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Yeah, for all the that 2020 catches, it was actually really good for us. None of us lost our jobs,in fact we both began new arcs in our careers that are more fulfilling and better paying. I did have my furlough time, but it was covered by extra pay. We have been relatively safe from Covid, with relatives getting it, but everyone of our family has survived, a few friend however did not , and another is being taken off the ventilator today, and will probably not survive, but chose the “no heroic measures” route. We replaced our roof,siding,windows,oven (gas), got a minivan without getting rid of a car as the twins will have their licenses soon. Medical bills have been covered, and we are still in a sound state, so no extra hardships. We miss seeing everyone in person, but we have caught up with old friends online and are planning out 2021.

I will get my vaccine shot this week and my wife is getting hers as well, both of us are considered front line workers.

Hobby wise.
Have a copy of Indomitus ordered . Also grabbed the elite starter bundle for extra bikes and skorpetek walkers. A belated gift last night means either a codex or another elite edition will be ordered.

Edit: sorry for the disjointed posts. Was in the middle of it and got pulled away.

I was really excited to build and start the Indomitus Necrons, but now having been thinking of the second half of the box, I’m trying to figure out what chapter of Marines to paint .

I’m going to break open my copy of Index Astartes, but there are already a few contenders.
1. Blood Angels. One of my favorites, but will I actually mix old and new
2. Dark Angels. A chance of the Lion Returning....yes please, plus bike company and land speeders, or whatever the new hotness might be.
3. Scythes of the Emperor. Vanilla chapter (Ultramarine successor), challenging paint scheme. Back from the brink of destruction thanks to Primaris marines.
4. My own Successor/custom Chapter. I had made the Theophony (hence the name) many years ago, but they were boring grey dudes. I also had an idea for the Baal (Fire) Scorpions based on the creatures on Baal that Sanguinius had defeated, basically a giant scorpion (3-4meters long)
5. Will do research on others.

Throw out your suggestions quick. I have a desire to do some painting.

Well, as I will have two of these guys when I pick up Indomitus, I decided to make him a test model, Sir Duplicatus.

Think I’m going with Scythes of the Emperor again .

Thanks guys. While I do like how he is turning out, I keep wondering if maybe is shouldn’t do a chapter which has transfers . I know I have some transfers I ordered for the Scythes somewhere, but the mountain of shame is in the way. I also cannot find my index Astartes, which really annoys me.

Anyway, progress from this morning.

You might notice he is on the Indomitus box I just picked up....along with another Elite edition, so I have the other two of the triples that I can test the color schemes on now for other chapters.

I am thinking of Dark Angels (Another one of my older buys) since with today’s purchase I have 9 of the new bikes (And NO I will not do White Scars, I’m not trying to paint white )

Oh well, time to assemble like Avengers.

Graven youare a bad person, especially since I won’t order from Forgeworld because of reasons.

Thanks fifty.

More work done this morning on the Scythe.

While the burgundy was just going to be a one off for the units robes, I think I have decided to model my force as units from the 7th company and replace the purple with burgundy. So I may have to remake the chapter symbols to be a piece of rhubarb dipping into some custard .

Started the Judiciar, I may make the inside of the robes a dark red to honor the red normally seen in Scythes artwork. I didn’t want to do all black because then it looks more like an Imperial fist/Black Templar Emperors Champion than anything else. Besides, sticking with the color scheme of the Scythes opens up options for all the details. Though I was tempted to do a golden chestplate instead of the yellow, but then figured that if I kept the black parts black, what was the point. The enemies of the Emperor should already be shaking when they find out the Scythes are in the system.

Also started a biker, not bad, but I think I’ll try another option on the next one. The yellow sides are a bit much. I may just do the casing over the bolsters as yellow on the next one to see how that turns out. I have 9 bikes , so I can play around a bit.

Biker 2, I like him better so far, might just be the black helmet. (Insert Dark Helmet image here ) Not sure how I goofed up with a yellow helmet to begin with

Red Scorpions are cool. I might have a company worth of their shoulder pads somewhere from when I bought them for my old custom chapter.

Forgot to take a picture of the chaplain WIP yesterday. Stayed with chapter colors instead of the all black.

Fast pic dump as the cat requires both hands to pet her right now.

inmygravenimage wrote:Bad Kitty! Looks great, lovely hghlighting on the cloth and shading on the cream robes

Thanks, min trying to do a better job with layering and using paint instead of just washes.

Slinky wrote:He's looking good! I do like the Primaris minis, but still haven't quite got over the Cawl storyline

Yeah, it was a hard pill to swallow, but I am starting to think that Robute Girllyman is really dead and stuffed in a closet, replaced by Omegon and Cawl is Alpharius (who isn’t really dead). Just waiting for GW to flip the script and all the Primaris are actually traitor geneseed.

