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Chaplain is OK, but I'm not a fan of the extreme edge highlights. Like the base though!

Yea, he doesn't look great in pictures, but looks much better on tabletop. Highlighting black is a pain in the butt through.

Decided to get some ACTUAL sanguinary guard models...

Squad is now basecoated and has basic Zenithal Highlights applied

Looking good so far!

I love the assault squads orangey red chainswords. I think I might steal that concept if I make a slamanders army, the theme seems like it could work there...

Marine_With_Heart wrote:I love the assault squads orangey red chainswords. I think I might steal that concept if I make a slamanders army, the theme seems like it could work there...

Thanks. Its pretty easy to do, but it requires an airbrush (at least is only easy to do with an airbrush... you can probably do it with a brush, but I have no idea how).

A vindicator I recently painted that should probably be added to this blog:








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Started painting a Baal Predator -

Should probably note that the predator is finished here. Check it out!

Amazing...simply amazing...

Thanks. I just started a stormraven... things a pain in the ass.

SO MUCH SURFACE AREA.

Ran out of paint thinner, can't continue priming it without it :(

Awesome work!

Finished my stormraven!





Not sure why the top 2 pictures came out with a wierd color... but you can get a good picture of what this model looks like from these 3 anyway

Posted this in another thread, but I figure he belongs in here too. Behold the blender!

He dices, he slices....

Nice use of the Furioso kit. Did you trim any of the BA icons off it or just leave them be? Those blood talons can sure mop up big squads!!

nah, I just left em be.

I'm not great with greenstuff / sculpting / trimming with an xacto.

I'd make things worse :(

Started construction / basecoating of my second baal today...

Weapons / doors are all magnetized, so they can come off easy if I need to. I think I finally have a formula down for the paint scheme I like...

Primer Coat - VGC Satin Varnish + VGC Dark Green + VGC Imperial Blue, 6/6/1 ratio

Base Coat - VGC Goblin Green

Final Highlight - VGC Light Green

Shadow Filter - VGC Black Ink + VGC Thinner, 1/1 ratio

Highlight Filter - VGC Sick Green + VGC Thinner, 1/4 ratio

I'm pretty happy with it so far, should look better once it has some detail work on it. Will do it tomorrow!

Finished the Baal!

That makes 2 baals, a stormraven, and a furioso dreadnought in a single week.

@ Horst loving the Aurora's man! Btw who is there 1st founding? Love the use of the airbursh and lighing, I've been wanting to try that out for a long time now. Loving the use of BA army units too! (I wanta get a stromraven and the Ball pred and in the future for my ultras).Loving the work,

Subcribed

HAZZER

The Aurora Chapter is a a successor chapter to the Ultramarines, generally well-known for fast armored strikes, and posessing 3x the normal number of land raiders and predators of any other chapter.

I gotta get some group shots in with this blog, its really missing them :(

I have:

~80 tactical marines / devastators
~40 assault marines
~40 bike marines
~20 terminators
~10 HQ models
4 rhinos
3 land raiders
3 Baal Predators
3 Predators
2 Vindicators
5 Dreadnoughts
3 Drop Pods
1 Stormraven

Horst wrote:The Aurora Chapter is a a successor chapter to the Ultramarines, generally well-known for fast armored strikes, and posessing 3x the normal number of land raiders and predators of any other chapter.

I gotta get some group shots in with this blog, its really missing them :(

I have:

~80 tactical marines / devastators
~40 assault marines
~40 bike marines
~20 terminators
~10 HQ models
4 rhinos
3 land raiders
3 Baal Predators
3 Predators
2 Vindicators
5 Dreadnoughts
3 Drop Pods
1 Stormraven

Yer I new that! Told you! Thx I had a feeling that they could be from ultras.Thats a lot of guys btw lots of moneys worth thew!LOL!

HAZZER

The ultras are the best first founding chapter, of course!

hell, I wanted to play ultras, but decided I'd be "different", and I picked a successor chapter... one that likes tanks

Some shots of my completed army:

Finished up my Blood Angels army for now! Thought I'd post a few pics to commemorate the occasion.. Looking at this now, its pretty obvious I gotta do the stormraven's base somehow...

