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Something else that occurred to me after my original post: the brown color scheme, while good, might become dull to the eye. I would recommend using a lot of accessories for your marines, such as beads, feathers, or other bits and doodads to keep things interesting.

Yup, agreed need some Totems, feathers and such with contrasting/ striking colours/ Bright Greens, brilliant White and Reds to off-set the Brown.

Watch this space, on Leave over the Weekend will do some more Miniatures, possibly some SM Scouts with Commanche Heads if they have arrived.

Whilst i am Here how about codex Fluff? 1st Draught subject to some minor changes...

CODEX BEAR CLAWS

In the beginning
the Great Spirit created man from the sky and woman from the earth.
The Great Spirit left his people to become strong and to grow and discover the secrets of the Universe.
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The Planet Manitou

There was once a time when this world was filled with happy people, when all Nations are as one and the crimson tide of war had not begun to roll. None were in want, sickness was unknown, 'The People', the lone inhabitants of the Land of Manitou, they numbered in the millions and lived as nature intended them to live, enjoying its many blessings. They watched the stars; they loved to gaze at them, for they believed them to be the home of the good that had been taken home by the 'Great Spirit'. All 'The People' held this belief.
An ancient legend told of the Sacrifice of a great many Shamans in the early times, they had seen the future and knew what would come to pass. The Great Spirit no longer answered their calls, and the Evil Ones were gathering at the edge of the spirit realm.
A Great Council of Shamans came together, they decided they must act together to defend the People from that which was to come. The rites of Sacrifice were performed and in the Spirit Realm the Great Star Child was Born and his Spirit made Flesh. The so called All Father of the People who can never truly die.
His life has continued for Eons and he has guided the People through the Greatest and most Dire periods of the Peoples existence. He lives only to be Defender of all the Worlds.
The Day came after 10,000 Summers, when The All Father descended from the Stars and his symbol was the Twice Headed Silver Eagle. He walked amongst the people and was beheld as The All Father of the People, for he was the very embodiment of an ancient Legend of Terra passed from Shaman to Shaman for almost 30,000 Summers.
He is the All Father of the People and shall be praised.

He held the great trials on the Plains of Iowa, Every Tribe sent a Thousand Young Braves at his Call. The Gathering of the nations took a Summer, but as autumn came the Trials of the All Father began.
40,000 Braves fought Animals, tamed beasts, endured pain beyond measure and fought one another to the Death. After 10 Days, 500 remained. These 500 braves joined the 15th Chapter of the Ultramarines Legion. The Greatest of their Number was a hardy Warrior named Bear Claw.
The Ultramarines 15th Chapter fought for a further fifteen Summers during the Great Crusade, The Great Guilliman, son of the All Father, was impressed by the Warrior Skills of the People and soon Bear Claw renamed Scippio came to Prominence as the greatest warrior of his chapter and became the All Fathers Champion.
The All Father however suffered much as the Evil Spirits devoured the souls of his Sons, until only those true defenders of the People were left. The Battle for the Souls of the People began, the period shall forever be known as the Horus Heresy.
The Word Bearers turned on the People and the Ultramarines were isolated from Terra and fought a desperate campaign to free themselves of the Word Bearers and render assistance to their Brothers on Terra.
The 15th Chapter suffered greatly losing half its number in the Word Bearers Initial assault including its Chapter Master. Scippio realising the dire nature of the Battle took local command and the initiative boarded an Assault Torpedo with a company of surviving Braves. In a stroke of tactical Genius they boarded the Command Bridge of the Word Bearers Strike Crusier. Scippio steered the Vessel into the heart of the Word Bearers Fleet, setting off charges on the Plasma Drive before escaping into the vacuum of space. In this action one third of the Word Bearers Fleet was destroyed or crippled, the tables turned on the Word Bearers and the Supreme Tactical Genuis of Guilliman instantly took the Initiative from the Opportunity Scippio had provided.
The Word Bearers withdrew to the eye of terror, leaving devastation in their wake.
Guilliman was inconsolable at the incarceration of the All Father in the Golden Throne, The realm of Ultramar fell silent in mourning and Guilliman blamed himself for the Betrayal of Horus and his brothers.
Guilliman took Command of the fledgling Imperium. His dictates on the Codex Astartes were rigidly adopted by the Ultramarine Chapters as the Second Founding began. To fight, defend and rebuild the All fathers Realm.
The Ultramarines 15th Chapter numbering only 350, was called to Hera. Scippio was appointed the Chaptermaster and Guilliman granted his young Champion a private audience.
In a rare indulgence Guilliman granted permission for Scippio to revert to his original name and be appointed Chief of the Chapter, sensing great faith and strength within the people of Manitou he decided to harness their natural strengths. Adeptus Astartes were not to be renamed upon induction in the Astartes. He also decreed that the newly formed Bear Claw Chapter should return to Manitou and establish an orbital fortress in accordance with the Codex Astartes and begin recruiting.
Chief Bear Claw decreed annual Autumn trials to be conducted and that Spirit Father Chaplains were to oversee the trials and judge who was worthy of becoming a Sky Warrior.
Chief Bear Claw led a Warrior Hunt across the entire realm on Ultramar hunting down pockets of Chaos Marines and particularly the Word Bearers their sworn mortal enemies.

