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Here are my "Space Marines" for the month.


"Squad, covering fire!"


I am 100% out of hobby time for the month, so this will have to serve as my final picture, I'll post details of each mini on my painting blog sometime next month since all three really deserve individual glamour shots. I am really proud of the effort I put in to knock these guys out in (for me) record time.

Proof(s):


Good luck to all still finishing up!

One certified badass ready for action:

Still eying up the detail on my Eldar protesters but I’m confident enough I’ll have pics posted by the end of the weekend.

Just hoping next month doesn’t throw up a theme that only fits the remaining unpainted squad members, cause just these 5 have been a faff-and-a-half.

If you want input into next month, now is the time to toss out ideas. I’m aiming to put the poll up tomorrow and let it run for 2 days, give people time to get stuff lined up. The more ideas I have to pull from the better.

Great work so far this month. Still have some time to get paint down.

How about Tanks for the Memory (vehicle of choice)? Your tank got me thinking, and April seems the time for weak puns

Have we ever done “conversion”? Lends itself to several different interpretations and I think we’d get some interesting entries

Well, after seeing Josh's entries, I've decided to enter this month:



I should have him finished this weekend. I went from "I don't think I can enter anything this month" to "Holy crap, I'm almost done" in a single sitting.

Cap'n Brown, I still stand with the Eldar; note the shuriken catapult

 KidCthulhu wrote:
Well, after seeing Josh's entries, I've decided to enter this month:



I should have him finished this weekend. I went from "I don't think I can enter anything this month" to "Holy crap, I'm almost done" in a single sitting.

Cap'n Brown, I still stand with the Eldar; note the shuriken catapult

Wow, that's some old, old lead! I don't think I've seen that one in real life.

Here are my final photos:

 Nevelon wrote:
If you want input into next month, now is the time to toss out ideas. I’m aiming to put the poll up tomorrow and let it run for 2 days, give people time to get stuff lined up. The more ideas I have to pull from the better.

Great work so far this month. Still have some time to get paint down.

I give as suggestions..

-Giants, only big single units allowed, and make them more giantsy if you can. (I don't mean gargants obviously, but anything bigger than a trooper)
-On steroids (stronger than usual versions of whatever you make)
-Out of place/standout (a unit that would probably get shot first for standing out so much in a crowd)
-Wrecked (a unit that will not survive the battle but may still pop a few shots)

I'll leave it at that.

The Naked Truth - Any model that has some form of nudity, weather it be a humanoid or a monstrous creature, anything with little to no clothing is allowed.

Down but not Out - Any model (or models) that are damaged or dying but will still continue to fight till the end. Acceptable models include healers, people that are injured, or even a model you have that is damaged or broken. Blood and gore effects are not a must, but are appreciated!

BFG - Any model or models that either have big fricken' guns or are big friendly giants. Big ferocious giants are also acceptable.

Feel the Fire - Models that are equipped with flamers, flame throwers or any type of fiery weapon. Models with flames (such as the Dark Apostle with his flaming lava book) are also acceptable.

Spaced Marines - Not all warriors fight sober. Drunken masters, alchemists, or any type of dope fiend model is allowed.

Great work so far everyone.

Cheers,

CB

JoshInJapan, those are soooo cool! The paintjobs are absolutely perfect!

KidCthulhu, that's one of my fave rogue trader models! I love the fact that back then the weapons of whatever faction could be picked up and used by anyone. I've got a RT squat with a shuriken catapult, too. Wish there could have been an eldar trooper wielding a boltgun, lol!

1 week to go and I still haven't touched paintbrush to model... :/ I spent most of the month building and kitbashing exodites, which isn't exactly helpful for this particular painting challenge. I've just built Kayvaan Shrike and a phobos librarian, though, maybe I'll be inspired to start them, if the normal Raven Guard troops aren't giving me the push to get started. I don't know what it is about black armour, but I always feel reluctant to start painting it, even if I love the look of completed black armour (Raven Guard/Ulthwe/whatever)...

A Squat with shuriken catapult? I have no memory of this model (/Gandalf)

I would love to see what you do with the Raven Guard-- I struggle with black armor, and would love to have a good example to emulate.

 JoshInJapan wrote:
A Squat with shuriken catapult? I have no memory of this model (/Gandalf)

I assure you that it exists.

 Pariah Press wrote:

 JoshInJapan wrote:
A Squat with shuriken catapult? I have no memory of this model (/Gandalf)

I assure you that it exists.

Whoa. I really have never seen that model. Cool!

Still have about a week to go, but new vote thread is up.

Go vote on April’s topic

Placeholder photo until I can take better ones:



I went with Dark Angel colors but focusing more on the Deathwing bone look. The really bright yellow-gold is because that's the accent color for his particular Inquisitor's retinue:



I hope I can get better photos before the month is out.

 KidCthulhu wrote:
Placeholder photo until I can take better ones:



I went with Dark Angel colors but focusing more on the Deathwing bone look. The really bright yellow-gold is because that's the accent color for his particular Inquisitor's retinue:



I hope I can get better photos before the month is out.

Whoa, that was fast!

I only painted the scout in 2 nights.

The other henchmen were painted a long time ago and are not being entered. I was just trying to show my reasoning for the yellow.

