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 ShadowsAndDust wrote:

 bullisariuscowl wrote:

Also, ShadowsAndDust, if you’re reading this, I believe you mentioned this before, but why is using ‘school glue’ bad for basing, and how do you tell if it’s school glue or not? Mine just says ‘bastelleim’ (German for craft glue) and the label says it can stick paper, wood, cork, leather, etc.

I didn't realize you were in Germany. In the US the most common type of PVA glue that you can find in the store is what's referred to as "school glue". It's bad for basing because it's weaker than regular PVA and is made so that it can be washed out of clothing with a little soap and water. Bottles of school glue are marked "school glue". I use Elmer's Glue-All for sand, but wood glue also works.

Nah it's fine, I got some Wood Glue at Hornbach (think Ikea, but more aggressively masculine and german, or home depot mixed with a garden center or something) that one of the guys in the unofficial Whatsapp group for my not-so-local-GW-store recommended, and I used it on a base already. after sealing it in it's pretty solid.




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I also had a look through my Soviet Union backlog for Bolt Action, and realized I had a lot of miniatures. I'm talking a couple of metal heavy weapons teams like mortars and machine guns, some resin snipers, resin flamethrower guys, resin light mortar guys, a metal Command squad, 12 riflemen, and more than 30 riflemen still on sprue, as well as a KV-1/2 tank.

Let me know if any of you would like to see a Soviet P&M Blog when I paint enough of these vampire boys, because there's certainly a P&M Blog's worth of 'em here.

Welp I miscounted, make that 60 riflemen. The set came with 80 riflemen. 80 RIFLEMEN! Most of which have remained unbuilt since october. Welp, I guess it's good to have a 'rainy day' project while you paint your other stuff.

Well, obviosuly, we'd like to see soviets, but maybe in you're first pm blog so as not to scatter your updates too much?

 Maréchal des Logis Walter wrote:
Well, obviosuly, we'd like to see soviets, but maybe in you're first pm blog so as not to scatter your updates too much?

Trust me, I have a lot of stuff down the pipeline (Possibly Tomb Kings, aforementioned soviets, repainting ork army, FINALLY posting those batrep pictures I forgot to post, more Iron Warriors, Battletech minis, etc.) I need to finish, I have no desire to start a Blog for them now, Like I said I might, but only after I have enough progress on these blood boys.

Hurrah! My Angels now have a basing scheme! Bought some wood glue on Saturday and it reacted well to being sealed with more pva and primer. Started out with mephiston red (obviously the bases will be attached to the red blood angels) painted Vallejo leather brown over the red, heavily dry brushed Vallejo Old wood, washed with army painted soft tone, dry brushed again with old wood, hit it with a lighter drybrush of Vallejo German camo beige ww2 (what a mouthful of a name!) and finally dry brushed some Vallejo offwhite. Painted the base rim with Old Wood again (way better than Zandri dust,IMHO) and it was done. I’d go lighter with the white next time, but it still reads as a desert. I’m feeling Absolutely ecstatic to work on my tactical squad!

Wow, that looks really, really, good.

Great base, the results is excellent. It was worth the suffering!

Not again… I was basing my tactical squad yesterday with the wood glue and today after applying the sealer (made from the pva glue which didn’t work last time) over the dried, almost transparent sand a couple bases started looking very solid, like the sand was clearly visible in texture and colour. Out of curiosity I picked at the edge of the bases and the sand was easily peeled off. I rebased those minis and slightly peeled the edge of sand off of one of the marine’s bases and sealed ut back in with pva glue, then applied more sand over it. It’s becoming very hard to feel motivated to paint these minis now. Should I just prime the ones with bases that look similar to how the rest one looked unprimed or should I just try all over again? Goddamn this is so frustrating…

Ignore the last post. There won't be anymore Mr. Depressed-About-Basing appearing in this thread, no siree. I decided to base the models with sand I scratched off, sealed them in and just primed them all. My can of mephiston red is a year old, and I consider it a relic due to the fact it is priced as 17 euros instead of 17.85 euros.

