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Very nice. That makes me want to create a custom librarian.

That Librarian is looking bloody awesome so far, can't wait to see the finished article.

Thank you both for the kudos!

I'm working all weekend, 3 twelve hour shifts in a row, so painting has ground to a halt for the next few days. I'll get the next pieces ready for painting in short order, likely starting with the left arm and shoulder pad. I've decided to use the left shoulder pad I had initially envisioned yo use on Aedus, and will be getting the arm painted up in sort order. After that, I'll get the right arm and force staff taken care of, and then finish up with the right shoulder pad and jump pack last. I estimate another week to ten days to get that wrapped up, give or take.

Further updates to come. Take it easy for now folks

-Red__Thirst-

Dang, and I thought my college workload was bad

It's not so bad, just long hours is all.

I hope to get a little more painting in tomorrow afternoon before I come back into work. I'm going to work on the left arm shoulder pad, since it's already base coated. It's been raining nonstop for the last 3 days, so I'm having to wait to get the last few parts base coated black till after the humidity lays down once the rain finally stops.

The arms are going to be fairly quick to paint I hope, as are the shoulder pads. In theory I'll have the Librarian finished by Friday night I hope.

More to come soon. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Small update. Work has begun on the arms, specifically the right arm. I got everything but the jump pack spraypainted last night and got the blue bits started.



After that, I began work on the left arm, and have it mostly finished. All that's really left is to paint the decorative wing and blood drop casing on the bolt pistol and edge highlight the black parts on the inside of the pistol. I've gotten the blue parts of the arm done and highlighted.



Once that's finished I'll get the red shoulder pad finished up and paint the chapter emblem to match Aedus and the honor guard, and at that point it's just finish painting the right arm & force staff + right shoulder pad and jump pack.

More progress will be made tonight. I should be able to get the left arm and shoulder pad done tonight and make some solid progress on the right arm as well I hope. We'll see how far I can get.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Coming along nicely. Excellent work

Nice work on the arms so far, can't wait to see what you do with staff.

Update time. Didn't get as much progress as I wanted tonight, but overall I'm very pleased. I finished up the left arm and bolt pistol as well as completely painted the left shoulder pad and got both bits attached. Without further ado, here's where we sit:





I'll be making sure I use a few more washes to help define the edges of the molded scrollwork along the top lip of the shoulder pad, rest assured. It does kinda blend in with the gold more than I expected it would. Still, I'm ecstatic with how well the mini is shaping up.

Take it easy for now, more updates to come in the near future I hope.

-Red__Thirst-

Looking goood!you don't seem to keep up the good work, you just get better.

KINGPIN54 wrote:
Looking goood!you don't seem to keep up the good work, you just get better.

Well thank you very much for that! This model has been an interesting departure for me, as I've kinda gotten acclimated to painting red and gold with white over the last few months as I've been slowly painting my Captain, and the Command Squad that will take the field with him normally.

Painting Blue is, in a word, different. Not bad different, I'll note, just very different. It's MUCH easier to highlight blue compared to red, but it's more difficult to shade blue compared to red, so I suppose that's a trade off. I've started work on the right arm and force staff, but am putting it down for the night and will come back to it later. I don't want to try and force myself to keep painting and start to make mistakes as a result of being too tired/sleepy to really paint well. I've accomplished some good progress for the night, and will try to do a little more work tomorrow before I head to work.

This staff should be a fairly quick bit to paint, I hope. We'll see. I've got the arm metallic paint on it and have gone in to do the initial shading/ink work on the recesses. The next step will be clean up, highlighting, and then moving on to the staff itself. Once that's finished up, I'll move on to get the right shoulder pad painted, and then I'll be down to the jump pack to paint and attach to finish the mini off.

It's going faster than I expected, but I'm still a little behind from where I want to be to have the mini finished by this weekend. We'll see how much headway I can make tomorrow before work.

Till then, take it easy for now and thank you once again for the kind words there Kingpin54.

-Red__Thirst-

 Red__Thirst wrote:
Update time. Didn't get as much progress as I wanted tonight, but overall I'm very pleased. I finished up the left arm and bolt pistol as well as completely painted the left shoulder pad and got both bits attached. Without further ado, here's where we sit:





I'll be making sure I use a few more washes to help define the edges of the molded scrollwork along the top lip of the shoulder pad, rest assured. It does kinda blend in with the gold more than I expected it would. Still, I'm ecstatic with how well the mini is shaping up.

Take it easy for now, more updates to come in the near future I hope.

-Red__Thirst-

I'm curious about your recipe for blue. It seems like yours would work fairly well for my Ultramarines.

 Red__Thirst wrote:

 Adamski Alders wrote:
That is a very beautiful blue my friend, would you kindly let us know how you achieved it?

It's a black base-coat, then two to three thinned layers of Macragge Blue. After that dried, I went in and did edge highlights with The Fang (Old Shadow Grey), and then used a combination of Drakenhof Nightshade in the recesses then a smaller line of Nuln Oil in the recesses once that dried.

After that I worked on the metallic paints and did the eye gems.

-Red__Thirst-

There you go War Kitten, reposted the recipie from the previous page. I hope it works well for your ultras!

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Thanks. I appreciate it, I've just been spraying mine with the gee-dubs primer and I was looking to see if there was another way I should do it.

Update! Nearing the home stretch!









