Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 25 March 2017: Space Marines

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**n1ceguypaul**

Good job on the base Zobo. Really like the feel of it hopefully gonna put some paint on mine this weekend. The base needs to be done as vulkan is so intimidating it might take a while to build up to actually stating him.

**Bottle**

Here's my proof. Going to keep it to one model to hopefully ensure I get it finished in time!

**Midget Gems**

whoo 3 pages already, this is going to be a busy month.

Since I think I did Orks for every entry last year I think a change is needed. (and to prove I'm not a one trick pony)

So I'll be doing some Blood Angels Cataphractii Terminators

Good luck everyone,

p.s. damn you Para that is far to quick and well painted

**feltmonkey**

Midget Gems painting something that isn't orks! I'm not sure I'll be able to cope.

**JamesY**

Quick wip, got my entry undercoated and base layers on. Feels strange starting from white after all the iron warriors I've done lately, hopefully I'm not too rusty...

**ssisal**

Ive got 4 DV Librarians in the mail; that Should be here on Monday. Instead of trying to do 27 guys and choose best 5 for the contest. Im just going to do four guys in the hopes that i can get them finished in time. As im also finishing up some HH blood angels for my brother (just their hair and backpacks left) and getting my 4 rhino, 1 razor 1 pred and 1 ares raider at least edge highlighted this month.

**Manalishi**

Well, after a three month hiatus, I'm finally back in with an entry. I'll be doing an assortment of iron warriors dreadnoughts this month. (A "Triumvirate of Dread" if you will

)

Proof:

**Retrogamer0001**

I'm in, still deciding on whether I'll do a DA tactical squad or an UM assault squad...or a GK librarian...

**ZergSmasher**

Basecoating for my Imperial Space Marine is done:

Shading will be the next step, then highlights. This mini is not as hard as I thought to get painted. A lot of the highlights will be easy to drybrush, as well.

**Drummernathan**

Still waiting on a few bits to get started like his shield and shoulder pads but this is my Proof pic for my counts as Draigo as a part of my counts as grey knights chapter I created who are an elite sect of the thousands sons who remained loyal to the emperor and have been tasked with hunting down Ahriman, leading to a seemingly never ending journey across the galaxy hunting him.

**mrhappyface**

Drummernathan wrote:
Still waiting on a few bits to get started like his shield and shoulder pads but this is my Proof pic for my counts as Draigo as a part of my counts as grey knights chapter I created who are an elite sect of the thousands sons who remained loyal to the emperor and have been tasked with hunting down Ahriman, leading to a seemingly never ending journey across the galaxy hunting him.

It's a nice idea but all of the TS were loyalists, the Imperium forced them to turn to chaos because the Emperor believed Magnus was a Heretic. Sorry for being a fluff lawyer.

Good luck with the conversion anyway.

**Drummernathan**

mrhappyface wrote:
Drummernathan wrote:
Still waiting on a few bits to get started like his shield and shoulder pads but this is my Proof pic for my counts as Draigo as a part of my counts as grey knights chapter I created who are an elite sect of the thousands sons who remained loyal to the emperor and have been tasked with hunting down Ahriman, leading to a seemingly never ending journey across the galaxy hunting him.

It's a nice idea but all of the TS were loyalists, the Imperium forced them to turn to chaos because the Emperor believed Magnus was a Heretic. Sorry for being a fluff lawyer.

Good luck with the conversion anyway.

This is true but after the emprah vanished Magnus the legion remained faithful to their primarch and not the emperor, also after the rubric they became mindless automatons hellbent on following Magnus and Ahriman in the destruction of the imperium that betrayed their faith.

Also Ahriman was a bad seed that led many of his brethren against the imperium, this why this chapter must hunt him down etc. this sect is not anti-Brotherhood of Dust than T. sons.

**mrhappyface**

Yes but how did your chapter end up with the Imperium? All TS were branded as traitors so the entire legion fled to the EoT to escape their destruction.

**Warpig1815**

mrhappyface wrote:Yes but how did your chapter end up with the Imperium? All TS were branded as traitors so the entire legion fled to the EoT to escape their destruction.

Not so. The Athaenean Cult were sent away from Prospero prior to the Wolves attack. They returned later to find Prospero a ruin. I don't think it's been expanded upon as to what happened to the whole cult, but certainly Revuel Arvida went on to become Janus, the First Grey Knight Supreme Grand Master. It's suspected that, due to similarities in psyker prowess, armour colouring and the badge of the Corvidae (Who often worked in tandem with the Athaeneans and may have been dispatched alongside them), that this Brotherhood may have become the Blood Ravens - but that's not for certain.

**mrhappyface**

Warpig1815 wrote:
mrhappyface wrote:Yes but how did your chapter end up with the Imperium? All TS were branded as traitors so the entire legion fled to the EoT to escape their destruction.