In the 32nd Millenium the Dark Eldar swooped on Manitou. The 1st Company of Venerable Claws lead 100,000 Native Warriors and fought a desperate and tactically sound rear guard action against the Dark Eldar Protecting the Nations from becoming enslaved and moving the people to easily defended natural features.
Chief Bear Claw was enraged at the gall of the Dark Eldar and his own personal failure to defend a Realm of the All Father and the Great Guilliman. He ordered an immediate Warp jump to Manitou. Dropping out of the Warp four days later on the Ursus of Fury he fought a ferocious and unrelenting battle against the Eldar and targeted the waiting Slave ships.
The Chief of the Venerable Claws, Wolf Cloud, reported his Company was at 30% strength and most of the Native Male Warriors were dead. They were unable to defend all of the People from the Dark Eldar Slavers, but would sell their lives dearly.
Seeing the Slave shuttles coming from the Surface, Bear Claw lost all tactical and strategic reasoning. Incandescent with Rage, he stormed the Dark Eldar Command ship with his personal retinue. The eleven Warriors fought like warriors of Legend, Storming the Bridge he eyed the Lord Haemonculus, using his Great Spear he severed the Lord at the neck. The Lord Harmonculus, whilst losing his precious life blood and seconds from death exacted his final revenge and in a cruel twist of irony detonated the main Engines of the Dark Eldar Ship, killing all including Chief Bear Claw and his Entourage.

The 1st Battle of Manitou was over, the most Senior survivor was Chief Wolf Cloud who managed to fight free with a single Squad of Venerable Claw terminators.

With the Chapter master Dead and the 1st Company in tatters, The surviving Company’s of all the Bear Claws were recalled for a Great Gathering. The Tribal Chiefs (Captains) and their Spirit Shamans (Librarians) all voted for Wolf Cloud to become the New Chapter master after his masterful Tactical rearguard action that saved the People of their Home World. The loss of Geneseed was painful, but could be recovered from, however the reduction of the Male population meant that it would hundreds of years before the Male population was large enough to sustain a continuous supply of Young Braves for the Autumn Trials.

Very cool, wish I could create detailed fluff like that

BLACKHAND wrote:Very cool, wish I could create detailed fluff like that

same...i've had my CSM for a couple years now and still can't come up with fluff for them

Damn...amazing storyline

Okay, so my chapter master Chief Silver tip is taking shape. I need to add the Bear Cloak based on the Wolf Pelt below. Plus i need to get the chain and Bear model on his spear hand. Should look good...





So i need to finish the spear, add the Cloak and the Bear on a Chain.

So more stuff. My 1st Proper Marine, Sgt Brown Raven Scout Squad Leader. Looks ok, again still waiting on the feathers, totems, axes etc.







Hit an impasse at the moment, waiting on parts and pieces from all over the place. I will continue to post erratically when I'm back on leave and do some miniatures.

I like what i see

i think it would be cool to add some GS to the power fist to make it look like an actual bear claw personally

Keep up the good work!

Partially finished Sternguard, going to quickshade then matt varnish him to see how it turns out!

Things moving quickly now my parts have arrived.



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Ready to paint Now..



Need to keep motivated and start doing some vehicles, churning out troops pretty quick, going to use quick shade for my rank and file, see how its works!

Really liking the terminator, that pelt looks just right for him

I'm diggin' it. That terminator fits your theme very well. I'm glad to see this is progressing so well for you.

Thanks guys your support and encouragement helps when i feel tired of painting. However good news, my 1st vehicle is taking shape! Pics as soon as I can.

Look forward to seeing more - Great stuff so far!

Ok, a big round of applause for COSMIC. He has given me alot of help in the use of Quickshade and Anti-Shine Varnish. I'm recommending the PM he sent me be turned into a Quickshade tutorial Article. anyway heres my latest and i'm 50% through my 1st test miniatures in Quickshade.

Originally basic Painted Miniature, no highlights, no shading, no blending, no washes. Just a pure simple Primed miniature with a basic paint job.



I dipped it in Quickshade Strong, flung it around outside to get rid of drips. Lost the miniature, spent 10 mins found it (Miraculously undamaged on the driveway must have passed his Armour Save, i bet the first time i use him he'll get ripped apart ces't la vie). So I dipped him, left him hanging upside down over the tin for 3-4 mins, then slung him around for a bit. After 30mins I wrapped a piece of kitchen roll around him to absorb any excess Quickshade. The result is below.



I have got Testers Dullcote to take away the shine..



Tomorrow morning the Quickshade will be dry, I'm going to Spray him (probably jetting him into a bush or shrub if today is anything to go by) and i'll post the Results.

