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Hey Dakka!

Im starting up a Crimson Fists force, i always like the look and they are more shooty oriented than say the Orks that have my main army from 01 to 06 when i took a hobby hiatus and from december last year when i picked the hobby up again till now.

Before the Orks, from the end of 2nd ed till 00 or so i was a Blood Angels Player, i still have a small force painted up but a friend of mine also plays them so i want to differentiate, both aesthetic and play style.


Ive painted the first tac squad from my army, AOBR stuff for cheap on ebay.

Heres how they turned out:



After i took this pic i went back and painted the SGTs left hand red, all eye lenses are painted but it doesnt show in this pic, i think its because of the lighting and image enhancement i did.

In the end i probably wont be using the flamer guy or this sargeant tho as i dont see any flamers in my list currently and i dont like bare heads or tabards.


I might go back later and put shoulder icons on, i cant free hand and i cant use transfers but i figure GS casting would be a viable option.



To continue building up the army i bought a bunch of minis second hand, they were pretty horridly painted so to strip em i build this:




Lego technics, a jam jar, some denatured alcohol and few pinches of sand for scrubbing action, it gets rid of most the paint, just need a toothbrush for the crevices.

It worked pretty well and in an evening i had stripped 50 marines down to just the remains of primer that wont let of the plastic, no worries, ill just prime them a little lighter than i do with new new models.

My intention is to have most of the weapon options i might need magnetized, i could get the special weapons loose from most of the minis but not all.

I decided to start with 8 bolter guys, a melta guy(that i couldnt get the melta loose from without risking its destruction) 2 sgts that got their gun hands magnetized and 5 missile launcher guys in a batch.

I modified some of the poses and reattached some shoulder pads that had come off in the stripping tumbler.
The previous owner hadnt been a master of the glue thankfully.

Yesterday i got started with the basecoats on them and after three of them i was getting annoyed with the paint drying out on my palette.

So i built a wet palette:



I gotta say its amazing, i can really see why people swear by them, it cuts down on time by not having to muck about rehydrating the paint drying out on the palette and just putting the paint on it and swirling it around a bit makes it the perfect consistency for applying to the mini, goes on really thin, might need a second coat some times but its so worth it as the paint is so even this way.

Anyways, i finished all the kantor blue armour basecoat yesterday.

Today i drybrushed with the old enchanted blue for armour highlights:



Then i went on and washed em all down with drakenhoof nightshade to mellow the bright, almost ultramarine blue they got for the drybrush and add some shadows as well:



So this is where im at for now.



The minis i already have that i intend to paint for this army:
Pedro Kantor, wont be using the original model tho, ive got the 25 year spec ed marine, Pedros gun arm and backpack fit nicely on him so im leaning towards this option.
10 Sternguard to start with, built from the 2nd hand tacs i have, they are all gonna have Mk8 chest plates because i like the look, they will have bolters with sights and half AOBR terminator storm bolter box mags to show the special ammo capacity as well as pouches, grenades and some other embellishments to show they are more than regular tacs, half or so will have magnetized hands for combi or special weapons.
An Iron Clad dread, ive got one of the old plastic kit dreads(from before there were iron clads) as well as the AOBR one, just gotta convert up some extra armour and either a chainfist or seismic hammer for either one of them, hurricane bolter arm ordered.
Two 10 man tac squad, magnetized options.
A Dev squad with 4 missile launchers, a sarge and some filler dudes, gonna paint up the other heavy weapons i got as well, 2 las cannons, 2 or 3 heavy bolters, 1 plasma cannon.
2 2nd hand rhinos, they are gonna get magnetized top hatches and side doors for razorback, predator and maybe whirlwind options. One is gonna get magnet options for Stalker configuration, magnetized front and side armour that comes in the stalker kit. Stalker bits ordered.



Have a good evening!

Half for the fun, half for the function

Ive just had a halfway break from fixing up the black on the batch at the moment, had to go buy some dinner and mail some letters.

Back to painting now

Are you kidding me?

Magnets cost almost nothing on ebay, i bought 500 2mm diameter and 1mm thick, small enough to fit inside wrists and between combi weapons halves for the equivilent of 6.3 bucks with free shipping.

Thanks!

Hehe, "buy now" "sort by price+shipping, lowest first."

I know some modelling stores are selling them with a mark up higher than GWs minis and thats just mean

Got the black done, gonna go on to do the red, metal, leather and grenades tomorrow i hope.

Question about the casing on their guns:
Should i paint them green like i have on the missile launcher?

Might look nice with some more colours on them.

