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So this is my first post here. I bought my first GW figs about 13 years ago when I found a second edition starter box in a shop going out of business. They were some of the first figs I ever painted. After that I didn't really get GW stuff, mostly historical until recently I decided to try some 40k again. My army so far is little more than the Assault on Black Reach starter box and a few more figs. No vehicles painted yet (but some are coming). I choose the Imperial Fists after noticing in the codex that their official home planet was Terra and I aslo thought it would be fun to paint yellow. I made the mistake of combining to experiments with the first figures I painted (the black reach box marines) trying to paint yellow AND paint quickly. I succeeded at the quick part (painted all the Marines in the box in one weekend; that's quick for me) but I didn't really get the hang of the yellow til I was done. Anyways, here's what I have so far. I haven't decided how to base them yet so youll notice they are mostly just sloppy brown for now.
And I just finished this Pedro Kantor fig. I'm not a good modeler so the flag broke off. I'll have to stick it on with some green stuff or something


Hopefully showing them off will keep me motivated and get me some criticism (don't hold back, I'm like super tough ) What do you think of the darker golden amber color I use as opposed the the bright sunflower yellow Fists seem to often get?

Looking Good!

Pretty good! I like that AOBR captain.

nice work so far the power sword on the captain is cool but could do with a brighter coulour on parts of the lightning imo.

They look very clean and I really like the black. How did you do the yellow?

That's an army I'm be proud to put on a gaming table. Excellent job, especially since yellow is a tricky color to work with.

Looks great, some simple basing and it would be perfect!

For being concerned primarily with the speed of your progress, your characters turned out quite nicely. Better than some of us who take our time to paint as best as possible. I think the yellow tone is excellent also. Very nice work!

These look really awesome! I like the theme, its not too simple, but neither is it overly complicated, and with just enough detail to make them worth more than just a passing glance!

How did you paint the Yellow

You said you have done the yellow in a hurry?

How have you done the yellow? (3)

The work on the termie sergeant's head looks fantastic. Also, I love the commander's sword.

looks great.. :yhumbsup: only a bit sad of the banner

Thanks for all the nice comments.

The only jp wrote:How did you do the yellow?

I slopped on the yellow foundation paint, something darksun i think it's called, to cover mostly the whole fig. I use the purple wash in the cracks and correct any big mistakes with the yellow. The last thing I don on the figs, after all colors and everything is applied, is several quick, thin coats of yellow ink the brighten up the yellow. I do it almost like drybrushing. i failed miserably at painting with the bright yellow paint but found this way I can get a nice smooth golden yellow color

Not the usual method I have seen for painting yellow but I really like your version of the fists.

I really like the camo on the scouts. The yellow doesn't look out of place at all on the trousers.

So, I finally got around to painting something new. This is an old dred I got in a big lot off of ebay a few years ago. It had some broken parts and a bunch Ultramarines iconography on it. Also a broken purity seal on the gun I just left. I glued on some pieces from an ironclad kit to cover up some horrible scars from removing bit upsidedown omega symbols.
I am having a terrible time with nooks and crannies on this thing. I couldn't get primer in without layering it too thick on the outside (it was already superglued together like this) and the paint wont stick to bare resin. Any suggestions?

Also, C&C. I'm fairly satsified with it for a sunday afternoon's worth of work, but i feel like it's kinda plain.

It looks very nice... again to echo what has been said the yellow looks fantastic... only thought would be maybe to include some decals whether applied or painted by hand, on the open spaces of the dread to make it pop a little bit more.

Yellow is a touch bright for my tastes but I like them, and the purple wash idea is a pretty good one that I might steal/adapt.

My only tip would be to do some basing, even if it's just a bit of sand/earth.

Love it i love the helmet!

Looks good. Some basing material will help them too. I hate back banners too.

I had a similar problem with the flag on my kantor model. i ended up pinnign it with a piece of paprclip into the backpack. now it's solid as a rock.

These are really very good, the yellow looks fine to me! As to the flag...I just never put it on in the first place...