Overall:



left flank:


Center:


Right Flank:


Stormraven + Dread


Next, I'll paint MORE!!!

Still have sanguinary guard, 3 drop pods, 1 furioso, and a 3rd baal to paint.

Horst wrote:The ultras are the best first founding chapter, of course!

hell, I wanted to play ultras, but decided I'd be "different", and I picked a successor chapter... one that likes tanks

Some shots of my completed army:

Finished up my Blood Angels army for now! Thought I'd post a few pics to commemorate the occasion.. Looking at this now, its pretty obvious I gotta do the stormraven's base somehow...

Yes someone else that like ultra-smerfs! Me you and Bigfish all collect ultra armes (Your are both secenond founding and mine is the first).Btw the army shot on those guys is greate love it!

HAZZER

I have about 6000 points of painted Aurora Chapter.... with like 2000 more points or so awaiting painting.

I'll have to pull a group shot together sometime.

Nice like the idea!

HAZZER

Wow,
that's all I can come up with right now. WOW!
I like how you've done them, and BA codex fits with their fluf good enough for me...
With that many marines of one chapter, have you ever thought about wrapping up the Aurora Chapter, and doing another, maybe one that would compliment the armoured spearhead of the Auroras?
I am going to try and wrap up my Orion's Fists chapter this winter, and then I plan to collect other marines, not necessarily armies, but a Tac Squad and Rhino from a bunch of different shapters, I may someday do an army if I find another chapter that I like. The Aurora Chapter is in my DIY fluff I'm working on, and where my chapter has gotten a majority of it's armoured support... I plan to actually do my Predators, and possibly my Vindicator in Aurora Chapter colors, and a Tac. Sqd. and rhino will be my first additions beyond my army list that I have written up. I plan to do a squad each, with transport, or: Imperial Fists, Crimson Fists, Aurora Chapter, NovaMarines, Hawk Lords, Doom Legion, Exorcists, and maybe others later on...
I have been trying to decide what army other than our SM and Orks, and have decided on more marines, BA, GK, or something...LOL OH, and I may do a CSM army next winter, it's looking like I'm going to be busy with what I have for a while, painting takes some TIME, and I have 2 small children so I haven't got alot of time to paint, but I'm setting up a hobby station in my MANCAVE room soon... then I'll make more progress.
Sorry to ramble, this thread got me all giddy for 40K again... really though, Awesome work, nice source lighting, nice airbrushing, just plain NICE! I really would be interested in a commission or some of your EXTRA models... (yeah, I know, extra models are like 13 cans of Dew in a 12 pack...LOL)

Thanks for posting, great inspiration for us LESSER painters to keep striving... I might just need an airbrush!
Isaiah

Went to a tournament today with this army, about 20 people showed up. I placed 2nd Overall, with 2nd highest paint score as well. Would have placed first, but I played like an idiot against tyrannids (completely underestimated hiveguard, overestimated ygmarl genestealers). Massacre wins against Black Templar and Grey Knights. The game against the GK was particularly cool... I got first turn, and infiltrated my baals.... 2 assault cannon shots, 2 dead riflemen, 1 was venerable. $60 2nd prize isn't bad!