Finished off these today:



Of course theres always more that could be done but for now im happy with these.

Dunno if im gonna try and build what i need for the Ironclad, go at the two rhinos(got turret mounts in the mail today and ive got two twin HBs from Land Raiders, ie Razorbacks), start on the Sternguard or whatever, we'll see

Its 4am here and im off to bed, hope i wont get any work today

Got one of my bitz orders today, DV Tac squad, really nice models, i removed the DA logos on the shoulders and some other small details.

The Sarge got a magnetized wrist, a headswap and a mk6looking chest plate from the old chaos marine box.


Im reasonably sure everyone on here has seen these minis before but here is the sarge, marines with plain shoulder pads are in the background.



Its late again over here, 0340, good night!

Thanks!

I like the darker style for my fists, its just kantor blue with an enchanted blue drybrush and then a drakenhoof wash, really simple!

Hey all!

Yesterday night i built up and primed the last basic marines i need to complete my tac squads and dev squad.
The only thing im missing is a Combi Melta for one of the sarges but that should be sorted shortly as his ranged weapon hand is magnetised.

Today i painted on the Kantor Blue for the base of the armour, drybrushed with enchanted blue for highlights and then washed it down with drakenhoof nightshade to mellow and blend it nicely.

Pic didnt turn out so well but hey, its progress



On a side note ive been scrounging parts for an airbrush setup, ive got it all put together but as it turns out the compressor i got was a dud, will post details about it when ive got one thats working.

I finished up the batch i was working on last night.

Here are most of the DV marines


Here are pics with the other units plus the complements painted in this batch:





And here is a group shot of what ive got done for this force this far:


With the exception of still needing a combi melta on the sarge in the lower right squad, these are done for now.

Maybe ill put some work into converting that aobr dread into an ironclad now? dunno

Thanks!

Ive been Ironclading up my AOBR dread a little.
I might make the leg plates more angular and maybe plate the front of the sarcophagus if i find something to detail it with.


plasticcard is really hard to photograph so i drew in the edges of the detailing on the plates.

Initially i was thinking id run it with Hurricane Bolters just because i love the idea of bolters, a hail of tiny, mass reactive missiles bombarding my the target i just had it drop pod in next to.

However after more reading and thought im think im gonna run him with fist and hammer plus two heavy flamers to bathe his quarry in burning promethium the turn he arrives.

The flamers could also be a big help if he gets charged on the turn he has to stand waiting before being allowed to charge in himself.

Also, i got the combi weapon for the sarge missing one, gonna be painting it up soon

Did some work on my DV libby, as noted earlier in the thread i do not like bare heads.
(or cloth/robes/tabards but i dont think i can remove it from this mini and still have something that looks alright)



The stock sword arm looks really awkward and has a DA logo so he got a new arm and a fist icon.
The wrist has a magnet so i will be able to make options, when i find a nice maul he is sure to get it.



To put a regular helmet on him i broke out my rotary tool and carved the original head and cowl out of the psychic hood.



Ive got an old metal libby with a staff lying around, i might try to convert that one to have a helmet as well, its only got a tabard so i might be happier with it if i can do a nice job on getting a helmet on it.

Hey Guys!

Havnt been doing much for a while, festivals and work getting in the way but today i sat down, magnetized the arms for the dread, primed it and two rhinos/razorbacks.
Also preshaded a rhino, figured i wanted to do a step thingie as a reference for myself.
Only got TLHBs left unused from Land Raiders for the Razorbacks, i ordered two turret rings off ebay so i can change them into RBs, might go for some 3rd party options later.


This is the second thing ever im using my airbrush on.

The first is an Ork jet, i can put a pic of that up as well but it isnt really related to this Crimson Fist force.

Hopefully im gonna go on with the other rhino and the dread after this post.

Anyways, here are the pics:







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Good morning all!

I finished preshading last night and got on to the basecoat after breakfast.

Im using VMA Blue Angels for the main colour and where i felt they needed some extra highlight i put some VMA French Blue on.

This is so fast! it took less than three hours to get from preshaded to this!

Onwards!

Got the lascannons put together, basecoated, metal parts undercoated black, black parts painted black.

Tried using masking for an arrow on the left rhino and a stencil on the right rhino for a fist on the top hatch, the fist doesnt look great so either i will paint it over and go for an arrow there as well or try something else.

Next im going at the metals for all the stuff and red fists and eyes on the marines, after that i guess its oil wash time.

Thanks guys!

Wasnt aware of the blogs section, shows how much i keep up with the goings on in the forum

I havnt really been active on the forum since the mid '00s.

Hey all!