I basecoated the red in my Not-So-Local-GW on Saturday, and painted a bit more on Sunday. My Blood Angels Assault Terminators arrived that day too, so I rapidly built all of them in the ensuing evening. It really is a lovely kit, with tons of extra bits. I've built them with Thunder Hammers and Storm Shields, with one having the Banner from the kit as a 'counts-as' Storm Shield. This gives me an extra Storm Shield to use as a Combat Shield in an upcoming Tactical Squad-to-Jump-Pack-Assault-Squad Conversion. I also have a bare head from the kit to use for my blood angels captain I have yet to build. I also ordered Death Company (The good ones, not the Primaris intercessor repackage, yuck.)

Anyway, here's a WIP of the Tac Squad. I have the eye lenses and most of the leg wiring (or whatever you call the openings on the back of the legs and arms) painted now. I'm planning on giving the red a wash of AP Red Tone, Drybrush of Mephiston Red, then Astorath Red, then a very light, precise drybrush of Ryza Rust. The reason I'm basecoating the blacks before the messy drybrush is I reason that I can just fix up the mistakes anyway. Painting Vallejo VMC Black over red is proving to be very dull. Wish me luck, I really think I need it. Yawn.


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Oh, also, the banner and shields aren't glued on the Ass Termie's yet. For ease of painting, I'm going to mask off the connection points and paint them seperately.

It sounds like you've got a pretty good plan of attack going forward. As a fellow BA collector, I salute the use of TAP Red Tone.

 ShadowsAndDust wrote:
It sounds like you've got a pretty good plan of attack going forward. As a fellow BA collector, I salute the use of TAP Red Tone.

Well Met, Brother. Thanks for sharing your opinion! I really appreciate it when other people comment here. My BA Project will likely never be as popular as the ones on the front page, but I don't really care, it makes it all the more special when users like you share your opinions.
And, If I may ask, could you possibly share some photos of your BA's in this thread? I'm intrigued.


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Anyway, I figure it's high time I outline my intentions for this army. The 1000 point list I conceived looks something like this:

1 Captain (unbuilt)
1 Lieutenant (WIP)
1 Sanguinary Priest/Apothecary (Not Bought yet)
10 Tactical Marines (WIP)
5 Assault Terminators (Built, unprimed)
5 Death Company/DC w/ jump packs (Bought, but I haven't received them yet)
1 Rhino (Not Bought Yet)
1 Furioso Dreadnought (Not Bought Yet)

Future expansions would Include a couple Scout squads (snipers and vanilla scouts), maybe a land speeder, mixed bike/attack bike squad, and a Tactical squad to assault squad with jump pack conversion, but I'm focusing on my starter list before any of those.

Here are some of my Blood Angels

 ShadowsAndDust wrote:
Here are some of my Blood Angels

Nice! I love your Furioso dread and Priest. Especially those- wait… what are those? Are those what I think they are, oh god they are oh god OH GOD, PRIMARIS IN MY HOLY FIRSTBORN THREAD OH GOD THE HERESY GET THE INCENSE AND PRAYER BOOK BROTHER, QUICKLY!!! DEAR GOD YOU SICK, SICK MAN!! Oh the HUMANITY!!!

Good looking models though, heretic!




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I don't want to come across as dismissive here, but would you mind spoiler tagging your pics? (don't get me wrong, they look amazing, I love how they look, and the primaris thing was just a joke, you've done models I find lackluster justice with your phenomenal painting)

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I don't want to come across as dismissive here, but would you mind spoiler tagging your pics? (don't get me wrong, they look amazing, I love how they look, and the primaris thing was just a joke, you've done models I find lackluster justice with your phenomenal painting)

Nah, it's all good. I'm glad you enjoy my work. And while I do really like the Primaris models, the firstborn models do seem to have more character in general. And I spoiler tagged my last post. The spoiler tag is something I often forget about, and I should have used it before since this thread is about showcasing your models, and not mine.

 ShadowsAndDust wrote:

 bullisariuscowl wrote:

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I don't want to come across as dismissive here, but would you mind spoiler tagging your pics? (don't get me wrong, they look amazing, I love how they look, and the primaris thing was just a joke, you've done models I find lackluster justice with your phenomenal painting)

Nah, it's all good. I'm glad you enjoy my work. And while I do really like the Primaris models, the firstborn models do seem to have more character in general. And I spoiler tagged my last post. The spoiler tag is something I often forget about, and I should have used it before since this thread is about showcasing your models, and not mine.

Thanks, it’s not a problem! They were nice paintjobs, I appreciate your understanding.


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Bank holiday here in Germany so I have the day off. Still have to paint all the black parts on the models though, ugghhhh…

Going to finally shade the test Blood angel today

Good, for science!

