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@STC: Hey, maybe you could send over a marine to the neighbour next door?
That wouldn't be pricy at all, and those marines looks excellent!

As for a challenge, what about trying to paint a "Sicarus" marine?
It's my homebrew chapter, based on the assassins from the "Assassins Creed" games (you all probably know Ezio, Altair and so on...) and I, for one, enjoy converting marines to having cool hoods, hidden blades and freehanded "assassin" markings

Don't know what to paint in return, as I'm not really a good painter :( But, if you're interested, PM away!

And sorry if I'm supposed to sign up to this marine swap-thingy somewhere before posting?
I'm a bit new to dakka *cough*

Usually just post a pic or two of your more recent work so folks know what your talking about.

Love to see the new influx of folks. Some high quality stuff in there too! I'm going to have to add some more gms time to my painting schedule I thinks.

Arkgh! an avalanch of mail has decenteth upon my mailbox of personal messages.

A word of stern reproach for ye all athusiastic mailes though: I said I wanted a concept of what you wanted from me. Misunderstand me correctly here; all the ''would like to trade something with you, if you don't mind, etc etc'' PM's are nice. but I wanted a good concept with that. on a personal note I don't give a damn if you barely know wich end of the paintbrush the paint goes on to; your skill as painters and converters are not what matters. What I do however demand is a thought-through concept; this is something I will be quite picky with. Those of you who follow my Legion-and-friends blog here at dakka know I kan have a quite short attention-span and keep fluttering away towards new and shiny ideas All The Time. So hit me; write up a nice scene and mood and I'll see what I can do. of course adding such details as if you will use it in your army or just put it on a shelf would be helpful. and if you want it for your army it could be good to include such things as what rules you intend to use it for (special character count-as, devastator sergeant etc etc.) because of that whole WYSIWYG-rule. Also, a picture of your chapter colours would be prefferable,

@Hemmis92: Perhaps, I am not all that familiar with the Assassin's creed games since I don't own a console. However I want more meat on the bones (as explained above) before I commit to anything so write together a description and any relevant pictures as reference and we can talk.

No worries Chem, I was commenting on the quality of your work, not the mixed up abbreviation I gave you!

Not in the same league as some folk out there, but still:

Weeping Angel Sergeant for NjaltheWeatherman (not quite finished, but nearly) - still not got the hang of the lightbox, either

Nice work graven. A light box helps but I always need to fiddle with my camera... sometimes a lot... in order to get everything to work properly.

So true to my word, the first thing I did when I got off work was to dig through my boxes of boxes. I’ve been moving, so I wasn’t organized at all, but I knew I had those models hiding around somewhere.

Sure enough I found them! And so the modification began!

I’m working on Sternguard chaps for IceAngel and Battle Brother Lucifer, and I’m using the old metal Vet models with a bit of modifications. Simple stuff.

Or so I thought!

But I’ve had fun with it. I told myself I wasn’t allowed to touch Mass Effect 3 until I got these guys built and ready for priming, and I stuck to it! Too bad when I grabbed my primer the thing was completely empty. Bugger.



The Sternguard for BBLucifer. I had spent all this time working on getting that drum to fit right… to find out it was a right-hand attached to the gun and not the left. Argh. I fixed it though. So no worries.



And that’s the Sternguard for IceAngel. I know that bolter looks huge… that’s because that bolter is HUGE. I love that gun, it’s so ridiculous. But it comes stuck on the arm, and it’s all right-angled pointing straight up in the air! That just wouldn’t do. So I broke out the saw and went to town. Obviously, had to pin everything on the left arm, since that ludicrous bolter weighs as much as the model.

I also put a scope on it… because… yeah.

I never expect Marines to have to look down scopes, because all the scopes are tied into their suit’s targeting, so I always feel they’re more of a range-finder, target-assist thing. Hence why I put it off to the side.


So hopefully I’ll get them primed tonight! Gotta make a run for primer. Might even get some paint on em’!

They look great ChemC... the first one especially really looks sweet.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to painting them!

The second guy's arm seems a little low, but I measured it a bunch of times before finally pinning it on. So I'm thinking it's the camera angle on that shot, because he looks alright in person.

Actually, my own issue with the second guy is the storm bolter itself... it's just so huge. Seems to throw the balance of the figure off in my mind.

Yeah, that bolter is just plain Silly. Capital S. I would complain about how insane it is, but that was the original gun that the two pack of Vets came with.

You gotta admit though, that's a kinda gun a Sternguard should have!

Naah... a sterguard with a storm bolter is wasted. Either a combiweapon or perhaps a special weapon if your configuration calls for it. You don't want to give up that special ammunition unless you're replacing it with something very useful given the role you have for the squad.

Well, if you call that a stormbolter. No reason that can't be loaded with fancy ammo. I look at it as a Stormbolter+, so I'd run it as the typical Sternguard bolter. That was my intention anyway.

Ah! Well, shame on me for being too literal!

Lorna's GMS Squad has been completed

Wow, I really like the way they look as a cohesive unit. It really works. At first I was a little sceptical of the two close combat weapons idea, but looking at them now two ccws really works!. Keep up the good work.

Those are looking sharp! That grey looks excellent, and I like the uniformity of them shoulderpads that brings it all together. Lorna's in for a treat.

Chem, the reason gits may see it unbalanced is because, (to me) the arm holding it looks a *little* too low on the torso

Any of you pro's want to do a command squad of techmarines in exchange for, other fun admechy stuff?

Yeah, that's what I thought as well. But from every other angle it looks fine! I can't figure it out.

Measure 37 times, Pin once. Still looks off.

It might be the arm being plastic... I'll double check it when I get home and see if it still bugs me. I'll adjust it if need be before priming.

WIP of WM360's GMS

Lookin sharp!

WIP for Chem

Please ignore the painted arm, I cannibalized it from a project I never finished





and, like all my GMS builds for people, Ive fallen in love with him
might borrow an idea from this GMS and make a twin (maybe with fist and bolter in opposite arms)

*steeples fingers* Eeeeeexcellent.

I do love power fists, and there's nothing better to make a Crimson Fist paint scheme pop than a good power fist. So far so good chief!

I posted these in my 40K Blog, but I figured I’d drop em’ here as well. Bit of paint on the two marines for BBLucifer and IceAngel. Sorry for the brightness/fuzz, that’s my painting lighting, not my picture lighting.

Looking good man, Im gonna start painting (and probably finish) your marine today

STC, Im starting to work on yours, getting bits together and the like. I had a few cool ideas that would require amazing sculpting, but Im bad at it so I need to think of something awesome but within my realm of ability

This looks a lot of fun some of the paint jobs ive seen are really nice o.o I'm curious are the models actually mailed to and from the participants or is it merely painting someone elses chapter etc.

I'll be tempted to do one of these I think when I get my own stuff sorted out

They are actually mailed out. I have around 30-35 marines painted by others specifically for me at this point, including 3 dreads, a drop pod, and a bike squad.

Whalemusic's Plasma cannoneer done.

That guy looks serious. Nice job Knightley.