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@ Graven - Thanks very much mate. I'm a big fan of massed ranks too. Not that it helps in 40k, but it looks pretty.

@ evildrcheese - The scouts in this army make the brews and get the bacon sarnies in. If, and only if, the tea is of an acceptable hue and taste, then they may rise to the dizzy heights of vehicle wash-down. But thanks dude, I'm still working on the spears, as I may have to GS the hands on, as I want the spear to sit flush with the forearm.

Thought I'd take some better pictures of the Breacher team:









I'll be working on the Terminator Chaplin today, but don't expect earth shattering progress. I get distracted easily!

You need a tea urn in your vehicles like a proper British tank!

The Breachers are looking great, seem like a nifty bit of kit as well.

I am not very well versed on Forge World stuff so is the kit as is or a conversion?

Graven, you're not wrong. What Brit goes to war without the ability to brew-up in the lull of battle!

Thraxas - it's an upgrade kit direct from FW. No conversion work is needed. All you need are the legs, torsos, right arms and Bolters.

inmygravenimage has been awesome in our too-ing and fro-ing of various trades over the years, and after receiving a massive amount of goodies from him this week, I've got enough to last me a good while. Thanks very much mate!

I've finally finished the 6x6 Suppressor:











Here it is posed with it's squad of Breacher Marines:





I've always been a fan of the old-school 2nd ed 40k, so what better way than to make and paint your own banner on office paper!:



And it cut, shaped and attached to the Command squad Standard bearer:



And the rest of the Command Squad. Excuse bases and glossy paint. Some of the guys are in the final stages of completion.

Apothocary:





Company Champion. I love this guy. He was originally built by a friend of mine, and I wanted to use him. I like to think that he was seconded to one of the Great Companies, and in his quest to garner the knowledge of the SW's fighting style, he adopted some of their traditions. And a love for Fenrisian ale, hence the big belly plate!:





Veteran. This is the 25th Anniversary figure. I hated the generic plasma pistol, so I GS'd a replica of the original artwork. It's not brilliant, but it works for me:





Veteran:



And the Command Squad with the Company Captain:



Next on the list, a Chaplin with Jump pack, and an Assault squad to go with him, a Tactical squad and another Devastator squad. Fun, fun, fun!

That banner is awesome. Do you pre treat the paper or just let the paint have its way?

Graven is a top notch bloke, I've done many a trade with him, he truly is a great man.

Digging the 6x6 its a very grim dark tank by my standards

Smashing stuff mate. Love the classic rt vibe you're channelling

Thanks guys. To answer your question Archer, I just used the paper as it was. No special pre-treatment. The only down side is that it has perfectly sharp edges, but I like it. It was fun visiting my youth again,

It looks fantastic. If you wanted jagged edges your could try tearing it or go cut some sheet metal with some scissors so they are blunt as you can and hack the hell out of it.

The breachers and command squad look excellent.

I especially like the standard bearer and his standard. Is that something you just printed off and weathered?

D

Wonderfully cool stuff. Love it!

Thanks very much guys.
Archer - thanks for the tip mate. Though as its only cheap office paper, I wouldn't want to abuse it too much. Though if I make another banner, I'll definitely consider sheet metal.

evildrcheese - Nothing special. Just a pencil, ruler, paint and transfers. Made a bigger template than I'd need so that I had room for error when cutting it down.

Anyone else getting an "old school," vibe off these marines? (Nevermind, if I had a higher reading comp than a potato, I'd see you wrote about that when you made the banner! )

This is probably one of my favorite blogs to follow. Really love the yellow bolters, it is a nice accent color.

The the apothecary an oldhammer model? He looks like it!

Stormwall - many thanks for your kind comments. I'm glad you like the yellow. I was a little dubious at first about it, but It's much nicer than black. As for the old-school vibe, you'll find it a plenty with me. 2nd ed 40k was my first and favourite incarnation.

LeCacty - You're not wrong friend. He's original Death Company. I remember buying a set of these, as they looked amazing on the box. I then proceeded to paint them with red torsos, and blue limbs. Horrifying.

