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Your Army look great! The only thing I wold change on the hellhound is the rust on the tanks, It looks to much like a solid line, real rust tends to bleed.

Keep up the good work! BTW what is the prize for winning?

Yeah the rust on the tanks is one of my problems with the Hellhound. I also do not like the skull motif on the side. I hope to be able to fix these problems if I have the time.

As for the prize? Ya know I never bothered to ask. The store that hosts the league is very good at awarding prizes for tournaments. However as this is a league I am not sure if there is going to be one. I will have to ask.

My goal is to beat the Blood Angles player as he is just stomping everyone in the games. If I can get all three of the possible paint awards and keep a good win / loss ratio I might have a shot. As my army comp is not very strong it will be a uphill battle. But I love a challenge.

You ought to post your list as it goes together as well. Is it already locked in and put together, or are changing your ideas as you go? Wouldn't mind hearing the composition thus far either way.

I pretty much base each chunk on what I feel like painting at the time. I also try to paint things that I have yet to paint. I would like to have at least one of each unit type and weapon type by the time I am done. So it has been pretty random to tell you the truth with little to no thought on tactics or strategy. But here is what I have so far.

1st 500pts (0-1 Hq restriction. Note due to a rule on the first 500pts I could have a Hq sentinel with out the actual command squad.)

TR 1: Infantry platoon
Command Squad - Bolt pistol, grenade launcher, flamer
Squad 1 - Vet. Sgt, flamer, Autocannon
Squad 2- Vet. Sgt, grenade launcher, Autocannon

TR 2: Armored Fist Squad
Squad- Vet Sgt, Melta gun (upgraded from flamer at 1000pts), heavy bolter

EL 1: Ratling Sniper Squad
5 ratlings

HQ: Sentinel Squadron
1 sentinel with autocannon

750pts

HQ: Command Platoon
5 man Command squad JO and flamer
1 sentinel with multilaser

HV 1: Leman Russ
Hull Heavy Bolter

1000pts

EL 2: Stormtroopers
5 man squad, veteran sgt, power weapon, 2 melta guns

HV 2: Leman Russ Demolisher
Hull Heavy Bolter

1250 (Work in progress)

3rd Infantry Squad in original platoon, Vet sgt, plasma gun, missile launcher (Painting Now)
1 sentinel for Hq Platoon with multi laser (On deck)
FA 1:Hellhound. (Done)

1500 (Am thinking this but not sure yet)

EL 3: 5 ogren
HV 3: basilisk with indirect fire (Or chimera for the Ogren and upgrading to bone head now as opposed to later)

That pretty much sums it up. I am looking forward to painting the Ogren but not looking forward to fielding them. However I am feeling confident that I can make them look good so they are here to stay but I might push them back and do them at 2000pts.

Hope this helps. There are also pics of each chuck but this list is better for details.

Once again thanks for your replies and support.

So another update.

Finished my Commissar. I was not going to use him in my army and was only planning on testing out a few of the washes on him. I have never painted with white primer before and wanted to give it a shot as well. I wanted to try some new things and I just got carried away and ended up finishing him. So I suppose waste not want not so I will use him as a Sgt. for my upcoming squad.

However he really put me behind schedule as he took MUCH longer then expected to finish. So he might become an actual Commissar (Even if their rules are worthless and expensive) and I might bump the Sentinel to another month if it looks like I will not be able to finish. Hope I don't have to but I really boned myself on this one.

I know he has some mistakes and a few things that I could have done better but I decided to abandon him for now and move on. I will go back and fill in the light parts of his jacket near his face later and clean up his base and add grass. I am pretty happy with him however and I really learned allot painting him. My wife says he is the best thing I have painted since she has known me. I am not sure if I agree but that made me feel good about it.

Commissar Front.



Commissar Back

why base such a dark figure on a white undercoat?

looking good! keep at it!
//J

Looks great; the black leather is convincing. The only faults I can see are slightly orange-ish bits of... some sort of wash? In the belt holes, wrist, hand.. but the camera can see better than I can, and I don't think they'd be noticeable. My painting is no better, of course!

The eye, in its shadow, is also quite effective.

gerilla_93- Why is a figure that is wearing primarily black done in a white base coat? As I was experimenting with the washes, this being the main reason, I also wanted to use a few different shades of black as well. It is hard to get different shades of black with out wasting lots of time when I use black primer. It just kind of all fell together on this model.

Arctik_Firangi - As for the off color washes. Yes they are there but are unnoticeable on the model in person but will hope to fix that later. That strange color is Ogryn flesh if you cn believe that. I think it reacted strangely to the bronzed flesh I accidentally put on his hands as a base coat, colorblind is a bitch.

Also keep in mind that the picture made a guardsman the size of a bloodthirster so when shrunk some of the mistakes are unnoticeable. I keep wanting to paint the picture now as it would be so much easier than the actual fig.

Thanks for the responses fellas. In short he looks much better actual size then larger then life.

It would be a cool conversion to grind off the end of the crop and greenstuff the bristles of a paintbrush.

Actually that would be pretty sweet! Wonder if I could pull it off? I am not the best with greenstuff. Actually I kind of suck to be honest. Will see what one of my friends can do. Good idea.

