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I love a well-detailed base, I do. Smashing.

Lovely bases and forklift, keep at it!

Honestly can’t wait to see the finished forklift. ( hopefully on table with other scenery )

Thanks York', Graven', CK, and Joe.

A table full of scenery will be tricky as I don't have that much about (nor a mat to fill in between them).
But there will be photos with both the forklift and the associated workshop.
Maybe whoever buys it will supply photos...

Just a quickie to show the Intercessors basecoated:

And a photobomb by the forklift...

LOL! Photobomb...

Crane is coming along nicely, and the Intercessors will be interesting from their different chapters.

Looking good

Thanks for the Tip doc, worked a treat, will get a pic up at some point.

Good to see a son of Dorn in the line up

Marines are coming along great , but the forklift is da (photo) bomb. Great job on the basing for the intercessors.

Gits'.

Thanks Shas'. They'll certainly stand out as a squad.

Thanks CK.

Glad to help OMN. Look forward to seeing your results.

Thanks Theo'.

More on the Intercessors:
Next layers of paint to give their base colour some depth.
Some of them will get a bit more lightness and then it's highlighting all the edges...

And I added the goo to the 'nid base.

Lovely work on the crane/forklift thing.

I like how the marine are going to be the same colors as Voltron.

Well, I guess they're a team of rainbow warriors...

Go go power armored rangers. Go go power armored rangers. Unleash the emperor's wrath on the heretics!

If they unite, do they form Captain Planet? (The black Intercessor is- obviously- The Fifth Element dah DAH dah!!!!!

These look epic! Can't wait to see them finished!

complex57 wrote:Lovely work on the crane/forklift thing.

I like how the marine are going to be the same colors as Voltron.

Meer_Cat wrote:If they unite, do they form Captain Planet? (The black Intercessor is- obviously- The Fifth Element dah DAH dah!!!!!

This NEEDS to happen

Thanks Complex57, Graven', Comrade', M'Cat, Azalle, and Theo'.

Yeah, when compiling that picture I was hit by the realisation that they are a very... striking and familiar combination of colours. A rainbow squad.

As to Voltron, Power (armoured) rangers, Captain planet... I'm sure there are many more examples of groups that... :
Originated from different backgrounds,
Utilise different methods/powers,
Represent their differences by each picking a colour from red, blue, yellow, green, black (occasionally using a variation of one or two of those colours, e.g. pink),
Have personalities that perfectly match their differences,
Are brought together to fight a common enemy,
Teach that the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts,
Are ultimately a good way to sell toys to children...

I may use E, F, A, W and V instead of the usual squad markings for them because of this (the roman numeral V being a useful decal for the fifth member of the group).
But who is who? Is the red Blood angel "fire" or is that the Salamander? This raises so many more questions...

Anyway, highlights done:


I'm thinking of giving them gold trim to unite them a little...
And it makes me think of this:


And now we can have a several page discussion on your favourite group of colourful individuals that learn that they are stronger together after one of them is kidnapped / trapped / injured / leaves after becoming disillusioned or seduced...and sell toys to kids...

Nice looking group Dr H. I especially like the minty freshness of the last guy.

Rainbow warriors unite indeed! I especially like the battle damage on the blood angel, spilling your plastic glue was a case of serendipity I'd say.

The only color group stronger together to sell children's toys is the great crusade under the emperor and his 20 legions. You got the purge the xeno in every color needed and not needed.

I mean power rangers wouod be better with chain axes.

The Emperors Teletubies

Fire should be salamanders
Imperial fists earth (earthwork defenses)
Ultramarines water (duh)
Raven Guard air
Blood angels spirit/heart/life

and look what pops up in my YT subscriptions:



The universe is telling me something...

Thanks Gits'. Yeah, went more "minty" than "radioactive" with him.

Thanks CK. There's more to do about the battle damage when I come to it.
Necessity breeds invention. I'd have just liked to choose to do damage, rather than be forced. Although I'm still more annoyed at the waste of glue than anything else.

Thanks comrade.

Thanks Theo'. Yeah, those pretty much make sense.

And now with metals (and a few other bits):

There's some touching up to do (as always), but I'm about to mount them to their bases ready for the smaller details.

And you will notice the forklift hanging around the background.
That has had a little work done.


Ta.

Primaris are looking good, that battle damage on BA fits right in with the model. I am kinda itiching to put mine together and start painting them now.

Hazard stripes are very neatly done, do use tape to do that or is it all done by eyeballing up the lines?

I do love those pistons. Contrast is excellent.

You really are being a colorful person right now with those marines and the forklift. Maybe do the company name on the boom of the lift in green with black edging to the letters to get even more of the rainbow out there.

Thanks York'. And you'd probably finish the whole army before I get these finished.
The only tape I used for the hazard stripes were on the legs: The large stripes are on a raised rectangle and I placed a strip of tape off one side and painted towards it. The actual stripes are all freehand.
I do use my finger and/or a blunt scalpel (otherwise known as my universal poking device) to carefully wipe/scrape off excess paint or to neaten lines.

Thanks Graven'.

Thanks Theo'. Yep, there will be some kind of name on the boom, as well as a few other places. One of the last jobs.

And bases attached:
Due to focusing the camera on the bases the rest of most of the marines are out of focus, so here's a lot of base photos...


Not the most exciting, but you may see the blood from the 'nid is killing the grass on the BA base.

Great use of colours on the forklift, looks awesome so far.

Good work on the marines so far, I like the yellow

Is the helmet on the salamanders base his or his friends. If it’s his then he is wearing a second breathing apparatus as there is still the one on the helmet maybe paint it as another chapter that didn’t make the grade to get a new shiny primaris marine....like black space wolf (you don’t have a grey model, or white scars)

Forklift and marines are looking awesome!

The fork lift looks good, needs danger stripes

The squad is lookin good, I like the battle damage