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I painted the fella above with the intention of basing a army of smurfs around him and well have only just got round to thinking of it again. This is the first WIP thread I ever done, It's not usually my style. Though I'm hoping it will keep me on track and keep my inspired by tracking my progress. My goal is to a paint a decent standard army that I can game with hence I chose marines simply because it means less painting than some horde army that I would never finish
I hoping of having quite a shooty army with elite units ( again to keep the figure count down for my own sake) So I am planning on having a couple of units of sternguard and termies. Haven't played in a while and was looking at stormtalons are they worth the points? or does anyone have any recommendations for playable vehicles?

Anyway Whipped my paint brush out and made some progress on these.
What can I say I just like edge highlighting space marines and not much else But yeah aiming for the super contrasted highlights as while they may look a little over the top I know they will still pop in a dim games hall.

Bit more progress on these. Just finishing up the red on the weapons. I always had a job painting red so I am quite pleased with the results. Finally found a recipe that is quick, easy to apply and provides decent results. For anyone interested heres the recipe:

Basecoat : Liche Purple
Layer: Blood Red
Shade: 1:1 Blood Red & Liche Purple 
Highlight: Blazing Orange
Highlight: Vomit Brown
Light Points: Skull White

Made a little more progress working area by area. Today I focused on the biege/ cream areas. I made the cream very light using more white than I normally would as contrast extra with the dark black of the armour. Thanks
 

These look really neat!

Now these are smart, good luck with the army.

All hail the god-emperor of mankind!

Cheers!
First two of my sternguard squad done! others are all about there just need to touch up and photo. Yay!
 Quite pleased with how these look from a distance as the result is what I intended "a bold eye catching army" rather than a highly detailed fully time consuming blended approach.

Simple but effective!

Is that grass tuft the army painter stuff?

Your highlights are some of the crispest highlights I've ever had the pleasure of seeing. That's one interesting looking army, and I appreciate the minimalist aesthetic and weapon conversions.

Thanks! Umm... The tuffs are mini-nature I believe


Finished with these guys for now. Might come back to them and add some more freehand to the shoulders and cloth but for now they can hit the table ready for battle! My initial thought is that the general looks way to blue to match the regular troops so will probably glaze him black a little to tie them together more while keeping the lights alive.  Think next I fancy doing a vehicle?

They look really good and I don't usually look at Loyalist stuff lol

Nice highlights and effects given off But do say that most space marine weapons do look a bit one colour focus, but it looks good


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They look really good and I don't usually look at Loyalist stuff lol

Nice highlights and effects given off But do say that most space marine weapons do look a bit one colour focus, but it looks good

Holy moly, those highlights! Love em. Nice job sir!