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Novice Knight Errant Pilot





Stockholm Forge District; Skandian Hive Collectives

Thanks for the words guys.

@ Disjointed entity: yes, it's the big oval base they supply for the valkyrie, dreadknight, stormraven etc. all the big stuff in short.

@ Yggdrasil: Heh, I'll post a guide on making the legion insignia once I get to paint another. And yes, Migs plays a little higher up on the ladder than I do but he has a different an more gritty, grimdark style than me. I suspect he has found a way to solidify the Blanchitsu of the Master and is snorting it like there's no tomorrow. My style is more towards the clean, crisp and highly visable, more intended for the tabletop battlefield than as art. That unfortunatly means that realism of the more awsome kind has to take a step back.

Then there's also the fact that migs is a far better painter and sculptor than I am.

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I have a little hobby-thread going in the P&M section. Some say it's the best blog on Dakka, some don't agree, most belive it would be better if I finished at least one project some time this century and not just kept starting new ones.
Check it out, you just might like it.

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Ghastly Grave Guard





The cold reaches of space

Great, great painting. I love the look of your SMs. I don't think the Migs-comparison is fair, as I think both of your styles are awesome for different reasons. The subtle lime highlights on the blue are simply beautiful...

LOL... you're making me hate my PH 1K Sons by having such a great-looking force. Keep it up, as I watch this one quite often... Ninja style!

-Remi


 
   
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Chaumont, France

Hey, the point was not in comparing : your styles are obviously very different, and not competing on the same level !

But I couldn't write down "some of the best Legion models" without mentioning Migsula's ones !

It seems the Alpha Legion really stirs awesomeness ! ! !

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Terre Haute, Indiana

Wow! Awesome! I haven't seen many Alpha Legion blogs at all (sneaky little bastards...) so this is a welcome surprise!

Subbed, watching with interest for whatever's going on that hueg base.

   
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The cold reaches of space

Yggdrasil wrote:Hey, the point was not in comparing : your styles are obviously very different, and not competing on the same level !

But I couldn't write down "some of the best Legion models" without mentioning Migsula's ones !

It seems the Alpha Legion really stirs awesomeness ! ! !


Apologies, Yggs- I should have worded that better. But your statement is true- the styles are obviously very different, and what I meant to say was like you- Alpha Legion seems to bring out the best of the best. LOL... the 1K Sons here have nothing on the Alphas, beautiful as they are.

I think both of you and Migs have a great take on the same subject matter. Migs has a lighter shade to his entire army- but that comes with his painting style, I think. Your darker take is also very interesting, and my favorite of the two, tbh. (I'm a sucker for clean colors) But yea, both of you get high marks for modelling and execution.

EITHER way, apologies again, Yggs. STC- Get to work. We need more of these guys.

-Remi



 
   
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Stockholm Forge District; Skandian Hive Collectives


True to form I bought a bunch of the new warhammer mono-sprue plastics yesterday.. spent a few hours on it yesterday so nothing done on the alpha legion as of yet. I'll finish the company champion once I get out of this damn office though.. I'll see if I can take some
pictures of the work in progress on the =][= Warband. the problem is it seems it will become two warbands too.. I found some stuff in one of my (way too many of those) Bitboxes that I can use. I found an unpainted FW Inquisitor Lok (the Anphelion Project guy) and an undercoated rhino with the =][= resin kit smacked on too. it was years and years since I bought those.
But that's cool.. some conversion on him and I have the beginnins of an Ordo Xenos warband too... but in a few hours.. The Dark Mechanicum commeth....


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++ =][= Update! ++


Well, it's on a roll that's for sure, Migs I hope you are proud of yourself.. forcing me to spread my limited time on yet another project.
I present to you the first wip of the Dark mechanicum warband, fresh from the Null-Forge.

Pictures then.

Identified: Delta/Rho-6653/51 Reclamator; Legio Cybernetica. ++ =][= :// [Excommunicate Traitoris][++Access Denied++] ++

Based on the necromancer model with some gubbins up every sleeve, its still very very early in the making but you get the general pose and flair of the model.




Still in parts for easy painting, gotta loooove the new plastics.



Unidentified: "Specter". ++ =][= :// [No Data] ++

The machine wraith, the terror construct with adamantium bones and monofilament flensingclaws. Directed by the malignant Silica Animus, a masterpiece of the legio cybernetica.

Undead wrath plastic, dark eldar bayonettes for claws






The archmagos you have seen before, this is the final version, ready fo the paintbrush. I am very pleased with how it turned out in the end.




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I have a little hobby-thread going in the P&M section. Some say it's the best blog on Dakka, some don't agree, most belive it would be better if I finished at least one project some time this century and not just kept starting new ones.
Check it out, you just might like it.

