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Made in us
Regular Dakkanaut





A small amount more completed, I've primarily been using painting as a mental break from study, hence the painting in very small doses. I decided to make my own tank commander for the Excelsior, just the mount/hatch for the HKM to go now. Again I've faced issues with having to force things into place which has resulted in the paint being damaged and glue being in places it should not have (all down to a lack of pre-assembly) I've got the bits for the crew going inside, some work to do on the metallics and perhaps a little touchup work on the joins and I'm calling it done.
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Regular Dakkanaut





HKM is now glued into place, just touch-ups to the model, some panel lining, and edge highlighting now. I'll likely be ordering the new HH boxset along with one or two of the upgrade kits. I'm really looking forward to some of the FW pieces coming over to plastic - especially the recon squad as eliminator proxies! The boxset will provide plenty of beaky helms for my fast attack units, I've got a box of MKIII primed and will likely grab a set of MKIV so a nice variety of heresy armor to mix and match into the army, perhaps a Leviathan when they arrive.

I've managed to get my hands on the final bolter variant for my Dev squad, two sets of HQ Tank boxset Rhino armor decorations so the whole Castigator/Whirlwind kitbash cost has just drastically decreased/changed, also another Aquila armor panel for the front-facing Lascannon/weapon on the Terminus and a FW Templar Brethren helm for the gunner/crewman, a couple of FW DW Companion helms alongside a few other pieces for the Inceptor and Suppressor squads. Most importantly I picked up some Crusader track armor/launchers? for the Terminus and the more decorative torso and legs for a future Centurion Dev squad.

Those EC clowns have no idea about bling and more relics than Lion El'jonson can shake a stick at! (some cool bits potentially in the next month or so depending on other demands)

My paints are close to two years old now and are starting to dry. I'm looking to replace all my core colors from the GW range, I'll certainly be buying BB's for the pots,pre-diluting everything, and using my existing pots for even weaker mixes in an effort to increase my actual painting time. All this and the miscellaneous characters - I'm confident that's a year or two's painting right there.

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Regular Dakkanaut





I've ended up making a different sergeant for the Devastator squad as my order from Element is taking GW quite some time to stock what I'm assuming is their last run of the Warpsmiths and also the Jokaero weaponsmith seems to be out of stock on GW's side, I want my bloody (black) primer! I've just replicated what I previously had done with the Sternguard and Tactical Sgt's minus a little bit of cloth, I'll do the same for the Multi-Melta Dev squad I have planned to keep some kind of regimental/unit clarity.

I have the replacement heavy bolter model for Rodicus painted with the exception of the gun, arms, and pauldrons again I'm just waiting on orders to continue, I'll likely make a mix and match Dev squad with Volkite, Plasma, and Rocket Launcher marines so Rodicus has his place.

I've also just tallied my painted models to a total of 1880pts, which is a nice feeling (not a legal army but who cares) as I'm close to the 2000 mark.
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Regular Dakkanaut





No painting for the time being and foreseeable future but in preparation for my customized Whirlwinds I've ordered two sets of SoB Immolator side and rear panels, I've trawled the internet for exhausts but can't seem to find any (I've got a feeling this is going to be a long wait to source these items - The circular side doors covered in insignia on SoB tanks are another expensive issue, I'm leaning towards plasti-card here). I picked up a combat arm Multi-Melta from the Ironclad Dreadnought set for a little variation on my Venerable Dreadnought which will be equipped with a kitbashed Multi-Melta made/painted previously plus two Castigator side sponsons and bolters for a LR Terminus Crusader. Finally, I picked up a few more decorative items.

With the new HH releases, it's looking like tanks are on the menu. Terminus, Terminus Crusader, 2 Excelsior, 1 Spartan, 1 Kratos, and 2 heavily customized Whirlwinds - yes please. That is the long-term plan alongside completing a squad of Venerable Dreadnoughts. (Looks like a costly three years ahead)

Having nearly reached 2000 (potentially another 1000 unpainted) points, I went back through my eBay/site invoices, the army is costed at around the £450 mark excluding paint/materials. This really isn't bad considering it has filled a good portion of Lockdown and now the scant spare time I have. £15/Month really isn't bad - excluding the time invested and frustration involved

With a little bit of perseverance, a lot of patience, and plenty of theorizing followed by trawling bits I've managed to make my HQs at a fraction of their stock counterpart's cost - likely 1/4 of the cost. The customization has been the main source of enjoyment for me despite being very small changes/tweaks when army-wide it's starting to make me smile.

EDIT (06/06/22) I've had a closer look at the side panels for the Immolators, it looks like I'm going to have to cut a little panel shielding as they have more armor on the top plate/sides compared to Rhino's, I'm confident I can make it work still (hopefully). I also picked up a modded Shrine of the Aquila from eBay which had the standard panels and 3 of the eagle panels for quite a steal, I've been watching their prices on eBay and impulsively bought this given the price, I also lost two bids on other Shrines, outside of paying >£200 they are fairly in demand! (rerun GW ). This will be the foundation for my scenery.

Whilst giving in to unneccassary purchases I picked up a reasonably priced, fresh in the bag FW Chaplain Dreadnought. Being the inspiration for my own kitbashed Dread I'm looking forward to painting this regardless of resin rather than plastic.