Not so. The Athaenean Cult were sent away from Prospero prior to the Wolves attack. They returned later to find Prospero a ruin. I don't think it's been expanded upon as to what happened to the whole cult, but certainly Revuel Arvida went on to become Janus, the First Grey Knight Supreme Grand Master. It's suspected that, due to similarities in psyker prowess, armour colouring and the badge of the Corvidae (Who often worked in tandem with the Athaeneans and may have been dispatched alongside them), that this Brotherhood may have become the Blood Ravens - but that's not for certain.

I was unaware that any TS were allowed to intergrate back into the Imperium, I knew some were not upon Prospero during the burn but for some reason I believed they had turned or had been turned away by the Imperium. I'll have to do some homework.

**ZoBo**

@mrhappyface - aw come on man, rule of cool eh?

...maybe they went blackshield?

**JamesY**

It's a fictional setting. If someone wants to be creative with their models and give them a back story, it's absolutely fine, and is one of the primary draws of the hobby. The fluff is supposed to inspire that creativity, not restrict it (within the parameters of the existing rules, obviously).

**Drummernathan**

The story I had is that pre heresy they were a sect or cabal, have you, of elite powerful psykers of the legion tasked with gathering relics and knowledge from ancient galactic past. At the time of the heresy they were brought to Malcador to aid in forming the infancy of the inquisition because of their knowledge of ahriman's plans for eternal knowledge and their proximity to him in the times leading up to the heresy. Though their brethren were branded traitors, they were loyal through and through, enough so that the sigilite deemed them the only ones capable of the arduous task of hunting Ahriman down. It is know that the inquisition was founded by the sigilite, four lords of terra, and one loyal-remaining member from each of the "traitor" legions. Commander Osiris of the Sons of Opet was the representative for the Thousand Sons Legion.

**CragHack**

All right, this time I will seriously try to jump in this train and actually finish what I started

**Paradigm**

For those that missed it, Nevelon kindly set up a 'year in review' thread for the 2016/17 rotation, if you're someone who entered a few challenges last year please do head over there and post a collection of your entries in one place, it's awesome to see:
https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/719778.page

**Midget Gems**

Certainly will do Para, will take a little while to put them all together

Drummernathan Rule of cool always wins in my book.

feltmonkey wrote:
Midget Gems painting something that isn't orks! I'm not sure I'll be able to cope.

I know!, I feel naked. I don't have "orks made it" excuses for sloppiness now....

I was originally just going to paint these guys but me being me I just couldn't resist adding extra little touches to them. I tried to put them in cool positions, chopped up some spare bits I had and added some BA iconography to them so they are much more BAs now rather than just generic. I also dremeled out the head area so I could fit some unhelmeted heads in.

My WIP (you'll have to zoom in to see anything)

**ssisal**

4 stock DV Librarians, dont have any axes so all are getting the detault swords. Also included is Logan Grimnar, though i did not yet get his sled.. so im just going to submit him sans base... This is more for me anyway as for the times i finished on time last year i can count my total votes on one hand..

**Drummernathan**

Making good progress! Got all my armor layering done for the main body and a layer of paint down on all the purity seals and parchment as well as the wing details. Next up gotta paint all the chains and metal and then get started on the arms. Still waiting to get the shield and shoulder pads from a buddy and then I can get those painted up to match. Can't wait to get them done so I can really go to town on all the details and going to get the book/banner primed and painted and fitted so I can attach it once it's painted. Hoping I don't run into any snags this month so I can get my entry painted, photographed, and submitted asap! Though the model is originally a chaplain, I feel he will make a suitable counts as draigo model when all is said and done!

**boundless08**

Didn't get to finish last months challenge as I was abroad with work but it got me starting painting again so jumping into this months one.

I just finished making up the Dark Vengeance box before I left so I've got lots to choose from. Going to pick a termie and a chaos marine to do this month. I still don't know what colour scheme I'm going to go with either so we'll see what happens! For chaos I'm thinking Iron Warriors, no idea for the normal SM though

**Moolet**

The only thing marine I had to paint up was some death company but I did that last year I think. So I went and bought a baal predator, my wife's annoyed but I'm happy =)

**EmberlordofFire8**

A victim for my KSons to play with:

SPACE DOGGO!!

**CREEEEEEEEED**

I enter the legion vexila dude, and the two with bare heads. That way you know I haven't substituted in the three I've previously painted.

**CREEEEEEEEED**

I also wanna submit a building that I'll display them on. Just to prove that I worked on it too.

**CragHack**

Torso, arms and head are all magnetized

Why? I don't know.
Waiting for a friend to get some water effects to play with. Toxic swamp with skulls and maybe Victoria sleeveless arms, since I won't be using them anyways

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Progress is slow, but hopefully I'll have all the weapons done by Monday.