Been hard getting to sitting down and painting over the last few weeks but ive gotten the metals, a gloss coat and the oil wash on the vehicles and dread.



Did some work on the stenciled top hatch and tried airbrush plasma effect for the first time.



Thinking of doing something like the plasma light effect on the headlights and searchlights but i dont know which colours to use, i dont want it looking plasma.

Im pretty much done with these now except for the stormbolter and possibly OSL on the lights.

Been putting together a drop pod yesterday and i gotta say its a bit annoying

I put together a drop pod, it was kinda annoying.
The Doors are magnetized in the tips, weapons are also magnetized.

Ive left the interior loose, might actually magnetize the bottom part with the doors to the top part with en fins, engine and weapon mount to be able to switch the harnesses in and out if im using it marines or a dreadnought.

I primed it a couple of days ago and started the preshading, today i finished preshading and got the blue on with highlights, started working the metals.

When the metals are done it will be getting oilwashed, some detailing and weathering.

Heres how it looks right now:

Thanks!

Im very happy with how those turned out

Ive been continuing with the drop pod today and ive come the conclusion that the next time i paint a drop pod im gonna paint the fins and engine separately before putting them together.

That way i could airbrush the metal on the engine and the parts the doors close up against.

Yeah, five sides :/

I printed the crimson fist logo on clear plastic and cut it out with an exacto.

Then i attached it with blue tac and airbrushed from the same angle all over.

there was quite a bit of over spray outside the stencil because it didnt sit stuck to the surface.

Cleaned that up with a brush.

The arrow was done with masking tape, was a lot easier and didnt require clean up.

Started work on a chaplain today.

Got the PF/CA version.
Cut away the old legs and put him on running assault marine legs.
I might not always want to run him with power fist so i magnetized the right arm, put together another arm with a skull shoulder plate from old metal death company and put magnets in the wrist and shoulder joints.
This allows me to use other right hands i have finished earlier as well as more to come.
Im looking at running him with a combi flamer to start.
Also the backpack is magnetized, i dont see myself going with a jump pack but now i have the option.

Thanks!

Will might look into the UM chapter tactics for fun since im looking to put together at least 10 assault marines with switchable backpacks to be used counts as blood claws so i will have the option.

The list im currently aiming for is this:
Primary CAD Crimson Fists chapter tactics

Libby with sword, based on the DV libby.
see earlier page.

Dreadnought with Twin-Link Heavy Flamer/Powerfist-Heavy Flamer.
Based on Black Reach Dread, gonna paint up a left power fist and either convert the MM or get a Flamestorm Cannon arm for use as the TLHF.
In a Drop Pod with Deathwind Launcher.

5 Scouts in a Storm.

10 Tacs with Plasma/Cplasma in a Rhino.

10 Tacs with Melta/Cmelta in a Rhino.

Stormtalon, havnt got this one yet,

5 Devastators with 3 Lascannons.

Space Wolf Allied Detachment, will be painted as Crimson Fists with grey shoulder rims to mark them as part of the 8th Company which is the reserve assault company.

Chaplain / Wolf Priest, the one ive worked on today.

A full squad of Assault Marines / 9 Blood Claws with a Wolf Guard Leader

In a Stormwolf, it will have all runes and other SW specific details taken off it, some fist specifics added and it will be painted to to fit the Crimson Fists.

Yeah i hope so, should be pretty mobile and be able to deal with a variety of different opponents.

Ive been building lots of different lists since i started these Crimson Fists, initially i was going with the libby, five sniper scouts, three tac squads, two in rhinos and one in a drop pod, two ironclads with dual flamers in drop pods, a full unit of devastators, a tfc and something else i forget.

I kind of wanted a stormraven for its functionality in an army but didnt want to go with it in heavy support, after the Stormwolf dropped i knew i wanted to get me one of those, incidentally i think it looks a lot nice than the Stormraven as well.

And since im now getting a flier i need another one, cant go with just one flier

Both the Stormtalon and the Stormraven make me think of Metal Slug but not in a positive way, the talon is lot better than the raven tho and it has sorta grown on me since it came out.




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Need to paint the jewel on the rosarius, possibly a fist on his left shoulder and the base him and he is alright

Thanks!

I dont like details that covers up the power armour and especially if those details are harder than the armour to paint


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There we go!

I finished up the optional right arm while i was at it.



Ill hold off painting the icon on his left shoulder pad, gonna look into options with brass etch since im no good with freehand.


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I had an old Captain Tycho model left over from a trader i did a while back.

