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Force is looking great, keep it up

I don't know many people who would agree with you on Abaddon, but I think he's a great model also (just as long as he stays together!).

Great work as usual!

Cheers both I'm really enjoying working on them so far. Hopefully that will continue as I've plenty more to get through.

@WBD I know what you mean, although I think I love the model out of nostalgia as much as anything, I bought him on his original release day as I thought it was one of the best sculpts I'd ever seen (at that point of course).

Anyway, on to the bikes. I thought I should probably do some wip shots as this is a blog. So, two boxes of chaos bikers, and an attack bike. The marine bike will go in the sprue box and, when a few others join it they'll go to the crimson fists. A bit of work and a few 30k upgrades will hopefully make them look the part.

So, to get rid of all the spiky bits, I used all of the following tools, and I'd consider all of them essential to do a decent job;


All the spikes in circles need to go;


Lots of shaving, scoring alongside trims, filing and buffing with the emery board and they look a little more Imperial. I've left the skull on the handle guard as it looks like the IW death mask, but if you wanted to remove it it'd be easy enough to file off.



Glued together;


A few spares from the BaC box;


With the attack bike side car attached, I picked up the pintle mounted heavy weapons for the proper era multi melta;


Bikers and attack bike together;


So, right now all the sub-assemblies are together, silver is down, tires are done, and the bases have been started. I'm back to work on Monday and away for the weekend, so progress will slow down unfortunately.

A few more wip shots of the bikers, I'm having a lot of fun with them so far;

The bases

The bikes are all at this point



Most of the base layers are down, and the beginnings of some weathering around the engine block, exhaust and suspension have been applied.

First test of some hazard lines;





Still a long way to go on them, but I'm pleased with the way they are shaping up. Hope you like them so far

The unit is finally finished! After what feels like a millennium, here we are;









Overall very pleased, although I think the mustard shoulder pads will have to grow on me.

Time to take a break from the citadel rubbish, and bring out the proper stuff now that the core is done! So I ask you, a pair of quad mortars next, or a pair of medusas? It'll be all fw for a while now, with three foot units, two artillery units, two tanks, and a big robot all waiting in line...

Hope you like the bikes

Medusas please! And those Bikes look awesome!

Cheers GA

I've just enjoyed a very pleasant unwind from school by building the following;



Hopefully I'll be able to get them base coated tomorrow.

Damn, I've missed a lot of progress on this blog. Sorry for not commenting for a while!

Great models, but I never realized 30k armies had access to Attack Bikes. I always found it a more "modern" SM model.

Despite what was initially said about them, I'm getting more and more convinced about those moulded bases. The internet was convinced that they were rubbish, but looks like a bit of paint on them sets them off, especially when you do a great job of them like you have here

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Despite what was initially said about them, I'm getting more and more convinced about those moulded bases. The internet was convinced that they were rubbish, but looks like a bit of paint on them sets them off, especially when you do a great job of them like you have here

I quite like them in general, provided they are fairly flat, of course. The key to any base is to make sure it doesn't overpower the model sitting on it, and JamesY has managed to keep the focus on the Bikes rather than the bases because they're both flat and well shaded.

It's refreshing to see it - most people jam some ridiculously bright lava base that elevates the model about a thousand feet into the air and completely ruins the good paintjob they did. Keep keeping it simple JamesY!

@wbd cheers pal. The detail on the bases is shallow, but that is only really apparent on the skulls. They are a joy to paint.

Reg attack bikes, I plan on doing a full unit of 5 at some point, I've got to do one with an autocannon

@GA you aren't wrong. It's great to do really detailed bases every now and again, but I don't like it too much on full armies, unless it is done to tie into a table.

Thanks both for the compliments

Gotta love the Legion tanks . Love the artillery units!

Not seen IW bikes before, nice work with them

Cheers AoV they are a bit on the beautiful side, I'm looking forward to getting stuck into them.

Bikers look ace! Cannot wait to see what you do with the thud guns!

