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But I can't see it! Wait a minute......

More shots of the completed banner and the dude standing on it.

That adds a lot to the banner, IMHO...

BOOM! Headshot!

I love Lascannons. They scream Overkill sniper to me, like a modern day Sniper with a Barrett.

cool looks good =D
how about painitng the skull gold instead of Silver? the gold will bring it out more instead of the silver hiding with the grey.
The blue purity seal is interesting also havent seen one painted like that before

Jinkies! It's a BIIIIG gun!

Gitsplitta wrote:Three problems... the lower jaw is too long and the teeth in a human skull are pretty far forward (and they arent pointy). Problem number 2 is that you got your pile of dirt covering up the differentiation between skull and jaw bone which also helps to set a human skull apart. Problem 3 is the prominent orbital ridge...which hasn't existed in humans since cro magnon. Check this out.

Just a reminder: The dakka gallery (and post image attachments, both of which are hosted by Dakka) are for gaming related images only...so your skull image has been deleted from the gallery.

Sorry yakface... since it was relating directly to Ice's wargaming project I though it would be OK. My bad.

IceAngel wrote:

Mercy! Mercy! I beg you!


Great looking marine iceangel!


M.K

wolfshadow wrote:BOOM! Headshot!

I love Lascannons. They scream Overkill sniper to me, like a modern day Sniper with a Barrett.

+1 So so true xD
OT; Really liking that devastator Ice, especially the highlighting on the scope, very nicely done indeed, keep 'em coming!
P.S: One thing I would pick up on, are you going to leave the aquila on top of the banner grey? Or are you going to paint it in a more traditional gold at some point?

Sandyman11 wrote:

wolfshadow wrote:BOOM! Headshot!

I love Lascannons. They scream Overkill sniper to me, like a modern day Sniper with a Barrett.

+1 So so true xD
OT; Really liking that devastator Ice, especially the highlighting on the scope, very nicely done indeed, keep 'em coming!
P.S: One thing I would pick up on, are you going to leave the aquila on top of the banner grey? Or are you going to paint it in a more traditional gold at some point?

Thanks Sandyman! The aguila on top of the banner is silver and I think I'll leave it that way. The Star Phantoms always wore very dark drab colors, even their turquoise seemed very subdued so I don't think they would have had a gold symbol on their banners. I think had that banner been from some of the other chapters that would have been a good idea though. After doing this banner I now have high hopes of making others so keep an eye out for the gold aquilas in the near future!

Ice... thats a cool banner/base. i have to do something for my assault marines.. My current squad will be partically airborn

I plan to put these guys on short wire to take them off their bases. Any suggestions?

Solar_lion wrote:Ice... thats a cool banner/base. i have to do something for my assault marines.. My current squad will be partically airborn

Ice Angel demands pictures! lol, how are you going to do the airborn thing? Use wire? The standard clear plastic bits? The hidden wire with some sort of "smoke" effect? Or perhaps clever placements of ruins or bodies or trees nearby? So many options!




LMAO, by the time I had posted this you had already added your picture, thats fantastic!

I using chapterhouses jumpbacks, as they look more like the one in the past. I'm using roleplayers jumppack painting tutortial. Most likely just wire. Still work to be done. More detail work. Paint the jumppack is like painting another figure. Yeesshhh.

Oh man, your guys are coming out great. All you had to do is show me the checker pattern and I'm sold. As for the jump pack flying base thing, I had to show you these.

These are some of my OLD Ice Angel Death Company models. I made these guys for my first Grand Tournament, good lord that was a long time ago. They are the closest thing to flying that I've gotten and as you can see, not all that great. I think the wire thing can work better, but you need to have a nice base to work with. Put a dead Minotaur on there first before you add the wire. Also, don't put all of your models at the same height, that always bugged me. You already have some dynamic poses, but if I were you I would try to do something a bit odd with at least one model, like maybe a Lamenter dropping the body of a dead marine as he slides of his sword. How cool would that be?! You know, something that wouldn't require the wire but still give the flying effect.

I recommend staying away from the flying base pillars... they break off frequently and then you're pretty much screwed. Have to drill out little pin holes to fix them. I think the wire is a good idea. Remember these will have to travel a long way & will probably be handled roughly at the tourney.

Nice stuff SL... they look beautiful!