So got a lil more finished. The missile launcher base for my squad. It took a bit of time and has a few mistakes but I am prepared to live with them. I don't have much time left to finish this month so I have to make some time up. This is usually the fix the mistakes stage. So I can do that later. I hate to sacrifice quality as I can not fix that later without starting over so it was the most logical step to drop.





Will post more as they come. Next is batch painting 7 guardmen. I am not good at this and am not fast so I am crossing my fingers I can get them done on time. I have already decided that I will not have enough time for the Sentinel so it is getting bumped to another month. Unless I pull a miracle.

I am already sick of painting this month and it is getting harder to force myself to finish. AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

Guess I could jump to the Turtle Pie threads for a good laugh. I deserve a F'ing break.

Your kinda like me when I paint. Some of your dudes end up with crazy eyes.

Well I hope you continue with your current pace. These guys are ACE!! Very crisp and clean paintjob and a nicely done base.

CONTINUE!!!

Running to the game store today to pick up some more paint and a brush. My white is crap and I just can't use it anymore. My small dry brush is dead as well. Need to resupply before the final push.

Rabbit_Hole - I have got better at eyes but for the rank and file guys I try to get it in one shot. If I mess up I just keep it that way. I will spend time on the other guys. Usually 1 in 10 have messed up eyes. I could fix them but in a sea of eyes few people notice. The best one is my navy guy. His eyes make him look crosseyed. Even better he has a flamer so it kind of works. Might be why he is adviser now and not flying anything any more.

Flachzange- Thanks man.

Your quality - speed ratio is fantastic. Very inspiring.

WARNING: I.H.B.D.

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GAWD!

Everything has been great so far, but the pavement in that top-down shot is awesome! I... just... want to... touch it...

So little up date. I am gonna pull an all day painting attempt. I am making a push to get it all done, including the sentinel. Gonna suck big time as I don't feel so well. So here I go. Wish me luck.

Good luck! I'm speedpainting some IG for a tourney right now, so I know the feeling.

First off, HOLY CRAP awsome paint jobs!!!! for solid ammo weapons and flamers, ever consider drilling out barrels? Its a small detail that seems to add a lot of character to my models. Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to seeing more pics of your stuff and the other gamers you play with.

Well I have decided to call it a night. I painted all day and night but was unable to finish the sentinel, let me tell you I gave it a hell of a shot. I was able to finish the guard squad however. In my mind it is the best of the rank and file squads in the army. A lot cleaner then the rest of my guardsman squads. I will post pictures after the PnP tomorrow. I will be heading into some tough games being 50pts short. Total of 55 short to be honest. Without the sentinel it might be very hard to win the painting side as well. However next month is Ogren time, so I am crossing my fingers , that I can snag the painting award.

Anyway I am bringing my camera tomorrow so I hope to get some shots of the opposition for you guys. Also thank you guys for being very supportive, it has kept me focused and on track. This month has been rough with the holidays and work. Great month just very busy and hard to find the time to paint. Well update tomorrow with pics.

Wish me luck...

clean paint job, bravo for the steady hand.

Geez, these are really well done Sha1emade. Congratulations on your wins and a fantastic looking army!

Top-notch stuff.

I'd like to see the Witch Hunters you were talking about if you think they're a threat to this army.

Very nice painting. And congrats at paining your army at such high standard!
Keep it up.

Well this month is over. It was a kind of strange month for the paint and play. Only about half the players showed up. Many could not finish painting due to the extra time spent on the holidays. Some quit, some just skipped this month to take a break and others I'm sure had their reasons but will return in the next month or so. So that was strange. We had a new player join us! He is pretty new to the game of 40k. He is a very cool guy and his painting is very impressive. However I am getting ahead of myself. Well here is what happened.

Paint Judging.

Here are some of the entries for this month. (I missed some peoples and my own. Will post my months stuff later.)

Armored Company (1 of 2)


Black Templars (1 of 2) P.S. For some reason I got a terrible pic of the LR. My pic does it NO justice. Sorry Mark


Dark Angles (Raven Wing / Deathwing home made chapter)


Ultra Marines (4th company, I think )


Necrons


There were more but I forgot pictures of them or they appear later. I know you wanted the witch hunters pics , so did I, but he was a no show this month. Will get them later if I bump into him or if he makes it next time. I managed the last of 3 paint awards this month. So I cannot get anymore. It was my motivation for painting so hope I find new motivation. A few of the nicer painted armies were not there so I hope they return.


My Games.

GAME 1. IG vs Space Sharks. (Capture and control. One objective per player , spearhead)

So we meet again you silly little fish guys, remember last time where your dice abandoned you? I bet they do it again, boy was I right. WOW this guy has HORRIBLE dice. He failed so many saves I almost felt dirty...almost. If you recall I had a amazingly close game with this guy earlier in the paint and play! Remember how I said "I HATE TERMINATORS and I will put things in my army to deal with them!!!!" This was that guy. Anyway the game went like this. Pretty much every thing he had ran or drove right at me, screaming like the crazy fish men they are. Pretty much every thing he had died trying. It was beautiful. I was so happy till he reminded me what gave me head aches last game. TERMINATORS!!!! 3 of these jolly fellows and their gallant commander proceeded to walk past my entire army. I shot every thing at them. I even moved guys into rapid fire range. He just ignored my entire army and killed the squad on my objective. Of course the game went one more turn so he could do this and of course the game didn't go one more turn so I could get it back. So he Wins with around 5 marines on the table and me with most of my army. He never forgot the mission and never gave up. I tip my hat to him and this game was outstanding. A hard earned but deserved victory for him. It just doesn't get closer than that.

