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Very nice Ultramarines detachment, and the fact it's done for charity makes it even more awesome! Whoever gets those will be very lucky!

What kind of stuff are you getting as commissions? Are you able to show off any of it here?

Looking forward to the return of the Scars...

Love the paint on the rhino, very crisp. Everything is well done.

IIRC from assembling my own talon, there are separate sides for the swappable guns. The ones you used are designed for the HB ammo hoppers or LC batteries, the missile ones are smooth sided, not inset. Not that what you have doesn’t work, but it took me a second to figure out why it looked “off” to me.

The Tac sarge is packing a plasma pistol and a power fist? Big spender. I’m a more bare-bones kinda guy. Looks cool though. It might just be my failing eyesight, but did you not include a special weapon? The ML is clear, but everything else looks like bolters. I can see the case for not taking the heavy in a full ten man squad (even though to do so is to tempt heresy) but the special is a must have IMHO.

Glad to see you painting blue. And thanks for giving to charity.

Looks great.

The sides of the missile launchers look a bit silly, if I'm honest. I think the fact that there is a decal in there. It really draws the eye, I probably wouldn't have noticed it if it was solid blue.

Anyway, good to see they're finished (almost).

And Para is right; Show off some of your commission stuff

Thanks guys the talons were already built so I had no sayso and kind of had to get on with im afriad. As for the squad I was told by the guy organising it had to be loaded that way.

I would have at keast a melta gun and defo would not have plasma as it doesn't agree with me hahaha

 McManiak wrote:
Thanks guys the talons were already built so I had no sayso and kind of had to get on with im afriad. As for the squad I was told by the guy organising it had to be loaded that way.

I would have at keast a melta gun and defo would not have plasma as it doesn't agree with me hahaha

Wow, you were told to build the tacs that way? I saw the list of units on the website for the project, but didn’t dig around to see if there was an army list associated. If you asked me to build the most inefficient tactical squad I could I might have come up with that one. Sorry if I’m coming off a little harsh, but my mind is seriously blown as to why someone would require you to build that. Is there a TOE of the 4th company somewhere he’s trying to duplicate? GW often does some pretty daft things when they list units for forces.

Not to slight the work you did painting, but the gamer in me is ranting a bit. And the painter is torqued off, because no sensible player will ever field that squad as-is. So your wonderfully painted squad will see the table with the sarge swapped out for someone who costs less then a tank, and one of the bolter boys replaced by a special weapon trooper.



Sorry for the rant.

Haha nev, I've missed your rants. You are quite right though. I think it was from one of the books. Perhaps I'll add another marine with plasma and magnetize the serg.

As for the commission work guys I am currentley painting a black legion forge fiend and building some tyranid MC'S with some dynamic poses. Will put oics up when done.

 McManiak wrote:
Hi guys, been a while since I posted and there are reasons behind it.

4. The wedding.

Only 10 days left now (12th July) so there have been lots of late nights with the mrs organising final detail etc

All in all these things have taken my focus away from here but I promise that in the week or so I will be back to regular pics and updates.

If you are all done getting married and stuff, get back to the paint bench and working on marines! No more delays.

Hope you had a wonderful day, and congratulations!

Aye, congratulations, and hope you had a good day!


Now paint more...

Thanks guys. The day was amazing but yes, I will be back at the bench this werk and on a dakka and youtube frenzy.....

Watch this space.....

Whats the link/ address for your youtube channel?

This is the link Dantay https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWKBUoCYm7AJySZUYIojfCQ

So I got wed and went through with it. Had an amazing day, weather was excellent and food was great. Nicki walked down the ailse to sweet child o'mine and we walked out to the cermonial tune from Star Wars. (video is on my youtube channel)

Not done anything hobby wise for a week now as have been prepping and coming down from the wedding but intend very much to get back on the game now.

Thanks for perservering with my lack of content guys and I promise normal service will be resumed soon haha

Hey guys, been a while sorry.

I have been focussing on getting work and also tbh on my YouTube channel. I have however ploughed through some more stuff recentley and got a load more off the desk.

I got back into the Thunderhawk only to find that when i masked the wings to paint the engine all the white and the primer peeled straight off the resin. I was fuming to say the least. People have now told me that it's a good idea to spray with varnish first (after washing obv) so will get back to it soon.

