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OK, one more for the day Full force as it stands.

Yes I got the captain finished too

They're looking awesome, a really striking force there!

Thanks Para, have a long way to go to hit your level though. Really impressive work brother.

Few things after a day or so of looking at the gold. I've settled on highlighting the gold armor with silver like I did on the captain, the rest of the force will be highlighted accordingly. I've started that process. But... then I was distracted by this kit that I want to love...

So... I fixed it javascript:emoticon(''); The Centurions!

I Haaaaate the poses that they come modeled in... especially the Babe Ruth finger. So of course thats the one I tackled first. I also didn't like all the extra cabling that came with... that and Im not THAT skilled of a modeler to convert all that wiring, so I nixed it. With a little bit of filing and pose adjustments, I feel like I got a much more dynamic pose.

And of course they'll all have Grav Cannons

That being said, here's my first attempt. He still needs touching up and final highlighting, but not bad for a night's work

Centurion is looking good, solid work on reposing it.

Captain is looking awesome too, especially with the MKIII backpack.

EDC

Some how you've managed to make your marines both gold and grimy at the same time. They look well-weathered and cool.

EDC thanks for the kind words brother. I've got the next two on deck, hopefully ill have my second one up by tomorrow and crank out the third over the weekend.

I didn't like their heads at all so I went with the FW DA upgrade heads to tie them more in with the rest of the force.

Warboss! Glad you like them brother. I didn't want them to look too pristine, they've been guarding the same planet for the past 8k years for no apparent reason, from space...

And then there was two - two Brothers as it were! They're getting there gents! One more Grav armed Centurion to go!

C&C always welcome

And then there was three! Pretty pumped that I got these guys done as quickly as I did. It also gives me a right around 750 pts of Angels of Vigilance.

What do you guys think of my Trio?

Looks great!

I'm really liking the use of silver to highlight the golds. Very cool effect.

Looking awesome dude. The heads you've used look wicked.

EDC

Love them!

My only thought is that they might need an extra accent color. Right now they are very mono-cromatic. Well, two-tone; gold and steel. The red missiles help, but they still feel a bit like a giant block of solid color. It could be as simple as adding the chapter symbol to the shoulder to give it that pop, or a contrasting base.

Mad: Thanks Brother! Took some experimenting to get it to work, you really have to shake up your metallics to get them to the right consistency to go on well over a base layer.

EDC: I absolutely love the Forgeworld Dark Angel upgrade bits, the heads are ace and the torsos give them more of a knightly feel (which I freaking love)

Nev: I was thinking of that too brother. I plan on adding devastator transfers and Icons in red to help add some contrast. I have a bunch of extra bases, I need to sit down and experiment on basing ideas. I am upon to suggestions.
- Love your work on your Ultras brother, your avatar marine is by far my favorite, love the kit bash you have going on there.

So I need to go out and get some basing supplies, as it appears I am woefully under-prepared in that category.

I realized I haven't put together my grav cannon heavy weapon specialist, soooo I fixed that.

And gave them two more Battle Brothers and a Sgt if I want to field them as a bare minimum dev squad.

just some early WIPs - C&C welcome. Again I used the DA torso for my sgt to set him a part.

Got a little bit of time to work on the next 5. The Sgt and the two heavy weapon troopers. Gold and gunmetal done and washed. Hopefully get the next two tonight

Another W.I.P. - Almost all of the gold and gunmetal is done. Need to finish the back of the power packs and then the grav guns and arms. Coming along nicely. Once I'm finished with the metallic base colors, highlighting is quick, and I'll be able to pick out the extra details (purity seals, osl on the grav-cannons, eye lens) ad then I'll be done with my Angels of Vigilance for a little bit

Really like how strong that gold is, these guy are really cool!

Making good progress dude, keep plugging away.

EDC

Looking good.

But if you are going to be done with them for a while, you need to get an army shot!

And what’s next on the to-do list?

Awesome work. Love what you have done on both your Angels themes.

Are you going to Adepticon?

@Paradigm - Thanks Brother, I finally (On the last group of marines) found a way to paint them quickly and still achieve the desire effect. Really like how these last five are looking.

