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this is some great stuff! the sheer diversity of models that you have/are working on is astounding. i am a big fan of your flesh tones, some of the helmetless SM models i saw in your early posts were great!
given time i think you will be one of the better painters in the dakka community... its always amazing to watch peoples quality of work improve with every piece they do... keep it up!

@ Darkvoidof40k @ Moltar - i can see what you guys mean, I could always paint some glowing symbols on it or something (maybe to match his eyes?)

@ kukuchik - Thankyou! I think when i look back and my blood ravens I am just not as happy with them as I was say 6 months ago, this is also why I am repainting my WoC, chances are in another 6 months time I will be thinking the same!


Here is a update on the chaos knights and khorne lord (before reading your posts)






Blood Angels Commission I am working on



Lots more commission work to come, Dark Eldar (old models sadly), Ravenwing battleforce turned ultramarine, another 2 ultramarine battleforces, should keep me busy for a while atleast!

Blood Angels are now finished



Here is the start of my next commission, its a Ultramarine army for a tournament in a GW store, basically you buy a battleforce and use that. You can only use whats in the box however i was originally told other bits for decoration are fine. My client has bought a Raven Wing box and wants to use them as Ultramarines so here is the Captain with Relic blade.





I have to say at some point I might buy myself a ravenwing box for my blood ravens, would be able to make a rather cool Chaplain from it it (would sell the landspeeder however)

Awesome Captain on that awesome bike! Can't wait to see it painted.

As for the BA, they're a bit too dark for me.. but I can see you've put a lot of work into them and they obviously look far better than 80% of anyone in the world's models.

Cheers mate! I wouldn't go as far as to say that mate, thanks none the less

NO! no ravenwing bikes for non-DA players. NO! i won't have it!.... *sniffle*

only joking, some fine models you have there, some nice poses on your BA aswell =D

mate your work is top class,the khorne lord on the mount is one of my favourite miniatures and its nice to see a different paintjob on it.
keep up the good work

Cheers guys

The BA and bikers aren't actually mine, just commission work but it did make me want to get some bikers for my blood ravens at some point

With the Khorne lord I think I will getting some etched brass Khorne symbols for his axe and then painting them like glowing runes. Hopefully I can get those before the 29th so he will be finished for a up coming tournament.

would love to see how the ultramarines come out! cool stuff!

Well I should be started on painting the Ultramarines tomorrow and I am hoping to have them finished over the weekend end. After that its old dark Eldar models and the back onto the WoC army

Here you go, update on the biker captain, I actually had to change the head as my client informed he couldn't use anything not in the box, still I think it looks ok, kinda reminds me of one of the older metal captains head! tomorrow I should have a update on him and the unit of bikers so watch this space.

Looking good, I'm especially anticipating the Power Sword, because those are often the most interesting and beautiful parts of space marine models.

Regardless, that head is looking really good! Very clean! Can't wait to see the end result, it promises to be very.. how should I say.. AWESOME!

Keep up the great stuff man.

itsonlyme wrote:Here you go, update on the biker captain, I actually had to change the head as my client informed he couldn't use anything not in the box, still I think it looks ok, kinda reminds me of one of the older metal captains head! tomorrow I should have a update on him and the unit of bikers so watch this space.

Is it just my eyes or does it look like there's a little lump of plastic where the piece was cut from the sprue on the left 'wing' of the bike?

The painting however is very nicely done.

@ Darkvoidof40k - Cheers mate! I actually just finished him, I wont post the picture up now but at some point tomorrow, hopefully you will like the powersword, I have tried something different.

@ bunnygurl - Yeah that is a bit of plastic, i have just tried to remove it, keen eye, anyways cheers and hopefully you will like the final product.

*pukes on the floor*
i'm sick of you! now i'm going to have to cry in a corner all alone....

anyway OT i like the gold on the model, and the paintwork on the wings (i'm still not forgiving you!)

are you gonna do like a glaze sort of effect on the PW? it'll look really cool.
anyway keep up the good work!

LOL cheers Dark, the gold effect is actually really easy to do. Its just shining gold, few highlights by adding mithril silver and then a flesh was over the top.

As for the Relic blade ( ) it was a bit of a experiment but i think I am happy with the result and hopefully my client will be as well! next up is the 5 man biker squad






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Bike Squad is well underway, hopefully i can get them finished tomorrow as well getting the attack bike started.

love the marines, pity on the head change, but it still looks great!

my only issue is that the PW is blue, I think the PW should be a color that would go with the blue armor, rather than mimic it. I like the way you painted it, but I just always found them to be a fun way to use a color the army doesn't normally have but brings an interesting contrast to the table. just my own thoughts.

overall great work!

I like how only the Commander's bike has the wings, but you probably should have put it on the sergeant as well, or at least paint the Sergeant's helmet red to make him for noticeable.

Ah well, it's all looking good so far!

@ Sageheart - Cheers mate, i tend to do my power weapons blue, I know in the older books it said that power weapons are surrounded by a blue energy field, that and its just force of habit really.

