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Hey Red_Thirst !

I like the neatness of your work - I have noted only one thing and that may be due to the camera - but it seems some depth is missing in some of your areas - such as the ropes around the jump pack.

Lovely conversions

Keep at it and continue posting updates!

Thank you kindly Teban. I appreciate the comments and am glad you like the conversions and painting. I keep meaning to get better pictures but always forget to while the sun is up (Night shift guy here). I'll try and get some good natural light pictures that show the shading better with my wife's camera (Much nicer than the one I've been using). Look for those in the near future.

As for progress, I'm working on the Company Champion now. I've continued on to work on the right arm's shoulder pad and finished it up last night. Here's where it stands:







I've started work on the torso, then will move on to the legs once I finish it up. After that I'll go ahead and get the base done, and assemble the legs, torso, head, and right arm. Lastly I'll get the Jump Pack taken care of and then paint up the power sword and left arm to finish up the mini.

Still waiting on my Blood Angels Tactical Squad box to arrive to get the left arm and power sword, hopefully it'll get here soon. I've got other bits for the remaining three veteran marines to start on however, so that'll keep me moving forward on the squad.

More to come soon. Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

The shoulder pad is looking good. I really like the new BA stuff it has a lot of character

Thank you or that War Kitten, and yea. I agree, It's awesome having so much character on the bits and pieces now. It really makes the assembly and painting of cool and interesting models a whole lot of fun.

I will say that the three remaining veterans will be less blinged out than my Novitiate and Company Champion, though I will still give them some good attention for sure.

I'm kinda thinking of revising my Company Command Squads Veteran loadout somewhat after playtesting the squad versus Necrons.

I'm leaning toward the following build:

-Company Champion with Power Sword & Combat Shield (Including a bolt pistol)
-Sanguinary Novitiate with Chainsword & Narthecium
-Veteran Marine with Power Fist, Bolt Pistol & Storm Shield
-Veteran Marine with Chainsword, Bolt Pistol & Storm Shield
-Veteran Marine with Chainsword, Bolt Pistol & Storm Shield
Squad wide wargear: Jump Packs, Power Armor, Frag & Krak Grenades

Total points for this squad: 180

I'm tempted to not run the storm shield on the Power Fist marine, but I like the thought and mental image of having a shield wall with Aedus as his personal guard and making them as survivable as possible. The difference in points for the squad is 170 total if I opt to run the Power Fist Veteran with no Shield. Not sure how I want to approach it as yet. I want some high strength in the squad with some extra low AP beyond Aedus's Valor's Edge sword. Thoughts to ponder I suppose.

More updates to come. Take it easy for now guys.

-Red__Thirst-

Seems like a decent loadout. I'm not sure how much killing power you're looking for though. A fist and a sword won't provide much in terms of killing power

War Kitten wrote:
Seems like a decent loadout. I'm not sure how much killing power you're looking for though. A fist and a sword won't provide much in terms of killing power

Hey War Kitten, thanks for the feedback. I'm trying to balance killing power with staying power and keep the points reasonable as well, and by that I mean at or around the 175 point level. The Captain & his 4 attacks a turn (5 on the charge) will provide good additional killing power on top of the squad's power sword toting Company Champion and power fist + storm shield Veteran.

I had initially run a power weapon (Mace) And bolt pistol but the extra attack at ST:6 wasn't worth it when I can get a couple of attacks at ST:8 and AP:2 and also throw a third storm shield in the squad to boot. Makes the squad 20 points more expensive at 180 points total, but that's only 5 points more than the initial 175 points I budgeted for the unit to begin with (base cost for the squad is 125 points, including the jump packs in that cost).

I'm going to roll with this build for now & see how t does for the time being. Also debating fielding a power armored librarian with a Jump Pack as well to roll with the squad & provide psychic buffs. We'll see.

More to come soon. Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

In that case the loadout is good. The shields will help against anything that would deny their armor in CC and at range. Let us know how it goes


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In that case the loadout is good. The shields will help against anything that would deny their armor in CC and at range. Let us know how it goes

Update!

Work is progressing well on the Company Champion. I've finished off the torso, and attached the right arm, right shoulder pad, and head to the miniature. Here's where he sits:









Currently working on the legs now, am at about 50% complete on them. Pretty much down to just overall detail work, and then I'll attach the torso to the legs and probably go ahead to the base to get it ready for the jump pack, and eventually the left arm and sword once I get my hands on them.

We'll see how quickly that happens. Thanks for looking, and further updates will be forthcoming soon. Till then, take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-


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Ok, final update for the night on the Company Champion.