I did a few commissions recentley too which I have posted the Forge Fiend pics in my gallery rather than clogging up this thread with non related pics. Also have vid on my channel as you would expect.

Where am I going moving forward????

There is a painting challenge/competition over on the warmaster forum http://thewarmaster.com/index.php?topic=3789.0 and it basically consists of 3 teams of people painting over 3 months and supporting each other etc to get through their stuff. I will be getting back to my furious speed painting (I hope) as I want to finish the bikes and TH plus I have ALL that Nurgle stuff to get throug. I have not had a tournament to look forward to since May so that kind of slowed my desire down with the Scars but this challenge seems as good an idea as any to get them done haha.

What have you guys all been up to whilst i've been gone?

Martin

Nice looking fiend. A little clean for my vision of chaos, but well executed. Not a huge fan of the model personally. I keep getting a picture of a walking barrel. Still, good work.

While you are off galavanting on other forums and mediums, don’t neglect us here on Dakka. While youtube videos might be quick and easy, I like still pictures and text personally for viewing miniatures. Don’t hold with that new fangled moving picture malarky.

But wherever you are posting it, keep up the good work.

The Forgefiend looks very cool, the magma effect is very nice and cool without being over-the-top. Bad luck with the Thunderhawk, but at least you know now and won't repeat the incident on other FW pieces.

Best of luck with the painting challenge, if you paint anywhere near as fast and well as the Nids then you're sorted!

Cheers guys, and nev don't worry I won't forget where I started so will keep on with the stills and plenty of text.

I agree about the cleanness of the FF but it is how the client wanted it so have to go with his vision I guess. I'm also not a fan of the standard model either. Tomorrow see me starting to build a Nurgle imperial knight so will hitup WIP pic along the way.

Thanks for sticking with me gents,

Right guys, I have a dilema.....

I have painted all of the interior of the Thunderhawk and added parts to it for an engine ay etc with the view to magnetising the lid so that it can e takin apart. Due to the crap cast from FW I cannot get it to sit well together without greenstuffing the joins which will mean closing the whole thing in permantley.


I really don't wanna lose all that lovely detail but can't see any other way as it will look awful from the outside with gaps??

Thoughts people please...

There is a TON of detail in those things, I would not glue it shut. How to keep it open and working is a little beyond my ken though. Is there any way you can greenstuff the gaps, and still keep it so you can open it? Do something like take plastic wrap and cover one half (so the stuff won’t stick), then try to fix it? I’ve not worked on large resin kits, so can’t offer a lot of technical advice.

How bad are the gaps? Is it something that’s going to be noticeable on the table? While it might irritate perfectionists, you could play with a slightly mis-assembled model and have the best of both worlds.

Hmmm, are the gaps caused by warpage, using a hairdryer are you able to soften the resin in the right places and get it sit better together?

If not that, then maybe consider installing a couple of LED lights in the interior before glueing and greenstuffing together. That way you can see the detail from the ramp by just turning on the lights.

The detail would'nt get caught by the light so that won't work i'm afraid.
It's no so mauch warpage as shrinkage and if I glueit you then I would have to GS the gaps and sculpt the detail etc so not sure if it would suffice with plastic wrap.

If I was doing it in another legions colours then I could possibly live with the gaps as I could hide them on sy a templar or Iro Hnad but on white they are impossible to hide.

Proper dilema this one???

I guess you will just have to pick up a second thunderhawk. That way you can have one open as a display piece, and one closed to game with.

How often do you expect to field it on the table? If most of it’s time is going to be spent on the shelf looking cool, might as well just leave it open, so it can look cool inside and out. If you plan on fielding it on a regular basis, seal it up. You will know that the insides are awesome, and gain a quiet confidence from that fact. And then blow people off the table with the guns.

If I was in your shoes, I’d seal it up, fix any gaps, and use it. For me, the goal of 40k is to have a nice looking army on the table. Painted interiors, swiveling guns, etc. are gravy, but the priority is to get a WYSWYG model on the field. If a model does not work for use on the table, it needs to be fixed so it can. It sounds like the gaps in your T-hawk make it so you can’t field it as-is. So you need to make necessary repairs.

