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@ Armorum Ferrum:
Thanks a lot - though I don't think "amazing" fits my humble attempts at painting.
What about "somewhat innovative"? ^^

Wow loving the commander dude hes the best well done!

@ Jordankeeps:

Thanks a lot!
Perhaps he'll get some support in the form of a command squad soon.
I really do hope so ^^

Wow great army! I love the heavy bolter marine, great work on him. The terminator sergeant is amazing too. I really want to see more! Keep them coming!

He is brilliantly painted. I just feel that he is too blue...I think he needs some other colour added, white may complement it, whatever, it just needs more colour...

Still love the skill of it though.

@ EmperorsChampion:
Thank you ;-)
Took me a while to get it that far - seems that I am the slowest painter in my town.

@ ImperialMonkey:
Thanks a lot!
Too blue? How's that possible? It's an Ultramarine after all ^^
But perhaps you're right. Looking at it from the back, it really is quite blue. However, I'm not sure how to change that without making the model somewhat too busy.

Easiest way to break up color I find is a subtle placement of a purity seal or two.

The hair stubble is some of the best I have ever seen.

Top shelf!

@ Cottonjaw:

Thanks - but that's quite a surprise, because it really wasn't much work to do.
Anyone interested in yet another tutorial? ^^

And here I present you Brother Methellon of the Warp Knights - painted for a duel with another user from my "home" community.
Hope you like 'em - C&C appreciated, as always.

... What a pity I messed up the helmet. :-(

Yes, the helmet doesn't look great :(, maybe you can blackline it?

Blacklining it would be a possibility; although I actually don't want to change it after posting it as my duel entry.
... But only time will tell, so maybe you'll see an updated version soon.

Yeah, the figure looks great (I love the freehand on the shoulder) bar the head...

Instead of black lining possibly use gray to line it. Might give off a more subtle effect.

@ Imperial Monkey:

Aye, you're right. The head is awful; though in reality it seems to look much better. Far from good, still, but at least somewhat nicer.

@ Enslaviour:

I've tried that before, and for some strange reason it didn't work at all oO


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Aaaand another Ultramarine; painted for a duel with a friend of mine. Hope you like 'em, and sorry for the picture quality.
/e: had to switch the first picture for a better one.

Thats Awsome! Gold star mate!

Thanks!
I hope the new picture adds to this impression of yours. ^^

Thats some fine work you got there mate.
I love that you have such detailed bases. Really improves the overall look of the model.
Something that many people tend to forget, that the base really makes alot of difference.

Your Ultramarines are nicely done. I especially like your interpretation of Severus. The Kratos inspired dryad is pretty cool as well. Not sure what she's doing to that tree though I'm pretty sure it's not appropriate. ; )

@ Vash:
Thank you!
About the bases... Well, compared to my other marines, these are top-notch, that's for sure. But I'd consider them hardly above average, as they're just bird sand mixed with GW modelling sand - with the biggest chunks of rubble painted.

@ Astroman:
Thanks!
Inappropriate? Why, perhaps you're right. After all, she's an elven dryad, and you know what they say about elves and trees... :-D

Rogan wrote:@ Jordankeeps:
Thanks a lot, but to be honest, I'm not so sure about the guardsman any more. I think I might need to build an antagonist to my ultras... Something chaos-y.

If you go the Chaos route - you may want to look into the Word Bearers. If you get the new plastic venerable Dread its got several battles on the shoulder and face plate that mention their battles. Calth, Maccragge, et al. On top of that you have tons of conversion options with them - half marine half demon, etc. Its pricey but you could do several possessed marines mixed in with the normal marines (something akin to mark of the wulfen) and kit bashing with those bits is awesome!

besides, its also Red vs Blue!

@ boyd:
Thanks for the advice - but I think I'm going to do Night Lords. The biggest problem there will be that it's going to be blue vs blue; but to my mind, these offer the greatest converting potential. But I'll keep the ven Dread thing in mind, and I'll try to give it as Night-Lordy a look as possible.

The wulfen idea is genius, though!

Loving the latest ultra marine jump pack, the detail on the face and base work is amazing

Again, you have put up some amazing work. I like the GK, the only thing that bothers me is maybe his eyes would fix the white helmet if they were dark...I dunno, thats just me thinking out loud.

The assault marine, freaking great work! I love the kit bash on this guy, FW parts and everything. Not to mention the PF from the captain model.

....I want to see more.

@Skartooth:
Thank you! But it isn't that much work, really. Just a small blob of GS molded into form and poked into with brass ferns. And then painted, obviously.
And the face detail is actually minor - I'll post a few WIP pics in a minute.

/e: Here they are.


Power Fist


The head.
The only detail I've changed is the service studs; instead of those, there's an aquila on his forehead.

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@ EmperorsChampion:
Thanks again ;-)
Feel free to comment about him; he was something of an experiment (perhaps one gone wrong), so I won't take any offence here. It's not as if I were using a fixed recipe or something ^^

You'll get to see more, I promise that.
That was my intention - use as many different parts as possible. I read in the codex that suits of PA rarely consist of parts of only one variant, so I wanted to get away from that all-mk-VII-look the regular assault squad box features.

Yuck! A double post - I feel awful. So at least I'd like to present you the latest addition to my future ever-growing army of tyranids. They're on their way (from outside the galaxy, so it'll take some time).
This guy was rather speedpainted (8 hours - considering that I'm a slooooooow painter and this model is about 2x the size of a terminator, it's been painted incredibly fast) and I finally used white primer. ^^

love that guarsman, tidy his boots up tho, yellow is on his pants

your minis are somewhat innovative (Ha!)

Just playin, you've done a very nice job on these guys so far and i'm looking forward to what you've got comin next.

you're pretty damn good, shame that all that talent has to be wasted on Ultrasmurfs! Keep up the good work!

@ Tortured-Robot:

Call the commissars! He has wettened himself! That's cowardice!
Thank you. If I can find the little fellow, I will. It's lost somewhere in this beautiful chaos of mine...

@ Scarecrow456:

Thank you ^^
Coming up next is a big mutie with a sad story. Unfortunately, I am not able to translate it into proper English, for then it might lose too much of its flair.

@ Kepora:

What's so bad about Ultramarines? They do look great, don't they? :-P
But thanks a lot, anyway. I liked your fox lady, too - although miniature nipples tend to look somewhat unattractive. A shame. :-(