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While the enemies of the Imperium swell in number we will continue with unfaltering resolve to strap increasing numbers of missiles to our battle brothers.

Blur on this picture is less than stellar and it does the model little justice but I appear to be having photographic issues of late. I have now however painted all of my models barring on Dev.

Yeah, not really sold on the ballistic missile launchers. Excellent paint work, the DA upgrade kit is awesome and sometimes a challenge to paint.

The on-the-back-missile-pack thing was really a kitbash that I carried on a little way further when I ran out of actual missile launchersand lacked the funds to purchase a spare kit off of ebay. I'll admit it isnt exactly pretty nor does it resemble the actual kit but it did say missile launcher to me and seemed to line up OK with WYSIWYG if questionable in the whole LOS of the weapon. The Dev's likely wont see a game however until they receive a serious boost.

They were mainly used as a test for my colour scheme across full armour as opposed to the half cover utilisted in the tacticals.

Fortunately I have my new kits on order for a techmarine and some snipers that will make their way here in due course and will actually feature in a usable list! (yay for army planning). I hope to have a patrol force ready for just after 6th hits.

Melcavuk wrote: He will be counting as a missile launcher devastator, however the appearance just seems a little off to me, cant quite put my finger on it.

What bugs me most about it is the horizontal skull on the front. Just doesn't look right.
The way the launcher sticks out above the wearer is a bit disconcerting too. Maybe if you lowered it slightly, maybe incorporate the backpack into the launcher?

If the barrels bug you but you don't want to drill them, just apply a dab of black to the front of the muzzle. That goes a long way

Let me finish by saying the overall quality of the paintwork and modelling is excellent!

Sgt Rinehart wrote:

Melcavuk wrote: He will be counting as a missile launcher devastator, however the appearance just seems a little off to me, cant quite put my finger on it.

What bugs me most about it is the horizontal skull on the front. Just doesn't look right.
The way the launcher sticks out above the wearer is a bit disconcerting too. Maybe if you lowered it slightly, maybe incorporate the backpack into the launcher?

If the barrels bug you but you don't want to drill them, just apply a dab of black to the front of the muzzle. That goes a long way

Let me finish by saying the overall quality of the paintwork and modelling is excellent!

I agree the back missile launcher is probably not as good as it could have been, but as with everything its something to learn from, and since he isn't an overly hideous model he wont be banished to the bitz box just yet, merely positioned somewhere near the back of the display cabinet until he redeems himself.

As for more recent projects, I have now completed my Master of the Forge models for my patrol force, he took a while and at times I regretted committing to painting the servo harness due to all of its nooks and crannies but the end result is something I am proud of. It has been pointed out that he blends too well with the rest of the army to be a stand out HQ, but I enjoy the colour scheme on him. I opted just to go metal/gold on the harness, making it look allot more beat up than the rest of him armour as it is something perhaps harder to pull together and maintain in the field.

Anyway C&C welcome:

Master of the Forge has now been joined by his two completed Servitors:

Custom Scout Sergeant:




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So, which is the joker in the Scout squad that's balanced the Genestealer skull on the other guy's shoulders?

Good stuff.

Heh, initially it was sat there with the intention of "strapping" it to his back as a trophy, when I put it together both the scout and the skull seemed to be eyeing down the same way so the skull took up residence there. The neon green however draws perhaps a little too much attention to the scout if he's trying to stealth it >_>

Cheers for the comment.

And now the Squad is done:

All very nice to look at, pleasing to the eye nice details and well thought out colour scheme!!

Maybe if you dropped the missile pack down a bit, like the ammo pack for the heavy bolter.

The start of a second scout squad:

I've completed a Scout sergeant for my Bolter based scout squad, and another silenced bolter scout. C&C appreciated:

Having completed the scouts now I have happily painted all of the marines I currently own, until my forgeworld delivery arrives this is the painted army:

Wow, they just keep getting better!

I'm loving the scout sergeants here.They definitely stand out as something above and beyond the guys they lead. Great conversions.

Cheers, I'm really enjoying the project and thus far my completion rate is nearing 100% (only one assembled model who isnt painted, and he's likely not going to be used anyway).

Something a little different to add to the party now, anyone who saw my P&M Belial would have known this was coming soon. I've finished painting him up as Angels Infernus now and am really happy with how he turned out, terminators are in the post now so I had a good couple of days to just focus on my Belial.

The shield isnt my best work, and has already been painted and repainted (I tried red originally and it failed massively). The green lines are necron decals designed to look like exposed circuitry and the storm shield, though they do tend to look a little toobusy when photographed. He is completed now, however should I ever procure a decal suitable for his banner that will be added.



C&C welcome, I'll be adding a gallery of Veterans of the Chapter soon to get some close ups of the Sergeants and special characters I have completed so far.

The more of these infernus angels I see, the more I like them. Your doing an amazing job sticking with the project. The colors are great, not a huge fan of the base color though. Really like the pose of the terminator. Looking foward to seeing the vehicles for this army.

I like Belial. I think the shield looks fine. I would prefer the hammer to look a bit different from the armour but maybe not.

Hopefully the new book will have Belial with an Iron Halo so your model would be WYSIWYG .

Oh wow.. I love that Belial - especially what you've done with the stormshield. Often when you put red & green on the same model it ends up looking like Christmas, but here the colours are sufficiently desaturated and detached from each other that you managed to avoid that. It's a great model.

Cheers guys, I'm really thrilled with how he came together, often I'll end up spending alot of time (or money) working out how to make a model and then trash it when it comes to the paint job.

leohart wrote:I like Belial. I think the shield looks fine. I would prefer the hammer to look a bit different from the armour but maybe not.

Hopefully the new book will have Belial with an Iron Halo so your model would be WYSIWYG .

The Halo is remarkably flimsy, if push comes to shove and he doesnt work with it I can prise it off with ease (though I'd rather not). Local guys are alright with anything mildly off so it shouldnt call me issues there, however for tourney play I may have to prise it off.

Melcavuk wrote:Local guys are alright with anything mildly off so it shouldnt call me issues there, however for tourney play I may have to prise it off.

It really shouldnt cause ANY issues locally. If it does, maybe those players should go back to their parents basements and rethink their perspective on the game and why they play it! I had no idea tournaments were that anal about an iron halo.....ridiculous.

I'm hoping I dont get any stress for the Iron Halo, if I do its really just a learning experience.

Having recieved my Forgeworld order I'm currently working my way through some Tartorus Terminators and a Contemptor. However out of my spares I've completed my power armoured Captain.

C&C welcome.

Melcavuk wrote:Cheers, I've having alot of fun with the project, I also completed a second member of the Devastator squad though I'm not sure how comfortable I am with this one. He will be counting as a missile launcher devastator, however the appearance just seems a little off to me, cant quite put my finger on it.

If I may criticize, the skull sideways is a bit of a flaw. The painting is superb and the modelling is good, but the skull being filed off would improve this immensely.

I like them a lot but are you aware how close they are to the Guardians of the Covenant? not to criticize because anything dark angel is a win with me i was just asking as to the origins of your scheme

wolf.

I had been informed of the similarities to the Guardians scheme in the past, it was purely coincidental but having come from various armies predviously red and metals were my most experienced colours and so combining them into a scheme was my best bet at a reasonable looking army. Not that I am opposed to resembling another chapter (especially a dark angels one). I have had people remark of similarities between both the guardians and grey knight schemes.

By trying to introduce more variations into gold and bone aswell as the red and silver I'm trying to vary the scheme a little.

New captain is sweet. I love the combi-bolter option of tartaros.