Very happy with how he's come out so far. The legs were a lot more labor intensive to make look good than I expected them to be, but overall the extra effort paid off I think.












Left to do:
Get my hands on a left arm, and power sword, then paint said items.
Paint the left shoulder pad.
Finish painting the jump pack.
Attach all above items to mini once painting is completed.
Final cleanup/touch up.

Then it'll be on to the first of three veterans. I'll likely be doing the Powerfist & Storm Shield veteran first.

Will be sourcing parts for this assembly now before bed. More to come soon. Thanks so much for looking, and take it easy for now everyone.

-Red__Thirst-

The champion is looking good. Good luck finding those parts

Thank you for that War Kitten. I'm currently working on the left shoulder pad (getting it knocked out first, small bit, not a lot to paint)

After that, I'll be moving on to paint the Company Champs Jump Pack.

I've also been keeping busy prepping the bits for the first of three Veteran marines for the Honor Guard/Command Squad and getting them ready to begin painting while I wait on my Blood Angels Tactical Squad box to arrive (The source of the power sword I'll be using).

Here's the parts that I'll be using:



Using the Sanguiniary Guard power fist (Love the detail on this bit!) along with a storm shield, basic marine helmet, and assault marine legs and torso bits. The right shoulder will have first company markings (white skull on a red field) since Honor Guard members are selected from the First Company according to the fluff. The left shoulder comes from the Blood Angels Upgrades sprue. Gotten a lot of mileage out of these bits I'll note! The Veterans are going to be a little more subdued as far as their 'bling'. I wanted the Company Champ, and Sanguinary Novitiate to both stand out from the squad nicely but not overshadow Aedus either. Looking forward to more progress. I'm excited to get this squad finished up in the near future and get started on the Tactical Squad that will follow it.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-






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Quick progress update for the evening:

Left shoulder of the Company Champion:



I went with a different pad than the initial one I selected since the one with the lip over the top of the pad would have likely interfered with the fit between the mini and the jump pack. This particular shoulderpad gives the up-armored feel of the first one without said issues. Very happy with it also.

Jump pack is about to be in-process. More to come soon!

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-


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Ok! Last update for the night. I got a little side tracked for about an hour and a half on a terrain project I'm working on. Finally got the assembly finished on it, and now I am finally getting pictures. I went ahead and attached the now finished jump pack. All I lack now are the left arm and power sword bits to get in hand and paint. The left shoulder pad is finished of course (See picture above).

I'll begin work next on my first Veteran marine of the squad next while I wait on the sword to get here. This will likely be the 'best' looking of the three veterans, though I don't plan on slacking on the other two by any stretch. I've got the pose worked out on the base, and with how this is going to look, at least dry-fit together, it's going to be an awesome miniature once finished.

That said, here's the pictures of the *nearly* completed Company Champion:













More updates to come in the near future. Stay tuned ladies & gents.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Champion is looking excellent. That reminds me, need to go paint my ultramarine champion.

Thanks for that War Kitten.

Once you get your Ultras Champ painted, do post up pictures!

Further work will commence once I'm home from work this weekend. In theory I'll be able to get my hands on the power sword and left arm if my FLGS has gotten te Blood Angels Tactical box in for me. I'll be getting a game in this afternoon there so if it's in, I'll pick it up and hopefully be able to get the champ finished by Saturday. If not, I'll begin work on the first of three Veterans and getting the torso and legs painted up.

More to come soon.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Damn that is an awesome Power Fist! Did you say that it is from the Sanguinary Guard box? I must have been distracted by all those shiny swords and axes to notice that in my box of SG.

The Company Champion is looking very cool, can't wait to see with his new arm/sword.

Also loving that you're getting so much use from the Blood Angel Upgrade Sprue, I hope to get as much use out of my Ultramarines one.

Hey Adamski, it really is an excellent little bit of kit I must admit (Yay lymrics!). And yea that powerfist is probably my favorite one ever. The detailing is amazing on it.

The Ultramarine Upgrades Pack also looks like it's chock full of awesome too. My only regret/lament on the Blood Angels Upgrades Pack is they didn't put any unique/special looking melee weapons on it. The Ultramarines and Dark Angels sprues both had neat looking weapons, and an axe or sword would have been cool to have. Still, with all the cool weapon bits in the Sanguinary Guard, Death Company, and Blood Angels Tactical Squad box, I can understand why they didn't put another weapon on there. C'est la vie.