Taarnak wrote:Just catching up on the thread: Primaris look awesome. Love the Scythes color scheme.

Quirkle is huge fun. It was a great hit at gatherings for my friends and I.

Yeah, we are having a blast with it..,finally read the rules for it last night , you can throw back tiles you don’t like .

CommissarKhaine wrote:Nice looking sycthes!

Thanks CK, I’m enjoying the challenge of their scheme.

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Good to see some more Scythes, they are such a cool looking chapter with one of the most eye catching schemes.

And enjoy the cat petting, it is good for your health.

We get plenty of cat love, four of the fuzzy things control the house, well three cats and a dog in the shape of a cat (he plays fetch and chases balls , Sam is a terrible cat, but a mediocre dog)

Gomez wrote:Like others have said, really striking color scheme for your marines. Love the yellow - very rich. Did you post how you did it somewhere?


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Also, I just stumbled across this blog that has a ton of Bushido stuff (in case you might want some inspiration): https://toomini.wordpress.com/

The yellow is Averland sunset with Uriel yellow highlights and flash guts yellow for extreme highlights. I’ve started to coat the Averland sunset in Nazdreg yellow and do a second layer of Averland and then the highlights. It gives the recesses a red/brown shadow that I am really liking.

Viterbi wrote:Chaplain is coming along great, love the contrast between the robe and the turquoise chain for the cross.

Thanks V, I’m trying to play the color wheel game with bringing in subtle accent colors, the blue just called to me.

Well, I assembled the rest of the Marines last night and started one of the eradicator marines this morning. I will prime the rest before I start painting them, but he was just screaming for color. Pic s shortly, ATT was just here to switch out my sons phone for a new one.

Still contemplating the Necron side of things. I am really feeling like bright silver with white accents for the main colors and energy I was thinking the yellow like I did on my Sylvaneth weapons.

But I want something to contrast against the Scythes, so I might wind up going Green Afterall , or blue.....or red .

Eradicator mostly done. Needs badges, and markings, and base

Definitely onside ring the pads, but as these are push fit marines, I might just order them.


WIP squad, the white and yellow is interesting....but will have to wait for an apothecary.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Ah, the peril of push fits. lovely yellow tones there.

Thanks Squire, the perils of push fit indeed. Actually the push fit just turned into a sort of blessing.

You see the first assault marine I was working on took a lot longer than he needed to just to get him to this stage.

Taking upmost care to try and keep the yellow yellow and the black on it’s parts. I started the Sgt and then had an epiphany. Take the unglued arms off you night moron Theo .

Now I can easily reach all the areas of the shield, eagle and back pack without too much risk of getting the black on the yellow.

Sometimes .

Off to work. Only half a clinic today in honor of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day. I actually would prefer it to be a full holiday, I still will be there all 8 hours, but I feel the man and his accomplishments deserve to be honored as much as Any other non-religious holiday we celebrate.

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. Really enjoying this project immensely.so much so that I have started printing some big things for it...the Caestus assault ram is first up. I accidentally made two of one section....so I might have to make two of them . Found a few other files for later as well.

Almost finished this assault Sgt.

Just some touch ups to do. Wouldn’t normally bother as I don’t see them till I take a close up picture, but before logos and transfers happen I want to get him done.

Started on the Lt of the Guard (seriously I have to look up wether it’s sword,shield or blade every time , I’m getting old)

I was going to do the red helmet like ultramarines, since we are a first/second founding chapter of theirs, but that tradition might not carry over.

Thanks Gents.

If I keep the Red Helmet, What color lenses should he get? I'm leaning black, but I know Green is probably the more logical choice.

Also, White Helmet Stripe? I have not given the other sword/shield/blade guard guys white helmets...yet. Not sure If I should go all Codex on them a Big G is back and will probably make some changes to the codex based on how things have gone in the past 10k years.

So doing research and reading The Lt should keep his helmet color (Black) but have a red and white stripe on the ridge of the helmet . No painting has been done. Long work hours and family time, but that doesn’t mean there can’t be some progress .

Started printing my Ceastus assault Ram and not paying enough attention at multiple stops.

So accidentally printed two “tops” , then accidentally printed two fronts , then last night as I started the “bottom” I distinctly remember walking away thinking “man this spool has gone a long way” and continued walking without checking how much was left . Well it ran out probably 4 hours into the 8+ hours it ran

My face is hurting for some reason , maybe I need to stop facepalming myself with stupidity.

So far the prints are nice even at 0.2, though I have the gun set for 0.04 when I print them.

I really like the print as the designer cut matching holes in the parts which are the diameter of the filament . It’s a great feature, even the door hinges use small bits of filament. So no matter where you are in the world if your printing in filament, you have the right pins.

Off to download new files.