@ Darkvoidof40k - Cheers mate, my client doesn't like the wings, when i gave him a picture of the captain he actually said he hoped the rest didn't have wings. I can kinda see what you mean but I think if the sergeant had them as well then the Captain wouldn't stand out as much.

oh I see, I do recall older books mentioning blue as the color of Power weapons. Your power weapons look wonderful! I just always go for a contrast color, mostly just to add in another color.

No i certainly get what you saying, mind you when I started playing 40k in 2nd ed I collected Blood Angels, the way I thought of doing power weapon colors was more based on Race (different power sources and all).

Anyways pretty much finished the bikers now, I have just have to tweak some details on the knee pads (which I will do once i have finished the attack bike).

Those bikes are looking amazing dude! It's nice to see you incorporated the red helmet .

I really want to copy your work because those Ultramarines are so amazing, really, but I play Crimson Fists so..


You should do more Ultramarines, you know. Infact, here's an idea: paint up an Ultramarines army (maybe a biker army? ) and then sell it on ebay.

Heh cheers mate, after I painted the sergeant and I was looking at the codex and was like "Doh!".

Don't worry i will be doing plenty more Ultramarines, the guy I have done these for also ordered the tactical squad and I also after a biker command squad. Next month i will also be painting 2 battleforces as ultramarines, maybe when I can afford it i will do a small Ultramarine army.

I do want to so a small biker force for my Blood Ravens a some point, I have to say looking back at some of my blood ravens I am really not happy with how they look.

Mhmm! That bike squad is a sight to behold. Definitely like the power swords.

Cheers! i am pretty happy with how its turned out so far, I might redo the sergeants power weapon, not sure, anyway tomorrow I will have another update, Attack bike is nearly finished and I might see if I can get the speeder done as well.

Once thats all done then its time to start on the Dark Eldar (old models sadly :( ) and then back to my WoC so I can try and get them finished in time for the tournament.

Here is my planned list, to late to change it really, hopefully it will do me well it not hopefully it will just look cool!

Sorcerer Lord
- lvl4
- Lore of Death
- Talismans of Preservation
- 3rd eye of Tzeentch
- Ironcurse Icon
- Dragon Helm
Total 355pts


Lords: 355pts

Exalted Champion
- Mark of Khorne
- Juggernaut
- Ogre Blade
- Charmed shield
- Dragonbane Gem
Total 225pts


Heroes: 225pts

18 Chaos Warriors
- Mark of Nurgle
- Standard
- Musician
- Great Weapons
- Banner of Rage
Total 389pts

19 Chaos Warriors
- Mark of Tzeentch
- Fullcommand
- Shields
Total 354

5 Marauder Horse
- Flails
- Throwing Spears
-Musician
Total 86pts

5 Marauder Horse
- Flails
- Throwing Spears
-Musician
Total 86pts

5 Warhounds
Total 30pts

5 Warhounds
Total 30pts


Core: 975pts

8 Chaos Knights
- Mark of Khorne
- Fullcommand
- Blastered Standard
Total 440pts


Special: 440pts

Hellcannon
Total 205pts


Rare: 205pts

looks very nice, looking forward to seeing the work!

I really love your ultramarines, and usually I hate ultramarines! haha. It got me thinking about having you paint up some ultramariens for me sometime in the future! hopefully you wont be so sick of space marines at that point haha

Hi everyone, Im Liam and itsonlyme is currently doing my commision work on ultramarines

Yes those bikers look the buisness, i am really impressed with the captain and think you have done a really good job, cant wait to get my hands on him

Now as everyone in this thread has stated yes you are awesome at painting making these models but what noone else in this thread knows is just how good you really are.

I am new to the world of warhammer and specifically 40k and Poor Mark (itsonlyme) gets me asking loads of questions about what can be done to units etc, but he also comes up with some awesome ideas on what should be done. Infact for the tournament i am going in this Feb you can only use what is in the battle box so Mark has done really well to make a unique character and im still very impressed by the relic sword as these have been conversions he has done himself!

Also as he has stated he will be doing many more Ultramarines for me in future so im sure he will share them all with you

Thx Mark your awesome so stay being just that

@ Sageheart - cheers mate, I have to say until I painted some i wasn't really a fan of Ultramarines myself, it has been nice to paint something other than red (ravens, Khorne WoC and formely my old chaos marine army). Don't worry I don't mind painting marines at all, i actually started with marines in 2nd ed so I think if I was going to get sick of them I would have done it by now!

If you are serious about getting me to paint some up for you just drop me a email (its is my sig) or a PM and I can give you a quote!

@ Liam - Cheers mate, hopefully your mate I did the blood angels for will be equally as impressed with his! I was glad I actually had a go at the battleforce as it has shown me how great the content of the box is! I think I will be nicking some of the bits for my Ravens (the massive books look like they need a home on on my landraider!)

Anyways cheers again mate, its great to hear feed back like that!

Cool lookin bikes there Itsonlyme great job !

Cheers mate!

Next up attack bike, i was going to finish the landspeeder today but I was being a bit slack!