axelsfolks wrote:Wow,
that's all I can come up with right now. WOW!
I like how you've done them, and BA codex fits with their fluf good enough for me...
With that many marines of one chapter, have you ever thought about wrapping up the Aurora Chapter, and doing another, maybe one that would compliment the armoured spearhead of the Auroras?
I am going to try and wrap up my Orion's Fists chapter this winter, and then I plan to collect other marines, not necessarily armies, but a Tac Squad and Rhino from a bunch of different shapters, I may someday do an army if I find another chapter that I like. The Aurora Chapter is in my DIY fluff I'm working on, and where my chapter has gotten a majority of it's armoured support... I plan to actually do my Predators, and possibly my Vindicator in Aurora Chapter colors, and a Tac. Sqd. and rhino will be my first additions beyond my army list that I have written up. I plan to do a squad each, with transport, or: Imperial Fists, Crimson Fists, Aurora Chapter, NovaMarines, Hawk Lords, Doom Legion, Exorcists, and maybe others later on...
I have been trying to decide what army other than our SM and Orks, and have decided on more marines, BA, GK, or something...LOL OH, and I may do a CSM army next winter, it's looking like I'm going to be busy with what I have for a while, painting takes some TIME, and I have 2 small children so I haven't got alot of time to paint, but I'm setting up a hobby station in my MANCAVE room soon... then I'll make more progress.
Sorry to ramble, this thread got me all giddy for 40K again... really though, Awesome work, nice source lighting, nice airbrushing, just plain NICE! I really would be interested in a commission or some of your EXTRA models... (yeah, I know, extra models are like 13 cans of Dew in a 12 pack...LOL)

Thanks for posting, great inspiration for us LESSER painters to keep striving... I might just need an airbrush!
Isaiah

Thanks for the comments

I've considered doing a couple of squads of Imperial Fists, but honestly then I'd want to buy rhinos for them, and probably get them a few predators or something, and I can't afford the extra expense anytime soon, especially considering I'm trying to get a Thunderhawk together for my army. Besides, I keep coming back to the idea that it would just be plain cool to see 200+ marines, and 20+ vehicles, all together in the same color scheme in an apocalypse battle.. I'm going to try to make that happen.

I got bored with the codex marines, and decided to just start blood angels, but I liked my color scheme and chapter, so I just carried it over

I've never actually done any commission painting or anything, but would definitely have fun working with another color scheme for a change on someone elses marines! Hell, I wouldn't even charge for it (as long as its only like a squad, its fun for a squad, its work for an army!), just the cost of models+shipping let me know.

Awesome,
Let me know what chapter you'd like to do from the ones I listed, and I'll let you know when I can send you models... I'm going to try and find artists to do about half the "ten chapters" I'm adding to my collection. Each will be a tac in rhino, my vision is to have my 2500 or so Orion's Fists, about half the chapter's full strenght, along with a small force sent to help out from other chapters, each tac unit will be kitted diferent, so I can have variety and use a diff one in each list at lower pts games... some may get a speeder or pred, vindi, etc.. but only a couple units in each color scheme...
I'd be interested in a Tac Sqd in your Aurora Scheme too, with a rhino... let me know, I'd supply the models, and maybe I could donate a model or squad to the cause if they're as ROCKIN' as the ones you've pictured...

PM me what you'd want in trade to paint a Tac. Squad of Auroras, and what chapter you'd pick from the list if you'd prefer that. or if you'd do both Also, what might you need next for your army, for trade for the work?
shoot for 3 squads I'd trade a LR kit or??? they really are that good...


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Oh, and I don't want to commission the basing effects, I'm going to do all of them so my army matches the display....
I have come up with a simple mix of burnt umber, glue, and sand, and a little grass and some special rocks, bits, etc.. and it's simple but effective...

That is one of the best painted chibi hawks I have seen, really like the fade you have managed to get with the air brush.
Still the bases could do with finishing but you knew that anyway,

ceorron wrote:That is one of the best painted chibi hawks I have seen, really like the fade you have managed to get with the air brush.
Still the bases could do with finishing but you knew that anyway,

I took the lazy way out on the base, and simply flocked it green so it would match the display board I had. I never know what to do with dread bases, I kinda wish they were just flat 60MM bases instead of pre-molded with rocks, though I think it came out fairly well.

I'm pretty happy with the infantry bases, To do any more to them would take a disproportionate amount of time to results given.

@Axels - PM sent


Up next on the painting block, I think I'm going to try to finish up my sanguinary guard, maybe another priest.

I like it! Nice to see a chapter no one else has on here!

Thanks


Update for today - Decided to paint a rifleman I had converted a few months back. Here's the end result! -

Exalted