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Hey all......I am working on a couple new projects. I have been trying to not spread myself to thing w/ work and family commitments, so I am only working on 3 or 4 new armies at once I just finished rehighlighting and reinking my Deathwing for a tournament a couple weeks ago, so it is time to move on to other things.

I am trying to limit the number of armies I am working on over the next couple of months. I need to finish up my Daemons and Vostroyans. I need to get a bunch of Flesh Tearers done for the upcoming Blood Angels release, just started on my Word Bearers, Pre-heresy World Eaters and just got some Traitor Guard in the mail to work on........so many armies, so little time.

I did start working on my Flesh Tearers a few months ago

Baal Predator w/ lascannon turret as well....need a couple of hatches


first 5 assault marines


3 death company


chapter master


I need to touch up here and there and still work on bases for all and backpacks of the deathcompany.
I was excited about the upcoming codex, so really need to get to work



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my next project is my Guard.........they were my first fully painted army years ago (long gone) and I am enjoying redoing 2 different guard armies.

I got the idea from Dave Taylor's Genswick 33rd Rifles he did in a White Dwarf a few years ago. I've been buying Brettonian men-at-arms and cadian bitz for about a year now. Somtime in November, I finally started working on them, built 3 models and crapped out. I took my box of bitz w/ me on vacation and did nothing with them. Then, sometime last month, I bought a small lot of converted models off of ebay and got some inspiration. Over past 2 weeks, I have built 40 more so I have a total of 50 now.

I found followed SirGordonBlixt's tutorial
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/271103.page
for the start of my bases.

first 10 bases




and my weapons team base




I am going to prime and paint the weapons base tonight and hopefully get a couple of test models done.

Well, last night wasn't as successful as I hoped.
I did get my next weapons base assembled and I actually painted a test mini, but that was it.
I will update tonight w/ pictures.

Good start though, and I think it's awsome seeing flesh tearers. Been years really.

With the words traitors and word bearers you got me hooked up, can't wait to see them.

Well, I made some progress last night

I was able to get 5 models mostly done......all they need to be is rehighlighted after the ink drys (hopefully tonight)

this is what they start out like


they are a combination of brettonian men-at-arms bodies and heads and cadian arms. I tried a few with catachan arms, but they just didn't look right (too big). I snip off the brettonian arms, do a little bit of shaving and then attach the cadian arms. I am giving them all backpacks, so if there is a little gap in the back, the backpacks cover them up.

primed model


I am trying to keep the paint scheme very simple and easy. This is going to be a mostly foot army, so lots of models.
I paint the whole model w/ thraka green, go back and redo the shoulder pads, metal bitz (weapons, shovels, etc) and underskirt w/ adeptus battlegrey, the boots, belts and shovel handle w/ scorched brown and the flesh w/ dwarf flesh.
I then highlight the green w/ camo green, the grey w/ codex grey, the brown w/ bestial brown and the flesh w/ elf flesh. I then hit a couple of the grey areas w/ boltgun metal. After that, everything gets an wash of devlan mud. I am still trying to figure out how much of the wash to put on, so it is going to vary for a little while. I then went back on the one model and rehighlighted w/ camo green and elf flesh.

The bases were all primed black, layer of foundation brown, the boards got a strippling of bestial brown and the gravel got a devlan mud wash.

he has been rehighlighted


these need to be rehighlighted






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Oops, just noticed the radio operator has a couple little bitz of flash that need to be removed.

the next weapons team base


and my take on guardsman marbo




he is a marauder body, catachan arms, pistol and backpack and demolition charges made from rockets and grey stuff.
not sure what head to use yet, or if I actually like the model. I might end up using a scout body and the demolition charge hand.

I am hoping to finish up the first 5 tonight, get the next base done and finish up my heavy weapons.

Can't say that I like the green colour scheme, it makes me think of 1st/2nd WW British soldiers.



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I really like the bases tho...really looks like duck boards at the bottom of a trench!! keep it up.

That's the general idea of the army......WWI trenchers, British/American soldiers. I want to keep them looking a little dirty.

thanks,
Rick

Some success last night........I was able to do the final highlight on the first 5 guard



I wanted to keep them a little dirty......that will be the general overall theme of the army.

Just a couple more of my various projects



the first Word Bearer......I am going to try and use mostly robed marines for this. I have some Black Templars to mix in, but they are smaller than the Dark Angel marines for some reason.


my take on the dark apostle




some of my traitor guard


my first deathwatch marine - after reading the Heros of the Space Marine's book, I knew that I needed Deathwatch

Hoping to get some more paint on these this weekend and work on my next 5 guardsmen.

Nice! I don't like the guardsmen though(just personal preference) bt they were painte nicely. My favourites are the flesh tearer assault marines.

Another small bit of success last night. Got the girls to bed and had 24 on in the background, so it was a good night.
I just noticed some of the small little bits that need to be touched up, will try to get to them tonight.
Not sure if he is going to be just a commisar or a commisar lord.......

Nice stuff preticularly liking the Genswick rifles nice paint job on the comissiar as well.

Thanks....I painted up a santioned psycher last night, then forgot my camera today. I brought the firewire,
but just not the camera

my sanctioned/un-sanctioned psycher



I have another couple like this......I need to find more unassembled flagellants

I will probably end up doing my traitor guard on the same type bases, so I can move these back and forth between 2 armies.