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Oh for pity's sake man just follow the link!

(sigh)

Already saw em, thought you had some already.

LOL! Unfortunately no... just approved the design. Be a while yet before I have them in my hands. Plenty to do until then. Have about 5 dreads to either re-paint or paint... That will keep me plenty busy.

Did you commission them, or did they happen to see the blog?

Nick saw the blog & approached me, I jumped at the opportunity to comission the work. Not sure what attracted Nick to the project... you'll have to ask him.

Cool! Now, you just need some Doom Eagle pads lol.

OK, back at my home computer rather than my cell phone... here are proper photos of the pad prototype.





- GS

Wow is that chain link all GS? Very very smooth execution!

Nice greenstuff chain you got goin on there

All I did was pick it out... it's the artists at Chapterhouse that are in charge of the execution. But you're right... the chain is sweet.

Agreed. I may need a green guy with new pad. Just gotta come up with more stuff to send ya!

Thanks for the bump whalemusic...

New sternguard... "group photo" will be up in a minute...



And the afore-mentioned group shot...

I still think the white studs on the shoulder pads are too stark, maybe black (to match the camo) or red (to match the eyes)? (Or is it some sort of SM thing? I'm an Ork player...) Otherwise, they look fantastic. I wish I could put stuff together and paint it that fast and to that level!

It's a 40k history thing... if you look at the original artwork and earliest 'eavy metals (before they were called that), alll the shoulder pads had white studs. It was the style. I could however, try washing them with the pale wash I have used on white successfully before... it might give them a little depth and tone them down a touch.

Yeah, a wash would be really cool, but it really doesn't matter that much.
Also, i'm really liking the bayonets

I tried the wash on the guy on the right who has the most noticeable studs, unfortunately on that scale it didn't really accomplish much, they're so small. But, I suppose it did tone them down a bit. Kids and I are playing a little game today, I put the 3 fully painted sternguard with the two that are just washed and am using Pedro as my sergeant (temporarily)... even with all the barely painted figs in the unit they look good together. Think this squad will be a keeper.

Love the sternguard! Will look fantastic with some green brothers

What's next on the agenda? And when do we get to see the MotF?

What's next? I'm currently building the tranquility pattern venerable dread, and I'll be painting the last two sternguard & Pedro (also in tranquility colors).

After that, I'll probably need a break from the camo pattern. I need two LS Storms and some bolter armed scouts to pull off the kind of army I want, so they'll probably be next. The MoTF is probably going to wait for a while as he will require a lot of thought, planning and major fiddling. He will eventually happen, but it will probably be quite some time.

Once the new shoulder pads come in, I'm sure I'll be building something with them... have a full devastator squad armed with the original plastic beakie missile launchers lined up. Vanguard will be high on the list as well.

Wait are there SM in those pictures?? I can't see them 'cause of their fantastic camouflage...

...anywho...I like the underslung blade, and I do like the camouflage, these guys are really coming together!

I really like your use of older models (and their parts), looking forward to more

whalemusic360 wrote:Agreed. I may need a green guy with new pad. Just gotta come up with more stuff to send ya!

Don't need more stuff, but I'd be willing to trade painting for your figure building skills... a "fresh look" piece or two mixed in with my stuff would be a welcome addition.

Gitsplitta wrote:

whalemusic360 wrote:Agreed. I may need a green guy with new pad. Just gotta come up with more stuff to send ya!

Don't need more stuff, but I'd be willing to trade painting for your figure building skills... a "fresh look" piece or two mixed in with my stuff would be a welcome addition.

You, sir, have a deal. Gotta be me some more beakys first tho.

I don't blame ya waiting on the MotF. Thats a pricy model to just start hacking up!

@Limbo: Thank you... they'll come eventually. Just a slow process getting from here to there. Playing with my kids is almost comical because in my mind I have all these units already figured out, but I don't have them done yet... just piles and piles of bits. But my vision of my army is so clear, that when I build my army in Army Builder, I build it like I have all my units already done... then I have to go back and un-build it to account for the fact that I don't have most of it done yet.

@steempunk: *grin* Thanks. Their will be a lot more older models... with some twists... and some new ones too! Neat thing about the fluff (both the original & that we developed for the chapter early on in this blog) is that it leaves plausible room for both.

@whalemusic: If you need parts... I have TONS. Just ask.



Here are a couple of shots of my venerable dreadnought in his two most likely configurations. Body and assault drill are from Forgeworld, autocannons are from the Aegis defense Line set. All magnetized. His torso is just resting on the legs so the exact final pose has yet to be determined... I kind of like the "cocked to the side a bit" look though.

What kinda units do you need built still?

Looks cool, but I think you should give it a more "hunter"-ish feel. Also, I don't think the autocannons are codex legal, but they're awesome.

Kind of reminds me of a battletech unseen Rifleman.

Great log.

1) What wash did you use to shade the white?
2) Do you have a pic of it post wash?
3) Would the wash have been more effective on a primarily white mini?

Any answers would be appreciated as it's all research for:
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Why are the autocannons not legal, i'm pretty sure they're bang on. Look awesome too!

Yeah double AC's are codex legal *at least they are in space wolves* but looks great so far.

Clap clap clap

Wow, those are actually legal somewhere?
Also, they could count as lascannons if the opponenet is being a d-bag