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Have you tried some reclamation ?

No, I thought " I can fix this, easy!", and 3 of them are ok, it's the concourse tile that I can't seem to get in order.

But it always remains an option.

Be sure to take pics before you make any mistake haha...

Oh I have, but I have spoken with FW and they said not to worry. If I can't beat it into shape or if it breaks while I try they'll send me a replacement, also they gave some great tips on how much force you can use on the fiber-resin in the tiles and some tips on how to bang them into shape.

The Concourse section is a lot less sturdy than the others, weighs about half and thus has a bit thinner resin, it's also the one with smallest terraces on so it has greater stability issues.

I really like the customer services of FW, they don't bat an eye at helping out in any way they can.

Love the Mk3 command set. I was originally going to get a Mk2 set but, I like bits from both.

I prefer the MK2 banner and the helmet crest but, hate the second marine included. Mk3, I love everything except for the banner and lack of crest.

I think I will buy the mk3 one as my HH army is going to be mk2 mostly. I dunno, what did you think of the kit? How was it to assemble, etc?

The Mk III command kit was very easy to work with, good fit of parts etc. Fixing the scabbard to the model was a bit tricky but if you assemble as intended it's far more stable and easy.
Over all it's a really nice kit, well detailed and easy to add legion-specific visual tokens to. Also great for converting the models into various consuls.

With some luck I will have some painted minis and maybe some terrain to offer up to you by next week, I just got the airbrush and I am trying to get a handle on that darn thing. Got some old regular marines primed and ready as test.. subjects for this little adventure.

Well, I am slowly getting the grips on this whole airbrushing thing and shall soon dare use it on my models.

After some random shenanigans to get good pressure settings, and a proper feel for the triggerfunctions (also, to what silly levels you need to thin your paints) I let loose of the first FW tile with quite good results.

I am a bit of an airbrush-noob after all.


It's still a painting-in-progress, but the big stuff is done, now I am only going to fix up the scattered weapons and some small boxes and bags with a regular brush and we are done.

well.. it also needs a dusting of pigments for some rust and dust but that will be a later issue..

Anyways, pics for you!

Excellent work STC.... it's got a great feel to it.

More pics please dude! that looks great, perhaps some mini's for fun running around on it? :-)

I return!


Now, I have a centurion, a librarian, 5 veterans and a contemptor all based up with the airbrush and ready for the brushes. I can't really go more detailed with the airbrush I currently use because the spray-pattern is too wide, it's a 0.35 needle so it does not lend itself well to detail work.
The models are primed with a mix of 80:20 Vallejo Black / Vallejo model air Panzer dark grey, are blocked out with 50:50 of the same mix, given a highlight of 25:75 black/grey and finally a zenith highlight of pure Panzer grey.
After this they will have two extreme highligts of panzer grey miced with progressively more white.

Then I will ruin the neat black I have made with scrapes, dents, mud and dust...
Anyway, it's easier to see on the contemptor (though not much) because of the bigger areas than on the infantry, the lack of other colours means it's hard to make out the gradients on the small parts, it just looks, well, black..

I guess you could say I have been a bit too successful with my efforts... anyway, it will pop once the metallics and details are in place.

Pics for you!






Details of the base.






Centurion

That black is great, really shadowy, which suits the Ravenguard brilliantly.

The bases are fantastic too, though I'm not a fan of the dead some of Horus

Everything is great, look forward to more, and seeing how much weathering you subject the black too

Needs moar dead Word Bearers!

Hey! He's already picking one of my legions! Don't give him anymore ideas

Hah, no, don't worry Sheep. There where no word bearers in the Coronid Reach, nor that entire sector so they are quite safe..
I however make no promises regarding my Legion forces..

Nice work here. I really like the weathering and highlights on that terrain tile with the copper-colored storage tank.

Thank you, it was my first experiment with the airbrush and I am mightily pleased with the outcome.

After a small break I am back at it again, starting out small with some conversionwork to get some appropriate weapons for one of my Mk II squads.
Recon squad legionaires needs sniperrifles after all.


For inspiration I used this, the Atrox-pattern boltrifle designed by Iron Hands Fanatic over at the Bolter & Chainsword with his magic photoshop-fu skills.






Now, lets build some models!

First we need a base to work on, this is the phobos-pattern boltgun.




