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@DijnsK: Hehehe, working on it! Either MOAR MAGNETS or a prop-stand like the Arkurian pattern Shadowsword from Forgeworld has. Not sure yet, still messing with it.

@Cain: It's actually pretty easy! Just get a small ball of greenstuff, press it onto the area you want it and flatten it out into a circle. Might need to play with how much/little greenstuff you use, depending on how big and thick you want the symbol plate to be. Smooth it out with a bit of water and whatever tool you prefer (I just use the back of my fingernail - SO HIGH TECH ), and neaten up the edges to get it properly circle-shaped. Then use a pin to carefully draw the scarab on - start lightly at first, then make the lines deeper once you're happy with where they are.

If you want, I can make another and take some step-by-step pics of it.

As easy as that huh? Well, in that case I shall have to give it a try, thanks for the reply!

No worries! Good luck with it.

Ugh. I hate waiting for greenstuff to dry. Drags out my modding over days, instead of hours. On the other hand, also means I can work on other stuff while I'm waiting. Anyway!

Progress shots of the contemptor's manskirt. Base of the skirt.


Central fold added.


Added more cloth to each side.


Chains and larger ornaments. Just need to add some smaller ornaments... once the greenstuff chains are dry. -_- Then I can finally prime this guy and start painting him!


And some other things!

Some minor detailing for the land raider.


Managed to get two of the 25th Anniversary models, though one was suffering from some pretty bad mold slip and bubbles and crap. That one (on the right) I'm modding up to turn it into another Thousand Sons model, surprise surprise. The other one wasn't so bad, so I'm keeping it as-is and painting up as a proper Crimson Fist.


Had to re-sculpt half the plasma pistol to fix up the mold slip, bleh. Got rid of the the detailing on the left pauldron - bubbles had ruined half of it and I didn't like it anyway. Also got rid of the Crimson Fist-specific markings and replaced 'em with suitable scarab ones.


Finally, random lascannon marine for my tactical squad! Given to me in return for painting lightning effects on my friend's army - he went through eighteen trades over the course of a month to get this guy specifically for me, heh.

Sweet conversions with the 25th anniversy model

Thank you! I'm looking forward to painting them, heh.

Finally finished the detailing on the ornaments. Agh.


Next step - priming!

What Aquila was the 1k sons had?

Miss Dee wrote:What Aquila was the 1k sons had?

Huh?

Are you referencing the fact that 'only' the Emperor's Children could all wear the Aquila on their armor pre-Heresy?

IIRC, other Space Marines could be granted that honor as well, for exceptional acts of courage and bravery, etc.

I think getting installed in a Dreadnought might qualify as that!

Ummm.... Wow? I love this whole army, Subscribed and Exalted. The free hand on that control panel is stunning, so are the termies shoulders, the bases, the tanks, the green stuff, and well... EVERYTHING! I will be following this very carefully!

re. the Aquila, yeah, pretty much what Alpharius said. When I posted my boarding marine on the Forgeworld Facebook I commented on the Aquila it had, and one of the Forgeworld guys replied with basically "The Emperor's Children were the only ones who could all wear the Aquila, but it was also awarded to great heroes. He looks like a great hero to me!"

And since they generally only put the most awesome marines into Dreadnoughts...

@Urien: Oh wow, thank you! I'm glad you like it all so much!

Nice work here man, he looks really unique from those few small additions!

Thanks! Good to hear he's lookin' unique - that's the intent, hehe.

Just a little update today. Done a bit more work on my poor neglected Deimos Rhino. My attention span these days is absolutely balls.

Fenris Grey/Scab Red mix applied...


... and then blended in with straight Scab Red (though only on this half of the tank in these pics, to show the difference.)


Next step - going over it again with Red Gore, then highlighting with Blood Red. Then cleaning up all the white and boltgun areas where I've made a mess. XD Bloody hell, next time I do one of these types of Rhinos, I need to remember to NOT glue on the exhausts and treads and NOT do the white/boltgun areas until AFTER I've finished the red. x_x So painful agh.

Nothing major today - my camera's been acting up a bit, bleh. Still, have some scenic shots! Was seeing how they look on a field that matches their bases, hehe.

Rhino is still in progress - still needs washes and more detailing. Getting there though! Pondering doing the rivets in gold, hm.


My first five tactical marines are also finally done! I'll get proper pics of them once my camera starts behaving.


Also, I don't actually own any of the scenery, but I did paint the statue. XD

Great work, as per usual! Can't wait to see that Contmptor in Thousand Sons colours! One thing: with the pre-heresy dudes, you might want to put in more 'mystical' colours, like the gold and the really rich red, so they really are the 1k Sons. You got it perfect on the biker in my opinion. Either way, keep up the great work!

Very cool. I love the captain.

Thanks for the comments!

@Urien_Rakarth: I can't wait to get started on the Contemptor! As for the pre-heresy tactical dudes, I have done the really rich red on them, but those photos I whacked up don't really show it properly. They look better in person, heh. I'm also saving the gold trim for the captains and sergeants, the regular guys just get the white trim 'cause they're not as special, hehehe. I also find that the red and gold combo makes them look unfortunately Khorne-ish, so I like the white to break that up a bit.

