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I am going to add a few hazard stripes at places that would be naturally hazardous to stay around at (probably landing gear, landing thrusters, side thrusters, ...

this is good! it will tie in with the chainswords you did earlier! and it will be relevant to the model! good idea!

RE: that smudge happened when I watched an episode of South Park on my computer, I was laughing so hard I accidentally smudged it. I will clean it up at a later stage

Ah, the 'ol South Park laughter smudge trick again eh! happens all the time!

I have also put together a base for the flyer. But I have a feeling I overdid it a little bit. I will post some pictures after I spray it black and do some dry brushing later on today. The deadline for submission is Sunday. :| Not much time left.

totally loking forward to this! I bet it'll be great, don't stress!

In other news, my purchasing habit kicks in again and I got a Chimera, Logan and Njal for cheap from a local store that is getting out of the 40K business. Now, what am I going to do with these. That and I am buying some vanguard veterans from a local Dakkaite. Me and my love for infantry models.

Oh dude, i feel your pain I just splurged myself too! I didn't plan on buying anything but if you promise not to tell anyone? I just got a Relic Contemptor dreadnought from forgeworld as well as a Ven Chaplain dread to use paint and use as my Death Co. dread my blog should crank up again soon!

Alrighty, done with line highlighting for all the parts. Now I can start adding more details (and perhaps line highlight the metal pieces).

More works need to be done for the base. Plus, the Stormtalon is missing some parts (the pilot is not even in place).

Your Stormtalon is closing in fast on epic win. That green tail accent is perfect.

Great stuff Leo! that base is perfect! :-)

"Stay on Target!!!!!!"

Ladies and gentlemen, I am introducing to you my submission for the local GW speed painting (1-week) of the recent flyer release. I welcome your comments and suggestions.

Now is the time for me to pluck some foams.

I dig it!

Inspires me to paint my darn marine vehicles! Of course it will take me 2 years to get that done at the rate I work

I appreciate the fact that you've managed to make the stormtalon look good.

I am so glad you didn't add any graphics or murals! and the little bit of hazard striping is perfect! I seriously (honestly) like this model with your paint job! actually looks much much better than the GW shots! :-) you have really done an excellent job, especially for a week to paint it! bravo my friend!

No reflecting lights and stuff?

@Miss Dee: I am working on my NMM techniques. Plus, there are not really much metal pieces that are reflecting lights on top. If you were to do it, which part of the Stormtalon would you add such reflecting lights effect on?

@nerdfest09: Thank you, Damo. I really appreciate your compliments. I really love your deep red Land Raider. I need to learn how to get such vibrant colour.

@sparkywtf @Scipio Africanus: Thank you. It does mean a lot.

I got my submission in today and I won (out of the 3 people who submitted). YAY. Now I will have this limited edition red painting station for my airbrush table. The water pot can be useful and the extra palettes will do for me until I get enough money to buy a porcelain one.

Well done dude! that's excellent and you deserve the win! a good portable paint station won't go astray! especially a free one :-)

Congrats on winning!

For your cockpit, did you put 'ard coat on the screens after painting? Also I like the HUD! I felt inspired so I went back through your log and I am painting paint interiors now!

@nerdfest09: Yeah I am pretty happy :-)
@sparkywtf: Nah, clean off the piece before I paint on (so my finger prints are not on there) and then start painting the supporting bars before painting on the HUD.

I am currently working on Bethor the Dark Angel standard bearer. He is one of the older models so his scale is way off. I call him Bethor the Slim. :-)

Hehe I should have cleared up my 2 points.

Did you ard coat the screens on the control panel, not on the cockpit glass.

Ah, I use the GW gloss varnish after I paint on the white highlight reflection. It gives a shine that further reinforce the glass effect. It is a paint on in a paint pot.

Bethor the Slim, dude that's funny.

Bethor looks awfully familiar? Hmmm... I know hat guy from somewhere? Hahaha! The stormtalon came out really awesome. I am looking forward to where the models you received end up in your DA ranks. I will definitely stay posted!

@40kFSU: Yeah :-) I think it is rather funny myself.
@Fallen_Veteran: :-) Yes sir, straight from your shipment to clean up and painting.

So I have been watching some videos on incorporating Forge World stuff into Dark Angels. Now that I have watched this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bup_zs4Irw8 , I think I have not been painting my robed guys right. They suppose to have a separate layer of color for the inside part of the robes. I need to revisit them once I am done with the current patch. I also plan on painting different heraldry on the angel of absolution shoulder pads as well.

I am going to start incorporating some Mk IV armour into my stuff. Time to scour the internet for them. Have you guys seen really cool Mk IV army (DA-based is even better).

Thank you all for checking in, I am going to post my current sternguard squad picture soon.

Since my Bethor model doesn't have the left arm or the top part of the banner, I dug into my bit box. After some pinning and my definitely-below-amateur-level green sculpting, he is now holding a banner. I am waiting for the green stuff to dry completely before starting to paint up his banner.

One thing that I note was the fact that he is holding a bolter. I deliberated on the matter for a while and decided that a bolter is best. He is going to be near his comrade, inspiring them and shooting down xenos (hence the scope). That plus the 6th edition rumour has it that bolters will be better with its ability to shoot twice at full range.

I hate to bring this up, I have just been in a debate with friends about the new storm talon and some say it is only for codex space marines, since I saw you had one was wondering if you knew for sure that all space marine chapters could use it. I lean on the side of the argument that all chapters are able.

on the WD inside cover it says C: SM but what the hell I say.

Unfortunately, nobody else but Vanilla can take the Stormtalon. Expect better stuff to come for the other books however.

I present to you my Sternguard Veteran. And a couple of oddballs .

Caption 1:

Sternguard A: "It was him who misfired."
Sternguard B: "I told you to shut up"
Sternguard C: "Sigh"

Captain 2:

Sternguard A: "We should go that way"
Sternguard B: "No we should go that way"
Sternguard C: "Sigh"

Caption 3, 4 & 5:
Sergeant in black robe: "Dude, did anyone tell you that it is pink and not light purple?"
Sergent with plasma pistol: "Real men wear pink"
Asmodai: "I like your dress Sergeant. You free tonight?"


In other news, I tried working on my robe technique but it didn't go so well. Sigh. Plus, nobody told me that adding white to purple produces pink. :(

So, I saw the Reddit thread confirming the terrain so my brother grabbed a bunch of stuff from our personal stash and went to the local GW. Here is what I got for my birthday present. (not the laptop or the 30" WPF of course).

I would love to get some recommendations on what scheme I should paint for these buildings. The one at the store is clearly of Cadian colour. I would love to make it clearly mine.

Man your characters and sternguard look great. Sorry about that Storm Talon business, I just found out myself. I guess Im lucky the guy told me before I bought the thing. Maybe paint your strong point in grays to match the bases? If not you could play around with some of those new shades of blue.

@40kFSU: I think something involving gray would be a good idea

I finished this Sergeant with Signum for my second devastator squad. After this, I would only need one more sergeant with signum and I am set for the heavy choice. Looking at these pictures, I realize how sloppy some parts of the model are. :/ I need to pay more attention especially for the more center-piece models.

I think the model comes out a bit blue because of the white balance setting on my camera. I must have stuck it on the wrong one.

THOSE ARE REALY COOL


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love em

Sloppy? I dont know, Im not seeing sloppy. Im seeing pretty damn good. And the details on the face, the eye is perfect.

Looking good man! Btw do the bastions ina bone colour if you want them to be unique! But I did them in guard colors..

Looks good, As far as the blue comment you made I'm not seeing it. Could just be your eyes playing tricks on you