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Take your time Red, perfection can't be rushed

I wish I could say my painting was perfection! Thank you for the vote of confidence though for sure War Kitten.

I've made progress and finished off the right arm & Power Sword + gotten it attached. I've also gotten the lefy arm + Bolt Pistol to around ~80 percent complete. All that's left to paint on it is the pistol's casing (red) and the sculpted Blood Angels icon on the outside of it (white) then final inking & clean up before attaching it. After that, I'll be moving on to the shoulder pads and jump pack to finish it off and start work on the next DC marine in the queue.

One that marine is finished, I'll have my DC kill team finished, and will be ready to work on some scouts or whatever else tickles my fancy (Drop Pod is likely the priority model, though the scouts are sorely needed too for a fieldable basic CAD.)

Hopefully I'll get this current marine wrapped up by the weekend. Fingers crossed, anyway.

More updates to come. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Nice progress on that latest DC marine. What's the story with the rhino? I don't think I've ever seen that variant before, it's pretty damn cool though.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Nice progress on that latest DC marine. What's the story with the rhino? I don't think I've ever seen that variant before, it's pretty damn cool though.

EDC

It's a custom model made to look more like a Land Raider, but still be an obvious rhino. I wanted them for my force since BA have unique rhinos, and I want to represent that both visually and with their rules.

Still need to go pick them up from my friend. Hoping I can this week, schedules allowing.

Once I get my hands on them I'll post pictures of them for sure,

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

Awesome. They're certainly cool and different, but clearly work as a rhino chassis. Looking forward to seeing it painted up in BA colours.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Awesome. They're certainly cool and different, but clearly work as a rhino chassis. Looking forward to seeing it painted up in BA colours.

EDC

My friend has a third one that's painted up in Black Templar motif and it looks gorgeous. I hope I can make mine look as nice as his does.

They will likely be the only pair of rhinos I have for this army. I envision this as being a mostly drop pod/jump pack equipped force. I'll also have a Storm Raven mixed in, with a skyshield landing pad for 1st turn deployment, utilized for for anti air and anti armor duties. Vehicles in my force will be two to three drop pods, a pair of Dreads (Librarian & Death Co. Dread/Cassor), and the Storm Raven. The first Rhino will come in to play with the eventual Devastator Squad I hope to run. The second may become a non jump pack Death Company transport. We'll see on that end.

I hope I can make the model look good. Will certainly try my best. Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

I'm sure it'll look fine Red

Finally able to get an update in. I've finished off the last member of my Death Company killteam, the Power Sword wielding specialist.

Take a look:











I'll freely admit it's not my strongest work, but I'm now sufficiently tired of painting black.

I've got one more model to paint black however, a Dreadnought (Death Company Dread, Cassor the Damned), but won't be embarking on that project for a bit yet as I'll need to purchase a Blood Angels dreadnought at some point. Possibly around Christmas, we'll see.

Next update will likely be some scout marines that I'm very much overdue to get started on. After that, more tactical marines will likely be completed, or I'll begin work on a drop pod. We shall see.

Thanks for looking and take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Nice work on the DC dude. You planning on converting the scouts in anyway? I just did head swaps on mind as I can't stand the head that come with the kit.

EDC

Yes, EDC. I'll be doing head swaps with tempestus scions heads and adding camo cloaks to their backs (rolled up/stored). I'll have the first one started shortly I hope.

More updates to come. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Sounds like a really good idea! A DC killteam sounds amazing, GLHF friend!

 JustaerinAtTheWall wrote:
Sounds like a really good idea! A DC killteam sounds amazing, GLHF friend!

My Death Co. Killteam has performed admirably the few times I've taken it out recently. It really boils down to how many wounds/saves I'm forced to make versus enemy shooting on the way in. I only have one boltgun for ranged offense outside 12" pistol shots so using terrain to mitigate shots coming in till I can leap in to charge range is a big deal.

The benefit is break tests don't matter at all, as every model is fearless, and the enemy has to kill every single model to a man. Granted, with just 6 models on the board that's not a hugely difficult process for a swarm force or lots of shooting, especially if the dice are hot, but if I can get stuck in and a few charges or multi-charges in, it does help tremendously. I have learned the hard way that spreading out too much causes this force to quickly have problems. Death Company marines are extremely effective but still can be overwhelmed if swarmed. Having two to three DC models hit a model or models generally produces a withering number of attacks (10 to 15). It's enough to generally kill even hard to stop stuff like Thunderwolves or Necron Wraiths.

I'm still figuring out how else to play/what else to try and add to it, but I'm enjoying the shenanigans so far.

More updates to come. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

Some good looking stuff there Red.

The DC guy is looking great Red.

Death Company are great for a kill team environment, the built in FnP really helps with their survivability

EDC

Hey! I havent been here for a long time now!. Lovely Gems as usual, Red!

That Death Co' Marine came out awesome


Don't forget to let me know when we can begin painting up the drop pod

Finally, a tangible update!

