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**somecallmeJack**

these are really good. Most of the Imperial Fists Ive seen are quite bright & it makes them almost cartoonish looking, but yours are crisp & clean without being too dark or too bright. I am suitably impressed.

**person person**

somecallmeJack wrote:Most of the Imperial Fists Ive seen are quite bright & it makes them almost cartoonish looking

Never thought of it like that.

**Lord-Loss**

Are you sure your buying this stuff on Ebay?

When ive looked its not £2 for a LR or £5 for a ten man assault squad!

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Ive looked on ebay and the cheapest raider i found was £25!

Do you "Buy it now" or auction?

**Tauzor**

Lord-loss , I have set up a search list that emails me everyday so i can snap up the best bargins that fit my army list, im also buying the really badly painted ones

PP , Somecallme jack , Deathgear & Edward089 , thanks guys !

**legionier alpha IV**

I guess the land raider is a case of las cannon 4 the win, very cool boss i love it.

**s1gns**

The army is coming along great. That LR makes me thank god I don't drive some form of mechanized vehicle in the future.

**Tacobake**

Looks great, dude.

**Imperial Monkey**

Wow they look gerat, I like the green although the lightning claws should metal I feel not blue

**SuperSN**

Lookin' good!

I especially like the crazy lasacannon Land Raider conversion.

**Grunt_For_Christ**

Glad you keep checking in... Keep up the good work!

**ZeinEizoku**

Now my question is going to go a little off of the painting comments, which to quickly add looks superb. What I would like to know is, with the Land Raider, with the un-godly "Triple Linked" Lascannon. What are you going to rule it as lol, just a simple Twin Linked Rule, or are you going the creative route and making up like a Mod Rule or House Rule. I think it looks amazing.

... OR last minute thought are you going to run it as a Terminus Ultra Land Raider http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1180072_Space_Marines_Datasheet_-_Terminus_Ultra_Land_Raider.pdf

**Tauzor**

Terminus Ultra Land Raider my friend

Updates to the army to follow on sunday - ( need to find where the hell I put the dammed camera )

**MeanGreenStompa**

Tauzor wrote:Its Citadel Foundation Paint - Iyanden Darksun and Tausept Ochre from GW makes a great mustard hue yellow rather than the eye melting bright yellow normaly seen in IF

And that is why I like yours when normally I don't care for ImpFists, your mustard desert scheme is really nice (and that's coming from someone who hates yellow as a rule).

**ZeinEizoku**

Tauzor wrote:Terminus Ultra Land Raider my friend
Updates to the army to follow on sunday - ( need to find where the hell I put the dammed camera )

Haha that is what I thought however I would love to come up with a Rule for the Triple Linked Lascannon lol

and yes you need to find your camera. I would love to see how everything is coming ^__^

I just finished playing a 1 vs 3 game the other night, 3000 points of Tyranics against 1000 points each of chaos, Eldar, and Ultramarines XD I won hahahaha

**Tauzor**

A quick update.
Having issues with lighting at the moment . ( oh mould lines! )

**Vitruvian XVII**

This is looking really good. Nice work on the Terminus Ultra conversion, sets it apart from the rest nicely.

One slight detail: the parchment of the purity seals could do with being a different shade of red to the wax, or even painted as parchment (eg white/ bone) and have some text/ litanies written on IMHO. I think that would add that extra level of detail to your models.

Just my two cents, you're quite welcome to ignore it!

Vitruvian

**Tauzor**

... More ( sorry the lighting isnt better )

**Tauzor**

More.

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Vitruvian XVII wrote:This is looking really good. Nice work on the Terminus Ultra conversion, sets it apart from the rest nicely.

One slight detail: the parchment of the purity seals could do with being a different shade of red to the wax, or even painted as parchment (eg white/ bone) and have some text/ litanies written on IMHO. I think that would add that extra level of detail to your models.

Just my two cents, you're quite welcome to ignore it!

Vitruvian

Yup I agree, this is still all a work in progress, and I am touching and moving colours around a lot on this army
(its my first back to wh for a long long time - so not worried in been 100% ) none of the models are finished yet and as you point out there is more detail to be added and painting to tidy up. Thanks for following and for your comments, they are welcome

**Slappywag**

Hey, First time look at your ImpFist's and they look great. I like the red grips on the guns.

However i would use a different colour for the ribbon bits on the purity seals as Vitruvian has previously stated.

I love the yellow's! Foundation paints for the win i reckon.

Slappy.

Oh and thats one mean land raider...

**Vitruvian XVII**

Tauzor wrote:Yup I agree, this is still all a work in progress, and I am touching and moving colours around a lot on this army (its my first back to wh for a long long time - so not worried in been 100% ) none of the models are finished yet and as you point out there is more detail to be added and painting to tidy up. Thanks for following and for your comments, they are welcome

That explains it then! No problem, im always willing to give advice. That pred is cool

, i've gotta get me some forgeworld doors/ frontplates!!

**Werdes**

Nice Pred!

**Lorgar's Herald**

Love the colour! The pred looks great, cant wait to see more pic's

**person person**

Love the icons on the pred. spaced out very well.

**Tauzor**

ooopsie .. I made a little booboo. I will have to wait a couple of days to wait for a varnish to "clam" down

**JD21290**

What varnish did you use mate? try matt stuff, it works wonders.
Or, the old GW ard coat (not sold on thier site anymore)

I really need to get started painting my BA so we can get a game at some point

so far though, your steaming through the models, and they are turning out pretty damn nice!

also, forget mould lines, it seems you can spend an hour trimming a single model, then manage to find one while painting

**Tauzor**

Meh , It was GW Matt.

A can I had that I suspect is probably about 8 years old now and was never used before.

Even now I can see the shine is reducing on them.

Thanks for the support, I'm not a perfectionist so when I bugger up I am not that concerned .

This is my 1st army after a loooooong time away, So I am treating it as my tester/getting back up army

Oh and the only painted one I have, so I need to have it completed soon ™ if I am ever going to get a few games in.

**Breotan**

I'm not a big fan of using both Blue and Red on a Yellow model. Have you considered tightening your use of colors to Yellow and a single "accent" color instead?

**JD21290**

Wasnt that purity seal gak was it?

Maybe something to do with its age lol, could have started to clot and the chems seperate.

Im far from a perfectionist, i refuse to drill barrels even lol.

Seems you have your painting back allready then

lol, thats why i need to kick my own ass into painting faster.
Had 1,200 points sat there for a week now, and ive only just this minute undercoated a libby lol.
allthough, im out of blood red (not good when you play BA)
I have no spray left, and my white is nearly gone.
so to undercoat my libby ive had to use watered down skull white, 6 coats of to get a slight cover of the model, allthough its still far too thin in places, but its allmost so thin its a wash XD

**Tauzor**

Breotan, yes I have but sometimes you need to rock the boat. The blue is only on the preddy at the moment and is not on any of the figures.

'cept the termies ... lol the blades will be metal when done

@ JD
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Wasnt that purity seal gak was it?

- feth no

And you need a beer ... just like I do. Sod the painting .. I need pizza and beer.

**Grunt_For_Christ**

So shiny! I actually like the shiny look on them. What's up next? Are any of the vehicles going to be finished soon?