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He turned out OK but the dull coat went on very thick and glossy. Not sure what went wrong there but I was pretty happy with him UNTIL the varnishing stage. Now he's meh... but he'll do.



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I took all the sternguard I have painted... 8 I think. Will do more eventually but for now there are so many other projects waiting in the wings that they'll have to sit on the back burner for a bit.

Aww thats a shame, he really was very well done.
Dont blame you for leaving them for a bit (even though they are some of my favourite MWs you have done so far )

Exciting update!!

We're in the process of moving the boys into two separate bedrooms (before they kill each other) and I found my original RT rule book!!

I didn't think I'd thrown it out....

:-)

Been lookin' for that bugger for years!

What dullcote did you use. I like Testors and it works nice.

Testors, like usual. No idea what happened but I haven't had issues with it since.

on the rulebook! My local store has a copy, bless em that they hide when the kids come...

Ok. First of all, I've read all this log at work, so now I comment here at home.

Well done Gits. Well done. It's fantastic to see such quality on such old minis that have a warm spot in people's hearts. Combined with the Dreadnoughts it gives the army a very distinct, archaic feel and a character that most 'modern' SM armies seem to lack, largely due to the way the more recent SMs look.

The Marine Swap as well. Yes. Very well done sir! It's a nice element to the army and adds to the character, showing how the poor Mantis Warriors really are in a bad state after their penitent crusade.

Keep it up. And also know that because of this log I signed up here and am having to type up the first post of my own (which will be silly large.)

Glad you found your RT era rule book, I have vague fond memories of reading through my riends copy.

I now apologise for a bit of hijacking, but I am actually looking to trade one of my rulebooks. It is a rare limited edition copy and I hope to trade for audio books, and othe BL stuff.

Look me up in trades or PM me. Thanks and sorry for the hijack, I return you to your usual blogging

BTW Scout is done for thing 1 and stealer for thing 2, will mail in the next day or so

Danny.

When the Dark Eldar first came out GW lost the order lucky I had the top sheet of the order, and it was the 40k box.

OK, still a long way to go but some progress.

Brother Kigume showed up at my door today. The shoulder pad looks even better in person. as does the whole thing really.

Gits, that guy 2nd from the left looks extra special. Is that a chapterhouse bit for the helmet? I don't recognize it. I'm excited to see you finish them, they'll look quite intimidating with those RT era launchers.

Think its a maxi mini head

That's one of the Chapterhouse herasy heads. Love them. Great sculpts, very clean and very unique looking.

I realize they don't look like much at the moment... it'll really take painting the missile launchers to get them to the point where they visually look like I've progressed, but I've been laying the ground work & painting a lot of little scattered bits here and there. The next round of painting should provide a big difference in their look... and we get to see if my idea for hiding the acetone damage actually works or not.

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DarkStarSabre wrote:Ok. First of all, I've read all this log at work, so now I comment here at home.

Well done Gits. Well done. It's fantastic to see such quality on such old minis that have a warm spot in people's hearts. Combined with the Dreadnoughts it gives the army a very distinct, archaic feel and a character that most 'modern' SM armies seem to lack, largely due to the way the more recent SMs look.

The Marine Swap as well. Yes. Very well done sir! It's a nice element to the army and adds to the character, showing how the poor Mantis Warriors really are in a bad state after their penitent crusade.

Keep it up. And also know that because of this log I signed up here and am having to type up the first post of my own (which will be silly large.)

Hey DarkStarSabre! I'm sorry for not answering you right away. Parents have been visiting and I'm rolling out a major project at work, so my normal Dakka time is pretty fragmented and I lose track of stuff. I honestly thought I'd already responded to you but in reviewing the thread realized that I had not. Mea culpa.

Thank you so much for your kind comments. I've fallen for the old minis to be sure, and want to give them the best treatment I can. Funny thing is that I really do like the new ones too, but you rarely see the old ones get much TLC any more as their sculpts are so simplistic when compared with the modern offerings, though I guess my modern mantis warriors will be highly fiddled with (new helms, new jump packs, custom pads, special weapons, etc). The old figures do produce an interesting looking army though and they remind me of many years of playing with my friends back in the day. We had a lot of fun back then.

My use of the marine swap was a rare flash if brilliance that I don't get very often. Just needed a way to work in the amazing figures I was getting so that I could play them once in a while. It's why I don't swap for special characters even though the models I'd get would likely be spectacular... they wouldn't fit the narrative of the army.

I'm so glad you were inspired to sign up and post! Please make a habit out of it! Would love to continue to have your comments and ideas added to the blog, and perhaps one day add my comments to yours!

