Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Your post vanished again, so here you go. Boink.

He looks really good. I think you can safely say he's well and truly done now

you can see the ammo belt go on past the purity seals.
brother captain RJ i like how you think

Gitsplitta wrote:Don't be in a hurry, take your time with your build and make sure you've got a very sound approach before you start cutting and drilling.

...unless you are trying to beat an arbitrary page deadline on your project blog - in which case you better just slap it together quicksmart

Like the Chapter Master BTW

Nice work Gits. You should thinking about transferring him to a 40mm base at some stage imho. It gives you that little bit of extra room to create a more scenic base.

I'm late to the party as usual, but the eye lens colour change on the chapter master(?) made a massive difference. The blue was lovely but was too light to clash enough with the yellow to make it eye catching, the dark red worked absolute wonders for it.

I don't think the slight gloss is detracting from it too much, and god knows, having it not get chipped is more important then having a very slight after affect on the paint job. Your black gems continue to impress.

i dig the whole 40mm base thing it will look awesome imho

Thanks everyone for your kind words and thoughtful advice earlier on... I think Pillipi and I have closure now. :-)

The Ammo Belt never went into the pack in the first place, I wouldn't have changed the pack if that was true. It goes underneath the shoulder pad back into the body. Guess I'm not too worried about physics in 40k at this point...

You guys know how much I enjoy basing, so moving him to a larger base to accommodate that would be a delight. I don't want to be accused of modeling for advantage though... and given how I intend to use him that might be an issue.

I pulled out my forge world Iron clad and other FW bits that were all Christmas presents from my sweetie last night. The dread (which apparently will have a CCW and Seismic Hammer based on my bits) is self explanatory while the bits, along with a few scattered others from graven and BLACKHAND will from the basis for my MoTF conversion. I won't start his build for a while yet, but I wanted to get the pieces together so I wasn't scrambling at the last minute for them. As to the dread... construction process starts tonight. We're going to get hit with a blizzard this evening so I may lose satellite access/internet for a while... hopefully in a day or two I should have an update of some substance.

Gits



Automatically Appended Next Post:

I finally wrote a brief narrative for my chapter master... it's here as well as being updated with the final photo and in the gallery for posterity.

Gits

---------------------------------------

The story of Phillipi Tarse, Chapter Master of the Mantis Warriors, Defender of Tranquility and Founder of the Snipers of Tranquility:

Phillipi Tarse, Chapter Master of the Mantis Warriors. Tarse was legendary in the Mantis Warriors long before assuming Mastership over the chapter. For centuries Tarse was responsible for the defense of the home world which, due to it's location near the Maelstrom and the many enemies the chapter had made nearby, was under heavy assault each time the chapter mobilized in any significant fashion. His hand picked, elite defense force were masters of defensive action... and while they used the full range of combat tactics they became known as the "Snipers of Tranquility" as their strikes against would-be attackers would have all the surprise and finality of a snipers bullet. All members of the Tranquility Snipers color their equipment in a unique pattern that is respected throughout the Imperium and feared by it's enemies.

Due to his unique responsibilities, Tarse was the only highly placed Mantis Warrior commander to not take part in any aggressive actions against another chapters during the Badab Rebellion (though he did defend Tranquility with unmatched tenacity, ferocity and guile). As such... he was the natural choice to lead his chapter through the darkness of the crusade in the hopes of eventually regaining it's status as a respected member of the Adeptus Astartes. He is also the only high-ranking Mantis Warrior commander who is fully trusted by the Inquisition or other Space Marine Masters.

Its not an issue at all. In fact game wise its a slight disadvantage as more models can enter bases to base with him. Also the GW tourney rules prohibit scaling the base size down, increasing the size is perfectly legal.

in fact the previous rulebook allowed you to do that. increasing the base size. the only model that isn't allowed to be mounted on a bigger base is cannis wolfborn

edit: he Git the weather in the USA just was on the dutch weather report its getting chilly down at your side of the planet

fatty wrote:in fact the previous rulebook allowed you to do that. increasing the base size. the only model that isn't allowed to be mounted on a bigger base is cannis wolfborn

I can imagine him with a trygon base...ouch...every model in B2B with him takes a hit...woah...

Narrative sounds like a good start; will you be expanding on the background?

I may, really just wanted a place holder in writing so I can remember it later on in case I want to continue to work on it. I'm really not a writer... it's much too hard.

