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The void knight is amazing. And I know I'm being pedantic, but please fill the gaps in the large front toes, I'd hate for it to detract from the completeness once painted.

The walker is stunning! Latest henchmen looks great as well.

That Void Knight is an amazing piece of work, very nicely done .

Respecting and adore all of your work but this walker is fantastic (note: I am not mecha lover), such a great piece. I dont like thrusters but that is more personal preference, they are built fantastically.

Thanks so much! Sheep; the gaps in the toes are intentional gaps on the original stealth suit models so I had been planning on leaving them there, but I went ahead and filled them in and they do look much better now.

I was out of town visiting family for the holidays so haven't had much time for models, and work deadlines will keep progress slow over the next few weeks, but I have managed to prime a bunch of models (and bases), so I plan to start painting very soon.

In the meantime, it's always nice to see complicated conversions brought together by primer:




Now to work out some color schemes! I have no idea how to paint the Terminators. Mustardy ochre like the armor on some of my henchmen? Rich turquoise with silver edge chipping? Orange? Plum? Flat medium grey with lots of weathering, or maybe a dirty chipped white? Too many options ...

The household musters:



It's very exciting seeing all the infantry together. I'll probably try to build another Beacon Priest (Nurgle Lord or Blightking based) to lead the close combat squad, and finish a second psyker, but this should be enough for my Adepticon army (along with the vehicles of course). I also forgot to include the partially painted 2nd Exo-suit Navigator in this tableau, and he will need a base as well.

The first set of bases I painted went through so many different colors and stages of dry brushing and washing that I've never quite been able to match them, but this newest set is pretty close. I think when I'm done I'll go back over all the bases with some dusty pigments to tie them together.

Happy new year everyone!

Wow. And happy New Year.

Thanks! A group of models this size is such a long-term project, it's a fun challenge to make a cohesive whole that still has a lot of variety, and seeing them lined up together really helps.

I've the started painting the metallics, black weapon casings, and the beginnings of skin tones:



Along with the painted bases this should give me a better canvas to figure out color schemes.

And here are some rough photoshop mockups, trying to figure out a color scheme for the terminators. I want them to fit in with the rest of the army but still have a bit of their own feel, and so will paint them pretty uniformly I think. Any of these look promising? They look quite garish all together but try to look past that (and imagine weathering and staining bringing everything together of course)!

i like the red and white scheme myself. middle top.

I'm kinda partial to top right (the one that's got white accents on, um, I think it's teal?) but I have crappy color sense. I'm just goggling that you casually tossed out alternative color schemes in Photoshop, a program that I have no fething idea how to use.

I'm feeling middle bottom. The whole thing looks classy. What about lots of different colour schemes with the robes etc tying it all together?

However, I have to disagree with the pleasure of seeing my conversions basecoated, it seems to bring out all the mistakes and GS slops on my minis!

Bottom right for me. Orange and blue is one of those wonderful combinations you so rarely see in this hobby.

Im partial to the Bottom Left. Gray is my color of choice.

The red and white is ace.

This is art of the highest order - my compliments! You've done wonders bringing together the technogothic aspect of 40K. I like your painting style with these figures too - the use of lighter washes makes them look like an abstract painting, which is great. I think painting terminators to fit in the same style may be rough because of the large flat surfaces. I'd consider metallics if I was you, mostly to emphasize wealth and power. Love just about every figure here, I think the gal with the shield and power weapon on-a-pole is particularly excellent - nice Joan of Arc in space vibe. Keep up the great work and I hope to see more!

Thanks everybody! Very helpful. There is no clear consensus (both here and at the ammobunker) but now I'm thinking of painting each marine with unique heraldry. The idea is that they are renegade individuals who have turned their back on their chapters, so that would make sense. I may try painting each marine with different combinations of 3 colors; greenish grey, burnt orange, and white. Some could be all one color with the other two used as accents, some more evenly divided, etc, while hopefully making sense as a group. And of course all surfaces will be suitably grimy, chipped, and dingy, with metal showing through.

Here is an early shot of Beacon Priest Gagarin. The Hasegawa Gold chrome foil was tricky to use. It took me four attempts before I got a nice smooth finish, and I had to stretch it so hard I popped the helmet off the model's body! But that was easy enough to repair.



Not bad, right? Maybe that's an impressive NMM chrome effect? Esper, enhance:


(portrait of the artist behind an iPhone with twin desk lights and paint pot)

The chrome finish really does look like a polarized spacesuit visor. It's shockingly bright and reflective in real life, and I worry a little that it doesn't fit with the simulated highlights and shadows on the rest of the miniatures, not to mention the metallic pigments. Kind of like cheating. But I think I'll keep at it and see if I can get used to it. One option is staining the foil with some ink to tone it down and tie it into the painted miniature. Maybe just a subtle hit of brown ink at the edges would do the trick.

And the grayish robe is only the start. I'll probably make it darker with blue and/or brown washes.

I think it looks sweet. I do see where you would think it doesnt really match anything though. Some dullness or grime on it might help that. Very impressive effect though.

How did you do it?

@Malika2: Hasegawa Gold Mirror Finish
http://www.hlj.com/product/hsgtf5/Sup

I'm loving the effect of the mirrored helmet. I think when the rest of the miniature is fully painted the effect won't be quite as jarring because it will naturally reflect the colours of the miniature below it. It may need just the tiniest of washes around the join to blend it in, but I don't think you'll be able to judge how much that is needed until the rest of the mini is painted.

So now we know what YOU look like! You're a sideways blur with a hat. Excellent.

Been lurking here for a while, but absolutely LOVE your work on these guys!

That gold is absolutely exceptional! I would definitely hold off on doing anything to it until the rest of the mini is painted up. That should give you a much better idea what it'll need.

Cant wait to see how the marines unfold!

That helmet looks cool as feth.

Do not change!

Thanks guys!

I've busy with visiting family and freelance jobs but have found some time for quick painting sessions. Forgive the rushed and poor quality photos (I'm really looking forward to Iron Sleet's promised photo tutorial!).

The golden dome is much more at home with a dark and grimy robe and white helmet:



Since taking this photo I've reattached the hose running out of the side of the helmet which should allow for a nice color accent.

And I've made a lot of progress on the marines:



I will probably add more markers and heraldic type symbols (including some in black) but I'm happy that the paint accents feel kind of like aaron beck / neil blomkamp style sci-fi in contrast to the baroque details on the models. I'm also planning on lots of weathering, and plan to do dark grayish sponge chipping in addition to my standard silver edge chipping, and of course rusty inky buildup too.

the navigator is amazing love his helmet

the marines are great i like how individual they look but still maintain a group look aswell

The reflective helmet is one of the most impressive things I've seen done on a model in a long while. Despite it being much more in-line with a modern day astronaut's gold visor I think it makes the model look much more antiquated and ancient; something that would be lost with a 'futuristic' helmet I think, ironically.

Are there any rules out there for a "household?" I am absolutely facinated with running something like this but would want get a look at some rules so I could start to write a list and then get to work trying to put together some modles(probably won't look nearly this good but I'll try). Amazing job by the way. Truly an inspiration to those of us who don't do much converting/sculpting.

I'd say the Codex:inquisition but he is using grey knights.

Thanks!

Gogsnik, you're right; it's so nice that gold can be both antiquated and in this case suitably hi-tech.

Epartalis: The army just counts as Inquisition with Grey Knight allies. I started the project when they were in a single codex, but luckily if I run one of the Exo Suit Navigators as a GK Librarian instead of an Inquisitor, everything works out fine.

Some excellent work here Weirdingway... Consider me subbed...