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Ramos, i like that model,just find it a bit too green haha. I feel like it needs a bit more to bring out the model.

Might be a stupoid suggestion as it is a bit thin, but have you considered cutting a power sword in half lengthways, leaving the power node on.
Then thicken up the back end with a thin strip of green stuff.

Been away a while, personal stuff, but looking amazing so far.

Only criticism of gravens mantis warrior is the chapter symbol on the right shoulder, shouldnt it be on the left??


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Damned blog post eating beastie got me again....grrrrr

dantay_xv wrote:Only criticism of gravens mantis warrior is the chapter symbol on the right shoulder, shouldnt it be on the left??

Depends on the era you're talking about. Early 40k had the chapter symbol on the right pad (see my tranquility snipers) as the left pad had the campaign studs on it. Some point later (not sure when), GW switched it and put the chapter insignia on the left side.

No worries, just I saw the gold chain on the left aswell, so assumed it was new era, still a beautiful model.... Blackhands bits look amazing, you are MW's should really stand out at adepticon

Minus any brilliant suggestions on your part... Razorback #1 is finished minus the weathering/sponge pitting. Kind of plain front and back but I don't have any great ideas. I'll order the larger imperial symbols in brass and put them on the front and back doors, that should dress it up. Only weathering to go... just don't have to time to fiddle with these further. The other one is done save the stencils on the doors.

Nice paint job

Looking very good Gits.

The yellow really does make it pop on the table. I love the stencil work.

classy.

Simply love it. I agree about the front seeming plain but I to an't quite put my finger on it. Those Eagles you mentioned may well be the way to go. That airbrush may be the best thing you ever bought!

I hope the people you fight against appreciate your army on the table top as much as the Dakka community does.

I agree the front looks a bit blank. An imperial eagle and some weathering should clear it up. Have you considered buying a blank transfer sheet and printing mantis warrior insignia onto it?

well normally i am not a fan of clean tanks but i have too say this. why not skip the weathering the model looks great and all. and after you added the brass it wil be in my eyes almost perfect. something is never perfect is my moto.

but i understand that weathering is a big part in MW fluff because of there crusade but these tanks are part of your "new" force right? wouldnt they repaint there tnks after they came back?

@Matt.Kingsley: Thanks!

@wolfshadow: Thanks too! Yellow was not my idea but I agree it works well.

@taff: I think I'm agreeing with you on the airbrush... that and my wet palette. And thank you, though the Dakka community is to a large degree responsible for this army... I'm just the one who gets to show off the finished models.

@shrike: That might be a wise decision. I've done that for model railroading but not 40k, don't see why I coulden't. I have a little tweaking to do, if I can find my old model railroading rub-on stencils I'll but some small numbers on the sides of the tank (back corners by the rear door) and brass Imperial eagles salted around here and there. I think I'm going to take a look at where they put markings on say, a WWII vehicle and pattern these after that. Give it a bit of a retro feel.

@fatty: Actually the army I'm working on is not representing my "new" Mantis Warriors. Our Adepticon team is supposed to represent the 4 Badab War chapters at the time of the Badab War... 100 years before my Mantis Warriors Penitent return from their crusade/exile. My new Mantis Warriors typically don't use tracked or wheeled vehicles. As these are supposed to represent vehicles being used during the rebellion, heavier weathering is probably the most appropriate state.

yeah in thoughed so. oke my bad on the "new" force. but that will be epic the 4 chapters.
so who are they?
mantis
lamenators
and? somebody? anybody? help

Executioners & Tiger Claws. See Ice Angel's thread for his fine, fine work on the Tiger Claws. If you look in my gallery in the "Great Marine Swap" section you'll see a couple of early versions of Solar_Lion's Lamentors (which look great).

Don't know how competitive we're going to be but we're going to have an awesome looking, very fluffy force!

Fluffy force for the win!

Tank looks great Git, I'm impressed you tackled the tanks so early. They always seem to be one of the last things I paint when working on a deadline like this. Are those your only tanks you have to do?