IceAngel wrote:

Sandyman11 wrote:

wolfshadow wrote:BOOM! Headshot!

I love Lascannons. They scream Overkill sniper to me, like a modern day Sniper with a Barrett.

+1 So so true xD
OT; Really liking that devastator Ice, especially the highlighting on the scope, very nicely done indeed, keep 'em coming!
P.S: One thing I would pick up on, are you going to leave the aquila on top of the banner grey? Or are you going to paint it in a more traditional gold at some point?

Thanks Sandyman! The aguila on top of the banner is silver and I think I'll leave it that way. The Star Phantoms always wore very dark drab colors, even their turquoise seemed very subdued so I don't think they would have had a gold symbol on their banners. I think had that banner been from some of the other chapters that would have been a good idea though. After doing this banner I now have high hopes of making others so keep an eye out for the gold aquilas in the near future!

Ah ok, sorry it looked grey in the picture Never heard of the Star Phantoms, not sure what they're colour scheme is, are you planning on painting any up, ie, as detritus on bases etc?

@Solar_Lion: As to the Assault Marines I think a simple wire painted black would serve admirably. If you try to go to lots of effort with trees and ruins and such to disguise the 'flying' effect, I think it would detract from the model/unit as a whole, there would be too much 'going on'.

I'm not the baser you guys are. I usually keep it fairly conserivitive. Black wire sound good. anyone got any examples?

Ice.. Love the horizontal marine ( pole vaulter? ) Did you weight the base?

I was hoping to have my IA 10 book to look at the minotaurs livery. Has anyone already recieved their copy - In the USA?

I used straightened out paper clips for mine, either in a foot or up their bums. I'll take a pic of it and pm it to ya.

Solar_lion wrote:I'm not the baser you guys are. I usually keep it fairly conserivitive. Black wire sound good. anyone got any examples?

Ice.. Love the horizontal marine ( pole vaulter? ) Did you weight the base?

I was hoping to have my IA 10 book to look at the minotaurs livery. Has anyone already recieved their copy - In the USA?

Why yes, he is pole vaulting at the moment and yes the base is weighted. I would also like to add that that death company model killed Jan Zar (spelling) in that Grand Tournament. Pole vaulted that eldar douche right in the face!
I think you should paint the minotaur the old way not the new IA way. The old minotaurs had their yellow and red stripes, they were aggressively obnoxious. My Astral Claws and Gits MW are painted the old way, it would only be fitting.

If you need a good reference check out the bell of lost souls Badab download. lots of good pics and info.

IceAngel wrote:

Solar_lion wrote:I'm not the baser you guys are. I usually keep it fairly conserivitive. Black wire sound good. anyone got any examples?

Ice.. Love the horizontal marine ( pole vaulter? ) Did you weight the base?

I was hoping to have my IA 10 book to look at the minotaurs livery. Has anyone already recieved their copy - In the USA?

Why yes, he is pole vaulting at the moment and yes the base is weighted. I would also like to add that that death company model killed Jan Zar (spelling) in that Grand Tournament. Pole vaulted that eldar douche right in the face!
I think you should paint the minotaur the old way not the new IA way. The old minotaurs had their yellow and red stripes, they were aggressively obnoxious. My Astral Claws and Gits MW are painted the old way, it would only be fitting.

If you need a good reference check out the bell of lost souls Badab download. lots of good pics and info.

The old ways are the best ways

I have a bunch of salamanders back home that are waiting to recieve their camo paint, and yes i can also say that I like the old paint jobs better.

I was hoping to have my IA 10 book to look at the minotaurs livery. Has anyone already recieved their copy - In the USA?



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I'll use the red and yellow stripes in my baseing.

I actually got some real painting done today so here is my latest WIP, a couple touch ups and he should be good to go.


And because I was super excited about having a completed unit, here is a lovely group shot!

IceAngel wrote:I actually got some real painting done today so here is my latest WIP, a couple touch ups and he should be good to go.

Poor angry marine :(

that group shot looks good!

Lookin' very good Ice. I totally get being exciting over having a unit completed. I hit that stage with my tac squad this weekend myself. :-)

Fantastic group shot Ice! You're really making good progress!

Lookin good. Nice to see the full squad.

Love the crazy pole swingin 'kick to the face' marine!

Ice, on my list of things to do today, one of them is to write up the fluff I keep talking about