Anyway - Still alive! Been busy with assignments lately though, so not much progress on my major projects. Finally finished the Demios Rhino, but my lightbox is currently undergoing a rebuild, so decent photos of it will have to wait.

In the meantime, have a random Blood Angels assault marine I painted up in about a day.



One day I'll paint a model that's not red or blue... one day...

I still function! Haven't done much with my own models for a while, been busy with other things. Getting two wisdom teeth pulled out last week didn't help much either, heh. Finally managed to get some paint time in though, and made a bit of headway on the Contemptor. Still very much basecoat phase at the moment.



Wondering if I should add more red to the Kheres Assault Cannons, or leave them completely metallic as they are. Opinions?



And a little something else I'll be working on - chapter masters! Still need to fix up some of the bubbles and crap, and will be modifying them for my pre-Heresy Thousand Sons army.

Skits is alive! Try getting four wisdom teeth pulled, I think I slept for two days solid after the operation!

Dread is looking good, maybe a dash of red on the guns would look good, not too much, just a dash of colour you know?

I had 3 pulled

Hehe, I actually was really lucky with getting my wisdoms pulled, it didn't bother me overly much. My brother and dad both had to have operations to get all four of theirs out. I just walked into the dentist at 2:30pm last Tuesday, then walked out again at 3:30pm minus the right two wisdom teeth.

Didn't even need any painkillers afterwards - which is a good thing considering most of the regular ones don't work on me anyway. Just had a bit of swelling and felt like I'd been punched in the jaw for a few days, heh. Also managed to still speak clearly even when half my face was entirely numb. Dentist said I was one of the calmest, most relaxed patients she'd ever had.

Kinda wish I'd kept the teeth. Figured I had too much junk at home already... then the next day realised that they were ork money! D: Oh well.

@Cain: Yeah, thinking just a splash of red. Just not sure where or how much. The riveted tube part where the barrels come out? The half tube panel behind it with the vents? Both? Decisions, decisions...

Lucky fella! Wish my operations went that smoothly!

I am thinking red on the big riveted tube, should be the best spot for it..

At least now that you've got your wisdoms out, you won't hafta go through it again, right? Unless you're secretly an ork and keep regrowing them... ¬_¬

Yeah, I'm thinking the riveted tube too. Only concern I have is that if I do that, I might need to paint the half-tube behind it red as well, otherwise it might look a little too... piecemeal? Y'know?

Something else I'm working on at the moment - my display board for the Australian Armies on Parade competition this year. Only just started working on it yesterday, aheh. Got less than a month to finish it, hooray procrastination. XD



Nothing's glued down yet, still need to get some glue that'll actually work to stick high-density foam and wood together.

Cool looking stuff... God this blog updates nearly as irregular as my own! Only difference, this stuff is incredible, and mine is sometimes cool. Cool looking board, I'm very interested in that. As I said, I WANT THAT CONTEMPTOR! out of interest, will AOP be pre or post heresy 1k sons?

@Urien_Rakarth: Hehe, thanks! And yeah, I've been bad with updating lately. Life keeps getting in the way. :( Still recovering from a bout of the flu at the moment, which hasn't been helping any. Also been busy with assignments, bleh. I'll be using my post-heresy army for this year's Armies on Parade, don't have enough of my pre-Heresy army done yet. That's planned for next year's AoP.

Anyway! Since Armies On Parade is this Saturday, I've been scrambling to get the board done in time.

Foam glued down, gaps filled and some detail added to the ground:


Base paint:


Mostly finished paint:


Not sure if I want to do too much more to it - considering a bit of ballast gravel to give it some more texture, but eehhh. Also still need to do a bit of drybrushing on the ground itself with some lighter grey. Still, getting there!

Updating my Terminator Lord, Akil, so he's got the same style of pauldrons as the rest of my Terminators. Hopefully will have it done for my Armies on Parade this Saturday, but if not, 'sall good. Will just use the old pauldrons and swap the arms out for another set. Yay magnets!

Under-pauldron with hanging cloth.


Still waiting for this greenstuff to dry before I put on the top pauldron layer.

The Armies on Parade store competitions were on today, and I got my Terminator Lord's pauldrons finished just in time! That being about 1am this morning. Then my display, Hot Crossing, won my store's heats.

My old Terminator Captain Akil with his spanky new pauldrons!






And just for the hell of it, something else I've been working on recently:

First things first: finally completed my lightbox and got photos of my finished Deimos pattern Rhino and Pre-Heresy Tactical Squad.

Anyway! For this post - no model or anything, but still related! Just finished making a carry bag for my Armies on Parade display board. Basically just a cloth bag with a zip around three sides and handles to make the damn thing easier to carry around.

Zipped up with board inside:


Open:


The board itself is wrapped in cardboard to give it some actual protection. And the sewing machine is out to get me, I swear.

Also got that picture I chucked up in the previous post finished:



Now that all that's out of the way, let's see if I can get my Contemptor properly painted up before Games Day this Sunday... x_x