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Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine





Mississippi

I may yet do that. I'm in the REEEEAAALLLY early planning stages at this point so we'll see.

My focus shall remain on my Blood Angels. I've got the itch to paint some Sanguiniary Guard, but before I do I've got to paint the remaining 4 scout models, Dante and Mephiston, then more tactical marines (5), a pair of drop pods, some assault marines (5), as well as a Death Company Dreadnought/Cassor the Damned once I get another BA Dreadnought (Any Christmas $$ will go toward this Purchase) and eventually more Death Company too. Not to mention any other vehicles and such I decide to get.

Suffice to say, LOTS left to do.

More to come later. Take it easy for now folks.

-Red__Thirst-

You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
Made in us
Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine





Mississippi

Guess who's back? Back again??



After a stupid long hiatus on painting, I finally found my groove, sat down, and painted a mini for a friend of mine (A space wolf mini, of all things!). The desire to have some new models finished for 8th edition is helping tremendously.

I then, reinvigorated, started working on the scouts that have long been languishing in a state of semi-completed-ness.

I've finally finished the second scout, and am pleased with the result. Three more are waiting in the wings to finish out this squad. So, without further ado, here's the fruits of my labors.











More regular updates will be forthcoming soon. Hopefully my schedule will allow for more painting to occur in the coming days, fingers crossed.

It's good to be back. Take it easy for now.

-Red__Thirst-


You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
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Bounding Ultramarine Assault Trooper





Plymouth, England

Damn, didn't realise it had been 5 months already! Glad to see you up and running again.

Scouts look awesome, can't wait to see more
   
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Storm Trooper with Maglight





Bath uk

Hey!
Get back to work!

RIP Colour Sgt Kell. Forever in our hearts.
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What's left of Cadia

What's this? Ratius AND Red both post new glorious content in their P&M blogs on the same day? Happy birthday to me...

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
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Pious Palatine






Nice to see you back dude. I was thinking that I hadn't seen this plog in a while, but it's good to see you've got your mojo back

Nice scout, good to see more people embracing the head swap on those minis! Where the rolled up cloak from?

EDC
   
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Mississippi

 evildrcheese wrote:
Nice to see you back dude. I was thinking that I hadn't seen this plog in a while, but it's good to see you've got your mojo back

Nice scout, good to see more people embracing the head swap on those minis! Where the rolled up cloak from?

EDC


Yo EDC! Good to see you man.

To answer your question: The cloak roll is an Imperial Guard bit. You get them in most of the I.G. Tank kits floating around. There's ty[ically a large flatter rolled up tarp bit, and the smaller "bedroll" style i'm using here. They're the perfect size and shape to be folded up/stored Camo Cloaks. I've gotten my hands on 10 of them so I can kit out an entire scout squad with them should I chose to in the future, if I ever get more scouts in the future ( A distinct possibility, though the next squad will likely be sporting Shotguns as I think they look awesome.)

I also fully agree that the head swap does a lot for improving the look of the models. Scouts look good, save for the standard head, but this head swap makes them look immensely better. Glad I went with them.

Also: Glad to see you too War Kitten! You as well STG, rest assured I'm back and steady at it as I can be now,

And Adam, Yea I hadn't realized it had been 5 months. Man time flies when you're not paying attention!

More updates to come soon. Take it easy guys.

-Red__Thirst-

You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
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Nice! The head looks great on the scout. Colors are crisp and clean. Excellent overall.

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What's left of Cadia

I actually really like those Scion heads on Scouts, I may have to steal that idea.

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
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Mississippi

War Kitten, I will mention there is a very very minor bit of work I do to 'convert' the heads over.

Firstly, I remove a little bit of filigree decoration at the back of the helmet. It's quite easy thankfully. Just a little shaving and light file work and it's ready to go. There is one or two heads with a small spike sticking up from the top/center of the helmet. I just snip this off and file it down.

I do a little extra filing at the bottom of the neck area where it glues into the torso to help the join be smoother, but that's entirely optional.

Beyond that, it's a pretty straightforward headswap.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
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What's left of Cadia

I'll keep that in mind. I have a box of Scions I never got around to making. Guess that's getting repurposed...

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
Made in us
Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine





Mississippi

 War Kitten wrote:
I'll keep that in mind. I have a box of Scions I never got around to making. Guess that's getting repurposed...




Well if it's any consolation the Scion kit comes with ~857 head options for the 5 models in the box, so you can use the helmeted heads and still have plenty left over for a box of 5 scouts.

I'm going to need to get my hands on a few more scion heads in the near future to flesh this squad out to 10 models eventually.

With the recent Blood Angels spoiler that was just released, I may be able to actually pick up some of the new Primarus Marines and have it not make my head-cannon go wonky. At least a squad of five, perhaps. We shall see.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
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What's left of Cadia

I've already gone whole hog and gone for the new starter. I have no shame.

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
Made in us
Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine





Mississippi

I wish I could grab a starter but I only really want the Rulebook and one squad of 5 Primaris Marines for support of my Angels.

At present Mephiston may get attention sooner rather than later. Not sure. I have a lot of infantry squads I need to both finish and then start first, plus a handful of vehicles too (couple of drop pods and rhinos).

Man I want to get some Sanguinary Guard now too. They're two wounds each, and are still such amazingly pretty models. Have them joined by a Sanguinary High Priest and watch the fur fly.

Choices, choices. For now, I'll keep chipping away at these last three Scout marines.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-



You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
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What's left of Cadia

I'd look into the new Hellblasters. 5 plasma guns with a 30" range is delicious

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
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Boulder, Colorado

 War Kitten wrote:
I'd look into the new Hellblasters. 5 plasma guns with a 30" range is delicious


And no gets hot

   
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Mississippi

Working on the next scout marine now. Hoping to have pictures shortly (tonight or tomorrow evening, depending).

