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@SL: Painting the apothecary and fiddling with the Tycho figure.

@wyfox: Truth.

@D3: Also truth!


And... I'm just adding a post in hopes of getting through the page rollover before I have a substantive post with a pic later on. Hint... I'm doing the basing!!



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Assault squad will be done within the half hour... but if you want to see it... someone's got to bump the blog!

Consider yourself bumped!

Bump....Our team will have a lot to post as we get closer as well as you can expect to see a blog about the event. Stay tuned

I can't wait to see the squad!

Thank you gentlemen...

Assault squad #2. Sorry for the delay, but every time I took a pic I noticed something else that needed to be fixed. I'm sick of them now so they're "done" officially.

These had better win some sort of painting price this year, or there'll be trouble... What are you guys doing for a display board this year, btw?

SL is doing a fantastic "outpost"... it's amazing. Totally amazing. You can see a few pics on his blog The Lamenter Priject here: Base Platform and here Base Interior.

And no, they won't... but I'm quite happy with the way they turned out. Very "me"... if you get my drift.

To say I'm jealous of missing out on being a part of this team is nothing compared to how jealous I am of those assault marines Gits.

I'm beginning to notice the "you're your harshest critic" thing... I keep seeing things on my Winterguard I'm not happy with (not just those gun barrels )

Very nice.. I'm quessing that you close to being done! once again you don't disappoint!

An MW exclusive... here is a pic where the MW will be particially hanging out. ( this is a early picture so not all the painting and basing is done.

Alfndrate wrote:To say I'm jealous of missing out on being a part of this team is nothing compared to how jealous I am of those assault marines Gits.

I'm beginning to notice the "you're your harshest critic" thing... I keep seeing things on my Winterguard I'm not happy with (not just those gun barrels )

Well, it's easy to write off my self-criticism as being self-deprecating... but you have to remember... I've entered this army and my best figures in many competitions with no wins & often not even in the top 3. So I'm not just being my harshest critic... I'm stating facts. Personally, I think I'm a good modeler and painter, perhaps even very good... but I'm not the best (not even locally), and to win... you have to be the best. I am still getting better though. The lines on these are cleaner than those on the last assault squad... and the poses explored some new ideas that I've been thinking about for quite some time & turned out just as I'd hoped.

Solar_lion wrote:Very nice.. I'm quessing that you close to being done! once again you don't disappoint!

An MW exclusive... here is a pic where the MW will be particially hanging out. ( this is a early picture so not all the painting and basing is done.

Yep, thy're done. Like the area SL... as long as I'm not next to the gene stealer pit!

Gitsplitta wrote:SL is doing a fantastic "outpost"... it's amazing. Totally amazing. You can see a few pics on his blog The Lamenter Priject here: Base Platform and here Base Interior.

Truely I lament not being able to see the whole project.

Officially awesome You should say Git!
And the board for the display is top notch already, can't wait to see the minis on that.

Yep, thy're done. Like the area SL... as long as I'm not next to the gene stealer pit!

Ironicly.. they seem to be all located next to the so called " loyalist " chapters.
here is what were refrencing..
Way early shot.. this in not where this guy ended up. it was done for scale purposes..

LOL!

Alfndrate wrote:To say I'm jealous of missing out on being a part of this team

Start thinking about next year brother!

SL

So... I have a simple question for you guys. Which squad do you prefer?


The second of the two squads is more technically proficient. It's cleaner, sharper... took a different tactic with the airbrush and even the brush work is tighter. The edge highlights are more subtle and much crisper. However... while a bit cruder, the first (older) squad has major visual impact... primarily because of the much lighter edge highlighting. It really jumps out at you on the table top.

There is also a slight color difference. Squad #1 was washed with Thraka Green (then immediately "rinsed", getting the wash off the high areas), Squad #2 was not.

So... which do you like better?





Comments on the builds are welcome too, but I'm really after assessments of the paint jobs.

Cheers for the sword pic Git's that was what I was after, looks very nice.

As to the above two squads I prefer the bottom squad (the new guys) they look more weathered / blending looks more natural.

The first squads armour looks like its brand new out of the factory.

Nowt bad with either really, as you say its just a different way you painted them.

Both have your painting signature; but of the two I'd say the new ones are a bit more appealing..I think the blending is just a bit cleaner on the 2nd, As for poses ..I really like the 1st one. On the new ones...Special note for me is the placement of the purity seals. they really make the models unique looking.

As with everything you produce Gits, I enjoy it, but when looking at the two squads, we (as viewers of this blog) would love to see the high quality work that we see in the second squad. This is not to say that the first squad is low quality. But as you said, the second one has a more natural blending.

This might be a little odd to say this, but I really think that it depends on the posing of the squad.

In the first squad, I love the extreme edge highlights because they make the squad very aggressive, which is something that works well for the squad, with Mantis Warrior Von Carstein over there .

The second squad has the more "relaxed" highlights, and everything blends in nicely. As you stated earlier in their building, you wanted these guys to look a little more relaxed. Not like "stand down men" but perhaps waiting for the fight to get to them. So the softer blends and color values set this up nicely.

My whole write up boils down to: I can't decide, because they both work for the squads.

I prefer the more blended workup on the highlights. Edge highlighting is a bit too extreme and prevalent for me on the first squad.

Squad number two appears to be more 'modern' in terms of painting, and look 'better' to my eye. But I've always HATED edge highlighting.

--B.

The Thrakka Green wash has a lot of blue in it. So even when you use a diluted form, it deepens the green considerably. A side effect though, is that it actually obscures the blending... which is why the blending on the first squad is inferior to that of the second squad. It wasn't to begin with, just got that way after the wash.

Very interesting insight Alf... thanks.

For once... my formula for the edge highlighting is repeatable. So if the second squad looks like a winner, at least I can repeat the process.

Okay, after taking a second and third look as I put the matte varnish on my winterguard...

I like the muted greens on the second squad, but I do feel like the edge highlighting would still work well on the first squad.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/347258-Assault%20Squad%2C%20Mantis%20Warriors%2C%20Space%20Marines%2C%20Warhammer%2040%2C000.html

i really like the way that your sergeants sword turned out!!! too bad i have to hate him forever because he wouldnt die! jk, but i like how the Assault squads turned out, good job

wyomingfox wrote:
Truely I lament not being able to see the whole project.

Well Played!


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dajobe wrote:i really like the way that your sergeants sword turned out!!! too bad i have to hate him forever because he wouldnt die! jk, but i like how the Assault squads turned out, good job

talk about tough love!!

SL

Ah dajobe... you just named him... He must be "Sergeant Kent" now as he proved to be the unkillable "man of steel" in our game... protecting a BA victory with his very body!

Gitsplitta wrote:Ah dajobe... you just named him... He must be "Sergeant Kent" now as he proved to be the unkillable "man of steel" in our game... protecting a BA victory with his very body!

you should have him lead every charge for he is favoured by the emperor!!!

isn't Kal-el a more approprate name then?

He should a least get a IG helmet on his base!

Forge World just announced this puppy...



With the option of this turret:



Man would that be great with this army... actually I could probably just get away with ordering the plasma turret (if available) and converting it to work with one of my Mk-1 Preds. (wouldn't be as cool as this though). Problem is I won't do it until I know for certain that I can legally field them in an SM army. (i.e. I'm going to wait & see what 6th has to offer.)


Also... I'm debating pre-ordering the new FW terminators and a contemptor to go with my Badab Era army & picking them up at Adepticon...



What do you guys think?

I think theyre all very sexy, and you should buy as many as Mrs Splitta will let you get away with....