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That link is awesome. I need to get some of those GF9 stuff for basing.

OMG don't know how I missed this thread !! Good to see another Dark Angels army on the forums. Great looking army just went through all the pages and great progress. Can't wait to see more of your guys done!

Love it!

Go for it man!

I tried picking up some medium grits from the local game store but they only have the fine ones. :| Sad, but I asked them to put in an order with Gale Force 9. So no new basing for me just yet. For now, I will be working on my Vulkan. I have this Vulkan listed wrote down on my 2nd week playing 40k. Ever since it has been on my mind and now is the time that I fulfill the list. I am just missing

- Vulkan
- At least 7 more combi-melta sternguards/sergents
- Two more Typhoon missle launchers
- Ironclad Dreadnought
- Another Drop Pod

Hmm, sounds like I still have quite a few to go through. At first I thought I would paint of an Angel of Absolution Vulkan but then decided against it because Vulkan is such an awesome cast with all his dragon symbols. Plus, I can always give this to a friend since he is a Salamander player.

Questions to you all, do you always build the inside of the drop pod even if it is used exclusively for dreadnoughts?

Looks very cool! Can't wait for this to be finished!

Cool paint on the Vulkan. Lovin the green.

I would keep it open and not have anything inside if its for dreads

I am getting started on my 4-man scout snipers while waiting for my Telion scout to come in the mail. Also in the work is the first member of the Command Squad on bike. This is the typical command squad on bike decked out for melee build.

Bikes
Apothecary
Veteran w/ Lightning Claw + Meltagun + Stormshield
Veteran w/Lightning Claw + Bolt Pistol + Stormshield
Veteran upgraded to Company Champion + Meltagun
Veteran w/ Thunder Hammer + Stormshield + Bolt Pistol

The entire squad comes out to be 355 pts (ridonculous). > But hey, in a friendly games, you can be all crazy.

I think I got the gem/lens effect for red down (scab red, blood red, blazing orange, white dot, gloss varnish). But for green, I think I am missing that middle highlight. I go directly from dark angel green to goblin green, maybe I should have snot green in the middle. What is your recipe for green and blue lens/gems?

And as you have probably noticed, Command Squad will be wearing red robes while sternguards will be wearing black robes.

So I start to pimp up my bases a bit more by taking the time to add the tiny pebble and other stuff. What do you guys think?

More pix, less talking

That is one nice, tricked out bike.

Oooohhh FW

Thanks @40kFSU.

@Capitansolstice: Yup. Thanks to a super nice local 40k veteran, I am now in possession of enough stuff to run a full deathwing (with GW cyclone bits of course).

More updates will come for that.

How were the doors when you got them? Any bubbles or warpage?

They are in perfect shape. No bubbles or green stuff that I can see.

UPDATE: I primed everything already. Will start cranking out more later this week. I am waiting for my Liquitex Matte Medium to arrive, these thinned paint are flowing too much.

Weather is hot enough today for some basing to be primed black. Dry brush a bit, drill the holes for pinning. Add some foliage to hide away the pins. Voila.

As to answer sparkywtf- (I'm the local that gave them to Leo) one of the doors was warped a little, but I've had literally a metric f***-ton of FW models in my life time, also including armourcast. But I fixed the doors and top front loading hatch before I gave them to Leohart .

To fix them is quite easy - hot running tap water, and about 1 minute underneath. twist to get back into shape, blow on it a little, then let it set on some paper towels for drying/cooling. Some people use boiling water and a strainer, but I wouldn't recommend it, can also cause unwanted warping afterwards ;/.

And the models are looking good. I expect that dread to be painted before our next battle Leo

Yeah Yeah Yeah. I need to finish my Predators first or you will be complaining about my none painted none-WYSIWYG stuff.

I am modding the finished LRR to add the doors from Chapter House Studio. Finally got some Winsor and Newton Series 7 Miniature brushes + some Matte Medium. The controls available with these are great.

Just some more work on the librarian. What should he be holding. Hmm.

If I am stunning your vehicle, I shall do it in style.

I have no idea where I get that slate bit for the basing of my librarian from. :| I like it and I need more of those.

Telion is also done. Huzzah.

I like the face that you have for Telion! The GW one looks like hes been dead for a very long time. Painting is also very good. Executed well.

You missed the "U" on the stalker bolter

Great job on all of those!

I really like the damage tokens. Such a simple idea that I should start. Having 10 tanks on the field definitely gets confusing

Miss Dee wrote:You missed the "U" on the stalker bolter

Actually, he missed all of the inverse omegas. Otherwise it looks good, though.

Yeah, I should have shaved them all. I guess I just have to stick to the fluff in the book which states that in some cases, he got "loan" to other chapters, thus he carries the Ultramarine symbol with him.

Thank you all for taking a look and your comments.

@sparkywtf: let me know if you can find some cheap tokens somewhere. Those tokens I got were GW and two of those sets cost $17. After painting them up, they look nice, but the original glowing green is kindda, "meh".

Long time no posting. I finally finished with the base of Vulkan. I have been looking around for some advanced tutorials on layering and such. This is my first try, it does take a lot of time and I am no where near good, but it is coming along. :-) My OSL effect is also not where I want it to be.

I also need to work on getting a light box. Some nice fellow from the local group has promised to help. Hopefully I will have better pictures soon enough.

Next stop: Ironclad Dreadnought.