 Maréchal des Logis Walter wrote:
Good, for science!

SCIENCE IS HERESY. EMBRACE FAITH AND ZEALOTRY!
Oh, I forgot I wasn't painting templars...

heading out to my Not-So-Local GW today, hoping to paint some more tac marines. I also converted a captain I'll post when I get back.

Yes, I forgot that we are 10 000 years into the future and science and faith are no longer compatble. Allow me to get into the mood then:

GOOD, FOR THE EMPEROR, NO MERCY NO RESPITE

 ShadowsAndDust wrote:
Wow, that looks really, really, good.

I realized I forgot to answer, but thank you! it means a lot to me.


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 Maréchal des Logis Walter wrote:
Great base, the results is excellent. It was worth the suffering!

Vielen Dank.

I haven’t been posting the finished picture of the test model I painted, I really am sorry! I haven’t had a lot of painting time due to obligations and lack of time, as well as rediscovering and listening to too much Nine Inch Nails, I don’t know how that’s a reason too, it just is. I promise I’ll post the finished marine tomorrow.

I'd be a heretic if I didn't follow through on my promises, wouldn't I?

But here he is, my first finished marine. I finished him a few days ago, but so many other things have been going on in my life for the past week I could only finish one other marine, who I am not that happy with compared to this one. The red armour is just Meph Red spray, some more Meph.R to basecoat everything, basecoat the blacks and silvers with Vallejo Model Colour Black and Iron Warriors, wash the red with AP Red Tone ( I just realized they don't make it anymore because of the new fanatics line replacing warpaints. This new red tone better be good,)
, Heavy drybrush/mild overbrush of Meph.R again, drybrush of astorath red, precise drybrush of Ryza Rust. The black was highlighted with VMC German Grey, probably the best natural looking highlight for Black in my opinion, but it came out a little bit blue here. I'm very plesed with the finished result, I like how the sponge-weathering came out, and I find his highlights eye catching. I can see myself fielding a whole army with this scheme. I'll post the 2nd marine I painted tomorrow, but be warned he isn't as good.




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I just realized my phone camera was in a portrait mode, so the pics are sideways.
welp, let's hope your craniums are flexible enough to see them in the 'correct' position.

I like the bit of weathering you did on the armor.

The weathering is nice, if I were you i'd add a touche of black at the spots you want to apply the weathering to give additional texture. I personnaly do it usually with white spots though, especially for vehicules, as i'm used to the chipped camouflage of french army vehicules letting white undercaot or whatever that is show through.

Picked up my death company today. jeezus, there are so many unique shoulder pads. Why are there so many unique shoulder pads? I'll be drowning in unique shoulder pads after this.

Well, you can always try to file them so they all have got blank shoulder pads. Which is probably going to take you double the time fo actually painting them but... Anyways!

 Maréchal des Logis Walter wrote:
Well, you can always try to file them so they all have got blank shoulder pads. Which is probably going to take you double the time fo actually painting them but... Anyways!

Oh, did I say that was a bad thing? My bad, sorry for the miscommunication.

I assume drowning wasn't a joyful thing, as I would hate to drown. But you may be happy with it if you wish

I'm sorry if it's been a while, guys! i don't have much to show in terms of models, I'll probably finish 5 tactical marines, then post them. I ordered a furioso dread and some sanguinary guard today, and I can't wait for them to arrive.

The big question: what should I build the dreadnought as, a furioso, death company, or librarian ?

I plan on eventually including all three in my army, but i'm not sure which one to build. I'm leaning towards the furioso, because you can take a heavy frag cannon (not a bad choice at all) or two fists and a meltagun. DC has some ability which makes him good in melee, but why take the blood talons when you can take fists? I do like the idea of a half-dead guy in a walking coffin with claws and a skull for a face, though. the Librarian dreadnought seems great, and will likely be my second choice if I choose the furioso pattern. I enjoy the idea of a dead psyker in a gundam coffin bursting xenos' intestines with his mind, and the blue midsection looks cool, if not fun to paint. I still think I should start with the Furi, though. Learn the basics of painting castraferrums.

What do you think? I'd love to hear some of the reader's opinions.

I built mine as the Furioso with the magnet grapple and the two fists. It was a joy to paint, but I do recommend keeping the arms as separate sub assemblies for painting.