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Stockholm Forge District; Skandian Hive Collectives


With this done I'll try to paint a little tonight, might do that chapter insignia tutorial that you asked for yggs

I have a little hobby-thread going in the P&M section. Some say it's the best blog on Dakka, some don't agree, most belive it would be better if I finished at least one project some time this century and not just kept starting new ones.
Check it out, you just might like it.

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Sweden

Beautiful stuff! Your alpha legion looks great and I just love those =][= dudes! Very much character, especially The archmagos, but what's the gun on his back supposed to be (looks brutal anyhow)?

Always outnumbered, never outgunned. 
   
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Chaumont, France

Wow, that =I= warband looks awesome ! !

The undead wraith is a special win for me ! !

Congrats !

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Bristol

Haha, =I= fever strikes!! Love the Dark mech stuff, especially that wraith. Simple, yet an absolute triumph. Good work.
   
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Stockholm Forge District; Skandian Hive Collectives

It sure did, I am thinking about sending the bill for the plastics to Migs, he is the one responsible for this disease!

I have a little hobby-thread going in the P&M section. Some say it's the best blog on Dakka, some don't agree, most belive it would be better if I finished at least one project some time this century and not just kept starting new ones.
Check it out, you just might like it.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/385168.page 
   
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Apprehensive Inquisitorial Apprentice






Those Dark Mech dudes are far better than anything I ever made. Awesome work.

Don't know if you've ever seen my stuff, here's a link just in case : http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/239185.page


It's a pity I've been taken over by the loyalist Mechanicus. Dark seems fun.

If we are sending bills, Migs can have my $350 US eBay bits bill. His work is partially responsible for my resurgence in modelling.

I look forward to your continued progress.

I am Inquisitor Earl, fear my sandwich!

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Lancaster PA

Wow man, the =][= force is just fantastic! This is exactly what I love to see in blogs: great ideas executed with various models. I never would have thought to put things together like that, but now that I see it I want two of each! Great work!


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Stockholm Forge District; Skandian Hive Collectives

Thank you for the feedback guys, and Earl, I have red your blog a couple of times earlier, really like the techservitors and techpriests. thye're spot on.

been messing around a little today too.. the DE Shredder on the wraith is gone.. I had a good think on the whole thing and concluded that it rather needed something multibarreled and machinegun-esque with an ammobelt instead.. and for some reason a chimney-like exhaust or two.. in any way it's becomming very assymetrical.. wich is a good (and slightly disturbing) thing. I guess.

Anywaaaays.. yeah.. right.. that demonengine can wait.. has no real place in the =][= warband. Over and out.

I have a little hobby-thread going in the P&M section. Some say it's the best blog on Dakka, some don't agree, most belive it would be better if I finished at least one project some time this century and not just kept starting new ones.
Check it out, you just might like it.

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Did Fulgrim Just Behead Ferrus?





The Netherlands

Very cool looking stuff! Very inspirational. Shame though that the marines aren't true scale, but maybe we've been getting spoiled with all the true scale stuff out there!

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Stockholm Forge District; Skandian Hive Collectives


*Rants*

Yeah well, I don't like the truescale concept, nor do I fully understand it. I can see 'why' if you (looking at you migs) are going to have one or two marines and a pile of 'regular' humans in the sense of conveying scale.
But creating whole armies of them? I can't see the point since then they become completely unviable to use for gaming; and I'm as much of a gamer as I am a hobbyist or painter. Besides, 99% of the truescale I have seen fails miserably to make the Astartes justice at all, often missing all proportions and in a sense becomming a futile effort since now you have something that is much worse than the original plastic kits.

I mean here is what to aim for.


Look at it, nothing ever done in 'truescale' ever came close to that. It inevidibly becomes too bulky, thickset and with ridicolously small heads and arms; No sense of -Proportions!-. Like I said, an exercise in futility.



I have a little hobby-thread going in the P&M section. Some say it's the best blog on Dakka, some don't agree, most belive it would be better if I finished at least one project some time this century and not just kept starting new ones.
Check it out, you just might like it.

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Hamburg, Germany

Don't worry, STC, it is not "us" who want truescale, but only a few of "them". I agree with your sentiments about that. And while I would really like GW to somehow change the size difference between guard and marines to what it should be, I don't think doing it yourself makes any sense, especially because of the gamewise problems that would result.

Your Alpha Legion guys are quite awesome!

"We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won't allow them to write "feth" on their airplanes because it's obscene!" (Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now)

And you know what's funny? "feth" is actually censored on a forum about a dystopia where the nice guys are the ones who kill only millions of innocents, not billions. 
   
