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*Rubs eyes*....*blinks*...*rubs eyes again*

Wow. They are very pretty indeed.

L. Wrex

I like me. Not a scheme Id do, but very well done non the less.


Also digging the angry marines as well.

Couldn't get as much done this week as I'd have liked, thanks to the Festival of Gluttony and work, but have a I have a small update and a bit of a picture dump.


The first lightning claw squad.



The grey sergeant up front obviously isn't done yet. I was priming the rest of the squad and realized I hadn't finished off the sculpting of his chapter insignia, so he got set behind. I'll paint him this weekend when work will keep me from really doing much of anything.

Got a few pictures of each of the squads so far too. The squad and sergeant names are still in development.

Yellow Squad



Red Squad



Blue Squad



And a picture of the full force as of today.



19 Termi's down, 18 to go for the full 2,000 points.

The Ghoma wrote:FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

+1

Skalk Bloodaxe wrote:* looking for a date with some hottie Astartes*



Opposites attract?

Their hearts belong to the Emperor alone.




Thanks to Jaekyu for all of the awesome Pretty Marines pictures

A combination of laziness and work have kept me from doing too much this week so far. I've managed to finish the sergeant for my first Lightning Claw squad.


Though I now see a spot on his head I need to touch up.


Other than that I've finished building the next basic squad so they're ready for Greenstuffing. They should be ready by next Tuesday (My gaming day every week.) After that there will just be one more basic squad and my "Command Squad" of a Lightning Claw squad with a Standard bearer. I'd love to fit an Apothecary too, but I just can't find the points as is. Though I'm considering adding a Venerable Dread in place of one of the squads to buy me some points for that Apothecary and a few Chainfists.

Well they are very... pretty. Definately unique. Make sure to take pictures of your opponents face for me please =]

where is the grimdark?!?!?! at least put dead bunnies on the bases, at least that stays on theme kinda....lol...your pianting skills are great, though...
EDIT spelling, improper english

jordanis wrote:where is the grimdark?!?!?! at least put dead bunnies on the bases, at least that stays on theme kinda....lol...your pianting skills are great, tho...

Pretty Marines kill the grimdark with daisy guns and butterfly grenades.

Pretty Marines for the win ZOMGBBQHAPPYFUNTIMEINMYCELLAR (I've got some popsicles, mmmm). But yes, I like them. And names? Justin, Joey, Lance, and Chris. After all, who deserves more to be remembered in the Pretty Marines than N Sync, the poster boys of the boy band?
I have spoken my peace and my piece. -Kaesar II

Thank you, thank you. I'm just taking a quick bagel and internet break from painting the next sqaud right now. It's just the last of the basic squads, but I'll add it into the pictures by tomorrow.

Have to have the full army done by Christmas, so I have a few weeks to get objective markers, a display board, and some names all sorted out before Bolter Beach in January. With it only being two more squads of termi's, two characters, and a Dread, it theoretically shouldn't be a big issue.

And my faith in humanity is yet again diminshed

Smitty0305 wrote:And my faith in humanity is yet again diminshed

C'mon! have a sense of humor bout this! between this and the angry marines this is lighthearted stuff. Why so serious?

shasolenzabi wrote:

Smitty0305 wrote:And my faith in humanity is yet again diminshed

C'mon! have a sense of humor bout this! between this and the angry marines this is lighthearted stuff. Why so serious?

You definitely need to find some angry marines to pose these against.

monkeytroll wrote:You definitely need to find some angry marines to pose these against.

Hey that's not a bad idea. How about we each paint up a squad and send them to each other. What do you say?

These are hilarious, definitely. Only suggestion I'd have is to pass give 'em a good wash on the armor and the faces, although I'm not sure what color would work best with that lavender. It'd really bring out their depth though and shouldn't harm the details.

Second the wash comment - some shading would make a big difference, I think. Your freehand is good, though, and kudos on getting a good, even colour on the armour. Just a quick wash and they'll be ready to eradicate ugliness!

hahaha...

I am tempted to stealth paint up a set and hide some of my husband's... "I repainted some of your troops for you!! don't you love them?"

"ALWAYS PRETTY, ALL THE TIME! OH BABY!"

I think they need a pink Land Raider Redeemer with hair-spray sponsons.

Ink. wrote:hahaha...

I am tempted to stealth paint up a set and hide some of my husband's... "I repainted some of your troops for you!! don't you love them?"

That would be terrible. And cruel. And amazing. Please put the results on youtube and post them here.

i would....

Looks good. I am glad I am not the only one doing pretty marines but mine are chaos (there Yaoi fanboys) sadly i dont have picks yet and my painting skills suck.

It's nice to see someone has a sense of humor about all this grimdark nonsense. Nice models!

Spiff wrote:FAAABUUULLLLOUUUSSSSS!!!!

(Needs more sparkles and sequins, though)

You should model one to look like Fabio from his glory days, and banners should have lines from Right Said Fred's "I'm too sexy."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39YUXIKrOFk

Just imagine a whole HORDE of these guys coming at you!

Fantastic army scheme. Especially cause of how many folks it will irriate.

The Dreadnote wrote:Second the wash comment - some shading would make a big difference, I think. Your freehand is good, though, and kudos on getting a good, even colour on the armour. Just a quick wash and they'll be ready to eradicate ugliness!

Agree with this too. Try some Leviathan Purple on the armour

in any case, they are simply fabulous!
And that drawing was really fun.

Did you create a stamp for your rose purity seals? err... emblems?

Rose purity seals would look great too.

Thanks for all of the input!

Lonecoon wrote:Did you create a stamp for your rose purity seals? err... emblems?

Rose purity seals would look great too.

I tried making a press-mold for the emblems, but in the end just wound up sculpting all the hearts, roses, hair, and other things individually. It was more effective for me to do it that way.



I do agree that I could use some shading. I've just been very wary of darkening them up too much. My initial test mini's turned out way too muted, so I wound up running with them the way they are now. I do have a spare unit of termi's I might see what I can do with. If I can get them shaded and highlighted a bit better, I may go back and work on the others again.

The next unit is already done though, just letting the glue on the bases dry before adding the finishing touches to the bases and I'll throw them up here as well. Then the Dreadnought is next.


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Well, the last normal squad is finished. Though upon looking at the pictures I see some things I think I'm going back and changing/fixing that I didn't really notice before.




And a really bad picture of the full painted army so far.




From here I just have my fancy-pants lightning claw squad with a Banner and Apothecary, the Librarian, the Dreadnought, and the Prince of the Glamourwing left. And roughly a week to do them in. Gogogo!