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Yeah, so helmet where the head goes, use some of the spine. Maybe the rest of him on the ground. I'll replace the dude if you have the spare.

Ill see what I can do then, sure!

If its not feasible, don't spend to much time on it. Just thought as we are sm on sm hate, would be strange if he was carrying around his pet nid head.

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Not all of them are space hulk! The one is FW and a whole other one is an actual multipart kit Several do have stock arms though.

Did mean to check before you got this far (forgot till pics), what do you think about swapping the genestealer the one dude is wreaking with, say, a Mantis Warrior or Tiger Claw?

Preferably Mantis Warrior......

 whalemusic360 wrote:
Yeah, so helmet where the head goes, use some of the spine. Maybe the rest of him on the ground. I'll replace the dude if you have the spare.

Oh, man, that's disgusting. I love it!

IceAngel wrote:Preferably Mantis Warrior......

Split the difference an go for a Lamenter. Something nice and bright to contrast the Termie's gray armor.

You guys

We'll see about what he'll be painted as... Any of them will work for contrast- Gray is a pretty neutral color, after all!

I got his head started, and the base for his body pretty much done. The spine is trimmed down a bit but is still pretty big, though I dont think theres much I can do about that. Ah well- rule of cool and whatnot- scale is secondary xD
At this stage its going to get a couple wires and such sticking out of the neck and body. His legs will be off screen, as it were, and Ill probably use a bit of GS to cover up his waist.



Also, I got the Nephilim's cockpit finished, and the pilot is waiting for me to figure out the Turquoise color before he gets painted.





In retrospect, I wish I hadn't glued down the front armor plate that goes over the front of the cockpit glass- could have made it magnetized! Though the project is still young- maybe Ill think of something...

Yeah, once you put that part on, its pretty well on there.

Whats the plan for the GIANT ravenwing logo on the tail?


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Oh, and I think the big spine is fine, I assume SMs would have extra solid bones.

What Ravenwing logo?




It does need something on the tail though, and I thought I'd try to whip up some ME insignia.
Though i dont know if it would look better on the upper or lower fin:





Im thinking if I go on the lower one, where the RW one was, Id put a few numbers on the upper tail with a stripe or something. Not sure though.

Also, I popped the plane in the freezer for a bit, and was able to pop the plate right off the front! Now its getting magnets. Im working out magnetizing all the weapon options, so I'm able to run it as any variant.


Oh and the Termie got a new buddy:

I like the lower as well, helps cover some of the panel lines you'd have to carve out otherwise.

Loving the termi.

Lookin' good, Ramos. Love what you're doing with the dead marine.

Is the ME symbol cut out of plasticard? Looks great!

You've inspired me to go work on my own marines!

Cool beans! I think I like the lower one better too.

Thanks guys! Lower one it is then!

And YB: Yup its plasticard and good to hear! Im looking forward to seeing more of your Firehawks!

on a related note- it seems my micron pen is dry or something. it doesnt line as well as the test case did. :/
So Im working on reviving it, but if I cant, my ME work may be delayed a day or two ><

Happened to me a while back, when I reordered I got a whole box of the same lil black one.

Excellent start Ramos!

Due to the fact that you have a wonderful top half of a dead marine you should perhaps think about having the bottom half be on another terminators base. Are you using the space hulk terminator that's lifting up a floor panel? If so you could convert that guy to be lifting up a leg. That'd be cool.

I envision a game between those two Termis pulling the marine in two.... Wonder who got the wish?

The termi with the floor panel isn't being used, as far as I know. As far as the bottom half of the dead guy, Ill see how it looks!


Got a turquoise test finished. The pic makes it look bluer than it actually is- its actually a bit greener.
The white side of this test marine is brighter than the final color, which is more gray, almost a white with a bronze-bone tint. Surprisingly the addition of Fortress Grey really warmed up the overall cold color of skull white.



Thoughts?

I like it very much.

I have the floor termi, but was not in this group as he is my least favorite, behind lightning claws, and has a heavy Flamer at the moment.

Both colors look good. Did you assemble random donor marine just for testing? Shoulda made your own brother Testie.

I used a gunner marine because it was easily replaceable, yet still had many of the same details as a full marine model. I preferred to do this over a full on Brother Testie mostly because it was a huge experiment not only in black lining and white, but also the two-tone paint job. As such its a model that looks like hell, and acts as a test bed for all my practice.

I managed to finish the pilot today, so here's a final update before bed:



This color is closer to the actual color, though still is a little bluer in the pic. I went with red lenses, as it seems to be the "old" scheme, whereas the "new" colors have yellow eyes. Personally I think the red ones will have more pop than yellow.

Also it shows my first attempt at freehanding the chapter symbol on his pad. I dunno what to put on his other one, though.

Excellent work Ramos. Wow. Top shelf.

Agreed. When the bird is ravenwubg, they are part of the second company, so I suppose you could do similar. Or put whatever you are going to put on the tail on his pad.

Very nice work, Ramos. Man, I love turquoise. He looks great!

How do you paint your metals? Black with metal drybrush? Or metal with black wash? I'm hearing different opinions and can't make up my mind which is better...

Impressive work on the Marines Errant

Nice work right there!
Great freehand on the shoulderpad.

Really enjoyed looking through your blog.

@Gits: Thanks!

@WM: Yes! I rather like that idea! Guess I just gotta figure out what goes on the tail then Thanks!!

@YB: My metals change depending on what they are. Guns and large flat areas of metal are always painted boltgun, then washed and highlighted, while the cabling like on the pilot is based black, then brushed with boltgun, washed, then mythril silver. I use kind of a hybrid overbrushing technique fot it, as I think drybrushing spatters too many metal flakes all over the place. I use a brush that is dryer than a regular brush, but wetter than a drybrush. I then gently touch the tops of the ridges.

@Dreadclaw: Thanks! Stay tuned- there's many more to come!

@IPS: Thanks- Glad you liked the rest of the work here. Its a mixed bag, especially with my modelling ADD. I think I still have a dozen projects sitting around here that are half-finished....

I take it you left the giant wing motif on the wings alone?

Absolutely. Im crazy but not -that- crazy! Besides, I think its fitting with the Imperial theme. Not to mention it gives good visual interest to the model. Only question is how to paint it- Im considering a marble texture... like a light bone or brown.


Update for this morning- Red Scorpions have their grays done, and now its on to the colors!



Also, the Nephilim is just about ready to go, and is in its sub-assemblies. Even managed to magnetize a lot of it too!

Did you magnetize the side antenna arrays? You'd need to to the top air vent as week to fully switch the shrine thing in.

Also, woo termis!

Im probably going to ignore magnetizing the shrine thing. Itd be a lot of hassle (I feel) for something that honestly Im not much of a fan of. (Its a fighter jet not a flying temple!!)
Im contemplating just gluing on the HBs and working out how to hide them later for sake of finishing it faster. A work in progress, but its developing. Plus this is for just in case I want to run the other variant.


More color on the termies: Yellow and cloth/purity seals finished!
It doesnt seem to show it here but theyre actually slightly different shades of brown. The cloth is creamier while the seals look more to be darker bone.

Movin' right along Ramos!

I say glue them bad boys in there, make another one if you need the other one. Changing the LC and Darkbolterofdoom seems reasonable though.