Going to work on my Veteran some tonight. Try and get progress on the mini this weekend since my Tactical Squad box still hasn't arrived at my FLGS as yet. Should be here by Monday or Tuesday and I'll pick it up on Wednesday I hope. Fingers crossed, anyway.

Look for updates on the first Veteran's progress over the weekend here. Take it easy for now folks

-Red__Thirst-

Work has begun on the first Veteran marine of the Command Squad.

Currently about to start work on the Helmet, then will take care of the torso and legs. After that, I'll get the power fist worked out. Then I'll move on to the left arm & Shield, left shoulder pad, and finally finish up with the Jump Pack and base.







Further updates to come. See y'all shortly.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Believe me, you don't want to see my painting, it's mediocre at best so I hang around here and stare enviously at other people's paint jobs. That reminds me, the veteran is coming along nicely

If it's any consolation War Kitten, I view myself as only a middling skill painter myself I confess. I have a modicum of brush control from years and years of painting experience but I don't know how to wet blend, use OSL effectively (Though I've pulled it off once or twice by pure luck!) nor do I do anything overly complex as far as mixing paint colors or what-have-you. I'd still love to see some of your minis at some point if you'd care to share them but I totally understand if that's not something you'd care to share at this point and respect that completely.

All that being said, here's my progress for the night so far. I went ahead and got the helmet and base both finished. I worked on these two interchangeably as while I waited on inks and washes to dry on the head, I could work on the base, and vice-versa.









(Unpainted white spot is where the foot will connect to the base)




The next step will be going ahead and getting the right arm's Powerfist and shoulder pad knocked out in one fell swoop. After that, it'll be on to getting the body and legs finished up so I can then move on to the left arm and storm shield. I'll do sub-assembly at that point, including gluing the mini to the base, and then will knock out the jump pack last and get it glued on to finish the model off.

Somewhere in there I'll get my hands on the Company Champion's left arm and sword and get them painted too of course.... I hope, anyway.

More to come soon. Thanks for reading and take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-


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Last update for the night. Went ahead and got started on the right arm. I applied the first company icon decal (White skull on a red field) to the shoulderpad and proceeded to paint over it (meticulously!) with white, and then red around the edges to give it a 'painted on' look.

Overall I'm pretty pleased with it, though I may yet do a little more work with white to smooth it out a bit more. We'll see later as I'm setting it down for the night. Did I achieve the painted on look? Feedback on this would be greatly appreciated, as I intend to do this with the other two veterans in this squad as well. I'm trying to see if I can make it look like it's not a decal if I can. Hopefully I pulled it off.



Thanks for looking and take it easy everyone.

-Red__Thirst-

Base and helmet came out nicely. And congrats on getting the decal on the shoulder pad, I've always struggled to get the decal to conform to that rounded surface

That base and decal look exceptional. Keep up the good work.

@War Kitten, I second Red's views on seeing some pics of your Ultras Champ if you feel comfortable sharing.

Greetings all. Quick update, no pictures yet but some will be added after while, so check back in later on.

Work has progressed nicely on the power fist. I'm nearing completion on it. Just have the white to paint, and then gem work to finish off and it'll be finished. Currently letting some washes dry on it. Once I finish that up, I'll begin work on the actual body and legs of the Marine. Lastly, I'll start work on the left arm and storm shield and left shoulder pad. I'll snap some WIP pictures to add in as well once I finish off the fist and get photos of it.

Thanks for reading and more to come soon. Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

Sounds great mate

I'm almost done with my own batch of marines (the templars)

Thanks for the encouragement there Teban . I'm looking forward to seeing your next batch finished up! I hope once I get this squad finished I'll be able to start cranking my marines out at the same pace you're getting yours painted. Fingers crossed anyway!

Here's the powerfist finished up. Going to work on the torso and legs now so I can get that wrapped up and then attach the torso, power fist, and head all together and then glue that sub-assembly to the base, then continue to work on the left arm, shoulder pad, and jump pack.





Little too much light on that photo, but meh, slightly different angle.



More updates to come. Thanks for looking and take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-


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Final update for the weekend here. Got the torso and legs finished up and finished the sub-assembly of completed parts. Here's where the Veteran sits at present:



And a few other angles of the Veteran with the shield dry-fit into place with blu-tack.







Final position of the shield arm is to be determined. I'm thinking of having it held down at his sides since I managed to get a nice dynamic, forward leaning running pose. I'm thinking of having this model be 'vaulting' toward the front in preparation of activating his jump pack to fly skyward. I'll play with the posing once I get the left arm painted up and ready to glue into place before I actually apply glue.