Great paint job and the stencilling ahs worked really well. If you're after things to clutter the bare areas up with I would recommend coming up with squad/company/chapter/campaign/all of the above markings to plaster all over it (you might need to use a brush for that though )

In the middle of tackling several peices of armour and 2 dreads over the next couple of days myself., Rhino, RB and PRed, AOBR Dread, Regular Dread.... Its daunting to have them sitting in front of me though. But I want to get them done. Gets me closer to having a tabletob useable force.

Goal is to have around 12-1400 points done in about 3 weeks.


Having a deadline, as Gits mentioned... evn a self imposed one... Is daunting.

IceAngel wrote:Fluffy force for the win!
Tank looks great Git, I'm impressed you tackled the tanks so early. They always seem to be one of the last things I paint when working on a deadline like this. Are those your only tanks you have to do?

Yep. What I have left to do... 3 drop pods (2 dreads, one infantry), Iron Clad, 10 tac marines, 2 sternguard, 1 highly converted MoTF. I wanted to get the razorbacks and Iron Clad done as soon as possible so I can start practicing with the army. I can proxy everything else until it's painted. These two razorbacks are a big hurdle... with them out of the way I get more confidence for the drop pods and everything else is well within my comfort zone. I'll be using the airbrush on the tac marines which should move them along quickly. Still a long way to go in two months... God help me. I may have to re-write my list at the last minute to adjust to what's painted.

@Flinty: Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. I must admit that the whole concept of squad/company/campaign markings are very fuzzy to me. Would have any idea what was what (arrow for tactical squad?).

@wolf: You've got your work cut out for you. I typically don't build my stuff until I'm ready to paint it. Keeps me from feeling overwhelmed and I can approach each build with a clear head and fresh ideas. I also don't play unpainted figures so for me that all fist together nicely.



OH, and that stuff about being done so I can move on was BS. I added some vehicle numbers (rub on transfers) and brass imperial insignia. Looks much better. Wish I had the larger etched brass bits for the doors but they'll have to wait a couple of weeks until my order arrives from England. I'm contemplating wire hand rails, grab irons and antennae but I'm just not sold on any of it yet... will have to ponder my options. I'm currently looking up some old photos of the British FV 423 APC which is one of the vehicles I think the old rhino chassis was based on to get ideas about rigging & enblems. Found a great shot from the 60s of FV's rigged effectively as razorbacks! Fun stuff. I'd post it but I'm not sure if it would get nukked by the Dakka Gods as not being gaming related (though I think it is in context). If you want to check it out, here's the link to the pic on the web...
http://www.armyrecognition.com/images/stories/europe/united_kingdom/light_armoured/fv432_30mm_gun/pictures/FV432_30mm_gun_tracked_armoured_infantry_fighting_combat_vehicle_British_Army_United_Kingdom_001.jpg

More later...
Gits

Gitsplitta wrote:
Yep. What I have left to do... 3 drop pods (2 dreads, one infantry), Iron Clad, 10 tac marines, 2 sternguard, 1 highly converted MoTF.

Maybe you should look at this a little differently. I mean that's only 13 guys and 4 little vehicles!

Doesn't that sound better? You can get this done in NO time. You will only get better with the airbrush. I mean you did two razorbacks in what, a week?

Well, the stuff I'm working on was all trades... So they came assembled and primed. I'm just going to get them done to basic standard, as I dont have any weathering supplies as of yet. (I lean to the realistic weathering/military modelling side of weathering)

Basic standard for vehicles for the 5 that I have shouldnt take too long... Prob about 4-5 hours of work for everything especially if I work assembly line style... IE 1 color at a time for all of the vehciles. Only problem is vehicles EAT paint. takes a whack of paint to do all of the vehichles.

IceAngel wrote:

Gitsplitta wrote:
Yep. What I have left to do... 3 drop pods (2 dreads, one infantry), Iron Clad, 10 tac marines, 2 sternguard, 1 highly converted MoTF.

Maybe you should look at this a little differently. I mean that's only 13 guys and 4 little vehicles!

Doesn't that sound better? You can get this done in NO time. You will only get better with the airbrush. I mean you did two razorbacks in what, a week?