Some of his guys.


My deployment (The assault marine was the objective, we both had one )


IG LOSE
Space Sharks WIN

GAME 2: IG vs Necrons (Seize ground 4 objectives, spearhead)

This was a month of rematches. I played this guy last month and let me tell you that game was so close! It came down to a single die roll. Now I have to play him again? I got super lucky last time vs him. I didn't think my luck would hold vs his metal men this time. We both had 2 objectives in our deployment quarters. First tun he shoots his destroyers at a squad killing 3, I love going to ground with guard , and that was it. My first turn I killed all the destroyers and his wraiths. I thought hey this should be easy from this point on and for a while that is how it went. I killed his lord after he rezed himself, like last game and killed a few warriors. Getting close to phaze out. Everything was going my way, what could possibly go wrong? The monolith happened!!!!! It casually drove into my deployment zone and ,I'm not kidding you, killed more than half my army! I ran everything I had at him to kill a few more crons to make him phase out. I finally got it as the game went into turn 6. He got one more turn which would have had his monolith parked between both of my objectives, contesting both of them with the big sucker. Which would mean he holds 1 objective and I hold none! He however failed the one WWB roll he had to make that turn and he phased out. So the game came down to one die roll again!!! Just like last time 1 dice gives me victory instead of defeat, twice in 2 games! I will have a heart attack if I play him again. Fun game, great guy. The highlight of the game for me was running my ratlings toward his warriors all game in the attempt to get a shot at them. I finally do, after running pretty much across the board, and miss horribly. Then they get charged by a tomb spider who fails to wound them. They can't hurt the spider so TIE!! The spider kills one the following turn and I fail my, now, ld 4. We both roll a one for follow up! However I somehow thought ratlings had a 2 initiative so they were cut down. But they still held the damn thing up for 2 turns!!!

IG WIN
NECRONS LOSS

Necrons vs black templars


So that was this month.

WINS: 1
LOSS: 1 (Unbelievably my first one out of 8 games!)
PAINT AWARD: 1 (final one I can win)

So will leave you with a few more shots. My prediction is these two armies and the space sharks will be duking it out for best painted next month along with the witch hunters if he makes it back. However some people are speed painting and if they took their time could give them a run for their money.

Armored company 1250 pts. (My personal favorite army in the paint and play. Hand held shot, needed my tripod. Will get better pic next time.)


Black Templars 2 (This guy is new to the game if you can F'ing believe that! I love his stuff!)



Will post more as it comes. Will take a pic of my last painted squad here soon as well. 5 Ogren , 1 sentinel and a Basilisk next!!!! Stay tuned...

Wow! Thanks for the detailed update.

Some really nice armies there - that armoured company shot looks stunning with the smoke markers...

Your army looks the best out of what you've shown us, though your nemesis WitchHunters army must have been absent this time...

The Space Sharks and BTs look great. Someone bump Shuma, he's doing 'Sharks ATM.

For the love of God I would absolutely love to know how those sweet smoke and fire pieces were made if you could find out.

You would have thought that the armoured company's sentinel would be crushing a model from elsewhere in the tournie??? Orkism at it's best!

Well got a little info on the fire bases. They are flickering tea lights. With cotton put around them. Glued at the bottom. Then dusted with one or 2 lights coats of spray adhesive. Dry. Then dust it with a light coat of back primer.

There are a few methods to achieve this look. I will ask what he did in particular.

Update: Started sanding the Ogryn. Gonna build the Basilisk tonight or tomorrow.

UPDATE:

I took a little break, felt I needed it. However I don't want to get into the spot I did last month so starting up already. So I have finished sanding and basing all the Ogryn. Except for 1, I need to order the one with the gun on the shoulder. Basilisk is built and ready to prime. Sentinel is primed and ready to be painted. It is in 9 separate pieces. Its the only way for me to paint them the way I want them. Gonna put magnets on it at some point as well. One Ogryn is primed and will begin painting here soon. Hopefully tonight. I am painting them all as specialish characters, so they will be done one at a time.

I will be using this as my slow painting month, as I have 2 painted Ogryn already (7 years old paint jobs.) and a sentinel already painted (bought painted 5 years ago). That I can use as a fall back plan if I cannot get it all painted in time. It is my JUST IN CASE plan. So would only have 4 models instead of 7 this month. Hope I don't have to do this but a light month sounds real nice about now.

Will post pictures of the completed figs as they come.

Also if anyone has pictures of converted rough riders, with out horses. Please post them here or post a link. I am thinking about making them but I don't like the idea of horses in my army.

Once again thanks for the support.