EDC

Thanks EDC. I'm looking forward to getting some paint on them and seeing how they come out. After that, just one squad and a hq, and my 2k ironfire list is ready to blitz the table

It's been a while since the last update, apologies for that. Back to work means little painting time, but things have been happening;



Everything, including crew and parts not in the picture have had the iron body work finished, and black bits blackened. Moving on to the copper details next. It's going to be a slow burn I fear, but I'll get more pics up when there is more worth seeing.

Cheers

Bringing in the big guns? I like it

Look forward to seeing them all finished up.

Yeah me too, at the rate I'm going it'll take forever.

Gotta have the big guns been eyeing up bigger, but can't decide on which one. I've got a spare baneblade to make a shadowsword for when I get my hands on Perturabo, but not sure if something else might be preferable for smaller games.

I don't think people would be even surprised anymore if you wanted to take a Shadowsword to a game with the amount of super heavies knocking about recently. Especially if there is a fluffy reason behind it.

As an IG player from the start of my venture into this hobby, big guns always make me all tingly inside will be waiting for more - very patiently, of course

A Shadowsword would be nice, but I don't think you can beat a classic Baneblade

Tbh the shadowsword would probably never see the table, I prefer 1k games as they are quick to play, but it will go well as a part of the collection as it's Pert's pimpmobile.

I do have a baneblade, been used in all of one game... Great model though.

Hopefully I won't keep you waiting too long

You can always play them using Escalation... I guess... The only Superheavies I have gotten a hold of are two Knights, which aren't mine.

I'm a very slow painter at the moment, so it'd be hypocritical of me to tell you to hurry up so I can see more.

*taps feet furiously*

I rarely buy based on gaming, I try to paint most days and game less than monthly, so I tend to go for things that interest me to paint, I probably wouldn't bother with the shadowsword if I didn't already have the model, the legion ones just so much nicer.
Hopefully more gaming soon when the army is painted to 2k. A friend of mine has a stunning word bearers army, so I'm hoping for a game soon that I can photograph and maybe try writing a batrep.

I'd like to hurry up believe me, it's all this marking getting in the way

I am also the same - I've only just re-entered the gaming side of miniature wargaming, and I'm certainly not jumping back in to fully fledged 40k; Kill Team is enough for me and my slow and small painting hands.

That being said, at least you have the luxury of taking your time - I have to have finished this Tau Start Collecting set by October 16th for a casual tournament. So far I've only got half a test model painted

Would love to see a batrep with your army and those Word Bearers colliding - will stay tuned

G.A

Deadlines are good! They motivate you to get on with it, scroll back a few pages and you can see that an eight week deadline helped me paint a full company of Crimson Fists.

Put up your test model when you have finished, would be good to see

His wb were in warhammer visions a while back, I'll have a dig and see if I can find them...


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Found a couple of wip shots of the attack bike that I thought worth sharing;


And another which hints at how future ones could look;

That is extremely impressive - I only have 3 units to do and I'm wetting myself in fear

I should have the test model up by tomorrow, if I can keep to a damn schedule for once. Then it's batch painting from there and crossed fingers that it all gets done before the 16th.

Do post that Visions article in your next update if you can - I've never bought it before

Liking that Autocannon conversion - I've always found the Attack Bike to be funny to look at, and that Autocannon makes it no better still a lovely model though

Awesome, the attack bikes look really cool.

EDC

Very cool stuff. I'm impressed with how the bases look, as well as the paintjob on the models.

Thanks both

@kakita I'm really impressed with the bases, they paint up nicely. It was a bit painful spending £60 on bases, but they go a long way and are definitely worth the extra cash.

Got a little more paint on today;



Went with a little more weathering on the mortar, which I may continue with on the rest of the army. There are so many little details to work on that they will still take a will, but they deserve the time I think

They're going well so far

Definitely take your time if it needs it - a single model painted at your best is always better than 10 painted below your ability.

Until you collect Orks, of course