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Hey guys, thanks for the comments. I'm going for the rule of cool as much as possible. Incidentally, that Mark III apothecary will serve as the medicae guy. I'm gonna kit bash the other 2. Just for variety. Anyway, how about some Tyrant Siege Terminators!!

Ok, so some actual WIP pics. This Leviathan is freakin awesome! I love this model. Not much else to say. Got a pic of the finished Rhinos and Vet squads just for kicks.

Ok, so he is pretty much done save the guns. This guy is absolutely awesome.

One of my favorite 30k models by far

Very nice work there!

Thanks Ustrello, I think it's one of mine as well.

Frazzled- thanks for the comment. Always nice to hear from a fellow dachshund loving Texan.

And........armed to the teeth!!

The leviathan is such a nice brutal model, great work!

Quite a nasty little force you have together now.

That monster--- of a dread. One of my favorite models by far. It would be way cool if you painted the lights in with some OSL on the front.

Noodles- thanks man, but this ain't the half of it! Got a ton more stuff.

Panda- OSL is a good idea but a tad out of my skill set. No airbrush.

So a boring update picture wise. I got the first big Tactical squad and the Tactical support squad built and mostly painted. Got like another 30 or 40 I think to go.

 40kFSU wrote:
Noodles- thanks man, but this ain't the half of it! Got a ton more stuff.

Panda- OSL is a good idea but a tad out of my skill set. No airbrush.

So a boring update picture wise. I got the first big Tactical squad and the Tactical support squad built and mostly painted. Got like another 30 or 40 I think to go.

You can do OSL without an airbrush (often better too, because it is cleaner, but it takes a long time!) Of course you can just send me the army to do it. Cant promise it will come back.

Great stuff, mate. I love that Leviathan.

Now I forgot did you say if you were going to be keeping this one or not? Cause I hope you do!

Thanks again for the comments gents. Haven't been updating as often as I planned in fact, this unit is almost done. Also my wife has initiated several home improvement projects around the house so my budget for this army has taken a significant hit. Gina have to turn to a few 40k era tanks. We'll see how it goes. And no, Ustrello, I won't be keeping this one either.

Looking good on the metals and blacks.

Thanks Panda. A big ole pile of infantry ready to go. It's the first Tactical and tactical support squads. 30 guys so far. Still need the grass but it can wait. I'm gonna knock out that awesome Land Raider next.

 40kFSU wrote:
Thanks Panda. A big ole pile of infantry ready to go. It's the first Tactical and tactical support squads. 30 guys so far. Still need the grass but it can wait. I'm gonna knock out that awesome Land Raider next.

Dude looks great. I am highly interested in howthe land raider turns out.

She's a beaut. Great fun to paint too. Looking forward to seeing it when it's done.

All right. Some pics of the Proteus. This thing is freakin awesome! Also my Master of Signal converted from a chapter master.

Great stuff, mate!

Thanks man! Got the Proteus done and it is freakin sweet. I did have some nerd rage when one of the IW transfers slid a little off center. It still looks good, but man what a beating. I wasn't able to right it. Anyway, here he is.....

Looking sharp! I wanted to get one of those for my blackshields. But I needed room for 10 guys

Love your Leviathan! Looks sharp!

Tank looks great , for some stupid reason I always paint the tracks black which takes away from their color scheme.

Thanks guys! I'm glad you like what you see. On another note. Got the guns done for those 30 Mark III marines. Decided on 2 5 man Tactical support squads, one plasma and one melts. May add to it. Then there is the Sicaran. ordinarily I love this model and would be really excited to paint it. There are some stray mold lines and fitting issues that make me question its origin. Oh well, buyer beware I guess.

Wow, great progress. Loving how this is coming together.

The silver is so smooth. I am jealous.

Looks awesome mate - the Proteus, the leviathan and termies and the WIP Sicarian. As for the mould lines and ill-fitting, that could mean it's from China Forge, but I've gotten enough stuff directly from Forgeworld and GW over the years with WTF double mold lines and fitting issues that it could well just be their (sadly) sub-par QC.

Remember, they're a akin to a boutique shop doing mass-market production numbers.

I saw this video on the weekend that was shocking at first and very much ...yeah, that seems about right actually after some reflection.
https://youtu.be/oXCD_60MylI

And a couple extras for good measure!
https://youtu.be/kF13c0EsyrI
https://youtu.be/OFzsXF8IJO0

As a large amount fo forgeworld buyer, I will say you get some wonky stuff from them. It happens, and they are usually delighted to work with if you can easily call them. I made an international number just for it.

Just see if you can work model errors into your favor.

The Proteus looks great, nice work it's such a cool model. Support squads sound like a good idea.

Just to echo others, those are all issues I've had with FW models in the past and expect in the future.

Generally if you've bought a model second hand, the easiest sign that what you have isn't genuine is the resin type, ignore the colour, just go by the how flexible when heated, how resistant to cutting and how it smells when cut.

I try not to do that to my models unless unassembled! Chewing on them, on the other hand...

But yes, I have FW stuff purchased directly from them over the years in both yellow and grey, and certainly more than 1 shade of each.