of avoiding infantry; my friend has imposed a quota of 1 vehicle per 3 infantry, to ensure I have a good ratio
This did get us into a discussion about whether dreadnoughts count as infantry. Put short, he wasn't having any of it!

Good to have you back.

If you want to scratch that treat-head itch, you might be interested in looking into the Horus Heresy game, see if it’s active in your local area. You can run pure tank armies, with exotic stuff that didn’t make it into 40k.

You have a plan on where to go? Recreate your old collection? Modernize? Embrace those new-fangled primaris boys?

Glad to see you sticking with the 4th company. They are sadly underrepresented in Ultramarine collections.

Dreadnoughts count as Dreadnoughts, and therefore are the best, and thus you can paint as many as you want and anyone who says otherwise must be a filthy heretic...

Nice clean work on the tank, and good call not adding too much of the 4th Co. green, I don't think it would add much there and the simple blue/white contrast looks plenty striking enough.

Handful of that pesky infantry, more of an experiment on technique/look. Reasonably pleased with how they turned out - first quick attempt at a blended power sword.


Paradigm - Yeah, I do have a fair few of these in the to-do pile. Must admit, wasn't terribly impressed with the push fit quality of the Ballistus though.
Nevelon - Thanks dude, good to be back
While tank armies do look like good fun, I enjoy having infantry in the force. Just rather slow going for me.

I'm definitely not going for that kind of scale! I'm a teacher now, looking to get my Warhammer club up and running: having a small, manageable army with 30 or so models of different types is the main goal. Definitely going with Primaris because I think their scale is right, and while I'm not in love with the belt-fed rocket launcher guys, a lot of them are alright

Lovely work!

I like the look of the green shoulder trim; it's not something you see very often despite the fact that the 4th is a Battle Company (it's not like it's one of the reserve companies). Terminators look good too.

Not much progress over the last 3 weeks. Completed the Techmarine above which took a lot out of me, motivation wise. Not particularly pleased with the photo, but there you are.



This quick snap shows my 4th Company hobby efforts over the last couple of months.


Switching now to my British Late War "Flames of War" for a while. Does that progress go on here too - or is that against a rule somewhere?

Hope you guys are all well - any feedback to help me improve is always appreciated.

Dan

Photo is fine; nice looking tech.

It’s your blog, you can post whatever hobby stuff you want. Some people just lump everything together, others have separate blogs for each project. Whatever works for you.

Very nice looking group.

I definitely dig those Ultras; the plane in particular looks great.

Clean and crispy, as good'ol Ultras should be!

Very crisp, and love the green 4th company scheme. It really is a shame you don’t see as much of that!

Hello everyone,

It's only been... 3 and half months, so that's an improvement! Just a small update, this apothecary.
Quite a lot of detail, so it was pretty intensive from a motivation perspective. Recent getting a lot more satisfaction in turning around models more quickly; this was a good few hours.

Going to try and churn out some intercessors so there are more boots on the ground!