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It's a funny old world, blood. I've learnt quite a bit in my time as a Medic, but there's always something new and confusing. I'll never quite understand Rhesus positive and negative, which type can go with what. No matter how many times I read up on it, study or talk with a learned doctor.

Looking good bro. I'm A-, do platelet donation (universal donor for that) - they prefer men cos that's monthly. Bit shocked you're going for raptor-mentors not classic-owl

Funny stuff blood indeed - I've spent the last week or so rsearching blood splatter for the genestealers I'm painting. My interenet search history has got to be worrying any nosey agencies peering into my computer lol

Awesome work there mate..... that Dread really does look like he has been knocking "7 bells" out of an unfortunate enemy! The centurian / captain looks mean also! Really good stuff! Not familiar with the Mentors.... but will definetly look them up.... that's a cool chapter symbol!

Thanks very much guys for the positive input.
@ Graven - I loved the Owl shoulder pads you sculpted, but I couldn't bring myself to use them, as I wouldn't feel as if they were my own. I personally prefer transfers and 2D insignia, something I found frustrating with my Death Guard, as GW and FW loved sticking skulls and crap to CSM kits.

Not much done today, as I've been having a movie day. All the Die-Hard films, Black Sea (I'm a massive fan of submarine movies, Das Boot being my favourite eevaahhh), and ended with Deep Blue Sea (which was so bad, it was great!)

Been working on the pre-heresy shoulder pads for the Chaplin. Other than that, that's it.

Looking interesting. Keen to see how you go matching him to the current Terminator scale.

This is amazing.

You made that FW Centurion special. I almost regret not purchasing him now.

Archer - Thanks mate. I've nearly finished pinning and drilling him. Then I'll take photos later of his height and breadth compared to a newer Terminator.

Stormwall - Many thanks for taking the time to comment. I'm glad I did get him, he's a great figure, though the head that was supplied was a little lacklustre for my liking. A simple head swap solved that.

Just a quick shot showing the height added to the RT Terminator Chaplin compared to a new Terminator. I added most of his height increase in the torso, as it seemed so squat and cramped. I'll sculpt a new front for him, as well as bulking out the back and legs. His head will look a little small, but it's such a great looking helmet, I'm loathe to tamper with it.

Excellent work. Never been brave enough to try something like that myself.

I've never tried anything like this before either Gitsplitta, but I'll never know unless I try!

Finished the Buggy. seeing that it's a forward recon 4x4, I wanted it to be filthy. I mean really dirty. But not so much as not to be able to see anything!













I'm really pleased with how it's come out. The weathering powder got everywhere! But it was great fun. I had to remove the cross-bars at the top of the roll-cage, as I couldn't fit the driver in. I left the Mentor insignia off, as I'm waiting for the tranfers to come in from GW, then a little bit of weathering over the top will help fit them right in.

Really has a great feel to it.

Man. You are prolific!

That forge world centurion dude looks awesome! Nice subtle conversion with the chain fist.

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That's fab. Crusty and excellent!

You should keep the insignia clean and an area around it showing the crew clean the logo off every time they get onboard for luck.

Thanks for the kind comments guys.

So I haven't been totally idle the last week or so. Other than work, I've been hammering out the classic 1999 'Age of Wonders' whilst having the 'Skyrim' OST playing in the background. But I haven't neglected my Mentor army. I finished my Devastator squad:







The GW transfers are a great addition, and make all the difference, rather than having to freehand a non-symmetrical insignia.

I also finished the LR Redeemer. Thanks to inmygravenimage for providing the weapon mounts for the cannons. It's a well-loved and dirty, dirty tank!:











After I took these photos, I've added a Storm Bolter with a scratch-built mount. I'll upload photos of that when it's done.

And a full current army photo:



So not a bad little lot finished in around 5 weeks. I'm in the process of finishing my Breacher Squad (I'll be increasing the number to ten) and their transport.

Bash

Fella that Land Raider looks the absolut business. Bloody fething brilliant!!!

I'm all about the muck. Love it, and glad I could help!

Lovely, lovely Mentors.

Nice little force you have going there. The antennae, weathering and decal work really help add to the realistic feel.

What is up next Bash?

Thanks guys. I'm enjoying making these guys look like they've had to work to garner the knowledge of combat doctrine. No clean Marines in my task force!

As for what's next to answer your question Thraxas, I was up until 3:30 this morning putting the final film of grime on my Breacher squad. Once I've painted the bases, they'll be up on here later today.

So as promised, here is my Breacher Squad:



Sorry about the slight blurriness of this picture. I didn't notice until I uploaded it, and I'd packed away the spotlight and lightbox.


And being inspired by the fun I had with the Breacher Squad, I was thinking about Phalanx formations. I had a dig about and found some brass rod that I had from eons ago. Having a play about, I've come up with this:



I'm thinking about having 5 kneeling as a front rank, and 5 standing behind, one of them being a Sergeant. I got a real steal on ebay and scored 5 knackered SMs kneeling, no doubt being at the whim and mercy of some adolescent horror.
So the Chaplin will have a bit of work done on him tomorrow. I've changed the Librarian's head too, as I have a bit of a plan for him. The Terminator squad will have to wait, as I'm going to tinker around with them. The 6x6 Suppressor has had 2 coats of Caliban green on it, ready to drive around my breacher squad.

That's about it at the moment.

That breaher squad look great in formation - great work again Bash

Thanks Januine. They do look great in wedge formation, breaking their way through whatever happens to be in front of them. The hazard striping went rather well, unlike the attempts on the shoulder pads, hence why they're all yellow. I did add some DA Devastators transfers on, as they looked fitting being a basic explosion shape, but after the weathering, they've kind of gotten misshapen. But in a good way.

Love the breachers, they look fantastic all squadded up!

Thanks Gitsplitta. I'm really happy with their turnout, and they fit in nicely with the army as a whole.

So how do you do your dirt Bash? It looks great.

Thanks mate. I use an variation of sponge and damaged dry-brushes to apply the weathering, and a 'less is more' layering method.That way, you don't carpet-bomb the model in one go, losing detail. I'll do a little 'how to' later on this week.

Breachers look excellent, and I like the idea of ranked groups very much!

You need to get the scouts to clean the land raider, it's filthy! Seriously though it looks great, the shot of them all together looks awesome too.

Looking forward to seeing what you do with the kneeling spear dudes.

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