I already have a Tycho painted up from back before i got into Orks, however Tycho is one of my fave minis citadel has released, i dunno why.

So i figured id make this double into a sargent.

I gave my new jewellers saw a try and was able to remove the shoulder pads inside, leaving the trim intact, after that i sawed apart a crimson fist shoulder pad and stuck that in the slot on the mini.
I also did a headswap since i want helmets on my whole force and went for a Corvus helmet since thats what my other sargents wear.
I bought most of the minis in this force 2nd hand and the sarges all wore Corvus so i didnt change that figuring that survivors of rynn were more likely to use older marks of armour.
His drop of blood on the chain around his neck was replaced by a fist.

I figure ill just paint up the other blood drops as blood drops seeing as the crimson of the crimson fists is blood and this guy has served with detachments of blood angels earlier in his career and won the honours he bears.

Did some more work on the drop pod, it just needs to have its weapons painted and its exteriors scuffed up a bit for it to be completely done.

I tried to magnetize the bottom/doors/flower part to the top but even with five magnets it didnt stick together steadily enough, i gave that up and made latches to keep it together instead, they work well enough for any normal handling and will allow me to swap in the interior for troop transportation, initially tho i will be using it for a dreadnought and wont care about painting the harnesses even though i have put them together.





Worked on the transport for my allied detachment, right now im looking at building a full Assault Squad / 9 Blood Claws with a Wolf Guard leader for the troops choice, they will have magnetized backpacks, one will have a magnetized powerfist and another one or two will have special weapon options.

Took pretty much all wolf details off it, replaced the hood ornament with a fist, gonna look at putting something where the wolf heads on the sides of the front used to be.
The model is a delight to build, its the most recent GW kit ive had my hands on except DV marines since forever.
Magnetized the weapon options.

Metallics, gloss varnish and oil wash.

Thanks!

The hard part was getting rid off the big wolf heads on the sides, i used a rotary sander to get most of them and then scraped with an exacto to get it smooth, not perfect but im happy enough with it.
(The Stormfang would be a lot harder, requiring pretty much a rebuild of the whole weapon/hull.)

Other than that it was mostly just shaving off small raised parts which should present no problem to most people that have cleaned mold lines or sprue off a few minis.

I have yet to do anything about the helfrost cannon turret, im thinking i might leave the sides with the runes off, making plasma style accelerator coils instead and calling it a Twin-Linked Plasma Imploder or something.

Chipping and matte varnish.

Still to do: Pilot, cupola, sponsons and turret.

Thanks dude!
You have some sweet crimson fists going, i love 2nd ed starter marines and 2nd ed multiparts interspersed in the units, hadnt seen those for a while

The SW dex is a pretty good fit for the carcharodons, full aggression
Ive been thinking of Astral Claws/Red Corsairs, Ally with IG for The Tyrants Legion, thunderwolves as their special biker units, using the special detachment to get infiltrating troops a la Huron and extra HQs for wolf guard battle leaders as Legion Centurions to put in the IQ units.
There are some other specialized stuff that can be represented as well im sure.

I havnt gotten any more done on the Stormwolf over the weekend, i went to a rave where infected mushroom were playing after the last update and didnt get back home until maybe 10 the morning after so i slept away most of sunday.

What i have managed tho is to de-sprue and put together the genestealers and punch all the card stuff from my Space Hulk set as well as put together a sniper scout squad.

I kinda dont want to airbrush in the evenings unless its the first thing i do when i get home from work at half past seven at best since the direct acting compressor does vibrate a bit.

Started arms to run my dread as the siege variant, Flamestorm Cannon and Assault Drill with Heavy Flamer

Needs gloss, oilwash, chipping and matte.



Started the pilot, turret and sponsons.

Needs Gloss, oilwash, chipping, OSL on the Twin Frostcannon/Plasma Imploder and matte.



EDIT: oh, and i finally did the storm bolters from my rhinos and the deathwind launcher for the drop pod.

There we go




I also finished up the dreadnought arms so the match the dreadnought.

While i was waiting for the oil wash yesterday i went through my old boxes, sprues and bitz and collected enough stuff to build 10 assault marines/counts as blood claws.
Im just missing shoulder pads with fist icons so i think im gonna put them together and either paint them with one shoulder pad or wait for my order to drop in.


Things that i have but need to finish that are to be included in the army as im looking to initially run it:
Master of the Forge from a TFC, gonna get a magnetized wrist so i can swap out weapons/combi weapons.
Land Speeder Storm, need to convert a heavy flamer onto it.

Things i dont have but need for the army as im intending to run it initally:
Stormtalon
CC Scouts