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Hello dakka,
Today I have decided to post pictures of my new Chapter master.
The scheme is very close to Hakanors Reavers in the CSM codex.
So without further ado here are the pictures.




C&C appreciated,
Cheers,
The_mini_painter

I dont know how you did it....but its just super how you got the flames just right! Wonderful!

I like the shot from the front, but when viewed from behind, the magma lines look a little too cluttered. I think maybe putting them across the backpack and tail flaps makes the model a little too busy.

HONAW wrote:I dont know how you did it....but its just super how you got the flames just right! Wonderful!

The flames on the shoulder pad? That was a transfer that I painted over. Might do a tut on how to paint them.

you can field him with the stats and special rules of vulkan hestan.. good paintjob btw

For a chapter master he is pretty underwhelming he should be twice the size and more ornate than the people he commands for him to really stand out , all of them lava lines are way too thick for my taste , the ones that are above on the backpack are all wrong.I d rethink your whole scheme if i were you not to mention that it would be almost impossible to create any fluff or lore for this chapter , like what.... thay are born by jumping out of vulcanos or something ? lol .....i think you got a nice concept with the lava but dont get me wrong im only trying to help.



oh and the paint on the mini is too thick you need to water that down

A chapter master does not need to be the biggest marine, just an exceptional fighter and a master strategist. And looking down on him on a table, he looks just fine the way he is.

And why not? Have the magma be a test of faith for recruits completing their training as a scout. I'm sure it can be done.

Perhaps this chapter master scorns excessive decoration during battle? Chapters are very diverse in culture, and marines are individual in their opinions.

phogiston735 wrote:

A chapter master does not need to be the biggest marine, just an exceptional fighter and a master strategist.

That you are somewhat correct but everything else you said is rubbish have you seen the primarchs compared to normal space marines ? not to mention marneus calgar .

Jimsolo wrote:I like the shot from the front, but when viewed from behind, the magma lines look a little too cluttered. I think maybe putting them across the backpack and tail flaps makes the model a little too busy.

See, I think it looks even better from behind, the magma is the focal point of the paint job so I think it's only right that it takes up a decent amount of space where available.

o0shotty0o wrote:I d rethink your whole scheme if i were you

Wow - bitchy, much? Nothing wrong with positive reinforcement and encouragement you know?

not to mention that it would be almost impossible to create any fluff or lore for this chapter, like what.... thay are born by jumping out of vulcanos or something ? lol .....i think you got a nice concept with the lava but dont get me wrong im only trying to help.

Disagree again. Some chapters have the ability to spit poison, these guys spit magma. As for the lore, how about their founder discovered a way to forge armour that runs with boiling veins of magma. Maybe their blood IS magma, and the armour is not just worn, but grafted to their bones and veins. Maybe the armour is heat powered, and the easiest way to ensure a steady stream of power is tap straight in to the super heated blood of the marine wearing it. How cool would it be if their armour moves more freely / quicker in battle, as adrenaline pumps the blood faster which causes the armour to move easier... and when training they dont move as quick as "their blood ain't up", which results in them developing extra strength as they need to really force the armour to move at that point.

All it takes is a little imagination

oh and the paint on the mini is too thick you need to water that down

Agree with this, the helmet seems a bit grainy


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o0shotty0o wrote:everything else you said is rubbish

Do you make a habit of joining websites and slagging off as many people as you can, anonymously, with out a care or are we being treated to something extra special here?

Looks like a pretty funky scheme to me, and nicely executed.

Dont take what i say out of context please , and dont post on these forums if you cant handle constructive critisme , and about there armor being the source of power becaus of heat or whatever what happens when thay fight on an ice planet ? hahahaha

There's a difference between constructive criticism and being rude. Equally, I could say don't post on these forums if you can't tell the difference.

Fighting on an ice planet could actually add to the theme, I like it. It could be their achilles heal - and one of the greatest losses suffered by the chapter. Maybe a psyker called in a huge ice storm on an otherwise tropical world and froze the marines to death, before shattering them in to a million pieces!

Gimme more scenarios, I'm enjoying this and can do this all day Hahahaha.

Its obvious that you cant handle anything else than "amazing job" and obviously got the wrong end of the stick, and since i CAN tell the diffrence beetween constructive critisme and been rude and have the maturity to not continue this all day even though i could , im not going to , i wish you all the best in your painting , bye bye


" leaves the room and closes the door "

o0shotty0o wrote:Its obvious that you cant handle anything else than "amazing job" and obviously got the wrong end of the stick, and since i CAN tell the diffrence beetween constructive critisme and been rude and have the maturity to not continue this all day even though i could , im not going to , i wish you all the best in your painting , bye bye


" leaves the room and closes the door "

Dude, seriously, you really can't see the difference between criticism and rudeness. Most of your posts on this thread have been to try to shoot down or otherwise provide a pointless counterargument to what is otherwise a perfectly possible, and IMO, a pretty unique piece of fluff, which has potential. The painting is good, and while I agree, some work could be done to improve it, this forum is not the place to bicker and bitch pointlessly about tedious matters such as this.

