Dakka (Unofficial) Painting Challenge Round 25 March 2017: Space Marines

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**Drummernathan**

Some progress pics. Only thing that wasn't repainted from the original is the skull helmet. I liked it too much but may still repaint it just to be fair.

Just gotta do up the arms and he's donesies. Still waiting to get a shield for him from a buddy and a shoulder pad for his sword arm, but I feel like I'm making good progress and am happy with him so far!

**n1ceguypaul**

Heres some progress pics on the base for Vulkan. Went for legions that i havent tried before as the dead guys, never gonna do them again as lightening is a pain in the butt for Night Lords and hate painting pale colours like the Death Guard.

**ZoBo**

lookin' good so far man

haha...kinda funny though, I came real close to going with either death guard or night lords...if I hadn't settled on salamanders, it would've been one of them...I was already doing post-heresy nurgle death guard anyway (I kinda prefer the extra-grungy, nurglified look over the cleaner 30k style) so I decided against doing them for 30k too, and salamanders just narrowly won me over against night lords with a combo of fluff, colour scheme, and playstyle...salamanders were just too cool to pass on

**mrhappyface**

n1ceguypaul wrote:
Heres some progress pics on the base for Vulkan. Went for legions that i havent tried before as the dead guys, never gonna do them again as lightening is a pain in the butt for Night Lords and hate painting pale colours like the Death Guard.

Don't go hurting my VIII legion! D:

(Brilliant paint job though)

**n1ceguypaul**

Cheers guys. My 40k salamander army kind of evolved from 30k. I was reading some of the fluff and found the shattered legions with i think it was Shadrak Meduson (think thats about right). It had the Iron hands, Raven guard and Salamanders all fighting together. Then just fell into the salamanders from there. Even ordered some sholder pads for all 3 legions which are stuffed with all the other junk. Now after reading more of Vulkan I'm glad i got these green bad boys.

**DanceOfSlaanesh**

I am going to take advantage of this to motivate me to practice painting some black power armor.
Here is my entry.

**ThaliasRatheron**

Here's my entry: a counts as Magistus Amon, Captain of the 9th Fellowship of the Thousand Sons Legion.

**Verviedi**

Proof

++Subject. Stevian Augustus. His Chapter has been told that he perished during his techmarine training. Blast furnace accident. There was no body. The Mark II Modified Astarte project is unhindered. Permission to execute?++
***Execute. Omnissiah preserve us.***
++Executing. He is all.++

**mrhappyface**

Finished! I may have rushed them a little because I wanted to enter a local killteam campaign with them but I am still quite pleased with them.
Probably won't have a chance though taking a look at the other entries.

**CREEEEEEEEED**

NOTHNG HAPPENED ON CALIBAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**mrhappyface**

CREEEEEEEEED wrote:
NOTHNG HAPPENED ON CALIBAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well it seems someone tattled on you and now old man Rupert is coming for you.

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Good thing I'm not a DA player.

**mrhappyface**

Or else you might get your chapter axed or something more stupid like getting added to a crazy alien robot's collection.

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Just don't man. I think I might have to order a creed model soon 'cause I'm worried he's gonna be added to the pile with Marbo and Chenkov.

**mrhappyface**

Don't worry, the fact that he got 'stolen' as apposed to killed off makes me think that we haven't seen the last of CREEEEEEEEED!

**Drummernathan**

He's just trapped in a Pokèball, everyone knows only a Master Ball would truly hold Creed.

**mrhappyface**

But you couldn't possibly fit a whole person inside such a small object, only a tactical genius c...

**Nevelon**

Slowly putting layers down:

**ssisal**

Ive made some progress on the librarians. They are base coated and washed and drying under a heat lamp, cept for their faces.. i save skin for last step, as a i hate it and try to put it off..

first base color applied to the wolf king, on just his axe.

Ill take some pictures tomorrow before i start the highlighting. These are black dark angels, not green dark angels.. as m'lord cypher is in need of a librarium conclave.

Edit: I have to tell you guys.. It IS VERY strange to be using a (screamer) pink and a purple wash to end up with dark bright red.

**Verviedi**

Done. Mark II Modified Astarte.

**EmberlordofFire8**

Warpig1815 wrote:
mrhappyface wrote:Yes but how did your chapter end up with the Imperium? All TS were branded as traitors so the entire legion fled to the EoT to escape their destruction.

Not so. The Athaenean Cult were sent away from Prospero prior to the Wolves attack. They returned later to find Prospero a ruin. I don't think it's been expanded upon as to what happened to the whole cult, but certainly Revuel Arvida went on to become Janus, the First Grey Knight Supreme Grand Master. It's suspected that, due to similarities in psyker prowess, armour colouring and the badge of the Corvidae (Who often worked in tandem with the Athaeneans and may have been dispatched alongside them), that this Brotherhood may have become the Blood Ravens - but that's not for certain.

I was under the impression that Janus' true identity remains unknown, and is thought to possibly be Omegon.

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Nice skin on the cogboy. You might want to give the base a light drybrush of kindleflame.

**CREEEEEEEEED**

Ayyy! For the first time in my life, I can say I'm ahead of schedule. *citation needed*
The weapons are done.

**Drummernathan**

Getting my shield and shoulder pad today! Hopefully I'll have my dude done tonight and ready for some primo photos!

**Guildenstern**

CragHack wrote:

Torso, arms and head are all magnetized Why? I don't know.
Waiting for a friend to get some water effects to play with. Toxic swamp with skulls and maybe Victoria sleeveless arms, since I won't be using them anyways

I have to say when I first saw this, I thought that receipt behind him was the BIGGEST purity seal I'd seen and I was just nodding my head, yeah that'd be the right size... then I realized it wasn't part of the picture lol

**DanceOfSlaanesh**

First WIP picture. Going to start highlighting the black armor next.

**ssisal**

Ive made some progress with the fallen librarians. Just need to clean up some details on their wings then wash the wings and do more then just base coat the power swords. I havnt named them as of yet. but I used the wing feather colors and darker shades/washes/inks/ghost tints to try to mark ranks. I used Dark gold/mithril to mark the Codiciers; Bright Gold, mithril, amythest row of feathers to mark the Epistolary. My Chief Librarian is marked by a few more wing colors.

**ZergSmasher**

My entry is nearing completion, just some highlights and the base left to do. Here's my latest WIP shot:

Oh, and of course I'll have to actually assemble this guy too. Liking all the different Space Marine stuff from everybody so far!

**Zepawnfuhrer**

Sounds interesting... attached is my proof image...

**Whittlesey40k**

Slow progress for me for the month so far. Not really anything to show for the first third. A few base coats down and that's it. Been on a short holiday and now we have the builders in, so not a lot of time for painting. Still giving it a go though!