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Great work 👍 really liking the death company dreads and chaplains

All stunning... but the DC Contemptor just get's me buzzing inside.

BarryScott wrote:Great work 👍 really liking the death company dreads and chaplains

Thanks Barry!

Gitsplitta wrote:All stunning... but the DC Contemptor just get's me buzzing inside.

Thanks Gits! Ha yeah when I first saw the model I thought it would be the perfect fit for that.

I especially like the Death Company leviathan - the skull helm is a nice touch.

'pops in after a good long while'

Eggsie... still at it, a true marathon man lol!

Good lord are you even psychologically capable or getting bored/burnout? Insane dedication.

PS the DC Levi on the previous page is *chef's kiss*

Hope you are well brother!

Boringstuff wrote:I especially like the Death Company leviathan - the skull helm is a nice touch.

Thanks Boringstuff! Agreed...wasn't sure about the skull helm when I started out but after it was done it's now one of my favourite dreads in the collection.

MajorTom11 wrote:'pops in after a good long while'

Eggsie... still at it, a true marathon man lol!

Good lord are you even psychologically capable or getting bored/burnout? Insane dedication.

PS the DC Levi on the previous page is *chef's kiss*

Hope you are well brother!

Heya Tom! Thanks for stopping by! It has been a good long while. I've had various hobby ADHD over the years but painting and my BA army is one I come back to time and time again. My painting motivation comes in waves and some years have been good and some slow but I think I will be sticking to this for as long as I can hold a brush. I still haven't gotten to painting my Primaris marines yet and now GW is going about getting rid of the Primaris type . Hope you and the fam are doing well too!

It's been awhile since my last post and I figured it would be good to do an update before the year ends.

New models painted since my last pictures posted in March:

Captain Verono (Limited Edition Web Exclusive model)


Captain Acrion


Captain Tobius


Captain Olus


Captain Lorenz


Retro Combat Squad


Retro Assault Squad


Space Marine Heroes Series 2 Terminator Squad




Captain Donato (Space Marine Heroes Series 2)


Death Company


Mk3 Squad



Mk4 Squad


Mk6 Squad


Cataphractii Terminator Squad


And finally the last model completed of the year...a new in box Rogue Trader era Mk1 Rhino I found on FB marketplace:


This is somewhat of a year in review post as 2023 turned out to be a good year in terms of painting progress. Did manage to stay busy throughout and finished painting 80 models in total (approx. 3500 pts)! Based on this, my painted collection of models now sits just above 40k points - 40,213 pts based on 8th ed point calcs as I've been too lazy to update my Notion database for tracking the collection. Still have plenty to go and am hoping the SM releases slows down a bit next year for me to catch up from my backlog.

Anyhow, hope everyone has a happy holidays and New Year!

I'm on the verge of doing a SM cosplay, and for color scheme, your models were the first to come to mind. Looking great as usual.

Man, at that quality, that's a lot of minis in the year. Great job!!

jabbakahut wrote:I'm on the verge of doing a SM cosplay, and for color scheme, your models were the first to come to mind. Looking great as usual.

Thanks Jabba! Be sure to post it once it's done!

muette wrote:Man, at that quality, that's a lot of minis in the year. Great job!!

Thanks muette! Yes, this has been my most productive year since I've been tracking the numbers. I've got a really efficient workflow now with my colour scheme where I can crank them out fairly quickly.

Really loving those retro marines mate. "Captain Tobius" was one of the first minis I ever painted as a kid - big nostalgia vibes from him and the other metal marines.

The red armour is just gorgeous, and I'm always impressed when people can replicate that effect on the larger scale of vehicles.

The blue power weapons/plasma really pop against he dark scheme and the cloths/capes are lovely too.

Great work mate - happy new year 8-)

You make me embarrassed to have ever picked up a brush... Wonderful work egg.

tzurk wrote:Really loving those retro marines mate. "Captain Tobius" was one of the first minis I ever painted as a kid - big nostalgia vibes from him and the other metal marines.

The red armour is just gorgeous, and I'm always impressed when people can replicate that effect on the larger scale of vehicles.

The blue power weapons/plasma really pop against he dark scheme and the cloths/capes are lovely too.

Great work mate - happy new year 8-)

Thanks tzurk! Yes, Tobius has been one of my favourite paint jobs from the older range. Going through all the older models now also gave me a good nostalgia hit as well and I've got a few ebay alerts setup now to hopefully complete the whole 2nd ed range eventually. More for the backlog!

Gitsplitta wrote:You make me embarrassed to have ever picked up a brush... Wonderful work egg.

Thanks Gits! As long as you're having fun that's all that matters