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yeah i see what you mean about not half done i mean you ARE CRAZY THIS MINI LOOKS ALMOST DONE!

Firstly, thanks everyone for their positive feedback! Man, it sure helps with the inspiration to paint, to have you guys cheering it on so to speak! So, thanks guys Anyways, here he is. I think it's my favorite mini that ive painted to date. Gunnery Sgt. Steingass!! Sorry for the basic pics and what not...:s PS i jknow i left the little label above the mag clip blank...i dunno what to write/paint yet lol! But it probably wont be steingass LOL
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cool. thats it! thanks for watching and stuff

Man! I look good! Well done my friend!

beautiful mini!!! i now like the sheat of the knife the most!!^^ as for the label...how about something like "feth" or "ripper" or some marine motto like "semper fi"....

feel both proud... bebop and dstein^^

Very impressive, plastic Catachan is one army i dread to touch

That is awesome! Truly a good work and well, be Proud Dsteingass, you are holding AND firing a 37mm weapon bare-handed there!

Great work, truely amazing.

I am very proud!
@Luna Hound that is metal, not Plastic tho.

You should be chuffed to bits with how he has turned out.I think he looks great.

Wow, that is an awesome job. amazing detail!

Thanks guys! Wow, im glad you all dig him!! I am pretty pleased with this finished product because it was challenging, and i think at least rose to the challenges. Firstly, the skin. I actually like the skin least on the model, and i strive to do better next time, but it was the first time i used a different approach and its pretty solid i think. Really though, my biggest worry, was painting the gun. For some reason, large flat surfaces scare me. High detail i relish, but a big flat tank surface, i dunno what to do with it. lol And im sure we all have a thing that for some reason is difficult to paint. For me...its bolters. Maybe it goes back to the days of bright red ultramarine bolters...and mine just always looked...burnt orange:( FYI, the master of ordnance on page 1 was painted as an inside joke to myself, in that i could never paint a real red when i was younger...But i digress...So the bolter came out better than expected and i the sky/earth..as small as i was able to get it...on each individual bullet, was new for me too. My biggest enemy on the project, as usual, was the final stretch and my patience. I get excited...i think its obvious the sword was the last thing i painted. I generally am not happy with it, it needs touching up...a little extra bit of tlc and patience, then ok So blahhh enough of my blabbering, really thanks for all the suggestions, compliments and positive feedback, and just general interest! its really inspired me! In a sec ill attach some ideas for fattys mini...whos to follow i dunno

heres a line up for fattys mini. it may not be my next project but its on this list asap. Anyways, there are 3 different priests, 1 scribe, some kinda magos or astropath, and yes...a mimic. i actually reallllly wanna paint this mimic. it looks hilarious. Anyways...yup sorry the pic is sideways

Well this is part of the few catachans i like, those ogryns i especially like they look like they just jumped out of a graphic novel they look fantastic

im loving everything in this blog! keep up the great work! I look forward to getting on dakka and reading this post and its updates inspires me to actually try to get my IG up to par.

that mimic is a nice piece...i would definatly see your skills on that piece...reminds me of the chest of the discworld novels...where it tends to eat too noisy chaps and runs on hundreds of little feets...

swampyturtle wrote:im loving everything in this blog! keep up the great work! I look forward to getting on dakka and reading this post and its updates inspires me to actually try to get my IG up to par.

ive seen em man! They are wayyy beyond par sir! Im subbed to your thread! And im glad my work inspires you !! Likewise

@ Vik, yeah theres so much character in that mini. I mean its not applicable at all in my army but whatever lol...who paints a chest!?

i hope that you fair sir!^^ as for how to use... make it at least stand o a 40mm base and call it a cool and frightening objective marker and yet again your set for win^^

steingass looks epic i wonder what you will do for little fatty maybe something with a pot belly

lol fatty i was actually thinking that...or you could be my final sentinel driver.. or One of the minis shown above if you want to be a priest

I suggest Making Fatty the Imperial Preacher with chainsword, just add a little GS pot belly!
Brother Fattius!

I love Sergeant Dsteingass, really liking the subtle scars on his left pec. Can't wait to see what you do with the preachers.

Thanks Farty lol...so here are two cheap-o IG models im doing next. (Sorry Fatty, but i promise youre up very soon, i have some other painting ideas i want to try first) The First pic is a tester scheme for a Conscript squad for Catachan. This will be painted in a quicker fashion so please dnt expect steingass II. However the next pic down, which is immeadiatly being shipped off this thread to the 40k paint comp thread (no wip updates on that mini will be here), is going to be an attempt at a winter scheme that i have in my mind. No Camo on that, think more Starwars. Yeah, im entering an unconverted snap together in a competition, obviously im not expecting much lol. Anyways, whatcha guys think of schemes?
Catachan Conscript Squad Idea#1

Tundra Scheme #1

There can be no Steingass II! There is only one!

catachan conscripts sounds interessting to me... only the colsed pots don´t bring my mind into picturing a painted mini for me... i am kinda blocked for this...make a strip of paper and show the paints side by side thus i can picture it...

using cadians for catachans conscripts is a nice idea. I also ever wanted to buy some cadians anyway.

True what viktor said. It harder to imagine with just the pots there.

PS sgt. Steingass is awesome! Been painting skin today and have to say yours is better.

Hmmmm well i guess you guys will just have to head over to the competition thread to follow up on the tundric cadian cause this thread, is all about the jungle. LOL for now That first jungle conscript looks like junk. Strike 1. Ill try another idea...Since my wip sections are in full swing, and there is no need to draw out interest by withholding pics of finished work, i thought id finally, oh yes, finally, post a full army pic. And one pic under it, is of me getting my kicked by a Grey Knight army. I swear to god, the only way to beat these guys is to bring ONLY infantry...>_< I cant stand GK's. Looks, models, and rules. Anyways, heres the full, so far, Catachan 913th. If theres anything you wanna see up close, just let me know
THE COMPLETE 913TH AS OF 10/12/11

ME SUCKING AT 40K

you know what... your the winner of hearts as the knights there are badly if at all painted and thats a defintite drag for me...so feel inner power of having painted the better/stronger army where it counts^^

achem...where was that other blog where your wips would be to be seen??^^

i like the sound of brother Fattius
he with your army there is no way you can suck in 40k. just say yeah my army is so awesome i just take out your tank with my awesome painted models what shooting just the power of awesome

That's a fine lookin bunch of Catachans you've got there my friend!

That is how an army should look! I really enjoy reading this blog, because it's not only inspirational but just epic!

Now I want to play your army.