About to head to work, but wanted to at least show that I've not been resting on my laurels completely. Here's my WIP Scout sergeant.







More (and more regular!) updates to come. Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

good to see your back in business dude!

Yeah! I echo STG's comment

Those leather pouches look great - what colours did you use?

Thanks guys, appreciate the welcome back.

For the leather, I used a couple of thin layers of Zamesi Desert yellow to get good coverage over the base coat. After that I went in and coated the leather with two layers of old GW Flesh Wash color (sadly no longer produced) thinned just a little bit with some water. Once dry, I covered the leather liberally with a good coat of Seraphim Sepia wash to dull it down as the old flesh wash color leaves a glossy finish. Super simple and produces a wonderful leather look. I stumbled upon this technique while painting my imperial guard (Vostroyans) and use it as much as I can.

The boots were painted the same way, but I used a third layer of flesh wash before hitting them with the final Seraphim Sepia wash to darken the Brown down a bit more.

Hope that helps and I'll update again soon. Take it easy for now guys.

-Red__Thirst-

Ah, November seems to be the return of many of Dakka's favorite sons! I too, love the leatherwork, and find the Scout Sergeant looking lovely. Keep it up!

You've moved on to some Scouts? Very nicely done on the cloth/fabric on the trousers, I always struggle with those. Do I also see a meltabomb?

*looks at own unpainted scouts*
*begins taking notes*

Yo R_T. Feels like a while since I dropped by in here.

Scouts are looking great. Is that the sniper scout kit or the ccw/shotgun.

EDC

We need some updates here, man

And i dont wanna hear the 'I started painting chaos' excuse. We're Loyalists for the Emperor's Sake!

*Grabs Flamer*
We're waiting....

No Chaos yet, though I feel some Alpha Legion in the offing in the future, that'll be a post of a different color (literally and figuratively) after the first of the year, and when my Blood Angels are closer to completion.

Moving right along, we come to my first finished Scout Marine, a CCW/Bolt Pistol sergeant with his own handy-dandy meltabomb!

Take a look:







Before anyone says anything, I know I completely airballed on catching the mold line on top of the bolt pistol's scope. Derp!

I have, since taking the pictures, scraped it off and will be touching up the top of the scope in short order once I start the metallics on the next mini, which is now in progress. In an effort to speed up the squad, I'm going to be trying to batch paint these models two at a time, starting with the first two. Hopefully it won't take me too long to get four models painted up, but with my hectic schedule on top of the Holidays, it's going to be rough.

All that being said, the entire squad will have camo cloaks, which I'm modeling stored, rolled up on their backs. I need to source two more camo cloak bits to complete the squad, but hopefully some of my IG buddies (where the bit comes from) will help me out and toss me a couple. This squad is meant to be a super cheap infiltrating troop choice, just five guys with camo cloaks, and a melta bomb, who hopefully get to roll out and chop/blow up something fun before they get blown off the table. I'm enjoying painting the grey quite a bit, though hopefully it doesn't look too flat. I also have to say the Scion helmets fit pretty nicely with only a small bit of modification to the neck area. MUCH prefer the scouts with these helmets versus the current scout heads which look to me, in a word, terrible.

More updates to come, thank you guys for keeping the thread lively here while I've been absent. Take it easy for now and I'll catch y'all soon.

-Red__Thirst-

Looking good.

Interesting that you're considering Alpha Legion, as I've just started painting up an AL force...must be something about the Sons of Sanguinious being drawn to the hydra...

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Looking good.

Interesting that you're considering Alpha Legion, as I've just started painting up an AL force...must be something about the Sons of Sanguinious being drawn to the hydra...

EDC

Yea, it's a radical departure for sure. I've always liked Alpha Legion's color scheme (blue and green being two of my favorite colors) but part of the turn off to them is just how, well, barren their fluff is. I get that they're known for being secretive, the whole misdirection thing I actually really like, but I kinda lament that it carries over so much into their fluff.

Still, with the advent of Killteam, it opens up a fun option for me to branch out into something different but not break the bank trying to get a full army assembled and painted. I've also got a Harlequin Killteam in the works as well, however I need to purchase a codex for them and don't have the funds to to so sadly. Maybe after Christmas.

Of the Chaos Legions, my two favorite are Thousand Sons and Alpha Legion. Loving the new Thousand Sons models, for sure, but I want something radically different, as my Blood Angels already have some Psychic presence, I think trying out the infiltrating/wetworks style play sounds more appealing personally. Though, I'm lost in the woods as far as list construction goes.

I'll cross those bridges when I reach them. First thing's first, finish off these scouts and then try to knock out a drop pod or two for my tactical marines and Dreadnought. Once those are finished, I'll assemble more tactical marines and also some assault marines as well I hope and try to get them painted up quickly.

Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-

You could always make up some of your own fluff for your Alpha Legion company, it's what I'm thinking about doing for my Guard Regiment, and my 40k Loyalist World Eaters/Emperor's Children