Going to begin work on the Jump Pack, and then hopefully get it knocked out by tomorrow night and attached to finish off the mini. Very happy with the force staff/Gallian's Staff, and look forward to getting this guy on the tabletop soon.

Further updates to come, thanks for looking everyone.

-Red__Thirst-

Lovely model and such a nice blue.

Thank you, Stormwall. I'm very very happy with how this mini is turning out. I've added a little embellishment to the jump pack that turned out very nice in the execution (In my opinion). I'll be painting the jump pack tonight I hope, and will have the mini finished up no later than tomorrow if I'm lucky.

I appreciate the kudos. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Libby is coming along amazingly so far. May have to bribe/threaten you into painting mine.

Work has begun on the Jump Pack, and I've made some good headway on it so far. I've got the blue layer laid down and just finished letting the Nuln oil wash shading dry. I'm going to set it down and pick up with highlighting, clean up, and finish up by painting the metallic paint and final ink washes + details (Purity seal, etc).

Here's where the jump pack sits:







In theory, I'll have the jump pack finished up by tomorrow afternoon. Look for final update/finished pictures soon. Thanks for looking, and take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Finally finished off my Librarian.

Brother Epistolary Lexon, attached to the Blood Angels Vth Battle Company.

















Very happy with how the mini turned out overall. Few bobbles here and there, but overall I think he looks great alongside the Honor Guard.

Next project will likely be the first member of the Tactical Squad. We'll see. Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

Late to the party but, those Honor Guard are sweet.

Libby came out quite gorgeously. Nice work. At some point I'll have to get my Captain up on the site, as I recently finished him.

 War Kitten wrote:
Libby came out quite gorgeously. Nice work. At some point I'll have to get my Captain up on the site, as I recently finished him.

Do please share the mini! I'd love to see it.

Thank you for the kudos and I hope I can get some further updates soon once I start on my Tactical Squad.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Damn that Librarian looks beautiful, seriously well done and congrats on him Red.

@War Kitten - I'd like to echo Red and say I'd also love to see your Captain

Well done red! I think that came out really good.

Thank you all for the kind words. I'm very happy with this Librarian and how he turned out. I'm using the steam I've worked up to continue to chip away at some Blood Angels. Next on the chopping block, some Tactical Marines!

Here's the first of a five man tactical squad: The Heavy Flamer toting Tactical Marine.



As you can see, I've gotten the base coats laid down on the Power Armor, as well as the Heavy Flamer and have begun work on the base. I'm actually completely out of black paint (My last pot of Chaos Black, I'm a little bummed about that) and will be going to pick up more tomorrow I hope.

Hopefully I'll be able to make some good headway tomorrow evening and get the base wrapped up, before starting on the head, and then legs and torso. Hopefully I'll have it wrapped up by next week, though I'm admittedly taking my time to really paint each and every individual model to as high a standard as I can. It'll take a long time to finish the army, but in theory I'll have a 'display' quality army from my HQ choices all the way down to my rank-and-file troops.

More to come soon. See y'all at next update. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

As soon as I can get the picture transferred from my phone to my laptop I'll try.

 War Kitten wrote:
As soon as I can get the picture transferred from my phone to my laptop I'll try.

Sweet!! I look forward to seeing your Ultramarine Captain!

I'll be off work from my part time job in about an hour and a half. Once I'm home, I'll be starting on laundry and then painting between transferring loads from the washer to the dryer and folding said loads once they come out of the dryer. I plan on getting the base finished and probably going ahead to start on the helmet, legs and torso. In theory I may be able to sub-assemble the body and head tonight. We'll see how far I can get.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-


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Ok! Progress, progress.

I managed to get the first Tactical Marine's base, and legs finished, and sub-assembled the legs to the base. For a first tactical marine, I'm fairly pleased with the results. The right knee squad marking I'm particularly happy with, despite the slight chalkiness of the paint that happened as I was laying down the first coat of the dark yellow shade I'm using. Will be starting work on the torso, and then helmet, before I begin to paint the arms, backpack, and finish up with the Heavy Flamer at the end. I'm debating painting one, or possibly all three of the blood drops on the left shin gold, but I rather like them being just decorative bits on the armor, raised off of the surface of the shin/lower leg armor. I don't want to bling out my tactical marines *too* much, but I will be making sure they have gold and white on them, tying them together visually with their Captain, and his Honor Guard.

Without further ado, here are the pictures of tonight's progress:







The torso and helmet should go MUCH faster, as will the backpack and individual arms. I should have this mini finished up before Thanksgiving I do hope. After that, I'll move on to the Tactical Squad Sergeant and then paint up the first three bolter toting marines to finish the half-squad off.

More updates to come. Thanks for looking and take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Looking great Red, loving the work on the legs and the base looks excellent.

Thanks Adamski! Painting a full squad with the yellow knee pads and red blood drops on them is going to be tricky, but I'll manage somehow

Tonight, I've made some decent progress. I've gotten the torso and head knocked out this evening, and am about to start work on the arms and shoulder pads before I move on to the weapon, and finally the backpack. Pretty pleased so far with the mini, take a look.





And showing the base a little better.



So far, so good. Liking how this mini is turning out, and am looking forward to seeing the full half-squad painted up.

I'd also like to say that the move to 32mm bases makes me very happy. I LOVE the way these marines are looking on 32mm versus the old base size.

Stay tuned, more to come soon. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-