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I have another custom marine that I can paint for someone, let me know if you are interested.

I (finally) got Gits and T1's marines done!
Gits got a Plasma Cannon for his second Inquisitorial Squad. I tried doing some freehand on the pad that would be Inquisition-y, but I'm kinda meh at freehand, so it came out kinda meh.




But before calling him complete, I wanted to ask what color you'd like the gun to have on it Gits. My normal color for DA is red, but I left the silver on for the Deathwatch. Also thought black might be good, as would gold. So you call Mr. Splitta.

T1's Marine, which is a surprise of sorts for the marine he painted for me WAY back at the start of this endeavor. Hope he likes it!



He has a TON of purity seals, but nothing written of them. This way when he actually does something in game, Gits can make some little scribbles on them to note the occasion. I do similar on my guys, but typically add the seals after the model does something.

Great stuff WM, i'm sure gits will love it. Keep practising on your freehands though. You'll get there

Historically I've done mine red... but really with the GMS marines there are no rules. (that's the beauty of it!) I think it would benefit from a spot of color though, so red or gold would be my choice.

I'd also like to see you experiment with some OSL on him. I experimented on yours so it's only fair that you get to experiment on mine in return!

Problem is I have no clue where my air brush is chilling.

I'll add the color this weekend, and if I'm feeling REALLY brave, I'll go for some osl. Hopefully I dont it up.

Great stuff WM; I really like the idea of recording the specific in-game actions of note of a certain mini on purity scrolls. That's a nice little touch.

As to your free-hand, that's not too bad at all. Thanks to Gits though I found out about micron pens, and let me just say they make for some easy free-hand applicators. Find them in the right array of colors and you'll be set. For instance: on some of my old models I was either forced to free-hand paint unit-type markings on the right shoulder pad, or leave them blank. After I got the micron pens I gave it a go just drawing them on, and it turned out better than I would have guessed.

Just use Yggs' tutorial... it'll get you there with a brush just fine!

^ Lazy Link

whalemusic360 wrote:I (finally) got Gits and T1's marines done!
Gits got a Plasma Cannon for his second Inquisitorial Squad. I tried doing some freehand on the pad that would be Inquisition-y, but I'm kinda meh at freehand, so it came out kinda meh.

But before calling him complete, I wanted to ask what color you'd like the gun to have on it Gits. My normal color for DA is red, but I left the silver on for the Deathwatch. Also thought black might be good, as would gold. So you call Mr. Splitta.

T1's Marine, which is a surprise of sorts for the marine he painted for me WAY back at the start of this endeavor. Hope he likes it!



He has a TON of purity seals, but nothing written of them. This way when he actually does something in game, Gits can make some little scribbles on them to note the occasion. I do similar on my guys, but typically add the seals after the model does something.

Booo, how dear you treat a ultramarine sumble like that.(jokes looks great !)(Is there enouth guns?)

T1's gonna flip over it WM, no worries. I'll show it to him tonight. He wants to play a game tonight of all things! I'm stoked!! So we'll have time to sit down and have some fun!

I may actually play with a bunch of my GMS marines... give my old beakies a break for a change.


You did a real nice job on that marine WM... sorry I didn't mention it earlier... was caught up in looking at the marine you did for me (which is also excellent).

It'll be nice to see squad #2 grow a bit. Heck, if I can trade for two more plasma cannoneers I'll have my own little devastator squad of plasma death! Just have to keep cleaning my slate... vent next... then Yggsie... then BLACKHAND... then graven... then.... etc.. etc...

Hey WM... he loves it! "Cool!" was the quote... which is about as excited as he gets about anything these days.



I have a favor to ask of the blog...

My little one, the 7--year old... has been watching all the fun that his older brother and I have been having with the swap, and he really, REALLY wants to get involved. But he doesn't do marines... he does tyranids. Is there anyone out there who's willing to swap like... a termigant with him? I'll supervise and tweak his painting (want to practice some tyranid painting things myself anyway) so you'll get a decent model in return. He's got his heart set on this, so I hope someone is willing.

Thanks.
Gits

hmmm i have some nids from macragge that i could try painting....

I would do one for giggles but I don't have any. Good luck Git!

Thanks guys... prototype, job's yours if you want it!

I could do a termigaunt or stealer.

Thanks WM, I'll see if he's up to two trades... I think we're out of stealer's on our end. And since he plans on getting a Tervigon at some point, we'll need all the termigants we can get!

Errr, hormagaunt. No termigaunts atm, sorry, always get em mixed up

We *might* have a stray hormigunt laying around somewhere, but we don't have any others so woudn't be able to use it once you sent it. I could send you a termigaunt along with whatever he paints for you (termi or hormi if I can find one) & you can paint it and send it back?

Can do that, no problem.

I would offer to swap, but I only have Space Hulk genestealers (newest edition), and I want to keep them together.

Got two marines to get pics up for warriors of mayhem, and Perkustin!

Also foudn a bunch of marines I can paint up for others.

Hey Git, I could paint one if you send it, no return necessary. Just to get your kid a painted nid would be enough for me.

Cool Artsoldier, thanks! Can do! PM your contact info and we'll get it to you.

Hey gits. I can paint up a Spare stealer. Don't worry about sending one back though.

Cool Loma! Thanks! T-2 will be thrilled! :-)

Git! I will send a nid as well! If we get enough Nid interest I may have to try to make an entire brood worth of guys, that would look cool.

Thanks Ice! Do you want a nid back? I'm afraid all we have are termigaunts...



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Finished up dantay's Doom Eagle. Thing 1 did a great job painting this one all on his own. I came in at the end for the tricky stuff (OSL, eyes, purity seals... some of the edge highlighting ). This was his first try and edge highlighting and while his was a little subtle, he did a great job on it.

Brother Pliskin of the Doom Eagles:



OSL was done with a brush. Tried my best to keep it subtle. There is a glow inside the barrel of the gun too!

Last chance to have us base it dantay... or would you prefer it like this?

@Dantay
Not to try to rush you but I got yours done. Unless you want me to do something else with it.





http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/218730-Nifty%2C%20Space%20Marines%2C%20Well%20Stocked.html
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/218731-Nifty%2C%20Space%20Marines%2C%20Well%20Stocked.html

So, I got one more marine ready* for a home if someone is interested.

*by ready I mean Im willing to build, prime, paint, and send. Ok its really just a pile of parts.

I-1, I'm down to trade a marine with you!

Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:I would offer to swap, but I only have Space Hulk genestealers (newest edition), and I want to keep them together.

I don't blame you.