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Solid work on the dread!

Thanks

There's plenty that could be improved, and having painted a few miniatures now I think I have even more respect for the standard you guys achieve!

My plan is to paint the TAC squad next, before moving on to the final two characters...

Work's turning out to be busy this week so I haven't had much chance to paint. I did manage to dry brush and shade my TAC squad though, and also convert the sergeant to have a combi-melta

Seconding LDP, you're looking good already man!! Loving the paintjobs so far!

If you're not feeling r=transfers for the knee/s, maybe just colour white and add a squad marking to tie them together? real simple but adds another focal point for the front view? My ultras don't have a trim, but have white helmets and a black knee guard on the right if you're looking at them head on...

I also noticed you left the bolter casings silver? this is nice; although it's a good opportunity to add a spot colour such as black, dark brown or a muted sage green?

sweet jobs so far man, It's a pleasure observing your progress

Solid work on the dread - looks good

Thanks for all the encouraging comments everyone

 GamerGuy wrote:
If you're not feeling r=transfers for the knee/s, maybe just colour white and add a squad marking to tie them together? real simple but adds another focal point for the front view? My ultras don't have a trim, but have white helmets and a black knee guard on the right if you're looking at them head on...

I also noticed you left the bolter casings silver? this is nice; although it's a good opportunity to add a spot colour such as black, dark brown or a muted sage green?

All good suggestions, I just don't want to add too much detail beyond my current skill level. I guess I can always come back and do knee transfers and bolter casings later...

Fair enough!

and congrats on making the dakka homepage

 GamerGuy wrote:
congrats on making the dakka homepage

Cool - although I've just started embedding photos from Flickr (see my sig) instead of uploading them to the gallery so I don't think this blog qualifies any more...

Okay so after a short interlude to deal with a Tyranid infestation on my dining table I'm back painting the TAC squad this week

TAC squad sergeant in Mk8 armour with the Mk7 armoured heavy and special marines.

I'll be painting the remaining 7 bolter marines in 2 batches - Mk6 armour and Mk7 armour.

No progress in this last week due to other (!) hobbies taking precedence. I'm on holiday next week too so it's going to be a couple of weeks before the next update...

I'm back home and have just dry brushed and shaded the Terminator Captain. The family are away this week so I'm planning on 4 evenings painting

I've also ordered some heavy support for my next project after I'm done

Looking forward to some progress! Always satisfying to have some free evenings lined up. Heavy support sounds exciting too. I get such secondhand excitement when I hear that people are awaiting deliveries

Hobby time and new toys are always good to have!

 lipsdapips wrote:
Heavy support sounds exciting too. I get such secondhand excitement when I hear that people are awaiting deliveries

I shan't be opening it until I've finished painting the rest of the TAC squad and the Terminator Captain though...

Not even to show us what it is?

Subscribed!

Did First Strike come with any little scenario book? I played through the ones in the Age of Sigmar equivalent and it was actually fun. Since you got them painted up, why not find someone to play them with? And in-game play shots are a great way to show off miniatures as they look at table top distance for your thread.

Chamberlain wrote:Subscribed!

Did First Strike come with any little scenario book? I played through the ones in the Age of Sigmar equivalent and it was actually fun. Since you got them painted up, why not find someone to play them with? And in-game play shots are a great way to show off miniatures as they look at table top distance for your thread.

Yes First Strike comes with 4 missions. I've played through them twice with a mate to get back into the swing of things.

In-game (staged) shot on page 1 here: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/758675.page#10055711

We've since played 2 full WH40K 500 point games - Ultramarines vs Tyranids.

lipsdapips wrote: Not even to show us what it is?

Helios pattern Whirlwind to take my 500 point skirmish army up to 600 points and kick some Tyranid butt

Tacticals are looking sharp. Is that the last of the squad?

Thanks

Yes that's the whole squad now.

I'm taking the day off tomorrow so I'm aiming to make some progress on the Terminator Captain and maybe build the Whirlwind too...

 Brother Castor wrote:
Thanks

Yes that's the whole squad now.

I'm taking the day off tomorrow so I'm aiming to make some progress on the Terminator Captain and maybe build the Whirlwind too...

Looking forward to seeing what you do with them. And if that’s the squad, it’s time for the group shot!

So now I'm all caught up :thumbsup

Brother Castor himself is remaining unpainted until he joins my army list (possibly as a Lieutenant).

I built the Whirlwind too - what a great build

I've posted on the Painting and Modelling sub-forum for some advice:

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/762622.page

First layer of my Citadel Skirmish case now painted:

Captain turned out great.

Just a friendly reminder, you die when you finish your last unpainted mini. There is a reason us old grognards have large piles of shame; life insurance!

Thanks

Good job I bought the Whirlwind then!

Castor can be my life insurance policy once that's painted (unless I follow GamerGuy's suggestion of painting him as a Lieutenant)

The weather finally relented and I got the Whirlwind primed