Gitsplitta wrote:I may, really just wanted a place holder in writing so I can remember it later on in case I want to continue to work on it. I'm really not a writer... it's much too hard.

Says the man with a 95 page blog

great kantor conversion, I just noticed this thread again and everything is still fantastic

Pedro looks rad git. How many points does the warriors rank have now?

Nice fluff for a start indeed, I usually do the same, but with a more "random" structure of bits of phrases, spaces & arrows to link it all lol...

Lord Tarse is definitely a great mini, the large purity seals on the backpack are a nice addition to it!

Sorry, I was intending on writing some nonsense to help the common effort in speeding up the process to reach page 100, but I had a few things to tell...

Maybe tomorrow!

@warriors: Of the newly painted or newly re-painted army... just over 2000 pts. Almost all legal too, I just have too many elites unless I take a MoTF (which is on the docket but not painted up yet).

@Yggs: At the rate this is going I won't stand a chance to finish my dread before 100... though if the blizzard takes out my internet it may slow things down for a few days.

Well, I'm off to beat the storm, I can see the wind is really picking up and I have to rescue my kids from school.

More later if I can...

I shall look forward to it!

Tranquility vet in progress.

I hate Hate HATE painting yellow. There are like 7 chapters with yellow in the war! :/

Gitsplitta wrote:Yggs: At the rate this is going I won't stand a chance to finish my dread before 100... though if the blizzard takes out my internet it may slow things down for a few days.

Poor Git, victim of his popularity... Next time, I'll try and think of sending tissues as well to dry your tears!!!

Good luck with the snow... And enjoy this time without internet (should it happen) to work on your Dread... And, oh, did you mention something about a GMS swap?

Snow not a problem yet, but we have our second brown out of the year! So no heat or water. I-phone still works though. Whoops... There went the last of the power.

Have a camp lantern on that gives me enough light to file by. Kids and mom are watching a movie on the lap top. Fire in fireplace. All good so far...

Keep warm guys! Hope you get power back soon, can't paint minis by firelight!

Small update: Power back on. All bits of dread are cleaned up and ready for assembly. Now I'm left staring at a 60mm disc to try and figure out something brilliant for the basing (yet consistent with the rest of the army).

Goal is to finish the build tomorrow. Also sorted through all my MoTF bits, so they're lined up too.

Like a rock he just punched the gak out of?

I have a serious question for everyone...


I've been thinking about this monster blog that I've got... and much as it is fun to watch the numbers of views and pages ramp up... I think it may be getting so bit that's it's too intimidating for new people to bother with. I tried to address this with my summary posts, but I'm not sure they'll solve the problem.

What I'm thinking about doing is doing a massive summary post on page 100... the best pics, stories, etc. and then asking the mods to lock the thread. I'll then start a New blog with basically the same title with a "part 2" at the end, and continue on from there just as we have been. I'll probably duplicate the OP from part 1 and the last summary post, then move on from there.

Any thoughts? Any Mods want to chime in?? Do you think it's necessary or am I just making a mountain out of a mole hill?

Thanks,
Gits

Though it pains me to say it, that probably would be best. But let it reach page 101, just for shiz and giggles

Yeah it may be a bit intimidating, but you know the next one will get to 100 again fairly quickly.

It depends whether you want one 200 page thread or two 100 page threads!

So you're not going for the record of Longest Thread on Dakka? Oh wait. That dubious honour goes to "that" thread in the DCM area...

I'm actually considering breaking up my Guard one into separate miniblogs and it's nowhere near as long as your beast of a thread... not that I've done anything update worthy in a while.

I've been thinking that as I work on creating/sculpting a new unit type, that can have it's own blog. Once the task is done the final shots, with a link to the microblog, get added to the main army blog. Future units of the same type can just have painting updates in the main one. That way questions about certain things, like sculpting or casting can be dealt with in the right place.

Not a bad idea endtrans... Once the novelty of having a huge blog wears off your kind of left with this unwieldy thing that starts to work against itself. If this was just a place to show off my work that would be one thing... but since there's so much give-and-take here I think that the size might begin to drag it down and starts making people shy away. Since the whole point of the blog is to help me build my army from concept to finish... that interaction and getting new ideas and opinions are the most critical thing to keep.

Hey Gits, my MW is almost done