@EDC - Cheers mate, love checking out your stuff too brother

@Nev - Well.... done might be a strong word. A part of me wants to max out the Centurion squad (Because that'd be just intimidating to see i feel) and I do want to pick up two more grav cannons in case I want to run a 4 gun dev squad... and then maybe a librarian in gold... ya know... everyone needs a psyker.

@Solar - Thanks Brother! I really like having two contrasting forces. This way they can each maintain their own feel and identity.

Adepticon... I've been debating about it this year. I've really wanted to go for a couple years now. The tickets are the issues, its whether or not I want to book a room solo at a neighboring hotel. None of my buddies this year were interested in going.


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@Solar Lion - just confirmed, I'll be bringing my Angels to Adepticon this year

Some great work here dude. That captain and those centurions really stand out, and the FW heads were a great shout. Looking forward to seeing more.

Plod! Thanks for checking my boys out, appreciate the love Brother!

Spent sometime away from my studies and knocked out the last 5 Angels of Vigilance until I can get my hands on more grav cannons and the bits for a chaplain and librarian.

After looking at the pictures, I'll need to go back in and add more to the OSL on the cannons and the re-touch their eye lens. What do you guys think?

Totally awesome!

Got any thoughts on basing your models? They looks awesome painted up, but basing really helps frame the mini and give a sense of place.

EDC

EDC, that is the ultimate question brother. I agree, a good base job really brings the model together. Gits' models are perfect example of this. I'm still not sure how I want to go about it. I'll have to mock up some ideas, I have plenty of extra bases to practice on.

Any suggestions? I always appreciate an outside opinion.

 Master Azalle wrote:

@Solar Lion - just confirmed, I'll be bringing my Angels to Adepticon this year

Excellent.. Look us up.. we do a lot of pick up games so keep us in mind if you want to play. Also check out our 'Knight Fight" Saturday night.
You can find us most likely at the 'ModCube' booth .

Are there any actions your chapter is famous for, and where were they fought on?
Do you have a table you regularly play on? What’s it’s theme?

(totally amateur theory here, take with salt)

Your army is primarily a yellow/orange hue, with a splash of red. If we look at a color wheel, the opposite of yellow is violet. Leaning toward the blue side in your case. Hard to think of something that fits that scheme. If you go with a triangle approach, you still end up with an impractical teal/magenta. If you play off the red accents, those are opposed by green, so a grass base might work.

Alternatively, your army is painted in “warm” colors. So you could base it on “cool” ones. Urban rubble? Mostly soft grays, with a touch of blue if you can do it.

 Solar_lion wrote:

 Master Azalle wrote:

@Solar Lion - just confirmed, I'll be bringing my Angels to Adepticon this year

Excellent.. Look us up.. we do a lot of pick up games so keep us in mind if you want to play. Also check out our 'Knight Fight" Saturday night.
You can find us most likely at the 'ModCube' booth .

Awesome, I'll definitely look you guys up. I'll probably be wearing a shirt with the Angels of Vengeance chapter symbol on it (won it in a campaign I played in - probably my favorite gaming shirt).

Knight fight you say? hmm what does this en tale?

Nev - Dropping painting wisdom here. I like the idea of cool urban rubble... maybe with some grass sprinkled in there.

The group we belong to ' Wardens of the Maelstrom' do a group battle most years we do Adepticon. This year is titled ' Knight Fight' We have a general communications blog called Knight Fight'. The rules are there.

We also make plans and inform each other what we are bringing, talk smack and try to prearrange some games.

The group was formed when we played in the Team tournament. We Kept the group going as an Adepticon thing for years though we don't often play the TT anymore.

Our group consists of Gitsplitter ( truly our most famous Celb ) and his posse , Whalemusic, RiTides, Ice Angel, Moonpie, Ramos, CleansingFlame, Yellowbeard. Briancj, Wyomingfox, Thing1, Chaplaingunther and myself. One of them should be able to give you a game as well.

I remember there being a request for a completed army shot

With out further ado, the Angels of Vigilance Strike force as she stands (minus a solid basing job that will happen in the near future)