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Regular Dakkanaut





Some more grey items arrived and are ready to be painted grey (which won't be for a considerable amount of time), terrain, and a long OOP LR front hatch/door. Just waiting on the FW Chaplain Dreadnought now - I've got a really nice weapon mod in mind for it but that will be the last of my eBaying now until I have time to devote to completing what I have already awaiting primer/paint.

Edit 18/06: Chaplain Dreadnought has arrived, he's going to be equipped with the custom Multi-Melta and the spear combat arm from the Furioso Dreadnought set, I picked up a MKIV Seismic Hammer also which will be saved for the Ironclad. The remaining Furioso sprue will provide some variation to the rather drab current Close combat choices, the Chainsaw arm in the Ironclad kit will also make a nice addition.
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Regular Dakkanaut





Some primer and basic blocks of colour down. The SoB bits are a nightmare to merge with SM kits and the concept is being benched for the time being, the wheel/track mounts appear to be slightly different sizes and the rear hatch is a different shape/configuration. I've decided to chop the SoB rear hatches down in an effort to make them fit with a little bit of borrowing from the original doors. Given I have 2 more sets of the HQ command Rhino panels sitting there I'll come back to this ball-ache at a later date.

A lot more grey to prime, my single rattle can didn't get me very far, with that said I got most of the backlog of vehicles and MK III squads ready for some paint, I'm now in need of paints as my original order is beginning to run out and a few have dried out. Given its summer I'll likely finish what I am capable of with the kit I have and then revisit the project again this winter.

The Rhino will have one of the original (I want to say triangular) front armor panels from the new HH kit, am I correct in believing they contain these? rather than what is in the image. The two Whirlwinds planned will have the same style as the Rhino but with other HH front armor plus some additional SoB bling. Both the LR and Rhino kits fit perfectly (a little checking before painting/full assembly so the issues with the last kit were just due to the plastic warping - a 10 year old sprue).
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Very slowly coming to completion, lots of other components are painted for future models so when they arrive all the additional items/decorations will be ready to go. All still WIP both assembly and paint wise. No idea why the last image is flipped, correcting my side and re-uploading isn't fixing, oh well.
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Okay, divergence from the plan.

The dreadnought squad taking shape.
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Made in gb
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Finally had a little bit of free time despite the 7-day weeks. Sidelined the dreadnoughts for the time being and moved on to the Land Raider Terminus, just a few pieces to spruce up and mold/join lines to hide on the guns now, I cut down a set of LR doors as I didn't like the gun mounts with door recesses behind so I problem solved that with a few spare parts. Plus a set of custom Rievers (yes the correct British spelling) I'll be swapping the heads over for MKII World Eater ones (buying 2 sets so they will have the slit visors and spikey helms, the nuln/metallic wash I use needs more nuln as the metallic speckling is looking OTT from the images uploaded). the rest will be used on 2 squads of infiltrators, Finally found the Blackshields shoulder pads for them after over a year of searching!. Had some real issues squeezing shoulder pads onto Primaris arms and they are still awaiting some wet blending, glazing on pads and edge highlights (second day of painting on them so far)

I've got a huge backlog of models and some spare time in the evenings now so I hope to be getting through my backlog of half-completed models not I have all bits purchased, well almost all.On a side note, why am I getting 18ML of Nuln for the same price as 24 GW, especially with the obligatory price rises incoming please leave Nouln out of the increase #trollfinances

Terrain-wise, I'm up to 7 shrines of the Aquila and multiple cities of death terrain so that's almost completed (in theory and lacking paint). Two or three more big purchases to make on that front and the diorama for the Legions Battle Barge will be completed.
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Ottawa, ON

That is an impressive land raider. The ultramarine eagles really fits into the EC aesthetic quite nicely.

Ask yourself: have you rated a gallery image today? 
   
Made in gb
Regular Dakkanaut





 Mr Nobody wrote:
That is an impressive land raider. The ultramarine eagles really fits into the EC aesthetic quite nicely.


Cheers bud, it is indeed one hell of a Land Raider!

Now fully immersed in the Infiltrator kitbash, blocked in colour, and added very rudimentary dark/lights to start the blending work from, very much WIP paint-wise and waiting on some FW bits to complete the models. MKII World Eater heads, MKIII upgrade set for the Sgt, and a vox for each of the squads plus Mediant multi-melta's for the upcoming second Dev squad and Kalibrax Autocannons for what will be my custom Supressors. With that order, I'll be close to completion (purchase-wise) for all of the custom/kitbash infantry ideas I've been sitting on for literally years now - finally! :(Just a matter of adding paint to plastic) I've given up trying to prevent wool fiber from ending up on my models and just deemed it as an acceptable casualty now
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Another kitbashed Captain/Lt/HQ model. Touch-up work where the model has been handled, glazing and final edge highlights to go now. This one has been quitte an enjoyable little project due to the variety of colours used rather than the usual mass of grey.
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A couple more Dreadnoughts arrived, the BA Furioso kit provides some much-needed variation on the close combat arm which is a welcome change. World Eater heads are en-route for the infiltrator/incursors along with MKIII comm's upgrade for each, Sanguinary guard for the next Vet Vanguards (power swords) and finally a set of Medant pattern Multi-Melta's for an upcoming Dev squad.
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A little more progress on the Venerable Dreadnoughts. Blending is half done on the main parts, the start of glazing to smooth over the blends and the rest to be blocked in.FW items arrived so the Infiltrator and Incursor squads are awaiting heads to be primed/painted and the Dev squad are primed ready for painting and their Medant pattern Melta's.
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