Clean it up, then carefully remove the magazine and the forward sight-thingy and put them aside, we'll need them later. Then cut carefully along the upper line of the body to level the edge all the way to the rear of the casing, the middle part will form the mountingpoint for the scope so don't shave it all away.




Drill a hole for where a bit of brass rod will fix the new barrel to the body, about 4-5 mm deep.




Cut a length of 1mm brass rod, and some plastic tube ( 2mm, 1,5 cm long) for the barrel.




Attach the barrel, drill a couple of holes in the front as muzzlebreaks and cut up two pieces of 1mm styrene sheet into shape for the stock.




Cut another piece of sheet for the stock plate and some 0.3mm sheet for the padding.




Now, cut down the forward kick-sight to remove the vertical slants, only the curved part should remain. This is quite tricky so be patient and be sure to use a fresh scalpel blade for this. The magazine has five visable bullets, shorten it so only three remain and re-attach the mag to the reciver.




Now make a scope from some plastic tubing (or use a ready-made one if you have it) and attach to the body.





Rinse and repeat!

Bolt Rifles. I didnt know those were a thing. Looks pretty damn cool!

That... is a fantastic conversion!

Impressive stuff! Do you plan to grab the new RG special squad from Forge World at any point, or just keep spicing up regular/recon marines?

Thank you.

No, the RG specialists are pretty but at a £50 pricetag.. no, they are not that pretty.
Also, I use nightlords rules for my RG, the Mor deythan are all born on Khiavar and my force are Terran veterans all. so we'll see what rules I will use. tactical veterans with sniper perhaps...

What is the recipe for the Sons of Horus colours that you painted on the base?

It is an amazing colour, I want to use it on blades and lenses.

Also how did you do the power sword/lenses a few pages back on your raven guard? I also want that for lenses.

Wow. Nice work converting the bolt rifles. Conversions with resin terrify me as if it all goes wrong it's an expensive mistake.

Great work, though, I'm really looking forward to seeing more.

D

Wow... brillliant, brilliant bolt snipers.

And thus, we do return to Dakka with offerings to the new year.

Let me just get one thing straight - Rivets. I -HATE- rivets, I have spent a whole afternoon adding well over a hundred of the small fiddly sons-of-goats on the super-heavy, it looks good, but I also feel I went ever so slightly insane.

Speaking of insanity, I am expanding the bolt-rifle squad to 10, are scrounging the bitboxes for topknots and generally converting every, single, model in the RG force.. we shall see when it gets finished, probably late this summer.

This is a problem.

My opponent is not converting anything, and does most of his painting with the FW-style of Alpha Legion, IE a black primer, airbrushing the model metal, adding a zenithal highlight of silver, then airbrushing the whole damn thing with a mix of blue and green clearcoats for honestly stunning effects with the MKII marines..

SO.. I have to get a 3d horus heresy army that can be airbrushed to tabletop standard quickly (so not black) and one that i can refrain from converting the living daylights out of.
To that effect I have bought a BaC-box and assembled the damn thing -without- (oh well, only a little) conversionwork and are currently trying to decide what to paint them as.
I am leaning towards Sons of Horus or Blood Angels, SoH I know how to paint and BA woulr be a nice break from what I have painted previously and having a go at red might be fun.


Anyway, in the mean time..

IT IS DONE, IT IS OVER, IT HAS BEEN FINISHED!

Gentlemen,I present to you: The Myrmidon-Pattern Legion Stormlord super-heavy assault tank.











I managed to solve the issue with keeping the top removable so that the interior could be seen.





The model also retains (for now) removable interior and assaultramp to make painting possible without ruining my wrists.

Wow that looks absolutely amazing, all those rivets paid off thats for sure.

As for which 30k army SoH could be cool. The new Thousand Sons scheme is quite sexy as well, would look excellent against the Alpha Legion done in a similar style.

Since no one else has commented, I will. Edit: Ninja'd while typing
I love that tank, I wish I could make one like it. It looks splendid.
I thought you were going with ravenguard? I think your SoH take would be fantastic but, BA are lovely too.

Thanks guys.

Well I am. The XXth Legion is my first, and a zone mortalis force. The second is the XIXth but they take forever because of all the conversionwork so I need to slot something in between to paint and play with while I butcher up and remodel all that resin for the raven guard force.

It looks great STC, but I hate to say it... I think the panels above the treads need a lot more rivets to be believable.

Wow, that is indeed a brilliant looking tank, way to travel comfortably before a beatdown !