Thanks Zergsmasher, it wasn’t smarts, just laziness that kept me from gluing everything together, most of the bodies are glued. I was batch assembling since I had 4sprues of the Intercessors (2 from Indomitus and 1 each from the elite editions I picked up), so I cut the parts apart for the core body and head and then later went back and did the arms, leaving them unglued because that bottle had run out . I ha another partial bottle next to it, but still.....lazy.

I like the idea you had with the crons, but as I want a brighter scheme overall black is right out. I want them to look like they were planning on having a bright future as the “good guys” before they figured out the C’tan screwed them. I’ve got time on that end though as I will push through Marines for a while before tackling them.

On the marine front, finally printing the correct parts , guess smashing my face so often did the trick.

They will need some gap filling, but right now they are loosely stacked together with small pins aligning them. I got the green as a test color, while it’s made the same as the grey, I think it just isn’t perfectly the same, either that or GW just has us trained with the grey plastic, but their underworlds stuff looks just the same as the grey.

The smoothed walls just look better in grey and to me the details, while still good in green, are just better in the grey. It might just be the sheen though.

I’ve printed all these at 30% infill instead of my usual 5-10%. Not only are they much sturdier, they are a better quality as the extra supports means things stay where they are supposed to be. Time though is the victim here. The green top part took 9 hours each, the front green sections were 21 hours each and the back bottom grey sections are taking just under 16 hours,the second one should be done when I get home tonight.

The main guns I am doing at 0.04 detail thickness instead of the 0.2 that the rest I see done in. They will take 6-8hours if memory is correct, then I need 3 more wings each at 5 hours 4 connectors for the wings and the intake vents and engine parts. It will be a busy weekend.

First squad of assault Intercessors is almost done.

My Scythes will have golden shoulder trims and these bone Aquilas.


So real life hit today/yesterday. Wife’s Grandmother fell at the nursing home and broke her Femur. Surgery is necessary, but when she was taken to the hospital they tested her before surgery and found she was Covid positive. Surgery is pushed to last one of the day because of her positive status and the need for extra precautions. On top of it is my wife’s mother’s birthday, but she is around grandma all the time, even though she was tested and negative so far, she could not be around anyone’s because of quarantine. I realize it’s nothing unique to the times, but unless you experience it firsthand it just sounds surreal.


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Anyway, new GW reveals today, all look pretty good, but I am really thinking the new kill team set is a must for me. Full rules, plus rules to use all the models from Indomitus, and it’s Marines vs. Necrons. The kill teams add to both those armies for me, but the expected price seems high especially for all the junk terrain in the box, still, I like the models .

 GrimDork wrote:
Projects looking good.

Feel you on the grandparent having covid related issues, we definitely had some of that going on too.

I'm hoping the KT box is less than $140 but I'm not optimistic. I definitely want it. Are you sure it has full rules? I'd welcome that, but I don't think I've seen a confirmation of it. The graphic of the book *does* appear to be thick though, so maybe.

The Warhammer community article says everything you need to start playing kill team, and says the stats for all units in the Indomitus box are included. Plus it’s the new Starter Set, so I just presume it is all in there. If not, I’ll wait for the models separately, as I don’t need the terrain.

Harder facts....like two complete Ceastus Assault Rams

The second one needs cleaning before more assembly can happen. Both have some gaps, but really not worse than FW kits, and all are due to my print bed not being perfectly flat.

Plus the door still operate.

The two tone color scheme will be resolved by paint in the future.

Currently printing an extension for the stormraven, similar to the one Chapterhouse used to make.

I found some .stl files for the thunder hawk, storm bird and a few others, but seriously those may take as long to print as a Titan.

So I opened facebook and saw my former brother in law painted up the dice tower I printed for him for Christmas. I think he did a Fantastic Job on it.


I think FW and GW really need to figure out how to monetize their designs in 3d file format. Save on shipping and labor. Find Designers that are out their and pay them by commission to develop things. THey are missing out big time.

 inmygravenimage wrote:
Well, that's going to haunt my dreams.

You can print your own.....But it might not fit a resin printer. Also the design comes with optional spiders crawling on it for even better effect.

Thanks Boss Salvage , I liked their chapter way back when, and now they are seeing even more love with books and such. Unfortunately they have been forever disgraced by officially being a branch of the Ultramarines . I guess Everyone wants to be an Ultramarine, but I will settle for being a Scythe of the Emperor .

 Commander Cain wrote:
Wow those are some great looking prints Theo! I may try dabbling with 3D printing myself soon so it is nice to see what stuff can be pulled off, they are gonna look great all painted up!

While I’m a huge advocate of FDM printing, especially for larger things like this, for smaller more detailed items resin is the way to go.

