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so when you starting the dreadnought?

O.K. spudkins... you lost me. What dreadnought would that be?

Man, I really look forward to seeing this army in person next month!

Well... kind of a surprise update... not that an update in the midst of Adepticon painting season is a surprise. But I have a project neither you or I were expecting.

As you may know, Knightley made me this awesome GK apothecary that I wanted to use as the sanguinary priest in my Adepticon army. Unfortunately having a chance to see him with the rest of the army... he's awesome... but beautifully "modern" and just looks so out-of-place with all the RT era stuff. He just doesn't fit the feel of the army. So... he'll be part of my post-crusade command squad (or Sang Priest when I play my "lates" as BA). This means however... that I have to concoct another apoth for Adepticon. Well, I spent the day (yes, a day) going through my bits boxes, pulling out possible parts... cutting them up, attaching them to one another, digging up new bits and so fourth.

This is what I came up with. I'll be honest... I'm inordinately proud. I just don't think I could have done a better job in design or construction than this. The left arm alone has 7 different elements to it.



More painting tomorrow.
Gits

What a bugger about the force cohesion with the GMS marine Gits, still the Apoth you've put together looks pretty cool, should be a right looker with a dab of paint eh?

I like it!

Love the extra little details!

The piping is perfect!

Really like the Bits-box mini You put together.
A day browsing in your bits? Who needs the internet? ehehe

Knightley wrote:What a bugger about the force cohesion with the GMS marine Gits, still the Apoth you've put together looks pretty cool, should be a right looker with a dab of paint eh?

It was a really tough decision... I love the apoth you made for me. He's considerably more massive and very high-tech looking and just stands out (in a bad way) when mixed in with all those early edition minis. He looks fantastic when next to my GMS minis though... so he's got a permanent home among the brethren of my post-crusade Mantis Warriors.



@Johnny: Thanks!

@Desert: Thanks mate. That's the fun of kit-bashing... I just spend hours poking around my bits drawers... trying this, modifying that... until I get the pose and look I want. I knew I had to make this one special if it was going to replace the mini knightly made for me, so I took a little extra time and care. The left arm was probably glued on and removed 4 times before I got it right.

@Norn King: Thank you Norn. I like adding the tubes and pipes, but don't get many excuses to do so. After I had to cut off the plastic versions that came with the apoth arm, I had my chance!

@Selvaggio: That's the joy of modeling! Though, a lot of these bits originally came from the internet... or friends who know I'm looking for something specific.

Nice bat.rep. Gits'

Great stuff, love a bit of kitbashing! How do you have time?

It's rough that Knightley's GMS doesn't fit in with the aesthetic, but I have to say I really like the look of that RT era kit bash. Excited to see him get some color.

...I have a feeling that your GMS group shot is missing a (hypothetical) Moltar-painted marine.....

It's missing a couple hypothetical marines... but since other's collections are missing my work... I don't beef.

heya gits thought i would pop on in and say howdy. never seen a rt vindi till yours looks really neat. the kit bash was really cool, so for the back end of the apocs arm is just brass tubing? i agree with the rest of the crowd that he needs some paint.

@alabama: Brass wire and little a little molded cable I got from somewhere.


OK, been busy today. Getting close. Just the airbrushing of the power sword, the eyes and edge highlighting. The list is getting shorter though so I must be making progress.

Cool squad and poses, like the sarge in particular!
Also nice Bat. Rep., for a person that never played I'm looking forward for my first game, It looks really fun.

They're looking ace Gits! And that's a nice group shot of the GMS marines! With the Chaos Mantid lurking in the background! Which reminds me, I'll be using the Chaplain in a game soon! And the Tranquility Vet will be an acting Apothecary

I feel I should get into the GMS game some more, I keep forgetting that I can actually paint half-decently when I put my mind to it and actually spend a good couple of hours of free time on it!

Very nice look to the assault squad. they will fit in nicely. love the unique spots you put the purity seals.

SL

Assault Squad #2 looks really good! I agree with SL, the unique spots on the Sarge's purity seal look awesome when zoomed in. But, I have a question. Why is the guy on the left shaking up my soda can? He must be heretical.

@Selvaggio: Thanks on both counts Sel. You'll love the game. Get someone fun and relaxed to play with who can help you with the rules, and don't expect the figures to play up to the fluff... if they did, it wouldn't be much of a game.

@GS: Take a pic of the chappy & vet in action if you can, would love to see it! Even if they die horribly. I've really enjoyed my GMS trades. Only 3 more figures and I can start looking for new trades again. That'll be nice!

@SL: Thanks brother, appreciate it. I look at the purity seals as illuminated manuscripts, thus try to add little details when I can. Tough though, they're SO small.

@Moltar: It's supposed to be a grenade... but looking at it now... I does kind of look like a coke can. Perhaps I should paint a white swish on it to make it official!

Gits you are a machine! This new squad looks fantastic

The Chappy may die horribly. Knowing my brother, he'll purposefully go out of his way to slay it with one of his blooming Flying Daemon Princes! :O Hopefully the "Apothecary" will survive though, since the retinue he will be placed with will be LARGE, allowing lots of wound allocations! My aim will be for him to survive the match. Hell, it would be nice for the Chappy to survive the match... hmmm... I may have a plan forming! I can use him to lure the Daemon Princes like live bait! That way they won't be as much of a problem! Sort of like a really odd dogfight!

The purity seals are indeed purty seals, are you using a micron pen for that?

The group shot of GMS marines is impressive. I'm inordinately pleased that mine ended up on the front row

The assault squad is looking great. I do love those 2nd ed metal beakies. They were a brilliant evolution of marine that I don't think has actually been exceeded yet

Gathering Storm wrote:The Chappy may die horribly. Knowing my brother, he'll purposefully go out of his way to slay it with one of his blooming Flying Daemon Princes! :O Hopefully the "Apothecary" will survive though, since the retinue he will be placed with will be LARGE, allowing lots of wound allocations! My aim will be for him to survive the match. Hell, it would be nice for the Chappy to survive the match... hmmm... I may have a plan forming! I can use him to lure the Daemon Princes like live bait! That way they won't be as much of a problem! Sort of like a really odd dogfight!

Ah, bait-and-switch... good plan! Good luck, I hope he performs well for you.

inmygravenimage wrote:The purity seals are indeed purty seals, are you using a micron pen for that?

Yessir. (or the most part anyway). I need a thinner pen to really do what I want... but I don't think they make them. My fine brush control isn't what it used to be so it's the best I can do.



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endtransmission wrote:The group shot of GMS marines is impressive. I'm inordinately pleased that mine ended up on the front row

The assault squad is looking great. I do love those 2nd ed metal beakies. They were a brilliant evolution of marine that I don't think has actually been exceeded yet

I agree completely. Was planning on poking around and see if I could snag a couple more here or there.

Cool, good to know. Maybe someone should do a tutorial...

Wow Gits, your blog never ceases to amaze me. I've read this whole blog front and back easily three times, and it never stops me from saying "Wow" every time. You're definitely an inspiration for me to improve my painting and modeling with every army of mine. I hope to one day own a blog such as yours Mr. Gitsplitta! As always, I can't wait to see what else your ingenious hands and mind will make next!


Sadly, it took me this long to finally comment on here

Glad you finally did Demdiddydizzy... this blog is better with you than without you! Welcome!

@Graven: Tutorial?? "I scribble very lightly with a small pen." There ya go... don't say I never gave ya nuthin'.

I'm sure I'll pick up some tips from a master such as yourself along the way!