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Happy We Found Our Primarch




The Mad Lab

STC_LogisEngine wrote:
*Rants*

Yeah well, I don't like the truescale concept, nor do I fully understand it. I can see 'why' if you (looking at you migs) are going to have one or two marines and a pile of 'regular' humans in the sense of conveying scale.
But creating whole armies of them? I can't see the point since then they become completely unviable to use for gaming; and I'm as much of a gamer as I am a hobbyist or painter. Besides, 99% of the truescale I have seen fails miserably to make the Astartes justice at all, often missing all proportions and in a sense becomming a futile effort since now you have something that is much worse than the original plastic kits.

I mean here is what to aim for.


Look at it, nothing ever done in 'truescale' ever came close to that. It inevidibly becomes too bulky, thickset and with ridicolously small heads and arms; No sense of -Proportions!-. Like I said, an exercise in futility.




Thank you so much for saying that! Whilst I admire the conversion and sculpting skills of he True/Art/Actual-scale camp I feel they've never really addressed the issue.

Your work is superb, the Dark Mechanicum are superb and look just right. It's amazing that so much of it is relatively simple converting and kit-bashing!

 
   
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Did Fulgrim Just Behead Ferrus?





The Netherlands

Didn't mean to open the can of worms that is the true scale discussion. It's just that to me it seems weird that marine models are the same size as regular humans and have proportions that seem rather odd (unnaturally skinny legs and arms), Terminators technically couldn't even fit in their armour without some serious deformities.

But that's a separate discussion.

Now keep on making some freaky Dark Mechanicus stuff!

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STC_LogisEngine wrote:

Look at it, nothing ever done in 'truescale' ever came close to that. It inevidibly becomes too bulky, thickset and with ridicolously small heads and arms; No sense of -Proportions!-. Like I said, an exercise in futility.



Whoa!

Don't hate the player, hate the game!

I've seen plenty of well proportioned 'True Scale" marines - and the reason behind building them as an army is probably the same as anyone else's when they're building an army of (x) - because they enjoy the challenge and the results!

If done correctly, a True Scale Marine army is a sight to behold!

Having said all that, I enjoy 'regular' scale stuff too - yours especially so!

GW could have made everyone happy if:

1) They modeled marines standing up straight at times!
2) They didn't inflate the size of 'regular' humans and Xenos figures!

   
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Stockholm Forge District; Skandian Hive Collectives

Ah, the Primarch makes an appearance!

Well, that came out a bit more harshly than I intended and was not directed at the people who make and enjoy the truescale game, but rather at the 'Truescale' as an occurance separated from the player/hobbyist base.
Like thrashing GW for random reasons while having nothing against the individuals working for the company.. well besides the smartass who came up with the 'No information whatsoever to anyone! not even retailers!'-idea.
And it's more akin to annoyed resentment than any hate, I reserve that for things that matter on a grander scheme of things.

Thought: since everyone plays marines and it's only the regular humans who are of a faulty scale (besides the FW models and all the old metal IG infantry) in compairison (well tau too but who cares for the blue manga-race? ).
Wouldn't the logical thing be Truescale Imperial Guard?

I'll just shut my trap and paint!

I have a little hobby-thread going in the P&M section. Some say it's the best blog on Dakka, some don't agree, most belive it would be better if I finished at least one project some time this century and not just kept starting new ones.
Check it out, you just might like it.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/385168.page 
   
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Montreal, Quebec

STC_LogisEngine wrote:
Wouldn't the logical thing be Truescale Imperial Guard?

I'll just shut my trap and paint!

It would but you either buy IG from FW or try to make them smaller by resculpting most of the model.
Too costy or too long/hard.

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STC_LogisEngine wrote:
Wouldn't the logical thing be Truescale Imperial Guard?



It would!

And I think FW's Elysians and Krieg actually come close to achieving this!

But anyway - I love YOUR stuff and look forward to more!

   
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Stockholm Forge District; Skandian Hive Collectives


Holy F ing S t ! Is Forge World trying to ruin my financial balance? I think they do..

..and I don't object.. Take my money, give me the resin and shut up! .. and bring out those Mk IV and Mk VI assultmarines, Maybe a landspeeder.. pwetty please?


I never quite liked the old Landraider.. buuut this one.. with a lenghtened hull and some oddities workde out? Ohmnomnom! I still detest the tracks though.. but there One can use the plastic raider tracks instead..