Best,
Gits


@dantay... no worries mate. Occasional derailments are the spice of life! (even internet life)

Thanks for that. First let me say I'm somewhat stunned by the length of the response. It's easy enough to miss a post because so many crop up on these blogs within a short space of time. And yes, I shall be posting here a lot more. I like this place.

With regards to the missile launchers...I think there is perhaps a bit much green? Would be interested in seeing how it progresses to see if that breaks up a little.

Oh yeah, they aren't "painted" yet... that's just over-spray from the green for the armor. Next update should see a significant change.

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Holly RT era batman. Got to admire the charm of models as old as I. Any plans of buying some of the FW upgrade kits.

AND WHY THE HELL AREN"T YOU PLAYING IN THE MADISON BABAD WAR LEAGUE? You are only 1 of two players I know who actually have a Babad army (Carl is playing as Red Scorpions BTW).

Looking good Gits! as usual can't wait to see more updates from you, love those old school ML's and the chapterhouse head is nice, i may have to twist a certain friend of mine's arm for some! :-) also loving the pipes, they look great, i love good terrain it makes games so much better!


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wyomingfox wrote:Holly RT era batman. Got to admire the charm of models as old as I. Any plans of buying some of the FW upgrade kits.

AND WHY THE HELL AREN"T YOU PLAYING IN THE MADISON BABAD WAR LEAGUE? You are only 1 of two players I know who actually have a Babad army (Carl is playing as Red Scorpions BTW).

I didn't know anything about it! Really?? There's a Badab War league? I keep getting booted off Madison 40k (by the server) so it's hard for me to keep up... I suppose it's too late to get in on it...

And yes, I have two of FWs version of the RT MLs... I'm saving them to give my sternguard (Tranquility sniper) unit some HW support. Actually those are probably the next sternguard to get worked on.

nerdfest09 wrote:Looking good Gits! as usual can't wait to see more updates from you, love those old school ML's and the chapterhouse head is nice, i may have to twist a certain friend of mine's arm for some! :-) also loving the pipes, they look great, i love good terrain it makes games so much better! Nerdfest09

Agreed whole-heartedly!

Gitsplitta wrote:I didn't know anything about it! Really?? There's a Badab War league? I keep getting booted off Madison 40k (by the server) so it's hard for me to keep up... I suppose it's too late to get in on it...

Sure as heck is! We are just finishing up the 3rd game so we will be at the half way mark. 2-3 players have bowed out due to time commitments and I am pretty sure one team is still short a player. So I think you could join. You just have to play 1 game in a 2 week period. So that would be 3 games in a 6 week period. Hardly a time commitment, especially if you live in Madtown already. You have Jarred's number or email (he is the one running the league)? If not I could give him your dakka email.

PM sent. (figured this was local enough to take off-list)

Wow that was alot of reading. Finally got caught up was back on page 146 I think. But I have to say thank you Gitz. That fluff that incorporated the Sons of Guilliman was awesome. So was the rest but more so that since its my custom chapter and involved my model I traded to Whalemusic360 in the GMS. Mucho respect to you sir.

I'm just the conduit schank... Other people's genius flows through my blog into The Internets as water through a pipe, providing life-giving sustenance to the parched wastes beyond.

Credit where credit's due. You're more than a pipe mate. And this blog certainly attracts much to it anyhow. You now have me waiting to see the next WIPs to pleasantly surprise me with those MLs!

Nice guys!

Looking forward to seeing the ML guys finished I'm in the process of painting up 2 FW ones myself for my Thousand Sons.

Looking good Gits, i cant help but think the guy on the far right looks like hes pinching a loaf. I can't unsee it lol

Thanks everyone for your kind comments!

@GiraffeX: would love to see them when your done, be sure to post a link where we can find them!

@Chrono: That's OK, I'm just waiting for the guy on the far left to topple over! (Actually he would but I glued a nickle to the bottom of each of their bases.)


I hope tonight's painting will bring about significant improvements in their look. It'll either do that or they're off to the vat of Simple Green again. Things have been very stressful at work which has meant that I really haven't been able to relax and enjoy my painting... just kind of doing a little each night to keep things moving forward. But today was the big launch day and I think I'm over the hump... so expect a bit more creativity and a bit less cut-and-paste in their painting from now on.

yes! progress

Gitsplitta wrote: Things have been very stressful at work which has meant that I really haven't been able to relax and enjoy my painting... just kind of doing a little each night to keep things moving forward. But today was the big launch day and I think I'm over the hump... so expect a bit more creativity and a bit less cut-and-paste in their painting from now on.

Ack, hate when work gets stressful. Hope you faired a bit better after mate. We'll still be here and we can be patient. The way you paint? It's worth it.

And besides, seeing the GMS with your stuff? Quality is always worth waiting for. Besides, we all have other things besides painting minis in life.