What would happen if you cross Puff the Magic Dragon (the Gunship from Vietnam) and the grimdark future of 40K? You’d get the stormraven, a flying brick that was way to small to carry men, ammo, and dreadnoughts let alone have the aerodynamics to fly. So when Chapterhouse made the extension for the stormraven I was like , we can finally do this. Then GW . I bought 3 stormravens as a bundle way back when, I assembled one, two more are in parts...well one more is in a bits box somewhere, and parts of the third are going on a trip to be converted into the mythical Puff the Magic School Bus of the Scythes.

Well, not much happening hobby wise. Work and family keeping us busy. Mother in n law was going to move in for a couple weeks while she was recovering from hip surgery, but she delayed that a couple more months so or daughter can get her drivers license and be of more help. Wife’s Grandma still trying to recover from Covid and broken Femur and my mom celebrated her 84th Bday .

Got a Test-cron mostly done. I need some other paints to finish up the blade and maybe doe some weathering on the stone/brown shoulder blades.

Thanks guys, the blade is just Aethermatic Blue over coral white....for now, needs more blues

One of the little known uses of a 3D printer is if your hungry you can make Croissants.

You actually don’t even need to be hungry, you can just enjoy saying Croissant, especially if you like saying it with a terrible French accent .

Well, things have slowed, probably due to winter, but we all hit these slow output patches at times. When time is available there will be a great purge . I look upon the piles of shame that block my view of the foothills and mountains of shame and it saddens me. It more than reminds me of what my grandparents basement looked like years ago, and that was not good . So, four 33 gallon trash bags were filled this weekend, and that was just empty boxes and debris. Most likely a lot of smaller games I purchased just because I got them off the dinged and dented shelves will just get pitched, but the FLGS nearest me has a consignment rack, so maybe I’ll be able to rescue some money. It has just gotten to the overload point. Also it’s blocking my paint desk and desire to even approach it . Also going to look at all the prints littering my desk and purge there too.

In the mean time, I’m printing a worm......

Because I didn’t want to mess with the piles I dug through all my downloads over the last year and moved this guy up the chain. I need to pick up some small sanding sticks/ nail files to get into the detail areas.

Thanks guys. Busy stupid week here, did just barely manage to make it by Miniature Market last night to pick up a copy of Codex Necrons, still need the Primaris codex, but this should keep me busy. Also snagged another color of blue paint and found a spray can of Runelord Brass they marked down to $10 because the cap was broken , usually $30 WTAF GW. It might change my paint scheme for my Necrons, Warmer weather will be the deciding factor on that though.

Also not sure how I screwed up my Amazon order.....it really wasn't intentional . I have a roll of my filament delivered every month (turns out it's every 4 weeks), but I ordered another roll because I thought it was still 2+ weeks away. They both showed up yesterday . The wife didn't think it was that funny , but it is on $22 so not a big stink over it.

Hopefully I'll scrounge some time this weekend to go get some sanding sticks/nail files for final clean up on the Necron Worm parts and do some assembly. I printed of 20 legs yesterday and will do another 10 tonight to make sure. I'm not sure how many sections long I want to make this beast.

Oh he’s sweet but a Psycho



Had to take a snap while basing

Second pass of Aethermatic Blue and most base colors down

Viterbi wrote:That new Necron looks great, I love that new pixaleted aesthetic and your colors work very well for it.

Thank you, I’m still up in the air about the basing, but I just saw that someone is making Necron themed plastic bases , and they are making me very excited.

gobert wrote:That Psychomancer looks really cool, do I want to add to my pile of shame?

Yes , Seriously does anyone expect me to tell people to Err on the side of restraint .

Anyways



Psychokiller Quesca ce’ (however you spell it)....

Started on Szeras. Still enjoying the colors. Also started printing another Croissant.

 GrimDork wrote:
The real question is: which was more of a pita, psycho or illuminor? Or were both easy and the internet is whiney?
Nice stuff!

I hadn’t heard anything, but hadn’t really looked either. Szeras does not line up (Period). Psycho wasn’t much of an issue, some of the tentacles were troublesome to assemble, but nothing more than usual with my huge fingers.

In the mean time, two failed prints, both times he came out headless, now he is 40K compliant. Still isn’t a president, and still grumpy, but his mittens are still warm and toasty.


Bernie the Word Bearer still extolling the virtues of Socialism in 40K

inmygravenimage wrote: testify! Is that the Bernie of thingiverse?

Yes it is , but they both lost their heads at the same spot even with doing a separate slice each try.

GrimDork wrote:Chaos Marine is so done with the swearing in of the new war master, he just wants to go get blood for the blood of God and skulls for the skull throne.

Bernie isn’t out for blood . He’s everyone’s favorite “Special” uncle. He wants everyone to have a golden skull throne which takes care of their health care needs and he is out to wipe out collegia Titanicus debts.

 GrimDork wrote:
Oh, I wasn't trying to get political I was just talking about the chaos hat

Oh I know, It's just so hard not to like Bernie, but to still see the political side of him too.