I may segue over to an Assault Marine to break up the painting on these scouts, depending. Mix up the painting a bit. We shall see.

More to come soon, take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
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Plymouth, England

A Death Company Assault Marine or just a regular Joe Bloggs Assault Marine?
   
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What's left of Cadia

 gummyofallbears wrote:
 War Kitten wrote:
I'd look into the new Hellblasters. 5 plasma guns with a 30" range is delicious


And no gets hot


True. The gets hot is only on the supercharged shot now...

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
Made in us
Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine





Mississippi

 Adamski Alders wrote:
A Death Company Assault Marine or just a regular Joe Bloggs Assault Marine?


Regular assault marine, likely the squad's sergeant. Gonna finish these scouts though. Draining my will to paint.. ugh.

Still, making progress. Check it out:



Leather is pretty much finished. Have to touch up the red areas, and grey fatigues, do the metalics (gold chest wings and skull and gunmetal colors on the weapons, hoses and buckles) and then do all the ink work, and add final touchup on the base. After that, it's finish the helmet (eye gems, etc.) and get it attached. Then I'll officially be over halfway finished with the squad... 6 months later.

And for extra funsies, here's the current completed minis so far, sans the scouts in the back and drop pod which is basecoated but still in progress.



Looking at it, it's not a very big force yet . Still, all told I'm happy with it and how it looks. Soon enough I'll be back at attacking power armored marines and will be able to make more tangible progress painting small bits here and there piecemeal to work toward a finished model or two in more rapid succession.

Take it easy for now guys. Thanks for following along.

-Red__Thirst-

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It's the beginning of a really cool and well painted army. Everything starts at the beginning.

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Terrain I'm making.
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Into the Jaws of Hell 40k campaign.
I do commissions. If you are interested send me a PM and we can talk concepts and pricing. 
   
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What's left of Cadia

This is the price you pay for perfection Red.

Also, I might use the Primaris from the starter to kick-start a BA army of my own. I'm torn between them and a CSM army

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
Made in us
Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine





Mississippi

Don't do it, War Kitten. Don't turn traitor.

Start up the BA with some Primaris and fight the denizens of Chaos!

Or something along those lines.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
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What's left of Cadia

The color red is very fetching....

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
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Pious Palatine






It may only be a small force but it'seems an exceptionally good looking one.

EDC
   
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Mississippi

 evildrcheese wrote:
It may only be a small force but it'seems an exceptionally good looking one.

EDC


Thank ya for the kind words, EDC! This will eventually be my showcase army, so I hope I can make it look as nice as a I can and maybe one day have a full battle company painted to display quality. Stay tuned for that in the far, far distant future.

That being said, I have good news to report.

I've made more progress, and finished off the next scout marine finally. Take a look:







Three down, two to go. Will be starting up on the next Scout model soon, fingers crossed. I'll be very pleased to finally have these damned models finished. They've been fun, but are quite the pain in the backside to paint, especially having to source two extra bits for each model (Head, and the rolled up camo cloak) which took a lot of looking and trading to accomplish. Still, when I get them wrapped up I think they'll look good and be a nice little extra stabby element I can put on the tabletop.

More to come. Take it easy guys & thanks for looking.

-Red__Thirst-






You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
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What's left of Cadia

The Scout is looking real good Red

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
Made in us
Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine





Mississippi

Thanks man, appreciate that as always

Work will be progressing Monday I hope, with the second to last Scout being continued from where it was left off previously.

The goal is to have the scout squad completely finished by this coming weekend. if I really push, I think I can pull it off. We shall see if nothing else. Wish me luck.

Take it easy.

-Red__Thirst-

You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
Made in us
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What's left of Cadia

You just might be in time to ring in 8th edition with a new Scout squad!

TheEyeOfNight- I swear, this thread is 70% smack talk, 20% RP organization, and 10% butt jokes
TheEyeOfNight- "Ordo Xenos reports that the Necrons have attained democracy, kamikaze tendencies, and nuclear fission. It's all tits up, sir."
Space Marine flyers are shaped for the greatest possible air resistance so that the air may never defeat the SPACE MARINES!
Sternguard though, those guys are all about kicking ass. They'd chew bubble gum as well, but bubble gum is heretical. Only tau chew gum
 
   
Made in us
Blood-Drenched Death Company Marine





Mississippi

And progress, slow and steady.

I've gotten the preliminary red and grey down on the last two models, attempting to paint them together at this point to try and save time (as much as I dislike painting multiple models at once). At this point, anything to help me slog through the last two models faster, the better.

Another step I accomplished tonight is completing the bases on both remaining scouts.

I realize this is rather mundane, but I've found starting from the 'ground up' is the best way for me to paint. I get a feel for how the model will be posed based on the bases I'm using, and painting piecemeal like I have been, it allows for really nice looking finished bases when I'm finished (at least, I think they're nice looking).

That said, I'm having to depart from that for these scouts as I've been using them for gaming in their semi-completed state lately, so having to be careful on the bases is especially important here so I don't muss the paint job on the base.

Next step will be the leather on both minis, which includes the boots, pouches, holsters, belts, etc.

After that, I'll paint the fatigues and stored camo cloaks, including shading the armor in this step, then perform cleanup on the armor before addressing the metallic areas (chest eagle, hoses and buckles) before finally painting the bolt pistol housings & highlighting them and then doing the lense/gem work. After that, I'll do any final touchups on the helmets and attach them to complete both of the last two scouts.

Here's where we sit:



And



As always, the Rusty Nickel Miniature bases are awesome to work with. Highly recommended.

Take it easy, and I'll see you guys soon with further progress!

-Red__Thirst-

You don't know me son, so I'll explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.  
   
 
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