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Done and done Bottle, and as you say it does look better. Have made a bit more progress on the Cadian Neophyte squad. 5 down with 5 to go, it also means that I have done 31 of my 50 Neophytes, they are not as much of a slog as I feared. After the other 5 are done I am going to tackle a vehicle that game wise you could seemingly defeat with popcorn...the trusty Sentinel.

One of the advantages of close up photographs is using them as little previews to see where minor touch ups are needed, the odd refinement of highlights here etc. So in the following pictures I note a few minor issues which will be sorted on my next visit to the painting table.


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Looking great!

Nice choice of colours for the neophytes as well.

Really love what you're doing here, that 'cadian' unit is going to look great! GW have really found a new lease of life for that old kit people pretty much hated hey...

As someone else said, the wndows on your goliath look great too.

The more I look at the GSC stuff, the more I'm tempted to kitbash it with AdMech to do a Forgeworld chaos cult army..!

Yeah, they've got enough different colours and details on them that it won't get boring quickly. Spreading them out seems like the best course of action, and seperating them with vehicles and HQs.

The Goliath looks great. I especially like the subtle weathering you've done around the edges. I bought one the other day and intend on painting it soon!

Cheers everyone.

@Squall: I like the Goliath as as STC vehicle for Hive and industrial areas, I like that there are no explicit Cult markings on it. It would easily be a great bit of scenery or an objective for games such as TNT.

Got the rest of the Neophyte squad done, this takes me to 36 Neophytes painted thus far. I really need to get to work on more Acolytes as they seem to be the bread and butter of the list, it is just I far prefer the Neo miniatures:





I also managed to paint up an armoured Sentinel, the Autocannon at heavy 3 is really useful given the poor ballistic skill of 3.





I also got the statue from the Honoured Imperium done. It is nothing special, just it has been near the painting station for ages.





I need a bit more work on the plinth:



Finally a command Chimera for my Magus or Primus:



I will have a go at painting my other Goliath and Chimera today, thanks for looking.

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The sentinal looks awesome!

Great work on the Cultists and Hybrids, but those vehicles (including the Sentinel) really take the cake - very bloody cool.

The scratches on the Sentinel are very nice. Good job!

As mentioned above, I'm really digging the colour scheme you have on the vehicles, can't wait to see that command Chimera!

Nice work on those Neophytes, loving all the shotguns.

EDC

So much great work and so many cool models recently, it's hard to single one out for praise. Fantastic painting!!

You are all too kind. I am certainly far, far from being the best painter but I strive to improve my skills whilst also painting up armies at a relatively quick pace. Goliath #2 here takes me to 249 miniatures painted for the year, so I am on pace to hit my target of 300.

So here is Goliath #2 (number 4 on the front though )







This one has a gunner up top.


And a blurry photo with Goliath #1:



Finally an army shot of the 60 odd GSC members I have painted up:



Thanks for looking.

Your speed and consistency continues to amaze! We're both on a similar number of minis for the year, but you've managed to keep focus and quality up over coherent, consistent and practical forces while I've been all over the place, and I think that takes a lot more dedication and concentration. Really great stuff!

Wow, that certainly snuck up. 60 already?! That was damn fast. Good work.

Love those Goliath models. Nice looking army you've got there. Have you gotten a chance to try them out on the table?

My my, your cult is growing nicely, and looking great while doing it.

I'm sure it will start attracting the attention of a Deathwatch invasion soon enough... interfering Deathwatch...

Nice work on the trucks. The army shot looks wicked to a beautiful and consistent themed army.

EDC

Thank you for all the comments, it has been a while since my last update but I have not been idle.

First up is my command Chimera:









Also got the last of my Deathwatch Overkill GSC miniatures done as well as the 4 "crew" miniatures from my Goliath's to add to the 16 man Neophyte squad:




I also am preparing for updating my Iron Warriors with the minis from the Burning of Prospero so decided to paint up some Cataphractii Terminators:













And finally knocked out a few cultists as well:



That takes me to 270 for the year, onwards and upwards.

Wow! You have not been idle. Good work on the chimera. Those are one of my favorite vehicles in 40k.

Also a fan of your iron warrior termies. Good stuff overall.

The iron warrior termies are GREAT!. Love the yellow/black leather strips. And your metals are done really well too.

Termies look awesome as do the chaos cultists. Chimeras are stunning, loving the bold purple markings, very striking.

Wow, you've definitely not been lazing on the job. I really like the IW, he looks great!

Cheers everyone, I really enjoyed returning to the Iron Warriors so cannot wait to get Prospero and to get working on them. I will also revisit and rebase a lot of my old IW to bring them up to date, Marines on 25mm bases just look wrong now.

I also got my dispatch notice for a present for the Missus for Christmas, namely Mantic's The Walking Dead All Out War boxed set. She is a big fan, the IP is not my thing as I do not like horror and gore but it will be a nice change of pace. It is only 18 minis so I hope to have it painted up for her in time for Christmas. I just need to decide whether to go full colour or the black and white style of the comics. Wish me luck.

Ooh, black and white could be interesting... maybe experiment on a test mini first, but if it works, you'd have a brilliantly unique set.

Not that unique Para, seems like about half the painted minis are like that on the Walking Dead: All Out War Friendface page.

I got the game on wednesday, am pleasantly surprised by the quality of the minis in the set. A nice solid one piece miniature with good details, and the mould lines that are present are easily removed with a scraper or hobby knife. The only issue was a repeat sculpt of one of the walkers in place of another but have shockingly already got a reply from Mantic who are putting a replacement in the post. I do hope that after a number of false starts that they are getting on top of the customer service aspect of the hobby.

All told hopefully the Missus will like her present.

I have gotten my first 5 walkers done, admittedly a basic paintjob but I aim to go a bit more refined for the survivors. I also had a first stab at using Agrellan Earth for the bases.











Group hug!


And a close up of one of the bases:



Thanks for looking.

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It's such a weird paint, but the effect it gives is really good. Is that the new one or the old one (I heard they have slightly different formulas)?

Great zombies there Thraxas. Hope the missus likes her zombies and survivors .

@Warbossdakka: It is a new larger bottle, so the new formula. It is odd stuff to work with and it took a few test bases to work out how to use it effectively. That said Agrellan Earth is apparently the most temperamental of the paints to work with.

@AoV: I hope so too, the fun thing is she is paint blind given the amount of minis that I go through so has no idea what I am doing even though I am painting them under her nose

If you only just got the game Wednesday, you must've gotten really inspired to pump out that many zombies in such a short time. They look good, too. Not that I actually need more zombies, but I kind of wish I'd backed the game for them. Did they come with integral bases, or did they need mounting?