Now that’s assuming your primary goal is play. If you want this thing as a display piece, where the lid is going to be off to the side most of the time so you can see the grubbins, who cares if it’s not snug and flush.

Now for the price you pay for the hawk, and the amount of detail, you want both. But if you must choose one, you need to figure out what your priorities are. They might not be the same as mine.

Nev, I have been away for a while but am glad to see that your advice still makes sense (still got to make the assault troops busting through the stain glass yet haha)

I will seal it up and can always look back on my pictures....

Quick Thunderhawk update guys.

It went to the Apoc game and I can confidently say that it is AWFUL.......

Never to be used again as I could have so much more on the table for the point with a better variance of options.

I am still going to finish the beast tho and have now got the red almost done. Next step is to varnish and then pin wash all the pannel lines.

Let me know what you think about the red folks....

Red looks good, nice and solid! Shame to hear it wasn't too good in game, but at the very least you'll have a great looking centrepiece for your force!

The GOU in the background looks good as well!

It might just be the curse of fresh paint. I’d not give up on it just yet.

Nice sharp red. Even if it sucks on the table, it can do it with style

Cheers guys, this was nothing to do with paint. It just isn't wersatile enough on the table and has very restricted movement with limited firng arcs. All those points for 1 D large blst, 2 las cannons and 4 heavy bolters ain't special....

It will make the cabinet look good when I finish it up though....

WIN AN ARMY! Help for Heroes 'Ultramarines'

Please spread the word...

WIN AN ARMY! HELP for HEROES 'Ultramarines'
Tickets on Sale Now!

Nick speaking,

Just in case you are not aware, I am helping to oversee a team of over forty very talented wargamers from the YouTube community, to give you a chance to win a fantastic Ultramarines army, all built and painted. All the proceeds from this project will go towards the HELP for HEROES charity, which I am sure you will all agree, is a very worthwhile cause...

http://www.idicbeer.co.uk/p/help-for-heroes-ultramarines.html

Our previous 'Salamanders' army raffle raised £7317.81, and we hope that we can match or beat that figure with this new army, which will be the Ultramarines forth company. The army is not yet complete, but all the wargamers involved in the project are working as hard as they can to make the army look as amazing as we can get it.

Tickets now on sale!

To have a chance of winning this awesome army, just visit the HELP for HEROES 'Ultramarines' Official Home Page here on my Blog. The tickets are now available to buy at a cost of £2.00 GBP each and all the money made from the raffle will go to the HELP for HEROES charity. The raffle is a worldwide event and postage of the final army will be free to the winner. Sadly, we are unable to cover any addition charges that may occur, such as import tax etc. We will once again showcase the army at Salute 2015 and the draw will take place soon after that even.

https://www.justgiving.com/Stephen-sayers/

HELP for HEROES 'Ultramarines' Army
This is a list of all the models in the army so far, which is expanding as I speak. You will also be able to see pictures of the completed units at the bottom of the home page.

Main Units:
Aegis Defence Line x1
Assault Squad x2
Attack Bike x1
Bastion x1
Bike Squad x1
Command Squad x1
Command Squad (Forge World) x1
Command Squad Terminators x1
Contemptor Dreadnought x2
Centurion Squad x1
Devastator Squad x2
Dreadnought x3
Drop Pod x3
Greater Daemon x1
Imperial knight x1
Land Raider x1
LandSpeeder x1
Predator x1
Praetors x1
Razorback x1
Rhino x3
Scout Squad x1
Storm Raven x1
Storm Talon x2
Tactical Squad x10
Terminator Squad x1
Vanguard Veteran Squad x1
Venerable Dreadnought x1
Vindicator x1

Special Characters:
Librarian x1
Librarian Tigurius x1
Captain Titus x1
Sergeant Sidonus x1
Limited Ed. Figure x2
Chaplain Judd Clausel x1
Hero/Sergeant x1
Captain Invictus & Retinue x1
Sargeant Tellion x1
Master Apothecary x1
Uriel Ventris x1
Veteran Captain/Sargeant x1
Standard Bearer x1
Captain Master of the Marches x1
Captain Master of the Rites x1

Good Luck Everyone!