Anyway, OP, I stumbled across this earlier - just incase you haven't seen it yet, it's brilliant, I think I'll start a Marines force just because of it lol:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/384339.page

Do you have any other pictures to post? I bet this scheme'll look great on your vehicles

OP, this is a great paint job. The power fist and helmet are my favorite bits. Don't listen to Shotty, he either is out to piss us all off or really does think he's helping and is just a small minded person who doesn't get it..

o0shotty0o wrote:Its obvious that you cant handle anything else than "amazing job" and obviously got the wrong end of the stick, and since i CAN tell the diffrence beetween constructive critisme and been rude and have the maturity to not continue this all day even though i could , im not going to ,

Please recalibrate your tone; tt is more rude than is appropriate. Thank you.

o0shotty0o wrote:i wish you all the best in your painting , bye bye

Thanks for dropping it.

Kitch, a few things on the fluff:

Maybe, instead of Magma Blood, superheated Blood (Over Boiling Point, only kept in check by their Power Armor) and they spit it. Boiling Blood is still pretty potent. This would also help to add to "Their armor is grafted on" as without their armor, they would die.

Corrupted geneseed is fun, no?

Anyway, great work on the Magma and the fire.

Yeah anything like that'd work fine, I just said magma as it fit with the name of the chapter. OP, hope you don't think I've ended up hijacking your thread, feel free to tell me where to go!

I love the whole boiling blood idea, you could even write in a rule where the enemy suffers -1 to initiative in cc due to the intense heat that each marine gives off! As a balance, they could suffer -1 to BS when firing bolters, as the heat causes the bolter shells to explode prematurely (or something like that...). Just for fun you could have to take a characteristic test against ballistic skill to see if you shoot. Or an armour save to check if the armour holds the heat in enough to stop the shells exploding when they're not supposed to.

Pie inthe sky and maybe a bit too far out but fun none-the-less!

Immune to Gets Hot!

They're already HOT!

I agree with those saying that they would expect a chapter master to be much more ornate/fancy, but I think the magma effect on the armor looks good.

I like it but I do have some concerns. Are you ready to paint a whole army like this. One model is not that bad but having to paint 30-40 marines and maybe some terminators. Wow thats going to be tedious.

Good luck and yes alittle better refinement might go along way. smaller lines adding water to paint to make it smother. But I am sure after you have painted more you will get better at it.

The other thing that bothers me is he has a plasma pistol and it looks like a melta attached to the fist....why would he have both? I like the idea of the melta attached to the fist but not sure if he needs the plasma pistol too.

neat stuff!

It's because of the MAGMA! And the FIRE! And the HEAT!

Thanks for the positive comments from MOST of you. I am currently painting a rhino and some more marines.
@balsac_da_mighty he is equipped with plasma pistol and auxiliary grenade launcher.
Anyway here is some fluff.
THE MAGMA LORDS
Home planet- M'kavaros IV
Current planet- D'vare
Chapter master- Tyrian Vandar
Chapter strength- 6000
Background- The Magma Lords hail from the extremely volcanic world of M'kavaros IV. The surface of this volatile planet is constantly being torn asunder by the sheer weight of seismic activity. In times of old, the chapter's artificers and rune lords where mesmerised by the patterns of the constantly reforming landscape and decided to mimic this on their armour. When half the chapter turned to chaos the artificers and rune lords decided to change the armour. However such was the power of the ancient magic and technology imbined in the armour it could not be changed. The chapter deleted all records of the tainted battle brothers and sought after a new chapter planet.

i love the paint job and the conversion is GREAT. my only thoughts are:

the metallic paints, like the plasma pistol and the auxillary grenade launcher seem like they are a little to heavy, mabey a wash of chestnut (given the red scheme) or badab would go a long way to giving the viewer some more of the plasma detail.

i also have to agree with everyone else. he is cool looking, and the magma lines are awesome, but maybe a banner pole and a few more adornments would be in order to really set him out as the chapter master. he just seems a little underwhelming as a chapter master.

keep painting and posting, i cant wait to see a few tactical squads and some transports on the table for with him!

How did people live on this planet if is was so volatile?

The marines had to come from some sort of civilization. I am not sure if you should go with the half went to chaos background. Allready been done with the Dark Angels and there fallen.

I think it could be a cool start might you might want to re think a couple of things.