Furies Chapter, Captain Octavia:











My original marine chapter, created way back when I got 2nd edition (prior to that I'd played Blood Angels, since I only knew Space Hulk - but that's why they're red, I was used to that being the 'natural' colour for space marines). I had a whole convoluted backstory about how we would up with female space marines back in the day, but as you'd expect from Baby's First 40k Fanfic it was full of every cliché you can imagine and then some, as our intrepid heroine pulled the strings of the High Lords of Terra, won the loyalty of her chapter by sheer badassness and an inspiring speech, beat up Ragnar Blackmane (back then the perception among my fellow players was that the Space Wolves codex was overpowered and used by min-maxing powergamers, so they were the designated punching bag), romanced a hot engineer who'd solved the warp problem, was on a first name basis with Jain Zar, was actually the Emperor's biological granddaughter... and so on. It'd be a stretch to say I regret any of that, because I'm shameless, but while I haven't bothered writing anything down lately I nowadays consider the Furies to have undergone a kind of Battlestar-style gritty reboot in the background, and keep the specifics of why they exist nice and nebulous; they show up out of nowhere when things have gone ploin-shaped, slaughter traitor Astartes like it's personal, then vanish without a trace.

Octavia therefore is the Starbuck recast of my old 2IC Octavian, as seen here (not part of the contest entry, obviously, this guy was painted over 20 years ago, so that's a bit outside the month):

...really should dust those old minis, huh? I keep them in a glass case now, but they were just on a shelf for years in between. It's not terribly obvious in that photo, but my technique back then was to paint them red then absolutely slather on crimson ink, which left them with a shiny finish - since inks don't do that anymore I had to pop by the store for some Ardcoat to replicate the old look.

Having been knocked out with Covid AGAIN I did a bit more on the Chapter Master and pushed to finish off my final set of Storm Lions:


Finished Chapter Master. Face is a bit goofy, but NMM on the pommel and hilt also.

Infiltrator and Executioner. Tried to give the Infiltrator a bit of chipping also. As for the Executioner, I've never tried doing that style of camo, so it was a worthwhile, if not entirely successful, experiment.


Suppressor and Heavy Intercessor. Very much about the full-on kitbashing, trying to make it very clear what the original model is without it feeling unnatural in 40k.

They are not perfect, but they were fun to do, and if they start to feel a chore that's a sign to move on.

After falling behind a bit last week, I made some good progress over the weekend:





Still needs some work on some details and the base, but if my stomach doesn't act up again I should get it done in time.

Final photos:

Just powered through today and finished my entry.
Here's my Terminator Librarian, keeping a tally of his quarry. He'll probably join some Deathwing Knights in my DA-successor chapter:

Well...the revolution appears to have crumbled. Only four of us are protesting against the Space Marine tyranny. There has been no rising of the people...those on the barricades are fewer in number (and some of them are even wearing Space Marine colors ).

While our attempt to change things has followed the same success as the revolution of 1848...we do have our catchy song.

Do you hear the miniaturists sing?
Singing the song of angry painters?
It is the music of the people
Who will not paint marines again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is art about to start
When tomorrow comes!

Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond those Space Marines
Are there other models you long to see?

Do you hear the miniaturists sing?
Singing the song of angry painters?
It is the music of the people
Who will not paint marines again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is art about to start
When tomorrow comes!

Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!

Will you paint all that you can
So that our banner may advance?
Some will finish and some will not (dam)
Will you stand up and take your chance?
Marine helmets on the ground
Will cover the bases all around!

Do you hear the miniaturists sing?
Singing the song of angry painters?
It is the music of the people
Who will not paint marines again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is art about to start
When tomorrow comes!

CB

PS: we have no issue with those painting Space Marines (or Chaos Marines, or Marines armed with Shuriken Catapults) ...we just like to complain about it...and I have long run out of space marine parts to place on bases.

Highly unflattering but honest photo. Please ignore the Chainsword, i kinda forgot about it. The base is to match an army so may look a bit odd but works well (honest) en masse


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 Perkustin wrote:
Highly unflattering but honest photo. Please ignore the Chainsword, i kinda forgot about it. The base is to match an army so may look a bit odd but works well (honest) en masse


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Looks nice. As a suggestion, you might want to crop your picture a bit. Do you need all the whitespace? When I click through to your gallery, I can see so much more detail. But with the way Dakka displays pictures, we either need to have it blown up huge so we need to pan and scan to see it all, or he’s just a little guy lost in the background.

I don’t mean to single you out, but pretty much every month there are great entries that miss getting votes just because we can’t get a good look at them. Some of that is bad photography (not a problem here) or framing issues.

Also don’t forget you can have up to 6 pictures, if you want alternative angles, or close crops/zooms to highlight certain areas of the mini.

Got these five done in time to mount the barricades with the captain. It’s a bit of an involved scheme. I first did a few like these about ten years ago and if I’m honest it’ll prob be another ten years before I do any more. Unless I just do five more every March, That’ll only take another 3 years.

I give you, not Astartes, but Classic 2nd Ed. Harlequins.

Wow, I never thought such a muted, limited palette would work so well for those old school Quins. Way to go, Crowe! I may have to try it myself!

Chaos space marines finished. My only regret is that the mutated flesh blends in a little too nicely with the armor. Oh well, a minor detail.