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Finally finished the Tranquility Veteran sergeant. Took a bit of fiddling to get the damaged helmet positioned and the grass tufts in the right place and the right size.... but I think this'll do.



And a reminder of where we started...



One more down...
Gits

Ha!

Reverse Camo FTW!!!

Needless to say, awesome...

Have you considered putting the behind his back or angled more towards the back.
a la

Actually I did... (great suggestion), but I didn't have the right arm and I didn't feel up to a full-on dissection and arm rebuilding.

Cant wait to see the others git the sergeant looks great especially the damage on the head/face

There is actually considerable damage to the helm, unfortunately you can't see it from the angle the pictures are taken from. You'll have to trust me on this one.



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Here's a better shot, if you zoom in you can see the damage on the nose cone and helmet proper. Sorry for posting multiple shots of the same fig.

it is looking very good! love it. the damage helmet is a great add on!

Ah, the sergeant looks great. I love the attention to detail, like the scarring around the implants

These look really good.

Looks good.

Gits, that sarge came out great! I like the end result of his power fist. Good work!

nice conversion with the sniper!

If there are still any problems on sword size it can be easily answered : They are fit into the MW life with a focus on tradition than a modern fighting implement; which would fit snugly with the whole "crusading army" theme you're got going on.

Like the Tau Bonding Knives, those things are more the scale of Machete's but never really get used, because they are symbolic.
Or the Imperial Japanese in the Second World War. 'The Pacific' and other films immortalized the thought of officers charging with Swords; but really, they were there to denote authority and were also rarely used.

Just my two pence but all the models look great!

My one criticism on the sarge would be the joints. The brown just doesn't look right. If I were in your position then I would paint the joints black, maybe put in some metal to where its been a little damaged. I know there is not sculpted stuff in them but it still looks odd. Even blacking it out would look better... If you like it brown then don't listen to me. Looks good otherwise!

Imp. Monkey

I usually paint the accordioning in the elbows and back of knees black, but I don't think this model had them (at least not in the legs). That's my fault on the right leg as I completely re-built that one and apparently forgot to model in the flexible part of the joint. I could paint a black line on the back of the left knee to signify a clean separation of the plates.

Hmmm... looking really close at the right leg from the back it appears to be broken... I'll have to address that somehow. Uugh.

I don't think any of the RTB01 legs had the articulated joins did they?

Great job there Gits, looks nice

Wow. All I can say is what a thread. I started playing the game in September this year and have only discovered Dakka through trying to find battle reports for tactics on line. Took a look around the P&M figuring people may be in the same boat as me (starting a new army) when I found your blogs. I am simply amazed at what has been achieved across all of your threads Gits. I briefly posted on (I think) Thing 1's thread but am one of the many who has stopped trolling and joined to post here.

I've read all the pages on this blog (it grew two pages while I was reading!) and I feel like I know so many people already on here. The work and co operation that has been inspired here across the globe is something that everyone involved should be proud of. Whether it a debate about Mantis history, armour camo, assault marine wings, guyver like helmets, marine swaps etc.... Just so amazing.

I'll stop now before I go OTT but just to say a big thanks for all the blogs and all the inspiration that it has given. Hopefully I'll be able to contribute usefully at some point and feel like I've added something I have got so much from!

Cheers, Taff

Great Work as usual Gits. Love the reverse camo on the powerfist.

Looking forward to making my Own combi Meltas. I have a bunch of melta bitz coming from CH soon.

@taffiarit: Thank you and welcome! Yeah, it's been a community effort. Couldn't embark upon something like this without a lot of friends helping me out along the way. I'm very happy to welcome you as one of them so feel free to chime in whenever you feel the spirit move you!

@wolfshadow: Well, they're *supposed* to be interchangeable if you use the whole chapterhouse gun, but since I'm being pretty anal about these for Adepticon I'm just gluing them in place.

I ordered just the melta bit. Hoping that they will work out along the top of the standard SM bolter witha bit of glue and some minimal GS work.

To get the joint effect try a very thin single line of black. I used to do that with all my old figures back when I outlind eveything

Love the pose.

How about a commander that has stabbed someone with a mono power sword, but he stabbed as tho someone has tryed to creep up behind him.

First attempt a shading with my airbrush. OK, not great... turned the pressure down too low near the end and got some speckling of the lighter shades. Might try to go over it with a bit lighter shade again to see if I can reduce the speckaling effect.

Ice, sorry to experiment on your figure but we're both up against a hard deadline so I figure I need to take every opportunity I can to figure out how to do this. Did learn some valuable lessons though and it looks good even at close inspection... just doesn't quite survive the close-up camera without the flaws showing.

Next step (after dealing with the speckle) is to hit all the creases with thraka green wash to delineate the plates and dark spaces.

Gits

God I would love to give my marines that spackle before painting, but since you are trying to avoid pitted armor I can see the frustration.

Not sure why this is my first post here, been watching this for some time and yeah, you do good work.

No need to apologize, for soon I will have the Alpha mantis warrior shaded with the airbrush by Gitsplitta marine!

Sweet.

@I-i: Glad you finally posted! I'm totally unaware of the folks who watch this blog until they chime in... so thank you and welcome!

@Ice: Don't worry Ice, it'll look good, I'll make sure of that... but I have to experiment as I go if your teammate is going to get his army done in time!

Here is the marine after lining... I think it helped a lot (thanks vent).



Think that's all for tonight but I'm pretty pleased so far. Tomorrow I'll start the details and we'll see how it shapes up!

Gits

it is looking goood, so this one will be green eh

I need to try zenithal highlighting with my airbrush sometime soon as that looks great and would have saved so much time trying to get my Scorpions to look right! Did it take very long to do the highlighting with the airbrush?

My one criticism is that the lining looks a bit too thick, especially above the scrollwork and down the front on the right shoulder. If you look at the first photo from before the lining you can see where shadows should be falling

Hey Gitz, Happy New Year to you and your Family.

Both the Tranq Sergeant and the marine with the Samuri sword look great man.

I checked out thing 2s nids and there coming along nicely to mate..

jim

@Sage: Yep, this is the color of the normal Mantis Warriors.

@endtrans: I agree with you on the lining, especially noticable on the shoulder pad. I'll take some thinned wash and bring those lines out a little bit to ease the transition into the pad color. It didn't take any time at all... 15 minutes maybe. I'm sure it'll be less once I figure out what I'm doing and get better with the brush.

@jim: Thanks man! Yeah juggling 3 armies is quite a challenge... just glad I got the basics done for the other two so from now on it's just a piece here or there.