Hope folks like the forward progress. I've got a couple of days of work ahead of me, but will update further progress once I make it later this week. Till then, take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Very nice work so far dude, can't wiat to see the final look.keep it up!!!

Greetings all, and thank you kindly for the encouragement and kind words KINGPIN54! I woke up a little early this afternoon and had some time to paint, so I went ahead and picked up where I stopped last night, working on the shield arm.

It's been a productive afternoon! I managed to finish the shield arm off, as well as the left shoulder pad as well. I went ahead and attached them to the Veteran. Here's how he looks:









Last image is a little blurry, but is more of a copy of previous images from that side.

Overall I'm very pleased. Love the shoulder pad, and the shield. I've got two more veterans to complete, as well as the Company Champion once I finally get his power sword and left arm in my hands.

I'm going to interject a Death Company marine model into the mix here soon as well for the October unoffical painting competition. Will post WIP of that model here as well.

I've spotted a few minor touch ups I'll need to do to this mini after looking at these pictures. Once that's done I'll begin work on the Jump Pack to finish this model off in short order I hope. Though I'll not be doing any further work on it today, as I'm about to prep to head in for a 12 hour night shift.

For now, y'all take care, and thanks for looking. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Vet came out nicely. I like the little decal on his shield

Thanks for that War Kitten! Yea I love how this mini came out. Probably my second favorite so far after Aedus. The pose alone is awesome. I can't wait to see the effect with a Jump Pack attached to him. Will be working on the Jump Pack in short order once I have a day off of work.

His jump pack is far less decorated than the Novitiate or Company Champion's are, so it shouldn't take quite as long to paint I hope. Knock on wood anyway.

I just did some figuring, and if I've done my math right, I will wind up having to paint in excess of 36 or more jump packs for this army. Twenty for two full 10 man assault squads, and another ten for my Death Company (Maybe more, depending) plus five for the Command Squad, and Aedus's winged jump pack of course. That's not factoring in any other characters, such as the Blood Angels Librarian I have brewing in the back of my mind as an up-coming project. If and when I start that project, that will be another jump pack to boot. I don't want this to seem as though I'm complaining, as I'm not, but it sure does make painting take longer when you have to paint a backpack that is close to the same surface area as the model it's attached to.

All that aside, I'm enjoying painting this army, and look forward to more progress in the near future for sure. For now, I'm off to go finish getting ready for work. Take it easy and I'll catch y'all later.

-Red__Thirst-

Nice stuff, dude. You're really going for it!

How did you do the base with the tiled floor and groove? Is it just green stuff sculpted on, or or a resin base?

Wow that dude is right up there with Aedus and the Novitiate, everything about him looks exceptional especially the shield, the decals and that fist. It's just first class.

 Zambro wrote:
Nice stuff, dude. You're really going for it!

How did you do the base with the tiled floor and groove? Is it just green stuff sculpted on, or or a resin base?

Hey Zambro, thank you for the encouragement! I've got a friendly Escalation League starting up on the first of November, so I'm desperately trying to get a portion of my army painted up and prepped for the first phase of that. I've got a ton of work to do is month to get ready for it, but I should be able to make it if I can stay steady at it.

To answer your question: They are solid resin bases. I purchased them all as part of a set off of Ebay. If you search 'Warhammer 40k 32mm bases' you should find them in the list of search results. Their quality is very good also, I'll note.

I hope that helps. Take it easy for now everyone.

-Red__Thirst-




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 Adamski Alders wrote:
Wow that dude is right up there with Aedus and the Novitiate, everything about him looks exceptional especially the shield, the decals and that fist. It's just first class.

Thank you for that, Adamski.

It's my goal with this army for the entire force to be 'display quality'. I want ever model to have character, and to be able to be picked up, and inspected at whatever distance and look awesome. I set the bar with my Captain, and intend to carry it all the way down to the random bolt gun carrying tactical marines, and ever model in between.

Hopefully I can get enough done for my escalation league starting in November. We'll see.

More to come soon. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Ah man, part of me knew it was going to be resin. But was holding out hope for it to be home made. Basing is one of those areas that I always felt lacking in. Now I'm trying to push myself with it but I've never been good at modelling so I look for hints and tips where ever possible.

I think you're crazy trying to do that level of quality across an entire army Dont get me wrong, I admire your goal and I like having minis painted well. But, dude, that is a serious challenge. Especially with deadlines. How many points do you need by November? How many are finished?