A big thank you to COSMIC and ANTICITIZEN for getting me this far, if the results are half as good as I have seen on other peoples models I will be a very happy man.

On another subject here is my Bear Claw Tactical Squad, will prime them tonight.



Must keep going, I'm back to work soon so I won't be able to do anything until August when I get back, there is a Tournament in Late August so I'm up against it.

Lookin' good dude! *hears clapping noise, reaches for the fly swat whilst looking fearfully around the room* But please, no round of applause, it was just me two pennies worth!

Be careful when shaking off the excess Quickshade! Not only should you use a decent pare of pliers to avoid damage to the base, but don't hold back either... Swing it about until loads has gone! Or you could...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOibm5fjSXk

Here's a cool video about dipping from GirlPainting's YouTube Channel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXKD1zHpE7w

I hope that Testor's Dullcoat will work okay, and remember, use a THIN coat of spray; or a few thin coats, NOT one almighty spraying.

There's always the option to splash on y'know, not nearly as fun, but I think that it's becoming more popular. Buy some really cheap kids craft brushed and dab it on! It might even look better on Space Marines...

Oh, last thing... Base AFTER dipping. As mentioned in GP's video, it's really difficult to get the gloss from out of the sand when spraying - if not impossible. Do all the basing when your totally done.

I can't think of anything else right now.

EXCEPT FOR: ArbitorIan’s awesome Drade 117th Suicide Legion blog! (DON’T go and do a thread necro’ though.)

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/257179.page

Cheers!

Cosmic.

BRING ON THE POWER TOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



EDIT After hunting through my garage for my drill, my wife expressed dismay when i asked where the Cardboard box with the photocopier paper was. Many awkward questions followed, the long haired Furher was not satisifed with the responses. This has led to the little Space Men one way transmission, followed closely by my "They are not Toys Dear". Not the most successful of evenings

Ah the tragedy of being a 30 something, dis-enfranchised, professional, emasculated man with IQ of over 130. Bring on the 41st Millenium.

Hammer drill mode FTW!

OMG very Happy







Ok, this is a test miniature its nots perfect but I was sceptical when i sprayed the DULLCOTE and it went super shiny, 30mins later a lovely Matt, Dull Coat of Varnish.

This has turned out exactly as expected and I am a very happy man. I am writing an Article so others can benefit from all the advice I have received from Many people.

I will use this on my RANK & FILE and spend more time on the Characters. This will really speed up the Tactical Squad painting and as i'm not entering them in Golden Daemon who cares!


HERE IS MY ARTICLE ON QUICKSHADE
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Using_Quickshade_on_Space_Marines

Gloss look worried me as well, but I really like how it turned out. I await your article. Cheers!

Oh and also I love the concpet! So many possibilities!

BASIC PAINT JOB



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lets see the results tomorrow.

I'm wrapping this up for at least a Month as I'm back to work, i'll be on leave in August so expect alot of updates because i will come back massively motivated and smash through the rest of my Army in a week or two. Thanks for all your support guys and keep going with all your own projects post links to your own chapters as i love seeing other peoples work.

Hmm, interesting theme. Maybe you could use a totem pole as an objective or miniature base...

ilike the dred alot! looks awesome man

Guys, thanks for your patience. I've been at sea for a while, but i took some miniatures with me and did some models while i was away. I've primed them but will put pictures up in the next 48 hours once i have painted them.

Just to wet your appetite imagine "Mohawk North American Space Marine Scout Snipers" think Last of the Mohicans and your not far off......

Here you go, my 1st troops being completed and my 1st Company Commander Chief Fighting wolf. I need to keep going at this if i want to be at that tournament in August, Still have a Tactical squad, stern guard squad, assault squad, landraider, preadator and land speed storm to complete.....Long nights.



My version of Telion "Running Bear" had his left arm taken off by a Carnifex when he tried to count coup on the Screamkiller, Nails b*stard!! Hence the Bionic Arm and knife.





My scout squad, very run of the mill stuff.



My Captain of the 1st Company "Venerable Claws" Chief Fighting Wolf.



My codex artwork, the Codex is currently coming along nicely check out some my artwork, will release this as a PDF for everyone to have a look at once my army is finished! Enjoy and your comments are always welcome.

Sorry for not stopping by sooner... Excellent paint jobs on the SM and Dreadnaught! BTW, did you draw that picture? It's flippin' awesome!

No i didn't draw it, i took several digital images and manipulated them pretty heavily to create a new image. I'm pretty good at photoshop but free hand drawing is not that good so i've cheated to s certain degree.

Warhammer 40k: Dawn of Awesome OMG brilliant!!!

Still cool though... Keep it up!

beautiful codex art and beautiful models keep up the work man and good luck in the tourney next month

Some more Images for my Key characters:



Chief Silvertip the 1278th Chapter Master of the Bear Claws



Chief Dancing Hawk, Master of the Recruits and a Master Scout and student of the great Telion.