Ice is right Gits. 13 guys? pfft! I paint 13 guys in my sleep. Granted, it takes ALL night of sleep to paint them...

Gitsplitta wrote:Minus any brilliant suggestions on your part... Razorback #1 is finished minus the weathering/sponge pitting. Kind of plain front and back but I don't have any great ideas. I'll order the larger imperial symbols in brass and put them on the front and back doors, that should dress it up. Only weathering to go... just don't have to time to fiddle with these further. The other one is done save the stencils on the doors.

I have one of those!

Man, if that's not a Predator I don't know what is

If you check the Marine codex I'm sure that all the squad entries will have the right symbol marked for their type. Single or double headed arrow for tactical squads, Crossed double headed arrows fro Assault, skull for command, triangle for devastators. Then you can go crazy with campaign markings, stolen from your favourite contemporary force or just made up out of geometric patterns

IceAngel wrote:Maybe you should look at this a little differently. I mean that's only 13 guys and 4 little vehicles! Doesn't that sound better? You can get this done in NO time. You will only get better with the airbrush. I mean you did two razorbacks in what, a week?

Hmmm... I do feel better. Actually it's been two I think but still, that's lightening speed for me. Taken me two weeks just to get one tranquility sniper done.


Update: Got the antennae on and have the gunners/commanders built. just waiting for the green stuff to cure before priming and painting. Stole a couple of torso's from my RT era jet bikes for that duty. Have the classic "drive me over there so I can hit something with my sword" pose on one of them!

Gotta say Git, that razorback is looking nice. Impressive insignia as well.

Can I just say Gits its been a bloody pleasure to watch your progression as a painter this last year. Gives hope to the rest of us. Keep up the good work.

@ImperialMonkey: Thanks IM, They've turned out far better than any vehicles I've ever painted before... so I'm content. Did a bunch of new techniques, experimented... learned things... all good.

@Lennysmach: Thanks my friend, I appreciate that, especially from an artist of your caliber. It's been quite a ride from this end too. Couldn't have done it without all the help and encouragement I've gotten on Dakka. Cheers mates, and thanks!


Well, NOW I think I can say that minus the weathering that I'm still not sure if I have the guts to try... the tanks are complete. Giving the final varnish to the second razorback as I type. I shrunk the stencil a bit so it fit in-between the hinges on the door, that helped out quite a bit. At this stage however, I don' want to post a picture of them. I still need to paint the two gunners and I might do the weathering on them.... but I don't want to spoil whatever "wow" factor there is by posting 95% done, 98% done, then 100% done photos in rapid succession. I did put everything I have painted up for my Adepticon army, including two surrogate tranquility snipers that I can use if I run out of time (they just don't have combi-meltas). I must say it makes me feel better to see it all together on the table.

Maybe tomorrow, we'll see how things go.

3.30 in the morning? Just watched the Jets lose to the Steelers and somehow I knew there would be activity on this blog.

Glad you got the second tank done now. Looking forward to seeing it in full battle mode with a gunner. Feel free to enter "smug mode" at that point as I suspect you will be receiving some great feedback on them if the first is anything to go by.

Yeah, I've decided my favorite Bear quarterback is the third stringer... at least he put some points on the board. This was the match-up everyone wanted... Packers and Steelers. Should be a good game, hope the Packers are up to it.

Even the first one looks different with the little extras I put on it... nicer though. Wish someone made brass unit insignia... or at least rub-on transfers... they're a lot easier to deal with than the regular water transfers. Maybe I'll take my lunch tomorrow and dig around the hobby shop to see what I can find. Might be a sheet of regular military transfers that have some useful things on them.

Nice work on the tank Git! and top on the icon I never thought of using felt or material would turn out so well.

I was cleaning out some bits today and found a wing that might look good for your single engine jump pack guys, it's an old wing form an Eldar ship in BFG


It has those vein looking bits and is double sided should be easy to cast and turn into a 4 wing configuration let me know if it's of use I can mess about a bit and send something to you with the sgt?