Landraider Proteus


The Mk1c Deimos Pattern Rhino though.. Just Awsome.. no objections.. Give me 10!
''-Its true origins are more distant still, and ancient records mention the RH1-N-0 Tracked Exploration and Multi-Purpose Defence Vehicle STC accompanying explorator missions during Mankind’s Golden Age. Re-armed and re-purposed for military use, the Rhino has remained a mainstay of the Imperium’s might over the millennia since.'' -FW



Bought! Sold! Gimme! For my Black Templars though.. if the .. if? WHEN! the Alpha Legion gets one it's the normal one.

I have a little hobby-thread going in the P&M section. Some say it's the best blog on Dakka, some don't agree, most belive it would be better if I finished at least one project some time this century and not just kept starting new ones.
Check it out, you just might like it.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/385168.page 
   
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This has to be one of the best pre-heresy projects ive come across in a long time, keep it up

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Essex, UK

Some really nice stuff going on in here. Always love to see the alpha legion out and about. Ever since i saw Migs first minis iv fancied a go myself but have never been very good at completing project i already have on my work bench.

The Blue/Green you've used really works nicely, particularly with the white helmets and silver details etc. Also im a big fan of the Mk I Ophidian Pattern Gunship, i take it that you'll be playing the army as counts as BA?

Iv gotta agree about FW, iv been taking a break from hobby stuff for a while now, but their new releases are demanding i start up again. I think the regular contemptor would suit the legion a little more than their latest release, but either would look fantastic im sure. Looking forward to seeing more, keep it up!

On a side note, i know its down to personal opinion, but as some of you may know. Im a fan of true/TRU/art scale (when done well). Hense why i sculpted a whole range of TRU scale parts for Chapter House. heres an example:





Although i have to say that the proportions aren't perfect( as i wanted to keep the use of GW arms and heads etc), i think there a lot better than GWs .Anyways, sorry for the thread jacking. As i said before. I'll be keeping an eye on this thread, looking forward to seeing where it goes.

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Stockholm Forge District; Skandian Hive Collectives

Yay, CnC. Been away all weekend to visit my parents so no hobby time.

I don't mind a little threadjacking Hits, and good to have you back, I have been keeping an eye on your work.
And yes, BA it is. Since I built that damn ugly thing I am sure as hell going to use it! It was originally intended as an effort to make a passible Stormraven before there was a model avalible, and every single conversion looked like a valkyrie had crashed horribly into a Land Raider for some odd reason, but it kind of got a bit big.
So it evolved into an effort to play it like a Ceastus Assult Ram but before completion I had a change of hearts, I -Liked- the acctual Ceastus and I don't make variants of models I like.. so.. Stormraven. Eventhough it's more than twice the stormraven's mass.
But no matter.. it acctually looks like it could carry 12 marines (or 6 termies) and a dreadnought, wich is a bonus in my book.
Another reason is that I can't make a good Legion army with another codex at the moment, I really don't like the SM Codex as a Legion template, spacepuppies is a distinct no-go and well.. there is no Codex around for the CSM's at the moment.
*glares* There is none! Understood!? there's some kind of travesty out there that says it's a CSM codex but it's not! it LIES! It has usurped the previous codex that was the true one. ... I want's it back..

So yes.. contemptor.. and MK1 RH-1-N-0. I'll be using the 'Regular' one for the Legion yes, I am thinking Kheres Assultcannon and Heavy Flamer.. maybe a Cyclone too.. Maybe.
It'll have to wait a little while though, where the hell are my Mk IV Assultmarines with jumppacks?!

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I have a little hobby-thread going in the P&M section. Some say it's the best blog on Dakka, some don't agree, most belive it would be better if I finished at least one project some time this century and not just kept starting new ones.
Check it out, you just might like it.

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Sweden

That "new" FW Raider is just awesome, I just love it! But then I've always preferred the old one, the new one is to much of a square box for me... The new rhino-kit however ain't that impressive imo, you could get the old ones instead, they look better, are cheaper and isn't that hard to come by!

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Stockholm Forge District; Skandian Hive Collectives



Nevah! I am planning my FW purchases as we speak.. Contemptor with assultcannon and maybe a heavy conversion beamer, two umbra pattern boltgun kits, heavy weapon kit, a kit each of the Mk IV and V marines, and the Apocalypse 2 book.. once I make up my mind I'll go and throw my monies at FW's webstore.
Then I have to do for a month or two and once those are finished I'll get myself the Relic contemptor, three Mk Ic rhinos.. and probably some more marines.

That's at least the plan.

I have a little hobby-thread going in the P&M section. Some say it's the best blog on Dakka, some don't agree, most belive it would be better if I finished at least one project some time this century and not just kept starting new ones.
Check it out, you just might like it.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/385168.page 
   
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Gosport. UK

The land raider is £80

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