Haha! I know that feel! I found my old Macragge bugs a while ago... *shudder*

It's funny how you look back at the amazing figures you had as a kid. I remember buying a Necromunda Bounty Hunter, the one with the cowboy duster and hat. He looked amazing. I painted him with a purple coat, as I had a moment of insanity and wanted him in a Chaos army. I had around 6 or 7 armies of various SMs, consisting of about 10-12 figures each, as I'd get bored of the paint scheme, or it looked like crap. So many Christmas presents wasted! Oh well, that's just the life of a very young gamer.

I try very hard to not look into the past at all the great models that were misplaced, abused with poor paint and generally could have been better used now. But where would I be without the learning curve?

And it's that that time of year again. Halloween, Bonfire night, Remembrance weekend, and the run up to the festive season. My favorite time of year

And on these cold autumn nights, I've been hunched over my painting table like an ancient scribe, the flicker of a dodgy 60 watt bulb illuminating my work until the early hours. So there's plenty to show off.

First off, my 10 man Vanguard Veteran Squad, armed with power-lances and shields:



It's been a bit of a struggle getting this together. I'm having a drama as I've unwittingly bought some knock-off FW Boarding shields. I've emailed FW and attached photos next to the genuine ones I bought. But I've kind of got there in terms of basic fabrication. I'm using GK nemesis blades for the spear-points. I'm GSing the right hand, which I'll round to once I've had some more GS come in. The brass rods make fantastic shafts (stop giggling) and add real stability.

Next up, 2 out of 4 additional Dreadnaughts. I'll have 5 in total. 3 will be regular, 1 Venerable and 1 Ironclad:



This was all out of a lot I scored on ebay. It's a bit of a shame that the owner sold them off, as they weren't badly painted. And I've always enjoyed the Lamentors scheme. But now they'll be Mentors, so not so much of a bad ending.

I couldn't resist this guy:



Enough said.

And my Terminator squad. A bit of a rag-tag mob, but even in this sorry state, they've already made me smile, just because. Though I'm still not decided on a scheme for them yet, as the fluff and canon state that they're basically the same colour-scheme as the rest of the Chapter, but I want them to be slightly different. May go for all green, with white helmets and shoulder-pads.



Another Devastator squad:



And some armour. A Predator and a Razorback;





A Tactical Squad. Finished the base coat:



A little bit of conversion work on some oldhammer SMs. I've started with a simple head-swap on a SM Captain. Found an old head from Scibor minis, and it worked well:





As I'm not really building to any army list, it's fun just knocking out units here and there. My Terminator Chaplin is driving me up the wall, as I've only finished one leg. But he'll be finished eventually. Not this year.

And to top off the picture-spamming, I've finished the project for this last week and a half. My Assault Squad and Chaplin w/ Jump-pack:

















I wanted to do something different with my Chaplin, as I really didn't want to paint him all black. So I mixed it up a bit. Still obviously a Chaplin, but with a little bit of uniformity.

That's it for now kids.

Loving your work, great chaplain! Looking forward to the La-Mentors

Looking great as always Bash. Lovng the VV with the power-pikes. Cracking stuff. Have to get us a wee BloodBowl match at some time. My Skaven are finally begining to level up..... ish!

Nice take on the chaplain. The white and black looks really cool and he's still clearly a chappy.

EDC

I love the headswap and the lances.

Also, what do the shields look like? Can you post images?

@ Graven - I see what you did there!

@ Januine - I'd love to play Blood Bowl sometime. I'm sure we'll work around the time differences. I've got my Orc team, the 'Stompa-bay Freebooterz' up and ready to get pasted!

Thank you all for the great feedback and comments.

Stormwall - for your perusal, this is the dodgy gear I got off ebay. I'll be much more vigilant next time:

Genuine item is on the right as you look at it:


As you can see, the knock-off on the left is heavily warped.




As you can see, it's not good stuff. I could just heat them up under the hot tap and re-shape them, but that's beside the point. They're knock-off, and I don't do knock-off.

Wow, what a cavalcade of cool!

That banner is unreal. Love it, I do miss the old paper banners. They are looking really awesome.

Thanks Gitsplitta as always.

Space wolverine - many thanks for commenting. As nice as the plastic banners are, paper banners will always be timeless. It's all part of the fun.

All looking great!

Nice start on the Captain, and the banner rocks!

Ouch. I personally have no problem with recasting GW and FW just because they can take the hit but those are just insulting!